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Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 1999. Quarto, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $110. Taking an integrated approach to the biology of marine carnivores twenty-two prominent researchers compare marine mammals with one another and with terrestrial animals, providing a framework for fundamental biological and ecological concepts. They describe functional morphology, sensory systems, energetics... More about Biology of marine mammals
Washington DC: Smithsonian Books, 2000. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations, maps. WAS $25. Richly illustrated with nearly 100 photographs, this informative book tells how oceanography developed as a science and summarizes what is known about the organisms that live in the deep ocean. Describing underwater mountains and plains as well... More about Deep ocean
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. WAS $80. Focuses on the natural history of Australian bats. The authors take the reader through the nation's broad bioregions, describe what bats do in them, the ecosystem services that they provide, and some of the places where they can... More about A natural history of Australian bats: working the night shift
London: Academic Press, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. While good general guides to North American birds are widely available, these days careful and avid birders require the most specialised information on bird identification, especially for the more complex species groups. A Guide to the Identification and Natural... More about A guide to the identification and natural history of the sparrows of the United States and Canada
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1998. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. WAS $90. Some of the chapters in this volume have been drawn from papers presented at the Inaugural Albatross Conference in Hobart in 1995. Presents information about systematics and status, population studies, foraging and fisheries relationships, and mortality due... More about Albatross biology and conservation
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs. WAS $70. The Flight of the Emu is a history of Australian birding in the twentieth century. The Emu of the title comes from the hundred-year old journal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (later Birds Australia)... More about The flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001
Arkansas: University of Arkansas, 1988. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. WAS $90. More about Fishes of Arkansas
Mountfield: Pica Press, 2000. Octavo, paperback, tables. WAS $50. This checklist covers all 2245 species recorded in the region. Each species account includes useful annotations including regional subspecies and taxonomic notes, altitudinal range, references, and status on regional checklists. For field guide and identification guide see also [stock id 24369, 14926 and 24370]. More about Checklist of the birds of northern South America: an annotated checklist of the species and...
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $20. No matter where you live, you have the joy of hearing and seeing birds. This easy-to-use guide teaches how to identify different bird species by observing their body-parts, understand birds' behavior and habits, get to know the birds around... More about The joy of birding: a beginner's guide
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Remainder mark. WAS $50. This companion commemorates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species and examines all of its main arguments. Also available in hardcover [stock id 29440]. More about The Cambridge companion to the "Origin of Species"
London: Frances Lincoln Publishers, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, colour illustrations, maps. WAS $100. Richard Sale is one of the world's leading Arctic scholars and explorers and a professional glaciologist. He has written widely on Polar history, exploration and wildlife (including Arctic Odyssey), and in 2003 won the Outdoor Book... More about The Arctic: the complete story
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, other illustrations. WAS $110. This entertaining and informative book traces the history of butterfly collection in Britain from the seventeenth century, when the study of natural history had its beginnings. More about The Aurelian legacy: British butterflies and their collectors
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Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1996. Quarto, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $140. Fourth volume in the series. Many issues important to the development and maintenance of networks for conservation are discussed in this volume. The topics cover biology, indigenous people, landcare groups and property ownershipand mining. More about Nature conservation [volume four]: the role of networks
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Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1993. Quarto, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $90. Third volume in this series is based on material presented at a workshop held in 1991 on the need for reconstruction of framented ecosystems, and the role of ecologists and conservation biologists in integrating their research and interpreting it in... More about Nature conservation, [volume three]: the reconstruction of fragmented ecosystems
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, (1993. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, colour photographs, maps. WAS $17. The authors describe the plumage, body size, status and some interesting aspects of the biology of each of the common species on the island. More about Birds of Rottnest Island
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Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1991. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. WAS $95. The contents are arranged under four major headings: inventory and assessment of corridors; values of corridors; movement of biota; and management, establishment, maintenance and rehabilitation. Companion volume to the first volume Nature conservation: the role of remnants of native vegetation. More about Nature conservation [volume two]: the role of corridors
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 2002. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. WAS $35. More about Perspectives on wildlife research: celebrating 50 years of CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology
Durham: Duke University Press, 1991. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white text illustrations. WAS $125. This book offers a definitive manual for the identification of the seaweeds that inhabit the deep offshore waters as well as the near shoreline and shallow water sounds from North Carolina to northern Florida. It provides... More about Seaweeds of the Southeastern United States: Cape Matteras to Cape Canaveral
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1995. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. WAS $86. Based on material presented at a three-day conference held at Healesville Sanctuary in April 1993. Discusses current theoretical and practical aspects of wildlife reintroductions in Australia and New Zealand. Useful information for those in areas. More about Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. Remainder mark. WAS $60. Birds is the first book to examine bird remains in archaeology and anthropology. Providing a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of... More about Birds
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1997. Octavo, softcover, colour photographs and text illustrations. WAS $80. This part continues the series on marine invertebrates of southern Australian temperate waters and follows the style of Parts one and two. It includes some minor phyla, marine and littoral representatives of two subclasses in the large... More about Marine invertebrates of southern Australia, part three
New York: Grove Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. WAS $25 This is the inspiring story of a woman who has dedicated her life to providing refuge for chimpanzees in Africa--and some of the chimps who have become part of her family along the way. More about In my family tree: a life with Chimpanzees
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2009. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. WAS $40. Remarkable discoveries from recent research on wild animals. This book's title refers to new research revealing that almost every Cheetah litter has two or more fathers. This phenomenon has two major benefits: the cubs are more genetically... More about Why the Cheetah cheats: and other mysteries of the animal world
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2005. Octavo, paperback, WAS $33. Forbidding, vast, spectacular, lonely: each is a word that springs to mind when we think of Antarctica. A world of endless ice, remote mountain ranges, and weather so fierce that only the hardiest of explorers could hope to meet its... More about Life on the ice: no one goes to Antarctica alone
London: Academic Press, 2000. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, bumped corners WAS $69. Over a hundred superb colour photographs covering numerous aspects of condor natural history and recent conservation efforts. Includes historic photographs by William Finley and other conservationists working in the early 20th century. More about The California Condor: a saga of natural history and conservation