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Tracks and Tracking
in Southern Africa
Louis Liebenberg
- Clear and detailed
illustrations of more than 110 animal tracks.
- 160 full colour
photographs of animals and signs, and
distribution maps.
- Authoritative text,
by an internationally noted expert, describing
the spoor and signs left by each animal.
- Compact, easy-to-use
format; the ideal pocket-size bush companion.
Get
on the right track
Liebenberg's
Field Guide to the Animal Tracks of Southern Africa immediately became
the authoritative work on this subject when it was
published 10 years ago.
This
volume might not take its place on the bookshelf, but it
will certainly be the checklist of choice in the field.
Measuring 190mm x 95mm x 9mm, it fits handily into a
rucksack or a pocket - perhaps best a button-down thigh
pocket - and can be whipped out for easy reference.Its
excellent photographs are clear, as are Liebenberg's
pencil sketches of tracks and droppings, and the back
cover has a handy 17cm measure that can be held up to
tracks. Distribution maps help with identification, too,
as many similar species are not found in the same stretch
of country.
Tracks
shown range from caterpillars through termites,
millipedes, snakes (both rectilinear and undulating
tracks), tortoises, turtles, leguaans and crocodiles, to
birds ( from mossies to ostriches) and mammals in all
their variety, from mice to elephants. . As a list alone,
this work would be valuable, but it also includes notes
on the art of tracking, how to use the book and reading
the signs. Nobody venturing out into the wild should be
without it.
Mike Oettle (East Cape Weekend Leisure)
Struik
Publishers (Pty) Ltd
(a
member of The Stuik New Holland Publishing Group (Pty)
Ltd)
Cornelis Struik House, 80 McKenzie Street, Cape Town,
8001, South Africa
P.O. Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Tel (+27 21) 462 4360| Fax (+27 21) 462 4379
http://www.wildwatch.com/resources/reviews/phototracks.asp
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