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Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Nature in Your Neighborhood
Heyday Books (Verlag)
978-1-59714-480-3 (ISBN)
In the same lighthearted yet scientifically accurate style of Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools, this portable guidebook reveals the splendidly strange animals and plants just outside your door. Marni Fylling’s full-color illustrations make species identification a snap, and concise descriptions include fascinating (and sometimes grotesque) factoids about frequently encountered plants, insects, arachnids, birds, and mammals. With Fylling’s guidance, the everyday becomes extraordinary: Pigeons share nest-building and egg-sitting duties, and mate for life—with occasional dalliances; squirrel teeth grow about six inches per year; spiders owe their characteristic creep to their “hydraulic” legs; poison oak and poison ivy’s itch-inducing oil is also found in pistachios, cashews, and mangoes; and much, much more.
Marni Fylling has been enchanted by the natural world for as long as she can remember, finding her earliest inspirations in her urban backyard and her dad’s college biology textbook. She studied zoology at UC Davis and natural science illustration at UC Santa Cruz. A science illustrator, writer, and educator, her favorite activity is exploring tide pools, although sketching insects and wildflowers (or just about anything else) is a close second. Her first book with Heyday, Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools, has sold over 11,000 copies since its publication in 2015.
CONTENTS
v Acknowledgments
vii Introduction
1 Plants
15 Annelids
18 Mollusks
21 Arthropods - Centipedes, Millipedes, Pillbugs, Sowbugs, Insects, and Arachnids
72 Amphibians
77 Reptiles
84 Birds
100 Mammals
115 Appendix - Scientific and Common Names
119 References
125 About the Author
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Fylling's Illustrated Guides |
Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Berkeley |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 127 x 177 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-59714-480-0 / 1597144800 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-59714-480-3 / 9781597144803 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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