Habitats of the World (eBook)

A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists

Ken Behrens, Iain Campbell, Phil Chaon, Charles Hesse (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2021
560 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22596-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The first field guide to all of the world's major land habitats-richly illustrated and packed with essential information to help you get the most out of your outdoor adventuresAccurately identifying and understanding habitats in detail is essential to any birder, naturalist, outdoor enthusiast, or ecologist who wants to get the most out of their experiences in the field. Habitats of the World is the first field guide to the world's major land habitats-189 in all. Using the format of a natural history field guide, this compact, accessible, and comprehensive book features concise identification descriptions and is richly illustrated-including more than 650 color photographs of habitats and their wildlife, 150 distribution maps, 200 diagrams, and 150 silhouettes depicting each habitat alongside a human figure, providing an immediate grasp of its look and scale. Each major habitat has an illustrated "e;climate box"e; that allows easy comparisons between habitats. Thirty other illustrated boxes present clear explanations of complex phenomena affecting habitats-from plate tectonics and mountain formation to fire regimes and climate change. Requiring no scientific background, Habitats of the World offers quick and reliable information for anyone who wants a deeper understanding and appreciation of the habitats around them, whether in their own backyard or while travelling anywhere in the world.Covers 189 of the world's major land habitatsProvides all the information you need to quickly and accurately identify and understand habitats anywhere in the worldFeatures concise text, more than 650 color photographs of habitats and their wildlife, an up-to-date distribution map for each habitat, and hundreds of helpful diagrams and illustrations

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.9.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Habitats of the World
• Reihe/Serie: Habitats of the World
• Zusatzinfo: 650 color photos, 150 maps, 200 diagrams, 150 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: Abert's towhee • Air current • Alipurduar • Amritsar • Andasibe-Mantadia National Park • Aquatic ecosystem • Arabuko Sokoke National Park • Arusha • Australasia • Australia (continent) • Awash National Park • biodiversity hotspot • Biotope • Borneo • Brahmaputra Valley • Caatinga • Campo miner • Central Asia • coast • Coating • Cushion plant • ecological niche • Egret • endemism • escarpment • Eurasia • exploration • Fertilizer • fieldfare • forb • Genet (animal) • geomorphology • Grassland • Great Dividing Range • headland • Heath • Human settlement • Humus • Indian Ocean • Indian Ocean islands • Inselberg • Kafue National Park • Keoladeo National Park • Lamington National Park • Mammal • Mangrove • Mantella • miombo • Mopane • Mountain ecosystems • mudflat • Nama Karoo • Nameri National Park • Nearctic ecozone • Neotropic ecozone • New South Wales • Ngorongoro Conservation Area • nutrient • Oryzomys • Palawan • Palearctic ecozone • Pench National Park • Phytoplankton • Picathartes • plateau • Queensland • Rainforest • Rajasthan • Ramsar site • Ranch • Requirement • riparian zone • rodent • Savanna • Shrub • shrubland • Soil • Steppe • Subshrub • Surface Water • Temperate Rainforest • Tezpur Airport • The Establishment • The Various • Tours • Transition zone (Earth) • Urial • Usage • Vegetation • Vegetation type • wader • Way Kambas National Park • Weather • wetland • Weyns's duiker • wildlife • Wildlife Management Area • world heritage site • Wrangel Island • Zapata rail
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22596-6 / 0691225966
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22596-8 / 9780691225968