Conservation of wildlife and habitats

If youre keen to get your children or grandchildren interested in the natural world, Love Bees could be just what you need to fire their imaginations.

This is the first book created primarily for the field identification of parrots, one of the most familiar and colorful groups of birds.

Water is the most sought resource for human use.

An account of the catastrophic decline and remarkable recovery of a fox species inhabiting only the California Channel Islands.

From the smallest seeds to the tallest trees, this beautiful children's guide is a must-have for any budding botanist or plant lover.

This book synthesises key insights from a century of ecological research and monitoring efforts in one of Africa''s oldest protected areas.

The management and conservation of natural populations relies heavily on concepts and results generated from models of population dynamics.

A richly illustrated field guide to all of Africa's major habitatspacked with invaluable information to help you understand these habitats and their wildlifeWith breathtaking wildlife and stunningly beautiful locales, Africa is a premier destination for birders, conservationists, ecotourists, and ecologists.

This fully updated third edition provides a modern synthesis and review of the latest advances in understanding native vegetation across Australia.

A continuación se presenta el listado de las aves silvestres registradas en la Universidad de Caldas.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING.

Leslie Brown's account of our 15 resident, 7 vagrant and 2 migrant species of eagles, falcons, hawks and vultures in Britain presents a great mass of scientific information about our birds of prey in a manner as attractive to the general reader as to the dedicated ornithologist.

A new and updated edition of this popular title covering the fishes, invertebrates and other marine life of the Mediterranean Sea.

The complete guide to our closest living relative, drawing on thirty years of primate observation.

An up-to-date synthesis of comparative diving physiology research, illustrating the features of dive performance and its biomedical and ecological relevance.

Presents different strategies for biological control along with their ecological bases, using many examples from a diversity of ecosystems.

A comprehensive photographic field guide to Madagascar's stunning mammal faunaThanks to millions of years of isolation, the island of Madagascar is home to one of the most remarkable assemblages of mammals on earth.

In the face of so many unprecedented changes in our environment, the pressure is on scientists to lead the way toward a more sustainable future.

Caught on camera prior to their demise, this book reveals the surprisingly rich photographic record of now-extinct animals.

The relationship between economic growth and the environment is at the forefront of public attention and poses serious challenges for policymakers around the world.

In The Evolution of Gerald Durrell: A Naturalist's Critical Biography, Mary Sanders Pollock revisits the life and work of Gerald Durrell, one of the most significant environmentalist figures of the 20th century.

Back from the Brink is an antidote to a world that seems full of stories of wildlife doom and gloom.

Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America.

Amphibian species around the world are unusually vulnerable to a variety of threats, by no means all of which are properly understood.

Despite sporadic news coverage of extreme weather events, high-level climate change diplomacy, special UN days of celebration, and popular media references to impending ecological collapse, most students are not exposed to the detailed presentation and analysis of the international relations and diplomacy of environmental policy-making.

How do you record the wildlife in a wood?

The third in a trilogy of global overviews of conservation of diverse and ecologically important insect groups.

Unlike humans, who came down from the trees and developed bipedal locomotion, chimpanzees have remained in the original habitat of our ancestors: the tropical rainforests of Africa.

Research papers from the end of twentieth-century have been assembled, alongside expert commentary, for the first collected volume on complexity-based ecology.

The original, 2006 edition of Timothy Edward Fulbright and J.

An engaging and beautifully illustrated introduction to some of the world's most interesting and charismatic marine creaturesDive deep into the fascinating world of cephalopodsoctopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and the mysterious nautilusto discover the astonishing diversity of this unique group of intelligent invertebrates and their many roles in the marine ecosystem.

This book examines the global, local, and specific environmental factors that facilitate illegal fishing and proposes effective ways to reduce the opportunities and incentives that threaten the existence of the world's fish.

Presents solutions to turn conflict into tolerance and coexistence, with an emphasis on the human dimensions of human-wildlife interactions.

Introduces readers to key case studies that illustrate how theory and data can be integrated to understand wildlife disease ecology.

A true story of catastrophe and survival at sea, Fatal Forecast is a spellbinding moment-by-moment account of seventy-two hours in the lives of eight young fishermen, some of whom would never set foot on dry land again.

A large-format, beautifully illustrated look at the natural history of birdsThere are some 10,000 bird species in existence today, occupying every continent and virtually every habitat on Earth.

Urban agriculture offers promising solutions to many different urban problems, such as blighted vacant lots, food insecurity, storm water runoff, and unemployment.

Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises.

This is the ninth volume of ten in the The Natural History of the Crustacea Series.

This stunning new atlas is your first class pass on a world tour of the homes of Earth's most amazing animals.

There is no place like home.

A scientific study that keeps in mind the needs of butterfly collectors and of all those who love the country in the hope that it may increase their pleasure by widening the scope of their interests.