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The environmental legacy of the UC Natural Reserve System /

The UC Natural Reserve System, established in 1965 to support field research, teaching, and public service in natural environments, has become a prototype of conservation and land stewardship looked to by natural resource managers throughout the world. From its modest beginnings of seven sites, the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fiedler, Peggy Lee (Editor ), Rumsey, Susan Gee (Editor ), Wong, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Michelle) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Inspiration and Vision. Origins of the UC Natural Reserve System
  • Evolution of the UC Natural Reserves : An introduction. The history of the UC Natural Reserve System ; Principles guiding the selection, operation, and use of NRS sites ; Donors and partners ; The NRS mission : Research, teaching, and public service
  • Northern California Reserves. Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Reserve ; Bodega Marine Reserve ; Chickering American River Reserve ; Hans Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve ; Jepson Prairie Reserve ; Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve ; Quail Ridge Reserve ; Sagehen Creek Field Station ; Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
  • Central California Reserves. Año Nuevo Island Reserve ; Blue Oak Ranch Reserve ; Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve ; Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve ; Fort Ord Natural Reserve ; Frances Simes Hastings Natural History Reservation ; Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve ; Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve ; Santa Cruz Island Reserve ; Sedgwick Reserve ; Sierra Nevada Research Station : Yosemite Field Station ; Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve : Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory ; Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve : Valentine Camp ; White Mountain Research Center ; Younger Lagoon Reserve
  • Southern California Reserves. Box Springs Reserve ; Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center ; Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve ; Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve ; Elliott Chaparral Reserve ; Emerson Oaks Reserve ; James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve ; Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve ; Motte Rimrock Reserve ; San Joaquin Marsh Reserve ; Scripps Coastal Reserve ; Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center ; Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve ; Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
  • Future Directions for the UC Natural Reserve System. A clearer perspective on global change ; Accomplishing more through innovative partnerships ; Ensuring the growth of UC's Reserve System
  • Literature cited
  • Index.