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Scats and Tracks of the Pacific Coast - A Field Guide to the Signs of 70 Wildlife Species (Paperback, Second Edition): James... Scats and Tracks of the Pacific Coast - A Field Guide to the Signs of 70 Wildlife Species (Paperback, Second Edition)
James Halfpenny
R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats and Tracks of the Pacific Coast will help you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have passed your way and could still be nearby. Clearly written descriptions and illustrations of scats, tracks, and gait patterns will help you recognize seventy Pacific Coast species. An identification key, a glossary of tracking terms, and detailed instructions on how to document your finds are also included here. Easy-to-use scat and track measurements appear on each page, making this book especially field friendly and letting you know if a white tailed ptarmigan, a red fox, or even a black bear has been your way.

Blooded Stock ( Oxford, Pa.); 13 (Hardcover): Anonymous Blooded Stock ( Oxford, Pa.); 13 (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Speaking of Bears - The Bear Crisis and a Tale of Rewilding from Yosemite, Sequoia, and Other National Parks (Paperback):... Speaking of Bears - The Bear Crisis and a Tale of Rewilding from Yosemite, Sequoia, and Other National Parks (Paperback)
Rachel Mazur
R466 Discovery Miles 4 660 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

As majestic as they are powerful, and as timeless as they are current, bears continue to captivate. Speaking of Bears is not your average collection of stories. Rather, it is the history, compiled from interviews with more than 100 individuals, of how Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks, all in California's Sierra Nevada, created a human-bear problem so bad that there were eventually over 2,000 incidents in a single year. It then describes the pivotal moments during which park employees used trial and error, conducted research, invented devices, collaborated with other parks, and found funding to get the crisis back under control. Speaking of Bears is for bear lovers, national park buffs, historians, wildlife managers, biologists, and anyone who wants to know the who, what, where, when, and why of what once was a serious human-bear problem, and the path these parks took to correct it. Although these Sierran parks had some of the worst black bear problems in the country, hosted much of the research, and invented the bulk of the technological solutions, they were not the only ones. For that reason, intertwining stories from several other parks including Yellowstone, the Great Smoky Mountains, and Banff-Canada are included. For anyone seeking solutions to human-wildlife conflicts throughout the world, the lessons-learned are invaluable and widely applicable.

Pittsburgh's Rivers (Hardcover): Daniel J Burns Pittsburgh's Rivers (Hardcover)
Daniel J Burns; As told to Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
R719 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Bird Way - A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think (Paperback): Jennifer Ackerman The Bird Way - A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think (Paperback)
Jennifer Ackerman
R518 R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Save R137 (26%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds -- how they live and how they think. "There is the mammal way and there is the bird way." But the bird way is much more than a unique pattern of brain wiring, and lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviors they have, for years, dismissed as anomalies or mysteries -- What they are finding is upending the traditional view of how birds conduct their lives, how they communicate, forage, court, breed, survive. They are also revealing the remarkable intelligence underlying these activities, abilities we once considered uniquely our own: deception, manipulation, cheating, kidnapping, infanticide, but also ingenious communication between species, cooperation, collaboration, altruism, culture, and play. Some of these extraordinary behaviors are biological conundrums that seem to push the edges of, well, birdness: a mother bird that kills her own infant sons, and another that selflessly tends to the young of other birds as if they were her own; a bird that collaborates in an extraordinary way with one species-ours-but parasitizes another in gruesome fashion; birds that give gifts and birds that steal; birds that dance or drum, that paint their creations or paint themselves; birds that build walls of sound to keep out intruders and birds that summon playmates with a special call-and may hold the secret to our own penchant for playfulness and the evolution of laughter. Drawing on personal observations, the latest science, and her bird-related travel around the world, from the tropical rainforests of eastern Australia and the remote woodlands of northern Japan, to the rolling hills of lower Austria and the islands of Alaska's Kachemak Bay, Jennifer Ackerman shows there is clearly no single bird way of being. In every respect, in plumage, form, song, flight, lifestyle, niche, and behavior, birds vary. It is what we love about them. As E.O Wilson once said, when you have seen one bird, you have not seen them all.

Temple Stream - A Rural Odyssey (Paperback): Bill Roorbach Temple Stream - A Rural Odyssey (Paperback)
Bill Roorbach
R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Great blue herons, yellow birches, damselflies, and beavers are among the talismans by which Bill Roorbach uncovers a natural universe along the stream that runs by his house in Farmington, Maine. Populated by an oddball cast of characters to whom Roorbach ("The Professor") and his family might always be considered outsiders, this book chronicles one man's determined effort-occasionally with hilarious results-to follow his stream to its elusive source. Acclaimed essayist and award-winning fiction writer Bill Roorbach uses his singular literary gifts to inspire us to laugh, love, and experience the wonder of living side by side with the natural world.

Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary (Hardcover): Michael Watkins, Bo Beolens Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary (Hardcover)
Michael Watkins, Bo Beolens
R1,169 Discovery Miles 11 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This fascinating reference book delves into the origins of the vernacular and scientific names of sharks, rays, skates and chimeras. Each entry offers a concise biography, revealing the hidden stories and facts behind each species' name. Full of interesting facts and humorous titbits, the authors' extensive research and detective work has made this book a comprehensive source of knowledge on everyone associated with the naming of a species. A fascinating resource for anyone with an interest in sharks, from curious naturalist to professional ichthyologist, it is an essential addition to the library of anyone wishing to satisfy those tickling questions on the mysteries behind the names. Sometimes a name refers not to a person but to a fictional character or mythological figure. Eptatretus eos is named after the Greek goddess of the dawn in reference to the pink colouring of the hagfish. The Chilean Roundray Urotrygon cimar, named after Centro de Investigacion en Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia in honour of its 20th anniversary, and the Angular Angelshark Squatina Guggenheim, named after the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, are both named after institutions. The Whiteleg Skate Amblyraja taaf is just a shorthand way of describing a toponym - Territoire des Terres australes et antarctiques francaises. There are also entries which are light-hearted such as the one for a lady who told us "that decoration of her cakes have included roughtail skate Bathyraja trachura, red abalone Haliotis rufescens, and chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha." Following the success of their previous Eponym Dictionaries, the authors have joined forces to give the Elasmobranch group of fishes a similar treatment but they have also included the describers and authors of the original descriptions of the fishes involved, in addition to those names that are, or appear to be, eponyms. They have tracked down some 850 names of living as well as dead people. Of these half are eponyms after people who have fish named after them and may also have described a fish or fishes. The other half are ichthyologists, marine biologists and other scientists who have become involved in the description and naming of sharks, rays, skates and chimeras. For each person mentioned there is brief, pithy biography. Additionally there are some 50 entries for what sound like eponyms but turned out not to have any connection to a person, such as the Alexandrine Torpedo is named after the city in Egypt and not Alexander the Great. In some cases these are a reminder of the courage of scientists whose dedicated research in remote locations exposed them to disease and even violent death. The eponym ensures that their memory will survive, aided by reference works such as this highly readable dictionary. Altogether 1,577 fishes are listed.

Wild Waters - A wildlife and water lover's companion to the aquatic world (Paperback): Susanne Masters Wild Waters - A wildlife and water lover's companion to the aquatic world (Paperback)
Susanne Masters; Illustrated by Alice Goodridge
R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

About seventy-one per cent of the Earth's surface is water, and even on dry land we remain closely connected to aquatic life. It provides us with oxygen, food, medicine and materials. Wild waterlife infiltrates our lives in many surprising ways. Every other breath we take is filled with oxygen provided by ocean-dwelling microscopic plants. A type of seaweed provides a means to directly test whether people are infected with viruses, including Covid-19. Robotics design takes inspiration from a pike's ability to accelerate with greater g-force than a Porsche. Wild Waters by Susanne Masters is a celebration of the breadth of wildlife that can be found in and around our varied waterways, from oceans and rivers to rock pools and ponds. Armchair explorers can read a fascinating account of how aquatic plants and animals enrich human life. Swimmers, paddleboarders, dog walkers, families and anyone with a passion for the great outdoors can learn about local wildlife, including when and where to look for different species without causing any harm. With stunning illustrations by Alice Goodridge, Wild Waters provides a tantalising insight into the world beneath the surface.

Current Researches in Biodiversity (Hardcover): Jason Hendon Current Researches in Biodiversity (Hardcover)
Jason Hendon
R3,164 R2,866 Discovery Miles 28 660 Save R298 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Breeding Racehorses by the Figure System (Hardcover): C. Bruce Lowe, William 1851-1923? Allison Breeding Racehorses by the Figure System (Hardcover)
C. Bruce Lowe, William 1851-1923? Allison
R886 Discovery Miles 8 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Graviton of God - The Celestial Wonders and Statistical Impossibilities of Our Universe, Bodies, and Existence.... The Graviton of God - The Celestial Wonders and Statistical Impossibilities of Our Universe, Bodies, and Existence. (Hardcover)
James Kindlund
R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Canary Breeding for Beginners - A Practical Guide to the Cult of Canary Breeding, Designed Specially for the Use of the... Canary Breeding for Beginners - A Practical Guide to the Cult of Canary Breeding, Designed Specially for the Use of the Beginner in the Hobby. (Hardcover)
Claude St.John
R921 Discovery Miles 9 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Contents Include: The Cages Considered Perches and other Fitments The Bird Room The Bath First Principles in Mating Building the Home The First Egg Commencement of Incubation Egg Food At Close of Incubation Feeding the Young Canaries Plucking the Young Young about to eave the Nest Preparing for the Second and Third Nests The Young when Weaned The Moult Moulting Cages Training for ShowKeywords: Egg Food Incubation Bird Room First Principles Moulting Eave Perches Canaries Commencement

Marineland (Hardcover): Cheryl Messinger, Terran McGinnis Marineland (Hardcover)
Cheryl Messinger, Terran McGinnis
R719 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Honey Bees (Hardcover): Jurgen Tautz Honey Bees (Hardcover)
Jurgen Tautz; Photographs by Ingo Arndt
R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bees are a symbol of nature conservation. People all over the world are studying their fate and the threats posed to them by human activity and biodiversity loss. This is a stunning photographic record captures for the first time the unique way of life of the, forest-dwelling honey bee. A lavish, picture-led book, this is a unique collaboration between Germany's leading bee expert, Prof. Dr Jurgen Tautz, and one of the world's top nature photographers Ingo Arndt, which documents a major research project into the mysterious, hidden world of the honey bee.

Skullduggery - Quick ID Guide To Southern And East African Mammal Skulls (Paperback): Chris Stuart, Mathilde Stuart Skullduggery - Quick ID Guide To Southern And East African Mammal Skulls (Paperback)
Chris Stuart, Mathilde Stuart
R100 R93 Discovery Miles 930 Save R7 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In this short but informative guide, trusted authors Chris and Mathilde Stuart turn mammal ID on its head – literally. The identification of mammal skulls is the subject of this latest addition to the quirky ‘Quick Guide’ series, and covers the most common skulls readers are likely to encounter in the wild – from easily recognisable species such as elephant, hippo, rhino, baboons, antelope, whales and dolphins, to the more challenging family groups: dogs, cats, hyaenas, equids, pigs, civets and genets, mongooses, rats and mice, bats, sengis, shrews, moles, hares and rabbits, hyrax, and squirrels.
 
Each entry features:

  • Close-up photographs showing the entire skull, teeth and, where available, upper and lower jaws
  • Pointers to diagnostic features
  • Average measurement for skull length
  • Short description highlighting main features of each skull and tooth structure
  • Dental formula for teeth in upper and lower jaws

A brief introduction, with labelled photographs, covers anatomy as well as dentition; and a quick-reference photographic key to the main animal groups appears on the inside front cover.
Breeding of Farm Animals (Hardcover): Merritt Wesley 1877 Harper Breeding of Farm Animals (Hardcover)
Merritt Wesley 1877 Harper
R920 Discovery Miles 9 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Amphibian Conservation - Global evidence for the effects of interventions (Paperback, New): Rebecca K. Smith, William J.... Amphibian Conservation - Global evidence for the effects of interventions (Paperback, New)
Rebecca K. Smith, William J. Sutherland
R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Amphibian Conservation is the fourth in the series of Synopses of Conservation Evidence, linked to the online resource www.ConservationEvidence.com. This synopsis is part of the Conservation Evidence project and provides a useful resource for conservationists. It forms part of a series designed to promote a more evidence-based approach to biodiversity conservation. Others in the series include bee, bird, farmland and bat conservation and many others are in preparation. Approximately 32% of the 7,164+ amphibian species are currently threatened with extinction and at least 43% of species are declining. Despite this, until recently amphibians and their conservation had received little attention. Although work is now being carried out to conserve many species, often it is not adequately documented. This book brings together and summarises the available scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of amphibians. The authors consulted an international group of amphibian experts and conservationists to produce a thorough summary of what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of amphibian conservation actions across the world. "The book is packed with literature summaries and citations; a veritable information goldmine for graduate students and researchers. It also admirably provides decision makers with a well-researched resource of proven interventions that can be employed to stem/reverse the decline of amphibian populations." -John G Palis, Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society

Amphibian Conservation - Global evidence for the effects of interventions (Hardcover, New): Rebecca K. Smith, William J.... Amphibian Conservation - Global evidence for the effects of interventions (Hardcover, New)
Rebecca K. Smith, William J. Sutherland
R2,087 Discovery Miles 20 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Amphibian Conservation is the fourth in the series of Synopses of Conservation Evidence, linked to the online resource www.ConservationEvidence.com. This synopsis is part of the Conservation Evidence project and provides a useful resource for conservationists. It forms part of a series designed to promote a more evidence-based approach to biodiversity conservation. Others in the series include bee, bird, farmland and bat conservation and many others are in preparation. Approximately 32% of the 7,164+ amphibian species are currently threatened with extinction and at least 43% of species are declining. Despite this, until recently amphibians and their conservation had received little attention. Although work is now being carried out to conserve many species, often it is not adequately documented. This book brings together and summarises the available scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of amphibians. The authors consulted an international group of amphibian experts and conservationists to produce a thorough summary of what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of amphibian conservation actions across the world. "The book is packed with literature summaries and citations; a veritable information goldmine for graduate students and researchers. It also admirably provides decision makers with a well-researched resource of proven interventions that can be employed to stem/reverse the decline of amphibian populations." -John G Palis, Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society

Bat Conservation - Global evidence for the effects of interventions (Paperback, New): Anna Berthinussen, Olivia C Richardson,... Bat Conservation - Global evidence for the effects of interventions (Paperback, New)
Anna Berthinussen, Olivia C Richardson, John D. Altringham; Series edited by William J. Sutherland
R753 Discovery Miles 7 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of bats. The authors worked with an international group of bat experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit bats. For each intervention, the book summarises studies captured by the Conservation Evidence project, where that intervention has been tested and its effects on bats quantified. The result is a thorough guide to what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of bat conservation actions throughout the world. Bat Conservation is the fifth in a series of Synopses that will cover different species groups and habitats, gradually building into a comprehensive summary of evidence on the effects of conservation interventions for all biodiversity throughout the world. By making evidence accessible in this way, we hope to enable a change in the practice of conservation, so it can become more evidence-based. We also aim to highlight where there are gaps in knowledge. Evidence from all around the world is included. If there appears to be a bias towards evidence from northern European or North American temperate environments, this reflects a current bias in the published research that is available to us. Conservation interventions are grouped primarily according to the relevant direct threats, as defined in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Unified Classification of Direct Threats (www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes).

Thirteen Years of Hell in Paradise - An Account of the Caribbean Amblyomma Programme (Hardcover): Rupert Pegram Thirteen Years of Hell in Paradise - An Account of the Caribbean Amblyomma Programme (Hardcover)
Rupert Pegram
R881 Discovery Miles 8 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After leading a regional office in Africa that studied ticks and tick-borne diseases, Rupert Pegram received a call in 1994 that changed his life. His higher ups wanted him to lead a new program in the Caribbean. The Caribbean Amblyomma Program, known as the CAP, sought to eliminate the Amblyomma tick from the Caribbean region. The stakes were high because ticks transmit terrible diseases. Today, the tropical pest introduced from Africa threatens to invade large areas of the south and central parts of North America. By learning about the progress, setbacks, political and financial constraints, and final heartbreak of failure in the Caribbean, the rest of world can discover how to fight the growing problem. Learn why the CAP program failed and how the Caribbean farmers who were let down by the program suffered. This history and analysis conveys the need to re-establish vigorous research to eradicate tick-borne illnesses. Ticks are invading the larger world, and there are serious implications. They found much of their strength during Thirteen Years of Hell in Paradise.

Love Eternal (Hardcover): Laura Miller Love Eternal (Hardcover)
Laura Miller
R874 Discovery Miles 8 740 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
For the Love of Oceans - Zihuantanejo to Costa Rica (Hardcover): J Hubbard Pink For the Love of Oceans - Zihuantanejo to Costa Rica (Hardcover)
J Hubbard Pink
R1,088 Discovery Miles 10 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Maggie's Double Bluff Discoveries (Hardcover): Amanda Brager Maggie's Double Bluff Discoveries (Hardcover)
Amanda Brager; Photographs by Pam Brager
R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Butterflies, A No Text Picture Book - A Calming Gift for Alzheimer Patients and Senior Citizens Living With Dementia... Butterflies, A No Text Picture Book - A Calming Gift for Alzheimer Patients and Senior Citizens Living With Dementia (Hardcover)
Lasting Happiness
R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Jake the Service Dog - What Is a Service Dog? (Hardcover): Jamie R Cole Jake the Service Dog - What Is a Service Dog? (Hardcover)
Jamie R Cole
R877 Discovery Miles 8 770 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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