Britain's Butterflies : A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Fully Revised and Updated Fourth Edition

Andy Swash

ISBN 10: 0691205442 ISBN 13: 9780691205441
Verlag: Princeton University Press Nov 2020, 2020
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Neuware - A new and improved edition of the popular photographic field guideBritain's Butterflies is a comprehensive and beautifully designed photographic field guide to the butterflies of Britain and Ireland. Containing hundreds of stunning colour photographs, this extensively revised and updated new edition provides the latest information on every species ever recorded. It covers in detail the identification of all 59 butterfly species that breed regularly, as well as four former breeders, 10 rare migrants and one species of unknown status. The easy-to-use format will enable butterfly watchers-beginners or experts-to identify any species they encounter. Produced in association with Butterfly Conservation, this edition features new introductory sections to the main 'types' of butterflies; updated distribution maps; a revised species order reflecting the latest taxonomy; revised sections on recording and monitoring, and conservation and legislation; and a new section on climate change. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780691205441

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A new and improved edition of the popular photographic field guide

Britain’s Butterflies is a comprehensive and beautifully designed photographic field guide to the butterflies of Britain and Ireland. Containing hundreds of stunning colour photographs, this extensively revised and updated new edition provides the latest information on every species ever recorded. It covers in detail the identification of all 59 butterfly species that breed regularly, as well as four former breeders, 10 rare migrants and one species of unknown status. The easy-to-use format will enable butterfly watchers—beginners or experts—to identify any species they encounter. Produced in association with Butterfly Conservation, this edition features new introductory sections to the main "types" of butterflies; updated distribution maps; a revised species order reflecting the latest taxonomy; revised sections on recording and monitoring, and conservation and legislation; and a new section on climate change.

  • Stunning colour plates show typical views of each butterfly species, including the various forms and common aberrations
  • Detailed species profiles provide information on status and distribution, including up-to-date maps, and cover adult identification; behaviour; breeding habitat requirements; population and conservation; egg, caterpillar and chrysalis; and caterpillar foodplants
  • Photographs of the egg, caterpillar and chrysalis for every breeding species
  • Sections on biology, where to look for and how to identify butterflies, and other essential information

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: David Newland, a lifelong butterfly enthusiast, is the author of Discover Butterflies in Britain and the coauthor of Britain's Day-flying Moths (both WILDGuides). Robert Still, the cofounder of WILDGuides, is an ecologist and graphic artist, and has designed more than thirty of its titles. Andy Swash, the managing director of WILDGuides, is an ecologist and wildlife photographer. Swash and Still are coauthors of a number of books, including Britain's Day-flying Moths, Britain's Habitats and Britain's Mammals (all WILDGuides). David Tomlinson is a freelance writer on wildlife and the countryside and a longtime butterfly enthusiast.

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Titel: Britain's Butterflies : A Field Guide to the...
Verlag: Princeton University Press Nov 2020
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu

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