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Britain's Dragonflies : A Field Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Fully Revised and Updated Fourth Edition /

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 Drag...

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Autores principales: Smallshire, David (Autor), Swash, Andy (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: British Dragonfly Society
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018.
Edición:Fully revised and updated.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Dragonfly biology and ecology; Egg; Larva; Emergence; Adult; Dispersal and migration; Dragonfly habitats; Favoured breeding habitats; How to identify Dragonflies; An introduction to identification; Key features of adult damselflies and dragonflies; Colour variations; The types of Dragonfly; Adult identification charts; Glossary; THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS; Former breeders, vagrants and potential vagrants; Introduced exotic species; Identification of larvae and exuviae; An introduction to identification; Identification tips.
  • How to use the guide; The biology of eggs and larvae; Key features of larvae and exuviae; The types of Dragonfly larvae; Larval identification charts; Watching and photographing Dragonflies; Where to look for rare and uncommon Dragonflies; Conservation status and legislation; British Dragonfly Society; Dragonfly recording and monitoring; Further information; Acknowledgements and photographic credits; Index of English and scientific names.