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Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains

Name: Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains
Price: 6.51 USD
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ISBN: 9780826336675

ISBN-10: 0826336671

ISBN-13: 9780826336675

Edition: 2005

Authors: Robert Julyan, Mary Stuever, Mary Stuever, Robert Julyan

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Each year over 2 million visitors to New Mexico's Sandia Mountains enjoy more than 100 miles of trails, hiking, climbing, running, biking, skiing, and birding, as well as viewing the mountains from hang gliders and hot air balloons. This guide will assist visitors in discovering the diverse natural features of the Sandias. Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains includes sections on ecology, including weather and fire, geology, flora (grasses, flowers, trees) and fauna (arthropods, reptiles and amphibians, birds, mammals), and recreational opportunities. Plant keys and fauna checklists add to the book's features. Rather than a comprehensive field guide, the selections offer the most commonly…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 5/1/2005
Binding: Comb Bound
Pages: 272
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Mary Stuever is a forester and ecologist with a passion for sharing the outdoors with others. Co-author of the Philmont Fieldguide,which inspired this project, Stuever provided initial direction and guidance.



Introduction


Ecology of the Sandia Mountains


Weather in the Sandia Mountains


Fire in the Sandia Mountains


Geology of the Sandia Mountains


Grasses, Fungi, Lichens, Mosses & Others


Wildflowers


Coniferous Trees and Shrubs


Broad Leaf Trees and Shrubs


Tree Diseases


Arthropods


Reptiles and Amphibians


Birds


Mammals


Human Presence in the Sandia Mountains


Place Names of the Sandias


Hiking Trails


Cross-Country Skiing and Winter Recreation