Alaska's Bears of the North

Steve Kazlowski

Contains exquisite portraiture of all the bear species of Alaska, from the southeast to the north slope through Denali, as well as dynamic images of the daily life of ....

Big Cat Week (Big Cat Diary Series 1 and 2)

The Complete First and Second Series

BBC

A BBC series profiling the lives of Africa's big cats over a two-year period in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Series One follows the Marsh Pride of lions that rely on Simba to ....

Ecologia y Conservacion del Tejon

En Ecosistemas Mediterraneos

Edited by Emilio Virgos, Eloy Revilla, Julian G Mangas and Xavier Domingo-Roura

Ecology and conservation of the badger in Southern Europe. ....

Evolutionary History of the Marsupials and an Analysis of Osteological Characters

Frederick S Szalay

The aim of this book is to examine a variety of problems in the understanding of the evolutionary history of the marsupials. In his exposition, the author covers ....

Feeding Ecology of Mammal Predators Living in Hungary

Lanszki J

A Field Guide to Indian Mammals

Vivek Menon

Photo identification guide to over 400 Indian mammals. This book is the product of many years of field observation and research. Text, identification markers, photographs, and ....

Die Kleine Hufeisennase im Aufwind

Ursachen der Bedrohung, Lebensraumansprüche und Förderung einer Fledermausart

Fabio Bontadina, Therese Hotz and Kathi Märki

Discusses international research into the causes of the decline of the Lesser Horseshoe Bat in Central Europe. ....

Little Polar Bears

Thorsten Milse

Selection of polar bear photographs taken from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition throughout the years. ....

Primates: Evolución, Cultura y Diversidad

Homenaje a Jordi Sabater Pí

Edited by Jorge Martinez Contreras and Joaquin J Vea

Ringtailed Lemur Biology

Edited by A Jolly, RW Sussman, N Koyama and HR Rasamimanana

This volume includes up-to-date field research on the longest-studied and best known of lemur species. It contains articles by scientists from America, Europe, Japan and ....

To Save the Wild Bison

Life on the Edge in Yellowstone

Mary Ann Franke

Although the American bison was saved from near-extinction in the nineteenth century, today almost all herds are managed like livestock. The Yellowstone area is the only ....

Birds of Europe

Version 3

ETI

This revised and updated CD contains detailed descriptions of 447 bird species. Includes colour illustrations, sound recordings of birdcalls, pictures of eggs, video clips, and ....

Birds of Pelion

Barbara Martin

Pelion is on the central Greek migratory route for birds on their spring and autumn passages. This book shows 31 species in colour photographs with short descriptions in ....

Coffret Oiseaux

Suzanne Brulotte

Contains the Les Oiseaux du Quebec Guide d'Initiation and Attirer les Oiseaux Chez Soi in a boxed set. ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volumes 1-11

As each new volume in this landmark series appears, all existing volumes plus the new one are customarily offered at a special ....

Les Oiseaux du Québec

Guide d'identification

Suzanne Brulotte

Identification guide to 326 species, organised by size. Detailed information is provided for each species. ....

Raptors: A Field Guide to Survey and Monitoring

Jon Hardey, Humphrey Clark, Chris Wernham, Helen Riley and Brian Etheridge

At a time when many raptors in Britain and Ireland are recovering from low population in the mid to late 20th Century (or earlier), there is a growing demand for high quality ....

The Real Roadrunner

Martha Anne Maxon

The roadrunner, an icon of the Southwest and one of the most beloved birds of the United States, is also one of the least understood. In The Real Roadrunner, Martha Anne Maxon ....

Shorebirds of Australia

Their Biology and Conservation

Andrew Geering, Lindsay Agnew and Sandra Harding

"Shorebirds of Australia: Their Biology and Conservation" brings together the latest information about the behavior and biology of waders and how they are distributed on the ....

This Birding Life

The Best of the Guardian's Birdwatch

Stephen Moss

A collection of the Guardian's popular `Birdwatch' column, by the author of A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching ....

Wintering Seaducks, Divers and Grebes in the UK Inshore Areas: Aerial Surveys and Shore Based Counts 2004/5

LJ Wilson, BJ Dean, A Webb, CA McSorley and JB Reid

During December 2004, February 2005 and March 2005, the JNCC conducted aerial surveys of wintering aggregations of seaducks, divers and grebes within a number of UK inshore ....

Frogs of Tasmania

Murray Littlejohn

This publication describes Tasmania's 11 species of frogs, in two families: Hylidae with three species and Myobatrachidae with eight species. There are subspecies of ....

Hearing and Sound Communication in Amphibians

Edited by PM Narins, AS Feng, RR Fav and AN Popper

As models for vertebrate auditory systems, amphibians have been the source of extensive, ground-breaking research on hearing, the nervous system and acoustic communication. This ....

Serpentes do Pantanal

Guia Ilustrado

Otavio AV Marques, Andre Eterovic, Christine Strussmann and Andre Sazima

Snakes and Lizards of Tasmania

Mark Hutchinson, Roy Swain and Michael Driessen

All of Tasmania's reptiles are squamates, the total fauna consisting of eighteen species of lizard and three species of snake. ....

Snakes of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

An illustrated field guide for the Serra do Mar range

Otavio AV Marques, Andre Eterovic and Ivan Sazima

Systematics of the Carlia "fusca" Lizards (Squamata: Scincidae) of New Guinea and Nearby Islands

George R Zug

Identifies and describes Carlia "fusca" lizards on New Guinea and nearby islands. ....

Turtles

Proceedings: International Turtle and Tortoise Symposium, Vienna 2002

Edited by H Artner, B Farkas and V Loehr

Proceedings of the First International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium, held in Vienna in January 2002. ....

Checklist of the Fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago

Bruce C Mundy

All fish species recorded from within the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone surrounding the State of Hawaii and Johnston Atoll (200-nmi EEZ) are reviewed. These ....

Field Identification Guide to the Sharks and Rays of the Mediterranean and Black Sea

Fabrizio Serena

This volume presents a fully illustrated field guide for the identification of the sharks and rays most relevant to the fisheries of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. An ....

Fish Cognition and Behavior

Felicity Huntingford and Kevin Laland

The study of animal cognition has been largely confined to birds and mammals; a historical bias which has led to the belief that learning plays little or no part in the ....

Hakes of the World (Family Merluccidae)

An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date

D Lloris, J Matallanas and P Oliver

This is a worldwide catalogue of the family Merlucciidae. Two subfamilies, Macruroninae and Merlucciinae, are recognized comprising four genera, Lyconodes, Lyconus, Macruronus ....

Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of Fishes in the Ohio River Drainage, Volume 5

Aphredoderidae through Cottidae, Moronidae, and Sciaenidae

Robert Wallus and Thomas P Simon

This seven-volume series is the most extensive treatise on early life histories of the freshwater fishes of North America. It represents the state-of-the-art in fishery ....

Bees and Honey

From Flower to Jar

Michael Weiler

Bees make honey; we all know that. But what happens between the bee buzzing around our garden, and the sticky knife in the jar, is a mystery to most of us. ....

Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha)

Morfologia e Analise Filogenetica

Lenira Guimaraes Pinto and Dalton de Souza Amorim

Catalog of the Mythicomyiidae of the World (Insecta: Diptera)

Neal L Evenhuis

Catalog of all taxonomic names of Mythicomyiidae found in the literature and includes 337 valid taxonomic species in 25 genera. Nomina nuda are included and are synonymized ....

Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3

Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea

Edited by I Lobl and A Smetana

Contributions to the Systematics and Evolution of Diptera

D. Elmo Hardy Memorial Volume

Edited by Neal L Evenhuis and Kenneth Y Kaneshiro

D. Elmo Hardy was "one of the last polymaths of Diptera Systematics." Over the nearly 7 decades of active research, Elmo named and described nearly 2,000 species in 34 ....

Damselflies of the North Woods

Bob Dubois

A comprehensive guide to all 44 species of North Woods damselflies, exclusively for Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Innovative format shows 120 colour photos of all ....

Fauna Iberica, Volume 26: Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae

Fidel Fernández-Rubio

The Fauna of Mosquitos in Hungary (Diptera: Culicidae)

S Toth

Fauna of New Zealand, No 54: Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea; Oecophoridae)

Robert Hoare

Oecophorid moths are an unusual family of small moths occurring throughout the world. Their caterpillars usually feed on dead leaves or in dead wood, unlike most moth ....

Fauna of New Zealand, No 55: Criconematina (Nematoda: Tylenchida)

WM Wouts

Criconematina are nematodes, or unsegmented roundworms, belonging to the group Tylenchida. Tylenchids are plant parasitic nematodes with a hardened mouth piece which ....

Field Guide to the Bark Beetles of Idaho and Adjacent Regions

Malcolm M Furniss and James B Johnson

Identification guide to more than 100 species of bark beetles and their close relatives. Includes a host tree index. ....

Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe

Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra

Identification guide to all resident and migrant dragonflies and damselflies in Europe, from the Arctic to the Sahara, including western Turkey, Cyprus, Morocco, Algeria, ....

The Genitalia of the Rhopalocera and Larger British Moths

FN Pierce and Bryan P Beirne

As the sixth volume in F.N. Pierce's series on the Genitalia of the British Lepidoptera, "Rhopalocera" was published in 1941. Though they are regarded as invaluable for ....

A Guide Book to the Hungarian Cuculiinae, Hadeninae and Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

G Ronkay and L Ronkay

The Moths of Borneo, Part 17 (Noctuidae: Hypeninae & Herminiinae)

JD Holloway

Neotyphodium in Cool-Season Grasses

Edited by Craig Roberts, Charles West and Donald Spiers

This book is an up to date compilation of the latest knowledge on the genus Neotyphodium including the molecular biology, their effects on their grass hosts, invertebrate and ....

Review of Rhyncogonus of the Hawaiian Islands (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

GA Samuelson

Treated are 47 species of which 14 are proposed as new. The Hawaiian species, divided into provisional species groups, are contrasted and keyed with a separate group of 3 ....

Review of the Haleakalae Species Group of Hawaiian Drosophila

(Diptera: Drosophilidae)

D Elmo Hardy, KY Kaneshiro, FC Val and PM O'Grady

The haleakalae, as currently defined, contains a total of 51 species, 18 of which are described as new. ....

Revision of the Subfamily Macrocentrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in America North of Mexico

KR Ahlstrom

Scallops

Biology, Ecology and Aquaculture

Sandra E Shumway and Jay Parsons

Scallops are among the better known shellfish and are widely distributed throughout the world. They are of great economic importance, support both commercial fisheries and ....

The Woodland Name Trail

A key to the invertebrates of soil and leaf litter

Anne Bebbington, John Bebbington and Steve Tilling

This simple key is designed to enable children and beginners to identify the invertebrates commonly found in woodland soils and leaf litter. The Factfile gives ....

Atlas of Amber Insects of China

Edited by Hong Youchong

Magnoliophyta Fossilia Rossiae et Civitatum Finitimarum, Volume 4

Nyctaginaceae - Salicaceae

L Budantsev

Quaternary Dating Methods

Mike Walker

This textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods. ....

Guide to the Zooplankton of South Eastern Australia

David Ritz, Kerrie Swadling, Graham Hosie and Fabienne Cazassus

Zooplankton constitutes a fascinating, diverse and abundant group of animals living in the upper layers of the seas. They are the principal diet of most of the larger pelagic ....

Mittelmeer Atlas

Fische und ihre Lebensräume

Volker Neumann and Thomas Paulus

Illustrated guide to the fishes of the Mediterranean and their habitat. ....

Nudibranch Behaviour

David W Behrens

Nudibranchs are among the most beautiful creatures on the reef, with colors and shapes that dazzle and delight. Unlike fish that may disappear before our eyes in a flash, the ....

Animal et Animalite dans la Philosophie de la Renaissance et de l'Age Classique

Edited by Thierry Gontier

Don't You Have Time to Think?

Richard P Feynman

Richard Feynman was one of the most inspirational men of our times. He won the Nobel Prize, wrote equations on napkins in strip joints, cracked safes for fun while working ....

Electric Universe

David Bodanis

For centuries, electricity was viewed as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1790s, Alessandro Volta began the ....

Emblems of Mind

The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics

Edward Rothstein

One is a science, the other an art; one useful, the other seemingly decorative, but mathematics and music share common origins in cult and mystery and have been linked ....

From Atoms to Infinity

88 Great Ideas in Science

John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin, Ralph Edney and Nicholas Halliday

From Atoms to Infinity takes you on a journey from the furthest reaches of the known Universe to the tiniest particles that make up life on Earth. With their characteristic ....

Go Wild with Your Camcorder

How to Make Wildlife Films

Piers Warren

Whether you want to film wildlife as a fascinating hobby, or are hoping for a career as a professional wildlife film-maker, this book and a basic camcorder are all you need to ....

Journals: Scott's Last Expedition

R Falcon Scott

In 1912, Captain Scott reached the South Pole, to find he had been beaten by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition. Scott and his companions perished on the return. Later, ....

Local Science vs. Global Science

Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge in International Development

Paul Sillitoe

While science has achieved a remarkable understanding of nature, affording humans an astonishing technological capability, it has led, through Euro-American global ....

Mad about Wildlife

Looking at social conflict over wildlife

Ann Herda-Rapp and Theresa L Goedeke

This edited volume documents the presence and types of Nature discourse that emerge during conflicts between people over wildlife. This collection of qualitative case ....

Nature

Bernadette Gilbertas and Olivier Grunewald

Image after image, nature is unveiled in all its beauty and glory: from water, fire and foam to ice and stone; from the infinitely vast to the infinitely small; from the ....

Out of Sight!

From Quarks to Living Cells

Sven Kullander and Börje Larsson

This book is a popular introduction to modern natural science and provides an insight into the advanced and expensive technology that is required in the exploration of the ....

Outdoor Photographer Landscape and Nature Photography with Photoshop CS2

Rob Sheppard

This book is not about "fixing it in Photoshop." It's about how you, the serious nature photographer, can use technology to enhance your art. Rob Sheppard sees Photoshop not as ....

Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827

A Determined Scientist

Roger Hahn

Often referred to as the Newton of France, Pierre Simon Laplace has been called the greatest scientist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He affirmed ....

True North

Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole

Bruce Henderson

Bruce Henderson has constructed this revealing narrative out of the claims and counterclaims of Robert Peary and Frederick Cook, introducing fascinating scientific and ....

Bear Island

The Story of an Isolated Arctic Island - Exploration, People, Culture and Nature

Dag Hagenaes-Kjelldahl

It is possible that Bear Island was first discovered by Vikings, but the first documented observations were written by the Dutchman Willem Barents in 1596. Although ....

Borneo's Tropical Eden: Sabah

Chua Ee Kiam

The tropical rainforest of Sabah, one of the oldest in the world, and phenomenally luxuriant and have spawned an abundance of wildlife. Many creatures and plants are ....

Fauna and Vegetation of the Latranyi Puszta Natura Conservation Area

Edited by L Abraham

La Fauna en Castilla y Leon

Jose Luis Rodriguez

Guide to the fauna of Castilla y Leon, Spain. ....

Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains

Edited by Robert Julyan and Mary Stuever

Each year over 2 million visitors to New Mexico's Sandia Mountains enjoy more than 100 miles of trails, hiking, climbing, running, biking, skiing, and birding, as well as ....

Hedgerow History

Ecology, History and Landscape Character

Gerry Barnes and Tom Williamson

From the Scots pine windbreaks of the Brecklands to the ancient earth and stone banks of the West Country, the hedgerow is an essential component of regional landscape ....

Islands, Forests and Gardens in the Caribbean

Conservation and Conflict in Environmental History

Edited by Robert S Anderson, Richard Grove and Karis Hiebert

The continuing struggle to preserve the ecological abundance of the eastern Caribbean is a recurrent theme in this collection of essays on the gardens (both botanical and small ....

A Marvellous Change in the Landscape

A Hundred Years of the Guardian's Country Diary

Edited by Martin Wainwright

In 2006, the Guardian's much-loved Country Diary column is a hundred years old, and to commemorate the anniversary Martin Wainwright has compiled a collection of the best of a ....

National Trail Guides, 10: South West Coast Path - Falmouth to Exmouth

Brian Le Messurier

The South West Coast Path is the spectacular 630-mile National Trail that follows the coastline round from Minehead in Somerset to Poole in Dorset. This volume covers the ....

A Nature and Wildlife Guide to Greenland

Benny Gensbol

The Nature of the Cairngorms

Diversity in a Changing Environment

Edited by Philip Shaw and Des Thompson

The Cairngorms area is arguably the most significant for nature conservation in Britain, and contains its largest National Park. ....

Recreational Path Guide: The Capital Ring

Colin Saunders

The Capital Ring is a 75-mile (120 km) walking route encircling inner London that links the astonishing number of islands of greenery - parks, woodlands, abandoned railway ....

Recreational Path Guide: The London Loop

David Sharp

The LOOP (London Outer Orbital Path) is a 140-mile (224-km) walking route around the capital's periphery that utilises the network of rural footpaths linking the secret ....

La Reserve de Faune du Dja

A la découverte de la forêt tropicale

Lucienne Wilmé

A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands

Barry Boyce

From the basics of which airline to choose to a detailed description of the islands, this is the authoritative guidebook. Tour operators are profiled thoroughly, with ....

Volcanoes and the Making of Scotland

Brian Upton

Scotland's mountains and glens retain the secrets of the long and frequently violent geological history that has gone into their making. Volcanoes have played a major role ....

Wild Caribbean

The hidden wonders of the world's most famous islands

Michael Bright

In our minds the Caribbean is the embodiment of paradise - crystal blue waters, magical coral reefs and lush tropical forests. Yet behind its tranquil beauty, the Caribbean ....

Wildlife of the North

Steve Kazlowski

Includes intimate and surprising images of the normally unseen life of Alaskan mammals, fish, and birds. This stunning collection illustrates the beauty and full range of ....

Angraecoid Orchids

Species from the African Region

Joyce Stewart, Johan Hermans and Bob Campbell

These so-called 'jewels of Africa' with their sparkling flowers, distinctive growth habit and floriferous nature are much prized and this account, the first to include the ....

Arboles Frutales Exóticos y Pocos Conocidos en Puerto Rico

Juan A Rivero and Bryan R Brunner

This lavishly illustrated guide describes rare and exotic fruit trees grown in Puerto Rico. Aside from each tree's physical description, every entry elaborates on its ....

The Black Poplar

Ecology, History and Conservation

Fiona Cooper

When seen silhouetted against the winter sky on a river bank, the black poplar easily earns a place among Britain's largest, most charismatic trees. It is also one of the ....

Bonsai with Japanese Maples

Peter Adams

With their delicate foliage, seasonal color changes, and intricate pattern of branching, Japanese maples are among the most popular and suitable plants for bonsai design. In ....

The Botany of Robert Wight

Henry J Noltie

Noltie`s monograph deals with Robert Wight, a Scottish surgeon working for the East India Company. Wight was the most prolific taxonomist working in South India in the ....

A Contribution to the Flora and Plant Formations of Mount Kinabalu and the Highlands of British North Borneo

Lilian S Gibbs

This account represents a record of the observations made and studies into the flora of British North Borneo (now the Malaysian state of Sabah) conducted by Lilian Gibbs in ....

Contributions Towards a New Systematics of the Lichen Family Thelotremataceae

Andreas Frisch, Klaus Kalb and Martin Grube

Contents: I. The lichen family Thelotremataceae in Africa ....

Dendrobium and Its Relatives

Bill Lavarack, Wayne Harris and Geoff Stocker

Dendrobium is an enormous orchid genus of more than 1000 species native to south Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and Oceania. They are highly popular among orchid growers for ....

Descripcion de Algunas Plantas Raras Encontradas en España y Portugal

Charles de L'ecluse de Arras

A translation of Carolus Clusius' Spanish flora "Rariorum aliquot stirpium per Hispanias observatarum historia", originally published in 1576. ....

Diatom Monographs: Volume 6

Amphorotia nov. gen., a new genus in the family Eunotiaceae (Bacillariophyceae), based on Eunotia clevei Grunow in Cleve and Grunow 1880

Edited by Andrzej Witkowski

The new genus Amphorotia is described based on Eunotia clevei Grunow in Cleve et Grunow 1880. The genus is defined by a complex of morphological characters, ....

Dictionary of Plant Tissue Culture

AC Cassells and Peter B Gahan

A practical, A-to-Z guide to the technical terms of plant cell, tissue, and organ culture. ....

Dwarf Campanulas

And Associated Genera

Graham Nicholls

Campanulas have long been a gardeners' favourite, their spectacular summer performance earning them a place in the herbaceous border year after year. Here their lesser-known ....

Esau's Plant Anatomy

Meristems, Cells, and Tissues of the Plant Body

Ray F Evert and Susan E Eichhorn

This revision of the now classic Plant Anatomy offers a completely updated review of the structure, function, and development of meristems, cells, and tissues of the plant body. ....

The Essential Garden Maintenance Workbook

Rosemary Alexander

The Essential Garden Maintenance Workbook takes over where Rosemary Alexander's first book leaves off. With the newly designed garden in place how do you manage the work in a ....

Ethylene Action in Plants

Edited by Nafees A Khan

The plant hormone ethylene plays a prominent role among several intrinsic and extrinsic factors that control growth and physiology of plants. Its biological activity was ....

The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume 8

Flowering Plants: Eudicots - Asterales

Edited by Joachim W Kadereit and Charles Jeffrey

This volume contains a complete systematic treatment of the flowering plant order Asterales, comprising 12 families with ca. 1,720 genera and about 26,300 species. The ....

The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume 9

Flowering Plants: Eudicots - Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales p.p., Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales p.p., Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picram

Edited by Klaus Kubitzki

Flora Alpina English Introduction

David Aeschimann, Konrad Lauber et al

English introduction to the 3-volume set Flora Alpina. ....

Flora Briofitica Ibérica, Volumen 3

Bryophyta, Bryopsida: Pottiales & Encalyptales

Edited by J Guerra, MJ Cano and RM Ros

The first volume to be published in this new series on the bryophyte flora of Spain. ....

La Flora en Castilla y Leon

Jose Luis Rodriguez

This book suggests the 25 most appropriate routes to explore the richness of the flora of Castilla y Leon. Inside the book are photographs and index files of the most ....

Flora of China, Volume 22: Typhaceae-Poaceae

Chen Shouliang et al

This large volume is devoted to just one plant family, the grasses (Poaceae or Gramineae), and no group of plants is of greater economic importance. The Poaceae range ....

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 76. Orchidaceae, Genera AA - Cyrtidiorchis

CH Dodson and CA Luer

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 77

Flowering Plants

Flowering Rush to Rushes

RH Mohlenbrock

The second edition of "Flowering Plants: Flowering Rush to Rushes" offers new material, including a preface, seventeen new illustrations of the additional species now known ....

Fungal Pathogenesis in Plants and Crops

Molecular Biology and Host Defense Mechanism

P Vidhyasekaran

Completely updated and revised edition. ....

Fungi

Biology and Applications

Edited by Kevin Kavanagh

Fungi: Biology and Applications is a comprehensive, balanced introduction of the biology, biotechnological applications and medical significance of fungi. With no prior ....

Gardening on Pavement, Tables, and Hard Surfaces

George Schenk

Gardening on Pavement, Tables, and Hard Surfaces is the first book to describe how to grow garden plants directly on hard surfaces such as pavement, rocks, tables, and other ....

The Good Gardens Guide 2006

Peter King

An independent reference book for all garden visitors and enthusiasts. It selects gardens of real merit, vividly describing their main characteristics and special ....

Green Roof Plants

A Resource and Planting Guide

Edmund C Snodgrass and Lucie L Snodgrass

In just a few years, green roofs have gone from a horticultural curiosity to a booming growth industry - primarily because the environmental benefits of extensively planted ....

Growing Carnivorous Plants

Barry A Rice

For centuries, carnivorous plants have carried an air of fascination and mystique unparalleled in the plant world. Growing Carnivorous Plants is a comprehensive guide to ....

Guide to Common Urban Lichens 2 (on Stone and Soil)

Dobson

This is a good time to look at urban lichens, as levels of sulphur dioxide, air pollution and acid rain have been falling rapidly. Many leafy lichens are growing in ....

Hollies for Gardeners

Christopher Bailes

Richly enshrouded in legend and superstition, valued for a wide variety of uses and prized by gardeners, hollies have always been part of our lives and gardens. Now they ....

Identification Guide for Near Eastern Grass Seeds

Mark Nesbitt

Grasses are of major importance to archaeobotanists and other scholars who investigate the ecology and subsistence of human populations through much of the Old World. ....

Marine Green and Brown Algae of the Hawaiian Islands

Isabella Aiona Abbott and John Huisman

The first comprehensive taxonomic treatment of these two groups of marine plants for the tropical and subtropical Pacific, "Marine Green and Brown Algae of the Hawaiian Islands" ....

Microbial Root Endophytes

Edited by Barbara Schulz, Christine JC Boyle and Thomas N Sieber

Plant roots may not only be colonized by mycorrhizal fungi, but also by a myriad of bacterial and fungal root endophytes that are usually not considered by the ....

Monograph of Ourisia (Plantaginaceae)

Heidi M Meudt

The genus Ourisia (formerly included in Scrophulariaceae, now assigned to the revised Plantaginaceae) occurs almost exclusively at high elevations in the southern hemisphere. ....

Monograph of Schiedea (Caryophyllaceae-Alsinoideae)

Warren L Wagner, Stephen G Weller and Ann Sakai

Schiedea (Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae), endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, comprises deciduous perennials, sprawling subshrubs, shrubs, and rainforest vines ....

Mushrooms

Roger Phillips

The culmination of over thirty years' work, this authoritative and superbly illustrated reference work is packed with the most up-to-date information and original photographs. ....

On the Flora of Mount Kinabalu in North Borneo

O Stapf

Stapf's book, first published in 1894, was a crowning achievement of his early career as a botanist and perhaps still the single most important work ever published on the flora ....

Orchids of Mexico

Eric Hagsater et al

From the preface: "This book presents the great diversity of form and color adopted by the species of ....

Ornamental Bamboos

David Crompton

Bamboos are among the most fascinating of plants. Their unusual life cycle, tremendous power of growth, and extraordinary diversity of size and form give them a special ....

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 26

Edited by Jules Janick

Presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Understanding and preserving crop ....

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 27

Edited by Jules Janick

Plant Electrophysiology

Theory and Methods

Edited by Alexander G Volkov

As a pioneering work on plant electrophysiology, this exciting reference compiles new findings from the work of internationally renowned experts in the fields of ....

Plant Propagation by Tissue Culture, Volume 1

The Background

Edited by Edwin F George, Michael A Hall and Geert-Jan De Klerk

Procedures for plant tissue culture have been developing from ca. 1930 onwards and are now essential in many domains of science and teaching. The use of these techniques for ....

Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change

Edited by Kenji Omasa, Isamu Nouchi and Luit J De Kok

The main impetus for climate change is the elevated concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide and air pollutants arise largely from the same industrial ....

Plant Species-level Systematics

New perspectives on pattern & process

Edited by Freek T Bakker, Lars W Chatrou, Barbara Gravendeel and Pieter B Pelser

Plant systematics has seen dramatic changes in the last decade, mainly due to application of molecular markers in phylogenetic reconstruction at the generic level and ....

Pleurocarpous Mosses

Systematics and Evolution

Angela E Newton and Raymond S Tangney

Pleurocarpous Mosses: Systematics and Evolution presents a timely summary of the evolution of pleurocarpous mosses, including recent breakthroughs. This book discusses ....

Revision of Delissea (Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae)

Thomas G Lammers

Delissea is a genus of soft-wooded shrubs, treelets, and palm-like trees endemic to the seven largest Hawaiian Islands; it is most closely related to the endemic Hawaiian genus ....

Rhododendrons of Subgenus Vireya

George Argent

This new book is the first full modern scientific account of vireya rhododendrons ever published, and it replaces the last major reference book, Sleumer's Flora Malesiana ....

Seedheads in the Garden

Noël Kingsbury and Jo Whitworth

Seedheads bring impact to late summer borders and linger to provide interest well into autumn and winter. They look dramatic set against a backdrop of fading flowers, ....

Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, Volume 2

Dicots, Acantheae through Fabaceae, first part

George Yatskievych

Steyermark's Flora of Missouri is an account of Missouri's vascular flora, including the pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and flowering plants growing spontaneously in the state. ....

The Story of the Apple

Barrie E Juniper and David J Mabberley

The Story of the Apple reveals the solution to a long-standing puzzle. Where did the apple come from, and why is the familiar large, sweet, cultivated apple so different ....

Systematics of Baccharis (Compositae-Astereae) in Bolivia, Including an Overview of the Genus

Jochen Müller

Baccharis (Compositae-Astereae) includes herbaceous perennials, shrubs, vines, and trees. It occurs throughout the warmer regions of North America and in Central America, ....

Systematics of Mimulus subg. Schizoplacus (Scrophulariaceae)

David M Thompson

Mimulus subg. Schizoplacus is one of two subgenera in the genus and is characterized by parietal placentation, marcescent corollas, and pedicels that are shorter than the ....

Timber Press Pocket Guide to Clematis

Mary K Toomey

Written by three distinguished clematis experts, the Timber Press Pocket Guide to Clematis profiles 300 stunning plants from an international selection of garden-worthy ....

Timber Press Pocket Guide to Ground Covers

David S MacKenzie

Weary of plain green turf grasses, boring brown wood chips, and high-maintenance yards, creative gardeners and homeowners are turning to colorful, reliable ground covers. ....

A Tour of the Flowering Plants

Based on the Classification System of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

Priscilla Spears

With over 800 color photos showcasing a representative spectrum of the flowering plants of the United States and Canada, A Tour of the Flowering Plants provides an overview of ....

Tree Diversity Analysis

A Manual and Software for Common Statistical Methods for Ecological and Biodiversity Studies

R Kindt and R Coe

Effective data analysis requires familiarity with basic concepts and an ability to use a set of standard tools, as well as creativity and imagination. Tree diversity analysis ....

Trees: National Champions

Edited by JR Stilgoe

Hauntingly beautiful photographs of 70 "champion" trees - each the biggest of its species - in a book that offers a dignified portrait of the American landscape and its ....

The Well-Tended Perennial Garden

Planting & Pruning Techniques

Tracy DiSabato-Aust

With more than 130,000 copies sold since its original publication, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden has proven itself to be one of the most useful tools a gardener can ....

World Seaweed Resources

An authoritative reference system

Edited by AT Critchley, M Ohno and DB Largo

Seaweed represents a major component of marine ecosystems. It is used as food, fertiliser and as a resource for chemical constituents. This interactive multimedia ....

The Bacteria: Their Origin, Structure, Function and Antibiosis

Arthur L Koch

The book's purpose is to explain from the development of life on earth to the evolution of diversity. It is this diversity that led, almost automatically to the development of ....

Culture of Animal Cells

A Manual of Basic Technique

R Ian Freshney

Since publication of the previous edition of this benchmark text, numerous groundbreaking advances have occurred in stem cell research, cloning, tissue ....

The Ethics of Animal Experimentation

A Critical Analysis and Constructive Christian Proposal

Donna Yarri

The ethical treatment of animals has become an issue of serious moral concern. Many people are challenging long-held assumptions about animals and raising questions about ....

Fundamental Molecular Biology

Lizabeth A Allison

While Molecular Biology has become the underpinning in any advanced cellular/molecular biology course, the books that service that underpinning are predominantly ....

Gene Mapping, Discovery, and Expression

Methods and Protocols

Minou Bina

A collection of cutting-edge computational tools and experimental techniques to study how genes are regulated, and to reconstruct the regulatory networks through which ....

Handbook of Computational Molecular Biology

Edited by Srinivas Aluru

The enormous complexity of biological systems at the molecular level must be answered with powerful computational methods. Computational biology is a young field, but has ....

An Introduction to Systems Biology

Design Principles of Biological Circuits

Uri Alon

Thorough and accessible, this book presents the design principles of biological systems, and highlights the recurring circuit elements that make up biological networks. It ....

MicroRNA Protocols

Edited by Shao-Yao Ying

MicroRNA Protocols provides diverse, novel, and useful descriptions of miRNAs in several species, including plants, worms, flies, fish, chicks, mice, and humans. These include ....

Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook Pocket Edition

Donald C Plumb

The 5th edition of Donald Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook remains the resource every veterinarian needs to keep within easy reach. Newly revised, this edition of the ....

Structural Biology of Bacterial Pathogenesis

Gabriel Waksman and Michael Caparon

Structural Biology of Bacterial Pathogenesis explores recent developments in the understanding of the molecular basis of bacterial infectious diseases, from structures ....

Water and the Cell

Edited by Gerald H Pollack, Ivan L Cameron and Denys N Wheatley

This book deals with the role of water in cell function. Though long recognized to be central to cell function, water's role has not received the attention lately that it ....

Artificial Evolution

7th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2005, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by E Talbi, P Liardet, P Collet, E Lutton and M Schoenauger

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Artificial Evolution, EA 2005, held in Lille, France, in October 2005. ....

Battle of the Genomes

The Struggle for Survival in a Microbial World

HM Lachman

We live in a microbial world populated by millions of species of bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa. Peaceful coexistence usually prevails. Occasionally, though, a ....

Evolution

A Beginner's Guide

Burt Guttman

Covering everything from fossilised dinosaurs to intelligent apes, this is an accessible guide to one of the most important scientific theories of all time. Burt Guttman assumes ....

Genes, Mind, and Culture

The Coevolutionary Process : 25th Anniversary Edition

Charles J Lumsden and Edward O Wilson

Long considered one of the most provocative and demanding major works on human sociobiology, "Genes, Mind, and Culture" introduces the concept of gene-culture ....

Human Mitochondrial DNA and the Evolution of Homo sapiens

Edited by Hans-Jürgen Bandelt, Martin Richards and Vincent Macaulay

Mitochondrial DNA is one of the most explored genetic systems because of what it can tell us about the human past. This volume takes a unique perspective, presenting the ....

Introducing Darwin

Progress in genetics today would not have been possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who undermined belief in God's creation was remarkably timid. He ....

Research Methods in Anthropology

Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

H Russell Bernard

Research Methods in Anthropology is the standard textbook for methods classes in anthropology programs. Over the past dozen years, it has launched tens of thousands of ....

Chemical Ecology

From Gene to Ecosystem

Edited by Marcel Dicke and Willem Takken

Chemical ecology is the ecology of body odour. Every organism uses chemical information in intra- and inter-specific interactions. Animals emit chemicals to attract a mate or ....

Conceptual Ecology and Invasion Biology: Reciprocal Approaches to Nature

Edited by Marc William Cadotte, Sean M McMahon and Tadashi Fukami

The conservation threat represented by invasive species is well-known, but the scientific opportunities are underappreciated. Invasion studies have historically been ....

Historico e Impacto das Pragras Introduzidas no Brasil

Evaldo F Vilela, Roberto A Zucchi and Fernando Cantor

Morphology and biology of 22 introduced species which had an impact on the Brazilian agriculture and economy. ....

Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology

Series Editor: James A Drake

Biological Invasions represent one of those rare themes that cut across the disciplines of academic biology, while having profound environmental, philosophical, socioeconomic, ....

Island Biogeography

Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation

Robert J Whittaker and José Maria Fernández-Palacios

Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands ....

Seeking Nature's Limits

Ecologists in the field

R Drent, JM Tinbergen, JP Bakker, T Piersma et al

Seeking Nature's Limits is a colourful collection of ecological stories. Focusing on individual organisms and their struggle for existence, Dutch ecologists of international ....

Surtsey

Ecosystems Formed

Sturla Fridriksson

Surtsey, Iceland: the birth of the island was in itself an interesting geological phenomenon but the island also became a biological laboratory, where scientists could ....

Climate and Hydrology of Mountain Areas

Edited by Carmen de Jong and David N Collins

A comprehensive overview of interaction of the major hydrological and meteorological processes in mountain areas ie Cryosphere and Climatic Change, Snow Melt and Soil Water, ....

Common Standards Monitoring for Designated Sites: First Six Year Report 2006

Series Editor: JM Williams

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was brought into being by the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Amongst its functions is a ....

Common Standards Monitoring for Designated Sites: First Six Year Report 2006: Summary

Edited by JM Williams

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was brought into being by the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Amongst its functions is a ....

Common Standards Monitoring for Designated Sites: First Six Year Report 2006: Geology

Edited by JM Williams

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was brought into being by the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Amongst its functions is a requirement to develop common standards ....

Common Standards Monitoring for Designated Sites: First Six Year Report 2006

Edited by JM Williams

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was brought into being by the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Amongst its functions is a ....

Common Standards Monitoring for Designated Sites: First Six Year Report 2006: Habitats

Edited by JM Williams

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was brought into being by the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Amongst its functions is a ....

Common Standards Monitoring for Designated Sites: First Six Year Report 2006: Species

Edited by JM Williams

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was brought into being by the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Amongst its functions is a ....

Environment

Edited by Jules Pretty

Explores the locations where the environment matters most, such as where people are poor, and where environments are under threat (such as on frontiers). This four-volume ....

Forest Trees of Bukit Timah

Population Ecology in a Tropical Forest Fragment

James V Lafrankie and Stuart J Davies

The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve harbours one of Singapoire's most diverse ecosystems. It is home to the largest remaining patch of primary forest in Singapore. An icon of ....

Forests and Protected Areas

Guidance on the Use of the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories

Nigel Dudley and Adrian Phillips

These Guidelines centre around five related concepts: protected areas, forests, forests as defined forests protected areas, and other conserved forests. ....

Green Roof Systems

A Guide to the Planning, Design and Construction of Building Over Structure

Susan Weiler and Katrin Scholz-Barth

Green Roof Systems goes beyond the fashionable green roof movement and provides solid information on building accessible space, often as important public space, over ....

Interactions Between Macro- and Microorganisms in Marine Sediments

Edited by E Kristensen et al

Marine sediments support complex interactions between macro-and microorganisms that have global implications for carbon and nutrient cycles. What is the state of the science on ....

The Invention of the Park

Recreational Landscapes from Garden of Eden to Disney's Magic Kingdom

Karen Jones and John Wills

The Invention of the Park explores our fascination with making parks. In a broad-ranging environmental and social history, authors Karen Jones and John Wills search for a common ....

Modern Soil Microbiology

Edited by J D Van Elsas, J T Trevors and E M H Wellington

With nearly 3,000 entries this complete resource is an indispensable reference for soil and environmental microbiologists, microbial ecologists, plant and soil virologists, ....

New Research on Forest Ecosystems

Edited by AR Burk

Ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment, including the biotic and abiotic components. There are at least six kinds of ecology: ....

The Nordic Seas: An Integrated Perspective

Edited by H Drange et al

The Nordic Seas comprise a small area of the world's oceans but contribute greatly to key climate processes and variations in the Northern Hemisphere and across the globe. As ....

Plant Diversity after Rainforest Fires in Borneo

Karl AO Eichhorn

A PhD study on the structure, composition and diversity of plant communities in burnt and unburnt rain forest of East-Kalimantan (Indonesia) including trees, lianas, ....

Las Playas del Desierto Chihuahuense (Parte Mexicana)

Influencia de las sales en ambientes arido y seminarido

Edited by Olivier Grünberger et al

Securing the Wet Tropics

A retrospective on managing Australia's tropical rainforests

Geoff McDonald and Marcus Lane

The Wet Tropics is only a tiny fragment of the Australian landmass but it is of exceptional biological and human value. It is a productive region of great beauty ....

Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry

Edited by Eldor R Paul

This revised and updated text guides students through biochemical and microbial processes in soils and introduces them to microbial processes in water and sediments. ....

Soil and Soil Fertility

FR Troeh and LM Thompson

Touted by users for its clear explanations and readability, Troeh and Thompson's Soil and Soil Fertility provides an excellent overview of soils for students in agriculture ....

Soils and Societies

Perspectives from Environmental History

JR McNeill and Verena Winiwarter

This multi-authored volume shows some of the ways in which soils, their properties and their histories, have influenced human affairs. The complex interrelations between ....

The Subseafloor Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges

William S.D. Wilcock et al

The Subseafloor Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges presents contributions from marine geoscientists, biologists, and microbiologists whose work on mid-ocean ridge systems has ....

Teaming with Microbes

A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web

Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis

Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life - not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of ....

Understanding Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern

Remote Sensing and GIS Approaches

Edited by Michael Wulder and Steven E Franklin

Remote sensing and GIS are increasingly used as tools for monitoring and managing forests. This data is often the primary source of information for understanding forest ....