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Britain's Spiders : A Field Guide /
Britain's Spiders is a photographic guide to all 37 of the British families, focussing on spiders that can be identified in the field. Illustrated with a remarkable collection of photographs, it is designed to be accessible to a wide audience, including those new to spider identification. This...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Spider anatomy
- naming the parts; Glossary; Spider biology; Anatomy
- a brief overview; Silk production; Webs; Retreats; Courtship and mating; Egg-sacs; Development and growth; Dispersal; Longevity; Parasites; Food capture and feeding; Coloration; Spiders and people; When, where and how to find spiders; Essential equipment; Additional equipment; Collecting techniques; Guide to spider families based on appearance; Guide to webs; Guide to egg-sacs; Introduction to the species accounts; THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS (see also following pages).
- Working in the fieldRecording spiders; Legislation and conservation; Legislation; Red Lists; British Rarity Status; The Amber List; List of British spiders; Further reading and useful websites; The British Arachnological Society; Acknowledgements and photographic credits; Index; Alphabetical list of genera with species accounts.