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Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book is the first to combine all three young mens experiences of the Am……続きを見る

A host of activities for having fun, engaging with wildlife and exploring your wild side in the countryside. Britain's countryside offers a host of varied habitats for the walker, the amateur natura……続きを見る

It began with a weekend house; then weekend trips. Then the occasional meeting rearranged in favor of a morning in Central Park, just while the spring migration was on. Before Luke Dempsey knew it, ……続きを見る

In this New York Times bestseller, Brian Fagan shows how climate transformed-and sometimes destroyed--human societies during the earth's last global warming phase. From the 10th to 15th centuries th……続きを見る

The ranchers who resettled BC’s interior in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries depended on grassland for their cattle, but in this they faced some unlikely competition from grasshoppe……続きを見る

The Gold Coast is one of Australia's premier tourism destinations, a city cut out of coastal vegetation, including paperbark swamps, mangroves and rainforests of worldwide significance. The Gold Coa……続きを見る

There is growing knowledge about and appreciation of the importance of Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) to rural livelihoods in developing countries, and to a lesser extent, developed countries. H……続きを見る

Manipulation of plant architecture is regarded as a new and promising issue in plant biotechnology. Given the important role of the cytoskeleton during plant growth and development, microtubules pro……続きを見る

I intend to fill, with this book, a need that has long been felt by students and professionals in many areas of agricultural, biological, natural, and environmental sciences-the need for a comprehen……続きを見る

Our cities are a mosaic of 'micro-habitats' providing food, water, green spaces and places to breed - the natural equivalent of the five-star hotel. Hence the presence of a huge range of animals, fr……続きを見る

Deranged links ecological explorations with moments of individual maturation in nineteen essays that braid natural history and memoir. On one level, Deranged investigates salient environmental topic……続きを見る

With 18 Full Color Photos! 'Walden' is one of the best-known non-fiction books ever written by an American. It details Thoreau's sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his fri……続きを見る

Extrait : "16 décembre 1908. ー Par beau temps calme, nous appareillons de Punta-Arenas à 9 heures du soir. M. Blanchard, le si aimable consul de France, venu à bord de son launch la Laurita à 8 h. ……続きを見る

Freer Trade, Sustainability, and the Primary Production Sector in the Southern European Union is the first full-scale academic work to cap ture the primary production sector policy aspects of trade ……続きを見る

In these times of technological innovation and fast-paced electronic communication, we often take nature for grantedーor even consider it a hindrance to our human endeavors. In Whispers and Shadows:……続きを見る

The sky displays endless scenes of astonishing beauty and grandeur. Southern Wonder Skies captures some of the unique skies from Northwestern Mississippi in a series of photographs. Skies painted wi……続きを見る

This is a collection of essays each chronicling an amazing and daring adventure. Warner has truly captured the essence of outdoor literature through this work. The anxiousness of the hunters and the……続きを見る

Books for All Kinds of Readers. ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead™ are optimized by increasing……続きを見る

The alligator gar belongs to a family of fish that has remained fundamentally unchanged since the Cretaceous, over 100 million years ago. Its intimidating size and plethora of teeth have made it dem……続きを見る

A GUARDIAN NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR Seeking the beautiful, the breathtaking and the bizarre, award-winning writer Charlie Elder goes in search of Britain's rarest and most endangered animals. Travell……続きを見る

Worms. Natural history is riddled with them. Literature is crawling with them. From antiquity to today, the ubiquitous and multiform worm provokes an immediate discomfort and unconscious distancing:……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright prize for nature writing Richard Askwith wanted more. Not convinced running had to be all about pounding pavements, buying fancy kit and racking up extre……続きを見る

This comprehensive new field guide is an excellent addition to the world-renowned series – the ultimate reference book for travelling birdwatchers. Every species of bird you might encounter in Pakis……続きを見る

Over the past 30 years one alarming trend is the emergence of plant species resistant to agrochemicals (e.g. insecticides, herbicides, fungicides). Considering the fact that these pesticides are cru……続きを見る

The preliminary work on this book goes back to lectures and seminars which I held on the subject of an ecological division of the world at the Geographical Department ofthe Aachen University of Tech……続きを見る

This volume takes a detailed look at in-breeding animals, exploring what it is, what it can achieve, and common problems related to it. “In-Breeding: What it is and What it Does” contains a wealth o……続きを見る

“Texas offers the opportunity to observe lizard diversity like no other part of the country,” writes Laurie J. Vitt in the foreword to Texas Lizards. From the moist eastern Piney Woods to the wester……続きを見る

In Southern Sanctuary, retired NASA research scientist and writer Marian Moore Lewis takes readers on a journey of discovery through the Goldsmith-Schiffman Wildlife Sanctuary, a 400-acre preserve i……続きを見る

Mountain Meteorology: Fundamentals and Applications offers first an introduction to the basic principles and concepts of mountain meteorology, then goes on to discuss their application in natural re……続きを見る

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