Name: the laws field guide to the sierra nevada
Price: 25.54 EUR
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Author: John Muir Laws
ISBN: 9781597140522

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the laws field guide to the sierra nevada

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Muir Laws

Publisher

Heyday Books

Language

English

Pages

366

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.1 x 11.4 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.54 kg.

ISBN

159714052X

ISBN13

9781597140522

Synopsis "the laws field guide to the sierra nevada"

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.Easy-to-use features include: Intuitive organization, color tabs, and simple keysSimilar-looking species side by sideOver 2,800 full-color illustrationsRange maps of species that are otherwise difficult to distinguishIndex of common and scientific namesLightweight and compact--ideal for backpackingImpressively detailed and comprehensive, the guide includes: More than 1,700 speciesDescriptions of behavior, adaptations, and interactions between speciesSpecies 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

John Muir Laws

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John Muir Laws is a naturalist, educator, and artist. He holds a degree in conservation and resource studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and in wildlife biology from the University of Montana, Missoula, as well as being certified in scientific illustration from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is an Audubon TogetherGreen fellow and a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences. He is the author of The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds, The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, and Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide.

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