Synopses & Reviews
This simple-to-use, pocket-size volume offers a comprehensive guide to the unique wildlife of the Galand#225;pagos, encompassing all the birds, mammals, and reptiles a visitor to these extraordinary islands might encounter. The second edition corrects and amends plates and text, as well as addsand#160;six new photos of the whales.
Reviews of the first edition:and#160;
and#160;and#147;The essential field companion for Galand#225;pagos visitors.and#8221;and#151;The Quarterly Review of Biology
and#160;"I cannot conceive anyone going to the Galand#225;pagos without [this book] in hand." and#151;Noble S. Proctor
Synopsis
This is the first comprehensive guide to the unique wildlife of the Gal pagos, encompassing the birds, mammals, and reptiles a visitor to these extraordinary islands might encounter. The innovative, simple-to-use format of the pocket-sized volume will help beginners and experts alike to identify with confidence the striking and charismatic Gal pagos fauna.
Highlighting the differences between similar species, the guide focuses on the key identification features of each. Information on the status, habitat preferences, breeding seasons, and significant behavioral characteristics is provided for each species, along with 78 distribution maps for all resident species. Fifty-three remarkable color plates compiled from a composite of 500 photographic images and 20 illustrations depict virtually every bird, mammal, and reptile ever recorded on the Gal pagos.
Published in association with Christopher Helm/A & C Black
Synopsis
This simple-to-use, pocket-size volume offers a comprehensive guide to the unique wildlife of the Galapagos, encompassing all the birds, mammals, and reptiles a visitor to these extraordinary islands might encounter. The second edition corrects and amends plates and text, as well as adds six new photos of the whales.
Reviews of the first edition:
The essential field companion for Galapagos visitors.--The Quarterly Review of Biology
I cannot conceive anyone going to the Galapagos without this book in hand. --Noble S. Proctor
About the Author
Andy Swash is a zoologist and ecologist.
Robert Still is an ecologist and a widely traveled naturalist.