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Welcome to the March Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's guide to new and
forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the environment.
The Flora and Fauna of Great Britain We have compiled comprehensive lists of key titles on the flora and fauna of England, Scotland and Wales. These ten lists highlight many hard-to-find titles from small publishers, and are invaluable if you are out and about this spring. Click here to see the Key Natural History Titles for the Regions of Great Britain. Conferences 2007 NHBS will be selling books at the following conferences this year, and we would be delighted to meet you at our stand!
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| Mammals | Go to subject web page |
Bettongs, Potoroos and the Musky Rat-kangaroo
Andrew Claridge, John Seebeck and Randy Rose The rat-kangaroo was one of the first Australian marsupials to be seen alive in Europe. Collected close to the settlement at Sydney Cove, a pair of them were exhibited in .... | 168 pages | CSIRO Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0643093419 | #165697A | £18.50 BUY |
Conservation in the 21st Century: Gorillas as a Case Study
Edited by TS Stoinski, HD Steklis and PT Mehlman Like other fields of science, wildlife conservation is a changing field. Threats facing wild populations of apes and other species, say 20 years ago, are likely not the same .... | 375 pages | 40 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0387707204 | #165850A | £74.00 BUY |
Elephant Diaries - Series 1 DVD
For a baby elephant, family life is everything and losing your mother is the worst possible start in life. Presenters Michaela Strachan and Jonathan Scott followed a year .... | running time: 150 minutes | BBC Video DVD | NYP 04/2007 | BBCDVD2204 | #166272A | £8.50 BUY |
Guia de Campo Diego Tirira The most complete field guide to the mammals of Ecuador. Describes more than 380 species; the species descriptions include identification, natural history, .... | 576 pages | 295 colour photos | Diego Tirira Pbk | 2007 | 9978446516 | #166117A | £39.00 BUY |
Micromammals and Macroparasites From Evolutionary Ecology to Management Edited by S Morand, BR Krasnov and R Poulin Small mammals are among the most ubiquitous and important components of terrestrial ecosystems. They have coevolved, and now coexist, with a diverse array of parasites, .... | 647 pages | 79 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 4431360247 | #166353A | £154.00 BUY |
Robert Shumaker Orangutans were once the subjects of legends and mystery. Today, scientists are only just beginning to understand the behaviour and mental ability of these 'people of the .... | 72 pages | 45 colour photos | Colin Baxter Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1841073695 | #165990A | £9.00 BUY |
Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson Douglas A Kelt Oliver P. Pearson's studies on mammalian biology remain standard reading for ecologists, physiologists, taxonomists, and biogeographers. Reflecting this, the papers gathered .... | 975 pages | 4 colour illus, 30 b/w photos, 58 line illus, 22 tables | California UP Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520098595 | #166240A | £62.00 BUY |
A Study in Behavior SA Barnett The laws of animal behavior have been revised and revealed through research performed by zoologists, physiologists and experimental psychologists. Each has contributed much. .... | 318 pages | B/w photos, illus, figs | Aldine Transaction Pbk | 2007 | 0202309770 | #166496A | £19.95 BUY |
Edited by Andrew Trites et al Changes in the abundance of sea lions worldwide is a concern to fisheries and conservation groups, in part because fisheries are feared to threaten sea lions and sea .... | 664 pages | Alaska Sea Grant Prog Hbk | 2006 | 1566121051 | #166248A | £35.00 BUY |
The Tale of the Przewalski's Horse Coming Home to Mongolia Piet Wit and Inge Bouman For tens of thousands of years wild horses roamed over the grasslands of Europe and Asia. Their endurance and agility made them the perfect partner for man during his .... | 208 pages | colour photos | KNNV Hbk | 2006 | 9050112366 | #166322A | £49.00 BUY |
A Guide to Bat Identification in Great Britain and Ireland RE Stebbings Excellent little guide to bats, giving identification key, advice on how to study bats and an important section on legislation. .... | 48 pages | B/w illus | Mammal Society Pbk | R/P 04/2007 | 0906282195 | #001788A | £3.50 BUY |
Sandra Uttridge and Gary Cowan The origin of the Desert Horses is now lost in time, the subject of endless speculation --were they part of the stud of the legendary Baron von Wolf of Schloss Duwisib, or .... | 60 pages | b&w photos | Clifton Pbk | 2006 | #163578A | £49.00 BUY |
Social Intelligence of Tibetan Macaques Hideshi Ogawa This book sheds light on the peculiar social behavior of Tibetan monkeys at Mt. Huangshan, China. .... | Trans Pacific Press Hbk | 2006 | 1920901973 | #166279A | £49.00 BUY |
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 .... | 204 pages | Col illus | A & C Black Hbk | 2006 | 0713679190 | #158399A | £29.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0713687134 | #166391A | £19.99 BUY |
| Birds | Go to subject web page |
A Treasury of Facts and Trivia Roger J Lederer This beautifully illustrated book is a treasury of facts and information about the avian world. Aimed squarely at .... | 160 pages | over 400 illus | A & C Black Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0713686669 | #166388A | £12.99 BUY |
Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada
Ted Floyd et al Nevada's diverse landscape, which ranges from lofty alpine peaks to marshy wetlands, saline playas, sagebrush-covered steppes, and lush agricultural valleys, is home to a .... | 608 pages | Nevada UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0874176956 | #166488A | £36.95 BUY |
Dave Gosney Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series .... | BirdGuides DVD | 2006 | #166459A | £11.02 BUY |
Dave Gosney Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series .... | BirdGuides DVD | 2006 | #166456A | £11.02 BUY |
Dave Gosney Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a .... | BirdGuides DVD | 2006 | #166462A | £11.02 BUY |
Dave Gosney Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series .... | BirdGuides DVD | 2006 | #166455A | £11.02 BUY |
Dave Gosney Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series .... | BirdGuides DVD | 2006 | #166460A | £11.02 BUY |
Dave Gosney Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a .... | BirdGuides DVD | 2006 | #166461A | £11.02 BUY |
Dave Gosney Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series .... | BirdGuides DVD | 2006 | #166457A | £11.02 BUY |
Dave Gosney Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series .... | BirdGuides DVD | 2006 | #166458A | £11.02 BUY |
Birding in the Artic / Birding in Mallorca
Dave Gosney These videos tell the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. .... | BirdGuides DVD | 2006 | #166454A | £11.02 BUY |
A Reference Guide Anand Prasad Highlights the present status of each bird species reported, its distribution based on specimens, recorded sightings, breeding, long distance and local migration and .... | 315 pages | - | Other India Bookstore Pbk | 2006 | 8185569738 | #166577A | £19.99 BUY |
British Birds and Birdlife DVD 1: Towns Parks and Gardens / Woodlands and Forests
Covering identification, behaviour and more, this DVD will give you insight into the world of birds and how they live. Coverage includes: Song Thrush, .... | running time: 55 minutes | Green Umbrella Productions DVD | NYP 04/2007 | #166472A | £8.50 BUY |
British Birds and Birdlife DVD 2: Ponds and Farmland / Lakes, Rivers and Wetlands
Covering identification, behaviour and more, this DVD will give you insight into the world of birds and how they live. Coverage includes: Barn Owl, .... | running time: 66 minutes | Green Umbrella Productions DVD | NYP 04/2007 | #166473A | £8.50 BUY |
British Birds and Birdlife DVD 3: Mountains, Moors and Heaths / Coasts and Cliffs
Covering identification, behaviour and more, this DVD will give you insight into the world of birds and how they live. Coverage includes: Peregrine, .... | running time: 64 minutes | Green Umbrella Productions DVD | NYP 04/2007 | #166474A | £8.50 BUY |
Identification for Bird Conservation Marian Cieslak and Boleslaw Dul This guide presents the feathers of 60 species of bird, of which 38 are included in Annex I of the EU's Birds Directive. In European Union Member States, these species .... | 318 pages | colour photos | Natura Publishing House Hbk | 2006 | 8392441001 | #165379A | £29.99 BUY |
Field Guide to the Birds of Iraq (In Arabic)
Edited by Nature Iraq Covering the 387 bird species that have been recorded in Iraq, the book is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide of its kind for Iraq. .... | 384 pages | colour illus | BirdLife International Pbk | 2007 | #166201A | £22.95 BUY |
Field Guide to the Birds of Machu Picchu and the Cusco Region
Barry Walker The first guide to describe and illustrate all the bird species recorded in the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Pichu. .... | 243 pages | 32 col plates | Nuevas Imagines Pbk | 2005 | 9972901599 | #166533A | £39.95 BUY |
Flight Identification of European Seabirds
Bertil Briefe, Niklas Holmstrom and Anders Blomdahl Essential field guide for seawatching, whether it be from land or at sea, specifically designed to address the particular problems and limitations of this type of birding. .... | 374 pages | 690 col photos | Christopher Helm Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0713686162 | #166387A | £24.99 BUY |
In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Jerome A Jackson A complete natural history of one of the most exciting and rare (perhaps extinct) birds in the world, and a fascinating personal quest by the world's leading expert on the .... | 322 pages | colour plates | Smithsonian Institution Press Hbk | 2004 | 1588341321 | #145788A | £13.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0060891556 | #166325A | £9.50 BUY |
Anatomy and Evolution Gary W Kaiser Birds are among the most successful vertebrates on Earth. An important part of our natural environment and deeply embedded in our culture, birds are studied by more .... | 416 pages | UBC Press Hbk | 2007 | 0774813431 | #166494A | £52.50 BUY |
Kent: A Birdwatcher's Site Guide
Chris Bradshaw and Simon Busuttil This is the first comprehensive site guide to one of the UK's foremost birdwatching counties. Features 58 birdwatching sites, with information on the best times to go, what .... | 120 pages | 64 maps | Shoebill Books Spiralbound | 2007 | 0952806525 | #153406A | £14.95 BUY |
The People's Bird Neville Peat Back in 1990, when Neville Peat wrote The Incredible Kiwi, the national bird was in retreat, from habitat loss and the severe impact of predation. It was not well .... | 208 pages | Col illus | Otago UP Hbk | 2006 | 1877372366 | #166314A | £23.99 BUY |
Michael Shrubb With its striking green-black and white plumage and distinctive pee-wit call, the Lapwing is one of Britain's best-known birds. Lapwings depend on agricultural land to .... | 240 pages | Poyser Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0713668547 | #166386A | £40.00 BUY |
National Geographic Birder's Journal
National Geographic Companion to the bestselling Field Guide to the Birds of North America, this is an illustrated life list with space for jotting notes about the site, situation and date .... | 504 pages | Illus | National Geographic Pbk | 2006 | 1426200056 | #166629A | £8.99 BUY |
How they survive the harsh Southern Polar Region Brutus Ostling Penguins are fascinating animals: they cannot fly, they are awkward on land, but are as agile as fish under water. Their ability to survive in some of the coldest regions on .... | 192 pages | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0007247443 | #161726A | £25.00 BUY |
Wayne Lynch Lynch has travelled more than 130,00 miles to Antarctica, the Galapagos Islands, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and a dozen remote island clusters in the tempestuous .... | 143 pages | Col photos, maps | A & C Black Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0713687118 | #166390A | £16.99 BUY |
RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe
Rob Hume Comprehensive photographic guide covering 800 bird species from Britain and Europe, with stunning full colour photographs, illustrations and maps. This revised edition includes .... | 480 pages | Col photos, illus, maps | Dorling Kindersley Hbk | 2002 | 0751373540 | #133415A | £24.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1405322284 | #166697A | £24.99 BUY |
RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds
Simon Harrap An illustrated guide to 170 of the most common birds found in Britain. It features descriptions of each bird's main characteristics including plumage, calls and song, .... | 192 pages | A & C Black Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 071368707X | #166392A | £4.99 BUY |
Four seasons in the lives of migratory birds Miyoko Chu Each spring, millions of orioles, tanagers, thrushes, warblers and other songbirds travel thousands of miles from the tropics to their summer breeding grounds as far north .... | 312 pages | Illus | Walker Books Hbk | 2006 | 0802714684 | #166315A | £14.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0802715184 | #166397A | £8.50 BUY |
I Söhle, LJ Wilson, BJ Dean, SH O'Brien, A Webb and JB Reid | 61 pages | diagrams, tables | JNCC Pbk | 2006 | #166261A | £9.99 BUY |
Svalbard Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus hyperboreus) A status report S Unander, Onstad Pedersen, A, O Overrein and E Fuglei | Norsk Polarinstitutt 2005 | #166446A | £16.50 BUY |
Gisela Kaplan The first complete overview of one of Australia's most intriguing birds. The strange tawny frogmouth is often thought to be a species of owl, but it is, in fact, related to .... | 152 pages | CSIRO Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0643092390 | #165719A | £18.50 BUY |
Ecology and Management Leonard A Brennan Presents the first complete assessment of the four species of quail found in this vast state. Experts describe each of them and examine all geographic regions of the state for .... | 512 pages | Texas A&M UP Hbk | 2007 | 1585445037 | #166497A | £24.50 BUY |
Saving New Zealand's Blue Duck David Young The story of how a dedicated group of scientists, field workers and volunteers have set about saving the blue duck. It combines a natural history of the bird with an .... | 152 pages | colour photos | Potton Pbk | 2006 | 1877333468 | #166287A | £33.50 BUY |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians
Kentwood D Wells Consisting of more than six thousand species, amphibians are more diverse than mammals and are found on every continent save Antarctica. Despite the abundance and diversity of .... | 1400 pages | 323 line drawings, 116 halftones, 45 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0226893340 | #165271A | £47.50 BUY |
Edited by Stephen M Reilly, Lance B McBrayer and Donald B Miles The foraging mode of lizards has been a central theme in guiding research in lizard biology for three decades. Foraging mode has been shown to be a pervasive evolutionary .... | 552 pages | 89 line diagrams, 7 half-tones, 41 tables | CUP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521833582 | #166654A | £65.00 BUY |
Second Congres International Sur La Conservation des Cheloniens 2nd International Congress on Chelonian Conservation Brieuc Fertard Proceedings of the Conference held in Saly, Senegal, 18-22 June 2003. .... | 306 pages | diagrams | SOPTOM Pbk | 2006 | #162552A | £31.00 BUY |
| Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Diseases of Farmed and Wild Fish B Austin and DA Austin This 4th, revised, edition of Bacterial Fish Pathogens fills the need for an up-to-date comprehensive book on the biological aspects of the bacterial taxa which cause disease .... | 457 pages | Figs, tabs | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402060688 | #166304A | £130.50 BUY |
Biology, Assessment, and Management of North Pacific Rockfishes
J Heifetz et al Symposium proceedings with 28 peer-reviewed papers on rockfish biology, ecology, assessment techniques, and management strategies. Promotes sustainable management on .... | Alaska Sea Grant Prog Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1566121140 | #166247A | £39.50 BUY |
Field Guide to Sharks, Skates, and Ratfish of Alaska
Duane E Stevenson et al This field guide is the most comprehensive overview of Alaska's cartilaginous fishes ever produced. The authoritative book combines information from the scientific .... | Alaska Sea Grant Prog Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1566121132 | #166245A | £15.95 BUY |
A Photographic Guide Jorge Hirt-Chabbert After five years of working with people in the fishing industry, and as a researcher within commercial institutes representing the fishing industry, Jorge Hirt-Chabbert has .... | 136 pages | illus | Reed Pbk | 2006 | 0790010402 | #166650A | £16.95 BUY |
Guide to British Freshwater Fishes
Paul Croft and Carol Roberts This foldout chart has colour illustrations and information on 48 species of freshwater fish found in the British Isles. .... | FSC Unbound | 2006 | #166185A | £3.50 BUY |
Guide to Northeast Pacific Flatfishes: Families Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, and Pleuronectidae
DE Kramer, WH Barss, BC Paust and BE Bracken Identification guide to all 40 species of flatfish found in the northeast Pacific. Descriptions, value, and range are given. Printed on water-resistant paper. .... | 104 pages | Col photos, illus, maps | Alaska Sea Grant Prog Spiralbound | NYP 05/2007 | 1566120322 | #166246A | £15.95 BUY |
The Muskellunge Symposium: a Memorial Tribute to E.J. Crossman
Edited by James S Diana and Terry L Margenau This book documents proceedings of a symposium on muskellunge developed as a memorial for E.J. Crossman. It focuses on the biology, ecology, and management of muskellunge, .... | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402060483 | #166468A | £84.50 BUY |
Reef and Freshwater Fish of Seychelles A Field Guide Oliver Gerlach and Justin Gerlach This guide covers the common and conspicuous fish of the Seychelles islands. 152 species are described and illustrated allowing easy identification of most of the species likely .... | 56 pages | 24 colour plates | Seychelles NPT Pbk | 2007 | #166396A | £17.50 BUY |
| Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
The Anatomy of Insects and Spiders Over 600 Exquisite Forms Claire Beverley and David Ponsonby Leaf through the pages of this exquisitely illustrated book for a tour of the strange and exotic insect world. Pairing over 600 Victorian engravings, woodcuts, and drawings .... | 288 pages | illus | Ivy Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1905695322 | #165585A | £9.99 BUY |
Annotated Catalogue of the Carabid Beetles of Albania (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
BV Gueorguiev This catalogue summarizes all available literature records and a lot of new material revised or determined by the author in various European museums and private collections. .... | 243 pages | map | Pensoft Pbk | 2007 | 9546422959 | #166192A | £39.00 BUY |
J Ott, M Schorr, B Trockur and U Lingenfelder Focuses on the Orange-spotted emerald Oxygastra curtisii - a slender, medium sized dragonfly with bright green eyes. The species was first described from Britain in 1834, .... | 131 pages | colour photos | Pensoft Pbk | 2007 | 9546422991 | #166193A | £58.50 BUY |
Edited by TR New Interest in beetle conservation has long been evident, with many papers treating these abundant, ecologically important and popular insects. However, this issue of Journal of .... | 100 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402059876 | #166581A | £50.00 BUY |
Brittle Stars, Sea Urchins and Feather Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and Puget Sound
William C Austin Describes and illustrates 34 species of brittle stars, sea urchins, and feather stars inhabiting the coastal waters of Puget Sound, the Alaska Panhandle, and British .... | 176 pages | colour photos, b&w illus | UBC Press Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0772656185 | #166163A | £15.50 BUY |
DW Schlicht and JC Downey Acts as a manual for identifying the butterflies of Iowa as well as 90 percent of the butterflies in the Plains. This guide begins by providing information on the natural .... | 252 pages | Iowa UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1587295326 | #165741A | £30.60 BUY |
N Gouix and J Klimaszewski The first comprehensive catalogue of difficult to identify and poorly known Canadian and Alaskan aleocharine rove beetles is presented. Aleocharine rove beetles represent one of .... | 200 pages | 16 colour plates | Pensoft Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 9546422940 | #166195A | £58.50 BUY |
The Catalogue of the Subfamily Cylapinae Kirkaldy, 1903 of the World (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae) Jacek Gorczyca All genera and species of the mirid subfamily Cylapinae are listed. The distribution of each species is given and new unpublished data are also included. The place of storage .... | 100 pages | 28 colour figures | Instytut Tarnogorski i Museum Pbk | 2006 | 8388880314 | #166243A | £39.99 BUY |
A Collectors Guide to Recent Terebridae
Ives Terryn This book shows 313 species of this group of colourful marine shells on colour plates. The family is split up into 14 genera and 8 unnamed taxonomic groups. .... | 57 pages | 65 colour plates | ConchBooks Hbk | 2007 | #166510A | £47.50 BUY |
Conchiglie Riconoscere le Cipree
Giovanna Zobele Lipparini and Osvaldo Negra Photo identification guide to seashells with keys, index and checklist. .... | 328 pages | colour photos | Muzzio Pbk | 2006 | 8874131410 | #165808A | £23.95 BUY |
A Conchological Iconography: The Family Tonnidae
Chris Vos and Alan Beu A complete taxonomic and nomenclatoric revision of the family with many nomenclatoral consequences and - despite the fact that several new species have recently been .... | 123 pages | 63 colour plates, 33 maps, figures | ConchBooks Unbound | 2007 | 3925919279 | #124083A | £63.00 BUY |
E Heiman This book is designed to be an easy-to-use manual that enables malacologists and shell collectors to identify cowries using shell characters only. Shell characters of 268 .... | 160 pages | Col illus, tabs, figs | ConchBooks 2004 | #166263A | £95.00 BUY |
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast
Giff Beaton Visit any pond on a summer day and the air will be alive with dragonflies and damselflies - shimmering aerobatic daredevils that dart above the water and even into .... | 368 pages | Georgia UP Pbk | 2007 | 0820327956 | #166490A | £16.95 BUY |
The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa
M Samways Full colour guide. .... | 400 pages | colour photos | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | #166476A | £39.00 BUY |
The Dragonflies of Mortimores Wood (and surrounding area) Damian K Pinguey Photo identification guide to the 10 dragonflies and 9 damselflies that have been recorded in Mortimores Wood in Wiltshire. Species accounts include several photos, notes .... | 48 pages | over 60 colour photos | Damian Pinguey Pbk | 2007 | 0955480604 | #166095A | £9.99 BUY |
D Mallard and A Robin Photo identification guide to these spindle-shaped shells. Includes key, classification, bibliography and index. .... | 27 pages | 70 col plates | Les Sables d'Olonne Pbk | 2005 | 2908752654 | #162551A | £57.00 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 41: Crustacea, Amphipoda, Gammaridea
Xianqiu Ren | 588 pages | line drawings | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | 703016007X | #164060A | £72.00 BUY |
Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards Introduces the biology, behaviour and environmental importance and describes the 82 families of moths found in Australia. Particular emphasis is given to the most commonly .... | 224 pages | CSIRO Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0643091599 | #165695A | £18.50 BUY |
Heat Treatments for Postharvest Pest Control Theory and Practice Edited by J Tang et al Due to the nature of agricultural commodities as carriers of exotic pests, importing countries have employed varying methods of pest control for postharvest products. .... | 368 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845932528 | #166622A | £75.00 BUY |
Donald A Chant and James A McMurtry An original book on soil, stored product and plant associated phytoseiid mites. .... | 220 pages | line drawings | Indira Hbk | 2007 | 0930337220 | #160248A | £130.00 BUY |
The 23rd Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society AJA Stewart, TR New and OT Lewis In an age of unprecedented human impact on the environment, insect conservation biology is of increasing importance. Due to their abundance, diversity and rapid response to .... | 480 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845932544 | #166350A | £95.00 BUY |
Invertebrate Zoology: The Mideastern Invertebrate Fauna Part 1 The Noncoelomates Gamil N Soliman A complete revision of the previous edition, eliminating the few errors, misprints and inconsistencies, and updating the data. Certain taxa, formerly referred to in brief, are .... | 351 pages | B/w illus, figs | Al Hadara Hbk | 2006 | #166626A | £59.00 BUY |
The Lepidoptera of Israel, Volume I: Erebidae
VD Kravchenko, M Fibiger, A Hausmann and GC Mueller This book is the first of a series to cover more than 1,000 species of Macro Lepidoptera of Israel, with complete and up-to-date information concerning their taxonomy, .... | 167 pages | colour plates, colour photos, maps | Pensoft Hbk | 2007 | 9546422878 | #165309A | £68.00 BUY |
List of Chinese Insects: Volume 3
Hua Li-Zhong Covers the lepidoptera of China. There are 97 families, 3789 Genera, 20926 Species, 9852 Synonyms and 770 References included in this volume. Of the total 20926 Species, 553 .... | 595 pages | CSBS Hbk | 2005 | #151082A | £134.00 BUY |
From Chemo-ecological Study to Biotechnological Application Edited by Guido Cimino and Margherita Gavagnin Marine molluscs are very promising candidates for a wide range of biotechnological applications. For example, they possess analgesic drugs more potent than morphine and .... | 387 pages | 105 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540308792 | #166341A | £146.00 BUY |
Moths of Thailand, Volume 5: Notodontidae
Alexander Schintlmeister | 322 pages | 445 colour plates, maps | Brothers of St Gabriel Hbk | 2007 | #165181A | £84.00 BUY |
Faune Mondiale G Ledoux and PH Roux Presents a complete revision of the group, treating in total 384 species and 158 subspecies. Describes 4 new subgenera, 5 new species and 3 new subspecies. The keys to .... | 976 pages | 1081 figs, 633 photos, 14 maps | SL de Lyon 2005 | 2915822026 | #165601A | £84.00 BUY |
Oak Galls in Britain (2 volumes)
Robin Williams A comprehensive study of oak-galls in Britain; the first volume, `Introduction & Keys', containing a long introductory chapter, which explains about galls and their .... | 453 pages | illus | Kyntons Mead Pbk | | #166584A | £55.50 BUY |
Odonata: Biology of Dragonflies
BK Tyagi Dragonflies (Odonata), represented by over 6000 known species, are unique insects. In more than one feature they differ, at the very first glance, from all other insect .... | 366 pages | colour photos, maps | Scientific (India) Hbk | 2007 | 8172334826 | #165600A | £56.50 BUY |
Oecophoridae of China (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
Edited by Wang Shuxia Revision of the family Oecophoridae of China. A total of 215 species in 28 genera are recognized. 200 of these species and 22 of these genera are assigned to Oecophorinae; .... | 255 pages | 15 colour plates | Geological Pub House Hbk | 2006 | #166311A | £55.50 BUY |
Pyraloidea of Europe / Pyraloidea Europas, Volume 1 Pyralinae, Galleriinae, Epipaschiinae, Cathariinae and Odontiinae Frantisek Slamka 500 specimens from 117 species illustrated. Short species account include description, habitat, biology, distribution, similar species. .... | 138 pages | 14 col plates, distrib maps | Frantisek Slamka Hbk | 2006 | 8096905236 | #165800A | £63.00 BUY |
Wallace Caddis larvae are very familiar aquatic insects but only a few of the 198 British and Irish species feature in popular guides. The challenge for this guide was to produce .... | FSC 2006 | #166154A | £4.99 BUY |
Rod Preston-Mafham Spiders vary in size from a dinner plate, to being able to sit on a pin head. This illustrated natural history reveals that there are around 30,000 species of spiders who .... | 72 pages | 45 colour photos | Colin Baxter Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1841073687 | #165989A | £9.00 BUY |
The families Dictynidae to Salticidae S Almquist Contains 12 families illustrated in about 1,400 figures. Includes a complete list of references and a list of all species in the first two volumes. .... | 320 pages | ESLS Pbk | 2007 | #162023A | £70.00 BUY |
their taxonomy, way of life, and distributions TL Erwin A synthesis of the taxonomy, distributions, and ways of life of the ground-beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) dwelling in the Western Hemisphere. Under each taxon account, .... | 450 pages | 22 colour plates | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 9546422983 | #166194A | £97.00 BUY |
| Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and their World John Foster The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, whose rocks are exposed from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the .... | 384 pages | 182 illus | Indiana UP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0253348706 | #166646A | £30.00 BUY |
Edited by Zulma Gasparini, Rodolfo A Coria and Leonardo Salgado Patagonia has been one of the most attractive places for explorers and paleontologists. The amazing diversity of its fauna and flora, the richness of its fossil record, and the .... | 344 pages | 112 illus | Indiana UP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0253348579 | #166645A | £29.99 BUY |
The Amazing Gogo Fossils of the Kimberley John Long When David Attenborough filmed his ground-breaking series Life on Earth in 1978, he chose one place in the world to demonstrate the early evolution of fishes: Gogo. Gogo, .... | 272 pages | Fremantle Press Pbk | 2006 | 1921064331 | #165586A | £29.50 BUY |
| General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet) A Guide to the Scientific Wilderness Michael Hanlon Science is littered with gaping holes, the elephants in the room of human understanding that simply won't go away. The questions that form the basis of this book are often .... | 300 pages | Macmillan Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0230517587 | #166189A | £16.99 BUY |
Cultures of Natural History in the Colonial British Atlantic World Susan Scott Parrish Colonial America presented a new world of natural curiosities for settlers as well as the London-based scientific community. In "American Curiosity", Susan Scott Parrish .... | 322 pages | b&w illus | North Carolina UP Hbk | 2006 | 0807830097 | #166591A | £30.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0807856789 | #166583A | £13.95 BUY |
The Complete Plates Basilius Besler, Klaus Walter Littger and Werner Dressendorfer A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, the Book of Plants is in a class of its own when it comes to the variety .... | 444 pages | colour plates | Taschen Hbk | 2007 | 3822838098 | #166319A | £16.99 BUY |
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon Daniel C Dennett Offering a challenge to society and a different history of belief, this book discusses why and how different faiths have commanded allegiance and shaped so many lives. It .... | 480 pages | - | Allen Lane Hbk | 2006 | 0713997893 | #158776A | £24.99 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 0141017775 | #166700A | £9.99 BUY |
A Life of Joseph Paxton, Gardener, Architect and Victorian Visionary Kate Colquhoun At age twenty-three, Paxton became head gardener and architect at Chatsworth, the estate of the sixth Duke of Devonshire. Under Paxton's hands, Chatsworth was transformed into .... | 303 pages | Plates, drawings | David R Godine Hbk | 2006 | 1567923011 | #166318A | £21.95 BUY |
Caroline Herschel's Astronomical Ambition Claire Brock The Comet Sweeper is the incredible story of Britain's first female professional scientist - Caroline Herschel. .... | 208 pages | Icon Books Hbk | 2007 | 1840467207 | #166433A | £9.99 BUY |
The Photographic Work of Richard & Cherry Kearton John Bevis In 1892 Richard and Cherry Kearton took the first ever photograph of a bird's nest with eggs. Realising the camera's potential to reveal secrets of the natural world, they .... | 64 pages | 40 full-page plates | Colin Sackett Pbk | 2007 | 0953704866 | #166244A | £9.95 BUY |
Andrew K Johnston Includes 300 spectacular satellite images: glaciers and forests, hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, the Grand Canyon and the Pyramids, rain forests and coral reefs, ecological .... | 272 pages | A & C Black Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0713687053 | #166389A | £14.99 BUY |
Salim Ali In this engaging autobiography, India's greatest ornithologist Salim Ali (1896-1987) recounts his exciting experiences in the outdoors and chronicles his unusual love of .... | 276 pages | OUP Pbk | 2007 | 0195687477 | #166216A | £5.99 BUY |
Rachel Carson and the Rise of the Environmental Movement Mark H Lytle Traces the path by which renowned scientist Rachel Carson came to write "Silent Spring", subsequently founding the environmental movement in the US. This book presents the story .... | 176 pages | illus | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0195172469 | #166217A | £13.99 BUY |
Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins was recently voted one of the world's top three intellectuals (alongside Umberto Eco and Noam Chomsky) by "Prospect" magazine. As the author of many, now famous, .... | 406 pages | - | Bantam Press Hbk | 2006 | 0593055489 | #162926A | £19.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 055277331X | #166521A | £8.99 BUY |
Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics Roger A Pielke Scientists have a choice concerning what role they should play in political debates and policy formation, particularly in terms of how they present their research. .... | 200 pages | 3 line diagrams, 4 tables, 3 figures | CUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521873207 | #166328A | £45.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521694817 | #166326A | £15.99 BUY |
Living for Ingenuity Gillian Darley This new biography of John Evelyn, diarist, scholar and intellectual virtuoso (1620-1706), is the first account to make full use of Evelyn's huge unpublished archive .... | 416 pages | 36 illus | Yale UP Hbk | 2006 | 0300112270 | #166198A | £24.99 BUY |
Explorer, Master of the Orchid Nicole Ceulemans In 1835, at the very moment when Belgium was beginning to forge a separate identity and establish her own scientific institutions, a student, Jean Jules Linden (1817-98), found .... | 237 pages | 250 Illus (200 of which are colour) | Fonds Mercator Hbk | 2006 | 9061536316 | #163916A | £96.00 BUY |
Tales of Science and Love Lynn Margulis This collection of linked stories reveals science from the inside-its thrills, disappointments and triumphs. A largely fictional account, it draws on the author's .... | 192 pages | Chelsea Green Hbk | 2007 | 1933392339 | #166639A | £15.50 BUY |
Discoveries and Speculations in Zoology Christopher Murphy Every year, new species are being located and classified, adding to our knowledge of the animal kingdom. Are there undiscovered big cats and unclassified apes hidden in world's .... | 318 pages | Col illus & col photos | Hancock House Pbk | 2006 | 0888396120 | #166295A | £17.50 BUY |
A scientific exploration of people's implicit philosophies regarding nature in Germany, the Netherlands and the United States Riyan JG van den Born, Wouter de Groot and Rob HJ Lenders 'Visions of nature' are the ideas that people hold of what nature is and how we should relate to it. These visions - besides being a dynamic cultural phenomenon worthy of .... | 264 pages | Lit Verlag Pbk | 2006 | 3825890082 | #166157A | £22.50 BUY |
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 .... | 320 pages | Hamish Hamilton Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0241141842 | #166213A | £24.99 BUY |
| Regional & Travel | Go to subject web page |
Bikram Grewal and Bittu Sahgal A World Heritage Site, Bharatpur is visited each year by over 125,000 tourists, more than a third from overseas. This tiny 29 sq. km. pocket of biodiversity is one of the .... | 160 pages | 190 photos | Sanctuary Asia Hbk | 2006 | 8190317105 | #166313A | £71.00 BUY |
Nonnative Hoofed Mammals in the United States Elizabeth Cary Mungall From axis deer to zebra, an estimated 230,000 or more foreign hoofed mammals live in the United States. These "exotics" - animals native to other places - can be found in Texas, .... | 312 pages | Texas A&M UP Pbk | 2007 | 158544555X | #166493A | £14.50 BUY |
Fauna del Altiplano y Desierto de Atacama Vertebrados de la Provincia de El Loa Gilmar Ramirez Leyton and Daniel Pincheira Donoso Covers the biology, identification, distribution, ecology, and natural history of vertebrates in the Chilean province of El Loa. Includes individual species accounts of .... | 395 pages | colour photos, illus | Gilmar Ramirez Hbk | 2005 | 9568476008 | #166324A | £19.99 BUY |
Field Guide to the Plants and Animals of Petra
Isabelle Ruben and Ahmad Disi Concise guide to the plants and animals in Jordan with over 370 species descriptions all illustrated with colour photographs. Also contains checklists of species recorded in .... | 224 pages | Col photos | Petra National Trust Pbk | 2006 | 9957855514 | #166275A | £16.50 BUY |
Ranjit Barthakur and Bittu Sahgal The Kaziranga Inheritance is a photographic tribute to this wildlife haven in Northeast India. The book traces the conservation history of the Park. It also highlights the .... | 160 pages | 190 photos | Sanctuary Asia Hbk | 2006 | 8175255773 | #166312A | £75.00 BUY |
A Paradise at Risk Marc Teissier, Thierry Botta and Christophe Blanchy Report of a field trip to Madagascar in 2005. The field trip had the goal of studying the feasibility of creating a Conservation Centre for species endemic to Madagascar. .... | 64 pages | 150 col pictures | Cactus & Co Pbk | 2006 | 8895018079 | #160289A | £8.50 BUY |
Jacqueline Detraz-Meroz and Mathias Vust Guide to the flora, fauna and history. .... | 176 pages | 160 photos | Editions Monographic SA Pbk | 2006 | #166694A | £35.50 BUY |
A Natural History of the Cuckmere Valley
Patrick Coulcher Describes the rich flora and fauna of this Sussex valley. .... | 158 pages | 57 col photos, 32 line illus | Book Guild Pbk | 2006 | 1846240573 | #166191A | £12.50 BUY |
Parque Nacional Antonio Machado The Teide National Park, created in 1954, is in the centre of the island of Tenerife. The park is renouned for its distinctive physical geography, with extraordinary samples .... | 255 pages | Col & b/w photos, maps | Turquesa Publicaciones Hbk | 2006 | 8461110749 | #166590A | £36.00 BUY |
An Adventure Tim Flannery Throwim Way Leg (which means, in New Guinea pidgin, to go on a journey) describes the hilarious and terrifying adventures of an Australian field biologist in New Guinea, .... | 326 pages | Penguin Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0141031417 | #166699A | £8.99 BUY |
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management
Charles R Menzies A collection of essays on the ways Native communities have interacted with the environment. Focusing on the northwest coast of North America, this work looks at the .... | 288 pages | Nebraska UP Hbk | 2006 | 0803232462 | #166370A | £29.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0803283199 | #166369A | £11.99 BUY |
Stone Forest - Madagascar Olivier Grunewald and David Wolozan Dedicated to The National Park of Bemaraha in Madagascar. Classed by UNESCO as world heritage site, this park is becoming the most popular natural site in Madagascar, with .... | 192 pages | colour photos | Editions Altus Hbk | 2006 | 2952601119 | #166367A | £26.50 BUY |
An Environmental History Adam M Sowards The most up-to-date and insightful overview available on the environmental history of the West Coast of the United States, a region of extraordinary physical beauty .... | 300 pages | ABC-Clio Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1851099093 | #165297A | £52.50 BUY |
A guide to the wildlife and countryside of Britain containing over 500 activities and attractions for wildlife enthusiasts around the UK. Each regional section includes: an .... | 320 pages | colour photos | Think Publishing Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1845250397 | #165743A | £14.99 BUY |
A Naturalist's Lifelist Whit Bronaugh "Wildlife of North America" is the first volume to present a checklist of all 4,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fish, butterflies, .... | 384 pages | Florida University Presses Hbk | 2006 | 0813030129 | #166492A | £19.95 BUY |
| Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
The Apoplast of Higher Plants: Compartment of Storage, Transport and Reactions The significance of the apoplast for the mineral nutrition of higher plants Edited by Burkhard Sattelmacher and Walter J Horst It was the botanist Ernst Munch, who separated the plant into two principal compartments, the "dead" apoplast and the living symplast. Only during the last 20 years .... | 460 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 140205842X | #165902A | £142.50 BUY |
Australian Orchid Research, Volume 5
| Australian Orchid Foundation Pbk | 2006 | #166224A | £49.00 BUY |
Brazilian Fruits and Cultivated Exotics
Harry Lorenzi et al This book is about the "fruits" or the fruits and pseudofruits cultivated or native to Brazil, which are consumed in natura by man, whole or in parts (skin, pulp or seeds), .... | 672 pages | 1214 colour photos | Instituto Plantarum EF Hbk | 2006 | 8586714240 | #166100A | £32.50 BUY |
A Natural History of Cacao AM Young Young provides an overview of the fascinating natural and human history of one of the world's most intriguing commodities: chocolate. Cultivated for over 1,000 years in Latin .... | 240 pages | 15 col & 36 b/w photos, 14 line illus | Florida University Presses Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0813030447 | #166615A | £16.95 BUY |
The Encyclopedia of Fruit & Nuts
Edited by J Janick and RE Paull This major reference offers a comprehensive collection of information on temperate and tropical fruit and nut crops. This book groups entries alphabetically by family and then .... | 450 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0851996388 | #166228A | Normally £195.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £155.00 |
Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania
Jon C Lovett, Chris K Ruffo, Roy E Gereau and James RD Taplin This field guide contains descriptions of 658 species of the larger trees found in Tanzania. .... | 303 pages | B/w illus, distrib maps | Frontier Pbk | 2006 | 1873070330 | #166277A | £19.99 BUY |
Reconnaitre plus de 430 Especes en France et en Europe Neil Fletcher Pocket photo identification guide to the most common species of plants found in France. .... | 296 pages | Colour photos, drawings, distribution maps | Les Editions Larousse Pbk | 2006 | 2035604206 | #165441A | £15.95 BUY |
Jacques Gamisans and Daniel Jeanmonod Identification guide to the flora of Corsica. This book is the result of 30 years research, and the first to cover all the vascular flora of this island. .... | 1008 pages | Edisud NYP 04/2007 | 274490662X | #166000A | £49.99 BUY |
Flora Yunnanica, Volume 20: Pteridophyta
| 785 pages | line drawings | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | 7030181832 | #147199A | £69.99 BUY |
A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England and Adjacent New York Dennis W Magee and Harry E Ahles Designed as both a reference work and a year-round field manual, this volume contains more than 2,400 range maps and 995 line drawings, designed to clarify descriptions used .... | 1264 pages | line illus, distrib maps | Massachusetts UP Hbk | 2007 | 1558495770 | #166499A | £63.62 BUY |
Gardens of England and Wales Open for Charity 2007 `The Yellow Book' National Gardens Scheme The 'Yellow Book' lists county by county the gardens that open for the NGS. Each county has a diary section listing all the days when fine, mostly private, gardens open their .... | 550 pages | National Gardens Scheme Pbk | 2007 | 1905942001 | #166257A | £7.99 BUY |
Giant Trees of Western America and the World
Al Carder Including some that are thousands of years old and over 400 feet high, this collection of giant trees presents examples from each of the most noteworthy tree species Dr Al .... | 152 pages | drawings | Harbour Publishing Pbk | 2005 | 1550173634 | #166317A | £23.50 BUY |
Get to know your plants & become a better gardener Chris Beardshaw From cutting and grafting to fending off bugs and pests, this work explains how understanding nature will make you a better gardener. It shows you how gardening .... | 240 pages | 350 colour photos | Dorling Kindersley Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1405316675 | #166702A | £19.99 BUY |
How to Identify Edible Mushrooms
Patrick Harding and Tony Lyon The book features all edible species of mushroom, together with those with which they may be confused. Organised by habitat for easy reference, it is beautifully illustrated .... | 192 pages | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0007259611 | #166364A | £12.99 BUY |
Il Libro delle Peonie Mediterranee / The Book of Mediterranean Peonies
Gian Lupo Osti All the species and subspecies of Mediterranean tree peonies that grow wild along the coasts from Gibraltar to the Dardanelles are described and illustrated. In the footsteps .... | 96 pages | 25 colour photos, 10 drawings | Umberto Allemandi Hbk | 2006 | 8842214361 | #166252A | £29.95 BUY |
Harvesting, Drying, and Processing Edited by Serdar Oztekin and Milan Martinov Presents harvest and post-harvest mechanization methods for the profitable production of market-ready medicinal crops. This practical handbook includes photos, detailed figures, .... | 312 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1560229748 | #166335A | £49.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1560229756 | #166334A | £28.50 BUY |
An Illustrated Glossary Bill Malcolm and Nancy Malcolm An illustrated glossary of terms that are used to describe mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Written in informal prose, it's intended to be an everyday reference for not .... | 340 pages | Colour photos, colour illustrations | Micro-Optics Press Hbk | 2006 | 0958222479 | #166649A | £89.00 BUY |
Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States
Alan E Bessette et al This book is a comprehensive field guide to the mushrooms of the southeastern United States. Featuring more than 450 species, this volume includes detailed descriptions and .... | 400 pages | colour photos | Syracuse UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 081563112X | #166616A | £63.50 BUY |
Edited by Susan W Nicolson, Massimo Nepi and Ettore Pacini Nectar is the most important reward offered by plants to pollinating animals. This book is a modern and interdisciplinary text on nectar and nectaries, prompted by the .... | 416 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1402059361 | #165913A | £63.00 BUY |
The Orchid Genera Anacamptis, Orchis, Neotinea Systematics, Taxonomy, Morphology, Biology, Distribution, Ecology, Hybridisation Horst Kretzschmar, Wolfgang Eccarius and Helga Dietrich Complex fundamental work on Orchid Genera with many clans, updated classification of 36 species and 38 subspecies. During recent years, methods of molecular biology have .... | 544 pages | 700 photos, maps, diagrams | Echinomedia Hbk | 2007 | 3937107126 | #166143A | £98.00 BUY |
The Wild Orchids of Newfoundland Andrus Voitk and Maria Voitk Photographic field guide. Includes information about habitat, size, and blooming period for each species. .... | 96 pages | 150 col photos | Gros Morne Co-Operating Ass. Pbk | 2006 | 0969950934 | #165119A | £13.95 BUY |
David Yetman Distinguished by its slender vertical branches, which resemble the tubes of a pipe organ, and growing to the imposing height of 15 to more than 30 feet, it's obvious how .... | 70 pages | illus | Arizona UP Pbk | 2006 | 0816525412 | #166511A | £7.95 BUY |
Plant Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture
Edited by Yi Li and Yan Pei Presents an in-depth overview of the key scientific and technical advances, issues, and challenges in one of the fastest growing segments of the agriculture industry. This .... | 517 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2006 | 156022150X | #166111A | £89.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1560221518 | #166109A | £38.95 BUY |
Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Societal Context and the Future of Agriculture Denis Murphy This comprehensive survey of modern plant breeding traces its history from the earliest experiments at the dawn of the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the .... | 440 pages | CUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521823897 | #166171A | £70.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521530881 | #166170A | £29.99 BUY |
Images, Biophysical and Biochemical Processes in Allelopathy Edited by VV Roshchina and SS Narwal Contributed volume on the subjects of Cellular Model Systems, New Methods of Microscopy in Cellular Diagnostics and Methods of Analytical Biochemistry and Biophysics. .... | 212 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1578085101 | #166587A | £38.90 BUY |
Plants, People and Places Julia Brittain Provides an in-depth look at plants and plant hunters from yesterday and today, from all over the world. This fascinating book gives insight into the origins of plants, where .... | 192 pages | Horticulture Books Pbk | 2006 | 1558707913 | #166670A | £10.95 BUY |
A Colour Guide BG Bowes and JD Mauseth This is a revised edition of a fundamental guide to understanding plant structure. The book deals with the development and mature form of plants, focusing on structure at .... | 256 pages | 450 illus | Manson Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1840760915 | #164624A | £49.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1840760923 | #164623A | £29.95 BUY |
Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau
L Catarino, ES Martins, MF Pinto-Basto and MA Diniz List of the plants with taxonomy, distribution and name index. .... | 298 pages | IICT 2007 | #166520A | £19.99 BUY |
Pocket Guide to Hardy Rhododendrons and Azalea Species
JF McQuire and MLA Robinson Profiles all the hardy Rhododendron and Azalea species in temperate zones throughout the world. .... | 560 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1842461486 | #164443A | £36.00 BUY |
Portraits of Marine Algae: An Historical Perspective
Micahel J Wynne The author pays homage to students of marine algae from the 1760's to the early 1900's. For each author of a work on seaweeds a biographical sketch, sample illustrations (most .... | 180 pages | colour plates | Michigan Herbarium Hbk | 2006 | 0962073377 | #161193A | £53.00 BUY |
Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin - Madison Arboretum Including Horsetails, Ferns, Rushes, Sedges, Grasses, Shrubs, Vines, Weeds, and Wildflowers Theodore S Cochrane, Kandis Elliot and Claudia S Lipke A pioneer and leader in the preservation and restoration of native Midwest prairies since the 1930s, the University of Wisconsin - Madison Arboretum has a stellar .... | 364 pages | Wisconsin UP Pbk | 2007 | 0978959000 | #166500A | £21.50 BUY |
Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants The Role of Transcript Structure and Processing Edited by Carole L Bassett Except for one area of gene expression control, plant research has significantly fallen behind studies in insects and vertebrates. The advances made in animal gene expression .... | 180 pages | 19 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0387354492 | #165830A | £77.00 BUY |
Revision of Miconia sect. Chaenopleura (Miconieae, Melastomataceae) in the Greater Antilles
Walter S Judd In the Greater Antilles, Miconia sect. Chaenopleura comprises 47 species of montane shrubs and small trees. The group is likely monophyletic and is characterized by flowers .... | 235 pages | ASPT Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0912861819 | #166384A | £44.00 BUY |
The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening
Edited by Christopher Brickell A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to gardening techniques, now in its bicentennial edition. A must-have for any gardening enthusiast, it also includes the 200-year history .... | 751 pages | Col photos, col illus, figs, tabs | Dorling Kindersley Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1405322276 | #166701A | £35.00 BUY |
Theory and its Application in a Changing World Edited by AJ Dennis, RJ Green, W Schupp and DA Westcott Contributed volume that presents both recent advances and reviews of current knowledge in the study of seed dispersal. .... | 720 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1845931653 | #166347A | £60.00 BUY |
The Genus Sesamum Dorothea Bedigian The first comprehensive review of sesame and its close relative, Sesame: the genus Sesamum covers ethnographic data, modern use, linguistic analysis of sesame names .... | 384 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0849335388 | #163097A | £74.99 BUY |
Systematics of the Australian species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae)
Neil Snow In Australia, nineteen species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae) are recognized, based on data from morphology and scanning electron microscopy, and are assigned to five informal .... | 69 pages | ASPT Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0912861827 | #166385A | £10.95 BUY |
Vegetation-Climate Interaction How Vegetation Makes the Global Environment Jonathan Adams This book offers a readable and accessible account of the way in which the world's plant life partly controls its own environment. Starting from the broad patterns in vegetation .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 3540324917 | #165939A | £100.00 BUY |
Paul Martin Brown In a complete revision and expansion of his previous work on the subject, Paul Martin Brown incorporates 10 years of additional research and fieldwork in this expanded guide .... | 368 pages | Florida University Presses Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 081303034X | #166489A | £19.95 BUY |
Wood Structure and Environment
Fritz H Schweingruber Dendrochronology and wood anatomy developed for decades as two independent scientific fields. It was only in the last decade that it was made clear that the dimension of time .... | 279 pages | 449 illus | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 3540482997 | #165957A | £108.00 BUY |
A World Monograph of the Genus Cheilymenia (Discomycetes, Pezizales, Pyronemataceae) Jiri Moravec | 256 pages | 33 colour illus, 108 b&w illus | IHW Verlag Pbk | 2005 | 393016762X | #166209A | £69.00 BUY |
| Animal & General Biology | Go to subject web page |
From Individual to Social Cognition Zhanna Reznikova From ants to whales, the lives of animals are filled with challenges that demand minute-by-minute decisions: to fight or flee, dominate or obey, take-off, share, eat, .... | 496 pages | 37 line diagrams, 86 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521825040 | #166653A | £70.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521532027 | #166652A | £31.99 BUY |
Aquatic Animal Health Code 2007
OIE The aim of this book is to assure the sanitary safety of international trade in aquatic animals (fish, molluscs and crustaceans) and their products. This is achieved through .... | 170 pages | - | OIE Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 929044701X | #166200A | £43.00 BUY |
Edited by Alvaro Macieira-Coelho Cell biologists have recently become aware that the asymmetry of cell division is an important regulatory phenomenon in the fate of a cell. During development, cell .... | 275 pages | 44 illus., 8 in colour | Springer Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 354069160X | #165963A | £107.50 BUY |
MR Rosenzweig, SM Breedlove and NV Watson A comprehensive survey of the bases of behaviour that is both authoritative and up-to-date. Building on the strengths of its predecessors, it continues to offer an .... | 630 pages | Col plates, b/w plates, illus, figs, tabs | Sinauer Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0878937056 | #166190A | £41.99 BUY |
Principles of Animal Training Paul McGreevy and Robert A Boakes Drawing on interviews with leading animal trainers, Carrots and Sticks offers 50 case studies that explore step-by-step training of a wide variety of companion, working and .... | 324 pages | 30 illus, 400 figs | CUP Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521686911 | #147432A | £40.00 BUY |
Concepts and Experiments Gerald Karp Known for its innovative approach, this book presents balanced coverage of the concepts of cell and molecular biology while using examples of experimentation to support those .... | 864 pages | colour illus | Wiley Hbk | 2007 | 0470042176 | #163496A | £36.95 BUY |
Color Atlas of Human Poisoning and Envenoming
James H Diaz A full-colour resource available for the immediate visual association and the rapid identification of envenoming species, resultant lesions, clinical outcomes of envenoming .... | 537 pages | Colour photos,diagrams,tables, | CRC Press Hbk | 2006 | 0849322154 | #166300A | £85.00 BUY |
An Ethological Study Margaret Bastock This concise but thorough study of courtship behavior in fish, birds, and arthropods is the first rigorous examination of the evolutionary origins and mechanisms of courtship .... | 228 pages | Aldine Transaction Pbk | 2007 | 0202309118 | #166495A | £15.50 BUY |
AC Oudemans The Great Sea-Serpent, first published by A. C. Oudemans in 1892, is a foundational text in cryptozoology. Oudemans did more than just compile a lengthy list of sighting reports .... | 440 pages | Coachwhip Publications Pbk | 2007 | 1930585365 | #166383A | £19.50 BUY |
Introduction to Genetic Analysis
AJF Griffiths, SR Wessler, RC Lewontin and S Carroll First published in 1976, "Introduction to Genetic Analysis" set the standard for introducing students to genetic analysis and quickly established itself as the premier .... | 800 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs | WH Freeman Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0716799022 | #166187A | £43.99 BUY |
David Sadava, H Craig Heller, Gordon H Orians, WK Purves and DM Hillis New edition of the acclaimed textbook. .... | 1121 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs, SEMs | WH Freeman Hbk | 2007 | 0716799014 | #166686A | £43.99 BUY |
An Introductory Guide Paul Martin and Patrick Bateson Measuring Behaviour has established itself as a standard text. Largely rewritten, updated and reorganised, this third edition is, as before, a guide to the principles and .... | 232 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521828686 | #166173A | £55.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521535638 | #166172A | £19.99 BUY |
H Lodish, A Berk, CA Kaiser, M Krieger, MP Scott et al A completely updated version of acclaimed textbook. Changes include expanded coverage of immunology and development, and new media tools for students and instructors. .... | 1296 pages | Col illus, figs, tabs | WH Freeman Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1429203145 | #166690A | £47.99 BUY |
Wen-Hsiung Li Describes the dynamics of evolutionary change at the molecular level, the driving forces behind the evolutionary process and the effects of molecular mechanisms on the structure .... | 432 pages | 249 illus | Sinauer Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0878934804 | #166188A | £37.99 BUY |
Principles of Developmental Genetics
Edited by Sally Moody Technological advances in genetic/genomic and protein expression analyses as well as bioinformatics are having a major impact on experimental approaches and analytic design. .... | 1064 pages | 19 illus | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0123695481 | #166478A | £78.00 BUY |
Principles of Regenerative Biology
Edited by Bruce M Carlson Principles of Regnerative Biology is the key introductory reference for all developmental biologists, geneticists, and tissue and stem cell researchers. .... | 400 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0123694396 | #166479A | £31.00 BUY |
Mark van der Giezen This volume is an up date of the previous edition, Protein Targeting Protocols, placing the emphasis on protein targeting to cellular compartments in both prokaryotic and .... | 558 pages | Humana Press Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1588297020 | #163687A | £61.00 BUY |
Genes and Genomes - A Short Course James D Watson, Amy A Caudy, Richard M Myers and Jan A Witkowski Provides an introduction to the concepts and techniques of recombinant DNA research and their dramatic results. This book explores core concepts in molecular biology in a .... | 475 pages | 375 col illus | WH Freeman Pbk | 2007 | 1429203129 | #166691A | £31.99 BUY |
Lions and Buffalo Dereck Joubert Of all their long experience, National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert consider their two years with the lions of Duba the most exciting, .... | 176 pages | photos | National Geographic Hbk | 2006 | 1426200048 | #166628A | £24.99 BUY |
Terrestrial Animal Health Code 2007
The aim of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code is to assure the sanitary safety of international trade in terrestrial animals and their products. This is achieved through .... | 510 pages | 2 volumes | OIE NYP 08/2007 | 9290446900 | #166199A | £59.00 BUY |
Edited by Mike Taylor, Bob Coop and Richard Wall This third edition of Veterinary Parasitology is a major update which builds on the spirit of earlier editions. New authors with a wealth of experience of teaching and .... | 856 pages | 400 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1405119640 | #166641A | £65.00 BUY |
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Anthropology and the New Genetics
Gisli Palsson The growth of `new genetics' has dramatically increased our understanding of health, diseases and the body. Anthropologists argue that these scientific advances have had .... | 280 pages | 1 table, 10 figures | CUP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521855721 | #166660A | £45.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521671744 | #166662A | £15.99 BUY |
Creationist Designs on Evolution Sahotra Sarkar Noted biologist and philosopher Sahotra Sarkar exposes the frauds and fallacies of Intelligent Design Theory, and its claim to be 'good science'. .... | 232 pages | Blackwell Hbk | 2007 | 140515490X | #166713A | £39.99 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 1405154918 | #166714A | £12.99 BUY |
The Evolution of Organ Systems
Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa Systematics has developed rapidly during the past two decades. A multitude of new methods and contributions from a diversity of biological fields including molecular .... | 368 pages | 233 illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0198566689 | #166256A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0198566697 | #166255A | £37.50 BUY |
Donald Johanson and Blake Edgar Now revised and updated, this groundbreaking volume by one of the world's foremost paleontologists presents the most complete visual proof ever assembled of the evidence .... | 288 pages | Col photos, figs | Simon & Schuster Hbk | 2006 | 0743280644 | #166593A | £39.00 BUY |
Trails from the Past Camilo J Cela-Conde and Francisco J Ayala This book is intended as a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from physical anthropology, genetics, archaeology, psychology and .... | 432 pages | 101 line illus & 162 half tone | OUP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0198567790 | #165641A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0198567804 | #165640A | £34.95 BUY |
What Bones and Genomes Tell Us About Ourselves Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall Ever since the recognition of the Neanderthals as an archaic form of human in the mid-nineteenth century, the fossilized bones of extinct humans have been used by .... | 240 pages | Texas A&M UP Hbk | 2007 | 1585445673 | #166501A | £15.50 BUY |
Late Quaternary Climate Change and Human Adaptation in Arid China
Edited by DB Madsen, F Chen and X Gao Due to political pressures, prior to the 1990s little was known about the nature of human foraging adaptations in the deserts, grasslands, and mountains of north western .... | 208 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0444529624 | #166485A | £100.00 |