de Azevedo Marques, L.A. Mosquitos. Transmissores de Doencas Infecciosas.
Pub. Min. da Agric., Ind. e Comm., Rio de Janeiro. 1929 pp.25 with figures. VG. in card covers.
£2.00 [ref: 42233]
de Azevedo, J. et al. The Reappearance of Glossina Palpalis Palpalis in Principe Island.
Pub. Junta De Investigacoes Do Ultramar. 1961 pp. 222 with 58 photos. and maps. Vg. in boards showing some wear. In English and Portuguese.
£20.00 [ref: 39041]
De Castro, Alberto. (Ed.). Munibe. Supplemento 21. Bioaniztasuna eta araknidoak. Biodiversidad y aracnidos. Biodiversity and arachnids.
1st. Ed. Pub. Aranzadi Science Soc. 2005 pp.170 with colour photos, b/w. figs., tables and dist maps. 4to. Eric Duffey’s address label to front cover. A fine softback.
Ornogabeak eta garapen jasangarriaren euskal inguramen estrategia. Los invertebrados y la estrategia ambiental vasca de desarrollo sostenible. Invertebrates and the basque environmental strategy for sustainable development.
£30.00 [ref: 56627]
De Worms, C.G.M. Collecting Lepidoptera in Britain during 1972. [with] A Review of Lepidoptera in Britain during 1972.
Rep. The Entomologist’s Record [and] Suffolk Natural History. 1973 pp.100-106, 173-176. 8vo. Softback. Fine. ‘With the Author’s Compliments’ to front cover. With two charming letters from Charles De Worms to George (G.E. Hyde, the naturalist who had ‘the blood of the old Aurelians’ in his veins (Salmon)) dated 1973. Within the letters, De Worms talks about his collecting exploits that year, gives his opinion on South’s new book and also on Hyde’s newly published books, and more.
£50.00 [ref: 60871]
den Boer, P.J. (Ed.). Dispersal and Dispersal Power of Carabid Beetles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Veenman & Zonen. 1971 pp.151 with b/w. photos., figs., and maps. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback, gently sunned on spine. English and German. Neat dedication to ffep. Scarce.
Eleven papers, eight in English, three in German.
£75.00 [ref: 56343]
Dennis, R.L.H. The British Butterflies. Their Origin and Establishment.
1st. Ed. Pub. E.W. Classey Ltd. 1977 pp.xviii, 318 with b/w. text figs. 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine gently sunned dw.
Ten chapters, in four sections, dealing with: (1) Environmental conditions during late Pleistocene & Post-Glacial; (2) Geography & ecology of the butterflies; (3) Racial variation; (4) Arrival & establishment in the Islands.
£9.00 [ref: 63728]
Dennis, R.L.H. The British Butterflies. Their Origin and Establishment.
1st. Ed. Pub. E.W. Classey Ltd. 1977 pp.xviii, 318 with b/w. text figs. 8vo. Small address label. Thor. vg. hardback in nr. fine dw.
Ten chapters, in four sections, dealing with: (1) environmental conditions during late Pleistocene & Post-Glacial; (2) geography & ecology of the butterflies; (3) racial variation; (4) arrival & establishment in the Islands.
£10.00 [ref: 59056]
Dennis, R.L.H. (Ed.). The Ecology of Butterflies in Britain.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1992 pp.xi, 354 with b/w. photos., illus., figs., and tables. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback. With loosely inserted 6-page article from Entomologist’s Gazette entitled ‘Some Observations on a Population of the Small Copper Butterfly’ by J.P. Dempster. RRP £127.50.
This major reference covers individual butterfly behaviour and adaptations, population dynamics, community structure, distributions and habitats, genetics and evolutionary pathways. Monitoring of butterfly populations, and the conservation of British butterflies are also covered.
£25.00 [ref: 56371]
Denno, R.F. & Dingle, H. (Eds.). Insect Life History Patterns. Habitat and Geographic Variation.
1st. Ed. Pub. Springer-Verlag. 1981 pp.x, 225 with b/w. photos., figs., maps and tables. 8vo. Small address label. Gently bumped to and sunned, o/w. a fine hardback.
Offers the reader a detailed analysis of the evolutionary problems environmental heterogeneity poses for insects and the complexity and shortcomings of life history theory.
£29.50 [ref: 56345]