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ALTAI
Surveying snow leopards and other animals in the mountains
of the Altai Republic, Central Asia.
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A
selection of recommended titles for this expedition, available
from nhbs.com
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| Zoology:
Mammals |
| Zoology:
Birds |
| Regional
Natural History & Travel |
| Evolutionary
Biology |
| Conservation
& Biodiversity |
| Data
Analysis, Statistics & Modelling |
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Zoology: Mammals
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Animals in Nature
Vladimir Smirin and Yuri Smirin
Vladimir and Yuri Smirin - well known wildlife artists as well
as biologists - travelled extensively through the former Soviet
Union on their expeditions studying mammals. The chapters are
grouped according to the habitats visited - desert, mountains,
coast, steppe and forest - and describe the authors' observations
of seals, Arctic foxes, jeyrans, ibex, chamois, elk (at an elk
farm), gorals, pikas, great gerbils, burunduks, and several
other small mammals.
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Mammals of China
Sheng Helin, Noriyuki Ohtaishi and Lu Houji
Introduces the mammals of China covering 56 families, and each
species is given its name, feature, habit, breeding, geographical
distribution and protection grade.
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New Encyclopaedia of Mammals
Edited by David Macdonald
Welcome return to print of this classic encyclopedia in a completely
new, revised edition. It is a beautiful photographic account
and a well organised mine of information mammals throughout
the world.
For each mammalian order and family, there are general descriptions,
followed by detailed accounts for selected species, as well
as numerous brief accounts of other species. The text covers
all aspects of morphology, behaviour and ecology, and is comprehensively
illustrated with colour plates and colour photographs. There
are also maps of distribution for selected families and/or species.
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Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen
Matthiessen's compelling account of his search for the elusive
snow leopard of the Himalayas.
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Wild Cats
Edited by Peter Jackson and Kristin Nowell
Compiled and edited by Kristin Nowell and Peter Jackson
Presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available
on the 36 species of wild cats in the world. It includes the
first published collection of detailed range maps and some of
the first photographs of rare species in the wild. It provides
a thorough review of major issues in cat conservation such as
habitat loss and management of big cats in livestock areas;
field and laboratory research; international trade; the role
of zoos; reintroduction. High priority projects are identified
to further the cause of cat consevation.
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Wild Sheep and Goats and their Relatives
Edited by David M Shackleton
Summarises the present knowledge on the conservation status
of wild Caprinae and presents management recommendations for
their sutainable utilization.
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Zoology: Birds
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Field Guide to the Birds of China
John MacKinnon
Comprehensive, taxonomically modern, and fully illustrated field
guide to the Chinese birds. Over 1300 species are illustrated
in 128 original paintings, and fully described in the text.
Colour distribution maps are provided for all illustrated species.
John MacKinnon lived in China and Hong Kong for eight years,
and has extensive experience of watching and writing about Chinese
birds. This important book is a landmark in field guide publishing.
Contents include: Introduction to the Region; History of Ornithology
in China; Avian Biogeography of Region; Conservation; Field
Techniques for Birdwatching; Anatomy and Plumage of a Bird;
Glossary of Terms Used; Family and Species Descriptions; Limited
Distribution Birds of Endemic Bird Areas; Lists of Threatened
and Endangered Species of China; List of Birds of North Arunchal
Pradesh (not described in book); List of Birds Expected on Spratly
Islands (not described in book); List of clubs and journals
for the area; Chinese names; Bibliography; Index and Synonyms.
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Regional Natural History & Travel
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Beyond the Last Village
Alan Rabinowitz
Takes the reader on a journey of exploration, danger, and discovery
in Hkakabo Razi National Park, at the southeast edge of the
Himalayas, now one of Southeast Asia's largest protected areas.
As Rabinowitz takes us through this "lost world", he describes
the Rawang, a former slave group, the Taron, a solitary enclave
of the world's only pygmies of Asian ancestry, and Myanmar Tibetans
living in the furthest reaches of the mountains. He also describes
the territories of strange, majestic-looking beasts that few
people have ever heard of and fewer have ever seen, including
golden takin, red goral, blue sheep, black barking deer. The
survival of these ancient species is now threatened, not by
natural forces but by hunters with snares and crossbows, trading
body parts for basic household necessities. Rabinowitz delivers
a powerful message.
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Lonely Planet Travel Guides: Central
Asia, Travel Survival Kit
John King, Andrew Humphreys and John Noble
Travel information for Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan.
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Lonely Planet Travel Guide: Mongolia
Paul Greenway, Robert Storey and Gabriel Lafitte
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Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe
George B Schaller
Since 1985 Schaller and his Chinese and Tibetan co-workers have
surveyed the flora and fauna of the Chang Tang, the vast remote
Tibetan steppe that is home to a unique assemblage of large
mammals, including the Tibetan antelope, gazelle, argali sheep,
wild ass, wild yak, wolves, and snow leopards. Although 1997's
fine Tibet's Hidden Wilderness gave a general coffee-table
style introduction to what is now a 130,000 square mile reserve,
this is the first detailed look at the natural history of one
of the world's least known ecosystems.
The plains ungulates are the main focus of the book - especially
the Tibetan antelope, or chiru, whose migrations define
the ecosystem much as those of the wildebeest define the Serengeti.
Schaller's descriptions of mammal numbers and distribution,
behaviour, and ecology provide baseline information that may
allow wildlife, grasslands, and pastoralists to continue to
coexist harmoniously in this region.
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Evolutionary Biology
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Diversity of Life
Edward O Wilson
An inspiring work by this eminent scientist and conservationist.
Wilson traces the processes that create new species in bursts
of adaptive radiation, and identifies the five major extinctions
of the last 600 million years. Each cataclysmic event, caused
by a meteorite strike or climatic change, required 10-100 million
years of evolutionary repair. The lessons are clear - the sixth
major extinction, caused this time entirely by man - could ultimately
be the greatest of them all. Drawing on evidence and examples
from around the world, the author argues forcibly that the conflicting
forces of economic development and natural preservation must
be reconciled if the world's biological diversity is to be saved.
A great book.
From the text: `Consider this: Of the estimated 10 million
species of plants and animals alive in the world's rain forests,
a minimum of 27,000 go extinct each year; 74 each day; 3 each
hour'
`Edward Wilson is today's towering figure in American Biological
Literature. Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science
of ecology with insight and delightful imagery.' Richard
Dawkins. New edition includes an extensive new forward by the
author.
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Conservation & Biodiversity
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Last Chance to See . . .
D Adams and M Carwardine
Now available on CD-ROM. A book full of tragi-comic overtones,
this is an account of five expeditions to various parts of the
world to search for rare and endangered species, such as the
aye-aye, the kakapo and the Yangtse River dolphin. Carwardine
is an experienced zoologist, but Adams is better known as the
bestselling author of A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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State of the Planet
David Attenborough
Attenborough brings his matter-of-fact clarity to discuss the
latest scientific research on the state of the planet with explanations
on rainforest destruction, global warming, extinction of species,
rising sea-levels, drought and meteoric collisions.
Over the course of three programmes, he works with experts to
ask whether nature really is in a crisis of species extinction,
to examine why has this come about and finally to understand
what options for the future remain open to us. His quest takes
him on a truly global trail, from Kenya to Ecuador, from the
Philippines and the Maldives to Easter Island, and from South
Africa to California - visiting habitats of threatened species
and exploring ways in which life can be sustained for the future.
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Data Analysis, Statistics & Modelling
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Monitoring Plant and Animal Populations
Caryl Elzinga, Dan Salzer, James Willoughby and James
Gibbs
Overview of population monitoring, aiming aims to be an accessible
introduction to field techniques for measuring important attributes
of animal and plant populations. It also covers different ways
of recording monitoring data in the field and describes means
for entering and managing field monitoring data sets with computers.
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Bat Detectors
