DRAGONFLIES (NN 106)
Written by Philip S. Corbet, Stephen J. Brooks
Published by Collins
in 2008
ISBN: 9780007151684
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- ENTOMOLOGY
- DRAGONFLY
DRAGONFLIES (NN 106)
Written by Philip S. Corbet, Stephen J. Brooks.
Stock no. 1829992
1st.
2008.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series 106. A fascinating outlook on the natural history of dragonflies. Green cloth boards. Colour photos, charts, b/w illustrations and distribution charts. Green endpapers with repeating New Naturalist logo. xvi and 454 pages. ISBN: 9780007151684. Very slight grubbiness to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly grubby to edges of rear panel and is NOT faded to spine (as is often the case).
Front cover
Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The British Species
- 3. Habitat Selection and Oviposition
- 4. The Egg and the First Two Larval Stadia
- 5. The Larva: Survival Under Water
- 6. Larval Development and Emergence
- 7. Adult Life
- 8. Foraging in Flight
- 9. Reproductive Behaviour
- 10. Odonatology in Britain
- Appendices:
- 1. Checklist of British Species
- 2. Collecting and Photographing Dragonflies
- 3. SSSI Criteria Based on Odonata
- 4. Distribution Maps for British Species