Nevada's Changing Wildlife Habitat : An Ecological History /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gruell, George E.
Otros Autores: Swanson, Sherman 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ecological disturbances > Nevada > History.
Landscape changes > Nevada > History.
Human ecology > Nevada > History.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Nevada > History.
Desert ecology > Nevada > History.
Natural history > Nevada.
Habitat (Ecology) > Nevada > History.
Nevada > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Climate Changes and Consequences
  • The Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs
  • The First People
  • pt. 2. Presettlement
  • Fire : A Natural Disturbance and Human Tool
  • Vegetation : A Sea of Sagebrush or Landscape of Great Variety
  • Wildlife : Abundance and Scarcity
  • pt. 3. Postsettlement
  • Climate : Averages and Extremes
  • Woodcutting : Boomtowns Before Fossil Fuels
  • Livestock Grazing : Herbivory and Range Depletion
  • Fire : A Changing Force on the Landscape
  • pt. 4. Changes on the Landscape
  • Vegetation : Resilience and Succession Meet Abuse and Decadence
  • Wildlife : Habitat Relationships
  • Management Choices
  • Appendix 1: Chronology of Changes in Vegetation, Fire, and Wildlife
  • Appendix 2: Nevada's Wildland Plants.

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