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The Practical naturalist : explore the wonders of the natural world

Call Number

  • 508 P8956 (CEN)

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Edition

1st American ed.

Publication Information

New York : DK Publishing, 2010.

Physical Description

245 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Foreword / by Steve Kress
  • The web of life
  • Weather and sky
  • What a naturalist needs
  • Close to home
  • Farm and field
  • Forest. Deciduous woodlands ; Coniferous forests ; Tropical forests
  • Scrubland and heath
  • Grassland
  • Mountain and hillside
  • Lake, river, and stream
  • Coast. Beaches ; Cliffs ; Coastal wetlands ; Ocean
  • Tundra and ice
  • Desert.

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