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- 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 Public debate about how, and whether, to graze southern Arizona's desert grasslands has been ongoing for decades. Increases in ecological knowledge and the creation of public…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- grazing
- United States
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands of central and southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and northern Mexico, an area known as the Apache Highlands Ecoregion, have undergone dramatic vegetation changes over the last 130…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation planning
- Desert Grassland
- native grasslands
- New Mexico
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Vegetation Change
- 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 Record
157 The Rainmaker
This edition of The Rainmaker, the first electronic publication by the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance, provides an introduction to the valley and AVCA's activities in the area. Topics…Publication Date 2003- Altar Valley
- Australia
- conservation
- fire management
- restoration
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge will be used as management tool which will guide management activities for the next 15 years. Specifics of the…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cultural resources
- fire management
- grassland
- United States
- wildlife
- 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 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: 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 RecordThis news release documents the creation of the first private endangered species conservation bank approved by the US Fish and Wildlife Service for the Pima Pineapple Cactus. A parcel of land on the…Publication Date 2002
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Conservation Bank
- mitigation
- Pima Pineapple Cactus
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT An overview of the 4 native species of quail in Arizona, their distribution, and habitats is presented. Possible threats to their longterm existence are explored. A discussion on harvest…Publication Date 2002
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Gambel's quail
- habitat
- management
- masked bobwhite
- Montezuma quail
- scaled quail
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Five native quail species inhabit arid and semi-arid ecosystems in the southwestern United States. One species is endangered, one species is declining throughout it’s historic range,…Publication Date 2002
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Callipepla gambelli
- Callipepla squamata
- Callipepla v. ridgwayi
- Callipepla virginianus
- Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Eradication
- exotic grasses
- management
- native vegetation
- northern bobwhite
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Altar Valley has been identified as an important conservation area for wildlife, plants and the ranching way of life. Debate over issues related to open space, urban development, urban planning,…Publication Date 2001
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- 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 document is made up of numerous resource reports that were submitted to the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Steering Committee regarding the natural and cultural resources of the Altar Valley…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA synthesis of resource assessments, this report details the unique characteristics that make the Altar Valley of special conservation importance including the highest number of priority vulnerable…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis report represents several years of field-based studies performed in Southern Arizona centering on the population dynamics of the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. The Altar Valley is among the study…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis document represents a compilation of expert writings by professionals in the field of natural resource management. Chapters address a variety of topics, centering on the ecological and economic…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis document was complied to highlight the crucial role ranching can play in conservation efforts in Pima County. It includes sections covering the history and current practice of ranching in…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cattle Ranching
- conservation
- open space
- United States
- urban planning
- 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 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 RecordThis report, contracted by Pima County and completed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, analyzes the results of several years of field studies focused on the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl in…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
- dispersal
- habitat corridors
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis report, contracted by Pima County and completed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, analyzes the results of several years of field studies focused on the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl in…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
- dispersal
- habitat corridors
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: This report is the result of a cooperative effort by the Rocky Mountain Research Station and the USDA Forest Service Region 3, with participation by the Arizona Game and Fish Department…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
- conservation
- threatened species
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article reviews the introduction and spread of Lehmann Lovegrass throughout the Altar Valley as well as the mixed results of a variety of management techniques on the Buenos Aires National…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- invasive species
- Lehmann lovegrass
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis map provides information on the distribution of plant communities within the Altar Valley.Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- vegetation communities
- Library Collection RecordThis map provides information on the soil types present in the Altar Valley.Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Soil Type
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis map describes rangeland condition across the Altar Valley using seven categories that incorporate soil stability, biotic integrity and watershed function.Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- biotic integrity
- rangeland condition
- soil stability
- United States
- watershed function
- Library Collection RecordThis map provides information on land ownership within the Altar Valley.Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis map presents the Altar Valley as a patchwork of ecological sites, the basic mapping unit used for rangeland inventory. Each ecological site represents a unique type of rangeland that has the…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- ecological sites
- rangeland inventory
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis map provides the location of wells, tanks, dams, grazing allotments, study areas, fences, roads and pipelines in the Altar Valley.Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis map shows the preliminary conservation action sites identified by the Resource Assessment Project Team.Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA report prepared as part of the planning process for the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, the Arivaca Resources report includes information on the water resources of Arivaca, their historic and…Publication Date 2000
- water resources
- water use
- riparian zones
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSue Chilton has lived and worked in the Altar Valley for many years, helping to run the Chilton Ranch and Cattle Company, a historic ranching operation with land at both the northern and southern…Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis document is the transcript of a presentation given by Thomas Sheridan for one of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Steering Committee's Education Sessions. In this presentation Dr.…Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation
- open space
- ranching
- United States
- urban planning
- urbanization
- 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 RecordAbstract: I determined density and habitat use of desert mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus crooki) on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, a semidesert grassland in southeastern Arizona, in 1996…Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- grassland
- habitat use
- mule deer
- odocoileus hemionus crooki
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- Cattle Ranching
- cultural environment
- Environmental Changes
- Ranching Economy
- United States
- wildlife refuges
- Library Collection RecordThis report presents the findings of a study in which 300 nests of 37 species were examined alongside habitat measurements. Conducted on Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona,…Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- habitat selection
- nest-site selection
- songbirds
- United States
- Library Collection RecordEXECUTIVE SUMMARY This document was initially drafted by County staff and Dr. Bill Shaw from the University of Arizona in order to facilitate discussion about which species might be considered for…Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation
- endangered species
- management
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Masked bobwhites used sites with more structural diversity than what was available on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge during 1994-96. Selected habitat variables that adequately…Publication Date 1998
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- desert grasslands
- Gambel's quail
- masked bobwhite quail
- range management
- scaled quail
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Dendroecological, documentary, and ethnoecological evidence were combined to provide an integrated understanding of past natural and cultural fires in the Southwest Borderlands. Fire…Publication Date 1998
- Altar Valley
- Apache
- Arizona
- borderland
- dendrochronology
- dessert grassland
- fire history
- 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: I predicted the likely effects of fire on the abundance of grassland birds by determining which vegetal features influenced the distribution and abundance of grassland birds at the Buenos…Publication Date 1997
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- fire regime
- grassland birds
- mesquite
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSummary: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in Arizona, pursuant to the Endangered Species …Publication Date 1997
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
- Endangered Species Act
- United States
- Library Collection RecordWithin these pages are living portraits of fifteen Native American groups of Arizona and northern Mexico. The Navajos, the Western Apaches, the Hualapais, Yavapais, and Havasupais, the Yaquis, the O…Publication Date 1996
- Altar Valley
- American Indians
- Arizona
- southwest United States
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis document describes a 3 tiered survey method for detecting Pima Pineapple Cactus.Publication Date 1996
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Coryphantha scheeri
- Pima Pineapple Cactus
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina) (PPC) is listed as endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This taxon occurs south of Tucson, Arizona and Sonora,…Publication Date 1996
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Coryphantha scheeri
- Pima Pineapple Cactus
- United States