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Field Guide to California Lichens
ISBN: PB: 9780300195002, Yale University Press, July 2014
416 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 530 colour illus.
Lichens are among the most colourful and abundant organisms in the world. They provide food and nesting material for a wide variety of wildlife, contribute nutrients to the soil, and are indicators of both undisturbed ecosystems and clean air. They l...
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Birthright People and Nature in the Modern World
ISBN: PB: 9780300205794, ISBN: HB: 9780300176544, Yale University Press, July 2014
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 33 black&white illus.
Human health and wellbeing is inextricably linked to nature; our connection to the natural world is part of our biological inheritance. In this engaging book, a pioneer in the field of biophilia – the study of human beings' inherent affinity for natu...
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Double-Crested Cormorant Plight of a Feathered Pariah
ISBN: HB: 9780300187113, Yale University Press, June 2014
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 33 black&white illus.
The double-crested cormorant, found only in North America, is an iridescent black waterbird superbly adapted to catch fish. It belongs to a family of birds vilified since biblical times and persecuted around the world. Thus it was perhaps to be expec...
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My Backyard Jungle The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard into Habitat and Learned to Live with It
ISBN: PB: 9780300205664, ISBN: HB: 9780300184013, Yale University Press, June 2014
320 pp., 21x14 cm
For James Barilla and his family, the dream of transforming their Columbia, South Carolina backyard into a haven for wildlife evoked images of kids catching grasshoppers by day and fireflies at night, of digging up potatoes and picking strawberries....
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Incidental Steward Reflections on Citizen Science
ISBN: PB: 9780300205671, ISBN: HB: 9780300178791, Yale University Press, June 2014
224 pp., 21x14 cm, 11 black&white illus.
A search for a radio-tagged Indiana bat roosting in the woods behind her house in New York's Hudson Valley led Akiko Busch to assorted other encounters with the natural world – local ecological monitoring projects, community-organized cleanup efforts...
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Chasing Monarchs Migrating with the Butterflies of Passage
ISBN: PB: 9780300203875, Yale University Press, May 2014
352 pp., 21x14 cm, 2 black&white illus.
Although no one had ever followed North American monarch butterflies on their annual southward journey to Mexico and California, in the 1990s there were well-accepted assumptions about the nature and form of the migration. But to Robert Michael Pyle,...
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Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower Artists' Books and the Natural World
ISBN: HB: 9780300204247, Yale University Press, May 2014
224 pp., 26x21 cm, 250 colour, black&white illus.
Highlighting an enduring interest in natural history from the 16th century to the present, this gorgeous book explores depictions of the natural world, from centuries-old manuscripts to contemporary artists' books. It examines the scientific pursuits...
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All the Trees of the Forest Israel's Woodlands from the Bible to the Present
ISBN: HB: 9780300189506, Yale University Press, November 2013
368 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 35 black&white illus.
In this insightful and provocative book Alon Tal provides a detailed account of Israeli forests, tracing their history from the Bible to the present, and outlines the effort to transform drylands and degraded soils into prosperous parks, rangelands a...
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Birds of New Zealand A Photographic Guide
ISBN: PB: 9780300196825, Yale University Press, October 2013
500 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 1000 colour illus.
New Zealand's birdlife developed extraordinary diversity as a consequence of evolving on isolated islands without mammalian predators. For many years, habitat destruction brought on by humans posed a distinct threat to the wide variety of birdlife, b...
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Mariposa Road The First Butterfly Big Year
ISBN: PB: 9780300190977, Yale University Press, April 2013
576 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 17 maps
With a love for adventure as great as his lifelong fascination with butterflies, America's best-known lepidopterist set himself an irresistible challenge: how many of the 800 species of butterflies known in the U.S. could he track down in a single ye...
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