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Kricher, John C.

A field guide to California and Pacific Northwest forests / John Kricher ; illustrated by Gordon Morrison ; photographs by John Kricher.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998.

xv, 378 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.

This guide describes the Sierra Nevada forests, the California forests, such as chaparral and desert scrub, the Pacific Northwest forests, such as the Douglas fir and the temperate rain forest, and the boreal forests of Canada and Alaska.

The Peterson field guide series ; 50

Peterson field guide series ; 50.

Forest ecology -- Pacific States.

Field guides.

Kricher, John C. Field guide to the ecology of western forests.

California and Pacific Northwest forests

Forests

Revised edition of: A field guide to the ecology of western forests. 1993.

"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute."

Gift of Rudolf Schmid.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-351) and index.

How to use this book -- Forest ecology -- Life zones -- Widespread western mammals and birds -- Sierra Nevada forests: Mid-elevation pine forest -- Montane fir forest -- Subalpine forest -- Sagebrush-pinyon forest -- California forests: California oak-pine woodland and savanna -- California chaparral -- California coastal forest and scrub -- California riparian forest -- Redwood forest -- Southern California desert scrub -- Mojave Desert Joshua Tree Forest -- Pacific northwest forests: Northwest oak-pine forest -- Temperate rain forest -- Douglas-fir forest -- Northwest riparian forest -- Subalpine evergreen forest -- Northwest subalpine meadows -- Boreal forests of Canada and Alaska: Bureal spruce-fir forest -- Boreal bog -- Timberline-Arctic tundra -- References -- Index.

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