fauna

Les populations de cerfs, de chevreuils et de sangliers explosent en Europe, générant des difficultés de gestion en ville et en milieu rural. Qui commet les dégâts : l’homme qui détériore l’environnement naturel de la faune dans son intérêt économique ou bien la faune qui prélève les productions humaines pour survivre ? Selon l'auteur, l’équilibre entre les Ongulés et les milieux forestier ou agricole repose sur la connaissance du comportement des animaux et sur la régulation par la chasse, sans oublier la mortalité naturelle due à la réapparition des grands prédateurs. La solution résiderait avant tout dans la concertation entre usagers de la nature.
Public : chasseurs, forestiers, agriculteurs et passionnés qui recherchent l’équilibre entre le grand gibier et son milieu.

This book traces the history of birds right back to their reptilian origins. It underlines their homogeneity - flight, beak, skeleton and feathers are a bird's reference points - without losing sight of their diversity. Morphological and biological diversity (reproduction especially), but also adaptative. How do they withstand the cold and the predators, how do flightless birds run, how do you fly when you are a vulture? This book explores the intimacy of birds whose habits awaken the curiosity - the Grey Cuckoo, certain species of pigeon or the Hamerkop. It also discusses the relationship between humans and birds.

This guide, illustrated by more than 1,500 underwater photographs, presents nearly 1,200 species of fish in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. The reference work dedicated to enthusiasts of the undersea world, more especially divers, will also be of interest to a wide audience that is curious about Nature and its riches.

This work provides the technical elements required for daily feeding of horses, ponies and donkeys, from troughs and on grass. It is an inseparable supplement to the work Horse nutrition and feed which lays down the theoretical bases of nutrition.

The Calanques National Park has been a project since the 1970s, but has now become official by decree in April 2012. It is the first second-generation national park (law of 2006).Given that it is coastal and located at the gates to Marseille, a city with a population of two million, its creation has crystallised crucial ecological and social issues. How can we define its borders at the scale of "natural" urban areas involved? How can we protect the biodiversity whilst preserving the cultural heritage? This book retraces the construction of the project by focusing on the consultation period involving all the stakeholders (economists, politicians, residents, users, etc.).

Why do desert mammals have such large ears?Why do the cactus breathe in reverse fashion to other plants?How did human beings choose to live in such hostile regions?What pushes man to cross these immense open spaces?The author is a specialist in deserts. He leads us through grandiose landscapes of stone and sand, in the wake of caravans, in the world of gold seekers, he makes us share the hard life of hunters-collectors and discover marvellous plants and animals as well as sometimes surprising stories of lost explorers or entire towns appearing from nowhere.

Fruit of ten years work in Mali, this book presents an illustrated summary of the ecological functioning of West African arid forests.It uses old climatic episodes, rainfall gradients, the variability in water availability, the action of reliefs and human action to distinguish the essential factors that explain the organisation of these arid landscapes as a mosaic of habitats.

The authors propose an "opening" through the garrigues starting from the soil composition and its history up to the tops of trees found there like the holm oak.  The exceptional diversity of the fauna can also be explored when turning the pages.

This guide, illustrated by more than 1,500 underwater photographs, presents nearly 1,200 species of fish in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. The reference work dedicated to enthusiasts of the undersea world, more especially divers, will also be of interest to a wide audience that is curious about Nature and its riches.

Designed for teachers, development managers and technicians, practising veterinary surgeons and students, this work includes a precis of horse nutrition, feed recommendations drawn up for each category (mares, stallions, foals, carthorses, riding horses, draught horses, ponies and donkeys) in their breeding and use conditions and feed composition and nutritive value tables.