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The Badgers of Wytham Woods
Author | : David Macdonald |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 593 |
Release | : 2022-09-07 |
Genre | : Badgers |
ISBN | : 9780192845368 |
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The badgers of Wytham Woods (Oxford, UK) have been studied continuously and intensively by David Macdonald for almost 50 years (25 of them with his former student and co-author Chris Newman), generating a wealth of data pertaining to every facet of their ecology and evolution. Through a mix ofaccessible, highly readable prose and cutting-edge science, the authors weave a riveting scientific story of the lives of these intriguing creatures, highlighting the insights offered to science more broadly through badgers as a model system. They provide a paradigm - from population down tomolecule - for a deeper understanding of mammalian behaviour, ecology, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. The real value of this long-term study is particularly apparent with current and globally relevant challenges such as climate change, disease epidemics, and senescence. Thisunique dataset enables us to examine these issues in a context that only a half-century experiment can reveal.The Badgers of Wytham Woods will appeal to a broad audience of professional academics (especially carnivore and mammalian biologists), researchers and students at all levels, governmental and non-governmental wildlife bodies, and to the natural historian fascinated by wild animals and the remarkableprocesses of nature they exemplify.
The Badgers of Wytham Woods
Author | : David Macdonald,Chris Newman |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 593 |
Release | : 2022-11-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780192659941 |
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The badgers of Wytham Woods (Oxford, UK) have been studied continuously and intensively by David Macdonald for almost 50 years (25 of them with his former student and co-author Chris Newman), generating a wealth of data pertaining to every facet of their ecology and evolution. Through a mix of accessible, highly readable prose and cutting-edge science, the authors weave a riveting scientific story of the lives of these intriguing creatures, highlighting the insights offered to science more broadly through badgers as a model system. They provide a paradigm - from population down to molecule - for a deeper understanding of mammalian behaviour, ecology, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. The real value of this long-term study is particularly apparent with current and globally relevant challenges such as climate change, disease epidemics, and senescence. This unique dataset enables us to examine these issues in a context that only a half-century experiment can reveal. The Badgers of Wytham Woods will appeal to a broad audience of professional academics (especially carnivore and mammalian biologists), researchers and students at all levels, governmental and non-governmental wildlife bodies, and to the natural historian fascinated by wild animals and the remarkable processes of nature they exemplify.
Wytham Woods
Author | : Peter Savill,Christopher Perrins,Keith Kirby,Nigel Fisher |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2011-06-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780199605187 |
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This iconic location has been the subject of a series of continuous ecological research programmes dating back to the 1920s, which has provided a level of continuity that is extremely rare. For the first time, this book tells the Wytham story in a way that is accessible to both scientist and general reader alike.
The Revised Working Plan for the Wytham Woods Or Woods of Hazel
Author | : Fitzwalter Camplyon Osmaston |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Reforestation |
ISBN | : MSU:31293031418142 |
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RSPB Spotlight Badgers
Author | : James Lowen |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2016-06-16 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781472927811 |
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Badgers are elusive wanderers of the night and few mammals are as mysterious. Their nocturnal lifestyle meansnot many of us have ever glimpsed their monochrome form as they sniff and bustle their way through woodland or across pasture – yet most of us live far closer to a Badger group than we might think. In Spotlight: Badgers James Lowen explores all aspects of their lives including their communal living, feeding habits, as well as the major threats to and conservation support for Badgers. These iconic omnivores are widely represented in folklore and have permeated our popular culture. Generations of children have been entranced by Badger in Kenneth Grahame's book Wind in the Willows, however these determined yet mostly peaceful animals have also been loathed and persecuted for centuries. Badger baiting is thankfully now illegal, but the legal badger cull introduced in 2011 in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset remains in place following the 2015 general election. With so much politics surrounding Badgers in the UK, it's not easy to get unbiassed information. In RSPB Spotlight: Badgers James Lowen keeps a neutral tone on the debate about Badger culling. He describes the history, from the first Badger found to be infected with bTB in 1972 and the subsequent gassing of setts from 1975 to 1982. He also outlines the RSPB's stance on the Badger cull. As one of the UK's largest landowners, the RSPB oppose Badger culling on their land, in favour of vaccination, cattle testing, bio-security and movement controls. The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviours of our favourite animals with eye-catching, colour photography and informative expert text.
The Badgers of the World
Author | : Charles Alan Long,Carl Arthur Killingley |
Publsiher | : Charles C. Thomas Publisher |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : UOM:39015003619353 |
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Badgerlands
Author | : Patrick Barkham |
Publsiher | : Granta Books |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2013-10-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781847087003 |
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Britain is the home of the badger - there are more badgers per square kilometre in this country than in any other. And yet many of us have never seen one alive and in the wild. They are nocturnal creatures who vanish into their labyrinthine underground setts at the first hint of a human. Here, Patrick Barkham follows in the footsteps of his badger-loving grandmother, to meet the feeders, farmers and scientists who know their way around Badgerlands: the mysterious world in which these distinctively striped creatures snuffle, dig and live out their complex social lives. As the debate over the badger cull continues, Barkham weighs the evidence on both sides of the argument, and delves into the rich history of the badger - from their prehistoric arrival in Britain and their savage persecution over the centuries, to Kenneth Grahame's fictional creation in Wind in the Willows and the badger who became a White House pet. From the celebrated author of The Butterfly Isles, this is rich, vivid nature writing at its best.
The Handbook of British Mammals
Author | : Mammal Society of the British Isles |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Mammals |
ISBN | : UOM:39015048179397 |
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