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Grassland In The Borderlands: Understanding Coupled Natural Human Systems And Transboundary Conservation, Ed Frederickson, G. Ceballos, R. List, A. Davidson, Sierra Corona, L. Martinez, J.E. Herrick, J. Pacheco
Grassland In The Borderlands: Understanding Coupled Natural Human Systems And Transboundary Conservation, Ed Frederickson, G. Ceballos, R. List, A. Davidson, Sierra Corona, L. Martinez, J.E. Herrick, J. Pacheco
Ed L. Frederickson
As conservationists well know, political borders rarely coincide with natural ecological boundaries. International borders such as that between the United States and Mexico traverse numerous ecosystems and watersheds. Many species of animals, birds, and insects regularly migrate between habitats across international borders. Conservation of Shared Environments collects works that take on the environmental issues along the U.S.-Mexico border. Covering topics as diverse as wildlife preservation, grassland ecology, water rights, indigenous peoples, and the ecological consequences of border security, the contributors to this volume offer not only scientific analysis but also insight on how to bridge the gaps between scientists, policy …
Ecological Services To And From Rangelands Of The United States, Ed Frederickson, Kris Havstad, Debra Peters, Rhonda Skaggs, Joel Brown, Brandon Bestelmeyer, Jeffrey Herrick, Jack Wright
Ecological Services To And From Rangelands Of The United States, Ed Frederickson, Kris Havstad, Debra Peters, Rhonda Skaggs, Joel Brown, Brandon Bestelmeyer, Jeffrey Herrick, Jack Wright
Ed L. Frederickson
The over 300 million ha of public and private rangelands in the United States are characterized by low and variable precipitation, nutrient-poor soils, and high spatial and temporal variability in plant production. This land type has provided a variety of goods and services, with the provisioning of food and fiber dominating through much of the 20th century. More recently, food production from a rangeland-based livestock industry is often pressured for a variety of reasons, including poor economic returns, increased regulations, an aging rural population, and increasingly diverse interests of land owners. A shift to other provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting …