Spiders of the World
A Natural History
Learn all about the world of spiders in this complete and comprehensive guide, filled with stunning facts, beautiful photography
and diagrams to help you understand everything you ever needed to know about arachnids!
Bark spiders spin webs ten times stronger than Kevlar. Les mer
Bark spiders spin webs ten times stronger than Kevlar. Les mer
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Learn all about the world of spiders in this complete and comprehensive guide, filled with stunning facts, beautiful photography
and diagrams to help you understand everything you ever needed to know about arachnids!
Bark spiders spin webs ten times stronger than Kevlar. Jumping spiders are capable of learning, recognizing, and remembering colours. Recluse spiders can tolerate six months of extreme drought and have a toxin-laden bite that can necessitate skin grafts. These are just some of the many amazing facts which you will discover in Spiders of the World, the perfect guide to one of natures most fascinating and varied creatures.
This title explores the huge diversity of spider species and their fascinating traits. An introduction outlining the spider's natural history is followed by 117 illustrated profiles spanning the taxonomic spider families.
Beautiful close-up photographs of species from each family are shown, along with population distribution maps, tables of essential information, and commentaries revealing notable characteristics. The family profiles are also organized phylogenetically, and the commentaries in each account reflect different aspects of a spider's biology.
Bark spiders spin webs ten times stronger than Kevlar. Jumping spiders are capable of learning, recognizing, and remembering colours. Recluse spiders can tolerate six months of extreme drought and have a toxin-laden bite that can necessitate skin grafts. These are just some of the many amazing facts which you will discover in Spiders of the World, the perfect guide to one of natures most fascinating and varied creatures.
This title explores the huge diversity of spider species and their fascinating traits. An introduction outlining the spider's natural history is followed by 117 illustrated profiles spanning the taxonomic spider families.
Beautiful close-up photographs of species from each family are shown, along with population distribution maps, tables of essential information, and commentaries revealing notable characteristics. The family profiles are also organized phylogenetically, and the commentaries in each account reflect different aspects of a spider's biology.
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Utgitt:
2020
Forlag: The Ivy Press
Innbinding: Innbundet
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN: 9781782407508
Format: 24 x 17 cm
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Author Norman I. Platnick is Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Emeritus of Spiders at the American Museum of Natural History
where he curates the world's largest collection of spiders. A Ph.D recipient from Harvard University, Platnick has described
over 1,800 species of spiders, making him the second most prolific arachnologist in history. He originated the World Spider
Catalog; a fully accessible database of the 45,000 species, a resource that is unmatched for any other group of organisms.
Platnick is recognized as a world leader in spider taxonomy.