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Introduction to California chaparral /
The characteristic look of California Chaparral-a soft bluish-green blanket of vegetation gently covering the hills-is known to millions who have seen it as the backdrop in movies and television productions. This complex ecological community of plants and animals is not just a feature of the hills a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | California natural history guides ;
90. California natural history guides. Introductory guide. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The California chaparral
- Fire and chaparral
- Where is chaparral found?
- Chaparral is found with other vegetation types
- Coastal sage scrub is not chaparral
- How organisms are named
- 2. Mediterranean climate
- The Pacific high
- Rainfall, always unpredictable
- Winds that carry water or take it away
- Temperature
- Microclimates
- Convergence
- Rain beetles mate only when there is rain
- 3. Fire
- The fire cycle
- The fire regime
- Sources of ignition
- Aboriginal burning
- Nineteenth-century fire
- Fire patterns in the twentieth century
- Modern fires
- Natural responses of plants and animals to fire
- 4. Plants
- An evergreen, shrubby vegetation
- Common shrubs and shrub families
- The rose family (Roseaceae)
- The buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae)
- The heath family (Ericaceae)
- The oak family (Fagaceae)
- The sumac family (Anacardiaceae)
- Other chaparral shrubs
- Conifers : cypresses, pines, and bigcone Douglas fir
- Common herb and subshrub families
- The waterleaf family (Hydrophyllaceae)
- The poppy family (Papaveraceae)
- The lily family (Liliaceae)
- The legume family (Fabaceae)
- The snapdragon or figwort family (Scrophulariaceae)
- Other chaparral herbs and subshrubs
- Introduced weeds
- 5. Animals
- Mammals
- Rodents (Order Rodentia)
- Rabbits and hares (Order Lagomorpha)
- Deer and bighorn sheep (Order Artiodactyla)
- Carnivorous mammals (Order Carnivora)
- Birds
- Perching birds (Order Passeriformes)
- Hawks (Order Falconiformes)
- Owls (Order Strigiformes)
- Reptiles
- Snakes (Order Squamata, Suborder Serpentes)
- Lizards (Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia)
- Amphibians
- Insects and arachnids
- Insects (Class Insecta)
- Trap door spiders, ticks, and scorpions (Class Arachnida)
- Other chaparral insects
- 6. Living with the chaparral
- Prescribed fire
- Fuel reduction and fuel breaks
- Artificial seeding of burns
- Fire creates its own weather
- Geographic risk
- Floods
- Threats to chaparral
- Options for wise growth
- The value of chaparral
- Glossary.