Bustards In Decline

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Birds
ISBN : UOM:39015028878554

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Bustards in Decline by Anonim Pdf

Author : M. Saint Jalme,Y. Van Heezik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136165054

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Propagation Of The Houbara Busta by M. Saint Jalme,Y. Van Heezik Pdf

First Published in 1996. This book highlights the achievements accomplished in the short span of seven years by the staff of the National Wildlife Research Center in laying the foundation for environmental restoration in Saudi Arabia.

Author : Mark Ziembicki
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643101869

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Australian Bustard by Mark Ziembicki Pdf

The Australian bustard is Australia's heaviest flying bird. It is an icon of the Australian outback where it is more commonly known as the bush or plains turkey. It is also culturally and spiritually significant to Aboriginal people, who prize it as a favourite bush tucker. This book provides the first complete overview of the biology of the Australian bustard, based on the first major study of the species. The author explores the bustard's ecology and behaviour, its drastic decline since European settlement, and the conservation issues affecting it and its environment. Colour photographs of juvenile and adult birds complement the text as well as showcase particular behaviours, such as the spectacular display routines of males when mating. Australian Bustard is the perfect book for natural history enthusiasts.

Author : Murray E. Fowler,R. Eric Miller
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781416040477

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Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine by Murray E. Fowler,R. Eric Miller Pdf

Section I:Models in Camelids and Elephants 5. Ionophores: Salinomycin Toxicity in Camelids 6. Emerging Diseases at the Interface of People, Domestic Animals and Wildlife 7. Behavioral Training for Medical Procedures 8. The "Balai" Directive of the European Union: A Difficult Piece of Veterinary Legislation 9. Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Zoo Animals 10. Avian Influenza Conservation Medicine 11. Disease Management in Ex-Situ Invertebrate Conservation Programs 12. Use of Wildlife Rehabilitation Centers as Monitors of Ecosystem Health 13. Biopsy Darting Section II: Poikilotherms Fish 14. Selected Fish Diseases in Wild Populations 15. Spring Viremia of Carp Virus (SVCV) Amphibians 16. Veterinary Participation in the Puerto Rican Crested Toad Program 17. Amphibian Chytridiomycosis 18. Raising Giant Tortoises Reptiles 19. Reptile Protozoa 20. Fluid Therapy in Reptiles Section III: Avian Medicine 21. Salmonellosis in Songbirds (Order Passeriformes) 22. Veterinary Care of Bustards 23. Medical Management of Curassows 24. Monitoring Avian Health in the Galapagos Islands: Current Knowledge 25. Avian Atherosclerosis 26. Minerals and Stork Nutritions 27. The Veterinary Care of Kiwi Section IV: Mammals Chiroptera 28. Paramyxoviruses in Bats Rodents 29. Medical Aspects of Red Squirrel Translocation Primates 30. Neuroleptics in Great Apes with Specific Reference to the Modification of Aggressive Behavior in a Male Gorilla 31. Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Simian Retroviruses Carnivores 32. Neurological Disorders in Cheetahs and Snowleopards 33. Imbalanced Diets Compromise Semen Quality in Felids 34. Baylisascaris Neural Larval Migrans in Zoo A / Conditions Affecting Multiple Species 1. West Nile Virus in Birds and Mammals 2. Current Diagnostic Methods for Tuberculosis in Zoo Animals 3. Use of Infrared Thermography in Zoo and Wild Animals 4. Behavioral Clues to the Detection of Illness in Wild Animals

Author : Vincent Bretagnolle,Juan Traba,Manuel B. Morales
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030849023

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Little Bustard: Ecology and Conservation by Vincent Bretagnolle,Juan Traba,Manuel B. Morales Pdf

This book is devoted to the Little Bustard, a medium sized Paleartic steppe bird whose distribution ranges from the Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia. At present, the European population is suffering a severe decline mainly due to agricultural intensification, although its status and concerns in non-European countries are relatively unknown. In spite of this dramatic situation, the Little Bustard is an interesting model species for topics as varied as phylogeny, life history evolution and demographic traits, sexual selection and lekking behavior, habitat selection, intra- and interspecific relationships, or interaction with farming and other anthropogenic disturbances. This book provides an updated, interdisciplinary, and worldwide review of the most recent information of this crucial species in the Palearctic steppe-bird community, from specific biological aspects and traits to research-focused management. Some of the most prominent scientists from different fields (systematics, breeding ecology, behavior, competence, predation, population dynamics, farming, conservation) update and synthesize the existing information on a singular, threatened and vulnerable species.

Author : Murray E. Fowler,Eric R. Miller
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781416064633

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Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy - E-Book by Murray E. Fowler,Eric R. Miller Pdf

With expert contributors from around the world sharing their knowledge on 57 new cutting-edge areas of interest, Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 6 continues to provide outstanding coverage of today’s most relevant topics. This book is an essential resource in zoo and wild animal medicine, addressing the special challenges posed by individual and herd medical management, newly emerging diseases in diverse wild animal populations, the effect of habitat loss and destruction on wildlife species, and the utilization of zoo animals in the surveillance and detection of potential zoonoses. The user-friendly current therapy approach continues to serve a vital function in the field by fostering a conservation biology ethic, bridging the gap between captive and free-ranging wild animal medicine, from a diverse group of experts. Includes practical guidance on such topics as behavioral training for medical procedures and the use of infrared thermography. Divided into four sections -- Conditions Affecting Multiple Species, Poikilotherms, Avian Medicine, and Mammals -- to help you find the information you need quickly. Extensive contributor list includes multinational contributors offering expert information on species from around the world. Presents timely topics in zoo and wild animal medicine with 57 new chapters to provide the best and most current information available. The most up-to-date information on hot topics such as avian influenza, West Nile virus, and other pathogens threatening wildlife and human populations on a global scale. Cutting-edge insights on environmental and public health concerns, such as occupational exposure to zoonotic simian retroviruses and use of wildlife rehabilitation centers as monitors for ecosystem health. A color plate section presents vivid depictions of external clinical signs for more accurate clinical recognition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Natural history
ISBN : MINN:31951D02372511D

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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marshall Cavendish Corporation
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0761471960

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Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World by Marshall Cavendish Corporation Pdf

A reference encyclopedia providing information on endangered wildlife and plants throughout the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781481645959

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Issues in Life Sciences—Zoology: 2012 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Issues in Life Sciences—Zoology / 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Avian Research. The editors have built Issues in Life Sciences—Zoology: 2012 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Avian Research in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Life Sciences—Zoology / 2012 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472986405

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The Birds of Africa: Volume II by Anonim Pdf

Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative work ever published on the subject, The Birds of Africa is a superb multi-contributor reference work, with encyclopaedic species texts, stunning paintings of all species and numerous subspecies, hundreds of informative line drawings, detailed range maps, and extensive bibliographies. Each volume contains an Introduction that brings the reader up to date with the latest developments in African ornithology, including the evolution and biogeography of African birds. Diagnoses of the families and genera, often with superspecies maps, are followed by the comprehensive species accounts themselves. These include descriptions of range and status, field characters, voice, general habits, food, and breeding habits. Full bibliographies, acoustic references, and indexes complete this scholarly work of reference. This second volume in the series deals comprehensively with the guineafowl, francolins, buttonquails, rails, cranes, finfoot, bustards, jacanas, painted-snipe, Crab Plover, oystercatchers, stilits and avocets, thick-knees, coursers and pratincoles, plovers and lapwings, sandpipers and allies, skuas, gulls, terns, skimmers, auks, sandgrouse and pigeons. The editors and artists have worked closely with other authors - all acknowledged experts in their field - to produce a superb reference in which comprehensive texts on every species are complemented by accurate and detailed paintings and drawings of the birds themselves.

Author : Geoffrey Grigson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780141959689

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The Shell Country Alphabet by Geoffrey Grigson Pdf

In the 1960s Geoffrey Grigson travelled around England writing the story of the secret landscape that is all around us, if only we take the time to look and see. The result is a book that will take you on an imaginative journey, revealing hidden stories, unexpected places and strange phenomena. From green men, ice-scratches, cross-legged knights and weathercocks to rainbows, clouds and stars; from place-names and poets to mazes, dene-holes and sham ruins, via avenues, dewponds and village greens, The Shell Country Alphabet will help you discover the world that remains, just off the motorway. 'Geoffrey Grigson resurrected the minor, the provincial and the parochial ... [he was] an erudite and unrivalled topographer ... ardent in promoting informed awareness of the distinctiveness of place' Toby Barnard 'An anthologist of genius' P.J. Kavanagh

Author : Dr. K. P. Agrawal
Publisher : Shashwat Publication
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789393557469

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AGRICULTURE For Self-Sustained Rural Development VISION 2025 by Dr. K. P. Agrawal Pdf

The book covers different issues in agriculture. The author has pooled the knowledge of many experts and practitioners in the field of agriculture and allied sectors. The main Aims and Objectives covered in the book are: 1) Enhance Production and Productivity for food and nutritional security, 2) Improve profitability through agro-processing and value addition and 3) Sustainability through training, skill development, entrepreneurship and communication. Stagnation in productivity, shrinking farm size, inadequate market infrastructure including warehousing and cold storage, and erosion of the foundations of sustainable agriculture such as soil and gene erosion, water logging, drop in ground water table and decline in surface irrigation are the areas that need urgent attention. There is need to pay attention to rural non-farm enterprises. All these issues in-depth have been covered under 40 chapters in the book. I am confident that the book would be of immense help to farmers, field officials, students and many others who directly or indirectly involved with agriculture and rural development.

Author : B.K. Sharma,Seema Kulshreshtha,Asad R. Rahmani
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781461408000

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Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India by B.K. Sharma,Seema Kulshreshtha,Asad R. Rahmani Pdf

This is the first ever monumental and scientific documentation of the faunal wealth of the Indian Desert state of Rajasthan. This volume, the first of two, provides background on Rajasthan and covers species diversity and distribution of fauna. A scholarly contribution to the field of knowledge, it provides novel and vital information on the vertebrate faunal heritage of India’s largest state. Broadly falling under the Indo-Malaya Ecozone, the three major biomes of Rajasthan include deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. The corresponding ecoregions to the above biomes are, respectively, the Thar Desert and northwestern thorn scrub forests, the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests, and the Upper Gangtic Plains moist deciduous forests. Contrary to popular belief, the well-known Thar or Great Indian Desert occupies only a part of the state. Rajasthan is diagonally divided by the Aravalli mountain ranges into arid and semi-arid regions. The latter have a spectacular variety of highly diversified and unique yet fragile ecosystems comprising lush green fields, marshes, grasslands, rocky patches and hilly terrains, dense forests, the southern plateau, fresh water wetlands, and salt lakes. Apart from the floral richness, there is faunal abundance from fishes to mammals. In this volume, the various flagship and threatened species are described in the 24 chapters penned by top notch wildlife experts and academics. The world famous heronry, tiger reserves, wildlife sanctuaries and some threat-ridden biodiversity rich areas shall certainly draw the attention of readers from around the world.

Author : Werner Kunz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527688869

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Species Conservation in Managed Habitats by Werner Kunz Pdf

Written by an author with longstanding experience in the ecology of insects and birds and with a stellar academic record in molecular life sciences, this is a welcome challenge to the widely held beliefs in conventional environmental policies. Werner Kunz convincingly explains why maintaining high biodiversity in Europe depends heavily on the existence of open space and sparse ground vegetation that is neither used for intensive modern agriculture, nor eliminated by reforestation. He questions the commonly propagated opinion that nature conservation is equivalent to species protection - and shows that technical habitat design can rescue endangered species. A must-have for environmental agencies, policy makers, ecologists and all who are witnessing the current loss of species in Central Europe.

Author : Paul D. Goriup
Publisher : International
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015013588515

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Ecology and Conservation of Grassland Birds by Paul D. Goriup Pdf