Britain's Habitats: A Field Guide to the Wildlife Habitats of Great Britain and Ireland - Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition

A comprehensive and lavishly illustrated photographic guide-now in a handy field-guide formatThis lavishly illustrated photographic guide provides a comprehensive overview of the natural history of wildlife habitats in Britain and Ireland. Now completely redesigned in a handy field-guide format, and...

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Beteiligte Personen: Lake, Sophie (VerfasserIn), Liley, Durwyn (VerfasserIn), Still, Robert (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2020]
Schriftenreihe:WILDGuides 76
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691211794?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691211794?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691211794?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691211794?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691211794?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691211794?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691211794
Zusammenfassung:A comprehensive and lavishly illustrated photographic guide-now in a handy field-guide formatThis lavishly illustrated photographic guide provides a comprehensive overview of the natural history of wildlife habitats in Britain and Ireland. Now completely redesigned in a handy field-guide format, and featuring revised and updated text throughout, this new edition of Britain's Habitats guides readers through all the main habitat types, presenting information on their characteristics, extent, geographical variation, key species, cultural importance, origins and conservation. It aims to help visitors to the countryside recognize the habitats around them, understand how they have evolved and what makes them special, and imagine how they might change in the future. This new edition includes updated maps and additional photographs throughout, and covers a new habitat-gardens. The perfect companion for anyone travelling in Britain and Ireland, the book is essential reading for all wildlife enthusiasts, professional ecologists and landscape architects.Individual sections on all the main habitat types found in Britain and IrelandMore than 680 evocative colour photographs, including images from around Britain and Ireland in all seasonsDetails and photographs of key species and features associated with the different habitatsUp-to-date information-including maps-on the distribution, extent and importance of all habitat typesFeatures new to this edition include a field-guide format, updated maps, more photographs throughout and coverage of an additional habitat-gardens
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)
Umfang:1 online resource (416 pages) 700 color photos, color maps and diagrams
ISBN:9780691211794
DOI:10.1515/9780691211794