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"Mantids of the Euro-Mediterranean Area" finally published!
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After a lot of work of the authors Roberto Battiston, Luca Picciau, Paolo Fontana and Judith Marshall, we are proud to announce that the second volume of series “WBA Handbooks” has finally been published! This handbook is a clear and detailed tool for the study and identification of the 127 species of Mantids living in the Euro-Mediterranean area. The first part describes the appearance of Mantids in human folklore and scientific aspects; their biology, the question of the sexual cannibalism, morphology, colouration and their life-cycles are all extensively treated. For amateurs as well as specialists, detailed descriptions of the most common techniques of rearing, preparation and study of external and internal morphology are presented.
The second part includes a large section on the taxonomy of all the species living from the Caucasian Mountains to the Canary Islands. Original drawings and several colour photographs ranging from extremely rare endemic species to the most common ones are given, with keys to their identification and bibliographical references with new and updated synonymies. The book also contains an updated checklist of the Euro-Mediterranean Mantids and, in order to contribute positively to the preservation of these extraordinary and uncommon insects, a red-list of the most threatened species. The book will be solely distributed by Apollo Books with which WBA subscribed an exclusive agreement.
If you are a WBA member you can buy a copy of the WBA Handbooks 2, with a discount of 30%, directly in the section “Publications - Books” of our website.
If you are not a WBA member you can order a copy of the WBA Handbooks 2 from the Apollo Books website: http://www.apollobooks.com/
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05.09.2010  The Third Volume of the WBA Handbooks Our members Pier Mauro Giachino and Dante Vailati ... Continue |
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02.08.2010  Biodiversity Week on Monte Baldo, "Hortus Italiae"! The World Biodiversity Association, in collaboration ... Continue |
10.07.2010  5 cents per square metre of Amazonia! Help us to save 100 Hectares of Amazonia! Since it ... Continue |
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| 08.06.2010 GREECE 2010: already 9 new species! | |||||
| 24.05.2010 WBA to the National Conference on Biodiversity | |||||
| 02.04.2010 27th April 2010: Ordinary Assembly of the WBA | |||||
| 03.03.2010 Mountain biodiversity at risk: the case of the Alps | |||||
| 03.02.2010 Nine new species of Laboulbeniales from Ecuador! | |||||
| 25.01.2010 Humans Caused Extinction of Australian Megafauna | |||||
| 02.01.2010 Five more new species of Phasmidae from Philippines! | |||||
| 24.12.2009 A JOYFUL HOLIDAY SEASON! | |||||
| 21.12.2009 "Illustrated Flora of the Monte Baldo" presented in Trento | |||||
| 23.11.2009 The didactic kit "Conservation by Education" in distribution | |||||
| 13.11.2009 A bridge to the Otongachi Forest | |||||
MEXICO 2010