A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests (Peterson Field Guides(R))
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Book Description
This comprehensive field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forest communities of the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest. It includes 53 color plates and more than 80 color photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles and amphibians, butterflies, beetles, and other insects.
About the Author
John Kricher is a professor of Biology at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. He also wrote a Neotrophical Companion and several books in the Peterson Field Guide Series. John Kricher is a professor of Biology at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. He also wrote a Neotrophical Companion and several books in the Peterson Field Guide Series. 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 lives in North Attleboro, 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, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.
A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests (Peterson Field Guides(R))
A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests (Peterson Field Guides(R)),John C. Kricher,Gordon Morrison,Roger Tory Peterson,Houghton Mifflin,0395928974,Description,Forest ecology,Forestry (Specific Aspects),Forests & Forestry,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Plant Ecology,Trees & Forests - General,West (U.S.),Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques,Nature / Trees,Trees & wildflowers
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