{"product_id":"the-wild-mammals-of-missouri-charles-w-schwartz-9780826220882","title":"The Wild Mammals of Missouri: Third Revised Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince its initial publication in 1959, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Mammals of Missouri\u003c\/i\u003e by Charles W. Schwartz and Dr. Elizabeth R. Schwartz has become the definitive guide to the identification of these animals, and it continues to be a source of abundant information about their lives. Charles Schwartz's meticulously rendered drawings capture the spirit of his subjects while remaining technically accurate. The drawings range from full portraits to vignettes to illustrations of skulls, tracks, and other identifying characteristics. The enormous popularity of this work as a college textbook and general reference and a desire to contain the most accurate information led to two previous revisions--the first (in 1981) edited by both authors and the second (in 2001) edited by Elizabeth Schwartz. Scientists and enthusiasts lost two great conservationists when Charles died in 1991 and Elizabeth in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebby K. Fantz, resource scientist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, and Dr. Victoria L. Jackson, associate professor with the University of Central Oklahoma, have worked to ensure that \u003ci\u003eWild Mammals\u003c\/i\u003e will continue to educate, delight, and inspire with this third revised edition. These two mammalogists have over fifty years' combined experience conducting surveys and research, leading trapping workshops, designing distribution models, identifying mammals, and teaching courses in mammalogy and wildlife conservation and management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wild Mammals of Missouri\u003c\/i\u003e has grown from sixty-three full species accounts in the first edition to seventy-two in this third revised edition. The editors have maintained the basic structure of the book while adding much new information, including a full account for the elk with artwork by Mark Raithel, new trapping records, revised common and scientific names, enhanced Missouri county-level distribution information, updated range maps, and a discussion of the range expansions of the American black bear and nine-banded armadillo, as well as the increase in confirmed mountain lion sightings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles W. Schwartz, Elizabeth R. Schwartz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826220886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826220882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Charles W. Schwartz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947373986047,"sku":"9780826220882","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6e674753-5ea4-446e-bcfd-67db93fc73cb.jpg?v=1681518343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wild-mammals-of-missouri-charles-w-schwartz-9780826220882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}