Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including details of physical description, diet, introduction and invasion pathways, breeding behaviour, natural habitat. It also looks at the environmental impact of each species, as well as current and future...

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They tricked me into a dark and unholy union.Three bastards in witch hats, leather pants, and iron masks. These supernatural stalkers have claimed me for their coven. They won't go away. These assholes will. not. leave.All because I fell for an urban legend: touch the Witch's Tree on a moonless night and discover magic.Wholesome magic like: kinky rituals, blood sacrifice, and jizz potions. Oh, and a forest god who eats people—while they're still ali...

I've been abducted by an alien in a cowboy hat.He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops. I'll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik. It shouldn't be too hard, right? To play pretend…My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun-totin' Officer Hyt. But do you know what happens if my new in-laws find out that I'm mated to three different male...

I did not intentionally get my butt stuck to a frozen toilet seat.I did not mean to spray my favorite singer in the face with pepper spray. Promise: I'm just a fangirl, not a stalker.Pop-rock band, Inked Pages, has just rescued this failed bookshop owner from a desolate rest stop. These four spicy rockstars plan to drop me off at home and skedaddle to their ultra-viral holiday concert.But the blizzard is a Christmas miracle in disguise.Twelv...

I don't play the role of the kidnapped princess very well. And I really hate the fated mates trope.Hello again, I'm Eve Wakefield, and I refuse to accept that I'm in love with an intergalactic moth prince.No. I don't care how handsome he is, I don't want to marry him. I don't care if his parents have a sentient spaceship capable of eating entire planets. Love is earned, not swindled by pheromones.I'm now trapped on a ship with an adorable cyborg bod...

These forgotten witches aren't too wicked to fall for.A coven of shadows with a curse on my heart and my house. They bake f*cked-up cupcakes in my kitchen and unalive influencers in my front yard. These men make zombies out of their own relatives, and a panting mess out of their own wife.The Witchwoods are a violent stain on the world. Eradicating that blight is worth the dirty, rotten things we do. With a second coven's sacrifice, we can close the gate. Lo...

The man who killed my family—Linan Clanguard.The truth radiated vibrantly in my very soul, but that gut feeling didn't provide the proof that we needed. The proof that would show he had arranged for the attack and subsequent slaughter of the entire Flash Clan.With my mates by my side, we set off towards the rogue lands in search of the truth and ended up discovering far more than we could have ever expected.And when we uncover the real reason my cla...

I accidentally married three witch stalkers.They've escaped perpetual hell, courtesy of yours truly. They've also gone viral with their annoying thirst trap asses in leather. #theWitchwoodBoys Fine. The power of magic is worth the price.Though getting trapped in those woods again is always a possibility. We'll have to seal the gate with a little… group participation. We'll need to utilize a sex-based resurrection spell.I can confir...

Gaining access is a critical part of doing research, not only because one must 'get in' in order to gain information, but also because the quality of access affects what information is available to the researcher. Despite its importance, the literature on qualitative methods has not yet provided an extensive treatment of this issue. Gaining Access fills the void by offering useful, prescriptive advice on how to successfully enter different field settings for interviewing and observation. T...

With growing concern about the environmental impact of agriculture and its consequent contribution to climate change, there is an increasing interest in the implementation of agroecological approaches to achieve a more sustainable agriculture. Agroforestry is one area of research which has gained significant momentum in recent years.Advances in temperate agroforestry reviews key recent advances in measuring and valuing how agroforestry systems promote biod...

The most powerful and dominant shifters at DIA are my mates.I finally shifted. I should feel relief and excitement, but instead, I'm faced with fear of the unknown. The hidden threat that defeated my parents is still out there, and the looming presence of it, posing a threat to my mates, is a constant thought in the back of my mind.As I reunite with a community I'd forgotten, I can only hope that locked away in my memories is a clue to the life that was sto...