Desert Journal: A Naturalist Reflects on Arid California

by Raymond B. Cowles, Elna Bakker (Creator), Robert C. Stebbins (Foreword)

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.

288 pages, Paperback

Published July 15, 2022

About the author

Born and raised in the South African bush, Raymond Cowles developed early a love of living things and an extraordinary power of observation. His youthful experiences with African reptiles led ultimately to his pioneering work on reptilian thermoregulation - the various mechanisms by which such cold-blooded creatures respond to the daily and seasonal fluctuations in the temperature of their environment. These far-reaching studies and his infectious enthusiasm established him with peers and students alike as a major figure in modern zoology.