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Grass [[electronic resource] ] : in search of human habitat / / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene
| Grass [[electronic resource] ] : in search of human habitat / / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene |
| Autore | Truett Joe C (Joe Clyde), <1941-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.740978 |
| Collana | Organisms and Environments |
| Soggetto topico |
Grassland ecology
Grasslands Grasses |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-36109-0
9786612361098 0-520-94452-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Promethean Legacy -- 2. Out of the Forest -- 3. Science and Faith -- 4. Playing God -- 5. Pleasing to the Eye -- 6. Where the Short Grass Grows -- 7. Turf -- 8. Grass and Grazers: An Ecological Primer -- 9. Bison Plains and Prairie Dogs -- 10. Taming of the West -- 11. Production Science Comes to the Range -- 12. The Last Pariah -- 13. The Trouble with Livestock -- 14. Subsidizing John Wayne -- 15. Collateral Damage -- 16. Cowboy -- 17. Resurrection -- 18. Pleistocene Park -- 19. Diversity -- 20. Long Road Home -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454839003321 |
Truett Joe C (Joe Clyde), <1941->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Grass [[electronic resource] ] : in search of human habitat / / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene
| Grass [[electronic resource] ] : in search of human habitat / / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene |
| Autore | Truett Joe C (Joe Clyde), <1941-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.740978 |
| Collana | Organisms and Environments |
| Soggetto topico |
Grassland ecology
Grasslands Grasses |
| Soggetto non controllato |
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| ISBN |
1-282-36109-0
9786612361098 0-520-94452-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Promethean Legacy -- 2. Out of the Forest -- 3. Science and Faith -- 4. Playing God -- 5. Pleasing to the Eye -- 6. Where the Short Grass Grows -- 7. Turf -- 8. Grass and Grazers: An Ecological Primer -- 9. Bison Plains and Prairie Dogs -- 10. Taming of the West -- 11. Production Science Comes to the Range -- 12. The Last Pariah -- 13. The Trouble with Livestock -- 14. Subsidizing John Wayne -- 15. Collateral Damage -- 16. Cowboy -- 17. Resurrection -- 18. Pleistocene Park -- 19. Diversity -- 20. Long Road Home -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778402903321 |
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Truett Joe C (Joe Clyde), <1941->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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