Description: Whether we live in cities, suburbs, or villages, we are encroaching on nature, and it in one way or another perseveres. Naturalist Susan Shetterly looks at how animals, humans, and plants share the la...
Author: Bonta, Mark Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: After a decade in the field of Honduras, Bonta came to realize that, contrary to outsiders’ beliefs, the society he observed was predisposed “to like birds, to observe birds, to weave them...
Author: Alexander, H G. Publisher: Poyser Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Seventy Years of Birdwatching is not truly an autobiography, there is too little about the author in it, though the personality of this exceptional, shy and gentle man comes through. This is a book ab...
Author: Hillier, Jean Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book examines issues of decision-making, communication and power in the planning process. The author explores the politics and power-plays which planning practitioners face and engage in, using r...
Author: Jacobsen, Rowan Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: In the spring of 2010, we watched oil gushing unstoppably into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. But as bad as the spill was, it is only the latest chapter in a century-long story of destruction. At t...
Author: Duane, Timothy P. Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The rural west is at a crossroads, and the Sierra Nevada is at the center of this social and economic change. The Sierra Nevada landscape has always been valued for its bounty of natural resource comm...
Author: N/A Publisher: Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The importance of watercourses to human life and development cannot be overemphasised. From communication, trade, agriculture and the location of human settlements, they have played an immeasurable ro...
Author: Grice, Gordon Publisher: National Geographic Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: National Geographic pairs gripping and gruesome stories of shark attacks with cutting edge research to illuminate a fascinating underwater world that few truly understand. Sharks are the world's most ...
Author: Maddalena, Alessandrao De Publisher: Down East Books Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Those who think sharks are a predominantly tropical species will be in for quite a surprise when they learn that the cold waters of New England are home to 33 different species. The aim of this book i...
Author: Ebert, David A. Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This guide is the only complete reference to the sharks, rays, and chimaeras found in California's waters- from the intertidal zone to 500 miles offshore. Species accounts give information on habitat...
Author: Weaver, Sue Publisher: Hobby Farm Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: These Hobby Farms livestock care manuals will help both experienced and novice hobby farmers realize their own dreams of life on the farm - for pleasure and profit.
Description: Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyoming's open range tending to a herd of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature - from severe weather to a wealth of predator...
Author: Palmer, Chris Publisher: Sierra Club/Counterpoint Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Wildlife and nature films are a hugely popular entertainment genre: networks such as Animal Planet and Discovery are stars in the cable television universe, viewers flock to IMAX theaters to see jaw-d...
Author: Weeks, Sally S. / Weeks, Harmon P., Jr. Publisher: Purdue University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: As the definitive identification guide to the shrubs and woody vines of Indiana, this book also provides coverage of 90% of the species to be found in surrounding Midwestern US states. As well as cove...
Author: Weeks, Sally S. / Weeks, Harmon P., Jr. Publisher: Purdue University Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: As the definitive identification guide to the shrubs and woody vines of Indiana, this book also provides coverage of 90% of the species to be found in surrounding Midwestern US states. As well as cove...
Author: Jameson, Conor Mark Publisher: A&C Black Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: American scientist and author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the modern day environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring in 1962. She made vivid the prospect of life without bir...
Author: Jameson, Conor Mark Publisher: A&C Black Format: Adobe PDF
Description: American scientist and author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the modern day environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring in 1962. She made vivid the prospect of life without bir...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Over the past 20 years dramatic declines have taken place in UK insect populations. Eventually, such declines must have knock-on effects for other animals, especially high profile groups such as birds...
Description: It's Not About Politics. It's About Caring--And What Every Family Can Do! Written by a passionately concerned couple--David Seligman is an active duty U.S. serviceman and Melissa is a devoted stay...
Author: N/A Publisher: University Press of Florida Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This important scientific volume comprehensively explores the biology and ecological status of manatees and dugongs in all of the geographic regions where they can be found today, from the Caribbean t...
Author: Eloise and Rusty, Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Smart Paws brought a warm feeling, gentleness and love, [and] knowledge of animal/bird life. There is pain, but also hope and humor. Importantly, [there is] encouragement for others to follow, withou...
Author: Hunter, Don Publisher: University Press of Colorado Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Like no other large cat, the snow leopard evokes a sense of myth and mysticism, strength and spirit shrouded in a snowy veil, seldom seen but always present. Giving a voice to the snow leopard, this c...
Description: Social Learning in Environmental Management explores and expands the approaches to collective learning most needed to help individuals, communities, experts and governments work together to achieve gr...
Author: Gasparatos, Alexandros Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Biofuels are currently in the middle of a heated academic and public policy debate. Biofuel production has increased fivefold in the past decade and is expected to further double by 2020. Most of this...
Author: N/A Publisher: Elsevier Science Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book deals with the conservation and improvement of the forest soil. Much emphasis is placed on the use of vegetation in soil conservation afforestation. The first part of the book focuses on the...
Author: Lukac, Martin / Godbold, Douglas L. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Forest soils form the foundation that underpins the existence of all forests. This book encapsulates soil ecology and functioning in northern forests, focusing on the effects of human activity and cli...
Author: Bennett, Barbara Publisher: National Geographic Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: For animal lovers, nature enthusiasts, and the vast readership for gripping true-life stories, this African saga is a must-read adventure. It chronicles the unique Harnas Wildlife Foundation in Namibi...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and time. Integrating multipl...
Author: Rygle, Kathy J. / Pedersen, Stephen F. Publisher: GemStone Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: This guide offers you easy-to-use information on the ins and outs of "fee dig" mining, complete with locations, costs, tips on technique, entertaining legends and important information on everything f...
Author: Rygle, Kathy J. / Pedersen, Stephen F. Publisher: GemStone Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: This guide offers you easy-to-use information on the ins and outs of "fee dig" mining, complete with locations, costs, tips on technique, entertaining legends and important information on everything f...
Author: Cirillo, Christopher L. Publisher: AuthorHouse Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Spanish Wells Bahamas | The Island, The People, The Allure, is written for those who want to explore a true outpost island paradise. In addition to providing the travel-planning essentials necessary...
Author: Newton, Ian Publisher: Academic Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book should be of value to anyone interested in bird evolution and taxonomy, biogeography, distributional history, dispersal and migration patterns. It provides an up-to-date synthesis of current...
Author: Kelly, Lynne Publisher: Allen & Unwin Format: Adobe PDF
Description: An introduction to the hairy, but not so scary, creatures that share our homes and gardens, and a personal account of overcoming arachnophobia and how any arachnophobe can do the same.
Author: Gracie, Carol Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This exquisitely illustrated volume provides an in-depth look at spring-blooming wildflowers of the Northeast, from old favorites to lesser-known species. Featuring more than 500 full-color photos in ...
Description: Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than ...
Author: Lawson, Scott Publisher: FriesenPress Format: Adobe PDF
Description: State of the Species is about the state we are in as a species, first from the perspective of our very nature, that is, who and what we are, and secondly from a historical perspective, in that we are ...
Author: Agee, James K. Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A compelling story of place, Steward's Fork explores northwest California's magnificent Klamath Mountains-a region that boasts a remarkable biodiversity, a terrain so rugged that significant landscape...
Description: Everyone is buzzing about bees! Urban beekeeping is on the rise as swarms of people do their part to help nurture local food systems, make gardens more productive, connect with nature, and rescue hone...
Author: Toomey, David Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Fifty years after Isaac's Storm, a riveting story of the first Hurricane Hunters, and the one crew who paid the ultimate price."In a virtual age when tempests are monitored by global positioning and...
Author: Pope, Carl / Rauber, Paul Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: George W. Bush was correct when he said that his critics "misunderestimate" him. A Texas oilman with a spotty environmental record as Texas governor, few expected him to be an "environmental president...
Description: Animal activists shine a bright light into the dark recesses of factory farms, vivisection labs, fur farms, product-testing facilities and animal "training" complexes. Striking at the Roots: A Practi...
Author: Hamilton, Garry Publisher: Firefly Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A gripping examination of invasive species' impact. Super species are the phenomenally successful invasive life-forms that are dominating ecosystems. These animals, plants and microbes have spr...
Description: A gripping examination of invasive species' impact. Super species are the phenomenally successful invasive life-forms that are dominating ecosystems. These animals, plants and microbes have spr...
