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Expedition to the San Francisco Peaks Vol 60 No 2
Category: History: U.S.: Arizona
Author: Museum of Northern Arizona
Copyright/published Year: 1989 by Plateau Magazine
Binding: softcover
The expeditions to the San Francisco Peaks was an important event
in the early history of Flagstaff by bringing national attention
to the Peaks and the southern Colorado Plateau. "Last of the
Naturalists" Clinton Hart Merriam, the man who stood atop the San
Francisco Peaks, his eyes following the sweep of mountain slope
down to the pine forest at its base and beyond to the distant
Painted Desert, was a giant among naturalists of his generation.
"The San Francisco Peaks Expedition" In 1889, Merriam proposed to
his superiors in the U.S. Department of Agriculture that he be
authorized to carry out an extensive biological survey of a high
mountain region where "different climates and zones of animal and
vegetable life succeed each other from base to summit." "The San
Francisco Peaks and the Life Zone Concept" Merriam's field work
on the Peaks consisted of carefully mapping the extent of the
various life zones as defined by major plant species. "Merriam's
Contributions" While Merriam's generalizaiton's on temperature
have been largely discounted, and with them the extrapolation of
the zones throughout North America, the work carried out on the
San Francisco Peaks, defining zones based on the actual
distribution of animals and plants, remains viable.
Condition Information
This is a used book.
Very good condition.
Condition Description
1989 Plateau Magazine, Volume 60, No. 2. Covers have a couple of rubs on edges. Insides are clean and bright and fresh.
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