Author: Joseph GrinnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ground squirrels
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Natural History of the Ground Squirrels of California
Author: Joseph GrinnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ground squirrels
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A Natural History of California
Author: Allan A. SchoenherrPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520295110
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
In this comprehensive and abundantly illustrated book, Allan A. Schoenherr describes the natural history of California—a state with a greater range of landforms, a greater variety of habitats, and more kinds of plants and animals than any area of equivalent size in all of North America. A Natural History of California focuses on each distinctive region, addressing its climate, rocks, soil, plants, and animals. The second edition of this classic work features updated species names and taxa, new details about parks reclassified by federal and state agencies, new stories about modern human and animal interaction, and a new epilogue on the impacts of climate change.
California Ground Squirrels
Author: California. State Commission of Horticulture. Rodent Control DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California ground squirrel
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
... Revision of the North American Ground Squirrels
Author: Arthur Holmes HowellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History
Author: Natural History of the White-Inyo Range, Eastern California
Author: Clarence A. HallPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520068964
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The White-Inyo Range--rising sharply from the eastern edge of Owens Valley--is one of the most extraordinary landscapes in the world. High, dry, and amazingly diverse, it boasts an expansive alpine tundra and features the oldest living species on earth--the 4,000-year-old Bristlecone Pines. This colorful and authoritative volume assembles a wealth of information of deep interest to the hikers and scientists attracted to White-Inyo's altitude and isolation. The nearly two dozen contributors to the volume are leading experts on the flora and fauna, the geology, geomorphology, meteorology, anthropology, and archaeology of the area. The book offers descriptions of more than 650 kinds of living organisms, from the handful of fish to the abundance of reptile, amphibian, bird and plant species. (It provides descriptions of hundreds of flowering plants.) It contains an 8-color geologic map and a roadside guide that enables the visitor to make sense of the area's complex geological history. Readers will also learn about air currents that make the range a delight for sailplane pilots and create strange cloud formations. And a special chapter tells what is known of the Native Americans who moved up and down the mountain slopes in response to seasonal changes. For anyone who wishes to visit this astonishing area or to do research there, this volume will be a unique, comprehensive resource. The White-Inyo Range--rising sharply from the eastern edge of Owens Valley--is one of the most extraordinary landscapes in the world. High, dry, and amazingly diverse, it boasts an expansive alpine tundra and features the oldest living species on earth--the 4,000-year-old Bristlecone Pines. This colorful and authoritative volume assembles a wealth of information of deep interest to the hikers and scientists attracted to White-Inyo's altitude and isolation. The nearly two dozen contributors to the volume are leading experts on the flora and fauna, the geology, geomorphology, meteorology, anthropology, and archaeology of the area. The book offers descriptions of more than 650 kinds of living organisms, from the handful of fish to the abundance of reptile, amphibian, bird and plant species. (It provides descriptions of hundreds of flowering plants.) It contains an 8-color geologic map and a roadside guide that enables the visitor to make sense of the area's complex geological history. Readers will also learn about air currents that make the range a delight for sailplane pilots and create strange cloud formations. And a special chapter tells what is known of the Native Americans who moved up and down the mountain slopes in response to seasonal changes. For anyone who wishes to visit this astonishing area or to do research there, this volume will be a unique, comprehensive resource.
Monthly Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, State of California
Author: California. Department of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1552
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, State of California
Author: North American Fauna
Author: Revision of the American Lemming Mice (genus Synaptomys)
Author: Alfred Brazier HowellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lemmings
Languages : en
Pages : 1840
Book Description