The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (California Academy of Sciences) - Softcover

Laws, John Muir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159714052X ISBN 13: 9781597140522

Publisher: Heyday, 2007

Synopsis

In this groundbreaking and meticulously field-tested guide, the rich variety of Sierra life—trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and insects—comes alive.

Easy-to-use features include:

• Intuitive organization, color tabs, and simple keys;
• Similar-looking species side by side;
• Over 2,800 full-color illustrations;
• Range maps of species that are otherwise difficult to distinguish;
• Index of common and scientific names;
• Lightweight and compact—ideal for backpacking.

Impressively detailed and comprehensive, the guide includes:

• More than 1,700 species;
• Descriptions of behavior, adaptations, and interactions between species;
• Species and topics not found in most guides, including aquatic life, spiders and webs, plankton, plant galls, bark beetle galleries, animal tracks and evidence, seasonal star charts, weather patterns, and cloud formations.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Easy-to-use features include:

--Intuitive organization, color tabs, and simple keys

--Similar-looking species side by side

--Over 2,800 full-color illustrations

--Range maps of species that are otherwise difficult to distinguish

--Index of common and scientific names

--Lightweight and compact ideal for backpacking

Impressively detailed and comprehensive, the guide includes:

--More than 1,700 species

--Descriptions of behavior, adaptations, and interactions between species

--Species and topics not found in most guides, including aquatic life, spiders and webs, plankton, plant galls, bark beetle galleries, animal tracks and evidence, seasonal star charts, weather patterns, and cloud formations

About the Author:

Naturalist, educator, and artist John Muir Laws received a B.S. in conservation and resource studies at the University of California, Berkeley; an M.S. in wildlife biology from the University of Montana, Missoula; a certificate in scientific illustration from the University of California, Santa Cruz; and is a research associate of the California Academy of Sciences. He is the author of Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide and The Laws Pocket Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heyday
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 159714052X
• ISBN 13: 9781597140522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366