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Wild Alps
Wild Alps explores the stunning biodiversity of the Alps, telling the story of its remarkable flora and fauna, the ecosystems they form and the conservation efforts to protect them. This unique guide to Alpine ecology will fascinate nature lovers and mountain professionals alike.
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Seashore Plankton
A practical guide of the collection and observation of marine plankton in the tidal water of seashores. Identification is aided with 400 photographs and descriptions with notes on their biology. A final section looks at adaptations, the ecology of plankton and the implications of human activity.
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Planning for Nature
Planning for Nature tells the story of planning battles to save special places for nature in the UK, but also imagines a better future and key principles of good planning for nature. There are hints and tips for campaigners who love nature and want to protect important places from bad development.
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Bat Roosts in Trees
This is a guide to finding tree-roosts for ecologists and tree-care professionals. It is the result of the collaborative efforts of surveyors and amateur naturalists across Europe as part of the Bat Tree Habitat Key project.
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Habitat Management for Invertebrates
This book is a practical manual covering management for invertebrates: it provides guidelines to enable reserve managers to take account of the vulnerable habitat features so important to invertebrates.
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Badger Behaviour, Conservation & Rehabilitation
A fascinating insight into the badger’s world. Badger biology, life in the sett, rescue & rehabilitation, consultancy, badgers & farming, and badger-watching with George Pearce, an expert on badgers who has surveyed over 700 sites.
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Dirty Play
Mud, muck and microbes are not hazards to be scrubbed from childhood; they are some of its most powerful ingredients. Dirty Play makes the science-backed case that contact with soil, plants and microbes is essential for healthy development.
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European Deserts
This is the first book to identify, investigate and celebrate Europe’s little-known sandy lowland deserts. Arid and infertile, they present landscapes profoundly different from their surroundings and offer refuge for scarce flora and fauna with nowhere else to go, yet the continued existence of m...
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Barn Owl Conservation Handbook
A comprehensive handbook covering all aspects of the conservation of Barn Owls. Written by the Barn Owl Trust, this book includes in-depth information on Barn Owl survey techniques, relevant ecology, Barn Owls and the law, mortality, habitat management, use of nest boxes and barn Owl rehabilitation.
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Wildlife Photography Fieldcraft
An approachable step-by-step guide on how to find UK wildlife and use natural history understanding to aid successful photography. Inspiring images and comprehensive detail make this book an essential tool for the amateur wildlife photographer or naturalist who wishes to document their finds.
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Africa's Threatened Rhinos
Africa’s surviving rhinos are seriously threatened. This timely book considers all kinds of human interactions with these magnificent and enigmatic animals, offering a significant contribution to our understanding of wildlife in the African continent.
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The Eurasian Beaver Handbook
This book presents a detailed overview of the ecology and behaviour of the Eurasian beaver. It shows how to recognise the presence and activities of beavers. It provides tried and tested methods for mitigating adverse impacts of beaver behaviour and demonstrates how to apply management techniques...
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The Vanishing Mew Gull
A rich and detailed consideration of the names and naming of the birds of the Western Palaearctic.
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Bee Conservation
This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild bees. The authors worked with an international group of bee experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit wild bees.
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Living with Lynx
This book investigates whether we could and should learn to live with species like lynx, wolves and bears again in Britain and Ireland. We travel back in time, across the world and into the future to explore this contested topic.
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Moss Safari
This book takes readers on an inspiring journey into the hidden world of moss, revealing the fascinating lives of the Microscopic Big Five, while exploring their vital role within moss, the global ecosystem and in science.
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A Wildlife Guide to Georgia
The first guidebook of its kind for the Caucasus, not only giving information on where to go birding, but also covering mammals, dragonflies, flora and much more.
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Traffication
The trillions of miles we drive each year are just as destructive to our natural environment as any of the better known threats, such as habitat loss or intensive farming. Traffication does for road traffic what Silent Spring did for agrochemicals: awakening us from our collective road-blindness ...
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Bat Conservation
This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of bats. The authors have developed a global list of interventions that could benefit bats. For each intervention, the book summarises studies captured by the Conservation Evidence project.
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Pollinators and Pollination
The pollination of flowers by insects, birds and other animals is a crucial interaction that supports both the natural world and human society. Written by one of the world’s leading pollination ecologists, this book offers a unique insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, and why th...
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The Social Lives of Bats
Bats live in highly complex social groups. From attracting a mate to maintaining life-saving friendships, they exhibit a huge variety of fascinating social behaviour. This ground-breaking book reveals the intimate secrets of bat society and relationships.
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A Snorkeller’s Guide to the Mediterranean
A snorkeller’s identification guide to the most frequently encountered marine species of the Mediterranean. Presented in an informative yet readable way, includes numerous tips on how to make the most of your snorkelling.
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Sound Identification of Terrestrial Mammals of Britain & Ireland
This ground-breaking volume covers 42 species of terrestrial mammal. Contains spectrograms, detailed guidance and access to a downloadable sound library containing more than 250 recordings.
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Mycology for Architecture
Investigates the potential of mycelium as a sustainable material within architecture and design. It combines theoretical perspectives, practical methodologies and digital fabrication processes to present techniques, critical analysis and emerging applications. The book serves as a comprehensive r...
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Wolf Land
Separating fiction from fact, Wolf Land delves into the history of wolves in Britain and Ireland, tracing their spoors through the mountains, fens, and forests of these islands, as well as the cultural landscapes across which they have left their indelible, inky pawprints.
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Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed is one of the world’s highest-profile invasive plants. This book traces its global history, distribution and reproductive biology, while delivering a comprehensive overview of the ecological and economic threats it poses and how these have influenced government policy.
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Birding with AI
Birding with AI introduces birders, ornithologists and related professionals to modern artificial intelligence as it applies to ornithology. The book explores existing AI-based birding tools and then delves into the essence of AI to build intuition, enabling readers to understand the projects tha...
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The Otter Field Survey and Monitoring Handbook
The book is a one-stop shop for ecologists undertaking site surveys for otters. It presents a natural progression of survey types and describes how to carry out initial field-sign surveys, selection of sites for camera-trapping, camera-trap deployment and interpretation of data.
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The Biological Recording Handbook
Comprehensive information for anyone making wildlife records, whether amateur recorder, ecological consultant or conservation biology academic. Covers every aspect of recording, from how to make a robust record, to planning – including relevant legislation and monitoring – the wider context, anal...
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The Hazel Dormouse
Few British mammals are as captivating – or as elusive – as the hazel dormouse. A practical, friendly field guide to surveying, identifying and handling dormice, written by four experienced practitioners.
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Human, Nature
What does it mean to be a part of—rather than apart from—nature? This book is about how we interact with wildlife and the ways in which this can make our lives richer and more fulfilling. But it also explores the conflicts and contradictions inevitable in a world that is now so completely dominat...
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Managing Data Using Excel
A comprehensive and user-friendly study of how to manage, explore and share data, giving scientists at all levels the skills they need to maximize the usefulness of their data. An essential book for all scientists and students who use data and are seeking to manage data more effectively.
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Are Viruses Alive?
How do bacteria dominate our lives? Do fungi have memory? Why did the proto-hippopotamus not reacquire gills? Offering fresh new angles on existence and what shapes it, join Noga Wies on a fascinating adventure through the stuff of life itself.
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Night Vision and Daylight Camera Systems for Wildlife
Only a small proportion of our most interesting wildlife is ever seen. This book describes how wildlife can be filmed in a non-intrusive way without disturbing behaviour. Step-by-step, clearly illustrated details lead the reader past technical challenges and allow many new insights.
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Statistics and Data Handling for Biologists
An accessible and authoritative introduction to data handling and analysis for biology students—requiring no previous experience of statistics.
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The Barbastelle Bat Conservation Handbook
This is a long-awaited guide to barbastelle bat ecology, behaviour, conservation management and threats, the first publication of its kind to draw together all of the scientific research on the barbastelle bat into one comprehensive volume.
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Animals of the surface film
This handbook deals with the smaller invertebrate animals of this surface community. Among these are springtails, pondskaters, water boatmen, water beetles and water spiders, as well as protozoa, rotifers and tiny crustaceans.
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Treated Like Animals
Society’s arbitrary and inconsistent grouping of animals according to their ‘use’ means that we tolerate institutionalised inhumane exploitation for some while striving to protect others. The author advocates an approach to animal exploitation based on science and a universal ethics.
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Measuring Abundance
Measuring the abundance of individuals and the diversity of species are core components of most ecological research projects and conservation monitoring. This book brings together in one place the methods used to estimate the abundance of individuals in nature. Code and examples for use with the ...
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Farmland Conservation
This synopsis covers evidence for the effects of conservation interventions for native farmland wildlife. It is restricted to evidence captured on the website www.conservationevidence.com. The list of interventions was organized into categories based on the IUCN classifications of direct threats ...
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The First Birdwatcher
The man who gave the world the words ‘birdwatcher’ and ‘birdwatching’ has, until now, had no biography. This authoritative life of Edmund Selous recovers a Victorian pioneer whose work was neglected, forgotten and appropriated.
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Ancient Woods, Trees and Forests
Today, ‘virgin forests’ are only to be found at a few sites unreachable by humans, and even then they are affected by climate change, atmospheric pollution and species extinctions. This book aims to help understand the web of connections relating to ancient trees and woodlands, and to offer techn...
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Bats & Ladders
These are the stories from one woman’s 36-year career spent looking for bats and their roosts. Humorous and honest, she writes about the animals, dodgy ladders and a multitude of characters, sometimes delightful, occasionally awful, but always human.
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Plymouth Blitz
Plymouth Blitz recounts the deadliest civilian incident in Plymouth during World War II when a German bomb struck the Portland Square Air Raid Shelter in April 1941. Through eyewitness accounts and archival research, this book captures the courage, fear, and resilience of ordinary people living u...
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Crossbills and Conifers
Crossbills & Conifers explores their intimate connection to reveal why crossbills have become an exemplar of diversification and coevolution. Craig Benkman takes readers on a journey of discovery, providing context and understanding of a series of unique and interrelated insights into crossbi...
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Protected Species and Biodiversity
This book looks at the need for properly collected protected species surveys data to accompany planning applications. In the detailed tables that fill half of the book, it provides a single source of guidance suitable for use by planners, householders and ecological consultants alike.
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Data Management for Researchers
Learning how to manage, share and preserve data is essential for active researchers. A comprehensive guide for scientific researchers providing everything they need to know about data management and how to organize, document, use and reuse their data.
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An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis
Readers will learn the essentials of spatial data handling using the open source software QGIS and be guided through the first steps in using the R programming language. The book includes the fundamentals of spatial data handling and analysis, working with real data from field to analysis.
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Treewilding
Discover the intricacies of global forest restoration in Treewilding. Exploring the interplay of cutting-edge science and Indigenous knowledge, this engaging book navigates challenges, greenwashing pitfalls and the possible solutions shaping the future of ecosystems and our relationship with nature.
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QGIS for Ecologists
If you don’t know where to start or how to use QGIS, this is the practical guide for you. Simple, step-by-step instructions and practical exercises make it easy and fun.
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Citizen Science in Biology
We can learn a lot from previous examples of citizen science and especially where data was collected just out of curiosity, only to be used many years later. Looking at citizen science projects can help us appreciate the public understanding of science in a broader context and encourage wider par...
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Invisible Friends
Cutting-edge microbiome research is changing our understanding of reality. It is increasingly evident that microbes are the very glue that holds ecosystems together. This topical and original book counters the prevailing narrative of microbes as the bane of society, along the way providing much-n...
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No Island Too Far
No Island Too Far takes the reader across all the world’s oceans to a matchless array of islands, often crowded with wildlife, sometimes uninhabited and always scenically breathtaking. It represents a personal account of the ups and downs of undertaking seabird research in remote locations.
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Reconnection
This book tells the story of how our relationship with nature got broken, why it matters and how to fix it. There is growing recognition that the root cause of wildlife loss and the warming climate is people’s disconnection from nature, yet solutions focus on technical fixes. Reconnection conside...
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An Introduction to R
The modern world is awash with data. The R Project is a statistical environment and programming language that can help to make sense of it all. This clear and methodical book will help you learn how to use R from the ground up, giving you a start in the world of data science.
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Beneath the Beechen Crown
The first detailed account of the Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus in Britain, built on more than six decades of close observation by the author and captivatingly illustrated by a leading wildlife artist.
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Aphid predators
Aphids and their colonies are excellent arenas in which to observe predators in action. A range of insects come to eat or parasitise the aphids or to drink their honeydew.
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Thermal Imaging for Wildlife Applications
Thermal Imaging for Wildlife Applications opens up a world of possibilities for wildlife research, ecology and management. Combines academic research, applied field protocols and the author’s wealth of experience, the book presents the use of thermal imaging technology for a broad range of species.
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Rhythms of Nature
After a career in conservation, Ian Carter moves to a secluded farmhouse tucked away in the low hills of mid-Devon between Exmoor and Dartmoor. Here he tries new approaches to connecting with the local countryside – from following streams wherever they may lead, to night-time rambles or simply re...
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John Wolley’s Garefowl Books
The great auk is gone – and the manuscripts that documented its final days helped birth a radical idea: that humans could drive a species to extinction. A landmark primary source, now published in full for the first time, accompanied by commentary and essays.
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Nonrandom
Darwin doubted that chance alone explains the variation of life — and new research is proving him right. Nonrandom reveals the hidden structure behind DNA mutations: why they occur, how cell type and genome shape them, and what this means for evolution, cancer and the genetic science.
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Grassland Restoration and Management
Providing a thorough overview of recent research on grassland restoration and its implications for practical restoration and management, this book introduces grassland communities and the wildlife they support and considers the management of semi-natural grassland habitats with particular emphasi...
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Nature's Conscience
Derek Ratcliffe was arguably the most outstanding field biologist and conservationist of the 20th century. This book explores the breadth, quality and legacy of Derek’s work and has many personal reminiscences. The 30 contributors provide fascinating insights into a remarkable person, and the eve...
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Insects, plants and microclimate
The microclimate around a plant is particularly complex and interesting, and an insect sitting on a leaf may be inhabiting a weather system completely different from the weather outside.
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Fighting for Birds
A personal, philosophical and political history of 25 years of bird conservation, this book provides an instructive and amusing read for all those who would like a glimpse into the birds and wildlife conservation world.
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Amphibian Survey and Monitoring Handbook
Amphibians are among the most globally endangered groups of vertebrates with more than one-third of species being assessed as declining or threatened. This book is designed to help those carrying out amphibian surveying and monitoring so that the results of their surveys can be used effectively.
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Wild Skye
Few places pack so much natural drama into so small a space as Skye — from Jurassic dinosaurs and volcanic landscapes to golden eagles, otters and whales.
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Amphibian Conservation
This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of amphibians. Approximately 32% of species are threatened with extinction and at least 43% of species are declining. Work is now being carried out to conserve many species, but it is often not ade...
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Bird Conservation
This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild birds. The authors worked with an international group of bird experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit wild birds.
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Wildlife Boxes
Wildlife Boxes is a comprehensive guide to identifying and monitoring the species that use nest boxes, roost boxes and other artificial structures. With more than 100 photographs taken in the field, the book offers a practical resource on what box contents look like in practice.
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Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook
The ultimate guide to marine mammal mitigation during industrial activities. This comprehensive manual covers training and entering the field, mitigation measures, legislation, equipment and technology, sources of anthropogenic noise and the physics of sound propagation.
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Microscopic life in Sphagnum
As well as the better-known plants, dragonflies and birds, sphagnum moss supports a unique community of microscopic animals and plants which inhabit its leaves and crevices.
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In the National Interest?
This book analyses the forces that have sculpted Britain’s engagement with the world—from the Middle Ages to the age of AI. Moving beyond the cloistered calm of traditional diplomatic history, Black argues that foreign policy is not an abstract, rational science conducted in whispers by elites, b...
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The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles
A unique collection of concise information on all 10,000 animals, plants, fungi and algae of the British Isles. Covering the taxonomy, habitat, distribution, abundance, status and, for animals, diet and size of individual species or species groups, with entries on every species that has an Englis...
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Bat Roosts in Rock
This guide provides descriptions of when the species of bats resident in British and Ireland use natural and man-made rock habitats, how they use them, and the environment each species occupies within them. This data is part of the Bat Rock Habitat Key project.
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Hoverflies
This Naturalists’ Handbook book covers the natural history, biology and identification of the hoverfly. It will enable anyone to identify the most common hoverflies of the British Isles, providing practical guidance for methods of identification, advice on techniques and approaches to research.
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Pan-Species Listing
How to build and maintain your pan-species list, for a person or a site. Packed with information and tips, this book is also a one-stop-shop for biological recorders in the twenty-first century.
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Raptor Prey Remains
Are you curious about the remains of an animal you have found? This compilation of the most likely found body parts of animals eaten by raptors will help you identify your discovery. Including over 100 species of bird and mammal prey, this photographic guide highlights the common feathers, fur an...
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The Data Management Workbook
The Data Management Workbook helps researchers design useful data-management plans through a step-by-step series of structured exercises, worksheets and checklists.
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Leaf beetles
A detailed and accessible overview of leaf beetles covering the natural history, ecology and biology of the Chrysomelidae and its close relatives the Megalopodidae and Orsodacnidae in Britain, including a comprehensive guide to identification, study techniques and materials.
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Bird Pellets
Dissecting bird pellets is the ultimate fun and scientific way of discovering what a bird has been eating. This guide showcases the pellets from a range of different bird species and outlines how to identify what is found in them, in particular small mammal skulls and bones.
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Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland
The social calls of bats are increasingly being recognised as a useful aid to identification. Accompanied by an extensive downloadable library of sound files, this expanded and updated new edition summarises what is understood so far about social calls of the bat species occurring in Britain and ...
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