Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2
Nonpasserines - Diurnal Birds of Prey through Woodpeckers
This volume completes the nonpasserine species and contains accounts for the diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers.
Birds of British Columbia, Volume 1
Nonpasserines - Introduction, Loons through Waterfowl
For the first time, the natural history, migration patterns, habitat requirements, reproductive biology, and distribution of the province's birdlife are combined in one publication.
Birds of the World
Comprehensive, authoritative, and beautifully illustrated, this stunning collection of art and text captures the grace, beauty, and flamboyance of the world’s bird features 1,600 original paintings of 1,307 species.
River of Memory
The Everlasting Columbia
River of Memory fosters connections between the river’s natural and human histories by encouraging readers to linger along the river’s shores and spend time reflecting on its dramatic mountain and plateau landscapes.
Brute Souls, Happy Beasts, and Evolution
The Historical Status of Animals
In this provocative inquiry into the status of animals in human society from the fifth century BC to the present, Rod Preece provides a wholly new perspective on the human-animal relationship.
This Elusive Land
Women and the Canadian Environment
This multidisciplinary anthology discusses the ways in which women integrate the social and biophysical settings of their lives, featuring a range of contexts and issues in which gender mediates, inspires, and informs a sense of belonging to and in this land.
Shaped by the West Wind
Nature and History in Georgian Bay
This wide-ranging history of Georgian Bay examines changing cultural representations of landscape over time, shifts between resource development and recreational use, and environmental politics of place -- stories central to the Canadian experience.
Birds of Ontario: Habitat Requirements, Limiting Factors, and Status
Volume 1–Nonpasserines: Loons through Cranes
This work provides a comprehensive summary of the life history requirements of bird species in the Ontario, including information on habitat, limiting factors, and status.
A Passion for Wildlife
The History of the Canadian Wildlife Service
A chronicle of the Canadian Wildlife Service and the evolution of wildlife policy over the first 50 years of this venerable Canadian institution's history.
Restoration of the Great Lakes
Promises, Practices, and Performances
Using original findings from surveys, interviews, and other documents, this volume looks at how various levels of government are attempting to restore the environment in the Great Lakes.
Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lamb
A Chronicle of Sensibility to Animals
This impressive compedium of writings, speaches, and other expression shows that respect for animals has always been part of human thought.
Butterflies of British Columbia
Including Western Alberta, Southern Yukon, the Alaska Panhandle, Washington, Northern Oregon, Northern Idaho, and Northwestern Montana
The butterfly fauna of British Columbia is by far the largest and most diverse in Canada. With the publication of this volume, there is finally a comprehensive, single source that summarizes all available information on butterflies in the British Columbia and adjacent areas.
Birds of British Columbia, Volume 4
Wood Warblers through Old World Sparrows
The culmination of more than 25 years of effort, this much-awaited final volume of The Birds of British Columbia completes what some have called one of the most important regional ornithological works in North America.
Aboriginal Plant Use in Canada's Northwest Boreal Forest
This is a handbook of more than 200 traditional plants and their usage among First Nations people in Canada's northwest boreal forest (northern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta).
Animals and Nature
Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities
“No one tradition alone offers a sufficient respect for other species. Taken together, they may offer a prospect for saner human-animal relations.”
Transients
Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales of B.C., Washington State, and Southeast Alaska
This book focuses on the enigmatic and exciting mammal-hunting killer whales and contains the latest information on the natural history of transient killer whales and how and where to best watch them.
Plants of British Columbia
Scientific and Common Names of Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens
An up-to-date checklist of the current valid taxonomy for all vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens in British Columbia.