Wildlife: general interest

Water Quality Criteria for Freshwater Fish, Second Edition, is a collection of 12 technical papers on water quality criteria for European freshwater fish, together with a report on fish toxicity testing procedures that have been produced for the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC)-an intergovernmental organization with a current membership of 24 countries.

James Babb imbues his devastating wit, ornery perspective, and musical language within each of the ribald tales in River Music.

Most albatrosses range across the Southern Hemisphere from Antarctica to Australia and from South Africa to South America.

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.

The definitive guide to the rich avifauna of Trinidad and TobagoThe tropical islands of Trinidad and Tobago enjoy a rich diversity of bird species, including visitors from the nearby mainland and others traversing the migratory flyway to and from North America.

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

An ecologist's investigation of the social lives of butterfliesThroughout his career, Henry Horn took a unique approach to the study of butterflies.

Ticks are among the most competent and versatile vectors of pathogens and are second to mosquitoes as vectors of a number of human pathogens.

Research on Steroids contains the proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of the International Study Group for Steroid Hormones.

For Texas residents and visitors alike, this book is your best guide to the outstanding birding opportunities in the Lone Star State.

Water is the most sought resource for human use.

Originally published in 2003, Covered Waters is a "e;forgotten classic"e; by Joseph Heywood.

This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guide series, looks in detail at the remarkable and diverse birds of paradise perhaps the ultimate birders' birds.

A cutting-edge photographic field guide to the birds of ChileThis is the first modern-style photographic field guide to the birds of Chile, an increasingly popular destination with birders and naturalists.

Insect Photoperiodism reviews the many aspects of photoperiodism, particularly in insects, emphasizing the concepts that serve to place the subject in a meaningful relationship to the whole of modern biology.

Douglass Owen shares his expertise as a nature photographer, teacher, and ranger for the National Park Service.

A new way to look at hunting and deer meat that anyone who owns a venison cookbook must read!

Finalist: George Perkins Marsh PrizeFinalist, Susanne M.

Having trouble separating your scops from your screech owls, Tengmalm's from Tawny Owl or Collared and Spotted Owlets?

The acclaimed book that has revolutionized birding and field guides[The Crossley ID Guide] has turned the traditional field guide on its ear.

A loving look at one of the worlds most maligned, misunderstood, and fascinating insectsFamous foe of forestry professionals and despised spreader of Dutch elm disease, bark beetles have a bad reputation: the Worlds Worst Forest Pests.

'The most important work on the birds of Scotland ever published' - British BirdsThis comprehensive study and review of the birds in Scotland follows on from where the celebrated two volumes of The Birds of Scotland (1953), by Dr Baxter and Miss Rintoul, left off.

Discover over 1,000 species of animal, plant and fungi found in BritainFrom the humming-bird Hawk moth to the False Deathcap Fungi, spot common British animal, plant and fungi species with this guide.

See those animal signs on the trail?

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.

In American Venice: The Epic Story of San Antonios River, Lewis F.

Clinical Neuroendocrinology, Volume II discusses neuroendocrine science and its application to the analysis of human physiology and behavior.

The ultimate photographic guide to the birds of western EcuadorWestern Ecuador is famed for its astonishingly diverse birdlife, from colorful hummingbirds and outrageous toucans to more difficult groups like raptors, flycatchers, and ovenbirds.

During the First World War, President Woodrow Wilson bought a flock of sheep to trim the White House grounds to save money on groundskeeping.

A Guide to the Beetles of Australia provides a comprehensive introduction to the Coleoptera – a huge and diverse group of insects.

Reptiles of Costa Rica, the long-awaited companion to Amphibians of Costa Rica, is the first ever comprehensive field guide to the crocodilians, turtles, lizards, and snakes of Costa Rica.

Though life on earth is the history of dynamic interactions between living things and their surroundings, certain powerful groups would have us believe that nature exists only for our convenience.

This is the first guide yet produced to the amphibians and reptiles of New York State, a large and heavily populated state that hosts a surprisingly diverse and interesting community of amphibians and reptiles.

From aardvarks to zebras, ZooBorns showcases the newest and cutest animal babies from accredited zoos and aquariums around the world.

This is the first complete identification guide to the skuas of the world.

Len Howard forged extraordinary relationships with the birds in her Sussex garden during the 1950s.

On the evening of 26 August 2009, the last known pipistrelle emerges from its day-time shelter on Christmas Island.

The publication of Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna nearly 20 years ago introduced the new science of 'reintroduction biology'.

Insects are the most extreme organisms on Earth and, despite their diminutive size, they wield inordinate power.

Whatever your interest may be, this month-by-month guide to the key natural events in Central and Eastern Ontario will let you know exactly what's happening - and it's often in your own backyard.

The livestock sub sector has emerged as one of the key components of agricultural growth in developing countries in recent years.

Breeding along the northern Pacific coast from British Columbia to Japan, this little known bird dwelt in relative obscurity until it became the focus of a conservation debate which has resulted in a new National Park in the Queen Charlotte Islands, where half the world's population breeds.

South Africa's Kruger National Park is one of the largest and most iconic conservation areas in Africa.

Beautiful to behold and extremely sensitive to its environment, the snake is nonetheless stigmatized as a serpent, a creature that almost universally inspires fear.

*; Real-life scientific adventure*; A thought-provoking exploration of how the Endangered Species Act works--and how it failsThirty years ago, researchers discovered a previously unknown species of bird in the rain-soaked and remote mountains of Hawaii.

This volume is comprised of invited papers presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, held in Sendai, Japan, in September 1989.

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.