Year of the Frog - European Association of Zoos and Aquaria

eaza news 61
2008
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books
In EAZA News announcements are published of books that have relevance to zoo staff and other people with a professional
interest in zoos. On the EAZA website more information can be found on these books, as well as on the publishers.
f.a. fisken (eds.; 2007)
International Zoo Yearbook; volume 41
This volume of the ‘International Zoo Yearbook’ covers various aspects of the conservation of captive and free-ranging species,
biosurveillance, regional management planning, re-introductions, disease risk assessment and non-invasive faecal steroid monitoring,
and the current situation regarding amphibian chytrid fungus and avian influenza. There is also an article on the approach of the
Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project to health, and other articles include reviews on reproduction of scleractinian corals and medicinal
leeches, hand-rearing and re-introductions of white-crowned and cherry-crowned mangabeys and drills, behavioural adaptation of an
orphaned bonobo and hand-rearing Roe deer. Detailed descriptions of how to establish priorities for conservation programmes for
European rodents and how to develop a rainforest ecosystem are also presented. Furthermore, reports are included on surveys carried
out on husbandry practices for lion-tailed macaques, factors impacting zoo attendance and visitors perceptions.
Pages: 468 ISSN: 0074-9664 (pb). Price: UK£96
To be ordered from: Blackwell Publishing (www.blackwell-synergy.com)
d. egan (eds.; 2007)
Snakes of Arabia; a field guide to the snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and its shores
This field guide to the snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and its shores provides comprehensive and nicely illustrated descriptions of
all 55 species and subspecies indigenous to the peninsula and its waters. With detailed information on how to identify snakes and
distinguish them from similar species, treatment of snakebite, and natural history, this book is essential to anyone active in the Arabian
outdoors.
Pages: 208 ISBN: 978 1 86063 239 6 (pb). Price: AED55 (€10.15)
To be ordered from: Motivate Publishing (www.booksarabia.com)
d. jarofke (eds.; 2007)
Jarofkes Elefantenkompendium
As a veterinary surgeon working for Zoo Berlin, Dietmar Jarofke has collected many references and literature on biology, management
and diseases of elephants. His manual is a comprehensive composition of this material. Though the main part of the book focuses
on veterinary aspects, the author, being a veterinarian and zoologist, also included other chapters. For example, there are chapters
focusing on the capture and transport of elephants and on handling elephants in captivity. The book also reports on the different
management systems as well as legal regulations which affect the management of elephants. Furthermore, anatomy and physiology of
the animals are described.
Pages: 270 ISBN: 978 3 86523 085 0 (pb). Price: €35
To be ordered from: Schüling Verlag (www.tiergarten.com)
j. del hoyo, a. elliott, d.a. christie (eds.; 2007)
Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12; Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees
This book is part of a series expected to include 16 volumes, which will deal with all the species of birds in the world. This twelfth
volume of the handbook covers fifteen families in the order Passeriformes (from picathartes to tits and chickadees). As in previous
volumes the extensive information on the birds is well illustrated by colour plates, maps and photographs. An index and bibliographical
references complete the text.
Pages: 816. ISBN-13: 978-84-96553-42-2 (hc) Price: €205
To be ordered from: Lynx Edicions (www.hbw.com)
International Journal of Heritage Studies (IJHS)
The International Journal of Heritage Studies is the academic, refereed journal for scholars and practitioners from many disciplines with
a common involvement in the heritage. Heritage varies from the aesthetic object conserved in a museum to wildlife conserved within a
nature reserve. Articles concern museum studies, tourism studies, heritage theory and history, conservation and restoration techniques
and law, cultural studies, interpretation and design.
ISSN: 1352-7258 (pb). Price: €178 (6 issues/year)
To be ordered from: Routledge (www.informaworld.com)