RAM 446/546: Vegetation Management of Wildlands
For further assistance, contact Jeanne Pfander .
This page is an introduction to information resources and services, both at the University of Arizona and on the Internet, that will help in your written and oral presentation assignments for Vegetation Management of Wildlands (RAM 446/546).
UA Library Home Page
The UA Library Home Page is the "gateway" to the LIbrary's online catalog, indexes to journal articles, online reference materials, library services, and the World Wide Web.
The Online Catalog will help you find books, journals, magazines, newspapers, government documents, maps, videos ... anything the Library owns or subscribes to... print or online.
If the item you've identified is in print or "hard copy", once you have the call number from the catalog record consult the Call Number Location Guide to see where the item is located.
E-books - The University of Arizona provides access to an increasing number of full-text online e-books. Catalog records and links for individual titles appear in the Library's Online Catalog. You can also search within the e-book collections and most collections provide added functionality which allow you to create a personal online bookshelf, save bookmarks within a book, annotate pages, and highlight specific passages for later reference, etc. However each e-book vendor's interface is different. Collections include:
E-journals - Most of the journals the Library subscribes to -especially in the sciences - are now received as full-text online journals. Journal titles have catalog records in the Library's Online Catalog. You can also view a listing of e-journals at the UA E-Journals page. To find articles on specific topics or by certain authors, you will need to use databases that index journal & magazine articles. See Finding Journal Articles (below).
Google Scholar
Google Scholar enables specific searches of scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, pre-prints, abstracts, and technical reports. Content includes a range of publishers and aggregators with whom Google already has standing arrangements.
For off-campus access to UA subscribed content, configure your Google Scholar preferences for the University of Arizona. To export citations to RefWorks you must either be on campus or connect via the UA Library web pages.
To configure your Google Scholar preferences for the University of Arizona:
- Select "Scholar Preferences"
- Under Institutional Access, select "University of Arizona"
Note that not all material to which the UA Library subscribes will be available directly through Google Scholar. If you find references to materials in Google Scholar without full text links, please consult the UA Library catalog or our list of online journals.
Books - Selected Titles of Interest to RAM 446/546 Students
[Results from catalog search on subject headings such as "conservation biology"; "range ecology"; "restoration ecology"; "vegetation management", etc.]
Adams, J. S. 2006. The future of the wild : radical conservation for a crowded world. Beacon Press, Boston. (QH75 .A345 2006 Science Library; E-book - ebrary)
Ahern, J., E. Leduc, M. L. York, and Landscape Architecture Foundation (U.S.). 2006. Biodiversity planning and design : sustainable practices. Island Press, Washington. (QH75 .A347 2006 Science Library)
Aronson, J., S. J. Milton, J. N. Blignaut, and Society for Ecological Restoration International, editors. 2007. Restoring natural capital : science, business, and practice. Island Press; Society for Ecological Restoration International, Washington; Tucson, Ariz. (QH541.15.R45 R47 2007 Science Library)
Bainbridge, D. A. 2007. A guide for desert and dryland restoration : new hope for arid lands. Society for Ecological Restoration International; Island Press, Tucson, Ariz.; Washington, DC. (QH 88 .B35 2007 Science Library)
Boyce, J. K., S. Narain, and E. A. Stanton, editors. 2007. Reclaiming nature : environmental justice and ecological restoration. Anthem Press, London ; New York. (GE220 .R43 2007 Science Library)
Butterfield, J., S. Bingham, A. Savory, and S. Bingham. 2006. Holistic management handbook : healthy land, healthy profits. Island Press, Washington. (SF85 .B48 2006 Science Library; E-book - ebrary )
Chouhan, T. S., editor. 1998. Global status of land degradation and desertification : a study of causative natural and anthropogenic factors. Printwell, Jaipur, India. (GB611 .G58 1998 Science Library)
Cramer, V. A., R. J. Hobbs, and Society for Ecological Restoration International, editors. 2007. Old fields : dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland. Island Press, Washington. (S606 .O43 2007 Science Library)
Curry, J. M., and S. McGuire. 2002. Community on land : community, ecology, and the public interest. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Md. ; Oxford. (GF80 .C87 2002 Main Library)
Dieterich, M., J. van der Straaten. 2004. Cultural landscapes and land use. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht ; Boston. (E-book - NetLibrary; E-book -ebrary)
Donahue, D. L. The western range revisited: removing livestock from public lands to conserve native biodiversity. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. (QH76.5.W34 D66 1999 Science Library; E-book - NetLibrary )
Falk, D. A., M. A. Palmer, J. B. Zedler, and Society for Ecological Restoration International, editors. 2006. Foundations of restoration ecology. Island Press, Washington, D.C. (QH541.15.R45 F68 2006 Science Library)
Ferson, S., M. A. Burgman. Quantitative methods for conservation biology. Springer, New York. (QH75 .Q36 2000 Science Library; E-book - NetLibrary; E-book - ebrary)
France, R. L., editor. 2008. Handbook of regenerative landscape design. CRC Press, Boca Raton. (SB472.45 .F73 2007 Science Library; E-book - EBL)
Geist, H. 2005. The causes and progression of desertification. England; VT : Ashgate Pub, Aldershot, Hants; Burlington. (GB611 .G45 2005 Science Library)
Gobster, P. H., and R. B. Hull, editors. 2000. Restoring nature : perspectives from the social sciences and humanities. Island Press, Washington, D. C. (GE300 .R47 2000 Science Library)
Gordon, M. S., and S. M. Bartol. 2004. Experimental approaches to conservation biology. University of California Press, Berkeley. (QH75 .E96 2004 Science Library; E-book - NetLibrary; E-book - ebrary)
Grice, A. C., K. C. Hodgkinson, Center for International Forestry Research and International Rangeland Congress. 2002. Global rangelands. Oxon; NY : CABI Pub. in Association with Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR, Wallingford; New York. (SF84.84 .G56 2002 Science Library; E-book - NetLibrary; E-book - ebrary)
Higgs, E. 2003. Nature by design : people, natural process, and ecological restoration. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. ; London. (QH541.15.R45 H54 2003 Science Library; E-book - NetLibrary)
Holechek, J., R. D. Pieper, and C. H. Herbel. 2004. Range management : principles and practices. 5th edition. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J. (SF85 .H56 2004 Science Library)
Klyza, C. M. 1996. Who controls public lands?: mining, forestry, and grazing policies, 1870-1990. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. (HD216 .K55 1996 Main Library & Law Library; E-book - NetLibrary)
Mainguet, M. 1994. Desertification : natural background and human mismanagement. 2nd edition. Springer-Verlag, Berlin ; New York. (GB611 .M24 1994 Science Library)
Mitsch, W. J., and S. E. Jørgensen. 2004. Ecological engineering and ecosystem restoration. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J. (QH541.15.R45 M58 2004 Science Library)
Morris, J. 1995. The political economy of land degradation : pressure groups, foreign aid and the myth of man-made deserts. IEA Environmental Unit, London. (GB618.82 .M67 1995 Science Library)
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Rangeland Classification. 1994. Rangeland health : new methods to classify, inventory, and monitor rangelands. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. (SF85.3 .R36 1994 Science Library; E-book - ebrary)
Nature Publishing Group. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.[Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England] : Nature Pub. Group ; [New York, NY : Grove's Dictionaries, Inc.], c2001-. (Online)
Peterson, D. L., and Pacific Northwest Research Station. 2007. Analytical and decision support for managing vegetation and fuels. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. (E-book - USFS )
Rosenberg, K. A. 1994. Wilderness preservation: a reference handbook. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Calif. (QH76 .R66 1994 Science Library; E-book - NetLibrary)
Rowley, W. D. 1985. U.S. Forest Service grazing and rangelands: a history. 1st edition. Texas A&M University Press, College Station. (SD427.G8 R74 1985 Science Library; E-book - NetLibrary)
Thomas, C. W. 2003. Bureaucratic landscapes: interagency cooperation and the preservation of biodiversity. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. (QH76.5.C2 T52 2003 Science Library; E-book - NetLibrary)
United States. Forest Service. 2003. Environmental assessment for management of noxious weeds and hazardous vegetation on public roads on national forest system lands in Arizona. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Phoenix, AZ 2324 E. McDowell Rd., Phoenix 85006. (SB612.A7 E58 2003 Science Library)
Ward, C. 2004. Hope's horizon: three visions for healing the American land. Island Press/Shearwater Books, Washington D.C. (QH76 .W37 2004 Science Library; E-book - NetLibrary; E-book - ebrary)
Whisenant, S. G. 1999. Repairing damaged wildlands. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA. (E-book - ebrary )
Whittaker, R. J., and J. M. Fernández-Palacios. 2007. Island biogeography : ecology, evolution, and conservation. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford ; New York. (QH541.5.I8 W48 2007 Science Library)
Wirth, T. A., D. A. Pyke, and Geological Survey (U.S.). 2007. Monitoring post-fire vegetation rehabilitation projects: a common approach for non-forested ecosystems. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. (E-book - USGS)
Finding Articles
Databases that index journal & magazine articles are arranged by subject at Indexes to Articles & More .
Recommended databases for subjects covered in "Vegetation Management of Wildlands " include:
- AGRICOLA
- BIOSIS
- CAB
- Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
- Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
- Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
Once you've found a citation or reference for a journal article, if there is not a link to the online e-journal in the database itself, take the journal name from the citation and look it up by "Journal Title" search in the UA Library Online Catalog.
If the UA Library does not own or provide online access to a journal you need, UA students, faculty or staff may request a free copy of a specific article in that journal through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) .
Finding Dissertations & Theses
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Arizona (formerly Current Research @ UA) - Index of all doctoral dissertations and some master's theses from UA . Full text available from 1996 forward. (Available only to UA Campus.)
For more information about identifying and locating dissertations and theses from other universities, visit How Do I Find...Dissertations & Theses?
Maps
The Map Collection is in the basement (Floor 1) of the Main Library.
Selected maps of potential interest include:
- Biotic Communities of the Southwest.by David E. Brown and Charles H. Lowe. Scale 1:1,000,000 (W 118°00--W 103°00/N 37°30--N 27°00). [Salt Lake City] : University of Utah Press, 1994. (G4301.D1 1980 .B7 1994 Map Collection)
- Natural Vegetative Communities of Arizona. by David E. Brown, John N. Theobald and Vern Booth. Scale ca. 1:500,000. [Phoenix] Arizona Resources Information System, c1973. (G4331.D2 1973 B8 Map Collection)
For guidance on how to find topographic and other kinds of maps in the UA Library, visit How to Find Maps
The Arizona Electronic Atlas is a web-based interactive GIS mapping tool that provides geospatial data for a wide range of science and social science topics including the environment and natural resources in Arizona.
The USGS has a Topographic Maps web page that describes terms and concepts related to topographic maps.
For questions about maps, contact Christine Kollen, Social Science librarian & map specialist, at kollenc@u.library.arizona.edu.
Selected Resources on the World Wide Web
Arizona Climate Summaries - part of the Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC) web site.
Arizona Native Plant Society - a statewide nonprofit organization devoted to Arizona's native plants.
Fire Effects Information System - This website, developed at the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station's Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, Montana, has a searchable section on plant species that gives extremely detailed plant summaries.
Gap Analysis Program - Gap Analysis is a proactive approach to protecting biodiversity. It seeks to identify gaps between land areas that are rich in biodiversity and areas that are managed for conservation.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) - Provides authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, and microbes of North America and the world. Click on the "Data Access" link to search by scientific or common names.
Plant Sciences Research Guide - A "pathfinder" created at the UA Library that lists print and electronic resources in the UA Library and on the Web for the plant sciences.
Plants Database - A USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service web resource, the Plants Database provides information on plant characteristics, cultural significance, distribution, etc.
Vegetation Management and Restoration- This is one section of the Arizona Rangelands / Rangelands West web sites .
University of Arizona Herbarium - This site has links to local plant lists & floras, photos of local flora, etc.
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH PREPARING AN ORAL PRESENTATION AND WRITING
Oral Presentations and Technical Writing - A chapter in an online technical writing textbook by David A. McMurrey at Austin Community College, this site also has information on preparing a 7 minute oral presentation and links to other relevant sites.
The University of Arizona has a Writing Center web site. Check it out to find out about their services, to see links to Internet writing sites, etc.
Bibliographic Management Software
EndNote Web - University of Arizona ISI Web of Science (aka Web of Knowledge) customers are eligible for free EndNote Web access. In order to create and access your EndNote Web Library, you must sign in or register via the UA Library Web of Science access. With EndNote Web, you can: Search and import records from ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed and hundreds of library OPACs directly; Store up to 10,000 records per user account; Edit reference detail; add notes and keywords, modify any field; Use thousands of publishing styles to format in-text citations and bibliographies; etc.
RefWorks - RefWorks is a UA Library-subscribed web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create personal databases by importing references from text files or online databases. Users can employ these references in writing papers and automatically format papers and bibliographies in seconds. For more information, visit the RefWorks FAQs.
Zotero - a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
Citing Your Sources
When you write your reports it is important to give references to your source material. You should include enough detail to allow a reader to find the information sources you've used.
There is no one "right" way to cite an article. In fact, there are as many different guidelines and formats (also known as "style manuals") for citations as there are academic disciplines. Again, the key is to provide enough detail to allow others to track down your sources if they wanted to read the articles. Key information includes:
- Author or authors
- Title of the article, book chapter or web site
- Name of the journal, magazine, newspaper, book, etc.
- Volume number (for journal articles)
- Issue number (for journal articles)
- Page numbers (beginning and ending)
- Year of publication
For web pages there usually is not an equivalent to page number or volume, but there is some additional information that you will need to include:
- Name of organization that is sponsoring the web page (if there is one)
- The complete URL
- The day, month, and year that you accessed the web page
The UA Library has a Citation Guide web page. It provides basic guidelines and examples to frequently asked citation questions from three major style guides: The Modern Languages Association Style Manual; the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association; and the Chicago Manual of Style. There are also links to subject specific citation links. The Council of Biology Editors Style Guide is listed in the Science section.
Visit the Citing Internet Resources web page, from Classroom Connect, to see examples of how to cite online images, sounds, video clips, etc.
See also the Bibliographic Management Software (RefWorks, EndNoteand Zotero) listed above which can automatically format your references.
Library Services
A few highlighted services and resources:
- Express Document Services - Provides desk-top delivery (to your computer) or delivery by mail of information resources owned by the UA Library.
- Express Retrieval - The UA Library will retrieve items off the library shelves and place them directly on the hold shelf for UA students, faculty and staff to come and pick up.
- Graduate Student Short-Term Carrels - Current UA Graduate Students can check-out study carrels for 6 hours from the Library.
- Inter Library Loan (ILL) - Interlibrary Loan is a free service for UA students, faculty and staff that provides access to materials not owned by the UA Library.
- Lockers - The UA Library has sixteen short-term lockers available on the eastern side of the entrance lobby at the Main Library which are available for anyone to use ($0.25 / key). There are another sixteen lockers on the western side of the entrance lobby at the Main Library which are assigned to graduate students who are on the waiting list or who are sharing one of the library's long term loan graduate study carrels.
- Presentation Practice Rooms - Rooms are available with the tools and space for UA students to practice presentations, record them, and play them back for self-evaluation. Each room contains 2 video cameras, a microphone and 3 software packages to record the act of a presentation in front of the wall-mounted LCD monitor.
- Projector and Laptop Loans - Current UA students can borrow laptops and portable projectors from the Library for a 4-hour loan period.
- ResumeBuilder - Resume Builder helps you produce high quality resumes with examples and templates tuned to specific fields. You can build, manage and control multiple resumes secured with passwords and IDs. The resumes are offered as Microsoft Word documents or as web pages and you can create up to 7 unique resumes for different purposes.
Librarians Available to Help
If you need further assistance finding information for your studies in RAM 446/546 (or other SNR courses), please contact either:
Created and maintained by Jeanne Pfander , UA Science-Engineering Library.