Sika Deer

Sika Deer
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 665
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ISBN-10 : 9784431094296
ISBN-13 : 4431094296
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Sika Deer by : Dale R. McCullough

Sika deer, the graceful spotted deer of Japanese and Chinese art, originally were native to Asia from far-east Russia to Vietnam to the islands of Japan and Taiwan. They are widely raised in captivity to supply velvet antler for traditional medicine. They also were introduced to Europe, North America, and New Zealand, where they compete or interbreed with native deer. Sika deer typically occupy lowland hardwood forests with low winter snow depths, where they thrive in sites disturbed by fire, storm, or logging. In high numbers they can severely impact vegetation though overgrazing, stripping bark from trees and damaging crop fields and forest plantations. Their numbers are high in many parts of Japan, moderate in Russia, and reduced or extinct in the wild in China, Korea, Vietnam, and Taiwan. This book explores their basic biology, behavior, and ecology, including management for sport hunting, conservation or recovery of threatened populations, and resolution of conflict with humans in native and introduced lands.

Sika the Wild Deer

Sika the Wild Deer
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 57
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ISBN-10 : 1527259943
ISBN-13 : 9781527259942
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Sika the Wild Deer by : Liam M. Nolan

Jake's Bones

Jake's Bones
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Publisher : Ticktock Books, Limited
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1848988524
ISBN-13 : 9781848988521
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Jake's Bones by : Jake McGowan-Lowe

Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.

Taste of Persia

Taste of Persia
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Publisher : Artisan Books
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9781579655488
ISBN-13 : 1579655483
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Taste of Persia by : Naomi Duguid

Winner, James Beard Award for Best Book of the Year, International (2017) Winner, IACP Award for Best Cookbook of the Year in Culinary Travel (2017) Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by The Boston Globe, Food & Wine, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, The San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal “A reason to celebrate . . . a fascinating culinary excursion.” —The New York Times Though the countries in the Persian culinary region are home to diverse religions, cultures, languages, and politics, they are linked by beguiling food traditions and a love for the fresh and the tart. Color and spark come from ripe red pomegranates, golden saffron threads, and the fresh herbs served at every meal. Grilled kebabs, barbari breads, pilafs, and brightly colored condiments are everyday fare, as are rich soup-stews called ash and alluring sweets like rose water pudding and date-nut halvah. Our ambassador to this tasty world is the incomparable Naomi Duguid, who for more than 20 years has been bringing us exceptional recipes and mesmerizing tales from regions seemingly beyond our reach. More than 125 recipes, framed with stories and photographs of people and places, introduce us to a culinary paradise where ancient legends and ruins rub shoulders with new beginnings—where a wealth of history and culinary traditions makes it a compelling place to read about for cooks and travelers and for anyone hankering to experience the food of a wider world.

The Deer of All Lands

The Deer of All Lands
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015063452133
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The Deer of All Lands by : Richard Lydekker

White-Tailed Deer

White-Tailed Deer
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Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Total Pages : 25
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ISBN-10 : 9781515708261
ISBN-13 : 1515708268
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis White-Tailed Deer by : G. G. Lake

"Simple text and full color photos describe a white tail deer's appearance, life cycle, forest habitat, food and threats"--

Muntjac and Water Deer

Muntjac and Water Deer
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Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 441
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ISBN-10 : 9781784271916
ISBN-13 : 1784271918
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Muntjac and Water Deer by : Arnold Cooke

Muntjac and water deer were introduced to Britain from East Asia. This book provides a comprehensive overview of their natural history and the management of their environmental impacts. In lowland England, muntjac deer are one of the drivers of changes in woodland structure and species composition, and many of the principles relating to such woodland impact are also applicable to the activities of other species of deer. Interest in environmental impacts of deer is not solely restricted to woodlands. The highest densities of water deer occur in wetlands, where there is potential for conflict, and considerable numbers are also found on agricultural land. Muntjac have also settled in suburbia and frequently cause impacts there. Conservationists and national decision makers are concerned both about invasive alien species and about increasing deer populations. The first section covers the natural history of both species including: breeding biology, deer in the field, colonisation of Britain, a detailed look at colonisation in a single county, methods for studying deer populations and a review of deer population numbers. The second section covers environmental impact: risk assessment, impact management, control of muntjac, effect of muntjac browsing and grazing, habitat recovery from muntjac impacts and a study on the impacts of water deer. The section concludes with an overview of management and monitoring. The costs and benefits of both species are discussed, and questions asked about whether we are getting on top of problems caused by muntjac (locally and nationally) and will water deer turn out to be similar to muntjac? Attitudes and approaches to these species are changing: with water deer we are actively studying whether it might be an environmental problem, not waiting until after it has obviously become one. What will happen to distribution, numbers, impacts and attitudes in the future? Will water deer ever become a suburban animal? What does the future hold for water deer in China and Korea - and how important is the English population as a global conservation resource?

The Deer Family

The Deer Family
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015010749417
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis The Deer Family by : Theodore Roosevelt

Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles

Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 373
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ISBN-10 : 9781444333152
ISBN-13 : 1444333151
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles by : Leigh W. Simmons

This book describes the evolutionary and ecological consequences of reproductive competition for scarabaeine dung beetles. As well as giving us insight into the private lives of these fascinating creatures, this book shows how dung beetles can be used as model systems for improving our general understanding of broad evolutionary and ecological processes, and how they generate biological diversity. Over the last few decades we have begun to see further than ever before, with our research efforts yielding new information at all levels of analysis, from whole organism biology to genomics. This book brings together leading researchers who contribute chapters that integrate our current knowledge of phylogenetics and evolution, developmental biology, comparative morphology, physiology, behaviour, and population and community ecology. Dung beetle research is shedding light on the ultimate question of how best to document and conserve the world's biodiversity. The book will be of interest to established researchers, university teachers, research students, conservation biologists, and those wanting to know more about the dung beetle taxon.

Grazing in Temperate Ecosystems

Grazing in Temperate Ecosystems
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9789401160810
ISBN-13 : 9401160813
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Grazing in Temperate Ecosystems by : R.J. Putman

The New Forest in southern England is an area of mixed vegetation set aside as a Royal Hunting Forest in the eleventh century and since that time subjected to heavy grazing pressure from large herbivores. The entire structure of the Forest and its various communities has been developed under this continued history ofheavy grazing, with the estab lishment of a series of vegetational systems unique within the whole of Europe. The effects of large herbivores in the structuring of this eco system in the past, and the pressure of grazing continuing to this day, have in turn a profound influence, indeed the dominating influence, on the whole ecological functioning of the Forest system. Because of its assemblage of unique vegetation types, the area is clearly of tremendous ecological interest in its own right. In addition, its long history of heavy grazing ani the continued intense herbivore pressure make the New Forest an ideal study-site for evaluation of both short-term and long term effects of grazing upon temperate ecosystems. The N ew Forest (some 37,500 ha in total area) currently supports a population of approximately 2,500 wild deer (red, roe, sika and fallow); in addition 3,500 ponies and 2,000 domestic cattle are pastured on the Forest under Common Rights.