LEADER 03758nam 22007454a 450 001 9910809926203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-59734-977-1 010 $a1-282-37069-3 010 $a9786612370694 010 $a0-520-92426-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520924260 035 $a(CKB)1000000000008338 035 $a(EBL)224677 035 $a(OCoLC)475931714 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000267481 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218085 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267481 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10335702 035 $a(PQKB)10301314 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986426 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11540139 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986426 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10938163 035 $a(PQKB)23213305 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224677 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071634 035 $a(DE-B1597)520951 035 $a(OCoLC)49851970 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520924260 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224677 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10064758 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL237069 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000008338 100 $a19990903d2000 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe view from Bald Hill $ethirty years in an Arizona grassland /$fCarl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 225 1 $aOrganisms and environments ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-22183-4 311 0 $a0-520-22184-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-191) . 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tILLUSTRATIONS --$tTABLES --$tFOREWORD --$tPREFACE --$tOne. THE GRASSLANDS OF CORONADO --$tTwo. ON BEING THE CONTROL --$tThree. WAITING FOR RAIN --$tFour. FENCELINES --$tFive. HERPS --$tSix. ISLANDS OF FIRE --$tSeven. OAKS,ACORNS, AND RUGGED GROUPS --$tEight. LITTLE BROWN BIRDS --$tNine. FRAGMENTS --$tTen. THE NEST BOX EXPERIMENT --$tEleven. PLAINS LOVEGRASS --$tTwelve. COTTON RATS AND REAL DOGS --$tThirteen. ALIENS --$tFourteen. THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIFE --$tAppendix. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS --$tNOTES --$tLITERATURE CITED --$tINDEX 330 $aIn 1540 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado introduced the first domestic livestock to the American Southwest. Over the subsequent four centuries, cattle, horses, and sheep have created a massive ecological experiment on these arid grasslands, changing them in ways we can never know with certainty. The Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch in the high desert of southeastern Arizona is an 8,000-acre sanctuary where grazing has been banned since 1968. In this spirited account of thirty years of research at the ranch, Carl and Jane Bock summarize the results of their fieldwork, which was aimed at understanding the dynamics of grasslands in the absence of livestock. The View from Bald Hill provides an intimate look at the natural history of this unique site and illuminates many issues pertaining to the protection and restoration of our nation's grasslands. 410 0$aOrganisms and environments ;$v1. 606 $aGrassland ecology$zArizona$zAppleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary 607 $aAppleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary (Ariz.) 615 0$aGrassland ecology 676 $a577.4/09791/79 700 $aBock$b Carl E.$f1942-$01649296 701 $aBock$b Jane H$0972553 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809926203321 996 $aThe view from Bald Hill$93997950 997 $aUNINA