Young Pinyon S High Desert Delight
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Young Pinyon S High Desert Delight
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Author : Karen A. Ash
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2014-07-09
Young Pinyon S High Desert Delight written by Karen A. Ash and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-09 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Young Pinyon’s High Desert Delight is a book about the wonderful creatures and flora found in the Great Basin. It tries to capture the beauty and importance of the environment by focusing on the personalities of the natural inhabitants. The adventure is about a two- family outing that has only positive, uplifting, and for some unexpected and delightful, results for all involved.
Young Pinyon S High Desert Delight
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Author : Karen a Ash
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2014-07-07
Young Pinyon S High Desert Delight written by Karen a Ash and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-07 with categories.
California Forests And Woodlands
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Author : Verna R. Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1996-06-16
California Forests And Woodlands written by Verna R. Johnston and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-16 with Nature categories.
From majestic Redwoods to ancient Western Bristlecone Pines, California's trees have long inspired artists, poets, naturalists—and real estate developers. Verna Johnston's splendid book, illustrated with her superb color photographs and Carla Simmons's detailed black-and-white drawings, now offers an unparalleled view of the Golden State's world-renowned forests and woodlands. In clear, vivid prose, Johnston introduces each of the state's dominant forest types. She describes the unique characteristics of the trees and the interrelationships of the plants and animals living among them, and she analyzes how fire, flood, fungi, weather, soil, and humans have affected the forest ecology. The world of forest and woodland animals comes alive in these pages—the mating games, predation patterns, communal life, and the microscopic environment of invertebrates and fungi are all here. Johnston also presents a sobering view of the environmental hazards that threaten the state's trees: acid snow, ozone, blister rust, over-logging. Noting the interconnectedness of the diverse life forms within tree regions, she suggests possible answers to the problems currently plaguing these areas. Enriched by the observations of early naturalists and Johnston's many years of fieldwork, this is a book that will be welcomed by all who care about California's treasured forests and woodlands.
Made For Each Other
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Author : Ronald M. Lanner
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996-08-29
Made For Each Other written by Ronald M. Lanner and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-29 with Science categories.
Some trees and birds are made for each other. Take, for example, the whitebark pine, a timberline tree that graces the moraines and ridgetops of the northern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada-Cascades system. This lovely five-needled pine, long-lived and rugged though it is, cannot reproduce without the help of Clark's nutcracker. And the nutcracker, though it captures insects in the summer and steals a bit of carrion, cannot raise its young in these alpine habitats without feeding them the nutritious seeds of the whitebark pine. Between them, these dwellers of the high mountains provide for each others' posterity, which leads biologists to label their relationship symbiotic, or mutualistic. But there is more to it than that, because in playing out their roles these partners change the landscape. The environment they create provides life's necessities to many other plants and animals. Working in concert, Clark's nutcracker and the whitebark pine build ecosystems. In Made for Each Other: A Symbiosis of Birds and Pines, Ronald M. Lanner details for the first time this fascinating relationship between pine trees and Corvids (nutcrackers and jays), showing how mutualism can drive not only each others' evolution, but affect the ecology of many other members of the surrounding ecosystem as well. Lanner explains that many of the world's pines have seeds not adapted to wind dispersal. Fortunately, their seeds are harvested from the cone and scattered over many miles by seed-eating jays and nutcrackers who bury millions of seeds in the soil as a winter food source. Remarkably, these "pine nut" dependent birds can find their caches even through deep snow. Seeds left in the soil germinate, perpetuating the pines and guarantee future seeds for future birds. Moreover, the newly "planted" whitebark pine groves encourage further tree growth, such as Engelmann spruce, and eventually the patches of open-grown woodland coalesce, forming a continuous forest. Large forest stands offer cover for large animals like bear, elk, and moose, and provide territories for Red Squirrels. These squirrels also depend on pine seeds as a food source, storing large quantities of seeds on the ground, piled up against fallen logs or stumps, or buried in the forest litter. In the fall both black and grizzly bears are preparing to hibernate and must increase their stores of body fat. The seeds of whitebark pine are large and very rich, containing sixty to seventy percent fat, and are an ideal food for this purpose. The large seed reserves created by the squirrels become a feasting ground for these bears. Meanwhile, the sun-loving trees shaded out by the maturing decay offer housing for cavity-nesters like woodpeckers and nuthatches, as well as a breeding ground for fungi which are eagerly devoured by mule deer and red squirrels in search of protein. Eventually, when the forest is ignited in one of the thunderstorms so common and so violent in the high country, an open area is created, attracting nutcrackers in need of a new cache site, and the cycle begins again. Focusing on the Rocky Mountains and the American Southwest, and ranging as far afield as the Alps, Finland, Siberia, and China, this beautifully illustrated and gracefully written work illuminates the phenomenon of co-evolution.
How To Know The Birds
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Author : Ted Floyd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
How To Know The Birds written by Ted Floyd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with House & Home categories.
"In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.
The Great Conversation
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Author : Belden C. Lane
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019
The Great Conversation written by Belden C. Lane and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
In the face of climate change, species loss, and vast environmental destruction, Belden C. Lane's spiritually centered environmentalism suggests that we must look to teachers in nature to understand how to save ourselves. Pairing anecdotes of personal encounters with nature with the teachings of spiritual leaders from a range of religious traditions, this book invites us to participate once more in the great conversation among all creatures and the earth itself.
H R 280 H R 704 H R 1399 H R 1594 H R 1618 H R 1798 H R 1862 And H R 2909
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
H R 280 H R 704 H R 1399 H R 1594 H R 1618 H R 1798 H R 1862 And H R 2909 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
California Desert Protection Act
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
California Desert Protection Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Conservation of natural resources categories.
Foraging The Mountain West
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Author : Thomas J. Elpel
language : en
Publisher: HOPS Press
Release Date : 2014
Foraging The Mountain West written by Thomas J. Elpel and has been published by HOPS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Nature categories.
Foraging the Mountain West is a guide to harvesting and celebrating nature's abundance.
Western Tanager
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Western Tanager written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Ornithology categories.