Wildlife of the Concho Valley

Name: Wildlife of the Concho Valley
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ISBN: 9781603449656

ISBN-10: 1603449655

ISBN-13: 9781603449656

Edition: 2013

Authors: Terry C. Maxwell

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The Concho Valley, named from the abundant mussel shells found in its principal river by seventeenth-century Spanish explorers, occupies a transitional position between the Chihuahuan Desert to the west and the Balcones Canyonlands to the east. As veteran field biologist and educator Terry C. Maxwell notes, the region has experienced wide-ranging changes in the makeup of its vertebrate populations, especially in the decades since farming and ranching began here in earnest, in the mid- to late 1800s.In Wildlife of the Concho Valley, Maxwell provides the first comprehensive summary of the animal life in this undercovered region of the state, which also happens to be his home territory.…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 292
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Concho Valley


History of Vertebrate Study


Species Accounts


Fishes


Amphibians


Reptiles


Birds


Mammals


Literature Cited


Index