Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword - Patricia Nelson Limerick
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Geography and Ecology of Southwestern Valley
One. Rain
Two. Fire
Three. The Topography of a Grassland
Four. Eat and Be Eaten
Five. Savanna
Six. Open Water
Seven. Sky - Stephen Strom
Part II. Biodiversity
Eight. Agave
Nine. Snakes
Ten. Jays and Flickers
Eleven. Grass, in the Eyes of a Sparrow
Twelve. Pronghorn Can't Jump
Thirteen. What Is a Weed?
Fourteen. Forbs
Part III. Humans
Fifteen. The First People
Sixteen. Changing Times
Seventeen. Border Crossings
Eighteen. Cows versus Condos
Nineteen. Sonoita Crossroads
Appendix 1. Common and Scientific Names of Plants and Animals
Appendix 2. Visiting the Research Ranch
Further Reading