Habitats of Africa (eBook)

A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists

Ken Behrens, Keith Barnes, Iain Campbell (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2025
449 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-24477-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A richly illustrated field guide to all of Africa's major habitatspacked with invaluable information to help you understand these habitats and their wildlifeWith breathtaking wildlife and stunningly beautiful locales, Africa is a premier destination for birders, conservationists, ecotourists, and ecologists. This compact, easy-to-use guide provides an unparalleled treatment of the continent's wonderfully diverse habitats. Incisive and up-to-date descriptions cover the unique features of each habitat, from geology and climate to soil and hydrology, and require no scientific background. Knowing the surrounding environment is essential to getting the most out of your travel experiences. Habitats of Africa offers quick and reliable information for anyone who wants a deeper understanding and appreciation of the habitats around them.Covers 73 major African habitats, including oceanic habitatsFeatures hundreds of color photos of habitats and their wildlife, a wealth of helpful diagrams and illustrations, and a detailed distribution map for each land habitatConcise text provides all the information you need to identify and understand habitats anywhere in Africa quickly and accuratelyDiscusses iconic and indicator species of birds, mammals, and plantsIncludes an in-depth section on habitat classificationinvaluable for ecologistsRepresentative habitat accounts include a feature describing what you can expect to see and experience thereFormatted like a field guide for easy reference

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.2.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Habitats of the World
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: Affinities • A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists • Afrotropical • Amphibians • animals • anthropogenic • Arid • Atlas • Barnes • Behrens • Behrens tropical birding • biogeography • Birding • Birds • Botany • broadleaf • Canopy • Cape • Climate • coast • Coastal • conifer forests, semi-evergreen forest, montane evergreen forest, dry deciduous forest, thorn savanna • Continent • desert • Diverse • Diversity • Ecology • Ecotones • ecotypes • endemic • Family • Field guide • Forest • Fynbos • Geography • Geology • GRASS • Grassland • grazing • Habitat • Habitats • Habitats of Africa • Heath • Iain Campbell • Islands • Kalahari • Karoo • Keith • Keith Barnes • Keith barnes tropical • Ken behrens • leaves • Lowland • Lowland rainforest • Maghreb • Malagasy • mammals • Mangroves • Marsh • Matrix • Mediterranean • Mediterranean scrub • miombo • Moist mixed • Moist mixed savanna • monsoon • Montane • montane forest • Mopane • Mountains • Namib • Nature • ocean • Park • plants • rainfall • Rainforest • Region • Rocky • rocky coastline • Sahara • saharan • Savanna • Shrub • soils • species • Species overlap • Temperate • Thorn • Thorn savanna • Travel • Tropical birding • Vegetation • Wetlands • widespread • wildlife • woodland
• ISBN-10: 0-691-24477-4 / 0691244774
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-24477-8 / 9780691244778