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100 1 $aYoung, Christine C.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95098450
245 10 $aIn the absence of predators :$bconservation and controversy on the Kaibab Plateau /$cChristian C. Young.
260 $aLincoln :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $a269 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-262) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tBuckskin Mountain --$g2.$tBeasts in the Garden --$g3.$tA Deer Dilemma --$g4.$tGetting to the Bottom of Things --$g5.$tTaking Notice of the Kaibab Deer --$g6.$tScientific Expertise in the Midst of Controversy --$g7.$tBig Game Management Plans on the Kaibab --$g8.$tThe Exception That Proved the Rule.
520 1 $a"The wildlife management controversy over the deer on the Kaibab Plateau, north of the Grand Canyon, remains one of the best-known examples of nature's balance being upset by human efforts to protect a certain aspect of nature. The controversy involves an apparent deer population explosion and crash on the Kaibab Plateau in the 1920s, which was initially blamed on the removal of natural predators.".
520 8 $a"In the first comprehensive account of the Kaibab deer controversy, Christian C. Young describes the interactions, rivalries, and conflicts between state and federal agencies, scientists, nature lovers, conservationists, and hunters. Young blends a contextualized history of events with a new and more useful understanding about the promise of scientific knowledge in the face of factual uncertainty and public controversy.".
520 8 $a"Scientists and historians have used this case to illustrate the difficulties of controlling wild populations. Their message is typically one of failure, and the reason most often given centers on our lack of knowledge of the natural world. As such, the burden of failure seems to rest on scientists, who work diligently but always seem to offer too little too late in the way of practical advice.
520 8 $aSince our knowledge of the natural world will always be incomplete, Young argues that our ability to investigate nature requires flexible and interactive management plans. He shows how earlier "truths" learned on the Kaibab came to be recognized as myths and offers a compelling lesson about how science and society interact within challenging contexts of disagreement."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aDeer populations$zKaibab Plateau (Ariz. and Utah)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPredation (Biology)$zKaibab Plateau (Ariz. and Utah)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWildlife management$zKaibab Plateau (Ariz. and Utah)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWildlife conservation$zKaibab Plateau (Ariz. and Utah)$xHistory$y20th century.
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