Ecogeographical variation in size and proportions of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia).
Washington DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, softcover. More
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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
African Elephant Status Report 2002: An update from the African Elephant Database.
Gland: IUCN, 2003. Quarto, paperback, tables, maps. The African elephant is the largest living land mammal, and their potential impact on their habitats raises important management issues both for protected areas and unprotected land. This report is rich in data and information on numbers, distribution and current issues, and provides..... More
The Red Book: the extinction crisis face to face.
Gland: Cemex/IUCN, 2001. Large quarto, 256 colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. This publication combines awe-inspiring imagery with soild science and factual accounts. Drawing on the 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species, the world's most objective and authoritative inventory of species at risk of extinction, it describes the extinction..... More
Tapirs: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan.
Gland: IUCN, 1997. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. More
Trading to extinction.
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
Marshes: the disappearing Edens.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. Octavo, publisher's cloth, colour photographs. WAS $68. In this breathtakingly lovely book, Burt selects ninety of his most striking photographs. He also offers his reflections on the marshes he has visited, inviting his readers to come with him and become acquainted with this hidden..... More
Down the long wind: a study of bird migration.
London: Newnes, 1961. Octavo, photographs, signature, bookplate, dustwrapper. More
Wandering lands and animals.
London: Hutchinson, (1974. first edition). Octavo, photographs, signature, dustwrapper. More
Why big fierce animals are rare: an ecologist's perspective.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979. Octavo, paperback, Paul Colinvaux takes a penetrating look at the science of ecology, bringing to his subject both profound knowledge and an enthusiasm that will encourage a greater understanding of the environment and of those who seek to preserve it. More
Birds to watch: the ICBP world check-list of threatened birds.
Washington: Smithsonion Institution Press, 1988. Octavo, paperback. More
Birds to watch: the ICBP world check-list of threatened birds.
Girton: International Council for Bird Preservation, 1988. Octavo, paperback. International Council for Bird Preservation Technical Publication No. 8. More
Key forests for threatened birds in Africa.
Cambridge: International Council for Bird Preservation, 1988. paperback, illustrations. Internationl Council for Bird Preservation Monograph No. 3. More
Disease and threatened birds.
Cambridge: International Council for Bird Preservation, 1989. Octavo, paperback, More
Save the birds.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Quarto, colour photographs, very good dustwrapper. More
How animals live.
London: Hutchinson and Co., [1931]. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, very good copy. More
Zebras, asses and horses: an action plan for the conservation of wild equids.
Gland: IUCN, 1992. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. More
Vertebrate ecology in the northern Neotropics.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. Quarto, , fine copy in dustwrapper. The results of research efforts by seventeen scientists associated with Smithsonian Institution field projects in Panama and Venezuela are brought together in the papers in this volume. Includes papers on habitat, endemic mammals, primates, avifauna and larger reptiles... More
The birds of CITES and how to identify them.
Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1993. Quarto, spirally bound, colour plates, other illustrations. The birds of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) covers 406 species and is the first guide to the world's endangered birds as listed in the CITES appendices. More
Important bird areas in Africa and associated islands: priority sites for conservation.
Cambridge: BirdLife International, 2001. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, other illustrations, laminated boards. BirdLife Conservation Series no. 11. The is the first pan-African book of its kind enabling the reader to easily see the places of global importance for bird conservation in Africa. More
The penitent butchers: seventy five years of wildlife conservation.
London: Collins, 1978. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Nestboxes. Field guide 3.
Tring: British Trust for Ornithology, (1976. fourth edition). Octavo, wrappers, text illustrations, photographs. More
Intelligent courage: natural resource careers that make a difference.
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 2007. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs. Presents students nearing completion of their university education with practical, wise, workable ideas to succeed in the real-world work environment and become natural resource professionals. Seasoned professionals provide career stories and analyze these as learning experiences for those..... More
The fragile environment: the Darwin College lectures.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Toward a sustainable whaling regime.
Washington DC: University of Washington Press, 2001. Octavo, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. This text considers how to develop an international environmental regime that represents a consensus of most world peoples so that its rules will be obeyed; which allows for sufficient variance from universal norms so as not to..... More