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UKRAINE
Monitoring
steppe wolves & bird migration near the Crimea.
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A
selection of recommended titles for this expedition, available
from nhbs.com
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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.
Running time: 150 minutes.
BBC Video
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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.
406 pages, b/w illus, figs.
Penguin
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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.
224 pages, col illus.
Pan
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Wolf Almanac
Robert H Busch
Complete illustrated reference for wolf enthusiasts of all
kinds. Among the topics covered are: wolf evolution; habitat,
anatomy and behaviour; the wolf in literature, art, and myth;
man's relationship with the wolf; the distribution and biology
of wolves throughout the world.
226 pages, col & b/w photos, illus, tabs, maps.
Lyons Press
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Brother Wolf
Jim Brandenburg
This sequel to White Wolf conveys the history, in
words and photographic images, of the relationship between
wolves and men - and urges us all to realise that the wolf's
future is our future.
160 pages, col photos, map.
NorthWord
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Wolf
The definitive story of this much-maligned animal - filmed
in habitats ranging from the high Arctic to the hill farms
of Europe and monsoon-sodden India.
49 mins running time.
BBC Video
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Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species
L David Mech
A classic monograph, first published in 1970, and still the
best comprehensive guide to the species.
`A fine, comprehensive survey of the ecology and habits
of the wolf - his food, habitat, hunting, mating, social behaviour
and much more. Written in non-technical language, the book
sets down just about everything that we need to know about
his beautiful and - propaganda aside - shy animal' -
The New York Times Book Review
384 pages, 53 b/w photos.
Minnesota UP
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Wolf
Dimitry Bibikow
198 pages, b\w photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps.
Westarp Wissenschaften
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Wolf
Henryk Okarma
160 pages, 75 illus.
Blackwell Verlag
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Field Guide to the Mammals of Britain and Europe
David MacDonald
Definitive field guide to the mammal fauna of Europe written
by one of the world's mammal experts. It covers every species
of mammal that occurs in Europe, including marine mammals,
a total of over 230 species. The text covers identification,
taxonomy, biology, behaviour, and distribution. The plates
detail not only identification features but also paw prints,
feeding signs and variants. The most authoritative guide yet
published on the European mammal fauna. The colour plates
include over 600 individual illustrations.
448 pages, 64 colour plates [by Priscilla Barrett], 236 b/w
illus, 234 maps.
Harper Collins
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Tracking and the Art of Seeing
Paul Rezendes
Second fully revised edition on reading animal tracks and
signs. Includes information on tracking and identifying more
than 50 species of wildlife, from coyotes to chimpanzees.
The author discusses animal habitat and behaviour, tracks,
trail patterns, scratches, dens, droppings, diggings etc.
336 pages, col & b/w photos, illus.
Harper Collins
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Animal Tracks and Signs
Preben Bang and Preben Dahlstrom
Provides text and colour illustrations to identify over 200
animals that occur throughout North-West Europe from the evidence
they have left behind - footprints, feeding damage, bones
and holes in the ground are all covered.
A very welcome volume in the new OUP 'Pocket Guides'
series, which fills a real gap - both Dahlstrom's 'Collins
Guide to Animal Tracks and Signs' and the 'Hamlyn
Guide to Animal Tracks, Trails and Signs' are long out
of print.
264 pages, col photos, line illus.
OUP
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Life of Birds
David Attenborough
Now available on DVD, this is vintage Attenborough (originally
broadcast as a BBC TV series in 1998, and also available as
a video, an audio CD and a hardback).
Attenborough uncovers new research into the behaviour of the
most popular and perhaps the best adapted life forms on Earth,
investigating the secrets of birds' great success - their
remarkable strategies for finding food, their complex social
systems, and their ingenious and often bizarre ways of mating
and breeding. In the CD, Attenborough and the Life of Birds
team choose their all-time favourite songs and calls from
the series and tell the stories of their encounters with the
stars of the show.
The new DVD contains additional footage and scene selection.
320 pages, col photos throughout, CD playing time: 72 mins.
BBC Books
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Birdwatcher's Handbook
PR Ehrlich, DS Dobkin, SL Pimm and D Wheye
European equivalent of the authors' Birder's Handbook,
which covered North American species. It covers 515 species
that breed in Britain, Europe and adjacent parts of the Middle
East and North Africa, and offers at-a-glance details on diet,
displays and mating, nests and eggs, wintering, conservation
status, and much more. In addition to the information on each
species, there are also 150 essays covering various topics
in ornithology. There are also full indexes of English and
scientific names, and species names in French, German, Dutch,
Spanish and Swedish. An invaluable reference work.
700 pages, 35 line illus.
OUP
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Collins Bird Guide
Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom and Peter
J Grant
Written by one Europe's leading ornithologists and illustrated
by two of the world's finest bird illustrators - Killian Mullarney
and Dan Zetterstrom ( with a translation by David Christie).
Covering Britain and Europe, the book provides all the information
needed to identify any species at any time of year, with detailed
text on size, habitat, range, identification and voice. Accompanying
every species entry is a distribtuion map and colour illustrations
(over 3500 in all) to show the species in all the major plumages
(male, female, immature, in flight, at rest, feeding). The
book is fully integrated, so that all this information appears
on one spread, the ideal structure for use in the field. Each
group of birds has an introduction, which covers the major
problems involved in identifying or seeing them: how to organise
a sea watching trip, how to separate birds of prey in flight,
which duck hybrids can be confused with which species etc.
Is this book worth buying if you already have Jonsson's Birds
of Europe and Beaman & Madge's Handbook of Bird Identification
? The answer is probably yes - as Harper Collins rightly point
out in their publicity, the Svensson/Mullarney/Zetterstrom
team is one of the strongest ever recruited to put together
a field guide.
`The Collins Bird Guide is undoubtedly the finest field
guide that has ever been produced and now deservedly sits
in a bird book elite of essential titles - nestling between
BWP, HBW and Birds of Europe. The nomenclature and taxonomy
may not be to everybody's liking, but it is a certainty that
the magnificent work of Mullarney and Zetterstrom has set
the illustrative standard for decades to come and will be
admired and enjoyed by thousands of birders worldwide for
many years. The word `classic' is so often over-used these
days but, for once, it is a particularly fitting way to refer
to this book. This is the last great bird book of the 20th
Century, and I am sure that Peter Grant would have been happy
knowing that. It is a fitting tribute to him, and his co-author
and the world class artists. This book is an absolute gem.'
Mark Golley, Birding World
392 pages, 3500 col illus, 700 maps.
Harper Collins
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Bradt Hiking Guides: Poland and Ukraine
Tim Burford
384 pages, 36 maps.
Bradt
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Lonely Planet Travel Guides: Russia, Ukraine and Belarus,
Travel
John Noble et al
1200 pages, 16pp colour photos, 150 maps.
Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Phrasebooks: Ukrainian
Olena Bekh and Jim Dingley
200 pages,
Lonely Planet
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