Partridges Countryside Barometer Collins New Naturalist Library Book 121
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Partridges Countryside Barometer Collins New Naturalist Library Book 121
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Author : G R (Dick) Potts
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-09-27
Partridges Countryside Barometer Collins New Naturalist Library Book 121 written by G R (Dick) Potts and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-27 with Nature categories.
Globally, there are at least 45 species of game bird that have the word partridge in their name, but in this book G. R. Potts devotes himself to the Grey, Red-legged and Chukar Partridges, with particular emphasis on the Grey Partridge due to its well-known decline in Britain.
The Changing Status Of Arable Habitats In Europe
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Author : Clive Hurford
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-01-29
The Changing Status Of Arable Habitats In Europe written by Clive Hurford and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-29 with Nature categories.
This edited volume documents the current nature conservation status of arable habitats in Europe. Arable farming systems have evolved in the European landscape over more than ten thousand years and now occupy nearly 30% of the European land area. They support species that have life cycles closely synchronised with traditional cereal growing, many of which have experienced massive declines throughout Europe. For example, in Britain, of the 100 plant species exhibiting the greatest declines in the latter half of the 20th century, 47 were typical of arable land. Despite this the habitat and many of the species associated with it remains unprotected across much of Europe. The 22 chapters cover a range of topics, including: · Regional accounts describing the impact of changing agricultural practices on the arable flora; · The results of research and surveillance projects on the soil organisms, bryophyte flora, invertebrate fauna and pollinators of arable habitats; · The potential for designing multifunctional and resilient agricultural landscapes; The use of ex situ conservation to aid the reintroduction of rare arable plants; · Case studies illustrating how changing agricultural practices have impacted on bird populations in Europe; · The roles of remote sensing in monitoring agricultural systems; · How agri-environment schemes can help restore the biodiversity in arable habitats; and · A look forward at ways to help ensure the future security of the species associated with arable habitats. It is clear that the biodiversity of arable land throughout Europe has undergone major changes, particularly during the second half of the 20th century, and that these changes are continuing into the 21st century. We need to develop a deeper appreciation of farmland wildlife and its integration into farming systems to ensure its future security in a world where value is increasingly expressed in terms of material profit. This book is particularly relevant to practitioners, policy-makers and managers working in the fields of nature conservation, agri-environment schemes and land management, and to researchers working in the fields of conservation biology, terrestrial ecology, nature conservation, applied ecology, biodiversity, agriculture, agricultural ethics and environmental studies.
The Folklore Of Birds Collins New Naturalist Library Book 39
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Author : Edward A. Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-05-31
The Folklore Of Birds Collins New Naturalist Library Book 39 written by Edward A. Armstrong and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-31 with Nature categories.
Tracing the magico-religious beliefs surrounding birds as far back in time as is possible, to the cultures in which these beliefs arose. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com
The Partridge
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Author : G. R. Potts
language : en
Publisher: Sheridan House Incorporated
Release Date : 1986
The Partridge written by G. R. Potts and has been published by Sheridan House Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Birds categories.
Food Energy And Society
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Author : David Pimentel Ph.D.
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2007-10-04
Food Energy And Society written by David Pimentel Ph.D. and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-04 with Nature categories.
Since the publication of the first edition of Food, Energy, and Society, the world's natural resources have become even more diminished due to the rapid expansion of the global human population. We are faced with dwindling food supplies in certain geographic areas, increasing pressure on energy resources, and the imminent extinction of many
In Search Of One Last Song
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Author : Patrick Galbraith
language : en
Publisher: William Collins
Release Date : 2023-04-27
In Search Of One Last Song written by Patrick Galbraith and has been published by William Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-27 with Nature categories.
'Wonderful and enriching' Adam Nicolson 'The best book on conservation and the countryside I have read in years' John Lewis-Stempel 'A modern pastoral written with intelligence, wit and lyricism' Cal Flyn Our wild places and wildlife are disappearing at a terrifying rate. This is a story about going in search of the people who are trying to save our birds, as well as confronting the enormity of what losing them would really mean. In this beautiful and thought-provoking blend of nature and travel writing Patrick Galbraith sets off across Britain on a journey that may well be his last chance to see some of our disappearing birds. Along the way, from Orkney to West Wales, from the wildest places to post-industrial towns, he meets a fascinatingly eclectic group of people who in very different ways are on the front line of conservation, tirelessly doing everything they can to save ten species teetering dangerously close to extinction. In Search of One Last Song mixes conservation, folklore, history, and art. Through talking to musicians, writers and poets, whose work is inspired by the birds he manages to see, such as the nightingale and the capercaillie, Galbraith creates a picture of the immense cultural void that would be left behind if these birds were gone. Among those he meets, there are feelings of great frustration. There are reed cutters and coppicers whose ancient crafts have long sustained vital habitats for some of our rarest birds but whose voices often go unheard. There are ornithologists who think their warnings are being ignored, and there are gamekeepers and animal rights activists who both feel they are on the right side of an increasingly ugly battle. Ultimately, it emerges that many of the birds Galbraith encounters could thrive, but it would require much better cooperation between those who are caught up in the struggle for their future. It also becomes clear that while losing birds like the turtle dove and black grouse will result in a paler country for all of us, for some of those who live alongside them, it will mean the bitterly painful end of so much more.
Birds Of South America
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Author : Jorge Rodríguez Mata
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Illustrated Checklis
Release Date : 2006
Birds Of South America written by Jorge Rodríguez Mata and has been published by Princeton Illustrated Checklis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Nature categories.
"Birds of South America Non-Passerines: Rheas to Woodpeckers features: first guide to nearly 1,300 species of non-passerines in South America; easy-to-use format; complements volumes on passerine birds; contains key identification features; more than 150 color illustrations; and 1,270+ maps."--BOOK JACKET.
A Voyage Of Discovery To The Southern Hemisphere
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Author : Francois Peron
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-11-09
A Voyage Of Discovery To The Southern Hemisphere written by Francois Peron and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-09 with Fiction categories.
"A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere" is a historical account of the Baudin expedition to the coast of Australia. The voyage on two ships included about 24 scientists and researchers on board, an unprecedented number for those times. The journey was famous for its numerous discoveries. "A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere" by naturalist Francois Peron was one of several reports on the expedition. This book is most renowned for the Freycinet Map of 1811, the first published map showing the complete outline of Australia.
The Social Life Of Coffee
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Author : Brian Cowan
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-01
The Social Life Of Coffee written by Brian Cowan and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with History categories.
What induced the British to adopt foreign coffee-drinking customs in the seventeenth century? Why did an entirely new social institution, the coffeehouse, emerge as the primary place for consumption of this new drink? In this lively book, Brian Cowan locates the answers to these questions in the particularly British combination of curiosity, commerce, and civil society. Cowan provides the definitive account of the origins of coffee drinking and coffeehouse society, and in so doing he reshapes our understanding of the commercial and consumer revolutions in Britain during the long Stuart century. Britain’s virtuosi, gentlemanly patrons of the arts and sciences, were profoundly interested in things strange and exotic. Cowan explores how such virtuosi spurred initial consumer interest in coffee and invented the social template for the first coffeehouses. As the coffeehouse evolved, rising to take a central role in British commercial and civil society, the virtuosi were also transformed by their own invention.
The Folklore Of Birds
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Author : Edward A. Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Collins
Release Date : 2009-07-14
The Folklore Of Birds written by Edward A. Armstrong and has been published by Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-14 with categories.
Tracing the magico-religious beliefs surrounding birds as far back in time as is possible, to the cultures in which these beliefs arose. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Edward A Armstrong is already known to readers of the New Naturalist as the author of the remarkable study on the wren. His wide scholarship and talents have fitted him outstandingly for this book, which could only have been written by a man with his deep understanding, not only of ornithology, but of social anthropology, psychology and comparative religion. Mr Amstrong has selected a number of familiar birds - such as the swan, the raven, the owl, the robin and the wren - and has traced magico-religious beliefs concerning them as far back as possible to the cultures in which these beliefs arose. With the scientist's eye and methods of analysis he has examined the development of myth and ritual with originality and ingenuity. Many odd and interesting facts are cited, and explanations are given, for example of the customs of breaking the wish-bone, and of fables concerning weather-prophet birds and the generation of the Barnacle Goose from shell-fish. This book is the first treatment of a group of folklore beliefs as a series of artefacts are treated by an archaeologist, classifying them in order according to epochs. Archaeological data, as well as oral and literary traditions, have been used to illustrate the origins and significance of the current folklore. The illustrations are of exceptional quality and consist of over 140 carefully chosen photographs and line drawings from worldwide sources.