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- 2010029593 abstract "Drawing from his frequent forays to Death Valley, Red Rock Canyon, Kelso Dunes, and other locales, the author illuminates the desert's intriguing flora and fauna as he explores a controversial, unresolved scientific debate about the origin and evolution of its unusual ecosystems. Eminent scientists and scholars appear throughout these pages, including maverick paleobiologist Daniel Axelrod, botanist Ledyard Stebbins, and naturalists Edmund Jaeger and Joseph Wood Krutch. Weaving together ecology, geology, natural history, and mythology in his characteristically eloquent voice, the author reveals that there is more to this starkly beautiful landscape than meets the eye.".
- 2010029593 contributor B11772078.
- 2010029593 created "c2011.".
- 2010029593 date "2011".
- 2010029593 date "c2011.".
- 2010029593 dateCopyrighted "c2011.".
- 2010029593 description "A sphinx in Arcady -- The country of dried skin -- A cactus heresy -- The creator's dumping ground -- An evolutionary backwater -- Anti-Darwinian Lacertilians -- Descriptive confusion -- A murderous brood -- Hopeful monsters -- An Old Earth-feature -- A climatic accident -- An evolutionary frontier -- A neo-Darwinian Galapagos -- Mexican geneses -- Desert relicts -- Madro-tertiary attitudes -- A friendly land -- Furry paleontologists -- Dawn horses and dinosaurs -- Axelrod antagonists -- The midday sun -- Lacertilian ambiguities -- Xerothermic invasions -- Sand swimmers -- Axelrod ascendant -- An evolutionary museum -- The riddle of the palms -- Bushes and camels -- Axelrod askew -- Paradigms postponed -- The falcon and the shrikes.".
- 2010029593 description "Drawing from his frequent forays to Death Valley, Red Rock Canyon, Kelso Dunes, and other locales, the author illuminates the desert's intriguing flora and fauna as he explores a controversial, unresolved scientific debate about the origin and evolution of its unusual ecosystems. Eminent scientists and scholars appear throughout these pages, including maverick paleobiologist Daniel Axelrod, botanist Ledyard Stebbins, and naturalists Edmund Jaeger and Joseph Wood Krutch. Weaving together ecology, geology, natural history, and mythology in his characteristically eloquent voice, the author reveals that there is more to this starkly beautiful landscape than meets the eye.".
- 2010029593 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 2010029593 extent "xxii, 255 p. ;".
- 2010029593 identifier "0520256166 (alk. paper)".
- 2010029593 identifier "9780520256163 (alk. paper)".
- 2010029593 issued "2011".
- 2010029593 issued "c2011.".
- 2010029593 language "eng".
- 2010029593 publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- 2010029593 spatial "California.".
- 2010029593 subject "578.75409794 22".
- 2010029593 subject "Desert biology California.".
- 2010029593 subject "Deserts California.".
- 2010029593 subject "QH105.C2 W338 2011".
- 2010029593 tableOfContents "A sphinx in Arcady -- The country of dried skin -- A cactus heresy -- The creator's dumping ground -- An evolutionary backwater -- Anti-Darwinian Lacertilians -- Descriptive confusion -- A murderous brood -- Hopeful monsters -- An Old Earth-feature -- A climatic accident -- An evolutionary frontier -- A neo-Darwinian Galapagos -- Mexican geneses -- Desert relicts -- Madro-tertiary attitudes -- A friendly land -- Furry paleontologists -- Dawn horses and dinosaurs -- Axelrod antagonists -- The midday sun -- Lacertilian ambiguities -- Xerothermic invasions -- Sand swimmers -- Axelrod ascendant -- An evolutionary museum -- The riddle of the palms -- Bushes and camels -- Axelrod askew -- Paradigms postponed -- The falcon and the shrikes.".
- 2010029593 title "Chuckwalla land : the riddle of California's desert / David Rains Wallace.".
- 2010029593 type "text".