Author: Bernard D'Abrera
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Butterflies of the Neotropical Region: Papilionidae & Pieridae
Author: Bernard D'Abrera
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Butterflies of Venezuela: Nymphalidae I (Limenitidinae, Apaturinae, Charaxinae)
Author: Andrew F. E. Neild
Publisher: Apollo Books
ISBN:
Category : Butterflies
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Part 1 of The Butterflies of Venezuela was a pioneering work of its kind for South America, being the first authoritative volume in a comprehensive faunistic identification series. The series will prove invaluable to all who wish to learn about the remarkable and diverse butterfly fauna of this country and continent. Approximately 1000 species of adult Nympbalidae, Papilionidae, and Pieridae will be treated in the four-part series, equivalent to over one-third of the total Neotropical species in these families. Drawing on over 20 years of personal research in the field, in collections, and in libraries, the detailed accounts for each species encapsulate all that is known about their identification, distribution, behaviour, habitat, and foodplants. The text, which has been written to appeal to specialists and amateurs alike, has been collated from a wealth of published and unpublished sources. It includes extensive commentary on the systematics and nomenclature employed, and provides detailed notes designed to permit the easy identification of every Venezuelan butterfly. General notes on early stages are provided in the introduction to each genus, and where available those of one representative species are fully described. Readers also benefit from the inclusion of an extensive bibliography, which in Part 2 alone comprises almost 800 works fully referenced in the text. Unlike many other guides, the photographic colour plates illustrate every subspecies, generally showing both sexes and wing surfaces for each, plus several representative specimens for highly variable taxa. In addition, a large number of type specimens are reproduced, many of them for the first time. Part 1 cover 276 species including 2 new species and 23 new subspecies. Part 2 treats 196 species incl. 355 subspecies and the colour plates figures over 450 type specimens. 8 new species and 95 new spubspecies are described. 4 neotypes and 10 lectopypes are designated. Part 3 is projected to treat the Papilionidae, Brassolinae, Danainae, and first part of Satyrinae (Pronophilina and Erebiina). Part 4 will cover the family Pieridae and the remaining Satyrinae and Heliconiinae.
Publisher: Apollo Books
ISBN:
Category : Butterflies
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Part 1 of The Butterflies of Venezuela was a pioneering work of its kind for South America, being the first authoritative volume in a comprehensive faunistic identification series. The series will prove invaluable to all who wish to learn about the remarkable and diverse butterfly fauna of this country and continent. Approximately 1000 species of adult Nympbalidae, Papilionidae, and Pieridae will be treated in the four-part series, equivalent to over one-third of the total Neotropical species in these families. Drawing on over 20 years of personal research in the field, in collections, and in libraries, the detailed accounts for each species encapsulate all that is known about their identification, distribution, behaviour, habitat, and foodplants. The text, which has been written to appeal to specialists and amateurs alike, has been collated from a wealth of published and unpublished sources. It includes extensive commentary on the systematics and nomenclature employed, and provides detailed notes designed to permit the easy identification of every Venezuelan butterfly. General notes on early stages are provided in the introduction to each genus, and where available those of one representative species are fully described. Readers also benefit from the inclusion of an extensive bibliography, which in Part 2 alone comprises almost 800 works fully referenced in the text. Unlike many other guides, the photographic colour plates illustrate every subspecies, generally showing both sexes and wing surfaces for each, plus several representative specimens for highly variable taxa. In addition, a large number of type specimens are reproduced, many of them for the first time. Part 1 cover 276 species including 2 new species and 23 new subspecies. Part 2 treats 196 species incl. 355 subspecies and the colour plates figures over 450 type specimens. 8 new species and 95 new spubspecies are described. 4 neotypes and 10 lectopypes are designated. Part 3 is projected to treat the Papilionidae, Brassolinae, Danainae, and first part of Satyrinae (Pronophilina and Erebiina). Part 4 will cover the family Pieridae and the remaining Satyrinae and Heliconiinae.
Kiss The Sunset Pig
Author: Laurie Gough
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143180649
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In this lyrical, poetic, and charmingly funny book, Laurie Gough drives from Ontario to California reflecting on a life spent travelling in search of new experiences and familiar sensations. Heading towards a half-remembered cave on the Pacific coast where her younger, more adventurous self once stayed, she recalls adventures in Sumatra, the Yukon and many places in between—and wonders what compels her to keep moving through life while everyone else has found a place to belong.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143180649
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In this lyrical, poetic, and charmingly funny book, Laurie Gough drives from Ontario to California reflecting on a life spent travelling in search of new experiences and familiar sensations. Heading towards a half-remembered cave on the Pacific coast where her younger, more adventurous self once stayed, she recalls adventures in Sumatra, the Yukon and many places in between—and wonders what compels her to keep moving through life while everyone else has found a place to belong.
Wapishana Ethnoecology
Author: Thomas Henfrey
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244043744
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This landmark monograph in ethnoecology is now available in print format for the first time. Based on long-term fieldwork in Guyana during 1998, 1999 and 2000, it examines relationships between the ecological knowledge of Wapishana hunters and equivalent areas of ecological science. It places this in the ethnographic context of Wapishana settlement, subsistence and symbolism, and the wider context of the political ecology of Guyanas economic liberalisation and the consequent exposure of the indigenous peoples of Guyanas Rupununi region to extractive industries and international conservation interests for the first time. The result is a robust argument, grounded in extensive data and analysis, for alternative trajectories in conservation and international development rooted in the skills, knowledge and interests of indigenous users and custodians of biodiversity.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244043744
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This landmark monograph in ethnoecology is now available in print format for the first time. Based on long-term fieldwork in Guyana during 1998, 1999 and 2000, it examines relationships between the ecological knowledge of Wapishana hunters and equivalent areas of ecological science. It places this in the ethnographic context of Wapishana settlement, subsistence and symbolism, and the wider context of the political ecology of Guyanas economic liberalisation and the consequent exposure of the indigenous peoples of Guyanas Rupununi region to extractive industries and international conservation interests for the first time. The result is a robust argument, grounded in extensive data and analysis, for alternative trajectories in conservation and international development rooted in the skills, knowledge and interests of indigenous users and custodians of biodiversity.
Caribbean Social Studies
Author: Naam Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780008256487
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collins Social Studies for the Caribbean is a content and activity-led course set in contexts relevant to the Caribbean and suitable for lower-secondary students everywhere. It has been specially developed to help students develop the skills they need for success in social studies. Collins Social Studies for the Caribbean is a content and activity-led course set in contexts relevant to the Caribbean and suitable for lower-secondary students everywhere. It has been specially developed to help students develop the skills they need for success in social studies. The course provides student's books and accompanying workbooks for Forms 1, 2 and 3 to ensure all students gain a strong foundation in social studies in preparation for their studies in the individual subjects at CSEC level.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780008256487
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collins Social Studies for the Caribbean is a content and activity-led course set in contexts relevant to the Caribbean and suitable for lower-secondary students everywhere. It has been specially developed to help students develop the skills they need for success in social studies. Collins Social Studies for the Caribbean is a content and activity-led course set in contexts relevant to the Caribbean and suitable for lower-secondary students everywhere. It has been specially developed to help students develop the skills they need for success in social studies. The course provides student's books and accompanying workbooks for Forms 1, 2 and 3 to ensure all students gain a strong foundation in social studies in preparation for their studies in the individual subjects at CSEC level.
Our Land, Our Life
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789799745354
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : id
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789799745354
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : id
Pages : 44
Book Description
Birds as Monitors of Environmental Change
Author: R.W. Furness
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401513228
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Birds as Monitors of Environmental Change looks at how bird populations are affected by pollutants, water quality, and other physical changes and how this scientific knowledge can help in predicting the effects of pollutants and other physical changes in the environment.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401513228
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Birds as Monitors of Environmental Change looks at how bird populations are affected by pollutants, water quality, and other physical changes and how this scientific knowledge can help in predicting the effects of pollutants and other physical changes in the environment.
Three Singles to Adventure
Author: Gerald Durrell
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504042859
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Journey to South America on a search for endangered species with the author of My Family and Other Animals. In 1950, Gerald Durrell set off for British Guiana (now Guyana) to collect native wildlife and bring it back to his Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust on the island of Jersey in the English Channel. On his journey, Durrell experienced all kinds of adventures: some amusing, some thrilling, and some extremely irritating. He traveled up the Essequibo River into the lush tropical forests and trekked across a landscape teeming with life and color. He encountered the sakiwinki monkey and the sloth with curiously green fur, heard the horrifying sounds of rampaging piranhas, and learned how to lasso a galloping anteater. He even met an ill-tempered anaconda and an overly affectionate bird. This remarkable memoir will take you into a wild place in another time, accompanied by the highly entertaining naturalist whose writings inspired popular Masterpiece series The Durrells in Corfu. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504042859
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Journey to South America on a search for endangered species with the author of My Family and Other Animals. In 1950, Gerald Durrell set off for British Guiana (now Guyana) to collect native wildlife and bring it back to his Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust on the island of Jersey in the English Channel. On his journey, Durrell experienced all kinds of adventures: some amusing, some thrilling, and some extremely irritating. He traveled up the Essequibo River into the lush tropical forests and trekked across a landscape teeming with life and color. He encountered the sakiwinki monkey and the sloth with curiously green fur, heard the horrifying sounds of rampaging piranhas, and learned how to lasso a galloping anteater. He even met an ill-tempered anaconda and an overly affectionate bird. This remarkable memoir will take you into a wild place in another time, accompanied by the highly entertaining naturalist whose writings inspired popular Masterpiece series The Durrells in Corfu. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.
Kite Strings of the Southern Cross
Author: Laurie Gough
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 1885211546
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This feisty, humorous, and energetic book follows a woman's solo journey through Fiji, Bali, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Morocco. A striking, moving debut.--Salon.com.
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 1885211546
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This feisty, humorous, and energetic book follows a woman's solo journey through Fiji, Bali, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Morocco. A striking, moving debut.--Salon.com.
Amazonia Without Myths
Author: Commission on Development and Environment for Amazonia
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 0894991191
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This report, prepared by the Commission on Development and Environment for Amazonia at the initiative of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty and supported by the Inter-American Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme, is based on the concept of an Amazonia that exists above and beyond the world of fantasy and myth: an Amazonia of flesh and blood, of human toil, of human history, of human faces and hopes, and future human beings. It is an analysis based not only on the experiences and technologies of today"s world but also, and with greater emphasis, on the wisdom accumulated for centuries by Amazonia itself: standing Amazonia. The Amazon region has the largest area of tropical forest on the planet, and concern for its environmental deterioration extends well beyond the borders of the eight countries that form a part of it. With support from the IDB and UNDP, the Commission on Development and Environment for Amazonia prepared this report that provides data on the region's natural resources, population, health and infrastructure.
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 0894991191
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This report, prepared by the Commission on Development and Environment for Amazonia at the initiative of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty and supported by the Inter-American Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme, is based on the concept of an Amazonia that exists above and beyond the world of fantasy and myth: an Amazonia of flesh and blood, of human toil, of human history, of human faces and hopes, and future human beings. It is an analysis based not only on the experiences and technologies of today"s world but also, and with greater emphasis, on the wisdom accumulated for centuries by Amazonia itself: standing Amazonia. The Amazon region has the largest area of tropical forest on the planet, and concern for its environmental deterioration extends well beyond the borders of the eight countries that form a part of it. With support from the IDB and UNDP, the Commission on Development and Environment for Amazonia prepared this report that provides data on the region's natural resources, population, health and infrastructure.