Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

A Wing in the Door: Life With a Red-Tailed Hawk
de Peri Phillips McQuay(Ed. Milkweed Editions) Isbn : 1571312390
15.16 €
In 1998, a two-year-old red-tailed hawk, taken illegally as a nestling by a falconer, was released back into the wild on the 800-acre protected wildlife area in eastern Ontario where McQuay and her family lived. Because the hawk, whom they called Merak, was human-imprinted, it took the McQuays four years to shepherd her transition more or less successfully back into her natural environment. In this engrossing memoir, McQuay (The View from Foley Mountain, 1995) relates how Merak became a part of her family's daily life, and, despite the bird's hunting ability, depended on them for sustenance, particularly during the molting season. Her clean, careful prose sometimes yields lovely imagery, as in this description of Merak's acclimation: "she practices teetering hops from branch to branch" wit...

Running Wild: Dispelling the Myths of the African Wild Dog
de John McNutt, Lesley P. Boggs(Ed. Smithsonian Books) Isbn : 1560987170
45.56 €
In 1989, the authors and photography team Helene Heldring and Dave Hamman embarked on what would become a four-year effort focused on the African wild dog. As is true of many carnivores that compete with humans for food and living space, an untainted study population was difficult to locate. The researchers finally decided on the Mombo Pack on Chief's Island in Botswana's Okavango delta area. This coffee-table account includes over 300 superb color photos offering a broad picture of the pack's behaviors, from pack structure to hunting techniques. A brief suggested reading list lacks two related works of interest: noted zoologist Jonathan Scott's Painted Wolves (Viking, 1991) and Mark and Delia Owens's Cry of the Kalahari (1984). (The Owenses also worked in Botswana but were denied reentry ...

Ravens in Winter
de Bernd Heinrich(Ed. Vintage Books USA) Isbn : 0679732365
16.1 €
In 1984 Heinrich, professor of zoology at the University of Vermont, determined to find out why ravens call to each other when they discover food, a rare example of sharing in the wild. For the next four years he spent winter weekends observing these birds at a remote site in Maine, braving fierce weather, lugging enormous amounts of bait to lure ravens to his study area and sleeping in a cabin where temperatures often plunged below zero at night. The story related here, which is constructed from his field notes, moves slowly; we learn a good deal about scientific methods and a lot about patience. Overall, however, the book is suspenseful and exciting. The author follows a series of clues, some going nowhere, and others finally leading to the solution to this puzzle of animal behavior. The...

Ravens in Winter
de Bernd Heinrich(Ed. Summit Books) Isbn : 0671678094
18.96 €
In 1984 Heinrich, professor of zoology at the University of Vermont, determined to find out why ravens call to each other when they discover food, a rare example of sharing in the wild. For the next four years he spent winter weekends observing these birds at a remote site in Maine, braving fierce weather, lugging enormous amounts of bait to lure ravens to his study area and sleeping in a cabin where temperatures often plunged below zero at night. The story related here, which is constructed from his field notes, moves slowly; we learn a good deal about scientific methods and a lot about patience. Overall, however, the book is suspenseful and exciting. The author follows a series of clues, some going nowhere, and others finally leading to the solution to this puzzle of animal behavior. The...

Ravens in Winter
de Bernd Heinrich(Ed. Barrie Jenkins) Isbn : 0712638296
22.83 €
In 1984 Heinrich, professor of zoology at the University of Vermont, determined to find out why ravens call to each other when they discover food, a rare example of sharing in the wild. For the next four years he spent winter weekends observing these birds at a remote site in Maine, braving fierce weather, lugging enormous amounts of bait to lure ravens to his study area and sleeping in a cabin where temperatures often plunged below zero at night. The story related here, which is constructed from his field notes, moves slowly; we learn a good deal about scientific methods and a lot about patience. Overall, however, the book is suspenseful and exciting. The author follows a series of clues, some going nowhere, and others finally leading to the solution to this puzzle of animal behavior. The...

Prohibitive Policy
de Steven Lewis Yaffee(Ed. MIT Press) Isbn : 0262240246
26.58 €
In 1978 the Supreme Court ruled that the Endangered Species Act barred the Tennessee Valley Authority from completing its almost-built, 120 million Tellico project because the project would destroy the habitat of the snail darter, a 3-inch long fish. Project supporters were outraged and claimed that the act was inflexible, prohibiting any balancing of the benefits of protection with the costs of compliance. In this book, Steven Yaffee examines the Endangered Species Act as an example of prohibitive policy, an extreme form of government regulation that has been used increasingly in recent years, especially in the environmental area. Critics have argued that such policy is inefficient because it appears to outlaw negotiation between conflicting social objectives. By reviewing both the legisl...

Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas
de Wayne R. Petersen(Ed. University of Massachusetts Press) Isbn : 1558494200
57 €
In 1974, the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife launched a five-year survey to map the distribution of all the birds that breed in the Commonwealth--the first such comprehensive effort in North America. Nearly 600 volunteers spent countless hours in the field collecting data. This landmark volume presents the results of their efforts. The book includes distribution maps showing possible, probable, and confirmed breeding areas for 198 Massachusetts nesting species on a grid of 989 ten-square-mile blocks. Opposite each species map is a summary account giving historical perspective, relative abundance, habitat, seasonal schedule, nest, egg, and song descriptions, clutch size, egg dates, number of broods, and other pertinent details. Each spe...

Saving American Birds: T. Gilbert Pearson and the Founding of the Audubon Movement
de Oliver H. Orr(Ed. University Press of Florida) Isbn : 0813011299
47.46 €
In 1890, nongame birds had no legal protection in the United States (even robins often were shot for "sport"); by 1910, most states had enacted bird protection laws. The credit for this remarkable change in public attitudes goes mainly to the Audubon movement. This book is both a history of the Audubon Society up to 1911 and an examination of the early career of one of its most influential leaders, Pearson (1873-1943). Orr sees Pearson's skills as writer, orator, and political lobbyist as crucial to the movement's success. This is the first major study of Pearson. Extensively documented for the scholar but not pedantic in style, it is recommended to all libraries with a serious interest in ornithology or environmentalism.- Paul B. Cors, Univ. of Wyoming Lib., LaramieCopyright 1992 Reed Bus...

An Eagle to the Sky
de Frances Hammerstrum(Ed. The Lyons Press) Isbn : 1558210067
10.4 €
In "an unusually attractive book . . . Hamerstrom writes with lucidity and affection . . . she conveys beautifully, and sometimes humorously, her adventures while caring for two golden eagles," remarked PW of this "engaging and authentic book." Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Important Bird Areas in India: Priority Sites for Conservation
de Asad R. Rahmani, M. Zafar-ul Islam(Ed. OUP India) Isbn : 0195673336
213.76 €
Important Bird Areas in India is the result of five years' exhaustive work by the BNHS and a large number of people. The data, which form the core of the book, have been collected by more than 1000 people: many hundreds of professional and amateur ornithologists, birdwatchers, conservationists, forest officials and others interested in birds. BNHS and a large number of people. It is the most detailed It is the most detailed publication ever produced on the subject of birds or conservation and it uncovers, analyses and assesses all the evidence, presenting it together with all the sources. The study has gives a detailed analysis of sites that have been identified for bird conservation in India on the basis of globally accepted criteria. Each bird area is introduced with maps, analysis, avif...