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Buy Now	The Mountains of California (more) »rank: 2566293 by: John Muir : :John Muir's masterful celebration of Nature in her western setting, in a simptuous new edition featuring little-known art from the period, selected from the very rare collection, Picturesque California, edited by John Muir himself.	Buy Now	Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country (more) »rank: 332623 by: David B. Williams : :Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated trailside refernce to plants, animals, and geology of an area that includes nine national parks and monuments
Buy Now	North Woods: An Inside Look at the Nature of Forests in the Northeast (more) »rank: 180480 by: Peter Marchand : :Beyond identifying plant species, North Woods examines the many influences that shape the ecology of northern forests and alpine areas.	Buy Now	Campos de altitude (more) »rank: 948305 by: Gustavo Martinelli : :Beyond identifying plant species, North Woods examines the many influences that shape the ecology of northern forests and alpine areas.
Buy Now	Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains: An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern America (more) »rank: 890163 by: Timothy Silver : :Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina's Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. Environmental historian Timothy Silver explores the long and complicated history of this intriguing landscape, drawing on both the historical record and his experience in the Black Mountains as a backpacker and fly fisherman. He chronicles the geological and environmental forces that created the mountains, then traces their history of environmental change and human intervention from the days of Indian-European contact to today. Among the many tales Silver recounts is that of Elisha Mitchell, the renowned ...	Buy Now	Land Above the Trees: A Guide to American Alpine Tundra (more) »rank: 1476021 by: Ann Zwinger : :Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina's Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. Environmental historian Timothy Silver explores the long and complicated history of this intriguing landscape, drawing on both the historical record and his experience in the Black Mountains as a backpacker and fly fisherman. He chronicles the geological and environmental forces that created the mountains, then traces their history of environmental change and human intervention from the days of Indian-European contact to today. Among the many tales Silver recounts is that of Elisha Mitchell, the renowned ...
Buy Now	The Secret Sierra: The Alpine World Above the Trees (more) »rank: 1253608 by: David Gilligan : :What is it like to live in a place of bare rock, vertical walls, and windswept ledges, where snow covers the ground for much of the year and temperature changes of thirty degrees or more is the daily norm? The Alpine Sierra Nevada, the rugged mountain world above treeline, presents this challenge to all living things venturing into its extreme environment. From the tiny meadow vole to the delicate alpine flower growing between slabs of broken rockfall, all that live within this diverse, thin-aired landscape have developed specialized adaptations just to survive. David Gilligan describes the Alpine Sierra Nevada with a naturalist's ...	Buy Now	In the Years of the Mountains: Exploring the World's High Ranges in Search of Their Culture, Geology, and Ecology (more) »rank: 1137714 by: David Scott Gilligan : :For the past ten years David Gilligan has climbed all of the major mountain ranges in the world. His resulting narrative, In the Years of the Mountains, takes readers to the highest places on four continents for an up-close consideration of the cultural, geological, and biological make up of mountains. From the Swiss Alps to the Himalayas, on to New Zealand, and then back to the North American cordillera, Gilligan treats readers to adventure mixed with science and history. This book is an ode to the essence of high mountains, but it is also about wishing desperately for a good picket placement ...
Buy Now	Nordic Mountain Birch Ecosystems (Man and the Biosphere Series) (more) »rank: 1549264 from: Informa Healthcare : :This volume presents the results of an extensive, long-running program of research on mountain birch, Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii, conducted by the Nordic Subarctic and Subalpine Ecology (NSSE) group, as part of the UNESCO/MAB Northern Sciences Network. The book contains an almost complete overview of NSSE research and results, presented in 31 data-rich chapters in six sections: introduction, ecosystem distribution, plant growth, animal herbivory, impact by man, and conclusions. These chapters cover the history, climatic influences and interactions of animals and insects on the growth and distribution of mountain birch, considering both physical and chemical aspects of performance and distribution, and using ...	Buy Now	Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem: Niwot Ridge, Colorado (Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series) (more) »rank: 1491339 from: Oxford University Press, USA : :This book will provide a complete overview of an alpine ecosystem, based on the long-term research conducted at the Niwot Ridge LTER. There is, at present, no general book on alpine ecology. The alpine ecosystem features conditions near the limits of biological existence, and is a useful laboratory for asking more general ecological questions, because it offers large environmental change over relatively short distances. Factors such as macroclimate, microclimate, soil conditions, biota, and various biological factors change on differing scales, allowing insight into the relative contributions of the different factors on ecological outcomes.