Obi Kaufmann: The Coasts of California

Cover: 9781597145510 | The Coasts of California | A California Field Atlas | Obi Kaufmann

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Beschreibung

"An exploration of California's coastline and the biodiversity it contains. Features Obi Kaufmann's signature watercolor maps and trail paintings"--

Über den Autor

Growing up in the East Bay as the son of an astrophysicist and a psychologist, Obi Kaufmann spent most of his high school practicing calculus and breaking away on weekends to scramble around Mount Diablo and map its creeks, oak forests, and sage mazes. Into adulthood, he would regularly journey into the mountains, spending more summer nights without a roof than with one. He is the author of The California Field Atlas (2017, #1 San Francisco Chronicle Best Seller), The State of Water: Understanding Californiäs Most Precious Natural Resource (2019), and The Forests of California: A California Field Atlas (2020), all published by Heyday. When he is not backpacking, you can find the painter-poet at home in the East Bay, posting trail paintings at his handle [...] on Instagram. His website is [...].

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

Introduction

Keys and measures

01. Symmetry and Succession: Perspectives on time and ecology

02. Fault-Line Symphony: The geomorphology of coastal California

03. Elemental Rhythms: Energy, weather, and the cycles of wind and wave

04. Sand and Rivers: Littoral patterns and estuary types

05. As Above, So Below: A survey of coastal habitat types

06. All Creatures Great and Small: Coastal biodiversity

07. A Good, Long Walk: The California Coastal Trail

08. Each a Character: The islands of California

09. Policies and Protections: Stewardship of the land and sea

10. Navigating a Chaotic Sea: Modeling hope and peril

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Notes

Selected Bibliography

About the Author

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Fachbereich:	Ökologie
Genre:	Biologie
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781597145510
ISBN-10:	1597145513
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Kaufmann, Obi
Hersteller:	Heyday Books
Maße:	198 x 151 x 55 mm
Von/Mit:	Obi Kaufmann
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.04.2022
Gewicht:	1,134 kg

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