There are some 30 or 40 species of bat in Europe, many of which are quite rare and there is evidence that bats are on the decline, due to pollution, persecution, disturbance and habitat destruction. This book aims to describe the problems encountered by conservation projects in various countries, identifying the species and sites in need of most attention. It also details some of the solutions already achieved, and attempts to show what measures are needed to ensure bats remain for future genera...
Cynthia Moss has spent 13 years in the Amboseli National Park in Kenya, and is currently Director of their Elephant Research Project. She has constantly observed one particular family of elephants, and this book details objectively, yet movingly, all aspects of their behaviour. It covers their births, deaths, mating habits, migration, life cycles and social organization. The author has published numerous scientific papers on this subject, written for magazines such as "Nature" and had her work p...
The Koala: Natural History, Conservation, Management
The latest in the popular ‘Quick ID Guide’ series, this compact little book is an easy-to-use identification guide to the whales, dolphins and seals found in southern African waters and the Southern Ocean. Close to 50 species occur here: from the demonstrative Humpback Whale and Dusky Dolphin to the striking Leopard Seal and massive Blue Whale. This title introduces the key identification features, behaviours, diets and distribution of whales, dolphins and seals; explains breaching, bow-surfing,...
Water Quality and Fish Health (COPESCAL Technical Paper)
by Zdenka Svobodov
Physiology and Cell Biology of Aging
Taking an integrated approach to the biology of marine mammals; this book provides a general introduction to the biology of marine mammals, and an overview of the adaptations that have permitted mammals to succeed in the marine environment. It contains information for the interested beach dweller or student and for the scientist or marine resource manager, exploring the essential aspects of what makes marine mammals physiologically ""different"" from terrestrial mammals in regard to life in the...
The Sheep-Dog - Judging and Conduct of Trials and the Art of Breaking-In
by William Whyte
Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns, published in 1915, stands alongside a number of Shoemaker's volumes, such as Wolf Days in Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Lion or Panther, dedicated to telling the tales of vanishing or extinct Pennsylvania wildlife. Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns places these tales within the greater context of the Pennsylvania sportsmen's and hunting culture. While lamenting the extinction of the old-stock Pennsylvania deer species, Shoemaker celebrates the hunter and the sp...
This is an illustrated guide to the mammals of Peru. Each species has its English, Spanish and Latin name.
Milk Production Management
by Prafullakumar V. Patil and Matsyagandha K. Patil
Milk Production Management, as the name implies, provides the information on different aspects related to Milk Production Management. The information in this book will be of practical utility for actual feeding of animals e.g. chapters on various rations, nutrient requirement tables, feeding of pregnant/lactating animals, feeding of calves, silage making, hydroponics technique, azolla production different feeds and fodders, fodder cultivation, computation of rations for dairy animals, feeding du...
The Exploitation and Cultural Importance of Sea Mammals (Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference, v. 7)
Humans are known to exploit plant and animal resources for a variety of purposes. Subsistence is the most obvious of these, but there are also social and technological reasons behind such activities, not to mention ideological and spiritual motives for exploitation. In order to maximise exploitation of resources, human often exploit ecotones, where several ecological zones exist in close proximity. The seashore is such an ecotone, and sea mammals are just one of many groups of resources who are...
An Introduction to the Study of Mammals Living and Extinct
by Flower William Henry