A Natural History of CaliforniaIn this comprehensive and abundantly illustrated book, Allan Schoenherr describes 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 will familiarize the reader with the climate, rocks, soil, plants and animals in each distinctive region of the state. |
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Great book if you want to learn about California, well organized, interesting, and highly informative.
Contents
Californias Natural Regions | 1 |
Basic Ecology | 18 |
Basic Geology | 48 |
Sierra Nevada | 69 |
Mountaintops | 167 |
Pacific Northwest Mountains | 228 |
Coast Ranges | 261 |
Cismontane Southern California | 313 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Natural History of California Volume 56 of California Natural History Guides |
| Author | Allan A. Schoenherr |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0520909917, 9780520909915 |
| Length | 772 pages |
| Subjects | › › Nature / Plants / General |
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