Category: History: U.S.: Arizona
Copyright/published Year: 1989 by Plateau Magazine
Binding: softcover
Description:
The expeditions to the San Francisco Peaks was an important event ì
in the early history of Flagstaff by bringing national attention ì
to the Peaks and the southern Colorado Plateau. "Last of the ì
Naturalists" Clinton Hart Merriam, the man who stood atop the San ì
Francisco Peaks, his eyes following the sweep of mountain slope ì
down to the pine forest at its base and beyond to the distant ì
Painted Desert, was a giant among naturalists of his generation. ì
"The San Francisco Peaks Expedition" In 1889, Merriam proposed to ì
his superiors in the U.S. Department of Agriculture that he be ì
authorized to carry out an extensive biological survey of a high ì
mountain region where "different climates and zones of animal and ì
vegetable life succeed each other from base to summit." "The San ì
Francisco Peaks and the Life Zone Concept" Merriam's field work ì
on the Peaks consisted of carefully mapping the extent of the ì
various life zones as defined by major plant species. "Merriam's ì
Contributions" While Merriam's generalizaiton's on temperature ì
have been largely discounted, and with them the extrapolation of ì
the zones throughout North America, the work carried out on the ì
San Francisco Peaks, defining zones based on the actual ì
distribution of animals and plants, remains viable.
This is a used book in Very good condition.
Additional 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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