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The Desert Grassland /

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. Leading experts in geography, bio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Van Devender, Thomas R., McClaran, Mitchel P., 1956-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1995.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Desert grasslands and grasses / Mitchel P. McClaran
  • Desert grassland, mixed shrub savanna, shrub steppe, or semidesert scrub? The dilemma of coexisting growth forms / Tony L. Burgess
  • Desert grassland history: changing climates, evolution, biogeography, and community dynamics / Thomas R. Van Devender
  • Landscape evolution, soil formation, and Arizona's desert grasslands / Joseph R. McAuliffe
  • Role of fire in the desert grasslands / Guy R. McPherson
  • Diversity, spatial variability, and functional roles of invertebrates in the desert grassland ecosystems / Walter G. Whitford, Gregory S. Forbes, and Graham I. Kerley
  • Diversity, spatial variability, and functional roles of vertebrates in the desert grassland / Robert R. Parmenter and Thomas R. Van Devender
  • Human impacts on the grasslands of southeastern Arizona / Conrad J. Bahre
  • Revegetaion in the desert grassland / Bruce A. Roundy and Sharon H. Biedenbender.