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Mammals
 

Animals of India: Mammals

JRB Alfred, AK Das and AK Sanyal

Indian mammals comprise 401 species under 180 genera, 45 families and 13 orders, including 45 endemic species. ....

238 pages | colour photos, tables | Zoological Survey

Hbk | 2006 | 8181710940 | #160302A | £68.00 BUY

 

Bear Rescue

Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife

Keltie Thomas

Bears are respected and admired, yet also feared. These mighty animals have virtually no enemies except for humans. Over the last 150 years, as civilization has expanded into ....

64 pages | 50 colour photographs, maps | Firefly Books

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1552979210 | #160670A | £6.95 BUY

 

Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants

Edited by Murray E Fowler and Susan K Mikota

"Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants" serves as a comprehensive text on elephant medicine and surgery. Based on the expertise of 36 scientists and clinical ....

576 pages | 229 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0813806763 | #160896A | £99.50 BUY

 

Le Blaireau d'Eurasie

E Do Linh San

Study of the biology, ecology, and distribution of the badger. ....

208 pages | 80 col photos | Delachaux et Niestle

Pbk | 2006 | 2603013327 | #160910A | £32.50 BUY

 

Deer of the Southwest

A Complete Guide to the Natural History, Biology, and Management of Southwestern Mule Deer and White-Tailed Deer

Jim Heffelfinger

Wildlife biologist Jim Heffelfinger has combed the scientific literature, researched the historical archives, rousted researchers out of retirement, and badgered other ....

312 pages | photos, figures, tables | Texas A&M UP

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1585445150 | #160477A | £17.50 BUY

 

The Dormouse Conservation Handbook

Paul Bright, Pat Morris and Tony Mitchell-Jones

This considerably expanded second edition of the Dormouse Conservation Handbook draws together much information on the species that has been gathered since the first edition ....

73 pages | Figs, tabs | English Nature

Pbk | 2006 | 1857162196 | #160461A | £5.50 BUY

 

Elephant!

Steve Bloom

A photographic journey into the world of the elephant, from the wildest outreaches of Botswana to the teeming cities of India. ....

224 pages | 114 colour photos | Thames & Hudson

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 050051321X | #160456A | £24.95 BUY

 

Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa

Chris Stuart and Tilde Stuart

Omits the smaller, seldom-seen mammals of the continent in favour of devoting more space to the larger species. Each species is ....

319 pages | 400 colour photos, maps | Struik

Pbk | 2000 | 1868725340 | #149423A | £17.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1770073930 | #160777A | £17.99 BUY

 

Gir Forest and the Saga of the Asiatic Lion

Sudipta Mitra

India holds the unique distinction of having a combination of tigers and lions since the prehistoric epoch. The Asiatic lion is on the verge of extinction and is enlisted in the ....

254 pages | Maps, col plates | Indus International

Hbk | 2005 | 8173871833 | #160310A | £21.50 BUY

 

Honest Horses

Wild Horses in the Great Basin

Paula Morin

Horses have been part of the American West since the first Spanish explorers brought their European-bred steeds onto the new continent. Soon thereafter, some of these ....

392 pages | - | Nevada UP

Hbk | 2006 | 087417631X | #160479A | £34.95 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 0874176735 | #160480A | £17.50 BUY

 

Koalas

Moving Portraits of Serenity

Joanne Ehrich, Deborah Tabart and Jack Hanna

Koalas are among the most beloved and popular animals in the world. The book features texts by editor Joanne Ehrich, a Foreword by Deborah Tabart, Executive Director of the ....

260 pages | colour photos | AtlasBooks

Hbk | 2006 | 0976469804 | #160813A | £32.50 BUY

 

Le Mouflon

Quel Avenir Pour Les Grands Mammiferes Sauvages de Montagne Face a Des Activites Humaines Croissantes?

Gilbert Massol

112 pages | Col photos | Gilbert Massol

Pbk | 2005 | #159959A | £19.95 BUY

 

Mammal Tracks & Sign

A Guide to North American Species

Mark Elbroch

This guide brings together clear track and trail illustrations, range maps, and full-color photographs showing feeding signs, scat, tunnels, burrows, bedding areas, ....

786 pages | 1058 colour photos | Stackpole

Pbk | 2003 | 0811726266 | #160799A | £27.50 BUY

 

Old World Monkeys

Edited by Paul F Whitehead and Clifford J Jolly

Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoidea) are the most successful and diverse group of living nonhuman primates in terms of the number of species, behavioural repertoires and ....

528 pages | 5 b/w photos, 65 line illus, 58 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 2000 | 0521571243 | #100678A | £110.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521028094 | #160612A | £29.99 BUY

 

Primate Societies

Group Techniques of Ecological Adaptation

Hans Kummer

Originally published by Aldine in 1971, this book by Hans Kummer, one of the world's leading primate ethologists, examines the patterns of social interaction among primates. ....

160 pages | - | Transaction Books

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0202309045 | #160478A | £19.50 BUY

 

Primates in Perspective

Edited by CJ Campbell et al

Primates in Perspective is the first edited volume to offer a comprehensive overview of primatology since 1987. Forty-four original essays--by fifty-nine leading researchers in ....

736 pages | 94 halftones, maps & line illus | OUP

Hbk | 2006 | 0195171349 | #160937A | £49.00 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 0195171330 | #160229A | £31.99 BUY

 

Le Rat

Julie Delfour

General study of the rat. ....

192 pages | 110 col illus | Delachaux et Niestle

Hbk | 2005 | 2603013874 | #160906A | £32.50 BUY

 

Troubled Waters

The Changing Fortunes of Whales and Dolphins

Sarah Lazarus

This book explores the fates of whales and dolphins and how they became intertwined with human history. The story begins over 1000 years ago when hunters first took up harpoons ....

208 pages | illus | Natural History Museum

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0565091921 | #160933A | £12.99 BUY

 

True Grizz

Glimpses of Fernie, Stahr, Easy, Dakota, and Other Real Bears in the Modern World

Douglas H Chadwick

Chadwick joins a crew of dedicated wildlife managers working to educate grizzlies about where they should and shouldn't go in the populated areas of northwestern Montana. With ....

176 pages | 14 b/w photos, 2 maps | Sierra Club

Hbk | 2003 | 1578051002 | #141091A | £16.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1578051347 | #160905A | £10.50 BUY

 

The Urban Whale

North Atlantic Right Whales at the Crossroads

Edited by Scott D Kraus and Rosalind Rolland

In 1980 a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished at the sight of 25 right whales. It was, one scientist later recalled, "like ....

514 pages | 34 color illustrations, 116 halftones, 48 line illustrations, 21 tables | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0674023277 | #160706A | £35.95 BUY

 

Validation of Threatened Mammals of India

JRB Alfred and MS Pradhan

Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. ....

567 pages | Figs, tabs, maps | Zoological Survey

Hbk | 2006 | 8181710851 | #160599A | £89.00 BUY

 

The Voice of the Coyote

J Frank Dobie

In The Voice of the Coyote, J. Frank Dobie melds natural history with tales and lore in articulating the complex and often contentious relationship between coyotes and ....

406 pages | Illus | Nebraska UP

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0803266596 | #160489A | £12.99 BUY

 

The Water Shrew Handbook

Phoebe Carter and Sara Churchfield

The water shrew is one of our least known but most intriguing mammals. The Water Shrew Handbook is the first guide to British water shrews and covers their biology, ....

Mammal Society

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | #160778A | £3.50 BUY

 

Whale Watcher

Trevor Day

Whale watching is one of the fastest-growing tourist activities in the world, attracting over four million people every year. This sumptuously illustrated book brings the ....

160 pages | colour illus | Natural History Museum

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 056509212X | #160932A | £12.99 BUY

 
Birds
 

Atlas: Birds of Moscow City and the Moscow Region

MV Kalyakin and OV Voltzit

The Atlas is a complete collection of distribution maps of all 273 breeding, migrant, nomadic and wintering bird species recorded in Moscow City and the Moscow Region during ....

372 pages | More than 900 colour photos, dist maps, illus | Pensoft

Hbk | 2006 | 9546422622 | #160458A | £65.00 BUY

 

Best Birdwatching Sites in Norfolk

Neil Glenn

Excellent site guide to one of the UK's most populat birdwatching counties. Each site is described and OS map references and site facilities are readily accessible. The main ....

256 pages | B/w illus, maps | Buckingham Press

Pbk | 2006 | 0955033918 | #159323A | £16.95 BUY

 

Birding in Morocco

Dave Gosney

This DVD tells the story of a birdwatching expedition to Morocco from the marshes in the north to the deserts in the east and covering the Atlas mountains in between. It is full ....

BirdGuides

DVD | 2005 | #160633A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birding in Spain

Dave Gosney

Sun, sand and...superb birdwatching. Away from the big towns and coastal resorts, Spain has some of the finest wilderness areas in Europe and this film evocatively captures the ....

BirdGuides

DVD | | #160634A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birding in Texas

Dave Gosney

This DVD tells the story of Dave Gosney's first American birding expedition, to Texas where the coastal trees and bushes were dripping with gorgeous migrants, the estuaries ....

BirdGuides

DVD | | #160632A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birds and Birding at Cape May

Clay Sutton and Patricia Sutton

Geography, topography, weather patterns, and unique natural features make Cape May, New Jersey, one of the most important birding sites in North America. Throughout the year, ....

432 pages | 50 colour photos, 20 maps | Stackpole

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0811731340 | #160794A | £16.50 BUY

 

Birds of Brazil

MP3 Sound Collection

Peter Boesman

This MP3-CD contains 1047 recordings in MP3 format of over 1000 Brazilian bird species. ....

10 hours playing time | Birdsounds Netherlands

CD | 2006 | #160526A | £46.50 BUY

 

Birds of Florida

Bill Pranty and Kurt Radamaker

Two renowned Florida birders share their expertise and passion in this field guide to more than 300 species of birds found in the Sunshine State. Each account features ....

384 pages | Lone Pine

Pbk | 2006 | 9768200065 | #160662A | £17.95 BUY

 

Birds of Georgia

John Parrish, Giff Beaton and Gregory Kennedy

Full of interesting facts and useful information, Birds of Georgia is a field guide geared to both the casual backyard observer and the experienced naturalist. The book ....

384 pages | Lone Pine

Pbk | 2006 | 9768200057 | #160661A | £17.95 BUY

 

Birds of Mexico

MP3 Sound Collection

Peter Boesman

This MP3-CD contains 723 recordings in MP3 format of over 650 Mexican bird species. ....

6 hours playing time | Birdsounds Netherlands

CD | 2006 | #160528A | £46.50 BUY

 

Birds of Venezuela

MP3 Sound Collection

Peter Boesman

This MP3-CD contains 1052 recordings in MP3 format of over 950 Venezuelan bird species. ....

8 hours of playing time | Birdsounds Netherlands

CD | 2006 | #160527A | £46.50 BUY

 

Birds of Washington State

Brian Bell and Gregory Kennedy

This field guide features 318 of Washington's most abundant or notable bird species. Each account includes a full-color and detailed illustration, along with information ....

384 pages | Lone Pine

Pbk | 2006 | 1551054302 | #160660A | £17.95 BUY

 

Birdwatching Walks in Cumbria

Tim Dean and Jeremy Roberts

Details no fewer than fifty gentle walks in Cumbria with excellent birdwatching. Walks can be planned using the seasonal occurrence chart. ....

128 pages | Carnegie Publishing

Pbk | 2002 | 1859360742 | #160495A | £9.50 BUY

 

Book of British Birds

Readers Digest

Aspects of bird behaviour are explained and explored, as well as practical facts about the habits and habitats of the 217 species commonly found in Britain. There are also ....

472 pages | colour illus, dist maps | Readers Digest

Pbk | 1969 | 0276427459 | #160674A | £14.99 BUY

 

Breeding Waders in Europe 2000

Edited by Ole Thorup

An extensive overview of the present status of breeding waders in Europe. Within the Wader Study Group's project "Breeding Waders in Europe 2000", updated population ....

142 pages | Tabs, 1 map | Wader Study Group

Pbk | 2006 | #160815A | £43.00 BUY

 

Le Faucon Pelerin

Description, Moeurs, Observation, Protection, Mythologie

R-J Monneret

Study of the biology and life history of the peregrine falcon, based on 40 years of systematic observation. ....

224 pages | Col illus, maps | Delachaux et Niestle

Pbk | 2005 | 2603013793 | #160902A | £32.50 BUY

 

Field Guide to the Birds of North America

Edited by Jon L Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer

A bestseller with more than a quarter of a million copies sold, this completely revised and updated edition is the most authoritative, sought-after guide to birds of North ....

504 pages | 4000 colour illus and maps | National Geographic

Pbk | 2003 | 0792268776 | #137917A | £14.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0792253140 | #160898A | £14.99 BUY

 

Flora Torres del Paine

Guia de Campo / Field Guide

Osvaldo Vidal O.

This field guide is an essential book for in situ identification of the incredible plant diversity and adaptive morphology of the flora found in this Biosphere Region in ....

284 pages | colour photos | Fantastico Sur

Pbk | 2006 | 9568007156 | #160108A | £16.50 BUY

 

Garden Bird Behaviour

Robert Burton

Explores a wide range of bird behaviour including courtship, territorial behaviour, singing, nesting, foraging, flying, feeding, and migration. The emphasis is on leisurely ....

144 pages | 125 col illus, 80 col photos | New Holland

Hbk | 2005 | 1843309386 | #149526A | £16.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1845375971 | #160784A | £9.99 BUY

 

The Garden Bird Handbook

How to Attract, Identify and Watch the Birds in Your Garden

Stephen Moss

Published in association with the Wildlife Trusts, this book contains practical advice and key information, ranging from planning and maintaining a bird-friendly garden, ....

160 pages | 130 col photos, 250 col illus | New Holland

Hbk | 2003 | 1843301245 | #128678A | £16.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 184537598X | #160781A | £12.99 BUY

 

Die Greifvögel Europas, Nordafrikas und Vorderasiens

Biologie, Bestandsverhältnisse, Bestandsgefährdung

Theodor Mebs

Guide to the raptors of Europe, Northern Africa and Asia. ....

495 pages | Kosmos

Hbk | 2006 | 3440095851 | #160554A | £42.95 BUY

 

Guide to Ducks and Geese

Chuck Hagner and Tom Vezo

Common, numerous, and often easy to observe, ducks and geese are nonetheless sometimes difficult to identify. This straightforward introduction to ducks and geese will help ....

128 pages | 105 colour photos | Stackpole

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0811733440 | #160798A | £13.50 BUY

 

A Guide to the Birds of the South-Eastern States

Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi

John H Rappole

No other region in America offers such a stunning abundance of birdlife (including an overwhelming number of exotic species) as the southeastern United States. A Guide to ....

336 pages | 420 colour photos, 379 dist maps | Florida University Presses

Pbk | 2006 | 0813028612 | #160483A | £18.50 BUY

 

Guide to the Threatened Birds of Taiwan

Woei-horng Fang

This book follows the most recent IUCN threatened species criteria and deals with two categories of threatened species in Taiwan. First there are the globally threatened ....

162 pages | Owl Publishing House

| #160467A | £16.50 BUY

 

Gypaete Barbu

Description, Moeurs, Observation, Reintroduction, Mythologie

J-F Terrasse

Study of the bearded vulture, a rare raptor theatened with extinction throughout Europe. ....

208 pages | Col illus | Delachaux et Niestle

Pbk | 2005 | 2603013785 | #160904A | £32.50 BUY

 

Hummingbirds of Costa Rica

M Fogden and P Fogden

Features 44 of the 45 species of hummers that inhabit Costa Rica. (The Plain-capped starthroat, the missing species, lives only in the highest treetops. The authors have ....

153 pages | Lyons Press

Hbk | 2006 | 1554071631 | #158871A | £33.50 BUY

 

Illustrated Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe

Paul Sterry, Andrew Cleave, Andy Clements and Peter Goodfellow

Identification guide to more than 500 bird species of Britain and Europe, includes a CD with more than 500 bird calls. Each species entry includes at least one full colour ....

256 pages | 700 watercolour paintings, 450 dist maps | AA

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0749546662 | #157288A | £25.00 BUY

 

Modeling Approaches in Avian Conservation and the Role of Field Biologists

Steven R Beissinger et al

56 pages | AOU

Pbk | 2006 | #160540A | £9.50 BUY

 

Oiseaux Remarquables de Provence

Ecologie, Statut et Conservation

M Lasceve, C Crocq and B Kabouche

With 237 species of breeding birds and hundreds of wintering and migrating birds, the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, which includes the Camargue, is France's richest. ....

320 pages | 200 photos, dist maps | Delachaux et Niestle

Hbk | 2006 | 2603013912 | #160894A | £50.50 BUY

 

Owls (Strigiformes) - Annotated and Illustrated Checklist

Friedhelm Weick

This outstanding resource for both professional and amateur ornithologists is the first systematic owl checklist for over 50 years to include subspecies and synonyms and ....

350 pages | 86 illus., 23 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 3540352341 | #160645A |

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Peregrine Falcon

Stories of the Blue Meanie

Jim Enderson

A superb success as a bird, combining great speed, aeronautical grace, and fearlessness...inhabitant of wild places, inaccessible cliffs, and ....

254 pages | b/w illus | Texas UP

Hbk | | 0292705905 | #159334A | £49.00 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 0292706243 | #159333A | £14.95 BUY

 

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India

Including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Pakistan and Bangladesh

Amano Samarpan

A photographic guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent. Includes brief descriptions of the birds with distribution notes. Bird names are given in English, ....

160 pages | colour photos | Wisdom Tree

Pbk | 2006 | 8183280293 | #160598A | £12.95 BUY

 

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the West Indies

Mike Flieg and Allan Sander

Provides comprehensive coverage of 252 species of birds that inhabit the islands of the West Indies, with detailed descriptions and a colour photograph for each species. ....

144 pages | 300 col photos | New Holland

Pbk | 2000 | 1859745091 | #107826A | £7.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1845375912 | #160785A | £7.99 BUY

 

The Private Life of Birds

Stephen Moss

Why is the Red-backed Shrike nicknamed "the butcher bird"? When and why do the Birds of Paradise of New Guinea turn themselves upside down while hanging on a twig? Which birds ....

208 pages | 240 colour illus | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1845374223 | #160693A | £19.99 BUY

 

Rainforest Bird Rescue

Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife

Linda Kenyon

About a third of the world bird species make their homes in rainforests, which offer moderate temperatures, protective shelter and ample food supply. Unfortunately the ....

64 pages | 50 colour photographs, maps | Firefly Books

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1554071526 | #160669A | £6.95 BUY

 

Spatial Analysis in Raptor Ecology and Conservation

R Rodriguez-Estrella

This book contains a series of GIS modeling state-of-the-art applications in raptor ecology and conservation. Ricardo Rodriguez-Estrella and Luis A. Bojorquez-Tapia compile ....

CIBNOR

2004 | #160769A | £86.00 BUY

 

The Ultimate Birdfeeder Handbook

John A Burton and Steve Young

Provides all the information needed to successfully attract and feed birds in your outdoor space - whatever the size. This book is packed with information on the different ....

128 pages | 90 col photos, 90 col illus | New Holland

Hbk | 2005 | 1843309564 | #150662A | £14.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1845372514 | #160783A | £12.99 BUY

 
Reptiles & Amphibians
 

Alligator and Crocodile Rescue

Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife

Trish Snyder

Crocodilians is the scientific name for crocodiles, alligators, gharials and caimans. Collectively they are walking, breathing link to the dinosaurs that roamed the Earth 240 ....

64 pages | 50 colour photographs, maps | Firefly Books

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1552979199 | #160671A | £6.95 BUY

 

Amphibians of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia

A Field Identification Guide

Charlotte C Cockran and Chris Thoms

Frogs, toads and salamanders are important indicators of the quality of the environment, and they're cute little critters too. Newly revised and updated, this innovative field ....

176 pages | Col photos, b/w illus, maps | Lone Pine

Pbk | 2006 | 155105566X | #160658A | £15.50 BUY

 

The Crocodile Skin

Important characteristics in identifying crocodilian species

Karlheinz Fuchs

Amended and revised translation of "Die Krokodilhaut". ....

175 pages | b&w photos | Chimaira

Hbk | 2006 | 3899734556 | #160556A | £27.50 BUY

 

Herpetofauna of Nepal

A Conservation Companion

Karan Bahadur Shah and Sagendra Tiwari

This publication on the amphibians and reptiles of Nepal is intended as a reference book and field guide for the general public as well as for specialists, researchers and ....

237 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | IUCN Nepal

Pbk | 2004 | 9993386030 | #160759A | £72.00 BUY

 

Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern Africa

Warren Schmidt

What is the difference between a crocodile and an alligator? Can tortoises predict rain? Is the tiny Thread Snake really a worm? This book answers these and many other ....

128 pages | 130 col photos | New Holland

Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1770073426 | #160787A | £14.99 BUY

 

Sardinien: Die Insel der Europäischen Schildkröten

Wolfgang Wegehaupt

Describes the tortoises and their natural habitat on the island of Sardinia. ....

191 pages | Col photos | Wegehaupt Verlag

Hbk | 2004 | 3980977412 | #154831A | £28.95 BUY

 

Sea Turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States

Carol Ruckdeschel and C Robert Shoop

Written by two of the Southeast's foremost authorities on sea turtle conservation, this is an accessible, fully illustrated guide to the species that frequent the Atlantic and ....

152 pages | colour photos, figures | Georgia UP

Pbk | 2006 | 0820326143 | #160475A | £15.50 BUY

 

Turtles of the World, Volume 4: East and South Asia

H Vetter

This volume is a portrayal of the chelonians of East and South Asia. Most members of the families Geomydidae and Trionychidae inhabit the geographic range covered in this book - ....

160 pages | 750 Col photos | Chimaira

Hbk | 2006 | 3936027927 | #160298A | £39.95 BUY

 

Venomous Snakes of Asia / Giftschlangen Asiens

Gernot Vogel

Describes 165 species of the Elapidae and Viperidae of Asia, covering the geographical region from Pakistan to Chain, and from ....

144 pages | 600 col photos, distrib maps | Chimaira

Hbk | 2006 | 3936027935 | #160297A | £45.95 BUY

 
Fishes
 

Antarctic Fishes

Illustrated in the Gyotaku Method by Boshu Nagase

Mitsuo Fukuchi and Harvey J Marchant

This introduction gives a short account, including diagrams, of the evolution of the Antarctic fish fauna following the formation of the Southern Ocean resulting from the ....

136 pages | 55 colour illus | Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1877058467 | #160663A | £25.00 BUY

 

The Borneo Suckers

Revision of the Torrent Loaches of Borneo (Balitoridae: Gastromyzon, Neogastromyzon)

Tan Heok Hui

The systematics of the genera Gastromyzon, Hypergastromyzon and Neogastromyzon of the family Balitoridae, all of which are endemic to Borneo, are revised. These genera ....

245 pages | Natural History Publications

Hbk | 2006 | 9838121053 | #160827A | £50.00 BUY

 

Cuttlefishes and Squids of the World

Edited by Takashi Okutani

This illustrated handbook describes 408 species of cuttlefishes and squids from the world's oceans. ....

253 pages | illus | Wako Yosho-Hanbai K.K

2005 | 4425882318 | #160866A | £137.00 BUY

 

Otoliths of Common Australian Temperate Fish

A photographic atlas

Dianne Furlani et al

Otoliths have a characteristic shape for each species of fish. Being bony, otoliths are not easily digested and as a result, they can show which fish make up the diet of ....

192 pages | colour illus | CSIRO

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0643092552 | #160481A | £75.50 BUY

 

South Africa's Great White Shark

Thomas P Peschak and Michael C Scholl

Provides information on one of the world's most awe-inspiring predators for cage divers, marine biologists, tour guides and photographers. ....

96 pages | 68 col photos | New Holland

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1770073825 | #160561A | £9.99 BUY

 

Understanding Sharks

Erich Ritter

Not many inhabitants of the sea instill so much fear and fascination. Shark expert Erich Ritter has spent thousands of hours face-to-face with sharks. From his observations he ....

280 pages | Krieger

Hbk | 2006 | 1575242699 | #158077A | £44.95 BUY

 

Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Volume 35, Part 1, 2 and 3: Fishes

3 Volume Set

Douglass F Hoese, John Paxton and Gerry Allen

Fishes are the largest and most diverse group of vertebrate animals, with an estimated 25,000 extant species (Nelson 1994), about equal to the number of all other vertebrates ....

2200 pages | ABRS

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0643093346 | #160943A | £312.50 BUY

 
Invertebrates
 

Bolton's Catalogue of the Ants of the World

1758-2005

Barry Bolton, Gary Alpert, Philip S Ward and Piotr Naskrecki

Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World, published in 1995, was the first attempt in more than one hundred years to collect all taxonomic decisions ....

Harvard UP

CD | NYP 11/2006 | 0674021517 | #160708A | £32.95 BUY

 

Butterflies of British Columbia

John Acorn

Award-winning science writer, naturalist and entomologist John Acorn has an approach to butterflies that lets you enjoy them without harming them. His book identifies every ....

360 pages | Lone Pine

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1551051133 | #160659A | £19.50 BUY

 

Butterflies of South West Scotland

An Atlas of their Distribution

Keith Futter et al

During 1995-2004, a detailed survey of butterflies was undertaken in South West Scotland as part of a national survey throughout Britain and Ireland. This book summarises the ....

160 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | Argyll Publishing

Hbk | 2006 | 190283195X | #159779A | £12.99 BUY

 

The Caribbean Land Snail Family Annulariidae

A revision of the higher taxa and a catalog of the species

C Thomas Watters

584 pages | 10 figs, 56 distribution maps | Backhuys

Hbk | 2006 | 9057821559 | #160841A | £64.00 BUY

 

Discover Butterflies in Britain

David E Newland

The aim of this book is to help readers discover butterflies. It has detailed descriptions and photographs of 66 good places to find butterflies. They have been ....

224 pages | Col illus | Wild Guides

Hbk | 2006 | 1903657121 | #160502A | £19.95 BUY

 

Edible Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology

Edited by JM Lawrence

Sea urchins are a major component of the world ocean. They are important ecologically and often greatly affect marine communities. They have an excellent fossil record and ....

419 pages | B/w plates, figs, tabs | Elsevier

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0444529403 | #160737A | £105.00 BUY

 

The Fauna of the Desert Insects of Xinjiang and Its Formation and Evolution

Huang Rexin

232 pages | 62 plates | CSBS

Pbk | 2005 | 780727008X | #158279A | £35.50 BUY

 

Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Right and Other Bugdacious Tales

Tom Turpin

If you want to get downright buggy, pick up this wonderful collection of insect tales from the "Bug Bowl" guru, Tom Turpin. After you're through, you'll know more about the ....

248 pages | - | Purdue UP

Pbk | 2006 | 1557534179 | #160476A | £10.50 BUY

 

Handbuch der Zoologie, Band 4/38: Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 1

Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim)

Edited by Rolf G Beutel and Richard AB Leschen

First of four volumes in this series dealing with the Coleoptera. ....

567 pages | figures and tables | De Gruyter

Hbk | 2005 | 3110171309 | #160749A | £195.00 BUY

 

Harvestmen

The Biology of Opiliones

Edited by Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Glauco Machado and Gonzalo Giribet

This is the first comprehensive treatment of a major order of arachnids featuring more than 6,000 species worldwide, familiar in North America as daddy-longlegs but known ....

516 pages | 64 halftones, 52 line illustrations, 20 tables | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0674023439 | #160709A | £80.95 BUY

 

Iridescences

The Physical Colors of Insects

Serge Berthier

Butterflies and coleoptera are the most beautifully colored insects we can find. This book wants to understand the origin of these brilliant colors from a physics ....

290 pages | 100 illus., 40 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0387341196 | #160545A | £84.50 BUY

 

The Larger Moths of Warwickshire

David CG Brown

Warwickshire boasts a list of almost 600 species of moth. Its central location means that the ranges of some northern and southern species overlap and county contains a wide ....

382 pages | 24 colour plates, distribution maps, figures, tables | Atropos

Hbk | 2006 | 0955108616 | #160775A | £40.50 BUY

 

Molecular Model Systems in the Lepidoptera

Edited by MR Goldsmith and AS Wilkins

This book presents a diverse collection of chapters on basic research at the molecular level using Lepidoptera as model systems. This volume, however, is more than just a ....

542 pages | 22 b/w photos, 58 line illus, 22 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1995 | 0521402492 | #030842A | £120.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521028272 | #160611A | £45.00 BUY

 

Nick Baker's Bug Book

Discover the World of Mini Beasts!

Nick Baker

Lavishly illustrated guide to the fascinating lives of insects, spiders, snails and other invertebrates, offering practical tips for a close exploration and appreciation of ....

144 pages | 100 col photos, 200 col illus | New Holland

Hbk | 2002 | 1859748953 | #117362A | £14.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1843301490 | #160780A | £12.99 BUY

 

A Pocket Guide to the Bumblebees of Britain and Ireland

Bryan J Pinchen

An illustrated identification guide to the bumblebees of Britain and Ireland. ....

64 pages | 39 col illus, 14 b/w illus | Forficula Books

Pbk | 2006 | 095493492X | #156410A | £6.50 BUY

 

A Pocket Guide to the Grasshoppers, Crickets and Allied Insects of Britain and Ireland

Bryan J Pinchen

An illustrated identification guide to the grasshoppers, crickets and allied insects of Britain and Ireland. ....

108 pages | 77 colour illus, 21 b&w illus | Forficula Books

Pbk | 2006 | 0954934938 | #160672A | £10.50 BUY

 

Spiders of New Zealand

and their worldwide kin

Ray Forster and Lyn Forster

Spiders colonised the Earth long before Gondwanaland began to drift into separate continents. New Zealand spiders have links with spiders worldwide. The authors of this ....

312 pages | Col and b/w photos, illus | Otago UP

Hbk | 2005 | 1877372137 | #160814A | £37.50 BUY

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A Systematic Catalogue of Eight Scale Insect Families (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World

Aclerdidae, Asterolecaniidae, Beesoniidae, Carayonemidae, Conchaspididae, Dactylopiidae, Kerriidae and Lecanodiaspididae

Yair Ben-Dov

A synthesis and catalogue of all the information published on eight families of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) worldwide from 1758 to the present. Data is provided on ....

400 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0444528369 | #160742A | £100.00 BUY

 

Termites of Northern Australia

A Andersen, P Jacklyn, T Dawes Gromadzki and I Morris

Termite mounds are a distinctive feature of northern Australia, and the role of termites is crucial to ecosystems in this part of the world. More than 100 species of termites ....

44 pages | colour photos | Barker Souvenirs

Pbk | 2005 | 0957723091 | #158714A | £9.50 BUY

 

Terrestrial and Freshwater Mollusca of the Seychelles Islands

Justin Gerlach

Contents: History of collecting in Seychelles ....

117 pages | figures, tables, colour plates | Backhuys

Pbk | 2006 | 9057821761 | #160851A | £28.50 BUY

 

Upogebiidae

Katsushi Sakai

In this work, the composition of the family Upogebidae is reassessed and the classification of its included taxa is critically reviewed. The material examined mainly ....

186 pages | EJ Brill

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 9004151508 | #160676A | £74.00 BUY

 
Palaeontology
 

Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Life in the Triassic

Nicholas C Fraser

During the Triassic, the Earth took its first steps toward the creation of modern terrestrial ecosystems. This exciting period is brought vividly to life in the words of ....

328 pages | 139 colour illus, 52 b&w illus | Indiana UP

Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0253346525 | #160876A | £29.00 BUY

 

Fossilium Catalogus Animalia, Volume 139

Lower Cretaceous Ammonites I.: Perisphinctaceae 1. Himalayitidae, Olcostephanidae, Holcodiscidae, Neocomitidae, Oosterellidae

Jaap Klein

484 pages | Backhuys

Pbk | 2005 | 9057820005 | #160846A | £119.00 BUY

 

Fossilium Catalogus Animalia, Volume 140

Catalogus Plagiaulacidorum cum figuris (Multituberculata suprajarassica et subcretacea)

Gerhard Hahn and Renate Hahn

348 pages | figures | Backhuys

Pbk | 2006 | 905782177X | #160847A | £98.00 BUY

 

Fossilium Catalogus Animalia, Volume 141

Lower Cretaceous Ammonites II: Perispinctaceae 2 Part 1: Polyptychitidae / Endomocerataceae:

Jaap Klein and Jean Vermeulen

301 pages | Backhuys

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 9057821796 | #160849A | £91.00 BUY

 

Fossilium Catalogus Plantae, Volume 107

Index of Angiosperm leaf species names A-B, 1823-2000

J van der Burgh

During work on leaf impressions/compressions the need of an index of names and descriptions of angiosperm leaf species became evident. It also was of value to know ....

144 pages | Backhuys

Pbk | 2005 | 9057821613 | #160854A | £56.50 BUY

 

Fossils of the Barton Beds

R Chapman

Fully illustrated and fully identified fossils from the Barton Beds, Dorset. The book also contains background information, the geology and stratigraphy of the Barton ....

40 pages | 130 illus | Dorset Geologists Association

Pbk | 2004 | 0954435419 | #160596A | £5.95 BUY

 

Horns and Beaks

Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs

Edited by Kenneth Carpenter

"Horns and Beaks" completes Ken Carpenter's series on the major dinosaur types. As with his volumes on armoured, carnivorous, and sauropodomorph dinosaurs, this book collects ....

352 pages | 127 b&w illus, 20 tables | Indiana UP

Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 025334817X | #160878A | £29.00 BUY

 

Silurian and Lower Devonian Thelodonts and Putative Chondrichthyans from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

T Märss, MVH Wilson and R Thorsteinsson

"Special Papers in Palaeontology", published by The Palaeontological Association, is a series of substantial separate works conforming to the style of the Palaeontology ....

144 pages | Blackwell

Pbk | 2006 | 0901702994 | #160883A | £54.00 BUY

 
Marine & Freshwater Biology
 

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 51

Edited by David Sims and Alan Southward

344 pages | 34 line illus, 3 halftones | Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0120261529 | #160695A | £99.00 BUY

 

Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae

Edited by CM Young, MA Sewall and ME Rice

The most comprehensive guide to larval form and anatomy ever produced. Each chapter provides a referenced overview of life cycles, reproduction, embryology, larval life, ....

626 pages | Col plates, b\w plates, illus, figs, tabs | Academic Press

Hbk | 2001 | 0127731415 | #124694A | £69.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0123736080 | #160696A | £37.99 BUY

 

Biodiversity, Ecophysiology and Conservation of Freshwater Animals

Edited by Jagdish Ojha

This volume includes invited papers contributed in the National Symposium on Perspectives of Biodiversity, Ecophysiology and Conservation of Freshwater Animals, ....

237 pages | Figs, Tabs | Narendra

Hbk | 2005 | 8185375798 | #159966A | £53.00 BUY

 

Diving with Giants

The World's Best Pelagic Dives

Edited by Jack Jackson

Features the best places in the world's oceans and seas to dive with pelagic species, i.e. the big, fast creatures of the open waters. The book is divided into four sections ....

160 pages | 180 col photos | New Holland

Hbk | 2006 | 1845371801 | #160782A | £29.99 BUY

 

Ocean Odyssey

Do you know what lies at the bottom of the ocean? Representing the majority of our planet's surface, extreme pressure and perpetual darkness mean that the ocean depths ....

Running time: 120 mins | BBC Video

DVD | NYP 08/2006 | BBCDVD1967 | #160496A | £13.61 BUY

 

Understanding Ecology Fieldwork 1: Rocky Shore Communities

Cremona

Includes large annotated images of four communities at different levels of the shore (splash zone, upper, middle and lower shore) and has a quick photographic guide to the ....

FSC

Unbound | 2005 | #160581A | £3.25 BUY

 
General Natural History
 

After Dolly

The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning

Ian Wilmut and Roger Highfield

This book provides a timely and important discussion of the potential value of cloning and of the ethical choices that this radical new technology has raised, including the ....

336 pages | 8 colour illus | Little, Brown

Hbk | 2006 | 0316733202 | #160442A | £12.99 BUY

 

The Creation

A Meeting of Science and Religion

EO Wilson

In this daring work, E.O. Wilson proposes an alliance between science and religion to save Earth's vanishing biodiversity. The book is written in the form of a letter to a ....

160 pages | 25 line drawings | Norton

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0393062171 | #160868A | £13.99 BUY

 

Digital Macro Photography

Ross Hoddinott

Macro photography is one of the most popular photographic disciplines. Spectacular images are within the grasp of every photographer, and you don't need to invest in kit ....

176 pages | 200 colour photographs | GMCP

Hbk | 2006 | 1861084528 | #160653A | £19.95 BUY

 

Emily Dickinson's Herbarium

A Facsimile Edition

Emily Dickinson

In a letter from 1845, the 14-year-old Emily Dickinson asked her friend Abiah Root if she had started collecting flowers and plants for a herbarium: "it would be such a ....

208 pages | 68 colour illustrations | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0674023021 | #160703A | £80.95 BUY

 

Ernst Mayr at 100: Ornithologist and Naturalist

Walter J Bock and M Ross Lein

Includes a complete bibliography of Mayr's works and a DVD with a biography and an interview with Mayr. ....

109 pages | AOU

Pbk | 2005 | #160539A | £18.95 BUY

 

Extreme Nature

M Cawardine

A beautiful and fascinating portrait of the world's most extreme wildlife, from the sexiest beast to the smelliest plant. ....

320 pages | Photos | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2005 | 0007207689 | #152969A | £30.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 000724648X | #160647A | £14.99 BUY

 

The Frampton Flora

Richard Mabey

"The Frampton Flora" documents a beautiful collection of Victorian botanical paintings discovered in the attic of Frampton Court in Gloucestershire over a century after they ....

192 pages | Quercus Publishing

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 190520468X | #160931A | £14.99 BUY

 

How Nature Speaks

The Dynamics of the Human Ecological Condition

Edited by Y Haila and C Dyke

How Nature Speaks illustrates the convergence of complexity theory in the biophysical and social sciences and the implications of the sciences of complexity for ....

344 pages | - | Duke UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0822337258 | #160490A | £61.00 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 0822336960 | #160491A | £14.99 BUY

 

The Human Touch

Michael Frayn

What would that universe be like if human being were not here to observe it? Would there be still be numbers, or scientific laws? Would the universe even be vast, without our ....

704 pages | - | Faber & Faber

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0571232175 | #160447A | £20.00 BUY

 

Isaac Newton

Gale E Christianson

Quarrelsome and quirky, a disheveled recluse who ate little, slept less, and yet had an iron constitution, Isaac Newton rose from a virtually illiterate family to become one of ....

160 pages | 7 halftones | OUP

Hbk | 2005 | 019530070X | #160473A | £10.99 BUY

 

J. Robert Oppenheimer

A Life

Abraham Pais

The late Abraham Pais wrote the definitive biography of Albert Einstein, "Subtle is the Lord" which won an American Book Award. As a distinguished physicist and Einstein's ....

368 pages | - | OUP

Hbk | 2006 | 0195166736 | #160451A | £17.99 BUY

 

John James Audubon and the Birds of America

A Visionary Achievement in Ornithology Illustration

Lee A Vedder

John James Audubon's sumptuous four-volume edition of "Birds of America", published between 1827 and 1838, contains 435 hand-colored life-size prints of 1,065 individual ....

104 pages | 47 colour illus | Huntingdon Library Pub

Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0873282175 | #160901A | £15.95 BUY

 

The Music of Life

Biology Beyond the Genome

Denis Noble

What is Life? Decades of research have resulted in the full mapping of the human genome - three billion pairs of code whose functions are only now being understood. The gene's ....

176 pages | 7 figures | OUP

Hbk | 2006 | 0199295735 | #160448A | £12.99 BUY

 

Naturalist's Guide to Observing Nature

Kurt Rinehart

This remarkable handbook takes a step back from the sea of information to take a fresh look at the fundamentals of observing nature. Advocating a holistic approach, it shows ....

208 pages | illus | Stackpole

Pbk | 2006 | 0811732681 | #160802A | £9.50 BUY

 

La Nature la Nuit

Guide d'Observation et d'Identification

Vincent Albouy and Jean Chevallier

Guide to noctural wildlife identification, covering flowers, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals. Fine illustrations by Jean Chevallier, one of ....

224 pages | 300 col illus | Delachaux et Niestle

Pbk | 2006 | 2603013726 | #160897A | £31.00 BUY

 

Nature's Engraver

A Life of Thomas Bewick

Jennifer Uglow

At the end of the eighteenth-century Britain fell in love with nature. Two books marked this moment - Gilbert White's "Natural History of Selborne" and Thomas Bewick's "History ....

392 pages | Faber & Faber

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0571223745 | #160809A | £20.00 BUY

 

Ocean

Philip Plisson and Christian Buchet

A lavish, large-format collection of all-new photographs by the immensely popular marine photographer, Philip Plisson. Marine expert Christian Buchet's accompanying text ....

412 pages | 183 colour illus | Thames & Hudson

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0500543240 | #160463A | £39.95 BUY

 

Pathfinders

A Global History of Exploration

Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

Explorers forged the infrastructure of global history, first by finding the routes of migration that sundered human cultures, then - after millennia of divergence - by ....

496 pages | 55 maps, 16 colour plates, 44 b&w illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0199295905 | #160472A | £25.00 BUY

 

Photoshop for Nature Photographers: A Workshop in a Book

Ellen Anon and Tim Grey

This is the first book to teach nature photographers practical Photoshop skills that will solve their most common problems. Authors Anon and Grey provide a real-world ....

336 pages | Sybex

Pbk | 2005 | 0782144276 | #160650A | £34.99 BUY

 

Piedras, Fosiles, Plantas, Insectos, Peces, Pajaros ... Naturalistas Aragoneses

Vicente Martinez Tejero

208 pages | colour plates | Ibercaja Obra Social Cultural

Hbk | 2005 | 8483242087 | #160245A | £19.95 BUY

 

Planet Earth

Alastair Fothergill

Foreword by Sir David Attenborough ....

312 pages | 300 col photos, running time 11hrs | BBC Books

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0563522127 | #158373A | £25.00 BUY

DVD | NYP 11/2006 | BBCDVD1883 | #160500A | £34.03 BUY

 

A Plant Hunter in Tibet

Frank Kingdon-Ward

Reprint of the account of a 1933 expedition to the south-eastern corner of Tibet. This book was originally published by Jonathan Cape in 1934. ....

317 pages | b&w photos, 2 fold-out maps | Orchid Press

Pbk | 2006 | 9745240877 | #159795A | £18.50 BUY

 

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin

An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution

David Quammen

A fresh look at Darwin's most radical idea, and the mysteriously slow process by which he revealed it. ....

192 pages | - | Norton

Hbk | 2006 | 0393059812 | #160439A | £14.99 BUY

 

The Science of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Michael Hanlon

Ever wondered what the end of the Universe might actually look like? Why the number 42 is so significant? Or whether time travel really would put a stop to history as we know ....

208 pages | Palgrave

Pbk | 2006 | 0230008909 | #160654A | £8.99 BUY

 

Spirit of the Wild

Steve Bloom

Steve Bloom's goal - to capture the spirit of the world's wildlife - is brilliantly realized in this book. ....

128 pages | over 60 colour photos | Thames & Hudson

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0500513201 | #160462A | £18.95 BUY

 

Supernatural

The Unseen Powers of Animals

John Downer

From the producer of the ground-breaking series Supersense comes this breath-taking follow-up. Combining state-of-the-art filming techniques with the latest research into ....

192 pages | Col illus | BBC Books

Hbk | 1999 | 0563384921 | #094282A | £18.99 BUY

DVD | NYP 08/2006 | BBCDVD1990 | #160497A | £15.31 BUY

 

Supersense

Smell your way across an ocean as a salmon does. See, through the multi-aspected eye of a fly, what a human hand looks like when it is about to strike. Amazing effects reveal ....

Runng time: 210 mins | BBC Video

DVD | NYP 08/2006 | #160498A | £15.31 BUY

 

Theories for Everything

An Illustrated History of Science

John Langone

Theories for Everything highlights the rich, compelling stories behind science's greatest discoveries and the minds and methods that made them possible. Authoritative, ....

408 pages | 220 colour photos and illus | National Geographic

Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0792239121 | #160899A | £25.00 BUY

 

What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Science in the Age of Certainty

Edited by John Brockman

"What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?" This was the question posed by John Brockman to a group of leading scientists and thinkers via his Edge.org ....

266 pages | Free Press

Pbk | 2006 | 1416522611 | #160600A | £7.99 BUY

 

The World's Wild Places

Colin Prior

This major collection of panoramic photographs by award-winning photographer Colin Prior records the breathtaking scenery of the world's last wilderness areas. It follows the ....

224 pages | Col photos | Constable Robinson

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1845293509 | #160767A | £30.00 BUY

 
Regional & Travel
 

African Adventurer's Guide to Namibia

Willie Olivier

Namibia is a country of scenic marvels, from one of the last remaining true wilderness areas, the Skeleton Coast and Kaokoveld in the north, to the Fish River Canyon, in the ....

304 pages | Maps | Struik

Pbk | 1999 | 1868728587 | #086946A | £27.50 BUY

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 177007287X | #160779A | £12.99 BUY

 

African Odyssey

A Photographer's Journey

Robin Taylor

It is impossible to encompass the huge continent of Africa in just one book but African Odyssey gives the reader a superb flavour of what Africa has to offer in the the way of ....

211 pages | colour photos | Fountain Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0863433693 | #160441A | £29.95 BUY

 

Antarctica

Mike Lucas

This visually stunning book portrays a continent that is gaining increasing interest among people around the world as public awareness of environmental issues grows. A ....

160 pages | 300 col photos, 1 col map & thumbnails | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1845377001 | #160788A | £29.99 BUY

 

Elements of the North Norfolk Coast

David North and Martin Hayward Smith

The story of this coast is one of stunning wildlife, dramatic landscapes and a history spanning millennia. For anyone with an interest in North Norfolk this book, six years in ....

176 pages | Col photos | Birdseyeview Books

Hbk | 2004 | 095479270X | #160820A | £27.95 BUY

 

Fauna of Arunachal Pradesh: Part 2

Zoological Survey of India

A collection of articles on arthropod genera. ....

518 pages | Tabs, figs | Zoological Survey

Hbk | 2006 | 8181710878 | #160301A | £91.00 BUY

 

Features of the Pennine Way

FSC

This unique fold-out chart is aimed at Pennine Way walkers who wish to find out a little more about the wildlife and landscapes of the areas through which they are walking. It ....

FSC

Unbound | 2006 | #160623A | £3.25 BUY

 

Garruragan: Yindjibarndi Fauna

Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation

This book describes and tells stories about animals in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, in Yindjibarndi and English, and gives animals their Yindjibarndi, English ....

89 pages | colour photos | Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corp.

Pbk | 2005 | 1875946543 | #159999A | £21.95 BUY

 

A Guide to Wildlife Sounds

The Sounds of 100 Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Insects

Lang Elliott

From the howl of the timber wolf to the chatter of cicadas, the natural world is alive with sound. In this newest audio guide from Lang Elliott and NatureSound Studio, the ....

106 pages | colour photos | Stackpole

Pbk | 2005 | 0811731901 | #160801A | £15.50 BUY

 

The Nature Conservancy's Guide to Indiana Preserves

The Nature Conservancy in Indiana

From the majestic dunes of northwest Indiana to the lush cypress sloughs at the convergence of the Ohio and Wabash Rivers - and all places in between - Indiana boasts a ....

336 pages | 268 photos, 55 maps | Indiana UP

Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0253218594 | #160877A | £18.99 BUY

 

New Zealand from Above

David Wall and Philip Temple

Photographer David Wall captures all aspects of the New Zealand landscape. ....

144 pages | 150 col photos | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1869661265 | #160792A | £24.99 BUY

 

The Retreat of the Elephants

An Environmental History of China

Mark Elvin

Elvin chronicles the spread of the Chinese style of farming that eliminated the habitat of the elephants which once populated the country. He also describes the destruction of ....

564 pages | Tabs, maps | Yale UP

Hbk | 2004 | 0300101112 | #144975A | £25.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0300119933 | #160657A | £14.99 BUY

 

Sao Tome et Principe

Balade sur deux jeunes iles du plus vieux continent

Lucienne Wilme

Brief overview of the habitats and fauna, including a list of endemic species and a bird list. ....

57 pages | Col photos | Ecofac

Pbk | 2000 | #160227A | £18.95 BUY

 

Sariska National Park

Himraj Dang

Sariska is a prominent national park not far from Delhi and Jaipur. The dry deciduous Aravalli forests of Sariska support a number of large mammals including the celebrated ....

112 pages | Col plates, maps | Indus International

Pbk | 2005 | 8173871779 | #159961A | £8.50 BUY

 

Through Animals' Eyes, Again

Stories of Wildlife Rescue

Lynn Marie Cuny

From the author of Through Animals' Eyes come more true stories from the rare perspective of someone who not only cares for the animals she treats, but also has never ....

144 pages | - | North Texas UP

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1574412167 | #160484A | £15.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1574412175 | #160485A | £8.50 BUY

 

West Coast

Cederberg to Sea

K Di Plessis and V Cowling

Guide to the West Coast of South Africa, which is also a celebration of its varied landscapes and of its people. ....

208 pages | 220 col photos | Struik

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1770071881 | #160776A | £14.99 BUY

 

White Paradise

Journeys to the North Pole

Francis Latreille

Latreille has participated in expeditions to the North Pole for 20 years. He introduces its inhabitants and environments, and documents the effects of climate change. His ....

232 pages | 215 col photos | Abrams

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0810930943 | #160928A | £24.95 BUY

 

Wild Fiordland

Discovering the Natural History of a World Heritage Area

Neville Peat and Brian Patrick

This is a paperback edition of this book, which was shortlisted for the Montana NZ Book Awards in 1997. It is a major work of regional natural history introducing a New Zealand ....

144 pages | colour illustrations | Otago UP

Pbk | 2006 | 1877372277 | #159871A | £20.00 BUY

 

Wild Flower Walks in Dorset

Peter Cramb and Margaret Cramb

Describes a series of walks in Dorset memorable for their wild flowers. ....

112 pages | colour photos, colour illus, maps | P & M Cramb

Pbk | 2006 | 0953774627 | #160823A | £7.95 BUY

 

Wildlife of the Seychelles

John Bowler

A photographic guide to selected wildlife of the Seychelles, covering the birds, mammals, reptiles and invertebrates most likely to be encountered by a visitor. The 51 ....

192 pages | 51 col plates | Wild Guides

NYP 08/2006 | #154250A | £17.95 BUY

 
Botany & Plant Science
 

Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 43

Edited by JA Callow

304 pages | Academic Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0120059436 | #160694A | £109.95 BUY

 

Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 44: Developmental Genetics of the Flower

Edited by JA Callow

Contents: 1. Angiosperm floral evolution: morphological developmental framework ....

608 pages | Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0120059444 | #160699A | £109.95 BUY

 

African Traditional Plant Knowledge Today

An ethnobotanical study of the Digo at the Kenya Coast

Mohamed Pakia

The book is an unusually exploration of the ethnobotanical study, through interdisciplinary approach, that combines linguistics, botany and anthropological ....

224 pages | - | Lit Verlag

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 3825890562 | #160530A | £24.50 BUY

 

Aloe Vera Handbook

Cultivation, Research Findings, Products, Formulations, Extraction and Processing

H Panda

This book highlights commercial and utilization aspects along with technical details to guide and encourage new entrepreneurs. It is a useful text for farmers, students of ....

496 pages | - | Asia Pacific Business Press

Pbk | 2004 | 8178330245 | #158638A | £50.00 BUY

 

Atlas of Woody Plant Stems

Evolution, Structure, and Environmental Modifications

Fritz H Schweingruber, Annett Börner and Ernst-Detlef Schulze

This atlas gives a unique assemblage of microscopic slides of wood anatomy and of the respective species in nature and demonstrates the reaction of stem anatomy to ....

229 pages | 710 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 3540325239 | #160921A | £54.00 BUY

 

Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast

Ted Eubanks, Robert A Behrstock and Ron J Weeks

In the last thirty years, the Upper Texas Coast has become a "must go" destination for birders around the globe. This book will serve as an essential companion to the ....

316 pages | 50 colour photos, 3 maps, 16 tables | Texas A&M UP

Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 158544510X | #160482A | £31.50 BUY

 

The Botanical Diary of Eleanor Vachell

Edited by M Forty and T Rich

Eleanor Vachell was an outstanding amateur botanist from Cardiff. Her botanical diary tells the stories of her botanical adventures with her friends and many of the other ....

228 pages | 4 colour illus | Wales National Museum (Botany)

Pbk | 2006 | 0720005655 | #160529A | £22.95 BUY

 

Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls

Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions and Applications

Edited by B Grimm, RJ Porra, W Rüdiger and H Scheer

Chlorophylls are the most obvious natural pigments on Earth where they can be observed even from satellites in outer space: they also sustain life on Earth through their ....

450 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 1402045158 | #160922A | £176.00 BUY

 

A Colour Atlas of Trees

Biology, Ecology, Pathology and Conservation

Bryan G Bowes

Trees are one of the dominant features of our existence on earth and play a fundamental role in the environment. This book aims to give the reader an overview and understanding ....

320 pages | Manson

Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1840760850 | #160893A | £60.00 BUY

 

The Commercial Woods of Africa

A descriptive full-color guide

Peter Phongphaew

This guide profiles 90 African woods. Each entry contains the common trade name of the wood, its botanical name, the family name, and other local and vernacular names. Also ....

206 pages | colour photos | Linden Publishing Co Inc

Hbk | 2003 | 0941936821 | #160585A | £43.50 BUY

 

Eremophila and Allied Genera

RJ Chinnock

This book is the result of thirty years research by Dr R.J.(Bob) Chinnock, the world authority in the family Myoporaceae, in which he has produced a new classification of ....

704 pages | 335 colour plates, 300 maps, 325 line drawings | Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd

Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1877058165 | #160664A | £39.99 BUY

 

Estudios Botanicos de la Region de Madidi

Special Issue of the journal Ecologia en Bolivia 40(3)

Edited by PM Jorgensen, MJ Macia, TJ Killeen and SG Beck

Sixteen articles focus on the vegetation of the National Park Madidi in northern Bolivia. The vegetation is described in general terms, with analysis for soil types and ....

452 pages | Illus | Missouri BG

Pbk | 2005 | #160684A | £18.50 BUY

 

Field Guide Edible Mushrooms of Britain and Europe

Peter Jordan

The fields, woods and gardens of Britain and Europe are home to a wide range of edible mushrooms, a number of which are not simply good but truly excellent to eat. ....

160 pages | 200 colour photos | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1845374193 | #160692A | £14.99 BUY

 

The Fifth Kingdom: V. 4.4 2006

All About Fungi

Bryce Kendrick

The Fifth Kingdom - CD-ROM combines the full text of the Mycology Textbook The Fifth Kingdom (25 chapters) with 1500 colour illustrations, animations, and videos. ....

373 pages | Illus throughout | Mycologue

CD | 2003 | #160240A | £78.00 BUY

 

Flora Yunnanica, Volume 10: Spermatophyta

This volume includes 9 families, 173 genera, 883 species of Spermatophyta. ....

929 pages | Science Press

Hbk | 2006 | #147194A | £84.00 BUY

 

Flora of the USSR, Index to Volumes 1-30

Index of the English translation series and the Russian original edition

Edited by BK Shiskin and EG Bobrov

This volume will be a valuable help to all users of "Flora SSSR". It combines the index of the Russian original edition with a brand new index of the English translation series ....

678 pages | 2 maps | Gantner

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 3906166511 | #160628A | £111.00 BUY

 

The Gardens at San Lorenzo in Piacenza, 1656-1665

Ada V Segre

This fascinating two-volume set includes a photographic reproduction of an anonymous seventeenth-century Italian gardener's notebook from Dumbarton Oaks's Rare Books ....

194 pages | 64 black and white images; 7 one-page folded inserts | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0884023028 | #160711A | £61.95 BUY

 

Guide des Algues des Mers d'Europe

J Cabioc'h, J-Y Floc'h, A Le Toquin, C-F Bourdouresque, A Meinesz and M Verlaque

Describes 230 species of algae found in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. ....

272 pages | 220 col photos | Delachaux et Niestle

Hbk | 2006 | 260301384X | #160900A | £45.50 BUY

 

A Guide to Fruits and Seed Dispersal

Anne Bebbington and John Bebbington

This guide is designed to help you understand what seeds and fruits are, how they are formed and particularly how they are dispersed. Seeds, or fruits containing seeds, are ....

FSC

Unbound | 2002 | #160770A | £2.50 BUY

 

Handbook of Plant Virology

Edited by Jawaid Khan and Jeanne Dijkstra

The Handbook of Plant Virology is a comprehensive guide to the terms and expressions commonly used in the study of plant virology, complete with descriptions of plant virus ....

452 pages | Haworth Press

Hbk | 2006 | 1560229780 | #160618A | £89.00 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 1560229799 | #160617A | £49.50 BUY

 

Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants

Richard Shih, Lewis S Nelson and Michael Balick

Plant poisoning is an important problem in the United States, and exposures to plants accounts for approximately 10% of the annual calls to the nation's Poison Control ....

320 pages | 268 illus., 232 in colour | Springer

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0387312684 | #159603A | £30.50 BUY

 

Integrative Plant Biochemistry

Edited by John Romeo

The publication of this volume marks the 40th anniversary of the Recent Advances in Phytochemistry series which has essentially documented a history of the origins of ....

346 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | 2006 | 008045125X | #160735A | £135.00 BUY

 

The International Clematis Register and Checklist 2002: Second Supplement

Victoria Matthews

36 pages | - | RHS

Pbk | 2006 | 1902896645 | #160412A | £9.95 BUY

 

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature 2005 (Vienna Code)

Adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2005

Edited by J McNeill, FR Barrie et al

The latest edition of the botanical 'bible' for taxonomists. Includes important changes, additions and clarifications. ....

568 pages | Gantner

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 3906166481 | #160879A | £36.00 BUY

 

L'Aveyron en Fleurs

Inventaire illustré des plantes vasculaires du département de l'Aveyron

Christian Bernard

255 pages | colour photos | Rouergue

Hbk | 2005 | 2841566587 | #158771A | £42.95 BUY

 

Landscaping Earth Ponds

The Complete Guide

Tim Matson

The guru of earth ponds explains how to site, design, shape, and plant these beloved fixtures of rural landscapes-and make them fit your property and your life. In the ....

304 pages | 100 col photos | Chelsea Green

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1933392029 | #160855A | £21.95 BUY

 

Los Poliporos (Basidiomycetes) de los Bosques Andino Patagonicos de Argentina

Polypores (Basidiomycetes) from the Patagonian Andes Forests of Argentina

Mario Rajchenberg

300 pages | 68 figures | Cramer

Pbk | 2006 | 3443591035 | #160682A | £87.00 BUY

 

Melaleucas

A Field and Garden Guide

Ivan Holliday

Melaleucas are hardy and adaptable native plants in Australia, and there are species for every situation. Melaleucas features detailed descriptions, distribution and line ....

328 pages | colour photos | Reed New Holland

Pbk | 2004 | 1876334983 | #160457A | £39.00 BUY

 

Microalgal Biology, Evolution and Ecology

Volume dedicated to Professor Frank E. Round

Edited by Richard M Crawford, Brian Moss, David G Mann and Hans R Preisig

391 pages | 466 figures, 35 tables, 17 plates | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2006 | 3443510523 | #160535A | £124.00 BUY

 

Monitoring of Harmful Algae Blooms

L Pettersson, D Durand, O Johannessen and D Pozdnyakov

Sometimes known as `Red Tides', some of the wide variety of phytoplankton species in the World's oceans produce toxins which can harm marine life. In certain circumstances, ....

300 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 3540228926 | #158684A | £77.00 BUY

 

Monograph of the genus Hemileia (Uredinales)

Anja Ritschel

132 pages | 39 figures, 1 table, 8 plates | Cramer

Pbk | 2005 | 3443591027 | #160681A | £45.50 BUY

 

National Register of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

IUCN Nepal

The National Register of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (NRMAP) was put together in the year 2000 to assist His Majesty's Government of Nepal in building up a national register ....

202 pages | colour photos | IUCN Nepal

Pbk | 2004 | 9993386006 | #160163A | £34.50 BUY

 

The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies

BH Danser

First published in 1928 in the Bulletin de Jardin de Botanique, Buitenzorg, this vital work has been inaccessible to many enthusiasts of the genus due to the rarity of the ....

206 pages | - | Natural History Publications

Hbk | 2006 | 9838121150 | #160825A | £32.50 BUY

 

The New York Botanical Garden

Gregory Long and Anne Skillion

The institution's remarkable history and unparalleled collections are presented in one magnificent volume. ....

248 pages | 280 col illus | Abrams

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0810957442 | #160930A | £29.95 BUY

 

Oak: The Frame of Civilization

William B Logan

The oak tree is found throughout the temperate zones of the world; knowing how to use it has made an astonishing difference to human history. Acorn-eating has sustained humans ....

320 pages | Illus | Norton

Hbk | 2005 | 0393047733 | #155305A | £16.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0393327787 | #160869A | £10.99 BUY

 

Plant Conservation Genetics

Robert Henry

The conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources is of increasing importance globally. "Plant Conservation Genetics" addresses this issue by providing an ....

224 pages | Haworth Press

Hbk | 2006 | 1560229969 | #160619A | £35.95 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 1560229977 | #160620A | £24.95 BUY

 

Plant Genome: Biodiversity and Evolution, Volume 1, Part C: Phanerogams (Angiosperm-Dicotyledons)

Edited by AK Sharma and A Sharma

566 pages | - | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2006 | 1578084199 | #160531A | £73.40 BUY

 

Les Plantes et les Medicaments

L Girre

Describes and illustrates 230 plants used in therapies and cures. ....

256 pages | 350 col photos | Delachaux et Niestle

Hbk | 2006 | 2603013777 | #160892A | £31.00 BUY

 

Plants of Coastal British Columbia

Including Washington, Oregon and Alaska

J Pojar and A MacKinnon

Easy-to-use guide features plants commonly found along the BC coast including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mnosses and lichens. ....

528 pages | 1100 col photos. | Lone Pine

Pbk | 2005 | 1551055325 | #160649A | £17.50 BUY

 

Red List of Plants and Fungi in Poland

Edited by Z Mirek, W Zarzycki, Z Wojewoda and Zbigniew Szelag

Contains the following lists: ....

99 pages | - | Polish Botany Institute

Pbk | 2006 | 8389648385 | #160440A | £29.95 BUY

 

Revision of the Genus Asterella P. Beauv. in Eurasia

David G Long

299 pages | 50 figures, 10 tables | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2006 | 3443620353 | #160683A | £80.00 BUY

 

Sulfur Transport and Assimilation in Plants in the Post Genomic Era

Edited by K Saito et al

270 pages | 97 figures, 24 tables | Backhuys

Hbk | 2005 | 9057821664 | #160830A | £78.00 BUY

 

Systematics of Claytonia (Portulaceae)

John M Miller and Kenton L Chambers

Claytonia (Portulacaceae) comprises 27 species, including 14 subspecies, of fibrous-rooted annuals as well as tuberous, stoloniferous, rhizomatous, and caudicose ....

236 pages | colour frontispiece | ASPT

Hbk | 2006 | 0912861789 | #160