British and Irish Butterflies: An Island Perspective

✍ Scribed by Roger L. H. Dennis, Peter B. Hardy

Publisher: CABI
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 407
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Basics of island biogeography --
The British islands: a geological and historical outline --
Island butterflies: understanding and interpreting records --
British and Irish butterfly species: links and gradients --
Island associations and species affinities: geographical influences --
Assessing the status of individual species on islands: from geography to ecology --
Changing patterns of species incidences on islands --
British and Irish islands: an evolutionary vantage --
Island studies: a glance back and the view ahead --
Plates --
Appendices: Records of butterflies from British and Irish islands.

✦ Subjects

Butterflies -- British Isles.;Butterflies -- Great Britain.;Butterflies -- Ireland.;Biogeography -- British Isles.;Biogeography -- Great Britain.;Biogeography -- Ireland.;Biogeography.;Butterflies.;Europe -- British Isles.;Great Britain.;Ireland.;Schmetterlinge;Biogeografie;Großbritannien;Irland;Britische Inseln

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