Zoological Society of London Wolfson Library Newly Acquired Books April 2016
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Biographies
James Sowerby : the enlightenment's natural historian / Paul Henderson. - Kew : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 2015 ACSO
Animals in captivity
The ethics of captivity / edited by Lori Gruen. - London : Oxford University Press, 2014 AL,AT
Conservation
Resurrection science : conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things / M. R. O'Connor. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015 AP,AAJ
Back from the brink : saving some of the world's rarest animals / Malcolm Smith. - Dunbeath, Scotland : Whittles, 2015 APB
The last unicorn : a search for one of earth's rarest creatures / William deBuys. - New York ; London : Back Bay books, 2015 APB/TE
Reproductive sciences in animal conservation : progress and prospects / William V. Holt, Janine L. Brown, Pierre Comizzoli, editors. - Cham ; London : Springer, 2014 DV,AP
Small grants for conservation [electronic resource] : inventory of small grants to biodiversity projects in West and Central Africa with analysis of the funding model / S. Powell, L. Mesbah. - Ouagadougou : IUCN, Central and West Africa Programme, 2015 Freely available online via the IUCN website (5.73 MB) http://bit.ly/1TfVGoV
Ecology
Global ecology / Colin Tudge. - London : Natural History Museum, c1991 GA Presented by Sarah Seymour, March 2016.
Habitats and faunas
Marine and coastal ecosystem valuation, institutions, and policy in Southeast Asia / Nancy Olewiler, Herminia A. Francisco, Alice Joan G. Ferrer, editors. - Cham ; London : Springer, 2016 HR/TA
A regional synthesis of results and lessons from mangroves for the future small grant projects [electronic resource] 2009-11 / Mangroves for the Future. - Gland : IUCN ; Bangkok : Mangroves for the Future, 2012 Freely available online via the IUCN website (6.94 MB) http://bit.ly/1YVo8k2
The significance of the Beung Kiat Ngong Ramsar site (Champasak province, Lao PDR) and its surroundings for biodiversity conservation [electronic resource] : results of bird and mammal surveys, and implication for site management / J. W. Duckworth and R. J. Timmins. - Vientiane : IUCN, 2015 Freely available online via the IUCN website (6.13 MB) http://bit.ly/1TykKKm
Invertebrates
Social recognition in invertebrates : the knowns and the unknowns / Laura Aquiloni, Elena Tricarico, editors. - Cham ; London : Springer, 2015 L,FZ
Poweshiek skipperling and Dakota skipper [electronic resource] : ex situ feasibility assessment and planning workshop / Phil Delphey ... [et al.]. - Apple Valley : IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, 2016 Freely available online via the IUCN website (6.75 MB) http://bit.ly/1NWtnKh
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Fish
Global priorities for conserving sharks and rays [electronic resource] : a 2015-2025 strategy / Global Sharks and Rays Initiative ; A. Bräutigam ... [et al.]. - [S.l.] : Global Sharks and Rays Initiative, 2016 Freely available online via the IUCN website (4.37 MB) http://bit.ly/1NW9UcC
Amphibians and Reptiles
Herpetological collecting and collections management / John E. Simmons. - 3rd ed. - [S.l.] : Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2015 W,AK
Eye of newt and toe of frog, adders fork and lizard's leg : the lore and mythology of amphibians and reptiles / Marty Crump ; in collaboration with Dante B. Fenolio. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2015 W,AUG
Best practice guidelines for the Sardinian brook salamander Euproctus platycephalus [electronic resource] : Version 1 / EAZA Amphibian Taxon Advisory Group ; Benjamin Tapley ... [et al.]. - [S.l.] : EAZA, 2015 Freely available online via the EAZA website (9.33 KB) http://bit.ly/25yrgaC
Birds
Bald coot and screaming loon : a handbook for the curious bird lover / Niall Edworthy. - London : Eden Project, 2009 X,AUG Presented by Stephen Moger, March 2016.
Collins BTO guide to rare British birds / Paul Sterry, Paul Stancliffe. - Thetford : British Trust for Ornithology, 2015 X/E
Mammals
Phillipp's field guide to the mammals of Borneo : Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan / Quentin Phillipps ; illustrated by Karen Phillipps. - Oxford : John Beaufoy, 2016 Y/TP Presented by Quentin Phillipps, 20th April 2016.
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The Kingdon pocket guide to African mammals / Jonathan Kingdon. - 2nd ed. - London : Bloomsbury, 2016 Y/V
Primate care : a handbook. - 2nd ed. - Tucson, Ariz. : Simian Society of America, 1997 YW,AL Library copy presented by Sarah Seymour, March 2016.
Sri Lankan primates : an enthusiast's guide / text by Rohan Pethiyagoda. - Galle : Wildlife Conservation Society, 2012 YW/QK
Seal range state policy and management review [electronic resource] / D. H. M. Cumming. - Gland : IUCN, 2015 Freely available online via the IUCN website (1.75 MB) http://bit.ly/1SuUIbR
Population and habitat viability assessment for the Javan rhino [electronic resource] : workshop report / editors, Muh. Haryono ... [et al.]. - Apple Valley : IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, 2016 Freely available online via the IUCN website (947.32 KB) http://bit.ly/1WUjW5i
Best practice guidelines for health monitoring and disease control in great ape populations [electronic resource] / Kirsten V. Gilardi ... [et al.]. - Gland : IUCN, 2015 Freely available via the IUCN website (7.35 MB) http://bit.ly/1UiTFx0
Journals
Below is a small selection of journal issues received in the last month. Please visit the Library to browse our full display of recently received journals.
Belgian journal of zoology, Vol. 146 No. 1 Jan 2016 Biodiversity and conservation, Vol. 25 No. 4 2016 Ecology, Vol. 97 No. 3 Mar 2016 Herpetological review, Vol. 47 No. 1 2016 International journal of primatology, Vol. 37 No. 1 Feb 2016 International zoo news, Vol. 63 No. 2 2016 Journal of mammalogy, Vol. 97 No. 2 Apr 2016 Journal of zoology, Vol. 298 No. 4 Apr 2016 Remote sensing in ecology and conservation [electronic resource] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2056-3485 The naturalist, Vol. 141 No. 1091 Jan-Apr 2016 Trends in ecology and evolution, Vol. 31 No. 4 Apr 2016 Zoology, Vol. 119 No. 2 2016
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