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Welcome to the June Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's guide to new and
forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the environment.
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| Mammals | Go to subject web page |
The Abundant Herds: A Celebration of the Sanga-Nguni Cattle
L Voigt A book that contributes to the recording and understanding of a significant aspect of South Africa's cultural heritage. It is a title about human creativity. Not the .... | 144 pages | Col photos. b/w photos | Fernwood Hbk | 2004 | 1874950695 | #146430A | £35.00 BUY |
A Photographic Celebration Nigel Dennis and Clive Walker Selection of Nigel Dennis's best photos showing all the facets of elephant life, from the African bull in must and the matriarchal family down to the tiniest new born .... | 112 pages | Col photos | Sunbird Publishing Hbk | 2005 | 1919938370 | #160242A | £15.50 BUY |
Conservation and Management Edited by Michael J Lacki, John P Hayes and Allen Kurta Although bats are often thought of as cave dwellers, many species depend on forests for all or part of the year. Of the 45 species of bats in North America, more than half .... | 368 pages | 12 line drawings and 32 b&w photographs | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0801884993 | #160132A | £56.50 BUY |
Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger
M Mittlebach and M Crewdson A colourful, comical yet true account of the search for the near mythical Tasmanian Tiger. The last known Tasmanian Tiger died in Hobart Zoo in 1936. This sleek, .... | 336 pages | Canongate Pbk | 2006 | 1841957437 | #160253A | £10.99 BUY |
Dogs and People in Social, Working, Economic or Symbolic Interaction
Edited by Lynn M Snyder and Elizabeth A Moore Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference, Durham 2002. Archaeological emphasis. .... | 160 pages | b/w illustrations throughout | Oxbow Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1842171240 | #160189A | £40.50 BUY |
The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation
RL Reep and RK Bonde Tells a tale of the mysterious manatee for professionals and interested lay people alike. This work attempts to humanize the sometimes difficult-to-grasp characteristics .... | 224 pages | 40 figs | Florida University Presses Hbk | 2006 | 081302949X | #160300A | £26.50 BUY |
Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes and Humans Chris Beard and Mark Klinger Taking us back roughly 45 million years into the Eocene, "the dawn of recent life," Chris Beard, a world-renowned expert on the primate fossil record, offers a tantalizing .... | 348 pages | B/w photos, 14 col illus, 22 b/w illus | California UP Hbk | 2005 | 0520233697 | #147901A | £17.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0520249860 | #160431A | £10.50 BUY |
Kingdon eGuide to African Mammals
First electronic field guide to cover all African land mammals. .... | PDA Solutions PDA card | 2005 | #160308A | £68.04 BUY |
Rexford D Lord From marsupials to bats to carnivores to cetaceans, fully one-fourth of the world's mammals can be found on the South American continent. Rexford D. Lord provides the most .... | 232 pages | 252 color photographs | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0801884942 | #160137A | £33.50 BUY |
A 1950s Adventure Anne I Dagg In the 1950s, Anne Innis Dagg was a young zoologist with a lifelong love of giraffe and a dream to study them in Africa. Based on extensive journals and letters home, Pursuing .... | 210 pages | Wilfrid Laurier UP Pbk | 2006 | 0889204632 | #160150A | £16.50 BUY |
The Animal Answer Guide Richard W Thorington and Katie Ferrell Did you know that a groundhog is really a type of squirrel? That squirrels control their body temperature with their tails? That most squirrels have yellow-tinted eye lenses .... | 224 pages | 38 color illustrations, 74 halftone, 4 line illustrations | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0801884020 | #160127A | £30.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0801884039 | #160128A | £16.50 BUY |
Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems
Edited by JA Estes, DP DeMaster, DF Doak, TM Williams and RL Brownell This unprecedented volume presents a sweeping picture of what we know about the natural history, biology, and ecology of whales in the broad context of the dynamics of ocean .... | 356 pages | 65 line illus, 20 tables | California UP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0520248848 | #160432A | £35.95 BUY |
| Birds | Go to subject web page |
Rozmieszczenie, liczebnosc i zmiany L Tomialojc and T Stawarczyk Avifauna of Poland: distribution, numbers and trends. .... | 870 pages | 48 col photos, maps | Nasze Sudety Pbk | 2003 | 839296261X | #157051A | £25.50 BUY |
Birds of Western Ghats, Kokan and Malabar
S Pande et al The Western Ghats of India, identified as a World Biodiversity hotspot by Birdlife International, is an ecological zone of global importance. Together with the adjacent .... | 370 pages | 1700 col photos | OUP Hbk | 2003 | 0195668782 | #159606A | £45.00 BUY |
Les Beletsky This stunning collection of art and text captures the grace, beauty, and flamboyance of the world's birds. In more than 500 pages, ornithologist Les Beletsky has gathered over .... | 448 pages | 1690 four-colour illustrations | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0801884292 | #160129A | £33.50 BUY |
The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
Christopher W Leahy First published more than twenty years ago, this volume has been fully revised and updated. It provides accounts of the basic elements of birdlife, as well as a wealth of .... | 1039 pages | 35 illus | Princeton UP Hbk | 2004 | 0691092974 | #144958A | £26.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0691113882 | #160398A | £12.95 BUY |
Chants d'oiseaux du Quebec et de l'Est de l'Amerique du Nord
Alain Zouvi Accompanies Roger Tory Petersen's Les Oiseaux du Quebec et de l'Est de l'Amerique du Nord, with songs of 267 species. .... | Broquet CD | 2004 | 2890006212 | #158827A | £33.50 BUY |
D Whaley and J Dawes The results of atlas surveys made in 1995-2002 covering mainly Paphos district: the only part of the island to hold all the endemic species and sub-species, plus other species .... | 39 pages | Maps & b/w photos | David Whaley Spiralbound | 2003 | 9963890601 | #159738A | £12.50 BUY |
The International Politics of Bird Conservation Biodiversity, Regionalism and Global Governance Robert Boardman Assesses international cooperation on migratory and endangered birds in different regions of the world. Robert Boardman illustrates that - although birds are protected in .... | 288 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1845424034 | #160124A | £75.00 BUY |
A Guide to Orkney Birds Erik Meek A photo guide to the best birdwatching sites on Orkney. Includes lists of Orkney bird names, Orkney's breeding birds, and Orkney's non-breeding birds. .... | 44 pages | colour photos | RSPB Orkney Pbk | | #129487A | £4.00 BUY |
Les Oiseaux du Quebec et de l'Est de l'Amerique du Nord
Roger Tory Peterson Fully updated identification guide, with improved illustrations and revised maps. .... | 480 pages | Col illus, maps | Broquet Pbk | 2004 | 2890005941 | #153569A | £33.50 BUY |
A Love-Hate Relationship J Denis Summers-Smith Of all the wild birds, none are more closely associated with man than the sparrows. In this book, his fifth on sparrows, Denis Summers-Smith sets out to explore this .... | 112 pages | colour photos | Summers-Smith, Denis Hbk | 2006 | 0952538326 | #159440A | £15.00 BUY |
Ornitologia Italiana 3: Stercorariidae - Picidae
Pierandrea Brichetti and Giancarlo Fracasso Third volume in a major Italian avifauna, which provides full information by species on biometry, identification, distribution, habitat, reproduction, migration and .... | 440 pages | Col photos, b/w illus | Alberto Perdisa Editore Hbk | 2006 | 8883722418 | #155979A | £50.95 BUY |
Ptaki krukowate Polski \ Corvids of Poland
Edited by L Jerzak, BP Kavanagh and Tryjanowski A considerable number of questions concerning corvid evolution, ecology and behaviour still remain unanswered. The range of many of the species has contracted significantly .... | 679 pages | Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe 2005 | 8389290928 | #155989A | £35.00 BUY |
Seabird Numbers and Breeding Success in Britain and Ireland, 2005
RA Mavor, M Parsons, M Heubeck and S Schmitt This is the seventeenth annual report on the results of seabird monitoring at colonies throughout Britain and Ireland, produced .... | 107 pages | Tabs, figs | JNCC Pbk | 2006 | 1861075855 | #159211A | £12.00 BUY |
A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession Dan Koeppel There are nearly 10,000 known species of bird on the planet and Richard Koeppel has seen over 7000 of them. But what drives a man to travel to sixty countries and spend a .... | 278 pages | Illus | Michael Joseph Hbk | 2005 | 071814760X | #154994A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0141019263 | #160136A | £8.99 BUY |
Waterbirds of Bourgas Wetlands Results and Evaluation of the Monthly Waterbird Monitoring 1996-2002 T Michev, L Profirov and M Dimitrov This book reflects the results from six years of monthly monitoring of the waterbirds in the most important wetlands of Bulgaria - the Bourgas Lakes. The book is divided into .... | 160 pages | Figs, Tabs, illus | Pensoft Pbk | 2005 | 9546422363 | #154879A | £35.95 BUY |
eBirds: Birds of Southern Africa v2 (For Pocket PC)
Superb new electronic field guide based on the best-selling 'Sasol Birds of Southern Africa field guide'. It is an ideal companion to the book and has electronic features .... | PDA Solutions PDA card | 2005 | #160305A | £76.55 BUY |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
PR Yadav and DR Khanna Introductory text which deals with the morphological, physiological and developmental aspects of amphibians. Amphibians are the first land vertebrates evolved from fishes. .... | 394 pages | Figs | Discovery Hbk | 2005 | 8171419321 | #156255A | £49.50 BUY |
Taxonomy, Life History and Conservation of Giant Reptiles in West Kalimantan
MA Auliya The aim of this work was to gather data on the abundance and densities of the three giant reptile species of South East Asia which are playing a mayor role in the .... | 432 pages | 481 photos, 64 tabs, 167 figs | Natur und Tier-Verlag Hbk | 2005 | 3937285520 | #160299A | £73.00 BUY |
J Marais Superb new electronic field guide based on 'A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa' by Johan Marais. .... | PDA Solutions PDA card | 2005 | #160306A | £68.04 BUY |
| Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Target Organ Toxicity in Marine and Freshwater Teleosts
Daniel Schlenk and William H Benson Addressing the numerous gaps in current information, Target Organ Toxicology in Marine and Freshwater Teleosts is an essential resource for researchers and professionals in .... | 640 pages | Two Volume Set | Routledge Hbk | 2001 | 0415239133 | #159907A | £114.00 BUY |
| Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America, Volume 1: Amazon Fish Parasites
Vernon E Thatcher This book covers the following Phyla and Classes: Protozoa (Myxozoa, Sporozoa), Plathelminthes (Trematoda, Monogenoidea, Cestoda), Nematoda, Acanthocephala, Crustacea .... | 508 pages | Figs, b/w photos | Pensoft Hbk | 2006 | 9546422584 | #155736A | £101.00 BUY |
John Feltwell Over 160 colour photographs of bumblebees in the wild and in the garden capture the essence of bumblebees, showing them on a wide variety of familiar flowers. This is a .... | 58 pages | 160 colour photographs, line drawings | Wildlife Matters Pbk | 2006 | 0907970036 | #158928A | £9.99 BUY |
B Stewart, P Brodkin and H Brodkin Discusses all 331 species of butterfly seen in Arizona. Opposite each photograph is essential information that includes key field marks, time of year the adult flies, .... | 414 pages | Col illus | West Coast Lady Press Pbk | 2001 | 0966307216 | #158718A | £28.50 BUY |
California Agricultural Research Priorities Pierce's Disease Committee on California Agriculture and Natural Resources The glassy-winged sharpshooter is one of the more recent invasive pests to afflict California agriculture. The insect transmits a bacterial pathogen that causes Pierce's .... | 178 pages | National Academies Press Pbk | 2004 | 0309092892 | #160221A | £23.99 BUY |
Caterpillars in the Field and Garden A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America Thomas J Allen, Jim P Brock and Jeffrey Glassberg This is the most comprehensive guide to these creatures available. It contains all the information necessary to find and identify the caterpillars of North America - from .... | 232 pages | 413 col maps, 496 colour photos | OUP Pbk | 2005 | 0195149874 | #153382A | £17.99 BUY |
Dragonfly Genera of the New World An Illustrated and Annotated Key to the Anisoptera Rosser W Garrison, Natalia von Ellenrieder and Jerry A Louton Dragonfly Genera of the New World is a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive guide to the taxonomy and ecology of dragonflies in North, Middle, and South America. A .... | 384 pages | 24 color illustrations, 31 halftones, 1,595 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0801884462 | #160131A | £60.00 BUY |
Guide to Ladybirds of the British Isles
Ladybirds belong to the scientific family Coccinellidae. Ladybirds provide a natural form of pest control with most species feeding on aphids, making them a favourite .... | FSC Unbound | 2006 | #160027A | £2.50 BUY |
Heterocera Sumatrana, Red Journal Volume 12 Part 4
E Arenberger et al | 224 pages | Col plates, col photos, illus | HSS Verlag Pbk | 2004 | #147007A | £18.50 BUY |
Heterocera Sumatrana, Red Journal Volume 12 Part 5
A Kallies et al | 239 pages | Col plates, illus | HSS Verlag Pbk | 2005 | #153814A | £16.95 BUY |
Honey Bee Biology and Behaviour
DM Caron Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping explains bee biology, what bees do, and provides the tools which make it possible for an individual to successfully manage bee colonies. The .... | 363 pages | Wicwas Hbk | 2000 | 1878075098 | #160330A | £46.50 BUY |
Insects as Models for Microelectromechanical Devices James V Lawry Because vertebrate circulations do not work when shrunk to insect sizes, insects may help us design our smallest machines. Within small bodies, bees separate diffusing .... | 276 pages | Imperial College Press Hbk | 2006 | 1860945856 | #160192A | £39.00 BUY |
The Life Histories of Asian Butterflies Volume 2
I Suguru and F Haruo Completes the 2-volume series with 380 species. .... | 711 pages | Col plates, maps | Tokai University Press Hbk | 2000 | 4486014731 | #151603A | £399.00 BUY |
Opisthobranchs of Bali and Indonesia
T Tonozuka Contains excellent photographs of some 205 species. The scientific names, locations, size and depth are in English. The text is in Japanese. A section on nudibranch .... | 168 pages | Colour photos | Wako Yosho-Hanbai K.K Pbk | 2003 | 4484034093 | #157555A | £34.50 BUY |
Review of the Sphecosoma Genus Group Using Adult Morphology (Lepidoptera :Arctiidae)
RB Simmons and SJ Weller | 101 pages | 108 figs | Thomas Say Publications Pbk | 2005 | 0938522736 | #158707A | £62.00 BUY |
Die Schmetterlinge Baden-Wurttembergs - Band 10 Ergänzungsband Edited by Gunter Ebert Last volume to be published in this series. Contains updates, an index to all ten volumes, and the Red List of endangered butterflies and moths in the region. .... | 426 pages | 83 colour photos, 46 b/w photos, drawings, dist maps, tables | Ulmer Verlag Hbk | 2005 | 3800143836 | #160408A | £59.00 BUY |
Die Schmetterlinge Baden-Wurttembergs - Band 9 Nachtfalter VII Edited by Gunter Ebert | 609 pages | 658 colour photos, diagrams, line drawings, distr. maps | Ulmer Verlag Hbk | 2003 | 3800132796 | #160407A | £59.00 BUY |
A Cultural History of Myrmecology Charlotte Sleigh Ants have long fascinated linguists, human sociologists, and even cyberneticians. At the end of the nineteenth century, ants seemed to be admirable models for human life and .... | 336 pages | 3 halftones, 5 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0801884454 | #160139A | £36.50 BUY |
The State of Butterflies in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Jim Asher, Nick Bowles, David Redhead and Mike Wilkins This book presents another milestone in our knowledge of butterflies in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. A detailed survey of butterflies across the three .... | 80 pages | Colour photographs throughout | Pisces Hbk | 2005 | 1874357293 | #160218A | £9.95 BUY |
Your Pets, Your Family and You Alison Blackwell, George Hendry and Darrel Ho-Yen This handy pocket guide, written in an accessible, jargon-free style, contains all the practical information you need to keep your family and your pets safe. .... | 139 pages | B/w photos, illus | Mercat Press Pbk | 2006 | 1841830844 | #153921A | £8.99 BUY |
Veldgids Sprinkhanen en Krekels / A Field Guide to Grasshoppers and Crickets
R Kleukers Includes detailed species information and introductory material on biology and ecology. .... | 192 pages | Col photos | KNNV Hbk | 2005 | 9050111939 | #159946A | £21.50 BUY |
| Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
Autour du Catastrophisme: Des Mythes et Legendes aux Science de la Vie et de la Terre
C Babin Study of catastrophism in geology and palaeontology, including mythical events such as floods. The book investigates Cuvier's thesis that the Earth was created from a series .... | 168 pages | Editions Vuibert Pbk | 2005 | 2711753735 | #156955A | £21.50 BUY |
Bernstein: Fossile Harze aus Aller Welt Geschichte, Harze, Vorkommen, Gewinnung, und Inklusen Gunter Krumbiegel | 112 pages | Col figs | Quelle & Meyer Verlag Pbk | 2005 | 3494014000 | #153662A | £22.95 BUY |
| Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
P Falkowski and J Raven Aquatic Photosynthesis is a comprehensive guide to understanding the evolution and ecology of photosynthesis in aquatic environments. This second edition, thoroughly .... | 375 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691115508 | #160390A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691115516 | #146925A | £32.50 BUY |
Natural History and Ecology Mark D Bertness Atlantic Shorelines is an introduction to the natural history and ecology of shoreline communities on the East Coast of North America. Writing for a broad audience, .... | 448 pages | 69 color plates, 327 line illus., 3 tables | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0691125538 | #160393A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0691125546 | #160392A | £29.95 BUY |
The Biology of Aquatic Plants: Translated from the German "Biologie der Wassergewächse, 1886"
Heinrich Schenck This is a new translation of a book written in 1886; the translation by D.H. Les, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolgy at the University of Connecticut. According .... | 162 pages | Koeltz Pbk | 2003 | 3906166112 | #156040A | £46.00 BUY |
The Complete Series Jacques Cousteau is television's most celebrated maker and presenter of documentaries about the underwater world. Setting the standard for such programs for decades to come, .... | 3 disc set | THE Distribution Ltd DVD | 2006 | #160207A | £25.52 BUY |
Marine Plankton - A Practical Guide
GE Newell and RC Newell Newell & Newell's "Marine Plankton" was first published in 1963, with the 5th edition published in 1977. With 56 black and white plates, this is a first-class reference work .... | CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation CD | 2006 | 1904690416 | #160099A | £19.50 BUY |
| General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
Access for Countryside Walking: Politics, Provision and Need
G Kay Research-based study of the context and contents of a neglected field. .... | 259 pages | B/w illus | George Kay Pbk | 2002 | 1904133045 | #159974A | £15.00 BUY |
Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950 Robert E Kohler We humans share Earth with 1.4 million known species and millions more species that are still unrecorded. Yet we know surprisingly little about the practical work that produced .... | 380 pages | 55 halftones, 1 table | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0691125392 | #160404A | £22.95 BUY |
Liza Verity Animals of all kinds were often carried on ships, until they were finally banned in the 1970s due to fear of rabies. The most popular animals to accompany sailors were dogs and .... | 112 pages | 12 colour illustrations and 38 b/w illustrations. | National Maritime Museum Hbk | 2005 | 0948065567 | #160142A | £11.50 BUY |
Disease and History: The Influence of Disease in Shaping the Great Events of History
FF Cartwright and MD Biddiss Famine, pestilence and war, often feeding on each other, have wrought havoc upon mankind since earliest times. Not least of these is pestilence, and this fascinating and .... | 280 pages | Illus | Sutton Publishing Pbk | 2004 | 075093526X | #140630A | £8.99 BUY |
Draughtsmen, Botanists and Nature The Construction of Eighteenth-Century Botanical Illustrations Kärin Nickelsen This book is the first in-depth study of eighteenth-century botanical illustrations, and its findings offer a completely new insight into the working practices of the botanists .... | 250 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 140204819X | #160426A | £54.00 BUY |
A Biography of the Author of "The Natural History of Selborne" Richard Mabey When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history .... | 256 pages | Profile Books Pbk | 2006 | 1861978073 | #160174A | £8.99 BUY |
Jean-Jacques Audubon (1785-1851): Biographie
Henri Gourdin Biography of the great ornithological artist. .... | 352 pages | 1 b/w illus | Actes Sud Pbk | 2002 | 2742735453 | #157850A | £33.00 BUY |
Lonely Planet Guide to Travel Photography A Guide to Taking Better Pictures Richard l'Anson Ever wondered how to shoot a herd of galloping wildebeest, frame the Eiffel Tower at sunset, or capture the sparkle of a fireworks display? This guide provides inside tips .... | 264 pages | Lonely Planet Pbk | 2004 | 1741041848 | #156577A | £10.99 BUY |
A Story of Discovery and Adventure Dallas Murphy With the heart of a sailor and the narrative skill of a novelist, Dallas Murphy explores the enduring allure of the mythic Cape Horn. Located at the southernmost tip of the .... | 384 pages | - | Phoenix Pbk | 2005 | 0753818655 | #160148A | £8.99 BUY |
Art, Science, and Intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble Telescope Martin Kemp Seen | Unseen is a deep, richly illustrated, and erudite analysis of the interconnections between science and the visual arts. Martin Kemp explores the responses .... | 320 pages | 258 illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0199295727 | #160410A | £25.00 BUY |
Tales of a Marine Biologist Eugene H Kaplan Learning marine biology from a textbook is one thing. But take readers to the bottom of the sea in a submarine to discover living fossils or to coral reefs to observe a day in .... | 288 pages | 150 line illus | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691125600 | #160405A | £15.95 BUY |
Unforgettable Islands to Escape to Before You Die
Steve Davey and Marc Schlossman Features highly individual destinations, ranging from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong Island and the Isle de la Cite in Paris to the arctic beauty of the Wrangell Islands in .... | 256 pages | over 300 colour photographs | BBC Books Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0563493518 | #159357A | £18.99 BUY |
The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel Olaf Breidbach A famous biologist and scientist, Haeckel was also enormously influential in the art world, particularly the Art Nouveau and Surrealist movements, and his elaborate and .... | 320 pages | 150 illustrations, 120 in colour | Prestel Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 3791336649 | #160197A | £55.00 BUY |
What is Environmental History?
J Donald Hughes What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked and thought in relationship to the rest of nature .... | 144 pages | - | Polity Press Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0745631886 | #160427A | £50.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0745631894 | #160428A | £12.99 BUY |
Passion and Politics in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Jonathan Waterman The nineteen-million-acre Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) contains three to eight billion barrels of crude oil. Conservationists and developers have fought bitterly .... | 288 pages | Illus | Norton Hbk | 2005 | 0393052192 | #159929A | £18.99 BUY |
| Regional & Travel | Go to subject web page |
Ancient Pinon-Juniper Woodlands A Natural History Of Mesa Verde Country Edited by ML Floyd This book gathers together noted scientists and historians to celebrate the varied and unique woodland region surrounding Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, USA. .... | 389 pages | b/w illus | Colorado UP Hbk | 2003 | 087081740X | #157864A | £60.50 BUY |
Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife
Bill Oddie This companion to Bill Oddie's major new BBC TV series 'How to Watch Wildlife' is a practical beginner's guide to getting the most out of Britain's wildlife. Organised into .... | 192 pages | Col photos, map | Harper Collins Hbk | 2005 | 0007184557 | #149503A | £17.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0007236239 | #159015A | £12.99 BUY |
Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria: January-December 2004 A County Natural History Report Mike Carrier | 176 pages | Col photos | Cumbria Naturalists Union Pbk | 2005 | #159873A | £8.50 BUY |
D Bellamy Internationally-respected water colourist David Bellamy was born and brought up in Pembrokeshire, but this is his first book on the area. It features over 100 colour .... | 144 pages | Halsgrove / Westcountry Hbk | 2004 | 1841143537 | #150205A | £33.50 BUY |
Fauna of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra)
Zoological Survey of India Catalogue of species found in this Indian National Park. .... | 309 pages | 15 pp col photos, figs, tabs | Zoological Survey Pbk | 2006 | 8181710835 | #159973A | £37.00 BUY |
God's Wilds: John Muir's Vision of Nature
DC Williams In "God's wilds" John Muir found beauty, inspiration, and the courage to battle governmental powers for the preservation of natural landscapes. In his writing and his .... | 272 pages | B\w photos | Texas A&M UP Hbk | 2002 | 1585441430 | #159951A | £27.95 BUY |
The Campaign to Establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Roger Kaye The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the center of the conflict between America's demand for oil and nature at its most pristine. Three decades before the battle over oil .... | 296 pages | Colour and b/w illus, maps | Alaska UP Hbk | 2006 | 1889963836 | #158172A | £29.50 BUY |
Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness
A Kerr Five million acres of unprotected roadless forest remain in Oregon, stretching from the rain-drenched shores of the Pacific and Coast range, across the snow-covered Cascades to .... | 235 pages | Col illus throughout | Timber Press Pbk | 2004 | 0962487783 | #159899A | £17.50 BUY |
The Year in Photographs Colin Varndell Wild Dorset, The Year in Photographs documents Dorset's landscape and natural history through the course of the year, beginning with a portrait of a tawny owl in January - .... | 128 pages | illustrated in colour. | Dovecote Press Hbk | 2004 | 1904349358 | #160160A | £19.95 BUY |
The Wildlife of Mull and How to Find It
Jay Butler and Anna Levin A guide to how, where and when to see the wildlife on the island of Mull, whether you are exploring by car or on foot. .... | 32 pages | Brown and Whittaker Pbk | 2003 | 0953277526 | #151716A | £3.95 BUY |
V Carruthers Pocket PC version of the popular 'Wildlife of Southern Africa' field guide by Vincent Carruthers. .... | PDA Solutions PDA card | 2005 | #160307A | £68.04 BUY |
| Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
Blomstervandringar i Linnes Sallskap
Staffan Soderlund Flower walks in the company of Linnaeus. .... | 192 pages | Col plates | Carlsson bokf�rlag Hbk | 2004 | 917203467X | #154565A | £34.00 BUY |
Botanical Links in the Atlantic Arc
Edited by SJ Leach et al Proceedings of an Anglo-Hiberno-French meeting arranged by the Botanical Society of the British Isles, 8th-12th May 2003, Camborne, Cornwall. .... | 336 pages | colour photo section, b&w photos, maps, figs | BSBI Hbk | 2006 | 090115833X | #160115A | £23.00 BUY |
Change in the British Flora, 1987-2004
ME Braithwaite, RW Ellis and CD Preston The Local Change report details the results of the Botanical Society of the British Isles' 1987-1988 Monitoring Scheme survey and its repeat in 2003-2004 as part of Local .... | 382 pages | colour photos | BSBI Pbk | 2006 | 0901158348 | #160114A | £12.00 BUY |
Les Composés Phénoliques des Végétaux Un exemple de métabolites secondaires d'importance économique Jean-Jacques Macheix, Annie Fleuriet and Christian Jay-Allemand Study of resinous constituents of plants. .... | 208 pages | Col photos | PPUR Pbk | 2005 | 2880746256 | #160126A | £48.50 BUY |
EUCLID: Eucalypts of Southern Australia
MIH Brooker, AV Slee, JR Connors and SM Duffy Euclid is the definitive electronic identification and information system for Australian eucalypts, which has now been expanded to include northern Australia. Covering the .... | CSIRO Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0643093354 | #160107A | £83.50 BUY |
Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States
Ron Russo Oak apples, honeydew and ambrosia galls, witches' brooms, and fasciations - all are types of plant galls, a commonly observed, yet little-understood botanical phenomenon. .... | 432 pages | 338 color illustrations, 89 line illustrations, 15 tables | California UP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0520248856 | #160413A | £38.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0520248864 | #160414A | £15.95 BUY |
Chemistry, Biochemistry and Applications Edited by Oyvind M Andersen and Kenneth R Markham Advances in the flavonoid field have been nothing short of spectacular over the last 20 years. While the medical field has noticed flavonoids for their potential antioxidant, .... | 1256 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2005 | 0849320216 | #159885A | £115.00 BUY |
Flora Yunnanica, Volume 12: Spermatophyta
.... | 884 pages | 174 b/w plates | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | #113799A | £70.00 BUY |
M Ramirez Based on fieldwork, a revision of dried specimens in both national and international herbaria, and also in comparison to recent and updated taxonomic treatments of palms. .... | 262 pages | Herbario Nacional de Bolivia 2004 | #154785A | £49.95 BUY |
Vom Jura zum Jungfraumassiv K Lauber, G Wagner and Andreas Gygax Completely revised field guide to this Swiss alpine region, covering both flowering and non-flowering plants. .... | 1288 pages | 2100 col photos | Paul Haupt Verlag Pbk | 2006 | 3258070520 | #160100A | £54.00 BUY |
Gosta Borjeson Guide to flora of a municipality near Lake Vattern, south of Stockholm, based on a 20-year research project. Includes searchable CD-ROM. .... | 256 pages | Col photos, maps | SBT Hbk | 2004 | 9197286370 | #153659A | £42.50 BUY |
Georges Guende Flowers of a mountainous area of Provence, which has preserved a unique ecological balance. .... | 104 pages | Col illus | Edisud Pbk | 2004 | 2744904767 | #147139A | £16.50 BUY |
Parc Naturel Régional du Verdon Accessible guide to 200 species of wildflower found in this French national park. .... | 192 pages | 300 col photos | Edisud Pbk | 2004 | 2744904678 | #146021A | £20.95 BUY |
The Fungimap Guide to Australian Fungi P Grey and E Grey A field guide to 100 species of fungi, covering all major groups of macrofungi. Each species account has comprehensive descriptions, comparison against look-alikes, and is .... | 146 pages | Melbourne RBG Pbk | 2005 | 0646446746 | #160118A | £23.50 BUY |
The Genus Sclerocactus (Cactaceae)
F Hochstätter The first of three volumes to be published on the Cacteae tribe, authored by an acknowledged expert. .... | 336 pages | 450 col photos, maps, SEMs, drawings | Hochst�tter, Fritz Hbk | 2005 | 3000161538 | #158872A | £128.00 BUY |
A Guide to the Alpine and Subalpine Flora of Mt Jaya
R Johns, T Utteridge, H Hopkins and P Edwards Based on five expeditions to the area by Kew and its Indonesian collaborators, and incorporating records from previous expeditions, A Guide to the Subalpine and Alpine .... | 687 pages | 24 pages of colour plates | Kew RBG Hbk | 2006 | 1842460579 | #153838A | £85.00 BUY |
Heuchera, Tiarella and Heucherella A Gardener's Guide Charles Oliver and Martha Oliver Native to the United States but now widespread in the UK, Heuchera (or `coral bells') thrive in all climates, even in shade, and produce stunning flowers in pink, coral, red .... | 160 pages | colour photos | Batsford Hbk | 2006 | 0713490098 | #160096A | £25.00 BUY |
Toshio Yoshida Illustrated guide to the plants of the Himalayas. Contains detailed descriptions in Japanese, and species names in Latin, maps, a bibliography, and an index of Latin names. .... | 800 pages | colour photos | Yama-Kei Publishers Hbk | 2005 | 4635580318 | #155531A | £112.00 BUY |
Histopathology of Seed-Borne Infections
Dalbir Singh and SB Mathur Histopathology of Seed-Borne Infections is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of seed infection and disease. It includes an up-to-date account on the .... | 296 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2004 | 0849328233 | #159889A | £79.00 BUY |
A Practical Guide for the Soilless Grower J Benton Jones Revolutionary hydroponic/soilless advances are being achieved by efficiently improving results with the application of new concepts, methods, and equipment. The new edition of .... | 288 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2004 | 0849331676 | #159901A | £49.99 BUY |
Edited by Garry C Whitelam and K Halliday Regulatory light signals are detected by an array of specialised, information-transducing photoreceptors, including the phytochrome, cryptochrome and .... | 320 pages | 105 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1405145382 | #159692A | £99.95 BUY |
Molecular Biology of Weed Control
Jonathan Gressel "Weeds are rarely considered a priority despite the fact that all active farmers know that the majority of their variable costs and time are devoted to eradicating them. Even .... | 520 pages | Routledge Hbk | 2002 | 0415266424 | #159892A | £79.00 BUY |
Non-Geniculate Coralline Red Algae and the Paris Museum, Paris Systematics and Scientific History WJ Woelkerling and D Lamy An analysis of type collections of non-geniculate coralline red algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) housed at the Museum national d'Histore naturelle (Paris) and the historical .... | 767 pages | Paris MNHN 1998 | 2856535151 | #160291A | £95.00 BUY |
Teoh Eng Soon Orchids of Asia is an orchid classic. First published some 25 years ago, this book continues to receive accolades from many readers, among them renowned Orchid Society .... | 368 pages | 500 photos | Marshall Cavendish Hbk | 2005 | 9812610154 | #160231A | £31.99 BUY |
Parmelioid Lichens in India (A Revisionary Study)
PK Divakar and DK Upreti Includes systematic accounts of 192 species belonging to 22 genera with coloured photographs, scanned pictures of TLC plates for secondary metabolites of each species, .... | 488 pages | Vedams Hbk | 2005 | 8121103894 | #156004A | £112.00 BUY |
Plant Cell Separation and Adhesion
Edited by Jeremy Roberts and Zinnia Gonzalez-Carranza Cell separation is an important process that occurs throughout the life cycle of a plant. It enables the radicle to emerge from the germinating seed, vascular tissue to .... | 320 pages | - | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1405138920 | #159699A | £99.99 BUY |
Edited by Christine Finnie The proteome comprises all protein species resulting from gene expression in a cell, organelle, tissue or organism. By definition, proteomics aims to identify and .... | 272 pages | 37 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1405144297 | #159694A | £99.99 BUY |
Plantes Toxiques: Vegetaux Dangereux Pour l'Homme et les Animaux
J Bruneton Covers over 350 species. .... | 564 pages | Illus | Editions Tec & Doc Hbk | 2005 | 2743008067 | #156003A | £124.00 BUY |
Nancy J Turner Haida Gwaii is the traditional name for that beautiful group of islands, sometimes called the Queen Charlottes, off the northern mainland coast of British Columbia. For .... | 264 pages | 200 photos | Sono NIS Press Hbk | 2004 | 1550391445 | #158773A | £36.50 BUY |
The Plant Lover's Companion Julia Brittain This is an A-Z of places associated with plants, plant hunters from yesterday and today, and from across the world. It takes an in-depth look at the plants themselves: where .... | 192 pages | 50 b/w & 50 line illus | David & Charles Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0715324217 | #160435A | £9.99 BUY |
A Pocket Guide: Gingers of Sarawak
Axel D Poulsen Sarawak is one of the most exciting place to study the richness of plant life and home to more than 150 gingers, the majority of which are found only in Borneo. Several .... | 102 pages | Col photos | Natural History Publications Pbk | 2006 | 9838121126 | #158123A | £7.95 BUY |
The RHS Garden Finder 2006-2007 More than 1,000 gardens to visit and enjoy Edited by Charles Quest-Ritson RHS Garden Finder 2006-2007 is the leading, fully updated RGS guide to gardens in the UK. Now in its 18th year, it tells readers what to see in more than 1000 gardens - .... | 528 pages | - | Think Publishing Pbk | 2006 | 1405307374 | #159793A | £12.99 BUY |
Regulation and Transcription in Plants
Edited by Klaus D Grasser Regulation of transcription represents a major, controlling step in plant gene expression, as it determines the tissue-specific and developmental stage-specific .... | 352 pages | 36 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1405145285 | #159693A | £99.50 BUY |
How They Live and Why They Matter Colin Tudge Colin Tudge has a fine reputation as a natural history writer who can take complicated ideas and express them with clearness and passion. His new book on trees looks set to .... | 452 pages | Illus | Allen Lane Hbk | 2005 | 0713996986 | #155236A | £20.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0141012935 | #160135A | £8.99 BUY |
Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination
Edited by Kent Bradford and Hiroyuki Nongaki The formation, dispersal and germination of seeds are crucial stages in the life cycles of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants. The unique properties of seeds, particularly their .... | 352 pages | 63 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1405139838 | #159695A | £99.99 BUY |
Senescence Processes in Plants
Edited by Susheng Gan Plants exhibit both mitotic and postmitotic senescence. Mitotic senescence occurs when meristem cells lose their ability to undergo mitotic cell division. Postmitotic .... | 320 pages | 105 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1405139846 | #159698A | £99.99 BUY |
Taxonomy and Ecology of African Plants, their Conservation and Sustainable Use
Edited by SA Ghazanfar and HJ Beentje Based on the proceedings of the 17th AETFAT Congress held in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia, this book brings together sixty research papers in separate sections on taxonomy, .... | 600 pages | Illus | Kew RBG Hbk | 2005 | 184246115X | #153839A | £85.00 BUY |
GC Khachatourians, A McHughen, R Scorza and Wai-Kit Nip With contributions from nearly 130 internationally renowned experts in the field, this reference details advances in transgenic plant construction and explores the social, .... | 888 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2002 | 0824705459 | #159893A | £130.00 BUY |
Tree Roots in the Built Environment Research for Amenity Trees J Roberts, N Jackson and M Smith Widespread concerns about the effects of trenching by the utility services and especially the nationwide installation of cable communications have revealed that the .... | 488 pages | Col & b/w illus | Stationery Office (TSO) Pbk | 2005 | 0117536202 | #141698A | £58.00 BUY |
The Vascular Plants of Western Riverside County, California An Annotated Checklist Fred M Roberts, Scott D White, Andrew C Sanders, David E Bramlet and S Boyd Covers 1411 taxa. .... | 192 pages | B/w line illus | F.M. Roberts Publications Pbk | 2004 | 0964384728 | #155078A | £12.95 BUY |
Vangelis Papiomitoglou Crete separated from continental Greece about 5,000,000 years ago. This isolation, together with the existence of large mountain massifs which have functioned as .... | 204 pages | colour illus | Mediterraneo Editions Pbk | 2006 | 9608227771 | #160377A | £17.50 BUY |
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John G Baust This is the first text of its kind to address the breadth of the field of biopreservation - the functional maintenance of biologically derived products. The book .... | 650 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2005 | 0849327725 | #159896A | £109.00 BUY |
Structure and Mechanics John D Currey This is a comprehensive and accessible overview of what is known about the structure and mechanics of bone, bones, and teeth. In it, John Currey incorporates critical new .... | 436 pages | B/w plates, figs, tabs | Princeton UP Hbk | 2002 | 0691090963 | #127136A | £55.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0691128049 | #160401A | £26.95 BUY |
Computational Maps in the Visual Cortex
R Miikkulainen, JA Bednar, Y Choe and J Sirosh This book presents a unified computational approach to understanding the structure, development, and function of the visual cortex. It reviews the current theories of the .... | 538 pages | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 0387220240 | #160316A | Normally £74.50 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £42.50 |
Edited by TH Bullock, CD Hopkins, AN Popper and RR Fay Electroreception has become one of the most revealing areas in the study of the neural basis of behavior, and neurobiologists recognize it as a model sensory system for .... | 472 pages | 67 illustrations | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 0387231927 | #160067A | £92.50 BUY |
Arthur Lesk Introduction to Genomics is a fascinating insight into what can be revealed from the study of genomes: how organisms differ or match; how different organisms evolved; how .... | 384 pages | 80 colour line illus, 60 colour half tone illus | OUP Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0199296952 | #160375A | £24.99 BUY |
Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction, Volume 3
Vijay Kumar Gupta A compendium of original articles and review papers comprising of 21 chapters, bifurcated into two sections in the area of animal ecology and reproduction. Section I .... | 443 pages | Figs, tabs | Daya Hbk | 2006 | 8170354242 | #158706A | £47.50 BUY |
Plasticity in the Visual System From Genes to Circuits Edited by Raphael Pinaud, Liisa A Tremere and Peter De Weerd Mechanisms of neural plasticity enable the encoding and memorization of information based on sensory inputs and can be harnessed to partially restore function after CNS .... | 364 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 0387281894 | #160317A | £80.50 BUY |
Protein Geometry, Classification, Topology and Symmetry A Computational Analysis of Structure William R Taylor and Andras Aszodi Using a geometric perspective, Protein Geometry, Classification, Topology, and Symmetry reviews and analyzes the structural principals of proteins with the goal of revealing .... | 348 pages | IOP Hbk | 2004 | 0750309857 | #159410A | £56.50 BUY |
Tall Tales about the Mind and Brain Separating fact from fiction Edited by Sergio Della Sala Does listening to Mozart make us more intelligent?; Is there such a thing as a gay gene?; Does the size of the brain matter?; Does the moon influence our behaviour?; Can .... | 396 pages | 43 figures; 16 black & white photos | OUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0198568762 | #160204A | £85.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0198568770 | #160203A | £29.95 BUY |
New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism Edited by Lorraine Daston and Gregg Mitman Provides a multidisciplinary and cross cultural discussion about how we describe, explain and come to a better understanding of the behaviour, minds and emotional lives .... | 230 pages | b/w illus | Columbia UP Hbk | 2005 | 0231130384 | #159972A | £32.00 BUY |
From Bacteria to Blue Whales John Tyler Bonner John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative biologists, here offers a completely new perspective on the role of size in biology. In his hallmark friendly .... | 176 pages | 35 line illus, 1 table | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0691128502 | #160387A | £10.95 BUY |
Zoology in the Middle East Vol.1 (1986)- 21 (2001), 23 (2001)- 36 (2005)
R Kinzelbach Set of all available volumes. .... | Max Kasparek | #160275A | Normally £797.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £550.00 |
| Evolutionary Biology | Go to subject web page |
Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness Lee Dugatkin In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This problem plagued Charles Darwin in the 1850s .... | 224 pages | 3 line illus, 1 table | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691125902 | #160385A | £15.95 BUY |
The Beginning of the Age of Mammals
Kenneth D Rose In the tradition of G. G. Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the .... | 440 pages | 282 figures, 26 color plates | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0801884721 | #160138A | £100.00 BUY |
Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design Richard Dawkins 20th anniversary edition of one of the most influential works on evolution written in the last hundred years, The Blind Watchmaker offers an inspiring and accessible .... | 332 pages | Illus | Penguin Pbk | 2006 | 0141026162 | #160134A | £8.99 BUY |
Why our world no longer fits our bodies Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson Our bodies and body processes evolved to allow our ancestors the best chance of survival as hunter-gatherers in the Savannah. Our brains, on the other hand, have evolved .... | 288 pages | B&W halftones and line drawings | OUP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0192806831 | #160409A | £16.99 BUY |
Geerat J Vermeij From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This universal truth unites three bodies of .... | 445 pages | - | Princeton UP Hbk | 2004 | 0691115273 | #147935A | £22.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 069112793X | #160400A | £12.95 BUY |
The Vatican Confronts Evolution, 1877-1902 Mariano Artigas, Thomas F Glick and Rafael A Martinez Drawing on primary sources made available to scholars only after the archives of the Holy Office were unsealed in 1998, Negotiating Darwin chronicles how the Vatican .... | 352 pages | 7 halftones | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 080188389X | #160140A | £33.50 BUY |
How Morality Evolved Frans De Waal In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a view of the natural world, emphasizing our .... | 232 pages | 9 halftones, 3 tables | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691124477 | #160384A | £14.95 BUY |
| Ecology | Go to subject web page |
American Perceptions of Immigrant and Invasive Species Strangers on the Land Peter Coates Sometimes by accident and sometimes on purpose, humans have transported plants and animals to new habitats around the world. Arriving in ever-increasing numbers to .... | 272 pages | 5 b&w photos | California UP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0520249305 | #160434A | £26.95 BUY |
Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites From Individuals to Communities Robert Poulin Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and .... | 212 pages | Figs | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691120846 | #160389A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691120854 | #160388A | £26.95 BUY |
A Concise Handbook R Karban Most ecology books and courses focus on the facts and the concepts. While these are essential, many young ecologists need to figure out how to actually do research .... | 168 pages | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691125767 | #157423A | £29.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691125775 | #157426A | £10.95 BUY |
Mechanistic Home Range Analysis
Paul R Moorcroft and Mark A Lewis Spatial patterns of movement are fundamental to the ecology of animal populations, influencing their social organization, mating systems, demography, and the spatial .... | 168 pages | 20 color illus, 4 halftones, 57 line illus | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0691009279 | #160395A | £55.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0691009287 | #160394A | £26.95 BUY |
| Habitats & Ecosystems | Go to subject web page |
The Becher Wetlands - A Ramsar Site Evolution of Wetland Habitats and Vegetation Associations on a Holocene Coastal Plain, South-Western Australia Christine Semeniuk This book is a landmark study of the Holocene evolution and functioning of a suite of seasonal wetland basins in the temperate coastal zone of Western Australia. In 2001, a .... | 695 pages | 9 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402046715 | #160425A | £161.00 BUY |
Climate, Forest, Biodiversity and Desert
Edited by Prabhas Chandra Sinha Protecting the forests and forestry around the world has become a big challenge today. This book cover the most vital and immediate concerns of today's environment and tries .... | 342 pages | Tabs | SBS Publishers & Distributors Hbk | 2006 | 8189741322 | #159992A | £48.00 BUY |
The Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Marshes
Edited by S Fagherazzi et al Located between sea and land, salt marshes are complex environments that provide critical ecosystem functions, such as production of organic material and nutrient .... | 276 pages | Illus | AGU Hbk | 2004 | 0875902731 | #154328A | £74.00 BUY |
Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands
Edited by Darold P Batzer and Rebecca R Sharitz Designed as a textbook, this volume is an important, up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible survey in ecology of freshwater and estuarine wetlands. Prominent wetland .... | 640 pages | 98 line illus, 4 maps, 60 tables | California UP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0520247779 | #160433A | £38.95 BUY |
Exploring Woodland: The Chilterns to The Welsh Borders
The Woodland Trust "The Chilterns to the Welsh Borders" covers the magnificent beechwoods of east Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire before exploring north and west into .... | 128 pages | Frances Lincoln Pbk | 2006 | 0711226016 | #160198A | £7.99 BUY |
Exploring Woodland: The Southwest of England
Edited by Lorraine Weeks and Graham Blight "The South West of England" covers an amazing array of coastal and inland woodlands from the Forest of Savernake in Wiltshire down through Dorset, Somerset and Devon to Helston .... | 128 pages | colour photos, maps | Frances Lincoln Pbk | 2006 | 0711226024 | #160200A | £7.99 BUY |
A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting Committee on National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting The coastal zone is of enormous importance to the well-being of the US. In order to understand and address the effects of natural and anthropogenic forces in the coastal .... | 168 pages | National Academies Press Pbk | 2004 | 0309091764 | #160224A | £21.00 BUY |
Marais et Estuaires du Littoral Français
F Verger Guide to geomorphology, hydrology, sedimentology and wildlife of the coastal marshes and estuaries of France. .... | 300 pages | Illus | Belin Pbk | 2005 | 2701133394 | #157444A | £39.00 BUY |
Perspectives pour une Géobiologie des Montagnes
Paul Ozenda Study of northern hemisphere montane ecosystems and their vegetation. .... | 202 pages | Col photos | PPUR Pbk | 2002 | 2880744938 | #160125A | £38.50 BUY |
Silviculture for Ecologists and Environmental Scientists Paul A Wojtkowski As a natural science, silviculture has a large say in how humans interact with the terrestrial world. Although the perspective taken here that the production of wood is .... | 322 pages | colour illus | Science Publishers/Enfield 2006 | 1578084261 | #160436A | £26.60 BUY |
Genesis, Hydrology, Landscapes, and Classification JL Richardson and MJ Vepraskas Covering wetlands soils from Florida to Alaska, Wetland Soils: Genesis, Hydrology, Landscapes, and Classification provides information on all types of hydric soils. With .... | 440 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2000 | 1566704847 | #159908A | £57.99 BUY |
| Conservation & Biodiversity | Go to subject web page |
Frank Noelker The fifty colour photographs in Frank Noelker's "Captive Beauty" are not simple, uncomplicated shots of animals in zoo settings; and there is an ambivalence in them that .... | 120 pages | Col photos | Illinois UP Hbk | 2004 | 0252028996 | #143125A | £31.50 BUY Pbk | 2004 | 0252071697 | #142902A | £15.60 BUY |
Conservation of Wildlife Populations Demography, Genetics, and Management L Scott Mills Conservation of Wildlife Populations provides an accessible introduction to the most relevant concepts and principles for solving real-world management problems in .... | 320 pages | 117 illustrations | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1405121467 | #160391A | £32.50 BUY |
In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability Edited by David M Lavigne Our planet is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. More species are being lost more rapidly than ever before. Many view it as the sixth mass extinction to hit planet Earth, .... | 425 pages | figures, tables | IFAW Pbk | 2006 | 0969817177 | #160406A | £30.00 BUY |
Legitimacy in International Society: Japan's Reaction to Global Wildlife Preservation
Part of a series which addresses collective legitimization of emergent norms at international meetings and its effect on state behaviour. Drawing mainly on .... | 240 pages | Figs, tabs | Palgrave Hbk | 2004 | 1403917809 | #148983A | £55.00 BUY |
Live Trapping of Small Mammals A Practical Guide J Gurnell and JR Flowerdew Trapping small mammals is as much an art as a science. It relies on individual animals finding, exploring and entering traps set by the field worker, and activating the trap .... | 24 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | Mammal Society Pbk | 2006 | 0906282543 | #160250A | £5.00 BUY |
Principe de Base de la Conservation de la Biodiversite
RB Primack and J Ratsirarson Textbook on conservation biology which takes case studies principally from Madagascar, one of the hottest hotspots for biodiversity conservation. Integrates biological and .... | 294 pages | Joel Ratsirarson Pbk | 2005 | #156490A | £39.50 BUY |
Report of the Animal Procedures Commitee for 2004
M Banner The role of this House of Commons Committee is to give advice to the Secretary of State on the use of animals in scientific procedures, having regard both for the legitimate .... | 32 pages | - | Stationery Office (TSO) Pbk | 2005 | 0102935572 | #156507A | £9.50 BUY |
Biodiversity Conservation in an Indonesian Archipelago Celia Lowe Wild Profusion tells the fascinating story of biodiversity conservation in Indonesia in the decade culminating in the great fires of 1997-98 - a time when the .... | 216 pages | 10 halftones. 2 tables | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691124612 | #160403A | £32.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691124620 | #160402A | £12.95 BUY |
| Environmental Science | Go to subject web page |
Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution: Watershed Management & Pollution
WF Ritter If you work in the water quality management field, you know the challenges of monitoring and controlling pollutants in our water supply. The increasing problem of agricultural .... | 300 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2000 | 1566702224 | #159643A | £62.99 BUY |
Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge Kirstin Dow and Thomas E Downing Today's headlines and recent events reflect the seriousness of climate change. Heat waves, droughts, and flooding are causing deaths among vulnerable populations, .... | 128 pages | maps | Earthscan Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0520250230 | #160430A | £14.99 BUY |
Bioremediation of Recalcitrant Compounds
Edited by Jeffrey Talley This authoritative text addresses the latest in bioremediation technologies for three difficult-to-treat contaminant groups: chlorinated solvents, PCBs, and PAHs - one of the .... | 328 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2006 | 1566706564 | #159868A | £79.99 BUY |
Ecological Risks Associated with the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Proceedings of the NATO ARW on Ecological Risks Associated with the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Edited by Vladimir M Kolodkin and Wolfgang Ruck The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction provides for the elimination of chemical weapons .... | 340 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402031351 | #160122A | £90.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 140203136X | #160121A | £41.00 BUY |
Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast
D Archer "Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast" is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global warming. Written in an accessible way, this important book examines .... | 256 pages | 120 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1405140399 | #160089A | £24.99 BUY |
High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them
Jean-Francois Rischard This text challenges us to take an alternative approach to the 20 biggest global problems of the 21st century. The author concludes that while our difficulties belong to .... | 256 pages | Basic Books Pbk | 2003 | 0465070108 | #158510A | £9.99 BUY |
Implementing Climate and Global Change Research A Review of the Final US Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan | 108 pages | National Academies Press Pbk | 2005 | 0309088658 | #160278A | £20.00 BUY |
International Perspectives on Natural Disasters: Occurrence, Mitigation, and Consequences
Edited by Joseph P Stoltman, John Lidstone and Lisa M DeChano Natural disasters, response, recovery, and mitigation are important topics for policy makers, sustainable development specialists, technical experts and teachers. The .... | 491 pages | Kluwer Hbk | 2004 | 1402028504 | #158511A | £94.00 BUY |
Modelling the Dispersion of Radionuclides in the Marine Environment An Introduction Raúl Periánez This book is a practical guide to the subject of numerical modelling of radioactivity dispersion in the marine environment. Thus, the techniques and numerical procedures .... | 202 pages | 71 illus | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 3540248757 | #160123A | £77.00 BUY |
Storm Dunlop An authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of over 1,800 weather, forecasting, and climate terms with illustrative examples of specific events and extremes. Readers can .... | 269 pages | B\w photos, figs, tabs, maps | OUP Pbk | 2005 | 0198610491 | #151045A | £8.99 BUY |
Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion George A Gonzalez Who has been at the political forefront of clean air policy development in the United States? In The Politics of Air Pollution, George A. Gonzalez argues that the answer is .... | 144 pages | SUNY Press Hbk | 2005 | 0791463354 | #160212A | £37.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0791463362 | #160213A | £12.50 BUY |
Sound Truths and Corporate Myths: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Riki Ott | 561 pages | Col photos | Dragonfly Sisters Press Pbk | 2004 | 0964522667 | #159927A | £17.50 BUY |
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The Future of Humans in Space Edited by Bob Krone This is a critical time for the space program, and for all of us. Even the significant steps that we have taken since the dawn of the space age in 1957, including orbital .... | 296 pages | Apogee Books Pbk | 2006 | 1894959418 | #160169A | £18.95 BUY |
Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Emma Raven and John Burgess The field of organic chemistry is often credited as being 'the chemistry of life', with organic compounds being the basis of biological systems - and of life itself. Yet .... | 352 pages | 165 colour line illus | OUP Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0199295948 | #159813A | £25.99 BUY |
Chemistry for the Protection of the Environment 4
Edited by R Mournighan, MR Dudzinska, J Barich, MA Gonzalez and RK Black This volume is the proceedings of the first CPE conference in the new millennium and the thirteenth in a well-established series of conferences on Chemistry for the Protection .... | 288 pages | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 0387230203 | #160068A | £79.00 BUY |
Collins Need to Know: Stargazing
Peter Grego Full colour charts, photographs and illustrations show the planetary motions and offer information on astrological events, while detailed diagrams help to explain the movement .... | 192 pages | Harper Collins Pbk | 2005 | 0007194250 | #160353A | £9.99 BUY |
A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics Chronology and Glossary with Data Tables Kenneth R Lang Astronomy and Astrophysics is a comprehensive, fundamental, up-to-date reference book. It is filled with vital information and basic facts for amateur astronomers and .... | 396 pages | 45 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0387307346 | #160423A | £30.50 BUY |
Cures Many Mathematical Ills Paul J Nahin In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex that it continues to inspire research, discussion, and .... | 404 pages | Princeton UP Hbk | 2006 | 0691118221 | #160173A | £18.95 BUY |
Earthquakes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Seismic Disruptions
J de Boer and D Sanders On November 1, 1755 - All Saints' Day - a massive earthquake struck Europe's Iberian Peninsula and destroyed the city of Lisbon. Churches collapsed upon thousands of .... | 278 pages | 30 illus, tabs, 15 halftones | Princeton UP Hbk | 2004 | 0691050708 | #151706A | £15.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691127867 | #160397A | £12.50 BUY |
Fossicking for Queensland Agate
Paul Howard From about the 1950s, there was a rapid growth in the popularity of lapidary as a hobby in Australia. This led to a desire for many rockhounds to travel to distant places to .... | 132 pages | Col photos, figs | Queensland Agates Pbk | 2005 | 0975733907 | #156034A | £25.95 BUY |
Zur Geschichte der Erde, der Gesteine und Gebirge E Fritsche and G Sulzenbacher A set of illustrated A4 hole-punched sheets containing information on geological types and features of the Alps. .... | 150 pages | Col illus | Folio Verlag Unbound | 2003 | 385256218X | #159976A | £37.00 BUY |
Geo-information for Disaster Management
Edited by Peter van Oosterom, Siyka Zlatanova and Elfriede M Fendel Geo-information technology offers an opportunity to support disaster management: industrial accidents, road collisions, complex emergencies, earthquakes, fires, floods .... | 1434 pages | 516 illustrations | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 3540249885 | #160074A | £154.00 BUY |
Geochemical and Hydrological Reactivity of Heavy Metals in Soils
Edited by H Magdi Selim and William L Kingery Our technology-based society demands the use of enormous quantities of heavy metals. Yet society also demands the prevention, and the remediation, of soil contaminated with .... | 376 pages | 154 b/w illus | Lewis Hbk | 2003 | 1566706238 | #137157A | £114.00 BUY |
Geochemistry of Marine Sediments
David J Burdige The processes occurring in surface marine sediments have a profound effect on the local and global cycling of many elements. This graduate text presents the fundamentals of .... | 630 pages | 33 halftones, 75 line illus, 33 tables | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 069109506X | #160396A | £55.00 BUY |
Granite Landscapes of the World
Piotr Migon Outcrops of granitic rocks cover a large proportion of the Earth's surface and host a range of spectacular landforms and landscapes, from extensive plains dotted by .... | 412 pages | 4 pp colour plates, numerous halftones, tables and line drawings | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0199273685 | #159747A | £95.00 BUY |
La Grotte d'Ifri N'Ammar, Tome 1: L'Iberomaurusien
J Moser | 180 pages | Col & b/w illus | LINDEN SOFT Verlag e.K. Pbk | 2003 | 3929290286 | #160042A | £40.50 BUY |
Practical Guide to Modeling of Natural and Contaminated Aquatic Systems Broder J Merkel and Britta Planer-Friedrich Groundwater Chemistry - A practical guide to modeling of natural and contaminated aquatic systems was translated and updated from the German version published in 2002. .... | 200 pages | 76 illus | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 3540241957 | #160073A | £61.50 BUY |
Guide de la Géologie en France
Christiane Sabouraud Presents detailed information on some 2000 sites of geological interest in France. .... | 816 pages | Col illus | Belin Pbk | 2004 | 2701126800 | #154732A | £24.95 BUY |
History, Historicity and Science
Joseph Margolis and Tom Rockmore This fresh collection of essays questions how the historical process affects our .... | 234 pages | Ashgate Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0754656497 | #160187A | £45.00 BUY |
Edited by Judy Ehlen, William C Haneberg and Robert A Larson Homo sapiens is the only known species to consciously effect change to the Earth's geologic environment. We reshape the Earth; intensify erosion; modify rivers; change .... | |