North America's Rainforest
- ISBN-10
- 1559712201
- ISBN-13
- 9781559712200
- Category
- Forest ecology
- Pages
- 159
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-09
- Publisher
- Northword Press
- Author
- Karen Kane
Description
Compares the Pacific forest, home of the sequoias, to the more biologically diverse tropical rain forests and examines the geology, the climate, and the biological systems at work in one of North America's greatest treasures.
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