Cottongrass Summer

Author: Roy Dennis
Publisher: Saraband
ISBN: 1915089700
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
A collection of vibrant essays on climate change, and conservation to inform, stimulate and call every nature lover to action. “I can’t think of a more important book that’s been written about British wildlife in the past 20 years ... Roy Dennis [is] the UK’s pre-eminent conservationist of the past half century .." BBC Countryfile Magazine Through unparalleled expertise as a field naturalist, Roy Dennis is able to write about the natural world in a way that considers both the problems and the progress in ecology and conservation. Beginning with cottongrass, whose snow-white blooms blow gently in the wind across the wetter moors and bogs, this is a year-round trove of insight and knowledge for anyone who cares about the natural world, from birdsong and biodiversity to sphagnum and species reintroduction. Written by one of the UK's most prominent advocates for rewilding, the essays have a clear message: Never give up on trying to conserve and restore wildlife and the wild places you cherish. It's essential to try and to succeed. And remember, it's never "if," but "when," and with climate chaos closing in, the time is now.

Mistletoe Winter

Author: Roy Dennis
Publisher: Saraband
ISBN: 1915089646
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
A stimulating collection of essays about our environment, nature, and wildlife by world-renowned naturalist and conservationist Roy Dennis. A new collection of vibrant essays to inform, stimulate and inspire every nature lover. Times of darkness offer opportunities to reflect. In Mistletoe Winter, Roy Dennis offers his reflections on the natural world from the past year—from the welcome signs of change to the ongoing problems we are posing for nature, and what humankind can and must do about them. As in his companion volume, Cottongrass Summer, Roy Dennis balances his alarm at the crisis confronting the natural world with his own sense of optimism that new generations can make crucial changes for the future. One of our most prominent advocates for our planet and its species, he writes with insight and originality. This volume will provide inspiration and ideas for everyone who cares about our planet and its species.

The Snowy Owl

Author: Eugene Potapov
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408172178
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
A comprehensive monograph of the beautiful Snowy Owl, famed for its elegant, all-white plumage. The Snowy Owl needs little introduction. This massive white owl breeds throughout the Arctic, wherever there are voles or lemmings to hunt, from Scandinavia through northern Russia to Canada and Greenland. Southerly movements in winter see North American birds travel as far south as the northern United States, while infrequent vagrants on the Shetlands and other northern isles are a magnet for birders. The Snowy Owl gives this popular bird the full Poyser treatment, with sections on morphology, distribution, palaeontology and evolution, habitat, breeding, diet, population dynamics, movements, interspecific relationships and conservation, supported by some fabulous photography. The award-winning author team also had access to Russian research literature, which is generally out of reach for Western scientists.

Tundra

Author: Peter D. Moore
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438118724
Category : Environmental sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 281

Book Description
Describes the tundra biome, including climate, geology, geography and biodiversity.

The Fate and Effect of Crude Oil Spilled on Subarctic Permafrost Terrain in Interior Alaska

Author: L. A. Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frozen ground
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Report of study conducted to determine short and long-term effects of spills of hot Prudhoe Bay crude oil on permafrost terrain in subarctic interior Alaska in summer and in winter. Oil movement, thermal regime, botanical effects, microbiological responses, permafrost impact, and composition of oil and soil were monitored for two years.

Arctic and Alpine Biomes

Author: Joyce A. Quinn
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313087741
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: series covers the biomes at high altitudes and near the poles, including the arctic tundra biomes, the Mid-Latitude Alpine Tundra Biome (found in the mountain ranges of North America, Asia, and South America), and the tropical alpine tundra biome (for example, Hawaii).

Ecological Research Series

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecological risk assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 704

Book Description

Herbivory

Author:
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456

Book Description

EPA-600/3

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 552

Book Description

Yungcautnguuq Nunam Qainga Tamarmi/All the Land's Surface is Medicine

Author: Ann Fienup-Riordan
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602234221
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
In this book, close to one hundred men and women from all over southwest Alaska share knowledge of their homeland and the plants that grow there. They speak eloquently about time spent gathering and storing plants and plant material during snow-free months, including gathering greens during spring, picking berries each summer, harvesting tubers from the caches of tundra voles, and gathering a variety of medicinal plants. The book is intended as a guide to the identification and use of edible and medicinal plants in southwest Alaska, but also as an enduring record of what Yup’ik men and women know and value about plants and the roles plants continue to play in Yup’ik lives.