De kuifmees (Lophophanes cristatus L.) toont haar unieke kleurencombinatie.
Bibliografie
Kruf, J. (2024) Kuifmees [fine art print]. Breda: privécollectie.
Habitats of the World
A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists
Iain Campbell, Ken Behrens, Charley Hesse, and Phil Chaon | Princeton University Press
Accurately identifying and understanding habitats in detail is essential to any birder, naturalist, outdoor enthusiast, or ecologist who wants to get the most out of their experiences in the field. Habitats of the World is the first field guide to the world’s major land habitats—189.
Using the format of a natural history field guide, this compact, accessible, and comprehensive book features concise identification descriptions. It is richly illustrated—including more than 650 colour photographs of habitats and their wildlife, 150 distribution maps, 200 diagrams, and 150 silhouettes depicting each habitat alongside a human figure, providing an immediate grasp of its look and scale.
The Man Who Organized Nature
The Life of Linnaeus
Gunnar Broberg (translation Anna Paterson)| 2023, Princeton University Press
A new biography offers a vivid portrait of Linnaeus’s life and work. Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), the father of modern biological taxonomy, formalised and popularised the system of binomial nomenclature used to classify plants and animals.
Linnaeus himself classified thousands of species; the simple and immediately recognisable abbreviation “L” is used to mark his classifications.
Extinct & Endangered
Insects in Peril
Levon Biss and American Museum of Natural History | 2022, Harry Abrams
Pay attention to insects. Many pollinate plants. Some recycle plant and animal matter into the soil. They are food for countless other living things—and for one another, often keeping pest populations in check. Whether beetles, bees or butterflies, insects help natural ecosystems stay healthy.
But the evidence is clear: many insect species are in decline. The ones featured here are vulnerable, imperilled—or have already disappeared—and human changes to the land and climate are primary reasons.
Aristotle and ecology
M. D. Usher | Princeton University Press
“When zoologist Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) coined the word ecology in 1866 he defined it as “the relation of the animal to its organic and inorganic environment.” But did he coin it? Aristotle, arguably the world’s first zoologist, gave a tantalizing preview of the idea in Parts of Animals, written around 350 BCE.
Aristotle urges us to study animals closely for what they reveal about the larger world around us, including ourselves, for, as he puts it, “Nature does nothing in vain,” and “in all of Nature there is something wonderful.” His insistence that scientific investigation should always be concerned with systemic wholes is particularly inspired”
Bibliography
Usher, M. (2023) Aristotle and ecology. Princeton, US: Princeton University Press.
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