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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



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Autore: Bock Carl E. <1942-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: 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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
Disciplina: 577.4/09791/79
Soggetto topico: Grassland ecology - Arizona - Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary
Soggetto geografico: Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary (Ariz.)
Altri autori: BockJane H  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: The view from Bald Hill  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59734-977-1
1-282-37069-3
9786612370694
0-520-92426-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809926203321
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Serie: Organisms and environments ; ; 1.