CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview, M. Lisa Floyd, David D. Hanna, and William H. Romme
Section 1: What are the Biological and Ecological Characteristics of Piñon-juniper Woodlands in Mesa Verde Country?
Chapter 2 Gnarly Old Trees: Canopy Characteristics of Old-Growth Piñon-Juniper Woodlands, M. Lisa Floyd, Marilyn Colyer, David D. Hanna, and William H. Romme
Chapter 3 Beneath the Trees: Shrubs, Herbs and some Surprising Rarities, M. Lisa Floyd and Marilyn Colyer
Chapter 4 At the Ground Level: Fungi and Mosses Jayne Belnap and J. Page Lindsey
Chapter 5 Magnificent Microbes: Biological Soil Crusts in Piñon-Juniper Communities, Jayne Belnap
Chapter 6 Mesa Verde Country's Woodland Avian Community, George San Miguel and Marilyn Colyer
Chapter 7 Mammals of Old-Growth Piñon-Juniper, Preston Somers, David D.Hanna, Marilyn Colyer, M. Lisa Floyd
Chapter 8 Bats of the Piñon-Juniper Woodlands of Southwestern Colorado, Alice L. Chung-MacCoubrey and Michael A. Bogan
Chapter 9 Reptiles and Amphibians of Piñon-Juniper Woodlands, Timothy B. Graham and David D. Hanna
Chapter 10 Insects Associated with Piñon-Juniper Woodlands of Mesa Verde National Park, D.A. Leatherman and B. C.Kondratieff
Section 2: What Characterizes the Geology, Weather, and Soils of Mesa Verde Country?
Chapter 11 Bedrock Geology, Mary Griffitts
Chapter 12 Landforms and Surficial Deposits, Mary L. Gillam
Chapter 13 Soils of Mesa Verde Country, Doug Ramsey
Chapter 14 Water Resources in Mesa Verde Country, Marilyn Colyer
Chapter 15 Climate History of Southwestern Colorado, Nolan J. Doeskan and Thomas B. McKee
Section 3: What Processes of Change Are Occurring in Mesa Verde Country?
Chapter 16 Fire history M. Lisa Floyd, William H. Romme and David D. Hanna
Chapter 17 Effects of Fire on Insect Communities in Pinon-Juniper Woodlands, Mesa Verde Country Deborah M. Kendall
Chapter 18 A Personal Perspective on the Ethnobotany of Old-Growth Piñon-Juniper Woodlands, William J. Litzinger
Chapter 19 Some Ethnobotanical Uses of Plants from Piñon-Juniper Woodlands, Marilyn Colyer
Chapter 20 The Ancestral Pueblo and their Piñon-Juniper Woodlands, Patricia Robins Flint-Lacey
Chapter 21 "Only Man is Vile" Duane A. Smith
Section 4: Looking into the Future-Hopes and Concerns for the Ecological Integrity of Mesa Verde Country
Chapter 22 Threats to the Piñon-Juniper Woodland, William H. Romme, Sylvia Oliva, and M. Lisa Floyd
Chapter 23 Epilogue: Management Considerations for Conserving Old Growth Piñon Juniper Woodlands, George San Miguel
Contributors
Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Natural history Colorado Mesa Verde National Park, Old growth forest ecology Colorado Mesa Verde National Park, Pinus edulis Colorado Mesa Verde National Park, Juniper Colorado Mesa Verde National Park