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Grigson, Caroline. (1935-). Menagerie : the history of exotic animals in England, 1100-1837 / Caroline Grigson. - 1-е изд. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. - xvi, 349  с. : 4 вкл. л., цв.ил., ил. - Библиогр.: с. 269. - Указ.: с. 321

Перевод заглавия:  Зверинец: история экзотических животных в Англии, 1100-1837 гг.

Tus 18 the story of exotic animals in britain through the centuries—from norman times to the foundation of the london zoo and beyond. From Henry III]’s elephant at the tower, to george iv’s love affair with britain’s first giraffe, it is a fascinating chronicle embracing the extravagant, the eccentric, and—on occasion—the downright bizarre.

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Stanford, Craig Britton. (1956- ). The new chimpanzee : a twenty-first-century portrait of our closest kin / Craig Stanford. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2018. - xiii, 274 с. : граф., табл. - Библиогр.: с. 209. - Указ.: с. 265

The history of research into the lives of wild chimpanzees now spans more than a half-century since Jane Goodall began it all. The past 20 years have seen tremendous advances in our understanding of our closest kin. These include revelations about our very similar genomes, but also many new discoveries about social behavior and ecology. New cultural traditions and forms of tool use, new evidence for the causes of violence, new evidence of patterns of hunting and meat-eating, and much more. Chimpanzees are new and different apes than they were at the close of the last century. The New Chimpanzee synthesizes the findings of the past 20 years and offers new insights and interpretations of what researchers have learned. The New Chimpanzee draws from results of the 7 longest term (25-55 years) research projects from which we've learned the most about the species, augmented by other shorter field projects conducted in recent years, including my own.--

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DeSombre, Elizabeth R. Why good people do bad environmental things / Elizabeth R. DeSombre. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2018. - x, 252 с. - Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this book, Elizabeth R. DeSombre integrates research from political science, sociology, psychology, and economics to understand why bad environmental behavior makes perfect sense. As she notes, there is little evidence that having more information about environmental problems or the way an individual's actions contribute to them changes behavior in meaningful ways, and lack of information is rarely the underlying cause that connects behavior to harm.

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Jenks, Jonathan Alden. (1954-). Mountain lions of the Black Hills : history and ecology / Jonathan A. Jenks. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. - x, 144 с. : ил., граф., табл., карты. - Библиогр. в конце разд. - Указ.: с. 141

MOUNTAIN LIONS, sometimes called pumas or cougars were once spread throughout the United States, occupying all 48 of the contiguous states. By the 1960s, however, they were almost extinct in central and eastern North America. In Mountain Lions of the Black Hills, Dr. Jonathan Jenks, whose team has tracked over 200 of these fascinating predators, tells the complex story of the big cat's lives in the northern Great Plains.

Jenks reports on mountain lion populationdynamics, diet, nutrition, diseases, roe vale and genetics. He explores the impact of a changing prey base on population growth, assesses movements within  and away from the region, examines local people’s evolving perceptions of mountain lions, and evaluates the impact of harvest on genetics of mountain lions. Throughout, Jenks explores how we can balance conservation techniques with the needs of humans.

Providing a unique look into how this large, secretive eed recolonized an isolated region of North America, Mountain Lions of the Black Hills is required reading for wildlife professionals. A captivating text for anyone struck by the wild majesty of these big cats, this book provides invaluable data upon which to make sound management decisions in the Great en and beyond.

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Songster, E. Elena. Panda nation : the construction and conservation of China's modern icon / E. Elena Songster. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2018. - xii, 249 с. : ил., карты. - Библиогр.: с. 211. - Указ.: с. 235

A logo on products ranging from chopsticks and toilet paper to cell phones and automobiles, the panda is one of the most ubiquitous images in China and throughout the world. Yet the panda holds little notable historical significance in China. Although it has existed in the territory of present-day China since the Pliocene epoch, its widespread popularity there is not only recent, but almost sudden.

In Panda Nation, E. Elena Songster links the emergence of the development of nature protection in the People's Republic of China. The panda's transformation into a national treasure  exemplifies China's efforts in the midtwentieth centure to distiguish itself as a nation through goverment-directed science and popular nationalism/ The story of the panda's iconic  rise offers a striking reflection of China's recent and dramatic ascent as nation in global status.

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Zalasiewicz J. A. Skeletons : the frame of life / Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams. - 1-е изд. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. - xiii, 294  с. : ил. - Библиогр.: с. 263. - Указ.: с. 275

From the enormous bones of the blue whale to the microscopic plates of marine algae, most animals and plants rely on a skeleton or supporting structure. But when and why did skeletons form? And what were the earliest skeletons made of? Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams give a palaeontologist’s account of skeletons over vastness of geologocal time, from the tiny mineralized tubes known as Cloudina over half a billion years ago, through the extraordinary variety of skeletons that  evolved on land and  in the accans over the past 500 million years, to the unprecedented changes taking place to skeletons today.

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Graham, Alan. (1934-). Land bridges : ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections / Alan Graham. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2018. - xxiii, 310 с. : ил., м.карты. - Библиогр. в конце глав. - Указ.: с. 307

Перевод заглавия:  Сухопутные мосты: древняя среда, миграции растений и связи Нового Света

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