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Chuckwalla land [[electronic resource] ] : the riddle of California's desert / / David Rains Wallace
| Chuckwalla land [[electronic resource] ] : the riddle of California's desert / / David Rains Wallace |
| Autore | Wallace David Rains <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.75409794 |
| Soggetto topico |
Desert biology - California
Deserts - California |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american southwest
arid biome biosphere botany cacti california conservation death valley desert animals desert plants desert earth sciences ecology ecosystem environment environmentalism extreme heat geology kelso dunes landscape life sciences natural history naturalist nature nonfiction paleobiology red rock canyon science wasteland zoology |
| ISBN |
1-283-27779-4
9786613277794 0-520-94866-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue. Bushes and Lizards -- 1. A Sphinx in Arcady -- 2. The Country of Dried Skin -- 3. A Cactus Heresy -- 4. The Creator's Dumping Ground -- 5. An Evolutionary Backwater -- 6. Anti-Darwinian Lacertilians -- 7. Descriptive Confusion -- 8. A Murderous Brood -- 9. Hopeful Monsters -- 10. An Old Earth-Feature -- 11. A Climatic Accident -- 12. An Evolutionary Frontier -- 13. A Neo-Darwinian Galapagos -- 14. Mexican Geneses -- 15. Desert Relicts -- 16. Madro-Tertiary Attitudes -- 17. A Friendly Land -- 18. Furry Paleontologists -- 19. Dawn Horses and Dinosaurs -- 20. Axelrod Antagonistes -- 21. The Midday Sun -- 22. Lacertilian Ambiguities -- 23. Xerothermic Invasions -- 24. Sand Swimmers -- 25. Axelrod Ascendant -- 26. An Evolutionary Museum -- 27. The Riddle of the Palms -- 28. Bushes and Camels -- 29. Axelrod Askew -- 30. Paradigms Postponed -- 31. The Falcon and the Shrikes -- Epilogue. The Sphinx's Lair -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781494003321 |
Wallace David Rains <1945->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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Chuckwalla land [[electronic resource] ] : the riddle of California's desert / / David Rains Wallace
| Chuckwalla land [[electronic resource] ] : the riddle of California's desert / / David Rains Wallace |
| Autore | Wallace David Rains <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.75409794 |
| Soggetto topico |
Desert biology - California
Deserts - California |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american southwest
arid biome biosphere botany cacti california conservation death valley desert animals desert plants desert earth sciences ecology ecosystem environment environmentalism extreme heat geology kelso dunes landscape life sciences natural history naturalist nature nonfiction paleobiology red rock canyon science wasteland zoology |
| ISBN |
1-283-27779-4
9786613277794 0-520-94866-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue. Bushes and Lizards -- 1. A Sphinx in Arcady -- 2. The Country of Dried Skin -- 3. A Cactus Heresy -- 4. The Creator's Dumping Ground -- 5. An Evolutionary Backwater -- 6. Anti-Darwinian Lacertilians -- 7. Descriptive Confusion -- 8. A Murderous Brood -- 9. Hopeful Monsters -- 10. An Old Earth-Feature -- 11. A Climatic Accident -- 12. An Evolutionary Frontier -- 13. A Neo-Darwinian Galapagos -- 14. Mexican Geneses -- 15. Desert Relicts -- 16. Madro-Tertiary Attitudes -- 17. A Friendly Land -- 18. Furry Paleontologists -- 19. Dawn Horses and Dinosaurs -- 20. Axelrod Antagonistes -- 21. The Midday Sun -- 22. Lacertilian Ambiguities -- 23. Xerothermic Invasions -- 24. Sand Swimmers -- 25. Axelrod Ascendant -- 26. An Evolutionary Museum -- 27. The Riddle of the Palms -- 28. Bushes and Camels -- 29. Axelrod Askew -- 30. Paradigms Postponed -- 31. The Falcon and the Shrikes -- Epilogue. The Sphinx's Lair -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822291303321 |
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Wallace David Rains <1945->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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Everett Ruess [[electronic resource] ] : his short life, mysterious death, and astonishing afterlife / / Philip L. Fradkin
| Everett Ruess [[electronic resource] ] : his short life, mysterious death, and astonishing afterlife / / Philip L. Fradkin |
| Autore | Fradkin Philip L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina |
811/.52
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Poets, American - 20th century
Explorers - Southwest, New |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century artists
american artists american disappearances american legends american mystery american southwest american west ansel adams art history artist biography crime criminal investigation depression era art dorothea lange edward weston great depression historical disappearances history into the wild mysteries of the west mysterious death mystery and adventure southwestern history unsolved disappearances unsolved mysteries utah artists utah history utah mysteries vagabond artists |
| ISBN |
1-283-27829-4
9786613278296 0-520-94992-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- I. Davis Gulch -- II. Wanderers -- III. The Legacy, 1859 - 1913 -- IV. Growing Up, 1914 - 1929 -- V. On the Road, 1930 -- VI. Lan Rameau, 1931 -- VII. The Misfit, 1932 -- VIII. The Bohemian, 1933 -- IX. Vanished, 1934 -- X. The Search, 1935 -- XI. Healing, 1936 - 2008 -- XII. Resurrection, 2009 -- Appendix A: Wilderness Song -- Appendix B: Father and Son Dialogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781205603321 |
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Fradkin Philip L
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Everett Ruess [[electronic resource] ] : his short life, mysterious death, and astonishing afterlife / / Philip L. Fradkin
| Everett Ruess [[electronic resource] ] : his short life, mysterious death, and astonishing afterlife / / Philip L. Fradkin |
| Autore | Fradkin Philip L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina |
811/.52
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Poets, American - 20th century
Explorers - Southwest, New |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century artists
american artists american disappearances american legends american mystery american southwest american west ansel adams art history artist biography crime criminal investigation depression era art dorothea lange edward weston great depression historical disappearances history into the wild mysteries of the west mysterious death mystery and adventure southwestern history unsolved disappearances unsolved mysteries utah artists utah history utah mysteries vagabond artists |
| ISBN |
1-283-27829-4
9786613278296 0-520-94992-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- I. Davis Gulch -- II. Wanderers -- III. The Legacy, 1859 - 1913 -- IV. Growing Up, 1914 - 1929 -- V. On the Road, 1930 -- VI. Lan Rameau, 1931 -- VII. The Misfit, 1932 -- VIII. The Bohemian, 1933 -- IX. Vanished, 1934 -- X. The Search, 1935 -- XI. Healing, 1936 - 2008 -- XII. Resurrection, 2009 -- Appendix A: Wilderness Song -- Appendix B: Father and Son Dialogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817856803321 |
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Fradkin Philip L
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The other West [[electronic resource] ] : Latin America from invasion to globalization / / Marcello Carmagnani ; translated by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia
| The other West [[electronic resource] ] : Latin America from invasion to globalization / / Marcello Carmagnani ; translated by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia |
| Autore | Carmagnani Marcello |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 980 |
| Collana | California world history library |
| Soggetto topico |
World history
International relations - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
american civilization american southwest colonial period cross cultural cultural evolution culture and history discovery of america european civilization european colonization global politics globalization historical perspective historical processes history buffs iberian culture iberian populations invasion latin america latin american culture latin american history multidisciplinary analysis political economy regional history southern cone world history |
| ISBN |
1-283-27729-8
0-520-94751-7 9786613277299 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Latin America in World History -- One. Entry -- Two. The Ibero-American World -- Three. Revival -- Four. The Euro-American World -- Five. Westernization -- Conclusion. Historical Forms and Trends -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786707003321 |
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Carmagnani Marcello
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The other West [[electronic resource] ] : Latin America from invasion to globalization / / Marcello Carmagnani ; translated by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia
| The other West [[electronic resource] ] : Latin America from invasion to globalization / / Marcello Carmagnani ; translated by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia |
| Autore | Carmagnani Marcello |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 980 |
| Collana | California world history library |
| Soggetto topico |
World history
International relations - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
american civilization american southwest colonial period cross cultural cultural evolution culture and history discovery of america european civilization european colonization global politics globalization historical perspective historical processes history buffs iberian culture iberian populations invasion latin america latin american culture latin american history multidisciplinary analysis political economy regional history southern cone world history |
| ISBN |
1-283-27729-8
0-520-94751-7 9786613277299 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Latin America in World History -- One. Entry -- Two. The Ibero-American World -- Three. Revival -- Four. The Euro-American World -- Five. Westernization -- Conclusion. Historical Forms and Trends -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818642203321 |
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Carmagnani Marcello
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene
| The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene |
| Autore | Bock Carl E. <1942-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.4/09791/79 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BockJane H |
| Collana | Organisms and environments |
| Soggetto topico | Grassland ecology - Arizona - Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1500s
academic american southwest animal sanctuary arizona breeding animals domestic livestock domestic ecological ecology fieldwork grasslands grazing cattle grazing livestock habitats livestock natural history natural world raising animals raising cattle raising horses raising sheep ranch life regional research sanctuary scholarly southwestern united states species |
| ISBN |
1-59734-977-1
1-282-37069-3 9786612370694 0-520-92426-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- One. THE GRASSLANDS OF CORONADO -- Two. ON BEING THE CONTROL -- Three. WAITING FOR RAIN -- Four. FENCELINES -- Five. HERPS -- Six. ISLANDS OF FIRE -- Seven. OAKS,ACORNS, AND RUGGED GROUPS -- Eight. LITTLE BROWN BIRDS -- Nine. FRAGMENTS -- Ten. THE NEST BOX EXPERIMENT -- Eleven. PLAINS LOVEGRASS -- Twelve. COTTON RATS AND REAL DOGS -- Thirteen. ALIENS -- Fourteen. THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIFE -- Appendix. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS -- NOTES -- LITERATURE CITED -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782910703321 |
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Bock Carl E. <1942->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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