The Great Basin Naturalist; 50 Year Index (Volume 59) No. 1 January 1999 - Paperback

Half a century of field science, indexed. A concise, indispensable research tool. The Great Basin Naturalist; 50 Year Index (Volume 59) No. 1 January 1999 gathers fifty years of published field reports and taxonomic notes into a compact, navigable natural history index. As an academic reference volume within a long-running scientific journal collection, it transforms a sprawling ecological research archive into a practical aid for locating flora and fauna records, biological survey reports and historical species accounts. Cross-references and subject headings steer readers from author and year to locality and taxon, reducing hours of bibliographic searching. Scholars and researchers tracing distributional change, habitat descriptions or museum specimen provenance will value the clarity; at the same time the volume functions as an approachable biodiversity studies guide for local naturalists, students and conservation practitioners. Ideal as a starting point for bibliographies and literature reviews, it saves time and reduces the risk of overlooked sources. Because it consolidates decades of contributions, the index is a practical bridge between field notes, museum catalogues and modern analyses. Anchored in the museum naturalist series and born of fieldwork across the Great Basin, this index is an essential doorway into Great Basin region studies and twentieth-century American West scholarship. Its significance is both scholarly and cultural: it preserves the pattern of observational science and provides a chronological lens on how ideas about species, distribution and habitat evolved. Field ecologists, land managers and museum curators will find it useful when reconstructing historical ranges or linking specimens to their primary records. Casual readers will find vivid place-names and species entries to explore; classic-literature collectors and university libraries will prize the volume as a durable archival artefact and a ready university library resource that complements existing holdings. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.