Биология, биофизика, биохимия
6036 кн.
30 maps for waters, hatch charts, and illustrations detail Central Oregon fly fishing waters. Author Harry Teel, a retired outfitter, has more than 60 years of Oregon fly-fishing experience. The famous Deschutes river, a new Steelhead section, remote lakes, private waters, the Metolius, McKenzie, John Day and Williamson rivers, plus less crowded waters like the Crooked, Malheur, Ana, mountain lakes and more. The best fly fishing in this popular region. Full color photographs, color maps,...
| Автор | Harry Teel |
This guide gives you a quick, clear understanding of the essential information you’ll need to fly fish Colorado’s most outstanding waters. You will not waste time. In a few moments, you will know where to go and how to fly fish. Take this guide along for ready reference, or use this book to plan your Colorado fly-fishing trip. Either way, you’ll have enough information and your fly-fishing experience will be new, fresh, and fun! Animas River, Arkansas River, Big Thompson River, Blue River, Cache...
| Автор | Jackson Streit |
The first fly fishing guide to cover the entire region! The state's top waters: Cimarron River, Costilla Creek, Embudo Area, Gila River, Gila “West”, High Alpine Lakes, Jemez Mountains, Jicarilla Lakes, Mid-elevation Lakes, Pecos River, Red River Upper, Red River Lower, Rio Chama Upper, Rio Chama Lower, Rio de los Pinos, Rio Grande Upper, Rio Grande Lower, Rio Peñasco, Rio Vallecitos, San Juan River, Taos Area, Valles Caldera National Preserve. Learn all about the popular and secluded fly...
| Автор | Taylor Streit |
Everyone stops and stares at a horse with a beautiful or unusual color. So striking are the variations of bay, gray, chestnut, black, solid, and spotted that many people breed for specific combinations. This has led to a marked increase in international interest in the study of horse color genetics—as well as a need for an easy-to-use reference suitable for the layperson who also wants to understand the science behind it all.In these pages, horsewoman and genetics specialist Vera Kurskaya puts...
| Автор | Vera Kurskaya |
The role natural environments play in human health and wellbeing is attracting increasing attention. There is growing medical evidence that access to the natural environment can prevent disease, aid recovery, tackle obesity and improve mental health. This book examines the history of natural environments being used for stress-reduction, enjoyment, aesthetics and catharsis, and traces the development of the connection between humans and the environment, and how they impact our personal and...
| Автор | Alan W Ewert |
* Quinoa is an invaluable crop, highlighted by the FAO as one of the world’s main crops for future food security * Timely publication – The year 2013 has been declared «The International Year of the Quinoa» (IYQ), recognizing the Andean indigenous peoples, who have maintained, controlled, protected and preserved quinoa as food for present and future generations thanks to their traditional knowledge and practices of living well in harmony with mother earth and nature. * Covers the history,...
| Автор | Atul Bhargava |
Epilepsy is one of the most familiar chronic neurological diseases and is a common yet challenging presentation in veterinary surgeries. This book covers seizure pathogenesis, classifications, diagnostic investigations, emergency treatments and longer term treatments, with a large section on pharmacological intervention. Filling a considerable gap in the veterinary literature, it includes tables and charts for quick reference during emergencies. Seizures can be very distressing to animals and...
| Автор | Luisa De Risio |
This new edition of Rabbit Production is fully updated throughout. Mainly concerning rabbits bred for meat and fur, it also contains practical information on pet rabbits, show rabbits and rabbits used as laboratory animals. Core topics are covered, including rabbit genetics, reproduction, health and diseases, behaviour, welfare, fur and meat production, rabbit production in developing countries, slaughter and the marketing of rabbit products. Current areas of interest such as animal welfare and...
| Автор | James I McNitt |
Small animal veterinarians are increasingly taking on caseloads that include farm animals, with cases being presented by local hobby farmers, smallholders, and 'novelty pet' owners. Recognising this trend, this book provides a quick reference guide for small-animal orientated veterinarians in the basics of surgery and treatment of farm animals. Popular animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, camelids and backyard poultry are covered, and basic techniques such as anaesthesia, clinical...
| Автор | Graham R Duncanson |
Anatomy and Physiology is effectively a broad introductory course that requires the student to devote an enormous amount of effort to understand it on even a basic level. While this necessitates time, it can be streamlined in the early stages of one’s learning so that the student may understand why he or she is required to invest such a large amount of time into learning – Clinical Applications of Human Anatomy & Physiology is the textbook that accomplishes this.°Clinical Applications of...
| Автор | Jassin M. Jouria |
The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, the depletion of oil, economic upheaval, and mass extinction together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects, the authors guide us through a transformational process...
| Автор | Joanna Macy |
Natural Behavior provides seminal insights into the evolution of animal and human behavior for enthusiasts of Comparative Psychology and Behavioral Biology. Evolution and the behavior of the animal kingdom are discussed with new concepts on science, learning and instinct, and population phenomena. Hominization, interaction with Neanderthals, how the brain evolved, and the impact on the World are described with new views.The origin of our scientific concepts and the trend away from the egocentric...
| Автор | Burton A. Weiss |
This book provides an insight into the global practices for environmental management of military live-fire training ranges by combining scientific research with practical solutions to ensure continued training capability. The text is divided into four parts: the first provides the background information necessary to understand the scientific principles behind environmental management. The second part comprises methodologies for the environmental risk assessment of explosives and...
| Автор | Tracey Temple |
Designed to support candidates through the training and examination scheme of bodies such as the Royal College of Radiologists, this text focuses on the aspects of anatomy that are most relevant to the achievement of fellowship status. The text is arranged in a manner to encourage learning and an understanding of the key concepts rather than just providing a vehicle to pass the exams. Each chapter consists of a series of questions typical of those found on the fellowship exams. The images and...
| Автор | Malcolm Sperrin |
QUI A DIT QU'ETRE ECOLO COÛTAIT TROP CHER ? On l'entend souvent, l'écologie est un sport réservé aux plus fortunés, à ceux qui peuvent se le permettre. Dans Ecolo d profit, Jonas Schneiter fait démentir les clichés : oui, on peut être écolo sans y laisser toutes ses économies. Et encore mieux, être écolo peut même nous rapporter des sous ! Revenant sur sa propre expérience de vie à la suite du film Demain et de l'émission Aujourd'hui sur la Radio Télévision Suisse, il...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Eli Knapp takes readers from a leaky dugout canoe in Tanzania and the mating grounds of Ecuador's cock-of-the-rock to a juniper titmouse's perch at the Grand Canyon and the migration of hooded mergansers in a New York swamp, exploring life's deepest questions all along the way. In this collection of essays, Knapp intentionally flies away from the flock, reveling in insights gleaned from birds, his students, and the wide-eyed wonder his children experience. The Delightful Horror...
| Автор | Eli J. Knapp |
"Rebecca Lawton's powerful and poetic <i>The Oasis This Time</i> celebrates water as a precious natural resource. The collection is as diverse as it is illuminating. Each essay addresses a unique topic, but all are anchored by keen observations of the environment and musings on alternative solutions to pressing environmental problems." <br>—<b><i>FOREWORD REVIEWS</b></i> <br><br>"A collection of strong, smart, wise,...
| Автор | Rebecca Lawton |
At age nineteen, Pat Ardley packed up her belongings and left Winnipeg for Vancouver, looking for adventure. Little did she know that she’d spend the next forty years in the wilderness, thirty of which would be spent with a man known as George “Hurricane” Ardley. Pat met George soon after arriving in Vancouver, and not long after that the two of them set out for Addenbroke Island to work as junior lighthouse keepers. The journey up to the little island in the Fitz Hugh Sound, 483 km north of...
| Автор | Pat Ardley |
In 1970, twenty-two-year-old Thom Henley left Michigan and drifted around the northwest coast, getting by on odd jobs and advice from even odder characters. He rode the rails, built a squatter shack on a beach, came to be known as «Huckleberry» and embarked on adventures along the West Coast and abroad that, just like his Mark Twain namesake, situated him in all the right and wrong places at all the right and wrong times. Eventually, a hippie named Stormy directed him to Haida Gwaii where, upon...
| Автор | Thom Henley |
Each fisherman steps onto the docks, sees Peter Gordon's boat the MV Kalua, glances at the other members of the charter and feels a rush of anticipation. The challenge is on to see who will catch the biggest fish.Told with a skipper's authority, Stalking Salmon and Wrestling Drunks recounts the highs and lows of fishing with tourists, including dealing with rowdy guests, bad weather, near death experiences, lost fish, tangled lines, and sometimes even tragedy. Gordon's humour and...
| Автор | Peter L. Gordon |
Part cookbook , this collection of 42 carefully curated recipes is gratifyingly inviting, inventive, and one of the finest to be found. Part guidebook , acclaimed chefs take us fishing along the coastlines and inland shores of the sporting South, including Birmingham, Alabama, Charleston, South Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Pensacola, Florida, and Delacroix, Venice, Port Sulphur, and Toledo Bend, Louisiana. Through narrative and stunning photography they showcase some of the country's...
| Автор | Susan Schadt |
"Now, good people, go eat up this novel and enjoy every bite, and every biting observation. Buckle your spurs; you're in for a wild ride."—REBECCA SOLNITPursued by a mad assassin after their arrest for chaining themselves to a mining site gate , Luna Waxwing and Hip Hop Hopi seek refuge in the remote village of Stony Mesa. Immersed in the diverse cultures and conflicts of the contemporary West, the young couple struggles to understand the wild lands that surround them, while...
| Автор | Chip Ward |
B and N ebook promotions.Free ebook promotion available to indie bookstores.A humanities guy exploring backyard science, Werner offers a layman's view of evolutionary theory.Werner's accessible, welcoming prose invites the reader to move in closer for a fresh look at everyday human activities and commonplace natural wonders.With a voice and viewpoint all his own, Werner takes a well-earned place on the shelf between the evolutionary theory of E.O. Wilson and the shimmering prose of...
| Автор | Maximilian Werner |
Plants produce secondary metabolites with herbicidal, insecticidal, fungicidal and antioxidant activities. This book provides an up-to-date treatment of antioxidant and biocidal compounds mainly from Latin American plants. New antimicrobials, insecticidals, and antioxidants are covered in three sections: a general overview and perspectives on antioxidant, medicinal and biocidal plant compounds; details of plant antioxidants isolated from a wide range of species; insecticidal, antimicrobial and...
| Автор | Группа авторов |