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Deserts

Surveys the deserts of the American West and describes the various American species of desert plants and animals
Print Book, English, ©1997
A Chanticleer Press ed View all formats and editions
Knopf : Distributed by Random House, New York, ©1997
Field guides
638 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
9780394731391, 0394731395
37144389
PART I: DESERTS: How to use this guide
Preface
Introduction
The Great Basin Desert
The Colorado Plateau Semidesert
The Mojave Desert
The Sonoran Desert
The Chihuahuan Desert
Some special vegetation types common to all deserts
Aspects of the biology of desert organisms
How to use the color plates
PART TWO: COLOR PLATES: Deserts
Wildflowers
Mushrooms
Reptiles and amphibians
Fishes
Trees, shrubs, cacti, and grasses
Insects and spiders
Butterflies and moths
Mammals
Birds
PART THREE: SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS: Wildflowers and mushrooms
Reptiles and amphibians
Fishes
Trees, shrubs, cacti, and grasses
Insects and spiders
Butterflies and moths
Mammals
Birds
PART IV: APPENDICES: Glossary
"A comprehensive field guide, fully illustrated with color photographs, to the wildflowers, birds, reptiles, insects, and other natural wonders of North America's deserts, from Oregon to Mexico"--Cover
"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso