Author : Alan Weaving
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1775842827
Sasol First Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the insects of the region. Full-colour photographs and easy-to-read text will help the beginner and budding naturalist to explore the more common insect groups that occur in southern Africa, discover where they are found, and learn about their behaviour and unusual features.
Author : Alan Weaving
Publisher :
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Insects
ISBN : 9781775844341
Author : Mike Picker
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 1011 pages
File Size : 37,95 MB
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1920572252
This is the first comprehensive field guide to the insect fauna of South Africa, with detailed descriptions of over 1 200 of the most common, most economically and ecologically important, and most interesting and attractive insects in the region. The easy-to-read text is matched with superb photography. Each account covers identification, biology, distribution and related species, and is accompanied by a colour photograph of the species or family.
Author : Mike Picker
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 2002 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1775845850
This trusted best-seller has been comprehensively updated and expanded to feature accounts of over 1,500 species and insect groups. Included are the most common, most economically and ecologically important, interesting and attractive insects in the region. It features: vivid photographs, easy-to-read text, detailed accounts covering identification, biology, distribution and related species, a helpful introduction detailing the significance, life history, collection and photography of insects, and quick reference guides on the inside covers to facilitate identification. Entomologists both amateur and professional, students, gardeners, farmers, tourists and anyone with an interest in the natural world will appreciate this illuminating and invaluable guide.
Author : Tracey Hawthorne
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 30,38 MB
Release : 2014-06-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1775842177
Sasol First Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the arachnids of the region. Through full-colour photographs and easy-to-read text, the young adult and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique habits.
Author : Mike Picker
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1775841979
Pocket Guide: Insects of South Africa covers both common and interesting insects from South Africa, making it possible to identify a wide range of local species. Some 260 insects are featured, many of which we may have spotted in our houses and gardens. Each is described with its key identification features, a colour photograph and distribution map. An illustrated quick-reference guide on the inside front and back covers makes it quick and easy to navigate to the right insect group.
Author : J. D. Skinner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 33,3 MB
Release : 2005-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1107394058
This comprehensive volume covers all mammals that occur naturally on the African mainland south of the Cunene and Zambezi rivers, and also in the subregion's coastal waters. Extensively revised and updated for the new edition, it now includes the latest data from from mammal research in southern Africa along with the radical taxonomic changes across all levels of mammalian classification. Containing contributions from specialists on each mammalian order, each species description has been reviewed by a range of independent and internationally recognised authorities. Along with the latest taxonomic information, the distribution maps and illustrations have been updated and redrawn, several new colour plates have been added, and the whole design has been enhanced to aid access to key information. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of southern-African mammals and forms an essential reference for zoologists, evolutionary biologists and anyone wanting an overview of the region's wildlife.
Author : C. H. Scholtz
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 16,53 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN :
Author : Clarke Scholtz
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 1271 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 2021-03-10
Category :
ISBN : 1775846326
Pollinators, parasites, purifiers, predators, decomposers – insects arguably play the most important roles in the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems. This lavishly illustrated and highly authoritative book is structured around southern Africa’s 13 distinct biomes; it reflects the essential role insects play in most ecological processes such as pollination, predation, parasitism, soil modification and nutrient recycling; details how they serve as food for multitudes of other organisms, including bacteria and fungi, as well as specially adapted plants, insect-feeding arthropods, reptiles, birds and mammals; depicts the insects and phenomena described in some 2,000 photographs that accompany the accessible text; highlights the crucial role insects play as ecosystem service providers, giving intimate insight into the beauty and importance of insects in the natural world. Includes a guide to each of the 25 insect orders found in southern Africa, with images showing their diagnostic characters. This key publication detailing the latest research in the field of entomology will appeal to academics and nature enthusiasts alike.
Author : Braam van Wyk
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 2943 pages
File Size : 46,29 MB
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1775841049
This comprehensively updated and expanded edition of the region’s best-selling field guide to trees offers much, much more than the highly successful first edition. Fully updated text (including additional species entries) and distribution maps, numerous new photographs and a new 87-page section of full-tree photographs makes this well-loved guide even more indispensable in the field. Southern Africa has a rich variety of tree species, with an estimated 2 100 indigenous species and more than 100 naturalised aliens. Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa describes and illustrates more than 1 000 of these, focusing on trees that are the most common and most likely to be encountered. Species are logically arranged in 43 groups based on easy-to-observe leaf and stem features, and each account is illustrated by full-colour photographs of the plant’s diagnostic parts. The text also touches on the practical uses of the plants.
