Kategoria BISAC: Nature >> Animals - Wildlife

This original and wide-ranging work examines historical perceptions of nature in China and the relationship between insider and outsider, state and village, top-down conservation policy and community autonomy. After an introduction to the history of wildlife conservation and nature reserve management in China, the book places recent tiger conservation efforts in the context of a two-thousand-year gazetteer of tiger attacks--the longest running documentation of human-wildlife encounters for any region in the world. This record offers a unique perspective on the history of the tiger as a...

"A thoughtful examination of the machinery of extinction . . . By turns harrowing and elegiac, thrilling and informative." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

Three or four times an hour, eighty or more times a day, a unique species of plant or animal vanishes forever. And yet, every so often one of these lost species resurfaces. "Having adventures most of us can only dream about" (The Times-Picayune), Scott Weidensaul pursues stories of loss and recovery, of endurance against the odds, and of surprising resurrections.

This latest collaboration of Carolyn V. Platt and Gary Meszaros is a beautifully photographed book that explores Lake Erie and its effects on the birds that make this region their home.

Birds of the Lake Erie Region observes a year of weather changes and avian migrations--from the wintertime convergence of ducks and other waterbirds on the lake's last ice-free areas to the excitement of the raptor and shorebird migrations in the fall.

Expert or novice, birders and nature lovers will be moved by Platt's celebration of these birds and their habitat and by Meszaros's...

- Throws out behaviorist theories that claim animals have no consciousness.

- Offers a completely new understanding of the role psychedelics play in the development of consciousness in all species.

- Reveals drug use to be a natural instinct.

From caffeine-dependent goats to nectar addicted ants, the animal kingdom offers amazing examples of wild animals and insects seeking out and consuming the psychoactive substances in their environments. Author Giorgio...

Those who are involved with fishing and fisheries resource management--including fishermen, their communities, production, processing, distribution, and marketing industries, and various government and non-governmental organizations--confront the contradictions arising from the appropriation, allocation, and distribution of fisheries and marine resources in a variety of ways.

The authors call into question the assumptions of policy prescriptions to common resource problems by examining the experiences of people and societies confronted with and adapting to these resource appropriation,...

Abundantly illustrated with more than 400 color photographs and 200 detailed drawings, this comprehensive guide to the state's rare and endangered plants provides photographs and botanical illustrations in a single volume formatted for field use. More than 200 species are covered, including two dozen that are federally listed and 170-plus that are listed as Threatened, Endangered, Rare, or of Special Concern by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

The guide is designed for easy, nontechnical identification of species in the field. Color photographs show the plants in their...

• Develops thought-provoking applications which emphasize the value of modeling as a learning tool
  
• Examines basic descriptive equations, matrix representations, consumer-resources interactions, applications in simulation, scenarios, harvesting,...

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• Includes case studies and interviews with prominent conservation scientists to help situate key concepts in a real world context
  
• Covers a broad range of topics including: the fate of the coral reefs; the impact of agriculture, urbanization, and...

• Assembles biological, social and economic perspectives that illuminate the bushmeat debate
  
• Features a series of case studies that explore what species survive different intensities of bushmeat hunting and trapping
  
• Examines the shape and size of household bushmeat consumption and market trading
  
• Reviews governance and institutional impacts on wildlife management; lessons learned from agriculture,...