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Author : Gerald A. Rosenthal
Publisher : Academic Insights
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Desert biology
ISBN : 0578069083
This lavishly illustrated and informatively written book offers readers a guide to the Sonoran Desert that will enhance their understanding of the plants and animals that live there.
Author : Eric Magrane,Christopher Cokinos
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780816531233
Desert cottontail // Sylvilagus audubonii - Simmons B. Buntin
Author : Steven J. Phillips,Patricia Wentworth Comus
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0520219805
"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Dot Barlowe
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486423697
"[A] coloring book, filled realistic illustrations, [which] follows wildlife and plants--from tiny lizards and delicate flowers to coyotes and giant saguaros--through a twenty-four-hour cycle"--P. [4] of cover.
Author : Robert H. Robichaux
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816535408
This book offers an accessible introduction to Sonoran Desert ecology. Eight original essays by Sonoran Desert specialists provide an overview of the practice of ecology at landscape, community, and organism levels. The essays explore the rich diversity of plant life in the Sonoran Desert and the ecological patterns and processes that underlie it. They also reveal the history and scientific legacy of the Desert Laboratory in Tucson, which has conducted research on the Sonoran Desert since 1903.
Author : Richard Stephen Felger,Benjamin Theodore Wilder,Humberto Romero-Morales
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816599417
The desert islands of the Gulf of California are among the world's best-preserved archipelagos. The diverse and unique flora, from the cardón forests of Cholludo to the agave-dominated slopes of San Esteban remain much as they were centuries ago, when the Comcaac (Seri people) were the only human presence in the region. Almost 400 plant species exist here, with each island manifesting a unique composition of vegetation and flora. For thousands of years, climatic and biological forces have sculpted a set of unparalleled desert worlds. Plant Life of a Desert Archipelago is the first in-depth coverage of the plants on islands in the Gulf of California found in between the coasts of Baja California and Sonora. The work is the culmination of decades of study by botanist Richard Felger and recent investigations by Benjamin Wilder, in collaboration with Sr. Humberto Romero-Morales, one of the most knowledgeable Seris concerning the region's flora. Their collective effort weaves together careful and accurate botanical science with the rich cultural and stunning physical setting of this island realm. The researchers surveyed, collected, and studied thousands of plants—seen here in meticulous illustrations and stunning color photographs—providing the most precise species accounts of the islands ever made. To access remote parts of the islands the authors worked directly with the Comcaac, an indigenous community who have lived off marine and terrestrial life in this coastal desert region for centuries. Invaluable information regarding indigenous names and distributions are an intrinsic part of this work. The flora descriptions are extraordinarily detailed and painstakingly crafted for field biologists. Conservationists, students, and others who are interested in learning about the natural wealth of the Gulf of California, desert regions, or islands in general are sure to be captivated by this rich and fascinating volume.
Author : Madeleine Dunphy
Publisher : Web of Life Children's Book
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780988330283
Despite its stark landscape and harsh climate, the Sonoran Desert teems with life. Hare, hawks, lizards, bobcats, badgers, coyote — all live among the desert’s fragrant mesquite and spiny cactus, and none can exist without the others. Madeleine Dunphy’s poetic text explores all the warm and native elements that make the American Southwest such a mystical place, while Anne Coe's stunning paintings portray the desert’s plants and animals as well as the dazzling colors reflected in the rocks and skies of the Sonoran Desert.
Author : Amadeo M. Rea
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816534296
Winner of the Society for Economic Botany's Klinger Book Award, this is the first complete ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima, presented from the perspective of the Pimas themselves.
Author : Robin Johnson
Publisher : Ecosystems Research Journal
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778734919
Follow along as a researcher observes and makes journal entries about their field trip through the Sonoran Desert ecosystem. Outstanding photographs highlight the animals, plants, and people that inhabit this hot desert that straddles the United States and Mexico. Simple graphs show how much the desert has changed, and the final report describes efforts being made to preserve it. Teacher's guide available.
Author : Wendy C. Hodgson
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780816532834
"Written to be easily accessible to general readers, the book is a valuable compendium for anyone interested in the desert's hidden bounty."--Jacket.
Author : Thomas Alan Wiewandt
Publisher : Mountain Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Desert ecology
ISBN : 0878425551
Takes a photographic tour of the life cycles of the desert, where all creatures must adapt to extremes of heat and cold and the coming and going of the rains.
Author : Karen Krebbs
Publisher : Adventure Publications
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781591936640
The desert is more than just a barren wasteland -- it's an ecological system booming with life. Have you ever wondered which animals call the Southwest's deserts home? Have you asked yourself how they can possibly survive? This fantastic guide to desert life, written by Karen Krebbs, holds the answers. With stunning photography, as well as fascinating and surprising information, you'll find Desert Life of the Southwest hard to put down! Book Features: Spotlight on more than 100 species of desert animals and plants Special emphasis on how to spot them and how they survive in the desert Animal species that include everything from small insects to large mammals Engaging information about the Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts "Wow" facts, diet, predators, lifespan, and more
Author : Amalia Astorga,Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Endangered species
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173010390824
Famed ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan learns the deeper meanings of ecology from Amalia Astorga, a Seri Indian.
Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816540280
In this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional notions of the desert. Beautiful, reflective, and at times humorous, Nabhan’s extended essay also called “The Nature of Desert Nature” reveals the complexity of what a desert is and can be. He passionately writes about what it is like to visit a desert and what living in a desert looks like when viewed through a new frame, turning age-old notions of the desert on their heads. Nabhan invites a prism of voices—friends, colleagues, and advisors from his more than four decades of study of deserts—to bring their own perspectives. Scientists, artists, desert contemplatives, poets, and writers bring the desert into view and investigate why these places compel us to walk through their sands and beneath their cacti and acacia. We observe the spines and spears, stings and songs of the desert anew. Unexpected. Surprising. Enchanting. Like the desert itself, each essay offers renewed vocabulary and thoughtful perceptions. The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places. Contributors Thomas M. Antonio Homero Aridjis James Aronson Tessa Bielecki Alberto Búrquez Montijo Francisco Cantú Douglas Christie Paul Dayton Alison Hawthorne Deming Father David Denny Exequiel Ezcurra Thomas Lowe Fleischner Jack Loeffler Ellen McMahon Rubén Martínez Curt Meine Alberto Mellado Moreno Paul Mirocha Gary Paul Nabhan Ray Perotti Larry Stevens Stephen Trimble Octaviana V. Trujillo Benjamin T. Wilder Andy Wilkinson Ofelia Zepeda
Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0816510148
Looks at the history and uses of plants of the Sonoran Desert, including creosote, palm trees, mesquite, organpipe cactus, amaranth, chiles, and Devil's claw
