Britain's dragonflies : a field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Britain and Ireland /
David Smallshire
Bok · Engelsk · 2014
| Utgitt | Princeton, New Jersey ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire : : Princeton University Press, , 2014
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| Omfang | 224 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;
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| Utgave | Third edition
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| Opplysninger | "Fully revised and updated"--Cover.. - Previous edition: Old Basing: WILDGuides, 2010.. - Foreword -- Introduction -- Dragonfly biology -- Where to look for Dragonflies -- Watching and photographing Dragonflies -- How to identify Dragonflies - Glossary -- The species accounts -- Introduced exotic species -- Identification of larvae and exuviae -- Conservation status and legislation -- British Dragonfly Society -- Dragonfly recording and monitoring -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements and photographic credits - Index of English and scientific names. - Britain's Dragonflies is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Britain and Ireland. Written by two of Britain's foremost experts, this fully revised and updated edition features hundreds of stunning images and identification charts covering all 56 resident, migrant and former breeding species, and seven potential vagrants. The book focuses on identification--both of adults and larvae--highlighting the key features. Detailed species profiles provide concise information on identification, distribution, flight periods, behaviour, habitat, status an.
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| ISBN | 0691161232 (pbk.). - 9780691161235 (pbk.)
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