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Habitats & Ecosystems Conservation & Biodiversity NHBS Ltd, 2-3 Wills Rd, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5XN, UK Environmental Science Physical Sciences Sustainable Development Data Analysis Reference Mammals The Abundant Herds 144 pages | Col plates, col photos, maps A Celebration of the Nguni Cattle of the Zulu People | Fernwood Marguerite Poland, David Hammond-Tooke and Leigh Voight Hbk | 2003 | #144632A | £35.00 BUY With oil and watercolour paintings, and sepia drawings by internationally acclaimed artist Leigh Voight, this volume examines the vital role played by cattle and .... African Elephant Status Report 2002 301 pages | Tabs, maps | IUCN An Update from the African Elephant Database Pbk | 2003 | 2831707072 | #143727A | JJ Blanc et al £22.50 BUY The African elephant is the largest living land mammal, and its potential impact on habitats raises important management issues both for protected areas and unprotected .... Die Alpen-Gämse 140 pages | Col photos | Ott Ein Leben Auf Gratwanderung 2004 | 3722567793 | #144885A | Peter W Baumann £31.50 BUY Provides colour photos and short text on the life of goats in the Alps. .... Among Orangutans 224 pages | 95 col illus | Harvard UP Red Apes and the Rise of Human Culture Hbk | 2005 | 0674015770 | #149025A | Carel van Schaik £19.95 BUY The local people know him as the "Man of the Forest," who refused to speak for fear of being put to work. And indeed the bear-like Sumatran orangutan, with his moon face, .... Anthropoid Origins 739 pages | Col figs | Kluwer New Visions Hbk | 2004 | 0306481200 | #146163A | Callum F Ross and Richard F Kay £114.00 BUY Aims to convey to primatologists, anthropologists, palaeontologists, and neuroscientists the most recent studies of primate phylogeny, the anthropoid fossil record, the .... Asian Elephant: Ecology, Biology, Diseases, Conservation and 186 pages | Col photos, figs, tabs, maps Management | Kerala AU Hbk | 1992 | #142587A | £90.00 BUY Proceedings of the National Symposium on the Asian Elephant Held at the Kerala Agricultural University, Trichur, India from 16 to 19 January, 1989 Edited by AG Silas, M Krishnan Nair and G Nirmalan Proceedings of the National Symposium on the Asian Elephant held at the Kerala Agricultural University, Trichur, India, January 1989. .... The Bat Workers' Manual 178 pages | B/w photos, b/w illus, tabs Edited by AJ Mitchell-Jones and AP McLeish | JNCC The appearance of the manual has changed substantially from the 2nd edition. It provides Pbk | 2004 | 1861075588 | #146440A | detailed information on all aspects of bats and is an essential reference for anyone .... £20.00 BUY Bats 448 pages | 58 b/w illus | Dover Biology, Behaviour and Folklore Pbk | NYP 01/2005 | 0486433838 | Glover Morrill Allen #147951A | £19.95 BUY Comprehensive coverage of mythology and ecology. Unabridged republication of the work originally published by Harvard UP in 1939. .... Bear 224 pages | 100 illus | Reaktion Books Robert E Bieder Pbk | 2004 | 1861892047 | #147575A | Bear begins 25 million years ago with 'dawn bear', the small dog-sized ancestor of all bears. £12.95 BUY Tracing the evolution of the bear family, the author discusses extinct types, .... Bear in Mind 256 pages | 150 col photos, illus | The California Grizzly Heyday Books Susan Snyder Hbk | 2004 | 1890771708 | #145991A | The story of the California grizzly bear. Once arguably the most powerful and terrifying animal £65.00 BUY in the California landscape, it now lives in the imagination, a disembodied .... The Beaver 190 pages | Col photos, b/w photos, Natural History of a Wetlands Engineer illus | Cornell UP Dietland Muller-Schwarze and Lixing Sun Hbk | 2003 | 080144098X | #147082A | Comprehensive study of beaver biology and management, covering both the North American £24.95 BUY and Eurasian beaver species. Photographs taken by the authors document every aspect of .... Beluga Days 242 pages | - | Counterpoint Tracking a White Whale's Truths Hbk | 2004 | 1582431515 | #147083A | Nancy Lord £18.95 BUY Living in waters adjacent to Anchorage, Alaska, the beluga whales of Cook Inlet are an isolated and genetically distinct population. Beluga Days explores how .... Big Cat Diary: Cheetah 128 pages | 150 col photos | Harper Jonathan Scott and Angela Scott Collins A companion to the Big Cat Diary: Lion and Leopard, and designed to complement the BBC Hbk | 2005 | 0007149204 | #137630A | television series, this book explores the lives of cheetahs in the .... Normally £16.99 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £13.99 Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs 430 pages | Illus, maps | IUCN Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan Pbk | 2004 | 2831707862 | #150263A | Edited by Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Michael Hoffmann and David W Macdonald £27.00 BUY This publication updates the first Canid Action Plan published in 1990, and aims to set the agenda for canid conservation into the 21st century. The first two parts deal with .... Cats in Question 304 pages | 120 col photos | The Smithsonian Answer Book Smithsonian Books John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin Hbk | 2004 | 1588341259 | #145790A | Offers authoritative and engaging answers to thousands of cat-related questions. More than £41.95 BUY 100 breathtaking photographs by Art Wolfe illustrate the questions on cat facts, .... Pbk | 2004 | 1588341267 | #145789A | £18.95 BUY Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Elk - | Wildlife Information Network Wildlife Information Network CD | 2004 | 0954718542 | #148077A | The Wildlife Information Network has developed this volume to assist wildlife managers, £25.49 BUY veterinarians and others responding to this emerging disease of wild and farmed deer. .... The Cougar Almanac 176 pages | 16 pp col insert, 24 b/w An Exploration of the North American Lion illus | Lyons Press Robert Busch Pbk | 2004 | 1592282954 | #145934A | Famous for an elusiveness that makes it a difficult animal to study, the cougar is shrouded in £11.95 BUY myth, misguided beliefs, ignorance and fear. This book demystifies the big .... The Cultured Chimpanzee 248 pages | 15 illus, 10 tabs | CUP Reflections on Cultural Primatology Hbk | 2004 | 0521828414 | #147440A | William C McGrew £50.00 BUY Explores the astonishing variation in chimpanzee behaviour across their range, which cannot be Pbk | 2004 | 0521535433 | #147441A | explained by individual learning, genetic or environmental influences. The .... £19.99 BUY The Deer Manager's Companion 176 pages | Col photos, b/w photos, A Guide to the Management of Deer in the Wild and in Parks illus, tabs | Quiller Publishing Rory Putman and Jochen Langbein Hbk | 2003 | 1904057039 | #147141A | In a professional life of 25 years working as a deer biologist, Professor Rory Putman has worked £25.00 BUY at one time or another with most of the British and European species of deer .... The Deer of North America 544 pages | 24 pp col plates, 300 b/w Leonard Lee Rue photos, illus, tabs | Lyons Press The standard reference on all North American deer species. It is fully illustrated and covers Pbk | NYP 02/2005 | 1592284655 | every important facet in the lives of deer, from anatomy to feeding habits, .... #147750A | £14.95 BUY The Domestic Horse 300 pages | 50 illus | CUP The Origins, Development, and Management of its Behaviour Hbk | NYP 03/2005 | 0521814146 | Edited by Daniel Mills and Sue McDonnell #147433A | £60.00 BUY Humans have had a profound influence on the horse since its domestication in the late Neolithic Pbk | NYP 03/2005 | 0521891132 | period. This beautifully illustrated account of our current knowledge of the .... #147435A | £24.99 BUY Dormice 144 pages | 50 illus | Whittet Pat Morris Hbk | 2004 | 1873580649 | #145892A | Pat Morris has spent 20 years researching both species of dormouse; as Chief Nutter he has £9.99 BUY organised two great nut hunts in order to find where hazel dormice are still .... The Dynamic Dance 283 pages | 7 illus | Harvard UP Nonvocal Communication in African Great Apes Hbk | 2004 | 0674015150 | #149026A | Barbara J King £19.95 BUY Mother and infant negotiate over food; two high-status males jockey for power; female kin band together to get their way. It happens among humans and it happens among our .... Eating Apes 320 pages | 16 col photos, 3 maps | Dale Peterson California UP Describes how with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian Hbk | 2003 | 0520230906 | #137455A | logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has .... £22.95 BUY Pbk | 2004 | 0520243323 | #149433A | Normally £10.50 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £8.50 The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses 400 pages | 150 illus | CUP Donald Prothero Hbk | NYP 02/2005 | 0521832403 | The family Rhinocerotidae has a long history in North America. From their first appearance #147450A | £60.00 BUY about 40 million years ago, they diversified into a remarkable array of taxa, ...