The Eyes of the Jungle

Thorsten Milse and Uta Henschel

This book offers an exciting expedition to the Bandhagarh Tiger Reserve in the heart of India. The authors show you the elusive tigers of India as few people have ever seen ....

Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 1: Carnivores

Edited by Don E Wilson, Russel A Mittermeier and Toni Llobet

This eagerly anticipated first volume in the landmark series deals with the following families: ....

Horse

Elaine Walker

From Pegasus to Black Beauty, horses have held a unique place in human society and imagination. Elaine Walker tackles the long and multifaceted history of a creature ....

Lagomorphs

VE Sokolov, EYu Ivanitskaya, VV Gruzdev and VG Heptner

This book is a continuation of the series of monographs on different orders of mammals found in Russia and adjacent regions. This volume is devoted to the description of the ....

Meerkats

Nigel Dennis and David Macdonald

Portfolio of photographs taken in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, accompanied by informative text documenting the life of these fascinating and intriguing animals in ....

A Prickly Affair: My Life with Hedgehogs

Obsession, Nostalgia and a Very British Animal

Hugh Warwick

Obsession, persecution and passion: the hedgehog may be small, but it attracts strong feelings. And Hugh Warwick is not immune. Travelling through fields in Devon and up to ....

Primate Parasite Ecology

The Dynamics and Study of Host-Parasite Relationships

Michael Huffman and Colin Chapman

Anyone who has spent an extended period in the tropics has an idea, through caring for others or first-hand experience, just what it is like to be a primate parasite host. ....

The Soul of the Rhino

A Nepali Adventure with Kings and Elephant Drivers, Billionaires and Bureaucrats, Shamans and Scientists and the Indian Rhino

Hemanta R Mishra, Jim Ottaway and Bruce Babbitt

The story of a Nepalese who has spent his entire life safeguarding an endangered species ....

The Sri Lankan Elephant

Its Evolution, Ecology and Conservation

Mangala de Silva and Padma K de Silva

Presents a synthesis of scientific information on the Asian elephant, analyses the threats faced by its Sri Lankan population and proposes conservation options. ....

Atlas of Breeding Birds in Bulgaria

Edited by Petar Iankov

The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Bulgaria is the first ever publication of its kind for this country and contains the most complete information about the breeding bird ....

Birds in Cheshire and Wirral

A Breeding and Wintering Atlas

David Norman and Cheshire Mammal Group

The Birds of Cheshire and Wirral: A Breeding and Wintering Atlas provides a richly-illustrated showcase of the birdlife of Cheshire and Wirral. The book details the ....

The Birds of Alderney

Jeremy G Sanders

This is the first book ever published on the birds of the British Channel Island of Alderney. It covers more than 130 years of recording, from published and unpublished ....

Birds of Australia

Don Hadden

Australian birds are unique. This book features photographs that showcase the birds in intimate environments - from sea and shore birds to night birds, honeyeaters and ....

Birds of Australia and its Island Territories

A Checklist

Phil Gregory

A comprehensive checklist of all bird species found on mainland Australia, its islands and off-shore territories. Includes Families, species and significant subspecies with ....

The Birds of Borneo

Clive F Mann

A new annotated checklist to the third largest island in the world. Borneo boasts a wealth of biodiversity including over 630 species of bird, 11% of which are endemic. The ....

Birds of New Guinea and Associated Islands

A Checklist

Phil Gregory

A comprehensive checklist of all bird species found on mainland New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesian West Papua) and its offshore islands. Includes Families, species ....

Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2009

Hilary Cromack and David Cromack

New edition of the indispensable annual pocketbook for birdwachers. ....

Birdwatchingwatching

One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds

Alex Horne

Alex Horne's dad has always been a 'twitcher' - a birdwatcher, constantly on the look-out for his next bird sighting. Alex wasn't so sure. But, determined to get to know ....

British Birds Video Guide

270 Species Edition

BirdGuides

For this new British Birds guide on DVD, the publishers have started from the ground up, selecting the very best footage from hundreds of hours of film, much of it recently ....

Call of the Eagle

Dave Walker

This is an account of one man's 30-year involvement with England's rarest bird, the golden eagle. Initially employed by the RSPB as a senior species protection warden at a ....

The DVD-ROM Guide to British Birds, Concise Edition

BirdGuides

This DVD-ROM covers 130 species from Britain and Ireland. Perfect for beginners. ....

A Guide to Birdwatching in Skane

Southern Sweden

Edited by Arne Ohlsson

Skane, Sweden's most southerly region is shaped like a peninsula that protrudes into the Baltic Sea. Situated on the boundary between Central and Northern Europe, it offers a ....

Important Bird Areas in Bulgaria and Natura 2000

Edited by Irina Kostadinova and Mladen Gramatikov

This volume in the BirdLife International series presents the network of 114 IBAs in Bulgaria. ....

Mound-builders

Mallee Fowl, Brush Turkeys and Scrubfowl

Darryl N Jones and Ann Goth

The Megapodes are an ancient and remarkable group of birds that occur only in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the islands that surround them. Within this group, there are 22 ....

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Borneo, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan

Geoffrey Davison and Chew Yen Fook

The island of Borneo is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots and a birdwatcher's paradise. Around 600 species of bird have been recorded here, and some 430 are known to ....

RSPB Pocket Birds

A Unique Photographic Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

Jonathan Elphick and John Woodward

Compact, portable and practical field guide to 320 species of British and European birds. Well illustrated with over 1350 colour photographs to aid identification. ....

RSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch

Mark Ward

Find out how to identify birds and learn about their behaviour, from territorial disputes to courtship, with this pocket-sized guide. Discover which plants, feed and ....

Superdove

How the Pigeon Took Manhattan ... and the World

Courtney Humphries

Why do we see pigeons as lowly urban pests and how did they become such common city dwellers? Courtney Humphries traces the natural history of the pigeon, recounting how ....

Survey of the Occurrence and Relative Abundance of Raptors in Guinea Subject to International Trade

G Rondeau, M, M Condee, B Ahon, O Diallo and Pouakouyou

In the last 10 years, Guinea has emerged as a significant exporter of live wild birds to the UK and the European Community. This trade has involved a significant number of birds ....

While Flocks Last

Charlie Elder

A worrying number of Britain's birds are in population freefall. We have lost a staggering 60 per cent of our familiar house sparrows and starlings over the last 25 ....

Wildfowl of the Northern Hemisphere

Ray Hutchins

Illustrated field guide, showing all 77 species of wildfowl found in the Northern Hemisphere, male and female, Whistling Ducks, Swans, Geese, Shelducks and Ducks, painted ....

Complete Suboc

A Comprehensive Guide to the Natural History, Care, and Breeding of the Trans-Pecos Ratsnake

D Rhoads

Written with a true completist approach, this book is a tour de force account of the elegant Trans-Pecos Ratsnake of the Chihuahuan Desert. With 288 color photos, 300 ....

Interactive Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of the British Isles

Edited by Tekla Boersma and Jan van der Voort

This CD-ROM contains information on reptiles and amphibians occurring in the British Isles. Some species are common and are widespread, others are only found locally. ....

Der Moorfrosch / The Moor Frog

D Glandt and R Jehle

With 39 contributions from 16 countries, the present volume about the moor frog (Rana arvalis) offers the most voluminous collection published to date on a single European ....

New Holland Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe

Axel Kwet

This comprehensive photographic field guide covers nearly 200 species and subspecies of European reptiles and amphibians, including all those that occur in Britain. It is ....

Spectacular Snakes of Australia

Michael Cermak

This book is of interest to herpetologists, hobby reptile keepers, naturalists, nature photographers and the general public.This book showcases snakes as beautiful creatures ....

Atlas of Fish Histology

F Genten, E Terwinghe and A Danguy

Presents more than 450 colour micrographs of histological sections of more than 40 fish species. It offers comprehensive coverage of normal fish histology and is the most ....

Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean

Edited by Vasilis D Valavanis

Proper designation of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) is a highly important spatial measure in any management of fishery resources. EFH is defined as those waters and substrates ....

Fauna Sinica: Osteichthyes: Perciformes (V) Gobioidei

Edited by Wu Hanlin, Zhong Junsheng et al

This book in the Fauna Sinica series introduces 307 species (1 new species) of Gobioidei, which belong in 106 genera, 5 sub-families, 9 families. ....

Fish Spermatology

S M H Alavi, J Cosson, K Coward and G Rafiee

Aside from their immense importance in intensive commercial aquaculture, teleost fish are vital laboratory animals and are widely used by reproductive physiologists as model ....

Hypoxia

Edited by Jeffrey G Richards, Anthony P Farrell and Colin J Brauner

Periods of environmental hypoxia (Low Oxygen Availability) are extremely common in aquatic systems due to both natural causes such as diurnal oscillations in algal ....

Spawning Migration of the European Eel

Reproduction Index, a Useful Tool for Conservation Management

Edited by Guido van den Thillart, Sylvie Dufour and J Cliff Rankin

The European eel Anguilla anguilla is a common fish species in West European countries supporting several thousands of small-scale fisheries. In June 2008, it has been listed ....

An Annotated Checklist and Keys to the Species of Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea)

John BJ Wells

A checklist of the approximately 4300 species of Copepoda Harpacticoida is presented. It is prepared according to the ....

Bees of Surrey

David W Baldock

Surrey is probably the richest county in Britain for bees and this wonderful book covers all 222 different species recorded to date illustrating nearly 100 of them in a series ....

British Butterflies

An Interactive Guide

Covers all 61 species that regularly occur in Britain and Ireland. ....

Les Cahiers Magellanes Hors-serie, Volume 27

Two new species of Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff from Mexico and Costa Rica

Vladislav Maly and Svatopluk Pokorny

A Celebration of Butterflies

S Wood and S White

A diverse collection of butterfly paintings to celebrate forty years of Butterfly Conservation. The book includes work by 25 artists, and essays include: ....

Collins Complete Guide to British Insects

A photographic guide to every common species

Michael Chinery

A photographic field guide to all the common and some unusual species of insects across Britain that the keen amateur naturalist is likely to spot. Over 1,500 species are ....

Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles

Bernard Skinner

With additional and updated text, the third edition of the renowned guide to British macro lepidoptera contains two new plates of additional species plus a further group of ....

The Dragonflies of Lesbos

John Bowers

This book starts with a brief discussion of dragonfly biology and ecology. Dragonfly habitats are listed with the species they contain. Each of the 43 species found on the ....

Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 49: Diptera: Muscidae (I)

Edited by Fan Zide et al

The first of three volumes on the Muscidae. This volume includes a general account of the family, and the second part introduces 363 species and 4 subspecies belonging to 30 ....

Insect Species Conservation

Tim New

Insects are the most diverse and abundant animals that share our world, and conservation initiatives are increasingly needed and being implemented globally, to safe guard the ....

Integrated Pest Management

Edward B Radcliffe, William D Hutchison and Rafael E Cancelado

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management. It uses natural predators, pest-resistant plants, and other methods ....

Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)

Helmut Berger

This book is the third of six volumes which review the Hypotricha, a major group of the spirotrichous ciliates. It is about the Amphisiellidae, the Trachelostylidae, and some ....

RES Handbook, Volume 5, Part 17c: True Weevils (Part II)

(Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Ceutorhynchinae)

MG Morris

This new Handbook by M.G. Morris to the True Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) covers the subfamily Ceutorhynchinae. It is intended to accompany Morris' earlier 'True Weevils ....

Revision du Genre Anubis Thomson, 1864

(Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae)

Joan Bantanachs, Eduard Vives and Pierre Juhel

Revision of the species, includes keys in French and English. ....

Revision of the Genus Armiger

(Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)

Ziro Komiya and Alain Drumont

Revision of the genus, with keys in English and French. ....

Species Review of the Genus Gnypeta Thomson From Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): Systematics, Bionomics and Distribution

J Klimaszewski, K Savard, G Pelletier and R Webster

Eighteen species are reported from Canada of which 6 are described as new to science, 3 species described from the Palaearctic region are reported in North America for the ....

Tiger Moths and Woolly Bears

Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution of the Arctiidae

William E Conner

Moths of the family Arctiidae, with their brilliant coloration, spectacular courtship rituals, and bizarre defenses, are wonders of the natural world. Unpalatable by virtue ....

A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volume 3

Buprestinae: Pterobothrini through Agrilinae: Rhaeboscelina

Charles L Bellamy

This third volume in the World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles contains the conclusion of Buprestinae (including the large genera ....

World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 9: Drosophilidae (Diptera)

Irina Brake and Gerhard Bächli

Dinosaurs

A Concise Natural History

David E Fastovsky and David B Weishampel

From the authors of "The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs" comes a new textbook designed to excite undergraduates about science by using the ever-popular animals-the ....

Fossils

The Key to the Past

Richard Fortey

This is a clear and authoritative introduction to fossils, their study and their use in reconstructing the history of life on Earth. Paleontologist Richard Fortey explains in ....

From Fossils to Astrobiology

Records of Life on Earth and the search for Extraterrestrial Biosignatures

Edited by Joseph Seckbach and Maud Walsh

"From Fossils to Astrobiology" reviews developments in paleontology and gebiology that relate to the rapidly-developing field of Astrobiology, the study of life in the ....

Mesozoic Fishes 4: Homology and Phylogeny

Proceedings of the International Meeting Miraflores de la Sierra, 2005

Edited by Gloria Arratia, Hans-Peter Schultze and Mark VH Wilson

The fourth Symposium on "Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics, Homology and Nomenclature" was held in Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain from August 8 to 14, 2005. The results of ....

Polar Dinosaurs

Thomas Hewitt Rich

Australian dinosaurs described and placed among the far better known species from the western world. ....

Silurian Fossils of the Pentland Hills, Scotland

Edited by ENK Clarkson, DAT Harper, CM Taylor and LI Anderson

In the Pentland Hills, south-west of Edinburgh, diverse and abundant marine fossils of Silurian age are found. They are splendidly preserved as undistorted moulds, and occur ....

Adrift

Tales of Ocean Fragility

IUCN's marine team and colleagues, comprised of specialists from across the globe, have come ....

Aquaculture, Innovation and Social Transformation

Edited by Keith Culver and David Castle

"Aquaculture, Innovation and Social Transformation" presents and interprets Canadian and international perspectives on the debate over the future of aquaculture in Canada. ....

Coral Bleaching

Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences

Edited by Madeleine J H van Oppen and Janice M Lough

One of the most dire consequences of global climate change for coral reefs is the increased frequency and severity of mass coral bleaching events. ....

Distribution and Ecological Preferences of European Freshwater Organisms, Volume 1: Trichoptera

W Graf, J Murphy, J Dahl, C Zamora-Munoz and MJ Lopez-Rodriguez

This book series provides comprehensive information on distribution and ecological preferences of European freshwater organisms. The first volume summarises the current ....

The Diver's Handbook

Alan Mountain

Large format handbook, packed with useful information and quality photos on all aspects of snorkelling and scuba diving, from training and equipment to photography and ....

Marine Biology

Function, Biodiversity, Ecology

Jeffrey S Levinton

Jeffrey S. Levinton's highly acclaimed Marine Biology is regarded by many as the most authoritative text for undergraduate marine biology courses. Characterized by ....

Marine Biology

Peter Castro and Michael E Huber

Introductory textbook. Covers the basics of marine biology with a global approach using examples from numerous regions and ecosystems worldwide. ....

Marine Pictolife

Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean

From the Bahamas to the Caribbean, without neglecting the Gulf of Mexico, Marine PICTOLIFE describes more than 280 marine species. With its completely waterproof, ....

Meiobenthology

The Microscopic Fauna in Aquatic Sediments

Olav Giere

Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic sediments. ....

Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Bd 6: Dinophyceae (Dinoflagellida)

J Popovsky and LA Pfiester

This volume is a compilation of Dinophyceae which are of interest to phycologists and protozoologists. Since it is very difficult to classify of the unicellular organisms as ....

Animal Life

An Intimate Journey Into the Animal World

Heidi Koch, Hans-Jurgen Koch and Martin Rasper

Heidi and Hans-Jurgen Koch are among the world's best-known photographers of animals. For over 15 years they have regularly published in renowned international magazines, ....

Blood River

A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart

T Butcher

Ever since Stanley first charted its mighty river in the 1870s, the Congo has epitomised the dark and turbulent history of a failed continent - from colonial cruelty under the ....

The Book of Islands

Philip Dodd and Ben Donald

"Islomania is a rare affliction of spirit. There are people who find islands somehow irresistible. The mere knowledge that they are in a little world surrounded by sea fills ....

Chico, George, the Birds, and Me

The Mexican Travelogue of a Woman Naturalist, 1948-1949

Dorothy Chapman Saunders

When a mysterious manila envelope reached the hands of Henry "Milt" Reeves, no one could have anticipated the story that waited inside. Enclosed he found a manuscript written ....

The Dalarna Journey

Carl Linnaeus

A new edition of Linnaeus's Dalarna journal, together with Journeys to the Mines and Works. ....

Daring to Fly

The Wildlife Paintings of Colin Woolf

Joanne Woolf

This beautifully-produced, large-format, full-colour book focuses on the wildlife paintings and sketches of British watercolour artist Colin Woolf. The first section is ....

Darwin's Sacred Cause

Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins

Adrian/Moore James A Desmond

This book, by Darwin's most celebrated modern biographers, gives a completely new explanation of why he came to his shattering theories about human origins. Until now, ....

David Attenborough's Life on Land - DVD Collection

A DVD Encyclopaedia

David Attenborough

Twenty years ago, David Attenborough started making a series of programmes about the different groups of living organisms that inhabit the lands of our planet - birds and ....

Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists

The Greek Tradition and its Many Heirs

Edited by Paul T Keyser and Georgia Irby-Massie

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists is the first comprehensive English language work to provide a survey of all ancient natural science, from its beginnings ....

Everyday Practice of Science

Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic

Frederick Grinnell

This book presents an overview of the scientific process, or what the author calls everyday practice of science. All practitioners of science face common problems: what to ....

Flower Hunters

Mary Gribbin and John Gribbin

The flower hunters were intrepid explorers - remarkable, eccentric men and women who scoured the world in search of extraordinary plants from the middle of the seventeenth ....

He Knew He Was Right

The Irrepressible Life of James Lovelock and Gaia

John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin

Jim Lovelock is an iconic figure in British science, a prophet whose prophecies are coming true. This is his definitive authorised biography. Lovelock is best known as the ....

The History of Natural History

An Annotated Bibliography

GDR Bridson

This annotated bibliography, the only one to encompass the entire subject area, provides a unique key to information sources for this wide-ranging subject. ....

Life in the Cape York Rainforest

Robert Heinsohn and Michael Cermak

This title is suitable for biologists and environmentalists with an interest in the Top End and New Guinea, tourists to Cape York, conservationists and policy makers and ....

The Natural History of Unicorns

Christopher Lavers

For two and a half thousand years, unicorns have inspired, enchanted and eluded humanity. The beast appears in Old Testament texts and Greek and Roman natural ....

Nature Over Again

The Garden Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay

John Dixon-Hunt

Though Ian Hamilton Finlay's (1925-2006) work Little Sparta is, according to Sir Roy Strong, `the most important garden made in Britain since 1945', his influence - and work ....

Nature's Design

Exploring the mysteries of the natural world

Richard Thompson

Why do cows have four stomachs? Where - and how - do plants survive in conditions of extreme aridity? How do animals plan complex hunting strategies? How many elephants are ....

A Passion for Nature

The Life of John Muir

Donald Worster

"I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer," John Muir wrote. "Civilization and fever and all the morbidness that has been hooted at me has not dimmed my glacial eye, ....

Photography and Science

Kelly Wilder

How do we know what an amoeba looks like? How can doctors see the details of our skeletons and internal organs? What enables us to see an exploding star in another ....

Rainforest Safari

James Parry

Rainforests are special places. Strung around the globe across five continents, they are natural cathedrals on the grandest scale, their lush, humid precincts not only places of ....

The Temple of Flora

Robert John Thornton and Werner Dressendorfer

The year 1799 witnessed the first installment of a work that has gone down in history as one of the most remarkable books of botanical plates ever published. Two centuries have ....

W.W.A. Phillips: A Naturalist's Life

Eileen Wynell-Mayow

Biography of the naturalist William Watt Addison Phillips (1892-1981). ....

What I Require From Life

Writings on Science and Life From J.B.S. Haldane

Edited by Krishna Dronamraju

J. B. S. Haldane (1892-64) was one of the scientific giants of the 20th century. A polymath who made important contributions to sciences ranging from physiology to ....

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 Wall Calendar

The calendar shows 12 of the best photos from the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. ....

Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio Eighteen

Edited by Rosamund Kidman Cox

The book showcases more than 120 stunning images from the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition - the most prestigious event of its kind. All the winning and ....

The World's Top Photographers' Workshops

Andy Steel

The latest in this series, "Travel and Nature" showcases work reflecting all aspects of the genre, including projects shot in rural and urban settings; landscape and macro ....

The Bandhavgarh Inheritance

Bittu Sahgal

Bandhavgarh symbolises the timelessness of nature. Its 32 hillocks, grassy expanses and thick tiger forests are replete with history in the form of rock caves, ancient ....

Bradt Wildlife Guide: Central and Eastern European Wildlife

A Visitor's Guide

Gerard Gorman

The wildlife of central and eastern Europe is one of the unexpected attractions of a region best known for its cultural assets: relatively few visitors are aware of the ....

Bradt Wildlife Guide: Madagascar Wildlife

A Visitor's Guide

Nick Garbutt, Hilary Bradt and Derek Schuurman

Beautifully illustrated with full-colour photographs throughout, Madagascar Wildlife is a celebration of the unique fauna of a remarkable island. Featuring over 250 species - ....

Bradt Wildlife Guide: Wildlife of the North Atlantic

A Cruising Guide

Tony Soper and Dan Powell

Illustrated throughout with watercolour paintings by renowned wildlife artist Dan Powell. This full-colour guide covers the surface wildlife that inhabits the waters of ....

Bradt Wildlife Guides: Antarctica

A Guide to the Wildlife

Tony Soper and Dafila Scott

A superbly illustrated and attractive new edition of this traveller's companion to the wildlife of the Antarctic wilderness. Dafila Scott's illustrations provide the perfect ....

Bradt Wildlife Guides: Chinese Wildlife

A Visitor's Guide

Martin Walters and Heather Angel

China is home to a remarkable variety of unusual wildlife, many of which are rare and threatened species under conservation. This new wildlife guide provides a colourful ....

Bradt Wildlife Guides: East African Wildlife

Philip Briggs

The wildlife of east Africa is the major visitor attraction of this region, thanks to the legendary game reserves of Serengeti and the Maasai Mara. This new guide provides a ....

Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places

500 Ways to Discover the Wild

Christopher Somerville

Christopher Somerville takes us a journey of discovery through Britain and Ireland, spanning their length and breadth as he seeks out 500 of his favourite Wild Places in ....

Collins Gem Guide: Wild Animals

A Spotter's Guide to Britain and Europe's Most Common Species

John Burton

Featuring over 150 different species of the most common wild animals in the UK and Europe, this photographic guide contains essential information on appearance, habitat, ....

A History of Natural Resources in Asia

The Wealth of Nature

Greg Bankoff and Peter Boomgaard

Much has been written about the wealth of nations, the history of unequal distribution of wealth, and the creation of zones of affluence and deprivation, both within and ....

Journey Through the British Isles

HC Wright

Documents Harry Cory Wright's quest to capture the variety of natural landscapes that make up the modern British Isles. Each of his remarkable images is infused with the ....

National Geographic Africa Adventure Atlas

National Geographic

The definitive trip-planning guide for Africa, this one-of-a-kind hardcover reference book is organized into 15 geographical regions with facts about each country, flora and ....

Pearls, Spices and Green Gold

An Illustrated History of Biodiversity Exploration in Sri Lanka

Rohan Pethiyagoda

The fascinating story of the discovery of Sri Lanka's biodiversity, from the beginnings of European colonization to the post-Independence era, is told through the lives of the ....

Saving San Rafael

Emily Y Horton

San Rafael is a spectacular sub-tropical Paraguayan wilderness in the heart of South America, and it is danger of extinction due to habitat degradation and deforestation. ....

Touring the Natural Wonders of New Zealand

Over 45 Spectacular Routes

P Janssen and A Fear

Wild coasts, jaw-dropping cliffs and caves, tranquil bays, thermal hotspots and smoking volcanoes, towering alps and grinding glaciers, primeval forests, lakes and braided ....

The Wildlife of Southern Africa

The Larger Illustrated Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region

Edited by Vincent Carruthers

New, larger-format edtion of the popular title The Wildlife of Southern Africa: A field guide to the animals and plants of the region. ....

The Yala Wildlife Reserves

Biodiversity and Ecology

Mangala de Silva and Padma Kumari de Silva

The wildlife reserve "Yala Protected Area Complex" is part of Sri Lanka's biodiversity hotspot. It contains both lowland tropical forest and important wetlands. Most of Sri ....

Yasuni Green Gold

The Amazon Fight to Keep Oil Underground

Troth Wells and Mauro Burzio

In the heart of the Amazon basin lies the Yasun National Park, the most biologically diverse forest on the planet. It is home to the Huaorani and some of the last indigenous ....

African Violets

In Search of the Wild Violets, a Monograph on the Genus Saintpaulia

Reinhild Raistrick

African violets are iconic, one of the most important of all plants in the nursery trade for pot-plants. Every year millions are sold in nurseries, super-markets, and flower ....

Bolets de Catalunya: Volume 27

Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology

James D Mauseth

Provides a current, thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany. The topics and chapters are organized in a sequence that is easy to follow, beginning with the most ....

Cell Biology of Plant Nematode Parasitism

Edited by R Howard Berg and Christopher G Taylor

Plant-parasitic nematodes are among the most destructive plant pathogens, causing enormous losses to agronomic crops worldwide. ....

Collins Flower Guide

David Streeter

This brand-new field guide to the flowers of northern Europe is the most complete single-volume guide ever published. Featuring all flowering plants, including grasses, ....

Common Freshwater Algae of the United States

An illustrated Key to the Genera (Excluding the Diatoms)

Gary E Dillard

The second revised edition of this manual aims at providing students and less experienced professional aquatic biologists with a key to identify some to the more ....

The Complete Illustrated Handbook of Garden Pests and Diseases and How to Get Rid of Them

A Comprehensive Guide to Over 750 Garden Problems and How to Identify, Control and Treat Them Successfully

Andrew Mikolajski

The greatest deterrent to every would-be gardener is coping with weeds and dealing with plants that fail to thrive no matter how well nurtured they have been. This is a guide ....

The Complete Practical Handbook of Garden Bulbs

How to Create a Spectacular Flowering Garden Throughout the Year in Lawns, Beds, Borders, Boxes, Containers and Hanging Baskets

Kathy Brown

Beautiful bulbs provide a display of spectacular colours and dramatic shapes throughout the seasons, from the best-loved and well-known daffodils and tulips to the exquisitely ....

Dictionary of Indian Plant Gums, Resins, Dyes and Related Products

Chemistry, Botany and Utilization

MIH Farooql

Dictionary of Indian Plants Gums, Resins, Dyes and Related Products is essentially a document dealing with plants of Indian origin but those products from other countries, ....

Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants

Edited by M Ajmal Khan and Darrell J Weber

The halophytes are highly specialized plants, which have greater tolerance to salt. They can germinate, grow and reproduce successfully in saline areas which would cause the ....

Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants

Bradford Angier

This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K Foster revises Bradford Angier's ....

Flora Malesiana: Orchids of New Guinea, Volume 5: Genera Pachystoma to Zeuxine (excluding Dendrobiinae s.l.)

A Schuiteman and EF De Vogel

This CD-ROM treats 47 genera comprising almost 500 species. Among the major genera are Phreatia, Plocoglottis, Spathoglottis and Taeniophyllum. Not included are genera allied ....

Flora Neotropica, Volume 102: Metzgeriaceae (Hepaticae)

Denis Pinheiro da Costa

The author describes Metzgeria and its 57 species, and proposes 15 new synonyms. The volume includes illustrations and distribution maps. Metzgeria is the only genus of ....

Flora dei Muschi d'Italia, Parte 2

Bryopsida

Carmela Cortini Pedrotti

Flora of Hong Kong, Volume 2

Edited by Hong Kong Herbarium and South China Botanical Garden

The Flora of Hong Kong (Volume 2) treats the next 56 families (from Connaraceae to Apiaceae) of native, naturalized and cultivated species occuring in Hong Kong. A review ....

Flora of Thailand, Volume 9 Part 2

Cannaceae, Caricaceae, Carlemanniaceae, Costaceae, Cunoniaceae, Heliconiaceae, Iridaceae, Lomandraceae, Marantaceae, Orobanchaceae, Plagiopteraceae, Plantaginaceae, Sabiaceae, Strelitziaceae, Typhaceae

Flora of Thailand, Volume 9 Part 3

Fagaceae

Flora of Thailand, Volume 9 Part 4

Cucurbitaceae

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Hymenophyllaceae (2008)

Edited by HJ Beentje and SA Ghazanfar

Being a descriptive account of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop ....

Flora of the Guianas, Series A: 26: Gesneriaceae

MJ Jansen-Jacobs

Flore de la Suisse et des Territoires Limitrophes

Le Nouveau Binz

D Aeschimann and HM Burdet

Classic pocket identification guide to the vascular flora of Switzerland. ....

Fuchsias

A Practical Guide to Cultivating Fuchsias, with Over 500 Beautiful Photographs and Illustrations

John Nicholass

Fuchsias, with their striking, exotic flowers, are among the most popular and versatile of garden plants. They come in an enormous range of colours - from white and pale pink ....

Gardens of Scotland 2008

A Directory of Scotland's Finest Gardens Opening for Scotland's Garden Scheme

"Gardens of Scotland", frequently called "The Yellow Book", is published annually and contains information about all of the gardens opening for the Scheme during the year, ....

Gardens of Wales

Stephen Anderton

Explore the gardens, discover their themes and meet the gardeners in the company of garden writer Stephen Anderton and photographer Charles Hawes. This book provides a ....

Handbook of Maize

Its Biology

Edited by Jeff L Bennetzen and Sarah C Hake

Maize is one of the world's highest value crops, with a multibillion dollar annual contribution to agriculture. The great adaptability and high yield of maize as a food, ....

Horticulture in Cold Arid Himalayas

Development and Perspective

Ghulam Hassan Dar and Masood Haq Wani

Provides an insight about the scope and perspectives of horticulture in fragile, inaccessible and harsh cold desert environment with special emphasis on fruits, ....

An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs

A Comprehensive A-Z of Herbs and Their Uses

Jessica Houdret

The fragrant waft of herbs from a sunlit garden is a sensory experience to be relished. Since ancient times, cultures all over the world have prized herbs for their scents, ....

Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica

Ryszard Ochyra, Halina Bednarek-Ochyra and Ronald Lewis Smith

Mosses are a major component of the vegetation in ice-free coastal regions of Antarctica. They play an important role in the colonisation of ice-free terrain, ....

Irish Wild Plants

Myths Legends and Folklore

Niall MacCoitir and Grania Langrishe

In ancient Ireland it was believed there were 365 different parts to the body, and a different plant existed to cure the ailments of each part. After describing the history ....

Mangrove Guidebook for Southeast Asia

Wim Giesen, S Wulffraat, M Zieren and L Scholten

This book represents the first attempt at covering all mangrove plant species in Southeast Asia, and aims at providing those involved with the management and ....

The Moss Physcomitrella

Edited by Celia Knight, Pierre-Francois Perroud and David Cove

The moss Physcomitrella patens has rapidly become an experimental model of choice for many aspects of molecular, cell and developmental biology in plant sciences. With a ....

Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume 10

Edited by Joseph Arditti, Tiiu Kull and Sek Man Wong

This is the 10th volume in a series which was initiated in 1977. Like previous volumes, it contains scientific peer reviewed reviews on topics dealing with orchids. ....

Orchids of Britain and Ireland

A Field and Site Guide

Anne Harrap and Simon Harrap

Orchids have long held a fascination, both for keen botanists and the general public. From the mania of Victorian collectors to the enthusiasm of modern photographers, this ....

Orchids of Western Australia

Steve Hopper and Andrew Brown

Written by three of Western Australias most prominent orchidologists and featuring over 200 hundred full-page, colour illustrations by renowned botanical artist Pat Dundas, ....

The Organic Gardener

How to Create Vegetable, Fruit and Herb Gardens Using Completely Organic Techniques

Christine Lavelle

Whether starting an organic garden from scratch or applying organic principles to an existing garden, this book is filled with step-by-step information that will help you ....

Pachyforms 2: Bonsai Succulents

R Lime

This is the second volume of Pachyforms, a series that focuses on the cultivation of sculptural plants characterized by unusually thick or globose bodies. It is also the ....

Petunia

Evolutionary, Developmental and Physiological Genetics

Edited by Tom Gerats and Judy Strommer

Petunia belongs to the family of the Solanaceae and as such is closely related to important crop species like tomato, potato, eggplant, pepper and tobacco. With around 35 ....

Plant Hormones

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Sean Cutler and Dario Bonetta

The last ten years have witnessed a monumental increase in our understanding of plant hormones. A decade ago, scientists were forced to rely on vague ideas about hormone ....

The Plant Life of Western Australia

South of the Tropics

Ludwig Diels

Translated from the German "Die Pflanzenwelt von West-Australien, suedlich des Wendekreises", originally published in 1906. ....

Plant Pathology

Techniques and Protocols

Edited by Robert Burns

Plant diseases can have an enormous impact on our lives. In a world where total crop failure can quickly lead to human misery and starvation, accurate diagnostics play a key ....

Plant-parasitic Nematodes of Coffee

Ricardo M Souza

This book provides an in-depth review of coffee-parasitic nematodes, which in some regions of the world have decimated plantations since late nineteenth century. ....

Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds

Edited by MH Julien, R Sforza, MC Bon, HC Evans, PE Hatcher and BG Rector

The control of invasive plant species is a global challenge, and effective biological control is a long-term solution which reduces the need for environmentally damaging ....

Progress in Botany, Volume 70

Edited by U Lüttge, W Beyschlag, B Büdel and D Francis

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present ....

A Revision of the Lecanora Dispersa Complex in North America

Lucyna Sliwa

The Lecanora dispersa group in North America is revised based on about 1900 specimens from 25 herbaria. The following 19 species are recognized in the study area: Lecanora ....

Salinity and Water Stress

Improving Crop Efficiency

M Ashraf, Munir Ozturk and HR Athar

Salinity and water stress limit crop productivity worldwide and generate substantial economic losses each year, yet innovative research on crop and natural resource ....

Structure and Function of Plants

Jennifer W MacAdam

Plant anatomy and physiology and a broad understanding of basic plant processes are of primary importance to a basic understanding of plant science. These areas serve as the ....

Taxonomic Revision of Hennediella Paris (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta)

Maria J Cano

The moss genus Hennediella is taxonomically revised. A key, descriptions, illustrations, distribution data, LM and SEM photographs of the 15 species recognized are provided. A ....

Twayblades and Adder's-mouth Orchids in Your Pocket

Paul M Brown

Native orchids are increasingly threatened by pressure from population growth and development but, nonetheless, still present a welcome surprise to observant hikers in ....

The Vegetation of Egypt

MA Zahran and AJ Willis

The position of Egypt - at the cross-roads between the Middle East and Africa - has attracted the attention of naturalists and explorers for many centuries. Yet while there ....

The Wildlife Garden Specialist

Edited by Alan Bridgewater and Gill Bridgewater

For many, one of the joys of having outdoor space is the wildlife it attracts. This book provides guidance and information for those who wish to ensure that their garden is as ....

Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States

A Field Botany Course on CD

B Kirchoff

This computer-based visual training program is designed to help users become experts in plant identification. ....

World Checklist of Myrtaceae

Rafale Govaerts et al

Myrtaceae is the ninth largest flowering plant family; it is economically important in the production of timber, gums, essential oils, fruits and spices, and contains many ....

Acanthamoeba: Biology and Pathogenesis

Naveed Khan

This book provides the first comprehensive review of Acanthamoeba research to be published. Everything that is known about Acanthamoeba is critically reviewed and ....

Animal Experimentation

A Guide to the Issue

Vaghan Monamy

Animal Experimentation is an important book for all those involved in the conduct, teaching, learning, regulation, support or critique of animal-based research. ....

Built by Animals

The Natural History of Animal Architecture

Mike Hansell

From termite mounds that in relative terms are three times as tall as a skyscraper, to the elaborate nests of social birds and the deadly traps of spiders, the constructions ....

Essential Forensic Biology

Animals, Plants and Microorganisms in Legal Investigations

A. Gunn

Fully revised and updated, this second edition of a highly successful text carefully guides the reader through the science of biology in legal investigations. Now in full ....

Foundations of Systems Biology

Using Cell Illustrator and Pathway Databases

M Nagasaki, A Saito, A Doi, H Matsuno and S Miyano

Navigating safely through a wealth of genome, protein and metabolite information, as well as a host of information processing tools, without getting lost is crucial for ....

Gene and Cell Therapy

Nancy Smyth Templeton

"Gene and Cell Therapy" provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the tools and state-of-the-art technologies that are currently available. Written by international ....

Genome Mapping and Genomics in Domestic Animals

Edited by Noelle E Cockett and Chittaranjan Kole

Genomics research on animals has generated huge databases and several new concepts and strategies, which are used to elucidate origin, evolution and phylogeny of species. ....

Hemoparasites of the Reptilia

Color Atlas and Text

Sam R Telford

Compiling all of the published data as well as the author's 45 years of field research on the morphology of reptilian unicellular hemoparasites, this book covers plasmodiids, ....

Life in the Universe

Expectations and Constraints

D Schulze-Makuch and LN Irwin

Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats -- the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations for life on other worlds. This class-tested ....

Physical Biology of the Cell

Rob Phillips and Jane Kondev

Physical Biology of the Cell is a biophysics textbook that explores how the basic tools and insights of physics and mathematics can illuminate the study of molecular and cell ....

Prokaryotic Symbionts in Plants

Katharina Pawlowski

Endophytic prokaryotes can invade the tissue of the host plant without triggering defense reactions or disease symptoms. Instead, they promote the growth of the host ....

Systems Biology

A Textbook

E Klipp, W Liebermeister, C Wierling, C Lehrach, A Kowald and R Herwig

This advanced textbook is tailored to the needs of introductory course in Systems Biology. It has a companion website with solutions to questions in the book and several ....

Amino Acids and the Asymmetry of Life

Caught in the Act of Formation

Uwe Meierhenrich

How did life originate and why were left-handed molecules selected for its architecture? ....

Anatomical Imaging

Towards a New Morphology

Edited by H Endo and R Frey

This book presents selected works of contemporary evolutionary morphologists and includes such topics as broad scale reconstructions of the brain and ear of dinosaurs, ....

The Cambridge Companion to Darwin

Edited by Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick

This volume provides the reader with clear introductions to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacies. A distinguished team of contributors examines ....

The Cradle of Language

Edited by R Botha and C Knight

This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved ....

Darwin's Island

Steve Jones

The Origin of Species is the most famous book in science but its stature tends to obscure the genius of Charles Darwin's other works. The Beagle voyage, too, occupied ....

Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection

Peter Godfrey-Smith

In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called "natural selection," a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued ....

The Neural Crest and Neural Crest Cells in Vertebrate Development and Evolution

BK Hall

The evolution of the neural crest sheds light on many of the oldest unanswered questions in developmental biology, including the role of germ layers in early embryogenesis, the ....

The Rise of Homo Sapiens

The Evolution of Modern Thinking

Frederick L Coolidge and Thomas Wynn

The Rise of Homo Sapiens: The Evolution of Human Thinking presents a provocative theory about the evolution of the modern mind based on archaeological evidence and the working ....

The Rough Guide to Evolution

Mark Pallen<