Politics of scale : a history of rangeland science, The
Rangelands Range ecology Range policy
The University of Chicago Press
2017
EISBN 9780226083391
Introduction. Rangelands, science, and the politics of scale.
Producing the range: extermination and fences.
Fire and climax: bureaucratic divisions of scientific labor.
Squinting at blind spots: Southwestern rangelands and the consolidation of successional theory.
Fixing stocking rates: monitoring and the politics of measurement.
To manage or manipulate: natural versus artificial improvement of depleted rangelands.
The Western range goes global: neo-malthusianism and pastoral development.
Till the cows come home: overseas failures and critiques of range science.
Conclusion. Capital, climate, and community-based conservation.
Producing the range: extermination and fences.
Fire and climax: bureaucratic divisions of scientific labor.
Squinting at blind spots: Southwestern rangelands and the consolidation of successional theory.
Fixing stocking rates: monitoring and the politics of measurement.
To manage or manipulate: natural versus artificial improvement of depleted rangelands.
The Western range goes global: neo-malthusianism and pastoral development.
Till the cows come home: overseas failures and critiques of range science.
Conclusion. Capital, climate, and community-based conservation.
