Author: Dennis Jon
Publisher: Booksmango
ISBN: 6162220699
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In hindsight, maybe fluttering off the tour guide's red line wasn't such a good idea. But Jon has neither hindsight nor foresight as his vacation unfolds in real time. Acting without consequence, he discovers that real life is funnier, crazier, and more interesting than fiction, as he encouters crooked tour guides, transvestite karaoke stars, restroom massage gangs, and angels - not with wings and halos, but g-strings and high heels.
The Butterfly Trap
Author: Dennis Jon
Publisher: Booksmango
ISBN: 6162220699
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In hindsight, maybe fluttering off the tour guide's red line wasn't such a good idea. But Jon has neither hindsight nor foresight as his vacation unfolds in real time. Acting without consequence, he discovers that real life is funnier, crazier, and more interesting than fiction, as he encouters crooked tour guides, transvestite karaoke stars, restroom massage gangs, and angels - not with wings and halos, but g-strings and high heels.
Publisher: Booksmango
ISBN: 6162220699
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In hindsight, maybe fluttering off the tour guide's red line wasn't such a good idea. But Jon has neither hindsight nor foresight as his vacation unfolds in real time. Acting without consequence, he discovers that real life is funnier, crazier, and more interesting than fiction, as he encouters crooked tour guides, transvestite karaoke stars, restroom massage gangs, and angels - not with wings and halos, but g-strings and high heels.
Lady of the Butterflies
Author: Fiona Mountain
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101516828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
One of the great natural scientists of her age, Eleanor Glanville was a woman ahead of her time-the beautiful daughter of a seventeenth-century Puritan nobleman whose unconventional passions scandalized society. Her life was marked by two reckless preoccupations: a fascination with science-especially the study of butterflies-and a tempestuous love affair with the dashing soldier Richard Glanville that nearly cost her everything she held dear.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101516828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
One of the great natural scientists of her age, Eleanor Glanville was a woman ahead of her time-the beautiful daughter of a seventeenth-century Puritan nobleman whose unconventional passions scandalized society. Her life was marked by two reckless preoccupations: a fascination with science-especially the study of butterflies-and a tempestuous love affair with the dashing soldier Richard Glanville that nearly cost her everything she held dear.
100 Butterflies and Moths
Author: Jeffrey C. Miller
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674023345
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Walking a forest trail in Costa Rica, a visitor might be struck by the sight of an iridescent blue morpho butterfly fluttering ahead in the filtered daylight, or an enormous silk moth, as magnificently patterned and subtly colored as a Persian carpet, only emerging to fly at night. Elsewhere, vivid yellow and orange sulphur butterflies flock to puddles to sip the concentrated minerals. Such is the dazzling variety of the butterflies and moths unique to this region. Gathered by biologists Daniel Janzen and Winifred Hallwachs in the forests of northwestern Costa Rica, 100 tropical butterflies and moths represent the diversity in large-format photographs by Jeffrey Miller that document the dizzying variety of shapes, colors, and markings. The photographs are accompanied by species accounts and images of the corresponding caterpillar. The authors recount these insects' feats of mimicry and migration, lift the veil on their courtship, and show how the new technology of DNA barcoding is changing the picture of Lepidopteran biodiversity. The authors also tell the success story of Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, where the long-term work of Janzen and Hallwachs, a team of caterpillar collectors, and the participation of neighboring farming communities has deepened understanding of Costa Rica's Lepidoptera and has brought about advances in restoration ecology of tropical habitats, biodiversity prospecting, biotechnology, and ecotourism development.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674023345
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Walking a forest trail in Costa Rica, a visitor might be struck by the sight of an iridescent blue morpho butterfly fluttering ahead in the filtered daylight, or an enormous silk moth, as magnificently patterned and subtly colored as a Persian carpet, only emerging to fly at night. Elsewhere, vivid yellow and orange sulphur butterflies flock to puddles to sip the concentrated minerals. Such is the dazzling variety of the butterflies and moths unique to this region. Gathered by biologists Daniel Janzen and Winifred Hallwachs in the forests of northwestern Costa Rica, 100 tropical butterflies and moths represent the diversity in large-format photographs by Jeffrey Miller that document the dizzying variety of shapes, colors, and markings. The photographs are accompanied by species accounts and images of the corresponding caterpillar. The authors recount these insects' feats of mimicry and migration, lift the veil on their courtship, and show how the new technology of DNA barcoding is changing the picture of Lepidopteran biodiversity. The authors also tell the success story of Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, where the long-term work of Janzen and Hallwachs, a team of caterpillar collectors, and the participation of neighboring farming communities has deepened understanding of Costa Rica's Lepidoptera and has brought about advances in restoration ecology of tropical habitats, biodiversity prospecting, biotechnology, and ecotourism development.
Special Scientific Report--wildlife
Woodcock Status Report, 1965
Author: William H. Goudy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird banding
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Singing-ground surveys of the American woodcock indicate that breeding populations have increased gradually over the past 7 years while production, as indicated by wing-collection surveys, has remained relatively stable. The woodcock harvest, meanwhile, has probably more than doubled during the past decade. This suggests that while woodcock are probably becoming more important to North American sportsmen, hunting mortality is still relatively unimportant.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird banding
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Singing-ground surveys of the American woodcock indicate that breeding populations have increased gradually over the past 7 years while production, as indicated by wing-collection surveys, has remained relatively stable. The woodcock harvest, meanwhile, has probably more than doubled during the past decade. This suggests that while woodcock are probably becoming more important to North American sportsmen, hunting mortality is still relatively unimportant.
Encyclopedia of Entomology
Author: John L. Capinera
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402062421
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 4346
Book Description
This text brings together fundamental information on insect taxa, morphology, ecology, behavior, physiology, and genetics. Close relatives of insects, such as spiders and mites, are included.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402062421
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 4346
Book Description
This text brings together fundamental information on insect taxa, morphology, ecology, behavior, physiology, and genetics. Close relatives of insects, such as spiders and mites, are included.
The Butterflies of North America
Author: James A. Scott
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804720137
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
This illustrated field guide describes the biological and ecological world of butterflies
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804720137
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
This illustrated field guide describes the biological and ecological world of butterflies
African Biodiversity
Author: Bernhard A. Huber
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780387243153
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This book highlights African biodiversity at all levels ranging from molecules to ecosystems. Major topics are biogeography, speciation processes, phylogenetic patterns and systematics, diversity decline and conservation, and applied biodiversity informatics. The 42 contributions are mostly on insects and vertebrates, but include botanical papers as well as more general chapters on biodiversity informatics.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780387243153
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This book highlights African biodiversity at all levels ranging from molecules to ecosystems. Major topics are biogeography, speciation processes, phylogenetic patterns and systematics, diversity decline and conservation, and applied biodiversity informatics. The 42 contributions are mostly on insects and vertebrates, but include botanical papers as well as more general chapters on biodiversity informatics.
Abundantly Clear
Author: Matthew Presley
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304561852
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
In his very first published book of poetry, Matthew Presley explores his observations about what we do and why. He doesn't claim to have all the answers. He certainly doesn't have all the questions! Even so, through his uplifting words, perhaps some aspects of human nature very well may become Abundantly Clear.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304561852
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
In his very first published book of poetry, Matthew Presley explores his observations about what we do and why. He doesn't claim to have all the answers. He certainly doesn't have all the questions! Even so, through his uplifting words, perhaps some aspects of human nature very well may become Abundantly Clear.
Handbook for Butterfly Watchers
Author: Robert Michael Pyle
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395616291
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This essential handbook covers where to find butterflies; how to observe and photograph them; their behavior, biology, ecology, and life histories; butterfly gardening; butterfly rearing; identification; and conservation.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395616291
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This essential handbook covers where to find butterflies; how to observe and photograph them; their behavior, biology, ecology, and life histories; butterfly gardening; butterfly rearing; identification; and conservation.