Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Wildlife

Leonard Cronin

An indispensable guide to Australia's fascinating monotremes, marsupials and placental mammals. ....

Elephant

Dan Wylie

Turning to the elephant's biological history, Wylie describes the three remaining species - the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant ....

L'Elevage en Mouvement

Flexibilite et Adaptation des Exploitations d'herbivores

Benoit Dedieu, Eduardo Chia, Bernadette Leclerc and Muriel Tichit

The Evolutionary History and a Systematic Revision of Woodrats of the Neotoma lepida Group

James L Patton, David G Huckaby and Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Castaneda

Details the evolutionary history of the desert woodrat complex (lepida group, genus Neotoma) of western North America. The analyses include standard multivariate ....

Field Guide to the Large Mammals of Pakistan

Thomas Roberts

Tom Roberts' first definitive account of the mammals of Pakistan in 1977 was brought up to date and revised in 1997. The present book on the large mammals of Pakistan is a ....

Giant Panda ex-situ Conservation Theory and Practice

Zhang Zhihe and Wei Fuwen

The literature collected should completely and systematically reflect the research results in the giant panda ex-situ conservation. Meanwhile, we have consulted the most ....

Gorilla Biology

A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Edited by Andrea B Taylor and Michele L Goldsmith

Comprehensive examination of gorilla biology combining recent research in morphology, genetics and behavioral ecology to reveal the complexity and diversity of gorilla ....

A Guide to Animal Diseases in South Africa

Horses, Donkeys and Mules

Pamela Oberem

Guide for the South Africa horse, mule or donkey owner that covers the diseases, parasites and plant poisonings that occur in these animals, with the emphasis on how to ....

The Last Wild Wolves

Ghosts of the Rain Forest

Ian McAllister

"As if appearing in a dream, a stream of wolves emerged from the forest edge." So begins this exhilarating journey to one of the planet's most spectacular regions - Canada's ....

The Lion Man - DVD: Series 1

Craig Busch

Craig Busch loves lions so much he is creating the Zion Wildlife Gardens as a paradise for his feline friends, who include 14 Barbary Lions, seven Royal White Bengal Tigers, ....

Meerkat Manor - DVD: Series 3

Bill Nighy

This nature series follows the lives of a family of meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert. With complicated relationships and rivalries more akin to a soap opera, the show ....

Moose

Kevin Jackson

Explains the animal's behaviour, evolution and diet, and describes its natural environments around the world, including in the USA, Canada, Scandinavia, where the ....

The Musk Deer in China

Sheng Helin Liu Zhixiao

Musk deer (Moschus) are among the most valuable of the game animals of China. The secretion from the preputial gland of males, known as musk, is an indispensable ....

A Photographic Guide to Mammals of New Zealand

Carolyn King

This new addition to a popular series delves into a fascinating field of New Zealand's natural history. In prehistory, only a few bats, marine mammals and odd quadrupeds ....

Primates of the World

The Amazing Diversity of Our Closest Relatives

Ian Redmond and Jane Goodall

Covering nearly 300 species, this comprehensive illustrated guide takes a close look at every branch of the primate family around the world, from tiny nocturnal mouse lemurs in ....

Spider Monkeys

The Biology, Behavior and Ecology of the Genus Ateles

Christina Campbell

Spider monkeys are one of the most widespread New World primate genera, ranging from southern Mexico to Bolivia. Although they are common in zoos, spider monkeys are ....

The Welfare of Sheep

Cathy Dwyer

The welfare of the sheep has received less attention than the welfare of intensively husbanded animals. However, domestic sheep may be kept under conditions that are very ....

Wildcat Haven

Mike Tomkies

Some seven years after abandoning the life of an international journalist for a life in the wilds, Mike Tomkies began a remarkable experiment, rearing the ferocious Scottish ....

The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Eastern and Central North America

A Guide to Listening

Donald Kroodsma

Building on the tremendous success of Bird Songs (250,000 copies sold), The Backyard Birdsong Guides are regional, interactive handbooks of birds and their songs for ....

The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Western North America

A Guide to Listening

Donald Kroodsma

Building on the tremendous success of Bird Songs (250,000 copies sold), The Backyard Birdsong Guides are regional, interactive handbooks of birds and their songs for ....

The Birds and Wildlife of Paxton Pits 2007

1st September 2006 to 31st December 2007

Julian Hughes and Mark Ward

Reports sightings in the gravel workings in the Ouse Valley in southwest Cambridgeshire, an SSSI. ....

Birdsongs of the Himalayas

Scott Connop

A birdsong CD with recordings of 99 species; it combines most songs from two cassettes produced in the 1990s (Birdsongs of the Himalayas and Birdsongs of Nepal), plus an ....

Corvus

A Life with Birds

Esther Woolfson

Esther Woolfson has been fascinated by corvids, the bird group that includes crows, rooks, magpies and ravens, since her daughter rescued a fledgling rook sixteen years ....

Egg and Nest

Rosamond Purcell, Linnea S Hall and Rene Corado

The beauty of the robin's egg is not lost on the child who discovers the nest, nor on the collector of nature's marvels. Such instances of wonder find fitting expression in ....

Extreme Birds

Dominic Couzens

A beautiful and fascinating portrait of the world's most extreme birds, from the biggest and fastest, to the smelliest and smartest. ....

Garden Birds

Reader's Digest Wild Britain

Gardens would be far less calming and enchanting without the cheerful singing of birds. But how can you tell just which birds you have visiting your garden? With this expert ....

The Grouse Species of Britain and Ireland

Adam Watson and Robert Moss

Grouse and their habitats are of much interest to hunters and game-dog enthusiasts, and to the many others involved in outdoor recreation. However, grouse are also of great ....

The Guide to British Garden Birds

B Westwood and S Moss

Most of us can tell the difference between a blue tit and a blackbird or a robin and a wren, but what happens if you close your eyes - can you still tell which bird is which ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline Tits to Shrikes

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and David A Christie

This volume includes a foreword on Bird Migration by Ian Newton. ....

The History of British Birds

Derek Yalden and Umberto Albarella

The History of British Birds reviews our knowledge of avifaunal history over the last 15,000 years, setting it in its wider historical and European context. The authors, ....

The Little Owl

Conservation, Ecology and Behavior of Athene noctua

Dries van Nieuwenhuyse, Jean-Claude Genot and David H Johnson

Understanding of the basic biology of owls is poor compared to that of other bird species. The Little Owl, Athene noctua, has become one of the best models for ....

Norwegian Bird Ringing Atlas, Volume 2: Pigeons - Passerines / Norsk RingmerkingsAtlas, Volum 2: Duer - Spurvefugler

Vidar Bakken, Olav Runde and Even Tjorve

Presents the results of more than 80 years of ringing in Norway. ....

Penguins From Around the World

Uko Gorter

Laminated identification guide to 20 species of penguin; shows numbers of breeding pairs and status, size, distribution, and names in English and Latin. ....

Petrels Night and Day

A Sound Approach Guide

Magnus Robb, Killian Mullarney and The Sound Approach

This is a comprehensive exploration of the petrels of Europe and North Africa. You can listen to previously unpublished digital stereo recordings of 23 species of petrels ....

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Ecuador and Galapagos

Clive Byers

Although it is one of South America's smallest countries, Ecuador is home to nearly 1,600 species of birds. This is thanks to the huge variety of habitats created by the ....

Plumas: Birds in Ecuador

R Gelis and M Cooper

A new book of bird photography, with 250 plus species from different geographical regions of Ecuador. ....

The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird

The Discovery and Death of the Po'ouli

Alvin Powell

Thirty years ago researchers discovered a previously unknown species of bird in the rain-soaked and remote mountains of Hawaii. As they studied the creature - which sported ....

A Sky Full of Starlings

A Diary of a Birding Year

Stephen Moss

Stephen Moss' "This Birding Life" was universally acclaimed for one of the most irresistibly beautiful and colourful jackets to grace any book that year. This follow-up ....

Surveillance of Winter Spring Aggregation of Seaducks, Divers and Grebes in UK Inshore Areas: Aerial Surveys and Shore-Based Counts 2006/07

M Lewis, L Wilson, I Sohle, B Dean, A Webb and J Reid

This report outlines the mehods used during the 2006/07 winter and spring aerial surveys of selected Scottish inshore water areas and shore-based counts of Aberdeen Bay, and ....

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 ....

Top 100 Birding Sites of the World

Dominic Couzens

The top 100 birdwatching sites on the planet are presented in this book, with a written account of each along with a series of photographs depicting the habitat and star birds ....

Die Vögel der Schweiz

Lionel Maumary, Laurent Vallotton and Peter Knaus

Handbook on the birds of Switzerland. Covers 419 species, including migrants. Each species account shows several colour photos, distribution map, graphs of seasonal ....

Where to Watch Birds in Yorkshire

(including the former North Humberside)

John R Mather

This is a detailed account of over 100 of the best birdwatching sites in the great county on Yorkshire. The sites range from Spurn Point in the south-east, northwards ....

Wintering Waterbird Survey along the Coastline of Fujian Province, China (8-27 February 2006)

M Barter, Y Li, C Lei et al

The survey covered 21 coastal and near-coastal wetlands along the complete length of the Fujian coast over a twenty-day period. The survey team comprised skilled counters from ....

The Wisdom of Birds

An Illustrated History of Ornithology

Tim Birkhead

For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, and today that fascination is still growing. In 2007 bird-watching is one of the most popular pastimes, not just in ....

The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

Bill Thompson III

A Peterson Field Guide to 200 of the most common and interesting birds in eastern North America, written especially for kids ages eight to twelve. Increasingly popular among ....

The Amphibian Tree of Life

Daniel R Frost et al

The evidentiary basis of the currently accepted classification of living amphibians is discussed and shown not to warrant the degree of authority conferred on it by use and ....

A Complete Guide to the Reptiles of Australia

Steve Wilson and Gerry Swan

This book provides the most comprehensive account of more than 800 species of reptiles in Australia. For the second edition, the text has been fully updated and about 20 newly ....

Evolution of the Side-Necked Turtles

The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae

Eugene S Gaffney, Haiyan Tong and Peter A Meylan

Although pleurodires have been considered significantly less diverse than their sister group, the cryptodires, current discoveries show that pleurodires had a more complex and ....

A Photographic Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand

Tony Jewell

Everyone has heard of the tuatara, New Zealand's unique 'living dinosaur'; but equally fascinating, if less well known, are the country's other reptiles. There are more than ....

The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic 1

Annotated checklist and distributional atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia

Roberto Sindaco and Valery K Jeremcenko

This book shows a comprehensive picture of the reptiles, excluding snakes, living in Europe, North Africa, Middle and Near East and Central Asia. ....

The Summit Herpetofauna of Auyantepui, Venezuela

Report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition

Charles W Myers, Maureen A Donnelly and Robert G Goelet

The summit of Auyantepui has a known fauna of 24 species of amphibians and reptiles. ....

Burbot

Ecology, Management, and Culture

Edited by Vaughn L Paragamian and David H Bennett

Burbot are circumpolar in distribution and found in the northern tier of states and Canada. Recent research suggests that there are two subspecies: Lota lota lota found in ....

Ecology of Juvenile Salmon in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

Regional Comparisons

Edited by Churchill B Grimes, Richard D Brodeur, Lewis J Haldorson and SM McKinnell

Understanding the interaction between Pacific salmon and their environment is critical for salmon management. This book presents recent advances in our understanding of the ....

Fish Diseases - 2 Volume Set

Edited by Jorge Eiras, Helmut Segner, Thomas Wahli and BG Kapoor

Diseases are a major threat to both wild and farmed fish. Pathogen-induced alterations in viability and growth of wild fish stocks can have implications on diversity and ....

Red Snapper Ecology and Fisheries in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Edited by William F Patterson, James H Cowan, Gary Fitzhugh and David L Nieland

Red snapper is among the most ecologically and economically important reef fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fisheries management for the species also happens to be among ....

The Shark Handbook

The Essential Guide for Understanding and Identifying the Sharks of the World

Gregory Skomal and Nick Caloyianis

Greg Skomal is one of the world's leading shark experts: many thousands of viewers know him as the "Shark Guy" on Discovery Channel; he's affiliated with Woods Hole ....

Advances in Ant Systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Homage to E.O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions

Edited by Roy R Snelling, Brian L Fisher and Phillip S Ward

Ants of New Zealand

Warwick Don

Written by the acknowledged expert, this first book on the subject that identifies and describes both native and exotic species. Including notes on identification and ....

Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, Volume 1

Edited by Antonius van Harten

This impressive and weighty volume presents the results of a concerted effort to study the arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates, which started in 2004 and is involving ....

Bee Pollination in Agricultural Ecosystems

Rosalind James and Theresa Pitts Singer

For many agricultural crops, bees play a vital role as pollinators, and this book discusses the interplay among bees, agriculture and the environment. Although honey bees ....

Catalogue of the Insect Type Specimens Deposited in China (Volume 1)

Cui Junzhi, Bai Ming, Wu Hong and Ji Liqiang

In the book, the new insect type specimens from China are collected from the papers at home and abroad after 1950. It includes 4 classes, 32 orders, 386 families, 3147 genera ....

Les Chenilles Comestibles et leurs Plantes Nourricieres dans la Province du Bas-Congo

Paul Latham

Identification guide to the caterpillars of Bas-Congo and their host plants. ....

Dominican Amber Spiders

A Comparative Palaeontological-Neontological Approach to Identification, Faunistics, Ecology and Biogeography

David Penney

The author ia a world expert on fossil spiders preserved in amber and in interpreting what they can reveal about the ecology of the extinct forests in which they lived. ....

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Hertfordshire

Alan Reynolds, Tom Gladwin and Christine Shepperson

The book covers all 19 species breeding in the county, with distribution maps and flight charts based on the results of the six-year countywide survey carried out by the Herts ....

Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropods

A Robin

The Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropods features more than 12,000 photos of the 5,500 worldwide species of marine gastropods collectors are most likely to encounter when ....

Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplement 13: Review of the Genera Calodema and Metaxymorpha (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Stigmoderini)

Ulf Nylander

The genera Calodema Gory & Laporte, 1838 and Metaxymorpha Parry, 1848 are reviewed. ....

The Land and Freshwater Bugs (Hemiptera) of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Keith NA Alexander

The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation of Biological Recorders (CISFBR) and the Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (ERCCIS) have jointly ....

Marine Ornamental Shrimp

Biology, Aquaculture and Conservation

Ricardo Calado

Marine ornamental shrimp are amongst the most heavily traded invertebrate species in the aquarium industry. The majority of traded species are still collected from the wild, ....

Orthopteroidea of the Seychelles Islands

Justin Gerlach and Fabian Haas

This account deals with all species of Orthopteroidea recorded in the islands. The Orthopteroid insect orders comprise the crickets, katydids and grasshoppers ....

Philippine Marine Shells, Volume 1: Gastropoda I

Edited by G Poppe

Volume I covers 69 families of Archeo- and Caenogastropods from Nacellidae to Cerithiopsidae, such as Patelliformes, Trochacea, Cypraeacea, Strombacaea, Naticoidae, ....

Registry of World Record Size Shells

D Pisor and G Poppe

Des Scorpions et des Hommes

Une histoire de la scorpionologie de l'Antique a nos jours

Gérard Dupre

Historians of science have not paid much interest in the history of zoology and even less than the scorpionology. This gap is now partially filled with this book. The ....

Species Revision and Generic Systematics of World Rileyinae (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae)

Michael W Gates

The subfamily Rileyinae (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) is redefined to contain 6 genera and 69 species for which keys are provided. Two morphological data sets, analyzed via ....

Ticks

Biology, Disease and Control

Alan Bowman and Patricia Nuttall

Widespread and increasing resistance to most available acaracides threatens both global livestock industries and public health. This necessitates better understanding of ticks ....

A Search for Origins

Science, History and South Africa's Cradle of Humankind

Phillip Bonner, Amanda Esterhuysen, Trefor Jenkins and Phillip V Tobias

The 'Cradle of Humankind' (COH), bordering Gauteng and the North-West Province in South Africa, was declared a World Heritage Site for the wealth of the human and animal ....

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 54

Edited by David William Sims

Advances in Marine Biology was first published in 1963 under the founding editorship of Sir Frederick S. Russell, FRS. Now edited by D.W. Sims (Marine Biological Association ....

Coral

A Pessimist in Paradise

Steve Jones

While writing this book, Steve Jones had beside him the coral brooch that his sea captain grandfather brought back across the Indian Ocean as a gift for his wife. This ....

Creatures of the Deep Blue

Jonathan Bird

The ocean contains an astounding variety and diversity of life, much of which is completely foreign to us on land. While the colourful and varied forms of invertebrates ....

Ireland Seabirds & Marine Life

Vincent Hyland and Patrick Kavanagh

The first ever comprehensive account of Ireland's Atlantic Marine Wildlife on one DVD - consisting of 9 short films exploring the amazing marine life existent in the offshore ....

Pond Scum to Carbon Sink

Geological and Environmental Applications of the Diatoms

Edited by Scott W Starratt

The Rocky Shore Name Trail

A Key to Common Seashore Animals and Plants

Mark Ward, Andy Simms and Clare Cremona

Our rocky shores provide a wonderful opportunity to investigate seashore animals and plants in their natural habitat. ....

Seasearch Observer's Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland

Chris Wood

This lavishly illustrated book aims to introduce divers and snorkellers to a selection of the animals and plants from sponges to fishes and sea squirts to seaweeds, that are ....

Archimedes to Hawking

Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them

Clifford A Pickover

Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws - from Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of ....

Audubon: Early Drawings

Richard Rhodes, Scott V Edwards and Leslie A Morris

In 1805, Jean Jacques Audubon was a twenty-year-old itinerant Frenchman of ignoble birth and indifferent education who had fled revolutionary violence in both Haiti and France ....

Big Five of Africa

Gerald Hinde

Think of an African safari and the 'Big Five' - lion, leopard, rhino, buffalo and elephant - immediately come to mind. Award-winning wildlife photographer Gerald Hinde ....

Botanicals

Butterflies & Insects

Leslie K Overstreet

Including more than three centuries of drawings culled from the rare books library of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, each page in Botanicals explodes with ....

A Comprehensible Universe

The Interplay of Science and Theology

George V Coyne and Michael Heller

Why is our world comprehensible? This question seems so trivial that few people have dared to ask it. In this book we explore the deep roots of the mystery of rationality. ....

Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas

Nigel Hughes

This catalogue of paintings exhibited at the Fine Art Society, London, 7-22 June 2006, shows 41 colour illustrations of the neotropical bird family Cracidae. There are two ....

Digital Photography Masterclass: Advanced Photographic and Image-manipulation Techniques for Creating Perfect Pictures

Tom Ang

Tom Ang's clear tutorials, practical assignments, step-by-step projects and inspirational examples of the photographer's art teach you how to make the most of the ....

Dry Store Room No. 1

The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum

Richard Fortey

Dry Store Room No. 1 is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of ....

From the Bottom Up

One Man's Crusade to Clean America's Rivers

Chad Pregracke

Chad Pregracke was a high school student and part-time mussel diver in East Moline, IL when he first glimpsed the trash that littered the beds where he and his brother fished. ....

How to be Wild

Simon Barnes

Barnes takes us on a journey through a year - with sparrows and flying squirrels, blackbirds and elephants, badgers, butterflies and mosquitoes, as his companions. And ....

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals

David Burnie

This is the ultimate visual guide to the animal kingdom. From the largest mammal to the smallest invertebrate, this is the reference to all creatures great and small. Capturing ....

Impressions of Nature

A History of Nature Printing

Roderick Cave

Nature printing is the name given to the print-making technique in which natural objects provide the surface from which prints are taken - without the interpolation of artist's ....

The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy

Bodies, Books, Fortunes and Fame

Ruth Richardson

Gray's Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first ....

Natural Selection and Beyond

The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace

Edited by Charles H Smith and George Beccaloni

Twenty scientists and historians reflect on Wallace's enduring contributions to biology and natural history, to glaciology, anthropology and epidemiology, to socialism, and ....

Return to Warden's Grove

Science, Desire, and the Lives of Sparrows

Christopher Norment

Based on three seasons of field research in the Canadian Arctic, Christopher Norment's exquisitely crafted meditation on science and nature, wildness and civilization, is ....

The Science Book

Everything You Need to Know About the World and How it Works

"The Science Book" covers a wide range of scientific areas, providing both a general overview of topics for the browsing reader, and more specific information for those who ....

Science and Controversy

A Biography of Sir Norman Lockyer, Founder Editor of Nature

A J Meadows

Sir Norman Lockyer left Nature, the world's leading scientific journal, as his lasting memorial. But his life, and controversial theories, are an important part of science ....

Springwatch and Autumnwatch

Accompanies the BBC 2 TV series

Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King

BBC TV's Springwatch is one of the most watched programmes on BBC2. Springwatch by Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King brings together the three presenters who take you ....

Stanley

The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer

Tim Jeal

Henry Morton Stanley, so the tale goes, was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa - who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of ....

Africa

Atlas of Our Changing Environment

UNEP

Increasing concern as to how human activities impact Africa's environment has led to documentation and quantification of the changes taking place. Through a combination of ....

Animals

Reader's Digest Wild Britain

Being able to identify wild creatures in their natural environment adds an extra dimension to the enjoyment of being outdoors. This handy guide will help you spot, ....

Antarctic Impressions

Seasons in the Southern Ocean

Peter Steyn

One of South Africa's authors and photographers, Peter Steyn has been travelling to the Antarctic and the islands of the Southern Ocean for many years. Antarctic impressions is ....

Antarctica

A Keystone in a Changing World

Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, California, August 26 to September 1, 2007. ....

Below Freezing

A Dive Guide to Antarctica

LE Trotter

Below Freezing is the first and only dive guide to the Antarctic. Until recently the exclusive realm of scientific and military divers, this icy wilderness has become ....

The Best of East African Wildlife

Dave Richards

East Africa is home to a vast diversity of wildlife, which abounds in a landscape of haunting beauty. The Best of East African Wildlife skillfully portrays this abundance of ....

Carpathians Environment Outlook 2007

The "Carpathians Environment Outlook" (KEO) project was initiated in early 2004 by UNEP's Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA)/GRID-Geneva and the Regional ....

Coastline Wales

Andy Davies

Marine photographer Andy Davies captures the dramatic and stunning coastlines of Wales through the lens of his camera. This book is a visual exploration of towering cliffs, ....

Costa Rica: Reptiles

Mark Wainwright

This handy identification guide shows 126 of the 226 reptile species recorded for Costa Rica: both crocodilians, 12 turtles, 42 lizards, 70 snakes (including all 22 of the ....

Costa Rica: Tropical Trees

North and Central Pacific

Enrique Leal C

This handy illustrated field guide shows 49 tree species that are found on the North and Pacific Slope (less than 1500 meters) and the Central Valley. Also shows flowers, ....

David Attenborough - The Early Years: Quest Under Capricorn

Sir David Attenborough

This third volume in David Attenborough's "Early Years" trilogy recounts his expedition to Australia in search of more rare species. As with the previous two titles, "Zoo Quest ....

David Attenborough - The Early Years: Quest in Paradise

Sir David Attenborough

Following his expedition to Indonesia, as told in "Zoo Quest For A Dragon", David Attenborough's next animal collecting and filming trip was to New Guinea, home of the ....

The End of the Game

The Last Word from Paradise

Peter H Beard

Originally published in 1965, and available once again, this landmark work dramatically documents the changing ....

A Gleaming Landscape

A Hundred Years of the Guardian's Country Diary

Edited by Martin Wainwright

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

Last Unspoiled Place

Exploring Utah's Logan Canyon

Michael Sweeney

Although bearing traces of human activity, Logan Canyon in Utah remains largely unspoiled by its proximity to civilization. Reveling in the sights and sounds of this ....

New Island, Falkland Islands

A South Atlantic Wildlife Sanctuary for Conservation Management

Ian J Strange et al

A look at how New Island has been transformed from a sheep farming property into one of the most unique and precious wildlife sanctuaries in the Falkland Islands. Includes many ....

New Zealand Through Time

An Illustrated Journey Through 83 Million Years of Natural History

Ronald Cometti

New Zealand's isolation began over 80 million years ago when, powered by mighty geological forces, the land mass drifted away from ancient Gondwana and drifted into the ....

Spectrum Guide to Uganda

Edited by Barbara Balletto, Helen van Houten and Gail Porter

With more than 200 colour photographs, Spectrum Guide to Uganda takes you from the snowcapped "Mountains of the Moon" through lush rainforests and fertile farmlands to the ....

Traveller's Wildlife Guides: Thailand

David L Pearson and Les Beletsky

Thailand holds a special place in the minds of the world's nature-lovers as a paradise of splendid tropical forests, untrammelled ocean beaches, and spectacular underwater ....

Wild Costa Rica

Adrian Hepworth

Costa Rica is one of the world's true biodiversity hot-spots. This superbly illustrated book investigates the country's habitats, including rainforest, cloudforest and paramo, ....

The Wild Trees

What if the Last Wilderness is above Our Heads?

Richard Preston

Hidden in unseen valleys of dense rainforest on the coast of California are the world's tallest and largest things - trees up to forty stories tall and as old as the Parthenon: ....

Alpenpflanzen in ihren Lebensräumen

Ein Bestimmungsbuch

Peter Mertz

Introduction to the habitats and vegetation of the alps, with keys, colour photos and chapters covering climate, geology, 28 regions of the alps, 30 walking tours. Covers ....

Anthocyanins

Biosynthesis, Functions, and Applications

Kevin Gould, Kevin Davies and Chris Winefield

In recent years, knowledge of anthocyanin pigments has undergone unprecedented expansion. Indeed, the molecular genetic control of anthocyanin biosynthesis is now one ....

Aphids on Deciduous Trees

Tony Dixon and Thomas Thieme

This latest volume in the Naturalists' Handbooks series deals with the identification, biology, and ecology of these herbivorous insects. Many line drawings, keys and photos ....

Applied Principles of Horticultural Science

Laurie Brown

"Applied Principles of Horticultural Science" is that critical thing for all students of horticulture - a book that teaches the theory of horticultural science through the ....

Beechcombings

The Narratives of Trees

Richard Mabey

Richard Mabey's new book is about beech trees - but also, of course, about numerous other issues, including global warming and the importance of trees in the landscape. ....

Collins Mushroom Miscellany

Patrick Harding

Mushroom collecting is becoming increasingly popular, and while a comprehensive identification guide is essential, the folklore, facts and fables, recipes and stories ....

Cryptogamica Helvetica, Volume 21: Die Moose des Kantons Bern (Schweiz)

Edited by B Bagutti and H Hofmann

The Canton of Bern is the second in size and covers parts of the three main geographical areas: Jura, Plateau, and Alps. Its geology, vegetation and climate is highly diverse ....

Ecology of Saprotrophic Basidiomycetes

Lynne Boddy, Juliet C Frankland and Pieter van West

The breadth and depth of understanding of many areas concerning basidiomycetes has increased dramatically since the premier publication of Frankland et al., "Decomposer ....

The Ecophysiology of Plant-Phosphorus Interactions

Philip J White and John P Hammond

This latest volume in the Plant Ecophysiology series takes an in-depth look at the diverse plant-phosphorus interactions in natural and agricultural environments, ....

The Eden Project - DVD

Alan Titchmarch

This double DVD features two specials narrated by Alan Titchmarsh: The Gardeners of Eden and Growing Pains. ....

The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna: Bladmossor: Kompaktmossor - Kapmossor

Bryophyta: Anoectangium - Orthodontium

Edited by Tomas Hallingbäck, N Lönnell and H Weibull

Covers 300 species. ....

Essential Oil Bearing Grasses

Akhila Anand

Essential oil bearing or aromatic grasses, such as lemongrass and citronella, are used widely across the world in perfumes, soaps, candles, and incense, as well as for ....

Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants

Bradford Angier and David K Foster

This illustrated guide to North American wild edibles has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable ....

Flora Fungorom Sinicorum: Myxomycetes II

Physarales and Stemonitales

Li Yu

This volume includes 181 species of physarales and stemonitales, which belong to 3 families, 25 genera. ....

Flora Liquenologica Iberica: Lecanorales

Bacidiaceae I: Bacidia y Bacidina

Esteve Llop

Flora Ningxiaensis (Two Volume Set)

Ma Dezi, Huilan Lin and Hu Fuxin

Volume I describes 942 species in 290 genera, 77 families including Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Angiospermae and ....

Flora of China, Volume 11: Oxalidaceae-Aceraceae

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 82: Meilaceae

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 83: Compositae-Eupatoreae

Flora of Russia, Volume X Part A

The European Part and Bordering Regions

Edited by NN Tzvelev

Volume 10A of the series features 19 families of Class Dicotyledones which includes the Ranunculaceae and Rosaceae, families with great economic importance. This volume ....

Frangipani

A Practical Guide to Growing Frangipani at Home

L Ross, L Rose and J Stower

This book is a celebration of the frangipani family, inspiring gardeners and flower lovers throughout the world. ....

Fungi in Bioremediation

Edited by GM Gadd

Bioremediation is an expanding area of environmental biotechnology, and may be defined as the application of biological processes to the treatment of pollution. Much ....

Guide des Jardins Botaniques de Suisse

Colette Gremaud

Guide to the 26 botanical gardens of Switzerland. ....

How to Prune

Techniques and Tips for Every Plant and Season

John Cushnie

John Cushnie has been pruning plants for more years than he cares to remember. He now draws on those decades of experience to guide readers through techniques that will ....

Illustrations of Edible and Medicinal Fungi in Northeastern China

Dai Yucheng and T Bau

This book summarizes the knowledge of the edible and medicinal mushrooms in northeastern China, and 100 species are reported in this area. A full description in Chinese for each ....

International Daffodil Register and Classified List 2008

Sally Kington

Compiled by Sally Kington, former International Daffodil Registrar, this major reference work brings the RHS cumulative list of daffodil names up to June 2007 and contains ....

Joe's Urban Garden Handbook

Joe Swift

Any outdoor space in an urban environment, however small, is an invaluable bonus. Here, expert garden designer Joe Swift shows us how to create an area that meets all your ....

Kew's Big Trees

Christina Harrison

First ever guide to Kew Garden's iconic trees and arboretum. ....

Liquens - Flechten - Lichens

Mariana Fleig and Werner Grüninger

As typical for all rain forests, the subtropical araucaria forests of Rio Grande do Sul are rich in epiphytic lichens. For the first time 60 species of macrolichens, all ....

List of Medicinal Plants in Mt. Gaoligong

Edited by Oian Zigang and Li Anhua

This book records 1298 species in 200 families of medicinal plants in Mountain Gaoligong, China. ....

Microalgae

Biotechnology and Microbiology

EW Becker

The utilization of unconventional microbial sources, particularly microalgae, for the production of feed, food, food additives, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals is growing ....

Molecular Mechanisms of Plant and Microbe Coexistence

Chandra S Nautiyal and Patrice Dion

The role of soil microbial diversity in enhancing plant health and plant microbe beneficial symbioses is discussed. Microbial communities are shown in the light of ....

Muhlenbergia (Poaceae) de Chihuahua, México

Yolanda Herrera Arrieta and Paul M Peterson

This comprehensive revision is completely illustrated with 59 original line-drawings of Muhlenbergia from the state of Chihuahua. In addition, this work includes detailed ....

Ornamental Plants of the East Margin of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau of China

Li Rongwei et al

236 species of 62 families, the most of ornamental plant (including alpine and sub-alpine flower plants) growing in the east margin of the Qinghai- Xizang Plateau are ....

The Oxford Companion to the Garden

Patrick Taylor

This sumptuous new Oxford Companion is devoted to gardens of every kind and the people and ideas involved in their making, in every part of the world where the designed ....

Pictoral Book of Mushrooms in China

Yuan Mingsheng and Sun Peiqiong

This book consists of three parts: ....

Plants of Mount Emei

Edited by Li Zhenyu and Shi Lei

This colour book includes 3703 species in 1271 genera, 280 families of higher plants of Mount Emei, which located in Sichuan province, southwest of China. ....

Plants of the Falkland Islands

Ali Liddle

This is a simple identification guide to the most common and attractive plants of the Falkland Islands. It describes 56 different plants, selected because they are ....

Pyrenocarpous Lichens with Bitunicate Asci

A first assessment of the lichen biodiversity inventory in Costa Rica

Edited by Andre Aptroot, Robert Lücking, Harrie JM Sipman, L Umana and JL Chaves

This publication provides an extensive treatment of the pyrenocarpous lichens with bitunicate asci (excluding Porinaceae, Myeloconidaceae and chiefly saxicolous genera) in ....

RHS Plant Finder 2008-2009

Royal Horticultural Society

Find the right plants for your garden with the help of the experts at the RHS. Whatever plant you are looking for, you'll find it: with over 4,000 new entries you can browse ....

Sclerotinia Diseases of Crop Plants

Biology, Ecology and Disease Management

GS Saharan and Naresh Mehta

Sclerotinia is one of the most devastating and cosmopolitan soil borne plant pathogen that infects more than 500 species of plants worldwide including field crops, fruit ....

The Seed Plants in Panxi Area of Sichuan

Liu Jianlin et al

This book describes 4558 species in 180 families of seed plants in Panxi area in Sichuan province of China. ....

Seedling Ecology and Evolution

Edited by Mary Allessio Leck, VThomas Parker and Robert Simpson

Seedlings are highly sensitive to their environment. After seeds, they typically suffer the highest mortality of any life history stage. This book ....

Smut Fungi of the Indian Subcontinent

Kalaman Vanky

Descriptions of 369 smut fungi species belonging to 45 genera known from the Indian Subcontinent (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) are described, including ....

Structure and Dynamics of Alvar Vegetation on Oland and Some Related Dry Grasslands

Edited by E van der Maarel

Trees in Patagonia

Bernardo Gut

This book is a guide to the native trees and approximately 95% of the introduced arboreal species of Argentine and Chilean Patagonia. Introductory chapters convey an ....

Tropical Gardens of Hawai'i

David Leaser

A visit to one of Hawai`i's botanical gardens helps us escape the hustle and bustle of daily life, and reminds us how lucky we are to live here. These ....

Tundra to Tropics: The Floristic Plant Geography of North America

Steven McLaughlin

Floristic elements and floristic areas for North America were circumscribed using principle components analysis (PCA) of a sample of 245 local floras from Canada, the ....

Wild Food

Raymond Mears and Gordon C Hillman

In Wild Food, Ray Mears and Gordon Hillman lead us into the wildest parts of Britain to demonstrate the huge variety of indigenous foods that can be found. One of the most ....

The Wildflowers of Britain and Ireland

Charles Coates

This book offers a completely new quick and easy way to identify almost any wildflower you may come across in Britain or Ireland. It is unique in the simplicity of its method ....

The Yellow Book 2008

Stephen Anderton, Tim Wonnacott and Zac Goldsmith

The National Gardens Scheme is a charity which raises money through the opening of gardens to the public. This book contains details of gardens which open for the scheme ....

Algal Toxins

Nature, Occurrence, Effect and Detection

Edited by Valtere Evangelista, Laura Barsanti, Anna Maria Frassanito et al

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Sensor Systems for Biological Threats: The Algal Toxins Case, Pisa, Italy, 30 September-11 October 2007 ....

Analysis of Vertebrate Pest Control

J Hone

How do we decide whether a particular vertebrate species can be classified as a pest? What is achieved by control of such pests? This book describes the application of ....

Animal Osmoregulation

Timothy J Bradley

Water is fundamental to life and all metabolic reactions are influenced by the aqueous environment in which they occur. Osmoregulation and water balance are therefore ....

Animal Physiology

Richard W Hill, Gordon A Wyse and Margaret Anderson

Animal Physiology presents all the branches of modern animal physiology with a strong emphasis on integration among physiological disciplines, ecology, and evolutionary ....

The Animal Research War

P Michael Conn and James V Parker

This book analyzes the effect of the animal rights movement on the world's scientists, their institutions, and professional societies. "The Animal Research War" traces the ....

Bioenergetics

Energy Conservation and Conversion

Gunter Schafer and Harvey Penefsky

The present book addresses fundamental questions of biological energy transformation and conservation, with a focus on those processes which can now be understood on a ....

The Biology of Sensory Systems

CU Smith

Biology of Sensory Systems, Second Edition is a comprehensive and highly illustrated advanced text providing a broad and invaluable overview of sensory systems in ....

Computional Proteomics

Golan Yona

Focusing on protein classification and meta-organization, "Computational Proteomics" describes detailed methods for detecting self-organization in complex biological ....

The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare

D Mills

The practical focus of this authoritative, comprehensive encyclopedia aims to promote the understanding and improvement of animals' behaviour without compromising welfare. ....

Environmental Microbiology

Raina M Maier, Ian L Pepper and Charles P Gerba

Environmental microbiology is the study of microbial fate and activity in the air, water, and soil and the resulting impact on human health and welfare. This study ....

Genome Mapping and Genomics in Fishes and Acquatic Animals

Thomas D Kocher

Mapping of animal genomes has generated huge databases and several new concepts and strategies, which are useful to elucidate origin, evolution and phylogeny. Genetic and ....

Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Pathogenesis

Michael Hensel and Herbert Schmidt

Horizontal gene transfer is a major driving force in the evolution of many bacterial pathogens. The development of high-throughput sequencing tools and more sophisticated ....

Human and Nonhuman Bone Identification

A Color Atlas

Diane L France

Written by one of the most respected forensic anthropologists in the world for use in the laboratory or in the field, "Human and Nonhuman Bone Identification: A Color Atlas" ....

An Introduction to Behavior Genetics

Terence Bazzett

This book provides a solid foundation to the field of Behavior Genetics, covering a wide range of topics and concepts, presented in an orderly sequence. It is suitable for ....

Introduction to Biosemiotics

The New Biological Synthesis

Edited by Marcello Barbieri

This book is addressed to students, researchers and academics who have barely heard of the emerging young science of Biosemiotics, and who want to know more about it. Written ....

An Introduction to Genetic Engineering

Desmond ST Nicholl

In this third edition of his popular undergraduate-level textbook, Des Nicholl recognises that a sound grasp of basic principles is vital in any introduction to ....

Large Animal Neurology

A Handbook for Veterinary Clinicians

Mayhew

Long-awaited new edition of the classic text on large animal neurology. Written by one of the world's leading experts, the book reflects his considerable experience gained in ....

Lipid-Mediated Signaling

Eric J Murphy and Thad A Rosenberger

Reviewing the most current research in this rapidly expanding yet resource-limited field, Lipid-Mediated Signaling provides a much needed examination of a decade's worth ....

Osmotic and Ionic Regulation

Cells and Animals

David H Evans

Written by acknowledged leaders in this field, this book not only fills a 40 year gap in the literature, but presents a markedly changed field with new approaches, outlooks, and ....

Practical Handbook of Microbiology

Emanuel Goldman and Lorrence H Green

Presented in a concise, easy-to-use format, the second edition of this bestselling handbook covers major topics in bacteria, fungi, viruses, methods of culture collection, ....