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Ajayi, S. S. & Halstead, L. B. (Eds.). Wildlife Management in Savannah Woodland. Recent progress in African studies.
Pub. Taylor & Francis. 1979 pp.xiii, 237 with tables and figures throughout. A little fading to spine of dw., o/w. a very clean, vg. copy.
£40.00 [ref: 28083]
Budiansky, S. Nature’s Keepers. The New Science of Nature Management.
1st. Pub. Weidenfeld & Nicholson. 1995 pp.310 with illus. Fine in dw.
The new science of mathematical ecology has begun to make sense of the many baffling paradoxes of nature.The author shows how this new reseach is being applied to actual problems, such as elk overpopulation. This is wildlife conservation at the sharp end.
£10.00 [ref: 27620]
Buxton, P.A. Animal Life in Deserts. A Study of the Fauna in Relation to the Environment.
Edward Arnold, 1923. Pp.176 + publisher’s adverts, b/w. plates & figs. Covers a little rubbed, prelims. & edges foxed. Sound & generally good.
£10.00 [ref: 21872]
Clements, F.E. and Shelford, V.E. Bio-Ecology.
Pub. John Wiley & Sons. 1939 pp.vi, 425 with b/w. photographs, figs. and maps. A vg. copy.
£18.00 [ref: 37362]
Cox, G.W.Ed. Readings in Conservation Ecology.
1st. Pub. Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1969 pp.xii, 595 with text illus. VG. pbk. copy.
£7.50 [ref: 24239]
Edington, J.M. & M.A. Ecology, Recreation and Tourism.
Pub. Cambridge. 1986 pp.viii, 200 with a number of plates and many line drawings. VG. in card covers.
£10.00 [ref: 32267]
Elton, Charles. Animal Ecology.
9th. Imp.Pub. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1962 pp.xx, 204. VG. in torn dw.
£10.00 [ref: 23190]
Feltwell, John. The Naturalist’s Garden.
1st. Pub. Salem House. 1987 pp.160 with many fine illus. Fine in dw.
Many of our present wild gardens have their roots in the seventeenth century when natural history became a gentleman’s pastime at which physicians and parsons excelled. But perhaps more than any other, Gertrude Jekyll has influenced generations of gardeners as can be seen at Sissinghurst and Churchill’s naturalist paradise at Chartwell. The author shows how even the smallest garden can be transformed into a sanctuary for wildlife.
£10.00 [ref: 36441]
Fraser Darling, F. West Highland Survey. An Essay in Human Ecology.
1st. Pub. O.U.P. 1955 pp.xvi, 438 with graphs, charts, b/w. plate to facing page and map. With damp stain to front board. Contents very bright and sound. In lightly chipped dw. with tanned spine and several light stain marks.
£50.00 [ref: 33253]
Frith, H.J. Wildlife Conservation. The Acclaimed Study of Australia’s Conservation Problem.
1st. Pub. Angus & Robertson. 1973 pp.xiv, 414 with 60 plates. A vg. copy in dw.
The authors’ maintain that if Australia’s wildlife is to prosper, or even to survive, positive action must be taken to retain and regenerate its habitats and to manage animal populations.
£12.00 [ref: 35499]