A Wildlife Guide to Chile
eBook - ePub

A Wildlife Guide to Chile

Continental Chile, Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan FernĂĄndez Archipelago

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Wildlife Guide to Chile

Continental Chile, Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan FernĂĄndez Archipelago

About this book

This is the first comprehensive English-language field guide to the wildlife of Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan FernĂĄndez, and San FĂ©lix y San Ambrosio. From bats to butterflies, lizards to llamas, and ferns to flamingos, A Wildlife Guide to Chile covers the country's common plants and animals. The color plates depict species in their natural environments with unmatched vividness and realism. The combination of detailed illustrations and engaging, succinct, and authoritative text make field identification quick, easy, and accurate. Maps, charts, and diagrams provide information about landforms, submarine topography, marine environment, climate, vegetation zones, and the best places to view wildlife. This is an essential guide to Chile's remarkable biodiversity.


  • The only comprehensive English-language guide to Chile's common flora and fauna

  • The first guide to cover Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan FernĂĄndez, and San FĂ©lix y San Ambrosio

  • 120 full-color plates allow quick identification of more than 800 species

  • Accompanying text describes species size, shape, color, habitat, and range

  • Descriptions list size, distribution, and English, Spanish, and scientific names

  • Information on the best spots to view wildlife, including major national parks

  • Compact and lightweight--a perfect field guide

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Information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780691129761
9780691129754
eBook ISBN
9781400831500
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Zoology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Conversion Factors
  9. Map of the Republic of Chile
  10. Chile and Her Sovereignties
  11. Marine Resources
  12. Floristic Zones and Flora
  13. Botanical Descriptions
  14. Butterflies and Moths
  15. Reptiles and Amphibians
  16. Birds
  17. Mammals
  18. Where to See Wildlife
  19. Glossary
  20. Spanish–English Dictionary
  21. Bibliography
  22. Indexes

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