Exotics Range Texas Example by Mungall (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or limited writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: good. Dust jacket is worn. Binding is split. Item has a remainder mark. Hardcover.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Medium brown cloth, spine panel lettered in black. Former owner's address label mounted inside front cover and his signature/date inked on front flyleaf, otherwise as issued. 1st ed. xii,266 pp., illus. Dust jacket Near Fine with mild sunning along spine panel, otherwise as issued, now in mylar. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). 1994 1st edition. 4to (220 x 284mm). Ppxii,266. Colour photographs, b/w maps, illustrations and charts, extensive bibliography and reference list. Light brown boards, spine titled in black. Very good in used and slightly faded dust-wrapper. No.16 in The Louise Lindsay Merrick Natural Environment Series. "A comprehensive guide to the management of hoofed exotics, for ranchers (who may wish to conserve rare species, may wish to sell rights for their hunting, or both) and wildlife specialists. After summarizing the development of non-native hoofed animal liviing and breeding in Texas, all eight established exotic species are characterized and 25 other animals are given to illustrate both successes and failures. Then the variety of prevailing management techniques are discussed. Of special interest is a state-of-the-art carrying capacity evaluation method simple enough for repeated use. Includes 46 color plates and an extensive listing of publications on all topics covered." Main chapter headings include:- The new trend; Case histories; Established exotics; Some experiments; Stocking; Handling techniques; Animal numbers; Health and fitness; Food quality and nutrition; Evaluating food habits studies; Hybridization; Income options; Bagging big bucks. Appendices include:- Calculating carrying capacity; Prominent parasites; Hoofed hybrids; Conversions and comparisons. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo Published by Texas A & M University Press, College Station, TX. 1994. Xii, 265 pgs. Illustrated with color photographs, b/w maps, illustrations and charts. Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. For the first time, the unique wildlife situation involving Texas "exotics," non-native hoofed animals living and breeding on Texas rangeland, has been documented in a comprehensive form. After summarizing the development of this situation in the 1920s and 1930s, all eight established exotic species are characterized and twenty-five other animals (combined into fifteen groupings) are given to illustrate both successes and failures. Then the variety of prevailing management techniques are discussed. Of special interest is a state-of-the-art carrying capacity evaluation method simple enough for repeated use. To assist readers in identifying further written material, the book ends with a detailed section listing publications on all topics covered." EB; Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series; 9 X 1 X 11.25 inches; 265 pages.