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RECORD NUMBER: 22 OF 26| Main Title | The California deserts : an ecological rediscovery / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Pavlik, Bruce M. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | University of California Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2008 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 144570931 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780520251458 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0520251458 (pbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Desert ecology--California ; Deserts--California ; Wèuste ; èOkologie ; Kalifornien | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xii, 365 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-327) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction: The lost basket -- Rediscovery : Coming to explore ; Coming to conquer ; Coming to understand ; Coming to cherish -- A conspiracy of extremes : Geography of a bioregion ; Climate ; Geology ; Soils ; Waters -- Operation and origins : Ecosystem operations in the desert bioregion ; Origins of the desert bioregion -- Remarkable biota : Biological diversity: The richness of species ; Evolving with drought -- Greater than the sum of the parts : Great Basin communities ; Mojave communities ; Sonoran communities -- The future of an arid bioregion : Current threats ; Ecological remedies ; Weaving a new basket. |