Nevada's changing wildlife habitat
Gruell, George E.
Nevada's changing wildlife habitat an ecological history / [electronic resource] : George E. Gruell with Sherman Swanson. - Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (192 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780874178784
Ecological disturbances--History.--Nevada
Landscape changes--History.--Nevada
Human ecology--History.--Nevada
Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.--Nevada
Desert ecology--History.--Nevada
Natural history--Nevada.
Habitat (Ecology)--History.--Nevada
Nevada--Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
QH105.N3 / G78 2012
577.09793
Nevada's changing wildlife habitat an ecological history / [electronic resource] : George E. Gruell with Sherman Swanson. - Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (192 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780874178784
Ecological disturbances--History.--Nevada
Landscape changes--History.--Nevada
Human ecology--History.--Nevada
Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.--Nevada
Desert ecology--History.--Nevada
Natural history--Nevada.
Habitat (Ecology)--History.--Nevada
Nevada--Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
QH105.N3 / G78 2012
577.09793