This book explores the intimate relationship of the people of North East India with the environment as evinced from their traditional beliefs, cultural practices, and livelihood.
Written by an author with longstanding experience in the ecology of insects and birds and with a stellar academic record in molecular life sciences, this is a welcome challenge to the widely held beliefs in conventional environmental policies.
Written by an author with longstanding experience in the ecology of insects and birds and with a stellar academic record in molecular life sciences, this is a welcome challenge to the widely held beliefs in conventional environmental policies.
Reidar Müllers Sachbuch "Wolfsspur" ist eine Liebeserklärung an den Wolf und den Wald und eine abenteuerliche Geschichte aus den endlosen Wäldern Skandinaviens.
This new, second edition of Primate Ethnographies: Fieldwork from Across the Globe is a collection of first-person accounts of immersive field studies of primates, people, and institutions, revealing the excitement of studying wild primates and the multi-faceted challenges involved in conducting field research.
Die "Erinnerungen an Pioniere des Schweizerischen Nationalparks" sind ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Schweizerischen Nationalparks, insbesondere zu dessen Forschungsgeschichte.
Fragmentierung und Zerstörung von Wildtier-Lebensräumen durch menschliche Aktivitäten stellen heute im Natur- und Artenschutz eine der grössten Herausforderungen dar.
***Das Pionierwerk über die neue Wissenschaft vom Verhalten der Pflanzen***Durch bahnbrechende wissenschaftliche Versuche wurde inzwischen bewiesen, was Außenseiter unter den Pflanzenforschern schon vor Jahrhunderten zu behaupten wagten: Pflanzen reagieren wie Menschen!
Esta historia tiene como protagonista a un perro llamado Buck que en el otoño de 1894, cuando el descubrimiento de los yacimientos auríferos de Klondike arrastra hacia los hielos de Alaska a hombres de todas partes del globo, Buck es productivamente vendido y enviado al Norte.
This exciting guide for young explorers combines scientific facts, fascinating titbits, brilliant full-colour photography and sensitive illustrations to bring a wonderful variety of ocean creatures vibrantly to life.
The Times Best Gardening Books of 2022 Ornamental plants are the cornerstone of our gardens and we are spoiled for choice with literally tens of thousands of hardy beauties from which to select.
Devoted to birds and wildlife since childhood, Mark's early scientific research at Oxford, Aberdeen and the RSPB provided a solid background for his management, ambassadorial, and political lobbying activities which were to follow - and his larger than life, yet quietly humane personality has provided the final tools in his own, unique, nature conservationists' toolbox.
Knowledge of bat echolocation and social calls, and identification using ultrasonic 'bat detectors' and sound analysis software, has grown significantly in the last decade.
Conor Mark Jameson has spent most of his life exploring the natural environment and communicating his enthusiasm for it to family, friends and, more recently, readers of a range of newspapers and magazines.
Conor Mark Jameson has spent most of his life exploring the natural environment and communicating his enthusiasm for it to family, friends and, more recently, readers of a range of newspapers and magazines.