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Field Guide to Mammals of Australia
Taschenbuch von Frank Knight (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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This fully revised and updated edition of A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia is the only comprehensive guide to identifying all 382 species of mammals known in Australia.
This fully revised and updated edition of A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia is the only comprehensive guide to identifying all 382 species of mammals known in Australia.
Über den Autor
Peter Menkhorst has been fascinated by Australia's flora and fauna for most of his life. He has participated in fauna surveys in many parts of Australia and has worked in wildlife research and management in Victoria for thirty-five years. He has published widely in the scientific and popular literature, including editing an Australian bird guide.

Frank Knight worked as an illustrator for CSIRO for twenty-five years. He has been a member of and has exhibited with the Society of Animal Art in New York. He has also illustrated a number of natural history books, including an Australian bird guide.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgments

  • Introduction

  • How to use this field guide

  • Geographic coverage

  • Identifying a mammal quickly

  • Classification and names

  • Field characters

  • Identification keys

  • Species accounts

  • Plates

  • Distribution maps

  • Field techniques for identifying mammals

  • Finding mammals

  • Field characters

  • How mammals are measured

  • Submitting records

  • References

  • Checklist of Australian Mammals

  • Identification Keys to Australian Mammals

  • Notes on using the keys

  • Index to keys

  • Identification keys

  • Habitat types

  • Abbreviations

  • Key to distribution maps

  • Species Accounts and Plates

  • Monotremes

  • Carnivorous marsupials

  • Bandicoots and bilbies

  • Koala and wombats

  • Cuscuses/possums and gliders

  • Possums and gliders

  • Bettongs, rat-kangaroos and potoroos

  • Rat-kangaroos and tree kangaroos

  • Fruit bats

  • Insectivorous bats

  • Rodents

  • Introduced carnivores

  • Introduced herbivores

  • Seals

  • Dolphins and whales

  • Dugong

  • Further Reading

  • Glossary

  • Index to Scientific Names

  • Index to Common Names

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Zoologie
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 296
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780195573954
ISBN-10: 0195573951
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Knight, Frank
Menkhorst, Peter
Hersteller: Oxford University Press Australia
Maße: 237 x 161 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Frank Knight (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.11.2010
Gewicht: 0,526 kg
preigu-id: 107161412
Über den Autor
Peter Menkhorst has been fascinated by Australia's flora and fauna for most of his life. He has participated in fauna surveys in many parts of Australia and has worked in wildlife research and management in Victoria for thirty-five years. He has published widely in the scientific and popular literature, including editing an Australian bird guide.

Frank Knight worked as an illustrator for CSIRO for twenty-five years. He has been a member of and has exhibited with the Society of Animal Art in New York. He has also illustrated a number of natural history books, including an Australian bird guide.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgments

  • Introduction

  • How to use this field guide

  • Geographic coverage

  • Identifying a mammal quickly

  • Classification and names

  • Field characters

  • Identification keys

  • Species accounts

  • Plates

  • Distribution maps

  • Field techniques for identifying mammals

  • Finding mammals

  • Field characters

  • How mammals are measured

  • Submitting records

  • References

  • Checklist of Australian Mammals

  • Identification Keys to Australian Mammals

  • Notes on using the keys

  • Index to keys

  • Identification keys

  • Habitat types

  • Abbreviations

  • Key to distribution maps

  • Species Accounts and Plates

  • Monotremes

  • Carnivorous marsupials

  • Bandicoots and bilbies

  • Koala and wombats

  • Cuscuses/possums and gliders

  • Possums and gliders

  • Bettongs, rat-kangaroos and potoroos

  • Rat-kangaroos and tree kangaroos

  • Fruit bats

  • Insectivorous bats

  • Rodents

  • Introduced carnivores

  • Introduced herbivores

  • Seals

  • Dolphins and whales

  • Dugong

  • Further Reading

  • Glossary

  • Index to Scientific Names

  • Index to Common Names

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Zoologie
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 296
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780195573954
ISBN-10: 0195573951
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Knight, Frank
Menkhorst, Peter
Hersteller: Oxford University Press Australia
Maße: 237 x 161 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Frank Knight (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.11.2010
Gewicht: 0,526 kg
preigu-id: 107161412
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