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Urquhart, F. A.

The Monarch Butterfly

1960

118.44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1960
Place of printing
Toronto. University of Toronto Press
Author
Urquhart, F. A.
Edition
First Edition.
Keyword
Nature - Entomology butterflies
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 361 pp, 12 color plates, including color map, 79 illustrations in text, including maps, bibliog, index. blue green cloth, spine with gilt rules and lettering, dj (worn at edges, small chip), clean, near fine in good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author was a pioneer in researching the Monarch, including its biology, but also its migration patterns. At the time he started his research, it was not known to where the Monarch migrated south in the winter, but his research was pioneering in helping to understand the migrations, and its winter quarters. There are maps of the breeding areas but the specific breeding areas of Mexico were discovered more recently. This book summarizes his 34 years of research.