Desert Wildlife

by Edmund C. Jaeger

Book Overview

A Stanford University Press classic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804701245
• ISBN13: 9780804701242
• Release Date: June 1961
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

If you can't spend your life in the desert, read this

This book is completely readable - I just gobbled it up. Although he may not be a scientific expert on the physiology or behavior of desert wildlife, his intimate contact with the desert animals over many years provides wonderful anecdotes and observations of their habits. It's certainly not a field guide or a comprehensive list of facts, but it's a real person's experience of these fascinating creatures. I especially appreciated the section on the quirky habits of roadrunners. This book makes up in a small way for the fact that I can't immerse myself completely in the desert, but only get glimpses it of on weekends.