An Island Called California
eBook - PDF

An Island Called California

An Ecological Introduction to Its Natural Communities

  1. 512 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

An Island Called California

An Ecological Introduction to Its Natural Communities

About this book

Bakker's classic of ecological science now includes three new chapters on Southern California which make the book more useful than ever. Striking new photographs illustrate the diversity of life, climate, and geological formation.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Preface
  4. 1. The Seashore
  5. 2. Sea Cliff
  6. 3. Salt Marsh
  7. 4. Patterns on the Hills
  8. 5. The Fire Pines
  9. 6. The Tall Forest
  10. 7. Woodpeckers in Oak Trees
  11. 8. Riverlands
  12. 9. Red-Winged Blackbird
  13. 10. California's Kansas
  14. 11. Where the Diggings Were
  15. 12. The Great Green Wall
  16. 13. Mountain Meadow
  17. 14. The Bluest Sky
  18. 15. The Other Side of the Mountain
  19. 16. The Short Forests
  20. 17. Wash and Oasis
  21. 18. Sand Dune
  22. 19. The Small World of a Joshua Tree
  23. 20. Hollywood's Real Natives
  24. 21. Upward
  25. 22. Outward
  26. 23. Epilogue: Return to an Island
  27. Selected Bibliography
  28. List of Animals
  29. List of Plants
  30. Index