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Berkeley: University of California Press, (2006. third revised edition). Small quarto, colour photographs, softcover. Foreword by David Attenborough. The reissue of this pioneering work highlights a deepening concern about the destruction that threatens our plant heritage. It also demonstrates the wonder and worth of plants and their great importance and..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Quarto, laminated boards, WAS $160. Utilises the latest morphometric and genetic research to develop the most up to date and comprehensive revision of the taxonomy of Australian mammals undertaken to date. It proposes significant changes to the higher ranks of a number of groups and..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, maps. WAS $100. Gliding mammals are an extraordinary group of animals that have the ability to glide from tree to tree with seemingly effortless grace. There are over 60 species of gliding mammals including the flying squirrels from Europe and North America..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. Paul Johnsgard is one of America's most prominent ornithologists and a world authority on waterfowl behavior. In these popularly written, often lyrical essays, he describes some of his most fascinating encounters with birds, from watching the annual mating displays of..... More
London: T & A D Poyser, 1998. Small quarto, dustwrapper, photographs, maps, sketches by John Busby. WAS $115.In addition to describing the wildlife in all its forms, this book critically observes the costs and benefits of a modern economy both to the people and the natural scene. This is only..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. WAS $25. Reaktion Animal Series. Whether as living animals, abstract symbols or commercial resources, badgers have fascinated humans for thousands of years - though often to the animals' detriment. From the iconic European badger to the African honey badger, the hog badger..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. Quarto, colour photographs, other illustrations, maps, dustwrapper. This is the first major book to reveal the secret lives of animals through motion-sensitive game cameras, biologist Roland Kays has assembled over 600 remarkable photographs. Drawing from archives of millions of colour and night-vision photographs collected..... More
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1980. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, other illustrations. A timely and absorbing account of the Hawaiian goose, or Nene, its near extinction, eleventh hour rescue and restoration to the wild. More
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 2006. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. WAS $260. Most species are illustrated in colour and the text includes descriptions, natural history and distribution maps. More
London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. WAS $25. Reaktion Animal Series. The flamingo is possibly the most easily recognized bird in the world. But it is not a single species - there are six different species of flamingos, each differing in size and colour. Caitlin R. Kight presents..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations, maps. WAS $82.50. Despite strong public interest in marine mammals and the incredible popularity of whale watching, particularly in the North Atlantic, many marine mammal populations remain little known. This fully illustrated book is a comprehensive and attractive guide..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1995. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white illustrations, maps. WAS $19. In Australia only 0.5% of the original area of lowland grasslands remains in even semi-natural condition. More
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. WAS $60. This popular handbook for the captive husbandry and breeding of tarantulas, originally published in the German language, is now available in English. The taxonomy has been updated by the author. The text is in two sections. The..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. A charismatic naturalist, bird-watcher, teacher, artist, photographer, film-maker, and winner of the Nobel Prize, Niko Tinbergen was a prominent and influential scientist. Jointly with Konrad Lorenz, he laid the foundation for a new science, the biological..... More
Frankfurt: Ikan- Unterwasserarchiv, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. This book includes thousands of photographs of selected groups of marine invertebrates. The primary aim is to assist people who have a keen interest in the small animals they encounter in the sea other than fishes. Presented here are the species..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, distribution maps. WAS $50. This full-colour field guide complements a similar book on the economically important sharks and rays of Indonesia. It is the result of a collaborative project between the governments of the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2009. second edition). Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations by Lindsay Marshall, text illustrations, maps. WAS $120. The second edition of this classic book on the cartilaginous fishes in Australia. This edition covers 323 species of sharks, rays and chimaerids, including species descriptions, full-colour illustrations, line illustrations and distribution..... More
London: The Natural History Press, 2006. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, line drawings. WAS $40. This book explores the fates of whales and dolphins and how they became intertwined with human history. The story begins over 1000 years ago when hunters first took up harpoons and went to sea in search..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Guana, in the British Virgin Islands, is home to a remarkably diverse assortment of animal and plant life: mangroves, flamingos, iguanas, frogs, birds, snakes, spiders, tortoises, grasshoppers, and bats, to name but a few. What is so..... More
Sydney: Surrey Beatty, 1991. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. WAS $85. A collection of papers on Koala biology and management. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. Octavo, paperback, photographs (one colour), maps, diagrams. University of California Publications in Zoology, Volume 132. More
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 2008. Quarto, publisher's cloth, line drawings. WAS $200. Provides a complete collection of words that are central to understanding the biology of amphibians and reptiles, offering concise and easy-to-use readable definitions in an A-to-Z format. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. Small quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, text illustrations. WAS $120. The book is divided into four parts: Evolutionary history of the Giant Panda; Studies of Giant Panda biology; Pandas and their habitats; and Giant Panda conservation. It combines the latest findings from the..... More
2005. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations. WAS $25. The story of the discovery, naming and campaign to use the Gogo fish as WA's fossil emblem. Although scientific in content, this book is focused towards a young audience. More
New York: Counterpoint, 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper, remainder mark. WAS $45. Original in approach and incisive in its questions, "Beluga Days" explores how conservation laws, management policies and human behaviours have affected the shrinking beluga population. Lord encounters an ongoing debate wrestling with the immediate need to protect the whales... More