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Welcome to the April Monthly Catalogue! The most comprehensive buyer's guide to new and
forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the environment.
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Zoology:
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| Mammals | Go to subject web page |
Bryony Coles Part ecology, part archaeology and part history, "Beavers in Britain's Past" explores the evidence for Castor fiber, the European beaver from late in the last ice age .... | 192 pages | illus | Oxbow Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1842172263 | #158938A | £35.00 BUY |
Commensalism and Conflict: The Human Primate Interface
Edited by JD Paterson and Janette Wallis Human and nonhuman primates have had a long and intimate evolutionary relationship. This relationship is fascinating, complex, and often antagonistic. The most frequent .... | 483 pages | Illus, maps | ASP Pbk | 2005 | 0965830136 | #157998A | £73.00 BUY |
Lauray Yule Reveals many surprising facts about Canis latran, whose scientific name translates as "barking dog." In fact, coyotes were named for an Aztec god. No one really knows the .... | 64 pages | Rio Nuevo Publishers Hbk | 2004 | 1887896600 | #157785A | £11.50 BUY |
Edited by David Macdonald Hailed as 'a rare combination of learning, decent writing and knock-your-eyes-out photography' by The Times and 'an ultimate in natural history books' by the Irish Times .... | 976 pages | Colour photographs and illustrations | OUP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0199206082 | #159047A | £35.00 BUY |
Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World A list of mammalian longevity in captivity Richard Weigl This publication contains many data of historical and present longevities of captive mammals, some of .... | 214 pages | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2005 | 3510613791 | #159257A | £34.00 BUY |
Mammals of Turkey and Cyprus, Vol. 2 Rodentia I: Sciurudae, Dipodidae, Gliridae, Arvicolinae Boris Krystufek and Vladimir Vohralik A complete taxonomic and geographic reference to 31 species of squirrels, jerboas, dormice and voles of Turkey. Includes determination keys, detailed descriptions (with .... | 292 pages | 251 black and white illustrations and 16 colour plates | ZRS Koper 2005 | #158825A | £34.00 BUY |
A Field Guide for Strandings JR Geraci and VJ Lounsbury A practical manual on how to deal with strandings of marine mammals. Chapters cover everything from dealing with the media, to specimen and data collection, field .... | 371 pages | Col & b/w illus | National Aquarium Baltimore Spiralbound | 2005 | 0977460908 | #158705A | £49.50 BUY |
The Natural History of Weasels and Stoats
Carolyn King Field naturalists have observed the activities of weasels for centuries. Their descriptions were often accurate but sometimes misinterpreted the animals' behaviors and .... | 224 pages | 20 col plates, line drawings | OUP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0195300564 | #159156A | £25.99 BUY |
Progress and Prospects Edited by Shawn M Lehman and John Fleagle Biogeography is a vital component in many aspects of Primatology, including studies of evolution, speciation systematics, population genetics, and community ecology. Despite .... | 420 pages | 72 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 05/2006 | 0387298711 | #158948A | £88.50 BUY |
Edited by NE Newton-Fisher, H Notman, V Reynolds and JD Paterson Covers aspects of ecology, behavior, genetics, taxonomy, 'cultural' patterns, hunting by non-human primates, physiology, dietary chemistry, and ecotourism, in several major .... | 805 pages | 86 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0387323422 | #158949A | £71.50 BUY |
Red Data Book of the Mammals of South Africa: A Conservation Assessment
Y Friedmann and B Daly In the foreword to this publication, Dr. John Ledger, former director of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), notes the many advances made in the almost twenty years between .... | 722 pages | Dist Maps | CBSG Southern Africa Pbk | 2004 | 0620320176 | #153767A | £20.95 BUY |
Reproduction and Fitness in Baboons Behavioral, Ecological, and Life History Perspectives Edited by Larissa Swedell and Steven R Leigh The editors address the questions of life history and reproduction by attempting to isolate the various components of reproductive success and fitness in baboons. This .... | 445 pages | 48 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0387306889 | #158924A | £74.50 BUY |
Joanna Skipwith Children's book. .... | 48 pages | Silver Jungle Hbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0955265207 | #158971A | £9.99 BUY |
| Birds | Go to subject web page |
Of the Southern Ocean / Del Océano Austral Enrique Couve and Claudio F Vidal The albatrosses are long-lived birds, nest in remote oceanic islands and travel across the ocean, thousands of miles from their colonies to the feeding sites. .... | 100 pages | colour photos | Fantastico Sur Hbk | 2005 | 9568007105 | #158930A | £17.50 BUY |
Atles dels Ocells Nidificants de Catalunya 1999-2002
Joan Estrada The Catalan Breeding Bird Atlas 1999-2002 is the result of work carried out by over 500 collaborators between 1999 and 2002. The main body of the book has been compiled by .... | 640 pages | - | Lynx Hbk | 2005 | 8487334709 | #158889A | £39.00 BUY |
Celdoni Fonoll Following the success of Veus d'ocells (Lynx Edicions, 2000) and 60 OCELLS comuns i rars i de noms singulars (Lynx Edicions, 2002), Celdoni Fonoll offers Aucells, a work which .... | 274 pages | colour illus | Lynx Hbk | 2006 | 8496553035 | #158901A | £17.50 BUY |
Alvaro Jaramillo Spanish version of the most complete and up-to-date field guide to the birds of Chile, which also includes the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. .... | 340 pages | 96 plates, maps | Lynx Pbk | 2005 | 8487334873 | #158893A | £17.50 BUY |
The Birds of Sao Tome and Principe with Annobon
Peter Jones and Alan Tye An exciting new annotated checklist to this group of islands in the Gulf of Guinea. These islands, each with its endemic species and subspecies, are of global importance .... | 192 pages | 16 pp col photos, b/w maps, figs | BOU Pbk | NYP 05/2006 | 0907446272 | #149228A | £30.00 BUY |
Birds of Shenandoah National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park A Field Guide Ernest P Edwards Birds of Shenandoah National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a compact, current, easy-to-use field guide that identifies 336 .... | 142 pages | 55 full color pages | McDonald & Woodward NYP 05/2006 | 0939923963 | #159163A | £18.95 BUY |
The Birds of the State of Kuwait
George Gregory Presents an accurate status account for each species of bird recorded in Kuwait. Kuwait occupies the south-eastern corner of the Western Palearctic Avifaunal Region, and it is .... | 219 pages | colour photos | George Gregory Pbk | 2005 | 0955141605 | #158961A | £15.00 BUY |
A Natural History Don Stap Following one of the world's experts on birdsong around the world, Don Stap brings to life the quest to unravel an ancient mystery: Why do birds sing and what to do their .... | 272 pages | OUP Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0195309014 | #158815A | £9.99 BUY |
Clinical Avian Medicine 2 Volume Set
G Harrison and T Lightfoot | colour photos, tables | Meadow's Animal Healthcare Hbk | 2006 | 0975499408 | #158006A | £229.00 BUY |
The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds of the World
David Alderton This book is a comprehensive visual guide and reference source for over 1250 birds of America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Polar regions, with expert analysis of .... | 512 pages | colour photographs and artworks | Southwater Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1844763110 | #159186A | £12.99 BUY |
Their Biology from Genes to Life History Theodore R Anderson Is the House Sparrow a contemporary 'canary in the mine'? Other topics of broad interest include the reproductive and flock-foraging strategies of sparrows, and sexual selection .... | 624 pages | 70 line illustrations | OUP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 019530411X | #159159A | £54.00 BUY |
Francisco Chiclana and Jorge Garzón This complete and current birdwatching guide offers practical information such as maps, itineraries and species lists for the most common birds in Donana. Also available in .... | 168 pages | Lynx Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 8496553191 | #158903A | £16.95 BUY |
Ecology and Conservation of Steppe-land Birds
Manuel B Morales, Santi Manosa, Gerard Bota and Jordi Camprodon What are steppe birds? Why are they currently among the most threatened in the world? What measures should be implemented to ensure their conservation? .... | 343 pages | - | Lynx Hbk | 2006 | 8487334997 | #158887A | £15.50 BUY |
Eduardo de Juana and Juan M Varela New edition of the acclaimed SEO/BirdLife field guide: the ultimate tool for the identification of birds in Spain. Its detailed and up-to-date information covers all the .... | 256 pages | 974 col illus, 331 maps | Lynx Hbk | 2005 | 8487334881 | #158892A | £17.50 BUY |
Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers
Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and David Christie The latest volume in this magnificent series offers in-depth treatment of some of the most attractive and best studied passerines in the world. .... | 800 pages | 55 colour plates, more than 300 photos, 723 dist maps | Lynx Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 849655306X | #038602A | £138.00 BUY |
Identification of Seabirds of the Southern Ocean A Guide for Scientific Observers Aboard Fishing Vessels Derek Onley and Sandy Bartle Finally available in print again, this excellent field guide was written to help scientific observers identify those seabirds likely to be caught in the Southern Ocean, .... | 81 pages | 20 colour plates, tabs | Papa Hbk | 1999 | 0909010471 | #115748A | £18.95 BUY |
Kompendium der Vögel Mitteleuropas, 3 volume set
Edited by Bauer, Bezzel and Fiedler Completely revised edition of the standard reference. .... | 1600 pages | 440 dist maps | Aula Hbk | 2006 | #158808A | £117.00 BUY |
Monitoring Bird Populations Using Mist Nets
CJ Ralph and EH Dunn Collection of articles. Includes information on both breeding season evaluations and evaluations outside the breeding season. .... | 211 pages | diagrams, tables | Cooper OS Pbk | 2004 | 0943610613 | #157002A | £23.50 BUY |
National Geographic Guide to Birding Hotspots of North America
Mel White and Paul Lehman Boasting more than 220 full-color illustrations and maps, this is the perfect practical companion to the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. A .... | 320 pages | 220 colour illus, maps | National Geographic Pbk | 2006 | 079225483X | #159214A | £12.99 BUY |
National Geographic State Field Guides to Birds
These handy, informative pocket-sized guides are an essential resource for the novice or experienced birder. .... | |
Les Oiseaux des Antilles et leur Nid Petites et Grandes Antilles E Benito-Espinal and P Hautcastel Identification guide to the birds of the Antilles and their nests, with information on reproductive biology, habitat, nest, eggs, and chicks. .... | 320 pages | 840 colour photos | PLB Editions 2005 | 2912300223 | #158101A | £61.00 BUY |
The 100 best sites José Antonio Montero The ideal guide for discovering a hundred of the most interesting and accessible natural sites for birding. Includes informative, up-to-date texts on the natural features and .... | 341 pages | colour photos, maps | Lynx Pbk | 2006 | 8496553043 | #158895A | £19.95 BUY |
Where to watch birds in Doñana
Francisco Chiclana and Jorge Garzón This complete and current birdwatching guide offers practical information such as maps, itineraries and species lists for the most common birds in Donana. Also available in .... | 168 pages | Lynx Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 8496553205 | #158904A | £18.50 BUY |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Bioakustik der Froschlurche: Einheimische und verwandte Arten
Hans Schneider | 136 pages | - | Laurenti Pbk | 2005 | 3933066239 | #158996A | £32.50 BUY |
Fauna Iberica, Volume 24: Amphibia
M Garcia Pariis, A Montori and P Herrero Gathers and summarizes the vast amount of information on the biology, ecology and systematics of the native and introduced species that currently inhabit and reproduce on .... | 640 pages | MNCN Hbk | 2004 | 8400082923 | #158957A | £64.00 BUY |
Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Gymnophiona (Caecilians)
J-M Exbrayat One of the little known species in danger of extinction, gymnophionan amphibians are also known as caecilians or apoda. Gymnophiona contains 154 species belonging to 34 .... | 404 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 1578083125 | #147398A | £60.50 BUY |
Franck Bonin, Bernard Devaux and Alain Dupré Reference encyclopedia of the 320 turtle species in the world. Includes detailed texts, maps, as well as full-colour photos and drawings. .... | 416 pages | Lynx Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 8496553213 | #158905A | £31.00 BUY |
Veldgids Amfibieen en Reptielen
T Stumpel and Henk Strijbosch Photo guide to the reptiles and amphibains of Europe. .... | 318 pages | colour photos | KNNV Hbk | 2006 | 9050111688 | #157773A | £35.00 BUY |
| Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Hans-Georg Evers Evers and Ingo Seidel The family Loricariidae, suckermouth -or armored- catfishes, contains over 650 described species and a great number of still undescribed members. Many of these are popular .... | 864 pages | 900 col photos | Mergus Verlag Hbk | 2006 | 3882440643 | #158910A | £59.50 BUY |
Collins Need to Know Aquarium Fish
Don Harper A useful guide for those who own, or are thinking of investing in, an aquarium. From setting up your aquarium and caring for your fish, to recognising signs of illness and .... | 192 pages | 150 col illus | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 05/2006 | 0007205783 | #157176A | £9.99 BUY |
| Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
Account of the Crustacea of Norway, Vol. I: Amphipoda
GO Sars The first volume of Sars's comprehensive "Account of the Crustacea of Norway", Amphipoda represented a complete revision of the order, increasing the number of Norwegian forms .... | CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation CD | 2005 | 190469036X | #159004A | £37.50 BUY |
Leen van 't Leven et al Practical manual on small-scale and sustainable beekeeping .... | 86 pages | line drawings | AGROMISA Pbk | 2005 | 9085730430 | #159018A | £9.50 BUY |
Norman Tebble Norman Tebble's "British Bivalve Seashells" was first published in 1966, with a second edition 10 years later. With black and white text-figures by Mrs Cynthia O'Brien, and 12 .... | CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation CD | 2005 | 1904690378 | #159007A | £19.50 BUY |
Vadim V Tshikolovets The abundance of the Kyrgyzstan butterfly fauna is conditioned by the natural landscape diversity; the fauna of Central Asia desert is linked with foothill and montane fauna of .... | 512 pages | 5400 col photos on 112 plates | Vadim Tshikolovets Hbk | 2005 | 9660236409 | #120509A | £167.00 BUY |
Oxford Brookes University/Adit Limited WildKey provides a novel approach to biological identification and recording by utilising the power of mobile technology. WildKey consists of user-friendly keys that .... | Adit Limited PDA card | 2006 | #159106A | £21.28 BUY |
Checklist of the Millipeds of North and Middle America
Richard Hoffman Neglected for decades by all but a small number of taxonomists, millipeds are gradually becoming recognized as important members of the soil and litter biotopes around the .... | 590 pages | Virginia MNH Pbk | 1999 | 1884549128 | #159178A | £40.00 BUY |
A Classification and Checklist of the Genus Psudanophthalmus Jeannel (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) Thomas C Barr Jr. Predaceous carabid beetles are important elements in the fragile ecosystems of caves worldwide, and provide valuable insights into the mechanisms of post-glacial dispersal .... | 52 pages | maps, charts, line drawings | Virginia MNH Pbk | 2004 | 1884549209 | #159180A | £5.50 BUY |
Hans-Uwe Dahms With a holistic view of naupliar performance in space, time, and evolution, Crustacean Nauplii is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to the study of this subject. This .... | 300 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0849335620 | #154998A | £85.00 BUY |
Minter J Westfall and Michael L May | |
De Schelpen van Schiermonnikoog, Dell 1: 40 Algemene Soorten
TW De Boer Photographic identification guide to 40 common seashells found on Schiermonnikoog (Wadden Sea). This is the first of two volumes, the second volume will concentrate on .... | Schelpenmuseum Pbk | 2005 | 9080997412 | #158686A | £9.95 BUY |
Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna, Volume 2 Mångfotingar / Myriapoda Edited by Ragnar Hall Second volume in the ambitious and extremely well presented Encyclopedia of the Swedish Fauna and Flora. .... | 351 pages | illus | ArtDatabanken Hbk | 2005 | 9188506533 | #159188A | £34.50 BUY |
Eulophidae of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Volume 2
Christer Hansson | 536 pages | American Entomological Inst. Hbk | 2004 | 188798819X | #158968A | £188.00 BUY |
Fauna Iberica, Volume 21: Annelida, Polychaeta II
G San Martin This monograph is the first volume of the "Fauna Iberica" series that is dedicated to the Polychaetous Annelids. This volume is entirely devoted to the family Syllidae; .... | 554 pages | MNCN Hbk | 2003 | #158955A | £48.50 BUY |
Fauna Iberica, Volume 22: Plecoptera
JM Tierno de Figueroa et al Offers an extensive review of the insect order Plecoptera, of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. The book begins with a general introduction to the systematic position .... | 440 pages | MNCN Hbk | 2003 | 8400081986 | #158956A | £45.50 BUY |
Fauna Iberica, Volume 25: Annelida, Polichaeta I
JM Vieitez Updates our current knowledge of the Polychaete Annelids from the coasts of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, through a description of the general morphological .... | 530 pages | MNCN Hbk | 2004 | 840008294X | #158958A | £55.00 BUY |
A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V Covell A Guide to the Moths of Eastern North America, Charles V. Covell, Jr.'s classic guide to the moths of the states and provinces east of the 100th meridian, has been reissued by .... | 496 pages | 128 color and black/white plates | Virginia MNH Pbk | 2005 | 1884549225 | #159165A | £33.50 BUY |
The Genitalia of the Geometridae
FN Pierce As the second volume in F.N. Pierce's series on the Genitalia of the British Lepidoptera, "Geometridae" was published in 1914, covering the known British species at .... | CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation CD | 2005 | 1904690394 | #159006A | £19.50 BUY |
Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region: Nymphalidae Part 2 Genera Boloria, Proclossiana and Clossiana V Tuzov and GC Bozano | 85 pages | Omnes Artes Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | #159235A | £39.00 BUY |
B Baur et al Identification guide to all grasshoppers of Switzerland. Includes an illustrated key and distribution maps. .... | 352 pages | 350 line drawings, 300 colour photos | Paul Haupt Verlag Pbk | 2006 | 3258070539 | #158839A | £33.00 BUY |
Edited by Eric J Warrant and DE Nilsson Ten distinct eye designs have been identified in the animal kingdom. Whereas vertebrates possess only one, invertebrates possess all ten, from simple assemblies of .... | Col illus, figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0521830885 | #158733A | £80.00 BUY |
Iridescences, les Couleurs Physiques des Insectes
Serge Berthier Explains the physics behind the brilliant colourations and iridescences displayed by butterflies and bugs. .... | 232 pages | Springer Pbk | 2003 | 2287005072 | #158688A | £43.00 BUY |
Larval Hostplants of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
DL Matthews and TA Lott | 324 pages | American Entomological Inst. Hbk | 2005 | 1887988203 | #158969A | £106.00 BUY |
Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae Part 1 Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Pypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae Kononenko and A Pinratana | 260 pages | 44 colour plates | Brothers of St Gabriel Hbk | 2005 | #159195A | £64.00 BUY |
Moths of Thailand, Volume 4: Lasiocampidae
Zolothuin and A Pinratana | 205 pages | 28 colour plates | Brothers of St Gabriel Hbk | 2005 | #159196A | £64.00 BUY |
Sauterelles, Grillons et Criquets de Suisse
B Baur et al Identification guide to all grasshoppers of Switzerland. Includes an illustrated key and distribution maps. .... | 352 pages | 350 line drawings, 300 colour photos | Paul Haupt Verlag Pbk | 2006 | 3258070547 | #158840A | £33.00 BUY |
NN Thach An illustrated guide to the molluscs of the Chinese Sea and eastern Indo-China, written by a native marine biologist and well known shell-dealer. More than 1,500 species out of .... | 339 pages | 91 col plates | ConchBooks Hbk | 2005 | 3925919716 | #150165A | £98.00 BUY |
Lionel A Stange | 565 pages | American Entomological Inst. Hbk | 2004 | 1887988181 | #158967A | £155.00 BUY |
Roman Egorov The first part of the present work aims to provide two main goals: to generalize the basic results of investigations of previous works and to give some author's ideas on the .... | 58 pages | - | Colus Pbk | 2005 | #158822A | £38.00 BUY |
Roman Egorov | 88 pages | - | Colus Pbk | 2006 | #158823A | £43.00 BUY |
| Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
Changes in Coastline, Climate and Human Settlement Edited by V Yanko-Hombach, AS Gilbert, N Panin and PM Dolukhanov Stimulated by "Noah's Flood Hypothesis" proposed by W. Ryan and W. Pitman in which a catastrophic inundation of the Pontic basin was linked to the biblical story, leading .... | 975 pages | - | Springer Hbk | NYP 06/2006 | 1402047746 | #158993A | Normally £154.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £123.00 |
How plants changed Earth's history David Beerling The Earth's climate has been dramatically shifting since life evolved. This book reveals the crucial role that plants have played in driving and recording climatic change. Along .... | 240 pages | 25 B&W illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0192806025 | #159052A | £14.99 BUY |
Evolving Form and Function: Fossils and Development Proceedings of a symposium honoring Adolf Seilacher for his to paleontology, in celebration of his 80th birthday Edited by Derek EG Briggs Morphology and function are of wide interest to paleontologists and evolutionary biologists, and are particularly timely topics in the light of new discoveries in .... | 288 pages | 76 figures, 2 tables | Peabody Musuem of Nat Hist 2005 | 0912532726 | #159233A | £68.00 BUY |
Fossils: A Photographic Field Guide
Chris Pellant and Helen Pellant This photographic field guide covers all classifications of fossils. Information given for each fossil includes its genus, characteristics, maximum or average size, .... | 144 pages | 250 colour photographs, 7 diagrams | New Holland Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1845373367 | #159103A | £14.99 BUY |
Recent and Fossil Indonesian Shells
Bunjamin Dharma The book describes and figures 1.982 Recent and 723 fossil species of molluscs from Indonesia and the surrounding seas, in the part on recent shells covering also .... | 424 pages | 48 col and b/w illus | ConchBooks Hbk | 2005 | 3925919708 | #158662A | £85.00 BUY |
The World Encyclopedia of Fossils & Fossil-Collecting
Steve Parker This is an illustrated reference source to over 400 plant and animal fossils from around the globe and how to identify them, with over 1000 colour photographs and over 400 .... | 256 pages | colour photographs and illustrations | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0754815749 | #159183A | £16.99 BUY |
| Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 50
Edited by Alan Southward, Craig Young and Lee Fuiman | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0120261510 | #159200A | £99.95 BUY |
The Biology of the Southern Ocean
George A Knox Biology of the Southern Ocean, Second Edition opens with a description of the physio-chemical environment followed by a logical sequence of chapters covering .... | 448 pages | 8 illus, 209 figs, 77 tabs, maps | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0849333946 | #155035A | £99.00 BUY |
Globetrotter Dive Guide: Malta, Comino and Gozo
Lawson Wood and Lesley Wood Fully revised and updated guide for divers and snorkellers of all levels of qualification and experience. Enhanced by full-colour photographs it offers detailed .... | 111 pages | 70 col photos, 9 maps | New Holland Pbk | NYP 05/2006 | 1843309424 | #159096A | £13.99 BUY |
Jahn Throndsen, Grethe Rytter Hasle and Karl Tangen Guide to the plankton of Norways coast; covers more than 500 species. .... | 341 pages | illus, photos | Almater Hbk | 2004 | 8279580456 | #158976A | £156.00 BUY |
Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review: Volume 44
Edited by RN Gibson, RJA Atkinson and JDM Gordon This volume, part of a series that regards all the marine sciences as a complete unit, features contributions from experts involved in biological, chemical, geological, and .... | 512 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0849370442 | #159198A | £99.00 BUY |
Rotifera Part 1: Biology, Ecology and Systematics
Robert L Wallace, Terry W Snell, Claudia Ricci and Thomas Nogrady New edition of the 4th volume in this series (Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World), this book summarizes the .... | 299 pages | 107 figs, 4 tables, 1 plate | Backhuys Pbk | 2006 | 9057821788 | #159229A | £61.00 BUY |
Singing Whales and Flying Squid The Discovery of Marine Life Richard Ellis Two-thirds of this planet is covered by water inhabited by an incredible variety of living organisms, ranging in size from microbe to whale, and in abundance from scarce to .... | 288 pages | Lyons Press Hbk | 2006 | 1592288421 | #158874A | £16.50 BUY |
| General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
The Botanical Illustration Course With the Eden Project R Martin and Meriel Thurstan The Complete Course in Botanical Illustration is your personal guide to the study of botanical drawing and watercolour painting. Devised by an award-winning botanical .... | 144 pages | illus | Batsford Hbk | 2006 | 0713490055 | #158805A | £18.99 BUY |
California's Frontier Naturalists
Richard G Beidleman This book chronicles the fascinating story of the enthusiastic, stalwart, and talented naturalists who were drawn to California's spectacular natural bounty over the decades .... | 502 pages | photographs, 1 map | California UP Hbk | 2006 | 0520230108 | #159133A | £26.95 BUY |
Careers in Wildlife Film-making
Piers Warren Contains case studies and contributions from wildlife film-makers from around the globe, providing guidance and advice for aspiring makers of natural history films. .... | 187 pages | B/w photos | Wildeye Pbk | 2006 | 0954189930 | #159203A | £14.50 BUY |
Margaret Shaw Brilliant butterflies, songbirds and seabirds, flowers and weeds, bees and bugs: Margaret Shaw records in watercolour and prose the rich flora and fauna of the unspoiled .... | 144 pages | Col illus | Constable Robinson Hbk | 2002 | 1841196312 | #159208A | £12.99 BUY |
Christina Brodie This is a botanically based (as opposed to free-form drawing) practical manual on how to paint a vast range of plants in watercolour and other media. .... | 160 pages | 200 colour & 20 b/w illus | A & C Black Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 071366889X | #159100A | £19.99 BUY |
The Seventeenth-century Scientists who Unravelled the Secrets of Sex, Life and Growth Matthew Cobb Where do we come from? Where do animals come from? For thousands of years we really had no clue how living things were created - great thinkers like Aristotle and Plato had .... | 352 pages | - | Free Press Hbk | 2006 | 0743276094 | #158782A | £17.99 BUY |
The Story of a Revolution John Gribbin From the bestselling author of Science: A History comes the enthralling story of a revolution that shook the world. Seventeenth-century England was racked by civil war, .... | 337 pages | Allen Lane Hbk | 2005 | 0713997451 | #155260A | £20.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0141015705 | #158766A | £8.99 BUY |
How to Photograph the Moon and Planets with Your Digital Camera
Tony Buick Since the advent of astronomical CCD imaging it has been possible for amateurs to produce images of a quality that was attainable only by universities and professional .... | 274 pages | Illus | Springer Pbk | 2006 | 185233990X | #159070A | £19.00 BUY |
Mark Rosheim "Leonardo's Lost Robots" reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical design work, revealing a new level of sophistication not recognized by art historians or engineers. .... | 188 pages | 203 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540284400 | #158777A | £23.00 BUY |
Meaningful Scents Around the World
Roman Kaiser This book takes the reader on a fascinating fragrant journey around the world to some of the exciting places the author has visited during his 30 years of olfactory research. .... | 250 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 05/2006 | 3906390373 | #158865A | £70.00 BUY |
A User's Manual JG Taylor John Taylor explores how the mind works and shows you how to maintain and repair your mind like a professional. What is the mind? How can we use it to our best advantage and .... | 320 pages | - | Wiley Pbk | 2006 | 0470022221 | #158785A | £14.99 BUY |
National Geographic Photographing Birds
Rulon Simmons This appealing and informative guide is packed with practical know-how, presenting a wealth of techniques, tips, and hard-won wisdom about everything from the best equipment .... | 176 pages | 125 colour illus | National Geographic Hbk | 2006 | 0792254848 | #159215A | £12.99 BUY |
The Astro-Physicists Ian Glass Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble: these astronomers applied ideas drawn from physics to astronomy and made dramatic changes to .... | 336 pages | Illus | OUP Hbk | 2005 | 0198570996 | #159071A | £35.00 BUY |
Rick Sammon's Travel and Nature Photography
Rick Sammon Guiding the reader through dozens of shooting situations, this work features tips from a photographer who has travelled to over fifty countries. It takes the reader on location .... | 352 pages | Norton Pbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0393326691 | #158965A | £19.99 BUY |
John Loring "Mother Nature is the Best Designer" has served as the unofficial motto for Tiffany & Co. since Charles Lewis Tiffany founded his company in 1837. And Mother Nature has never .... | 128 pages | 2 volumes in slipcase | Abrams Hbk | 2003 | 0810945738 | #158679A | £35.00 BUY |
The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze India, Landscape, and Science, 1800-1856 David Arnold "The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze" considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. It draws on .... | 312 pages | 8 illus | Washington UP Hbk | 2006 | 029598581X | #159136A | £32.95 BUY |
Art Wolfe One of the world's preeminent nature photographers shows the beauty and evolutionary brilliance of animals and insects with a tenacious will to stay alive in an .... | 144 pages | 101 colour photos | Bulfinch Hbk | 2005 | 0821257501 | #158537A | £34.00 BUY |
Watching: Encounters with Humans and Other Animals
Desmond Morris Desmond Morris, author of "The Naked Ape" and "Manwatching", is a household name. He is admired and renowned as a natural historian, a keen observer of both animal and human .... | 654 pages | b/w photo plates | Little Books Ltd Hbk | 2006 | 1904435548 | #159017A | £20.00 BUY |
A Ground-Breaking Study into the Nature of Life and Death Sam Parnia What happens to our sense of consciousness and mind at the end of life? Dr Parnia's work as an emergency doctor, dealing with death every day, led him to become enthralled by .... | 210 pages | - | Hay House Inc Hbk | 2005 | 1401905560 | #155250A | £14.99 BUY |
Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio Sixteen
BBC Books This new collection of stunning wildlife photographs represents the best images taken by top nature photographers around the world that have been submitted to the 2006 Wildlife .... | 160 pages | 100 + colour photos | BBC Books Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0563493844 | #159117A | £25.00 BUY |
The Early Years David Attenborough David Attenborough's books and broadcasts have opened the incredible world of natural history to millions of viewers and readers. Zoo Quest For a Dragon takes us back to one .... | 3 CDs | BBC Video CD | NYP 05/2006 | 1846071445 | #159119A | £13.61 BUY |
| Regional & Travel | Go to subject web page |
Preben Bang and Preben Dahlstrom 2006 re-issue of this popular guide, with a foreword by Ray Mears. .... | 264 pages | Col photos, line illus | OUP Hbk | 2001 | 0198507968 | #114062A | £14.99 BUY Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0199299978 | #158814A | £14.99 BUY |
Antarctic Peninsula / Península Antártica Wildlife and Landscapes / Paisajes y Vida Silvestre Enrique Couve and Claudio F Vidal This book is a photographic journey to the Antarctic Peninsula, the most accessible region in the "white continent", an area astonishing for the vastness of its landscapes .... | 100 pages | colour photos | Fantastico Sur Hbk | 2005 | 9568007113 | #158929A | £17.50 BUY |
Following in the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark Daniel B Botkin This book follows the course of the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-06), ecoregion by ecoregion, showing the land and environment that this expedition explored, and how the .... | 320 pages | B/w illus | OUP Hbk | 2004 | 0195162439 | #158885A | £22.99 BUY |
Sarah Woods | 320 pages | Col photos, maps | Bradt Pbk | 2005 | 184162117X | #158972A | £13.95 BUY |
Cape Breton Highlands National Park A Park Lover`s Companion Clarence Barrett Much more than a guide, Clarence Barrett is an excellent companion, taking the reader not only along the trails but off-trail into the rich natural lore of the Cape Breton .... | 176 pages | maps, photos, illustrations | Cape Breton Press Pbk | 2003 | 1895415624 | #159169A | £17.95 BUY |
Races domèstiques autòctones de Catalunya Pere-Miquel Parés i Casanova et al Catalans de p~l i ploma is the first complete guide to the indigenous species of Catalonia, and as such provides crucial information about the history, the current .... | 288 pages | 76 original full-colour illustrations, 30 dist maps, 152 photos | Lynx Hbk | 2006 | 8496553027 | #158888A | £20.50 BUY |
Fauna of Melghat Tiger Reserve
Edited by Anil Mahabal The Melghat Tiger Reserve is located in the Amravati district of Maharashtra State, India. It was established in 1973 and comprises an area of 1618 sq. kms. .... | 500 pages | Tabs, figs | Zoological Survey Hbk | 2005 | 8181710800 | #158737A | £67.00 BUY |
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor and Yann Arthus-Bertrand France presents an astonishing variety of landscapes to the aerial observer--each of which reveals itself in the pages of this breathtaking photographic journey. In 230 .... | 340 pages | Col photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0810959526 | #158964A | £29.95 BUY |
The Islands that Changed the World Paul Stewart The Galapagos archipelago is made up of thirteen main islands and more than sixty other islets, rocks and reefs, scattered over four hundred kilometres of open ocean. Sitting .... | 240 pages | 135 colour photos | BBC Books Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0563493569 | #159173A | £18.99 BUY |
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals in America
Tom Jackson This is a fully illustrated expert guide to over 575 mammals, amphibians and reptiles of the United States, Canada and South America. Every in-depth entry provides a full .... | 256 pages | colour photographs, illustrations and maps | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0754816176 | #159185A | £14.99 BUY |
Itineraris pels Parcs Naturals de Catalunya
Jaume Orta and Jordi Bas Guide to the natural parks of Catalonia. .... | 372 pages | Lynx Pbk | 2005 | 8487334849 | #158896A | £16.95 BUY |
National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States
National Geographic This handy, practical, extensively illustrated and mapped guidebook offers comprehensive information to the crown jewels of the national park system, the 58 scenic national .... | 480 pages | Col photos, maps | National Geographic Pbk | 2006 | 0792253221 | #159228A | £13.99 BUY |
Enjoy Nature, Meet the People, Make a Difference Edited by Anne Gouyon Experience and explore the Islands of the Gods - naturally. This guidebook leads the traveller away from the busy beaches and tourist traps to exquisite rice paddies and .... | 448 pages | 350 full-colour photos and illustrations, 24 maps | Bumi Kita Foundation Pbk | 2005 | 9793780002 | #158960A | £14.99 BUY |
A journey Adrian Bailey and Robyn Keene-Young The Okavango is a dynamic ecosystem that has been shaped by many natural forces. The magical trip depicted in this book illustrates the ways in which these forces influence .... | 448 pages | 200 full colour photographs | Struik Pbk | NYP 05/2006 | 1770072713 | #159104A | £14.99 BUY |
Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracks
OJ Murie et al Includes descriptions of the habitats, tracks, signs and ranges of all the mammals of North America, as well as of selected birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. More .... | 391 pages | colour photos, b/w illus | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | 2005 | 061851743X | #158690A | £16.50 BUY |
Pocket Guides to the Flora and Fauna of Israel
Noam Kirshenbaum A box that contains three guides: Mammal Pocket Guide, Bird Pocket Guide and Wildflower Pocket Guide. Each guide includes detailed illustrations and concise, useful .... | - | Noam Kirshenvaum Unbound | | #158791A | £10.00 BUY |
A Guide to Eastern National Forests Robert H Mohlenbrock Part armchair travelogue, part guide book, this projected three-volume series - divided into the western, central, and eastern United States - will introduce readers to all 155 .... | 384 pages | 40 colour illus | California UP Pbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0520239849 | #159108A | £15.95 BUY |
Wildlife and Landscapes / Paisajes y Vida Silvastre Enrique Couve and Claudio F Vidal Torres del Paine National Park is located in the Magellanes Region of southern Patagonia, Chile. In 1979, Torres del Paine was conferred UNESCO Biosphere Reserves .... | 100 pages | colour photos | Fantastico Sur Hbk | 2005 | 9568007121 | #158932A | £17.50 BUY |
| Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants Toward the Improvement of Global Environment and Food Edited by Ashwani K Rai and Teruhiro Takabe The main objective of this book is to provide state-of-the-art knowledge of recent developments in the understanding of plant response to abiotic stresses in a single .... | 267 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402043880 | #158920A | £77.00 BUY |
Roger Yepsen Berries are edible jewels, distillations of sunlight, soil and floral perfumes. Some offer ambrosial sweetness; others are as assertive as herbs and spices. Roger Yepsen .... | 160 pages | col illus | Norton Hbk | 2006 | 0393060314 | #157183A | £14.99 BUY |
Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum (BPH-2) Periodicals With Botanical Content Edited by G Bridson, ST Townsend, EA Polen and ER Smith BPH-2, a second edition of Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum (1968), is an alphabetical title list of periodicals with botanical content. Spanning 1665 to 2002, BPH-2 includes .... | 2289 pages | Two Volume Set | Hunt IBD Hbk | 2004 | 0913196789 | #152402A | £128.00 BUY |
Guia Ilustrado para identificaçao das familias de Angiospermas da flora brasileira, baseado em APG II Harri Lorenzi Identification guide to all 215 families of angiosperm found in Brazil, with photographs of the principal genera. .... | 640 pages | 1408 photos | Instituto Plantarum EF Hbk | 2005 | 8586714216 | #158053A | £37.50 BUY |
Checklist of Polish Larger Basidiomycetes
W Wojewoda About 400 genera and 2,650 species known in Poland are included in this book. Some of them are invalid according to the ICBN. Some of the taxa are uncertainly classified, and .... | 812 pages | - | Polish Botany Institute Hbk | 2005 | 8389648091 | #151656A | £61.00 BUY |
Chelsea: The Greatest Flower Show On Earth
Leslie Geddes-Brown 21 days, over 590 tons of soil, 157,000 visitors; all these make up the Chelsea Flower Show, the greatest flower show on earth. Each colourful page shows the painstaking .... | 160 pages | Photos | Dorling Kindersley Hbk | 2006 | 1405314737 | #158795A | £20.00 BUY |
Climbers and Wall Plants (Hillier Gardener's Guide)
Philippa Bensley Covers all aspects of cultivation, training and care of climbing plants of many kinds, from showy clematis to functional but essential ivies. It includes information on every .... | 160 pages | 500 colour photos | David & Charles Pbk | 2006 | 0715323032 | #158806A | £14.99 BUY |
Collins Need to Know? Mushroom Hunting
Patrick Harding This practical guide to identifying, picking and cooking edible mushrooms gives you all the details you need to fully enjoy the adventure of locating and collecting wild .... | 192 pages | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 000721507X | #158057A | £9.99 BUY |
DE Pett A visitors guide to 130 gardens of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, with a list of nurseries and garden centres. .... | 280 pages | 386 col photos | Alison Hodge Spiralbound | 2006 | 0906720486 | #158275A | £14.95 BUY |
The Ecology and Evolution of Flowers
Edited by Lawrence D Harder and Spencer CH Barrett The reproductive organs and mating biology of angiosperms exhibit greater variety than those of any other group of organisms. Flowers and inflorescences are also the most .... | 384 pages | 104 line drawings, 1 half tone, 8 colour plates | OUP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0198570856 | #159019A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0198570864 | #159020A | £37.50 BUY |
Exkursionsflora für Osterreich
Manfred A Fischer, Wolfgang Adler and Karl Oswald New revised edition of the major identification flora for Austria, containing keys and line drawings. .... | 1380 pages | illus | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2005 | 3854741405 | #159128A | £54.50 BUY |
CAJ Kreutz In this field guide, illustrated with 213 colour photographs, all species, subspecies and the most important varieties that occur (and have occured) in Germany are documented .... | 216 pages | 213 colour photos | Kreutz 2002 | 9080662623 | #159171A | £29.50 BUY |
Ein interaktiver Führer durch die Pflanzenwelt der Schweiz / Flore de Suisse - guide interactif Konrad Lauber and Gerhart Wagner This CD contains 3000 species descriptions, an easy-to-use identification key, an index in 4 languages, information on geography and taxonomy and much more. .... | 3772 colour photos | Paul Haupt Verlag CD | 2005 | 3258069522 | #158838A | £86.00 BUY |
Flora Silvestre de Chile, Zona Araucana Arboles, arbustos y endredaderas leñosas Adriana E Hoffmann Illustrated guide to the trees, bushes and vines found in Southern Chile (between the river Maule and the Seno Reloncavi). This revised fifth edition contains new .... | 258 pages | Col illus | Libreria Chile Ilustrado Pbk | 2005 | 9567743010 | #152039A | £37.00 BUY |
Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 19: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, Part 6 Asteraceae, Part 1; Asterales, Part 1 Edited by Nancy R Morin | 608 pages | 130 line illus, 600 maps | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195305639 | #153847A | £58.00 BUY |
Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 20: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, Part 7 Asteraceae, Part 2; Asterales, Part 2 Edited by Nancy R Morin | 688 pages | 106 line illus, 800 maps | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195305647 | #153848A | £58.00 BUY |
Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 21: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, Part 8 Asteraceae, Part 3; Asterales, Part 3 Edited by Nancy R Morin | 672 pages | 175 line illus, 900 maps | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195305655 | #153849A | £58.00 BUY |
Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century Edited by Neil O Anderson Flowers are essential crops which beautify interiorscapes, outdoor landscapes and enhance human health. Floriculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors of commercial .... | 822 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402044275 | #158978A | £191.50 BUY |
The Gardener's Guide to Planting and Growing Trees
Mike Buffin This is a comprehensive guide to planting trees successfully in any size garden, whether as solitary decorative specimens, in small groups and woodland plantings, in beds and .... | 256 pages | over 800 colour photographs | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0754816117 | #159182A | £14.99 BUY |
A Swithinbank and J Swithinbank A greenhouse can be a garden's greatest asset: its nucleus and powerhouse. There are many ways of using a greenhouse and a gardener can adopt one or all of them. In spring, .... | 192 pages | colour photos | Frances Lincoln Hbk | 2006 | 0711224358 | #158801A | £19.99 BUY |
Guia de las Plantas Silvestres Comestibles y Toxicas
E Steyner and Francois Couplan Field guide to edible and toxic wild plants of Spain. .... | 446 pages | - | Lynx Hbk | 2006 | 8487334989 | #158890A | £29.50 BUY |
A History of the Fragrant Rose
Allen Paterson The rose is the most popular and best-loved garden flower in the world. It has been held in special and sacred regard for thousands of years and has been associated with .... | 296 pages | colour plates | Little Books Ltd Hbk | 2004 | 1904435521 | #158803A | £14.99 BUY |
Selection, Use and Management M Forrest This book presents a horticultural overview of the main plant families of trees and shrubs from temperate regions that are cultivated in urban and rural landscape schemes. .... | 250 pages | CABI Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1845930541 | #158854A | £27.50 BUY |
Liverworts, Mosses and Ferns of Europe
W Frey, J-P Frahm, W Lobin and E Fischer This entirely new English edition, comprehensively revised and edited by T.L. Blockeel, has been translated from the German, with some additional text, by the authors. .... | 528 pages | figures, line drawings, photos | Harley Hbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0946589704 | #127047A | £45.00 BUY |
Jean Mus and Dane McDowell Presents 19 gardens in the Provence, Greece, Portugal etc. The descriptions of the gardens are accompanied by the landscape architect's comments. .... | 176 pages | 200 col illus | Flammarion Hbk | 2006 | 2080305123 | #158809A | £24.95 BUY |
Monograph of Lopholejeunea (Lejeuneaceae, Hepaticae) in Asia
Rui-Liang Zhu and S Robbert Gradstein Lopholejeunea with ca. 30 species is the largest genus of Lejeuneaceae subfam. Ptychanthoideae. The genus is well characterized by the usually blackish .... | 98 pages | ASPT 2005 | 0912861746 | #159028A | £17.95 BUY |
Alexander Schwab Here is a mushrooming guide with a totally new, positive approach. Forget all the other 500 species. You only need .... | 128 pages | 180 full colour illus | Merlin Unwin Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1873674880 | #159206A | £14.99 BUY |
National Vegetation Classification: Users' Handbook
John S Rodwell This handbook provides a general introduction to the National Vegetation Classification (NVC). It details the methodology for sampling and describing vegetation in the field, .... | 68 pages | colour photos, diagrams | JNCC Pbk | 2006 | 186107574X | #134157A | £13.50 BUY |
The Legacy of Burle Marx R Silva Presenting over thirty new gardens and landscapes located across Brazil, from the coast to the hills, from the cities to the jungle, "New Brazilian Gardens" offers an exciting .... | 192 pages | 276 illus | Thames & Hudson Hbk | 2006 | 0500512868 | #158811A | £29.95 BUY |
The Reassuring Truth about Wildlife Gardens Ken Thompson In this illuminating book, Ken Thompson explains that encouraging wildlife is actually entirely compatible with ordinary gardening, costs next to nothing, and is almost .... | 183 pages | Illus | Eden Project Books Hbk | 2006 | 1903919681 | #158263A | £10.00 BUY |
Oxford Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Edited by Michael Allaby This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date paperback dictionary of botany available. It was fully revised for the second edition, with over 5500 clear and concise entries; .... | 528 pages | Line illus | OUP Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0198608918 | #159050A | £11.99 BUY |
Creative Planning Schemes for Every Season Michael King Tells about choosing, visualizing, growing, and caring for perennials - the best group of plants for bringing year-round colour, scent, shape, and texture to your garden. .... | 192 pages | colour photos | Mitchell Beazley Hbk | 2006 | 1845331753 | #158800A | £25.00 BUY |
The Light-Driven Plastocyanin: Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase Edited by John H Golbeck This book summarizes the advances made in the last decade in the biophysics, biochemistry, and molecular biology of the enzyme known as Photosystem I, the .... | 750 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402042558 | #158977A | £191.50 BUY |
RHS Encyclopaedia of Plants & Flowers
C Brickell The classic must-have for any gardener planning, developing and nurturing their dream garden, from the experts at the RHS. This book is packed with advice on over 8,000 .... | 744 pages | colour photos | Dorling Kindersley Hbk | 2006 | 1405314540 | #158794A | £35.00 BUY |
The RHS Essential Garden Planning and Construction
Edited by C Brickell The definitive step-by-step guide to selecting and building a wide range of garden structures. It also provides all the key information needed for planning the design and .... | 230 pages | illus | Mitchell Beazley Pbk | 2006 | 1845330595 | #158797A | £16.99 BUY |
Edited by Royal Horticultural Society Listing more than 70,000 plants and where to find them, the annual edition of "RHS Plant Finder" is invaluable for any gardener. It provides all the information you require, .... | 1000 pages | - | Dorling Kindersley Pbk | 2006 | 1405314559 | #158799A | £14.99 BUY |
Reconoce fácilmente las Plantas Silvestres
Francois Couplan and Yves Doux This original guide provides tips for identifying plants not only by visible characteristics such as the form and color of flowers and leafs, but also by other .... | 256 pages | Lynx Hbk | 2006 | 8496553000 | #158891A | £19.95 BUY |
The Secret Life of Plants Nicholas Harberd A brilliant evocation of the beauty of the natural world and an exhilarating explanation of its secret genetic workings. .... | 320 pages | - | Bloomsbury Hbk | 2006 | 0747570396 | #158761A | £16.99 BUY |
Rob Kesseler and Wolfgang Stuppy Seeds are the most complex organs plants ever produce. A major keystone in the evolution of land plants, the first seeds appeared some 360 million years ago. Since then they .... | 264 pages | Andreas Papadakis Publisher Hbk | NYP 05/2006 | 1901092666 | #158970A | £35.00 BUY |
J Brookes From initial inspiration to final layout, create your own small garden with the help of gardening design expert John Brookes. Whether you want a room outside' for leisure and .... | 352 pages | colour photos | Dorling Kindersley Hbk | 2006 | 1405312866 | #158796A | £16.99 BUY |
Louis XIV, Andre Le Notre and the Creation of the Gardens of Versailles Ian Thompson Presents the story of the creation of one of the most dazzling and extensive gardens - the gardens of Versailles. This book also features the friendship between Louis XIV, the .... | illus | Bloomsbury Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0747576483 | #158919A | £30.00 BUY |
Synopsis Fungorum, Volume 20: Collected Papers
Collection of 6 articles, in which 3 genera, 20 species are described as new and 17 new combinations are proposed. .... | 99 pages | Fungiflora Pbk | 2005 | #158913A | £16.50 BUY |
Synopsis Fungorum, Volume 21: Synopsis of the Genus Inonotus
L Ryvarden 101 species of Inonotus are described and in parts illustrated by drawings of microscopical characters. Keys to all species are provided and a list of the .... | 149 pages | line drawings | Fungiflora Pbk | 2005 | #158914A | £26.95 BUY |
The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants Wild plants at the brink of extinction, and what is needed to save them Edited by Bertrand de Montmollin and Wendy Strahm Presents a selection of 50 of the most threatened plant species growing on Mediterranean islands. The booklet aims to draw the attention of both the public and politicians to .... | IUCN Pbk | 2005 | 283170832X | #158937A | £7.50 BUY |
Archie Miles Trees are the oldest living inhabitants of the planet. From the magnificent oak to the beautiful willow they have all played a part in shaping the landscape we live in today. .... | 224 pages | 100 colour photos | BBC Books Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0563493615 | #159172A | £20.00 BUY |
Trees, Shrubs, and Vines of the Texas Hill Country A Field Guide Jan Wrede A field guide to the Texas Hill Country featuring more than 125 species of mostly native, woody plants. The introduction discusses deer, cedar, water, oak wilt, and .... | 272 pages | maps, colour photos | Texas A&M UP Pbk | 2005 | 158544426X | #159127A | £16.95 BUY |
A comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 300 food-producing plants Susanna Lyle This is an easy-to-read, comprehensive guide to fruit and nut plants that explores old favourites, as well as many little-known yet exciting food-producing plants. It contains .... | 480 pages | 200 col illus, 50 b/w diagrams | Frances Lincoln Hbk | 2006 | 0711225931 | #158798A | £40.00 BUY |
Edited by M Wood This is a selection of two hundred of the best articles and other writings by Gertrude Jekyll, who 'changed the face of England more than any save the Creator himself and, .... | 208 pages | - | Frances Lincoln Hbk | NYP 05/2006 | 0711226113 | #158804A | £20.00 BUY |
Veldgids Nederlandse Orchideeën
CAJ Kreutz In this field guide all species that occur (and have occured) in the Netherlands are documented with a brief species description and their flowering time, the biotope in .... | 124 pages | 120 colour photos | Kreutz Pbk | 2001 | 9080662615 | #159170A | £13.50 BUY |
V Papiomitoglou The location of Greece at the meeting-point of three continents, together with the relief of its terrain which includes a multitude of high mountains and hundreds of .... | 264 pages | colour photos | Mediterraneo Editions Pbk | 2006 | 9608227747 | #159190A | £24.50 BUY |
The World Encyclopedia of Wild Flowers and Flora
Mike Lavelle A visual guide to more than 750 of the most important wild flowers, trees, shrubs, herbs, cacti, grasses, mosses, aquatic plants and weeds. Each catalogue entry details .... | 256 pages | colour photographs and illustrations | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0754814963 | #159184A | £16.99 BUY |
| Animal & General Biology | Go to subject web page |
Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behaviour Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Profoundly attracted to animals from childhood, Temple Grandin began early on to make links between the autistic and the animal views of the world. Farmers and breeders were .... | 356 pages | - | Bloomsbury Hbk | 2005 | 0747566682 | #152154A | £16.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0747566690 | #159151A | £8.99 BUY |
The Applied Genetics of Human, Animals, Plants and Fungi
BC Lamb A concise and clear writing style, coupled with a detailed and rich coverage of topics, are the reasons students find the first edition of the book engaging and useful. Riding .... | 500 pages | Imperial College Press Hbk | NYP 06/2006 | 1860946100 | #159115A | £45.00 BUY |
Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes
Stephen J O'Brien and William G Nash Chromosomes can be identified based on the size, shape, and most importantly, by the characteristic banding patterns generated by certain stains. Karyotypes are generated by .... | 752 pages | - | Wiley Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 047135015X | #158846A | £206.00 BUY |
A Molecular Approach Geoffrey M Cooper and Robert E. Hausman The new Fourth Edition of The Cell has been updated to reflect major advances since publication of the Third Edition in 2003, including: .... | 739 pages | Col illus, figs, tabs | Sinauer Hbk | 2000 | 0878931023 | #110059A | Normally £29.99 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £19.99 Hbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0878932194 | #159026A | £45.81 BUY |
Applications and Techniques Edited by Banafshe Larijani, Rudiger Woscholski and Colin Rosser This book provides an up-to-date guide to chemical biology. It is a modular textbook that brings together the tools and techniques used by physical scientists and makes them .... | 336 pages | - | Wiley Hbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0470090642 | #158848A | £90.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2006 | 0470090650 | #158849A | £37.50 BUY |
An Introduction Richard C Deonier, Simon Tavare and Michael S Waterman Computational Genome Analysis: An Introduction presents the foundations of key problems in computational molecular biology and bioinformatics. It focuses on computational and .... | 535 pages | 117 illus, 15 colour | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 0387987851 | #159097A | £48.50 BUY |
A Transhumanist Manifesto Simon Young The debate about the ethics of human biotechnology or genetic engineering is one of the most important cultural issues of our time. "Transhumanism" is the philosophy that most .... | 417 pages | Prometheus Hbk | NYP 05/2006 | 1591022908 | #159078A | £19.99 BUY |
Scott F Gilbert The Eighth Edition of Developmental Biology expands its coverage of the mechanisms of development, the roles that environmental factors play in development, the medical .... | 751 pages | 777 illus | Sinauer Hbk | NYP 05/2006 | 087893250X | #159022A | £42.99 BUY |
Animals, Plants and Microorganisms in Legal Investigations A. Gunn This book provides a concise, accessible introduction to the essentials of forensic biology for undergraduate students. The book finally fills the gap for a resource, which .... | 304 pages | - | Wiley Hbk | 2006 | 0470012765 | #158852A | £70.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0470012773 | #158851A | £24.95 BUY |
An Introduction TA Brown The fifth edition of Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis addresses new and growing areas of research whilst retaining the philosophy of the previous editions. Assuming the reader .... | 385 pages | Figs, tabs | Blackwell Pbk | 2006 | 1405111216 | #157213A | £29.95 BUY |
Edited by Robert A Meyers With contributions by two Nobel Laureates, this careful selection of high-quality articles from the Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine spans .... | 1200 pages | 2 Volume Set | Wiley Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 3527316094 | #158863A | £280.00 BUY |
Series Editor: Alexander Steinbüchel The new Springer book series Microbiology Monographs presents carefully refereed volumes on selected microbiological topics. Microbiology is a still rapidly expanding field with .... | |
Nematode Parasites of Birds (Including Poultry) From South Asia
ML Sood This book consolidates all information available to date on the reported 465 species of the bird nematodes from South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan .... | 824 pages | Figs | IBD (India) Hbk | 2006 | 8181890159 | #158734A | £95.00 BUY |
Physical Biochemistry - Principles and Applications
D Sheehan The new edition of this successful textbook explains the basic principles behind the key techniques currently used in the modern biochemical laboratory in a way that is .... | 368 pages | Wiley Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0470856033 | #158833A | £34.95 BUY |
Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics
SB Primrose, RM Twyman and RW Old Provides basic and advanced gene-manipulation techniques, genome analysis, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, as well as the applications of these .... | 668 pages | 427 illus | Blackwell Pbk | 2006 | 1405135441 | #158916A | £29.99 BUY |
The Ribosome: Protein Manufacturer An Introduction Walter Darge Very detailed introduction to the chemistry and biology of ribosomes. .... | 512 pages | 250 figs | Ribosomen Verlag Krefeld Pbk | 2004 | 398087530X | #157930A | £49.50 BUY |
Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell Luca Turin Funny, irreverent and passionate, The Secret of Scent opens the lid on two worlds - the glamorous and highly lucrative realm of the perfume makers, and the equally rivalrous .... | 256 pages | Faber & Faber Hbk | NYP 05/2006 | 0571215378 | #159087A | £12.99 BUY |
Nature's Patterns in Space and Time Lawrence Edwards When The Vortex of Life was first published in 1993, Lawrence Edwards's pioneering work on bud shapes had already attracted the attention of many scientists around the world. .... | 400 pages | Floris Books Hbk | 2006 | 0863155510 | #158762A | £25.00 BUY |
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The Driving Forces of Evolution
David Wool The book gives the reader the basic tools for understanding the results of evolutionary studies, through the calculation of genetic equilibrium frequencies, mutation, .... | Science Publishers/Enfield NYP 07/2006 | 1578084458 | #158703A | £33.30 BUY |
Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution A Synthesis Linda Stone, Paul F. Lurquin and Luca Cavalli-Sforza Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesis is a textbook on human evolution that offers students a unique combination of cultural anthropology and genetics. .... | 336 pages | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 1405150890 | #157206A | £55.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 1405131667 | #157205A | £24.99 BUY |
The Origins of Genome Complexity
Michael Lynch Presented in a nontechnical fashion, at both the population-genetic and the molecular-genetic levels, this book offers a unifying explanatory framework for how the .... | - | Sinauer Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0878934847 | #159025A | £31.99 BUY |
Mitochondria and the meaning of life Nick Lane Mitochondria are tiny structures, located inside our cells, that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and .... | 354 pages | 20 illus | OUP Hbk | 2005 | 0192804812 | #152861A | £18.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0199205647 | #159053A | £9.99 BUY |
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Introduction and Spread of Invasive Species
David Alford and Georg Backhaus Invasive species are considered to be the second largest reason for biodiversity loss worldwide and intenrational environmental policy and legislation have begun to refelct .... | 295 pages | BCPE Pbk | 2005 | 1901396819 | #158998A | £47.00 BUY |
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Atacama Desert / Desierto de Atacama Wildlife and Landscapes / Paisajes y Vida Silvastre Enrique Couve and Claudio F Vidal The Atacama Desert is Chile's largest. Like the world's other great deserts, such as the Kalahari in Africa or the Great Desert of Australia, it lies in the Tropic of Capricorn. .... | 100 pages | colour photos | Fantastico Sur Hbk | 2005 | 956800713X | #158931A | £17.50 BUY |
Where the UK and Ireland meet the Sea Christopher Somerville The BBC's "Coast" took us on a sweeping clockwise tour of Britain's marine borderlands, where one type of distinctive landscape gives way to the next. In this companion volume, .... | 240 pages | 180 colour photos | BBC Books Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0563493852 | #159174A | £20.00 BUY |
Loss and Renewal in a Land of Fire David J Strohmaier David Strohmaier's long career as a firefighter has given him intimate knowledge of wildfire and its complex role in the natural world of the American West. It has also .... | 192 pages | Nevada UP Hbk | 2005 | 0874176212 | #159125A | £18.50 BUY |
Entomological Research in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems
Edited by F Lieutier and D Ghaioule This book presents the state of the art in entomological research in various Mediterranean forest ecosystems in the world. Unique in its field, it fills an important .... | 275 pages | diagrams | INRA Pbk | 2005 | 2738011942 | #158743A | £39.00 BUY |
Rick Brassington Published in the pocket-sized format for ease of use in the field. This edition is completely revised and updated, in particular to bring the book in line with .... | 192 pages | B/w photos, illus, figs, tabs | Wiley Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0470018283 | #158859A | £19.99 BUY |
Fire in California's Ecosystems
Edited by NG Sugihara, JW van Wagtendonk, KE Shaffer, JA Fites-Kaufman and AE Thode Fire is both an integral natural process in the California landscape and growing threat to its urban and suburban developments as they encroach on wildlands. Written by many of .... | 550 pages | photographs, illustrations, tables | California UP Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0520246055 | #159134A | £48.95 BUY |
Forest Landscape Restoration Handbook
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