Mountain Islands and Desert Seas: A Natural History of the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series) by Frederick R. Gehlbach - 1993-10-01

Texas A&M University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Texas A&M University Press, 1993-10-01. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good. Text and images are unmarked. The wrapper shows some general handling.

College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1993. 2d ptg.. Paperback. Book: Very Good. 8vo.. 298 pp. 6 x 9. Orange and black glossy wraps. No markings or damage noted.

College Station, TX: TAMU Press. As New. (1981) 1993. Trade Paperback. 326 pages. Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series. Mountains rise like islands from deserts and grasslands along the U.S.-Mexican border. The stunningly varied borderlands offer a laboratory for studying historical trends and ecological cycles, as well as a refuge in which to experience natural history firsthand. In this engaging personal narrative, biologist Fred Gehlbach describes the stability and changes of the past century in the Borderlands' climate, landforms, and natural communities and in its distinctive plants and vertebrates. Historical sketches, maps, and striking photographs richly amplify the text, and a preface updates developments in the region since the book's original publication in 1981. .

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. Mountains rise like islands from deserts and grasslands along the US-Mexican border. The stunningly varied borderlands offer a laboratory for studying historical trends and ecological cycles. This work describes the stability and changes in the Borderlands' climate, landforms, and natural communities and in its distinctive plants and vertebrates.

Paperback / softback. New. Mountains rise like islands from deserts and grasslands along the US-Mexican border. The stunningly varied borderlands offer a laboratory for studying historical trends and ecological cycles. This work describes the stability and changes in the Borderlands' climate, landforms, and natural communities and in its distinctive plants and vertebrates.