Author : Tim Bernhard
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 27,9 MB
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0007413467
Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet. The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world with over 120 volumes published in nearly 70 years.
Author : David Cabot
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0007412495
This New Naturalist volume provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds – the first book on the natural history of British and Irish terns since 1934.
Author : David Wilkinson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 34,12 MB
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0008293643
Ecology is the science of ecosystems, of habitats, of our world and its future. In the latest New Naturalist, ecologist David M. Wilkinson explains key ideas of this crucial branch of science, using Britain’s ecosystems to illustrate each point.
Author : Robert Cameron
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 19,39 MB
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0008203490
Slugs and snails are part of the great Phylum Mollusca, a group that contains creatures as varied as the fast-moving squid or the sedentary clams, cockles and mussels. The largest group, however, are the gastropods, animals originally with a single foot and a single coiled shell.
Author : Penny Anderson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,62 MB
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0008257388
The Peak District, Britain’s first national park, is a land of great natural beauty, visited by millions of people every year.
Author : Angus Lunn
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 10,66 MB
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0007403194
A definitive natural history of Northumberland, from its ecological history, geology and climate to its naturalists and conservation issues.
Author : Clive A. Stace
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Alien plants
ISBN : 9780007502158
The word aliens' can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been introduced by people to new territories. In the British Isles alien plants are common, conspicuous, pestiferous, beautiful, edible - and can be both useful and harmful.
Author : Philip S. Corbet
Publisher : Brill Academic Publishers
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004278608
This outstanding monograph presents a critical review of information, published and unpublished, worldwide, on the behaviour and ecology of dragonflies in all stages of the life cycle for both physical and biotic environments. Information about tropical and temperate species in functional and evolutionary contexts is skilfully integrated and facts and ideas are reviewed in the context of current biological thinking. The book includes more than 4,000 bibliographical entries, and concludes with indexes to authors, taxa and subjects. Unrevised Brill edition. Originally published with imprint Harley Books, ISBN 9780946589777
Author : Peter Thomas
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 956 pages
File Size : 36,9 MB
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0008304521
Winner of the 2022 Marsh Book of the Year Award A long-awaited volume in the New Naturalist series examining the trees of Britain.
Author : Professor John C. Coulson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 46,27 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0008201447
The gull is a familiar sight by the seaside, and one of the most recognisable bird species, but most people know surprisingly little about the lives and habits of these seafaring birds. John C. Coulson remedies this with a comprehensive overview of the gull.
