America's Neighborhood Bats

Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them

Merlin D Tuttle

Since its first publication in 1988, America's Neighborhood Bats has changed the way we look at bats by underscoring their harmless and beneficial nature. In this second ....

Bat Migrations in Europe

A Review of Banding Data and Literature

R Hutterer, T Ivanova, C Meyer-Cords and L Rodrigues

Many of the 47 European species of bats perform seasonal long distance migrations and use geographically widely separate habitats during their life cycle. A successful ....

Behavioural Patterns of the One Horned Indian Rhinoceros

Observations in Kaziranga

Kamal Chandra Patar

The food preferences of the one horned Indian rhinoceros were determined in the Kaziranga National Park, (KNP) during the dry season of 1975-1976. ....

Building Homes for Bats

Merlin Tuttle

Bat houses now provide vital roosting habitat for bats throughout North America. In this 33-minute DVD, Merlin Tuttle introduces viewers to America's most successful bat house ....

Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees

Edited by Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Masaki Tomonaga and Masayuki Tanaka

Foreword by Jane Goodall. ....

Collins Animals

Stephen Harris

A visually engaging, large format family reference guide to the animals of Britain and Europe, from one of the UK's foremost wildlife experts. ....

Death in the Grizzly Maze: The Timothy Treadwell Story

M Lapinski

On the afternoon of October 5, 2003, in Alaska's Katmai National Park, one or more brown bears killed and ate Timothy Treadwell, a well-known wildlife celebrity, and his ....

Digit and the Gorillas of Rwanda

Ian Redmond

From the pen of a leading writer and conservationist, this is a compelling account of the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. Redmond tells the history of Digit (the gorilla so ....

Fauna Sinica: Mammalia, Volume 9: Cetacea: Carnivora: Phocoidea Sirenia

Zhou Kaiya

The Chinese marine mammals include representatives in three mammalian orders: Cetacea, Carnivora and Sirenia. The cetacean fauna contains 9 of the world's 14 cetacean families ....

The Grandest of Lives

Eye to Eye with Whales

Douglas H Chadwick

The largest creatures to inhabit the Earth, whales have long inspired awe in human beings. Because they spend almost 95 percent of their time beneath the ocean surface, ....

A Guide to Rabbit Management

S Wray

This publication is a summary of the existing body of knowledge with regard to the European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus, and gives relatively straightforward guidance on ....

A Guide to the Large Mammals of Thailand

John WK Parr

This concise guide will assist the amateur naturalists and professionals in the field identification of all 138 large mammal species found within Thailand. Every species has ....

Horse Breeds of the World

Nicola Jane Swinney and Bob Langrish

Presents histories of 150 world horse and pony breeds. Horses and ponies from 50 countries are profiled, including descriptions of their physique, personality, and ....

Rats

A Year with New York's Most Unwanted Inhabitants

Robert Sullivan

Surprisingly funny and compulsively readable, Rats is an unlikely account of a year spent in a garbage-strewn alley in lower Manhattan. Sullivan spends the year with a ....

Rhino Rescue

Garry Hamilton

Profiles people and organisations around the world helping to preserve rhinos in their natural environments. ....

The Secret World of Bats

Merlin Tuttle

This 48-minute film, originally shown on CBS television, captures all aspects of bat behavior as world-renowned cinematographer Dieter Plage follows Bat Conservation ....

Seeing the Elephant

The Ties That Bind Elephants and Humans

Eric Scigliano

For millennia, people all over the world have revered, adored and exploited elephants. In Thailand, a pregnant woman might duck under an elephant's belly to encourage an easy ....

White-tailed Deer Habitat

Ecology and Management on Rangelands

Timothy Edward Fulbright and J Alfonso Ortega-S

For most of the last century, range management meant managing land for livestock. The best measure of success was how well a landowner grew the grass that cattle ate. In this ....

The World of the Polar Bear

Norbert Rosing

The culmination of more than 20 years' study by one of the world's leading natural history photographers. Rosing takes us through the year of the polar bear, showing the ....

An Atlas of Movements of Southwest Siberian Waterbirds

J Veen et al

This Atlas of Movements of Southwest Siberian Waterbirds is a contribution to the knowledge of the migratory movements of Siberian waterbirds, with special reference to ....

Avian Flight

J Videler

Covers all the main aspects of aerial locomotion by birds including sections on the history of bird flight study, aerodynamics, functional morphology, evolution, ....

BWPi 2006

OUP/BirdGuides Ltd

A supplementary disk to BWPi (Bird of the Western Palearctic on DVD-ROM). BWPi 2006 contains additional species accounts from the journal BWP Update. ....

Bird Mimicry

A Remarkable Collection of Imitations by Birds

Richard Ranft

Marvel at the sounds of a Shropshire Jay that neighs like a horse and a Blackbird in London that imitates a computer modem. From the world's largest collection of nature ....

Birding Babylon

A Soldier's Journal from Iraq

Jonathan Trouern-Trend

Early in 2004, a National Guardsman from Connecticut arrived in Iraq for a year's posting. From nearly day one until he left Iraq, Trouern-Trend wrote about his bird ....

Birding Costa Rica

Birds of Brazil / Aves do Brasil

An Artistic View / Uma Visao Artística

Tomas Sigrist

Birds of Brazil - An Artistic View, will dazzle ornithologists, nature lovers, conservationists and artists everywhere. This generous 672 page hardback is teeming with ....

Birds of Prey Rescue

Pamela Hickman

Illustrated with spectacular photographs, this book profiles the dedicated people, organisations and projects around the world helping endangered raptors survive in their ....

Birds of Southwestern British Columbia

Richard Cannings, Tom Aversa and Hal Opperman

This beautiful little volume will delight and inspire bird lovers who live in or are visiting southwestern BC. An amazing amount of useful information is packed into this ....

Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti

S Latta, J Wiley, C Rimmer, H Raffaele, A Keith, K McFarland and E Fernandez

The Dominican Republic and Haiti share the island of Hispaniola, the second largest in the Caribbean after Cuba, and the home of several endemic species, including the Palm ....

Birds of the World

Recommended English Names

Edited by Frank B Gill and Minturn T Wright

The product of more than 15 years of discussion, debate and review by a team of international experts sanctioned by the International Ornithological Congress, this book ....

Collins Bird eGuide

The most complete field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe

Killian Mullarney, Lars Svensson, Dan Zetterstrom and Peter J Grant

Superb new electronic field guide based on the best-selling Collins Bird Guide. ....

DVD-ROM Guide to British Birds, Version 8

BirdGuides

The DVD-ROM Guide to British Birds Version 8 uses new software based on BWPi - now it's even easier to compare any images or sounds and to view the superb artwork and video ....

Donde Ver Aves en España

Los 100 Mejores Lugares

José Antonio Montero, Eduardo de Juana and Fernando Barrio

The ideal guide for discovering a hundred of the most interesting and accessible natural sites for birding. Includes informative, up-to-date texts on the natural features and ....

The Goshawk

Robert Kenward

A large and spectacular bird of prey, the Goshawk lives in boreal forests throughout the Northern hemisphere. A powerful hunter of large birds and woodland mammals, it was ....

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds: 7 Volume Set

Edited by Peter Higgins

The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antartic Birds (HANZAB) is one of the world's major ornithological projects. This seven volume set, realises the vision to ....

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds: Volume 7

Boatbill to Starlings

Peter Higgins, John Peter and Sid Cowling

The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antartic Birds is one of the world's major ornithological projects. This final volume, published in 2 parts, is the culmination of ....

Handbook on Indian Wetland Birds and their Conservation

A Kumar, JP Sati, PC Tak and JRB Alfred

The first comprehensive handbook on Indian Wetland birds, which provides information on 310 wetland bird species from India. Each species description comprises brief ....

Hummingbirds of Texas

With their New Mexico and Arizona Ranges

CE Shackelford et al

Written for a general audience, with spectacular images for birders and nature enthusiasts at every level, "Hummingbirds of Texas" reveals the enormous appeal of this ....

Life on the Wing

A stunning photographic biology of birds

Brutus Ostling and Magnus Ullman

Illustrated with photographs taken around the world, this book is the first to show the huge range of lifestyles that birds have used to become one of the most successful ....

The New Birds of the West Midlands

covering Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and the former West Midlands County

Graham Harrison and Janet Harrison

The original Birds of the West Midlands, produced for the West Midland Bird Club's 50th anniversary, was highly acclaimed at the time. Now, 25 years on, the long-awaited New ....

Ospreys

Flying home to Rutland Water

David Attenborough

Ospreys are back and breeding in England after an absence of 150 years. David Attenborough narrates their story and that of the organisations and volunteers that made ....

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands / Guide Photographique des Oiseaux des Iles de l'Océan Indien

Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Reunion and the Comoros

Ian Sinclair, Olivier Langrand and Fanja Andriamialisoa

This photographic guide depicts a selection of the most commonly encountered and striking bird species of Madagascar, the Seychelles, the Comoros, and the Mascarenes - a ....

The Pocket Guide to the Birds of Prey of Britain and Europe

Peter Hayman and Rob Hume

A definitive field reference, "The Pocket Guide to the Birds of Prey of Britain and Europe" explores the nine raptor families, giving detailed habitat, feeding, and ....

RSPB Handbook of British Birds

Peter Holden and Tim Cleeves

This is a completely revised and updated edition of the best selling RSPB Handbook of British Birds. This unique guide provides a `biography' of each of the 300 commonest ....

The Really Useful Garden Bird Handbook

Mike Ward

This little book tells you everything you need to know to attract, feed and shelter wild birds in your garden. How to turn even the smallest garden into a haven for birds all ....

Secret Lives of British Birds

Dominic Couzens

Following the bestselling Secret Lives of Garden Birds, this trip around Britain's principal habitats exposes the extraordinary hidden world of some of our most familiar ....

Toucans of the Americas / Tucanos das Américas

Herculano Alvarenga and Eduardo Brettas

Toucans, Toucanets and Aracaris ....

UK500: Birding in the Fast Lane

James Hanlon

Birding in the Fast Lane is an insight into the world of twitching, an anecdotal, humourous and highly personal account of some of the author's most memorable - and ....

Veränderungen der ostdeutschen Agrarlandschaft und ihrer Vogelwelt

K George

Dissertation on the subject of changes in the East German agricultural landscape and its bird distribution since reunification. ....

What's That Bird?

A Quick Reference Guide to the Most Common European Garden Birds

Paul Sterry

An easy-to-use guide to 200 of the most common European garden birds that includes pictures of males and females, flight patterns and calls so you can quickly identify ....

Amphibians and Reptiles of the San Diego Region

Jeffrey M Lemm

With its varied topography of coast, mountains, and desert, the San Diego region, considered one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, boasts a rich variety of amphibians ....

Atlas of the Amphibians of Cheshire and Wirral

Jonathan Guest and Andy Harmer

This atlas includes sections on conservation, estimating populations, distribution, amphibians in place-names, amphibian habitats in Cheshire etc. ....

The Calls of the Frogs of Madagascar

Edited by Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw and Rafael Marquez

This bundle of 3 CD contains two types of recordings: (1) Calls of a particular species, for which we usually selected recordings of single specimens, with highest recording ....

Common Rat Snake of India: Their Functional Morphology and Bionomics

Shiv Dutta

The Common Indian Rat Snake, Pyas Mucosus (Linn.) is one of the commonest snake both in the hills and the plains and is widely distributed throughout the whole of India, ....

The Eyelash Geckos

Care, Breeding and Natural History

Edited by Hermann Seufer et al

As to date, there is no comprehensive monograph about this family of geckos, it suggested itself to gather as much of the available knowledge as possible, and to ....

A Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Egypt

Sherif Baha El Din

Reptiles and amphibians are among Egypt's most successful wildlife, found in almost every habitat in the country, from homes to fields and the desert itself. For the first ....

Lizards

Windows to the Evolution of Diversity

Eric R Pianka and Laurie J Vitt

Pianka and Vitt, authors of Lizard Ecology (Princeton UP, 1994), provide the definitive reference on lizards, covering species evolution, diversity, ecology, and ....

Die Nilweichschildkröte - Trionyx triunguis

Dieter Gramentz

After more than 15 yeras of field research in Western and Central Africa and Turkey, Gramentz hereby presents the first monograph featuring this soft-shelled tortoise. The ....

Reptilien und Amphibien Europas

Axel Kwet

Identification guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Europe. Covers more than 190 species, with up to four photos per species. Contains distribution maps and keys. ....

The Snakes of Sulawesi: A Field Guide to the Land Snakes of Sulawesi with Identification Keys

Ruud de Lang and Gernot Vogel

Covers 54 Species and sub-species of snakes found in Sulawesi, located in the south Pacific. Each species account provides scientific and common names, identification ....

The Biology of the Threespined Stickleback

Sara Ostlund-Nilsson, Ian Mayer and Felicity Anne Huntingford

Since sticklebacks have undergone evolutionary radiation in different environments, research provides an important new model system for understanding the underlying ....

Commercial Fishes of the Eritrean Red Sea

Amanuel Ghebremichael

This book provides a guide to some of the many commercial fishes of the Eritrean Red Sea and the marine environment they inhabit. This guide is designed as a working tool for ....

A Field Guide to the Fishes of Kuching Rivers

Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Katherine Atack

A Field Guide to the Fishes of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo introduces the non-taxonomic reader to the variety of fish species in the mostly estuarine rivers ....

Fish Endocrinology

Edited by Manfred Reinecke, Giacomo Zaccone and BG Kapoor

During the past two decades, fish endocrinology has witnessed exciting developments due to our increased knowledge at all levels of biological organizations, including ....

Fishes of the World

Joseph S Nelson

Celebrating it's 30th year in print, Dr. Nelson's book is a classic in its field, unique in its presentation of a modern introductory systematic treatment of all major fish ....

The Freshwater Fishes of Manitoba

Kenneth Stewart and Douglas A Watkinson

Manitoba's ninety-three species of fish give the province the third most diverse fish population in Canada. The province's variety of geological features, with its major ....

Metazoan Parasites of Salmonid Fishes of Europe

Salmonids represent a large group of freshwater and migratory fishes of tremendous value in both sport and commercial fisheries; many species have become the subject of ....

Sharks, Skates and Rays of the Gulf of Mexico

A Field Guide

Glenn R Parsons

Designed as a field guide, this easy-to-use reference provides details on biology, distribution and status, similar species and nomenclature, as well as personal ....

World Atlas of Marine Fishes

Rudie H Kuiter and Helmut Debelius

This World Atlas shows more than 6000 photos of 4200 species of fish found in the oceans worldwide. Presented here are the fishes one is likely to see when diving or ....

100 Caterpillars

Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica

Jeffrey C Miller, Daniel H Janzen and Winifred Hallwachs

Every bright monarch butterfly or striking luna moth started out in a far subtler form of nature's mosaic, a humble caterpillar. It is this early stage of life--crafted by ....

Acta Zoologica Fennica, Vol. 215: Morphological Characters of Adult Syrphidae

Descriptions and phylogenetic utility

H Hippa and G Stahls

Aphids on the World's Herbaceous Plants and Shrubs

An Identification and Information Guide

Roger Blackman and Victor Eastop

Aphids are well-known as pests of agriculture, horticulture and forestry, but they are also one of the most biologically interesting groups of plant-feeding insects, and thus ....

Asian Honey Bees

Biology, Conservation and Human Interactions

Benjamin P Oldroyd and Siriwat Wongsiri

The familiar European hive bee, Apis mellifera, has long dominated honey bee research. But in the last 15 years, teams in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand began to shift ....

Beetles of California

Arthur V Evans and James N Hogue

With perhaps 8,000 different species, beetles are easily the largest group of animals in California and can be found virtually everywhere in the state. They grapple over flower ....

The Biology and Fisheries of the Slipper Lobster

Kari L Lavalli and Ehud Spanier

The Biology and Fisheries of the Slipper Lobster serves as the first major volume dedicated to the biology of slipper lobsters, including Scyllarides, Scyllarus, Thenus, ....

Bivalves and Bivalve Habitats in the Northern Red Sea

An Actuopalaeontological Approach

M Zuschin and PG Oliver

Butterflies of Cape Peninsula

A Comprehensive Guide

AJM Claassens

In this area of less than 420 square kilometres are found 67 species and sub-species. Uppersides and undersides of all species are depicted in colour, and relevant ....

The Butterflies of Ladakh: Volume 5

V Tshikolovets

The first comprehensive reference on 370 butterfly and skipper species known to occur in Ladakh (NW India). All species are figured in colour (about 1470 images, including many ....

Butterflies of the Bristol Region

R Barnett, R Higgins, T Moulin and C Wiltshire

With a foreword by Bill Oddie. ....

Butterflies of the Western Cape

A Guide to Common Garden, Park and Wayside Butterflies

AJM Claassens

A user-friendly guide to the identification of the 53 species common in urban areas of the region. Both sexes of each species are illustrated. The photographs are accompanied ....

Cercopid Spittle Bugs of the New World

(Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae)

Cervasio Carvalho and Michael D Webb

South America possesses a staggering number of insect species. Whilst most people are familiar with its butterflies few realise that there is a group of equally colourful and ....

Cleroidea : Beetles of the Superfamily Cleroidea in the Czech and Slovak Republics and Neighbouring Areas / Brouci nadceledi Cleroidea Ceska,

Slovenska a sousednich oblasti

J Kolibac, K Majer and V Svihla

The book includes a key to the species of the families Phloiophilidae, Trogossitidae, Thanerocleridae, Cleridae, Acanthocnemidae, Dasytidae, Melyridae aand Malachiidae. The ....

Coleopterist's Handbook

Edited by Jonathan Cooter and MVL Barclay

A completely rewritten edition of the classic handbook. ....

Coléoptères d'Europe: Carabidae, Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae, Volume 1: Adephaga

Gaetan du Chatenet

Illustrated descriptions of nearly 900 beetle species, including clear descriptions of each species, giving its Latin name, its biology, a description including its minimum ....

Drepcici (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) Ceska a Slovenska

P Cizek

Flea-beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics. ....

Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Anisoptera

Illustrated Keys to Known Families, Genera, and Species in South America

Charles W Heckman

Anisoptera is the first of two volumes on the Odonata in the series Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects. The second will treat the Zygoptera. ....

Fascinating Insects: Some Aspects of Insect Life

Pierre Jolivet and Krishna K Verma

This book highlights the very successful and much diversified group of organisms, the insects, and deals with some interesting aspects of insect life, which are often ignored ....

Fauna Helvetica 15: Decapoda

P Stucki and B Zaugg

Field Guide of Cuban-West Indies Butterflies

Luis Roberto Hernandez

The Fire Ants

Walter R Tschinkel

Walter Tschinkel's passion for fire ants has been stoked by over thirty years of exploring the rhythm and drama of Solenopsis invicta's biology. Since South American ....

Fruit Beetles of Costa Rica

Angel Solis

This field guide includes an introduction with information about the morphological characteristics of the Cetoniinae, their distribution in the world and in Costa Rica, ....

Function and Detailed Morphology of the Tylenchida (Nematoda)

E Geraert

This is the first and so far the one and only treatise on the morphology of the Tylenchs. Tylenchs are economically important Nematodes that live in huge numbers in the ....

Galling Arthropods and their Associates

Ecology and Evolution

Edited by Kenichi Ozaki et al

This book addresses recent developments in the ecology, evolution, systematics, physiology, and biodiversity of gall-inducing arthropods, with individual contributions ....

Highland Bumblebees

Distribution, Ecology and Conservation

Murdo Macdonald and Gill Nisbet

This book describes the current state of the 16 species of bumblebee found in the Highland region of Scotland. Covers all aspects of the biology and ecology of these ....

Insect Symbiosis, Volume II

Kostas Bourtzis and Thomas A Miller

Insect Symbiosis, Volume 2 summarizes current knowledge of symbiotic organisms in the biology of insects. Written by authorities on symbionts, the microbes associated with ....

Insects and Human Life

Brian Morris

Based on his years spent in Malawi, Morris demonstrates an intimate knowledge of virtually every aspect of human-insect relations. Not only is the book useful in terms ....

Katydids of Costa Rica, Volume 1

Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids

P Naskrecki

This volume, first in a 3-part series, presents a monographic treatment of the Costa Rican fauna of the cone-head katydids (Conocephalinae + Copiphorinae + Agraeciinae). ....

Kaufmann Field Guide to Insects of North America

K Kaufmann and E Easton

Many insects are difficult even for the experts to identify. In the new Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America, a ....

Libellen sterreichs

Rainer Raab, Andreas Chovanec and Josef Pennerstorfer

Describes all 77 species of dragonflies in Austria in detail and provides general information about the biology, distribution and status of dragonflies. ....

Les Libellules de France, Belgique et Luxembourg

Daniel Grand and Jean-Pierre Boudot

The first book published on the dragonflies of France, Belgium and Luxemburg in the French language. This book serves as a textbook on the biology, taxonomy and ecology of ....

Les Longicornes des Petits Antilles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)

Taxonomie, Ethologie, Biogeographie

F Chalumeau and J Touroult

This monograph on the longhorn beetles of the Lesser West Indies (Anguilla to Grenada) and Virgin Islands is the first regional synthesis covering all known species, including ....

Monograph of the Gomphodesmidae, a Family of African Polydesmoid Millipeds

RL Hoffman

The Moths of Borneo, Parts 15 & 16 (Noctuidae: Catocaline)

Subfamilies Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae

JD Holloway

Opisthobranchs of Japan Islands

Nakano Rie

Photo identification guide. ....

The Other Insect Societies

James T Costa

Foreword by Bert Holldobler and a commentary by E O Wilson ....

Les Papillons de la Réunion et leurs chenilles

Dominique Martiré and Jacques Rochat

Richly illustrated guide to 32 species of butterflies and more than 200 species of moths found on Reunion. ....

A Pocket Guide: Phasmids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore

Francis Seow-Choen

Although phasmids are found in almost all tropical forests, not much was known about them until recently. Over the last 25 years, the Phasmid Study Group (popularly known as ....

RES Handbook Volume 1, Part 7

Psocoptera

TR New

Since the first edition of this handbook was published in 1974, seven new species of Psocoptera have been recorded in Britain. ....

Spiders of the North Woods

L Webber

Spiders of the North Woods introduces over 60 fascinating northern spiders. Spider guides are few and far between. Larry's easy-to-follow format makes field identification ....

The State of Britain's Moths

This report reveals that the moth population of Britain is in serious decline, causing concern for the future of many species of birds, bats and several small mammals that ....

The State of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland

Richard Fox, Jim Asher, Tom Brereton, David Roy and Martin Warren

This major new landmark publication provides the first assessment of the changing status of butterflies in the 21st Century, updating the Millennium Atlas of Butterflies of ....

Sterile Insect Technique

Principles and Practice in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management

Edited by VA Dyck, J Hendrichs and AS Robinson

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. A ....

Texas Bug Book

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Howard Garret and C Malcolm Beck

Takes an organic approach to pest control highlighting the many useful roles that bugs play in nature and offering proven organic remedies for infestations of pest insects. ....

The World's First Shell Collecting Guide from 1821

John Mawe's 'The Voyager's Companion or Shell Collector's Pilot'

JD Stilwell

Shells have a mystique that transcends time. Shelled molluscs have existed since the beginning of the Palaeozoic era, an amazing half billion years ago. For thousands 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 ....

The Liverworts in Baltic and Bitterfeld Amber

Riclef Grolle and Kay Meister

Muschelkalkmuseum Ingelfingen

Hans Hagdorn

Descriptions of the fossils in the museum in Ingelfingern, Germany. ....

Stable Isotopes in Paleoclimatology

Mark Maslin and Jonathan Holmes

This book examines the application of stable isotopes in the reconstruction of past climatic conditions. With particular emphasis on the Quaternary, Stable Isotopes in ....

Atlante di Flora e Fauna del Mediterraneo

Guida all'ambiente sommerso

Egidio Trainito

Photographic identification guide to the flora and fauna of the Mediterranean, covering more than 800 species. ....

Cladocera: Family Ilyocryptidae (Branchiopoda: Cladocera: Anomopoda)

AA Kotov and P Stifter

Field Guide to the Sea Slugs of the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Yolanda Camacho-Garcia, Terence M Gosliner and Angel Valdes

First opisthobranch guide to the area from Guatemala to Ecuador and the Galapagos, covering 145 species, with a taxonomic key. Contains an introduction to external ....

Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest

A Photographic Encyclopedia of Invertebrates, Seaweeds and Selected Fishes

Andy Lamb and Bernard Hanby

With 1,700 superb colour photographs of over 1,400 species, Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Encyclopedia of Invertebrates, Seaweeds and Selected Fishes is ....

Nudibranch Behavior

DW Behrens

This book is notable for its collection of photographs of opisthobranch biology and behaviour. Chapters include a discussion of the different orders of sea slugs, senses ....

Seashore Life of the Caribbean

Alick Jones and Sarah Jones

Survey reports of the R/V DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN 1975-89

FAO

The research vessel DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN operated for 18 years (1975 to 1993), surveying shelves and slopes of tropical and subtropical regions. The main objective was to ....

Window to the Sea

Behind the Scenes at America's Great Public Aquariums

John Grant and Ray Jones

Captures the beauty and adventure of the undersea world and reveals the dramatic work done by marine scientists and other staff at public aquariums in the US. ....

The Birdwatcher's Guide to Digital Photography

David Tipling

"The Birdwatcher's Guide to Digital Photography" is a comprehensive guide that covers a wide number of topics, such as ....

Civilized Life in the Universe

Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials

George Basalla

This book is a selective and fascinating history of scientific speculation about intelligent extraterrestrial life. From Plutarch to Stephen Hawking, some of the most ....

Ending in Ice

Alfred Wegener's Revolutionary Idea and Tragic Expedition

Roger M McCoy

An old truism holds that a scientific discovery has three stages: first, people deny it is true; then they deny it is important; finally, they credit the wrong person. ....

Experiencing Nature

The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution

Antonio Barrera-Osorio

As Spain colonized the Americas during the sixteenth century, Spanish soldiers, bureaucrats, merchants, adventurers, physicians, ship pilots, and friars explored the ....

Lake Monster Mysteries

Investigating the World's Most Elusive Creatures

Benjamin Radford and Joe Nickell

For centuries, eyewitnesses around the world - from America to Africa, Argentina to Scotland - have reported sightings of dark, mysterious creatures in area lakes that ....

Life

Lennart Nilsson

Presents a visual account of human development, from DNA to stem cells, by one of the leading scientific photographers. This book includes studies of hormones, conception and ....

Lonesome George

The Life and Loves of a Conservation Icon

Henry Nicholls

Lonesome George is a 5ft long, 200lb tortoise aged between 60 and 200. In 1971, he was discovered on the remote Galapagos island of Pinta, from which tortoises had supposedly ....

The Longest Winter

The Incredible Survival of Captain Scott's Lost Party

Katherine Lambert

One of the greatest unknown survival stories to come out of the heroic age of polar exploration. This book documents the unknown story of Scott's Northern party and their ....

Naturalist

Edward O Wilson

Now available in a revised and updated edition with a new foreword by the author. ....

Nature Revealed

Selected Writings, 1949-2006

Edward O Wilson

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson is one of the leading biologists and philosophical thinkers of our time. In this compelling collection, Wilson's observations ....

Nature's Restoration

People and Places on the Front Lines of Conservation

Peter Friederici

Across America and around the world, people are working to help nature heal itself. In Bermuda, a man single-handedly grows thousands of trees on a small island to restore ....

The Open Air

Richard Jefferies

A collection of essays that attempt to distill the essence of nature, and of life in the country into prose, and to impart the wonder the author feels when immersed in nature. ....

Planet Earth

Alistair Fothergill

Foreword by Sir David Attenborough ....

The Psychology of Science and the Origins of the Scientific Mind

Gregory J Feist

In this book, Gregory Feist reviews and consolidates the scattered literatures on the psychology of science, then calls for the establishment of the field as a unique ....

RSPB Guide to Digital Wildlife Photography

David Tipling

This is a helpful and practical RSPB guide to all aspects of digital wildlife photography, accessibly written by and beautifully illustrated with the work of one of ....

Reconceiving the Gene

Seymour Benzer's Adventures in Phage Genetics

Frederic L Holmes

Relates how, between 1954 and 1961, the biologist Seymour Benzer mapped the fine structure of the rII region of the genome of the bacterial virus known as phage T4. ....

Science Magazine's State of the Planet 2006-2007

Edited by Donald Kennedy

How often in today's environmental debates have you read that "the science is in dispute" - even when there is overwhelming consensus among scientists? Too often, the ....

Seeking the Sacred Raven

Politics and Extinction on a Hawaiian Island

Mark Jerome Walters

Will the 'Alala ever return to the wild? A bird sacred to Hawaiians and a member of the raven family, the 'Alala today survives only in captivity. How the species once ....

Stubbs and the Horse

Malcolm Warner and Robin Blake

A versatile genius whose oeuvre includes paintings, engravings and detailed anatomical studies, George Stubbs (1724-1806) was fascinated by horses. This handsome book presents ....

TWAS at 20

A History of the Third World Academy of Sciences

Daniel Schaffer

For the past 20 years, the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) has been at the forefront of efforts to promote science and science-based developments in the developing ....

Thus Spoke Galileo

The great scientist's ideas and their relevance to the present day

Andrea Frova and Mariapiera Marenzana

You might know what is said about Galileo, but not many people know what Galileo himself actually said! His elusive and often misquoted discourse has resulted, over the years, ....

Vanishing Wildlife

A Sound Guide to Britain's Endangered Species

Richard Ranft

Recordings from the British Library Sound Archive of some of the most elusive birds, mammals, insects and frogs in Britain. ....

Archipelago

Portraits of Life on the World's Most Remote Islands

David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton

This new masterwork, by the creators of the acclaimed 2001 book, Remains of a Rainbow, showcases the unique flora and fauna of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, both ....

Beat About the Bush

Trevor Carnaby

More comprehensive than a field guide yet more accessible than an academic text, this authoritative reference answers fundamental questions about mammals and birds in the ....

Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife DVDs

Bill Oddie

Two DVDs containing episodes 1-8 and 6-19 of the BBC series. ....

Creatures of Empire

How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America

Virginia DeJohn Anderson

When we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans--not cattle, or goats, or swine. But as Virginia DeJohn ....

An Ecotraveller's Guide to Costa Rica

Hannah Robinson

Costa Rica: More diversity is crammed into its borders per square mile than any other country in the world, and this book takes you to the best places to see it all. ....

Good Parks Guide

The ultimate compendium of over 500 of the best public, countryside, urban and historic parks in the UK. Compiled in conjunction with GreenSpace and the RHS, this practical ....

Hiking the Grand Canyon

John Annerino

Fully revised, updated, and expanded, this ever-popular Sierra Club Totebook is an information-packed guide to America's best-known national park, the destination of more ....

Introduction to California Chaparral

Ronald D Quinn and Sterling C Keeley

The characteristic look of California Chaparral--a soft bluish-green blanket of vegetation gently covering the hills--is known to millions who have seen it as the ....

Ireland's Coastline

Exploring its Nature and Heritage

Richard Nairn

No part of Ireland is more than 100km from the coast and over half the population live within 10km of it. This book is a comprehensive account of the natural and human history ....

Irish Trees

The Wild Flowers, Plants and Trees of Ireland

Niall Mac Coitir

In ancient Ireland mythology and folklore were part of the general knowledge about each tree. This book gathers the myths, legends and folklore associated with the native Irish ....

Land of Mountain and Flood

The Geology and Landforms of Scotland

Alan McKirdy, John Gordon and Roger Crofts

The sheer diversity of Scotland's rocks and landforms are the physical reminders of a fascinating physical and chronological journey which shows that the land that makes up ....

Life in the Chesapeake Bay

An Illustrated Guide to the Fishes, Invertebrates, Plants, Birds and other Animals of Bays and Inlets from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras

Alice J Lippson and Robert L Lippson

Life in the Chesapeake Bay is the most important book ever published on America's largest estuary. Since publication of the first edition in 1984, tens of thousands of ....

The Meadowlands

Wilderness Adventures on the Edge of New York City

Robert Sullivan

Just five miles west of New York City, the Meadowlands is an untamed, vilified, half-developed and smelly tract of swampland. It is home to rare birds and missing ....

Mike Butterfield's Guide to the Mountains of New Mexico

Peter Greene

This handy, beautifully illustrated guide to the mountains of New Mexico includes all prominent mountain ranges and other high points, with their locations, access, major ....

Le Monde Vegetal de Zermatt

C Käsermann, F Meyer and A Steiner

Mountains of New Mexico

Robert Julyan

Many non-New Mexicans envision New Mexico as one large desert, yet New Mexico is very much a mountain state, with more than one hundred named mountain groups. New Mexico's ....

Northwest California

A Natural History

John O Sawyer

Northwestern California is mainly known for its majestic redwood forests and incomparable coastline, but there is much more in its rich biota and scenery. The ....

A Portrait of England

Campaign to Protect Rural England

A visual celebration of the English countryside and its natural and human history. Published in association with the CPRE and introduced by its President, Sir Max ....

Return to Wild America

A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul

Scott Weidensaul

In 1953, birding guru Roger Tory Peterson and noted British naturalist James Fisher set out on what became a legendary journey-a one hundred day trek over 30,000 miles around ....

Sipadan Mabul Kapalai: Sabah's Underwater Treasure

Jason Isley et al

On the northeast coast of Sabah, Malaysia, lie three seemingly insignificant islands. Ignored by the rest of the world until the 1980s, it has only recently been discovered ....

Travellers' Wildlife Guide: Australia - the East

Les Beletsky

This book provides you with all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Australia's magnificent animal and plant life. Identification and location ....

Travellers' Wildlife Guide: Hawaii

Les Beletsky

This book contains all the information a traveller needs to find, identify, and learn about the region's magnificent animal life. ....

Travellers' Wildlife Guide: Southern Africa

W Branch, C Stuart, T Stuart and W Tarboton

From the world-famous Kruger National Park in South Africa, to Botswana's Okavango Delta, Namibia's Etosha National Park, and Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, the ....

Travellers' Wildlife Guide: Southern Mexico

Les Beletsky

Useful for nature travellers to Southern Mexico, this guide covers the Cancun Region, Yucatan Peninsula, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco. It provides the information you need to ....

Vietnam: A Natural History

Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley and Le Duc Minh

A country uncommonly rich in plants, animals, and natural habitats, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shelters a significant portion of the world's biological diversity, ....

Acta Botanica Fennica, Vol. 177: Bryophyte Flora of Hunan Province, China, 3: Bryophytes from Taoyuandong and Yankou Nature Reserves and

Badagongshan and Hupingshan National Nature Reserves, with additions to floras of Mangshan Nature Reserve and Wulingyuan Global Cultural Heritage Area

T Koponen et al

Acta Botanica Fennica, Vol. 178: Bryophyte Flora of Hunan Province, China, 5 and 6

MS Ignatov et al

Contains Brachytheciaceae (Musci), with an overview of Eurhynchiadelphus and Rhynchostegiella in SE Asia; and Jungermanniaceae and Gymnomitriaceae (Hepaticae). ....

Alaska Trees and Shrubs

LA Viereck and EL Little

New, completely revised and updated edition of the classic Alaska Trees and Shrubs, which has long been the definitive work on the woody plants of the fourty-ninth state. ....

Algae of Ukraine, Volume 1

Cyanoprocaryota, Euglenophyta, Chrysophyta, Xanthophyta, Raphidophyta, Phaeophyta, Dinophyta, Cryptophyta, Glaucostophyta, and Rhodophyta

OV Borisova et al

The first of a scheduled 2 volume set on the algae of the Ukraine. The present volume covers 967 genera and 4942 species (5905 infra- specific taxa). For each taxon ....

Alleebäume

Wenn Bäume ins Holz, Laub und in die Frucht wachsen sollen

Peter Kurz and Michael Machatschek

Antidesma in Malesia and Thailand

Petra Hoffmann

Antidesma is a genus in the family Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). It comprises trees and shrubs which are conspicuous by their racemes of often ....

Arbres et Arbustes aux Quatre Saisons

JD Godet

Guide to 270 trees and shrubs of Western Europe. ....

Les Bryophytes du Centre-Ouest

Classification, Determination, Repartition

RB Pierrot

Cactus Basics

Tony Mace

The strange and beautiful world of cacti and succulents is explored in this guide to their care and cultivation. It includes tips and techniques on treating pests, diseases, ....

Check-list of Gabonese Vascular Plants

MSM Sosef

A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi

AM Strugnell

Cinco Anos de Adiciones a la Flora del Ecuador 1999-2004

Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and David A Neill

Of the 1246 new additions to the Ecuadorian flora, 820 are new taxa described from Ecuadorian material, 337 names are new records for Ecuador, and 89 are taxonomic ....

DNA and Tissue Banking for Biodiversity and Conservation

Theory, Practice and Uses

Edited by Vincent Savolainen, Martyn P Powell, Kate Davis et al

The world is facing a biodiversity crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Unless there are radical changes in human behaviour, we can expect significant and alarming species loss ....

Distributiones Fungorum Belgii et Luxemburgi Fasc. 3

A Fraiture and R Walleyn

Ecology of Harmful Algae

Edna Graneli and Jefferson T Turner

Table of contents: 1 An Introduction to Harmful Algae ....

The Ecology of Plants

Jessica Gurevitch, Samuel M Scheiner and Gordon A Fox

This thoroughly revised and updated book is now in full colour and augmented by many new illustrations and references. Brighter than ever, "The Ecology of Plants" covers a range ....

Endangered Plants of Japan: A Florilegium

Edited by Ohba Hideaki

Beautiful illustrations of 182 of Japan's rarest and most notable plants. The full page illustrations are accompanied by descriptions and distribution information in Japanese ....

The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases

Edited by BM Cooke, D Gareth Jones and B Kaye

Plant disease epidemiology is a dynamic science that forms an essential part of the study of plant pathology. This book brings together a team of 35 international experts. ....

European Community Plant Variety Protection

Gert Würtenberger et al

This book is intended as a practical guide to the European Community plant variety protection system under Council Regulation (EC) 2100/94. This system was introduced to ....

Farbatlas der Basidiomyceten (Colour Atlas of Basidiomycetes): Lfg 23

Meinhard Moser and Ursula Peintner

Feast of Dates

D Potts

Tells the story of the date palm from archaeological finds, oral and historical records, practical farming knowledge and scientific research. Not only does it place the tree ....

Flora Genérica de los Páramos

Guía Ilustrada de las Plantas Vasculares

Petr Sklenao, Lames L Luteyn et al

The Paramo is one of the richest high-elevation mountain ecosystems in the World with high biological diversity and endemism, but it is ecologically fragile. This book ....

Flora Hellenica Bibliography

Arne Strid

Second, revised edition listing 13.276 bibliographic references; includes a searchable CD-ROM. ....

Flora Neotropica, Volume 95: Siparunaceae

Susanne S Renner and Gerlinde Hausner

This monograph treats both genera and discusses the family`s vegetative and reproductive morphology and anatomy, embyology, palynology, chemistry, ethnobotany, and ecology as ....

Flora Neotropica, Volume 96: Drosera (Droseraceae)

Mireya D Correa A and Tânia R dos Santos Silva

A taxonomic revision of Drosera, the only genus of Droseraceae found in the Neotropics, is presented. This treatment includes full synonymy, typification, descriptions, and ....

Flora Neotropica, Volume 97: Marchantiidae

Helene Bischler-Causse, S Robbert Gradstein et al

This monograph of the neotropical Marchantiidae treats 103 species in two orders: Marchantiales and Monocleales. Marchantiales are represented in the Neotroppics by 102 ....

Flora Neotropica, Volume 98: Tococa (Melastomataceae)

Fabian Michelangeli

In Tococa (Melastomataceae), the author puts the spotlight on this Neotropical genus. While mostly woody shrubs and small trees and occasionally climbing or creeping vines, ....

Flora de la República de Cuba, Series A: Plantas Vasculares, Fasicúlo 11 Pteridophyta

PA Gonzalez Gutierrez and J Sierra Calzado

Covers the following families: Azollaceae/ Dicksoniaceae/ Equisetaceae/ Isoetaceae/ Lophosoriaceae/ Marsileaceae/ Oleandraceae/ Ophioglossaceae/ Osmundaceae/ ....

Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 4: Campanulaceae - Asteraceae

Peter Sell and Gina Murrell

Planned in five volumes, this critical Flora provides a definitive account of the native species, naturalised species, frequent garden escapes and casuals found in the British ....

Flora of Siberia, Volume 11: Pyrolaceae - Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda, Burundi): Spermatophytes - Iridaceae

Daniel Geerinck

Forêts de la Réserve du Dja (Cameroun)

Etudes floristiques et structurales

Bonaventure Sonké

Fruit Trees of the Caribbean

Sandra Hewitt

Fruit growing in the tropical regions of the world is quite different from the more temperate areas where the majority of fruits are strictly seasonal and mostly ripen from ....

Fungi Europaei, Volume 5a: Entoloma (Supplement)

Machiel E Noordeloos