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Book Synopsis Pocket Guide Trees of Zambia by : Adam Pope
Download or read book Pocket Guide Trees of Zambia written by Adam Pope and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most recent addition to the popular POCKET GUIDE series, Trees of Zambia features 140 indigenous tree species and four naturalised exotics likely to be seen in Zambia and its 20 national parks. The trees are organised in five groups, each with a unique set of characteristics, to help narrow down options in identifying a tree. Each page describes a single tree species, combining concise text and photographs. Features include: Succinct species descriptions including bark, leaves, flowers and fruit. Full-colour photographs of trees and their parts. Up-to-date distribution maps. A brief introduction covering vegetation types. Table of family names and tree characteristics. Local names for trees. Best viewing locations, including national parks. Sales points: First compact and accessible guide to trees of the region. Ideal companion for exploring Zambia. Distribution maps for each species. Authors are regional experts.
Book Synopsis Pocket Guide to Trees of Zambia and Malawi by : Clare Barkworth
Download or read book Pocket Guide to Trees of Zambia and Malawi written by Clare Barkworth and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new addition to the Pocket Guide series on Zambia, this book features 141 common tree species occurring in the country. Species descriptions include key ID pointers - bark, leaves, flowers, fruit - and are accompanied by full-color photographs of the tree and and its parts, a distribution map, and places for best viewing.
Book Synopsis Pocket Guide Birds of Zambia by : Rory McDougall
Download or read book Pocket Guide Birds of Zambia written by Rory McDougall and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket-sized, easy-to-use guide to the birds of Zambia features 425 birds likely to be seen in the region, plus a few ‘specials’ sought after by birders. It is an invaluable introduction and guide for visitors to Zambia with its 20 national parks and 42 Important Bird Areas. Features include: an informative introduction to birding in the region, including habitat descriptions and a glossary; full-colour photographs illustrating diagnostic features and plumage differences; concise identification text, including key ID pointers, call description and favoured habitat of each species; up-to-date distribution maps. Lightweight and handy for use in the field, this will be an excellent guide for anyone interested in the birds of Africa. Sales points: compact, easy to use, for birders of all levels; colour photographs of all 425 featured species; distribution maps for each species; authors are regional experts.
Book Synopsis Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa by : Najma Dharani
Download or read book Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa written by Najma Dharani and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 1561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated and expanded, this third edition of the top-selling Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa now features more than 520 of the trees and shrubs – indigenous and naturalized exotics – commonly found in the region. Each of the four sections – trees, shrubs, palms and mangroves – is arranged in alphabetical order according to scientific name. The book features: an informative introduction to families. Species accounts describing the plants’ habitat, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit. General and commercial applications and uses in traditional medicine. Almost 2,000 photographs depicting the species, its fruit, flowers and bark. Glossaries, both textual and illustrated, of botanical and medical terms. An invaluable ID guide to the trees and shrubs in gardens, parks and along roadsides of East Africa.
Book Synopsis Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa by : Braam van Wyk
Download or read book Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa written by Braam van Wyk and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 2943 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensively updated and expanded edition of the region’s best-selling field guide to trees offers much, much more than the highly successful first edition. Fully updated text (including additional species entries) and distribution maps, numerous new photographs and a new 87-page section of full-tree photographs makes this well-loved guide even more indispensable in the field. Southern Africa has a rich variety of tree species, with an estimated 2 100 indigenous species and more than 100 naturalised aliens. Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa describes and illustrates more than 1 000 of these, focusing on trees that are the most common and most likely to be encountered. Species are logically arranged in 43 groups based on easy-to-observe leaf and stem features, and each account is illustrated by full-colour photographs of the plant’s diagnostic parts. The text also touches on the practical uses of the plants.
Book Synopsis Pocket Guide Snakes & Other Reptiles of Zambia & Malawi by : Darren Pietersen
Download or read book Pocket Guide Snakes & Other Reptiles of Zambia & Malawi written by Darren Pietersen and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zambia and Malawi are home to 240 reptile species, of which 114 are snakes, 108 lizards, 14 terrapins and tortoises, and 2 crocodiles. Of these, 15 species occur nowhere else on Earth. This first accessible pocket guide to the reptiles of these two tropical countries describes 186 of the most commonly encountered and colourful species, as well as those that are less conspicuous, rare and endemic to the region. A brief, informative introduction details the region’s reptile diversity and habitat types and outlines different venom types and snakebite treatments. Handy and compact, this up-to-date guide makes a trusted travelling companion on trips to the wildlife areas, parks and reserves of these two spectacular countries. Succinct species descriptions cover key identification features. Clear full-colour photographs accompany species descriptions. Up-to-date distribution maps show the range of each species. Symbols for snake species denote the level of danger each snake’s venom poses for humans, from harmless to life-threatening. Sales points: Handy, compact and easy to use. Highlights diagnostic features to assist with identification. Colour photographs and distribution maps for all featured species. Authors are regional herpetology experts.
Book Synopsis Field Guide to the (Wetter) Zambian Miombo Woodland by : Kaj Vollesen
Download or read book Field Guide to the (Wetter) Zambian Miombo Woodland written by Kaj Vollesen and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals by : Jonathan Kingdon
Download or read book The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals written by Jonathan Kingdon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential mammal guide to take on safari, covering every African land mammal. Originally published in 2004, the Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals quickly became the field guide of choice to take on African safaris. Its compact format makes it ideal for use in the field, while its coverage is the most comprehensive currently possible in this format. Adapted from the Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals, the greatly condensed text focuses on essential information such as identification and distribution, while the author's superb illustrations have been rearranged into an easy-to-use plate format and placed opposite the text. Complex and more obscure groups like the bats and certain rodent families are summarised by genera. Over 500 maps plot the distribution of all larger species, and for smaller mammals the maps show distribution by genus. This is a completely revised second edition of this popular guide. The information and taxonomy have been updated to follow the newly published second edition of the Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (2015), and this new edition of the pocket guide contains several new species and illustrations. The maps have been completely replaced and there are now 200 more maps than in the original edition.
Book Synopsis Pocket Guide to Trees of Southern Africa by : Piet van Wyk
Download or read book Pocket Guide to Trees of Southern Africa written by Piet van Wyk and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern Africa boasts a rich variety of tree species, both indigenous and exotic. Pocket Guide Trees of Southern Africa is an authoritative introduction to the region’s trees, describing and illustrating 132 species. This publication has its origins in Van Wyk’s A Photographic Guide to Trees of Southern Africa and has been fully revised and updated by well-known authority Braam van Wyk. Each species account highlights the key identification features, and also touches on the medicinal and commercial uses of the trees. This compact, easy-to-use guide makes an ideal travelling companion and will help readers to become more knowledgeable about trees.
Book Synopsis Pocket List of Southern African Indigenous Trees by :
Download or read book Pocket List of Southern African Indigenous Trees written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pocket list of Southern African indigenous trees is a complete and taxonomically inventory of all trees indigenous to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. A must for tree-spotters, plant lovers, gardeners and hikers, this definitive list of tree names and numbers is an aid to identification as well as a check on the correct spelling of botanical and common names. Features of this guide include: Currently accepted scientific names and frequently encountered botanical synonyms for all indigenous trees as well as selected shrubs and woody climbers. Standard and alternative common names in six of the more widely spoken languages in the region, namely Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Tswana, Xhosa and Zulu. Tree numbers for all entries. These are widely used as a handy means of marking trees along hiking trails, in nature reserves and at recreational resorts. Distribution maps u in colour - showing the geographical ranges of the various trees for the whole of southern Africa. Line drawings of selected tree species.
Book Synopsis The Little Book of Trees by : Caz Buckingham
Download or read book The Little Book of Trees written by Caz Buckingham and published by Fine Feather Press. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an exciting new look at the fascinating world of many common trees. The book is arranged alphabetically and includes lively species descriptions as well as information about all the animals and plants associated with the trees. Arresting and immersive spreads also help to transport you into the magical world of the forest. This series builds into a first nature library that will be treasured by children for years to come.
Download or read book Trees Without Wind written by Rui Li and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Trees without wind takes place in a remote Shanxi village during the Cultural Revolution. A rare affliction has left the residents physically stunted, and the deformed villagers, echoing the manipulated masses of China, become pawns in the Party's factional infighting."--Book cover.
Book Synopsis Trees and Shrubs Mozambique by : John Eric Burrows
Download or read book Trees and Shrubs Mozambique written by John Eric Burrows and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mozambique is a land of immense variety of landscape and biological diversity. However, its forests and woodlands are being cleared at an alarming rate. With few exceptions, the country has no inventory of its trees and shrubs, the component that forms the web or skeleton of Mozambique's vegetation. Trees and Shrubs of Mozambique provides the first accurate and comprehensive account of the woody plants of Mozambique and their distribution and how to identify them through the use of keys, descriptions and illustrations. Aimed at botanists - both amateur and professional - conservationists, foresters, university and secondary school students, NGOs and eco-tourists, this book covers some 1,780 species of trees and shrubs, illustrated with over 9650 colour photographs, as well as leaf line drawings and distribution maps." --Cover.
Book Synopsis Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands by : Paul Philip Smith
Download or read book Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands written by Paul Philip Smith and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2004 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Guide of the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands provides an accessible account of sixty of the most common trees and shrubs of Miombo vegetation. Each species is attractively illustrated with line drawings and watercolours, and every account includes a distribution map as well as general notes on appearance, habitat, ecology and uses. Written with a minimum of technical language to assist both non-specialists and specialists.
Book Synopsis Guide to Plant Families of Southern Africa by : Marinda Koekemoer
Download or read book Guide to Plant Families of Southern Africa written by Marinda Koekemoer and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sasol Insects of Southern Africa by : Alan Weaving
Download or read book Sasol Insects of Southern Africa written by Alan Weaving and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sasol First Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the insects of the region. Full-colour photographs and easy-to-read text will help the beginner and budding naturalist to explore the more common insect groups that occur in southern Africa, discover where they are found, and learn about their behaviour and unusual features.
Book Synopsis Butterflies of East Africa by : Steve Collins
Download or read book Butterflies of East Africa written by Steve Collins and published by Pocket Guides. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compact guide to 246 common, spectacular and interesting butterflies found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. Concise text, colour photographs, distribution maps.