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100 Butterflies and Moths: Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 595.789097286
EAN: 9780674023345
ISBN: 067402334X
Label: Belknap Press
Manufacturer: Belknap Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: April 30, 2007
Publisher: Belknap Press
Studio: Belknap Press
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Walking a forest trail in Costa Rica, a visitor might be struck by the sight of an iridescent blue morpho butterfly fluttering ahead in the filtered daylight, or an enormous silk moth, as magnificently patterned and subtly colored as a Persian carpet, only emerging to fly at night. Elsewhere, vivid yellow and orange sulphur butterflies flock to puddles to sip the concentrated minerals. Such is the dazzling variety of the butterflies and moths unique to this region. Gathered by biologists Daniel Janzen and Winifred Hallwachs in the forests of northwestern Costa Rica, 100 tropical butterflies and moths represent the diversity in large-format photographs by Jeffrey Miller that document the dizzying variety of shapes, colors, and markings. The photographs are accompanied by species accounts and images of the corresponding caterpillar. The authors recount these insects' feats of mimicry and migration, lift the veil on their courtship, and show how the new technology of DNA barcoding is changing the picture of Lepidopteran biodiversity. The authors also tell the success story of Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, where the long-term work of Janzen and Hallwachs, a team of caterpillar collectors, and the participation of neighboring farming communities has deepened understanding of Costa Rica's Lepidoptera and has brought about advances in restoration ecology of tropical habitats, biodiversity prospecting, biotechnology, and ecotourism development.
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Rating: - 100 Butterflies and Moths: Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica
Excellent! details in text and photographs. Highly recommended for biologists and folks interested in wild life.
Rating: - Costa Rican Leps
This ia an excellant book that combines coffe-table quality photographs of the butterflies and moths with an excellent text describing interesting aspects of their biology.
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