A Natural History of California : Second Edition / Allan A. Schoenherr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoenherr, Allan A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--California.

Natural history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,216 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this comprehensive and abundantly illustrated book, Allan A. Schoenherr describes the natural history of California-a state with a greater range of landforms, a greater variety of habitats, and more kinds of plants and animals than any area of equivalent size in all of North America. A Natural History of California focuses on each distinctive region, addressing its climate, rocks, soil, plants, and animals. The second edition of this classic work features updated species names and taxa, new details about parks reclassified by federal and state agencies, new stories about modern human and animal interaction, and a new epilogue on the impacts of climate change.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. California's Natural Regions

2. Basic Ecology

3. Basic Geology

4. Sierra Nevada

5. Mountaintops

6. Pacific Northwest

7. Coast Ranges

8. Cismontane Southern California: Mainland And Islands

9. California's Deserts

10. The Great Central Valley

11. Inland Waters and Estuaries

Epilogue

Noteworthy Publications

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780520964556

0520964551

OCLC:

1100453779