Field guide to plant galls of California and other Western states
"This guide, a trove of natural history lore, explores the hidden realm of plant galls, taking a look at the world of plant galls, the organisms that induce them, their host plants, and their intricate behaviors. Features: identifies more than 300 species of galls - 95 on oaks, 22 on members of the rose family, 60 desert species, and 35 species new to science; describes plant galls from coastal dunes, the high Sierra, the Great Basin, forests throughout the western states, and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts; and includes information on host selection, growth and development, predator and parasite defense, and animal and human uses of galls."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2006
University of California Press, Berkeley, ©2006