The future of tropical savannas: an Australian perspective.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 1996. Octavo, paperback, maps, graphs. Examines the roles of science in resource management and policy making. More
GENERAL - Ecology and Population biology
The living planet: a portrait of the earth.
London: Collins and BBC, (1984. reprint). Large octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrpper. More
Marshes: the disappearing Edens.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. Octavo, publisher's cloth, colour photographs. WAS $68. In this breathtakingly lovely book, Burt selects ninety of his most striking photographs. He also offers his reflections on the marshes he has visited, inviting his readers to come with him and become acquainted with this hidden... More
A biological assessment of the aquatic ecosystems of the Rio Paraguay Basin, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay.
Chicago: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment # 19. Damaged copy. More
Wandering lands and animals.
London: Hutchinson, (1974. first edition). Octavo, photographs, signature, dustwrapper. More
Why big fierce animals are rare: an ecologist's perspective.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979. Octavo, paperback, Paul Colinvaux takes a penetrating look at the science of ecology, bringing to his subject both profound knowledge and an enthusiasm that will encourage a greater understanding of the environment and of those who seek to preserve it. More
How animals live.
London: Hutchinson and Co., [1931]. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, very good copy. More
Vertebrate ecology in the northern Neotropics.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. Quarto, , fine copy in dustwrapper. The results of research efforts by seventeen scientists associated with Smithsonian Institution field projects in Panama and Venezuela are brought together in the papers in this volume. Includes papers on habitat, endemic mammals, primates, avifauna and larger reptiles. More
Rain forests and cloud forests.
New York: Harry N Abrams, 1979. Small folio, photographs by Kjell Sandved, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Nature conservation in Victoria: a survey.
[Melbourne]: Victorian National Parks Association, 1971. Octavo, sofctver, bookplate. More
The fragile environment: the Darwin College lectures.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Australian tropical rainforest life.
Townsville: Specialty Education Supplies, 1983. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Natural change and human impact in Madagascar.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1997. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first overview in more than 20 years of natural and human-induced changes on the island's ecosystems. More
Remnants of Gondwana: a natural and social history of the Gondwana rainforests of Australia.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 2010. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, tables, maps. The rainforests of Australia cover only 4% of Australia's land mass but contain 50% of Australia's plant and animals life. This superb synthesis of these Heritage listed forests covers all aspects of conservation, plant and animal biology, and cultural significance. More
The sixth extinction: biodiversity and its survival.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Over the last 530 million years there have been five mass extinctions of species - the last, 65 million years ago, when the dinosaurs disapeared. The biodiversity of our planet now may be on the verge of a sixth extinction caused this... More
Taming the great south land: a history of the conquest of nature in Australia.
St Leonards: Allen and Unwin, (1991. first edition). Octavo, illustrations. Owner's signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Hotspots: earth's biologically richest and most endangered terrestrial ecoregions.
Mexico City: Cemex, 1999. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, very good in dustwrapper. Hotspots produced for CEMEX by Agrupacion Sierra Madre and Conservation International with the collaboration of over 70 experts from around the world, analyzes different factors and tells us how and where we should direct our efforts over the... More
The high frontier: exploring the tropical rainforest canopy.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1993. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. More
So small a world.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Biodiversity assessment of tropical island ecosystems: PABRITA manual for interactive ecology and management.
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 2008. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. This book was prepared to fill the gap of explaining ecological methodology for biodiversity assessment in island ecosystems. Information on island flora and fauna has been variously assembled in books and checklists over many years, but rarely has... More
Deserts: the living drylands.
London: New Holland, 2004. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Covers the unique arid lands of Africa and Madagascar, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Reveals the astounding adaptations of dryland species and the abundance of life in desert regions. Details changes in desert ecology and the... More
Hell on earth: the wildfire pandemic.
New York: Tom Doherty, 2008. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. The world is burning, and it appears that we are to blame. Conditions that create large-scale fire disasters are occurring more frequently every year, spurred on by global warming. And the potential for damage, loss of life, and greater... More
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Nature conservation, [volume three]: the reconstruction of fragmented ecosystems.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1993. Quarto, illustrations, a very good secondhand copy in dustwrapper, signature (published price $90). Third volume in this series is based on material presented at a workshop held in 1991 on the need for reconstruction of fragmented ecosystems, and the role of ecologists and conservation biologists... More