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London: Blackie, 2003. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Looks at the decline of various species of birds and worlwide conservation efforts. More
London: Blackie, 2003. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Looks at the decline of various species of birds and worlwide conservation efforts. More
Melbourne: Forests Commission Victoria, 1980. Octavo, photographs, graphs, signed by the chief author, softcover. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Environmental management involves making decisions about the governance of natural resources, which are inherently decisions about what is just or fair. Yet, there is little emphasis on justice in environmental management research or practical guidance on how to achieve fairness and equity in..... More
Sydney: Royal Zoological of NSW, 1994. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. WAS $50. This first ever book on the future of the fauna of western New South Wales presents the information, ideas and outlook of people highly experienced in researching and managing the fauna and of the area. More
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, (2004. second edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. WAS $60. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. An all new, fully revised and outstanding series of papers on current issues in the conservation of forest fauna. The book contains..... More
Sydney: Royal Zoological of NSW, 2007. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations, maps. WAS $80. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. In an era when the decline in biodiversity is widely presented as an extinction crisis, there exists the converse problem of overabundance both of native..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2009. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $40. With twenty per cent of the earth's species facing extinction by 2030, this striking atlas brings up to date the data on those that have been lost already, those that are threatened, and those that..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations and photographs, maps. Anglian Water's project to reintroduce the Osprey to England has been an outstanding success, but is also a very personal project for the volunteers who have been involved in the Ospreys' journey from Scotland to Africa via Rutland. This..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. In the life sciences, there is wide-ranging debate about biodiversity. While nearly everyone is in favour of biodiversity and its conservation, methods for its assessment vary enormously. So what exactly is biodiversity? Most theoretical work on the subject assumes it..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white and colour photographs, maps. Over the past 20 years dramatic declines have taken place in the United Kingdom insect populations. Eventually, such declines must have knock-on effects for other animals, especially high profile groups such as birds and mammals..... More
Los Angeles: Cooper Ornithological Society, 1974. Octavo, graphs, signature, softcover. More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2008. Octavo, softcover. Brings together leading researchers in the range of specialties that are relevant to the study of human dimensions of fish and wildlife work around the globe to provide theoretical and historical context as well as a demonstration of tools, methodologies, and idea-sharing for..... More
London: Aspect Publications Ltd., (1990. second edition]. Octavo, graphs, dustwrapper. More
New York: Taylor and Francis, 2014. Octavo, diagrams. An Easy-to-Understand Treatment of Ecological Sampling Methods and Data Analysis Including only the necessary mathematical derivations, Introduction to Ecological Sampling shows how to use sampling procedures for ecological and environmental studies. It incorporates both traditional sampling methods and recent developments in environmental..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. Presents an account of the American plains from native occupation through the unraveling of the American enterprise to today. This book discovers how key elements of the American story - conservation, the New Deal, progressivism, the yeoman myth, and..... More
Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, (2013. fourth edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations, graphs. Peter J. Marchand offers a comprehensive picture of the interactions of plants and animals, including humans, with their cold-weather environment. Focusing on the problems of "winter-active" organisms, Marchand illuminates the many challenges..... More
Tring: BTO, 1990. Octavo, softcover. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, graphs, maps. A non-technical, yet comprehensive introduction to the growing field of conservation science. This multifaceted exploration of our current biodiversity crisis delivers vivid examples throughout, including features on some of nature's most compelling wildlife. Beginning with a brief introduction..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles. In just over a year, the Stephens Island Wren, a rare bird endemic to the island, was rendered extinct. Mounting scientific..... More
London: Harper Collins, 2002. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Part of the New Naturalist series. The first chapter of this book considers the political and institutional development of nature conservation and reviews the physical and biological nature of Britain, its geology, climate and wildlife habitats. Subsequent chapters cover the loss of habitats..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, photographs, maps. Dugongs and manatees, the only fully aquatic herbivorous mammals, are threatened by multiple global problems. This book provides comparative information on all four surviving species. It presents detailed scientific summaries, covering sirenian feeding biology; reproduction and population dynamics; behavioural ecology; habitat..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, maps. Award-winning environmental reporter Glen Martin explores the differences between conservation and animal protection and takes a fresh look at the current situation of Africa's megafauna. Martin assesses the rising influence of the animal rights movement and finds..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations, maps. Biological control has been implemented for millennia, initially practised by growers moving beneficial species from one local area to another. Today, biological control has evolved into a formal science that provides ecosystem services to protect the environment and the resources..... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. Small quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Tells the diverse stories about people in very hot, very cold, or very high places, who spend their lives collecting, chasing, piping, and trapping the water. In a world of finite resources, where the struggle for shrinking sources of..... More
Chicago: Chicago University Press, (2002. second edition). Octavo, softcover. Pummeled by a century of drought, depopulation, and soil erosion, America's Great Plains are in dire straits. With farms closing left and right, large parts of the region now have about the population they had in frontier days. Frank and Deborah..... More