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This book explains the challenge of monitoring small clandestine WMD programs, how the effort to monitor and prevent terrorist acquisition and use of WMD differs from monitoring and preventing the acquisition and use of WMD by nation states, and puts the Iraqi WMD issue in proper perspective.
Intelligence service --- Weapons of mass destruction --- Nuclear nonproliferation --- Government policy
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Cold War. --- Military surveillance --- Intelligence service --- Nuclear arms control. --- World politics --- Surveillance, Military --- Detectors --- Military intelligence --- Nuclear weapons control --- Arms control --- Nuclear weapons --- Soviet Union --- United States --- Foreign relations
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The Northern California coast--from Monterey County to the Oregon border--is home to some of the richest avian habitats on the North American continent. Field Guide to Birds of the Northern California Coast provides a comprehensive ecological overview of this extensive and diverse region. It features detailed discussions of the area's most common water birds, raptors, and land birds and highlights the most productive birding sites in each Northern California coastal county. Accessibly written and user-friendly, this guide contains nearly 250 species accounts that focus on seasonal rhythms and behavioral characteristics of each species. More than 130 color photographs and hand-drawn sketches depict the birds in context, and maps and occurrence charts indicate when readers might spot each species.
Shore birds --- Beach birds --- Shorebirds --- Seashore animals --- Water birds --- Shore birds -- California, Northern. --- america. --- avian habitats. --- bird behaviors. --- bird lovers. --- bird species. --- birders. --- birding sites. --- birdwatching. --- california coast. --- coastal birds. --- coastal counties. --- color photographs. --- diverse region. --- easy to read. --- ecological overview. --- field guide. --- landbirds. --- maps. --- monterey county. --- natural history. --- natural sciences. --- nonfiction. --- northern california. --- ornithology. --- raptors. --- reference. --- regional ornithology. --- sketches. --- species identification. --- waterbirds. --- zoology.
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This beautifully illustrated and user-friendly book presents the most up-to-date information available about the natural histories of birds of the Sierra Nevada, the origins of their names, the habitats they prefer, how they communicate and interact with one another, their relative abundance, and where they occur within the region. Each species account features original illustrations by Keith Hansen. In addition to characterizing individual species, Birds of the Sierra Nevada also describes ecological zones and bird habitats, recent trends in populations and ranges, conservation efforts, and more than 160 rare species. It also includes a glossary of terms, detailed maps, and an extensive bibliography with over 500 citations.
Birds --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Vertebrates --- Ornithology
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