Jarvis The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles

Descriptions of all Species with a Common Name
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78427-196-1
Verlag: Pelagic Publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 549 Seiten

A unique collection of concise but detailed information on 10,000 animals, plants, fungi and algae of the British Isles. Every species with an English common name is included.

The compendium is in two parts. The first, smaller part, looks at various terms that people interested in natural history may come across. The second provides information on individual species or species groups, with entries on those with English (common) names, as well as selected families, orders, classes, etc. In the case of marine organisms, entries are given for intertidal and subtidal invertebrate species, and generally speaking for fish species that might be observed inshore. Indication is often given on distribution as well as whether a species is common, scarce or something in between. For some species a note is made of population size and trends. Comments are made where appropriate on etymology, both of the English name and the binomial.

No other natural history dictionary or cognate publication relating to the British Isles is as comprehensive in taxonomic cover.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarvis, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Mehrsprachige Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations and acronyms

Part I: Terms

Part II: Organisms

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Jarvis, Peter
Peter Jarvis has an academic background in Geography and Environmental Science and was latterly an Honorary Research Fellow at Birmingham University. He was President of the Birmingham Natural History Society and has sat on the national committees of UK Man and the Biosphere (Urban Programme) and the Royal Society for Nature Conservation. His output includes refereed academic articles, wildlife journalism and several books, including Ecological principles and environmental issues (2000).