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Contents
The Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 1
Introduction: Ecosystem Research in a Human Context. . . . . . . . . . .
Deborah M. Finch and Joseph A. Tainter
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Chapter 2
Environmental History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dan Scurlock
12
Chapter 3
Human Ecology and Ethnology. .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Frank E. Wozniak
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Chapter 4
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Geology, Climate, Land, and Water Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Douglas G. Fox, Roy Jemison, Deborah Ulinski Potter, H. Mallrice Va lett,
and Ray Watts
Chapter 5
Desert Grassland and Shrubland Ecosystems ...................
Samuel R. Loftin, Richard Agllilar, Alice L. Clzll1lg-MacCollbrey,
and Wayne A. Robbie
Chapter 6
Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gerald J. Gottfried, Thomas W. Swetnam, Craig D. Allen,
Julio L. Betancourt, and Alice L. Chung-MacColibrey
80
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Chapter 7
Plants, Arthropods, and Birds of the Rio Grande. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deborah M. Finch, Gale L. Wolters, Wang Yong, and Mary Jean Mund
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Chapter 8
Fish Fauna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
John N. Rinne and Steven P. Platania
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Chapter 9
Belowground Ecosystems
Carole Coe Klopatek
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