Research Catalog

Title

Deserts / by James A. MacMahon.

Author

MacMahon, James A.

Publication

New York : Knopf, [1985]

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Additional Authors

• Vignelli, Massimo
• National Audubon Society.

Description

638 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm.

Summary

Surveys the deserts of the American West and describes the various American species of desert plants and animals.

Series Statement

The Audubon Society nature guides

Uniform Title

Audubon Society nature guides.

Subjects

• Desert plants
• Desert animals
• Desert ecology
• Natural history
• Desert plants > West (U.S.) > Identification
• Desert animals > West (U.S.) > Identification
• Desert ecology > West (U.S.) > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Natural history > West (U.S.) > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Handbooks and manuals
• United States, West
• Field guides

Genre/Form

• Field guides.
• Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 618-619) and index.

Contents

PART I: DESERTS: How to use this guide -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Great Basin Desert -- The Colorado Plateau Semidesert --The Mojave Desert -- The Sonoran Desert -- The Chihuahuan Desert -- Some special vegetation types common to all deserts -- Aspects of the biology of desert organisms -- How to use the color plates -- PART TWO: COLOR PLATES: Deserts -- Wildflowers -- Mushrooms -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Fishes -- Trees, shrubs, cacti, and grasses -- Insects and spiders -- Butterflies and moths -- Mammals -- Birds -- PART THREE: SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS: Wildflowers and mushrooms -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Fishes -- Trees, shrubs, cacti, and grasses -- Insects and spiders -- Butterflies and moths -- Mammals -- Birds -- PART IV: APPENDICES: Glossary.

ISBN

• 0394731395
• 9780394731391

LCCN

84048674

OCLC

• ocm11317172
• 11317172
• SCSB-2476546

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries