Book ID: 29372
KNYSTAUTUS, Algirdas
The Natural History of the USSR. 1987. 300 full colour photographs. 9 maps. 224 p.
The first and only modern guide in English to the natural history ofthe USSR written by a Soviet naturalist, covering the whole panorama ofwildlife, from the enigmatic Blakiston's Fish Owl to the elegant GoitredGazelle. Features the first colour photographs published in the West ofrare wildlife, including the Ibisbill, Spotted Greenshank and a recentlydiscovered desert gecko. - Contents (partly): The Shaping of aSubcontinent/ Vegetation and Animal Distribution/ Conservation/ The IcyNorth/ The Largest Forest in the World/ Mixed Forests/ Mountains/Steppes and Deserts/ Wetlands.