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Book Synopsis The Desert Grassland by : Mitchel P. McClaran
Download or read book The Desert Grassland written by Mitchel P. McClaran and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mixed grass and shrub vegetation known to scientists as desert grassland is common to the basins and valleys that skirt the mountain ranges throughout southwestern North America, extending from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas down through thirteen Mexican states. This variegated ground cover is crucial to life in an arid environment. The Desert Grassland offers the most comprehensive study to date of these flora and the rich biotic communities they support. Leading experts in geography, biology, botany, zoology, and geoscience present new research on the desert grassland and review a vast amount of earlier work. They reveal that present-day grasses once grew in the ice-age forests that existed in these areas before the climate dried and the trees vanished and how the intensity and frequency of fire can influence the plant and animal species of the grassland. They also document how the influence of humans—from Amerindians to contemporary ranchers, public land managers, and real estate developers—has changed the relative abundance of woody and herbaceous species and how the introduction of new plants and domesticated animals to the area has also affected biodiversity. The book concludes with a review of the attempts, both failed and successful, to reestablish plants in desert grasslands affected by overgrazing, drought, and farm abandonment. Meticulously researched and copiously illustrated, The Desert Grassland is a major contribution to ecological literature. For advanced lay readers as well as students and scholars of history, geography, and ecology, it will be a standard reference work for years to come.
Book Synopsis The Desert Grassland by : Mitchel P. McClaran
Download or read book The Desert Grassland written by Mitchel P. McClaran and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mixed grass and shrub vegetation known to scientists as desert grassland is common to the basins and valleys that skirt the mountain ranges throughout southwestern North America, extending from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas down through thirteen Mexican states. This variegated ground cover is crucial to life in an arid environment. The Desert Grassland offers the most comprehensive study to date of these flora and the rich biotic communities they support.Leading experts in geography, biology, botany, zoology, and geoscience present new research on the desert grassland and review a vast amount of earlier work. They reveal that present-day grasses once grew in the ice-age forests that existed in these areas before the climate dried and the trees vanished and how the intensity and frequency of fire can influence the plant and animal species of the grassland. They also document how the influence of humans--from Amerindians to contemporary ranchers, public land managers, and real estate developers--has changed the relative abundance of woody and herbaceous species and how the introduction of new plants and domesticated animals to the area has also affected biodiversity. The book concludes with a review of the attempts, both failed and successful, to reestablish plants in desert grasslands affected by overgrazing, drought, and farm abandonment.Meticulously researched and copiously illustrated, The Desert Grassland is a major contribution to ecological literature. For advanced lay readers as well as students and scholars of history, geography, and ecology, it will be a standard reference work for years to come.
Book Synopsis The Desert Grassland by : Robert Regester Humphrey
Download or read book The Desert Grassland written by Robert Regester Humphrey and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a study of the growth and changes in the grassland areas of the desert Southwest.
Book Synopsis Grasslands & Deserts by : Gail Radley
Download or read book Grasslands & Deserts written by Gail Radley and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are Utah prairie dogs, Asiatic lions, Galapagos tortises, and West African ostriches all alike? Over-hunting and changes to their habitats have pushed them, and many more animals, almost to extinction. What can be done about this tragedy? Is it too late? Find out in this powerful and engaging edition.
Book Synopsis New Mexico Vegetation by : William A. Dick-Peddie
Download or read book New Mexico Vegetation written by William A. Dick-Peddie and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1993 and now available for the first time in paperback, this book remains one of the few authoritative vegetation compilations for a western state. It is the first comprehensive study of the biological history and evolution of New Mexico's vegetation and includes a detailed account of the distribution of plant communities in the state today. Discussed are the following major types of vegetation: tundra and coniferous forest, woodland and savanna, grassland, scrubland, riparian, and wetlands. For each type, information is provided on the principal plant species. In addition, for each vegetation type special attention is given to describing how plants sharing a common location interact and, in particular, how human activity impacts on each type. Much of New Mexico's vegetation is in some stage of succession as a result of human-initiated disturbances such as fire, logging, and livestock grazing. The book ends with a detailed description of species of special concern and what is being done to preserve examples of vegetation types within the state. A map of the state's vegetation, including types not found on existing maps, accompanies the book. The classifications of vegetation employed here are easily recognizable in the field, which makes them of greater use to the public as well as to resource managers, researchers, and students.
Book Synopsis Deserts and Grasslands by : Eric Duffey
Download or read book Deserts and Grasslands written by Eric Duffey and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert by : Steven J. Phillips
Download or read book A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert written by Steven J. Phillips and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Grasslands and Deserts written by and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses through short essays and poems, ten endangered species that live in grasslands or deserts, including scientific information about each, reasons for its endangered status, and descriptions of efforts to protect it.
Book Synopsis All about Grasslands by : Christina Mia Gardeski
Download or read book All about Grasslands written by Christina Mia Gardeski and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What plants and animals call grassy flatlands home? Find out what lives in grassland habitats.
Download or read book Grassland Biome written by Grace Hansen and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will learn about the two main types of grassland biomes, which are tropical grasslands (savannas) and temperate grasslands. The text will focus on the climate, plants, and animals that are found on grasslands around the world. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Book Synopsis Deserts and Grasslands: Desert life, by John Cloudsley-Thompson. Pt 2. Grassland life, by Eric Duffey by : David Attenborough
Download or read book Deserts and Grasslands: Desert life, by John Cloudsley-Thompson. Pt 2. Grassland life, by Eric Duffey written by David Attenborough and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis African Grasslands by : William B. Rice
Download or read book African Grasslands written by William B. Rice and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the geography, plants, animals, and people of the African grasslands.
Book Synopsis Deserts and Grasslands by : John Leonard Cloudsley-Thompson
Download or read book Deserts and Grasslands written by John Leonard Cloudsley-Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Future of Arid Grasslands by : Barbara Tellman
Download or read book The Future of Arid Grasslands written by Barbara Tellman and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of a conf. on the major problems facing grasslands in arid & semi-arid regions of the U.S. & Mexico & to seek solutions to those problems. Grasslands in many parts of the Southwest & northern Mexico are facing serious threats -- from urbanization & subdivision development to spread of invasive plant species to conflicts over grazing policy. Target groups for participation included private landowners, non-profit groups, government agencies, environmental advocates, economists, scientists, etc. Emphasized practical, hands-on mgmt. methods, including time in grasslands managed under a variety of techniques.
Download or read book The Future of Arid Grasslands written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China by : National Research Council
Download or read book Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes one of the most extensive grassland ecosystems and the efforts of Chinese scientists to understand it. Leading Chinese scientists attribute the decline in China's grasslands to overgrazing and excessive cultivation of marginal areas and discuss measures to limit the damage. The book gives its view on the Chinese approach to the study of grasslands and the relevance of this activity in China to global scientific concerns.
Book Synopsis Investigating Earths Desert, Grassland, and Rainforest Biomes by : Sherman Hollar Associate Editor, Comptons by Britannica
Download or read book Investigating Earths Desert, Grassland, and Rainforest Biomes written by Sherman Hollar Associate Editor, Comptons by Britannica and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the desert, grassland, and rainforest biomes of the Earth, including their different geological and environmental characteristics, where they are located on Earth, and the plants and animals that live there.
