The politics of wilderness preservation.
Anchorage: University of Alaska, (2008. reprint). Octavo, black and white photographs, softcover. Explores the history of wilderness preservation in the United States. More
ECOLOGY
Biodiversity in the balance: mitigation and adaptation conflicts and synergies.
Sofia: Pensoft, 2009. Octavo, paperback, figures, tables. Climate change and biodiversity loss are both pressing global problems. Efforts are being made to address the former through various mitigation and adaptation activities, but these may have consequences for biodiversity which are not identified or acknowledged. This book reviews how mitigation and..... More
Earth under fire: how global warming is changing the world.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. An illustrated guide to the effects of climate change, this work offers an account of how we can lessen the effects of our near total dependence on fossil fuel using technologies and energy sources already available..... More
If you love this planet: a plan to save the earth.
New York: WW Norton & Co, 2009. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. From the leader and spokeswoman of the anti-nuclear movement comes a revised and updated edition of this groundbreaking, widely acclaimed classic. Exploring dangerous global trends, Helen Caldicott presents a picture of our world and the forces that threaten its..... More
A biological assessment of the aquatic ecosystems of the Rio Paraguay Basin, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay.
Chicago: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, illustrations, paperback. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment # 19. More
Ecological restoration: principles, values, and structure of an emerging profession.
Washington DC: Island Press, 2007. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Offers a unified vision of ecological restoration as a field of study, one that states the discipline's precepts and emphasizes issues of importance to those involved at various levels. This book discusses the scientific and practical aspects..... More
Ecological restoration: principles, values, and structure of an emerging profession.
Washington DC: Island Press, 2007. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Offers a unified vision of ecological restoration as a field of study, one that states the discipline's precepts and emphasizes issues of importance to those involved at various levels. This book discusses the scientific and practical..... More
Herbivory: the dynamics of animal-plant interactions.
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1983. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Islands in a far sea: the fate of nature in Hawai'i.
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, (2006. revised edition). Large octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Offering a comprehensive environmental history of Hawai'i, this edition provides an account of the geological formation and shaping of the Islands, their colonization by plants and animals, and the patterns of..... More
Analysis of evolutionary processes: the adaptive dynamics approach and its applications.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. Quantitative approaches to evolutionary biology traditionally consider evolutionary change in isolation from an important pressure in natural selection: the demography of coevolving populations. In this book, Fabio Dercole and Sergio Rinaldi have written the first comprehensive book on Adaptive Dynamics..... More
Integrated mission-directed research: experiences from environmental and natural resource management.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. This book offers readers the chance to share, reflect on, and learn from the experiences of researchers involved in integrated mission-directed research, particularly in the areas of natural resource management and regional development. The authors explore case studies undertaken in Australia, Europe, Thailand..... More
Extinction: the causes and consequences of the disappearance of species.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1982. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Dominant animal: human evolution and the environment.
Washington DC: Island Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. In humanity's more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a...... More
Animal ecology.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (2000. reprint). Octavo, illustrations, softcover. This reprint of this classic work has new introductions to each chapter by Mathew A. Leibold and J. Timothy Wootton, placing Elton's ideas in historical and scientific context. They trace modern developments in each of the key themes Elton introduced..... More
The pattern of animal communities.
London: Methuen, 1966. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, very good copy in torn dustwrapper. Charles Sutherland Elton (1900- 991) was an English zoologist who pioneered population and community ecology. He is best remembered for Voles, Mice and Lemmings: problems in population dynamics, published1942. More
Rain forests and cloud forests.
New York: Harry N Abrams, 1979. Small folio, photographs by Kjell Sandved, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The weather makers: the history and future impact of climate change.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2008. Octavo, softcover. With a new introduction. Tim Flannery makes this urgent issue completely accessible. He tells the fascinating story of climate change over millions of years to help us understand the predicament we face. By burning fossil fuels we are increasing the levels of greenhouse gases..... More
Man's place in the island ecosystem: a symposium.
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, (1970. third edition), Large octavo, maps, softcover. More
The ecological revolution: making peace with the planet.
New York: New York University Press, 2009. Quarto, softcover. Foster compelling demonstrates that the only possible answer for humanity is an ecological revolution: a struggle to make peace with the planet. More
Practical statistics for field biology.
New York: Wiley, 1998. second edition). Octavo, tables, softcover. Acknowledging the peculiarities of field-based data and its interpretation, Practical Statistics for Field Biology introduces readers to the principles and methods of statistical analysis allowing them to understand research reports in journals, decide on the most appropriate statistacal tests for their..... More
Molecular ecology.
London: John Wiley, (2011. second edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations, graphs, tables. This new edition provides a thoroughly up-to-date introduction to the field, emphasising new types of analyses and including current examples and techniques whilst also retaining the information-rich, highly readable style which set the first edition..... More
Wildlife science: linking ecological theory and management applications.
Boca Raton: CRC Press, [2008]. Large octavo, textillustrations, laminated boards, Establishing the importance between theory and management, this book aims to bring together theory and management techniques. It illustrates the linkages between ecology and management using studies from across the globe. It contains chapters that discuss various topics concerning birds..... More
Encyclopedia of islands.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Quarto, photographs, line drawings, maps, fine copy in laminated boards. Islands are unique and rare environments and their isolation makes them natural laboratories for ecology and evolution. This authoritative, alphabetically arranged reference, featuring more than 200 succinct articles by leading scientists from around the..... More
Sustainable futures: linking population, resources and the environment.
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Sustainable Futures explores the links between population growth, diminishing resources and environmental challenges, and what they mean for Australia's future. Written by leaders in their fields, and based on presentations from the 2013 Fenner Conference on 'Population, Resources and..... More
Species and communities in extreme environments: Festschrift towards the 75th anniversary and a laudatio in honour of academician Yuri Ivanovich Chernov.
Sofia: Pensoft, 2009. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, figures, tables, maps. Yuri Ivanovich Chernov is one of the greatest modern experts in ecology and biogeography, Arctic regions in particular, not only in Russia but globally. His main monographs are "Nature Zonation and Terrestrial Animal Life" (1975), "Structure of the Animal..... More