Éric Sardet, Christian Roesti, Yoan Braud

Grasshoppers of Britain and Western Europe (eBook, PDF)

A Photographic Guide

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The definitive photographic identification guide to the orthopterans of the region, complete with sounds.

This is the first guide to the 261 species of orthopterans - the grasshoppers, crickets and katydids - of Britain and western Europe ever published. Set out in a clear and accessible format and featuring a combination of photographs and illustrations, the book covers identification criteria of all of the main species and subspecies, with detailed photographs of males and females, distribution maps, status, habitat descriptions, oscillograms, advice on where and when to find them, and tips to avoid confusion during the often tricky process of identification.

Comprehensive general chapters also cover morphology, ecology and habitat, and assist with research in the field.

What makes this work the total package? The book comes with a CD, featuring 222 orthopteran songs. Together, book and CD make this the definitive guide to these insects and a rich resource for any naturalist in the region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472984906
• Artikelnr.: 62051529

Autorenporträt

Éric Sardet is an entomologist who has specialised in orthoptera since the late 1990s. He works as an independent biologist with INSECTA, and is the author or co-author of a number of publications, including the red list of French orthoptera (published in collaboration with Bernard Defaut in 2004), and a departmental atlas of French orthoptera published in collaboration with Bernard Defaut and Yoan Braud in 2009 by l'Union de Entomologie Française.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1. Classification 2. Anatomy 3. Life Cycle 4. Song
(stridulation) 5. Suvery, observation and photography 6. Field Key to the
Orthoptera Wing patters of the genera Oedipoda, Sphingonotus, Acrotylus and
Calliptamus Comparative plate of females of Platycleis and Tessellana
Oscillograms of songs that are difficult to hear or to identify
Bibliography List of the Orthoptera of Britain and Western Europe Useful
references The authors Acknowledgements Index of Vernacular Names Index of
Scientific Names