When the Rains Come: A Naturalist’s Year in the Sonoran Desert
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816527628 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A fascinating look at the Sonoran Desert" according to angelfish. This is John Alcock's tour de force on the Sonoran Desert.The author spent A fascinating look at the Sonoran Desert This is John Alcock's tour de force on the Sonoran Desert.The author spent 30 years visiting an area near where he lived for all these years and took detailed notes on what he saw on a day to day basis.You will see the birth and death of the plants and animals that live ther. 0 years visiting an area near where he lived for all these years and took detailed notes on what he saw on a day to day basis.You will see the birth and death of the plants and animals that live ther. "Inspiringly beautiful!" according to Terrie Gates. This book will inspire anyone to visit the Sonoran Desert. The author's command of language is so great that you won't want to put the book down for a second!Beautiful photos and a great read. I can't say enough good things about this book!!!Terrie Gates. It is a really good book. Xin Qu My professor has used it as a textbook. It is a really good book for studying Sonora desert. I love it.
He describes what he finds on hikes in the Usery Mountains near Phoenix, where he has studied desert life over three decades and where frequent visits have enabled him to notice effects of seasonal variation that might escape a casual glance. John Alcock knows the Sonoran Desert better than just about anyone else, and in this book he tracks the changes he observes in plant and animal life over the course of a drought year. Blending a personal perspective with field observation, Alcock shows how desert ecology depends entirely on rainfall. It brings us the desert in the harshest of times—and shows that it is still teeming with life.. And in a year of drought, the stakes are especially high. He touches on a wide range of topics concerning the desert’s natural history, noting the response of saguaro flowers to heat and the habits of predators, whether soaring red-tailed hawk or tiny horned lizard. The desert is a land of five seasons, featuring two summers—hot, dry months followed by monsoon—and Alcock looks at the changes that take place in an entire desert community over the course of all five. Life in the desert is a waiting game: waiting for rain. Combining scientific knowledge with years of exploring the desert, he describes the variety of ways in which the wait for rain takes place—and what happens when it finally comes. He also describes unusual aspects of insects that few
“Like an unexpected rainstorm in the midst of prolonged drought, When the Rains Come brings forth delightful surprises and creates a desire for more—more rain, and more stories from John Alcock about this wonderful desert.”—Janice Emily Bowers, author of Fear Falls Away and other Essays from Hard and Rocky Places