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Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change
CSIRO Publishing 2010; US$ 54.00A fundamental resource for preparing Australia's primary industries for the challenges and opportunities of climate change. more...
Against Extinction
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95'Conservation in the 21st century needs to be different and this book is a good indicator of why.' Bulletin of British Ecological Society Against Extinction tells the history of wildlife conservation from its roots in the 19th century, through the foundation of the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire in London in 1903 to... more...
Agricultural Drainage and Water Quality
GeneTech Books 2007; US$ 50.00Agricultural drainage is the removal of excess water from the soil surface and/or soil profile of cropland, by either gravity or artificial means. The two main reasons for improving the drainage on agricultural land are for soil conservation and enhancing crop production. The management goal of agricultural drainage is to maintain a salt balance in... more...
America's Natural Places
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 85.00America's Natural Places: The Midwest examines over 50 of the most spectacular and important areas of this region, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it. ||Organized by state within the volume, this work informs readers... more...
America's Natural Places
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 85.00America's Natural Places: East and Northeast examines over 50 of the most spectacular and important areas of this region, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it. ||Organized by state within the volume, this work informs... more...
America's Natural Places: Pacific and West
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 91.00America's Natural Places: Pacific and West examines over 50 of the most spectacular and important areas of this region, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it. ||Organized by state within the volume, this work informs... more...
America's Natural Places: Rocky Mountains and Great Plains
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 91.00America's Natural Places: Rocky Mountains and Great Plains examines over 50 of the most spectacular and important areas of this region, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it. ||Organized by state within the volume,... more...
America's Natural Places: South and Southeast
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 91.00America's Natural Places: South and Southeast examines over 50 of the most spectacular and important areas of this region, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it. ||Organized by state within the volume, this book informs... more...
Arguments for Protected Areas
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 44.95Most protected areas (e.g.national parks and nature reserves) have been created to protect wildlife and land- and seascape values. They currently cover over 13% of the world's land surface, around 12% of marine coastal areas and 4% of the marine shelf. Retaining and expanding these areas in the future will depend on showing their wider benefits for... more...
Biological Diversity
CRC Press 2001; US$ 119.95This text addresses the problem of how to balance local, national, and global interests in preserving the earth's biological diversity with competing interests in the use and exploitation of these natural resources. more...









