Bats

Phil Richardson

Phil Richardson uses his experiences of bat watching around the world to describe their complex life cycles. He reveals where to watch and study bats, how to help conserve ....

Bear Family and Me - DVD

Gordon Buchanan

Walking in the wild with a family of American Black Bears, fear turns to fascination as Gordon Buchanan, wildlife cameraman and presenter of Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Lost ....

Coyote at the Kitchen Door

Living with Wildlife in Suburbia

Stephen DeStefano

A moose frustrates commuters by wandering onto the highway; a cougar stalks his prey through suburban backyards; an alligator suns himself in a strip mall parking lot. Such ....

Donkey

Jill Bough

This book follows the story of this incredibly hard-working animal. Jill Bough reveals the animal's historic significance in Ancient Egypt where they were once highly regarded ....

Das Eichhörnchen (the Squirrel)

Stefan Bosch and Peter WW Lurz

Monograph on the squirrel. ....

Identification of Marine Mammals of India

P Jayasankar and B Anoop

Accurate taxonomy is fundamental to the conservation efforts on marine mammals, which are listed in Schedule I of the Indian Wild Life Act 1972. It is still unclear as to how ....

The Illustrated Guide to Pigs

How to Choose Them - How to Keep Them

Celia Lewis

The Illustrated Guide to pigs covers the 35 most familiar breeds of pigs in Europe and North America. The breed profiles are written in engaging text that covers the history ....

Manipulative Monkeys

The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal

Susan Perry and Joseph H Manson

With their tonsured heads, white faces, and striking cowls, the monkeys might vaguely resemble the Capuchin monks for whom they were named. How they act is something else ....

Pig

Brett Mizelle

This insightful book traces the natural and cultural history of the pig, focusing on the contradictions between our imaginative representation of pigs and the ways in which pigs ....

Rabbits

The Animal Answer Guide

Susan Lumpkin and John Seidensticker

This book offers answers - from the mundane to the unbelievable - to many important questions about the world of lagomorphs. To some, rabbits are simply a docile pet for ....

The Wolf Within

How I Learned to Talk Dog

Shaun Ellis

To wolf expert Shaun Ellis, wolves aren't just his work, they're also his family. Shaun has been fascinated by wolves all his life, even living as part ....

An Analysis of the Numbers and Distribution of Seabirds within the British Fishery Limit Aimed at Identifying Areas that Qualify as Possible Marine SPAs

K Kober, A Webb, I Win, M Lewis, S O'Brien, LJ Wilson and JB Reid

The aim of this report is to document the analysis conducted by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) in 2007-2009 for the identification of the most suitable ....

Der Baumfalke (Hobby)

Dietrich Fiuczynski and Paul Sömmer

New edition of a definitive work. ....

The Bird Species / Die Vogelarten

Systematics of the Bird Species and Subspecies of the World, Volume 1: Charadriiformes / Systematik der Vogelarten und -unterarten der Erde, 1: Charadriiformes

Norbert Bahr

This multivolume series by Norbert Bahr provides an overview of the systematics and taxonomy of all bird species and subspecies of the world based on current knowledge. ....

Birds of Trinidad and Tobago

Floyd E Hayes, Martyn Kenefick and Robin L Restall

A comprehensive and portable field guide to all the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. ....

Birds of the World

365 Days

Philippe J Dubois

Birds 365 gives this perennially popular subject the 365 treatment: ornithologist and conservationist Philippe J. Dubois presents a "day in the life" of a different species ....

Conservation of Grassland Birds in North America

Understanding Ecological Processes in Different Regions, Report of the AOU Committee on Conservation

Robert A Askins et al

Cyprus Bird Report 2009

Edited by Colin Richardson

Includes a systematic list, the island checklist, reports of rare birds and an article on the Cyprus Scops Owl. ....

Extreme Birder

One Woman's Big Year

Lynn E Barber

In 2008, Lynn Barber's passion for birding led her to drive, fly, sail, walk, stalk, and sit in search of birds in twenty-five states and three provinces. Traveling more than ....

Der Haubentaucher (Great Crested Grebe)

Manfred Melde

1995 reprint. ....

How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?

Fascinating Answers to Questions About Birds of Prey

Peter Capainolo and Carol A Butler

This book explores the world of raptors in a way that will appeal to bird lovers and biology enthusiasts alike. Ornithologist Peter Capainolo and science writer Carol A. ....

Hunting Tactics of Peregrines and Other Falcons

Dick Dekker

This dissertation describes the foraging habits and capture rates of four species of bird-hunting falcons; Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), Merlin (Falco colum-barius), ....

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds of Britain, Europe and Africa

David Alderton

The habitats of Great Britain, Europe and Africa boast some of the most interesting and adaptable members of the avian world. This accessible and fully illustrated guide ....

Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding

Kenn Kaufman

Birders can memorize hundreds of details and still not be able to identify birds if they don't really understand what's in front of them. Today birders have access to almost too ....

Kukila, Volume 14

Edited by Richard Noske and Bas van Balen

Main articles in this edition: ....

Monographie des Fringilles, Volume 2: Carduélinés

Histoire Naturelle et Photographies

Michel Ottaviani

This second volume deals with greenfinches, goldfinches, Venturoni, redpolls, siskins and Linnets of the Old and New Worlds, all belonging to the genus Carduelis (33 species) ....

Monographie des Fringilles, Volume 3: Carduélinés

Histoire Naturelle et Photographies

Michel Ottaviani

This third volume contains the linurge oriole (an ancient canary), the neospize Sao Tome (a giant canary) and all the Eurasian and African canaries of the genus Serinus (46 ....

Oiseaux de Mauritanie / Birds of Mauritania

Paul Isenmann et al

This book is an annotated checklist of the 506 species (of which 155 are breeding, 103 presumed breeding and 86 species previously not considered) recorded in Mauritania. ....

The Painted Stork

Ecology and Conservation

AJ Urfi

The Painted Stork is a large, eye-catching, colonially nesting wading bird found across large parts of South and South East Asia, particularly India and Sri Lanka. Listed as ....

Vulture

Thom van Dooren

The vulture is commonly thought to dwell outside the community of living beings. These birds are seen to have no real relationship with humans; instead, they are simply ....

Watching Waterbirds with Kate Humble and Martin McGill

100 Birds ... in Just One Day!

Kate Humble and Martin McGill

This book introduces some 75 species of wetland birds to readers through the eyes of Kate Humble. As she freely admits herself, Kate is still learning her birds, so to find ....

Amphibians and Reptiles of Tibet

Pipeng Li and Ermi Zhao

Atlas de Répartition des Amphibiens et Reptiles d'Alsace

Edited by Jacques Thiriet and Jean-Pierre Vacher

Alsace houses not less than 18 species of amphibians and 7 species of indigenous reptiles. This distribution atlas, resulting from the collective work of the ....

The Crested Newt

A Dwindling Pond Dweller

Robert Jehle, Burkhard Thiesmeier and Jim Foster

For a small, inconspicuous and largely nocturnal animal, the crested newt attracts considerable attention. Scientists from many countries have spent decades in the field ....

Frogs

The Animal Answer Guide

Mike Dorcas and Whit Gibbons

Frogs are amazingly diverse, ranging from the massive Goliath frog, which weighs several pounds, to the recently discovered gold frog, which measures a mere three-eighths of an ....

Hunters in the Trees

A Natural History of Arboreal Snakes

Richard A Sajdak

Readable up-to-the-minute compendium of what we know about tree snakes written in a clear, nontechnical style for an adult audience of nature lovers and reptile ....

The Private Life of Adders

Rodger McPhail

The common European adder (Vipera berus) is found throughout Europe and northern Asia. Despite its widespread distribution, and its notoriety as one of Europe's few truly ....

Saving Sea Turtles

Extraordinary Stories from the Battle Against Extinction

James R Spotila

In April 2007, eleven leatherback turtles captured the imagination of the public worldwide as they 'raced' from Costa Rica toward the Galapagos Islands. Known as the ....

Der Teichmolch (Smooth Newt)

G E Freytag

Do Fish Sleep?

Fascinating Answers to Questions About Fishes

Judith S Weis

This book is organized in an easy-to-read and accessible question-and-answer format, filled with more than 55 photographs and over 100 interesting facts from fish biology ....

Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology

From Genome to Environment

Edited by Anthony P Farrell

Fish form an extremely diverse group of vertebrates. At a conservative estimate at least 40 percent of the world's vertebrates are fish. On the one hand they are united by their ....

Atlas of Japanese Scarabaeoidea, Volume 3

Phytophagous Group II

Edited by Hirokazu Kobayashi and Takeshi Matsumoto

This series is a comprehensive colour photographic catalogue of Japanese Scarabaeoidea. This volume contains all known 131 species and 13 subspecies of Japanese Melolonthinae. ....

Blackflies of Northern Europe (Diptera: Simuliidae)

JE Raastad, ZV Ussova and K Kuusela

Blackflies are a family of homogenous small dipteran flies, usually quite darkly colored, hence the vernacular family name. Females of many species are vicious ....

British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species

Martin Townsend, John Clifton and Brian Goodey

This guide brings together information on the identification of difficult macro-moths, beyond what is currently available in moth field guides. It features 72 larger moth ....

Cephalopod Biology and Fisheries in Europe

Edited by GJ Pierce et al

Common Dragonflies of California

A Beginners Pocket Guide

Kathy Biggs

This revised, updated and expanded version of the 2000 first edition covers 100 California species of dragonflies and damselflies. 200 all NEW LARGE full-color ....

A Concise Field Guide to Indian Insects and Arachnids

Meenakshi Venkataraman

This guide assists in the identification of insects and arachnids found mainly in the southern states of India. ....

Cricket Radio

Tuning in the Nightsinging Insects

John Himmelman

At a time when night-singing insects have slipped beyond our notice, John Himmelman seeks to reconnect us to creatures whose songs form a part of our own natural history. ....

A Dipterist's Handbook

Edited by Peter Chandler

This Handbook provides a work of reference for everyone interested in the study of flies, both beginners and experienced dipterists. The first edition appeared in 1978, ....

Ecology of Marine Bivalves

An Ecosystem Approach

Edited by Richard F Dame

Considering the ecology of bivalves from an ecosystem view, this book explores the potential use of bivalves as indicators and monitors of ecosystem health and describes ....

Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera

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

Charles W Heckman

Hemiptera - Heteroptera encompasses the three well-defined suborders of the true bugs which are adapted to an aquatic or littoral habitat. ....

Fauna Iberica, Volume 32: Phthiraptera Ischnocera

MP Martín Mateo

Includes 179 species of which 164 were collected from birds and 15 from mammals. All these species belong to 52 genera and 12 families. ....

Fauna Iberica, Volume 33: Crustacea, Copépodos marinos II. Non Calanoida

The second part of the study of marine Copepoda found throughout the Iberian and Balearic area. ....

Fauna of the European North-East of Russia: Volume 10

Odonata

AG Tatarinov and OI Kulakova

A guide to all 50 species of dragonflies and damselflies occurring in the European North-East of Russia, with data on their distribution, ecology and phenology. ....

Honeybees of Asia

Edited by H Randall Hepburn and Sarah E Radloff

A multi-authored work on the basic biology of Asian honeybees, written by expert specialists in the field, this book highlights phylogeny, classification, mitochondrial ....

I Macrolepidotteri del Piemonte

Ferruccio Hellmann and Paolo Parenzan

Insects in Chongqing Municipality

Chen at al Bin

This book covers 4576 species from 2483 genera found in Chongqing, the biggest city in southwest China. ....

Lobster

Richard J King

This book takes us on a journey through the history, biology, cuisine and culture of lobsters, and their economic and environmental status worldwide. Richard J. King ....

Manual of Lepidoptera

Classification of the Butterflies and Moths of the World

John Heppner

Moths and butterflies make up one of the most pertinent order of insects. Manual of Lepidoptera: Classification of the Butterflies and Moths of the World offers the most ....

Mariposas del Uruguay, Argentina, Brasil y Paraguay

Maria Gabriela Betancur Viglione

The first pocket guide to butterflies of Uruguay, clearly and concisely presented for easy identification. It is compact and easy to use, with over 100 high-quality photos of ....

Monitoring Climate Change with Dragonflies

Edited by Jürgen Ott

This book combines papers from two symposia of the World Wide Dragonfly Association (WDA) in Pontevedra (2005) and Swakopmund (2007) - which were compiled by the editor, as ....

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Magellanes, No. 2

P Téocchi et al

Philippine Marine Mollusks, Volume 4

Bivalva Part 2, Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Cephalopoda

Guido T Poppe

Bivalves include Mytilidae, Propeamussidae, Veneridae and Cardiidae. In total covers 80 families. ....

Recent Advances in Entomological Research

From Molecular Biology to Pest Management

Edited by Tong-Xian Liu and Le Kang

In recent years the field of entomology, due in part to the penetration of other disciplines, has made rapid progress. This volume includes 25 chapters contributed by ....

Revision of the Palearctic Chaetocnema Species

(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)

AS Konstantinov, A Baselga, VV Grebennikov, J Prena and SW Lingafelter

75 species are revised and seven new species are described. ....

The Stag Beetles of Southern South America (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

MJ Paulsen

This monograph is a compilation of original and recent research on southern South American stag beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). In the study area, the ....

Water Beetles of New Caledonia

Part 1

Edited by MA Jäch and M Balke

This volume is entirely dedicated to the Water Beetles of New Caledonia. It is based mainly on two field surveys carried out by the editors in 2001 and 2009. It includes 23 ....

ZooKeys 72

Advances in the Systematics of Diplopoda III

Edited by Sergei I Golovatch and Robert Mesibov

Biomolecular Archaeology

An Introduction

Terry Brown and Keri A Brown

Illustrated thoroughly, Biomolecular Archaeology is the first book to clearly guide students through the study of ancient DNA: how to analyze biomolecular evidence (DNA, ....

Extinction and Radiation

How the Fall of Dinosaurs Led to the Rise of Mammals

J David Archibald

In the geological blink of an eye, mammals moved from an obscure group of vertebrates into a class of planetary dominance. This provocative study identifies the fall of ....

Fossil Flora of China, Volume 1

Fossil Plants from Coal Balls in China

Jinzhong Cui and Wang Shijun

Fossil Flora of China, Volume 2

Fossil Pteridophytes in China

Sun Keqin

Fossil Ostracoda of China, Volume 3

Palaeozoic Entomozoacea and Leperditicopida (Ostracoda) of China

Wang Shangqi

Jurassic Ammonites of Tibet

Yin Jiarun

Late Cainozoic Floras of Iceland

15 Million Years of Vegetation and Climate History in the Northern North Atlantic

T Denk, R Zetter, LA Simonarson and F Grimsson

Being the only place in the northern North Atlantic yielding late Cainozoic terrestrial sediments rich in plant fossils, Iceland provides a unique archive for vegetation and ....

The Other Saber-tooths

Scimitar-tooth Cats of the Western Hemisphere

Edited by Virginia L Naples, Larry D Martin and John P Babiarz

Like the better-known Smilodon, or saber-tooth cat, the scimitar-tooth cats of the New World were fierce predators that killed and consumed the largest of North America's ....

Proceedings of the Twelth Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Edited by Dong Wei

Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life

Numerical Approaches to the Evaluation of Fossils and Ancient Ecosystems

Edited by Marc Laflamme, James D Schiffbauer and Stephen Q Dornbos

This volume provides a detailed description of a wide range of numerical, statistical or modeling techniques and novel instrumentation separated into individual chapters written ....

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L: Mollusca 4 (Revised),

Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea | Volume 2

Edited by Paul A Seldon

Great British Marine Animals

Paul Naylor

The wonderful diversity of animals that live in British seas are colourful, beautiful and have an amazing range of intriguing lifestyles. Even those we think of as familiar ....

Integrated Ecosystem Assessments of Seven Baltic Sea Areas Covering the Last Three Decades

Edited by Rabea Diekmann and Christian Möllmann

Monograph of the Gonostomatidae and Kahliellidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)

Helmut Berger

The book covers the Gonostomatidae, the Kahliellidae, and some taxa of unknown position in the hypotrichs. In total 68 species distributed in 21 genera and subgenera are ....

Resolving Climate Impacts on Fish Stocks

Edited by AD Rijnsdorp, MA Peck, GH Engelhard, C Möllmann and JK Pinnegar

ZooKeys 68

Skeletons in Confusion: A Review of Astrophorid Sponges with (Dicho-)Calthrops as Structural Megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida)

RWM Van Soest et al

100 Places to Go Before they Disappear

Patrick Drew and Archbishop Desmond Tutu

What would our world look like if the planet's average temperature were to rise by only a few degrees? Cities including Venice, Bangkok, London, Chicago, and New York would ....

100 Ways to Take Better Nature and Wildlife Photographs

Guy Edwardes

This is a practical, accessible guide to photographing nature and wildlife from one of the UK's top nature photographers. Suitable for all levels of photographer, "100 Ways to ....

Arctic

Bruce Parry and Huw Lewis-Jones

Explorer Bruce Parry takes an epic seven-month journey around the Arctic Circle - a passage of some 11,000 miles - taking in Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Russia and Northern ....

Arctic Labyrinth

The Quest for the Northwest Passage

Glyn Williams

For centuries British navigators dreamt of finding the Northwest Passage - the route over the top of North America that would open up the fabulous wealth of Asia to British ....

Arctic with Bruce Parry - DVD

A Journey across the World's Last Great Wilderness

Bruce Parry

Presenter Bruce Parry turns his attention to the Arctic Circle. Indigenous ways of life that have remained virtually unchanged for millennia will cease within our lifetimes. ....

Born Wild

The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for Lions and for Africa

Tony Fitzjohn

This book is a story of passion, adventure and skulduggery on the frontline of African conservation. Following the author's journey from London bad boy to African wildlife ....

Charles Darwin: After the Origin

Sheila Ann Dean

This book focuses on the 22 years that followed the publication of the Origin of Species, often regarded as the most productive years of Darwin's life. ....

Charles-Alexandre Lesueur

Peintre voyageur, un trésor oublié

Gabrielle Baglione and Cédric Crémière

Magnificent study of a great French explorer-artist. ....

Crevasse Roulette

The First Trans-Antarctic Crossing, 1957-58

Jon Stephenson

The British Commonwealth-sponsored Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) of 1957-58, under the leadership of Dr Vivian Fuchs, completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, ....

Field Notes on Science and Nature

Edited by Michael R Canfield

Once in a great while, as the New York Times once noted, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon's Birds of America, ....

Invented Knowledge

False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-religions

Ronald H Fritze

This book is an exploration of the murky world of fake science and pseudo-history: fields that generally rely on lost continents, ancient super-civilizations, ....

Living at Micro Scale

The Unexpected Physics of Being Small

David B Dusenbery

Kermit the Frog famously said that it isn't easy being green, and in Living at Micro Scale David Dusenbery shows that it isn't easy being small-existing at the size of, say, ....

Madagascar

For 65 million years Madagascar was lost to the world - sat in splendid isolation, undiscovered and untouched by man. Left to its own devices it became a hot bed of ....

A Masterclass in Drawing and Painting Animals

Jonathan Truss and Sarah Hoggett

Jonathan Truss is an inspiring artist who specializes in oil and acrylic paintings of wild animals. He expertly guides readers through artistic basics in the tutorial ....

Natural Experiments of History

Edited by Jared Diamond and James A Robinson

Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific ....

RSPB Nature Watch

How to Discover, Explore and Enjoy Wildlife

Marianne Taylor

Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned wildlife watcher, this book will help you to broaden your enjoyment of your hobby and explore wildlife in a range of different ....

Science-Mart

Privatizing American Science

Philip Mirowski

This trenchant study analyzes the rise and decline in the quality and format of science in America since World War II. ....

Wetware

A Computer in Every Living Cell

Dennis Bray

How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex ....

Wild in Europe

The Wildlife Art of Renso Tamse

Contains some 70 superb paintings and more than 90 sketches, drawings and studies by the young Dutch wildlife artist. ....

Atlas of Terrestrial Vertebrate Animals at Saihanwula National Nature Reserve of Inner Mongolia

Bao Weidong and Li Guilin

The British Empire and the Natural World

Environmental Encounters in South Asia

Edited by Kumar Deepak, Vinita Damodaran and Rohan D'Souza

This volume provides multi-layered analysis of the environmental impacts under the colonial rule. Presenting detailed case studies from across the Indian subcontinent, it ....

Chinese Precious Animals

Cao Yuru

The Fauna of Hebei, China

Amphibia, Reptilia and Mammalia

Wu Yuefeng

This volume details 121 amphibian, reptile and mammal species found in the Hebei province. ....

Notebooks from New Guinea

Fieldnotes of a Tropical Biologist

Vojtech Novotny

This is a unique and delightfully engaging account by a leading tropical biologist of doing science at one of the last wild frontiers in the world. Vojtech Novotny is a ....

African Natural Plant Products

From Forests and Fields to the Marketplace

Edited by James Simon, Rodolfo Juliani and Lyle E Craker

This book is a review of the latest discoveries made through the collection, cultivation, production, processing, marketing, and commercialization of African ....

Aloes

The Definitive Guide

S Carter, JJ Lavranos, LE Newton and CC Walker

In addition to being an important component of the floras of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar, aloes are widely cultivated by hobbyists in Europe, the Americas, ....

Boissiera Volume 63: The Genus Grimmia Hedw. (Grimmiaceae, Bryophyta)

A morphological-anatomical study

Eva Maier

Catalogus Hasslerianus, Parte 3

Edited by L Ramella and P Perret

Catálogo del Herbario de la Real Expedición Botánica de Nueva España (1787-1803) Conservado en el Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid

Paloma Blanco Fernández de Caleya et al

The catalogue of the Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain was compiled during the 18th and 19th centuries. The originals are preserved at the Royal Botanical Garden in ....

Champion Trees of Britain and Ireland

The Tree Register Handbook

Edited by Owen Johnson

What kind of trees grow where, how long do they live, and how big do they become? This book answers these questions and more, introducing the finest examples of every kind of ....

A Checklist of the Flowering Plants in Southeast Yunnan

Shui Yumin

Climate - Vegetation

Afro-Asian Mediterranean and Red Sea Coastal Lands

MA Zahran and Francis Gilbert

Deserts are unique ecosystems with their own biotic and abiotic components, and are often rich in renewable natural resources, the appropriate management of which can ....

Conifer Treasury of the World

A living Conifer Taxonomy with 200,000 images

Mesterházy Zsolt

Digital third edition of this important database. It contains 74 genuses with 3,5 million photos, 807 species, 15100 cultivars, 6229 of them with photos from the ....

Designing a New Plant Surveillance Scheme for the UK

K Walker, T Dines, N Hutchinson and S Freeman

Seven methods of sampling vegetation were examined in detail, all based on surveying 1km squares. From these, three design options are recommended for subsequent field-testing. ....

The Diatom World

Edited by Joseph Seckbach and Patrick Kociolek

Diatoms are fascinating algae, whose relevance today is greater than perhaps ever before. They are important players in a wide range of ecosystems, freshwater, brackish ....

Ecology of Leaf Longevity

Kihachiro Kikuzawa and Martin J Lechowicz

Leaf longevity is a fundamental process underlying patterns of variation in foliar phenology and determining the distinction between deciduous and evergreen plant species. ....

Eunotia Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyta) of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Paula C Furey et al

This book provides an image rich documentation of the Eunotia flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Over 50 sub-generic taxa of Eunotia are presented, ....

The Far North

Plant Biodiversity and Ecology of Yakutia

Edited by EI Troeva, AP Isaev, MM Cherosov and NS Karpov

Outside Russia very little is known about the terrestrial ecology, vegetation, biogeographical patterns, and biodiversity of the enormously extensive ecosystems of ....

A Field Guide to the Orchids of China

Chen Singchi Liu Zhongjian et al

This book describes more than 600 species of orchids, accompanied by a photograph for each species. ....

Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana, Volume 5 and 6

Johannes Sibthorp, Arne Strid and Barbro Strid

This annotated re-issue includes volumes 5 and 6 from the original series, complete with colour plates (100 per volume) and maps, prepared and edited by Arne and Barbro Strid. ....

Flora del Bajio y de Regiones Adyacentes Fasciculo Complementario,

Estudio florístico del Pedregal de Arócutin, en la cuenca | (Volume 25) del Lago de Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico

Flora del Bajio y de Regiones Adyacentes, Volume 166: Iridaceae

Flora del Bajio y de Regiones Adyacentes, Volume 167: Anacapsterotaceae

Flora of Baramati

RB Bhagat, VB Shimpale and RB Deshmukh

This book presents an up-to-date floristic account of the flowering plants of Baramati. The flora constitutes a total of 994 taxa belonging to 938 species with 42 varieties and ....

Flora of China Illustrations, Volume 10: Fabaceae

This volume encompasses one large plant family, namely, the Fabaceae or Leguminosae, with 1,673 species in China, of which 690 are endemic. The fruits come in the form of ....

Flora of Shenzhen, Volume 2

Li Pei-Qiong and Li Yong

Flora of Thailand: Phylogenetic Revision of the Clusiaceae and Hypericaceae

C Byrne and J Parnell

This phylogenetic revision presents detailed descriptions, images and drawings of the Clusiaceae and Hypericaceae of Thailand. In total 32 species are included. A list of ....

Floristics of Seed Plants from China

Wu Zhengyi et al

Fungi of Tropical China

Wu Xingliang et al

This book features over 600 species of Chinese tropical fungi, mostly illustrated with colour photos. ....

Genomics and Molecular Genetics of Plant-Nematode Interactions

Edited by John Jones, Godelieve Gheysen and C Fenoll

This book reviews developments in the molecular biology of plant-nematode interactions that have been driven by the application of genomics tools. A series of introductory ....

Guide to the Flowers of Western China

Christopher Grey-Wilson and Phillip Cribb

The extent and diversity of China's rich flora is unrivalled in temperate latitudes of the world, with some 30,000 species of plants. Nowhere is this floral richness better ....

Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXXI: Lepanthes of Bolivia; Systematics of Octomeria Species North and West of Brazil; Addenda and Corrigenda

Carlyle A Luer

Joseph Franz Rock

Phytogeography of Northwest and Southwest China

Edited by Hartmut Walravens

J. F. Rock wrote his phytogeography as an abstract of his botanical explorations in China in 1952 for the Royal Horticultural Society but because of circumstances beyond ....

Junipers of the World

The genus Juniperus

Robert P Adams

This book contains a synthesis of data on evolution by examining: Geographic Variation: Pan-Arctic variation in Juniperus communis, etc. Speciation in sections of the genus: ....

Lives of Conifers

A Comparative Account of the Coniferous Trees

Graham R Powell

Dominant throughout the temperate northern hemisphere, conifers form the backbone of boreal ecosystems. This comprehensive reference work explains the complex life cycles of ....

Manual of Chinese Cymbidiums

Chen Xinqi

Mistletoes of Southern Australia

David M Watson

Mistletoes are an enigmatic group of plants. Lacking roots and depending on other plants for their livelihood, they have inspired a range of beliefs throughout the world. Some ....

Monograph of Berlinia (Leguminosae)

Barbara A Mackinder and R Toby Pennington

Berlinia, a genus of tropical African trees in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae), comprises 21 species, five of which were discovered during this study and ....

Monograph of Dendropemon (Loranthaceae)

Job Kuijt

The mistletoe genus Dendropemon (Loranthaceae), consisting of 31 species, is endemic to the Caribbean islands and the Bahamas. It is characterized by indeterminate ....

New Atlas of the Kent Flora

Eric G Philp

This book provides a summary of the resuts from a vast botanical survey of Kent conducted between 1991 and 2005. It identifies changes in plant distribution since the ....

Pollen Flora of China Woody Plants by SEM

Li Tianqing et al

This monograph describes 1097 species from 434 genera and features over 4000 SEM images. ....

Single-Pollen Genotyping

Edited by Yuji Isagi and Yoshihisa Suyama

Pollination is one of the most important processes in plant reproduction. It directly influences reproductive success and fitness and the genetic structure of the plant ....

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

Temperate Fruits

Edited by Chittaranjan Kole

Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes ....

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

Oilseeds

Edited by Chittaranjan Kole

This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of ....

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

Millets and Grasses

Edited by Chittaranjan Kole

This volume details the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, ....

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

Cereals

Edited by Chittaranjan Kole

This volume details the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, ....

The Wild Orchids in Yunnan

Xu Zhihui Jiang Hong and Ye Deping

The Yellow Book 2011

NGS Gardens Open for Charity

Joe Swift, Martyn Cox et al

The so-called `bible' of garden visiting and the key to secret gardens of England and Wales, The Yellow Book 2011 is your essential guide to the thousands of gardens that ....

Animal Tool Behavior

The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals

Robert W Shumaker, Kristina R Walkup and Benjamin B Beck

When first published in 1980, this book was the first volume to catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human animals. Beck showed that ....

Chitin

Formation and Diagenesis

Edited by Neal S Gupta

There are several books on properties of chitin and associated biomolecules and their biochemical significance. However, this volume deals with a wide variety of ....

Engineering Animals

How Life Works

Mark Denny and Alan McFadzean

The alarm calls of birds make them difficult for predators to locate, while the howl of wolves and the croak of bullfrogs are designed to carry across long distances. From an ....

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Donald R. Forsdyke

Books on bioinformatics which began appearing in the mid 80s primarily served gene-hunters, and biologists who wished to construct family trees showing tidy lines of ....

Extremophiles Handbook

2 volume set

Edited by K Horikoshi, G Antranikian, AT Bull, F Robb and KO Stetter

This two-volume set brings together the rapidly growing and often scattered information on microbial life in the whole range of extreme environments. ....

Gasping Fish and Panting Squids

Oxygen, Temperature and the Growth of Water Breathing Animals

Daniel Pauly

This volume provides elements for the incorporation of oxygen into a level- or domain-specific theory that predicts risk-minimizing behavior in fishes, both under food ....

Genetic Analysis

A History of Genetic Thinking

Raphael Falk

There is a paradox lying at the heart of the study of heredity. To understand the ways in which features are passed down from one generation to the next, we have to dig deeper ....

Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I

Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches

Frans J De Bruijn

This comprehensive reference covers the various metagenomics in a large variety of habitats, which could not previously have been analysed without metagenomic methodology. ....

Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II

Metagenomics in Different Habitats

Frans J De Bruijn

Metagenomics has revolutionized microbiology and many associated health and environmental fields. This treatise covers the various omics in a large variety of ....

Introducing Proteomics

From Concepts to Sample Separation, Mass Spectrometry and Data Analysis

Josip Lovric

Introduction to Proteomics gives a concise and coherent overview of every aspect of current proteomics technology. The book provides students with sufficient theoretical ....

A Roadmap to the Successful Development and Commercialization of Microbial Pest Control Products for Control of Arthropods

Willem J Ravensberg

Biocontrol is among the most promising methods for a safe, environmentally benign and sustainable pest control. Microbial pesticides offer a great potential, and it is ....

The Species Problem

A Philosophical Analysis

Richard A Richards

There is long-standing disagreement among systematists about how to divide biodiversity into species. Over twenty different species concepts are used to group organisms, ....

Stromatolites: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments

Edited by Vinod Tewari and Joseph Seckbach

This book provides an overview and latest information about the formation of Stromatolites as a result of interaction of microbes with sediments. Eighty-three expert ....

Understanding the Dynamics of Biological Systems

Lessons Learned from Integrative Systems Biology

Edited by Werner Dubitzky, Jennifer Southgate and Hendrik Fuss

The book encompasses the key disciplines of biology, mathematics, and information technology that contribute to systems biology. It introduces some of the main methods ....

The Annotated Origin

A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin and James T Costa

Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" is the most important and yet least read scientific work in the history of science. Now James T. Costa - experienced field biologist, ....

Human Planet - The Complete Series

Following in the footsteps of Planet Earth and Life, this epic eight-part blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound and sometimes challenging ....

Life from an RNA World

The Ancestor Within

Michael Yarus

A majority of evolutionary biologists believe that it is possible to envision our biological predecessors - not the first, but nearly the first, living beings on Earth. ....

The Origins of Evolutionary Innovations

A Theory of Transformative Change in Living Systems

Andreas Wagner

The history of life is a nearly four billion year old story of transformative change. This change ranges from dramatic macroscopic innovations such as the evolution of wings ....

Phenotypic Variation

Exploration and Functional Genomics

Moyra Smith

During the past two decades international collaborative studies have yielded extensive information on genome sequences, genome architecture and their variations. The challenge ....

The Challenges of Biodiversity Science

Michel Loreau

This book addresses the protection of biodiversity for present and future human generations and for a thriving biosphere. As leader in a variety of organisations and ....

Ecology: Global Insights and Investigations

Peter D Stiling

Peter Stiling, co-author of "Biology by Brooker" et al., has written a new first edition ecology text. The main goal in creating a new ecology text is to show how ecology is ....

Handbook of Spatial Point Pattern Analysis in Ecology

Thorsten Wiegand, Kirk Adams Moloney and Richard L Smith

A guidebook to spatial point-pattern analysis for ecologists, this book provides a comprehensive presentation of the theory behind point-pattern analysis targeted at the ....

Multivariate Analysis for Community Ecologists

Step-by-Step using PC-ORD

JeriLynn E Peck

What are multivariate data? How should I prepare my data? ....

The Wolf's Tooth

Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and Biodiversity

Cristina Eisenberg

In this book the author investigates the dramatic ecological consequences of predator removal (and return) as she explores the concept of 'trophic cascades' and the role of ....

Biodiversità e Aree Protette / Biodiversity And Protected Areas

Un interesse comune dell'umanità / A common concern of humankind

Edited by Stefano L Tresca

The Black Earth

Ecological Principles for Sustainable Agriculture on Chernozem Soils

David Dent, Boris P Boincean and Igori Arcadie Krupenikov

Soil is the Earth's living skin. It provides anchorage for roots, holds water long enough for plants to make use of it and the nutrients that sustain life. This book is ....

Eco-city Planning

Policies, Practice and Design

Edited by Tai-Chee Wong and Belinda Yuen

Eco-city planning is a key element of urban land use planning in perspective and of ongoing debate of environmental urban sustainable development with a spatial and ....

Environmental Health

Dade W Moeller

Dramatic changes in the field of environmental health since the Third Edition was published in 2004 demand a new, radically updated version of this essential textbook. ....

Global Change

Challenges for Soil Management

Edited by Miodrag Zlatic

Soil, like air and water, is essential to life on earth. Over 90% of all human food and livestock feed are produced from the land and from soils that vary in quality and ....

Global Change and Baltic Coastal Zones

Edited by Gerald Schernewski, Jacobus Hofstede and Thomas Neumann

Climate change and ongoing transformation processes in economy and agriculture will have strong and multiple impacts in the Baltic region. In particular coastal zones face ....

Global Change and River Ecosystems - Implications for Structure, Function and Ecosystem Services

Edited by RJan Stevenson and Sergi Sabater

Rivers around the world are threatened by changes in land use, climate, hydrologic cycles, and biodiversity. Global changes in rivers include, but are not restricted to ....

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 3

Geology

Edited by Noreen A Buster and Charles W Holmes

This volume provides the most up-to-date systematic, cohesive, and comprehensive description of the geology of the Gulf of Mexico basin. The book's six sections address ....

Land Degradation and Rehabilitation

Dryland Ecosystems

A Faz Cano et al

This special issue contains a range of papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Land Degradation, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain, September 12nd-17th , 2004. ....

Landscape Ecology in Asian Cultures

Edited by Sun-Kee Hong, Jianguo Wu, Jae-Eun Kim and Nobukazu Nakagoshi

Cultural landscapes are a product of the interactions between humans and natural settings. They are landscapes and seascapes that are shaped by human history and land ....

The Landscape Ecology of Fire

Edited by Donald McKenzie, Carol S Miller and Donald A Falk

Global warming is expected to change fire regimes, likely increasing the severity and extent of wildfires in many ecosystems around the world. What will be the ....

Landscape Indicators

Assessing and Monitoring Landscape Quality

Edited by Claudia Cassatella and Attilia Peano

This volume deals with the definition and use of specific indicators for landscape assessment and monitoring. To tackle the diverse dimensions of the landscape, the ....

Marine Ecological Geography

Theory and Experience

Dmitry Ya Fashchuk

This book considers the methodological principles of systemization and visualization of multidimensional ecological information for its operational dissemination among ....

The Ocean at Home

An Illustrated History of the Aquarium

Bernd Brunner

The mysterious world beneath the ocean's surface has captivated man for centuries-the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and ancient Chinese all kept fish in their homes for purposes ....

Protected Area Management and Ecotourism

Concepts, planning, evaluation and management

M B Shrivastava and Menka Bihari

The book deals with a gamut of activities associated with protected area management, including the concepts, principles, history and movement of environmental conservation, ....

The Rising Sea

Orrin H Pilkey and Rob Young

On Shismaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation ....

Selecting Douglas Fir Seed Sources for Use in Britain

Alan M Fletcher and Sam Samuel

Douglas fir plays a particular role in the production of quality timber and is also important for other multipurpose forestry uses. Due to the extent of its natural range ....

The Soils of Tomorrow

Soils Changing in a Changing World

Edited by Carmelo Dazzi and Edoardo Costantini

Wide-ranging collection. ....

State of the World's Forests 2011

FAO

The ninth biennial issue of State of the World's Forests, published at the outset of 2011, the International Year of Forests, considers the theme 'Changing pathways, ....

Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change

Mark Bush and John Flenley

The goal of this book is to provide a current overview of the impacts of climate change on tropical forests, to investigate past, present, and future climatic influences on the ....

Understanding and Managing Threats to the Environment in South Eastern Europe

Edited by Gorazd Mesko, Dejana Dimitrijevic and Charles B Fields

This volume presents reflections on a variety of environmental issues in South-Eastern Europe from diverse contemporary scientific disciplines. The contributions address many ....

Wetlands

Integrating Multidisciplinary Concepts

Edited by Ben A LePage

The science of wetlands and our understanding of these complex ecosystems have improved considerably. The emergence of multidisciplinary strategies is providing new ....

Biodiversity: Structure and Function, Volume 1

Edited by Wilhelm Barthlott, K Eduard Linsenmair and Stefan Porembski

Biodiversity: Structure and Function, Volume 2

Edited by Wilhelm Barthlott, K Eduard Linsenmair and Stefan Porembski

Biological Diversity

Exploiters and Exploited

Paul Hatcher and Nick Battey

Biological Diversity takes a fresh, innovative approach to the teaching of biodiversity. Rather than detailing and cataloguing the major taxa and their evolutionary ....

Conservation at the Crossroads

Science, Society, and the Future of India's Wildlife

Ghazala Shahabuddin

Using the Sariska Tiger Reserve as one of its major anchors, this book analyses the historical, socio-political, and biological contexts of nature conservation in India in ....

Green Roofs and Biodiversity

Can Green Roofs provide habitat for invertebrates in an urban environment?

In urban climes, where green space is already limited, green roofs may provide the ideal and in many cases the only habitat for species conservation. Could green roofs provide ....

Human Population

Its Influences on Biological Diversity

Edited by Richard P Cincotta and Larry J Gorenflo

In this volume the dynamic patterns of human density and distribution are examined in relation to the viability of native species and the integrity of their habitats. Social, ....

Listed

Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act

Joe Roman

The first listed species to make headlines after the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973 was the snail darter, a three-inch fish that stood in the way of a massive dam ....

Protected Area Staff Training

Guidelines for Planning and Management

Svetlana L Kopylova and Natalia R Danilina

Qualified, competent, and committed staff are central to the success of protected areas. Training of protected area staff is more and more recognized as a vital component of ....

Adaptation and Resilience

The Economics of Climate, Water, and Energy Challenges in the American Southwest

Edited by George B Frisvold and Bonnie G Colby

In America's arid southwest, climate change will occur in the context of already-keen competition for water for agriculture, urban growth, electricity generation, water-based ....

Adapting to Climate Change

Thresholds, Values, Governance

Edited by Neil Adger, Irene Lorenzoni and Karen O'Brien

Adapting to climate change is a critical problem facing humanity. This involves reconsidering our lifestyles, and is linked to our actions as individuals, societies and ....

Aeronomy of the Earth's Atmosphere and Ionosphere

Edited by Archana Bhattacharyya, Mangalathayil Ali Abdu and Dora Pancheva

This book is a multi-author treatise on the most outstanding research problems in the field of the aeronomy of the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere, encompassing the science ....

Chemistry of the Environment

Thomas G Spiro, William M Stigliani and K Purvis-Roberts

This new edition has been extensively revised to reflect the rapid evolution of all areas of environmental science. Additionally, much of the text and organisation have ....

Extreme Environmental Events

Complexity in Forecasting and Early Warning

Edited by Robert A Meyers

This set is an authoritative single source for understanding and applying the basic tenets of complexity and systems theory, as well as the tools and measures for analyzing ....

Globalizing Polar Science

Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years

Edited by Roger D Launius, James Rodger Fleming and David H DeVorkin

The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that was focused on, but not ....

IUTAM Symposium on Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans, Cambridge, UK, December 8 12, 2008

Edited by David G Dritschel

This book stems from the IUTAM symposium 'Rotating Stratified Turbulence and Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans' which took place at the Isaac Newton Institute for ....

The Inquisition of Climate Science

James L Powell

Science is under the greatest and most successful attack in modern history. An industry of denial, abetted by media more interested in selling controversy than presenting ....

Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System

William Lau and Duane Waliser

As the first comprehensive and authoritative review of intra-seasonal variability (ISV), this multi-author work balances coverage of observation, theory and modeling and ....

Light Scattering by Non-spherical Inhomogeneous Particles

Fast Computations

VG Farafonov and VB Il'in

The optical methods of disperse media investigations are widely used today in many branches of physics from biophysics to environmental science and astronomy. Scatterers ....

Operational Oceanography in the 21st Century

Edited by Andreas Schiller and Gary B Brassington

Over the past decade the significant advances in real-time ocean observing systems, ocean modelling, ocean data assimilation and super-computing has seen the development ....

Postmodern Climate Change

Leigh Glover

This book provides a much-needed analysis of international climate change politics as a key issue of modernity and in the context of environmentalism. Leigh Glover presents a ....

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Volume 211

Edited by David M Whitacre

The Science of Global Ozone Change

Human Activities versus Natural Variability

Arthur Philip Cracknell

The destruction of the ozone layer, together with global warming, is one of the hot environmental topics of today. This book examines the effect of human activities on ....

Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change

Prioritising Social Equity and Environmental Integrity

Edited by Siri Eriksen and Katrina Brown

This book sets out how to ensure that adaptation efforts are socially and environmentally sustainable, contributing to poverty reduction as well as confronting ....

Catastrophes!

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and Other Earth-shattering Disasters

Donald R Prothero

Devastating natural disasters have profoundly shaped human history, leaving us with a respect for the mighty power of the Earth - and a humbling view of our future. ....

Encyclopedia of Geobiology

Edited by Joachim Reitner, Volker Thiel, Andreas Kappler, Kurt Konhauser and A Nunez

The interplay between Geology and Biology has shaped the Earth from the early Precambrian, 4 billion years ago. Moving beyond the borders of the classical core ....

Eyjafjallajökull

Untamed Nature/Stórbrotin Náttúra

Ragnar Sigurdsson and Ari Trausti Gudmundsson

Stunning compilation of photographs from the Icelandic volcanic eruption that affected the whole of Europe during the Spring of 2010. ....

Fizzics

The Science of Bubbles, Droplets, and Foams

F Ronald Young

Bubbles are everywhere - in water and in air, made from soap and from gas. They are referenced in literature and sung about in songs, and they're even the subject of great ....

Geotechnics and Earthquake Geotechnics Towards Global Sustainability

Edited by Susumu Iai

This book is part of a bold, new initiative towards global sustainability and development that draws on the disciplines of geotechnical engineering and earthquake ....

The Hidden Reality

Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

Brian Greene

In this exhilarating new book, Brian Greene explores our most current understanding of the universe, its deepest laws of nature, and our continuing quest to know more. "The ....

InSAR Imaging of Aleutian Volcanoes

Monitoring a Volcanic Arc from Space

Lu Zhongmin and Daniel Dzurisin

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is a relatively new remote sensing tool that is capable of measuring ground-surface deformation with centimeter-to-subcentimeter ....

Planetary Surface Processes

H Jay Melosh

Planetary Surface Processes is the first advanced textbook to cover the full range of geologic processes that shape the surfaces of planetary-scale bodies. Using a modern, ....

The Quaternary of Western Sutherland

Lukas et al

The Quaternary of the Solent Basin and West Sussex Raised Beaches

Field Guide

Edited by RM Briant, MR Bates, RT Hosfield and FF Wenban-Smith

The Quaternary of the Solway Lowlands and Pennine Escarpment

Field Guide

Livingstone et al

The Quaternary of the Trent Valley and Adjoining Regions

White et al

Tropical Geomorphology

Avijit Gupta

Although similar geomorphic processes take place in other regions, in the tropics these processes operate at different rates and with varying intensities. Tropical ....

The Universe: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know

Joanne Baker

For millennia humanity has gazed in wonder at the night sky, tracked the motions of the planets and attempted to explain our place in the Universe. But only in our own time has ....

Biology Is Technology

The Promise, Peril and Business of Engineering Life

Robert H Carlson

Technology is a process and a body of knowledge as much as a collection of artifacts. Biology is no different and we are just beginning to comprehend the challenges inherent ....

Coming Clean

Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance

Michael E Kraft, Mark Stephan and Troy D Abel

Coming Clean is the first book to investigate the process of information disclosure as a policy strategy for environmental protection. This process, which requires that firms ....

Crimes Against Nature

Illegal Industries and the Global Environment

Donald R Liddick

The alarming consequences of eco-crime go far beyond the widespread degradation of the natural world; important societal institutions are undermined and negative social and ....

Embedded Sustainability

The Next Big Competitive Advantage

Chris Laszlo and Nadya Zhexembayeva

Companies know how to meet the demands of shareholder value: years of managerial excellence testify to this achievement. Many also know how to create stakeholder value - ....

Ents, Elves, and Eriador

The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien

Matthew T Dickerson and Jonathan Evans

Though not often recognized as environmental or agrarian literature, the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien demonstrate a complex and comprehensive ecological philosophy. The ecology ....

The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton

Monica Weis

Nature was always vital in Thomas Merton's life, from the long hours he spent as a child watching his father paint landscapes in the fresh air, to his final years of solitude in ....

Ethics and Animals

An Introduction

Lori Gruen

In this fresh and comprehensive introduction to animal ethics, Lori Gruen weaves together poignant and provocative case studies with discussions of ethical theory, ....

Fisheries Biology and Stock Assessment

Toward an Ecological Approach

Janet A Ley

Covering the basics as well as introducing modern procedures, "Fisheries Biology and Stock Assessment" emphasizes the processes involved in biological and fishery data ....

Global Commodity Governance

State Responses to Sustainable Forest and Fisheries Certification

Fred Gale and Marcus Haward

Commodities like coffee, tea, sugar, cocoa, timber and fish are key components of world trade. They unite primary and intermediary producers with retailers, wholesalers and ....

Globalisation, Agriculture and Development

Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific

Edited by Matthew Tonts and MAB Siddique

This book explores the links between globalization, agriculture and development in a number of contemporary Asia-Pacific nations. It highlights the complex and diversified ....

Groundwater and Subsurface Environments

Edited by Makoto Taniguchi

Excessive groundwater pumping, groundwater contamination, and subsurface thermal anomalies have occurred frequently in Asian coastal cities, greatly disturbing the urban ....

The History of Aquaculture

Colin E Nash

The History of Aquaculture is a comprehensive history of the practices and technologies used in captive fish production from its small scale prehistoric roots through to the ....

Improving Natural Resource Management

Ecological and Political Models

Timothy Haas

The decision to implement environmental protection options is a political one. These, and other political and social decisions affect the balance of the ecosystem and how the ....

The Lower Damodar River, India

Understanding the Human Role in Changing Fluvial Environment

Kumkum Bhattacharyya

Interweaving the human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data, including historical data over the last few centuries, this monograph is a comprehensive ....

Management of Water Resources in Protected Areas

Edited by H Farfán González, JL Corvea Porras et al

Natural ecosystems are heavily dependent on water, as it is essential to the development of life. The ecology and landscape play an important role in the quality and ....

Microalgae as a Feedstock for Biofuels

Luisa Gouveia

This concise review covers the potential use of microalgae for biofuel production. ....

Narnia and the Fields of Arbol

The Environmental Vision of C. S. Lewis

Matthew Dickerson and David A O'Hara

Scholars have discussed the work of C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) for decades, but they have focused on Lewis's Christian and pagan allusions and have largely ignored his other ....

The New Harvest

Agricultural Innovation in Africa

Calestous Juma

African agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by new threats from climate change. But, as this book argues, Africa faces ....

Nile River Basin

Hydrology, Climate and Water Use

Edited by Assefa M Melesse

This book presents results of scientific studies ranging from hydrological modelling to water management and policy issues in the Nile River basin. It examines the physical, ....

Practical Sustainability

from Grounded Theory to Emerging Strategies

Nasrin R Khalili

This book is fully devoted to the Practicality aspects of environmental sustainability in business practice. The presented elements, and originality of the topics discussed ....

Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor

Rob Nixon

The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Using the ....

Sustainable Agricultural Development

Edited by Mohamed Behnassi, Shabbir A Shahid and Joyce D'Silva

Due to many challenges (i.e. climate change, energy, water and land shortage, high demands on food, land grabbing, etc.), agriculture production potential is expected to ....

Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2

Edited by Eric Lichtfouse, Marjolaine Hamelin, Mireille Navarrete and Philip Debaeke

This book gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It is aimed at helping all scientists, ....

Theories and Practices of Development

Katie Willis

Global economic crisis and the implications of global environmental change have led academics and policy-makers to consider how 'development' in all parts of the world ....

Towards a Sustainable Asia

Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia

This series of books are the output of the research project called "Sustainable Development in Asia (SDA)", which was initiated by the Association of Academies of ....

UNEP Year Book 2011

Emerging Issues in Our Global Environment

UNEP

What are the potential impacts of the large amounts of plastic that find their way into the ocean? Are we using phosphorus wisely in agriculture? Phosphorus is needed for food ....

Water

The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization

Steven Solomon

This book offers a narrative portrait of the personalities, innovations and power struggles over water that have transformed human history from the irrigating ....

The Water Footprint Assessment Manual

Setting the Global Standard

Ashok K Chapagain, Mesfin M Mekonnen, Maite M Aldaya and Arjen Y Hoekstra

People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an ....

Water Rights and Social Justice in the Mekong Region

Edited by Kate Lazarus and Bernadette P Resurreccion

The Mekong Region has come to represent many of the important water governance challenges faced more broadly by the mainland Southeast Asian region. This book focuses ....

Water Security

The Water-food-energy-climate Nexus

World Economic Forum

The world is on the brink of the greatest crisis it has ever faced: a spiralling lack of fresh water. Groundwater is drying up, even as water demands for food production, for ....

Wild Law

Cormac Cullinan

Wild Law fuses politics, legal theory, quantum physics and ancient wisdom into a fascinating story. It has been seminal in informing and inspiring the global movement to ....

Winds of Change

The Environmental Movement and the Global Development of the Wind Energy Industry

Ion Bogdan Vasi

Winds of Change examines the global development of the wind energy industry from a political, social movements-based perspective. It argues the wind energy industry ....

Zero-Carbon Energy Kyoto

Edited by Takeshi Yao

Since 2008, the Global Center of Excellence (COE) at Kyoto University, Japan, has been engaged in a program called "Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming--Toward a CO2 ....

Biostatistics

Intermediate Bayesian Inference

George G Woodworth

This book focuses on Bayesian multivariate inference, which is defined as any inference that involves a multivariate (marginal) posterior distribution and is distinct from ....

Global Tropical Cyclogenesis

E A Sharkov

Tropical cyclones are the most impressive and best phenomenon of the tropics, and this book fills a need for a thorough detailed book on the subject, concentrating on the ....

Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

Susan Nolan and Thomas E Heinzen

Clearly written, this text makes statistics accessible to students by applying theoretical techniques to wide-ranging examples. Focusing on research design and ....

Africa Water Atlas

This atlas is a visual account of Africa's endowment and use of water resources, revealed through 224 maps and 104 satellite images as well as some 500 graphics, ....

Colour Chart for Mycologists and Botanists

This colour chart was originally designed for online auction users, so that they could give one another a precise indication of the colour of a traded object. But it could ....

Museums and the Public Sphere

Jennifer Barrett

Museums and the Public Sphere investigates the role of museums in England, Hong Kong, Australia and the United States in engaging in public discourse, and gauges their ....