Biodiversity and Land-Use Change in the American Mountain West
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4486794 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy D Maestas (0000-0002-9171-9576), Richard L Knight, Wendell C Gilgert, Wendell Gilgert |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 509 |
| Publication date | 2001-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3594738 |
| OpenAlex | W4232683786 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 25 |
Rural private lands in the Mountain West of the United States are undergoing a profound land‐use conversion, from agriculture to low‐density residential or exurban development, though little scientific study documents the ecological consequences of this change. Nongovernmental conservation organizations are working with ranchers to keep rangeland out of development and in ranching, ostensibly because these organizations believe that biodiversity is better protected on ranches than on exurban developments. We compared plant and wildlife communities across the principal rural land uses in the Mountain West: protection, livestock ranching, and exurban development. Native plant and faunal biodiversity was better maintained on ranches and protected areas than on exurban developments. Exurban developments favored species that were nonnative or adapted to human‐altered environments. The continued conversion of ranches to exurban development suggests a long‐term alteration of the region's natural heritage
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Biodiversity · Biology · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Land use · Land use, land-use change and forestry · Livestock · Natural heritage · Physical geography · Rangeland · Tourism · Wildlife · Archaeology and Natural History · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Ecology · Environmental Science · Forest Management and Policy · Forestry · Rangeland and Wildlife Management · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Acknowledging Trade-offs and Understanding Complexity
Stewardship among lifestyle oriented rural landowners
Land Trusts and Conservation Easements
Economic, social, and environmental impacts of cattle on grazing land ecosystems
Human population growth and accessibility from cities shape rangeland condition in the American West
Viewscape change highlights shifting drivers of exurban development over time
Population Change and Rural Society
Underuse of social-ecological systems
Re-creating the Rural, Reconstructing Nature
Patterns of Irrigated Agricultural Land Conversion in a Western U.S. Watershed
Private Property Rights and Community Goods
Amenity Landownership, Land Use Change, and the Re-Creation of “Working Landscapes”
Retooling” for the New West
Writing the New West
Emerging amenity landscapes
Ecological Entrepreneurship Support Networks
Embattled Ranchers, Endangered Species, and Urban Sprawl
Four Symbolic Boundaries of The American West
Hobby Ranching and Chile's Land-reform Legacy
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.27 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2023 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |