A Peterson Field Guide To Eastern Forests: North America (Peterson Field Guides) - Softcover

Kricher, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395928958 ISBN 13: 9780395928950

Publisher: Mariner Books, 1998

Synopsis

This field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forests of eastern North America. With 53 full-color plates and 80 color photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, moths, beetles, and other insects.

About this title

About the Author:

JOHN KRICHER is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Wheaton College, Norton, MA, where, for 48 years, he taught ecology, ornithology, and vertebrate evolution. He is a Fellow in the American Ornithologists Union and is past-president of the Association of Field Ornithologists, the Wilson Ornithological Society, and the Nuttall Ornithological Club. He has served on the board of the American Birding Association.

Gordon Morrison is a well-known naturalist whose work has been praised by Roger Tory Peterson as "Marvelous, beautiful, excellent . . . Morrison’s work is so inspiring that I wish such clear material was available when I was slowly learning ecology. . . . We owe a debt of gratitude to Gordon for his interpretive skills as an artist. He is a superb teacher who uses visual methods." Robert Bateman likened his work to that of Albrecht Durer and Andrew Wyeth. Gordon Morrison makes his home in Massachusetts.

ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world’s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.

JOHN KRICHER is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Wheaton College, Norton, MA, where, for 48 years, he taught ecology, ornithology, and vertebrate evolution. He is a Fellow in the American Ornithologists Union and is past-president of the Association of Field Ornithologists, the Wilson Ornithological Society, and the Nuttall Ornithological Club. He has served on the board of the American Birding Association.

From Library Journal:

This latest edition to the "Peterson Field Guide" series seeks to train the reader to recognize patterns that define a woodland. Calling his book a "field guide to ecology," Kricher introduces basic ecological concepts and describes notable field marks that define a particular environment. Twenty-seven types of forest communities east of the Rockies are described in terms of their characteristic indicator species. Illustrative plates, many of which are in color, accompany these descriptions. Seasonal processes within the forest are also discussed. This book, when used in conjunction with appropriate field guides, is an excellent introduction for the amateur naturalist who wants to see the forest as a whole. Recommended. Laurie Bartolini, Lincoln Lib., Springfield, Ill.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0395928958
• ISBN 13: 9780395928950
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• Illustrator: Morrison Gordon