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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992240370Author John BurrowsFormat HardbackPage Count 1124Imprint Print Matters HistoryPublisher Print Matters HistoryWeight(grams) 500gDimensions(mm)...

The vast remote Tibetan steppe, the Chang Tang, is home to a unique assemblage of large mammals, including the Tibetan antelope, gazelle, argali sheep, wild ass, wild yak, wolves and snow leopards. This text is the result of the author's research into...

In the face of decreasing biodiversity and ongoing global changes, maintaining ecosystem functioning is seen both as a means to preserve biological diversity as well as for safeguarding human well-being by securing the services ecosystems provide. The...

A broader and more comprehensive understanding of how we communicate with each other about the natural world and our relationship to it is essential to solving environmental problems. How do individuals develop beliefs and ideologies about the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Oregon Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2011.Book InformationISBN 9781904859949Author Mike DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 183Imprint AK PressPublisher AK...

Why do larger areas have more species? What makes diversity so high near the equator? Has the number of species grown during the past 600 million years? Does habitat diversity support species diversity, or is it the other way around? What reduces...

A 2023 Firecracker Award FinalistAn Apple November 2022 Best Book of the Month"Birds are my almanac. They tune me into the seasons, and into myself."So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar. Growing up...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781485309840Author Dr.Michael CluverFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 500gDimensions(mm) 245mm *...

Bonobos have captured the public imagination in recent years, due not least to their famously active sex lives. Less well known is the fact that these great apes don't kill their own kind, and that they share nearly 99% of our DNA. Their approach to...

Hailed as a "nonfiction epic . . . in the tradition of Jared Diamond's best-seller Collapse, and Simon Winchester's Atlantic" (Dallas Morning News), Jack E. Davis's The Gulf is "by turns informative, lyrical, inspiring and chilling for anyone who cares...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987192967Author Gypsy WulffFormat PaperbackImprint SpiritwingsPublisher SpiritwingsWeight(grams) 503g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628086829Author Tianxing CaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 107Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 278g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395883242Author Sue HubbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 222g

Are animals worthy recipients of justice? If so, what do we owe them, and what is to be gained by using the language of justice when considering our duties toward them? A Theory of Justice for Animals, written by one of the foremost scholars of animal...

First published more than a century ago, The Biography of a Grizzly recounts the life of a fictitious bear named Wahb who lived and died in the Greater Yellowstone region. This new edition combines Ernest Thompson Seton's classic tale and original...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080203762Author Christine ArgotFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 890g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609804961Author Subhankar BanerjeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 566Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 855g

Britain is home to almost 100 species of mammals. Many of them are nocturnal, almost all are difficult to see, and most people - even very keen natural history enthusiasts - struggle to see more than about 10 a year - rabbits, foxes, a few deer, perhaps...

Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology: Analysis of Distribution, Abundance and Species Richness in R and BUGS, Volume Two: Dynamic and Advanced Models provides a synthesis of the state-of-the-art in hierarchical models for plant and animal...

Elements of Mathematical Ecology provides an introduction to classical and modern mathematical models, methods, and issues in population ecology. The first part of the book is devoted to simple, unstructured population models that ignore much of the...

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which were adopted by the United Nations in September 2015 are universally applicable in all 193 UN Member States and connect the big challenges of our time, such as hunger and poverty, climate change, health...

It is widely accepted among conservation biologists that genetics is, more than ever, an essential and efficient tool for wild and captive population management and reserve design. However, a true synergy between population genetics and conservation...

Woodland Manitou: To Be on Earth is a collection of essays rooted in the rhythm of the natural world. Through the turn of the seasons, Heidi Barr illustrates how the cycles of the earth have informed her everyday life from community to vocation to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907222344Author Tobias FischerFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor PressWeight(grams) 280g

This comprehensive introduction to the biology of bats offers a summary of the large body of information about bats that the scientific community has amassed over the years. Gerhard Neuweiler, a leading, internationally recognized expert in the field,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547237916Author Deanne StillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Harper PaperbacksPublisher Harper PaperbacksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440247187Author Patti PolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Krause PublicationsPublisher F&W Publications Inc

More than ever before, there is widespread interest in studying bumble bees and the critical role they play in our ecosystems. Bumble Bees of North America is the first comprehensive guide to North American bumble bees to be published in more than a...

Yasmin is thrilled about her school's new recycling program. But getting her friends to pitch in is no easy task! Will some creative thinking get Yasmin's friends to be good recyclers?About the AuthorHatem Aly is an Egyptian-born illustrator whose work...

Every hundred years, as the story goes, two angels wonder out loud whether the bees are still swarming. For as long as the bees are swarming, the angels are reassured, the world holds together. Still, the tale suggests, the angels live in anxious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399562808Author Edward PosnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996942331Author Tim VasquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Weather Graphics TechnologiesPublisher Weather Graphics TechnologiesWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912018772Author Allison MeierPage Count 2Imprint Blue Crow MediaPublisher Blue Crow MediaWeight(grams) 150g

Global challenges ranging from climate change and ecological regime shifts to refugee crises and post-national territorial claims are rapidly moving ecosystem thresholds and altering the social fabric of societies worldwide. This book addresses the vital...

A celebrated biologist's manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate change "Jo Handelsman is a national treasure, and her clarion call warning of a looming soil-loss catastrophe must be heard. Add her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684801575Author T. C. McLuhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 580Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 841gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879611514Author Evelyn McConnaugheyFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Naturegraph & Keven Brown PublicationsPublisher Naturegraph & Keven Brown...

The hugely admired author of "The Last Fine Time" preserves and makes new the sights, smells, sounds, and poetry of country living. Klinkenborg reveals the beauty of the American landscape, not from a scenic overlook, but through a screened-in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566459Author Martin RoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US

How contemporary environmental struggles and resistance to pipeline development became populist struggles Stunning Indigenous resistance to the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access pipelines has made global headlines in recent years. Less remarked on are...