California's Fading Wildflowers: Lost Legacy and Biological Invasions Tapa dura - 2008 - 1st Edición

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2008. A few illustrations, octavo, , pp xiv, 344, pictorial boards, a very good. copy. [Early Spanish explorers in the late eighteenth century found springtime California covered with spectacular carpets of wildflowers from San Francisco to San Diego. Yet today, invading plant species have devastated this nearly forgotten botanical heritage. In this lively, vividly detailed work, Richard A. Minnich synthesizes a unique and wide-ranging array of sources—from the historic accounts of those early explorers to the writings of early American botanists in the nineteenth century, newspaper accounts in the twentieth century, and modern ecological theory—to give the most comprehensive historical analysis available of the dramatic transformation of California's wildflower prairies. At the same time, his groundbreaking book challenges much current thinking on the subject, critically evaluating the hypothesis that perennial bunchgrasses… Leer más

University of California Press, 2008-06-18. hardcover. Very Good. Very Good text and cover, minor reading wear to text and covers/edges. No notable marking to text.. Most items shipped via US Mail. Please provide a US Mail delivery address at checkout. Biblio's shipping charge based on a 2 lb weight. Oversize and heavy books will require an additional shipping charge.

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Univ of California Pr, 2008. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 318 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches.

University of California Press, 2008. Hardcovver. Very good condition. No dustjacket. 344pp. ISBN 9780520253537. .

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