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
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2008. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. Presents tortoise management and research techniques that can be applied to various species. Designed to be the manual that can serve for certification for various institutions and State and Federal agencies, this work contains many tricks of... More about The natural history and management of the Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus Daudin
London: Bat Conservation Trust, (2012. second edition). Quarto, paperback, graphs, tables. Fully updated and revised to include the latest evidence and best practice, the second edition features new chapters and content, with new advice and guidance. Whilst focusing on efforts in the UK this is the essential reference and guide... More about Bat surveys: good practice guidelines
Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Trustees, 2013. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations, line drawings, maps. The vision of a garden shared peacefully by humans and animals is a familiar but elusive idea. Whether threatened by habitat destruction or climate change, displaced by urbanization or invasive species, poisoned by industrial toxins, or... More about Designing wildlife habitats
Gland: IUCN, 2003. Octavo, paperback and CD-ROM, BRAND NEW. The loss and fragmentation of natural habitats is one of the major issues in wildlife management and conservation. Habitat corridors are sometimes proposed as an important element within a conservation strategy. Examples are given of corridors both as pathways and as... More about Linkages in the landscape: the role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. American wildlife biologists first began fitting animals with radio transmitters in the 1950s. By the 1980s the practice had proven so useful to scientists and nonscientists alike that it became global. This book is a study of the... More about Wired wilderness: technologies of tracking and the making of modern wildlife
New York: John Wiley and Sons, (2014. second edition]. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, illustrations, maps, diagrams. As pressures on Australia's inland waters intensify due to population growth, expanding resource development and climate change, there is an urgent need to manage and protect these areas. Understanding their ecology... More about Australian freshwater ecology: processes and management
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Pest animals are but one of many factors that influence the desired outcome from managing natural resource based systems, whether for production or conservation purposes. Others include diseases, weeds, financial resources, weather and fire management. To be effective, an... More about Managing Australia's pest animals: a guide to strategic planning and effective management
London: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2014. Quarto, black and white photographs, bumped corners, publisher's cloth. Published to coincide with the Global Summit on illegal wildlife trade hosted by David Cameron in London in February 2014, Trading to Extinction is a unique and devastating record of this tragic industry. The book explores... More about Trading to extinction
Paterson: New South Wales Government, 2009. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, tables. Covers all aspects of managing natural area restoration projects. Includes resilience, mapping, describing and assessing vegetation as well as techniques for managing weeds, fire and responding to climate change. More about Restoring natural areas in Australia
London: Earthscan Publications, 2009. Octavo, paperback, figures, tables. The conservation of biodiversity is now big business. Whether called conservation banking, species banking, habitat banking, biodiversity banking, biodiversity offsets, compensatory mitigation or ecological footprint offsetting, the idea of financially valuing biodiversity and using the market and businesses to promote conservation is... More about Conservation and biodiversity banking: a guide to setting up and running biodiversity credit...
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 about The game of conservation: international treaties to protect the world's migratory animals
Washington DC: Island Press, (2013. second edition). Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Originally published in 2007, this text has become one of the seminal books in this quickly developing field. This completely revised and reorganised edition presents up-to-date developments and current trends in the field by... More about Ecological restoration: principles, values, and structure of an emerging profession
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 about Ecological restoration: principles, values, and structure of an emerging profession
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 about Ecological restoration: principles, values, and structure of an emerging profession
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Hundreds of Australia's native animal and plant species have a threatened status in Queensland. In order to maintain and recover a healthy biodiversity serious problems faced by our natural environment must be addressed. These include habitat loss, inappropriate land management, change... More about Queensland's threatened animals
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2001. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. This book is the first significant international attempt to outline and analyse how social assessment has been integrated within natural resource management institutions to date. In doing so, it focuses on contemporary Australian and New Zealand experiences, and relates these back to the... More about Social assessment in natural resource management institutions
New York: Fulcrum Publishing, (2009. fourth edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. For 30 years, this book has been the classic textbook on wilderness stewardship. This revised fourth edition retails relevant material from earlier editions while embracing new literature, experiences, policies, and approaches that have emerged during the past decade. More about Wilderness management: stewardship and protection of resources and values
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, maps. Every year, pilots and their aircraft come into direct contact with birds and other wildlife, resulting in more than one billion dollars in damage per year. The United States Federal Aviation Administration has recorded a rise... More about Wildlife in airport environments: preventing animal-aircraft collisions through science-based...
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. This book offers readers the chance to share, reflect on, and learn from the experiences of researchers involved in integrated mission-directed research, particularly in the areas of natural resource management and regional development. The authors explore case studies undertaken in Australia, Europe, Thailand... More about Integrated mission-directed research: experiences from environmental and natural resource management
Washington DC: Island Press, 2003. Octavo, softcover. Throughout its history, Kruger National Park in South Africa has supported connections between science and management. This work places the scientific and management experience in Kruger within the framework of modern ecological theory and its practical applications., Kruger National Park in South Africa... More about The Kruger experience: ecology and management of savanna heterogeneity
New York: Franklin Watts, 2005. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Biography of the life and work of Amy Vedder. More about Gorilla Mountain: the story of wildlife biologist Amy Vedder
Irvington: Columbia University Press, 2001. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Synthesizing the body of knowledge of leading scientists and professionals in tropical forest ecology and management, this book's thirty chapters examine in detail the interplay between timber harvesting and wildlife, from hunted and protected habitats to invertebrates... More about The cutting edge: conserving wildlife in logged tropical forests
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. The vast expanses of ocean that cover about 70% of our planet have been negatively affected by fishing, pollution and, increasingly, by climate change. To mitigate these effects and safeguard the delicate ecological and environmental functions of oceans and their... More about Big, bold and blue: lessons from Australia's Marine Protected Areas