Author: Louis Liebenberg
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2015-01-09
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 1775843114
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This First Field Guide to Animal Tracks of Southern Africa will help those with an interest in interpreting animal tracks to identify the animals that have passed through an area. Full-colour photographs and easy-to-read text will enable the beginner and the budding naturalist to decipher the more common tracks encountered in southern Africa, learn about the unique features of each spoor and discover more about the animals that leave the spoor.
Author: Tracey Hawthorne
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2014-06-04
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 1775842177
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sasol First Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the arachnids of the region. Through full-colour photographs and easy-to-read text, the young adult and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique habits.
Author: Chris Stuart
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2015-03-27
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 1775842665
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Greater southern Africa has a wealth of mammal species, almost 400 – all of which are covered in this fully updated, comprehensive field guide. Now expanded to include species found in Angola, Zambia and Malawi, it has also been extensively revised to include: • the most recent research and taxonomy • revised distribution maps and many new images • colour-coded grouping of families • spoor and size icons • skull photographs, grouped for easy comparison • detailed descriptions of each species, offering insight into key identification characters, typical behaviour, preferred habitat, food choice, reproduction and longevity.
Author: Sean Fraser
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2015-01-09
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 1775842843
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sasol First Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the wild animals of the region. Through full-colour photographs and distribution maps, and easy-to-read text, the beginner and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common mammal species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique feeding and breeding habits.
Author: Vincent Carruthers
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2017-02-06
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1775844641
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A field guide to the wildlife of southern Africa, describing over 2,000 plants and animals, with accurate illustrations in full colour. This book has been a trusted fi eld companion for many years. Comprehensively updated, it now features range maps for most groups. The chapters are colour-coded for easy reference, and diagnostic features appear in bold type within the descriptions. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in the field. All the main plant and animal groups are covered: Lower invertebrates, Spiders and other arachnids, Insects, Freshwater fishes, Frogs, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Grasses, sedges, ferns and fungi, Wild flowers, Trees
Author: Sean Fraser
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2016-09-01
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 1775843963
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sasol First Field Guide to Wildlife of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the richly diverse wild life of the region – the more commonly seen spiders, scorpions, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. With the help of full-colour photographs and distribution maps, and easy-to-read text, the young adult and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common animal species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique feeding and breeding habits.
Author: J. D. Skinner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-11-15
Total Pages: 900
ISBN-13: 1107394058
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This comprehensive volume covers all mammals that occur naturally on the African mainland south of the Cunene and Zambezi rivers, and also in the subregion's coastal waters. Extensively revised and updated for the new edition, it now includes the latest data from from mammal research in southern Africa along with the radical taxonomic changes across all levels of mammalian classification. Containing contributions from specialists on each mammalian order, each species description has been reviewed by a range of independent and internationally recognised authorities. Along with the latest taxonomic information, the distribution maps and illustrations have been updated and redrawn, several new colour plates have been added, and the whole design has been enhanced to aid access to key information. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of southern-African mammals and forms an essential reference for zoologists, evolutionary biologists and anyone wanting an overview of the region's wildlife.
Author: Chris Stuart
Publisher: Struik Publishers
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781868725588
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Every animal leaves some indication of its passing and by reading these signs fascinating information about the animal's behaviour can be understood. This field guide looks first at the track or sign and then determines the animal group or species.
Author: Peter Apps
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on Reay Smithers' original work Land Mammals of Southern Africa, this revised and expanded field guide to Southern African mammals is intended for the general reader as well as the wildlife enthusiast.