The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (eBook)

John Muir Laws (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2007
Heyday (Verlag)
978-1-59714-510-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In this groundbreaking and meticulously field-tested guide, the rich variety of Sierra lifetrees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and insectscomes alive.There are lots of Sierra field guides, some specialized, some general, but this is the best both for beauty and usefulness. Kim Stanley RobinsonEasy-to-use features include:Intuitive organization, color tabs, and simple keysSimilar-looking species side by sideOver 2,800 full-color illustrationsRange maps of species that are otherwise difficult to distinguishIndex of common and scientific namesLightweight and compactideal for backpackingImpressively detailed and comprehensive, the guide includes:More than 1,700 speciesDescriptions of behavior, adaptations, and interactions between speciesSpecies and topics not found in most guides, including aquatic life, spiders and webs, plankton, plant galls, bark beetle galleries, animal tracks and evidence, seasonal star charts, weather patterns, and cloud formations

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Schlagworte: best field guides • bird guides • california field guides • fungi guides • insect guides • mammal guides • nature guides • plant guides
• ISBN-10: 1-59714-510-6 / 1597145106
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59714-510-7 / 9781597145107