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On Animals
(Paperback)
Susan Orlean
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Namibia is a fascinating land of contrasts, where oodplains, swamps
and the world’s oldest desert have contributed to a rich
biodiversity. Wilde Natur in Namibia is an easy-to-use guide to the
country’s most conspicuous and interesting mammals, birds,
reptiles, invertebrates and plants.
The book includes: An informative introduction to the country’s
geography, climate and vegetation; Accounts describing each
species’ appearance, habits, size and conservation status, as well
information on habitat and best viewing localities; Full-colour
photographs of each species, along with distribution maps to show
their range is all-in-one compact guide will prove invaluable to
visitors to national parks, nature reserves and other wildlife-rich
places in Namibia.
A full-colour, fully updated field guide to identifying British
Columbia's bats, with new material on acoustic identification. With
more than 1,400 species worldwide, bats live on every continent
except Antarctica and in virtually every type of habitat, from
desert to forest. Around the globe, bats fill important ecological
roles by controlling insect populations, pollinating plants,
dispersing seeds, and even providing humans with medicines-the
saliva of the famous vampire bat can be used to treat strokes! Yet
despite their importance to the planet's ecosystems, there remains
more misinformation than fact and more fear than respect for these
diminutive guardians of the night. Since the first edition of Bats
of British Columbia was published in 1993, an explosion in field
studies of the province's bat fauna, applying new tools such as
genetic techniques and acoustic bat detectors, has added a wealth
of new knowledge. This fully updated second edition includes new
colour photographs throughout, with new material on acoustic
identification. With in-depth information on biology, conservation,
ecology, and identification of the 18 species found in the
province, the new Bats of British Columbia will help create an
appreciation of this fascinating group of mammals.
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