Britain's Dragonflies is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Britain and Ireland. Written by two of Britain's foremost experts, this fully revised and updated edition features hundreds of stunning images and identification charts covering all 56 resident, migrant and former breeding species, and seven potential vagrants. The book focuses on identification--both of adults and larvae--highlighting the key features. Detailed species profiles provide concise information on identification, distribution, flight periods, behaviour, habitat, status and conservation. Other sections cover biology; how to watch, photograph, record and monitor Dragonflies; conservation status and legislation; and introduced exotic species. This redesigned, updated and expanded edition features: * Beautiful colour plates showing males, females, immatures and all colour forms for every species * Over 450 stunning photographs and 550 illustrations * Up-to-date species profiles and distribution maps * Detailed, easy-to-use identification charts for adults and larvae
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"That Britain's Dragonflies is on its third edition already is a sure sign of how well regarded and popular this field guide has become since its first publication in 2004. This edition takes the guide a stage further than the previous two and has been thoroughly updated and revised with new photographs, text, and up-to-date distribution maps... This is the definitive, must have guide to the dragonflies of Britain and Ireland and as the most comprehensive field guide of its type, it will surely find a place on the bookshelves of all keen dragonfly watchers and those with a more general interest in the wildlife of Great Britain. Highly Recommended."--Mark Tyrrell, British Dragonflies "The deluge of information is well presented and a subject that could easily daunt a budding odonatologist is in fact made entirely digestible. If you haven't already got a copy, it's well worth investing ... in this revamped edition of Britain's Dragonflies to ensure that you're in good stead for a summer of insect-watching."--Josh Jones, BirdGuides.com "A delight for anyone interested in these flying gems (dragonflies being relatives of butterflies), the ecology and biology of wetlands, those interested in conservation and collecting data on biodiversity and species identification, and wildlife watchers in general."--Cathy Taibbi, Wildlife Conservation Examiner "As a desktop reference guide it is clear and concise. As a 'use in the field' reference guide it is portable and perfectly designed... Recommended? Absolutely."--Mark Colvin, UK Butterflies "If you're simply in the market for a book on these gorgeous and fascinating insects, then the WILDGuides field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Britain and Ireland is highly recommended."--Charlie Moores, Talking Naturally "You may already be familiar with this or other titles in WildGuides' Britain's Wildlife series: they're popular, informative and pocketable photographic field guides, and the Dragonflies title is no exception."--Bird Guides "I am a fan of these WILDGuides and like the pattern they follow and the practical waterproof jacket too as these books will not sit on the shelf but will be in one hand while you try to pin down a dragonfly when out birding or ID a damselfly at your garden pond."--Fatbirder "It is outstanding. Most importantly, it contains absolutely everything you need for confident field identification of any UK dragonfly or damselfly. The authors have really thought this through... Highly recommended!"--Guy Padfield, UK Butterflies "This current edition will now set the standard for others to try and achieve and Princeton University Press is to be congratulated on its initiative. For people interested in dragonflies, this will be a 'bible' for many years to come. For the rest of the summer it will be in my car to use on any fieldwork."--Ray Collier, North Star "This book is a stunning piece of work, with its pages just bursting with information... If you have any interest in British dragonflies, buy this book."--Neil Bowman, Birdwatch Magazine "This book will delight any dragonfly enthusiast."--Dan Tallman's Bird Blog "The only comprehensive photographic field guide of its kind."--Ireland's Wildlife "[T]his is a genuine field-guide; like the 2nd edition it is supplied with a substantial clear plastic jacket to help keep the book clean and dry, and it is certainly compact enough to carry in a bag or large pocket... [T]his is an impressive and eminently practical guide to this increasingly popular group of insects, and at a very reasonable price."--Peter C. Barnard, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine "It is written in an accessible style that will appeal to anyone interested in discovering more about this fascinating group of insects."--Great Outdoors "This is an essential buy for anyone interested in the Odonata and worth every penny."--Bryan Sage, Country-Side "There is no doubt that this is a well-written and illustrated, informative, practical field guide that should appeal to anyone interested in Odonata."--Graham A. Collins, Entomologist's Gazette "This fully revised and updated third edition is a must... Indeed, I cannot think of anything that is missing."--Helen Ashton, Reference Reviews "If you are at all interested in the Odonata and/or are going to Britain or Ireland, I would highly recommend having this valuable field guide with you."--Julia Mlynarek, Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada
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Fully Revised and Updated Third Edition
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Produkt-Hinweis
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 152 mm
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978-0-691-16123-5 (9780691161235)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Dave Smallshire is a professional ecologist and former environmental adviser to the UK government, and is a trustee of the British Dragonfly Society. Andy Swash is managing director of WILDGuides and World Wildlife Images, and author of a number of books, including Britain's Butterflies and Britain's Day-flying Moths (both WILDGuides). They have combined their passion for dragonflies and knowledge gained over many years from lecturing and leading wildlife tours to develop this field guide.
Foreword 7 Introduction 8 Dragonfly Biology 10 Egg 11 Larva 13 Emergence 14 Adult 16 Dispersal and migration 19 Where to look for Dragonflies 21 Dragonfly habitats 21 Favoured breeding habitats 30 Where to look for rare, scarce and localised Dragonflies 32 Watching and photographing Dragonflies 34 How to identify Dragonflies 36 An introduction to identification 36 Key features of adult damselflies and dragonflies 37 Colour variations 38 The types of dragonfly 39 Adult identification charts 44 Identifying male emerald dragonflies, hawkers and emperors in flight 56 Glossary 58 THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS (See the following pages for full list) 59 Introduced exotic species 188 Identification of larvae and exuviae 190 An introduction to identification 190 Identification tips 190 How to use the guide 191 The biology of eggs and larvae 192 Key features of larvae and exuviae 194 The types of Dragonfly larvae 196 Larval identification charts 202 Conservation status and legislation 212 British Dragonfly Society 216 Dragonfly recording and monitoring 216 Further reading 218 Acknowledgements and photographic credits 219 Index of English and scientific names 222 THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS Breeding species 60 DAMSELFLIES (ZYGOPTERA) Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo 60 Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens 62 Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa 64 Scarce Emerald Damselfly Lestes dryas 66 Southern Emerald Damselfly Lestes barbarus 68 Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis 70 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula 72 Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum 74 White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes 76 Southern Damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale 78 Northern Damselfly Coenagrion hastulatum 80 Irish Damselfly Coenagrion lunulatum 82 Dainty Damselfly Coenagrion scitulum 84 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella 86 Variable Damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum 88 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum 90 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans 92 Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura pumilio 94 Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas 96 Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum 98 DRAGONFLIES (ANISOPTERA) Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense 100 Azure Hawker Aeshna caerulea 102 Common Hawker Aeshna juncea 104 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta 106 Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis 108 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea 110 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis 112 Norfolk Hawker Aeshna isosceles 114 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator 116 Lesser Emperor Anax parthenope 118 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii 120 Common Club-tail Gomphus vulgatissimus 122 Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea 124 Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica 126 Northern Emerald Somatochlora arctica 128 Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata 130 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa 132 Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva 134 Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum 136 Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens 138 White-faced Darter Leucorrhinia dubia 140 Black Darter Sympetrum danae 142 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum 144 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum 146 Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii 148 Yellow-winged Darter Sympetrum flaveolum 150 FORMER BREEDERS, VAGRANTS AND POTENTIAL VAGRANTS 152 DAMSELFLIES (ZYGOPTERA) Small Spreadwing Lestes virens 154 Common Winter Damselfly Sympecma fusca 156 Norfolk Damselfly Coenagrion armatum 158 Blue-eye Erythromma lindenii 160 DRAGONFLIES (ANISOPTERA) Vagrant Emperor Anax ephippiger 162 Common Green Darner Anax junius 164 River Clubtail Gomphus flavipes 166 Western Clubtail Gomphus pulchellus 168 Orange-spotted Emerald Oxygastra curtisii 170 Southern Skimmer Orthetrum brunneum 172 Yellow-spotted Whiteface Leucorrhinia pectoralis 174 Ruby Whiteface Leucorrhinia rubicunda 176 Banded Darter Sympetrum pedemontanum 178 Vagrant Darter Sympetrum vulgatum 180 Southern Darter Sympetrum meridionale 182 Scarlet Darter Crocothemis erythraea 184 Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens 186
