$52.00
- Hardcover
576 pages
- Release Date
28 January 2021
Summary
The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals is the only definitive reference on all the land-breeding mammals recorded in the New Zealand region (including the New Zealand sector of Antarctica). It lists 65 species, including native and exotic, wild and feral, living and extinct, residents, vagrants and failed introductions. It describes their history, biology and ecology, and brings together comprehensive and detailed information gathered from widely scattered or previously unpublished sources.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781988592589 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1988592585 |
| Author: | Carolyn M. King, David M. Forsyth |
| Publisher: | Otago University Press |
| Imprint: | Otago University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 28 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 2.15kg |
| Dimensions: | 270mm x 210mm |
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About The Author
Carolyn M. King
Carolyn M. King completed a DPhil on the ecology of British weasels in 1971, then moved to New Zealand to join the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Ecology Division as a scientist specialising in introduced predators. She edited the first edition of The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals in 1990, and the second in 2005. She taught zoology and conservation biology at Waikato University until 2018, where she continues writing full time as an Adjunct Professor.
David M. Forsyth is a Senior Research Scientist at the NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange, NSW, Australia. In 1997 he completed his PhD on the ecology and management of Himalayan tahr and Alpine chamois in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Subsequently he has worked as a researcher in Canada, New Zealand and, since 2002, Australia. He maintains an active involvement in New Zealand mammalogy through collaborations with the Department of Conservation and Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
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