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The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada
Paperback
Series: California Academy of Sciences
Environmental StudiesWestZoology
Publisher Price: $26.00
ISBN13: 9781597140522
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: Jun 1 2007
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.90 Width: 4.50 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
In this groundbreaking and meticulously field-tested guide, the rich variety of Sierra life--trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and insects--comes alive.
There are lots of Sierra field guides, some specialized, some general, but this is the best both for beauty and usefulness. --Kim Stanley Robinson
Easy-to-use features include:
- Intuitive organization, color tabs, and simple keys
- Similar-looking species side by side
- Over 2,800 full-color illustrations
- Range maps of species that are otherwise difficult to distinguish
- Index of common and scientific names
- Lightweight and compact--ideal for backpacking
Impressively detailed and comprehensive, the guide includes:
- More than 1,700 species
- Descriptions of behavior, adaptations, and interactions between species
- Species and topics not found in most guides, including aquatic life, spiders and webs, plankton, plant galls, bark beetle galleries, animal tracks and evidence, seasonal star charts, weather patterns, and cloud formations
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