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Category:
Leicestershire and Rutland
Natural History

Key Subjects:
Spiders
Arachnology
Leicestershire
Rutland
Ecology
Wildlife

John Crocker & Jonathan Daws
SPIDERS of Leicestershire and Rutland

Comprehensive book on the study of spiders in the Leicestershire and Rutland Vice-county.

Publication date: 1996
Size: 248 pages 210 x 290mm
324 distribution maps
10 illustrations by M.J. Roberts.
Format: paperback

The book begins with a history of Arachnology in Leicestershire and Rutland. There is a chapter on materials and methods, and Red Data Book species. This is followed by an Atlas of Leicestershire and Rutland Spider, comprising a distribution map and short cameo for each of the 324 species. A final chapter on Habitat evaluation is followed by appendices: a gazeteer of main collecting sites; a detailed breakdown of those species found at 49 key sites; and information on the natural history organisations involved with data gathering and site management.

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