Sonoran Desert Summer

Stock Code:
BAE4214
Price:
$30.00

Description

Sonoran Desert Summer by John Alcock. Illustrated by Marilyn Hoff Stewart. (Signed by both the Author and Illustrator). 'What could seem less inviting than summer in the desert? For most people, this prospect conjures up the image of relentless heat and parched earth; for biologist John Alcock, summer in Arizona's Sonoran Desert represents an opportunity to investigate the wide variety of life that flourishes in one of the most extreme environments in North America. "Only very special plants and animals can survive and reproduce in a place that may receive as little as six inches of rain a year," observes Alcock, "a place where the temperature may rise above one hundred degrees each day for months on end," Yet he and other biologists have discovered here in plain view under the summer sun.' The dust jacket has light wear and the book is slightly bowed but remains tight and bright.

Details

  • Author:
    Alcock, John
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    The University of Arizona Press
  • Edition:
    First
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    A2
  • ISBN:
    0816511500
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    183
  • Publish Date:
    1990
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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