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Wild Animal Ethics The Moral and Political Problem of Wild Animal Suffering

Wild Animal Ethics The Moral and Political Problem of Wild Animal Suffering

Though many ethicists have the intuition that we should leave nature alone Kyle Johannsen argues that we have a duty to research safe ways of providing large-scale assistance to wild animals. Using concepts from moral and political philosophy to analyze the issue of wild animal suffering (WAS) Johannsen explores how a collective institutional obligation to assist wild animals should be understood. He claims that with enough research genetic editing may one day give us the power to safely intervene without perpetually interfering with wild animals’ liberties. Questions addressed include: In what way is nature valuable and is intervention compatible with that value? Is intervention a requirement of justice? What are the implications of WAS for animal rights advocacy? What types of intervention are promising? Expertly moving the debate about human relations with wild animals beyond its traditional confines Wild Animal Ethics is essential reading for students and scholars of political philosophy and political theory studying animal ethics environmental ethics and environmental philosophy. | Wild Animal Ethics The Moral and Political Problem of Wild Animal Suffering

GBP 36.99
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Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants

Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants

The book provides valuable information on wild plants and their ethnopharmacological properties discussion on ethnobotany phytotherapy diversity chemical and pharmacological properties including antifungal anti-inflammatory and antiprotozal properties. The chapters include a wide range of case studies giving updated evidence on importance of wild plant resources from different countries including Nepal India Brazil Chile Argentina Colombia Egypt Peru etc. In addition some specific species are used to explain their potential properties. Discussing traditional usage and pharmacological properties of wild plants this book is entirely different from other related publications and useful for the researchers working in the areas of conservation biology botany ethnobiology ethnopharmacology policy making etc. | Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants

GBP 42.99
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Wild Plants The Treasure of Natural Healers

Wild Plants The Treasure of Natural Healers

This book offers a broad summary of the wild plants and their usage as well as the growing interest in ethnopharmacology research. The book comprises of important issues such as diversity of wild plants with emphasis on medicinal and food plants threats to wild plants and traditional ethnobotanical knowledge their uses in skin diseases snake-bites in cosmeceuticals etc. Moreover the ethnopharmacological relevance of wild plants in Latin America has been discussed. The chapters include a wide range of case studies giving updated evidence on the importance of their wild plant resources from different countries including Peru Nepal Bangladesh India Pakistan Brazil. In addition some specific species are used to explain their potential properties as well as the dangers of their use without guidance of trained natural healers. The book discusses traditional usage and properties of wild plants and is entirely different from other related publications and useful for the researchers working in the areas of conservation biology botany ethnobiology ethnopharmacology policymakers etc. | Wild Plants The Treasure of Natural Healers

GBP 66.99
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Invasive Wild Pigs in North America Ecology Impacts and Management

Invasive Wild Pigs in North America Ecology Impacts and Management

Throughout North America non-native wild pigs have become an ecologically and economically destructive invasive species. Though they are regarded as a popular game species by some provide economic benefits to others and are even engrained into societal heritage in some areas wild pigs are responsible for an extraordinary amount of damage in both natural and anthropogenic systems throughout North America. As the density and range of wild pig habitat have substantially increased over the last several decades the magnitude and diversity of their negative impacts are not yet fully realized or quantified. With various conflicts continually emerging wild pig management is difficult and expensive to achieve. As a result wild pigs represent one of the greatest wildlife management challenges North America faces in the 21st century. Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology Impacts and Management addresses all aspects of wild pig biology ecology damage and management in a single comprehensive volume. It assimilates and organizes information on the most destructive introduced vertebrate species in the United States establishing a foundation from which managers researchers policy makers and other stakeholders can build upon into the future. The book provides comprehensive coverage of wild pig biology and ecology techniques for management and research and regional chapters. It is an asset to readers interested in wild pigs the resources they impact and how to mitigate those impacts and establishes a vision of the future of wild pigs in North America. Features: Compiles valuable knowledge for a broad audience including wild pig managers researchers adversaries and enthusiasts from across North America Addresses taxonomy morphology genetics physiology spatial ecology population dynamics diseases and parasites and the naturalized niche of wild pigs Includes chapters on damage to resources management research methods human dimensions and education and policy and legislation Contains full color images and case studies of interesting and informative situations being created by wild pigs throughout North America Includes a chapter on wild pigs at the wildland–urban interface a more recent and especially challenging issue | Invasive Wild Pigs in North America Ecology Impacts and Management

GBP 56.99
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Wild Mushrooms Characteristics Nutrition and Processing

Wild Mushrooms Characteristics Nutrition and Processing

Many wild varieties of mushrooms are consumed by people around the world yet many species remain unexplored their nutritional as well as pharmacological significance yet to be discovered for many of them. Wild Mushrooms: Characteristics Nutrition and Processing informs readers about different unexplored wild mushrooms their methods of cultivation nutritional values pharmaceutical values and possible utilization for human wellbeing. The book represents a comprehensive assessement of current knowledge about the edible mushrooms commercialization especially as nutraceuticals and dietary supplement formulation mineral supplementation and source of quality proteins in foods and diet. The health benefits of edible mushrooms nature and chemistry of bioactive components and in-vitro and in-vivo bioactivity of edible mushrooms are also highlighted in different chapters. By bringing diverse areas such as oxidative stress and longevity techniques of mushroom analysis toxicology and extracellular enzymes of wild mushrooms it lays the groundwork for striking expansion in our understanding of these important biochemicals and their role in health and disease prevention. Key Features: Explores major preservation and processing technologies for wild mushrooms and their effects on bioavailability and nutritional value of mushrooms Presents the classical taxonomy and genetic classification of mushrooms Discusses the different components present in mushrooms and their biological activities and the health attribute of mushrooms due to these bioactive components Reviews the applications of mushrooms in environmental pollution reduction Covers different cultivation strategies of edible and medicinal mushrooms The book also explores the role of mushrooms in the degradation of harmful xenobiotic compounds as well as reduction of pesticides. It discusses the utilization of wild mushrooms in waste management and cultivation of wild mushroom using lignocellulosic biomass-based residue as a substrate. This book should be of interest to a large and varied audience of researchers in academia industry nutritionists dietitian food scientists agriculturists and regulators. | Wild Mushrooms Characteristics Nutrition and Processing

GBP 170.00
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Wild Edible Underutilized Plants Nutritional Antinutritional and Nutraceutical Aspects

Wild Edible Underutilized Plants Nutritional Antinutritional and Nutraceutical Aspects

Wild Edible Underutilized Plants explores the role of wild plants in human nutrition—a topic that continues to take precedence in various fields of research. Despite the increasing evidence on past and present nutritional roles of wild edible plants the use of these resources is often overlooked and neglected in countless policy areas. This book emphasizes the importance of these plants and explores their relevance to sustainable agriculture biodiversity and public health in different agro-ecological regions. The book implements a conceptual approach to wild plants focusing on the benefits of incorporating these plants into people’s diets and daily lives and the advantage they will provide to future generations. The book also addresses widespread issues of scarcity proposing solutions that promote food sovereignty and security. The book begins by first discussing the nutritional aspects of wild edible plants to explore their value as a source of vitamins antioxidants fiber minerals and other nutrients. It then continues to elaborate on the anti-nutritional elements of these plants providing a comprehensive overview of their utility. | Wild Edible Underutilized Plants Nutritional Antinutritional and Nutraceutical Aspects

GBP 82.99
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Assisted Reproduction in Wild Mammals of South America

Assisted Reproduction in Wild Mammals of South America

South America has one of the greatest riches in the world in terms of biodiversity. Despite all this richness recent reports warn of different threats to this biodiversity. As a strategy to reduce the rate of loss of animal species the development and application of assisted reproduction techniques (ARTs) for their conservation currently stands out. Thus this book compiles information on recent scientific studies regarding the development of ARTs for the conservation of wild mammalian species in South America thus serving as an important source of reference for professionals and students interested in wildlife conservation. | Assisted Reproduction in Wild Mammals of South America

GBP 140.00
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Hawkey's Atlas of Wild and Exotic Animal Haematology

Hawkey's Atlas of Wild and Exotic Animal Haematology

This revised updated and expanded edition of Christine Hawkey’s A Colour Atlas of Comparative Veterinary Haematology is bursting with high-quality images to aid identification of blood cells and haemoparasites in the different species commonly seen in private practice and zoological collections. It will assist veterinarians in the identification of normal and abnormal blood cells and in understanding the structural differences of blood cells between the various taxa within the Animal Kingdom. With the help of this guide readers will be able to understand haemoresponses in the presence of specific and non-specific disease processes and identify haemoparasites commonly seen in blood films from wild and exotic animals. This impressively illustrated comparative haematology atlas is unrivalled in its scope quality and accuracy. It is a must-have for veterinary students veterinary surgeons working in general and referral veterinary clinical practices clinicians working in zoological collections and specialists in exotic animal medicine. | Hawkey's Atlas of Wild and Exotic Animal Haematology

GBP 115.00
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The Wild White Goose The Diary of a Female Zen Priest

The Wild White Goose The Diary of a Female Zen Priest

This book first published as two volumes in 1977 and 1978 was published purely for the purpose of showing how Buddhist training was done by the Reverend Jiyu-Kennett in the Far East. The material for the book was taken from diaries covering eight years spent by the author in Far Eastern temples and describe her religious training and her growth of a Zen priest into a teacher running her own temple. | The Wild White Goose The Diary of a Female Zen Priest

GBP 51.99
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Environmental Arts Therapy The Wild Frontiers of the Heart

Environmental Arts Therapy The Wild Frontiers of the Heart

Environmental Arts Therapy: The Wild Frontiers of the Heart describes what happens when we take the creative arts therapies and the people whom we work with out of doors in order to provide safe structured and accompanied creative therapeutic healing experiences. The theoretical themes are developed along with illustrated examples of clinical practice across a variety of settings and locations. The work is introduced and co-edited by a pioneer in the field Ian Siddons Heginworth who describes the emergence of environmental arts therapy and its growth across the British Isles supported through the training course based in London. The following 12 chapters are written by contributing authors and creative arts therapy practitioners working with children adults and elders in schools adult mental health and private practice in Britain and Europe. A central focus of the book is the clinical populations and settings in which clinicians work and it also describes the health benefits as well as the challenges faced when working out of doors. This is a book about the emergence of a new creative therapy modality in the British Isles. It shows the value of working with the natural cycles and seasons using an integrative arts approach including dramatic enactment role-play poetry art-making with natural materials storytelling and the use of bodywork through movement sound rhythm and the voice all held and reflected by our encounters with and in nature. It is about our relationship with nature creativity and therapeutic healing and is written for trainers trainees and practitioners in the creative arts psychotherapy and ecotherapy. | Environmental Arts Therapy The Wild Frontiers of the Heart

GBP 36.99
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Global Biodiversity Volume 4: Selected Countries in the Americas and Australia

Global Biodiversity Volume 4: Selected Countries in the Americas and Australia

This fourth volume in the new multi-volume set Global Biodiversity is a rich resource on the biodiversity of a selection of countries in the Americas and in Australia. Chapters explore both wild and cultivated plants wild and domesticated animals and the variety of microbes of the countries of Bolivia Brazil Canada Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador Honduras Mexico Australia Paraguay the United States and Venezuela. The different chapters explore the geographical status ecosystem diversity species diversity genetic diversity and conservation efforts in each selected country. They focus on genetic diversity of crop plants/cultivated plants and domesticated animals and their wild relatives and also discuss the endangered and protected plants and animals of the respective counties. Other volumes in this series include coverage of selected countries in Asia Europe and Africa. The volumes provide an informative compilation on the variety and variability of life in the regions discussed and will help to fill the gap in knowledge while also encouraging the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable utilization. | Global Biodiversity Volume 4: Selected Countries in the Americas and Australia

GBP 82.99
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The Good the Bad and the Data Shane the Lone Ethnographer’s Basic Guide to Qualitative Data Analysis

The Good the Bad and the Data Shane the Lone Ethnographer’s Basic Guide to Qualitative Data Analysis

Data analysis is often the most difficult task facing students and novice qualitative researchers including Shane the Lone Ethnographer—a grad student with fond visions of the Wild West—and her horse Transcriptor. In this comic-style textbook we follow Shane as she attempts to corral her data and make sense of it for publication. Shane learns how to read sort code write and assess the analysis of a qualitative study in the traditions of ethnography grounded theory discourse and narrative analysis. Along the trail she receives helpful advice from experienced researchers who explain their analytic practices in detail. Written in a friendly comic book style Shane’s Wild West adventures in data analysis will be both instructive and an enjoyable read. | The Good the Bad and the Data Shane the Lone Ethnographer’s Basic Guide to Qualitative Data Analysis

GBP 35.99
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Indian Medicinal Plants Uses and Propagation Aspects

Indian Medicinal Plants Uses and Propagation Aspects

The demand for medicinal plants is increasing and this leads to unscrupulous collection from the wild and adulteration of supplies. Providing high-quality planting material for sustainable use and thereby saving the genetic diversity of plants in the wild is important. In this regard the methods of propagation of some important medicinal plants are provided along with the traditional methods of propagation. Indian Medicinal Plants: Uses and Propagation Aspects offers a unique compendium of more than 270 medicinal plant species from India with detailed taxonomic classifications based on the Bentham and Hooker system of classification. Salient Features: Provides traditional methods of propagation and discusses the propagation of medicinal plants Presents plant properties plant parts and chemical constituents Describes the medicinal uses of more than 270 medicinal plant species from India This book is of special interest to practitioners of alternative medicine students of Ayurveda researchers and industrialists associated with medical botany pharmacologists sociologists and medical herbalists. | Indian Medicinal Plants Uses and Propagation Aspects

GBP 170.00
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World War II A Global History

World War II A Global History

Fully revised and restructured the sixth edition of World War II: A Global History offers students a concise and yet thorough textbook that examines history’s bloodiest conflict. The chapters alternate between chronological chapters on Europe and Asia-Pacific and thematic chapters on innovations home fronts brutal regimes and logistics. This textbook includes the following features: A lively narrative of facts events people and ideas that incorporates thoughtful analysis New material and restructured content on global factors that affected the causes conduct and consequences of World War II Balanced pace that does not bog readers down in too many details yet gives them sufficient depth and breadth for context Chapters sections and sidebars arranged in ways that can complement lectures and assignments Fifty new photographs that illustrate the human condition and weaponry during World War II. Global in focus by blending both geographic and thematic chapters to ensure readers gain a comprehensive understanding of impact of the war worldwide this is the perfect volume for all students of the biggest global conflict of the twentieth century. | World War II A Global History

GBP 115.00
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Biology and Ecology of Crayfish

Biology and Ecology of Crayfish

Written by world experts in astacology this book covers a range of aspects of the biology and ecology of freshwater crayfish. With a strong focus on wild crayfish the book studies the taxonomy and genetics of this interesting group of animals. Under examination also are crayfish growth and reproduction with detailed illustrations; behavior and chemical ecology of crayfish; diseases of crayfish; holistic understanding of drivers for crayfish population success; and methods for the control of non-native crayfish. | Biology and Ecology of Crayfish

GBP 44.99
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Striking Images Iconoclasms Past and Present

Striking Images Iconoclasms Past and Present

All cultures make and break images. Striking Images Iconoclasms Past and Present explores how and why people have made and modified images and other cultural material from pre-history into the 21st century. With its impressive chronological sweep and disciplinary breadth this is the first book about iconoclasm (the breaking of images) and the transformation of broader sets of signs that includes contributions from archaeologists curators and museum conservators as well as historians of art literature and religious studies. The chapters examine themes critical to the study of iconoclasm: violence punishment memory intentionality ruins and relics and their survival. The conclusion shows how cross-disciplinary debate amongst the contributors informed Tate Britain’s 'Art under Attack' exhibition (2013) and addresses the challenges iconoclasm presents to the modern museum. By juxtaposing objects and places usually considered in isolation Striking Images raises provocative questions about our understandings of cross-cultural differences and the value of representational objects from the broken swords of pre-historical bog graves to the Bamiyan Buddhas and contemporary art. Are any such objects ever ’finished’ or are they simply subject to constant transformation? In dialogue with each other the essays consider this question and expand the field of iconoclasm - and cultural - studies.

GBP 42.99
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Capitalist Agriculture and the Global Bee Crisis

Capitalist Agriculture and the Global Bee Crisis

Capitalist agriculture relies heavily on the pollination work of bees but this system harms bees in innumerable ways. Indeed human agriculture is one of the main culprits for the declining populations of wild bees and the declining health of honeybees. This book presents a political ecology of pollination that critically examines how managed honey bees and wild bees are harmed by capitalist agriculture. The book focuses on the three most urgent problems: the standardization and simplification of landscapes through monocultures; the use of pesticides including neonicotinoids other insecticides herbicides and fungicides; and the embeddedness of commercial migratory beekeeping in the capitalist agriculture system which among other things has the potential to spread pests and pathogens across continents. At the heart of this crisis is the power and influence that a small group of agrochemical corporations have over national and international agricultural policy. The book argues for an interspecies alliance of small-scale farmers bee advocates beekeepers environmentalists and bees themselves along with a vision for an agricultural system that nurtures multispecies flourishing. This book will be of significant interest to readers of political ecology animal geography environmental anthropology food system studies and critical animal studies. | Capitalist Agriculture and the Global Bee Crisis

GBP 130.00
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Wildlife Forensic Investigation Principles and Practice

Wildlife Forensic Investigation Principles and Practice

Wildlife forensics is the application of forensic science to the conservation and protection of non-domesticated animals both in the wild and in captivity. Providing an in-depth introduction to this rapidly evolving field Wildlife Forensic Investigation: Principles and Practice also chronicles aspects of the history of management conservation and environmental protection with an emphasis on their global importance in the twenty-first century. The book examines the crucial role of wildlife forensic investigation with regard to live animals dead animals and samples and covers national regional and international legislation. While the text particularly focuses on forensic science as it relates to wild animals it also includes mention of plants and habitats because of their relevance to conservation. The book discusses animal welfare as well as the damage that can be inflicted on humans and property by wildlife. Offering access to sound evidence based on good science and obtained using the best available practices the book is enhanced by case studies from experts who describe some of their own work. This resource is essential for those involved in a range of endeavours including investigating wildlife crime identifying animal remains ascertaining the circumstances of death of wild species and other legal proceedings and activities concerning wildlife. The forensic skills described in this book can be applied to a wide range of activities (not necessarily involving the legal process) including environmental impact assessments insurance claims governmental and other enquiries checking of trading standards and the inspection of (for instance) pet-shops animal boarding establishments and zoological collections. The authors point out that one of the most important requirements of those persons involved in wildlife forensic work is to retain an open mind. Such personnel should also be conscious of new developments and evolving techniques and be able to anticipate situations where their investigative and scientific skills might be used to advantage—so-called horizon scanning. Examples of these are given. | Wildlife Forensic Investigation Principles and Practice

GBP 77.99
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Hunter-Gatherer Archaeobotany Perspectives from the Northern Temperate Zone

Hunter-Gatherer Archaeobotany Perspectives from the Northern Temperate Zone

Hunter-Gatherer Archaeobotany shows how archaeobotanical investigations can broaden our understanding of the much wider range of plants that have been of use to people in the recent and more distant past. The book compromises sixteen papers covering aspects of the archaeobotany of wild plants ranging across the northern hemisphere from Japan across America Europe and into the Near East. Sites examined span the Upper Palaeolithic to the recent past and demonstrate how such studies can extend our understanding of human interaction with plants throughout our history. | Hunter-Gatherer Archaeobotany Perspectives from the Northern Temperate Zone

GBP 175.00
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Animal Behavior An Evolutionary Approach

Animal Behavior An Evolutionary Approach

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This book looks at a range of topics covering a variety of animals including how macaques teach their offspring how rats transmit avoidance behavior how supplementary feeding of tree frogs affects their breeding behavior and more. Studies in animal behavior can have far-reaching implications for animals and humans alike such as how humans can improve conservation efforts how to better protect animals—both in the wild and in captivity (zoos) and what can be learned about humans from animals such as how the human brain and behaviors might work. | Animal Behavior An Evolutionary Approach

GBP 82.99
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