Author : Marco Lambertini
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 29,22 MB
Release : 2000-05-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0226468283
Beautifully illustrated throughout with color plates, photographs, and drawings, this volume is a comprehensive introduction to the natural history of the tropics worldwide. 59 color photos. 21 maps.
Author : Adrian Forsyth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 2011-05-24
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1439144745
Seventeen marvelous essays introducing the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American rainforest. A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its seventeen marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American rainforest. Includes a lengthy appendix of practical advice for the tropical traveler.
Author : Marco Lambertini
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,14 MB
Release : 1997-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780226468273
Author : Donald D. Cox
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780815607793
Donald D. Cox brings together a wide range of information about the forests of eastern North America, including the origins and types of soils and their relationships to vegetation, climate, and human culture; the members of the plant kingdom and the fungi that are found in forests; the methods by which forest plants reproduce and disperse their seeds; and toxic, medicinal, and edible plants that grow in forests. Cox provides complete and accurate details for those readers who are interested in collecting forest plants and preserving plant collections. For readers who wish to go a step beyond identifying and collecting plants, the final chapter describes non-technical investigations, activities, and projects. The author emphasizes forest conservation and habitat preservation throughout this invaluable book.
Author : Derek Madden
Publisher : Heyday.ORIM
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1597144975
This guide to the wildlife and vegetation of California’s Central Valley and Foothills Regions features more than seven hundred detailed line drawings. California’s San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys and the nearby Sierra Nevada Foothills are host to abundant, varied, and often surprising plants and wildlife. This fully illustrated guide pairs over seven hundred meticulous line drawings with descriptions of the birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fishes, invertebrates, plants, and fungi that make this diverse and beautiful region their home. Like a ranger-led nature walk, each species receives a lively overview; readers will learn about freshwater jellyfish, mushrooms that decompose railroad ties, handstanding spotted skunks, salt-shedding pickleweed—not to mention insects. Every write-up not only contains fun facts but also conveys a sense of the complex connections and interactions that sustain life in a unique place. Previously published as Magpies and Mayflies (Heyday, 2005), The Naturalist’s Illustrated Guide to the Sierra Foothills and Central Valley features updated scientific and common names, and a full redesign.
Author : Steve Bird
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Bird watching
ISBN : 9781912081028
High quality photographs from one of the country's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits, and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography, climate, habitat types, bird species and taxonomy, bird migration, and the key sites for viewing the listed species. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the birds of Costa Rica encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name, and IUCN status.
Author : Greg de Nevers
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520274806
The California Naturalist Handbook provides a fun, science-based introduction to California’s natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation. It is a hands-on guide to learning about the natural environment of California. Subjects covered include California natural history and geology, native plants and animals, California’s freshwater resources and ecosystems, forest and rangeland resources, conservation biology, and the effects of global warming on California’s natural communities. The Handbook also discusses how to create and use a field notebook, natural resource interpretation, citizen science, and collaborative conservation and serves as the primary text for the California Naturalist Program.
Author : Susan E. Place
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 22,14 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780842029087
Emerging awareness of the plight of the rainforests of Central and South America has catapaulted this issue to the forefront of global environmental concerns. As understanding has increased, so has the contention between the various groups that have a stake in the forest. Developers, environmentalists, governments and the landless poor whose livelihood depends on the rainforest all have contributed to the debate on how to address this problem.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 1907
Category :
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Author : Maurice Burton
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780761472889
This twenty-two volume set presents the appearance and behavior of thousands of species of animals along with species population and prospects for survival in a arranged alphabetically and easy-to-read format.
