Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191).
CONTENTS NOTE
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COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/cttszqtx
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Title
View from Bald Hill.
International Standard Book Number
0520221834
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Grassland ecology-- Arizona-- Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary.