Название: Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Britain and Europe
Автор: Jeroen Speybroeck, Wouter Beukema, Bobby Bok
Издательство: Bloomsbury Natural History
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 432
Размер: 288,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The taxonomy and systematics of European reptiles and amphibians have changed a lot in recent years, yet there is no modern, up-to-date field guide available that comprehensively covers all the species. The last illustrated field guide to European reptiles and amphibians was first published 38 years ago, and remains outdated despite occasional reprints and new editions.

Название: Birds of Borneo (Helm Wildlife Guides)
Автор: Susan Myers
Издательство: Helm
ISBN: 1472986903
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 224
Размер: 143,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of Borneo. The world’s third largest island, divided between three countries - Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei - Borneo is home to some of the oldest rainforests in the world, estimated to be 140 millions years old, and an avifauna of around 600 recorded bird species. It is a haven for birdwatchers and a frontrunning biodiversity hotspot.

Название: Birds of the Middle East (Helm Wildlife Guides)
Автор: Jens Eriksen, Richard Porter, Abdulrahman Al-Sirhan
Издательство: Helm
ISBN: 147298675X
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 175,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Middle East has a wonderfully broad and diverse avifauna, featuring a host of wintering and passage migrants, enigmatic and sometimes colourful breeders, and even a few endemics that occur nowhere else.
The perfect companion for any wildlife-friendly visitor, Birds of the Middle East provides photographic coverage of more than 320 species that regularly occur in the region.

Название: Birds of the Lesser Antilles (Helm Wildlife Guides)
Автор: Ryan Chenery
Издательство: Helm
ISBN: ‎1472989619
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 225
Размер: 172,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

A portable yet authoritative guide to more than 300 of the most commonly seen birds of the Lesser Antilles.
The Lesser Antilles – incorporating the nations of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, along with numerous dependencies – are rich in birdlife. It is a magical region for a naturalist to explore, with endemic parrots, orioles, thrushes, warblers and more.

Название: Birds of South Africa (Helm Wildlife Guides)
Автор: Adam Riley
Издательство: Helm
ISBN: 1472990803
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 189,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of South Africa. South Africa – from the vast savanna of Kruger to the unparalleled richness of the Cape – is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, featuring the highest number of endemics of any African country, as well as rich seabird assemblage and vast numbers of more widespread yet no less spectacular African birds.

Название: Birds of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands (Helm Wildlife Guides)
Автор: Juan Freile, Murray Cooper
Издательство: Helm
ISBN: 1472993373
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 225
Размер: 196,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

For sheer diversity of birds, Ecuador cannot be beaten. Nowhere else is it as easy to experience such a range of habitats, from the high Andes to the Amazon and Chocó rainforests and those jewels in the ocean, the Galápagos Islands. The avifauna is similarly dazzling – a huge range of species, including 41 endemics, call this country home, making Ecuador the ultimate Neotropical wildlife destination.

Название: Birds of Bali, Sumatra and Java (Helm Wildlife Guides)
Автор: Tony Tilford
Издательство: Helm
ISBN: ‎1472986873
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 255
Размер: 157,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The definitive photographic guide to the avifauna of Bail, Sumatra and Java. The islands of Bali, Sumatra and Java, covering some 613,000 square kilometres, are home to an extensive and varied list of recorded avifauna of roughly 700 species. They are a haven for birdwatchers and a frontrunning biodiversity hotspot.

Название: Trees and Woodlands (British Wildlife Collection)
Автор: George Peterken
Издательство: Bloomsbury Wildlife
ISBN: 1472987012
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 417
Размер: 336,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Features almost 300 colour photographs and brings together more than 60 years of research by a leading voice in British woodland ecology. Trees define woodland. They provide a complex, multi-layered habitat for a great range of wildlife, but they are also wildlife themselves, reacting to their circumstances and each other. Woodlands are important to people, supplying timber, food and fuel, accumulating carbon, and offering places of refuge and refreshment.

Название: Reading the Clouds: How You Can Forecast the Weather, 2nd Edition
Автор: Oliver Perkins
Издательство: Adlard Coles
ISBN: ‎1399401424
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 129
Размер: 40,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Wouldn't it be useful to be able to accurately predict the weather simply by reading the clouds? Well, with this book, you can! TV forecasts, online predictions and smartphone apps are all based on the same data – a number-crunched overview of how air pressure and temperature affect the weather across a large geographical area.

Название: Словарь астронимов. Звёздное небо по-русски
Автор: Рут М.Э.
Издательство: М.: ACT-Пресс книга
Год: 2010
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 288
Размер: 16 mb
Язык: Русский
Качество: Приемлемое

Астрономия - одна из самых древних наук: названия звёзд и созвездий (астронимы) были известны ещё с незапамятных времён. В этом словаре впервые собраны русские народные астронимы. Каждое название - свидетельство яркого, образного мышления наших предков. В словарь также включены и научные астронимы, являющиеся в большинстве своём переводами латинских названий или плодом творчества астрономов XVIII XIX вв. Увлекательные очерки расскажут об истории возникновения и развития русской астронимии.
Словарь предназначен как специалистам по русскому языку и истории России, так и всем интересующимся русской культурой.