Habitats of North America (eBook)

A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists

Phil Chaon, Iain Campbell (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
620 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-24516-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A richly illustrated field guide to all of North America's major habitatspacked with invaluable information to help you get the most out of your outdoor adventuresWhether you're a birder, naturalist, outdoor enthusiast, or ecologist, knowing the surrounding habitat is essential to getting the most out of your experiences in the field. This compact, easy-to-use guide provides an unparalleled treatment of the wonderfully diverse habitats of North America. Incisive and up-to-date descriptions cover the unique features of each habitat, from geology and climate to soil and hydrology. Requiring no scientific background, Habitats of North America offers quick and reliable information for anyone who wants a deeper understanding and appreciation of the habitats around them.Covers 81 major North American habitats, including wetlands and oceanic habitatsFeatures hundreds of color photos of habitats and their wildlife, a wealth of helpful diagrams and illustrations, and a detailed distribution map for each land habitatConcise text provides all the information you need to identify and understand habitats anywhere in North America quickly and accuratelyDiscusses iconic and indicator species of birds, mammals, and plantsIncludes an in-depth section on habitat classificationinvaluable for ecologistsRepresentative habitat accounts describe what you can expect to see and experience thereFormatted like a field guide for easy reference

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.2.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Habitats of the World
• Illustrationen: Benjamin Jacob Knoot
• Zusatzinfo: 550+ color figures
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: abundant • Affinities • A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists • Arctic • Areas • © ben • © ben knoot • Ben Knoot • biogeography • Biomes • Birding • Birds • Bird Watching • Canopy • caves • Chihuahuan • Chihuahuan Desert • Climate • coastal environments • conifer forest • Deciduous • Dense • desert • deserts • deserts, climate • Development • Diversity • Ecology • Elevations • endemic • Environments • Field guide • Forest • forests • Grasses • Grassland • Grasslands • Habitat • Habitats • Habitats of North America • Habitats of North America: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists • Iain Campbell • Islands • IUCN • IVC • Knoot tropical birding • Lower • mammals • MASSIVE • Mexican • Mountain • Native • Naturalist • nearctic • Nearctic temperate • North America • oak • overlap • OWL • © phil • Phil Chaon • photography • Pine • plants • prairie • Princeton Nature • Rainforest • Region • river • Rocky • Savanna • Shrubs • soils • species • sPP • Subhabitat • Subtype • Temperate • temperatures • Travel • Tree • Tropical birding • Tundra • understory • Vegetagtion classification • Vegetation • Vegetation classification • Water • widespread • wildlife • woodland
• ISBN-10: 0-691-24516-9 / 0691245169
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-24516-4 / 9780691245164