Russian Megafauna Bibliography

RUSSIAN MEGAFAUNA BIBLIOGRAPHY

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C.I.T.E.S. Convention on Trade in Endangered Species

http://www.cites.org/

The home page for the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species provides access to official documents, information on programs, species databases, and more.

 

Endangered Species Protection in USSR

http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/eworks/proceedings/engeo/braden/braden.html

Essay by Kathleen Braden, a Professor of Geography at Seattle Pacific University, about how change in the economic systems of countries formerly under control of the Soviet Union has led to a great danger to threatened species.

 

Leopard -- Panthera pardus

http://lynx.uio.no/catfolk/traprd01.htm

Information on leopards, a species that is endangered in Russia.

 

Poaching in Krygzystan

http://lynx.uio.no/jon/lynx/alertkgz.htm

A report on poaching and its effect on the snow leopard population.

 

Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe

http://www.rec.org/

Home page for the non-profit organization dedicated to assisting in solving environmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe.

 

Russian Fur Trade

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/russfur.htm

Wildlife preservation is one area examined in this report on the fur trade in Russia.

 

Using Megafauna as Conservation Catalysts

http://www.mtnforum.org/emaildiscuss/discuss96/aug96/080896g.htm

A report from Rodney Jackson of The Mountain Institute and International Snow Leopard Trust.

 

WWF Russian Programme Office

http://www.wwf.ru/eng/index.html

“The main trends of WWF work in Russia are: establishment and help to nature protected areas; protection of endangered species, such as Amur Tiger, Far-Eastern and Snow Leopard, Siberian Crane, European Bison and many others; forest conservation and promotion of sustainable forest management through FSC certification; environmental education and capacity building.”

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BOOKS

REFERENCE MATERIALS: NATURAL HISTORY AND CONSERVATION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission.  Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography, 1970-1070.  Helsinki: Helsinki Commission, 1981.   Main TD171.5 .B26 B34.

 

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission.  Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.  Helsinki: Helsinki Commission, 1979.   Main TD171.5.B26 B34.

 

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission.  Ten Years After the Signing of the Helsinki Convention.  Helsinki: Helsinki Commission, 1984.  Main TD171.5 .B26 .B34 no. 10.

 

Biological Intercalibration Workshop.  Second Biological Intercalibration Workshop.  Helsinki: Helsinki Commission, 1983.   Main TD171.5 .B26 B34 no. 9.

 

International Scientific Willem Barents Memorial Arctic Conservation Symposium. Heritage of the Russian Arctic: Research, Conservation, and International Co-Operation: Proceedings of the International Scientific Willem Barents Memorial Arctic Conservation Symposium, Held in Moscow, Russia, 10-14 March 1998. Moscow: Ecopros, c2000. Main QH84.1 .I57 2000.

 

Matthiessen, Peter and Boyd Norton, eds. Baikal. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1992. Main DK771 .B3 M386 1992.

 

Tsepliaev, Vasilii Petrovich.   The  Forests of The U.S.S.R. Jerusalem, Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1965. Bot SD499 .T7713.

 

Twiss, Jr., John R. and Randall R. Reeves, eds. Conservation and Management of Marine Mammals. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1999. M&O QL713.2 .C655 1999.

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REFERENCE MATERIALS: MAMMALS

Allen, Kenneth Radway.  Conservation and Management of Whales. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1980. M&O QL737 .C4 A42 1980.

 

Althea. Whales. Chicago, IL: Longman Group, 1988.  Main QL737 .C4 A46 1988.

 

Beard, K. Christopher and Mary R. Dawson, eds. Dawn of the Age of Mammals in Asia. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, c1998. Main Serials QH1 .C369 no. 34.

 

Berta, Annalisa and James L. Sumich. Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, c1999. M&O QL713.2 .B47 1999.

 

Braham, Howard W. and Bruce Krogman, eds. Population Biology of the Bowhead and Beluga Whale in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.  Seattle, WA: NOAA. 1977.   M&O QL737 .C423 B722 1977.

 

Burkanov, V.N. and A. R. Semenov, eds. Counts of Steller Sea Lions at Kamchatka and The Commander Islands, U.S.S.R.   Seattle, WA: U.S. Dept. of  Commerce, 1991.  Main SH11 .A18 no. 91-13.

 

Ives, Richard.  Of Tigers and Men.  New York: Avon Books, 1996. Biodiv REF QL737 .C23 I93 1996.

 

Jauniaux, Thierry, Jean Marie Bouquegneau and Freddy Coignoul, eds. Marine Mammals, Seabirds, and Pollution of Marine Systems. Liege, Belgique: Societe royale des sciences, 1997. M&O GC1085 .M3746 1997.

 

King, Judith E.  Seals of the World.  London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1964.  Main REF QL737 .P6 K5 1964.

 

Klinowska, M. Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whales of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1991. Biodiv REF QL737 .C4 K57 1991.

 

Martin, Robert E., Ronald H. Pine and Anthony F. DeBlase. A Manual of Mammalogy: With Keys to Families of the World. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: McGraw Hill, c2001. M&O QL703 .M375 2001.

 

Mitchell-Jones, A.J., et al. The Atlas of European Mammals. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1999. Main REF QL726 .A85 1999.

 

Nowak, Ronald M. Walker's Mammals of the World. 6th ed. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. M&O QL703 .N69 1999 Library has: v. 1-2.

 

Perlov, A. S.  Present Abundance of Steller Sea Lions (Eumeopias Jubatus) in The U.S.S.R.  Seattle, WA: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1991.   Main SH11 .A18 no. 91-14.

 

Reynolds III, John E. and Sentiel A. Rommel, eds. Biology of Marine Mammals. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1999. M&O QL713.2 .B54 1999.

 

Ridgway, Sam H. and Richard Harrison, eds.  Handbook of Marine Mammals. New York: Academic Press, 1981.   M&O QL713.2 .H34 1981.

 

Stroganov, S.U.  Carnivorous Mammals of Siberia.  Jerusalem, Israel: Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1969.   M&O QL737 .C2 S7413 1969.

 

United States. Treasury Dept. The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Office, 1898-99.   Main, Ichthy, & M&O SH361 .U5.

 

Wang, Banyue. On Tsaganomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) of Asia. New York: American Museum of Natural History, c2001. Main Serials QH1 .A5 A16 no. 3317.

 

Zolotarev, N.T.  Mammals of the Iman River Basin.  Moscow: Academy of Sciences Press, 1936.  M&O QL728 .S6 Z64 1936.

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MEMBERS' LENDING MATERIALS

Bailey, Jane H. Sea Otter. Morro Bay, CA: El Moro Publications, 1979. Biodiv QL737 .C25 B24 1979.

 

Carrighar, Sally. The Twilight Seas.  New York: Weybright and Talley, 1975.  Pub QL795 .W5 C37 1975.

 

Carwardine, Mark. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.  Pub QL737 .C4 C37 1995.

 

Cousteau, Jacques Yves. Jacques Cousteau—Whales. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1988.  Pub QL737 .C4 C69313 1988.

 

Galster, Steven R.  Crime Against Nature. San Francisco, CA: The Project, 1994. Biodiv SK591 .C75 1994.

 

Ingelvg, Torleif and Roger Andersson, eds.  Red Data Book of the Baltic Region.  Uppsala: Fvrsdljning 1993.   Biodiv QH77 .B288 R42 1993.

 

International Snow Leopard Symposium.  Proceedings of the Fifth International Snow Leopard Symposium. Dehra Dun, India: Wildlife Institute of India, 1988. Biodiv QL737 .C23 I575 1986.

 

McNally, Robert. So Remorseless a Havoc: Of Dolphins, Whales, and Men. Boston: Little, Brown, 1981. Pub QL737 .C4 M42 1981.

 

Mowat, Farley. A Whale for the Killing. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart-Bantam Ltd., 1978. Pub QL737 .C4 M73 1978.

 

Perrin, W. F. Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales: An Action Plan for the Conservation of Biological Diversity, 1988-1992. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1988. Biodiv QL737 .C4 P47 1988.

 

Perry, Simona L., Douglas P. DeMaster, and Gregory K. Silber. The Great Whales: History and Status of Six Species Listed as Endangered Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973.  Seattle: National Marine Fisheries Service, 1999. Biodiv. QL737 .C4 P475 1999

 

Reijunders, P.J.H.  Seals, Fur Seals, Sea Lions, and Walrus. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993.  Biodiv QL737 .P6 S43 1993.

 

Sattler, Helen Roney. Whales, the Nomads of the Sea. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1987.  Pub QL737 .C4 S27 1987.

 

Solkin, Vasily.  The Siberian Tiger.  Sausalito, CA: Siberian Forests Protection Project, 1994.  Biodiv QL737 .C23 S6413 1994.

 

Stone, David.  Seals.  Cambridge, UK: IUCN, 1995.  Pub QL737 .P6 S76 1995.

 

Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall.  The Tribe of Tiger: Cats and Their Culture. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.  Pub SF446.5 .T48 1994.

 

Williams, Heathcote. Whale Nation. London: Cape, 1988. Pub & Biodiv QL737.C4 W48 1988b.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Anderson, J. I. Yo Puedo Leer Sobre las Ballenas y los Delfines. Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates, 1981. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C4 A5218 1981.

 

Biel, Timothy L. Tigers. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1990.  Biodiv Juv QL737 .C23 B54 1990.

 

The Cousteau Society. Seals. New York: Little Simon, 1992. Pub Juv QL737 .P64 P4813 1992.

 

The Cousteau Society. Whales. New York: Little Simon, 1993.  Pub Juv QL737 .C4 B23813 1993.

 

Cowcher, Helen. La Tigresa. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1993. Pub Juv PZ7 .C8346 Ti18 1993.

 

Cowcher, Helen. Tigress. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1991. Pub Juv PZ7 .C8346 Ti 1991.

 

Delaunois, Anghie.  Kotik, the Baby Seal.  Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1995.  Pub Juv QL737 .P64 D44213 1995.

 

D'Vincent, Cynthia. The Whale Family Book. Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio, 1992.  Pub Juv QL737 .C4 D85 1992.

 

Ellwood, Ann.  Saving Our Animal Friends.  San Diego, CA: Wildlife Education, 1990.  Biodiv Juv QL83 .E48 1990.

 

Gardner, Robert. The Whale Watchers' Guide.  New York: J. Messner, 1984.  Pub Juv QL737 .C4 G235 1984.

 

Gouck, Maura. Whales. Mankato, MN: Child's World, 1991.  Pub Juv QL737 .C4 G58 1991.

 

Hall, Derek.  El Tigre. Madrid: Anaya, 1986.  Pub Juv QL737 .C23 H3418 1986.

 

Hirschi, Ron. Where Are My Puffins, Whales, And Seals? New York: Bantam Books, 1992.  Pub Juv QL122.2 .H574 1992.

 

Markert, Jenny. Tigers. Chicago, IL: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., 1991. Pub Juv QL737 .C23 M3635 1991.

 

Matero, Robert. The Birth of a Humpback Whale. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1996. Pub Juv QL737 .C424 M38 1996.

 

Palmer, Sarah.  Nutrias de Mar. Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Enterprises, 1991.  Pub Juv QL737 .C25 P2618 1991.

 

Papastavrou, Vassili. Ballenas, Delfines y Otros Mamíferos Marinos. Madrid: Altea, 1994. Pub Juv QL713.2  .P3618 1994.

 

Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Humpback Whales. New York: Holiday House, 1989. Pub Juv QL737 .C424 P37 1989.

 

Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Whales, Giants of the Deep. New York: Holiday House, 1984. Pub Juv QL737 .C4 P374 1984.

 

Royston, Angela. El Tigre. Bilbao [Spain]: FHER, 1988. Pub Juv QL737 .C23 R6918 1988.

 

Sheldon, Dyan. El Canto de las Ballenas. Caracas, Venezuela: Ediciones Ekaré, 1993. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C4 S4318 1993.

 

Sheldon, Dyan. The Whales' Song. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C4 S43 1991.

 

Simon, Seymour. Whales. New York: Crowell, 1989. Pub Juv QL737 .C4 S495 1989.

 

Sis, Peter. An Ocean World. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1992. Pub Juv PZ7 .S6219 Oc 1992.

 

Tussy, Catherine.  Focas.  Madrid: SM Saber, 1992.  Pub Juv QL737 .P64 P4818 1992.

 

Wexo, John Bennett. Whales. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, c1990. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C4 W4 1990.

 

Wexo, John Bonnett. Los Cetáceos. Madrid: Sistemas Videoeducativos, 1987. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C4 W418 1987.

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VIDEOS

Blue Eye of Siberia. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1993. (107 min) Biodiv GE160 .R8 B58 1993

 

Crime Against Nature: An Investigative Report. [San Franciso, Calif.?: The Project], c1994.  (32 min.) Biodiv SK591 .C75 1994.

 

Dersu Uzala. New York: Kino Video, c1994. (140 min.) Pub PN1995.9.A3 D47 1994

 

Who's the Boss in the Taiga? [Russia?]: Zov Taigi ; [Sausalito, CA: Siberian Forests Protection Project], c1994. (16 min.)  Biodiv QH191 .W46 1994.

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