02892nam 2200577Ia 450 991078519710332120230725024642.00-8173-8391-3(CKB)2670000000037594(EBL)565722(OCoLC)664233631(SSID)ssj0000459520(PQKBManifestationID)11299138(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000459520(PQKBWorkID)10472655(PQKB)10339296(MiAaPQ)EBC565722(MdBmJHUP)muse27098(Au-PeEL)EBL565722(CaPaEBR)ebr10408861(EXLCZ)99267000000003759420090908d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNature journal[electronic resource] /L. J. Davenport ; with a foreword by John C. HallTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20101 online resource (254 p.)Gosse nature guidesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-5569-3 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bioblitz: The Walls Of Jericho; 2. The Soldier Fish; 3. Great Blues; 4. Doodlebugs and Ant Lions; 5. Fence Lizards; 6. The Wheel of Life; 7. Giant Swallowtails and Metamorphosis; 8. Luna Moths and Pheromones; 9. Bolas Spiders; 10. Pink Moccasins; 11. Jack- (or Jill-) in-the-Pulpit; 12. Birding Dauphin Island; 13. Shark's Tooth Creek; 14. Sex and the Single Freshwater Mussel; 15. Periodical Cicadas; 16. Opossums; 17. Brown Pelicans; 18. Neither Spanish nor Moss; 19. Flounders and Other Flatfishes20. Liverleaf and the Doctrine of Signatures21. Green Tree Frogs; 22. Cedar Apple Rust; 23. Gopher Tortoises; 24. The Siren's Song; 25. Lessons in Morelity; Further ReadingNature Journal is an innovative presentation of the best columns and photographs from L. J. Davenport's popular column in Alabama Heritage magazine. Readers of the magazine have come to relish his artful and often witty descriptions of common species encountered in the Alabama outdoors. But Nature Journal is designed to be much more than a mere collection of entertaining essays; it is also an educational tool-a means of instructing and encouraging readers in the art of keeping a nature journal for themselves. Each of the 25 chapters is a selGosse nature guides.Natural historyAlabamaNatureNatural historyNature.508.761Davenport Lawrence James1502499MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785197103321Nature journal3730322UNINA