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A unique collection of concise information on all 10,000 animals, plants, fungi and algae of the British Isles. Covering the taxonomy, habitat, distribution, abundance, status and, for animals, diet and size of individual species or species groups, with entries on every species that has an English common name.

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9781784271947

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I will use it a lot in future because I need a bit of information on lots of species and this will be a good place to start. And although it is fact-packed and I haven't found any jokes in the text so far, I have found myself reading the entry for one species or group of species and then the next, and the next and ... -- Mark Avery This is a book every UK household should have if we are to reclaim our island for all the creatures and plants that live here. This one's a keeper. -- Fat Birder * Fatbirder.com * Gives an excellent picture of biodiversity at the start of the twenty first century, and something to be used either as a reference book, or the perfect book to pick up and dip in and out. -- Patricia MacDuff * British Naturalists' Association *

I will use it a lot in future because I need a bit of information on lots of species and this will be a good place to start. And although it is fact-packed and I haven't found any jokes in the text so far, I have found myself reading the entry for one species or group of species and then the next, and the next and ... -- Mark Avery This is a book every UK household should have if we are to reclaim our island for all the creatures and plants that live here. This one's a keeper. -- Fat Birder * Fatbirder.com *

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Peter Jarvis has an academic background in Geography and Environmental Science and was latterly an Honorary Research Fellow at Birmingham University. He was President of the Birmingham Natural History Society and has sat on the national committees of UK Man and the Biosphere (Urban Programme) and the Royal Society for Nature Conservation. His output includes refereed academic articles, wildlife journalism and several books, including Ecological principles and environmental issues (2000).

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