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Sierra Nevada Natural History (California Natural History Guides)
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by Tracy I. Storer, Robert L. Usinger, and David Lukas
Sales Rank: 100775
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Discount: 27 %
List Price: $24.95
$18.21
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Features
Turtleback: 592 pages
Published by: University of California PressEdition: 2nd Edition September 1, 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0520240960
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0520240964
Book Dimensions:
7.9 x 4.7 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
American Scientist
Over 750 easily understandable (for the lay reader) yet scientifically accurate descriptions are accompanied by great drawings and a section of 24 color plates.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
The awesome and much-loved Sierra Nevada, called the "Range of Light" by John Muir, is the dominant feature on the California landscape. First published forty years ago, this handbook has become an enduring natural History classic, used by thousands to learn more about virtually every aspect of this spectacular mountain range--from its superb flora and fauna to its rugged topography. Comprehensive yet concise and portable, the book describes hundreds of species: trees and shrubs, flowering plants and ferns, fungi and lichens, insects and fish, amphibians and reptiles, and birds and mammals. Now completely updated and revised, it will continue to be the essential guide to the Sierra Nevada for a new generation of hikers, campers, tourists, naturalists, students, and teachers--everyone who wants to know more about this unique and gorgeous mountain range.
* Describes more than 750 of the species most likely to be encountered with more than 500 new color photographs and 218 detailed black-and-white drawings
* Includes engaging and accessible introductory sections on Sierra Nevada topography, climate, geological history, and human History
* The compact, updated species accounts make identification easy, provide informative remarks on ecology and life history, and note which species are threatened or endangered
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Sierra Nevada Natural History: An Illustrated Handbook (Paperback)
This is the book that took me through too many nights, and early morning units of biology and on into my Masters Studies. A quick reference book that has most of your common everythings on it -- it gets you into a ballpark and usually that is close enough for almost everyone. Plants, birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, insects --- it is all here in one place and the big bonus is that it weighs about 300 pounds less than a set of professional reference books. If I could take only one book with me camping or hiking in the Sierra, this would be the one. And don't forget your 5x and 10x Loupes.
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