Best of
Field-Guides
1991
All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms
David Arora - 1991
Full-color illustrated guide to identifying 200 Western mushrooms by their key features.
The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates
Richard D. Estes - 1991
Whether we are able to look at them face to face, on television, or in the hundreds of illustrations provided here by Daniel Otte, this guide allows us to understand what animals do and what their behavior means.Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork and on the research of many other scientists, Richard Estes describes and explains the behavior of four major groups of mammals. Estes's remarkably informative guide is as up-to-date for the zoologist as it is accessible for the interested onlooker.
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Weather: North America
David McWilliams Ludlum - 1991
The 378 dramatic photographs capture cloud types, precipitation, storms, twisters, and optical phenomena such as the Northern Lights. Essays with accompanying maps and illustrations discuss the earth's atmosphere, weather systems, cloud formation, and development of tornadoes and many other weather events.