Fishes of Arkansas.
Arkansas: University of Arkansas, 1988. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Australian wildlife after dark.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Quarto, colour photographs, softcover. WAS $35. Many Australian animals are active only during the cooler evening and night-time and are therefore rarely seen. These are the after dark animals found in our backyards, the arid desert, woodlands or rainforest, yet very little noticed by humans. This..... More
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. 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 the home..... More
Coral snakes of the Americas: biology, identification, and venoms.
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 1996. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, colour pattern layouts, dustwrapper. WAS $200. Gives full descriptions and keys for the identification of all the species and subspecies, maps of distribution and variation, morphology, anatomy and colour patterns, as well as folklore. More
Hunters in the trees: a natural history of arboreal Snakes.
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 2011. Quarto, laminated boards, WAS $120. A readable compendium of what we know about tree snakes written in a clear, nontechnical style for an adult audience of nature lovers and reptile aficionados. The book is worldwide in scope, discussing the diversity of arboreal snakes and their..... 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 $100. 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
Seaweeds of the Southeastern United States: Cape Matteras to Cape Canaveral.
Durham: Duke University Press, 1991. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white text illustrations. 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 a natural..... More
Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1995. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. WAS $90. 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 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
Parental behavior in Lepidosauian and Testudinian reptiles: a literature survey.
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2003. Quarto, laminated boards. WAS $70. The fascinating field of reptilian parental behavior is now addressed in this comprehensive survey. More than 1400 references are indexed by specific categories of behavior and nine well-researched tables organize the literature on useful topics for the species covered..... 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
Kaleidoscopic tree boas: the genus Corallus of tropical America.
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 1996. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. WAS $60. Covers the natural history and captive management of the genus Corallus, a small group of highly adapted tree-dwelling snakes from tropical America. 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