Wild CA -- Desert Floor Bibliography

WILD CALIFORNIA

DESERT FLOOR BIBLIOGRAPHY

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California's Desert Resources

http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/deserts.html

You can learn more about deserts at this site from the California Environmental Resources Evaluation System.

Desert USA—The Mojave Desert

http://www.desertusa.com/du_mojave.html

This page provides a brief overview of the Mojave Desert and access to related pages.

Desert Animals and Plants

http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html

This is a great site for both animals and plants found in deserts.

Desert Maven, Desert Maverick

http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/sum98/desert.htm

"Desert Maven, Desert Maverick" was featured in the Academy’s magazine California Wild in the Summer of 1998. It tells the story of Mary Austin, an author and environmentalist.

Joshua Tree

http://photo.net/ca/joshua-tree.html

View enlargable photos of Joshua Tree National Park at this web site from a self-described camera nerd.

Joshua Tree National Park

http://www.nps.gov/jotr/

This is the official National Park Service web site for Joshua Tree National Park.

Mojave Desert

http://mojavedesert.net/

General information about the Mojave including digital desert photo tours, and links are available through this site.

Mojave Desert Ecosystem Study by U.S.Geological Survey

http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/MojaveEco/

Did you know that the desert habitat is vulnerable? Find out more about vulnerability and recoverability of the Mojave at this site from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Mojave National Preserve

http://www.nps.gov/moja/home.htm

This is the official web site for the Mojave National Preserve from the National Park Service.

Oasis of Fortynine Palms

http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/fall97/html/49palms.htm

This article from the Fall 1997 issue of California Wild explores the Fortynine Palms Oasis Trail in the San Bernadino Mountains in Southern California.

Plant Communities of the Transverse Ranges and Western Mojave Desert

http://www.calpoly.edu/~dchippin/zonetrans.html#creosote

This site shows coastal and desert slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains and associated elevational vegetation zones, with links to desert plant communities and California Native Plant Society (CNPS).

View From Silver Peak

http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/spring99/desert.htm

"View From Silver Peak" was featured in the Academy’s California Wild magazine in Spring of 1999.

For additional photos of plants and animals, see the following sites:

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/calflora/

http://dlp.CS.Berkeley.EDU/photos/flora/

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/zoological.html

The biological and zoological data sets allow students to call up photos of any plant and animals in California by typing in the common name.

Plants and Animals Featured in the Desert Floor Exhibit in Wild California Hall

Plants

Barrel Cactus

http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/june/papr/barrelcactus.html

Beavertail Cactus

http://www.desertusa.com/april96/du_beavtail.html

Blue Palo Verde

http://www.dbg.org/8/blue_palo_verde.html

Creosote Bush

http://www.desertusa.com/creoste.html

Desert Sand Verbena

http://www.desertusa.com/may96/du_sand.html

Desert Sunflower

http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/feb/papr/desunflower.html

Hedgehog Cactus

http://www.calacademy.org/research/botany/wildflow/names/207111a.htm

Mohave Yucca

http://www.desertusa.com/oct96/du_myucca.html

Ocotillo

http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/ocotillo.htm

Smoke Tree

http://www.desertusa.com/sep97/du_smoketree.html

Reptiles & Amphibians

Desert Horned Lizard

http://www.spies.com/~sullivan/species/P.platyrhinos.html

Desert Iguana

http://www.desertusa.com/april97/du_desiguana.html

Sceloporus magister the Desert Spiny Lizard

http://www.werc.usgs.gov/fieldguide/scma.htm

Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

http://www.gf.state.az.us/frames/fishwild/ngame_k.htm

Mohave Rattlesnake

http://www.biopark.org/Cscutulatus.html

Side-Blotched Lizard

http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/herps/uta-stan.html

Sidewinder

http://www.biopark.org/Ccerastes.html

Cnemidophorus tigris, Western Whiptail Lizard

http://imnh.isu.edu/dai/bio/reptile/lacer/cnti/cnti.htm

Western Banded Gecko

http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/herps/cole-var.html

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

http://www.wf.net/~snake/rattlesn.htm

Callisaurus draconoides, Zebra-Tailed Lizard

http://www.werc.usgs.gov/fieldguide/cadr.htm

Spiders

Tarantulas

http://www.desertusa.com/july96/du_taran.html

Birds

American Kestrel

http://www.hawkwatch.org/FactSheets/AKfact.htm

The Birdhouse Network – Ash-Throated Flycatcher

http://birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/speciesaccounts/ASHTHROATFLY.HTM

Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i7520id.html

Cactus Wren Identification

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/Idtips/h7130id.html

Common Poorwill Identification Tips

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/Idtips/h4180id.html

Crissal Thrasher

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1998/forest/species/toxodors.htm

Gambel’s Quail

http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/apr/papr/gambel.html

Greater Roadrunner

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3850id.html

Icterus cuculattus – Hooded Oriole

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/icterus/i._cucullatus$media.html

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3960id.html

LeConte’s Thrasher

http://www.tsuru-bird.net/thrashers/thrasher_lecontes1.jpg

Lesser Nighthawk

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1998/forest/species/choracut.htm

Loggerhead Shrike

http://www.birdsofna.org/excerpts/lshrike.html

Northern Mockingbird

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i7030id.html

Phainopepla

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i6200id.html

Zenaida macroura – Mourning Dove

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/zenaida/z._macroura$narrative.html

Mammals

Merriam’s Kangaroo Rat

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/dipodomys/d._merriam$narrative.html

San Joaquin Kit Fox Profile

http://arnica.csustan.edu/esrpp/sjkfprof.htm

White-tailed Antelope Ground Squirrel

http://alt.xmission.com/~hoglezoo/mammals/antsqirl.htm

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Reference & Lending Books

Benson, Lyman. The Native Cacti of California. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1969. Pub & Bot QK495 .C11 B45 1969.

Brown, G. W. Desert Biology. New York: Academic Press, 1968-1974. Herp QH88 .B7.

Collins, Barbara J. Key to Trees and Shrubs of the Deserts of Southern California. [Northridge, CA: California State University Foundation], 1976. Bot QK484 .C2 C635.

Cornely, John Edgar. Home Ranges And Diets of Coyotes in Joshua Tree National Monument in Relation to Prey Densities. San Francisco : Western Region, National Park Service, Dept. of the Interior, 1980. M&O QL737 .C22 C67 1980.

Cornett, James W. The California Deserts: Today and Yesterday. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1998. REF Wild California F867 .C67 1998.

Cornett, James W. Death Valley National Park: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Palm Springs,CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum, c1996. Main F868 .D2 C673 1996.

Cornett, James W. Rattlesnakes of the California Deserts. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1996. Pub QL666 .O67 C67 1996.

Cornett, James W. The Sonoran Desert: A Brief Natural History. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1997. REF Wild California QH104.5 S58 C67, l997.

Cowing, Sheila. Searches in the American Desert. New York: M.K. McElderry Books, c1989. Main F786 .C82 1989.

Dawson, Elmer Yale. Cacti of California. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. Pub & Bot QK495 .C11 D376 1966.

Dawson, Elmer Yale. How to Know the Cacti. Dubuque: W.C Brown Co., 1963. Main REF QK495 .C11 D38 1963.

Decision for the Desert: The California Desert Protection. [San Francisco, CA]: Sierra Club, [1989]. Biodiv REF QH76.5 .C2 D42 1989.

DeDecker, Mary. Flora of the Northern Mojave Desert, California. Berkeley: California Native Plant Society, 1984. REF Wild California & Bot QK149.6 .M64 D43 1984.

Dijkstra, Cornelius. Reproductive Tactics in the Kestrel, Falco Tinnunculus. 1988. M&O QL696 .F34 D44 1988.

East Mojave Desert Symposium. Proceedings of the East Mojave Desert Symposium, 7-8 November 1992, University of California, Riverside. Los Angeles, Calif. : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 1996. Main Serials Q11 .L686 no.10.

Groves, Mark C. Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, l995. Main Serials SD11.157, no. 316 & Biodiv REF QL 666 .C584 G76, l995.

Jaeger, Edmund. The California Deserts. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1965. Pub QH105 .C2 J26 1965.

Karl, Alice. Investigations of the Status of the Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in Joshua Tree National Monument. San Francisco: Western Region, National Park Service, Dept. of the Interior, 1988. Herp QL666 .C584 K38 1988.

Knute, Adrienne. Plants of the East Mojave. Cima, CA: Wide Horizons, 1991. Bot QK149.6.M64 K68 1991.

Latting, June & Peter G. Rowlands, Eds. The California Desert: An Introduction to Natural Resources and Man's Impact. Riverside, CA: J. Latting Books, c1995. REF Wild California QH105 .C2 C345 1995.

Masman, Dirkjan. The Annual Cycle of the Kestrel, Falco Tinnunculus. Groningen: Van Denderen, 1986. M&O QL696 .F34 M37 1986.

Meinzer, Wyman. The Roadrunner. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 1993. Pub & M&O QL696 .C83 M45 1993.

Miller, Alden H. and Robert C. Stebbins. The Lives of Desert Animals in Joshua Tree National Monument. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964. REF Wild California QL116 .M55 1964.

Pianka, Eric R. Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards: Analyses of the Ecological Niche and Community Structure. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, c1986. Herp QL666 .L2 P53 1986.

Reynolds, Robert E., Ed. Minerals from the Mojave. Redlands, CA: San Bernardino County Museum Association, [2000]. Main Serials F868 .S14 Q37 v.47:1.

Reynolds, Robert E. & Jennifer Reynolds, Eds. Tracks Along the Mojave: A Field Guide from Cajon Pass to the Calico Mountains and Coyote Lake. Redlands, CA: San Bernardino County Museum Association, [1999]. Main Serials F868.S14 Q37 v.46:3.

Robichaux, Robert H. Ecology of Sonoran Desert Plants and Plant Communities. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, c1999. Bot QK142.4 .E36 1999.

Sanborn, Sherburn R. The Lizard-Watching Guide. Glen Ellen, CA: Sherby Sanborn Nature Photography, 1994. Pub QL666 .L2 S26 1994.

Taylor, Ronald J. Desert Wildflowers of North America. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press, 1998. Bot QK110 .T39 1998.

Thorne, Robert F. A Flora of the Higher Ranges and the Kelso Dunes of the Eastern Mojave Desert in California. [CA]: Southern California Botanists, 1981. Bot QK149.6 .M64 T46.

Zwinger, Susan. Still Wild, Always Wild: A Journey into the Desert Wilderness of California. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1996. Pub F866.2 .Z95 1996.

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Children's Books

Arnold, Caroline. A Walk in the Desert. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Press, 1990. Pub Juv. QH541.5 .D4 A76 1990.

Bix, Cynthia Overbeck. Cactus. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 1982. Pub Juv QK495 .C11 O93 1982.

Chinery, Michael. Desert Animals. New York: Random House, 1992. Biodiv Juv & Pub Juv QL116 .C45 1992.

Curtis, Neil. Discovering Snakes and Lizards. New York: Bookwright Press, 1990. Pub Juv QL666 .O6 C88 1990.

Darling, Kathy. Desert Babies. Darling, NY: Walker & Co., 1997. Pub Juv QL116 .D37 1997.

George, Michael. Deserts. Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Education, 1992. Pub Juv GB612 .G46 1992.

Gise, Joanne. A Picture Book of Desert Animals. Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates, 1991. Pub Juv QL116 .G57 1991.

Jablonsky, Alice. 101 Questions About Desert Life. Tucson, AZ: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, c1994. Pub Juv QL116 .J225 1994.

Landau, Elaine. Desert Mammals. New York: Children’s Press, 1996. Pub Juv QL116 .L35 1996.

Lesser, Carolyn. Storm on the Desert. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1997. Pub Juv QH104.5 .S6 L49 1997.

Llamas, Andreu. Plants of the Desert. New York: Chelsea House, 1996. Pub Juv QH541.5 .D4 L5813 1996.

Rinard, Judith E. Wonders of the Desert World. [Washington, D.C.]: National Geographic Society, c1976. Pub Juv QH88 .R55 1976.

Siebert, Diane. Mojave. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1988. Pub Juv PS3569 .I36 M6 1988.

Yolen, Jane. Welcome to the Sea of Sand. New York: Putnam’s Sons, 1996. Pub Juv QH104.5 .S58 Y64 1996.

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Video

Amazing Desert Animals. New York: DK Vision, 1997. (30 min.) Public QL116 .A42 1997.

California Desert Plan. Riverside: The Bureau, 1986. (16 min.) Biodiv HD183.L3 C34 1986.

Desert. [London?]: DK Vision, 1996. (35 min.) Public GB611 .D473 1996.

Desert Song: Natural History of the Mojave Desert. Estes Park, CO: Survival Anglia, 1991. (55 min.) Biodiv QH105.C2 D47 1991.

Desert Under Siege. Oakland: Video Project, 1991. (28 min.) Biodiv QH88.D47 1991.

Reptile. London: Dorling Kindersley Vision/BBC Lionheart Television, 1994. (35 min.) Public QL644 .R47 1994.

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CD-ROM

Geological Survey. Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and East Mojave Desert. San Francisco, CA : Wildflower Productions, c1997. Map G4362.D43 G46 1997

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