Oxford University Press Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland
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Description:
This full-colour, superbly illustrated atlas presents the findings of Butterflies for the New Millennium, the most comprehensive survey of butterflies ever undertaken in Britain and Ireland. After five years of recording by thousands of volunteers, it provides an up-to-date assessment of our butterflies, the habitats they live in, the threats they face, and the major changes that have occurred since publication of the previous such atlas in 1984. The body of the book is taken up with species by species accounts, each accompanied by a full-page distribution map and colour photographs of the butterfly concerned. A wider context is provided by considering long-term trends in distribution, derived from 200 years of recording and recent changes elsewhere in Europe. In addition, the book summarises the wealth of new information about butterfly ecology, incorporates findings from the Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, describes and illustrates the habitats favoured by particular communities of butterflies, and presents a vision of how these popular insects might be conserved in the future. As such, it will be invaluable to a wide range of readers, from amateur naturalists to professional conservationists and policy makers.
Readership: Primary market
: Butterfly enthusiasts, professional and amateur ecologists, conservationists in Britain and Ireland, land use organisations, environmental consultants, local record centres, entomologists, naturalists, university researchers. Secondary market: Informed public, biology students, gardeners, geographers.
Contents
1. Background and Rationale
2. Butterfly Habitats
3. Recording and Data Collection
4. Interpreting the Data
5. Species Accounts
6. The Pattern and Cause of Change
7. Conserving Butterflies in the New Millenium
Appendices
Index
Author:
Jim Asher, Martin Warren, Richard Fox, Paul Harding, Gail Jeffcoate and Stephen Jeffcoate
Number of Pages:
454
RRP:
£30.00
Published Date:
1 March 2001
Dimensions:
252x200 mm
ISBN:
0-19-850565-5
Format
Paperback Hardback
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Tornado Member of the Wild Empire
Registered: May 2006 Location: Lancashire (Rossendale Valley) Posts: 283
Review Date: Fri 30, June, 2006
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: £15.00| Rating: 7
Strengths:
Superb if you want to beyond just identifying the species and want all the statistics of where the butterflies have been seen.
Weaknesses:
definately not for newcomers to the subject for the reasons above.
I purchased this last year at the British Birdwatching Fair Rutland Water, thinking I would start to read it but haven't managed it yet! The book itself has some excellent images but not all have images of the caterpillar stage which, to me was a bit of a let down. But overall this book was for me a bargain.
Registered: February 2006 Location: North Kent Posts: 6773
Review Date: Wed 22, November, 2006
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: £30.00| Rating: 10
Strengths:
Excellent depth of information including comprehesive distribution maps.
Weaknesses:
None found.
It's going to take a while to digest all the information in this book. It's a home study book, not a field guide but I would say that its probably the most comprehensive butterfly book you can get your hands on at the price.
I'm going to enjoy reading it.
------------------------------ The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
