The European Animal Tracks Handbook - Couverture rigide

Grolms, Joscha

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1399415778 ISBN 13 : 9781399415774

Editeur : Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2025

Synopsis

Containing more than 1,600 photos and drawings, this magnificent handbook is the definitive guide to the tracks and signs of European animals.

The European Animal Tracks Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the art of tracking, offering practical insight into the vast wealth of information that you can read from animal tracks and signs. Detailed descriptions and measurements of footprints and gaits are provided to aid identification, and include life-size or precisely scaled comparison charts of mammalian and bird footprints. In-depth species portraits present the biology, tracks and typical signs of Europe's mammals. The book also covers the footprints and grazing marks, nests, burrows and other signs of common birds, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates.

Now the standard work in the field, this handbook is an invaluable reference for animal-trackers of all abilities.

'A fascinating book, with an enormous wealth of detailed knowledge, wonderful photos and illustrations.' Jane Goodall Institute

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joscha Grolms is an internationally recognised expert on the tracks and signs of animals in Europe. He has spent many years observing, measuring, photographing and researching, with his research taking him to Great Britain, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany, as well as to North America. In the course of his training, he has learned from both renowned scientists and indigenous trackers.

Joscha works as an evaluator to establish a worldwide standard for tracking, and he also teaches seminars, leads tracking tours and teaches students the art of tracking.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Wildlife
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1399415778
• ISBN 13: 9781399415774
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 816
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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