lunney daniel editors (8 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 139 pp., illustrations, diagrams, bibliography.

illustrations, maps (illustrator). Quarto, paperback,140 pp.,photographs, illustrations, maps. WAS $60. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. A series of papers resulting from a one day forum held in October 2002 by the Royal Zoological Society. This book is a high water mark in capturing the range of skills that are needed to see and conserve out marine environments.

Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.) (illustrator). Quarto, paperback,270 pp.,colour photographs, other illustrations, maps. WAS $80. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. In an era when the decline in biodiversity is widely presented as an extinction crisis, there exists the converse problem of overabundance both of native species and alien invading species. Exotic pest species are one of the main threats to the conservation of Australia's biodiversity. Some arrived as welcome guests, such as cane toads or deer, when the ecology of invasions had been little studied. The 2005 forum of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales was entitled: "Pest or guest: the zoology of overabundance". It has remained as the title of this book. With cane toads there is now no ambiguity. They are a pest, they are reviled and they are conspicuously non Australian, yet in 1935 they entered as a guest species in became a failed attempt at the control of a beetle in the sugar cane crops. By contrast, many native species have been regarded as a pest in some locations at some periods, but here the definition of pest is more problematic, at the very least it generates a robust discussion. At the outer extreme is the concept of too many people. It is one of the world's most pressing ecological problems, yet one where there is the least satisfactory resolution. The ecological reasoning is the same for cane toads, native species or people. The issue is the concept of overabundance.

Quarto, paperback,245 pp.,illustrations. WAS $50. This first ever book on the future of the fauna of western New South Wales presents the information, ideas and outlook of people highly experienced in researching and managing the fauna and of the area.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Light general wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 413pp Size: 210mm x 295mm. Book.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Quarto; softcover; 454 pp. Tight binding; previous owner embossing to title page, else interior clean throughout; light edge wear and scuffing; Near Fine. From the library of John A. Wiens, an American ecologist whose research focused on birds and insects in semiarid environments. .

Paperback. Zustand: Good. pp 256 illus wrappers.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Minimal wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 240pp Size: 210mm x 295mm. Book.