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  • Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America

    par William Durham ...
    Collections series Linking Levels Of Analysis
    The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America is a timely examination of critical cases of land degradation, deforestation, and resource depletion in Central and South America. The contributors—seasoned researchers with years of experience in the regions they discuss—convincingly document the idea that the causes of environmental destruction have their origins in social relations ... En savoir plus

    $68.99 CAD

  • Scarcity and Survival in Central America

    Ecological Origins of the Soccer War

    par William H. Durham ...
    Looking at both population and land tenure dynamics in their historical context, this study challenges the view that the 1969 conflict between El Salvador and Honduras was primarily a response to population pressure. The author demonstrates that land scarcity, a principal cause of the war, was largely a product of the concentration of landholdings.The analysis focuses on the emigration of 300,000 ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • Exuberant Life

    An Evolutionary Approach to Conservation in Galápagos

    par William H. Durham ...
    The terrestrial organisms of the Galápagos Islands live under conditions unlike those anywhere else. At the edge of a uniquely rich mid-ocean upwelling, their world is also free of mammalian predators and competitors, allowing them to live unbothered, exuberant lives. With its giant tortoises, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, and forests of giant daisies, there's no question that this is a ... En savoir plus

    $52.79 CAD

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  • What a Fish Knows

    The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins

    par Jonathan Balcombe ...
    The New York Times–bestselling "exploration of the world from a piscine perspective . . . makes a persuasive case that what fish know is quite a lot" (Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books).Do fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? In What a Fish Knows, ethologist Jonathan ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

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  • Spying on Whales

    The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures

    par Nick Pyenson ...
    “A palaeontological howdunnit…[Spying on Whales] captures the excitement of…seeking answers to deep questions in cetacean science.” —NatureCalled “the best of science writing” (Edward O. Wilson) and named a best book by Popular Science, a dive into the secret lives of whales, from their four-legged past to their perilous present.Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

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    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • Stung!

    On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean

    par Lisa-ann Gershwin ...
    "The world of jellyfish is brought alive as you never imagined it could be by Lisa-ann Gershwin in this engaging, gripping, and often funny book." —Callum Roberts, author of The Ocean of LifeAs our oceans become increasingly inhospitable to life, there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick environment: the beautiful, dangerous, and now incredibly numerous jellyfish. As foremost ... En savoir plus

    $23.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Statues that Walked

    Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island

    par Terry Hunt, Carl Lipo ...
    T****he monumental statues of Easter Island, both so magisterial and so forlorn, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island’s barren landscape, have been the source of great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans on Easter Sunday 1722. How could the ancient people who inhabited this tiny speck of land, the most remote in the vast expanse of the Pacific islands, have ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins

    par Hal Whitehead, Luke Rendell ...
    "An astonishing, unconstrained exploration of the nature and practice of cetacean culture . . . a revolutionary book." —Philip Hoare, author of The WhaleIn the songs and bubble feeding of humpback whales; in young killer whales learning to knock a seal from an ice floe in the same way their mother does; and in the use of sea sponges by the dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, to protect their beaks ... En savoir plus

    $25.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Tropical Ecology

    par John Kricher ...
    This full-color illustrated textbook offers the first comprehensive introduction to all major aspects of tropical ecology. It explains why the world's tropical rain forests are so universally rich in species, what factors may contribute to high species richness, how nutrient cycles affect rain forest ecology, and how ecologists investigate the complex interrelationships among flora and fauna. It ... En savoir plus

    $137.49 CAD

  • The New Neotropical Companion

    par John C. Kricher ...
    The acclaimed guide to the ecology and natural history of the American tropics—now fully updated and expandedThe New Neotropical Companion is the completely revised and expanded edition of a book that has helped thousands of people to understand the complex ecology and natural history of the most species-rich area on Earth, the American tropics. Featuring stunning color photos throughout, it is a ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Galapagos

    A Natural History

    par Henry Nicholls ...
    Charles Darwin called it "a little world within itself." Sailors referred to it as "Las Encantadas"- the enchanted islands. Lying in the eastern Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator off the west coast of South America, the Galágos is the most pristine archipelago to be found anywhere in the tropics. It is so remote, so untouched, that the act of wading ashore can make you feel like you are the ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • An Indomitable Beast

    The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar

    par Alan Rabinowitz ...
    The jaguar is one of the most mysterious and least-known big cats of the world. The largest cat in the Americas, it has survived an onslaught of environmental and human threats partly because of an evolutionary history unique among wild felines, but also because of a power and indomitable spirit so strong, the jaguar has shaped indigenous cultures and the beliefs of early civilizations on two ... En savoir plus

    $41.79 CAD