| Description |
1 online resource (x, 303 pages, 136 pages of plates plate 1-plate 50) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
California natural history guides ; No. 108 |
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California natural history guides ; 108.
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| Contents |
Cover; FIELD GUIDE TO THE SPIDERS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST STATES; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; SPIDER FAMILY ACCOUNTS; Theraphosidae; Nemesiidae; Antrodiaetidae; Euctenizidae; Ctenizidae; Dipluridae; Mecicobothriidae; Hypochilidae; Filistatidae; Segestriidae; Caponiidae; Oonopidae; Dysderidae; Trogloraptoridae; Scytodidae; Sicariidae; Diguetidae; Plectreuridae; Pholcidae; Leptonetidae; Telemidae; Mysmenidae; Anapidae; Uloboridae; Oecobiidae; Mimetidae; Nesticidae; Theridiidae; Araneidae; Tetragnathidae; Pimoidae; Linyphiidae; Anyphaenidae; Miturgidae |
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ClubionidaeCorinnidae; Liocranidae; Prodidomidae; Gnaphosidae; Salticidae; Thomisidae; Philodromidae; Selenopidae; Sparassidae; Homalonychidae; Zoridae; Dictynidae; Cybaeidae; Hahniidae; Zodariidae; Tengellidae; Pisauridae; Zoropsidae; Oxyopidae; Lycosidae; Agelenidae; Amaurobiidae; Titanoecidae; Desidae; Amphinectidae; Glossary; Additional Resources; References; Index |
| Summary |
With over 40,000 described species, spiders have adapted to nearly every terrestrial environment across the globe. Over half of the world's spider families live within the three contiguous Pacific Coast states-not surprising considering the wide variety of habitats, from mountain meadows and desert dunes to redwood forests and massive urban centers. This beautifully illustrated, accessible guide covers all of the families and many of the genera found along the Pacific Coast, including introduced species and common garden spiders. The author provides readers with tools for identifying many of the region's spiders to family, and when possible, to genus and species. He discusses taxonomy, distribution, and natural history as well as what is known of the habits of the spiders, the characters of the families, and references to taxonomic revisions of the pertinent genera. Full-color plates for each family bring to life the incredible diversity of this ancient arachnid order |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 29, 2013) |
| Subject |
Spiders -- California -- Identification
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Spiders -- Pacific States -- Identification
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Spiders.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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NATURE -- Animals -- General.
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Spiders
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California
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United States -- Pacific States
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Manolis, Tim, 1951- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780520957046 |
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0520957040 |
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0520276604 |
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9780520276604 |
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1306070880 |
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9781306070881 |
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0520276612 |
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9780520276611 |
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