Natuurgids Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife | Bradt Nature guides | ISBN 9781784770914
(ISBN: 9781784770914, 2018, 160 pagina's)
Uitgever Bradt richt zich steeds meer op de ware natuurliefhebber: hoe, wat en waar te zien is een belangrijk motto in deze speciale reisgidsen. Wat ons betreft had het allemaal nog wel wat uitgebreider gemogen, maar met deze gids mogen we echter niet mopperen! Een waar genoegen .....
A superbly illustrated and attractive new edition of this traveller’s companion to the wildlife of the Antarctic wilderness. Dafila Scott’s illustrations provide the perfect accompaniment to naturalist Tony Soper’s immaculate text. This guide provides full coverage of plumage and identification, breeding and nesting, feeding and the best locations to observe the varied species to be found in Antarctica.
• Illustrated in full colour throughout with specially commissioned watercolour paintings
• Authoritative writing by TV naturalist Tony Soper
• Species identification, behaviour and habitats and conservation guidelines for visitors
• History of discovery and exploration
"Most of us visiting the deep South are doing so for the first time and thirst for some authoritative guidance. Here, at last, is the book we have been waiting for."
Sir David Attenborough
Contents
(1) Introduction
(2) Discovery and Exploitation: Explorers, Sealers and Whalers
(3) Terrestrial Plants and Insects
(4) Marine Invertebrates
(5) Fish
(6) Birds: Penguins
(7) Albatrosses
(8) Petrels and Shearwaters
(9) Storm-petrels
(10) Diving-petrels
(11) Cormorants
(12) Sheathbills
(13) Skuas
(14) Gulls
(15) Terns
(16) Birds of South Georgia
(17) Mammals: Seals
(18) Whales
(19) Glossary of Snow and Ice
(20) Code of Conduct for Visitors to the Antarctic
(21) Useful Websites and Addresses
(22) Index
(23) Author, Illustrator, Acknowledgements
