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BL
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958445
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b712815
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Bock, Carl E.,1942-
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| Title & Author
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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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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2000.
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| Series Statement
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Organisms and environments ;; 1
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1 online resource (xxiv, 197 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0520221834
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: 1597349771
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: 9780520221833
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: 9780520924260
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: 9780585394671
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: 9781282370692
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: 9781597349772
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0520221834
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0520221842
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9780520221833
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9780520221840
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191).
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| Contents
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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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| 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.
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Grassland ecology-- Arizona-- Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary.
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Grassland ecology.
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NATURE-- Ecosystems Habitats-- Plains Prairies.
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NATURE-- Environmental Conservation Protection.
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Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary (Ariz.)
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Arizona, Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary.
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| Dewey Classification
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577.4/09791/79
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| LC Classification
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QH105.A65B63 2000eb
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| Added Entry
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Bock, Jane H.
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