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Author : Laura Appleton-Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781605410241
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sonoran Desert Seasons written by Laura Appleton-Smith and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Layne deMarin
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496626761
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)
Download or read book Desert Seasons written by Layne deMarin and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out about a year in the life of the plants and animals in the Sonoran Desert in this book about Desert Seasons.
Author : Laura Appleton-Smith
Publisher : Books To Remember
ISBN 13 : 9781605410258
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sonoran Desert Seasons written by Laura Appleton-Smith and published by Books To Remember. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis: A description of the seasons of summer, fall, winter, and spring in the Sonoran Desert, with a focuson animal and plant life.Target Letter-Sound Correspondences: Variant vowel /ô/ sound spelled au, aw.
Author : Steven J. Phillips
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520219809
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert written by Steven J. Phillips and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : John Alcock
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816533377
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)
Download or read book When the Rains Come written by John Alcock and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in the desert is a waiting game: waiting for rain. And in a year of drought, the stakes are especially high. John Alcock knows the Sonoran Desert better than just about anyone else, and in this book he tracks the changes he observes in plant and animal life over the course of a drought year. Combining scientific knowledge with years of exploring the desert, he describes the variety of ways in which the wait for rain takes place—and what happens when it finally comes. The desert is a land of five seasons, featuring two summers—hot, dry months followed by monsoon—and Alcock looks at the changes that take place in an entire desert community over the course of all five. He describes what he finds on hikes in the Usery Mountains near Phoenix, where he has studied desert life over three decades and where frequent visits have enabled him to notice effects of seasonal variation that might escape a casual glance. Blending a personal perspective with field observation, Alcock shows how desert ecology depends entirely on rainfall. He touches on a wide range of topics concerning the desert’s natural history, noting the response of saguaro flowers to heat and the habits of predators, whether soaring red-tailed hawk or tiny horned lizard. He also describes unusual aspects of insects that few desert hikers will have noticed, such as the disruptive color pattern of certain grasshoppers that is more effective than most camouflage. When the Rains Come is brimming with new insights into the desert, from the mating behaviors of insects to urban sprawl, and features photographs that document changes in the landscape as drought years come and go. It brings us the desert in the harshest of times—and shows that it is still teeming with life.
Author : Gisela Jernigan
Publisher : Harbinger House
ISBN 13 : 9780943173917
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sonoran Seasons written by Gisela Jernigan and published by Harbinger House. This book was released on 1994 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A month-by-month journey through the Southwestern desert with an easy-to-remember poem for each month. Beautiful, full-color artwork fills this journey of discovery with many surprises, as bright blossoms and edible fruits appear in environments usually thought of as dry and desolate.
Author : Dot Barlowe
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486423692
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Sonoran Desert by Day and Night written by Dot Barlowe and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] coloring book, filled realistic illustrations, [which] follows wildlife and plants--from tiny lizards and delicate flowers to coyotes and giant saguaros--through a twenty-four-hour cycle"--P. [4] of cover.
Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816510146
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gathering the Desert written by Gary Paul Nabhan and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history and uses of plants of the Sonoran Desert, including creosote, palm trees, mesquite, organpipe cactus, amaranth, chiles, and Devil's claw
Author : John Alcock
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816514380
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sonoran Desert Summer written by John Alcock and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What could seem less inviting than summer in the desert? For most people, this prospect conjures up the image of relentless heat and parched earth; for biologist John Alcock, summer in Arizona's Sonoran Desert represents an opportunity to investigate the wide variety of life that flourishes in one of the most extreme environments in North America. "Only very special plants and animals can survive and reproduce in a place that may receive as little as six inches of rain in a year," observes Alcock, "a place where the temperature may rise above one hundred degrees each day for months on end." Yet he and other biologists have discovered here startling signs of life hidden in plain view under the summer sun: ¥ male digger bees compete to reach virgins underground during the early summer mating season; ¥ the round-tailed ground squirrel goes about its business, sounding alarm calls when danger threatens its kin; ¥ the big-jawed beetles Dendrobias mandibularis emerge in time to feast on saguaro fruits and to use their mandibles on rival males as well; ¥ Harris's hawks congregate in groups, showing their affinity for polyandry and communal hunting; ¥ robberflies mimic the appearance of the bees and wasps on which they prey; ¥ and peccaries reveal the adaptation of their reproductive cycle to the desert's seasonal rains. The book's 38 chapters introduce readers to these and other desert animals and plants, tracing the course of the season through activities as vibrant as mating rituals and as subtle as the gradual deterioration of a fallen saguaro cactus. Enhanced by the line drawings of Marilyn Hoff Stewart, Sonoran Desert Summer is both an account of how modern biology operates and a celebration of the beauty and diversity that can be found in even the most unpromising places.
Author : Andrew Smith
Publisher : Dockside Sailing Press
ISBN 13 : 9780578544472
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Astonishing, Astounding, Amazing Sonoran Desert written by Andrew Smith and published by Dockside Sailing Press. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Astonishing Astounding Amazing Sonoran Desert" is an entertaining introduction to the Sonoran Desert ecosystem, designed for visitors who want a quick read to acquaint themselves with the Sonoran Desert and its wildlife. Vibrant full-page color illustrations capture the colors of the desert and the behavior of its wildlife.The introduction describes how the Sonoran Desert differs from other deserts. We explain how having two rainy seasons and more rainfall on average than other deserts have produced a landscape far richer in plant and animal life than is typically found in other deserts. We describe the keystone plant species of the Sonoran Desert-legume trees and columnar cacti-which feed and shelter many of the animal denizens of this ecosystem. Accounts of twenty species that live in or migrate to the Sonoran Desert follow (plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects). We have chosen to highlight species with fascinating natural histories that readers might not have heard of before. Readers will learn about the grasshopper mouse, which is carnivorous and howls at the night sky; the white-winged dove, which migrates to the Sonoran Desert during the hottest time of year to feast on the flowers and fruit of saguaro cacti; and desert termites, without which the Sonoran Desert would be knee-deep in cow dung. These accounts and others show how native plants and animals have adapted to the high temperatures and scarcity of water characteristic of the Sonoran Desert.The book concludes with a description of the threats to the Sonoran Desert and what citizens can do about them. We describe the negative impact of invasive species like sunfish and buffelgrass on native species. Open-pit mines and border barriers are some examples of human disturbance that adversely affect plants, animals, and fragile desert soils. Finally, we discuss how climate change, if not addressed, could eventually convert the desert into a wasteland. Acknowledging climate change and actively conserving the desert now is our best hope for protecting this astonishing, astounding, and amazing ecosystem for the future.
