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RECORD NUMBER: 1188 OF 5251Main Title | Deserts / | |||||||||||
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Author | MacMahon, James A. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Knopf : Distributed by Random House, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1997 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 37144389 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0394731395; 9780394731391 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Natural history--West (US) ; Desert ecology--West (US) ; Botany--West (US) ; Desert animals--West (US)--Identification ; Desert plants--West (US)--Identification ; West United States | |||||||||||
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Edition | A Chanticleer Press ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | 638 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | "A comprehensive field guide, fully illustrated with color photographs, to the wildflowers, birds, reptiles, insects, and other natural wonders of North America's deserts, from Oregon to Mexico"--Cover. "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 618-619) and index. |
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Contents Notes | PART I: DESERTS: How to use this guide -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Great Basin Desert -- The Colorado Plateau Semidesert -- The Mojave Desert -- The Sonoran Desert -- The Chihuahuan Desert -- Some special vegetation types common to all deserts -- Aspects of the biology of desert organisms -- How to use the color plates -- PART TWO: COLOR PLATES: Deserts -- Wildflowers -- Mushrooms -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Fishes -- Trees, shrubs, cacti, and grasses -- Insects and spiders -- Butterflies and moths -- Mammals -- Birds -- PART THREE: SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS: Wildflowers and mushrooms -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Fishes -- Trees, shrubs, cacti, and grasses -- Insects and spiders -- Butterflies and moths -- Mammals -- Birds -- PART IV: APPENDICES: Glossary. Surveys the deserts of the American West and describes the various American species of desert plants and animals. |