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Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences
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Mutual Aid
(Hardcover)
Peter Kropotkin, Victor Robinson
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R654
Discovery Miles 6 540
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A new addition to the successful 'Quick ID guide' series, Primates is a succinct survey of the features and habits of our closest relatives.
Divided into the three main primate groups - great apes, typical monkeys and prosimians (including the bushbabies) - this easy-to-use guide rovides pertinent facts, annotated photographs and up-to-date distribution maps to help readers accurately identify the most commonly seen and charismatic primates in the field.
This easy-to-use identification guide to the whales, dolphins and seals found in Southern African waters and the Southern Ocean is compact yet comprehensive.
Close to 50 species occur in the region: from the demonstrative Humpback Whale and Dusky Dolphin to the striking Leopard Seal and massive Blue Whale.
Community Ecology of Tropical Birds, the tropical ecosystems is one
of the most biological diverse habitats on the earth. Seventy six
per cent of all centers of avian endemism occur in tropical regions
and the same is true for many plant and animal communities. Birds
are important component of biological diversity and their
ecological, cultural, recreational and economic benefits are
recognized universally. They act as vital links in many food webs
and often serve as highly visible biological indicators of
ecosystem health. Many bird populations are declining all over the
world due to habitat loss and fragmentation, predation, pesticide
use, invasive exotic species and other factors. This book is about
the ecology of tropical bird community, all together 12 chapters
are described and divided into two parts. The first part of this
book looks at the forest bird community including status and
distribution, species-abundance relationship, seasonal changes,
vertical distribution and habitat utilisation. The second part
provides detailed ecology of wetland bird community. This book will
be an invaluable resource for field scientist, researchers,
students, and naturalists in the field of Ornithology.
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