The Concho Valley, named from the abundant mussel shells found in its principal river by seventeenth-century Spanish explorers, occupies a transitional position between the Chihuahuan Desert to the west and the Balcones Canyonlands to the east. As veteran field biologist and educator Terry C. Maxwell notes, the region has experienced wide-ranging changes in the makeup of its vertebrate populations, especially in the decades since farming and ranching began here in earnest, in the mid- to late 1800s.
In Wildlife of the Concho Valley, Maxwell provides the first comprehensive...
The Concho Valley, named from the abundant mussel shells found in its principal river by seventeenth-century Spanish explorers, occupies a transitiona...
In this charming memoir Terry C. Maxwell shares his unusual adventures as naturalist, taking us from tropical jungles to the frozen tundra of Alaska, from such odd places as the Devil's Sinkhole in Texas to the exotic Galapagos Islands. What he does as a naturalist alone holds our attention, though it is how he performs his work that will have us retelling stories from this book long after we finish reading it.
In this charming memoir Terry C. Maxwell shares his unusual adventures as naturalist, taking us from tropical jungles to the frozen tundra of Alask...
