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In this edition: Jonathan Kindgon's name is synonymous with exceptional quality publications on the wildlife of Africa. A research associate at the University of Oxford, Kingdon has been authoring, illustrating and editing books on the continent's mammal fauna - including the magisterial six-volume set, The Mammals of Africa - for over four decades. His meticulous illustrations are iconic in the field of nature art, and beloved by wildlife enthusiasts the world over. The new edition of the Pocket Guide to African Mammals is out now.
Other highlights: The revised guidelines for bat survey in the UK from the Bat Conservation Trust have arrived in stock; it's National Nest Box Week, so read our guide to siting and maintaining your nest box; pre-order your free copy of the 2016 NHBS catalogue which is due to be published in March; read an interview with Andrew Branson on the UK's biodiversity; new books on grass identification, the Galapagos Hawk, and remote sensing.
Our equipment highlight is the Ltl Acorn 6310 portable infrared trail camera; we recommend kit for herpetofauna workers in Luanne's kit bag; and this should be the last Grapevine where we announce the pre-publication offer on Flight Identification of Raptors... as it is due to be published next week!
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Leon's selection of new arrivals at the warehouse & important new titles catalogued.
Browse Leon's Bookshelf
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In this edition we list a range of herpetological kit, from newt traps to snake handling gloves.
Browse Luanne's Kit Bag
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The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals
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Squeezing as much great content as possible into a format designed for field and safari, Jonathan Kingdon's updated Pocket Guide to African Mammals is the essential companion to the continent's wildlife. Kingdon's renowned artwork features on plates opposite the text pages. Includes more than 500 distribution maps. Information and taxonomy are updated to follow 2015's Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals,
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Top sellers at NHBS: African wildlife
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Bat Surveys for Professional Ecologists: Good Practice Guidelines
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The UK Bat Conservation Trust have undertaken a public consultation and made a thorough revision of the standard good practice guide for bat survey work.
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Featuring new content and revised guidelines, the third edition includes:
- A revised structure, index and cross-referencing for improved accessibility.
- Updates on the latest legislation, licensing, policy and published research.
- A new chapter on bat surveys of trees.
- A new section on acoustic surveys at swarming sites.
- A new chapter on advanced licence survey techniques.
- A new section on using statistics to analyse bat survey data.
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2016 NHBS Catalogue due March 2016
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Rare spider photographed at new site
Britain's rarest spider, the Horrid ground-weaver (Nothophantes horridus) has been found alive and well - and photographed - at a new site in Plymouth. This is the fourth known population of the spider, whose protection has been in the spotlight with a 2015 appeal raising £10,000 from the public towards the protection of its habitat.
Positive effects of Devon beavers?
The Guardian reported last weekend on the flood management effects of the small beaver population resident near Okehampton in Devon. The beavers have constructed 13 dams on a 150 metre stretch of water, improving water quality and increasing biodiversity.
...and finally: animal love
With Valentine's Day just passed, here's a quirky glimpse into the mating habits of eight different animal species, from Russ Mittermeier of Conservation International.
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Our catalogue editor's picks from the new books at NHBS
Important arrivals at the warehouse:
Important titles catalogued:
- Gulls of the World: A Photographic Guide (February 2017)
- Mountain Flowers (August 2016)
- Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World: An Illustrated Guide (August 2016)
- Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands (May 2016)
- Adaptation in Metapopulations: How Interaction Changes Evolution (May 2016)
- The Wood for the Trees: One Man's Long View of Nature (May 2016)
- Seeds: Safeguarding Our Future (April 2016)
- The Arid Lands: History, Power, Knowledge (April 2016)
- Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science (Paperback, April 2016)
- Photographing Wildlife in the UK: Where and How to Take Great Wildlife Photographs (March 2016)
- Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Western Mediterranean (March 2016)
- Vážky (Insecta: Odonata) České Republiky [Dragonflies of the Czech Republic] (February 2016)
- The Birds of Exmoor and the Quantocks (Second edition, February 2016)
- The Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas: Ecology, Evolution, Distribution, and Conservation (Available to order)
- Icones Insectorum Europae Centralis: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Omaliinae [English / Czech] (Available to order)
- The Water Vole: The Story of One of Britain's Most Endangered Mammals (Available to order)
- Primatas do Brasil: Guia de Campo [Primate of Brazil: Field Guide] (Available to order)
- A Monograph of Codonopsis and Allied Genera (Campanulaceae) (Available to order)
- The Feathered Tribes of Van Diemen's Land (Available to order)
- The Dragonfly-Friendly Gardener (Available to order)
- Birds of Vieques Island Puerto Rico: Status, Abundance, and Conservation (Available to order)
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New product listings and range highlights from the NHBS Equipment Team
Herpetology kit:
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PRE-PUBLICATION SPECIAL OFFERS
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- African Raptors (August 2016)
- Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe (July 2016)
- Britain's Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland (July 2016)
- Britain's Mammals: A Field Guide to the Mammals of Britain and Ireland (July 2016)
- Wildlife of Southeast Asia (June 2016)
- Birds of Western Ecuador: A Photographic Guide (June 2016)
- Collins Wild Flower Guide (Second edition, May 2016)
- Plant Variation and Evolution (Fourth edition, May 2016)
- Quantitative Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Integrating Models with Data (May 2016 - paperback only)
- Collins Field Guide to the Birds of South East Asia (April 2016)
- Bovids of the World: Antelopes, Gazelles, Cattle, Goats, Sheep, and Relatives (April 2016)
- The Dwarf and Mouse Lemurs of Madagascar: Biology, Behavior and Conservation Biogeography of the Cheirogaleidae (April 2016)
- Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics (March 2016)
- Birds of Borneo (Second edition, March 2016)
- Ecological Climatology: Concepts and Applications (Third edition, February 2016 - paperback only)
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Next chance to meet NHBS at a conference
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