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Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals, Third Edition offers the latest and most valuable information on animal science and behavioral genetics, carrying on the book's legacy since its original publication in 1998. This book synthesizes research...

Permaculture design has been the bedrock of the growth of the worldwide network of Ecovillages since the mid 1990s. A well-developed set of educational programmes has evolved too. This book takes as its basis the well-known Permaculture Design Course...

A richly illustrated and up-close look at the secret lives of spiders and other arachnidsThe American Southwest is home to an extraordinary diversity of arachnids, from spitting spiders that squirt silk over their prey to scorpions that court one another...

The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Australia contains the author's personal selection of 100 of the best birdwatching sites in all states, territories and islands of Australia. The sites are chosen for the large number of species or the large number of...

This book presents an engaging and accessible examination of the role of systematic biology in species exploration and biodiversity conservation.Our planet and systematic biology are at a crossroads. Millions of species face an imminent threat of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855462833Author B. N. K. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Richmond Publishing Co LtdPublisher Richmond Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams) 135g

"Cache Lake Country is a gem for many reasons-a simple narrative, the ways in which it conveys the work-a-day joys and exertions of life in the wilderness, the woodscraft techniques it illustrates, and the slow and pleasurable way in which the soul of a...

This novel text assembles some of the most intriguing voices in modern conservation biology. Collectively they highlight many of the most challenging questions being asked in conservation science today, each of which will benefit from new experiments,...

This innovative two-volume book highlights and examines the most important challenges facing farmers, conservationists, and policy makers, using examples of real-life, linked studies from a farmed landscape, which bridge the divide between the theory and...

Materials and Sustainable Development, Second Edition, written by noted materials selection authority Mike Ashby, provides a structure and framework for analyzing sustainable development and the role of materials in it. The book's aim is to introduce...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802866783Author Randy S. WoodleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 177Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

On November 8, 2018, the ferocious Camp Fire laid waste to almost the entire town of Paradise, California, a community of 27,000 people. At least 85 died, images of the fire transfixed viewers across the world and the resulting devastation yielded a...

Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland. More than 80% of its species are not found anywhere else on Earth. However, this highly diverse flora and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590564233Author Nik TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US

In the great tradition of Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle, this book is a first-person narrative of daunting travel and scientific discovery in the little-known country of Myanmar. Dr. Kress explored many areas in this enigmatic country, surveying its teak...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780801483127Author Hans BubFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Cornell University PressPublisher Cornell University PressWeight(grams) 907gDimensions(mm)...

Over the last decade, the study of shark biology has benefited from the development, refinement, and rapid expansion of novel techniques and advances in technology. These have given new insight into the fields of shark genetics, feeding, foraging,...

There is a growing concern that many important ecosystems, such as coral reefs and tropical rain forests, might be at risk of sudden collapse as a result of human disturbance. At the same time, efforts to support the recovery of degraded ecosystems are...

Identify Illinois birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information. Make bird-watching in Illinois even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field identification is...

After a distinguished career in climate science as the Director of the UN Global Climate Observing System in Geneva, David Goodrich returned home to the United States to find a nation and a people in denial. Concerned that the American people are...

Collectors have long admired uranium and thorium minerals for their brilliant colors, intense ultraviolet fluorescence, and rich variety of habits and associates. Radioactive minerals are also critically important as our source of nuclear energy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855462772Author Valerie K. BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Richmond Publishing Co LtdPublisher Richmond Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams) 95g

Conceptual Breakthroughs in Ethology and Animal Behavior highlights, through concise summaries, the most important discoveries and scientific revolutions in animal behavior. These are assessed for their relative impact on the field and their significance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781920602000Author Chittenden HughFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint John Voelcker Bird Book FundPublisher John Voelcker Bird Book Fund

Its wise and sensitive approach to working with local people will be relevant in situations throughout the world.' ECOS 'The numerous diagrams, tables of data, information flow charts, fieldwork sketches etc. give a great vibrancy to the work... It...

How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is ecology - including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations - spatially entwined with this great human enterprise? And how can we improve urban...

This is a story of a scarcely credible abundance, of flocks of birds so vast they made the sky invisible. It is also a story, almost as difficult to credit, of a collapse into extinction so startling to the inhabitants of the New World as to provoke a...

In this majestic book, Cyril Ramaphosa reveals his passion and love for cattle as he introduces us to the magnificent Ankole cattle, originating in Uganda, and now, through his intervention, flourishing in South Africa. He reflects on the legacy...

Almost every country has formulated its Nationally Determined Contribution to the global response to climate change. These national climate action plans were key to the landmark adoption of the 2015 Paris Agreement. They will also be central to its...

Shallow Seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. This latest New Naturalist volume provides a natural history of this environment and its biological communities. The margins of the continents, especially...

Every year, air pollution prematurely kills seven million people around the world, in rich countries and poor ones. It is strongly linked to strokes, heart attacks, many kinds of cancer, premature birth and dementia, among other ailments. In Choked,...

This fourth edition of an enduring and popular book has been fully updated and revised, exploring the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an insightful and accessible way. Eric Neumayer contends that central to the debate on sustainable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640092761Author Robert Michael PyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Mysterious, remote, and home to many strange and marvellous creatures, the Galapagos archipelago is a bird watchers' paradise. Here one can find penguins on the Equator, the flightless cormorant, the renowned finches who played a role in Charles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914128257Author Ronald O'NeilFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Andromeda Publishing LtdPublisher Andromeda Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547345Author Thom van DoorenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 143mm * 18mm

Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. In more than one hundred thirty striking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954706449Author Mr Peter TaylorFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Ethos-UK.comPublisher Ethos-UK.comWeight(grams) 558g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423660361Author Julie ArgyleFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc

The state small mammal -- the armadillo -- is one of the thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout Texas. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals, birds,...