Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are found throughout the world in a variety of habitats. They flourish particularly well in moist, humid forests, filling many ecological roles. They provide seedbeds for the larger plants of the community and homes to countless arthropods, they capture and recycle nutrients that are washed with rainwater from the canopy, and they bind the soil to keep it from eroding. This photo-based field guide to the more common or distinctive bryophytes of northeastern North America gives beginners the tools they need to identify most specimens without using a compound microscope. Ralph Pope’s inviting text and helpful photographs cover not only the "true" mosses but also the Sphagnaceae (the peat mosses), liverworts, and hornworts.
The heart of any field guide is the ability to narrow down a large number of possibilities to a single species, and this book does that with a variety of keying strategies. Traditional dichotomous keys are included, and there are also "quick" keys based on habitat and special morphological characteristics. The organization of the species pages is by plant family, an arrangement likely to resonate with readers with some plant background or botanical interest. Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts also features information on collecting, preserving, and identifying specimens to help hikers, naturalists, botanists, and gardeners find their way into this beautiful miniature world. Sections on bryophyte biology and ecology provide taxonomic and ecological context.
Описание: Sandy found herself struggling with the "aging gracefully" concept. It wasn't that she didn't accept the inevitability of getting older, rather she had pretty much given up the fight. That is, until her bestie in all past girlfriend adventures, Julie, suggested hiking a section of the Appalachian Trail.Slowly, she began to question exactly just what her limitations might be. Were they all self-imposed? Could she still mount that wild bucking bronco of adventure? Or was she ready to check into the retirement community and rent a scooter.Follow Sandy as she joins Julie, strapping on their backpacks, climbing up and down the mountains of Pennsylvania, and leaving their hair dryers behind.
Автор: Rubbert Tim Название: Hiking Safely in Grizzly Country: Lessons Learned ISBN: 1606391151 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781606391150 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4357.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Author Tim Rubbert has hiked more than 5,000 miles in grizzly country and encountered hundreds of bears. No one knows how to avoid a bear encounter--or how to react if you do see a bear--better than Tim. This book distills his vast experience into practical instructions that are easy to follow on the trail and in camp. These are Tim's personal lessons learned for safe travel. Tim illustrates each lesson with descriptions of actual bear encounters in Yellowstone, Glacier, and Denali national parks, often with on-the-scene photographs. After reading this book, hikers and backpackers will have the knowledge and confidence to travel safely in bear country.
Автор: Fink Jr Lloyd L. Название: Hiking to Beer: A Memoir ISBN: 1635052696 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781635052695 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3109.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
A retired Air Force officer and veteran of Afghanistan, Iraq, Djibouti and humanitarian deployments embarks on a journey of spiritual and self-rediscovery along the five-hundred-mile ancient pilgrimage: the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Physically and mentally beat up and exhausted, Colonel Tracey Meck struggles to find a new identity and purpose after retiring from the only adult life she had known. As she endeavors to overcome physical pain and limitations, she is determined to redeem herself after failing to complete the trek two years earlier. Along The Way, she reflects on her Air Force career, from being a part of the seventh class with women at the Air Force Academy through four combat deployments to include a year leading interagency reconstruction and development efforts in two Afghan provinces as the Provincial Reconstruction Team Gardez Commander. Weaving through it all is her spiritual journey as she struggles with experiences that feed both spiritual growth and recurring doubts.
Описание: Received the 2016 Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Recreation and Park Research from the National Recreation and Park Association The most famous long-distance hiking trail in North America, the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail-the longest hiking-only footpath in the world-runs along the Appalachian mountain range from Georgia to Maine. Every year about 2,000 individuals attempt to “thru-hike” the entire trail, a feat equivalent to hiking Mount Everest sixteen times. In Walking on the Wild Side, sociologist Kristi M. Fondren traces the stories of forty-six men and women who, for their own personal reasons, set out to conquer America’s most well known, and arguably most social, long-distance hiking trail. In this fascinating in-depth study, Fondren shows how, once out on the trail, this unique subculture of hikers lives mostly in isolation, with their own way of acting, talking, and thinking; their own vocabulary; their own activities and interests; and their own conception of what is significant in life. They tend to be self-disciplined, have an unwavering trust in complete strangers, embrace a life of poverty, and reject modern-day institutions. The volume illuminates the intense social intimacy and bonding that forms among long-distance hikers as they collectively construct a long-distance hiker identity. Fondren describes how long-distance hikers develop a trail persona, underscoring how important a sense of place can be to our identity, and to our sense of who we are. Indeed, the author adds a new dimension to our understanding of the nature of identity in general. Anyone who has hiked-or has ever dreamed of hiking-the Appalachian Trail will find this volume fascinating. Walking on the Wild Side captures a community for whom the trail is a sacred place, a place to which they have become attached, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.
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