Salamanders of the Southeast

Informationen zum Autor Whit Gibbons (Author) WHIT GIBBONS is a professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia and author or coauthor of several books on herpetology and ecology, including Keeping All the Pieces , Snakes of the Southeast , Revised Edition, Frogs and Toads of the Southeast, Lizards and Crocodiles of the Southeast, Turtles of the Southeast, and Salamanders of the Southeast (all Georgia). Joe Mitchell (Author) > Klappentext Describing 102 species of salamanders occurring in the southeastern US! this is the most comprehensive and authoritative! yet accessible and fun-to-read! guide to these often secretive! always fascinating wonders of nature. It details the distinguishing characteristics of salamanders! their distribution! habitat! behaviour and activity! reproduction! food and feeding! predators and defense! conservation! and taxonomy. Zusammenfassung Describing 102 species of salamanders occurring in the southeastern U.S.! this volume includes more than 400 color photographs! 77 distribution maps! and sections on biology! worldwide diversity! identification! taxonomy! habitats! and conservation.

Product details

• Authors: Whit Gibbons, Joe Mitchell, Joe/ Gibbons Mitchell
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2010
• EAN: 9780820330358
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3035-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Wormsloe Foundation Nature Boo; Wormsloe Foundation Publicatio; Wormsloe Foundation Nature Boo; Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Animals, NATURE / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians