Fireflies, honey, and silk [[electronic resource] /] / Gilbert Waldbauer ; with illustrations by James Nardi |
Autore | Waldbauer Gilbert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
Disciplina | 595.7/163 |
Altri autori (Persone) | NardiJames B. <1948-> |
Soggetto topico | Beneficial insects |
Soggetto non controllato |
aesthetic influence
anklets baubles beeswax bracelets bugs butterfly gardens candles cultural influence dyeing cloth ecology economic influence engaging entertaining entomology flora and fauna fly fishing forensics historical history ink insect performers insect pets insects jewelry literature medicine mythology natural world nature paper and ink poetry retrospective sealing wax sex pheromones shellac silk valuable products |
ISBN |
1-282-77267-8
9786612772672 0-520-94495-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Insects people like -- The silk we wear -- Dyeing the cloth -- Baubles, bracelets, and anklets -- Candles, shellac, and sealing wax -- Paper and ink -- Butterflies in your tummy -- Satisfying the sweet tooth -- Cures and nostrums -- Insect pets and performers -- Epilogue : the ecological context. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791581003321 |
Waldbauer Gilbert
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Intertwined histories : plants in their social contexts / / edited by Jim Ellis |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calgary, Alberta : , : The University of Calgary Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (133 pages) |
Disciplina | 580 |
Collana | Calgary Institute for the Humanities series |
Soggetto topico |
Plants - History
Plants - Social aspects Plants in art |
Soggetto non controllato |
William Pearce
bison cultural geography flora and fauna forest aerial native grass nature walk plant behavior plant disease plant learning plant photography plant sensitivity rural ecology soil urban ecology urban forest urban parks vegetal beings |
ISBN |
1-77385-092-X
1-77385-093-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- contents -- acknowledgements -- introduction -- the nature of plants -- phytognosis -- historia plantarum -- periculum -- spectral garden -- mike macdonald’s butterfly garden -- an ancient partnership -- big stone -- gone today, here tomorrow -- the city of calgary’s urban forest -- make the waste places fruitful gardens -- coming into noticing -- leila sujir’s forest of pixels -- contributors -- Campus Alberta Collection |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910527382903321 |
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The Jepson manual [[electronic resource] ] : vascular plants of California / / Bruce G. Baldwin (convening editor) ; editors, Douglas H. Goldman ... [et al.] ; principal illustrator, Linda Ann Vorobik |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1595 p.) |
Disciplina | 581.9794 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BaldwinBruce G. <1957->
GoldmanDouglas H. <1969-> |
Soggetto topico |
Botany - California
Plants - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
american flowers
books for flower lovers botanical reference california botanists california botany california flora california flower guide california flowers california nature california vegetation flora and fauna flower blooming times flower species flower taxa flowering times gardening and agriculture gardening reference gardening gifts for florists native california plants pacific coast plant manual plant reference book plant taxonomy plants studying botany vascular plants |
ISBN |
1-280-49199-X
9786613587220 0-520-95137-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Jepson Manual -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors Contributing to The Jepson Manual, Second edition -- Introduction -- Key to California VASCULAR Plant Families -- Taxonomic Treatments -- LYCOPHYTES -- FERNS -- GYMNOSPERMS -- NYMPHAEALES -- MAGNOLIIDS -- CERATOPHYLLALES -- EUDICOTS -- ACANTHACEAE: ACANTHUS FAMILY -- ADOXACEAE: MUSKROOT FAMILY -- AIZOACEAE: FIG-MARIGOLD or ICEPLANT FAMILY -- AMARANTHACEAE: AMARANTH FAMILY -- ANACARDIACEAE: SUMAC or CASHEW FAMILY -- APIACEAE (Umbelliferae): CARROT FAMILY -- APOCYNACEAE: DOGBANE FAMILY -- ASTERACEAE (Compositae): SUNFLOWER FAMILY -- BALSAMINACEAE: TOUCH-ME-NOT or BALSAM FAMILY -- BATACEAE: SALTWORT FAMILY -- BERBERIDACEAE: BARBERRY FAMILY -- BETULACEAE: BIRCH FAMILY -- BIGNONIACEAE: TRUMPET-CREEPER FAMILY -- BORAGINACEAE: BORAGE or WATERLEAF FAMILY -- BRASSICACEAE (Cruciferae): MUSTARD FAMILY -- BURSERACEAE: TORCHWOOD FAMILY -- CACTACEAE: CACTUS FAMILY -- CAMPANULACEAE: BELLFLOWER FAMILY -- CANNABACEAE: HEMP FAMILY -- CAPRIFOLIACEAE: HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY -- CARYOPHYLLACEAE: PINK FAMILY -- CELASTRACEAE: STAFF-TREE FAMILY -- CHENOPODIACEAE: GOOSEFOOT FAMILY -- CISTACEAE: ROCK-ROSE FAMILY -- CLEOMACEAE: SPIDERFLOWER FAMILY -- COMANDRACEAE: BASTARD TOADFLAX FAMILY -- CONVOLVULACEAE: MORNING-GLORY FAMILY -- CORNACEAE: DOGWOOD FAMILY -- CRASSULACEAE: STONECROP FAMILY -- CROSSOSOMATACEAE: CROSSOSOMA FAMILY -- CUCURBITACEAE: GOURD FAMILY -- DATISCACEAE: DATISCA FAMILY -- DIPSACACEAE: TEASEL FAMILY -- DROSERACEAE: SUNDEW FAMILY -- ELAEAGNACEAE: OLEASTER FAMILY -- ELATINACEAE: WATERWORT FAMILY -- ERICACEAE: HEATH FAMILY -- EUPHORBIACEAE: SPURGE FAMILY -- FABACEAE (Leguminosae): LEGUME FAMILY -- FAGACEAE: OAK FAMILY -- FOUQUIERIACEAE: OCOTILLO FAMILY -- FRANKENIACEAE: FRANKENIA FAMILY -- GARRYACEAE: SILK TASSEL FAMILY -- GENTIANACEAE: GENTIAN FAMILY -- GERANIACEAE: GERANIUM FAMILY -- GUNNERACEA: GUNNERA FAMILY -- HALORAGACEAE: WATER-MILFOIL FAMILY -- HYDRANGEACEAE: HYDRANGEA FAMILY -- HYPERICACEAE: ST. JOHN'S WORT FAMILY -- JUGLANDACEAE: WALNUT FAMILY -- KOEBERLINIACEAE: JUNCO FAMILY -- KRAMERIACEAE: RHATANY FAMILY -- LAMIACEAE (Labiatae): MINT FAMILY -- LENTIBULARIACEAE: BLADDERWORT FAMILY -- LI MNANTHACEAE: MEADOWFOAM FAMILY -- LINACEAE: FLAX FAMILY -- LINNAEACEAE: TWIN FLOWER FAMILY -- LOASACEAE: LOASA FAMILY -- LYTHRACEAE: LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY -- MALVACEAE: MALLOW FAMILY -- MARTYNIACEAE: UNICORN-PLANT FAMILY -- MELIACEAE: MAHOGANY FAMILY -- MENYANTHACEAE: BUCKBEAN FAMILY -- MOLLUGINACEAE: CARPET-WEED FAMILY -- MONTIACEAE: MINER'S LETTUCE FAMILY -- MORACEAE: MULBERRY FAMILY -- MYRICACEAE: WAX MYRTLE FAMILY -- MYRSINACEAE: MYRSINE FAMILY -- MYRTACEAE: MYRTLE FAMILY -- NITRARIACEAE: NITRARIA FAMILY -- NYCTAGINACEAE: FOUR O'CLOCK FAMILY -- OLEACEAE: OLIVE FAMILY -- ONAGRACEAE: EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY -- OROBANCHACEAE: BROOMRAPE FAMILY -- OXALIDACEAE: OXALIS FAMILY -- PAEONIACEAE: PEONY FAMILY -- PAPA VERACEAE: POPPY FAMILY -- PARNASSIACEAE: GRASS-OF-PARNASSUS FAMILY -- PASSIFLORACEAE: PASSION FLOWER FAMILY -- PHRYMACEAE: LOPSEED FAMILY -- PHYTOLACCACEAE: POKEWEED FAMILY -- PICRODENDRACEAE: BITTER-TREE FAMILY -- PITTOSPORACEAE: PITTOSPORUM FAMILY -- PLANTAGINACEAE: PLANTAIN FAMILY -- PLATANACEAE: PLANE-TREE or SYCAMORE FAMILY -- PLUMBAGINACEAE: LEADWORT FAMILY -- POLEMONIACEAE: PHLOX FAMILY -- POLYGALACEAE: MILKWORT FAMILY -- POLYGONACEAE: BUCKWHEAT FAMILY -- PORTULACACEAE: PURSLANE FAMILY -- PRI MULACEAE: PRIMROSE FAMILY -- PROTEACEAE: PROTEA FAMILY -- RANUNCULACEAE: BUTTERCUP FAMILY -- RESEDACEAE: MIGNONETTE FAMILY -- RHAMNACEAE: BUCKTHORN FAMILY -- ROSACEAE: ROSE FAMILY -- RUBIACEAE: MADDER FAMILY -- RUTACEAE: RUE FAMILY -- SALICACEA: WILLOW FAMILY -- SAPINDACEAE: SOAPBERRY FAMILY -- SARCOBATACEAE: SARCOBATUS or GREASEWOOD FAMILY -- SARRACENIACEAE: PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY -- SAXIFRAGACEAE: SAXIFRAGE FAMILY -- SCROPHULARIACEAE: FIGWORT FAMILY -- SIMAROUBACEAE: QUASSIA or SIMAROUBA FAMILY -- SIMMOND SIACEAE: JOJOBA FAMILY -- SOLANACEAE: NIGHTSHADE FAMILY -- STAPHYLEACEAE: BLADDERNUT FAMILY -- STYRACACEAE: STORAX FAMILY -- TAMARICACEAE: TAMARISK FAMILY -- THEOPHRASTACEAE: THEOPHRASTA FAMILY -- THY MELAEACEAE: DAPHNE FAMILY -- TROPAEOLACEAE: NASTURTIUM FAMILY -- ULMACEAE: ELM FAMILY -- URTICACEAE: NETTLE FAMILY -- VALERIANACEAE: VALERIAN FAMILY -- VERBENACEAE: VERVAIN FAMILY -- VIOLACEAE: VIOLET FAMILY -- VISCACEAE: MISTLETOE FAMILY -- VITACEAE: GRAPE FAMILY -- ZYGOPHYLLACEAE: CALTROP FAMILY -- MONOCOTS -- APPENDIX -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790277203321 |
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Ours [[electronic resource] /] / Cole Swensen |
Autore | Swensen Cole <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (114 p.) |
Disciplina | 811/.54 |
Collana | New California poetry |
Soggetto topico |
Gardens
Gardens, French |
Soggetto non controllato |
17th century french baroque gardens
17th century french culture 21st century american literature 21st century american poetry american literature american poetry andre le norte aristocracy beauty collective ownership discussion books engaging flora and fauna flowers formal structure of poetry gardens human society imagery le norte louis xiv new california poetry series nobility page turner poems poetry property public parks public vs private royalty versailles |
ISBN |
1-282-36052-3
9786612360527 0-520-94156-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY -- PRINCIPLES -- VAUX-LE-VICOMTE -- OTHER GARDENS -- THE MEDICIS -- VERSAILLES -- STATUARY -- ORANGERIES -- "YOU ARE A HAPPY MAN, LE NÔTRE" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780639703321 |
Swensen Cole <1955->
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Phylogeography of California : an introduction / / Kristina A. Schierenbeck |
Autore | Schierenbeck Kristina A. <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (872 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/809794 |
Soggetto topico |
Phylogeography - California
Geology - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
animal life
animals in california biogeographic biological hotspot biota botany california climate change conservation contemporary geographic distributions evolution evolutionary diversification evolutionary history flora and fauna genetics geographic distribution of individuals global warming historical processes phylogeography plant life plants in california population genetics population structures scientists united states of america western north america zoology |
ISBN | 0-520-95924-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Processes That Shaped California -- 3. The Cenozoic Era: Paleogene and Neogene Periods (65-2.6 Ma) -- 4. Quaternary Geologic and Climatic Changes -- 5. Conifers -- 6. Flowering Plants -- 7. Insects -- 8. Fishes -- 9. Amphibians -- 10. Reptiles -- 11. Birds -- 12. Mammals -- 13. Marine Mammals -- 14. Consistent Phylogeographic Patterns across Taxa and Major Evolutionary Events -- 15. Conservation Implications and Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786769903321 |
Schierenbeck Kristina A. <1956->
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Phylogeography of California : an introduction / / Kristina A. Schierenbeck |
Autore | Schierenbeck Kristina A. <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (872 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/809794 |
Soggetto topico |
Phylogeography - California
Geology - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
animal life
animals in california biogeographic biological hotspot biota botany california climate change conservation contemporary geographic distributions evolution evolutionary diversification evolutionary history flora and fauna genetics geographic distribution of individuals global warming historical processes phylogeography plant life plants in california population genetics population structures scientists united states of america western north america zoology |
ISBN | 0-520-95924-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Processes That Shaped California -- 3. The Cenozoic Era: Paleogene and Neogene Periods (65-2.6 Ma) -- 4. Quaternary Geologic and Climatic Changes -- 5. Conifers -- 6. Flowering Plants -- 7. Insects -- 8. Fishes -- 9. Amphibians -- 10. Reptiles -- 11. Birds -- 12. Mammals -- 13. Marine Mammals -- 14. Consistent Phylogeographic Patterns across Taxa and Major Evolutionary Events -- 15. Conservation Implications and Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820600303321 |
Schierenbeck Kristina A. <1956->
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Plant and animal endemism in California [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Harrison |
Autore | Harrison Susan (Susan Patricia) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
Disciplina | 581.9794 |
Soggetto topico |
Endemic plants - California
Endemic animals - California Endemic plants - Ecology - California Endemic animals - Ecology - California Endemic plants - Conservation - California Endemic animals - Conservation - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
adaptation
amphibians animal endemism arcto tertiary arctostaphylos biological diversity california complex geology conservation ecology endemic species endemism engaging environmental conservation protection environmentalism flora and fauna imperiled diversity mediterranean type climate modern barriers molecular evidence native species natural sciences nature plant and animal endemism in california plant endemism topography unique landscapes |
ISBN | 0-520-95473-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Biotic Uniqueness: An Overview -- 2. A Brief History of California -- 3. Plant Endemism in California: Patterns and Causes -- 4. Animal Endemism in California -- 5. Conservation Challenges in California's Endemic-Rich Landscape -- 6. Synthesis and Conclusions -- APPENDIX: Preliminary List of Plant Species Endemic to the California Floristic Province -- Literature Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786241903321 |
Harrison Susan (Susan Patricia)
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Reptiles and amphibians of the Pacific Islands [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive guide / / George R. Zug |
Autore | Zug George R. <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.909 |
Soggetto topico |
Reptiles - Islands of the Pacific
Amphibians - Islands of the Pacific |
Soggetto non controllato |
amphibian species
amphibians animal biology beginners guide color illustrations comparative guide diverse species evolution field guide flora and fauna frogs habitats life sciences lizards natural history natural world naturalists nonfiction oceanic islands oceanside pacific basin pacific islands reptile species reptiles scientists snakes species identification systematic overview turtles zoologists zoology |
ISBN | 0-520-95540-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Island and Island Group Herpetofaunas -- Recognizing Species -- Acknowledgments -- Checklist of Pacific Island Amphibians and Reptiles -- Appendix: Sources for Illustrations -- Index of Common English Names -- Index of Scientific Names |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786721703321 |
Zug George R. <1938->
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