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Planning and Installing Bioenergy Systems: A Guide for Installers, Architects and Engineers
ISBN: 9781844071326 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bioenergy is a modern solution for local energy supply and waste management. This wire-comb-bound guide explains the fundamentals of different bioenergy projects, reviews the main technologies involved, and offers best-practice examples and color photos of actual projects. After an overview of the technologies and types of systems available, the gu
Bioenergy is a modern solution for local energy supply and waste management. This wire-comb-bound guide explains the fundamentals of different bioener...
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The Coachella Valley Preserve: The Struggle for a Desert Wetlands
ISBN: 9780893703325 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This true story is set in the Coachella Valley, the desert region best known for Palm Springs, California, a glamorous and sunny resort for the rich and famous, filled with emerald green golf courses, lakes, condominiums, and sunset-capped blue mountains. Yvonne Tevis here delineates the ongoing intense battle between developers and conservationists over how this precious land should be used. Basing her tale around the fight to save the habitat of an endangered species, the fringe-toed lizard, Tevis includes: interviews, maps, illustrations, notes, and a comprehensive bibliography, with valid...
This true story is set in the Coachella Valley, the desert region best known for Palm Springs, California, a glamorous and sunny resort for the rich a...
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Beginning Wildlife Rehab: Things to Consider Before Becoming a Licensed Colorado Wildlife Rehabilitator
ISBN: 9780595483341 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wildlife rehabilitation is a way of life, not a hobby. Working with wildlife can be stressful and rewarding, exhausting and fulfilling. Find out how this work impacts your quality of life and if it's the right choice for you. Do you have what it takes to become a home-based wildlife rehabilitator in Colorado? This rehabber shares her realities; her challenges and rewards of her work with wildlife, one of our most precious natural resources.
Wildlife rehabilitation is a way of life, not a hobby. Working with wildlife can be stressful and rewarding, exhausting and fulfilling. Find out how t...
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Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories
ISBN: 9780774813631 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the late nineteenth century, to the alarm of government conservationists, the North American plains bison population collapsed. Yet large herds of other big game animals still roamed the Northwest Territories, and Aboriginal people depended on them for food and clothing. Hunters at the Margin examines the conflict in the Northwest Territories between Native hunters and conservationists over three big game species: the wood bison, the muskox, and the caribou. John Sandlos argues that the introduction of game regulations, national parks, and game sanctuaries was central to... In the late nineteenth century, to the alarm of government conservationists, the North American plains bison population collapsed. Yet large herds ... |
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Centre for Fortean Zoology Yearbook 2008
ISBN: 9781905723195 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With contributions from both well-known researchers and relative newcomers, the "Centre For Fortean Zoology Yearbook" provides a forum where new theories can be expounded and work on little-known cryptids discussed.
With contributions from both well-known researchers and relative newcomers, the "Centre For Fortean Zoology Yearbook" provides a forum where new theor...
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86,16 |
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The Bear Dogs of Katahdin
ISBN: 9781425796501 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The mother moose was standing by her three-week old calf. She gave me a cold hard stare and then laid her ears back. I could actually see the hair rise up on the back of her neck just before she put her head down and charged. Barely into my second month as a Baxter State Park ranger and a big animal was angry and running straight at me. She could kill me or cause serious injury with one fl ail of her hooves. This was surreal. I was a ranger, for Pete's sake. How was I going to explain this in my weekly report?
The mother moose was standing by her three-week old calf. She gave me a cold hard stare and then laid her ears back. I could actually see the hair ris...
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Big Cats in Britain Yearbook 2008
ISBN: 9781905723232 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains a rundown of every known big cat sighting in the UK during 2007, together with essays by various luminaries of the British big cat research community which place the phenomenon into scientific, cultural, and historical perspective.
This volume contains a rundown of every known big cat sighting in the UK during 2007, together with essays by various luminaries of the British big ca...
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Crop Wild Relative Conservation and Use
ISBN: 9781845930998 / Angielski / Twarda / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Crop wild relatives (CWR) are species closely related to crop plants which can contribute beneficial traits, such as pest or disease resistance and yield improvement. These species are critical for improving agricultural production and increasing food security. They are also essential components of natural and semi-natural habitats as well as agricultural systems, and are therefore vital in maintaining ecosystem health. However, CWR, like any other group of wild species, are subject to an increasing range of threats: habitat loss, degradation and mismanagement, over-collection and climate...
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are species closely related to crop plants which can contribute beneficial traits, such as pest or disease resistance and yi...
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The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
ISBN: 9780316066471 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES tells of Craig Childs' own chilling experiences among the grizzlies of the Arctic, sharks off the coast of British Columbia and in the turquoise waters of Central America, jaguars in the bush of northern Mexico, mountain lions, elk, Bighorn Sheep, and others. More than chilling, however, these stories are lyrical, enchanting, and reach beyond what one commonly assumes an "animal story" is or should be. THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES is a book about another world that exists alongside our own, an entire realm of languages and interactions that humans rarely get the chance to...
THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES tells of Craig Childs' own chilling experiences among the grizzlies of the Arctic, sharks off the coast of British Columbia and i...
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Wild Animals at Home
ISBN: 9781408697276 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a delightful account of Ernest Thompson Seton's experiences in Yellowstone Park - and the various animals that he encountered during his excursions. Full of delicate descriptions, interesting information, and humorous anecdotes, this volume is highly recommended for those with a love of the great outdoors, and would make for a great addition to collections of hunting literature. Contents include: The Cute Coyote, The Pride-Dog and His Kin, Famous Fur-Bearers, Horns and Hoofs and Legs of Speed, Bats in the Devil s Kitchen, The Well-Meaning Skunk, The Badger, The...
This vintage book contains a delightful account of Ernest Thompson Seton's experiences in Yellowstone Park - and the various animals that he encounter...
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102,13 |
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Something Out There
ISBN: 9781870325042 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume of nature writing is set largely in Highland Perthshire, the author's home for several years. It is an account of his quest to rediscover something of the ancient bond between man and nature.
This volume of nature writing is set largely in Highland Perthshire, the author's home for several years. It is an account of his quest to rediscover ...
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Stonechats
ISBN: 9780713660241 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The genus Saxicola contains about 13 species, depending on taxonomy. They are a distinctive and popular group of birds, and include two very familiar and attractive British species - the Stonechat and Whinchat. This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of these birds. It is primarily an identification guide, using colour plates and photographs to illustrate the various races and plumages, but the text also covers the biology, habitat and range of each species. DNA data is presented, and there are distribution maps for each species.
The genus Saxicola contains about 13 species, depending on taxonomy. They are a distinctive and popular group of birds, and include two very familiar ...
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The Kenneth Anderson Omnibus
ISBN: 9788171674565 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Tracking Bigfoot: The Journey Continues
ISBN: 9781505223163 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lori Simmons detail her adventures continuing her dad's, Don Wallace, 28 years of Bigfoot research in Bigfoot Country with some of the top legendary Bigfoot researchers and scientists.
Lori Simmons detail her adventures continuing her dad's, Don Wallace, 28 years of Bigfoot research in Bigfoot Country with some of the top legendary B...
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Hunter and Hunted: Relationships between Carnivores and People
ISBN: 9780521814102 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hans Kruuk, a life-long naturalist, tells the fascinating story of carnivores and humans' intricate relationships with them. The book is illustrated with specially commissioned drawings, and deals not only with the wild beauty of carnivores and their conservation, but also with the topics of furs and medicine, man-eaters and sheep-killers. Kruuk explains in simple terms the role of carnivores in nature, how they impact human life, art and literature, and how we instinctively respond to them and why.
Hans Kruuk, a life-long naturalist, tells the fascinating story of carnivores and humans' intricate relationships with them. The book is illustrated w...
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Applied Ecology and Natural Resource Management
ISBN: 9780521811279 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume bridges the gap between ecology and natural resource management and, in particular, focuses on plant ecology as a foundation for vegetation and wildlife management. It describes how concepts and approaches used by ecologists to study communities and ecosystems can be applied to their management. Guy R. McPherson and Stephen DeStefano emphasize the importance of thoughtfully designed and conducted scientific studies to both the advancement of ecological knowledge and the application of techniques for the management of plant and animal populations.
This volume bridges the gap between ecology and natural resource management and, in particular, focuses on plant ecology as a foundation for vegetatio...
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Global Action for Biodiversity: An International Framework for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity
ISBN: 9781853833588 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the nations of the world adopted the convention on Biological Diversity. Since then, over 160 countries have ratified the Convention, three Conferences of the Parties have taken place and a permanent secretariat has been established. Despite this, there remains a lot of uncertainty and even more controversy about what the Convention was intended to accomplish and how it was to do so. This book, published in association with the IUCN - The World Conservation Union, sets out to answer some of these questions by recounting the history of the movements leading up...
At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the nations of the world adopted the convention on Biological Diversity. Since then, over 160 countries have ratified...
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Big Game in Alaska
ISBN: 9780300026252 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The development of Alaskan wildlife management is an engrossing saga, and Morgan Sherwood's vivid writing brings to life the people and politics that shaped its course. A symbolic legal confrontation over hunting rights between General Simon Buckner and the Alaska Game Commission is at the center of this story of the conflict between hunters and those concerned for the hunted. Sherwood shows how attitudes and values in the lower forty-eight states affected federal wildlife policies in Alaska.
The development of Alaskan wildlife management is an engrossing saga, and Morgan Sherwood's vivid writing brings to life the people and politics that ...
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Off the Beaten Path: With Walter Hesman
ISBN: 9780920474549 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Off the Beaten Path" is a study of an exceptional outdoorsman, Walter Hesman. A Windsor native, Hesman spent over 50 years in Ontario s "Near North," and for over 35 years (1934-1969) operated Little River Lodge in Golden Valley, near Commanda. The author s many memorable outdoor adventures ring with authenticity. He has written a book that will delight veteran sportsmen and novices alike, whatever their interests. Anyone familiar with Walter Hesman knows of his deep concern for nature. His "grass-roots," "I-have-been-there" perspective provides an alternative approach to wildlife... "Off the Beaten Path" is a study of an exceptional outdoorsman, Walter Hesman. A Windsor native, Hesman spent over 50 years in Ontario s "Near Nort... |
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Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment
ISBN: 9781594549519 / Angielski / Twarda / 371 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An ecosystem is a complex of interconnected living organisms inhabiting a particular area or unit of space, together with their environment and all their interrelationships and relationships with the environment having a well-maintained ecological processe
An ecosystem is a complex of interconnected living organisms inhabiting a particular area or unit of space, together with their environment and all th...
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