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Deer-Resistant Landscaping: Proven Advice & Strategies for Outwitting
Deer & 20 Other Pesky Mammals
Soderstrom, Neil
Every year, before they decide to take defensive action, vulnerable homeowners
throughout North America suffer expensive damage as deer and various other
pesky mammals devour their gardens and landscape plants. Deer-Resistant
Landscaping arms homeowners with the proven strategies they need to repel
and combat deer and 21 other troubling pests, (armadillos, beras, beavers,
chipmunks, gophers, ground squirrels, moles, muskrats, opossums, peccaries,
porcupines, rabbits & hares, raccoons, rats & mice, skunks, tree
squirrels, voles & woodchucks). Outstanding features include: - strategies
for every season and every size pest: from simple, low-cost home remedies,
scare tactics, and deterrents to live trapping, barriers, and community
action procedures suitable for more intense problems - interviews with
and tips from regional gardening and wildlife control experts from coast
to coast - encyclopedic coverage of more than 1,000 resistant plants -
especially those least likely to be grazed upon or destroyed by deer,
based on scientific studies and a consensus of gardening authorities throughout
the continent - stunning full-color wildlife photography featuring deer
and pest behaviors as well as solutions and deterrents With more than
400 of the author's own gorgeous wildlife photos as well as ones by the
legendary naturalist Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III, the most published wildlife
photographer in North America, Deer-Resistant Landscaping provides the
most wide-ranging, authoritative, and helpful information on this topic
ever assembled in one volume. Color photos. 354 pgs.
c. 2008, S/C...$23.95
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Degus: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual
by: Sharon Vanderlip, DVM
All about their origin, life cycle, anatomy, advice on feeding, housing,
recognizing healthy specimens, breeding & raising babies, and understanding
their body language. Step-by-step directions for everyday care. Color
photos & B/W illustrations. 95 pgs.
c.2001...S/C...$9.99 |
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Demon Of The North
by: Krott, Peter
The engaging adventures of a naturalist as he traps & tames the world's
most elusive animal - the wolverine. 24 pages of photographs. 260 pgs.
c. 1958, H/C...$35.00
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Condition: Very Good w/dust jacket
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Dormouse
by: Bright, Paul
Habitat, activity, food, nestboxes, breeding, hibernation, summer torpor.
c.1992...S/C...$9.50 |
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Edible Dormouse (Glis glis)
by: Morris, Pat
Recognition, history in England, distribution, habitat, population size,
ecology in Britian, hibernation, reproduction survival & behavior,
relations with people, economic significance. Color photos. 20 pgs.
c. 1997, Booklet...$9.50 |
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Encyclopedia Of Rabbits & Rodents
by: Verhoef-Verhallen, Esther
Detailed information on rabbits, hamsters, mice, squirrels, degus, chinchillas,
rats, more.
c.1997...H/C...$24.97 |
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Flying Sea Otters
by: Laycock, George & Ellen
Story of relocating sea otters, daily life, habits, importance to ecology.
c. 1970, H/C...$17.50
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Fur Farming
by: Harding, A.R.
A book of information on raising fur bearing animals for profit - enclosures,
habits, & care. Covers: fox, skunk, mink, oppossum, muskrat, raccoon,
beaver, & deer farming.
c. 1909, Revised Ed, H/C...$27.50
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Genetics Of The Ranch Mink
by: Shackelford, Richard M.
Inheritance, recessive, dominant, breeding plans for the production of
sapphire color phases, deviations, mutant genes, expectations, probability,
mutant color phases, anomalies, genetics & planned breeding. B/W photos,
charts, graphs. 91 pgs.
c. 1950, H/C...$17.50
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Condition: Near Mint
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Handbook Of New Guinea Rodents
by: Menzies & Dennis
Mammalian fauna, classification, biology, native & introduced rodents.
c.1979...S/C, Handbook #6...$35.00 |
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Lily Pond: Four Years With a Family of Beavers
by: Ryden, Hope
True account of the behavior and lives for four years watching a family
of beavers in a pond. B/W photos. 256 pgs.
c. 1989, S/C...$8.95
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Mara, An Alaskan Weasel
by: Redding, Robert H.
Story of a weasel and its life in Alaska. Caught by a trapper, nursed back
to health and then released to live out its life in the wild. 138 pages,
B/W illustrations
c. 1968, H/C... $7.50
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Condition: Good, with bumped corners, ex-library with usual library markings
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Marmots: Social Behavior & Ecology
by: Barash, David
Presents the complete sociobiology of a single, widespread genus ( Marmota
) comprising 14 species found in North America and Eurasia. 360 pgs.
c. 1989, H/C...$75.00
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Meerkat Manor: Flower of the Kalahari
by: Clutton-Brock, Tim
The true-life story of Flower, the heroine of the successful Meerkat Manor
series and the dominant female of Whiskers group. It is the story of Flower's
birth to Holly, the group's breeding female who was later replaced by
her two nieces in turn, until Whiskers was at risk of being driven from
its range by powerful neighbors. It is the story of how Flower was banished
from the group by one of them and was only saved from certain death by
her cousin's sudden demise. Finally, it is the story of how Flower returned
to the group and acquired the dominant position herself, tried to breed
and failed, and then, in the nick of time, suppressed her competitors
and reared three successive litters of pups, saving herself and her group
from losing their range to their rivals and securing her position as queen
of Whiskers - and of all she surveys. Meerkat Manor not only describes
what meerkats do but explains why they do it, providing important insights
into the working of other animal societies and the evolution of co-operative
and competitive behaviour in other animals, including humans.240 pages,
Color photos
c. 2007, H/C...$39.95
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Mink Book
by: Hodgson, Robert
Raising, types, industry, mutations, yearly cycles, pens, feed, pelting
c. 1937, H/C...$25.00 15000896
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Mink In Health & Disease
by: Kennedy, A.H.
Handling & restraint, types of diseases, abortion, hand feeding of kits.
c. 1951, H/C...$27.50
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Modern Vermin Control (Gold Cockerel Series)
by: Roberts, Michael
A practical guide to the control or vermin for the smallholder, aviarist,
farmer, poultry keeper and gamekeeper.
c.1992...S/C...$19.95 |
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Mole
by: Stone, R. David
Diet, location of prey, functions of the burrow system, reproduction,
behavior.
c.1992...S/C, #61 Shire Natural History...$4.00
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Mongoose Watch: A Family Observed
by: Rasa, Anne
Recounts 15 years the author spent studying the dwarf mongoosein the Taru
Desert of Kenya. It goes beyond scientific description to present a fascinating
narrative of the complexities and of the subtleties and complexities of
nature. B/W photos. 298 pgs.
c. 1986, H/C...$18.95
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Condition: Inside Near Mint, some small tears
on dust jacket.
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Moses, My Otter
by: Pitt, Frances
Published in London: The true adventures of the author's pet otters -
Madame Moses the otter and her sister Aaron, and of Thomas Romeo Grievous
Otter & their friend Tiny the terrier. From the day they came into
the author's hands as small helpless babies to when Moses is an elderly
dame. 22 B/W photos. 127 pgs.
c. 1927, H/C...$32.50
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My Beaver Colony
by: Wilsson, Lars
The fascinating true story of a man in Sweden who rescued 4 baby beavers,
raised them at home, and released them back into the wild. B/W photos.
154 pgs.
c. 1969, H/C...$15.00
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Nine-Banded Armadillo: A Natural History
by: Loughry, W.J. & McDonogh, Colleen
Biologists W. J. Loughry and Colleen M. McDonough have studied the nine-banded
armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) for more than twenty years. Their richly
illustrated book offers the first comprehensive review of everything scientists
know about this unique animal. Engaging both scientists and a broader
public, Loughry and McDonough describe the armadillos anatomy and
physiology and all aspects of its ecology, behavior, and evolution. They
also compare the nine-banded armadillo with twenty or so other, related
species. The authors pay special attention to three key features of armadillo
biologyreproduction, disease, and habitat expansionand why
they matter. Armadillos reproduce in a unique and puzzling manner: females
always give birth to litters of genetically identical quadruplets, a strategy
not found in any other vertebrates. Nine-banded armadillos are also the
only vertebrates except for humans known to contract leprosy naturally.
And what about habitat expansion? The authors suggest that the armadillos
remarkable spread across the southeastern United States may be the consequence
of its most notable feature: a tough, protective carapace. Biologists,
evolutionists, students, and all those interested in this curious creature
will find The Nine-Banded Armadillo rich in information and insight. This
comprehensive analysis will stand as the definitive scientific reference
for years to come and a source of pleasure for the general public. 344
pgs
c.2013, H/C... $39.95
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Okee: The Story Of An Otter In The House
by: Wisbeski, Dorothy
True story of a family that keeps an otter in their home. B/W photos.
246 pgs
c. 1964, H/C...$25.00
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Otter (Gale's & Hovis)
by: Wayre, Philip
Natural history of the European otter. Habitat, territory, food, feeding
behavior, breeding, about the Otter Trust. B/W & Color photos. 16 pgs.
c. 1977, Booklet...$12.50
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Condition: Good
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Otters (Mammal Society Series)
by: Chanin, Paul
Eurasian otter, habitat, diet, appearance, communication, breeding.
c.1987...Booklet...$9.50 |
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