Martin Warren

Butterflies (eBook, PDF)

A Natural History

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

'If you thought butterflies were special, the clear intelligible science in this superb page-turner will make you realise they're ultra-special' - Matthew Oates

This new addition to the British Wildlife Collection is a unique take on butterfly behaviour and ecology, written by the former Chief Executive of Butterfly Conservation, Martin Warren. It explores the secret lives of our British species (also drawing on comparative examples from continental Europe), revealing how they have become adapted to survive in such a highly competitive natural world.

Combining personal anecdote with the latest discoveries in the scientific literature, this book covers everything from why we love butterflies and their life-cycle from egg to adult, to their struggle for survival in a world of predators and parasites and the miracle of migration. The final chapters explore how butterflies are recorded, the change in their ranges and abundance during the 20th and 21st centuries, and the significance of managing habitats at a landscape scale, concluding with a passionate plea for why we must act now to reverse butterfly declines.

Insightful, inspiring and a joy to read, Butterflies is the culmination of a lifetime of careful research into what makes these beautiful insects tick and how and why we must conserve them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472975225
• Artikelnr.: 61326538

Autorenporträt

Martin Warren has studied the ecology and conservation of butterflies for more than 50 years, including research on threatened species, land-use management and climate change. He trained at Imperial College and University College London, and undertook a PhD on butterfly ecology at the University of Cambridge. He was butterfly specialist for the Nature Conservancy Council before joining Butterfly Conservation as their first Conservation Officer in 1993. He retired as the Chief Executive of Butterfly Conservation in 2016, and is currently Head of Development with Butterfly Conservation Europe.

Martin has published more than 300 scientific papers during his career, as well as hundreds of reports, and is the author of the Butterflies volume in the British Wildlife Collection. In 2007 he won the Marsh Award for Insect Conservation from the Royal Entomological Society, and has appeared in the top 10 list of British conservationists in BBC Wildlife magazine. He was awarded an OBE for services to the environment in 2017.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Why we love butterflies 2. Butterfly basics 3. Taking flight:
the life of the adult butterfly 4. Butterflies in the landscape 5. The
amorous butterfly 6. New life begins: eggs and where to lay them 7. The
eating machine: the life of the caterpillar 8. The great transformation:
the secret world of the chrysalis 9. Survival of the fittest 10. The
macabre world of parasitolds 11. Long-distance travellers 12. Recording
butterflies 13. Winners and losers 14. A changing world 15. Managing
habitats for butterflies 16. Landscapes for butterflies 17. Watching
butterflies 18. Future prospects Appendices References Species names
Illustration credits Index