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Название: Unearthing the Underworld: A Natural History of Rocks
Автор: Ken McNamara
Издательство: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789147182
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 296
Размер: 14,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

A geological saga that digs deep, revealing how even the most ordinary rocks can be stepping stones to the hidden history of our planet. Unearthing the Underworld reveals the hidden world of rocks—the keepers of secrets of past environments, changing climates, and the pulse of life over billions of years.

Название: Mushrooming: The Joy of the Quiet Hunt
Автор: Diane Borsato
Издательство: Douglas & McIntyre
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 62 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Foraging for wild mushrooms is an increasingly popular pursuit and this beautifully produced volume―filled with insights, anecdotes and details about more than 120 common and charismatic fungi from across the northern hemisphere―will appeal to everyone from beginner mushroomers to advanced mycophiles. Mushrooming offers a new perspective on the fascinating, edible, deadly and strange world of fungi, from candy caps to earth stars, puff balls to poison pie, prized chanterelles, morels, hedgehogs and the bloodless destroying angel. There are mushrooms named after fairies and demons, little brown mushrooms that are wildly hallucinogenic, phallic specimens prized as aphrodisiacs, and mushrooms that are the colour of precious jewels. Some mushrooms look so much like woodland birds they are shot at by hunters, and others, incredibly, glow in the dark.

Название: The Voices of Nature: How and Why Animals Communicate
Автор: Nicolas Mathevon
Издательство: Princeton University Press
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 41 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound. What is the meaning of a bird’s song, a baboon’s bark, an owl’s hoot, or a dolphin’s clicks? In The Voices of Nature, Nicolas Mathevon explores the mysteries of animal sound. Putting readers in the middle of animal soundscapes that range from the steamy heat of the Amazon jungle to the icy terrain of the Arctic, Mathevon reveals the amazing variety of animal vocalizations. He describes how animals use sound to express emotion, to choose a mate, to trick others, to mark their territory, to call for help, and much more. What may seem like random chirps, squawks, and cries are actually signals that, like our human words, allow animals to carry on conversations with others.

Название: A Wing and a Prayer: the Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds
Автор: Anders Gyllenhaal, Beverly Gyllenhaal
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982184558
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 320
Размер: 99,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

A captivating drama from the frontlines of the race to save birds set against the devastating loss of one third of the avian population. Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking news: nearly three billion birds in North America have vanished over the past fifty years.

Название: Морские птицы и млекопитающие Дальнего Востока России
Автор: Артюхин Ю.Б., Бурканов В.Н.
Издательство: Сталкер
Год: 1999
Cтраниц: 215, цвет.ил.
Формат: pdf
Размер: 19 мб
Язык: русский

Эта книга — пособие по определению животных в природе: полевой определитель. Включает все виды морских птиц и млекопитающих дальневосточного региона России. На цветных фотографиях показаны возрастные, половые, сезонные особенности внешнего вида животных. Иллюстрации дополнены описанием диагностических признаков, статуса в регионе, местообитаний, картами ареалов. Для биологов, сотрудников природоохранных служб, любителей природы.

Название: Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World (Helm Identification Guides)
Автор: James Hancock, James A. Kushlan, M. Philip Kahl
Издательство: Helm
ISBN: 0123227305
Год: 2001
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 385
Размер: 29,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Some of the world's largest and most spectacular birds are to be found among this group of wading birds. Tragically, they also include many of the world's most endangered species, as changes in land use erode their wetland habitats. Some, like the White stork, have lived alongside humans for hundreds of years and are well known from numerous scientific studies.

Название: Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides)
Автор: Richard Lewington
Издательство: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 1910389048
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 162
Размер: 34,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

The second edition of Richard Lewington's pocket guide to the butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Presented in an accessible, easy-to-use format, this is an ideal guide for both beginners and more experienced enthusiasts. It includes more than 600 superb illustrations of all the life stages of each species, together with beautiful artworks of the butterflies in their natural settings and pertinent species information, distribution maps and life history charts.

Название: Pocket Guide to the Orchids of Britain and Ireland (Bloomsbury Naturalist)
Автор: Simon Harrap
Издательство: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 1472924851
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 258
Размер: 53,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The orchid family is one of the largest plant families in the world, reaching its highest diversity in the tropics where their exotic and colourful flowers are often truly breathtaking. Britain and Ireland have just 52 species of wild orchid, some of which are rare or scarce, whilst others are surprisingly inconspicuous.

Название: Магнитные поля в астрофизике
Автор: Зельдович Я.Б., Рузмайкин А.А., Соколов Д.Д.
Издательство: Регулярная и хаотическая динамика
Год: 2019
Cтраниц: 383
Формат: pdf
Размер: 40 мб
Язык: русский

Авторы вводят здесь ряд новых концепций электродинамики и магнитной гидродинамики космических сред, в частности, дают представление о быстром динамо и топологическую трактовку условий быстрой генерации магнитного поля, рассматривают образование магнитных полей в спиральных галактиках и в конвективных оболочках звезд.

Название: Birds of Point Reyes
Автор: Keith Hansen
Издательство: Heyday
ISBN: 159714603X
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 80
Размер: 14,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

A richly illustrated guide celebrates California's coastal birds and the wonders of witnessing them. A birding paradise, Point Reyes National Seashore boasts a breathtaking coastline that attracts an array of winged beauties and their flightless fanciers year-round.