Conservation of wildlife and habitats

A New Statesman Book of the Year The wolf stands at the forefront of the debate about our impact on the natural world.

An honest, radical and moving account of life off the grid.

A New Statesman Book of the Year The wolf stands at the forefront of the debate about our impact on the natural world.

Herbs are a group of plants that are globally distributed and have widespread uses.

Herbs are a group of plants that are globally distributed and have widespread uses.

This thought-provoking volume unites bioethics experts from seven major world religions-Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism-alongside secular thinkers to explore environmental protection through the lens of the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.

This thought-provoking volume unites bioethics experts from seven major world religions-Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism-alongside secular thinkers to explore environmental protection through the lens of the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.

Sie schwammen schon in den Ozeanen, bevor die Dinosaurier existierten, manche Arten bekommen im Laufe ihres Lebens bis zu 30.

Meet the rare, obscure and utterly British species found nowhere else on earth.

Meet the rare, obscure and utterly British species found nowhere else on earth.

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.

A comprehensive handbook covering all aspects of the conservation of Barn Owls.

Humans and animals have developed multiple and complex interactions in the fields of tourism, leisure, and development.

'Mind-shifting, heart-lifting' ISABELLA TREE'Inspiring and essential' ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS'As entertaining as it is enlightening' INDEPENDENTThe majority of the world now lives in some form of urban environment.

'A curious-minded and subtle intervention in the politics of the countryside' Sunday Times'Galbraith spent three years investigating the truth about rural Britain and how we treat it.

This book is the second of four volumes, which are comprehensive, well-illustrated, and authoritative works invaluable to biologists, conservationists, and others.

This book presents principles of animal biodiversity, its importance, sustainable utilization, and conservation.

A collage-style work in fragments, Lynne Huffer's These Survivals brings together philosophy, memoir, poetry, and original multimedia artworks to articulate an ethics of living on a devastated planet.

This book is the second of four volumes, which are comprehensive, well-illustrated, and authoritative works invaluable to biologists, conservationists, and others.

Consciously or not, wildlife managers generally act from a theoretical basis, although they may not be fully versed in the details or ramifications of that theory.

Bestselling guide to all UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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.

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Interrelationships Between Corals and Fisheries is derived from a workshop held by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council in Tampa, Florida in May 2013, where world authorities came together to discuss the current problems in managing tropical fisheries and offered suggestions for future directions for both researchers and environmental reso

Seagrasses are becoming widely used as in situ indicators of the relative health and condition of subtropical and tropical estuarine 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.

A presentation of strategies for managing woody plants and using research data to select the most appropriate control methods.

What is forest-based biomass energy and why should we care?

Contemporary climate change is a crucial management challenge for wildlife scientists, conservation biologists, and ecologists of the 21st century.

Updating the extremely successful Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling (CRC Press, 1994), Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues brings together a distinguished group of international contributors, who provide a global assessment of a range of environmental stressors, including pesticides, environmental contaminant

Groundwater resources are facing increasing pressure from consuming and contaminating activities.

Under threat from natural and human disturbance, tropical dry forests are the most endangered ecosystem in the tropics, yet they rarely receive the scientific or conservation attention they deserve.

We hear a lot about how agriculture affects climate change and other environmental issues, but we hear little about how these issues affect agriculture.

The past decade has seen a huge increase in the interest and attention directed toward sea ducks, the Mergini tribe.

National parks, wildlife refuges and sanctuaries, natural reserves, conservation areas, frontier lands, and marine-protected areas are increasingly recognized as essential providers of ecosystem services and biological resources.

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While scientific and socio-political communities around the world are aware of the natural and economic importance of biodiversity, we are faced with an ever-increasing number of plant species under threat of extinction.

Hallucinogens have been traditionally used to encourage spiritual growth, heighten perception, inspire personal development, or expand reality.

Amphibians of Ecuador: Craugastoridae.

The global illegal wildlife trade is estimated by Interpol to be worth $20 billion annually.

This reference book comprehensively delves into the systematics, taxonomy, morphology, ecology, and behaviour of the Lepidostomatidae (Trichoptera) in India.

Synthesizes Decades of Research on Vernal Pools SciencePulling together information from a broad array of sources, Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools in Northeastern North America is a guide to the issues and solutions surrounding seasonal pools.

A practical guide that covers both in situ and ex situ techniques for plant diversity conservationThe conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources is of increasing importance globally.

Since the award-winning first volume, The Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, published in 2004, the field has witnessed tremendous developments in research, rapid advances in technology, and the emergence of new investigators beginning to explore issues of biodiversity, distribution, physiology, and ecology in ways that eluded more traditional

The crucian is a freshwater fish species that has seen a renaissance of interest in angling and conservation communities in Britain.

This book grapples with multispecies violent exploitations embedded in corridors of power within the animal-industrial complex (A-IC).