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. First published forty years ago, this handbook has
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. 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.
* 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
* 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. The magnificent and much-loved Sierra Nevada, called the "Range of Light" by John Muir, is the dominant feature on the California landscape. Comprehensive yet concise and portable, the bI plan to take it on every hike."Edward C. This is the book that can easily go backpacking with the plant enthusiast, birder, or butterfly collector."Bruce Pavlik, Series Editor, California Natural History Guide Series and author of Oaks of California"Storer and Usinger’s Sierra Nevada Natural History is the only book that covers so many aspects of this region's natural history in a compact form. I am thrilled to see that David Lukas has made the careful revisions necessary to update this classic book and make it even more useful and comprehensive. Beedy, author of Discovering Sierra Birds. From the Inside Flap"In this single, portable volume there is enough information to satisfy the most voracious natuKennedy followed the script laid down by Arthur Schlesinger in the Vital Center and in other writings Kennedy admired. I liked that Stephen wasn't some hunk in his twenties. I found it to be detailed enough but to the point.. Recently, I watched the movie again and it made me curious so I looked up books on him and this seemed the best. Ike Heckler tells it like it is. Enjoyed reading his point of view. As they investigate, Stephen realizes he may be dealing with an ancient evil. From the title's clever reduplication of the author's name, a gesture that will recall the barely obscured autobiographical qualities of a Bellow novel, or the journal of Bernardo Soares, the reader who approaches this short text knows that he or she is in for the usual ISO/TC 29/SC 10 postmodern drubbing. The equations are generally in Cartesian coordinates, making them useful for general-purpose numerical simulations, which are discussed in detail later in the book. The subject material and mathematical detail assume the reader to be well grounded in the basics of fiber optics, and able to work comfortably with differential, vector, and integral calculus. I won't ta
- Title : Sierra Nevada Natural History (California Natural History Guides)
- Author : Tracy I. Storer
- Rating : 4.80 (761 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-3-22
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 592 Pages
- Asin : 0520240960
- Language : English
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