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A Natural History of Insects in 100 Limericks
The book is light in style but heavy in fact. A limerick teases the intellect, but this is backed up but scientific information in easily readable, bite-sized portions. The book is illustrated by simple but striking pictures by the author’s son, who was only 13 at the time.
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Ladybirds
This revised and updated edition of Ladybirds provides a succinct but comprehensive and accessible overview of the biology of ladybirds and their parasites, focusing on ecology in an evolutionary context.
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The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife
The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife draws on over 10,000 records to describe the distribution of wildlife in Britain and Ireland in the early modern period. Range maps of 153 species provide a baseline against which to discuss subsequent declines and extinctions as well as expansions and introduct...
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Behind the Binoculars
Mark Avery and Keith Betton, passionate birdwatchers and conservationists, interview members of the birdwatching community about the lives of famous birdwatchers. They take you behind the scenes, and behind the binoculars, of a diverse range of birding and wildlife personalities.
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Perspectives on Wildlife Sound Recording
This book provides an overview of current approaches to species-based sound capture. Via a diverse series of interviews with leading practitioners from around the world, the book teases apart the methods and fieldcraft techniques underpinning wildlife sound recording, weaving text, sound and image.
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Carbon Sequestration in African Forests
This book proposes some novel methods for carbon sequestration capacity and above-ground biomass assessment. It explains the contribution of woody diversity in climate change mitigation and proposes mechanisms to compensate forest owners. Finally, it makes a comparative analysis between the diffe...
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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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Finding W. H. Hudson
A century after W.H. Hudson’s death, this long-overdue tribute to perhaps our most significant writer-naturalist and wildlife campaigner traces his path through a dramatic and turbulent era: from his journey to Britain from Argentina in 1874 to the unveiling of a monument and bird sanctuary in hi...
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Statistics for Ecologists Using R and Excel
This is a book about the scientific process and how it is applied to data in ecology. We will learn how to plan for data collection, how to assemble data, how to analyse data and finally how to present the results. The book uses Microsoft Excel and the powerful Open Source R program.
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The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians
Following the success of their Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, the authors have joined forces to give amphibians a similar treatment. They have tracked down 1,609 honoured individuals and composed for each a brief, pithy biography. Altogether 2,668 amphibians are listed.
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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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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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Ants
Includes photographs of workers of all 61 ant species of Britain and Ireland, together with comprehensive keys to workers, queens and males. There are quick-check keys to workers and nests, and distribution maps. An account of ant biology and ecology is supplemented by many action photographs.
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The Ascent of Mammals
The Ascent of Mammals recounts the remarkable journey of over 6,400 living species, tracing their evolution from a nocturnal, shrew-like ancestor that lived 200 million years ago. This groundbreaking book shows how genetics research has rewritten the story of mammalian evolution, from the platypu...
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The Conservation and Biogeography of Amphibians in the Caribbean
This landmark volume reviews the amphibian fauna of Caribbean islands, their decline and conservation. Individual chapters are devoted to each island, considering the measures used to protect their amphibians through legislation or the setting aside of nature reserves.
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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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Call of Nature
Journey through the digestive systems of humans, farm and wild animals, and meet some of nature’s ultimate recyclers as they eat, breed in and compete for dung. The fall of bodily waste onto the ground is the start of a race against the clock as a multitude of dung-feeders and scavengers consume ...
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