David W. Macdonald
Auteur de The Encyclopedia of Mammals
A propos de l'auteur
David W. Macdonald is Director and founder of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University, where he is Professor of Wildlife Conservation and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is Visiting Professor at Imperial College, a Fellow of the Royal Society of afficher plus Edinburgh and a former A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University, he is a recipient of the American Society of Mammalogists' Merriam Award for outstanding research in mammalogy, and was made CBE for services to science. afficher moins
Crédit image: Professor David Macdonald CBE DSc FRSE
Œuvres de David W. Macdonald
Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (2023) 4 exemplaires
Mamíferos de Portugal e Europa 2 exemplaires
Apes & Other Primates 2 exemplaires
Guide complet des mammifères de France et d'Europe : Plus de 200 espèces terrestres et aquatiques (2005) 1 exemplaire
Encyclopedia of Mammals 1 exemplaire
Enciclopedia de los animales : carnívoros 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Macdonald, David Whyte
- Date de naissance
- 1951
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Études
- Oxford University (Zoology)
- Professions
- Professor
- Prix et distinctions
- Dawkins Prize for Conservation and Animal Welfare (2005)
American Society of Mammalogists' Merriam Prize for research in mammalogy (2006)
Membres
Critiques
The New Encyclopedia of Mammals par David MacDonald
I can't even begin to describe how much this book fascinated me as a child. Although the hardcover edition I own already begins to fall apart due to the time which has passed and the thousands of times I opened the pages, it still enthralls me to even think of the amount of time I spent with this book in my childhood, fascinated with animals as I was back then. The wonderfully elaborate descriptions of each single mammal allowed this to become a fascinating work which I'd even call a must-read for everyone interested in animals and their habitats.… (plus d'informations)
This special book tells the story of the carnivore family: cats, dogs, weasels, bears, and their kin -- and how the family tree has branched and been pruned, branched and been pruned, over millions of years. It is based on a BBC television show and has many illustrations.
This book is out of print, so I am including a link to a précis: http://www.bobpickett.org/velvet_claw.htm
This book is out of print, so I am including a link to a précis: http://www.bobpickett.org/velvet_claw.htm
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 37
- Membres
- 947
- Popularité
- #27,152
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 118
- Langues
- 10
