Wildlife: mammals: general interest Books
Cambridge University Press HumanWildlife Interactions
Book SynopsisHuman-wildlife conflict is an urgent challenge for conservation. Framing human-wildlife interactions strictly as conflict, however, limits the array of solutions. With a broader perspective that emphasises tolerance and coexistence, this book presents solutions to turn conflict into coexistence.Trade Review'This is an open-minded book that seeks to examine the many facets of each case study …' Amanda Hardy, The Biologist'It will be of great interest to life and conservation scientists because it offers a humanistic point of view that is fundamental to conservationists, but which is seldomly effectively addressed. It should also interest academics of the human sciences who are addressing other kinds of conflicts, such as political or religious polarizations … An urgent step in search for the balance necessary for human-wildlife coexistence can be found in this book.' Eduardo Bessa, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of Contents1. Human-wildlife conflicts and the need to include coexistence Beatrice Frank and Jenny A. Glikman; 2. A multilevel, systems view of values can inform a move toward human-wildlife coexistence Alia M. Dietsch, Michael J. Manfredo, Leeann Sullivan, Jeremy T. Bruskotter and Tara L. Teel; 3. Broadening the aperture on coexistence with wildlife through the lens of identity, risk, and morals Michelle L. Lute and Meredith L. Gore; 4. Understanding emotions as opportunities for and barriers to coexistence with wildlife Maarten Jacobs and Jerry Vaske; 5. Tolerance for wildlife: a psychological perspective Kristina Slagle and Jeremy T. Bruskotter; 6. A framework for assessing and quantifying human-wildlife interactions in urban areas Carl D. Soulsbury and Piran C. L. White; 7. Predators in humans landscapes Ketil Skogen, Sunetro Ghosal, Silje Skuland and Siddhartha Krishnan; 8. Corridor of conflict: learning to coexist with long distance mule deer migrations, Wyoming, United States Joshua Morse and Susan G. Clarka; 9. Collaborative approach for coexistence with wildlife in rural regions of Japan Ryo Sakurai; 10. Toward tolerance and coexistence: a comparative analysis of the human-macaque interface in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and Florida, United States Erin P. Riley; 11. Elephants and bees: using beehive fences to increase human-elephant coexistence for small-scale farmers in Kenya Lucy E. King; 12. The twin challenges of preventing real and perceived threats to human interests Omar Ohrens, Francisco Santiago-Avila and Adrian Treves; 13. Conflict and coexistence with invasive wildlife: examining attitudes and behaviours toward Burmese pythons in Florida Rebecca G. Harvey and Frank J. Mazzotti; 14. Institutions for achieving human wildlife coexistence: the case of large herbivores and large carnivores in Europe John D. C. Linnell and Bjørn Kaltenborn; 15. Worldviews and coexistence with coyotes Shelley M. Alexander and Dianne L. Draper; 16. Conservation marketing as a tool to promote human-wildlife coexistence Diogo Verissimo, Brooke Sadowsky and Leo Douglas; 17. Leaping forward: the need for innovation in wildlife conservation Leela Hazzah, Salisha Chandra and Stephanie Dolrenry; 18. Toward human-wildlife coexistence through the integration of human and natural systems: the case of grey wolves in the Rocky Mountains, USA Neil Carter, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, John Vucetich, Robert Crabtree, Hannah Jaicks, Gabriel Karns, Michael Paul Nelson, Doug Smith and John D. C. Linnell; 19. Planning for coexistence in a complex human-dominated world Silvio Marchini, Katia M. P. M. B. Ferraz, Alexandra Zimmermann, Thaís Guimaraes-Luiz, Ronaldo Morato, Pedro L. P. Correa and David W. Macdonald; 20. Human-wildlife interactions: multifaceted approaches for turning conflict into coexistence Jenny A. Glikman, Beatrice Frank and Silvio Marchini.
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Workman Publishing It's the Little Things: The Pocket Pigs' Guide to
Book SynopsisPut your best hoof forward. Combining the irresistible sweetness of the Pocket Pigs of Pennywell Farm with words of wisdom about embracing all that life has to offer, It’s the Little Things is a book filled to the brim with inspirational mantras and adorable animal appreciation. On spread after spread we see heart-melting, full-color images of these mini pigs—lounging on tiny beach chairs, getting creative with paint, nuzzling with other farm animals, popping out of flower bushes—paired with their favorite words on creativity and fearlessness and relishing all of the small things that make life great. Small in stature but mighty in joy, here are the Pocket Pigs to remind us in the most playful and unassuming way to be grateful, stay curious, and keep ourselves open to the magic of life.
£9.49
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Monkey Coloring Book For Adults: A Stress Relief
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Rodents: Habitat, Pathology & Environmental
Book SynopsisThis book gathers topical research from across the globe in the study of the habitat, pathology and environmental impact of the rodent population. Topics discussed include rodents in urban ecosystems of Russia and the USA; the European water vole of Western Siberia; a study of rodents in field investigations; the potential use of Proechimys (spiny rat) in the field of neuroscience; niche overlap and resource partitioning among three urban rodent species; helminth parasites of hydromyine rodents from the island of New Guinea and rodent management in animal farms by anticoagulant rodenticides.
£146.24
North Star Editions We Need African Rhinos
Book SynopsisIntroduces readers to the roles of African rhinos in savanna ecosystems, as well as threats to rhino populations and conservation efforts. Eye-catching infographics, clear text, and a “That’s Amazing!” feature make this book an engaging exploration of the importance of African rhinos.Trade Review"A solid introduction to keystone species." —School Library Journal
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North Star Editions Animal Files: We Need African Rhinos
Book SynopsisIntroduces readers to the roles of African rhinos in savanna ecosystems, as well as threats to rhino populations and conservation efforts. Eye-catching infographics, clear text, and a “That’s Amazing!” feature make this book an engaging exploration of the importance of African rhinos.Trade Review"A solid introduction to keystone species." —School Library Journal
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Reaktion Books Sheep
Book SynopsisThe Egyptians worshipped them, the Romans dressed them in fitted coats, the Christians made the shepherd synonymous with their divine saviour. In Sheep, Philip Armstrong traces the natural and cultural history of both the wild and domestic species of Ovis: from the Old World mouflon to the corkscrew-horned flocks of the Egyptians, to the 'Trojan sheep' of Homer's Odyssey, to the vast migratory mobs of Spanish merinos - all the way to Dolly the cloned ewe and the sheep-human hybrids of Haruki Murakami. Above all else, Sheep demonstrates that sometimes the most mundane animals turn out to be the most surprising.
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Amber Books Ltd Mammals: 300 Amazing Animals
Book SynopsisMammals include some of the most intriguing creatures on the planet: the big cats of Africa, the monkeys that inhabit the trees of the Amazon basin, the whales and dolphins that roam the world’s oceans. This book profiles the mammals of the world, using an entry by entry approach. By including fascinating examples from all of the world’s major mammal families, Mammals offers a truly comprehensive overview of mammals from every continent and gives a sense of the incredible diversity of mammal types. The entries are grouped by order, then within each order by family (and, where necessary, within each family by subfamilies); each family section contains examples of the key species, which are illustrated with beautifully detailed, full-colour artworks. For easy reference, each entry includes a table of information on scientific name, order and family, features, habitats, distribution, diet and breeding. Table of ContentsIntroduction 6 Artiodactyla–Carnivora 14 Cetacea–Insectivora 149 Lagomorpha–Pinnipedia 182 Primates–Rodentia 230 Sirenia–Xenartha 304 Glossary 312 Index 314
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Atlantic Books Till the Cows Come Home: The Story of Our Eternal
Book Synopsis'A vital, thorough and accessible history that everyone who cares about the past or the future should read.' Rosamund Young, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Cows______________________________________The story of the relationship between humankind and cattle, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Counting Sheep.To tell the story of the relationship between humankind and cattle is to tell the story of civilisation itself. Since the beginning, cattle have tilled our soils, borne our burdens, fed and clothed us and been our loyal and uncomplaining servants in the work of taming the wilderness and wresting a living from the land. There has never been a time when we have not depended on cattle. As human societies have migrated from the country to the city, the things they have needed from their cattle may have changed, but the fundamental human dependence remains.Blending personal experience, recollection, interviews with farmers, butchers and cattle breeders and studding the narrative with little-known nuggets of technical detail, Philip Walling entertainingly reveals the central importance of cattle to all our lives.Trade ReviewA well-researched, uncynical and thought-provoking book. It is also an elegy to a dying industry. -- Nigel Farndale * The Times *A vital, thorough and accessible history that everyone who cares about the past or the future should read. * Rosamund Young, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Cows *Entertaining... A colourful and informative romp through the history of native breeds, brought to life through delightful anecdotes. * Country Life *Engaging... Lively... Fascinating * Spectator *Wondrous... Walling loves cows and I love his book. It intrigues and feeds just like a big, beautiful cow. -- John Lewis-Stempel * Countryfile *Table of Contents1: Dairying 2: The Gloucester Cow 3: The Shorthorn 4: The London Dairies 5: The Channel Island Breeds 6: The Black-and-White Revolution 7: The Miracles of AI and Pasteurization 8: Raw Milk 9: My Little Herd of Heifers 10: To Hereford, to Hereford, to Buy a Big Bull 11: Ruby Red Devons 12: Scotch Black Cattle 13: The Irish Breeds 14: From Scotland to the High Plains of Colorado 15: Feedlots and the Grazing Cow: the Maker of Fertility 16: The Texas Longhorn: an Ancient Breed in a New Land 17: 'Rascals with horns goin' straight out' 18: The Spanish Fighting Bull 19: Sacred Cows
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Field Studies Council A Guide to British Bats
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Word Dancer Press California's Day of the Grizzly: The Exciting,
Book SynopsisProminent California historian William B Secrest, Sr. (California Desperadoes, When the Great Spirit Died) tells the fascinating story of the most ferocious animal in the West and how it met it''s demise at the hand of man. Grizzlies were slaughtered out of fear, used for meat, and even forced to fight with bulls for the sheer sport of it. California''s Day of the Grizzly includes the story of the life of greatest bear man of them all -- Grizzly Adams! As with all of Secrest''s books this one is lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs and engravings.
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Rocky Mountain Books The Grizzly Manifesto: In Defence of the Great
Book SynopsisThe grizzly bear, once the archetype for all that is wild, is quickly becoming a symbol of nature''s fierce but flagging resilience in the face of human greed and ignorance--and the difficulty a wealth-addicted society has in changing its ways. North America''s grizzlies have been under siege ever since Europeans arrived. They''d survived the arrival of spear-wielding humans 13,000 years ago, outlived the short-faced bear, the dire wolf and the sabre-tooth cat--not to mention mastodons, mammoths and giant ground sloths the size of elephants--but grizzly bears in much of Turtle Island succumbed to 375 years of unrelenting commercialization and industrialization, disappearing from the Great Plains and much of the mountain West. Despite their relatively successful recovery in Yellowstone National Park, the bears'' decline continues largely unchecked. And the front line in this centuries-old battle for survival has shifted to western Alberta and southern BC, where outdated mythologies, rapacious industry and disingenuous governments continue to push the Great Bear into the mountains and toward a future that may not have room for them at all.
£16.19
EnvelopeBooks How to Rescue a Tiger
Book SynopsisMulti-award-winning news photographer Roger Allen documents the many animal rescue cases he has brought to world attention primates, lions, tigers, bears, dogs and rhinos and, in many cases, their happy outcomes.
£26.21
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US The Mammals of Virginia
Book SynopsisThe First Edition of The Mammals of Virginia (1998) was the first book on the subject and scope of Virginias mammals to have appeared in more than fifty years and, as such, was a major contribution to the literature on Virginia mammals. Twenty-three years later, the Second Edition presents the very latest and updated research on the subject. An Introduction discusses the general characteristics of mammals and their classification. This is followed by a detailed history of mammal investigations in Virginia beginning in 1585 and a discussion of Virginias five physiographic provinces. Individual species accounts have been prepared for each of the 122 species of mammals currently or previously inhabiting the state. Accounts of several new species that were not found in Virginia in 1998 are included. Each account includes a description of the animal, its distribution (including updated national and statewide range maps), habitat, habits, food, reproduction and development, longevity, pelage variations, parasites and diseases, predation, geographic variation, and the location of all known specimens in museum, college, university, or private collections. Some topics specific to one or more species such as white-nose syndrome, hibernation, rabies, and introductions (both successful and unsuccessful) are discussed where appropriate. Each species account includes a colour photograph and an artists rendering of the skull (dorsal, ventral and lateral views). Diagnostic keys are provided to Orders, Families, Genera and species. A new chapter entitled What May the Future Hold for Virginias Mammals? discusses natural and human-induced changes including urbanisation, climate change, effects of non-native mammals and plants, habitat restoration, wind turbines, pesticides, mining, transmission lines and pipelines. Appendices include a Checklist of Mammals of Virginia, Mammals Whose Type Localities Are In Virginia, Federal and State Endangered and Threatened Mammals, a Glossary, and Credits for Colour Plates. The book concludes with a Bibliography of over 4,400 references, including over 3,600 references to Virginia mammals, the most extensive compilation of bibliographic references ever assembled for Virginia mammals. The Second Edition of The Mammals of Virginia is a valuable resource for everyone -- researchers, students, professors, librarians, federal and state biologists, naturalists, and others -- with an interest in the mammals of Virginia and surrounding states.
£57.59
Museum Tusculanum Press Polar Bears in Northwest Greenland: An Interview
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Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited The Rise and Fall of the Emerald Tigers: 10 Years
Book SynopsisDespite the systemic opposition, Chundawat continued the fight to save Pannaâs tigers, collecting data and petitioning the government to intervene.
£21.38
Penguin Putnam Inc The Snow Leopard
Book SynopsisAn unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), the National Book Award-winning author of the new novel In Paradise In 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest to find the Lama of Shey at the ancient shrine on Crystal Mountain. As the climb proceeds, Matthiessen charts his inner path as well as his outer one, with a deepening Buddhist understanding of reality, suffering, impermanence, and beauty. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by acclaimed travel writer and novelist Pico Iyer.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.
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Random House USA Inc The Tiger
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St Martin's Press Part of the Pride
Book SynopsisIn Part of the Pride, Kevin Richardson, recently dubbed The Lion Man on 60 Minutes, tells the story of how he grew from a young boy who loved animals to become a man able to cross the divide between humans and predators, looking some of the world''s most dangerous animals directly in the eye, playing with them and even kissing them on the nose-all without ever being attacked or injured. As a self-taught animal behaviorist, Richardson has broken every safety rule known to humans when working with these wild animals. Flouting common misconceptions that breaking an animal''s spirit with sticks and chains is the best way to subdue them, he uses love, understanding and trust to develop personal bonds with them. His unique method of getting to know their individual personalities, what makes each of them angry, happy, upset, or irritated has caused them to accept him like one of their own into their fold. Richardson allows the animals'' own stories to share center stage as he tells rea
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Penguin Publishing Group The Grizzly Maze Timothy Treadwells Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears
Book SynopsisWith a new introduction on Werner Herzog’s film entitled The Grizzly ManTimothy Treadwell, self-styled “bear whisperer” dared to live among the grizzlies, seeking to overturn the perception of them as dangerously aggressive animals. When he and his girlfriend were mauled, it created a media sensation.In The Grizzly Maze, Nick Jans, a seasoned outdoor writer with a quarter century of experience writing about Alaska and bears, traces Treadwell’s rise from unknown waiter in California to celebrity, providing a moving portrait of the man whose controversial ideas and behavior earned him the scorn of hunters, the adoration of animal lovers and the skepticism of naturalists. “Intensely imagistic, artfully controlled prose . . . behind the building tension of Treadwell’s path to oblivion, a stunning landscape looms.”—Newsday
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Cengage Learning, Inc Through a Window My Thirty Years with the
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Penguin Random House LLC The Predator Paradox Ending the War with Wolves Bears Cougars and Coyotes
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Walnut Creek Publishing Alpaca Picture Book Photos Fun Facts
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LEGARE STREET PR The Natural History of the Sperm Whale. to Which Is Added a Sketch of a SouthSea Whaling Voyage
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