Lichens Of North America

This stunning book--the first accessible and authoritative guidebook to lichens of the North American continent--fills the gap, presenting color photos, descriptions, distribution maps, and keys for identifying the most common, conspicuous, or ecologically significant species. 1,500 illustrations.

About the author

Irwin M. Brodo is emeritus research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, and is considered a world authority on lichens and their biology. Stephen Sharnoff is and the late Sylvia Duran Sharnoff was research associate at the Missouri Botanical Garden and research affiliate at the University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley. The Sharnoffs are both internationally renowned nature photographers and writers whose work has appeared in, among other places, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Discover, and the New York Times.

Product details

• Authors: Irwin M. Brodo, BRODO IRWIN M SHARNOFF SYLVIA D, Brodo Irwin M., Stephen Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Sharnoff Sylvia Duran
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2001
• EAN: 9780300082494
• ISBN: 978-0-300-08249-4
• No. of pages: 828
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 287 mm x 60 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; NATURE / Plants / General, North America, NATURE / Reference, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, SCIENCE / Reference, Reference works, Trees, wildflowers & plants, North America (USA and Canada), Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Phycology, algae & lichens, Phycology (algae and seaweed)