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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| California Natural History and the Role of Naturalists | |
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| California's Biodiversity | |
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| The Biodiversity Crisis | |
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| A Brief History of Natural History and Naturalists | |
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| Why Be a Naturalist? | |
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| Field Notebook: An Essential Record for Every Naturalist | |
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| The Language of Naturalists | |
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| Getting Out and About | |
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| Explore! | |
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| Geology, Climate, and Soils | |
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| Earth's Formation and Plate Tectonics | |
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| Shaping California | |
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| Rocks in California | |
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| California's Climate | |
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| Diversity of California Microclimates | |
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| Soil Structure and Nutrients | |
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| Nutrient Cycling | |
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| Decomposition | |
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| Mycorrhizal Relationships | |
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| Mining in California | |
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| Explore! | |
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| Water | |
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| Scaling Water: From Molecules to Our Environment | |
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| The Water Cycle | |
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| Stream Processes | |
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| Biological Inputs | |
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| Chemical Inputs | |
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| Physical Inputs | |
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| The Path of a River | |
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| Estuaries | |
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| Intertidal Zone | |
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| Wetlands | |
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| California's Lakes | |
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| California's Freshwater Fish | |
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| Rivers Today | |
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| California Water Management and Law | |
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| Challenges for the Future: Population Growth and Climate Change | |
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| Explore! | |
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| Plants | |
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| Lifestyles of Rich and Famous Plants | |
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| Parts of a Plant | |
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| Plant Communities of California | |
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| Plants and People | |
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| California's Plant Communities and Climate Change | |
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| Explore! | |
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| Forest, Woodland, and Range Resources and Management | |
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| History of California Forests and Their Management | |
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| Forest Dynamics | |
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| California Forests and Wildfire | |
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| Fragmentation of Forests | |
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| Carbon Sequestration | |
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| Rangelands and Livestock Grazing Management | |
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| Conservation Biology | |
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| Explore! | |
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| Animals | |
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| Evolutionary Groups | |
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| Invertebrates | |
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| Vertebrates | |
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| Human Activity and Domestic and Introduced Animals | |
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| Explore! | |
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| Energy and Global Environmental Issues | |
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| Forms and Sources of Energy | |
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| The Energetic Basis of Life | |
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| Energy Use by People | |
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| Global Environmental Challenges | |
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| Explore! | |
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| Interpretation, Collaboration, and Citizen Science | |
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| Interpretation: Why, What, and How | |
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| Collaboration | |
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| Citizen Science | |
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| Explore! | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |