Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe : Including Western Turkey and North-western Africa

Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (EDT); Schröter, Asmus (EDT); Lewington, Richard (ILT)

ISBN 10: 1472943953 / ISBN 13: 9781472943958

Published by Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe : Including Western Turkey and North-western Africa
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472943953
• ISBN 13: 9781472943958
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Lewington, Richard
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A revised and thoroughly updated edition of THE definitive guide to identifying dragonflies in Europe.

The first edition of the Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe was a ground-breaking identification guide that led to an increase in Odonata recording across Europe. The second edition includes fully revised regional guides and identification texts, updated distribution maps and conservation statuses, illustrated accounts for five species that have been discovered in the region since the first edition, updated checklists and taxonomy, new photographs throughout, as well as an introduction to larvae identification. Each species is lavishly illustrated with artworks of males, females and variations, as well as close-ups of important characters.

About the Authors

Klaas-Douwe 'KD' B Dijkstra developed an interest in natural history as a child living in Egypt. KD was a founding member of the Dutch society for odonatology in 1997, was editor of its journal Brachytron, and co-authored the handbook of Dutch Odonata published in 2002. As a research associate of the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in The Netherlands, KD has worked on the systematics and biogeography of tropical African Odonata since 2001. In 2005, he shared the Worldwide Dragonfly Association outstanding achievement award for this work.

Asmus Schröter is an expert on European dragonflies, with a special interest in their identification, ethology and biogeography, especially those of mountain regions and the Subarctic. Asmus is Executive Editor of the international odonatological journal Notulae Odonatologicae.

Richard Lewington is an acknowledged leader in the field of insect illustration. His meticulous paintings of wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art, from butterflies and moths, to bees, spiders and dragonflies. Richard has also designed and illustrated wildlife stamps for several countries. In 1999 he was awarded Butterfly Conservation's Marsh Award for the promotion of Lepidoptera conservation, and in 2010 the Zoological Society of London's Stamford Raffles Award for contribution to zoology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.