Tadpole Hunter - A Personal History of Amphibian Conservation and Research

A personal story of how amphibian conservation and research has developed in Britain since the late 1960s by someone who was there right at the beginning. The author initiated key long-term monitoring, surveillance and studies that continued until well into this century.

About the author

Arnold Cooke worked for the national nature conservation agencies as a researcher and adviser on a range of topics for 30 years. After studying amphibian population declines with the Nature Conservancy, he was herpetological adviser for the Nature Conservancy Council. In the late 1990s, he left English Nature to pursue his interests in amphibians, birds and deer. He has published widely on subjects as diverse as the status of Britain's amphibians and reptiles, pollutants in birds and the environmental impacts of introduced species of deer. His book Muntjac and Water Deer was published by Pelagic Publishing in 2019.

Summary

A personal story of how amphibian conservation and research has developed in Britain since the late 1960s by someone who was there right at the beginning. The author initiated key long-term monitoring, surveillance and studies that continued until well into this century.

Product details

• Authors: Arnold Cooke
• Publisher: Pelagic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2023
• EAN: 9781784274481
• ISBN: 978-1-78427-448-1
• No. of pages: 305
• Dimensions: 233 mm x 156 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 684 g
• Illustrations: 7 Maps; 24 Graphs; 32 Tables, black and white; 106 Illustrations, color
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology