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Author Adams, R. J. (Richard John), 1970- author.

Title Field guide to the spiders of California and the Pacific Coast states / text by R.J. Adams, illustrations by Tim D. Manolis.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (x, 303 pages, 136 pages of plates plate 1-plate 50) : illustrations (some color).
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Series California natural history guides ; No. 108
California natural history guides ; 108.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 29, 2013).
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.
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.
Language English.
Subject Spiders -- California -- Identification.
Spiders -- Pacific States -- Identification.
Spiders.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
NATURE -- Animals -- General.
Spiders. (OCoLC)fst01129749
California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
United States -- Pacific States. (OCoLC)fst01243532
Genre/Form Field guides. (OCoLC)fst01940354
Added Author Manolis, Tim, 1951- illustrator.
Added Title Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast states
Other Form: Print version: Adams, R.J. (Richard John), 1970- Field guide to the spiders of California and the Pacific Coast states. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2014 9780520276604 (DLC) 2013012465 (OCoLC)836261639
ISBN 9780520957046 (electronic bk.)
0520957040 (electronic bk.)
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