Biotic Communities: Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico [Paperback]

David E. Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 1994

Biotic Communities catalogs and defines by biome, or biotic community, the region centered on Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Baja California Norte, plus California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Coahuila, Sinaloa, and Baja California Sur. Originally published in 1982 by the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, this ambitious book is still a "must-have" for those working in natural resources management and ecological research, as well as non-specialists who wish to know more about a particular locale.

Biotic Communities is arranged by climatic formation with a short chapter for each biome describing climate, physiognomy, distribution, dominant and common plant species, and characteristic vertebrates. Subsequent chapters contain careful descriptions of zonal subdivisions. The text is supplemented with over one hundred black and white photographs illustrating almost every community type.

A corresponding full-color map is also available.
 

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 22 and up
  
• Paperback: 346 pages
• Publisher: University of Utah Press; Second edition edition (September 2, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874804590
• ISBN-13: 978-0874804591
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,065,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Brown practices law in the Monterey, California area, where he has represented both landlords and tenants in hundreds of court cases -- most of which he felt could have been avoided if both sides were more fully informed about landlord/tenant law. Brown, a graduate of Stanford University (chemistry) and the University of Santa Clara Law School, also teaches law at the Monterey College of Law and is the author of Fight Your Ticket (CA version), Beat Your Ticket (the national version), The Landlord's Law Book, Vol. 1: Rights and Responsibilities; The Landlord's Law Book, Vol. 2: Evictions and co-author of How to Change Your Name in California and The Guardianship Book for California.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overview and reference, September 6, 1999

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This review is from: Biotic Communities: Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico (Paperback)

Brown's book provides a good overview of biotic communities in an easy to understand and organized format. It serves as an excellent introduction to plant communities of the Southwest, with secondary references to animal populations. The drawback is that all references to elevation and precipitation are in metric units with no parenthetic conversion to feet and inches.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone participating in the Southwest's landscape, November 27, 1999

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J. Windes (The Sonoran Desert) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biotic Communities: Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico (Paperback)

This book is the baseline reference for any naturalist seeking to better understand the southwestern landscape. I refer to mine often. Be sure to get the companion map.