Habitat Management for Invertebrates: A Practical Handbook
ISBN: 9781907807510 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A practical guide to the management of habitat for invertebrates. Many invertebrates are highly specialised creatures with very precise habitat requirements. This means that they can be very sensitive indicators of environmental change. It also means that they can be lost from a site through small changes in management of their habitat. This book is a practical manual covering management for invertebrates: it provides guidelines to enable reserve managers and conservationists to take account of the vulnerable habitat features so important to invertebrates. The introduction gives an overview...
A practical guide to the management of habitat for invertebrates. Many invertebrates are highly specialised creatures with very precise habitat requir...
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178,41 zł |
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden: Forty Wild Years
ISBN: 9781611173109 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recognized today as one of America's best zoos, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has become one of Columbia, South Carolina's most popular tourist destinations and one of the most visited zoos in the southeastern United States. Riverbanks celebrates its fortieth anniversary on April 25, 2014. Over the last four decades both the zoo and the garden have been honored with many regional and national awards for excellence.
Among its many accolades, Riverbanks has received five prestigious Edward H. Bean Awards from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, most recently in 2011 for the long-term breeding... Recognized today as one of America's best zoos, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has become one of Columbia, South Carolina's most popular tourist destinatio...
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139,23 zł |
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden: Forty Wild Years
ISBN: 9781611173116 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recognized today as one of America's best zoos, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has become one of Columbia, South Carolina's most popular tourist destinations and one of the most visited zoos in the southeastern United States. Riverbanks celebrates its fortieth anniversary on April 25, 2014. Over the last four decades both the zoo and the garden have been honored with many regional and national awards for excellence.
Among its many accolades, Riverbanks has received five prestigious Edward H. Bean Awards from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, most recently in 2011 for the long-term breeding... Recognized today as one of America's best zoos, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has become one of Columbia, South Carolina's most popular tourist destinatio...
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69,48 zł |
Animal Kingdoms: Hunting, the Environment, and Power in the Indian Princely States
ISBN: 9780674072800 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One summer evening in 1918, a leopard wandered into the gardens of an Indian palace. Roused by the alarms of servants, the prince's eldest son and his entourage rode elephant-back to find and shoot the intruder. An exciting but insignificant vignette of life under the British Raj, we may think. Yet to the participants, the hunt was laden with symbolism. Carefully choreographed according to royal protocols, recorded by scribes and commemorated by court artists, it was a potent display of regal dominion over men and beasts alike. Animal Kingdoms uncovers the far-reaching cultural,... One summer evening in 1918, a leopard wandered into the gardens of an Indian palace. Roused by the alarms of servants, the prince's eldest son and ... |
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273,37 zł |
Scottish Wild Flowers: Mini Guide
ISBN: 9781841589541 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pocket companion describes and illustrates over 350 wild flowers found in Scotland. They are grouped by the habitat in which they can be seen for ease of use, and English, Gaelic and Latin names are provided for each species.
This pocket companion describes and illustrates over 350 wild flowers found in Scotland. They are grouped by the habitat in which they can be seen for...
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30,93 zł |
Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed: Order and Beauty in Botanical Gardens
ISBN: 9781848857124 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Botanical gardens brought together in a single space the great diversity of the Earth's flora. They displaced nature from forest and foothill and re-arranged it to reveal something of the scientific principles underpinning the apparent chaos of the wild. Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed shows how the design and display of such gardens was not determined by scientific principles alone. Through a study of three botanical gardens -- belonging to the University of Cambridge, the Royal Dublin Society, and the Belfast Natural History Society -- the author shows how the final outcome...
Botanical gardens brought together in a single space the great diversity of the Earth's flora. They displaced nature from forest and foothill and re-a...
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662,64 zł |
Jungle Odyssey (a Soldiers Memoirs)
ISBN: 9789381904756 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life in India has changed beyond recognition in the last seventy years, and I am making an effort at preserving the memory of a lost past for my grandchildren and their yet to come progeny, to relive some of the jungle stories and memories. JUNGLE SALT "You can take a man out of the Jungle, but if he is born to it - you cannot take the Jungle out of a man." Anon Jungle Odyssey is a soldier's 'Shikar' biography. Glimpses of experiences with his father the 'Deva-Pitta' of these stories perhaps are the defining events that qualify him as a "Jungle Salt." Soldiering closely enabled him to retain...
Life in India has changed beyond recognition in the last seventy years, and I am making an effort at preserving the memory of a lost past for my grand...
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200,17 zł |
Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook
ISBN: 9781907807671 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures to minimise man-made acoustical and physical disturbances to marine mammals from industrial and defence activities. Based on more than two decades of offshore experience, and a decade of supplying MMO and PAM services (commercial and scientific), the Handbook is a long-overdue reference guide that seeks to improve standards worldwide for marine operations such as seismic and drilling exploration, wind farm and civil engineering piling, dredging, trenching, rock-dumping,...
Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures to minimise man-made acoust...
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348,71 zł |
Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook
ISBN: 9781907807664 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures to minimise man-made acoustical and physical disturbances to marine mammals from industrial and defence activities. Based on more than two decades of offshore experience, and a decade of supplying MMO and PAM services (commercial and scientific), the Handbook is a long-overdue reference guide that seeks to improve standards worldwide for marine operations such as seismic and drilling exploration, wind farm piling, civil engineering, dredging, rock-dumping, and...
Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures to minimise man-made acoust...
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229,32 zł |
Ecological Networks in an Agricultural World: Volume 49
ISBN: 9780124200029 / Angielski / Twarda / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The theme of this volume is to discuss the Ecological Networks in an Agricultural World. The volume covers important topics such Networking Agroecology, Construction and Validation of Food-webs using Logic-based Machine Learning and Text-mining and Eco-evolutionary dynamics in agricultural networks.
The theme of this volume is to discuss the Ecological Networks in an Agricultural World. The volume covers important topics such Networking Agroeco... |
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774,77 zł |
Guide to the Birds of Alaska
ISBN: 9781941821428 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF ALASKA has been a must-have for Alaska birders for more than thirty years. In the sixth edition, Robert Armstrong provides hundreds of new photographs. Every bird is now illustrated including the casuals and accidentals. This comprehensive guide provides the most current knowledge about the birds in Alaska.
GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF ALASKA has been a must-have for Alaska birders for more than thirty years. In the sixth edition, Robert Armstrong provides hundr...
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128,48 zł |
Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the Co2 Crisis?
ISBN: 9780986076909 / Angielski / Miękka / 469 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can we act quickly and wisely enough to prevent climate change better called climate disruption from destroying human civilization? There is no greater issue facing humanity today. This single source provides everything people need to know in order to enter into serious discussions and make good decisions: The latest scientific information about the probable effects of the various types of climate disruption that threaten the very continuation of civilization. The reasons why the media and governments have failed miserably to rein in global warming, even though scientists have been warning...
Can we act quickly and wisely enough to prevent climate change better called climate disruption from destroying human civilization? There is no greate...
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123,35 zł |
Life's Engines: How Microbes Made Earth Habitable
ISBN: 9780691155371 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep into the microscopic world to explore how these marvelous creatures made life on Earth possible--and how human life today would cease to exist without them. Paul Falkowski looks "under the hood" of microbes to find the engines of life, the actual working parts that do the biochemical heavy lifting for every living organism on Earth.... For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemist... |
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The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting: Techniques for Rendering Sky, Terrain, Trees, and Water
ISBN: 9780804137553 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A landscape painting guide for oil painters that breaks landscapes down into component elements from nature, and showcases tools and techniques used by classic and modern oil painters for bringing these scenes to life.
Landscape painting is one of the most popular subjects for painters working in the medium of oils--from classic masters to contemporary artists. In The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting, established Watson-Guptill author and noted instructor/painter Suzanne Brooker presents the fundamentals necessary for mastering landscape oil painting, breaking landscapes... A landscape painting guide for oil painters that breaks landscapes down into component elements from nature, and showcases tools and techniques use...
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149,94 zł |
Land Change Science, Political Ecology, and Sustainability: Synergies and Divergences
ISBN: 9781138680074 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent claims regarding convergence and divergence between land change science and political ecology as approaches to the study of human-environment relationships and sustainability science are examined and analyzed in this innovative volume. Comprised of 11 commissioned chapters as well as introductory and concluding/synthesis chapters, it advances the two fields by proposing new conceptual and methodological approaches toward integrating land change science and political ecology. The book also identifies areas of fundamental difference and disagreement between fields. These... Recent claims regarding convergence and divergence between land change science and political ecology as approaches to the study of human-environmen... |
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219,12 zł |
Histoire d'un ruisseau
ISBN: 9781508986973 / Francuski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Le ruisseau decrit par Reclus est autant celui, ceux de sa jeunesse que ceux que nous avons frequentes. Grace a la magie des mots, le ruisseau se transforme en un concept. Depuis, la goutte d'eau jusqu'a la rencontre du fleuve avec l'ocean, il se passe tellement d'evenements, neige, glace, infiltration, rivieres souterraines, sources, baignades, utilisation de l'eau comme force motrice, comme moyen de transport, irrigation, frontiere, inondations, epanchement de la soif des plantes, des animaux et des hommes, necessite d'assainir les rivieres transformees en egouts, autant de chapitres qui...
Le ruisseau decrit par Reclus est autant celui, ceux de sa jeunesse que ceux que nous avons frequentes. Grace a la magie des mots, le ruisseau se tran...
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45,89 zł |
Birds of Botswana
ISBN: 9780691157177 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is the ultimate field guide to Botswana's stunningly diverse birdlife. Covering all 597 species recorded to date, Birds of Botswana features more than 1,200 superb color illustrations, detailed species accounts, seasonality and breeding bars, and a color distribution map for each species. Drawing on the latest regional and national data, the book highlights the best birding areas in Botswana, provides helpful tips on where and when to see key species, and depicts special races and morphs specific to Botswana. This is the first birding guide written by a Botswana-based... Here is the ultimate field guide to Botswana's stunningly diverse birdlife. Covering all 597 species recorded to date, Birds of Botswana fea... |
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137,09 zł |
How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature
ISBN: 9780544705296 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This timely, significant work carries a far-reaching message for families and the planet."--Publishers Weekly
"In a time when the connection between humans and the rest of nature is most vulnerable, Scott offers parents and teachers a book of encouragement and knowledge, and to children, the priceless gift of wonder."--Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle The average North American child now spends about seven hours a day staring at screens and mere minutes engaged in unstructured play outdoors. Yet recent... "This timely, significant work carries a far-reaching message for families and the planet."--Publishers Weekly
"In a time when the con... |
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81,35 zł |
A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana: 119 Unique Places to Explore
ISBN: 9780253020901 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first comprehensive and fully illustrated guidebook for nature lovers who want to explore the wild and natural areas of southern Indiana by trail, water, or road. Featuring 95 beautiful color photos and 5 maps, A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana provides ideas for a lifetime of fun and exploration, and makes planning easy by including directions to the areas, offering suggestions on what to do when you arrive, and what you will find when you explore. Steven Higgs highlights each site's unique natural characteristics and history with additional facts, anecdotes, and... This is the first comprehensive and fully illustrated guidebook for nature lovers who want to explore the wild and natural areas of southern Indian... |
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122,28 zł |
100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive
ISBN: 9781612127019 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that attract bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: sow seeds for some plants -- such as basil, rhododendron, and blueberries -- and simply don't mow down abundant native species, including aster, goldenrod, and milkweed. 100 Plants to Feed the Bees will empower homeowners,...
The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our polli...
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72,62 zł |