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THE BLACK POPLAR: HISTORY, ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION
Written by Fiona Cooper.
Stock no. 1828348
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

A cultural and ecological biography of the black poplar tree in Britain. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1905119054. Previous owner's initials & date in ink to top corner of front endpaper else clean.

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WATER MEADOWS: HISTORY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Written by Hadrian Cook; Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1327878
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2007. Fine condition.

Essential reading for farms, countryside managers and conservationaists involved in perserving Britain's landscapes and biodiversity. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781905119127.

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THE HAWAIIAN GOOSE: AN EXPERIMENT IN CONSERVATION
Written by Janet Kear; A. Berger. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1827278
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A timely and absorbing account of the history of the Hawaiian Goose, or Nene, its descent to near extinction, its eleventh hour rescue and its restoration to the wild. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 24 b/w plates, b/w line drawings. 154 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610259. A lovely copy, appears unread. White pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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THE BIOLOGY OF SEA TURTLES
Written by Peter L. Lutz; John A. Musick.
Stock no. 1826651
Published by CRC Press. Circa 1997. Almost very good condition.

Marine Science Series. How these endangered marine reptiles operate in, adapt to, and are dependent upon particular features of their marine environment. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w diagrams, charts and photos. ISBN: 0849384222. 6th printing. Laminate to spine is crinkled. Previous owner's name in ink to top margin of front endpaper. Front hinge pulled to either side of title page. Binding tight.

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FLIGHT OF THE HUIA
Written by Kerry-Jane Wilson.
Stock no. 1826641
Published by Canterbury University Press. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

Ecology and Conservation of New Zealand's frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. Once home to the mighty moa, New Zealand is the only place in the world where tuatara, Jurassic-style frogs and other bizarre creatures such as kiwi and kakapo still survive. This book presents a history of faunal change in New Zealand and a review of the ecology and conservation of those animals. Pictorial cardwraps. A few colour photos. ISBN: 0908812523. Messy mark from a label removal to rear cover. Spine lightly faded. Tiny nick to front vertical edge of cover. Contents clean.

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THE BIOLOGY OF SEA TURTLES
Written by Peter L. Lutz; John A. Musick.
Stock no. 1826554
Published by CRC Press. Circa 1997. Very good condition.

Marine Science Series. How these endangered marine reptiles operate in, adapt to, and are dependent upon particular features of their marine environment. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w diagrams, charts and photos. ISBN: 0849384222. Third printing. Board corners lightly bumped. 'Property of Turtlewatch' written in ink to top of front endpaper. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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HOLOCENE EXTINCTIONS
Written by Samuel T. Turvey.
Stock no. 1825072
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Edited by Turvey. Describes and anlayses the range of global extinction events which have occurred during the Holocene period from the end of the last glaciation. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9780199535095. Board corners bump-ed and rubbed, covers a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE HAWAIIAN GOOSE: AN EXPERIMENT IN CONSERVATION
Written by Janet Kear; A. Berger. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 2140642
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A timely and absorbing account of the history of the Hawaiian Goose, or Nene, its descent to near extinction, its eleventh hour rescue and its restoration to the wild. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 24 b/w plates, b/w line drawings. 154 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610259. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning.

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FISH DIVERSITY OF JAPAN: EVOLUTION, ZOOGEOGRAPHY, AND CONSERVATION
Written by Yoshiaki Kai; Hiroyuki Motomura; Keiichi Matsuura.
Stock no. 2140432
Published by Springer. Circa 2022. Fine condition.

This book reviews and summarizes the studies on the fish diversity of Japan. ISBN: 9789811674266. Still in original shrink wrap - UNREAD.

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NATURE CONSERVATION (NN 91)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2139945
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 91. A review of the conservation of wildlife in Britain 1950-2001. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0007113056. A few light marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is a bit faded to spine.

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SEA TROUT: BIOLOGY, CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
Written by Graeme Harris; Nigel Milner.
Stock no. 2139745
Published by Blackwell Publishing. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Covers: Stock and fisheries; Genetics and life history; Ecology and population dynamics; Management of stocks and world fisheries. ISBN: 9781405129916. Bumping to spine. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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