In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural …
The vicuña has been one of the few success stories of wildlife conservation. Increasing populations are, however, raising new challenges …
Critiquing the Western discourse of global extinction and biodiversity Revenant Ecologies promotes new ways of articulating the ethical enormity of …
At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger Pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally …
This report examines six mechanisms that can be used to scale-up financing for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and to …
Most published books on agroforestry have focused on biophysical aspects. There has been a lack of scientifically rigorous information about …
Bestselling author and environmental activist Bill McKibben recounts the personal and global story of the fight to build and preserve …
In Tropical Forest Ecology, Egbert G. Leigh, Jr., one of the world's foremost tropical ecologists, introduces readers to the tropical …
Jack Ridl returns with a collection of poems that mix deft artistic skill with intimate meditations on everyday life, whether …
Wildlife and nature films are a hugely popular entertainment genre: networks such as Animal Planet and Discovery are stars in …
This introductory undergraduate text provides a detailed introduction to the key analytical techniques of classical mechanics, one of the cornerstones …
This third volume completes the Work Mechanical Systems, Classical Models. The first two volumes dealt with particle dynamics and with …
Conservators and other museum professionals face a large number of issues involving the mechanical behavior of materials, including questions on …
The quality of life that we provide for animals for food, companionship, sport and clothing will determine their welfare, and …
Great book on wildlife rehabilitation with information that can be translated to the care of any species. Since I live …
From the use of animals in experiments to develop medicine for people, to the preservation of endangered species in zoos, …
Expanded to two volumes, the comprehensively updated new edition, Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare: Second Edition is an …
Attitudes to Animals provides a foundation that the reader can use to make ethical choices about animals. It will challenge …
This book describes and illustrates the 760 species of mosses currently known to occur in the British Isles and incorporates …
Conservation laws arise from the modeling of physical processes through the following three steps: 1) The appropriate physical balance laws …
How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or …
