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001			on1153341025
003			OCoLC
005			20210211113351.0
008			200430s2021 mauaf b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2020012872
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020			_a9781509539796 _qhardback
020			_a1509539794 _qhardback
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035			_a(OCoLC)1153341025
041	1		_aeng _hger
042			_apcc
092			_a595.789 _bR351
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aReichholf, Josef, _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aSchmetterlinge. _lEnglish
245	1	4	_aThe disappearance of butterflies / _cJosef H. Reichholf ; translated by Gwen Clayton.
264		1	_aCambridge, UK ; _aMedford, MA : _bPolity Press, _c[2021]
300			_ax, 256 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published in German as Schmetterlinge : Warum sie verschwinden and was das für uns bedeutet by Joseh H. Reichholf © 2018 Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, München.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn the last fifty years our butterfly populations have declined by more than eighty per cent and butterflies are now facing the very real prospect of extinction. It is hard to remember the time when fields and meadows were full of these beautiful, delicate creatures -- today we rarely catch a glimpse of the Wild Cherry Sphinx moths, Duke of Burgundy or the even once common Small Tortoiseshell butterflies. The High Brown Fritillary butterfly and the Stout Dart Moth have virtually disappeared. The eminent entomologist and award-winning author Josef H. Reichholf began studying butterflies in the late 1950s. He brings a lifetime of scientific experience and expertise to bear on one of the great environmental catastrophes of our time. He takes us on a journey into the wonderful world of butterflies - from the small nymphs that emerge from lakes in air bubbles to the trusting purple emperors drunk on toad poison - and immerses us in a world that we are in danger of losing forever.' Step by step he explains the science behind this impending ecological disaster, and shows how it is linked to pesticides, over-fertilization and the intensive farming practices of the agribusiness. His book is a passionate plea for biodiversity and the protection of butterflies.
650		0	_aButterflies. _922818
650		0	_aButterflies _xEcology.
650		0	_aButterflies _xConservation.
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