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The view from Bald Hill : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bock, Carl E., 1942-
- Series:
- Organisms and environments ; 1.
- Organisms and environments ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grassland ecology--Arizona--Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary.
- Grassland ecology.
- Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary (Ariz.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1540 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado introduced the first domestic livestock to the American Southwest. Over the subsequent four centuries, cattle, horses, and sheep have created a massive ecological experiment on these arid grasslands, changing them in ways we can never know with certainty. The Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch in the high desert of southeastern Arizona is an 8,000-acre sanctuary where grazing has been banned since 1968. In this spirited account of thirty years of research at the ranch, Carl and Jane Bock summarize the results of their fieldwork, which was aimed at understanding the dynamics of grasslands in the absence of livestock. The View from Bald Hill provides an intimate look at the natural history of this unique site and illuminates many issues pertaining to the protection and restoration of our nation's grasslands.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- TABLES
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- One. THE GRASSLANDS OF CORONADO
- Two. ON BEING THE CONTROL
- Three. WAITING FOR RAIN
- Four. FENCELINES
- Five. HERPS
- Six. ISLANDS OF FIRE
- Seven. OAKS,ACORNS, AND RUGGED GROUPS
- Eight. LITTLE BROWN BIRDS
- Nine. FRAGMENTS
- Ten. THE NEST BOX EXPERIMENT
- Eleven. PLAINS LOVEGRASS
- Twelve. COTTON RATS AND REAL DOGS
- Thirteen. ALIENS
- Fourteen. THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIFE
- Appendix. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
- NOTES
- LITERATURE CITED
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-191) .
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786612370694
- 9781597349772
- 1597349771
- 9781282370692
- 1282370693
- 9780520924260
- 0520924266
- OCLC:
- 475931714
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