{"product_id":"9780198893592","title":"The Badgers of Wytham Woods: A Model for Behaviour, Ecology, and Evolution - David Macdonald (Paperback) 05-09-2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe badgers of Wytham Woods (Oxford, UK) have been studied continuously and intensively by David Macdonald for almost 50 years (25 of them with his former student and co-author Chris Newman), generating a wealth of data pertaining to every facet of their ecology and evolution. Through a mix of accessible, highly readable prose and cutting-edge science, the authors weave a riveting scientific story of the lives of these intriguing creatures, highlighting the insights offered to science more broadly through badgers as a model system. They provide a paradigm - from population down to molecule - for a deeper understanding of mammalian behaviour, ecology, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. The real value of this long-term study is particularly apparent with current and globally relevant challenges such as climate change, disease epidemics, and senescence. This unique dataset enables us to examine these issues in a context that only a half-century experiment can reveal.  The Badgers of Wytham Woods will appeal to a broad audience of professional academics (especially carnivore and mammalian biologists), researchers and students at all levels, governmental and non-governmental wildlife bodies, and to the natural historian fascinated by wild animals and the remarkable processes of nature they exemplify.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ivybridge Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"David Macdonald \/ Non Fiction - Wildlife \u0026 Nature \/ 05-09-2025","offer_id":56638905549180,"sku":"9780198893592","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/2344\/8005\/files\/9780198893592.jpg?v=1776273316","url":"https:\/\/www.ivybridgebookshop.com\/products\/9780198893592","provider":"The Ivybridge Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}