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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Singapore Naturalist
Author: A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Singapore
Author: Yong Ding LiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781909612716
Category : Bird watching
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Singapore is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from Singapore's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, vegetation, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the birds of Singapore encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name, IUCN status.
Animal Life and Nature in Singapore
Author: Shou-Hwa ChuangPublisher: NUS Press
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Singapore Biodiversity
Author: Peter K. L. NgPublisher: Editions Didier Millet
ISBN: 9814260088
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
A magnificently illustrated and superbly written guide to the unique and simply astounding biodiversity of Singapore.
Malayan Naturalist
Author: Nature Contained
Author: Tony O'DempseyPublisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9971697904
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
How has Singapore's environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity influenced the economic, political, social, and intellectual history of the island since the early 19th century? What are the antecedents to Singapore's image of itself as a City in a Garden? Grounding the story of Singapore within an understanding of its environment opens the way to an account of the past that is more than a story of trade, immigration, and nation-building. Each of the chapters in this volume focusing on topics ranging from tigers and plantations to trade in exotic animals and the greening of the city, and written by botanists, historians, anthropologists, and naturalists examines how humans have interacted with and understood the natural environment on a small island in Southeast Asia over the past 200 years, and conversely how this environment has influenced humans. Between the chapters are travelers' accounts and primary documents that provide eyewitness descriptions of the events examined in the text. In this regard, Nature Contained: Environmental Histories of Singapore provides new insights into the Singaporean past, and reflects much of the diversity, and dynamism, of environmental history globally.
A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia 3/e
Author: Laurence G. KirtanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781912081264
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Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This photographic identification guide to the 280 butterfly species most commonly seen in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High-quality photographs from the area's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, vegetation, habitats, behaviour, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Also included is a classification of butterflies found in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, from their superfamilies down to the level of genera to give an understanding of the relationships of butterflies.
Nature and Nation
Author: Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-WellsPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824828639
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Nature and Nation explores the relations between people and forests in Peninsular Malaysia where the planet's richest terrestrial eco-system met head-on with the fastest pace of economic transformation experienced in the tropical world. It engages the interplay of history, culture, science, economics and politics to provide a holistic interpretation of the continuing relevance of forests to state and society in the moist tropics. Malaysia has long been singled out for emulation by developing nations, an accolade contradicted in recent years by concerns over its capital-, rather than poverty-driven forest depletion. The Malaysian case supports the call for re-appraisal of entrenched prescriptions for development that go beyond material needs. -- Book cover.
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