A biological assessment of the aquatic ecosystems of the Rio Paraguay Basin, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay.
Chicago: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, illustrations, paperback. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment # 19. Damaged copy. More
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Chicago: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, illustrations, paperback. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment # 19. Damaged copy. More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2006. Octavo, paperback, Presents an overview of the history of transboundary conservation efforts and an introduction to various issues surrounding the subject. Examining the International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA) and the Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative (Y2Y), this book helps readers understand the benefits and challenges of..... More
Athens: Ohio University Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. A brilliantly crafted and highly readable examination of nature protection around the world. Twentieth-century nature conservation treaties often originated as attempts to regulate the pace of killing rather than attempts to protect animal habitat. Some were prompted by major break-throughs in firearm..... More
Athens: Ohio University Press, 2009. Octavo, illustrations, laminated boards. A brilliantly crafted and highly readable examination of nature protection around the world. Twentieth-century nature conservation treaties often originated as attempts to regulate the pace of killing rather than attempts to protect animal habitat. Some were prompted by major break-throughs in..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy dustwrapper. Clark first describes and analyzes efforts to restore the black-footed ferret after 1981 and looks at the processes, people, institutions, and programs that were involved in the endevour. Clark then looks at fresh approaches to endangered species recovery..... More
Brookfield: Chicago Zoological Society, 1990. Octavo, photographs, maps, softcover. More
Collingwood: CSIRO, (2005. second edition). Quarto, softcover, some use. Presents listings on conservation status for various Australian amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. This book indicates each species' status on a state-by-state basis and also gives details for subspecies. Additionally, it provides a listing of the correct species names for all..... More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2007. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Offers a unified vision of ecological restoration as a field of study, one that states the discipline's precepts and emphasizes issues of importance to those involved at various levels. This book discusses the scientific and practical aspects..... More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2007. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Offers a unified vision of ecological restoration as a field of study, one that states the discipline's precepts and emphasizes issues of importance to those involved at various levels. This book discusses the scientific and practical..... More
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. Octavo, illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. While the tiger has long been identified with political authority, the Chinese pangolin and its earthly magic have exerted a powerful influence in the everyday lives of those working and living in the fields and forests. Today..... More
New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2009. Octavo, photographs. text illustrations, sogtcover. A prizewinning poet and nature writer weaves together natural history, biology, sociology, and personal narrative to tell the story of the lives, habitats, and deaths of six extinct bird species. More
Washington: Smithsonion Institution Press, 1988. Octavo, paperback. More
Girton: International Council for Bird Preservation, 1988. Octavo, paperback. International Council for Bird Preservation Technical Publication No. 8. More
Cambridge: International Council for Bird Preservation, 1988. paperback, illustrations. Internationl Council for Bird Preservation Monograph No. 3. More
Cambridge: International Council for Bird Preservation, (1985. third edition). Octavo, 12 colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. volume two 24638. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1992. third edition). Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. WAS $165. This volume covers in full the threatened species of the Caribbean and Latin America and in summary form species of North America and the eastern Pacific Islands. Volume one 4598. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first part describes the issues, the impact of human encroachment, government policies, change in agricultural practices, tropical timber trade, and conservation plans. The ATLAS then presents eighteen country studies, with detailed colour maps of tropical..... More
Cambridge: International Council for Bird Preservation, 1989. Octavo, paperback, More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1973. Octavo, text illustrations, tables, signature, wrappers. More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2010. Octavo, laminated boards, illustrations. Changes in seasonal movements and population dynamics of migratory birds in response to ongoing changes resulting from global climate changes are a topic of great interest to conservation scientists and birdwatchers around the world. Because of their dependence on specific habitats..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white and colour illustrations. Remainder mark. Margins are by their very nature environmentally unstable - does it therefore follow that plant populations adapted for life in such areas will prove to be pre-adapted to withstand the changes that may be..... More
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1983. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Cambridge: ICBP, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, maps, signature, very good copy in softcover. Based on the proceedings of the ICBP Seabird Conservation Symposium held in Cambridge, England, August 1982. More
North Haven: Shoe String Press, 2002. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Marty Crump explores the "state of the species" of reptiles and amphibians from common misconceptions about them, to their exploitation, to the reasons for their decline. More
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, (2006. revised edition). Large octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Offering a comprehensive environmental history of Hawai'i, this edition provides an account of the geological formation and shaping of the Islands, their colonization by plants and animals, and the patterns of..... More