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The following Yosemite books on Natural History
are available online, with the complete text
and usually the original illustrations.
See also Glaciers and Geology.
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Animal Life in the Yosemite
(UC MVZ, 1924)
by Joseph Grinnell and Tracy Irwin Storer
(NPS website)
- Bears of Yosemite by M. E. Beatty (1943)
- The Big Trees of California
by Galen Clark
(1907)
- Birds of Yosemite National Park
(1954, 1963)
by Cyril A. Stebbins and Robert C. Stebbins
- Broadleaved Trees of Yosemite National Park
(1947)
by C. Frank Brockman
- The Cone-bearing Trees of Yosemite
(1939)
by James E. Cole
- “Feeding Habits of the Woodpeckers in the Yosemite Valley,”
Yosemite Nature Notes
(5 part series, 1931 -
1932)
by Enid Michael (PDF)
- Ferns of the Sierra
(1960)
by Robert J. Rodin
- Fishes of Yosemite National Park
by Willis A. Evans and Orthello L. Wallis
(1941, 1948)
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The Giant Sequoia of the Sierra Nevada
(NPS, 1975)
by Richard J. Hartesveldt.
In-depth work on the Giant Sequoia, including the roles of fire and insects on the Sequoia.
Online at NPS website
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A Guide to the Giant Sequoias of Yosemite National Park
(1949)
by James W. McFarland
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Handbook of Yosemite National Park:
a compendium of articles on the Yosemite region by the leading scientific authorities
(1922)
by Ansel F. Hall
- Mammals of Yosemite National Park
(1962)
by Harry C. Parker
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The Mountains of California ,
by John Muir
(1894)
- Yosemite Nature Notes
(Yosemite Valley: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1922-1985)
Renamed Yosemite starting 1961 (v. 40).
- Refined Burning Prescriptions for Yosemite National Park
(1975)
by Jan W. van Wagtendonk
(NPS website)
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Reptiles and Amphibians of Yosemite National Park
(1946)
by M. V. Walker.
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The Secret of the Big Trees: Yosemite Sequoia and General Grant National Parks
by Ellsworth Huntington
(NPS, 1921)
- Self-guiding Auto Tour of Yosemite National Park (1956)
by Richard P. Ditton and Donald E. McHenry
- Steep Trails,
by John Muir
(1919)
- The Trees of Yosemite; a Popular
Account. Revised ed.
(1948)
by Mary Curry Tresidder.
Linoleum prints by Della Taylor Hoss.
- Vegetational Changes in Yosemite Valley
(NPS, 1978)
by Harold F. Heady and Paul J. Zinke
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Wild Flowers of the Sierra
by Douglass H. Hubbard
(1958)
- The Yosemite,
by John Muir
(1912)
- The Yosemite Valley,
by Galen Clark
(1910)
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“Yosemite in Spring,”
New York Tribune,
by John Muir
(1872)
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“Yosemite in Winter,”
New York Tribune,
by John Muir
(1872)
- Yosemite Nature Notes
Monthly journal of the Yosemite Natural History Association,
1922-1985)
- Yosemite Wildflower Trails (1975)
by Dana C. Morgenson.
Based on notes by Mary Curry Tressider.
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Yosemite Valley: An Intimate Guide
(1929)
by Ansel F. Hall
- Not online, but probably the most comprehensive natural history field guide
is
Sierra Nevada Natural History
(2004)
by Sorer, Usinger, & Lukas.
Copyright © 2004-2007 Dan Anderson. All rights reserved.
Last updated
27 February 2023.
If you have questions or comments,
please send a message to
Dan Anderson.
http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/natural_history.html