- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
One Introduction -
Two Systematics of California Grasses (Poaceae) -
Three Community Classification and Nomenclature -
Four Pleistocene and Pre-European Grassland Ecosystems -
Five Native American Uses and Management of California’s Grasslands -
Six Ecology of Invasive Non-native Species in California Grassland -
Seven Water Relations -
Eight Mechanisms Determining Patterns of Nutrient Dynamics -
Nine Soil Biology and Carbon Sequestration in Grasslands -
Ten Resource Limitation -
Eleven Genes on the Range -
Twelve Serpentine Grasslands -
Thirteen Competitive Interactions -
Fourteen Dynamics of Woody Species in the California Grassland -
Fifteen Ecology of Native Animals in California Grasslands -
Sixteen History and Ecology of Feral Pig Invasions in California Grasslands -
Seventeen Grazing Ecology of California Grasslands -
Eighteen Fire in California Grasslands -
Nineteen Responses to Changing Atmosphere and Climate -
Twenty Grazing Management on California’s Mediterranean Grasslands -
Twenty One California Grassland Restoration -
Twenty Two Exotic Plant Management in California Annual Grasslands -
Twenty Three Regulatory Protection and Conservation -
Twenty Four Epilogue - References
- Index
Native American Uses and Management of California’s Grasslands
Native American Uses and Management of California’s Grasslands
- Chapter:
- (p.57) Five Native American Uses and Management of California’s Grasslands
- Source:
- California Grasslands
- Author(s):
M. Kat Anderson
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter describes the Native American uses and management of California grasslands. California's grasslands were integral to the prosperity of each tribe, perhaps contributing more species to subsistence economies than any other single vegetation type. The chapter begins by discussing the ethnobiology and ethnozoology of the grasslands. It describes how grasslands supported many types of human activities, providing plant species diversity needed for adornments and clothing, animal products, basketry, construction materials, cordage, medicines, and plant foods. The chapter also describes the indigenous influences and long-term management practices in grassland ecosystems in California.
Keywords: Native American, grasslands, ethnobiology, ethnozoology, clothing, basketry, construction materials, cordage, medicines, plant foods
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- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
One Introduction -
Two Systematics of California Grasses (Poaceae) -
Three Community Classification and Nomenclature -
Four Pleistocene and Pre-European Grassland Ecosystems -
Five Native American Uses and Management of California’s Grasslands -
Six Ecology of Invasive Non-native Species in California Grassland -
Seven Water Relations -
Eight Mechanisms Determining Patterns of Nutrient Dynamics -
Nine Soil Biology and Carbon Sequestration in Grasslands -
Ten Resource Limitation -
Eleven Genes on the Range -
Twelve Serpentine Grasslands -
Thirteen Competitive Interactions -
Fourteen Dynamics of Woody Species in the California Grassland -
Fifteen Ecology of Native Animals in California Grasslands -
Sixteen History and Ecology of Feral Pig Invasions in California Grasslands -
Seventeen Grazing Ecology of California Grasslands -
Eighteen Fire in California Grasslands -
Nineteen Responses to Changing Atmosphere and Climate -
Twenty Grazing Management on California’s Mediterranean Grasslands -
Twenty One California Grassland Restoration -
Twenty Two Exotic Plant Management in California Annual Grasslands -
Twenty Three Regulatory Protection and Conservation -
Twenty Four Epilogue - References
- Index
