Wildlife Research

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Craig Packer
Into Africa
Craig Packer takes us into Africa for a journey of fifty-two days in the fall of 1991. But this is more than a tour of magnificent animals in an exotic, faraway place. A field biologist since 1972, Packer began his work studying primates at Gombe and then the lions of the Serengeti and the Ngorongor...
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RAPHAEL ROMA
SERVAL HANDBOOK: A Comprehensive Guide to Serval Biology, Behavior, Conservation, and Human Coexistence in Modern Africa
The Serval Handbook is a definitive and visionary exploration of Leptailurus serval —Africa’s elegant, long-limbed wildcat whose beauty, intelligence, and ecological importance have captivated scientists and wildlife enthusiasts alike. Merging cutting-edge research with cultural insight, this...
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David Macdonald
The Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids
The editors utilize their 50 years of combined experience in professional engagement with the behaviour and ecology of wild felids to draw together a unique network of the world's most respected and knowledgeable experts. For the first time, this inter-disciplinary research programme is brought toge...
$105.00
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Stephen R. Kellert
The Value of Life: Biological Diversity And Human Society
The Value of Life is an exploration of the actual and perceived importance of biological diversity for human beings and society. Stephen R. Kellert identifies ten basic values, which he describes as biologically based, inherent human tendencies that are greatly influenced and moderated by culture, ...
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Tom McCarthy
Snow Leopards: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes
Snow Leopards: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes is the only comprehensive work on the biology, behavior, and conservation status of the snow leopard, a species that has long been one of the least studied, and hence poorly understood, of the large cats. Breakthroughs...
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George A. F. Seber
Capture-Recapture: Parameter Estimation for Open Animal Populations (Statistics for Biology and Health)
This comprehensive book, rich with applications, offers a quantitative framework for the analysis of the various capture-recapture models for open animal populations, while also addressing associated computational methods. The state of our wildlife populations provides a litmus test for the state o...
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Joseph A. Veech
Habitat Ecology and Analysis
The identification and analysis of the particular habitat needs of a species has always been a central focus of research and applied conservation in both ecology and wildlife biology. Although these two academic communities have developed quite separately over many years, there is now real value in ...
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Philip Briggs
Ethiopia
This new, fully updated 8th edition of Bradt’s Ethiopia remains the most comprehensive, detailed and thorough guide available, particularly known for its strength of background information, coverage of off-the-beaten track areas, and in-depth details of hotels and other tourist facilities. It al...
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Max Lambert
Urban Biodiversity and Equity: Justice-Centered Conservation in Cities
This advanced textbook moves beyond a basic scientific comprehension of urban ecosystems to understand the essential details of how scientists, policy makers, and practitioners develop solutions to effectively manage urban biodiversity. Such efforts necessitate unravelling the complex components tha...
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George B. Schaller
The Last Panda
Dependent on a shrinking supply of bamboo, hunted mercilessly for its pelt, and hostage to profiteering schemes once in captivity, the panda is on the brink of extinction. Here, acclaimed naturalist George Schaller uses his great evocative powers, and the insight gained by four and a half years in t...
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Holley Muraco
Tulip: The Brave Little Beaver
When a tiny, sick baby beaver was found all alone after her wild home was destroyed, it seemed like she might not survive. But Dr. Holley Muraco, a dedicated scientist and wildlife rehabilitator, refused to give up on her. With round-the-clock care, love, and a special trick--a tiny preemie onesie t...
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James D. Williams
Freshwater Mussels of Florida
An exhaustive guide to all aspects of the freshwater mussel fauna in Florida, Freshwater Mussels of Florida covers the ecology, biology, distribution, and conservation of the many species of bivalve mollusks in the Sunshine State. In the past three decades, researchers, the public, businesses that...
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Mario Melletti
Rhinos of the World: Ecology, Conservation and Management (Fascinating Life Sciences)
This book represents the culmination of more than four years of work by many rhino experts, primarily from Africa, Asia, the United States, and Europe, involved in rhino conservation, research and management. It is one of the most comprehensive reference works ever published on the systematics, ecol...
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James N. Huckins
Monitors of Organic Chemicals in the Environment: Semipermeable Membrane Devices
Modern, industrialized societies depend on a wide range of chemical substances such as fuels, plastics, biocides, pharmaceuticals and detergents for maintaining the high quality lifestyle to which we aspire. The challenge is to ensure that while weenjoythebene?tsofthesesubstances,theirinevitablerele...
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Marc A. Webber PhD
Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification
Marine Mammals of the World, 3rd Edition describes and illustrates newly discovered and rarely photographed species, making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date identification guide to all the marine mammal species of the world. This latest edition continues to meet the research-focused needs ...
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Maurice Hornocker
Cougars on the Cliff: One Man's Pioneering Quest to Understand the Mythical Mountain Lion, A Memoir
Maurice Hornocker is recognized worldwide as the first scientist to unravel the secrets of America's most enigmatic predator—the mountain lion. A story of redemption, this book is a memoir about the never-before-told adventures, challenges, and controversies surrounding Hornocker’s groundbreakin...
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Carter T. Atkinson
Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds
Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds provides thorough coverage of major parasite groups affecting wild bird species. Broken into four sections covering protozoa, helminths, leeches, and arthropod parasites, this volume provides reviews of the history, disease, epizootiology, pathology, and population ...
$148.95
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Dr. Rachel A. Page
Bat Island: A Rare Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats
Featuring incredible photography and insight from an international team with long-term ties to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bat Island spotlights the unique beauty and environmental importance of the seventy-six species of bats on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island. For decades, sc...
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Tom McCarthy
Snow Leopards (Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes)
Snow Leopards, Second Edition provides a foundational, comprehensive overview of the biology, ecology and conservation of this iconic species. This updated edition incorporates all the recent information from range-wide surveys and conservation projects, the results of technical and advances partic...
$97.50
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Charles H. Nilon
Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks)
This handbook provides a state-of-the-art, comprehensive overview of the expanding field of urban biodiversity. The field of urban biodiversity has emerged from within the broad discipline of urban ecology in the past two decades and is now a significant field in its own right. In view of this, the ...
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