Southwestern Desert Life

Author : Karen Krebbs
Publisher : Adventure Publications
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781591936640

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Desert Life by Karen Krebbs Pdf

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 : Madeleine Dunphy
Publisher : Web of Life Children's Book
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780988330283

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Here Is the Southwestern Desert by Madeleine Dunphy Pdf

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 : James Kavanagh
Publisher : Treasure Chest Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1889903043

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Southwestern Desert Life by James Kavanagh Pdf

Southwestern Desert Life, An Introduction to Familiar Plants and Animals, is a must-have, reference guide for beginners and experts alike. Whether you're on a nature hike or taking a stroll in your neighborhood, you'll want to take along a copy of this indispensable guide.The Pocket Naturalist series is an introduction to common plants and animals and natural phenomena. Each pocket-sized, folding guide highlights up to 150 species and most feature a map identifying prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions. Each is laminated for durability. (31/2 X 81/4 folded, opens to 22 X 81/4, color illustrations, map)

Author : James Kavanagh,Waterford Press
Publisher : Pocket Naturalist Guide
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1583551247

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Southwestern Desert Life by James Kavanagh,Waterford Press Pdf

This beautifully illustrated guide to Southwest Desert Life highlights over 140 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, trees, shrubs, wildflowers and cacti. Laminated for durability, this 12-panel folding guide includes a back-panel map featuring wildlife viewing areas.

Author : Karen Krebbs
Publisher : Color and Learn
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1591936551

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Desert Life of the Southwest Activity Book by Karen Krebbs Pdf

Discover the Amazing Animals and Plants of the Desert! Children often imagine the desert as a barren, lifeless place--but the Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts are brimming with plant and animal life. Learn about the wonders of this amazing habitat and how animals survive there in an interactive introduction by Karen Krebbs that's sure to occupy kids for countless hours. Through coloring pages by Phil Juliano, word finds, mazes, and more, young nature lovers will discover fascinating facts about everything from scorpions andjavelinas to sagebrush and cacti. Your children will never view deserts the same way again!

Author : James Kavanagh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Desert animals
ISBN : OCLC:41014093

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Southwestern Desert Life by James Kavanagh Pdf

Author : Natt N. Dodge
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547622611

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Flowers of the Southwest Deserts by Natt N. Dodge Pdf

"Flowers of the Southwest Deserts" by Natt N. Dodge is a visual feast that celebrates the unique beauty and diversity of desert flora in the American Southwest. Dodge's book is a botanical treasure trove, featuring stunning illustrations and detailed descriptions of desert plants. It serves as an invaluable resource for botanists, naturalists, and anyone with an appreciation for the splendor of desert landscapes. This book invites readers to explore the intricate world of desert flowers and fosters a deeper understanding of the delicate ecosystems they inhabit.

Author : Natt Noyes Dodge
Publisher : Western National Parks Association
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0911408657

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Flowers of the Southwest Deserts by Natt Noyes Dodge Pdf

Line drawings with some color photgraphs; 190 species of flowers arranged by petal color with descriptions and introductory notes.

Author : Carolyn J. Niethammer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0816529191

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Cooking the Wild Southwest by Carolyn J. Niethammer Pdf

Over the last few decades, interest in eating locally has grown quickly. From just-picked apples in Washington to fresh peaches in Georgia, local food movements and farmer’s markets have proliferated all over the country. Desert dwellers in the Southwest are taking a new look at prickly pear, mesquite, and other native plants. Many people’s idea of cooking with southwestern plants begins and ends with prickly pear jelly. With this update to the classic Tumbleweed Gourmet, master cook Carolyn Niethammer opens a window on the incredible bounty of the southwestern deserts and offers recipes to help you bring these plants to your table. Included here are sections featuring each of twenty-three different desert plants. The chapters include basic information, harvesting techniques, and general characteristics. But the real treat comes in the form of some 150 recipes collected or developed by the author herself. Ranging from every-day to gourmet, from simple to complex, these recipes offer something for cooks of all skill levels. Some of the recipes also include stories about their origin and readers are encouraged to tinker with the ingredients and enjoy desert foods as part of their regular diet. Featuring Paul Mirocha’s finely drawn illustrations of the various southwestern plants discussed, this volume will serve as an indispensible guide from harvest to table. Whether you’re looking for more ways to prepare local foods, ideas for sustainable harvesting, or just want to expand your palette to take in some out-of-the-ordinary flavors, Cooking the Wild Southwest is sure to delight.

Author : Richard Stephen Felger,Benjamin Theodore Wilder,Humberto Romero-Morales
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816599417

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Plant Life of a Desert Archipelago by Richard Stephen Felger,Benjamin Theodore Wilder,Humberto Romero-Morales Pdf

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 : Alice Jablonsky
Publisher : Western National Parks Association
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Desert animals
ISBN : 9781877856327

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101 Questions about Desert Life by Alice Jablonsky Pdf

A collection of one hundred and one questions about life in the desert.

Author : Natt Noyes Dodge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Botany
ISBN : MINN:31951000230833Y

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Flowers of the Southwest Deserts by Natt Noyes Dodge Pdf

Author : Philip Welles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Desert animals
ISBN : UCSD:31822011930096

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Meet the Southwest Deserts by Philip Welles Pdf

Author : Ken Layne
Publisher : MCD
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780374722388

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Desert Oracle by Ken Layne Pdf

The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—becomes the definitive, oracular book of the desert For the past five years, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical, quarterly periodical available to the very determined only by subscription or at the odd desert-town gas station or the occasional hipster boutique, its canary-yellow-covered, forty-four-page issues handed from one curious desert zealot to the next, word spreading faster than the printers could keep up with. It became a radio show, a podcast, a live performance. Now, for the first time—and including both classic and new, never-before-seen revelations—Desert Oracle has been bound between two hard covers and is available to you. Straight out of Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle is “The Voice of the Desert”: a field guide to the strange tales, singing sand dunes, sagebrush trails, artists and aliens, authors and oddballs, ghost towns and modern legends, musicians and mystics, scorpions and saguaros, out there in the sand. Desert Oracle is your companion at a roadside diner, around a campfire, in your tent or cabin (or high-rise apartment or suburban living room) as the wind and the coyotes howl outside at night. From journal entries of long-deceased adventurers to stray railroad ad copy, and musings on everything from desert flora, rumored cryptid sightings, and other paranormal phenomena, Ken Layne's Desert Oracle collects the weird and the wonderful of the American Southwest into a single, essential volume.

Author : Charles Bowden
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1988-04-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0816510814

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Blue Desert by Charles Bowden Pdf

Contains essays that depict and decry the rapid growth and disappearing natural landscapes of the Sunbelt