Deserts
- Title
- Deserts / by James A. MacMahon.
- Published by
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [1985]
- Author
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Status | FormatText | AccessUse in library | Call numberQH104.5.W4 M33 1985 | Item locationOff-site |
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 638 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm.
- Summary
- Surveys the deserts of the American West and describes the various American species of desert plants and animals.
- Series statement
- The Audubon Society nature guides
- Uniform title
- Audubon Society nature guides
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Handbook
- handbooks.
- Field guides
- Handbooks and manuals
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Guides et manuels.
- Contents
- pt. 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 -- pt. II. Color plates. Deserts ; Wildflowers ; Mushrooms ; Reptiles and amphibians ; Fishes ; Trees, shrubs, cacti, and grasses ; Insects and spiders ; Butterflies and moths ; Mammals ; Birds -- pt. III. Species descriptions. Wildflowers and mushrooms ; Reptiles and amphibians ; Fishes ; Trees, shrubs, cacti, and grasses ; Insects and spiders ; Butterflies and moths ; Mammals ; Birds --pt. IV. Appendices. Glossary.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 618-619) and index.