Fishes of Arkansas.
Arkansas: University of Arkansas, 1988. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Checklist of the birds of northern South America: an annotated checklist of the species and subspecies of Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
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..... More
The joy of birding: a beginner's guide.
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
The Arctic: the complete story.
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
The Aurelian legacy: British butterflies and their collectors.
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
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Nature conservation [volume four]: the role of networks.
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
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Nature conservation, [volume three]: the reconstruction of fragmented ecosystems.
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
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Nature conservation [volume two]: the role of corridors.
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..... More
Lizard.
London: Reaktion Books, 2017. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. WAS $25. Reaktion Animal Series. Filled with beguiling images, Lizard is a unique and sometimes surprising introduction to this popular but little-understood reptile. Boria Sax describes the diversity of lizard species and traces the representation of this reptile in cultures worldwide. Lizards..... More
Seaweeds of the Southeastern United States: Cape Matteras to Cape Canaveral.
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
Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna.
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
Birds.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. Remainder mark. 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 study of..... More
In my family tree: a life with Chimpanzees.
New York: Grove Press, 2002. Octavo, photographs, softcover. 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
Why the Cheetah cheats: and other mysteries of the animal world.
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
Life on the ice: no one goes to Antarctica alone.
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
The California Condor: a saga of natural history and conservation.
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
A guide to the coral reefs of the Caribbean.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $45. The first section provides facts about reef wildlife, the interactions between humans and reefs, and the Caribbean area in general. Spalding discusses the problems facing the reefs, with a focus on what each person can do to..... More
Storm-petrels of the eastern Pacific Ocean: species assembly and diversity along marine habitat gradients.
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2007. Octavo, paperback, maps. WAS $30. Includes introduction; history; gazetteer; and annotated checklist. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 62. More
Foraging dynamics of seabirds in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
Camarillo: Cooper Ornithological Society, 2007. Octavo, paperback, tables, graphs. WAS $30. Studies in Avian Biology, 35. A study of the feeding ecology of the marine avifauna of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean during a nine year period, 1983-1991. This is one of few studies on the diet of an entire..... More
Back from the brink: refining the threatened species recovery process.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations. WAS $44. Based of material presented at a conference held by the Commonwealth Endangered Species Advisory Committee in Sydney in December 1995. More
The evolution of agency and other essays.
Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, paperback, A collection of linked essays on the topic of biological evolution. The first half of the book explores most of the main theoretical controversies about evolution and selection, while the second half applies some of these ideas in considering cognitive evolution. Together, the essays..... More
Birds of the Mediterranean: a photographic guide.
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $60. This new photoguide covers all species occurring in the areas bordering the Mediterranean. These regions cover some of the most distinctive and bird-rich habitats in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Colour photographs of species..... More
Silence of the songbirds.
New York: Walker & Company, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. WAS $25. A distinguished scientist reveals how we are losing the world's songbirds, why this predicts widespread environmental problems, and what we can do to save the birds and their habitats. Wood thrush, bobolinks, the Eastern kingbird--migratory songbirds..... More
Atlantic salmon: an illustrated natural history.
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2005. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. WAS $65. This natural history details the salmon's extraordinary life cycle and covers the latest scientific research on exactly where salmon travel to in the sea, what influences the numbers that return to the river, the impact of global warming on..... More
Long-eared bats.
London: Poyser, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $90. The Brown and Grey Long-eared Bats (lecotus auritus and austriacus) are amongst the commonest European bat species and familiar to most naturalists, easily spotted on the wing by virtue of the long ears after which they are named. In fact in Britain..... More