A Field Guide to Eastern Forests: North America (Peterson Field Guides (R))

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 512 pages
• Published by: Houghton Mifflin October 15, 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0395928958
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0395928950
• Book Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.7 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

From Library Journal
This latest edition to the "Peterson Field Guide" series seeks to train the reader to recognize patterns that define a woodland. Calling his book a "field guide to ecology," Kricher introduces basic ecological concepts and describes notable field marks that define a particular environment. Twenty-seven types of forest communities east of the Rockies are described in terms of their characteristic indicator species. Illustrative plates, many of which are in color, accompany these descriptions. Seasonal processes within the forest are also discussed. This book, when used in conjunction with appropriate field guides, is an great introduction for the amateur naturalist who wants to see the forest as a whole. Recommended. Laurie Bartolini, Lincoln Lib., Springfield, Ill.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
This field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forests of eastern North America. With 53 full-color plates and eighty color photographs illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, moths, beetles, and other insects.

Reader Reviews
This is a high quality book at a very decent price, it is interesting and covers almost all facets of the forests, and in a way, goes a little bit beyond that with sections on butterflys, insects and other plants besides trees.Like it is mentioned in other reviews, this is not a guide per say to plants, animals,etc.but it is a fairly decent read.