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A field guide to Rocky Mountain and southwest forests / John Kricher ; illustrated by Gordon Morrison ; photographs by John Kricher.

Av: Medverkande: Språk: Engelska Serie: The Peterson field guide series ; 51Utgivningsuppgift: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co, 1998Beskrivning: xv, 374 s. ill. 19 cmISBN:
  • 0395928974
Ämnen: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 577.3 21
  • 577.3 21
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  • Ue.07-qaz Klippiga bergen
  • Ue.056
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This comprehensive field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forest communities of the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest. It includes 53 color plates and more than 80 color photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles and amphibians, butterflies, beetles, and other insects.

Rev. ed. of: A field guide to the ecology of western forests. 1993

"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-347) and index

Innehållsförteckning levererad av Syndetics

  • Editor's Note(p. v)
  • Acknowledgments(p. vii)
  • Preface(p. ix)
  • 1 How to Use This Book(p. 1)
  • 2 Forest Ecology 14
  • Essay: Plant-Herbivore Wars(p. 37)
  • 3 Life Zones(p. 50)
  • 4 Widespread Western Mammals and Birds(p. 59)
  • Essay: Elk and Sexual Selection(p. 60)
  • Essay: Pale Rump Patches(p. 65)
  • Essay: Antlers and Horns(p. 66)
  • Essay: The Selfish Herd and the Solitary Hunter(p. 73)
  • Essay: Old World and New World Vultures(p. 76)
  • Plate 1 Widespread Western Mammals(p. 90)
  • Plate 2 Widespread Birds of Open Areas(p. 92)
  • Plate 3 Widespread Forest Birds(p. 94)
  • 5 West Meets East: Great Plains Forests(p. 96)
  • Prairie Riparian Forest(p. 97)
  • Essay: The Eastern Kingbird's Dual Personality(p. 102)
  • Essay: Lumping and Splitting on the Great Plains(p. 105)
  • Black Hills Forest(p. 107)
  • Essay: What Is a Community?(p. 113)
  • Plate 4 Prairie Riparian Forest(p. 116)
  • Plate 5 Black Hills Forest(p. 118)
  • 6 South Texas Forests(p. 120)
  • Gulf Coast Live Oak Forest(p. 121)
  • Edwards Plateau Forest(p. 127)
  • Essay: Mexican Birds(p. 134)
  • Lower Rio Grande Forest(p. 136)
  • Essay: Lower Rio Grande Valley Wildlife Corridor(p. 144)
  • East Texas Pine Forest(p. 145)
  • Plate 6 Edwards Plateau Forest(p. 148)
  • Plate 7 Lower Rio Grande Forest I(p. 150)
  • Plate 8 Lower Rio Grande Forest II(p. 152)
  • 7 Rocky Mountain Forests(p. 154)
  • Great Basin Desert(p. 158)
  • Shortgrass Prairie(p. 161)
  • Pinyon-Juniper Forest(p. 165)
  • Essay: The Interlocking Fates of Jays and Pinyons(p. 172)
  • Ponderosa Pine Forest(p. 174)
  • Essay: Bird Guilds(p. 181)
  • Aspen Grove(p. 183)
  • Lodgepole Pine Forest(p. 191)
  • Essay: Was Smokey Wrong? The Ecological Role of Fire(p. 199)
  • Riparian Forest(p. 203)
  • Spruce-Fir Forest(p. 210)
  • High Pine Forest(p. 218)
  • Timberline-Alpine Tundra(p. 225)
  • Animals of the Alpine Tundra(p. 235)
  • Essay: The Social Orders of Marmots(p. 239)
  • Plate 9 Pinyon-Juniper Forest(p. 244)
  • Plate 10 Ponderosa Pine Forest(p. 246)
  • Plate 11 Aspen Grove(p. 248)
  • Plate 12 Lodgepole Pine Forest(p. 250)
  • Plate 13 Riparian Forest(p. 252)
  • Plate 14 Spruce-Fir Forest(p. 254)
  • Plate 15 High Pine Forest(p. 256)
  • Plate 16 Animals of the Timberline-Alpine Tundra(p. 258)
  • 8 Southwest Forests(p. 260)
  • Arroyo and Desert Scrub(p. 265)
  • Essay: Sonoita Creek, Oasis in the Desert(p. 273)
  • Mexican Madrean Foothill Forest(p. 275)
  • Arizona Madrean Foothill Forest(p. 283)
  • Arizona Canyon Riparian Forest(p. 291)
  • Southwest Mountain Forest(p. 299)
  • Essay: Arizona's Occasional Parrot(p. 307)
  • Chihuahua Desert(p. 309)
  • Essay: How a Grassland Becomes a Desert(p. 314)
  • Giant Saguaro Cactus Forest(p. 316)
  • Essay: The Saguaro: Keystone Species of the Bajada(p. 328)
  • Plate 17 Arroyo and Desert Scrub(p. 330)
  • Plate 18 Mexican Madrean Foothill Forest(p. 332)
  • Plate 19 Arizona Madrean Foothill Forest(p. 334)
  • Plate 20 Arizona Canyon Riparian Forest(p. 336)
  • Plate 21 Southwest Mountain Forest(p. 338)
  • Plate 22 Giant Saguaro Cactus Forest(p. 340)
  • References(p. 345)
  • Index(p. 348)