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"Tiger Moon" is the powerful, poetic story of the two years Fiona and Mel Sunquist spent studying tigers in Nepal-traveling by elephant, avoiding a rhino attack, and learning to recognize individual tigers by roar. A new afterword tells the story of a promising effort to reconnect fractured Nepalese... More

This informative, well-organized survey offers an enlightening introduction to wildlife management in the United States. Addresses the growing responsibilities and multiple concerns facing those in wildlife management today. It provides a sound historical background and a firm foundation on principl... More

"The Value of Life" is an exploration of the actual and perceived importance of biological diversity for human beings and society. Stephen R. Kellert identifies ten basic values, which he describes as biologically based, inherent human tendencies that are greatly influenced and moderated by culture,... More

What is the minimum viable population (MVP) of a particular species? Besides the obvious implications for conservation, especially of endangered species, this question raises important issues in population biology. MVP obviously varies with demographic, life history and environmental factors, but al... More

"Discourses of the Environment" is the first to provide students with critical understandings of the environment using a range of theoretical perspectives inspired from Michel Foucault. The contributors examine the proliferation of discourses about the environment that have emerged from all areas of... More

* Reveals why we are so fascinated by wild animals, what they mean to us and how as ecotourists we may be loving animals to death* Richly illustrated with photographs and accompanied by annexes of original research* Essential and compelling reading for practitioners, students and academics in ecotou... More

This essential guide covers all facets of dog shows -- choosing the right dog; training; tools for grooming; maintaining the show dog; and the show dog as a companion -- with special emphasis on defining goals and on the participation of amateurs and youngsters in the sport.... More

The core message of this study is that key insights emerge from understanding what determines population growth rate, and that application of the approach will make ecology a more predictive science. What determines where a species lives? And what determines its abundance? Despite great progress in ... More

"Spirit of the Environment" brings spiritual and religious concerns to environmental issues. Providing a much needed alternative to exploring human beings' relationship to the natural world through the restrictive lenses of science, ecology, or even morality, this book offers a fresh perspective to ... More

Written by experts, peer-reviewed to adhere to the strictest standards and highest quality criteria, this book discusses natural and human-caused forest change. The chapters explore forest disturbance and spatial pattern from an ecological point-of-view within the context of structure, function, pat... More

Includes a nine week program suitable for both beginning and advanced training, together with sections on problem solving and tricks... More

This book provides an introduction to the broad relationship between people and environments, the emergence of environmental thought and practice and the importance of environmental ideas in wider social and political discourses. The authors introduce the concept of "environmental discourses" - expl... More

Marsupial Nutrition describes the food resources used by marsupials from small insectivores to large folivores. It discusses the ways in which these animals' digestive systems and metabolism are designed to cope with foods as different as nectar and fungus, tree sap and tough perennial grasses, and ... More

This volume addresses cutting edge issues in the rapidly developing field of environmental and natural resource economics. It comprises a series of specially commissioned papers by a cross-section of authors, ranging from well-established scholars to rising talent. The papers are centred around thre... More

From the basics of gaiting, stacking, and listening to the judge to advanced stages of competition including Westminster and the World Series, all Juniors, regardless of proficiency level, will find invaluable help here.... More

Biological control, the management of pests by the use of living organisms, has a long history of application to agriculture around the world. However, the effective use of beneficial organisms is constrained by environmental, legal, and economic restrictions, forcing researchers to adopt increasing... More

Environmental values and concerns are meant to be reflected through environmental policy, which is then integrated into mainstream economic and social policy and serves to govern society and the economy. Yet effective environmental policy integration (EPI) has proven to be very difficult in actual p... More