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  • The Book of Dogs

    A Life-Size Guide to Canids Worldwide

    par David W. Macdonald ...
    Collections series Life-Size Guides to the Best of Nature
    For all dog lovers, a stunningly illustrated and scientifically informed global guide to our beloved canine companions and their wild kin.Dogs are spectacularly diverse. From the world’s smallest wild canid, the diminutive fennec fox, to the majestic grey wolf, and from the towering great Dane to the tiny Chihuahua, The Book of Dogs celebrates the connections between humans’ best friends, their ... En savoir plus

    $53.89 CAD

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  • Biodiversity Conservation

    A Very Short Introduction

    par David W. Macdonald ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Extinction is a natural process. In geological time there have been several periods of mass extinction. One of these periods is unfolding right now but all the evidence suggests that current extinction rates are between a hundred and a thousand times greater than the background rate. To put this in to context, a quarter of all known mammalian ... En savoir plus

    $11.19 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • Rodent Pests and Their Control

    par Stephen Battersby, David Cowan, Hans-Joachim Pelz, Michael Fall, David W Macdonald, Brian Wood, Richard Shore, Roger Quy, Colin Prescott, Adrian Meyer, Grant R Singleton ...
    The most numerous of the world's invasive species, rodent pests have a devastating impact on agriculture, food, health and the environment. In the last two decades, the science and practice of rodent control has faced new legislation on rodenticides, the pests' increasing resistance to chemical control and the impact on non-target species, bringing a new dimension to this updated 2nd edition and ... En savoir plus

    $85.99 CAD

  • Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2

    Modifié par David W. Macdonald, Katherine J. Willis ...
    Following the much acclaimed success of the first volume of Key Topics in Conservation Biology, this entirely new second volume addresses an innovative array of key topics in contemporary conservation biology. Written by an internationally renowned team of authors, Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2 adds to the still topical foundations laid in the first volume (published in 2007) by exploring a ... En savoir plus

    $101.99 CAD

  • Capybara

    Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species

    Modifié par José Roberto Moreira, Katia Maria P.M.B. Ferraz, Emilio A. Herrera, David W. Macdonald ...
    Collections series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The capybara is the neotropical mammal with the highest potential for production and domestication. Amongst the favorable characteristics for domestication we can list its high prolificacy, rapid growth rate, a herbivorous diet, social behavior and relative tameness. The genus (with only two species) is found from the Panama Canal to the north of Argentina on the east of the Andes. Chile is the ... En savoir plus

    $280.49 CAD

  • Wildlife Conservation on Farmland Volume 2

    Conflict in the countryside

    Modifié par David W. Macdonald, Ruth E. Feber ...
    Many of the encounters between farming and wildlife, especially vertebrates, involve some level of conflict which can cause disadvantage to both the wildlife and the people involved. Through a series of WildCRU case-studies, this volume investigates the sources of the problems, and ultimately of the threats to conservation, discussing a variety of remedies and mitigations, and demonstrating the ... En savoir plus

    $83.99 CAD

  • Wildlife Conservation on Farmland

    Managing for nature on lowland farms

    Modifié par David W. Macdonald, Ruth E. Feber ...
    Using more than 30 years research from the author team at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), this volume reveals how agricultural systems and wildlife interact, presenting examples from scales varying from landscape to microcosm, from populations to individuals, covering plants, invertebrates, birds, and mammals. It demonstrates the essential ecosystem services provided by ... En savoir plus

    $95.99 CAD

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    Biodiversity Conservation

    A Very Short Introduction

    par David W. Macdonald ...
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    7 heure 37 min

    Extinction is a natural process. In geological time there have been several periods of mass extinction. One of these periods is unfolding right now but all the evidence suggests that current extinction rates are between a hundred and a thousand times greater than the background rate. To put this in to context, a quarter of all known mammalian species is at risk. The current extinction crisis is ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

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