THE MILLENNIUM ATLAS OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND

Asher, Jim.; Warren, M.; Fox, R.; Etc.

ISBN 10: 0198505655 / ISBN 13: 9780198505655

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001

About this Item

pp. xx, 433, Colour illustrations & distribution maps throughout. Original dust jacket fine with minimal wear to the edges. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. Provenance: from the library of John Mitchell with small blue bookplate, featuring a peregrine, to the front end paper "From the library of John Mitchell, author and naturalist" Mitchell was an authority on the natural history of Loch Lomond and wrote New Naturalist No. 94 Loch Lomondside. A fine copy. "This superbly illustrated atlas presents the findings of the most comprehensive survey of butterflies ever undertaken in Britain and Ireland, charting their varying fortunes following widespread loss of habitat and climate change. The book summarises much new information about butterflies and presents a vision of how these insects and their habitats might be conserved in the new millennium." Size: 4to.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE MILLENNIUM ATLAS OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198505655
• ISBN 13: 9780198505655
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Butterflies and Moths

About this title

Synopsis

This full-color, superbly illustrated atlas presents the findings of Butterflies for the New Millennium, the most comprehensive survey of butterflies ever undertaken in Britain and Ireland. After five years of recording by thousands of volunteers, it provides an up-to-date assessment of our butterflies, the habitats they live in, the threats they face, and the major changes that have occurred since publication of the previous such atlas in 1984.
The body of the book is taken up with species accounts, each accompanied by a full-page distribution map and a color photograph of the butterfly concerned. A wider context is provided by considering long-term trends on distribution, derived from 200 years of recording and recent changes elsewhere and in Europe. In addition, the book summarizes the wealth of new information about butterfly ecology, incorportating findings from the Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, describes and illustrates the habitats favored by particular communities of butterflies, and presents a vision of how these popular insects might be conserved in the future. As such, it will be invaluable to a wide range of readers, from amateur naturalists to professional conservationists and policy makers.

About the Author

The authors are all involved with the Butterfly Conservation Society, the butterfly equivalent of the RSPB; an organisation of some 8000 members which is the foremost body concerned with butterflies in the UK. Jim Asher has been a member of Butterfly Conservation since 1980 and a founder member of Upper Thames Branch formed in 1982 (Branch Chairman, 1985- 1987). Initiated and ran the Upper Thames Butterfly Atlas project 1987-1993. He has been the National Recorder for Butterfly Conservation since 1993. Recording interests extend to photography of native butterflies in UK and Europe, and local moth trapping. Dr Martin Warren has studied butterfly ecology and conservation for over 25 years, including research on several rare and threatened species. In 1999, he co-authored the first ever Red Data Book of European butterflies. Richard Fox has been the full-time co-ordinator for the Butterflies for the New Millenium project, the survey that gave rise to this atlas, since 1997.