The View from Bald Hill

Thirty Years in an Arizona Grassland
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-520-22184-0
Verlag: UCAL POD

Buch, Englisch, 221 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Reihe: University of California Press

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bock, Carl E.

Bock, Jane H.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Greene, Harry W.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Ebenen & Grasland
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF TABLES
FOREWORD
PREFACE
1 THE GRASSLANDS OF CORONADO
2 ON BEING THE CONTROL
3 WAITING FOR RAIN
4 FENCELINES
5 HERPS
6 ISLANDS OF FIRE
7 OAKS, ACORNS, AND RUGGED GROUPS
8 LITTLE BROWN BIRDS
9 FRAGMENTS
10 THE NEST BOX EXPERIMENT
11 PLAINS LOVEGRASS
12 COTTON RATS AND REAL DOGS
13 ALIENS
14 THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIFE
APPENDIX
SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
NOTES
LITERATURE CITED
INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock are both Professors of Biology at the University of Colorado in Boulder. From 1980 to 1991 they were Research Directors at the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch. Jane Bock is the coeditor, with Yan Linhart, of Evolutionary Ecology of Plants (1989).