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- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The jaguar (Panthera onca) is an endangered species that occasionally visits the southwestern United States from Mexico. The number of jaguar sightings per decade has declined over the last…Publication Date 2005
- Arizona
- jaguars
- geographic information systems
- GIS
- landscape
- Panthera onca
- conservation
- habitat selection
- Neighborhood analysis
- predictive models
- Library Collection RecordThis article contains references to jaguars in Arizona for the period of 1885-1959. All references from the 18 years previous to the publication of the report were within 50 miles of the U.S.-Mexico…Publication Date 1960
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis article reviews many of the sightings and reports of jaguars in Arizona and New Mexico in the past century.Publication Date 2000
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The designation of jaguar critical habitat in April 2014 in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico created concern for livestock ranchers in the region. We interviewed ranchers to…Publication Date 2015
- jaguars
- Arizona
- endangered species
- management
- wildlife conservation
- attitudes
- human dimensions
- Endangered Species Act
- Panthera onca
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Despite the rapid urbanization of the Arizona-Sonora borderlands, cattle ranching continues to play a major, if increasingly contested, political, economic, and ecological role in the…Publication Date 2001
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article aims to show how communities with severe river flooding can develop sustainable flood plans that remediate environmental problems caused by previous river straightening and other…Publication Date 2005
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Environmentalists, scientists, and land managers have long debated the role of ranching in landscape conservation with some contending that ranching represents the major threat to ecological…Publication Date 2002
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The modern American West is one of the most contested landscapes in the world, yet anthropologists are just beginning to grapple with its dynamic political ecology. Since World War II, the…Publication Date 2007
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- endangered species
- ranching
- United States
- urban sprawl
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Not Available.Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- Border Security
- conservation
- immigration
- migration
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Multicultural demands on public lands in the United States continue to challenge federal land managers to address social and cultural concerns in their planning efforts. Specifically, they…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- American Indians
- Arizona
- cultural landscapes
- ethnographic data
- public participation
- resource management
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Recovery of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is accomplished via federally mandated recovery plans. Unfortunately, many recovery plans are limited…Publication Date 2006
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Colinus virginias ridgwayi
- endangered species
- masked bobwhite
- United States
- Library Collection RecordLehmann lovegrass (Eragostis Iehmanniana Nees.) is a warm-season, perennial bunchgrass introduced from South Africa in 1932. Since 1950 Lehmann lovegrass has been seeded and established on over 170,…Publication Date 1992
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- drought
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- Lehmann lovegrass
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Although rock check dams have been used for centuries to control erosion and support subsistence agriculture on western US rangelands, there is a lack of measured data to quantify their…Publication Date 2012
- Alluvial fan
- Arizona
- Check dam
- grassland
- Landscape degradation
- restoration
- southeast Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Multicultural demands on public lands in the United States continue to challenge federal land managers to address social and cultural concerns in their planning efforts. Specifically, they…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- American Indians
- Arizona
- Baboquivari Wilderness
- cultural landscapes
- ethnographic data
- landscape perceptions
- natural resource management
- public participation
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis commentary compares two regions of the United States that differ drastically in physical attributes, but, in the authors' eyes, are united by a common "environment of risk."…Publication Date 2011
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cultural landscapes
- ranching
- risk environment
- rural anthropology
- social sustainability
- Library Collection RecordApproaching rangelands as working landscapes begins from the premise that people and the environment shape each other over time. Sustainable management is therefore not only an ecological but also a…Publication Date 2007
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- ranching
- United States
- working landscapes
- Library Collection RecordUS policies for securing the border with Mexico are driven by multiple political concerns, including the desire to control illegal trade and immigration in a way that conveys “border security†to…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Security
- environmental justice
- migration
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Monitoring is a critical component of adaptive management but often weak or missing in practice. We examined grazing allotment files to identify patterns in monitoring and management…Publication Date 2012
- adaptive management
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- coronado national forest
- grazing allotments
- monitoring
- Southern Arizona
- Library Collection RecordIn this article, Sayre gives a history of the cattle boom in Southern Arizona, examining its political and environmental impacts.Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cattle
- environmental impacts
- political ecology
- ranching
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA brief opinion piece, this article takes a closer look at the increasingly common policy debate surrounding the urban-rural interface, focusing particularly on the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- open space
- public policy
- ranching
- United States
- urban sprawl
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: This paper reports on the results of a 3-year field study of the effects of spring/summer burning and cattle grazing on wintering sparrows in the grasslands of southeastern Arizona. The…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Avian conservation
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- desert grasslands
- grazing
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA brief article, Czech gives an overview of the ecology and management concerns surrounding the masked bobwhite.Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- endangered species
- masked bobwhite quail
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article gives a brief overview of the ecology and management concerns surrounding Sonoran Pronghorn along the U.S./Mexico border.Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- conservation
- Sonoran Pronghorn
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article gives a brief overview of the social, ecological and managerial concerns surrounding Jaguar conservation along the U.S./Mexico border.Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation
- Jaguar
- New Mexico
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Â Aim Using a long-term data set we investigated the response of semi-desert grasslands to altered disturbance regimes in conjunction with climate patterns. Specifically, we were…Publication Date 2005
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- climate
- disturbance
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- fire
- grazing
- Lehmann lovegrass
- long-term monitoring
- non-native plant species
- Semi-Desert Grassland
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract We examined short-term trends in relative abundance and species richness of breeding and wintering grassland birds before (1996) and after (1997, 1998) a prescribed burn in a mesquite-…Publication Date 2002
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- fire management
- grassland
- grassland birds
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract We determined which vegetal features influenced the distribution and abundance of grassland birds at the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. The density and distribution of…Publication Date 1998
- Altar Valley
- arid grassland
- Arizona
- grassland birds
- mesquite
- United States
- woody invasion
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The rangeland science profession in the United States has its roots in the widespread overgrazing and concurrent severe droughts of the late 19th century. These drivers contributed to…Publication Date 2012
- applied science
- Arizona
- ecosystem management
- range science history
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Forty-six years of vegetation response to mesquite removal at dry, low elevation sites on the Santa Rita Experimental Range in southern Arizona was only slightly different than the…Publication Date 2006
- Arizona
- burroweed
- competition
- Forage Production.
- mesquite
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- United States
- woody plant
- Library Collection Record[1] This study presents analysis of 34 years of precipitation, runoff, and sediment data collected from eight small (1.1–4.0 ha) semiarid rangeland watersheds in southern Arizona, USA. Average…Publication Date 2010
- Arizona
- erosion
- runoff
- Sediment Yields
- semiarid
- United States
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: This article makes the case for addressing nonhumans as actors in geopolitical processes such as boundary making and enforcement. The challenge of this line of argumentation is to account…Publication Date 2011
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- United States
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands of the Sky Islands region once covered over 13 million acres in southeastern Arizona and adjacent portions of New Mexico, Sonora, and Chihuahua. Roughly two-thirds of these remain as…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Desert Graslands
- grassland restoration
- New Mexico
- United States
- Vegetation Change
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Apodemia mormo in the region of Nogales, Santa Cruz Co. Arizona, display variability unsual even in the A. mormo complex. At least five overlapping phenotype classes, some represented…Publication Date 1979
- Altar Valley
- Apodemia mormo
- Arizona
- Lepidoptera
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Ranches are being converted to exurban housing developments in the southwestern United States, with potentially significant impacts on biological diversity. We surveyed butterflies on 48…Publication Date 2007
- Arizona
- grassland
- Lepidoptera
- livestock grazing
- mesquite
- oak
- Rural
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA survey of anthropological, archaeological, botanical, and historical literature reveals that two species of fox-tail millet were domesticated in the Old World ( S. italica , S. pumila ), and one…Publication Date 2006
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cereals
- domesticated
- foods
- grasses
- harvested
- Setaria
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Identifying habitat characteristics that influence selection of nest sites can provide information necessary for understanding and managing songbird populations. We quantified patterns of…Publication Date 2002
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- bird communities
- habitat selection
- nest-site selection
- riparian vegetation
- songbirds
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Vegetation structure and floristic composition strongly influence the structure of bird communities. To assess the influence of vegetation and other environmental characteristics on…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Bell's Vireos
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- habitat structure
- Molothrus ater
- nestng habitat
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT-The ferruginous pygmy-owl(Glaucidium brasilianum) has a wide geographic range centered on the Neotropics. At the northern edge of its distribution, the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (G . b.…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
- historical range
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Desert grasslands of the southwestern United States have experienced an increase in the abundance and distribution of woody plant species over the past century. Shrub encroachment has caused…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- black grama
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- broom snakeweed
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- invasive species
- Lehmann lovegrass
- New Mexico
- perennial grasses
- prescribed burn
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Through seeding and subsequent spread, Lehmann lovegrass Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees. has transformed the structure and function of at least 145 000 ha of semi-desert grassland in southern…Publication Date 1992
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- invasive grasses
- Lehmann lovegrass
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article summarizes the findings of a research project investigating the influence of several native species on the spread of Lehmann lovegrass. The study was carried out on the Santa Rita…Publication Date 1959
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- invasive species
- Lehmann lovegrass
- mesquite
- native grasses
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn the Bring Down the Rain Edition of The Rainmaker articles cover topics including grazing regimes, predator control, a tour of the Las Jarillas Ranch, an educational program on watershed management…Publication Date 2004
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- education programs
- grazing regime
- predator control
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn the Winter Rain Edition of the Rainmaker articles cover topics including watershed restoration, the recent appointment of Mitch Ellis as manager of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Noon…Publication Date 2005
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- land protection
- United States
- Watershed Restoration
- Library Collection RecordIn the El Nino Edition of the Rainmaker, articles cover topics including Pima County Government's involvement in the valley, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's "Amigos del Desierto…Publication Date 2007
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Educational Program
- prescribed fire
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn this edition of the Rainmaker, articles cover topics including the Sierra Vista Ranch fire, restoration projects in the valley, the selection of David Seibert as Restoration Cooridinator, jaguar…Publication Date 2008
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- ecology
- education programs
- endangered species
- grass-fed beef
- Jaguar
- open space
- United States
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordIn this Winter 2009 edition of the Rainmaker, topics include restoration, fire and the new AVCA Scientific Research Fellowship.Publication Date 2009
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordI compared acute tolerance of Gila topminnow, Poeciliopsis occidentalis , and western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis , to ammonia and high water temperature and also compared diet, food selectivity,…Publication Date 2006
- Arizona
- Gambusia affins
- Gila topminnow
- Poeciliopsis occidentalis
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article gives an overview of Arivaca history.Publication Date 2002
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA brief overview of Arivaca history during the 1870s.Publication Date 2006
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA summary of Buenos Aires ranch history up until its purchase by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.Publication Date 2006
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires Ranch
- United States