Название: BirdNote: Chirps, Quirks, and Stories of 100 Birds from the Popular Public Radio Show
Автор: BirdNote, Emily Poole, Ellen Blackstone
Издательство: Sasquatch Books
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 30 Мб
Язык: английский / English

One hundred entertaining and informative essays from the popular public radio feature program, BirdNote, accompanied by original illustrations throughout–an illuminating volume for bird and nature lovers across North America. Here are the best stories about our avian friends from the public radio show BirdNote, each brief essay illuminating the life, habits, or songs of a particular bird. Why do geese fly in a V-formation? Why are worms so good for you–if you're a robin? Which bird calls, "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?" From wrens that nest in cactuses to gulls that have a strange red dot on their bills–these digestible and fascinating bird stories are a delightful window to the winged world. A foreword by John W. Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and an introduction by Gordon Orians, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Washington, are also included.

Название: The Herb Book: The Stories, Science, and History of Herbs
Автор: DK
Издательство: DK
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 135 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Immerse yourself in stories and pictures of these useful plants, from herb gardens to remote wildernesses. Herbs have been used by humans throughout history - for cooking, medicine, rituals, and more. They are also a huge part of the modern world, from gardening, food, and cosmetics to medicines fighting diseases such as malaria. With vibrant illustrations and expert knowledge, The Herb Book takes a close-up look at a wide range of herbs from around the world, showcasing their botanical characteristics, medicinal, cosmetic, and culinary properties and uses, and cultural impact on the lives of humans. Featuring key scientific facts along with historical and mythological stories, this book provides a rich blend of information on these extraordinary plants and their role in our world. Proving a must-have volume for gardeners, horticulturalists, and amateur herbalists alike, as well as anyone interested in natural remedies, cookes and foodies too!

Название: The Wild Bee Handbook: The Amazing Lives of Our Wild Species and How to Help Them Thrive
Автор: Sarah Wyndham-Lewis
Издательство: Quadrille
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 22 Мб
Язык: английский / English

From the bestselling author of Planting for Honeybees, The Wild Bee Handbook is a celebration of the wild bees, those vital pollinators of the natural world and unsung guardians of our food chain. From bumblebees to solitary species, it's a beautifully illustrated, informative guide introducing you to their amazing lives and equipping you with practical gardening knowledge of the plants and habitats they need. Discover common and uncommon wild bees to spot out and about in town and country. Learn how vital they are to the ecosystem and how to help them thrive with The Wild Bee Handbook. Featuring extensive planting advice, this book is an essential, hands-on resource for anyone interested in bees, biodiversity and sustainable gardening, with sections on container gardening, the no-dig method, building organic soil health, and easy ways to bring the wild back into your growing, whether you have a large space or just a city windowsill. Introducing you to the wild and wonderful world of bees, The Wild Bee Handbook is a fascinating way to learn more about supporting these essential creatures.

Название: Soils: A New Global View
Автор: Thomas Ronal Paton
Издательство: CRC Press
ISBN: 1003420361
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 234
Размер: 44,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Offers a perspective on soils as earth materials, which establishes a pedological hierarchy of materials, processes and factors, and their rationalization in terms of plate tectonics. The book should interest soil and earth scientists.

Название: Земля. Введение в общую геологию (в 2-х томах)
Автор: Ферхуген Дж., Тернер Ф., Вейс Л., Вархафтинг К., Файф У.
Издательство: М.: Мир
Год: 1974
Cтраниц: 846
Формат: pdf
Размер: 50 мб
Язык: русский

Книга привлекает, прежде всего, необычностью содержания. Это своего рода энциклопедия, которую можно было бы назвать «Все о Земле», книга о геологических процессах, происходящих в глубинах Земли и на ее поверхности.

Название: A Sea of Glass: Searching for the Blaschkas' Fragile Legacy in an Ocean at Risk
Автор: Drew Harvell
Издательство: University of California Press
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 23 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Winner of the 2016 National Outdoor Book Award, Environment Category. It started with a glass octopus. Dusty, broken, and all but forgotten, it caught Drew Harvell’s eye. Fashioned in intricate detail by the father-son glassmaking team of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, the octopus belonged to a menagerie of unusual marine creatures that had been packed away for decades in a storage unit. More than 150 years earlier, the Blaschkas had been captivated by marine invertebrates and spun their likenesses into glass, documenting the life of oceans untouched by climate change and human impacts. Inspired by the Blaschkas’ uncanny replicas, Harvell set out in search of their living counterparts. In A Sea of Glass, she recounts this journey of a lifetime, taking readers along as she dives beneath the ocean's surface to a rarely seen world, revealing the surprising and unusual biology of some of the most ancient animals on the tree of life. On the way, we glimpse a century of change in our ocean ecosystems and learn which of the living matches for the Blaschkas’ creations are, indeed, as fragile as glass.

Название: Chris Packham's Wild Side Of Town: Getting to Know the Wildlife in Our Towns and Cities
Автор: Chris Packham
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 208 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This new edition is suitable for anybody with an interest in urban wildlife and conservation and is written by the renowned TV presenter Chris Packham. It is an educational and striking guide to the full range of wildlife that can be found in all manner of urban habitats in our towns and cities. Increasingly, wildlife is finding a home in our built-up, concrete and noisy cities. Urban sites such as canals, disused railway embankments, reservoirs, rubbish tips and inner-city gardens are becoming popular abodes for a huge number of species. This book is at once a source to the best urban sites in Britain and the different habitats that exist there, and a revealing field guide to the wildlife inhabiting these city locations. Beautiful illustrations, stunning photographs and informed reference material combine with this popular author's entertaining style to bring a novel look at wildlife away from the countryside.

Название: Преобразование животного мира СССР
Автор: Чапский К.К.
Издательство: Советская наука
Год: 1957
Страниц: 318
Язык: русский
Формат: pdf
Размер: 15 мб

В книге описывается не только влияние таких мер, как охрана и искусственное расселение полезных животных, а также истребление вредных, но и воздействие различных отраслей сельского хозяйства, вырубки леса, гидростроительства и тому подобных факторов. Затронуты и такие стороны хозяйственной деятельности, как выпас скота, скашивание трав.

Название: The Phanerozoic Geology and Natural Resources of Egypt
Автор: Zakaria Hamimi Hassan Khozyem Thierry Adatte
Издательство: Springer
ISBN: 3030956369
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 748
Размер: 78,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Phanerozoic Geology and Natural Resources of Egypt includes a series of chapters written by highly qualified group of researchers whose expertise is recognized and appreciated not only in Egypt, but also in the world over.

Название: In the Herbarium: The Hidden World of Collecting and Preserving Plants
Автор: Maura C. Flannery
Издательство: Yale University Press
ISBN: ‎0300247915
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 336
Размер: 19,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science. Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed and labeled plants have been essential resources for scientists, allowing them to describe and differentiate species and to document and research plant changes and biodiversity over time—including changes related to climate.