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The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (California Academy of Sciences)

by John Muir Laws

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Publisher Comments:

A comprehensive, breathtaking guide for users to identify commonly encountered organisms in the Sierra foothills and mountains, fully illustrated and field tested by Academy of Sciences nature illustration teacher Jack Laws.

Book News Annotation:

This field guide to the plants and animals of California and Nevada's Sierra Nevada range, written and illustrated by Laws (a research associate with the California Academy of Sciences), contains some 2700 color illustrations aiding in the identification of some 1700 species native to the region, including trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, insects, and more. It offers guidance on common and scientific names and occasional range maps for species that are difficult to distinguish from each other. It also includes information on animal tracks and (scat) evidence, seasonal star charts, weather patterns, and cloud formations. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

ISBN:
9781597140522
Author:
Laws, John Muir
Publisher:
Heyday Books
Author:
Laws, John M.
Subject:
Wildlife
Subject:
United States - West - Pacific (General)
Series:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Date:
August 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
366
Dimensions:
8.68x4.54x.74 in. 1.08 lbs.

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