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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2008. second edition). Small quarto, laminated boards, text illustrations. Extensively updated from the first edition, the main thrust of the book is to suggest that the two main functions of song are attracting a mate and defending territory. It shows how this evolutionary pressure has led..... More
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Highly photographic, this book reveals that there is much more to a seed than the plant it will someday become. Seeds, seedheads, pods, and fruits have their own astounding beauty that rivals, and sometimes even surpasses, the beauty of flowers. In..... More
London: Granta, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, Black and white photographs. This extraordinary book is an exploration of how we might live to resist extinctions and why such disappearances must be of concern to us. Adventurous, curious and passionate about her subject, Challenger takes us on a very personal journey as she..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. illustrations, maps, photographs. Describes the ecological history of food production systems in Australia, showing how Aboriginal food systems collapsed when European farming methods were imposed on bushlands. The industrialised agricultural systems that are now prevalent across the world require constant input of finite resources, and continue..... More
Cambridge: BirdLife International, 2004. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. BirdLife Conservation Series. Covers the area from Pakistan to Indonesia (excluding Irian Jaya) and northwards to China, Mongolia and Russia east of the Yenisey River. All areas are listed with map locations. More
BirdLife International, 2009. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. There is a summary in English at the front of the book, however the content is in Chinese. The IBA Directory for mainland China is the most comprehensive inventory of key sites for biodiversity in the country. China is one of the..... More
Sydney: New South Books, 2016. Octavo, softcover. The annual collection celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing. From the furthest reaches of the universe to the microscopic world of our genes, science offers writers the kind of scope other subjects simply can't match. Good writing about science can be..... More
London: A & C Black, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Shorebirds, or waders, are a very popular group of birds among birders of all standards, though their identification is often a challenge. Covering all the species of the northern hemisphere, this new photographic guide provides all the information a...... More
Houston: Author, 2016. Quarto, oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Bald eagles get a warm salute in this handsome new photography book by John D. Chaney that collects 40 years of his work documenting America's favorite bird. This large-format hardcover features 63 beautiful photographs of eagles in their natural habitat, interspersed..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Illustrated with maps, colour photographs, and graphics, this reference offers a comprehensive status report on the world's 60,000 parks, nature reserves, and other land and marine areas designated as protected areas. It offers an overview of what these protected..... More
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1998. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. More
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1998. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, graphs, maps, photographs. Lizards and snakes (squamate reptiles) are the most diverse vertebrate group in Australia, with approximately 1000 described species, representing about 10% of the global squamate diversity. Squamates are a vital part of the Australian ecosystem, but their conservation has been..... More
Kota Kinabalu, Natural History Publications, 2020. colour photographs. The primary aim of this book is to introduce the reader to the snake fauna of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, and to assist with their identification. It is intended for use by a wide audience, from amateur enthusiasts to those working professionally..... More
London: Penguin Books, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations. This book tells the story of how one man's mad mission became one of the best-loved places in the world. The creation of a zoo in Dickensian London, when only one other existed across the world, is a story of jaw-dropping audacity..... More
Emmaus: Rodale, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. Scott Chaskey masterfully weaves history, politics, botany, literature, mythology, and memoir into a beautiful, instructive and timely ode to seeds. It's hard to think of a subject more fundamental to the sustenance of the human race than seeds. Having coevolved with..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. "Saltmarshes are often remote, inhospitable places, neither land nor sea, as hard to pin down as they are to navigate. In this saline odyssey, Clive Chatters has explored his favourite creeks, pools and mudflats to bring us an absorbing celebration of the..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2001. Octavo, 48 colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first book since the 19th century to cover in detail all the world's sunbirds and spiderhunters (Nectarinidae) as well as the allied families of flowerpeckers and sugarbirds. A total of 176 species are..... More
Washington DC: Conservation International, 2003. Octavo, paperback, color illustrations, tables. The Marine Rapid Assessment Program's goal is to rapidly generate and disseminate information on coastal and near-shore shallow-water marine biodiversity. Its surveys yield appropriate and realistic recommendations for conservation, and have, at times, resulted in the finding of new species..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. This book by Nicola Chester is an accessible and lively account of an intriguing and much-loved animal that, surprisingly, is still endangered and rarely seen despite a recent resurgence that has seen it expand from the remote British countryside and into cities..... More
London: A & C Black, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. A comprehensive English-language guide to Chile's common flora and fauna. It is also the first guide to cover Chile and its territories Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, San Felix-San Ambrosio, and the Juan Fernandez Archipelago. It includes information on the best..... More
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs, line drawings, maps. There are more than 600 species of edible marine fishes found in Sabah's fish markets of which 376 species (excluding sharks and rays) are listed in this book. A total of 190 species is described in detail, in..... More
Beijing: China Ornithological Society, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. China Bird Report 2006 incorporates bird records from 22 Provinces, five Autonomous Cities, 4 municipalities and one Special Administrative Region (but does not include records from Hong Kong or Taiwan), rendering it structurally comparale to the reports of the previous two..... More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A photographic field guide to 1,500 species of insects found in Britain and Ireland. More
Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, (2003. third edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour plates, text illustrations. Includes a general introduction to insects. For each order, there is an introduction to key features and details of biology, and a further key to the insect families. The 60 colour plates illustrate 778 commonly found..... More