Grass: In Search of Human Habitat

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Grass organisms and environments Harry W. Greene, Consulting Editor 1. The View from Bald Hill: Thirty Years in an Arizona Grassland, by Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock 2. Tupai: A Field Study of Bornean Treeshrews, by Louise H. Emmons 3. Singing the Turtles to Sea: The Comcáac (Seri) Art and Science of Reptiles, by Gary Paul Nabhan 4. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés, by L. Lee Grismer 5. Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, by Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt 6. American Bison: A Natural History, by Dale F. Lott 7. A Bat Man in the Tropics: Chasing El Duende, by Theodore H. Fleming 8. Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America, by Paul S. Martin 9. Biology of Gila Monsters and Beaded Lizards, by Daniel D. Beck 10. Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree, by Jonathan B. Losos 11. Grass: In Search of Human Habitat, by Joe C. Truett Grass i n s e a r c h o f h u m a n h a b i t a t j o e c. t r u e t t Foreword by Harry W. Greene u n i v e r s i t y o f c a l i f o r n i a p r e s s Berkeley Los Angeles London The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Fund in Environmental Studies of the University of California Press Foundation. University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England© 2010 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Truett, Joe C. (Joe Clyde) Grass : in search of human habitat / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene. p. cm.—(Organisms and environments ; 11) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-520-25839-6 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Grassland ecology. 2. Grasslands. 3. Grasses. I. Title. qh541.5.p7t78 2010 578.740978—dc22 2009018655 Manufactured in the United States of America 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on Natures Book, which contains 30% postconsumer waste and meets the minimum requirements of ansi/ niso z 39.48–1992 (r 1997) (Permanence of Paper). If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass This page intentionally left blank ...