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 about Wild heart: the possibility of wilderness in Aotearoa New Zealand

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, maps. Thoroughly researched, this book traces the history of endangered species and habitat in California, from the time of the Gold Rush to the present. Peter S. Alagona shows how scientists and conservationists came to view the fates... More about After the grizzly: endangered species and the politics of place in California

Washington DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, softcover. More about Ecogeographical variation in size and proportions of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia

London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. 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been placed on ways to protect cultivated plants from attack or damage, nowadays our over-reliance on pesticides has been replaced by a far more enlightened approach to plant protection. While... More about Plant pests

London: Blackwell, 2006. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. This book gives a comprehensive overview of the essential background, concepts, and tools needed to understand how genetic information can be used to develop conservation plans for species threatened with extinction. This work provides a thorough understanding of the genetic basis of biological problems... More about Conservation and the genetics of populations

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 about Handbook of capture-recapture analysis

New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. Leading paleontologist David Archibald explores the rich history of visual metaphors for biological order from ancient times to the present and their influence on human beings' perception of their place in nature. Specifically, Archibald focuses on ladders and... More about Aristotle's ladder, Darwin's tree: the evolution of visual metaphors for biological order

New York: Abrams, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In this book, Ingo Arndt explores marvels of nature with spectacular imagery, showcasing the complex and elegant structures that animals create both for shelter and for capturing prey. Arndt's photographs display wonders such as the colourful mating arenas of bowerbirds in West... More about Animal architecture

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 about Restoring North America's birds: lessons from landscape ecology

Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, wrappers. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 64. More about Conservation of grassland birds in North America: understanding ecological processes in different...

London: Poyser, 1990. Octavo, illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Birds and forestry

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. Driven grouse shooting, where flocks of Red grouse are chased by lines of beaters so that they fly over lines of 'guns' that shoot the fast-flying birds, is a peculiarly British fieldsport. Deeply rooted in the British class system, this multi-million pound... More about Inglorious: conflict in the uplands

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 about Billion-dollar fish: the untold story of Alaska pollock