Britain''s Dragonflies A Field Guide to Damselflies Dragonflies of Great Britain Ireland

A fully revised, comprehensive photographic field guide to the dragonflies of Britain and Ireland

Britain's Dragonflies is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Written by two of Britain's foremost Dragonfly experts, this fully revised and updated fourth edition features hundreds of stunning images and identification charts covering all 57 resident, migrant and former breeding species, and six potential vagrants. The book focuses on the identification of both adults and larvae, highlighting the key features. Detailed species profiles provide concise information on identification, distribution, flight periods, behaviour, habitat, status and conservation. Other sections cover biology; how to watch, photograph, record and monitor Dragonflies; conservation status and legislation; and introduced exotic species.

This redesigned, updated and expanded edition features:

• Beautiful colour plates showing males, females, immatures and all colour forms for every species
  
• Over 500 stunning photographs, many of which are new, and more than 550 illustrations
  
• Up-to-date species profiles and distribution maps
  
• Detailed, easy-to-use identification charts for adults and larvae
  

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dave Smallshire is an ecologist, lecturer and wildlife tour guide, and plays an active role in the British Dragonfly Society. He formerly worked as an environmental adviser to the UK government. Andy Swash is an ecologist, a renowned wildlife photographer and tour leader and managing director of WILDGuides. He is the coauthor of five other books in the WILDGuides Britain's Wildlife series, and has written and edited many other titles.

Zusammenfassung

A fully revised, comprehensive photographic field guide to the dragonflies of Britain and IrelandBritain's Dragonflies is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Written by two of Britain's foremost Dragonfly experts, this fully revised and updated fourth edition features

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dave Swash Smallshire, Dave Smallshire, Andy Swash, Smallshire Dave, Swash Andy
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.08.2018
• Thema: Ratgeber > Natur; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein
• EAN: 9780691181417
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18141-7
• Anzahl Seiten: 232
• Serie: Wildguides; WILDGuides of Britain & Europe
• Themen: Vegetation, Abdomen, female, NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders, NATURE / Regional, Ireland, Egg, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Peat, Odonata, Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders, endangered species, Ornithology, Sperm, Dragonfly, mating, Darter, Wildlife: butterflies, other insects and spiders: general interest, Appendage, Larva, damselfly, Migrant hawker, Keeled skimmer, crustacean, Oviparity, Jizz (birding), Brown patch, Insect wing, Ovipositor, Pedipalp, Egg as food, Flier (fish), Orthetrum, White-faced darter, British Dragonfly Society, Aeshna, Small red damselfly, White-legged damselfly, Emergent plant, Norfolk damselfly, Blue dasher, Pondweed, Hairy dragonfly, Chalcolestes viridis, Four-spotted chaser, Calopteryx (insect), Gomphus flavipes, Azure damselfly, Exuvia, Black-tailed skimmer, Pterostigma, Enallagma cyathigerum, Lestes dryas, Blue-tailed damselfly, Golden-ringed dragonfly, Irish damselfly, Southern hawker, Anax (dragonfly), Sympetrum, Brown hawker, Beautiful demoiselle, Common hawker, Ruddy darter, Lestes sponsa, Red-veined darter, Yellow-winged darter, Common darter, Banded darter (dragonfly), Lestes virens, Sympecma fusca, Green darner, Anax parthenope, Scarce chaser, Small red-eyed damselfly, Banded demoiselle, Large red damselfly