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Author: Carl E. Olson
Publisher: Western National Parks Association
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781583690420
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Large color photographs illustrate a guide to common Southwestern insects, including such varieties as the tiger beetle, the rainbow grasshopper, the orange skimmer, the kissing bug, the black witch, the giant palo verde root borer, the very tarantula hawk, and the Pinacate beetle.
Author: Werner/ols
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 1994-10-22
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781555610609
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Owens
Publisher: Garden Guy
Published: 2003-06
Total Pages: 125
ISBN-13: 0970501617
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This sequel to the best-selling book Extreme Gardening is jam-packed with more of Owens's great gardening ideas that work in the desert areas. Broken down by months in an easy-to-read, handy organic gardening manual--a calendar of what to do and when to do it.
Author: Erik D. Stoops
Publisher: Golden West Publishers (AZ)
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Valuable reference for hikers, hunters, campers, and outdoor enthusiasts of the Southwest.
Author: Dick Nelson
Publisher: American Traveler Press
Published: 1985-12-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780935810141
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In clear and concise language and drawings, these booklets describe the common species the reader is likely to come across in Southwestern terrain.
Author: Don C. Force
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Studies stimulated by the International Biological Program showed total insect faunal biomass and diversity to be greatest in the spring of the year, which matches increased plant growth and flowering at this time. Ground-inhabiting beetle studies indicated the family Tenebrionidae to be overwhelmingly dominant in biomass, but the family Staphylinidae to be richest in species numbers. Ant studies showed the chaparral community to be rich in ant species; seed gatherers were particularly important. Flower-visiting insects are more abundant and more species-rich in chaparral than in any other type of California vegetation. Bees especially are abundant and diversified and are responsible for most pollination. Postfire succession studies of insects indicate that the abundance of predators and flower visitors sharply increases following fire; parasitic and phytophagous insects (other than flower-visitors) increase more slowly. Insect herbivory appears to affect succession minimally.
