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Ranching, Endangered Species, and Urbanization in the Southwest : Species of Capital.
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bought the Buenos Aires Ranch in 1985, removed all livestock, and set about to restore the land to its "original" grassland in order to protect an endangered species, the masked bobwhite quail. Sayre examines the history of the ranch and the bobwhit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | La Frontera: People and Their Environments in the US-Mexico Borderlands.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures; List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Social Production of the Endangered Masked Bobwhite; 2. The Cattle Boom in the Altar Valley; 3. The Formation of Ranching; 4. Producing Nature; 5. The Urbanization of Ranching; 6. Restoring Grass and Quail; 7. Producing a State of Nature; 8. ''Where Wildlife Comes Naturally!''; 9. Counterfeiting Conservation; Notes; References; Index.