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- Library Collection RecordThis document contains pp. 54-59 of the book Arroyos and Environmental Change in the American Southwest. It includes a description of the Altar Wash as of 1976 as well as possible explanations for…Publication Date 1976
- arroyo
- Altar Wash
- channelization
- erosion
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordPresents the results of a survey project that seeks to understand the prehistory of the Trincheras culture in northwest Sonora. The 98 sites recorded range from 2,500 B.C. to historic Tohono O'…Publication Date 1993
- Altar Valley
- archaeology
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSummary not available.Publication Date 1990
- Altar Valley
- archaeology
- Arizona
- Coyote Mountains
- Hohokam
- Native American
- Southern Arizona
- Library Collection Record"The purpose of this book is to insure a deep appreciation of the eight-valley region in southern Arizona and to raise awareness of the various watershed organizations taking action to improve…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- land management
- land use
- ranching
- 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 RecordRanching is as much a part of the West as its wide-open spaces. The mystique of rugged individualism has sustained this activity well past the frontier era and has influenced how we view—and valueâ…Publication Date 2006
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- cattle
- endangered species
- ranching
- restoration
- United States
- urbanization
- Library Collection RecordFocuses on the problems and experiences of a small group of Papago Indians who have left the reservation to live in a ghetto in Tucson, Arizona. Source: http://www.worldcat.org/title/yes-is-better-…Publication Date 1977
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Papago Indian Reservation
- Tohono O'Odham Indians
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis book examines the "arroyo problem" faced by much of the American Southwest. With many of the chapters focused on conditions in southern California and Arizona, the Altar Valley…Publication Date 1976
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Arroyos
- California
- Entrenchment
- Environmental Changes
- erosion
- United States
- Library Collection RecordEchoes of the Conquistadores tells the story of the Aguirres family, one of the first families to live in the Altar Valley. The Aguirres played an important role in the valley, running a store, a…Publication Date 1983
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires Ranch
- history
- ranching
- settlement
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAdventures in the Apache Country: A Tour through Arizona and Sonora provides a description of the Arivaca and Altar Valleys as well as the Papagueria.Publication Date 1974
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cultural resources
- history
- United States
- Library Collection RecordPhotographer and western writer Dane Coolidge visited Arivaca and the Altar Valley in 1914 and described ranch life, recorded corridos and stories and photographed roundups and people. Originally…Publication Date 1985
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cultural resources
- history
- United States
- Library Collection RecordErma Fiske recounts her adventures living at the foothills of the Baboquivaris, recording and banding birds for the Nature Conservancy.Publication Date 1983
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Baboquivari Mountains
- bird banding
- bird surveys
- United States
- Library Collection RecordOutlines the social geography of the region over a broad timescale, through the historical experiences of “Indians,†“Hispanos,†and “Anglos.†Source: Collaborative Conservation: History…Publication Date 1971
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Historical Geography
- Human Geography
- southwest United States
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide provides photos and information on the wildflowers of southern Arizona.Publication Date 2011
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- wildflowers
- Library Collection RecordThis book provides information on the various species that pollinate Sonoran Desert plants.Publication Date 2004
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- pollinators
- United States
- Library Collection Record
16 Eyes of Fire
In March of 1996 Warner came face to face with a Mexican Jaguar in the wild. Eyes of Fire details the encounter and includes some of the photographs he was able to take of the jaguar.Publication Date 1996- jaguars
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordBook Review. No abstract available.Publication Date 2012
- fire
- soils
- restoration ecology
- Library Collection RecordThis chapter discusses the magnitude and dynamics of the soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil inorganic carbon (SIC) pools. The chapter also describes the impact of different land uses and management…Publication Date 2001
- carbon dioxide
- carbon sequestration
- Carbon Sink
- climate change
- soils
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe tropics cover 8.2 billion hectares or approximately 40% of the world's land area. These regions are characterized by a large portion of the world's rapidly increasing population, high…Publication Date 2002
- carbon dioxide
- carbon dynamics
- carbon sequestration
- Carbon Sink
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- soils
- socio-economic aspects
- land use
- agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract available.Publication Date 2001
- climate change
- carbon sequestration
- monitoring
- soils
- degradation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection Record
21 Savanna
Savannas are characterized by the coexistence of trees and grasses and occur largely in the seasonal tropics between the equatorial rainforests and mid-latitude desert ecosystems. This article…Publication Date 2008- climate change
- Deciduous
- Evergreen
- fire
- grazing
- herbivory
- phenology
- Seasonal tropics
- soils
- Tree and grass competition
- savanna
- ecology
- animal impact
- grasslands
- rainfall
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordDecomposition is a process that releases nutrient materials in the structure of plant and animal tissues to the soil solution where the nutrients are once again potentially available to plants.…Publication Date 2002
- ecology
- desertification
- soils
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordWoody plant encroachment has been widespread in grassland and savanna ecosystems over the past century. This phenomenon jeopardizes grassland biodiversity and threatens the sustainability of pastoral…Publication Date 2001
- grasslands
- soils
- indigenous encroaching species
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe world population has increased from 2–10 million at the dawn of settled agriculture about 10–12 millennium ago to 6.5 billion in 2006, and may stabilize at 10–12 billion by 2100. Most of…Publication Date 2007
- socio-economic aspects
- agriculture
- pastoralism
- soils
- management
- plant production
- animal production
- southern Africa