Whitewings; the Life History, Status, and Management of the White-winged Dove
Author: Clarence Cottam
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 394
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Author: Clarence Cottam
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 394
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul Ehrlich
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 820
ISBN-13: 0671659898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn t.p.: A field guide to the natural history of North American birds : including all species that regularly breed north of Mexico.
Author: Timothy E. Fulbright
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2007-06-20
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1420007610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConsciously or not, wildlife managers generally act from a theoretical basis, although they may not be fully versed in the details or ramifications of that theory. In practice, the predictions of the practitioners sometimes prove more accurate than those of the theoreticians. Practitioners and theoreticians need to work together, but this proves di
Author: International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Committee. Spring Meeting
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 42
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 732
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Utah State University. Institute for Land Rehabilitation
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 258
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert H. Webb
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2021-11-30
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0816547505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn prehistoric times, the Santa Cruz River in what is now southern Arizona saw many ebbs, flows, and floods. It flowed on the surface, meandered across the floodplain, and occasionally carved deep channels or arroyos into valley fill. Groundwater was never far from the surface, in places outcropping to feed marshlands or ciénegas. In these wet places, arroyos would heal quickly as the river channel revegetated, the thriving vegetation trapped sediment, and the channel refilled. As readers of Requiem for the Santa Cruz learn, these aridland geomorphic processes also took place in the valley as Tucson grew from mud-walled village to modern metropolis, with one exception: historical water development and channel changes proceeded hand in glove, each taking turns reacting to the other, eventually lowering the water table and killing a unique habitat that can no longer recover or be restored. Authored by an esteemed group of scientists, Requiem for the Santa Cruz thoroughly documents this river—the premier example of historic arroyo cutting during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when large floodflows cut down through unconsolidated valley fill to form deep channels in the major valleys of the American Southwest. Each chapter provides a unique opportunity to chronicle the arroyo legacy, evaluate its causes, and consider its aftermath. Using more than a collective century of observations and collections, the authors reconstruct the circumstances of the river’s entrenchment and the groundwater mining that ultimately killed the marshlands, a veritable mesquite forest, and a birdwatcher's paradise. Today, communities everywhere face this conundrum: do we manage ephemeral rivers through urban areas for flood control, or do we attempt to restore them to some previous state of perennial naturalness? Requiem for the Santa Cruz carefully explores the legacies of channel change, groundwater depletion, flood control, and nascent attempts at river restoration to give a long-term perspective on management of rivers in arid lands. Tied together by authors who have committed their life’s work to the study of aridland rivers, this book offers a touching and scientifically grounded requiem for the Santa Cruz and every southwestern river.
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 346
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