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Elephant Destiny
ISBN: 9781586482336 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For thousands of years, the majestic elephant has roamed the African continent, as beloved by man as it has been preyed upon. But centuries of exploitation and ivory hunting have taken their toll: now, as wars and poachers continue to ravage its habitat, as disease and political strife deflect attention from its plight, the African elephant faces imminent extinction. What will become of these magnificent beasts? As the elephant's future looms ever darker, Martin Meredith's concise and richly illustrated biography traces the elephant's history from the first ivory expeditions of the...
For thousands of years, the majestic elephant has roamed the African continent, as beloved by man as it has been preyed upon. But centuries of exploit...
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86,06 zł |
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Darwin's Fox and My Coyote
ISBN: 9780813926759 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A rare fox in the South American cordillera. A disappearing fox on an island off California. A common coyote in the Albany suburbs. How do these wild carnivores live? And what is it about the places they live that allows them to survive? Holly Menino joins up with three young scientists to find out, and along the way is drawn into a broader consideration of the science that defines these animals' natural histories. With the same intelligent, lucid style that made Forward Motion such a success, Darwin's Fox and My Coyote is a sympathetic but unsentimental examination of animals in... A rare fox in the South American cordillera. A disappearing fox on an island off California. A common coyote in the Albany suburbs. How do these wi... |
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250,39 zł |
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Grizzly Wars: The Public Fight Over the Great Bear
ISBN: 9781597660372 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Grizzly bears are the most striking symbol of the North American wild, as well as one of the most controversial animals on the continent. David Knibb's book highlights the policy and political issues involved in efforts to save the Great Bear from extinction, including the heated debate over the decision to remove Yellowstone' grizzly bears from the list of threatened species. As Lance Craighead points out in the book's foreword, Knibb tells this compelling story with a refreshing immediacy, almost as if he were there in the conference room, meeting halls, private offices, and public chambers...
Grizzly bears are the most striking symbol of the North American wild, as well as one of the most controversial animals on the continent. David Knibb'...
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143,17 zł |
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The Kirtland's Warbler: The Story of a Bird's Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It
ISBN: 9780472035762 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks at the Kirtland s warbler and wildlife conservation in a way that no other book has. It looks back on the history of this unique bird, examines the people and policies that kept the warbler from extinction, explores the cult of personality that surrounds it, and examines the challenges of the future all through the eyes of the people who have acted so passionately on its behalf. The story of the Kirtland s warbler is a story of complex relationships between the bird and its environment, the humans who interact with it, and the complex government policies that affect... This book looks at the Kirtland s warbler and wildlife conservation in a way that no other book has. It looks back on the history of this unique bi... |
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85,89 zł |
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Of Manatees and Man
ISBN: 9780738815589 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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140,08 zł |
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Mountain Gorillas: Biology, Conservation, and Coexistence
ISBN: 9780801890116 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tucked into one of the most beautiful and conflicted regions of the world are the last of the mountain gorillas. These apes have survived centuries of human encroachment into their habitat and range and decades of intense conflict and violence. The remaining 720 mountain gorillas exist in a fragile habitat, nestled in an area torn by human interests and needs for land, water, and minerals. With captivating photography and the most recent scientific research, Mountain Gorillas takes you deep into the montane rain forests of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo... Tucked into one of the most beautiful and conflicted regions of the world are the last of the mountain gorillas. These apes have survived centuries... |
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185,59 zł |
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Centre for Fortean Zoology Yearbook 2002
ISBN: 9781905723300 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Well-known researchers and newcomers to the field discuss new theories and work being done on little-known cryptids.
Well-known researchers and newcomers to the field discuss new theories and work being done on little-known cryptids.
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97,59 zł |
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Extinction in Our Times: Global Amphibian Decline
ISBN: 9780195316940 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite suddenly and mysteriously. What is causing these extinctions? What role do human actions play in them? What do they tell us about the overall state of biodiversity on the planet? In Extinction in Our Times, James Collins and Martha Crump explore these pressing questions and many others as they document the first modern extinction event across an entire vertebrate class, using global examples that range from the...
For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rat...
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182,83 zł |
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Tuna: Love, Death, and Mercury
ISBN: 9780307387103 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Famed marine researcher and illustrator Richard Ellis brings us a work of scientific achievement that will forever change the way we think about fish, fishing, and the dangers inherent in the seafood we eat.
The bluefin tuna is one of the world's biggest, fastest, and most highly evolved marine animals, as well as one of its most popular delicacies. Now, however, it hovers on the brink of extinction. Here Ellis explains how a fish that was once able to thrive has become a commodity and how the natural world and the global economy converge on our plates. With updated information on mercury... Famed marine researcher and illustrator Richard Ellis brings us a work of scientific achievement that will forever change the way we think about fish,...
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86,10 zł |
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The Travails of Two Woodpeckers: Ivory-Bills & Imperials
ISBN: 9780826346643 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In closely examining the history of the decline and causes of distinction of the Ivory-billed and Imperial Woodpeckers, the authors offer explanations for the birds' demise and strategies for future conservation and research efforts that focus mainly on the deadly, though largely understated, role of human depredations.
In closely examining the history of the decline and causes of distinction of the Ivory-billed and Imperial Woodpeckers, the authors offer explanations...
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107,42 zł |
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Endangered Species: New Research
ISBN: 9781606922415 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents an overview of endangered species as a result of certain factors such as climate change, extensive urbanisation, overgrazing, and agricultural expansion. This book provides an overview of the global usage of felines in traditional folk medicine an
Presents an overview of endangered species as a result of certain factors such as climate change, extensive urbanisation, overgrazing, and agricultura...
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584,28 zł |
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Endangered Species Act: Primer, Evaluation & Prospects
ISBN: 9781606922859 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects species identified as endangered with extinction and attempts to protect the habitat on which they depend. This book discusses the major provisions of the ESA, both domestic and international, and also discusses so
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects species identified as endangered with extinction and attempts to protect the habitat on which they depend. T...
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428,13 zł |
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Species Diversity & Extinction
ISBN: 9781616683436 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Species diversity is an index that incorporates the number of species in an area and also their relative abundance. This book presents and reviews important data on biodiversity and species extinction.
Species diversity is an index that incorporates the number of species in an area and also their relative abundance. This book presents and reviews imp...
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1249,22 zł |
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Centre for Fortean Zoology Yearbook 2011
ISBN: 9781905723669 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this annual collection of papers and essays too long and detailed for publication in the CFZ journal, "Animals & Men," well-known researchers, and relative newcomers to the field expound on new theories and work on little-known cryptids is discussed.
In this annual collection of papers and essays too long and detailed for publication in the CFZ journal, "Animals & Men," well-known researchers, and ...
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108,49 zł |
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Implementing the Endangered Species Act on the Platte Basin Water Commons
ISBN: 9781607321835 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Water users of the Platte River Basin have long struggled to share this scarce commodity in the arid high plains, ultimately organizing collectively owned and managed water systems, allocating water along extensive stream systems, and integrating newer groundwater with existing surface-water uses. In 1973, the Endangered Species Act brought a new challenge: incorporating the habitat needs of four species-the whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and pallid sturgeon-into its water-management agenda.
"Implementing the Endangered Species Act on the Platte Basin Water Commons" tells of... Water users of the Platte River Basin have long struggled to share this scarce commodity in the arid high plains, ultimately organizing collectively o...
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124,64 zł |
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Endangered Species: Habitat, Protection & Ecological Significance
ISBN: 9781622575329 / Angielski / Miękka / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Natural ecosystems provide the basic conditions without which humanity could not survive. Good and services provided by ecosystems include for example provision of food, fibre and fuel, purification of water and air, cultural and aesthetic benefits, stabilization and moderation of the Earth's climate, generation and renewal of soil fertility, including nutrient cycling or maintenance of genetic resources as key inputs to crop varieties and livestock breeds, medicines, and other products. However, the ability of biological diversity to continue performing these services is seriously threatened...
Natural ecosystems provide the basic conditions without which humanity could not survive. Good and services provided by ecosystems include for example...
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1294,56 zł |
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Empty Hands, Open Arms: The Race to Save Bonobos in the Congo and Make Conservation Go Viral
ISBN: 9781571313409 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When acclaimed author Deni Bechard first learned of the last living bonobosmatriarchal great apes that are, alongside the chimpanzee, our closest relatives in the animal kingdomhe was completely astonished. How could the world possibly accept the extinction of this majestic species?
Bechard discovered one relatively small NGO, the Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI), which has done more to save bonobos than many far larger organizations. Based on the author s extensive travels in the Congo and Rwanda, this book explores BCI's success, offering a powerful, truly postcolonial model of... When acclaimed author Deni Bechard first learned of the last living bonobosmatriarchal great apes that are, alongside the chimpanzee, our closest rela...
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116,03 zł |
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Primate Conservation Biology
ISBN: 9780226116372 / Angielski / Miękka / 498 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A recent report warns that nearly 20 per cent of the world's primates may go extinct by 2020. This work integrates theoretical advances with practical management priorities to give scientists and policymakers the tools they need to help keep these species from disappearing forever.
A recent report warns that nearly 20 per cent of the world's primates may go extinct by 2020. This work integrates theoretical advances with practical...
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159,08 zł |
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Among African Apes: Stories and Photos from the Field
ISBN: 9780520267107 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Tai National Park in Cote d Ivoire for an intimate and revealing look at the lives of African wild apesand at the lives of the humans who study them. In tales of adventure, research, and conservation, veteran field researchers and conservationists describe exciting discoveries made over the past few decades about chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. The book features vivid descriptions of interactions among these highly intelligent creatures as...
These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Ta...
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265,13 zł |
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Among African Apes: Stories and Photos from the Field
ISBN: 9780520274594 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Tai National Park in Cote d Ivoire for an intimate and revealing look at the lives of African wild apesand at the lives of the humans who study them. In tales of adventure, research, and conservation, veteran field researchers and conservationists describe exciting discoveries made over the past few decades about chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. The book features vivid descriptions of interactions among these highly intelligent creatures as...
These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Ta...
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100,70 zł |
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