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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.
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.
Price: $22.95
Pages: 632
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
03 July 2017
ISBN: 9780520964556
Format: eBook
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
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