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Animal Behavior (Eleventh Edition)
Artist/Author: Rubenstein, Dustin R., John Alcock$133.00 Add to cartA comparative and integrative overview of how and why animals as diverse as insects and humans behave the way that they do, linking behaviors to the brain, genes, and hormones, as well as to the surrounding ecological and social environments.
New to This Edition: New lead author, Dustin Rubenstein, widely known for his research and teaching accomplishments, is an integrative behavioral and evolutionary ecologist who studies the evolution of complex animal societies, and how organisms adapt to and cope with environmental change. A renewed focus on integration that links the evolution of behavior to neural, genetic, and physiological mechanisms A return to its classic organizational structure, with proximate mechanisms introduced before an extended discussion of the ultimate factors underlying behavior, integrating both throughout. Introduction of cutting-edge neuro and genomic research approaches, all while maintaining a focus on the theoretical aspects of the field in an explicit hypothesis testing framework. Building on the foundation of previous editions, new pedagogical features designed to engage students and aid instructors, including Integrative Approaches, Exploring Behavior by Interpreting Data, Darwinian Puzzles, and Hypotheses Tables QR codes provide students rapid access to actual audio clips of birdsongs, and high definition video clips of animal behaviors. Updated and revised artwork that features more color, a more consistent palette for figures, crisper photographs, and error bars on figures
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Restoring Farm Woodlands for Wildlife
Artist/Author: Lindenmayer, David, Damian Michael, Mason Crane, Daniel Florance, Emma Burns$40.00 Add to cartFeaturing best practice approaches to restoration based on 19 years of long-term research.
Millions of hectares of temperate woodland and billions of trees have been cleared from Australia’s agricultural landscapes. This has allowed land to be developed for cropping and grazing livestock but has also had significant environmental impacts, including erosion, salinity and loss of native plant and animal species.
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Mission Moon 3-D: A New Perspective on the Space Race
Artist/Author: Escher, David J, Brian May$70.00 Add to cartThe story of the lunar landing and the events that led up to it, told in text and visually stunning 3-D images.July 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Apollo 11’s epochal lunar landing, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface of the moon. This visually rich book offers a new perspective on that historic accomplishment, telling the story of the lunar landing and the events that led up to it with text and 3-D images. A 3D viewer, designed by astrophysicist (and lead guitarist with the rock group Queen) Brian May is included with the book.
Mission Moon 3-D offers unique access to the Apollo astronauts and what they saw. It tells the story of the US-Soviet space race, from Sputnik and the space dog Laika to Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy declared that America would put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong guided the Eagle to a safe landing on the edge of the moon’s Sea of Tranquility. President Richard Nixon told the astronauts, and the nation, that it was “the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation.” Mission Moon 3-D recounts all this and more in memorable and visually stunning fashion. -
Extreme Earth
Artist/Author: Martin, Michael$100.00 Add to cartMichael Martin’s Extreme Earth represents an extraordinary achievement in exploration and photography. One of the world’s leading documentary photographers, Martin has devoted many years to this vast project, which surveys the four climate zones where extremes of temperature and drought prevail: the Arctic, the deserts of the northern hemisphere, the deserts of the southern hemisphere and the Antarctic.
Over thirty-five journeys, he has ridden his motorbike across the Sahara, the Namib and the Atacama deserts, traversed the ice of Greenland and Spitsbergen by dog sledge, flown by helicopter to the South Pole and the pristine expanses of Antarctica and reached the North Pole on skis. Martin immerses readers in the grandeur of these landscapes and the culture of the peoples who inhabit them.
His high standards of exploration and reporting are reflected not only in his photography, but also in the book’s scientifically exact maps and its texts, written by experts in a wide variety of fields. With Martin’s photography and insightful corresponding text, Extreme Earth is a stunning, comprehensive resource for the vast deserts of the earth.
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A Naturalist’s Guide to the Dangerous Creatures of Australia
Artist/Author: Rowland, Peter (Author), Scott Eipper (Author)$25.00 Add to cartThis identification guide to the dangerous creatures, including reptiles, fish, insects and arachnids, occurring in Australia is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include common and scientific names, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, vegetation, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Also included is an all-important checklist of the dangerous creatures of Australia encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name, and IUCN status as of 2018.
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Wild Land: A Journey into the Earth’s Last Wilds
Artist/Author: Pickford, Peter, Beverly Pickford$80.00 Add to cartFour years. Seven continents. A unique trip to document and protect the last untouched wilderness. In more than 200 impressive photos, photographers Peter and Beverly Pickford tell an epic story and portray some of the most untouched places on our planet, from the arid, sun-scourged Geraam Coast in Namibia to the abundance of rivers and lakes in Alaska and Yukon, from the Arctic to Tibet. This is a unique book about wildlife, accompanied by fascinating texts by Peter Pickford in which he describes not only their adventures in search of untouched areas, but also expresses the urgent message that it is more than time to protect these areas, for the future of our planet and for the survival of humanity.
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Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (Second Edition)
Artist/Author: Keddy, Paul A.$100.00 Add to cartRichly illustrated and packed with numerous examples, this unique global perspective introduces wetland ecology from basic principles to advanced applications. Thoroughly revised and reorganised, this new edition of this prize-winning textbook begins with underlying causal factors, before moving on to more advanced concepts that add depth and context. Each chapter begins with an explanation of the basic principles covered, illustrated with clear examples. More difficult concepts and exceptions are introduced only once the general principle is well-established. Key principles are now discussed at the beginning of the book, and in order of relative importance, enabling students to understand the most important material without wading through complex theory. New chapters on wetland restoration and wetland services draw upon practical examples from around the world, providing a global context, and a new chapter on research will be particularly relevant to the advanced student planning their own studies.
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Swamp: Nature and Culture
Artist/Author: Wilson, Anthony$35.00 Add to cartThroughout history, swamps have been idealised and demonised, purged and protected. They are considered to be places of evil, pestilence, and death, as well as diverse ecosystems teeming with life. They can be obstacles to development and remnants of fading cultures. Distillations of pure wildness, with menacing morasses and fragile wetlands, swamps have fascinated, terrified, frustrated, and sustained us throughout human history.
From swamps and bogs to marshes and wetlands, Swamp ventures into the cultural and ecological histories of these mysterious, mythologised, and misunderstood landscapes. It ranges from the freshwater marshes of Botswana’s tremendous Okavango Delta, to the notable swamps between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the peat bogs in Russia, the British Isles, and Scandinavia. It explores ideas and representations of wetlands across centuries, cultures, and continents, considering legend and folklore, mythology, literature, film, and natural and cultural history. As it plumbs the murky depths of their complex relationship with people all over the world, from the distant past to the uncertain future, Swamp provides an engaging, informative, and lavishly illustrated journey into these fascinating and mysterious landscapes.
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Species Conservation: Lessons from Islands
Artist/Author: Copsey, Jamieson A. (Editor), Simon A Black (Editor), Jim J Groombridge (Editor), Carl G Jones (Editor)$151.00 Add to cartThis book brings together leading conservation practitioners to reflect on their response to the current global biodiversity crisis, through the lens of island species recovery and management. Initial chapters cover the biological understanding of small population biology and the growing threat of invasive species, while subsequent chapters discuss the management of these threats and the complexity of leading projects within a dynamic and still relatively unknown system. Multiple case studies from islands worldwide illustrate key points, allowing readers to draw on the first-hand practical experience of experienced professionals. This resource will be invaluable to both current and future conservation professionals, helping them to go beyond disciplinary ‘comfort zones’ and develop, manage and lead projects over extensive timeframes in a way that brings others with them on the journey. Also available in paperback (Stock ID 17350)
- Presents cross-disciplinary discussion of how to run effective conservation projects, enabling readers to reflect on the multiple components of projects and how they impact each other
- Actual case studies from specific islands give a novel and practical perspective which readers will find useful for informing their own planning
- Brings together the reflections and experience of leading conservation practitioners in one volume
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Species Conservation: Lessons from Islands
Artist/Author: Copsey, Jamieson A. (Editor), Simon A Black (Editor), Jim J Groombridge (Editor), Carl G Jones (Editor)$60.00 Add to cartThis book brings together leading conservation practitioners to reflect on their response to the current global biodiversity crisis, through the lens of island species recovery and management. Initial chapters cover the biological understanding of small population biology and the growing threat of invasive species, while subsequent chapters discuss the management of these threats and the complexity of leading projects within a dynamic and still relatively unknown system. Multiple case studies from islands worldwide illustrate key points, allowing readers to draw on the first-hand practical experience of experienced professionals. This resource will be invaluable to both current and future conservation professionals, helping them to go beyond disciplinary ‘comfort zones’ and develop, manage and lead projects over extensive timeframes in a way that brings others with them on the journey. Also available in hard cover (Stock ID 17352)
- Presents cross-disciplinary discussion of how to run effective conservation projects, enabling readers to reflect on the multiple components of projects and how they impact each other
- Actual case studies from specific islands give a novel and practical perspective which readers will find useful for informing their own planning
- Brings together the reflections and experience of leading conservation practitioners in one volume
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Invasive Species: Risk Assessment and Management
Artist/Author: Robinson, Andrew P. (Editor), Terry Walshe (Editor), Mark A Burgman (Editor), Mike Nunn (Editor), David M Richardson (Foreword By)$73.00 Add to cartWith climate change and increasing globalisation of trade and travel, the risks presented by invasive pests and pathogens to natural environments, agriculture and economies have never been greater, and are only increasing with time. Governments world-wide are responding to these increased threats by strengthening quarantine and biosecurity. Invasive Species: Risk Assessment and Management presents a comprehensive review of risk-based techniques that help policy makers and regulators protect national interests from invasive pests and pathogens before, at, and inside national borders. Selected from the research corpus of Australia and New Zealand’s Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, this book provides solutions that reflect scientific rigour coupled with practical, hands-on applications. Focusing on surveillance, stochastic modelling, intelligence gathering, decision making and risk communication, the contents combine the strengths of risk analysts, mathematicians, economists, biologists and statisticians. Invasive Species: Risk Assessment and Management presents tested scientific solutions to the greatest challenges faced by quarantine and biosecurity policy-makers and regulators today.
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40 Knots And How To Tie Them
Artist/Author: Davidson, Lucy, Maria Nilsson$20.00 Add to cartThe book features step-by-step instructions on how to tie 40 fundamental knots, and then shows you how your new skills can be transformed into a selection of practical and decorative projects.
The book is divided in four sections:
Classic Knots – featuring the Reef Bow and the True Lover’s Knot. Knots in this chapter can be used to create a wall hanging.
Camping Knots – featuring the Tent Pole Hitch and the Rope Ladder. Knots in this chapter can be used to create an outdoor mat and a beaded bracelet.
Climbing Knots – featuring the Alpine Butterfly and the Spanish Bowline. Knots in this chapter can be used to make a bottle cover, coaster and a bag.
Maritime Knots – featuring the Anchor Bend and the Dry Fly. Knots in this chapter can be used to make a plant hanger and a hammock.
The detailed instructions are complemented by smart step-by-step illustrations, which highlight the tactile quality of the material in hand. The book also includes an introduction with advice on putting together the knot lover’s ultimate toolbox, alongside explanations of key terms and techniques.
Featuring the ultimate crossover of cool craftsmanship and nifty projects, this book is the perfect gift for creative adventurers.
