Seals: proceedings of a working meeting of seal specialists on threatended and depleted seals of the world, held under the auspices of the Survival Service Commission of IUCN...
Morges: IUCN, 1973. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More
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Wild heart: the possibility of wilderness in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2011. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Images of pristine forests, mountain ranges, untameable rivers and empty expanses of untouched coastline are the key attraction in how Aotearoa New Zealand is promoted internationally. Such wildness is at this nation's psychological and physical core. This book searches for an understanding..... More
Gatherings of angels: migrating birds and their ecology.
Ithaca: Comstock Publishing, 1999. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The book features 24 pages of stunning colour photographs with additional black and white photographs throughout. Two chapters of background information on migration precede chapters that focus on different species or groups of birds and the..... More
Ecogeographical variation in size and proportions of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia).
Washington DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, softcover. More
Wild things, wild places: adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth.
New York: Knopf Publishing, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists..... More
Plant pests.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. Octavo, colour photographs, line drawings, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 116. In the past, emphasis has mainly been placed on ways to protect cultivated plants from attack or damage, nowadays our over-reliance on pesticides has been replaced by a far more enlightened approach to..... More
Estuaries of South Africa.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations. A review of the current status of the country's estuarine research and management. Information is provided on a wide range of topics, including geological, physical and chemical processes, diversity and productivity of plant and animal communities, interactions between..... More
The politics of wilderness preservation.
Anchorage: University of Alaska, (2008. reprint). Octavo, black and white photographs, softcover. Explores the history of wilderness preservation in the United States. More
Handbook of capture-recapture analysis.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, other illustrations, tables. Every day, biologists in parkas, raincoats, and rubber boots go into the field to capture and mark a variety of animal species. Back in the office, statisticians create analytical models for the field biologists' data. But..... More
Water resources.
Washington DC: Island Press, 2010. Octavo, softcover. In this concise introduction to water resources, Shimon Anisfeld explores the fundamental interactions between humans and water, including drinking, sanitation, irrigation, and power production. The book familiarizes students with the current water crisis and with approaches for managing this essential resource more effectively..... More
The royal research ship 'Discovery II'
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
The future of tropical savannas: an Australian perspective.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 1996. Octavo, paperback, maps, graphs. Examines the roles of science in resource management and policy making. More
Comparative feeding ecology of sea birds of a tropical oceanic island.
New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1967. Octavo, text illustrations, signed by the author, publisher's printed wrappers with damged top corner. Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, Bulletin 24. More
Restoring North America's birds: lessons from landscape ecology.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. The author challenges some of the assumptions that underlie current conservation efforts and offers recommendations, based on sound ecological principles, for protecting the rich natural diversity of North America's birds. More
Restoring North America's birds: lessons from landscape ecology.
New Haven: Yale University Press, (2002. second edition). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Now in paperback. The author challenges some of the assumptions that underlie current conservation efforts and offers recommendations, based on sound ecological principles, for protecting the rich natural diversity of North America's birds. More
Conservation of grassland birds in North America: understanding ecological processes in different regions.
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, wrappers. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 64. More
The life of birds.
London: BBC Books, 1998. Octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Beautifully illustrated with more than two hundred colour photographs, the book will delight and inform bird lovers and any general reader with an interest in nature. More
A life on our planet: my witness statement and a vision for the future.
London: Random House, 2020. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. 'Read this book to learn, but also to honour the man. We shall never see his like again.' - Sunday TimesSee the world. Then make it better.'I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate..... More
Christmas Island national park: plan of management.
Australia: Australian Nature Conservation Agency, 1994. Octavo, softcover. More
Plants and habitats: an introduction to common plants and their habitats in Britain and Ireland.
[East Lothian]: Author, 2014. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. Aids in the identification of the 700 most common plant species found in Britain and Ireland. Also includes species that are conspicuous or useful ecological indicators. There is also a separate habitats section describing the flora, ecology and management of..... More
Fighting for birds: 25 years in nature conservation.
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, 2012. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. Devoted to birds and wildlife since childhood, Mark's early scientific research at Oxford, Aberdeen and the RSPB provided a solid background for his management, ambassadorial, and political lobbying activities which were to follow. In this book, Mark mixes a great many stories..... More
Billion-dollar fish: the untold story of Alaska pollock.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. Alaska pollock is everywhere. That ubiquity has made pollock the most lucrative fish harvest in America-the fishery in the United States alone has an annual value of over one billion dollars. But even as the money rolls in..... More
Wild hope: on the front lines of conservation success.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. Octavo, photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Tropical deforestation. The collapse of fisheries. Unprecedented levels of species extinction. Faced with the plethora of gloom-and-doom headlines about the natural world, we might think that environmental disaster is inevitable. But is there any good news about..... More
The illustrated atlas of wildlife.
California: University of California Press, 2009. Quarto, colour photographs, illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Have you ever seen an antelope the size of a cat, or a frog bigger than a lapdog? What kinds of animals thrive in the Sahara? Earth is full of incredible creatures, all specially adapted..... More
Marine ecosystems and global change.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Octavo, colour illustrations, softcover. Global environmental change (including climate change, biodiversity loss, changes in hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and intensive exploitation of natural resources) is having significant impacts on the world's oceans. This book advances knowledge of the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems, and..... More