Birdbooker Report 255 | @GrrlScientist

Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this weekly report includes;Birds and Habitat: Relationships in Changing Landscapes & The Mammal Guide of Southern Africa, both newly published in North America and the UKBooks to the ceiling, Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular children's books. Compiled by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, the Birdbooker Report is a weekly report that has been published online for years, listing the wide variety of nature, natural history, ecology, animal behaviour, science and history books that have been newly released or republished in North America and in the UK. The books listed here were received by Ian during the previous week, courtesy of various publishing houses. New and Recent Titles: Fuller, Robert J. (editor). Birds and Habitat: Relationships in Changing Landscapes. 2012. Cambridge University Press. Paperback: 542 pages. Price: $65.00 U.S. [Guardian bookshop; Amazon UK; Amazon US/kindle US]. SUMMARY: The successful conservation of bird species relies upon our understanding of their habitat use and requirements. In the coming decades the importance of such knowledge will only grow as climate change, the development of new energy sources and the needs of a growing human population intensify the, already significant, pressure on the habitats that birds depend on. Drawing on valuable recent advances in our unders...
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