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Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions (California Natural History Guides)
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by Arthur M. Shapiro and Timothy D. Manolis
Sales Rank: 260511
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List Price: $18.95
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Cover Type: Paperback with 359 pages
Published by: University of California PressEdition: 1st Edition June 5, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0520249577
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0520249578
Book Dimensions:
7.2 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
Weighs: 13.6 ounces
Product Description
The California Tortoiseshell, West Coast Lady, Red Admiral, and Golden Oak Hairstreak are just a few of the many butterfly species found in the floristically rich San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley regions. This guide, written for both beginning and experienced butterfly watchers by one of the nation's best-known professional lepidopterists, provides thorough, up-to-date information on all of the butterfly species found in this diverse and accessible region. Written in lively prose, it discusses the natural history and conservation status for these butterflies and at the same time provides an integrated view of butterfly biology based on studies conducted in northern California and around the world. Compact enough for use in the field, the guide also includes tips on butterfly watching, photography, gardening, and more.
* Discusses and identifies more than 130 species
* Species accounts include information on identifying butterflies through behavior, markings, and host plants
* gorgeous full-color plates illustrate top and bottom views of wings for easier identification
* Includes a species checklist and a glossary
From the Inside Flap
"With superb illustrations and concise, up-to-the-minute synopses of butterfly biology, this book is an indispensable wonder."--Robert Michael Pyle, author of Chasing Monarchs and The Butterflies of Cascadia
"A masterpiece on the butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley regions."--Paul A. Opler, author of A Field Guide to Western Butterflies
"An accessible and entertaining guide to the natural history of Bay Area and Sacramento Valley butterflies."--Carol Boggs, Stanford University
Reader Reviews
Best known for his prolific hard science publications on butteflies, Arthur M. Shapiro helps lead an elite branch of 21st century scientists and critical thinkers studying butterfly biology. With increasing genetic and biological sophistication they study what constitutes a species, the complex relationships between different butterfly populations, the unusual evolutionarily conserved reactions in butterfly phenotype to cooler and warmer weather, and all sorts of esoteric, peer journal debated theory in butterfly biology............but not here. Instead, I was delighted to find a very accessable, well written, good natured and often humorous field guide, to the butterflies of the bay area, written by this scientist. The treatment of individual species is stunningly detailed, and the plates illustrating the species are just fine, and logically organized (e.g the blue copper is with similar looking blues for comparison, rather than the coppers). In addition, all sorts of useful specific information about finding butterflies, rearing larvae, butterfly gardening, and things to do with butterflies is layed out in the tightly written text. As might be expected for a veteran UC Davis thesis professor, Arthur M. Shapiro does touch on big emerging or ongoing debates in butterfly biology, but in an easy introductory way, without the traditional academic qualification of every aspect of every point proposed. These debates can be quite interesting, too. A troubling trend toward declining California butterfly numbers is examined in some detail. Overall this book is a masterpiece, which colorfully details countless discoveries in butterfly natural history. It's a real joy to read. I definitely recommend it.
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