The landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region varies dramatically from parched Desert lowlands to semiarid tropical forests and frigid subalpine meadows.
Published in association with the Arizona-sonora Desert Museum..
This comprehensive Natural history, like the original edition, will surely become an invaluable companion for nature enthusiasts, birdwatchers, hikers, students, naturalists, and anyone interested in the Desert Southwest.
Taxonomic nomenclature has been updated and new color plates and figures have been added.
This new edition adds chapters on the Sky Islands, Sea of Cortez, Desert pollinators, and conservation issues.
The text is supplemented throughout with anecdotes, essays, photographs, maps, diagrams, and 450 finely rendered drawings.
In accessible language, more than forty scientists and/or naturalists examine the region\'s biodiversity, geology, weather, plants, and animals (from invertebrates to fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals), as well as potential threats to the species and habitats.
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert takes readers deep into its vast expanse, looking closely at the relationships of plants and animals with the land and people, through time and across landscapes.
Covering southeasternmost California, much of southern and central Arizona, most of Baja California, and much of the state of Sonora, Mexico, it is home to an extraordinary variety of plants and animals.
The landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region varies dramatically from parched Desert lowlands to semiarid tropical forests and frigid subalpine meadows
