Conservation of the environment
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Conservation of the environment
Paperback. Drawing on extensive research, this study provides an overview of the causes and consequences of the loss of natural resources. It explores key ecosystems (forests, marine systems, wetlands) and examines the management challenges involved in protecting these systems from destruction. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012531
- ISBN
- 9781853831812
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Parrots' colour and charisma, coupled with the fact that they mimic human speech, make them fascinating to many people. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: RNKH1; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 217 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145522
- ISBN
- 9781868145522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.06
€ 86.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Okuda, Ted; Manokaran, N. (Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia); Matsumoto, Y. (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan); Niiyama, K. (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan); Thomas, S.C. (University of Toronto, ON, Canada); Ashton, P.S. (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA). Num Pages: 628 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431670100
- ISBN
- 9784431670100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.50
€ 124.50
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992846
- ISBN
- 9780295992846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.46
€ 41.99
€ 36.46
Paperback. Highlights South and Central American approaches to wildlife conservation and documents the state and the historical development of a Latin American conservation and management strategy. This book addresses the threats to bio-diversity caused by ranching, fishing, and hunting and assesses the benefits and risks of continued human use of wildlife. Editor(s): Silvius, Kirsten M.; Bodmer, Richard E.; Fragoso, Jose M. V. Num Pages: 464 pages, 58 line drawings, 2 halftones, 3 color figs, 73 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127837
- ISBN
- 9780231127837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.84
€ 54.99
€ 39.84
Hardback. This study offers a number of perspectives to stimulate and inform future discussion on the importance and consequences of ecological integrity for science, morality and public policy. Editor(s): Westra, Laura; Lemons, John. Series: Environmental Science and Technology Library. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792337348
- ISBN
- 9780792337348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.84
€ 128.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 b/w & 5 colour illus. BIC Classification: AJCR; PDX; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837630855
- ISBN
- 9783837630855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 42.14
€ 53.46
€ 42.14
Paperback. John Bassi has dedicated most of his life to the plight of wildlife in Africa. Raised in north eastern Zimbabwe, he was inspired by a life of living and working in wilderness areas throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Learning about the cruel realities of war and human greed, he made a vow to devote his life to protecting nature. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HF; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431408719
- ISBN
- 9781431408719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Hardback. Editor(s): Frisiras, Chris Thomas. Num Pages: 341 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: RNF; RNK; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613244937
- ISBN
- 9781613244937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.92€ 156.76
€ 230.92
€ 156.76
Paperback. "[Brown's] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable."-Katherine Salant, Washington Post Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: RNK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Substantially Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337198
- ISBN
- 9780393337198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Can we live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth, and all the biological knowledge about ourselves that would die along with them? Extinction of the great apes threatens to become a reality within a few human generations. Stanford tells us how we can redirect the course of an otherwise bleak future. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PSVW79; RNCB; RNKH1; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416840
- ISBN
- 9780674416840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.66
€ 35.99
€ 30.66
Paperback. Proposes the existence of widely-recurring plant functional types with predictable relationships to vegetation structure and dynamics. This title features chapters on Assembling of Communities, Rarification and Extinction, Colonisation and Invasion, Principles and methodologies of a range of international tests including case study examples. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSTS; RNC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470850404
- ISBN
- 9780470850404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83
Paperback. This book addresses the major problems facing policy-makers and managers in sustaining biological diversity in managed forests. Editor(s): Bunnell, Fred L.; Johnson, Jacklyn F. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: RNF; RNK; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 0. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774806916
- ISBN
- 9780774806916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.22
€ 40.99
€ 36.22
hardcover. Ponds and pools are a common feature of our landscape -- there are at least ten times as many ponds as lakes in the UK -- and they are also important wildlife habitats. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed account of these freshwater habitats. Series: Collins New Naturalist Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 150 b/w, 32 col illus, With index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; PSPF; RBKF; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780002200851
- ISBN
- 9780002200851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.98€ 58.25
€ 76.98
€ 58.25
Paperback. Places the converging disciplines of wildlife management and captive management in the context of the developing field of population and habitat viability analysis. The contributors explore the science of the demographic management of small populations, both in zoos and in the wild. Editor(s): Ballou, Jonathan D.; Gilpin, Michael; Foose, Thomas J. Series: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation. Num Pages: 375 pages, 20 tables,72 figs. BIC Classification: PSVS; RNF; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101776
- ISBN
- 9780231101776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.23
€ 76.23
Hardback. Places the converging disciplines of wildlife management and captive management in the context of the developing field of population and habitat viability analysis. The contributors explore the science of the demographic management of small populations, both in zoos and in the wild. Editor(s): Ballou, Jonathan D.; Gilpin, Michael; Foose, Thomas J. Series: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation. Num Pages: 375 pages, 20 tables,72 figs. BIC Classification: PSVS; RNF; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101769
- ISBN
- 9780231101769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.03€ 111.05
€ 148.03
€ 111.05
Paperback. In this volume many of the world's leading conservation and population biologists evaluate what has become a key tool in estimating extinction risk and evaluating potential recovery strategies - population viability analysis, or PVA. Editor(s): Beissinger, Steven R.; McCullough, Dale R. Num Pages: 496 pages, 71 line drawings, 29 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041780
- ISBN
- 9780226041780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 45.68
€ 53.29
€ 45.68
Paperback. Wildlife care and rehabilitation is often on a one-to-one basis and involves a lot of time, care and skill. However, for many years, care of injured wildlife was regarded as a low priority and euthanasia was the recommended option. Num Pages: 352 pages, 108 illustrations. BIC Classification: RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405127493
- ISBN
- 9781405127493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.43
€ 76.43
Paperback. This study introduces the principles and practices of prescribed burning, which apply far beyond California, within a historical and ecological perspective. First published in 1989, this edition includes a new foreword. Num Pages: 274 pages, 74 b/w photgraphs, 14 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNF; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University of California Press Berkeley
- Number of pages
- 274
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KRS0018204
- ISBN
- 9780520219458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. A recent report warns that nearly 20 per cent of the world's primates may go extinct by 2020. This work integrates theoretical advances with practical management priorities to give scientists and policymakers the tools they need to help keep these species from disappearing forever. Num Pages: 512 pages, 89 line drawings, 59 tables. BIC Classification: PSVW79; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226116372
- ISBN
- 9780226116372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41