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HUMANITY'S FOOTPRINT: MOMENTUM, IMPACT, AND OUR GLOBAL ENVIROMENT
Written by Walter K. Dodds.
Stock no. 1710819
Published by Columbia University Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

For the first time in history, humans have taxed the sustaining capacity of Earth's ecosystems. Walter Dodds depicts in clear, nontechnical terms the root causes and global environmental effects of human behavior. Trends in population growth, resource use, and global environmental impacts of the past two centuries, such as the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, water pollution, and species extinctions and introductions. Pictorial cardwraps. xiv and 270 pages including index. ISBN: 9780231139670. A lovely copy.

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TOO SMART FOR OUR OWN GOOD: THE ECOLOGICAL PREDICAMENT OF HUMANKIND
Written by Craig Dilworth.
Stock no. 2111729
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Drawing on evolution theory, biology, anthropolgy, archaeology, economics, environmental science and history, this book explains our ecological predicament by placing it in the context of the first scientific theory of humankind's development, taking over where Darwin left off. Pictorial cardwraps. xv and 530 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521757690. Some light wear to a couple of corners. A nice, clean copy.

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DISEASES AND PLANT POPULATION BIOLOGY (CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN ECOLOGY)
Written by Jeremy J. Burdon.
Stock no. 1708627
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

This book is primarily about the effects that diseases have on individual plants and their populations. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations, charts and diagrams. viii and 208 pages including index. ISBN: 0521316154. Spine lightly faded. A few grubby marks and minor creases to covers. Initials in ink to half-title page. Lower corner of prelims creased. Contents clean.

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BIOLOGICAL HABITAT RECONSTRUCTION
Written by G.P. Buckley.
Stock no. 1708622
Published by Belhaven Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The aim of this book is to discuss the assumptions and ecological principles underlying biological habitat reconstruction, and to offer a wide range of practical and experimental experiences in the technique. Edited by G.P. Buckley. Essays by various contributors. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. ix and 363 pages including index. ISBN: 1852930586. Tape residue marks to endpapers. Initials in red ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper spine and edges of rear panel are lightly faded.

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VEGETATION HISTORY
Written by B. Huntley; T. Webb.
Stock no. 1805652
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Handbook of vegetation science 7. Bringing together contributions from experts in various aspects of palaeoecology in an effort to present vegetation to scientists, biogeographers, and others for whom palaeoecology is not a specialization, the method, limitations, and achievements of palaeoecology in unravelling the history of world vegetation since the late-Tertiary period. Glazed lime-green baords, brown titles. B/w maps and charts. xx and 803 pages including index. ISBN: 9061931886. Faint tape marks to pastedowns. Small red ink inscription to free front endpaper. Otherwise contents fine.

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NATURE MANAGEMENT BY GRAZING AND CUTTING
Written by Jan Pouwel Bakker.
Stock no. 1805651
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Geobotany 14. On the ecological significance of grazing and cutting regimes applied to restore former species-rich grassland communities in the Netherlands. Green boards, black titles. B/w photos and charts. viii and 400 pages including index. ISBN: 0792300688. Small tape marks to pastedowns. Small green ink mark to top of free front endpaper. Otherwise fine.

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WORLD MANGROVE ATLAS
Written by Mark Spalding; Francois Blasco; Colin Field.
Stock no. 1602990
Published by The International Society For Mangrove Ecosystems. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An attempt to provide an overview of the distribution of mangroves worldwide. Large format. Colour and b/w photos & maps. edited by Spalding, Blasco & Field. 178 pages including index. ISBN: 4906584039. Heavy bumps to edge of boards by spine. Slight wrinkling to endpapers / prelims but contents are otherwise near fine. Wrapper is a little edge creased.

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VEGETATION, SOILS AND WILDLIFE
Written by J.G. Nelson; M.J. Chambers.
Stock no. 1602945
Published by Methuen. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Process and Method in Canadian Geography series. Selected readings edited by Nelson & Chambers. 372 pages. ISBN: 0458902608. Corners bumped. Pen mark to front endpaper. Page browning. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, scuffed, and lightly faded to spine.

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MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN ECOLOGY
Written by J.N.R. Jeffers.
Stock no. 1602941
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

12th Symposium of The British Ecological Society, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire 23-26 March 1971. 398 pages. ISBN: 0632087404. Corners rubbed. Pen mark to title page.

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QUANTITATIVE AND DYNAMIC ECOLOGY
Written by Kenneth A. Kershaw.
Stock no. 1602939
Published by Edward Arnold. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, white title to spine. Corners bumped. Tape marks to endpapers. Wrapper is lightly edge worn and faded to spine.

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