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Nature Wildlife

Alberta Nature Guide

by (author) Krista Kagume & Gregory Kennedy

Publisher
Lone Pine Media
Initial publish date
Sep 2020
Category
Wildlife, Regional, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780986786242
    Publish Date
    Sep 2020
    List Price
    $24.95 USD

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Description

The Alberta Nature Guide lets you discover the wondrous diversity of nature that lies right outside your front door. Covering every inch of Alberta's incredibly varied landscape, this book teaches you to identify 411 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, invertebrates, trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses and ferns: * Colour illustrations of each species * Native uses of plants * Animal behaviour * Ecology and range * Similar species cross-referenced * Colour maps showing ecoregions, parks and nature areas across Alberta.

About the authors

KRISTA KAGUME is a nature writer who has travelled across North America, working as a freelance journalist, cycling-tour guide and deckhand on a commercial fishing vessel. After earning her degree in conservation biology, Krista focused on environmental research and communications. Her work in Alberta and the Northwest Territories has included research on tiny tundra plants, organic farming, breeding birds and one grizzly bear immobilization. She currently lives in a small town outside Edmonton with her adventurous family, who enjoy the outdoors and encourage others to appreciate nature.

Krista Kagume's profile page

Professor-emeritus Ken Brock is an accomplished birding enthusiast. He is author of Birds of the Indiana Dunes, a former regional editor of the national ornithological journal North American Birds, and functions as a birding consultant to government. Brock is the former interim Dean of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Northwest and a one-time U.S. Navy lieutenant.

Gregory Kennedy's profile page

Editorial Reviews

"It is a great book for beginning wildlifers."

Miles G. - Alberta

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