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When the Rains Come: A Naturalists Year in the Sonoran Desert
John Alcock
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Description for When the Rains Come: A Naturalists Year in the Sonoran Desert
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 1KLCM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1116.
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, nd what happens when it finally comes. The desert is a land of five seasons, featuring two summers?hot, dry months followed ... Read more
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, nd what happens when it finally comes. The desert is a land of five seasons, featuring two summers?hot, dry months followed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816527625
SKU
V9780816527625
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99-15
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