Deserts

Title
  1. Deserts / by James A. MacMahon.
Published by
  1. New York : Knopf, [1985]
Author
  1. MacMahon, James A.

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Additional authors
  1. Vignelli, Massimo
  2. National Audubon Society.
Description
  1. 638 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm.
Summary
  1. Surveys the deserts of the American West and describes the various American species of desert plants and animals.
Series statement
  1. The Audubon Society nature guides
Uniform title
  1. Audubon Society nature guides.
Subject
  1. Desert plants
  2. Desert animals
  3. Desert ecology
  4. Natural history
  5. Desert plants > West (U.S.) > Identification
  6. Desert animals > West (U.S.) > Identification
  7. Desert ecology > West (U.S.) > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  8. Natural history > West (U.S.) > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  9. Handbooks and manuals
  10. United States, West
  11. Field guides
Genre/Form
  1. Field guides.
  2. Handbooks and manuals.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 618-619) and index.