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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Anna Botsford ComstockForeword by: Verne N. RockcastleA matchless handbook for decades, this classic work has been the natu...

Reducere. Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides reveals unknown...

Reducere. Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides reveals unknown...

Reducere. Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile have created the best single-volume guide to the hobby and profession of beekeeping. The Beekeeper's Handboo...

This book explores the lives of the world's largest living mammals. Drawing on the latest scientific research, Whales describes these incredible an...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard H. UvaAuthor: Joseph C. NealAuthor: Joseph M. DitomasoHere, at last, is a lavishly illustrated manual for ready ide...

Reducere. "Richard Fortey is without peer among science writers."--Bill BrysonIn his accessible introduction to the study and meaning of fossils, the world-r...

Reducere. - The first photographic field guide for the birds of Cuba- Includes all 378 recorded species- Updated status and distribution taxonomyCuba is home...

Reducere. Lives of Weeds explores the tangled history of weeds and their relationship to humans. Through eight interwoven stories, John Cardina offers a fres...

Reducere. Amphibians of Costa Rica is the first in-depth field guide to all 206 species of amphibians known to occur in Costa Rica or within walking distance...

Reducere. Birders in Central America have long known that Nicaragua is one of the best birding locations in the world, and with tourism to the country on the...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Quick Guide for Woody Plants of the Northern Forest contains two double-sided photographic charts. The summer chart shows the leaves...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Quick Guide for Sedges of the Northern Forest contains two double-sided photographic charts that allow users to see high-res, close-...

Praise for the First Edition: Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Division Award Winner (Life Sciences)"One of the ten be...

Reducere. Over the course of a year, Jules Pretty walked along the shoreline of East Anglia in southeastern England, eventually exploring four hundred miles ...

Reducere. Bird Talk delves into new scientific developments to reveal the complexities of how birds make, learn, and use sound in a bewildering array of song...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Nature Rx movement is changing campus life. Offering alternative ways to deal with the stress that students are under, these program...

Reducere. This is the one compact, portable, and user-friendly field guide the novice or experienced birder needs to identify birds in the field in the diver...

Reducere. DescriptionReptiles of Costa Rica, the long-awaited companion to Amphibians of Costa Rica, is the first ever comprehensive field guide to the croco...

Reducere. Encounter some of the most beautiful creatures in Costa Rica in Piotr Naskrecki's Hidden Kingdom. This book is a visual journey into the world of t...

Reducere. John Seibert Farnsworth's delightfuleld notes are not only about nature, but from nature as well. In Nature beyond Solitude, Farnsworth lets us pee...

This two-volume set of The Birds of Ecuador includes Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy, which contains detailed information on the ecology, status...

Reducere. The Northern Forest Region lies between the oak forests of the eastern United States and the boreal forests of eastern Canada. It is, collectively,...

Reducere. From reviews of the previous edition--"The island nation of Trinidad and Tobago has long served as a window on South American birdlife. Birders hav...

Reducere. The Northern Forest Region lies between the oak forests of the eastern United States and the boreal forests of eastern Canada. It is, collectively,...

Reducere. The unique geography and climate of Costa Rica provide the small country with extraordinary biodiversity--North American and South American species...

Reducere. "Although most people are aware that bacteria are all around us, few would guess that they produce such distinctive and accessible signs. Whether y...

Reducere. Description"Every family can have a garden." -Liberty Hyde BaileyFinally, the best and most accessible garden writings of perhaps the most influent...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Northern Forest Region lies between the oak forests of the eastern United States and the boreal forests of eastern Canada. It is, co...

Reducere. Description"The authors of this introductory text are acknowledged experts on tropical American orchids with decades of combined experience of orch...

Reducere. Take this book with you on your next trip to the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos Islands or keep it close to hand in your travel library. The Natur...

Reducere. "What happens when appreciation of ecology's wonders and animal consciousness collide with 7.5 billion humans in an era dubbed the Anthropocene, th...

Reducere. Butterflies immediately catch our attention with their beautiful wing patterns and colors. They exemplify metamorphosis with the creeping caterpill...

Reducere. Costa Rica is a remarkable place for amphibians and reptiles. Known for its biological diversity, conservation priorities, and extensive protected ...

Contributor(s): Author: Jenny GrayForeword by: Joel SartoreZoo Ethics examines the workings of modern zoos and considers the core ethical challenge...

Reducere. In this field guide to the future, esteemed Harvard University botanist Peter Del Tredici unveils the plants that will become even more dominant in...

Reducere. Visitors to tropical forests generally come to see the birds, mammals, and plants. Aside from butterflies, however, insects usually do not make it ...

DescriptionIn a book that has been called "a love song to nature, " the author documents the latest decade of his explorations of the Baja peninsul...

Generously illustrated, this essential handbook for herpetologists, ecologists, and naturalists features comprehensive keys to eggs, embryos, salam...

Reducere. In this dazzling literary collection, writers explore and celebrate their lives with and love for birds--detailing experiences from Alaska to Bermu...

Reducere. Tropical fruits such as banana, mango, papaya, and pineapple are familiar and treasured staples of our diets, and consequently of great commercial ...

Reducere. Among the largest of all insects, dragonflies and damselflies are conspicuous. Active during the day, often brightly colored, and extremely photoge...

Reducere. Brazil, the fifth largest nation in the world, is one of the planet's richest places for avian diversity and endemism. With the Birds of Brazil fie...

Reducere. American Badass is the true story of a modern day Spartan. Dale Comstock is a Delta Force Operator - a member of America's secret army; the most en...

Reducere. Our Changing Menu unpacks the increasingly complex relationships between food and climate change. Whether you're a chef, baker, distiller, restaura...

Reducere. In much of North America, crickets and katydids provide the soundtrack to summer nights, and grasshoppers frequent the fields and roadsides of mids...

Reducere. DescriptionThis useful manual provides a means for easy identification of the native and cultivated conifers of northeastern North America. The ter...

Reducere. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and is one of the planet's richest places for bird diversity, especially when it comes to the numb...

Costa Rica is a remarkable place for amphibians and reptiles. Known for its biological diversity, conservation priorities, and extensive protected ...