Title:
The California deserts : an ecological rediscovery / Bruce M. Pavlik.
Author:
Pavlik, Bruce M.
Publication Information:
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Call Number:
QH541.5.D4 P38 2008
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024427.html
ISBN:
9780520251458
9780520251403
Physical Description:
xii, 365 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Contents:
Introduction : The lost basket -- Rediscovery. Coming to explore ; Coming to conquer ; Coming to understand ; Coming to cherish -- A conspiracy of extremes. Geography of a bioregion ; Climate ; Geology ; Soils ; Waters -- Operation and origins. Ecosystem operations in the desert bioregion ; Origins of the desert bioregion -- Remarkable biota. Biological diversity : the richness of species ; Evolving with drought -- Greater than the sum of the parts. Great Basin communities ; Mojave communities ; Sonoran communities -- The future of this arid bioregion. Current threats ; Ecological remedies ; Weaving a new basket.
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