Nouveau livre sur les Calopterygidae

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"Dear all,

I am pleased to announce the publication of a new book on dragonflies Demoiselle Damselflies – Winged Jewels of Silvery Streams authored by Sami Karjalainen and Matti Hämäläinen.
For details of the book, see http://www.caloptera.com/book.html
http://caloptera.com/see-inside-9789529310456.pdf

This book deals mainly with the diversity, ecology and behaviour of the family Calopterygidae (demoiselles or jewelwings) of the world. It also briefly introduces their closest relatives (rubyspots, satinwings and jewels) as well as providing an illustrated account of their relevance in human culture. It is not a technical book, although the text gives detailed information on their biology and diversity as well as including a checklist of the world species and a reference list totalling169 publications. A major aspect of the book is in its ca 190 photographs. Of these 90 % were taken by Sami Karjalainen. Many surpass ordinary field photos of damselflies, already available in numerous books and websites, and enter the realm of art photography. Indeed several were exhibited in an open national photographic competition covering all subjects of world class standard in Helsinki in November 2011:

http://www.fotofinlandia.fi/ehdokkaat/

It is little wonder that the publication of this book was financially supported by The Arts Council of Finland.

For the detailed contents of the book, see the attached file. Although as a co-author I am unable to comment on the literary or scientific merit of this book, I can without hesitation recommend its superb photographs to anyone interested in dragonflies, or to any nature lover. The price of the book (including postage worldwide) is 36 Euro, when ordered from the publisher at
http://www.caloptera.com

Yours,
Matti Hämäläinen
Espoo, Finland "

Je ne traduis pas car je connais votre maîtrise de l'anglais!
Et parce que ce livre est bilingue; ce qui facilite grandement les choses, puisqu'il est en anglais et ... en finlandais. On ne peut pas en vouloir aux auteurs qui sont de ce pays.

Matti Hämäläinen et A.G. Orr avaient déjà écrit un très beau bouquin sur les "Metalwing Demoiselles of the Eastern Tropics", Natural History Publications (Bornéo).

[Shashinman 13]

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