Bibliograph

A natural history of the Sonoran Desert, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum ; edited by Steven J. Phillips & Patricia Wentworth Comus

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Label

A natural history of the Sonoran Desert, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum ; edited by Steven J. Phillips & Patricia Wentworth Comus

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A natural history of the Sonoran Desert

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

41606237

Responsibility statement

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum ; edited by Steven J. Phillips & Patricia Wentworth Comus

Table Of Contents

Welcome to the Sonoran Desert -- Biomes and communities of the Sonoran Desert region -- Sonoran Desert natural events calendar -- Nature watching in the Sonoran Desert region -- Desert storms -- Desert air and light -- The deep history of the Sonoran Desert -- The geologic origin of the Sonoran Desert -- Desert soils -- Human ecology of the Sonoran Desert -- Biodiversity: the variety of life that sustains our own -- Plant ecology of the Sonoran Desert region -- Flowering plants of the Sonoran Desert -- Desert grasses -- Invertebrates -- The desert adaptations of birds & mammals -- Bird accounts -- Mammal accounts -- Fishes of the desert -- Adaptations of desert amphibians & reptiles -- Reptile & amphibian accounts

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