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Con O´rourke - Nature Guide to the Aran Islands - 9781843510789 - KCW0000659
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Nature Guide to the Aran Islands

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Description for Nature Guide to the Aran Islands Paperback. Presents a comprehensive account of the wildlife of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay. This book summarizes the key facts from the writings on Aran, and illustrates them with many colour photographs. It includes chapters such as: In the Beginning - The Geology of Aran, Climate, Flora, Fauna, Seashore, and Farming in Aran. Num Pages: 240 pages, over 100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372. Clean copy
This consummate description of the wildlife of the Aran Islands – its flora, fauna, geology and climate – is by an expert intimately familiar with the landscape. The outcome of lifelong study and observation, it condenses key facts from the writings on Aran, illustrates them copiously with colour photographs, and fuses the whole into a concise source for exploring the diverse ecosystem of the islands. The Nature Guide to the Aran Islands throws open a window onto one of western Europe's environmental treasure-troves, and is an invaluable and enduring work of reference.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843510789
SKU
KCW0000659
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Con O´rourke
CON O'ROURKE, a graduate of University College Dublin, has been President of the Institute of Biology Ireland and Chairman of the Science Committee of the Royal Dublin Society, while serving on several committees of the Royal Irish Academy. In addition he organizes natural history courses as Gaeilge for trainee teachers, students and tourists in the Aran Islands.

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