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1 online resource (280 pages) |
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 California Natural History and the Role of Naturalists -- California's Biodiversity -- The Biodiversity Crisis -- A Brief History of Natural History and Naturalists -- Why Be a Naturalist? -- Field Notebook: An Essential Record for Every Naturalist -- The Language of Naturalists -- Getting Out and About -- Explore! -- 2 Geology, Climate, and Soils -- Earth's Formation and Plate Tectonics -- Shaping California -- Rocks in California -- California's Climate -- Diversity of California Microclimates -- Soil Structure and Nutrients -- Nutrient Cycling -- Decomposition -- Mycorrhizal Relationships -- Mining in California -- Explore! -- 3 Water -- Scaling Water: From Molecules to Our Environment -- The Water Cycle -- Stream Processes -- Biological Inputs -- Chemical Inputs -- Physical Inputs -- The Path of a River -- Estuaries -- Intertidal Zone -- Wetlands -- California's Lakes -- California's Freshwater Fish -- Rivers Today -- California Water Management and Law -- Challenges for the Future: Population Growth and Climate Change -- Explore! -- 4 Plants -- Lifestyles of Rich and Famous Plants -- Parts of a Plant -- Plant Communities of California -- Plants and People -- California's Plant Communities and Climate Change -- Explore! -- 5 Forest, Woodland, and Range Resources and Management -- History of California Forests and Their Management -- Forest Dynamics -- California Forests and Wildfire -- Fragmentation of Forests -- Carbon Sequestration -- Rangelands and Livestock Grazing Management -- Conservation Biology -- Explore! -- 6 Animals -- Evolutionary Groups -- Invertebrates -- Vertebrates -- Human Activity and Domestic and Introduced Animals -- Explore! -- 7 Energy and Global Environmental Issues -- Forms and Sources of Energy -- The Energetic Basis of Life -- Energy Use by People |
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Global Environmental Challenges -- Explore! -- 8 Interpretation, Collaboration, and Citizen Science -- Interpretation: Why, What, and How -- Collaboration -- Citizen Science -- Explore! -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z |
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The California Naturalist Handbook provides a fun, science-based introduction to California's natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation. It is a hands-on guide to learning about the natural environment of California. Subjects covered include California natural history and geology, native plants and animals, California's freshwater resources and ecosystems, forest and rangeland resources, conservation biology, and the effects of global warming on California's natural communities. The Handbook also discusses how to create and use a field notebook, natural resource interpretation, citizen science, and collaborative conservation and serves as the primary text for the California Naturalist Program |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: de Nevers, Greg The California Naturalist Handbook
Berkeley : University of California Press,c2013 9780520274808
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Biodiversity -- California.;Natural areas -- California.;Natural history -- California
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Electronic books
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Edelman, Deborah Stanger
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Merenlender, Adina
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