The California Naturalist Handbook
By: Greg de Nevers, Deborah Stanger Edelman, Adina M. Merenlender
Contributors: Edelman, Deborah S., author; Merenlender, Adina Maya, 1963- author
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780520274808
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Natural history; Natural areas; Biodiversity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgements
title: xi; label: Preface
title: xiii; label: 1 California Natural History and the Role of Naturalist
title: 1; label: California's Biodiversity
title: 1; label: The Biodiversity Crisis
title: 3; label: A Brief History of Natural History and Naturalists
title: 9; label: Why Be a Naturalist?
title: 13; label: Field Notebook: An Essential Record for Every Naturalist
title: 14; label: The Language of Naturalists
title: 19; label: Getting Out and About
title: 25; label: Explore!
title: 26; label: 2 Geology, Climate, and Souls
title: 27; label: Earth's Formation and Plate Tectonics
title: 30; label: Shaping California
title: 33; label: Rocks in California
title: 36; label: California's Climate
title: 40; label: Diversity of California Microclimates
title: 41; label: Soil Structure and Nutrients
title: 42; label: Nutrient Cycling
title: 45; label: Decomposition
title: 47; label: Mycorrhizal Relationships
title: 49; label: Mining in California
title: 50; label: Explore!
title: 51; label: 3 Water
title: 53; label: Scaling Water: From Molecules to Our Environment
title: 53; label: The Water Cycle
title: 55; label: Stream Processes
title: 61; label: Biological Inputs
title: 63; label: Chemical Inputs
title: 65; label: Physical Inputs
title: 67; label: The Path of a River
title: 69; label: Estuaries
title: 71; label: Intertidal Zone
title: 73; label: Wetlands
title: 75; label: California Lakes
title: 76; label: California Freshwater Fish
title: 77; label: Rivers Today
title: 81; label: California Water Management and Law
title: 85; label: Challenges for the Future: Population Growth and Climate Change
title: 86; label: Explore!
title: 88; label: 4 Plants
title: 91; label: Lifestyles of Rich and Famous Plants
title: 91; label: Parts of a Plant
title: 94; label: Plant Communities of California
title: 98; label: Plants and People
title: 109; label: California's Plant Communities and Climate Change
title: 114; label: Explore!
title: 115; label: 5 Forest, Woodland, and Range Resources and Management
title: 117; label: History of California Forests and Their Management
title: 119; label: Forest Dynamics
title: 127; label: California Forests and Wildfire
title: 130; label: Fragmentation of Forests
title: 132; label: Carbon Sequestration
title: 134; label: Rangelands and Livestock Grazing Management
title: 136; label: Conservation Biology
title: 138; label: Explore!
title: 142; label: 6 Animals
title: 145; label: Evolutionary Groups
title: 151; label: Invertebrates
title: 153; label: Vertebrates
title: 160; label: Human Activity and Domestic Introduced Animals
title: 175; label: Explore!
title: 176; label: 7 Energy and Global Environmental Issues
title: 179; label: Forms and Sources of Energy
title: 179; label: The Energetic Basis of Life
title: 182; label: Energy Use by People
title: 185; label: Global Environmental Challenges
title: 192; label: Explore!
title: 214; label: 8 Interpretation, Collaboration, and Citizen Science
title: 217; label: Interpretation: Why, What, and How
title: 217; label: Collaboration
title: 227; label: Citizen Science
title: 230; label: Explore!
title: 232; label: Glossary
title: 233; label: Index
title: 255