A Naturalists Guide To The Arctic

Author : E.C. Pielou
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022614867X
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic written by E.C. Pielou and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical, portable guide to all of the Arctic's natural history—sky, atmosphere, terrain, ice, the sea, plants, birds, mammals, fish, and insects—for those who will experience the Arctic firsthand and for armchair travelers who would just as soon read about its splendors and surprises. It is packed with answers to naturalists' questions and with questions—some of them answered—that naturalists may not even have thought of.

Author : Sharon Chester
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400865964
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arctic Guide written by Sharon Chester and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive full-color field guide to Arctic wildlife The Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife—more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals—that inhabit the Arctic’s polar deserts, tundra, taiga, sea ice, and oceans. It can be used anywhere in the entire Holarctic region, including Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, Siberia, the Russian Far East, islands of the Bering Sea, Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, and Greenland. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, size, habitat, range, scientific name, and the unique characteristics that enable these organisms to survive in the extreme conditions of the Far North. A color distribution map accompanies each species account, and alternative names in German, French, Norwegian, Russian, Inuit, and Inupiaq are also provided. Features superb color plates that allow for quick identification of more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals Includes detailed species accounts and color distribution maps Covers the flora and fauna of the entire Arctic region

Author : Sharon R. Chester
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781787854086
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arctic Guide written by Sharon R. Chester and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, size, habitat, range, scientific name, and the unique characteristics that enablethese organisms to survive in the extreme conditions of the Far North.

Author : Steven B. Young
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780132964920
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Far North written by Steven B. Young and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1986-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ecological Society of America. Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 826 pages
Book Rating : 4.9N/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Naturalist's Guide to the Americas written by Ecological Society of America. Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Kavanagh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781583558294
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic Wildlife written by James Kavanagh and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austere and immense, the Arctic region harbors a unique diversity of flora and fauna adapted to this harsh and unforgiving ecosystem including shrubs, grasses, mosses, sedges and lichens and a variety of hardy wildlife from the tiny lemming to the immense polar bear and bowhead whale. A region previously only visited by explorers, the Artic has attracted more and more tourists in the last decade. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species. Laminated for durability, this lightweight, pocket-sized folding guide is an excellent source of portable information and ideal for field use by novice and expert explorers alike. Made in the USA.

Author : Richard Sale
Publisher : Helm
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife written by Richard Sale and published by Helm. This book was released on 2006 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book looks in detail at the geology, climate, ecology and peoples of the Arctic, the region's exploration and exploitation, and the threats to it from climate change and pollution." "It includes more than 450 photographs, 294 maps and 38 colour plates, illustrating all the birds and mammals of the region; the field guide covers 213 species of birds and 77 species of mammals; and species accounts describes identification features, confusion species, voice/communication, distribution, diet and breeding biology."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Tony Soper
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 1784770914
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antarctica written by Tony Soper and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated throughout, the 7th edition of Bradt's Antarctica: a Guide to Wildlife is the most practical guide to the flora and fauna available for those 'going south'. Celebrating the amazing and often unique species of this spectacular environment, the title features chapters on the region's famous whales and penguins, and also on lesser known species such as skuas and sheathbills, with full coverage of plumage and identification. Each chapter is accompanied by vibrant illustrations from Dafila Scott to help bring species to life. Tony Soper's immaculate and engaging text remains the indispensible choice for the intrepid wildlife enthusiast. Antarctica's wildlife is under threat. The Southern Ocean is warming and the most obvious effect is on the continental ice shelves. Spectacular retreats and monster carvings from the west coast of the peninsula have been seen in recent decades. Less ice means fewer krill, which depend on the ice-edge for the algae which nourish them. In turn, this will impact on seal and whale numbers. In the case of penguins, while kings and macaronis, for instance, are doing well, the magnificently adapted and truly Antarctic species, Adélies and emperors, are in decline. In the case of emperors, maybe by as much as 50%. Bradt's Antarctica not only helps you to identify and understand species and habitats, it also explains the issues faced by this extraordinary continent, regarded by many as one of the most precious places on the planet.

Author : Richard Sale
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691180547
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wildlife of the Arctic written by Richard Sale and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simultaneously published in the United Kingdom by HarperCollins Publishers, London in 2018.

Author : Michael D. Pitt
Publisher : Agio Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1927755123
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Franklin, OOPS, Mud & Cupcake written by Michael D. Pitt and published by Agio Publishing House. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franklin, Oops, Mud & Cupcake is an engaging account of four canoe trips in northern Canada written by outdoor author and adventurer Michael D. Pitt. Michael's intimate writing style brings you "into the canoe" as he and his wife Kathleen discover the strength, challenges and self-reliance that come from absolute isolation. "Travel four rivers, camp 100 nights, and paddle almost 2000 kilometres. In a friendly and inviting style, Michael Pitt shares his daily experiences and amusing anecdotes, revealing the freedom and wilderness that has defined his life." - Brian Johnston, Arctic paddler and author of"On Top of a Boulder: Notes from Tyrrell's Cairn" "Michael Pitt's narratives of four Arctic and sub-Arctic canoe trips are as much inner as outward journeys in the search for meaning to life."- Carey Robson, master instructor, Recreational Canoeing Association of BC "Michael's writing is engaging and immensely enjoyable... a valuable guidebook to these awesome rivers. It is personal, honest, wise, and even a bit cheeky - a joy to read." - Dan Burnett, lifelong tripper of Canadian wilderness rivers "A real pleasure to follow Michael Pitt down four spectacular northern wilderness rivers. The book prompts the reader to be who you are no matter the source of the challenge!" - Tony Shaw, master instructor and perennial wilderness paddler