When the Rains Come: A Naturalist's Year in the Sonoran Desert

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Life in the desert is a waiting game: waiting for rain. And in a year of drought, the stakes are especially high. 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. 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816527628

ISBN13:9780816527625

Release Date:April 2009

Publisher:University of Arizona Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:2.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 8.5" x 9.5"

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