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List of Illustrations | p. vii |
Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Climate Changes and Consequences | |
The Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs: Prehuman Context | p. 3 |
The First People: Hunters and Gatherers | p. 8 |
Presettlement | |
Fire: A Natural Disturbance and Human Tool | p. 19 |
Vegetation: A Sea of Sagebrush or Landscape of Great Variety | p. 26 |
Wildlife: Abundance and Scarcity | p. 35 |
Postsettlement | |
Climate: Averages and Extremes | p. 49 |
Woodcutting: Boomtowns before Fossil Fuels | p. 54 |
Livestock Grazing: Herbivory and Range Depletion | p. 57 |
Fire: A Changing Force on the Landscape | p. 67 |
Changes on the Landscape | |
Vegetation: Resilience and Succession Meet Abuse and Decadence | p. 77 |
Wildlife: Habitat Relationships | p. 102 |
Management Choices: We Cannot Do Nothing | p. 121 |
Chronology of Changes in Vegetation, Fire, and Wildlife | p. 131 |
Nevada's Wildland Plants | p. 133 |
Notes | p. 137 |
Bibliography | p. 155 |
Index | p. 169 |
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