1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782910703321

Autore

Bock Carl E. <1942->

Titolo

The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000

ISBN

1-59734-977-1

1-282-37069-3

9786612370694

0-520-92426-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Organisms and environments ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

BockJane H

Disciplina

577.4/09791/79

Soggetti

Grassland ecology - Arizona - Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary

Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary (Ariz.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-191) .

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784556703321

Titolo

Applied epidemiology [[electronic resource] ] : theory to practice / / edited by Ross C. Brownson, Diana B. Petitti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-770565-0

0-19-976181-7

1-280-45357-5

9786610453573

1-4237-6358-0

1-60256-176-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (413 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownsonRoss C

PetittiDiana B

Disciplina

614.4/072

Soggetti

Epidemiology - Research - Methodology

Public health - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1. Epidemiology: The Foundation of Public Health""; ""2. Key Methodologic Concepts and Issues""; ""3. Outbreak and Cluster Investigations""; ""4. Public Health Surveillance""; ""5. Epidemiology and Risk Assessment""; ""6. Epidemiologic Issues in the Design of Community Intervention Trials""; ""7. Screening in the Community""; ""8. Epidemiologic Issues in Outcomes Research""; ""9. Economic Evaluation""; ""10. Measuring the Quality of Health Care""; ""11. Communicating Epidemiologic Information""; ""12. Epidemiology



and Health Policy""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""

""C""""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Sommario/riassunto

1. Epidemiology: The Foundation of Public Health, Ross Brownson2. Key Methodologic Concepts and Issues, Jennifer L. Kelsey, Diana B. Petitti, and Abby C. King3. Outbreak and Cluster Investigation, Ross Brownson4. Public Health Surveillance, Stephen B. Thacker and Donna F. Stroup5. Epidemiology and Risk Assessment, Jonathan M. Samet and Thomas A. Burke6. Epidemiologic Issues in the Design of Community Intervention Trials, Thomas Koepsell7. Screening in the Community, Benedict I. Truman and Steven M. Teutsch8. Epidemiologic Issues in Outcomes Research, Diana B. Petitti9. Economic Evaluation, Diana B. Petitti10. Measuring the Quality of Health Care, Diana B. Petitti and Andy Amster11. Communicating Epidemiologic Information, Patrick L. Remington12. Epidemiology and Health Policy, Ross Brownson.