"From the author of The California Field Atlas comes a major work that not only guides readers through the Golden State's forested lands, but also presents a profoundly original vision of nature in the twenty-first century. The Forests of California features an abundance of Obi Kaufmann's signature watercolor maps and trail paintings, weaving them into an expansive and accessible exploration of the biodiversity that defines California in the global imagination. Expanding on the style of the Field Atlas, Kaufmann tells an epic story that spans millions of years, nearly one hundred species of…mehr
"From the author of The California Field Atlas comes a major work that not only guides readers through the Golden State's forested lands, but also presents a profoundly original vision of nature in the twenty-first century. The Forests of California features an abundance of Obi Kaufmann's signature watercolor maps and trail paintings, weaving them into an expansive and accessible exploration of the biodiversity that defines California in the global imagination. Expanding on the style of the Field Atlas, Kaufmann tells an epic story that spans millions of years, nearly one hundred species of trees, and an astonishing richness of ecosystems. Kaufmann seeks to create nothing less than a new understanding of the more-than-human world, and the lessons in this book extend well beyond California's borders"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Growing up in the East Bay as the son of an astrophysicist and a psychologist, Obi Kaufmann spent most of high school practicing calculus and breaking away on weekends to scramble around Mount Diablo and map its creeks, oak forests, and sage mazes. Into adulthood, he would regularly journey into the mountains, spending more summer nights without a roof than with one. For Kaufmann, the epic narrative of the California backcountry holds enough art, science, mythology, and language for a hundred field atlases to come. He is the author of the award-winning California Field Atlas and The State of Water. His latest book is The Forests of California . When he is not backpacking, you can find the painter-poet at his desk in Oakland, posting @coyotethunder #trailpaintings on social media. His website is coyoteandthunder.com.
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Contents INTRODUCTION: The Philosopher's Stone KEYS AND MEASURES 00.01 The Cenozoic 00.02 The Acre and the Foot 00.03 The Taxonomic Classifications of Life 00.04 Map Icons 01. THE FIELD ATLAS: Maps and meaning across California's forests 02. THE ANCIENT FORESTS: California's Holocene crescendo 03. EARTH, WATER, AIR, and FIRE: California's defining forces 04. THE LIVING BODY: How forests thrive across California 05. STAND, GROVE, WOODLAND and FOREST: Vegetation alliances within arboreal California 06.01 ARBOREAL HABITATS OF CALIFORNIA: Distribution and conditions of wildlife systems 07. EXEMPLARY IN CHARACTER: Accessibility and impact 08. THE GIVING FORESTS: Beyond Value and Utility 09. THE FUTURE FORESTS: California's next one hundred years and beyond
Contents INTRODUCTION: The Philosopher's Stone KEYS AND MEASURES 00.01 The Cenozoic 00.02 The Acre and the Foot 00.03 The Taxonomic Classifications of Life 00.04 Map Icons 01. THE FIELD ATLAS: Maps and meaning across California's forests 02. THE ANCIENT FORESTS: California's Holocene crescendo 03. EARTH, WATER, AIR, and FIRE: California's defining forces 04. THE LIVING BODY: How forests thrive across California 05. STAND, GROVE, WOODLAND and FOREST: Vegetation alliances within arboreal California 06.01 ARBOREAL HABITATS OF CALIFORNIA: Distribution and conditions of wildlife systems 07. EXEMPLARY IN CHARACTER: Accessibility and impact 08. THE GIVING FORESTS: Beyond Value and Utility 09. THE FUTURE FORESTS: California's next one hundred years and beyond
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