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A01=Robert L. Usinger
A01=Tracy I. Storer
A12=Christopher Rogers
A12=John Game
A12=Peter Gaede
A12=Tom Taylor
amphibians and reptiles
Author_Christopher Rogers
Author_David Lukas
Author_John Game
Author_Peter Gaede
Author_Robert L. Usinger
Author_Tom Taylor
Author_Tracy I. Storer
birds and mammals
campers
Category=PS
comprehensive
dominant feature of california landscape
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flora and fauna
flowering plants and ferns
fungi and lichens
handbook to sierra nevada
hikers
insects and fish
naturalists
portable
rugged topography
tourists
trees and shrubs
updated and revised
Product details
- ISBN 9780520240964
- Weight: 726g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2004
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The magnificent and much-loved Sierra Nevada, called the 'Range of Light' by John Muir, is the dominant feature on the California landscape. First published forty years ago, this handbook has become an enduring natural history classic, used by thousands to learn more about virtually every aspect of this spectacular mountain range - from its superb flora and fauna to its rugged topography. Comprehensive yet concise and portable, the book describes hundreds of species: trees and shrubs, flowering plants and ferns, fungi and lichens, insects and fish, amphibians and reptiles, and birds and mammals. Now completely updated and revised, it will continue to be the essential guide to the Sierra Nevada for a new generation of hikers, campers, tourists, naturalists, students, and teachers - everyone who wants to know more about this unique and beautiful mountain range. This book describes more than 750 of the species most likely to be encountered with more than 500 new color photographs and 218 detailed black-and-white drawings. It includes engaging and accessible introductory sections on Sierra Nevada topography, climate, geological history, and human history.
The compact, updated species accounts make identification easy, provide informative remarks on ecology and life history, and note which species are threatened or endangered.
Tracy I. Storer was Professor of Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley, coauthored California Grizzly with Lloyd P. Tevis, Jr. (California, revised edition 1996), and wrote many other books and articles. Robert L. Usinger was Professor of Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Aquatic Insects of California (California, 1959), among other publications. David Lukas is a professional naturalist and author of Wild Birds of California (2000) and Watchable Birds of the Great Basin (1999).
