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NHBS Monthly Catalogue: December 2008Zoology: MammalsELEPHANT REFLECTIONS Karl Ammann and Dale Peterson "Elephant Reflections" brings award-winning wildlife photographer Karl Ammann's gorgeous images together with a revelatory text by writer Dale Peterson to illuminate one of nature's greatest and ...... 288 pp, colour photos. hardcover | NYP 05/2009 | £23.95 | approx. $35/€25 EVOLUTIONARY ANATOMY OF THE PRIMATE CEREBRAL CORTEX Edited by Dean Falk and Kathleen Gibson New Paperback Edition Studies of brain evolution have moved rapidly in recent years, building on the pioneering research of Harry J. Jerison. This book provides reviews of primate (including human) brain evolution. The ...... 344 pp, b/w plates, illus, figs, tabs. hardcover | 2001 | £69.99 | approx. $101/€72 softcover | 2008 | £32.99 | approx. $48/€34 EXMOOR PONIES Survival of the Fittest ; A Natural History Sue Baker Copiously illustrated with photographs and exquisite line drawings, this fascinating book tells the story of a truly remarkable survivor. ...... 256 pp, photos. hardcover | 2008 | £19.99 | approx. $29/€21 A FIELD GUIDE TO INDIAN MAMMALS Vivek Menon India has a rich mammal fauna including elephants, rhinos and the much sought-after tiger, but there are many other species to be found there,many of them more conspicuous than the elusive tiger. ...... 200 pp, colour photos, distrib maps. softcover | NYP 04/2009 | £24.99 | approx. $36/€26 THE LESSER HORSESHOE BAT Conservation Handbook HW Schofield This handbook draws together ideas for modifying, enhancing and creating roosts for lesser horseshoe bats based upon the experience of The Vincent Wildlife Trust over more than 16 years. It is aimed ...... 78 pp, photos, diagrams. softcover | 2008 | £19.95 | approx. $29/€21 ONTOGENY, FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF BATS Edited by Rick A Adams and Scott C Pederson New Paperback Edition The study of animal development has deep historical roots in codifying the field of evolutionary biology. In the 1940s evolutionary theory became engulfed by analyses of ...... 368 pp, 11 b/w photos, 106 line illus, 21 tabs. hardcover | 2000 | £74.99 | approx. $108/€77 softcover | 2008 | £37.99 | approx. $55/€39 THE SHEEP-GUARDING DOG OF ABRUZZO P Breber The Author describes the dog kept and bred by the shepherds of mountainous Abruzzo in Italy to repel wolves and bears from their flocks. The way it behaves and works, its life history, and it's ...... 231 pp. softcover | 2008 | £39 | approx. $57/€40 |
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