Gregory K. Pregill

West Southwest (eBook, ePUB)

Vertebrate Life in Southern California

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book is about the vertebrates of southern California and the plant communities they live in: who arethey, how are they related, where do they live, and how do they survive. It underscores the importance of natural history, and explores important topics not usually in field guides, such as on evolution, reproduction, predation, and human impact.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351020046
• Artikelnr.: 54084826

Autorenporträt

Gregory K. Pregill is a native Californian born in Pasadena, California. He received a Bachelor's degree from Baylor University, a Master's degree from San Diego State University, and a PhD from the University of Kansas. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow, United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution, and became the Curator and Chairman of the Department of Herpetology at the San Diego Natural History Museum (1981-93). He moved from the Museum to become Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of San Diego (1993-2016) and is now retired. Among his many publications, he was the co-editor of a foundational reference - Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I Fundamentals Chapter 1 The Land Chapter 2 The Climate Chapter 3
Exploration, Collections and the Museum Tradition Chapter 4 The Three
Pillars of Natural History Section II Settings Chapter 5 Vegetation Past
and Present Chapter 6 Plant-Vertebrate Communities Section III Vertebrates
Chapter 7 Amphibians Chapter 8 Turtles and an Overview of the Amniotes
Chapter 9 Lepdiosaurs-Squamates and Tuatara Chapter 10 Birds Chapter 11
Mammals Chapter 12 The Ice Age Mammals