Author: Beatrice La Force
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Category : Alpine (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Alpine, Southern California
Author: Beatrice La Force
Publisher:
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Category : Alpine (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alpine (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Alpine, Southern California
Author: Beatrice LaForce
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Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 519
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Glen Alpine, California
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Category : Glen Alpine (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Category : Glen Alpine (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Ecosystems of California
Author: Harold Mooney
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520278801
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520278801
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.
A Phytogeographic Survey of the Subalpine and Alpine Regions of Southern California
Author: Paul Arthur Bushnell Meyers
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Famous Southern California Scenes
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
[47] leaves of illustrations with captions
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
[47] leaves of illustrations with captions
Southern California Mountains Wildflowers
Author: Pam Mackay Thomas
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493019228
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Southern California Mountains Wildflowers presents 380 plant species of the diverse southern California Mountains, including dominant species and plants most likely noticed. With information about distinguishing less common species from those that are more widespread, this guide is sure to please botanists and more serious plant enthusiasts. Including many of the rare plants that make each mountain range unique, especially those endemic to the Big Bear region, a world-famous “biodiversity hotspot,” this is a must-have for any wildflower lover. Look inside to find: Detailed yet user-friendly descriptions and full-color photos of 380 wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and ferns Information on flowering season and interesting facts about each plant Natural history information for southern California mountains, including geography, geology, and climate Discussion of plant adaptations to higher elevations Information on conservation and threats to mountain plants Early botanical explorers of southern California mountains How native mountain plants were used by Native Americans Plants arranged by color and family A glossary of botanical terms
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493019228
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Southern California Mountains Wildflowers presents 380 plant species of the diverse southern California Mountains, including dominant species and plants most likely noticed. With information about distinguishing less common species from those that are more widespread, this guide is sure to please botanists and more serious plant enthusiasts. Including many of the rare plants that make each mountain range unique, especially those endemic to the Big Bear region, a world-famous “biodiversity hotspot,” this is a must-have for any wildflower lover. Look inside to find: Detailed yet user-friendly descriptions and full-color photos of 380 wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and ferns Information on flowering season and interesting facts about each plant Natural history information for southern California mountains, including geography, geology, and climate Discussion of plant adaptations to higher elevations Information on conservation and threats to mountain plants Early botanical explorers of southern California mountains How native mountain plants were used by Native Americans Plants arranged by color and family A glossary of botanical terms
Southern California
Author: Charles Augustus Keeler
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Category : California, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Category : California, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Sierra Club Bulletin
Author: Sierra Club
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Includes section "Book reviews."
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Includes section "Book reviews."
The Mountains Of California (Legacy Edition)
Author: John Muir
Publisher: Doublebit Press
ISBN: 9781643890944
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1898 The Mountains Of California is part study of natural history, part celebration of Muir's favorite land: the California mountains, the Sierra range, and the Yosemite Valley. Take a walk with Muir as he travels along the high trails and shares his unique views of the world.
Publisher: Doublebit Press
ISBN: 9781643890944
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1898 The Mountains Of California is part study of natural history, part celebration of Muir's favorite land: the California mountains, the Sierra range, and the Yosemite Valley. Take a walk with Muir as he travels along the high trails and shares his unique views of the world.