Ecology of Butterflies in Europe – Hardback

'Ecology of Butterflies in Europe is innovative and is recommended not only to researchers' libraries. Important readers will include naturalists, amateur lepidopterologists and all individuals who formulate policy and practical conservation biology.' European Journal of Entomology 'This is a book to be dipped into and enjoyed slowly, like a good malt - again and again.' British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 'What else can be said, except that this is an excellent and enthralling book? In every chapter I have found intriguing ideas and facts. Its messages are important and wide-ranging ... And it is easily recommendable to every ecologist. Don't be put off by the 'European' part of the title. The range of species, habitat, climate, threat and response make this a book with world-wide importance.' Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 'Unlike many edited works, the quality of writing is high throughout, with an evenness that speaks to the diligence and effectiveness of its four editors. it has much to offer the general scientific community in that the editors have given authors considerable rein to be both informative and entertaining. While every chapter does use butterfly systems as case studies, presentation of theory and conceptual topics is often quite general, rendering it potentially good fodder for a graduate seminar in ecology, evolution, and behaviour or an excellent textbook for a graduate course in butterfly biology. The reference list alone is worth hours of web and journal searching ... the color photos include some spectacular imagines of parasitoids and hyperparasitoids cuaght in the act of laying their eggs on luckless larvae.' Ecology