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Welcome to the January Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's
guide to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the
environment.
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Zoology:
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| Mammals | Go to subject web page |
The Behavioural Biology of Dogs
P Jensen The long-established connection between dogs and humans has given rise to behavioural adaptations typical of mutualism, which ties our own evolutionary and historical paths .... | 288 pages | CABI Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845931874 | #165183A | £35.00 BUY |
Hannah Velten Cows, bulls, and oxen are everywhere, physically and figuratively: references, images and symbolism abound in myth, folklore, religion, art, literature, film and the media; .... | 224 pages | 30 col illus, 70 b/w illus | Reaktion Books Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1861893264 | #165418A | £9.99 BUY |
The Extraordinary Story of Australian Marsupials Christopher Dickman Marsupials are nearly synonymous with Australia. Although one of these enigmatic pouched mammals-the opossum-inhabits the United States and another 80 or so thrive in South .... | 256 pages | 138 col plates | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226146308 | #165274A | £41.00 BUY |
Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation Between the Sexes Alexander H Harcourt and Kelly J Stewart Societies develop as a result of the interactions of individuals as they compete and cooperate with one another in the evolutionary struggle to survive and reproduce .... | 416 pages | 33 halftones, 68 line drawings, 9 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226316025 | #165269A | £47.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226316033 | #165270A | £19.00 BUY |
Guia Sonora de los Mamiferos de Espana y Europa
J Roche, B Jollivet, C De Hita and E Matheu Sound guide to the vocalisations of 54 mammal species on 2 CDs, total duration of 97 minutes. .... | 2 CDs | ALOSA CD | 2005 | 8460969339 | #164639A | £20.50 BUY |
The Historical Biogeography of the Strepsirhini Understanding the Colonization of Madagascar Edited by JC Masters The origins of Madagascar's unique flora and fauna have occupied scientists since the acceptance of evolution. .... | 102 pages | Karger Pbk | 2006 | 3805582072 | #165317A | £18.95 BUY |
This ground breaking series, narrated by Bill Nighy, follows a group of meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. From family squabbles to love affairs, Animal .... | 4 DVD Set | Green Umbrella Productions DVD | 2006 | #165052A | £25.52 BUY |
Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America
Fiona Reid This useful guide contains descriptions of all mammal species found in North America including size, weight, colour, markings, number of teeth, habitat, habits, and .... | 608 pages | 80 colour plates, 46 colour and b&w illustrations | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | 2006 | 0395935962 | #165248A | £14.50 BUY |
An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective Edited by Jerry O Wolff and Paul W Sherman Rodent Societies synthesizes and integrates the current state of knowledge about the social behavior of rodents, providing ecological and evolutionary contexts for .... | 744 pages | 69 halftones, 95 line drawings | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226905365 | #165264A | £79.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226905373 | #165267A | £31.00 BUY |
News from Underground Edited by Sabine Begall, Hynek Burda and Cristian Eric Schleich Across the globe, about 250 species of rodents spend most of their lives in safe and stable, but dark, oxygen-poor and carbon dioxide-rich burrows, deprived of most of the .... | 340 pages | 51 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 3540692754 | #165450A | £115.50 BUY |
| Birds | Go to subject web page |
Anatomical and Clinical Radiology of Birds of Prey Including interactive advanced anatomical imaging Jaime H Samour and Jesus L Naldo Comprehensive atlas of the normal radiographic anatomy of raptors including the saker falcon, gyr falcon, common barn owl, Eurasian eagle owl, northern goshawk, red kite, .... | 279 pages | colour images, b&w drawings | Saunders Hbk | 2007 | 0702028029 | #159335A | £99.99 BUY |
How to Attract Birds by Mimicking their Calls Pete Dunne Learn the arcane yet effective art of pishing from a master. In this unique book and CD package, renowned birder Pete Dunne presents an illustrated workshop on how to attract .... | 96 pages | Stackpole Pbk | 2006 | 0811732959 | #164822A | £11.50 BUY |
Aves da Mata Atlantica / Birds of the Atlantic Forest
Edson Endrigo Well-produced coffee-table book with beautiful photos of the birds of the Atlantic Forest, the World Biosphere Reserve in Brazil. .... | 224 pages | colour photos, in slipcase | Editora Aves e Fotos Hbk | 2006 | 8598153028 | #164979A | £72.95 BUY |
Avian and Exotic Animal Hematology and Cytology
Terry W Campbell and Christine K Ellis This is the long-awaited revision and expansion of Avian Hematology and Cytology, 2nd Edition. This new book builds on the avian foundation of Campbell's earlier work and .... | 304 pages | 528 illus | Blackwell Hbk | 2007 | 0813818117 | #164317A | £79.95 BUY |
The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies and Jays Candace Savage The author of this beautifully illustrated book reveals how members of the crow family apply their mental powers to such everyday activities as choosing mates, building nests, .... | 134 pages | 61 col photos | Sierra Club Pbk | 2007 | 0871569566 | #165314A | £16.95 BUY |
A Birder's Guide to the Texas Coast
Mel Cooksey and Ron Weeks The habitat diversity of the Texas coast ranges from the Pineywoods to the Gulf prairies, from the coastal wetlands to the subtropics. This revision includes species .... | 334 pages | B/w illus, figs, maps | ABA Pbk | 2006 | #164823A | £18.95 BUY |
A Century On WH Hudson and Brian Clews A century ago, the well-known naturalist W H Hudson was a senior figure in the Royal Society for Protection of Birds with a significant reputation in his field. A Prolific .... | 132 pages | 57 colour plates | Wild Guides Hbk | 2006 | 1903657156 | #164936A | £14.50 BUY |
A Celebration in Photographs Malcolm Ogilvie Colour photographs by Gordon Langsbury, accompanying text by Malcolm Ogilvie, an ornithologist resident on Islay for the last .... | 160 pages | 180 colour photos | Lochindeal Press 2006 | 0955114608 | #165412A | £28.95 BUY |
Current Topics in Avian Disease Research Understanding Endemic and Invasive Diseases Edited by RK Barraclough | 111 pages | AOU Pbk | 2006 | #164815A | £12.95 BUY |
Kees Woutersen Field guide to the birds of the Pyrenees. .... | 177 pages | Pirineo 2004 | 8487997236 | #165001A | £23.95 BUY |
Libro Rojo de las Aves de España
Edited by A Madrono, C Gonzalez and JC Atienza Evaluates the status and conservation of threatened birds in Spain. .... | 452 pages | OAPN 2005 | 8480145684 | #164996A | £44.00 BUY |
Patterns of Migratory Connectivity in Two Nearctic-Neotropical Songbirds New Insights from Intrinsic Markers Edited by Marylene Boulet and D Ryan Norris | 88 pages | AOU Pbk | 2006 | #164816A | £12.95 BUY |
Surviving with Style in the South Atlantic Andy Rouse Among the most appealing and extraordinary of all the world's wildlife, penguins lead a remarkable life swimming, fishing, breeding and surviving in the most inhospitable .... | 160 pages | David & Charles Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0715326821 | #165407A | £9.99 BUY |
Roofvogels van Nederland (Raptors of the Netherlands)
Benny Gensbol Large format with spectacular photos of raptors and descriptive text of all 17 species found in the Netherlands; includes an audio CD with raptor calls. .... | 144 pages | colour photos | KNNV Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 9050112463 | #165293A | £25.95 BUY |
Sasol Birdwatching in Southern Africa
Peter Ryan Birdwatching in Southern Africa addresses questions such as what to look for when purchasing equipment, what field guides and other resources exist, and how cultivate .... | 96 pages | Col photos, maps | Struik Pbk | 2006 | 1770073914 | #165294A | £12.95 BUY |
On this 2-CD audio guide you'll hear nearly 200 tracks featuring the hoots, screams, chitters, squawks, squeals, bill claps and barks of 19 regularly occurring species of .... | 56 pages | 2 CD set | Cornell LO CD | 2006 | #164897A | £15.50 BUY |
Waterbird Population Estimates
Edited by Simon Delany and Derek Scott Provides a concise summary of the numbers, distribution and population trends of all the world's 878 waterbirds species. The source of this information is the International .... | 239 pages | Dist maps, col photos | Wetlands International Pbk | 2006 | 9058820319 | #157616A | £25.00 BUY |
The Wetland Bird Survey A Banks, M Collier, G Austin, R Hearn and A Musgrove The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) is the monitoring scheme for non-breeding waterbirds in the UK, which aims to provide the principal data for the conservation of their .... | 230 pages | site maps, tables, graphs | BTO Pbk | 2006 | 1904870775 | #165135A | Normally £30.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £19.99 |
Where to Watch Birds in the Madeira Archipelago
Claudia Delgado This guide covers 14 birdwatching sites in the Madeira Archipelago, including Porto Santo and the Nature Reserves of Desertas Islands and Salvage Islands. Each site .... | SPEA Pbk | 2006 | #164962A | £18.50 BUY |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Amphibians and Reptiles of Herefordshire
Nigel Hand, Will Watson and Phyl King This is a thoroughly illustrated guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Herefordshire, based on the results of Herefordshire Amphibian and Reptile Team's three year Ponds and .... | 72 pages | colour photos, distrib maps | HBRC Pbk | 2006 | 0955188016 | #164792A | £6.99 BUY |
Diseases of Amphibians and Reptiles
Gunther Köhler Dr. Kohler presents clear, basic information on how to care for amphibians and reptiles, and he draws extensively on his experience as a veterinarian. He describes general .... | 184 pages | 133 colour photos, 58 b&w photos | Krieger Hbk | 2006 | 1575242559 | #160939A | £24.95 BUY |
A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Arizona
Thomas C Brennan and Andrew T Holycross The book provides concise information on all 141 species of amphibians and reptiles found in Arizona. Species accounts include high quality colour photographs, compendious .... | 150 pages | Col Illus, line drawings | Arizona GFD Pbk | 2006 | 0917563530 | #164829A | £11.50 BUY |
| Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Age and Growth of Chondrichthyan Fishes New Methods, Techniques and Analysis Edited by John K Carlson and Kenneth J Goldman Shark conservation and management is often hindered by a lack of basic biological information for most species. An understanding of the age structure and growth dynamics .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402055692 | #164983A | £84.50 BUY |
Genetics, Conservation and Management Eric Verspoor, Lee Stradmeyer and Jennifer Nielsen Atlantic Salmon is a cultural icon throughout its North Atlantic range; it is the focus of probably the World's highest profile recreational fishery and is the basis for one of .... | 536 pages | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1405115823 | #164630A | £99.50 BUY |
Heiko Bleher Comprehensive study of the genus Sympysodon. Includes discovery history, taxonomy, distribution, habitat, nutrition and much more. .... | 800 pages | Aquapress Bleher Hbk | 2006 | 8890181613 | #165245A | £129.00 BUY |
Uwe Römer This is the most complete and actual update of knowledge published on Apistogramma, and together with volume 1, the most complete work ever presented on the genus. .... | 1320 pages | 120 colour photos, 125 maps, 400 drawings | Mergus Verlag Hbk | 2007 | 3882440414 | #165200A | £42.50 BUY |
US Fish and Wildlife Service The format of Fish Hatchery Management is functional: hatchery requirements and operations; broodstock management and spawning; nutrition and feeding; fish health; fish .... | 544 pages | Pacific UP Pbk | 2006 | 1410225569 | #165446A | £43.50 BUY |
Edited by E Ojaveer, E Pihu and T Saat Taxonomic composition of Estonian fish and cyclostome fauna, intraspecific groups, distribution, ecology (reproduction, feeding, migrations), parasites and diseases, .... | 416 pages | diagrams, maps | Estonian Marine Institute Hbk | 2003 | 9985503570 | #164869A | £56.00 BUY |
Dean Crawford A sleek hunter of the seas, the shark has struck fear into the hearts of men since the days of the first fishermen. Dean Crawford now explores here the long relationship .... | 224 pages | 60 col plates, 40 halftones | Reaktion Books Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1861893256 | #165417A | £12.95 BUY |
Die Susswasserfische Mitteleuropas Frank Hecker Identification guide to the freshwater fishes of central Europe. .... | 139 pages | 120 col photos, 10 col figs | Kosmos Hbk | 2005 | 3440102416 | #164826A | £10.50 BUY |
| Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
JGE Lewis Long out of print and finally available again, this is a comprehensive account of centipede biology providing a critical review of the work covering anatomy, behaviour, .... | 488 pages | CUP Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0521034116 | #165190A | £43.00 BUY |
Breeding, Growth Rates, and Production of Marine Copepods
LI Sazhina This monograph is the result of a long period of experiments and field research on the reproduction and growth of Copepoda in the Black and Mediterranean seas and the .... | 160 pages | diagrams | Universities Press,India Pbk | 2006 | 817371438X | #164833A | £20.95 BUY |
British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea
Roger J Lincoln Originally published by the British Museum (Natural History) in 1979, Lincoln's "British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea" is an extremely important text on the Amphipoda, .... | CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation CD | 2006 | 1904690483 | #165234A | £29.95 BUY |
An Observers Guide Rick Cech and Guy Tudor Contains detailed and up-to-date photo-illustrated information on the host plants favoured by particular species and contains 234 full-page species accounts and .... | 345 pages | 950 col photos, 275 maps | Princeton UP Hbk | 2005 | 0691090556 | #144959A | £32.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0691090564 | #165395A | £18.95 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes Hors-serie, Volume 23 Une nouvelle espèce de Dicronorhina Hope, du Burkina Faso, du Benin et du Togo JP Legrand, P Juhel, J Bouyer and D Camiade | 10 pages | 1 colour plate | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545982 | #164647A | £4.95 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 62 Un Nouveau Macrodontia Originaire du Pérou Hervé Simoëns | 7 pages | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545990 | #164637A | £4.95 BUY |
Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4 Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea Edited by I Lobl and A Smetana | 900 pages | Apollo Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 8788757676 | #162466A | £119.00 BUY |
The Dragonflies of Herefordshire
Peter Garner Herefordshire, as one of the most picturesque and unspoilt counties in lowland Britain is rich in wildlife. With magical rivers like the Wye and Lugg running through the heart .... | 140 pages | colour photos, dist maps | HBRC Pbk | 2005 | 0955188008 | #165112A | £13.99 BUY |
The Dragonflies of Northamptonshire Breeding Species, their Distribution and Conservation Mark Tyrrell The first systematic study of the distribution, abundance and conservation of breeding dragonflies and damselflies in the county. Includes colour photos of each of the 23 .... | 80 pages | Col photos, distrib maps | Northants Dragonfly Group Pbk | 2006 | 095523400X | #164723A | £14.95 BUY |
The Dynastine Scarab Beetles of Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) Brett C Ratcliffe The 116 species of dynastine scarab beetles that occur in Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador are comprehensively reviewed. Keys, descriptions, distributions, and notes on .... | 424 pages | 6 colour plates, 3 colour maps, 645 illustrations | Nebraska USM Pbk | 2006 | #164763A | £48.00 BUY |
The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions
Victor Rico-Gray and Paulo S Oliveira Ants are probably the most dominant insect group on Earth, representing ten to fifteen percent of animal biomass in terrestrial ecosystems. Flowering plants, meanwhile, owe .... | 320 pages | 55 line drawings, 27 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226713474 | #165272A | £44.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226713482 | #165273A | £18.00 BUY |
The European Families of the Diptera Identification, diagnosis, biology Pjotr Oosterbroek Presents an identification key and family descriptions of all 132 families of Diptera (midges, mosquitoes, gnats, true flies) occurring in Europe . It is written by a .... | 208 pages | b&w illus | KNNV Hbk | 2007 | 9050112455 | #165292A | £59.00 BUY |
Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions
Arthur M Shapiro and Tim Manolis The California Tortoiseshell, West Coast Lady, Red Admiral, and Golden Oak Hairstreak are just a few of the many butterfly species found in the floristically rich San .... | 392 pages | 31 col plates | California UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520244699 | #165368A | £32.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520249577 | #165371A | £12.50 BUY |
VM Redondo et al This book covers the whole of Geometrid moths fauna of mainland Spain and Portugal incl. the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca & Ibiza). The book consists of the following .... | 350 pages | 22 colour plates | Apollo Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 8788757692 | #162476A | £107.00 BUY |
Metamorfose e Identificaçao Cleide Costa, Sergio Ide and Carlos Estevao Simonka | 249 pages | Holos 2006 | 8586699497 | #164922A | £27.50 BUY |
Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil An illustrated inventory on the Brazilian Malacofauna, including neighbor regions of the South America, respect to the terrestrial and freshwater Ecosystems Luiz Ricardo L Simone An iconographic catalogue of the molluscs of the Brazilian land and freshwater ecosystems. Includes 700 terrestrial species and 373 freshwater species; 956 gastropods .... | 390 pages | Col photos | Femorale Ltda. Hbk | 2006 | 8590667006 | #164095A | £99.00 BUY |
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) Federico C Ocampo Phylogenetic analyses and taxonomic revisions were conducted on the scarabaeoid family Hybosoridae. Two new subfamilies of Hybosoridae are described, Liparochrinae and .... | 210 pages | Nebraska USM 2006 | #164761A | £29.95 BUY |
Cees Gielis Moths are illustrated in colour for the first time, their genitalia are illustrated in line drawings. .... | 290 pages | 415 figures, 159 in colour | Backhuys Pbk | 2006 | #165005A | £71.00 BUY |
Paul Hillyard With over 40,000 different species, spiders are among the most successful creatures on the planet. Explore their fascinating world with leading expert Paul Hillyard, who looks .... | 160 pages | 200 col photos | New Holland NYP 07/2007 | 1845376900 | #163036A | £24.99 BUY |
Biology, Ecology, Natural History, and Behaviour Fred Punzo This book covers many aspects of the biology of spiders including morphology, physiology, neurobiology, ecology, evolution, classification, natural history, and .... | 590 pages | EJ Brill Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 9004156631 | #164733A | £107.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 900415664X | #164734A | £52.00 BUY |
| 335 pages | Wako Yosho-Hanbai K.K 2006 | 4829901748 | #165229A | £42.00 BUY |
Die Tagfalter Bayerns und österreichs
C Stettmer et al Identification guide to the butterflies of Bavaria and Austria. Describes more than 200 species, and includes information on habitat and status. .... | 238 pages | 200 figs | ANL Pbk | 2006 | 393117588X | #164871A | £20.95 BUY |
Tapeworms of Elasmobranchs (Part II): A Monograph on the Diphyllidea (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) Gaines Albert Tyler This monograph is a synthesis of the diversity, systematics, host associations, and biogeography of the Diphyllidea. A thorough review of the literature resulted in the .... | 142 pages | Nebraska USM 2006 | #164762A | £26.95 BUY |
Ecology, Impact, and Management Sadasivan Nair Tropical Forest Insect Pests promotes a better theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics, and causes of forest insect outbreaks in the tropics. Covering .... | 61 line diagrams, 37 half-tones, 31 tables | CUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521873320 | #165191A | £65.00 BUY |
| Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
The Catalogue of Cretaceous Corals, Volume 3: List of Localities
H Löser et al The volume contains a list of all 2,735 localities from which Cretaceous corals were reported. Each locality is provided with data on the stratigraphy, lithostratigraphy, .... | 366 pages | CPress Verlag 2005 | 3931689115 | #164813A | £78.00 BUY |
Cretaceous Bryozoa from the Campanian and Maastrichtian of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, United States PD Taylor and FK McKinney | 346 pages | 141 plates | Leiden NM Pbk | 2006 | 9063910029 | #165006A | £89.00 BUY |
Late Neogene and Quaternary Biodiversity and Evolution Regional developments and interregional correlations Edited by Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke, Lutz Maul and Paul P Mazza Proceedings of the 18th International Senckenberg Conference (VI International Palaeontological Colloquium in Weimar). .... | 370 pages | 258 figures, 37 tables, 6 plates, 2 appendices | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2006 | 351061383X | #164481A | £78.00 BUY |
Proxies in Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography
Edited by C Hillaire-Marcel and Anne de Vernal The present volume is the first in a series of two books dedicated to the paleoceanography of the Late Cenozoic ocean. The need for an updated synthesis on .... | 875 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0444527559 | #164972A | £68.99 BUY |
Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate Edited by Ira D Sasowsky and John Mylroie Comprehensive volume providing case studies from around the world. It gives guidance on appropriate applications of techniques and outlines methods for deciphering complex .... | 322 pages | Illus, figs | Springer Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1402053266 | #164944A | £107.50 BUY |
Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America Paul S Martin As recently as 11,000 years ago--"near time" to geologists--mammoths, mastodons, gomphotheres, ground sloths, giant armadillos, native camels and horses, the dire wolf, .... | 250 pages | 17 b/w photos, 12 line illus | California UP Hbk | 2005 | 0520231414 | #154486A | £18.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520252438 | #165377A | £10.95 BUY |
| Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Annotated Bibliography on Extant Corals (1758-2002) Coral Research Bulletin Volume 8 H Hanske and H Loser The coral bibliography includes literature published between 1758 and 2002 on all aspects of extant corals (scleractinia as well as octocorallia and hydrozoa with a .... | 35 pages | CPress Verlag Pbk | 2006 | #164795A | £23.50 BUY |
The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss Edited by Clare Nouvain On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters-the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has .... | 256 pages | 220 col plates | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0226595668 | #165241A | £23.00 BUY |
Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon The Light and Smith Manual Edited by James T Carlton The Fourth Edition of The Light and Smith Manual continues a sixty-five-year tradition of providing to both students and professionals an indispensable, comprehensive, and .... | 1140 pages | 485 illus plates, 20 tabs | California UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520239393 | #165374A | £55.00 BUY |
From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas David Rains Wallace Neptune's Ark illuminates the dramatic saga of evolution spanning 500 million years of marine life along the magnificent Pacific coast of western North America. In an engaging .... | 304 pages | 25 line illus | California UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0520243226 | #165355A | £17.95 BUY |
The Northern Adriatic Ecosystem Deep Time in Shallow Water Frank K McKinney The northern Adriatic Sea is transient, depending on the stage of the glacial cycle. Its present iteration has only existed for a few thousand years, yet it hosts a range of .... | 320 pages | 47 halftones, 49 line drawings, 27 tabs | Columbia UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0231132425 | #165397A | £38.50 BUY |
Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium
Edited by RJ Anderson and JA Brodie "The Proceedings of the 18th International Seaweed Symposium" provides an invaluable reference to a wide range of fields in applied phycology. Papers cover topics as diverse .... | 474 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402056699 | #164982A | £92.50 BUY |
The Discovery, Ecology, and Conservation of the Deep Sea Julian Anthony Koslow For hundreds of years, both scientists and novices alike underestimated the enormous diversity and richness of life in the deep sea. Ancient philosopher Pliny, for instance, .... | 312 pages | 16 col plates, 75 halftones | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0226451259 | #165253A | £22.50 BUY |
| General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
A Life in Nature Linda Lear Beatrix Potter, the twentieth century's most beloved children's writer and illustrator, created books that will forever conjure nature for millions. Yet though she is a .... | 583 pages | colour illus | Allen Lane Hbk | 2007 | 0713995602 | #164656A | £25.00 BUY |
The Life of Frank Bickerton, Antarctic Pioneer Stephen Haddelsey The story of Frank Bickerton (1889-1954). This work follows him through his experiences, from his flying career in the First World War to his time in California, mixing with the .... | 256 pages | b&w photos | Sutton Publishing Hbk | 2005 | 0750940123 | #164644A | £22.95 BUY |
Stories of Botanical Exploration Richard Aitken The botanical riches of this book are twofold. This is firstly a book about plants themselves, and the story of their exploration, appreciation, introduction and .... | 256 pages | 300 colour illustrations | Lund Humphries Hbk | 2007 | 0853319553 | #165035A | £25.00 BUY |
Paracelus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science Philip Ball Called an enemy of the 16th century's medical establishment, Paracelsus attracted myths even before he died. Who was the man behind these stories? Ball exposes a more complex .... | 436 pages | b&w illus | Farrer, Straus & Giroux Hbk | 2006 | 0374229791 | #164824A | £18.50 BUY |
Social Impact and Interaction Michael S Reidy, Gary Kroll and Erik M Conway This comprehensive volume explores the intricate, mutually dependent relationship between science and exploration-how each has repeatedly built on the discoveries of the .... | 371 pages | ABC-Clio Hbk | | 1576079856 | #165299A | £52.50 BUY |
A Naturalist's Journey Through South and South-East Asia AJT Johnsingh As a young boy in south India, AJT Johnsingh avidly read Jim Corbett in Tamil translation: apart from the nail-biting adventure, Corbett's writing provided fine .... | 360 pages | Col & b\w photos | Universities Press,India Pbk | 2006 | 8173715521 | #164789A | £19.95 BUY |
Footprint's Ecuador & Galapagos Handbook
Daisy Kunstaeter and Robert Kunstaeter From the islands that inspired the theory of evolution, to a valley where people live forever; from the centre of the earth to the Avenue of the Volcanoes, Ecuador excites .... | 528 pages | col illus | Footprint Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1904777937 | #165352A | £14.99 BUY |
Footprint's South American Handbook
Ben Box Talking about the most exciting continent on earth, this title discusses the best of festivals, swimming with sea lions, and walking with dinosaurs. Get off the beaten .... | 1580 pages | Col illus | Footprint Pbk | 2006 | 1904777686 | #165333A | £19.99 BUY |
The Seventeenth-Century Scientists Who Unraveled the Secrets of Sex, Life, and Growth Matthew Cobb The story of the exciting, largely forgotten decade during the seventeenth century when a group of young scientists--Jan Swammerdam, the son of a Protestant apothecary, Nils .... | 333 pages | b&w illus | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Hbk | 2006 | 1596910364 | #164646A | £16.50 BUY |
Essays in the History and Philosophy of Artificial Life Edited by Jessica Riskin Since antiquity, philosophers and engineers have tried to take life's measure by reproducing it. Aiming to reenact Creation, at least in part, these experimenters have .... | 336 pages | 57 halftones, 10 line drawings | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0226720802 | #165275A | £41.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0226720810 | #165276A | £16.00 BUY |
The Human Animal in Western Art and Science
Martin Kemp From the lazy, fiddling grasshopper to the sneaky Big Bad Wolf, children's stories and fables enchant us with their portrayals of animals who act like people. But the .... | 320 pages | 187 halftones | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0226430332 | #165256A | £22.50 BUY |
The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance Mariana Gosnell More brittle than glass, at times stronger than steel, at other times flowing like molasses, ice covers 10 percent of the earth's land and 7 percent of its oceans. .... | 576 pages | 19 halftones, 33 line drawings | Chicago UP Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226304965 | #165283A | £11.50 BUY |
Edited by Frank HT Rhodes and Bruce Malamud Man's complex relationship to planet Earth is explored in this second edition of the landmark anthology edited by Frank Rhodes and Bruce Malamud. This volume provides a .... | 320 pages | 100 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1405160675 | #164577A | £19.99 BUY |
Leven en Werk van Georg Everhard Rumphius (1627-1702) En Natuurhistoricus in Dienst van de VOC W Buijze Biography of the Dutch botanist GE Rumphius (1628-1702). .... | 357 pages | b&w illus | Boekhandel Couvee Pbk | 2006 | 9080452750 | #164873A | £28.95 BUY |
Hebridean Wildlife and Landscape Sketchbook Philip Snow From the cliffs of the Butt of Lewis to the granite outpost of Ailsa Craig, Philip Snow has captured in his stunning watercolours the whole coastline of the Hebrides. His .... | 128 pages | Col and b/w illus | Brown and Whittaker Hbk | 2007 | 190435310X | #164718A | £25.00 BUY |
Mary Somerville and the World of Science
Allan Chapman Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win an international reputation entirely in her own right, .... | 160 pages | 12 illus | Canopus Publishing Limited Pbk | 2007 | 0954984625 | #165024A | £14.95 BUY |
Pascal Richet The quest to pinpoint the age of the Earth is nearly as old as humanity itself. For most of history, people trusted mythology or religion to provide the answer, even though .... | 400 pages | 12 line drawings, 12 halftones, 3 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226712877 | #165257A | £17.00 BUY |
Tales from a Life in the Field George B Schaller Since the 1950s, eminent field biologist George Schaller has roamed through many lands observing wild animals and conducting landmark long-term studies that have deepened our .... | 272 pages | 76 b/w photographs | Sierra Club Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1578051290 | #165315A | £15.95 BUY |
Optimisation Mechanics in Nature
Edited by MW Collins, DG Hunt and MA Atherton This book comprises a study of the two great organic solids in Nature, namely wood and bone. The common scientific laws which act in parallel for both natural and man-made .... | 176 pages | WIT Press Hbk | 2004 | 1853129461 | #164991A | £92.00 BUY |
Travels in China Roy Lancaster This book successfully combines a most enjoyable and detailed account of the well-known author's many journeys through China. First and foremost, Travels in China provides a .... | 520 pages | 800 col illus, 70 b/w illus | Antique Collectors Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1851495150 | #165437A | £35.00 BUY |
Alaska, Antarctica, Argentina, Iceland, New Zealand and Vanuatu Gurinder Punn This beautifully illustrated book presents mountains, glaciers, icebergs, rivers, lakes and volcanoes from around the globe, and describes how these inspiring geological .... | 124 pages | Troubador Hbk | 2006 | 1905886241 | #164834A | £22.95 BUY |
Or, Life on a Salt Marsh Tim Traver Tim Traver's Sippewissett forms an eloquent bridge between ecology and memory, science and art. Traver alternates between remembrances of the Cape Cod salt marsh where .... | 250 pages | drawings | Chelsea Green Hbk | 2006 | 1933392142 | #164645A | £14.95 BUY |
Accompanies the BBC 2 TV series Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King BBC TV's Springwatch is one of the most watched programmes on BBC2. Springwatch by Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King brings together the three presenters who take you .... | 256 pages | 250 colour illus | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0007247060 | #164749A | £17.99 BUY |
The Temptation of Flora: Jan van Huysum, 1682-1749
Sam Segal, Mariel Ellens and Joris Dik The Amsterdam artist Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) is one of the most important painters of fruit and flowers of all time. His work conveys unsurpassed craftsmanship, a deep .... | 384 pages | 80 col illus, 120 b/w illus | Waanders Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 9040083843 | #165440A | £49.00 BUY |
Kate Kelly Explains both the ordinary and the bizarre technological marvels that we take for granted and the laws of nature that serve as the baseline for life on earth. Beginning .... | 240 pages | Taylor Trade Pbk | 2006 | 1589792904 | #164901A | £9.99 BUY |
The Hidden Life of Vilhjalmur Stefansson Gisli Palsson Vilhjalmur Stefansson has long been known for his groundbreaking work as an anthropologist and expert on Arctic peoples. His three expeditions to the Canadian .... | 374 pages | b&w photos | New England UP Hbk | 2005 | 1584655100 | #164642A | £24.50 BUY |
Discovering the Color of Life Gotz Hoeppe Why the Sky Is Blue answers this ancient and surprisingly complex question in a more entertaining and accessible way than ever before. Gotz Hoeppe takes the reader on a .... | 368 pages | 27 col plates, 35 halftones, 76 line illus, 9 tabs | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0691124531 | #165380A | £18.95 BUY |
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A New History Michael Lewis This collected volume of original essays proposes to address the state of scholarship on the political, cultural, and intellectual history of Americans responses to wilderness .... | 304 pages | 7 halftones | OUP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0195174151 | #164726A | £60.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0195174143 | #164727A | £11.99 BUY |
British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment
Jan Golinski Enlightenment inquiries into the weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. British Weather and the Climate of .... | 272 pages | 20 halftones | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0226302059 | #165277A | £22.50 BUY |
Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao (Maya Studies)
DZ Chase, AF Chase and CL McNeil Brings together scholars in the fields of archaeology, history, art history, linguistics, epigraphy, botany, chemistry, and cultural anthropology to explore the .... | 512 pages | Tabs, b/w photos, illus | Florida University Presses Hbk | 2006 | 0813029538 | #164097A | £56.50 BUY |
Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Research Edited by Charles van Riper and David J Mattson The publication of The Colorado Plateau: Cultural, Biological, and Physical Research in 2004 marked a timely summation of current research in the Four Corners .... | 352 pages | Arizona UP Hbk | 2005 | 0816525269 | #164886A | £27.50 BUY |
The Fitful History of Wildlife and Tourists in Yellowstone Alice Biel It was a familiar sight at Yellowstone National Park: traffic backed up for miles as visitors fed bears from their cars. It may have been against the rules, but park .... | 200 pages | Photos | Kansas UP Hbk | 2006 | 070061432X | #164638A | £26.50 BUY |
Edited by Friedhelm Krupp | Karger Libri Hbk | 2006 | 3929907763 | #158215A | £108.00 BUY |
A Guide to the New Zealand Forest Janet Hunt and Rob Lucas Nature guide to the flora and fauna of New Zealand forests. .... | Random House Pbk | 2004 | 1869416554 | #164973A | £17.95 BUY |
The History of Life in New Zealand George Gibbs New Zealand is an extraordinary place, unique on Earth, and the remarkable story of how and why life evolved here is the subject of Ghosts of Gondwana. The science that traces .... | 250 pages | Potton Hbk | 2006 | 1877333484 | #164899A | £34.50 BUY |
Guia de los Mamiferos, Anfibios y Reptiles del Pirineo
Kees Woutersen Field guide to the mammals, amphibians and reptile sof the Pyrenees. .... | 168 pages | Pirineo 2005 | 8487997015 | #165002A | £23.95 BUY |
Insight Guide: Indian Wildlife
Edited by Samuel Israel and Tony Sinclair A comprehensive guidebook on Indian, Nepalese and Sri Lankan wildlife parks, sanctuaries and their inhabitants. Split into three parts, part one gives detailed descriptions of .... | 359 pages | Col photos, line illus, maps | Insight Guides Pbk | 2006 | 9812585443 | #162261A | £16.99 BUY |
A Human History of the Arctic World Robert McGhee The Arctic of towering icebergs and midnight sun, of flaming auroras and endless winter nights, has long provoked flights of the imagination. Now, in The Last Imaginary Place, .... | 296 pages | 37 halftones, 9 maps | Chicago UP Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226500896 | #165413A | £11.50 BUY |
Shaping an Ancient Countryside Edited by Sam Turner The countryside of Devon and Cornwall preserves an unusually rich legacy from its medieval past. This book explores the different elements which go to make up this .... | 224 pages | 20 col illus, 50 b/w illus | Windgather Press Pbk | 2006 | 1905119070 | #164931A | £19.99 BUY |
A Field Guide to Fauna of Greater Melbourne Museum Victoria The bushland, parks, gardens and waters of Greater Melbourne support an amazing diversity of animals, including many rare and endangered species. This book contains .... | 352 pages | Col photos | CSIRO Pbk | 2006 | 0643092544 | #164796A | £27.95 BUY |
Sahara: Tiere, Pflanzen and Spuren
V Schatanek and H Elkharassi Identification guide to the flora and fauna of the Sahara. Includes identification to 70 animal tracks. .... | 331 pages | colour photos | Kosmos Pbk | 2006 | 3440104494 | #164827A | £23.50 BUY |
An Environmental History Peter Boomgaard From Angkor Wat to Agent Orange, "Southeast Asia: An Environmental History" tells the story of some of the most dramatic effects humans have had on the natural and developed .... | 350 pages | ABC-Clio Hbk | 2006 | 1851094199 | #157888A | £59.50 BUY |
Speleological Expedition Gunung Lanno Malaysia Edited by Ernest Geyer et al This report describes the result of an expedition to one of the bigger limestone outcrops in the Kinta Valley north of Kuala Lumpur. Includes cave descriptions, maps, .... | 240 pages | 253 Figs, b\w photos, maps | Liz Price Hbk | 2005 | #164648A | £49.50 BUY |
A Sustainable Future for the Klamath Mountains James K Agee A compelling story of place, Steward's Fork explores northwest California's magnificent Klamath Mountains--a region that boasts a remarkable biodiversity, a terrain so rugged .... | 288 pages | 21 b/w photos, 18 line illus, 7 maps, 4 tabs | California UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520251253 | #165376A | £26.95 BUY |
Tiere und Pflanzen: Bach und See 140 Arten einfach bestimmen F Hecker and K Hecker Identification guide to flora and fauna commonly found at lakes, ponds and creeks in central Europe. .... | 96 pages | 200 colour photos | Kosmos Pbk | 2006 | 3440102165 | #164838A | £7.95 BUY |
Vegetatión del Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido (Sobrarbe, Pirineo Central Aragonés)
Jose Luis Benito Alonso | 421 pages | tables, maps | Consejo de Proteccion Aragon Pbk | 2005 | 8489862540 | #160758A | £22.50 BUY |
A Naturalist in the Northeast Joanna Burger Vestiges of ancient sand dunes and bogs from retreating glaciers, the Pine Barrens are among the most mysterious and fascinating parts of the eastern United States landscape. .... | 352 pages | drawings | Rutgers UP Hbk | 2006 | 0813538777 | #164868A | £31.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0813537940 | #164790A | £14.50 BUY |
Michael Bright In our minds the Caribbean is the embodiment of paradise - crystal blue waters, magical coral reefs and lush tropical forests. Yet behind its tranquil beauty, the Caribbean .... | BBC Video DVD | NYP 02/2007 | BBCDVD1998 | #164751A | £17.01 BUY |
25 Years in Animal Conservation in Africa Dick Pitman Tales from the bush mingle with poignant descriptions of the African landscape in this memoir of a British man who emigrated to Rhodesia in 1977 with a passion for wildlife .... | 320 pages | Summersdale Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1840245719 | #164905A | £7.99 BUY |
| Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 45: Rapeseed Breeding
Edited by Surinder Gupta Rapeseed is an important oilseed crop belonging to Crucifereae family and grown in subtropical to temperate climate. Recent discoveries have caused the scientific .... | 464 pages | 35 line illus | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0123740983 | #164882A | £100.00 BUY |
P Antonetti, E Brugel, F Kessler, JP Barbe and M Tort First flora to be published for the region since 1957 (l'Inventaire analytique de la flore d'Auvergne by Maurice Chassagne). Covers more than 3800 species, 1940 of which are .... | 984 pages | CBN du Massif Central Hbk | 2006 | 2952472203 | #165040A | £47.50 BUY |
Atlas de las Plantas Invasoras Aloctonas en Espana
MS Elorza and ED Sanchez Includes 123 invasive taxa, of the 937 alien plants recorded in Spain so far. Every taxon is covered by a data sheet. Preliminary and final chapters update information .... | 378 pages | Illus | OAPN 2005 | 8480145757 | #156940A | £44.00 BUY |
Atlas van de Flora van Vlaanderen en het Brussels Gewest
Edited by Wouter Van Landuyt et al Distribution atlas of the flora of Flanders. Contains 1417 species accounts with notes on ecology, regional and global distribution, population trends, abundance and .... | 978 pages | distribution maps, diagrams, colour photos | National BG Hbk | 2006 | 9072619684 | #165279A | £67.00 BUY |
Conocimiento Actual de la Flora y la Diversidad Vegetal del Estado de Guanajuato, Mexico
| Instituto de Ecologia Pbk | | #164379A | £9.50 BUY |
Contributions to Bryozoology: a Tribute to Ehrhard Voigt (1905-2004)
Edited by Joachim Scholz, Paul D Taylor and Norbert Vavra | 189 pages | 40 figures, 10 tables | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2006 | 3510613848 | #164480A | £44.00 BUY |
Current Taxonomic Research on the British & European Flora
Edited by JP Bailey and RG Ellis Proceedings of a conference held at the University of Leicester in 2003. .... | 156 pages | colour photos, illus | BSBI Pbk | 2006 | 0901158372 | #165030A | £18.00 BUY |
A Curator's Introduction to the Huntington Desert Garden Gary Lyons This year the Huntington celebrates the centennial of its spectacular desert garden, one of the largest such collections of cacti and other succulents in the world. Visitors to .... | 100 pages | 92 col illus | California UP Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0873282310 | #165378A | £15.95 BUY |
Designing California Native Gardens The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens Glenn Keator and Alrie Middlebrook Inspirational, practical, and easy to use, this book was created with the aim of conveying the awesome diversity and beauty of California's native plants and .... | 366 pages | 347 col illus, 17 line illus | California UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520239784 | #165365A | £41.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520251105 | #165366A | £17.95 BUY |
Especias Vegetales Protegidas en España: Plantas Vasculares
Juan Antonio Devesa Alcaras and Ana Ortega Olivencia Covers more than 2000 species. .... | 576 pages | OAPN 2004 | 8480145536 | #164999A | £34.50 BUY |
Field Guide to the New Zealand Orchids
Ian St George, Bruce Irwin and Dan Hatch Identification guide to 120 species. In the four years since the second edition of this guide there have been a number of taxonomic changes, new genera and species have been .... | 136 pages | NZ Native Orchid Group Pbk | 2005 | #164917A | £19.50 BUY |
Field Guide to the Rattans of Africa
Terry Sunderland Identification guide to all 22 species found in Africa, their ecology and distribution, and their sustainable management. .... | 96 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 184246180X | #164438A | £20.00 BUY |
(Flora of Cultivated Fields) Philippe Jauzein Truly innovative thanks to the quality and the precision of the illustrations, this French Flora constitutes a remarkable tool for the identification of more than 1200 .... | 898 pages | 92 col photos, 2000 illus, tabs | INRA Hbk | 1995 | 2738005942 | #061433A | £52.00 BUY |
How They Changed the World William C Burger The world would be a pretty drab place without flowers. Their bright cheery colours help make our natural environment a more delightful place to be. But flowers in all their .... | 210 pages | Prometheus Hbk | 2006 | 1591024072 | #164887A | £16.50 BUY |
A Photo Guide Gerhard Pils The first plant guide in colour for the whole area of the Turkish Republic. Covers 4153 species. .... | 448 pages | 408 Col plates | Gerhard Pils Hbk | 2006 | #164859A | £97.00 BUY |
Edited by Francisco Pugnaire and Fernando Valladares Following in the footsteps of the successful first edition, "Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition" continues to offer the latest findings and research breakthroughs in .... | 640 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 084937488X | #165096A | £92.00 BUY |
Horticulture in Pakistan Khan | 365 pages | 79 colour plates and 14 sketches | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195471466 | #164635A | £17.99 BUY |
Jill Cowley Roscoeas, native to the Himalayas, Burma and China, are striking orchid-like hardy gingers. All twenty known species are described in detail - their structure, form, .... | 240 pages | Kew RBG Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1842461346 | #164437A | £35.00 BUY |
The Giant Sequoia of the Sierra Nevada
Richard Hartesveldt Presents an account of Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) Buchh., known popularly as the giant sequoia, big tree, or Sierra redwood. .... | 196 pages | Pacific UP Pbk | 2005 | 1410223000 | #165321A | £27.50 BUY |
Carol Klein Complementing and building upon the information covered in the TV series of the same name, this book provides the practical know-how to get growing your own vegetables. It .... | 224 pages | 600 colour photos | Mitchell Beazley Hbk | 2007 | 1845332938 | #165239A | £16.99 BUY |
Guía Etnobotánica de los Alimentos Locales Recolectados en la Provincia de Albacete
Edited by D Rivera et al | 470 pages | Inst Est Albacetenses Pbk | 2006 | 8495394928 | #165065A | £22.95 BUY |
Part 2: The Humid Chaco Ingrid Roth and Ana-Maria Gimenez | 204 pages | 27 figures, 24 tables | Gebrder Borntraeger Hbk | 2006 | 3443140289 | #164888A | £76.00 BUY |
Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Prehistory, Linguistics, Biogeography, Domestication, and Evolution of Maize Edited by John Staller, Robert Tykot and Bruce Benz Maize has been described as a primary catalyst to complex sociocultural development in the Americas. State of the art research on maize chronology, molecular biology, and .... | 704 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2006 | 0123693640 | #164884A | £94.99 BUY |
ISTA Handbook on Flower Seed Testing
Edited by Zita Ripka This handbook is a new project of ISTA to collect the special knowledge in laboratory seed testing of flower seeds. It contains comprehensive laboratory seed testing methods .... | ISTA Ringbound | NYP 04/2007 | 3906549453 | #164945A | £199.00 BUY |
ISTA Handbook on Seedling Evaluation
Edited by R Don This handbook is a most valuable guide for seed analysts the world over. Although the International Rules for Seed Testing define normal and abnormal seedlings in .... | ISTA Ringbound | 2006 | 3906549399 | #164946A | £199.00 BUY |
International Rules for Seed Testing Edition 2007 International Seed Testing Association The 'International Rules for Seed Testing' are ISTA's primary instrument to promote uniformity in seed testing. The ISTA Rules have 17 sections that provide definitions and .... | Tabs | ISTA Ringbound | 2006 | 3906549380 | #164939A | £293.00 BUY |
A Natural History of the Backyard Restoration Garden Judith Larner Lowry Elegantly organized by season, this lyrical yet practical guide to backyard restoration gardening celebrates the beauty, the challenges, and the rewards of growing native .... | 316 pages | 20 col illus, 6 b/w photos, 6 line illus | California UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0520241649 | #165360A | £38.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0520249569 | #165576A | £15.95 BUY |
Virginia McNaughton Covers the cultivation, propagation, morphology, pests and diseases, class and description of a variety of lavenders grown around the world. .... | 180 pages | Col photos | Garden Art Press Hbk | 2000 | 1870673360 | #113625A | £19.95 BUY |
How the Mediterranean Came to the English Garden Stephen Harris The publishing of the Flora Graeca was a landmark event in 1830. Only 25 copies were published, due to the book's size of 10 double folio volumes and its numerous .... | 200 pages | 100 col plates | Bodleian Library Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1851243062 | #165422A | £38.00 BUY |
Lydia White and Peter Gasson Identification guide to the wood of the true mahogany Swietenia and other timbers known as 'mahogany'. Full wood anatomical descriptions with microscopic and macroscopic .... | 120 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1842461710 | #164445A | £20.00 BUY |
Lessons from the Field Thomas J Stohlgren Most textbooks on measuring terrestrial vegetation have focused on the characteristics of biomass, cover, and the density or frequency of dominant life forms (trees, shrubs, .... | 416 pages | 120 line illustrations | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0195172337 | #159158A | £38.99 BUY |
The Mosses and Liverworts of Brecknock
R Woods The first study to cover the bryophytes of the area of Watsonian vice-county 42, Brecknock (now mostly Powys). The study describes what is known of the distribution of .... | 134 pages | B/w and col photos, maps | Mr R G Woods Pbk | | 0954765915 | #162132A | £7.50 BUY |
Ophrys: a Guide to the Bee Orchids of Europe
Henrik Aerenlund and Niels Faurhodt Comprehensive introduction to the genus Ophrys. .... | 256 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1842461524 | #164444A | £30.00 BUY |
A Guide to the Native Orchids of Iowa Bill Witt Along with colour photographs of all thirty-two species, this laminated folded chart includes common and scientific names, habitat (prairie, woodland, wetland) and .... | 32 Full col photos | Iowa UP Unbound | 2006 | 1587294990 | #165116A | £6.50 BUY |
Johan Hermans, Clare Hermans, Phillip Cribb, Jean Bosser and David Du Puy New edition of the now classic work, with greatly increased number of colour photographs and updated bibliography. .... | 400 pages | Col plates | Kew RBG Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1842461338 | #153808A | £75.00 BUY |
V Ravnik Lists 76 species and subspecies of wild orchids growing in Slovenia, and classifies them into 27 genera. .... | Col photos, maps | Tehni ka zalo ba Slovenije 2002 | #165054A | £49.95 BUY |
Allan Shepherd The Organic Garden will redefine what it means to be an organic gardener. Not simply a manual of organic practice, it will also be a starting point for ethical .... | 256 pages | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0007241429 | #164746A | £17.99 BUY |
Photoguide for the Forest Trees of Ghana A tree-spotter's field guide for identifying the largest trees William Hawthorne and Ntim Gyakari A field guide to the larger trees that occur in Ghanaian forests. It is based on photographs and drawings and is designed to minimise the need for reading complicated .... | 432 pages | colour photos, line drawings | OFI Pbk | 2006 | 0850741645 | #165223A | £20.00 BUY |
New Zealand Wildflowers Peter Johnson Illustrated with over 260 colour photographs, an index, map, flowering times, and common and botanical names. .... | 184 pages | colour photos | Longacre Press Pbk | 2004 | 1877135062 | #164969A | £17.50 BUY |
Reishin Ikehata Photo identification guide to ferns. .... | 151 pages | colour photos | Tombow Shuppan Pbk | 2006 | 4887161549 | #164070A | £37.50 BUY |
Edited by Anthony Yeo and Tim Flowers This book provides a broad overview of solute transport in plants. It first determines what solutes are present in plants and what roles they play. The physical bases of ion .... | 416 pages | 48 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1405139951 | #164625A | £99.50 BUY |
Edited by S Baginsky and AR Fernie Systems biology represents the integration and application of various technologies that share a common goal of measuring globally the properties of a specific biological .... | Birkhauser Hbk | 2006 | 3764372613 | #157715A | £99.00 BUY |
Catalogo de Nombres Comunes Martin R de la Peña and Jose F Pensiero Checklist of the Argentine flora: 9019 common names (Spanish) for the 2966 scientific names. Some species of economic importance have also been included. .... | 374 pages | LOLA Pbk | 2004 | 9509725633 | #160075A | £17.95 BUY |
Plantes des Rizières de Camargue
P Marnotte, A Carrara, E Dominati and F Girardot Camargue is an alluvial plain covering almost 150 000 hectares. It has been developed since ancient times, and is now a patchwork of particularly diverse, interlocking .... | 252 pages | CIRAD 2006 | 2876146215 | #165117A | £19.95 BUY |
Andrew McIndoe and Rosalind McIndoe This book approaches the subject from three user-friendly angles: which trees are best for foliage and colour; what each offers at different times of year; and which do best .... | 160 pages | David & Charles Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0715323059 | #165409A | £14.99 BUY |
Amanda Beales Profiles both old and new varieties of all different types - approximately 1,000 different roses. Arranged in alphabetical order within their family groups, the majority .... | 240 pages | Crowood Press Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1861268459 | #163540A | £19.95 BUY |
Attila Borhidi This book is the first complete monograph of the Rubiaceae family in Mexico. It contains descriptions and identification keys for 103 genera and over 600 taxa including 585 .... | 512 pages | line drawings | Akademiai Kiado Hbk | 2006 | 9630582651 | #164875A | £55.00 BUY |
The Southern African Plectranthus The Art of Turning Shade to Glade Ernst van Jaarsveld and Vicki Thomas This comprehensive book on these beautiful plants, commonly known as spurflowers, is the result of information gathered over the past 30 years by botanical author Ernst van .... | 176 pages | 60 plates and 105 colour photos | Fernwood Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1874950806 | #163581A | £30.00 BUY |
The Species of Rhododendron in Japan
Makoto Togashi and Yoai Ota 54 species are described with colour photos, distribution maps, fine line drawings and stunning colour illustrations by Y Ohta. .... | 270 pages | colour photos, drawings | Seibundoe Shinkousha Hbk | 2005 | 4416405030 | #164068A | £299.00 BUY |
An Ecological Perspective Edited by Malcolm J Hawkesford and Luit J De Kok Recently, substantial advances have been made in our understanding of the physiology and biochemistry of sulfur acquisition and assimilation and subsequent fate of sulfur pools .... | 265 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1402058861 | #165018A | £65.50 BUY |
Surveying and Report Writing for Lichenologists Guidelines for surveyors, consultants and commissioning agencies David J Hill Guidelines; four main chapters are: *Commissioning Surveys (Tenders and Contracts) .... | British Lichen Society Pbk | 2006 | 0954041879 | #165390A | £18.50 BUY |
Terrestrial Vegetation of California
Edited by Michael G Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf and Allan A Schoenherr This thoroughly revised, entirely rewritten edition of what is the essential reference on California's diverse and ever-changing vegetation now brings readers the most .... | 712 pages | 53 b/w photographs, 60 line illustrations, 32 maps, 139 tables | California UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0520249550 | #165174A | £48.95 BUY |
Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age Anne Goldgar In the 1630s the Netherlands was gripped by tulipmania: a speculative fever unprecedented in scale and, as popular history would have it, folly. We all know the .... | 400 pages | 13 col plates, 69 halftones, 3 line drawings | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0226301257 | #165254A | £17.00 BUY |
S Carrington First published over ten years ago, this fully revised and updated edition now includes several plant species previously unrecorded for Barbados. This book aims to enable the .... | 352 pages | Col photos | Macmillan Caribbean Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1405094079 | #164876A | £8.25 BUY |
Wurzelatlas mitteleuropäischer Waldbäume und Sträucher
Lore Kutschera and Erwin Lichtenegger Identification guide to the roots of 78 central European trees and shrubs. .... | 460 pages | 188 drawings, 1200 colour photos | Stocker Pbk | 2002 | 3702009280 | #164879A | £145.00 BUY |
| Animal & General Biology | Go to subject web page |
Anaesthetic and Sedative Techniques for Aquatic Animals
Lindsay Ross and Barbara Ross Draws together, in a practical and accessible form, the available information on anaesthesia and sedation of fish, amphibians and reptiles. Temperate and tropical .... | 236 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | Blackwell Science Hbk | 1999 | 063205252X | #090556A | £49.50 BUY Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1405149388 | #164631A | £65.00 BUY |
Building and the Evolution of Intelligence James L Gould and Carol Grant Gould Examines animal architecture across a range of species, from those whose blueprints are largely innate (such as spiders and their webs) to those whose challenging structures .... | 272 pages | b&w illus | Basic Books Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0465027822 | #165199A | £15.99 BUY |
Behavior and Nervous System of Aquatic Animals 7th Symposium, Kanagawa, Japan, August 2005 Edited by Naoyuki Yamamoto et al Aquatic animals employ different sensory modalities to extract information from their environment and have developed various specialized behavior patterns to adapt to their .... | 92 pages | 43 figues | Karger Pbk | 2007 | 3805581904 | #165316A | £18.95 BUY |
A Computer Scientist's Guide to Cell Biology
W Cohen This book is designed specifically as a guide for Computer Scientists needing an introduction to Cell Biology. The text explores three different facets of biology: .... | 120 pages | 20 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 038748275X | #164934A | £19.00 BUY |
The Nature of Parasite-Host Relations Elling Ulvestad Defending Life discusses the relationship between hosts and parasites. A major contention of the book is that the immune system depends ontologically on the ecosystem .... | 360 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1402056753 | #164932A | £111.50 BUY |
Investigation and Management Gary A Wobeser Gary Wobeser's successful book from 1994 ("Investigation and Management of Disease in Wild Animals") has been completely updated and enlarged in a new second edition. An .... | 430 pages | 17 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 3540489746 | #164986A | £130.50 BUY |
Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates
Edited by J Merrick, M Archer, G Hickey and M Lee Provides a comprehensive overview of the knowledge of vertebrate diversity within Australasia, together with discussion of the factors that influenced the evolution and .... | 942 pages | line diagrams, 100 colour plates | Auscipub Hbk | 2006 | 097577901X | #164345A | £149.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0975779001 | #164346A | £118.00 BUY |
Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories
Marty Crump and Alan Crump Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories celebrates the extraordinary world of animals with essays on curious creatures and their amazing .... | 207 pages | 108 line drawings, 1 table | Chicago UP Hbk | 2006 | 0226121992 | #154531A | £16.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0226122026 | #165284A | £9.00 BUY |
Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds
Edited by Nancy J Thomas, D Bruce Hunter and Carter T Atkinson Free-living birds encounter multiple health hazards brought on by viruses, bacteria, and fungi, some which in turn can significantly impact other animal populations and human .... | 544 pages | 73 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0813828120 | #164622A | £49.99 BUY |
Mechanisms in Transcriptional Regulation
Albert Courey Mechanisms in Transcriptional Regulation provides a concise discussion of the fundamental concepts in transcription and its regulation. It covers RNA polymerases, .... | 300 pages | 62 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1405103701 | #164602A | £34.99 BUY |
Methods for General and Molecular Bacteriology
Edited by CA Reddy, T Beveridge, J Breznak, G Marzluf, T Schmidt and L Snyder Long-awaited revision of the classic manual, covering all of the immense impacts molecular biology has had on bacteriology over the past decade. .... | 1000 pages | Illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1555812236 | #164611A | £100.00 BUY |
Molecular Genetics of Bacteria
Larry Snyder and Wendy Champness Advanced level textbook for students of molecular biology and biochemistry. .... | 504 pages | Figs, tabs | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1555813992 | #164608A | £74.00 BUY |
Michael Conover By presenting an abundance of scientific evidence on olfaction and olfactory concealment theory throughout the text, "Predator-Prey Dynamics" reshapes the way that scientists .... | 224 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0849392705 | #165097A | £49.99 BUY |
Principles of Protein X-Ray Crystallography
Jan Drenth X-ray crystallography has long been a vital method for studying the structure of proteins and other macromolecules. As the importance of proteins continues to grow, in .... | 332 pages | 159 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 0387333347 | #164920A | £54.00 BUY |
Philosophical Foundations Edited by Fred Booegard and HV Westerhoff Systems biology is a vigorous and expanding discipline, in many ways a successor to genomics and perhaps unprecendented in its combination of biology with a great many .... | 300 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0444520856 | #164960A | £68.99 BUY |
| Evolutionary Biology | Go to subject web page |
D Young The Discovery of Evolution explains what the theory of evolution is all about by providing a historical narrative of discovery. Some of the major puzzles that confront .... | 256 pages | 16 colour plates, 10 halftones, 30 line illus | CUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521868033 | #165194A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521687462 | #165195A | £25.99 BUY |
Evolution's 500 Year War on Intelligent Design Steve Fuller Intelligent Design Theory (IDT) has driven science for 500 years. It was responsible for the 17th century's Scientific Revolution and helped build modern histories of physics, .... | 192 pages | Icon Books Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1840468041 | #162153A | £9.99 BUY |
The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered Edited by Bruce H Weber and David J Depew Contains essays on the contributions to historical and contemporary evolutionary theory of the Baldwin effect, which postulates the effects of learned behaviors on evolutionary .... | 352 pages | Figs | MIT Press Hbk | 2003 | 0262232294 | #143441A | £32.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0262731819 | #164225A | £15.95 BUY |
The First Steps of Animal Domestication New Archaeozoological Approaches Edited by JD Vigne, J Peters and D Helmer The domestication of animals was perhaps one of the most important developments in human history. It is a phenomenon that has transformed human life over the last 15,000 years, .... | 176 pages | diagrams | Oxbow Hbk | 2005 | 1842171216 | #164788A | £52.00 BUY |