Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Mamiferos Terrestres de Espana

Edited by L Javier Palomo, Julio Gisbert and J Carlos Blanco

Bat Skeletal Growth

Molecular and Environmental Perspectives

JW Hermanson and CE Farnum

The ability to perform true flight with a wing has set bats aside as unique and important vertebrates. How the hand of a primitive mammal might have evolved into a ....

Dama Dama

Het Damhert in Nederland

Dick van den Hoorn

The Dog Family, Canidae, and their Evolutionary History

Xiaoming Wang and Richard H Tedford

New discoveries of early domestic dogs in Israel and Germany, beginning more than 14,000 years ago, push back their first arrival in the fossil record and provide tantalizing ....

The Encyclopedia of the Cat

The Definitive Visual Guide

Bruce Fogle

Discover everything you need to know about cats in this updated guide from the UK's bestselling vet, Dr Bruce Fogle. Get up close to 75 of the world's major cat breeds and ....

Encyclopedia of the Horse

The Definitive Visual Guide

Elwyn Hartley Edwards

Discover everything you need to know about horses in this updated guide from equestrian expert Elwyn Hartley Edwards. Get up close to 150 of the world's most famous horse and ....

Evolutionary Ecology of Marsupials

AK Lee and A Cockburn

The ecological literature on marsupials is dominated by descriptive natural history, and there has hitherto been little attempt at either synthesis or evolutionary ....

A Fragile Balance: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Marsupials

Christopher Dickman and Rosemary Woodford Ganf

Marsupials are nearly synonymous with Australia. Although one of these enigmatic pouched mammals-the opossum-inhabits the United ....

A Guinea Pig's History of Biology

Jim Endersby

"Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved," Darwin famously concluded "The Origin of Species," and for confirmation we look to...the ....

Krallenaffen

Waldzwerge aus Südamerika

Michael Schroepel

Extensive scientific monograph about the callitrichids: phylogeny, taxononomy, systematics, geographical distribution, habitat, home ranges, food and nutrition, social ....

Mamiferos de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay

F Achaval, M Clara and A Olmos

Contains all recorded species in the country. ....

The Mammals of Australia

Edited by Steve Van Dyck and Ronald Strahan

This historic publication provides an account of every species of native mammals known to have existed in Australia since European settlement and every introduced species now ....

The Mammals of Cheshire

Cheshire Mammal Group

The Mammals of Cheshire provides the first survey of mammals in the Cheshire region for nearly one hundred years. While the majority of chapters cover the region's ....

Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology

Edited by Christopher Vinyard, Matthew J Ravosa and Christine E Wall

Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology is an integrative volume with broad coverage of current research on primate craniofacial biology and function. Topic headings ....

Primate Evolution and the Environment

Edited by Christophe Soligo

Understanding evolutionary processes requires knowledge of the context in which specific events took place, including the chronological and the environmental contexts. ....

Primatenhaltung im Zoo

Ellen Krebs

Primate husbandry in zoos. ....

Sex and Friendship in Baboons

Barbara B Smuts

Those who have been privileged to watch baboons long enough to know them as individuals and who have learned to interpret some of their more subtle interactions will attest ....

Vanishing Giants

Elephants of Asia

Palani Mohan, Jason Gaglardi and David Bellamy

At a time when its close relative, the African elephant, is flourishing, the Asian elephant is imperilled as never before. This book is a photographic look at the Asian ....

100 Birds to See Before You Die

Nick Baker, David Chandler and Dominic Couzens

Features 100 of the most incredible avian species across the world, illustrated with stunning photographs of each. Entries describe the natural history and significance of ....

100 Common Birds of Taiwan

This book includes a first section on the 100 bird species most easily observable, as well as a second section on the 15 endemic species of Taiwan. Each species of bird is ....

Albatrosses

Their World, their Ways

Julian Fitter, Mark Jones and Tui de Roy

Albatrosses are highly threatened and in the public eye; they are the ultimate seabirds, living almost their entire lives at sea. The RSPB currently has a big campaign to help ....

Alters- und Geschlechtsbestimmung europäischer Singvögel

Raffael Winkler and Lukas Jenni

Richly illustrated guide to the determination of age and sex of 83 European songbirds. ....

Aves da Amazonia

Birds - Amazon Forest

Edson Endrigo

The rich biodiversity of Amazonia, with its fantastic birds, needs to be brought to people's attention so that they better understand the need to preserve this important ....

Barn Owls in Britain

Jeff Martin

This book covers the history of the barn owl in Britain in relation to farming methods. What is the prognosis for its future and what can we do to help? This book discusses the ....

Beautiful Birds of New Zealand

Rod Morris and Alison Balance

From the seashore through wetlands and rivers, past towns and pastures and on up to the high country, this book covers all the birds you're likely to see in New Zealand. It ....

The Bird Book

Rob Hume and Peter Hayman

Birds as a non-fiction publishing subject surely has the potential of art; perhaps it is more popular than fashion or maps. "The Bird Book" is produced with similar values to ....

Bird Song: Biological Themes and Variations

CK Catchpole and JB Slater

Bird song is one of the most remarkable and impressive sounds in the natural world, and has inspired not only students of natural history, but also great writers, poets and ....

Birds

Mavis Pilbeam

A perfect gift for any bird-lover, this richly illustrated poetry anthology features beautiful images of birds from around the world. ....

Birds of New Zealand

John Kendrick

Contains the most typical species which includes native land birds, introduced land birds and sea birds; with a small booklet with pictures of the species. ....

Birds of the Macaronesian Islands, Part 1: The Canary Islands and Madeira

Cursorius Photo & Video Library

All endemic species and nearly all recognizable subspecies from the Canary Islands and Madeira published for the first time on one DVD. It shows you all birds in their natural ....

Birds: The Art of Ornithology

Mini-edition

Jonathan Elphick

Telling the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the ages, from the earliest images of birds, through the age of exploration, to the present day, this is ....

Birdwatching in Taiwan

Senior birdwatchers selected 52 best bird watching sites in five areas of Taiwan: Northern Taiwan, Central Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Eastern Taiwan and the offshore ....

Bobwhite Quail in Florida

Ecology and Management

W Giuliano, J Selph and B Schad

Provides current information on quail biology, ecology, population status, and habitat requirements. Readers will find detailed descriptions of the habitat necessary for quail ....

Bowerbirds

Peter Rowland

The bowerbirds are confined to Australia and New Guinea and, due to the difficulty in accessing certain areas of their distribution, the study of their habits has been ....

Call of Indian Birds Vol. 1

F Mukesh Bhatt, F Narshimhan and V Patel

Call of Indian Birds Vol. 2

F Mukesh Bhatt, F Narshimhan and V Patel

Call of Indian Birds Vol. 3

F Mukesh Bhatt, F Narshimhan and V Patel

Call of Indian Birds Vol. 4

F Mukesh Bhatt, F Narshimhan and V Patel

Feathered Goblins, Owls of the Black Forest, Germany

Claus Koenig and Ingrid Koenig

This film has been made by Claus and Ingrid Koenig, made in the Northern "Schwarzwald" (Black Forest of Germany) during the last 15 years and is part of the long-term study of ....

Field Guide to the Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Northern Europe

Dave Farrow

This book describes bird sound in a simple and understandable way, and includes two accompanying bird song and call CDs, providing all the detail you need in order to ....

Flight of the Wild Geese

Graham Uney

The sight of strings of wild Barnacle geese flying overhead, with a noisy chorus of honking, will be a familiar sight to many. However, following their migration, little is ....

Guia de Campo: Aves do Brasil Oriental

Tomas Sigrist

A much-needed fieldguide to the birds of Eastern Brazil. The illustrations for the 1100 bird species are reproduced largely from the author's previous book "Aves do Brasil". ....

Guide to British Owls and Owl Pellets

Leanne Thomas and Chris Shields

This new fold-out chart includes colour paintings of the 5 species of owl permanently resident in the British Isles, shown both perched and at rest, illustrations and written ....

Handboek Nederlandse Vogels

Benny Gensbol

A handbook describing all regularly observed birds in the Netherlands. 2 CDs included with the book contain vocalisations of all species. ....

Neuroscience of Birdsong

Edited by Peter Marler and H Philip Zeigler

Speech has long been thought of as a uniquely defining characteristic of humans. Yet song birds, like humans, communicate using learned signals (song, speech) that are ....

On Feathered Wings

Birds in Flight

Richard Ettlinger, Rob Palmer and Miguel Lasa

The most memorable and evocative fact about birds is that they fly, but most of the great bird illustrators, arts and photographers show us birds at rest. Not so the seven ....

Owls in the Mist, in Argentina and Bolivia

Claus Koenig and Ingrid Koenig

The Montane Forest (Yungas) Screech Owl (Megascops hoyi) has been discovered in 1987 by K~nig and Straneck and described in 1989 as a species new to science. This owl inhabits ....

Philip's Mini Guide to Birds

H Delin and L Svensson

A new, small-format field guide to around 250 of the most commonly found birds in Europe, with emphasis placed on those species that are more likely to occur in northern ....

A Sound Guide to the Birds of Bangladesh, Volume 1

Ronald Halder

This CD contains the voices of 99 species of birds found within the physical boundaries of Bangladesh and adjoining areas of neighbouring countries where similair habitat ....

Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles

Stephen P Mackessy

Bringing together contributions from many of the world's leading experts in toxinology, the Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles covers a broad range of topics ....

The Reptiles and Batrachians of North America

Samuel Garman

Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles of Africa

Bill Branch

Sub-Saharan Africa has 18 tortoises, 5 softshelled terrapins, 18 side-necked terrapins and 6 turtles - a total of 47 species (Chelonians). This book, in the mould of ....

Turtles of the Northeastern United States

Harold L Babcock

The Whip Snakes and Racers Genera Masticophis and Coluber

Arthur Irving Ortenburger

Feeding and Digestive Functions in Fishes

Edited by JEP Cyrino, D Bureau and BG Kapoor

Topics covered in this book are as diverse as feeding, ecology of fish in their natural habitat, feeding behaviour, digestive anatomy, biochemistry and physiology of different ....

Global Fishery Resources of Tuna and Tuna-like Species

FAO

This paper reviews the state of fishery resources of tuna and tuna-like species on a global scale, focusing on those most important commercially, i.e. the so-called ....

An Anecdotal History of Nematology

JM Webster, JM Eriksson and KB McNamara

Nematology is not only about those lovely Nobel prize winning creatures, nematodes, but also about the people who work with them, the nematologists. Your good friends Bengt ....

Aquatic Insects

Challenges to Populations

Edited by J Lancaster, R Briers and C Macadam

Insects are a diverse, numerous and important group in aquatic habitats, occupying key functional and ecological roles. This edited volume brings together acknowledged experts ....

Back to the Roots or Back to the Future?

A Synthesis between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology

Edited by Lyubomir Penev, T Erwin and T Assmann

This book, dedicated to Professor Emeritus George Ball from the University of Alberta, Canada, presents a collection of 20 papers held at the XIII European Carabidologists ....

The Deadly World of Bugs, Snakes, Spiders, Crocodiles and Hundreds of Other Amazing Reptiles and Insects

Barbara Taylor, Jen Green, John Farndon and Mark O'Shea

This exciting and comprehensive guide captures the enthralling world of reptiles and insects from all over the globe. From poisonous snakes and fearsome alligators to ....

Do Butterflies Bite?

Fascinating Answers to Questions about Butterflies and Moths

Hazel Davies and Carol A Butler

Covering everything from their basic biology to their complex behaviours at every stage of life to issues in butterfly conservation, Davies and Butler explore wide-ranging ....

Insect Galls of Florida

A Hodges, E Buss and RF Mizell

Plant gall formation is important for many insects, but very little information is available concerning the life cycle and identification for these species. Insect Galls ....

Keeping Bees and Making Honey

Alison Benjamin and Brian K McCallum

This is a comprehensive and attractive lifestyle guide to beekeeping - from finding your bees to getting them home, housing them, collecting honey and using their produce. It ....

Lepidoptera of North America, Volume 3: Butterflies of Kern and Tulare Counties, California. Butterflies of Sequoira - Kings Canyon National Park

Ken Davenport

Lepidoptera of North America: Colorado Butterflies, Part 3

Melitaeinae, Nymphalinae, Limenitidinae, Biblidinae, Apaturinae

Michael S Fisher

Monitoring Climate Changes Using Dragonflies

Edited by J Ott

The ecological problems of climatic changes have become more and more apparent and obvious, in Europe in particular after the hot summer of 2003. The future of some very ....

Orugas y Mariposas de Europa: Tomo VI

Carlos Gomez de Aizpurua

This is the final volume in this series about the caterpillars and butterflies of Europe. ....

Philip's Mini Guide to Butterflies

Paul Whalley

A new, small-format field guide to 250 of Europe's most common butterflies, with particular emphasis on those species found in northern Europe, and including all species ....

Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca

Edited by Winston F Ponder and David R Lindberg

Brought together by Winston F. Ponder and David R. Lindberg, thirty-six experts on the evolution of the Mollusca provide an up-to-date review of its evolutionary history. The ....

Reproductive Biology of Crustaceans

Case Studies of Decapod Crustaceans

Edited by Elena Mente

Crustaceans adapt to a wide variety of habitats and ways of life. They have a complex physiological structure particularly with regard to the processes of growth (molting), ....

SBF Volume 57: Barnacles

AJ Southward

Barnacles are familiar objects to mariners and seaside tourists. They extend from the high water splash zone to the depths of the ocean and can also live close to ....

The Toxicology and Biochemistry of Insecticides

Simon J Yu

Combining classical toxicology with physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology, "The Toxicology and Biochemistry of Insecticides" provides a detailed description of ....

A Walk Around the Pond

Insects in and over the Water

Gilbert Waldbauer

A water strider darts across a pond, its feet dimpling the surface tension; a giant water bug dives below, carrying his mate's eggs on his back; hidden among plant roots on ....

A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volume 1

Introduction; Fossil Taxa; Schizopodidae; Buprestidae: Julodinae - Chrysochroinae: Poecilonotini

C Bellamy

The first complete world catalogue of the jewel beetles, the eighth largest beetle family Buprestidae and its small North American sister-group Schizopodidae, since Jan ....

A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volume 2

Chrysochroinae: Sphenopterini through Buprestinae: Stigmoderini

C Bellamy

This second volume in the World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles deals with the remainder of Chrysochroinae (including the second and third large genera ....

Advances in Angiosperm Paleobotany and Paleoclimatic Reconstruction

Contributions Honouring David L. Dilcher and Jack A. Wolfe

Edited by David M Jarzen, SR Manchester, G Retallack and SA Jarzen

The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China

The Flowering of Early Animal Life

H Xian-Guang, RJ Aldridge, J Bergstrom, DJ Siveter, D Siveter and F Xian-Hong

The Chengjiang biota is one of the most remarkable fossil discoveries ever made. Since the discovery of the first specimens in 1984, many thousands of fossils have been ....

Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene

Ross H Nehm and Ann F Budd

The richly fossiliferous Neogene stratigraphic sections of the Dominican Republic serve as one of only a few geological research systems in the world where morphological stasis ....

Late Neogene and Quaternary Biodiversity and Evolution: Regional

Developments and Interregional Correlations| Proceedings of the 18th International Senckenberg Conference (VI International Palaeontological Colloquium in Weimar). Volume II

Edited by Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke, Lutz Christian Maul and Paul PA Mazza

The 18th International Senckenberg Conference (VI International Palaeontological Colloquium, Weimar) "Late Neogene and Quaternary biodiversity and evolution: Regional ....

Plants and the K-T Boundary

Douglas J Nichols and Kirk Johnson

In Plants and the K-T Boundary, two of the world's leading experts in palynology and paleobotany provide a comprehensive account of the fate of land plants during the 'great ....

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H: Brachiopoda, Volume 6, (Revised)

Edited by Roger L Kaesler

Sixth and final volume to be published in this extensive revision of the phylum Brachiopoda. ....

Bacillariophyta (Diatoms) of the Bahamas

Michael K Hein, Barbara M Winsborough and Michael J Sullivan

The Bahamas includes more than 700 islands in the warm western waters of the Atlantic, beginning just 100 km off Palm Beach, Florida, and stretching in a great southeasterly ....

Cutthroat

Native Trout of the West

PC Trotter

Cutthroat tells the full story of the genuine native trout of the American West. This new edition, thoroughly revised and updated after 20 years, synthesizes what is ....

Diatoms of North America: The Freshwater Floras of Prince Patrick, Ellef Ringnes and northern Ellesmere Islands from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Dermot Antoniades, PB Hamilton, MSV Douglas and JP Smol

This project was initiated in 1998 with the development of a surface diatom calibration set for selected regions from the Arctic islands as part of the PhD dissertation of D. ....

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review: Volume 46

Edited by RN Gibson, JDM Gordon and RJA Atkinson

This annual review considers basics of marine research, special topics, and emerging new areas. Regarding the marine sciences as a unified field, the text features contributors ....

A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life in the North Atlantic

Canada to Cape Cod

J Duane Sept

The tides of the North Atlantic are the world's highest, and they reveal a world of amazing seashore life - from jellies and sea anemones, to clams and crabs, to seaweeds ....

Phytoplankton of Norwegian Coastal Waters

Jahn Throndsen, Grethe Rytter Hasle and Karl Tangen

The book covers phytoplankton and some planktonic colourless forms like choanoflagellates and tintinnids found in north European coastal and adjacent oceanic ....

Seagrass Ecology

Marten Hemminga and Carlos M Duarte

Seagrasses occur in coastal zones throughout the world, in the part of the marine habitat that is most heavily influenced by humans. Decisions about coastal management ....

Animalia

Henry Horenstein

Animalia is a collection of the best of noted photographer Henry Horenstein's images of sea and land creatures. Described variously as evocative, mysterious, romantic, ....

Back to Nature

The Green and the Real in the Late Renaissance

Robert N Watson

Sweeping across scholarly disciplines, Back to Nature shows that, from the moment of their conception, modern ecological and epistemological anxieties were conjoined twins. ....

The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize

Peter Doherty

In this engaging book, Peter Doherty recounts his unlikely path to becoming a Nobel Laureate. Beginning with his humble origins in Australia, he tells how he developed an ....

Colours of the Tropics

Eden on the Equator

Berndt Fischer

An opulently illustrated book about the numerous forms of life in the tropics: glowing photographs make the orchids, ferns, and parrots seem close enough to touch. Captivating ....

The Complete Guide to Low Light Photography

Michael Freeman

Explores the way that digital cameras can help you create stunning images of sunrises and sunsets, the night sky, dramatically lit cityscapes, firework displays and more. ....

Cultural Landscapes

Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice

Edited by Richard Longstreth

Preservation has traditionally focused on saving prominent buildings of historical or architectural significance. Preserving cultural landscapes-the combined fabric of the ....

Evidence

John Swenson-Wright, Andrew Bell and Karin Tybjerg

Eight distinguished experts from a wide range of disciplines consider the nature and the use of evidence in the modern world. Peter Lipton begins the book by analysing evidence ....

Evolution

Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870

Frederick H Burkhardt, Alison M Pearn and Samantha Evans

With a Foreword by Sir David Attenborough, this is a fascinating insight into Darwin's life as he first directly addressed the issues of humanity's place in nature, and the ....

Fathoming the Ocean

The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea

HM Rozwadowski

By the middle of the nineteenth century, as scientists explored the frontiers of polar regions and the atmosphere, the ocean remained silent and inaccessible. The history of ....

The First Voyage Around the World (1519-1522)

An Account of Magellan's Expedition

Antonio Pigafetta

On August 10, 1519, five ships departed from Seville for what was to become the first circumnavigation of the earth. Linked by fame to the name of its captain, Magellan, much ....

Mastering High Dynamic Range Photography

Michael Freeman

Explains how to shoot specifically for High Dynamic Range (HDR). The book discusses in detail the software available to combine multiple exposures into a single HDR image; how ....

Nature's Clocks

How Scientist's Measure the Age of Almost Everything

Doug Macdougall

"Radioactivity is like a clock that never needs adjusting," writes Doug Macdougall. "It would be hard to design a more reliable timekeeper." ....

Nature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism

From Beauty to Duty

Edited by Allen Carlson and Sheila Lintott

Environmental aesthetics is an emerging field of study that focuses on nature's aesthetic value as well as on its ethical and environmental implications. Drawing on the ....

Origins

Selected Letters of Charles Darwin, 1822-1859

Charles Darwin and Frederick Burkhardt

Charles Darwin changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. This fascinating selection of letters, offers a glimpse of his ....

Patricia Johansons House and Garden Commission

Reconstruction of Modernity

Xin Wu

In 1969, "House and Garden" magazine commissioned one of the first minimalist artists, Patricia Johanson, to propose new directions for American garden art. Having never been ....

Protogaea

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Protogaea, an ambitious account of terrestrial history, was central to the development of the earth sciences in the eighteenth century and provides key philosophical insights ....

Rivertime

Ecotravel on the World's Rivers

Mary A Hood

The book features journeys on the world's rivers, from a naturalists point of view. ....

There's a Hippo in my Cistern

From Loaded Lad to Green Dad One Man's Misadventure on the Eco-Frontline

Pete May

The hilarious true-life tale of one man's journey from self-confessed planet-killing lad to eco-friendly, green-crusader Dad set against the backdrop of Cool Britannia, Blair's ....

Trustees for Nature

A Memoir

Ted Smith

Ted Smith is one of the great pioneers of nature conservation, having had a lifetime involvement at both local and national level. His memoir "Trustees for Nature" is an ....

Wildwood

A Journey Through Trees

Roger Deakin

From the walnut tree at his Suffolk city home, Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia in search of ....

William Roxburgh

The Founding Father of Indian Botany

Tim Robinson

Considered by his 18th-century contemporaries to be `the greatest botanist since Linnaeus', this is the first full biography of `The Founding Father of Indian Botany', ....

Bargaining for Eden

The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America

Stephen Trimble

Beginning with an Olympic ski race in northern Utah, this heartfelt book from award-winning writer and photographer Stephen Trimble takes a penetrating look at the ....

Globetrotter Wildlife Guide Malaysia

Helen Oon

This exciting guide aims to inspire and help travellers to plan and enjoy tours in Malaysia's finest wildlife reserves. In addition to offering advice on planning your ....

Great Karoo

L Nell

This book is set to follow in the format and style of "Garden Route and Little Karoo". Leon Nell has moved to De Rust in the Great Karoo to research and write this book. It ....

Green China

Martin Walters and Heather Angel

China is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, whose habitats range from the vast deserts of the northwest and the Tibetan Plateau, through forested mountain slopes, to a ....

Life in the Valley of Death

The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed

Alan Rabinowitz

Dubbed the Indiana Jones of wildlife science by "The New York Times," Alan Rabinowitz has devoted, and risked his life to protect nature's great endangered mammals. He has ....

Mean and Lowly Things

Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo

Kate Jackson

In 2005, Kate Jackson ventured into the remote swamp forests of the northern Congo to collect reptiles and amphibians. Her camping equipment was rudimentary, her knowledge of ....

A Nature Diary of the South Hams

Gordon Waterhouse

The Scottish Mountains

Hamish Brown and Alan Gordon

Scotland's Mountain landscapes are among the most striking and fragile in northern Europe. Their magic casts a spell over all who come to behold them. This astonishing ....

Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes

Struggle for Justice in the Amazon

Gomercindo Rodrigues and Linda Rabben

A close associate of Chico Mendes, Gomercindo Rodrigues witnessed the struggle between Brazil's rubber tappers and local ranchers--a struggle that led to the murder of Mendes. ....

Wild China - DVD

With splendour, scale and romance, Wild China lifts the veil on the world's most enigmatic and magnificent country, delving into its vibrant habitats to reveal a land of ....

A Wildlife Guide to Chile

Sharon Chester

This is the first comprehensive English-language field guide to the wildlife of Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernandez, and San Felix y ....

400 Trees and Shrubs for Small Spaces

Diana M Miller

Trees and shrubs are a valuable asset to a garden bringing structure, shade, year-round interest and the all-important vertical dimension. However, choosing the right ones for ....

Aloes of South Africa

Gideon Smith and Ben-Erik van Wyk

This is a book that examines the Aloe family from various angles: What are aloes - biology and ecology: growth forms; how they grow; reproduction, etc; How old are these ....

Amino Acids and their Derivatives in Higher Plants

Edited by RM Wallsgrove

For 150 years scientists at the Rothamsted Experimental Station have studied aspects of plant nitrogen nutrition and amino acid biosynthesis. This book is the result of a ....

Atlas y Libro Rojo de la Flora Vascular Amenazada de Espana

Addenda 2006

Atlas y Libro Rojo de la Flora Vascular Amenazada de Espana

Taxones Prioritarios

Between Earth and Sky

Our Intimate Connections to Trees

Nalini M Nadkarni

World-renowned canopy biologist Nalini Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, ....

Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis

and their Relatives

Mark C Tebbitt, Magnus Liden and Henrik Zetterlund

Members of the bleeding heart family, such as the well-known Chinese bleeding heart, have long been among the best-loved flowers of the perennial border. In recent years, ....

Cacti of Texas

A Field Guide

A Michael Powell, James F Weedin and Shirley A Powell

One hundred thirty-two species, subspecies, and varieties of cacti may be found in Texas. About one hundred of them occur in the states Trans-Pecos region, one of the most ....

California's Fading Wildflowers

Lost Legacy and Biological Invasions

Richard A Minnich

Early Spanish explorers in the late eighteenth century found springtime California covered with spectacular carpets of wildflowers from San Francisco to San Diego. Yet ....

A Century of Mycology

Edited by Brian C Sutton

Commemorates the centenary of the British Mycological Society and considers the impact its members have had worldwide during the last 100 years. It combines various historical ....

Dictionary of the Fungi

Edited by PM Kirk, P Cannon and JA Stalpers

Fully revised edition of this classic mycological work, formerly known as "Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi". ....

Ecology of Weed and Invasive Plants

Relationship to Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

Steven R Radosevich, Jodie S Holt and Claudio M Ghersa

The Third Edition of the authoritative reference gives readers an in-depth understanding of how weeds and invasive plants develop and interact in the environment so they can ....

Endemic and Rare Bamboos in China

Edited by Ma Naixun and Zhang Wenyan

This monograph introduces 35 genera, 113 species of endemic and rare bamboos in China. ....

Flora of China, Volume 12: Hippocastanaceae through Theaceae

Wu Zhengyi, Peter H Raven and Hong Deyuan

Eighteen plant families are described in this volume. Among these, Hippocastanaceae comprises the horse chestnuts and buckeyes; Sapindaceae, the soapberry family, includes ....

Freshwater Plants in the Southeastern United States

A Recognition Guide for 133 Plants

V Ramey and J Schardt

This guide unfolds for an easy view of dozens of plants at one time. Essential plant characteristics are pictured with brief text descriptions where needed. ....

Fruit and Seed Production

Aspects of Development, Environmental Physiology and Ecology

Edited by C Marshall and J Grace

Flowering and fruiting are key processes in the biology of higher plants, ensuring the transfer of genetic material from one generation to the next. In addition, as almost all ....

A Garden Gallery

The Plants, Art, and Hardscape of Little and Lewis

George Little and David Lewis

Celebrated internationally as artists and gardeners, Little and Lewis open the gates to their renowned Puget Sound garden and share their personal wisdom for what informs and ....

Gardening with Hardy Heathers

David Small and Ella May T Wulff

A timely and comprehensive review of these high-color, low-maintenance garden plants. The sight of a wild landscape covered with heathers in full bloom is breathtaking, so it ....

Gardens of Paris Sketchbook

Jean-Pierre Le Dantec and Fabrice Moireau

Though, relative to its size, Paris has fewer parks than many other densely built capitals, few big cities can boast such a variety of gardens possessing such a diversity ....

Gardens, City Life, and Culture

A World Tour

Edited by Michel Conan and Chen Wangheng

Gardens have exerted a deep influence on the culture of cities. Considering each city as a whole, this book presents the profoundly different roles of gardens in cultural ....

Grain Legumes

Evolution and Genetic Resources

J Smartt

This volume provides a wide-ranging survey of all the major grain legumes from the standpoint of both their evolution and their potential for further development and ....

Grow Organic

From storing winter vegetables to making your own compost, discover how to plan, design and maintain your own organic garden with this comprehensive guide. Pick up tips on a ....

Guide to Orchids

Richard Gulliver, Mavis Gulliver and Carol Roberts

With colour paintings covering 69 species, subspecies and hybrids, this 12-panel chart covers all the orchids that are likely to be seen in Great Britain (including the ....

Herbicides and Plant Metabolism

Edited by AD Dodge

This volume provides a review of the most important areas of the biochemistry of herbicide action. The introductory chapter is a review of the field of herbicide ....

High and Dry

Gardening with Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants

Robert Nold

Anyone with an interest in hardy, drought-tolerant plants will find an abundance of tempting possibilities. Gardeners in the Interior West and Great Plains face a ....

How to Store Your Garden Produce

The Key to Self-sufficiency

Piers Warren

"How to Store Your Garden Produce - The Key to Self-Sufficiency" is the modern guide to storing and preserving your garden produce, enabling you to eat home-grown goodness all ....

Lilacs

A Gardener's Encyclopedia

John Fiala and Freek Vrugtman

First published in 1988 by award-winning American hybridizer Reverend John Fiala, this unique reference quickly became known worldwide as the lilac lovers' bible. The latest ....

Little Big Bend

Common, Uncommon, and Rare Plants of Big Bend National Park

Roy Morey

Plant life in Big Bend National Park is incredibly diverse. The wide range of habitats within the parkdesert, foothills, mountains and moist woodlands, river canyons and ....

Living Resources for Biotechnology: Filamentous Fungi

Edited by DL Hawksworth and BE Kirsop

This volume is an international compilation for biotechnologists of data on the location and use of filamentous fungi. The volume provides details of the location and scope of ....

Lost Crops of Africa, Volume 3: Fruits

National Research Council

This book is the third in a series evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes 24 ....

Medicinal Plants of Britain and Europe

Wolfgang Hensel

This indispensable guide to the medicinal plants of Britain and Europe is part of the new "Black's Nature Guide" series. Over 350 species of plants are covered, each ....

Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Plant Reproduction

Edited by RJ Scott and AD Stead

Molecular biology techniques have considerably increased our understanding of mechanisms underlying the control of flower initiation, development, function and senescence, ....

Moth Orchids

The Complete Guide to Phalaenopsis

Steven A Frowine

With their refined beauty and elegant flower form, moth orchids (members of the genus "Phalaenopsis" are the basic black of the orchid world. In fact, moth orchids are the ....

Mr Marshal's Flower Book

Being a Compendium of the Flowers Portraits of Alexander Marshal Esq.

Alexander Marshal

The exquisite Florilegium of Alexander Marshal is the only surviving example of a flower-book painted by an English artist in the seventeenth century, and is an ....

Mushrooms of Britain and Europe

Andreas Gminder and Tanja Bohning

This indispensable guide to the mushrooms of Britain and Europe is part of the new "Black's Nature Guide" series. Over 450 species of mushroom are covered, each ....

A Natural History of Conifers

Aljos Farjon

Conifers are the most diverse, interesting, beautiful trees in the world, so why is it that our gardens are home to so few species? Part of the reason lies in their economic ....

The New Book of Salvias

Sages for Every Garden

Betsy Clebsch

Salvias, commonly known as sages, grow throughout temperate and subtropical parts of the world, from sea level to altitudes of more than 11,000 feet (3400 meters). They occur in ....

The New Encyclopedia of Orchids

1500 Species in Cultivation

Isobyl La Croix

1500 orchid species are profiled in this authoritative, detailed, and carefully researched encyclopedia. Infinitely varied and hugely interesting, these strikingly ....

The Peach

Botany, Production and Uses

Edited by DR Layne and D Bassi

The Peach provides a comprehensive up to date reference work, summarizing our knowledge of peaches and their production worldwide and includes an extensive colour ....

Philip's Guide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe

Bob Gibbons and Peter Brough

"Philip's Guide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe" begins with a valuable introduction to wild flowers, with detailed text and artwork on structure, reproduction, ....

Philip's Mini Guide to Mushrooms

Geoffrey Kibby

A new, small-format field guide to 250 of the most commonly found mushrooms in Britain and Northern Europe. ....

Philip's Mini Guide to Wild Flowers

Bob Gibbons and Peter Brough

A new small-format field guide to 250 of the most commonly found wild flowers in Northern Europe, with particular emphasis on those species found in Ireland and the ....

Plant Form

An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology

AD Bell

The diverse external shapes and structures that make up flowering plants can be bewildering and even daunting, as can the terminology used to describe them. An ....

Plant Genotyping II

SNP Technology

Edited by RJ Henry

Since the publication of Plant Genotyping: the DNA Fingerprinting of Plants in 2001, the techniques available for plant DNA analysis have advanced considerably. Recent ....

Plant Membrane and Vacuolar Transporters

Edited by P Jaiwal, R Singh and OP Dhankher

While information on the roles and regulation of transporters for all major nutrients and metabolites in plants has increased significantly, a synthesis of this research has ....

Plants Under Stress

Edited by HG Jones, TJ Flowers and MB Jones

The volume identifies how stressful conditions affect plants. Various stresses, such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, high and low temperatures, can have a major impact on ....

Poisonous Plants of Pakistan

SH Abid Askari

In Poisonous Plants of Pakistan, the author has collected, in one volume, information about the poisonous plants that can be found in Pakistan, which previously could only be ....

Pollen Studies & their Applications with Special Emphasis on Aerobiology and Allergy

SN Agashe

Palynology finds applications in various fields. Some of them are taxonomy, plant evolution, plant breeding programmes, biotechnology, microbiology of water, soil and ....

Population Biology of Grasses

Edited by GP Cheplick

Grasses occupy a greater area of the world's land surface than any other plant family, occurring in almost every terrestrial environment and providing a vital source of food ....

Propagation Techniques

Julie Hollobone

This book will provide expert practical advice on how to propagate all kinds of plants, from fruit, vegetables and herbs to ornamental flowers, trees and shrubs. All the key ....

Quantifying and Understanding Plant Nitrogen Uptake Systems Modeling

Tom Bruulsema, Liwang Ma and Lajpat R Ahuja

A subject of numerous experimental studies over the past decade, plant nitrogen uptake is an important process in agricultural production and environmental quality. However, ....

Roses

Climbing, English, Shrub, Hybrid Teas and Old Roses

David Austin

David Austin has an international following as a rose grower with an intimate knowledge of his chosen flower. In this wide-ranging book, he examines ....

Salad Leaves for All Seasons

Organic Growing from Pot to Plot

Charles Dowding

Small is beautiful, less is more; a salad a day - but not the supermarket way. This compendium of practical methods for growing a wide variety of salads throughout the ....

Sasanqua

Edited by Xu Biyu

Camellia japonica, C. reticulata, C. sasanqua and C. nitidissima are the four important ornamental plants in the genus CAMELLIA. ....

Saxifrages

The Definitive Guide to 2000 Species, Hybrids and Cultivars

Malcolm McGregor

An enthusiast's tale of saxifrages in the wild and in garden cultivation. The exquisite symmetry of the star-shaped blooms of saxifrages has captivated gardeners for centuries. ....

Seeds of Adventure

In Search of Plants

Peter Cox and Peter Hutchison

This book is the story of the extensive travels made by two Peters in search of plants in Turkey, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Tibet. On nearly every expedition, they ....

Sweet Potato

An Untapped Food Resource

JA Woolfe

The sweet potato is at present grown in more than 100 of the independent countries of the world. Most of the producer nations are situated in the tropical developing world ....

Timber Press Pocket Guide to Palms

Robert Lee Riffle

Given their diversity and versatility, it is surprising that palms are underutilized in landscapes and gardens, even in tropical climes. Several reasons account for this, ....

Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota

Welby R Smith

With more than 200 tree, shrub, and woody vine species in Minnesota, anyone with an interest in the outdoors has likely encountered ann unfamiliar plant and wondered about ....

Trees of Britain and Europe

Margot Spohn and Roland Spohn

This indispensable guide to the Trees of Britain and Europe is part of the new "Black's Nature Guide" series. Over 350 species of tree are covered, each beautifully illustrated ....

The Truth About Garden Remedies

What Works, What Doesn't & Why

Jeff Gillman

Can beer make plants grow? How about buttermilk? Or musicaclassical or rock? Are you sure abut planting trees in deep holes? And how about chasing insects with hot sauce and ....

The Truth about Organic Gardening

Benefits, Drawnbacks, and the Bottom Line

Jeff Gillman

Gardeners tend to assume that any organic product is automatically safe for humans and beneficial to the environment--and in most cases this is true. The problem, as Jeff ....

Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico

A Guide to Identification

James H Everitt, Robert I Lonard and Christopher R Little

The book covers 189 species of broad-leaved herbaceous species, grasslike plants, and grasses, encompassing 144 genera and 45 families. These include one species of fern, 142 ....

Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe

Margot Spohn and Roland Spohn

This indispensable guide to the wild flowers of Britain and Europe is part of the new "Black's Nature Guide series". Over 450 species of wild flowers are covered, each ....

Wild Plants of the Burren and the Aran Islands

Charles Nelson

The Burren and the Aran Islands are renowned worldwide for their beautiful wild flowers and plants. Charles Nelson has selected 136, the most widely occurring plus a number of ....

Animals and Temperature

Phenotypic and Evolutionary Adaptation

Edited by IA Johnston and AF Bennett

Environmental temperature varies in time and space on timescales ranging from a few hours to long-term climate change. Organisms are therefore continually challenged to ....

Bacteriophage Ecology

Population Growth, Evolution, and Impact of Bacterial Viruses

Stephen T Abedon

Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that infect bacteria and are believed to be the most abundant and genetically diverse organisms on Earth. As such, their ecology is vast ....

Beautiful Minds

The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins

Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B Stanford

Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any creatures appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and ....

Biological Thermodynamics

Donald Haynie

This inter-disciplinary guide to the thermodynamics of living organisms has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide a uniquely integrated overview of the subject. ....

Coding and Redundancy

Man-Made and Animal-Evolved Signals

Jack P Hailman

This book explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals (e.g., traffic lights and tornado sirens) and animal-evolved ....

DNA

Promise and Peril

Linda L McCabe and Edward R B McCabe

The genetic revolution has provided incredibly valuable information about our DNA, information that can be used to benefit and inform - but also to judge, discriminate, ....

The DNA Doctor

Candid Conversations with James D Watson

Istvan Hargittai

Three in-depth conversations with the Nobel laureate co-discoverer of the double helix and the first director of the Human Genome Project cover a wide range of topics, ....

Essentials of Chemical Biology

Structure and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules

Andrew D Miller and Julian Tanner

Biological Chemistry is