| nhbs monthly catalogue | ||
| ||
| ||
|
Welcome to the July Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's guide to new and
forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the environment.
Major titles new in stock at NHBS Bat Surveys: Good Practice Guidelines (distributed by NHBS for the Bat Conservation Trust) Birds and Wind Farms: Risk Assessment and Mitigation More highlights can be found on the NHBS homepage. Summer Clearance Sale Summer seems to have arrived at last and we are launching our annual clearance sale very soon. We will have many books at substantially reduced prices on offer; most items are only available in single copies. Please watch our homepage and your email inbox for details. New subject catalogues available The first two of our new subject catalogues are now available online and as a pdf-file for printing: NHBS Field Ecology 2007 (pdf-file, 2.7MB) NHBS Ornithology Catalogue Summer 2007 (pdf-file, 1.5MB) From our complete catalogue of well over 100,000 titles, we have selected a few hundred essential titles for any ecology or ornithology library. More subject catalogues are in preparation. Conferences 2007 NHBS will be selling books at the following conferences this year, and we would be delighted to meet you at our stand!
Discounts for libraries, organisations and large orders Are you a librarian or responsible for book purchasing within your organisation, or are thinking of placing a large order? NHBS provides a specialised supply service for libraries, organisations and bulk purchasers - handling everything from researching hard to obtain titles to arranging documentation and shipment. We are usually able to offer competitive packages - please contact customer.services@nhbs.co.uk to discuss what we can offer. The NHBS Team View this Monthly Catalogue as a web page or save/print it as a .pdf document. |
Zoology:
|
| Mammals | Go to subject web page |
Good Practice Guidelines Bat Conservation Trust To conserve bats effectively, and to meet national and international statutory obligations and agreements, there is a clear need for quality controls and appropriate .... | 82 pages | Tabs, figs | Bat Conservation Trust Pbk | 2007 | 1872745997 | #169330A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Intertwined Fates of Whales and Fishermen Tora Johnson More than 15 percent of the critically endangered right whales and threatened humpback whales in the western Atlantic Ocean become entangled in fishing gear each year. In an .... | 320 pages | Florida University Presses Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0813032156 | #168885A | £17.50 Add to basket |
Ecology and Conservation Gary W Barrett and George A Feldhamer No group of mammals has more species than Rodentia. With close to 2300 recognized species throughout the world, Rodents comprise about forty-two percent of all living .... | 270 pages | 70 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0387336656 | #168683A | £47.50 Add to basket |
Yann Arthus-Bertrand A compact edition of Arthus-Bertrand's classic equestrian anthology. .... | 336 pages | 205 col illus | Thames & Hudson Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0500543534 | #169408A | £16.95 Add to basket |
John O Whitaker and Russell E Mumford This highly anticipated new edition of Mammals of Indiana, first published by Indiana University Press in 1982, places strong emphasis on ecology with descriptions of .... | 776 pages | 168 b/w photos, 33 col photos, 71 maps | Indiana UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0253349710 | #168270A | £47.99 Add to basket |
Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats
Edited by Alfred L Gardner The vast terrain between Panama and Tierra del Fuego contains some of the world's richest mammalian fauna, but until now it has lacked a comprehensive systematic .... | 912 pages | 283 maps | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0226282406 | #168297A | £44.99 Add to basket |
The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal Susan Perry With their tonsured heads, white faces, and striking cowls, the monkeys might vaguely resemble the Capuchin monks for whom they were named. How they act is something else .... | 352 pages | 16 col illus, 15 halftones | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0674026640 | #168535A | £29.95 Add to basket |
North Atlantic Coast: Marine Mammal Behaviors
Uko Gorter Depicts and explains specific behavior and interesting features for humpback whales (front side), and Atlantic white-sided dolphins, on the back. Behaviors like lobtailing, .... | 2 pages | A4 laminated guide, col illus | HML Enterprises Unbound | 2007 | 1888538554 | #169559A | £4.99 Add to basket |
North Atlantic Coast: Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles North Carolina, USA to Newfoundland, Canada
Uko Gorter This new laminated field guide is the perfect companion for whale watching along the Atlantic Coast, from Cape Hateras, North Carolina, to the shores of New England, and all .... | 2 pages | A4 laminated guide, col illus | HML Enterprises Unbound | 2007 | 1888538910 | #169558A | £4.99 Add to basket |
Whales and Dolphins of the North American Pacific Including Seals and Other Marine Mammals Graeme Cresswell, Dylan Walker and Todd Pusser The first comprehensive photographic guide to the marine mammals of the North American Pacific - covering the waters between Baja California in Mexico and South East Alaska. .... | 216 pages | Col photos, col dist maps | Wild Guides Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1903657058 | #126073A | £17.95 Add to basket |
| Birds | Go to subject web page |
Atlas des Oiseaux de Normandie en Hiver
Le Groupe Ornithologique Normand An atlas presenting the 210 species of birds observed between December 11 and January 21, during winters 1998-1999 to 2001-2002. .... | 248 pages | Illus & photos | GON Hbk | 2005 | #168343A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario, 2001-2005
MD Cadman, PFJ Eagles and FM Helleiner This atlas contains distribution data for more than 300 species. Each species account is accompanied by a colour photo, and a comprehensive description of Distribution and .... | 617 pages | Illus, figs, tabs, maps | Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | #168446A | £99.00 Add to basket |
BBi: British Birds Interactive DVD-ROM 1907 - 2007 In celebration of one hundred years of British Birds, the entire contents of the journal from 1907 to 2007 has been digitised and made available on this DVD-ROM. It .... | BirdGuides DVD-ROM | NYP 08/2007 | #169546A | £98.99 Add to basket |
A Bad Birdwatcher's Companion - Audiobook
Simon Barnes Simon Barnes is one of Britain's leading bird writers and humourists. His weekly column in The Times, his essays for the .... | 4 CD-Set, running time: 5 hours | Naxos CD | 2007 | 9626344466 | #169136A | £16.99 Add to basket |
Best Birdwatching Sites in Cornwall & The Scilly Isles
Sara McMahon and Nigel Hudson Cornwall rightly enjoys a top reputation as a birding county, both for migrants and a staggering number of rarities. Sara McMahon of the county's bird club provides detailed .... | Buckingham Press Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | #169196A | £16.95 Add to basket |
Best Birdwatching Sites in North Wales
Alan Davies and Owen Roberts Features around 60 sites from South Stack on Anglesey to Gresford Flash near Wrexham, together with detailed maps and access information, disabled access, public transport .... | Maps | Buckingham Press Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | #169195A | £15.95 Add to basket |
The Bird Songs of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
Andreas Schulze and Karl-Heinz Dingler 2-CD-set with 2817 MP3 recordings of 819 bird species. A 64-page booklet lists the species in English, French, German, and Latin. .... | over 19 hours of recording time on 2 MP3 discs | Musikverlag Edition AMPLE CD | 2007 | 3938147016 | #169046A | £55.23 Add to basket |
Tim Davis and Tim Jones Situated 10 miles off the North Devon coast and lying across the enterance to the Bristol Channel, Lundy rivals Fair Isle and the Isles of Scilly as one of THE places to .... | 300 pages | 100 line drawings, 20 photos, map | Birds of Lundy Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 095400888X | #169223A | £34.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0954008871 | #168905A | £18.95 Add to basket |
Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 2008
Hilary Cromack and David Cromack Includes 400-plus nature reserves: Nationwide tide-table information to April 2009; Checklist of British Birds plus diary and notebook pages; Details of artists, .... | Buckingham Press Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | #169193A | Normally £16.75 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £15.25 |
Catalogo Ornitologico del Parque Natural Lagunas
Manuel Lopez | 278 pages | Illus | Inst Est Albacetenses Pbk | 2006 | 8495394901 | #168419A | £16.50 Add to basket |
Mark Cocker Rooks and jackdaws are both members of the same bird family. To ornithologists the group is known as the corvids, to the layperson they are 'crows'. But to Mark Cocker these two .... | 224 pages | Jonathan Cape Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0224076019 | #169110A | £16.99 Add to basket |
A Leito, J Kespaik, I Ojaste and J Truu The book presents the most notable results of the studies of Eurasian Cranes in Estonia. The book consists of eight topical chapters, a short introduction and conclusions, and .... | 184 pages | 186 illustrations | Estonian University Pbk | 2006 | 9985830695 | #166421A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die Birding Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations Chris Santella Santella presents some of the greatest bird-watching venues in the United States and around the world through interviews with prominent birders, from tour leaders and .... | 224 pages | colour photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1584796294 | #169746A | £14.95 Add to basket |
A Seasonal Guide to Enjoying the Birds in Your Garden Roy Beddard Gives birdwatchers and gardeners insights into how to attract resident and visiting birds to the garden. This illustrated book combines advice about how to maintain your .... | 128 pages | Col photos | New Holland Pbk | 2007 | 1845378938 | #169225A | £9.99 Add to basket |
50 Tips From North America's Top Birders Edited by Lisa White In these 50 light and fun original essays, the biggest names in birding dispense advice to birders of every level, on topics ranging from feeding birds and cleaning binoculars .... | 288 pages | 25 b/w line illus | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | 2007 | 0618756426 | #169503A | £7.50 Add to basket |
The Migration Ecology of Birds
Ian Newton This book presents an up-to-date, detailed and thorough review of the most fascinating ecological findings of bird migration. It deals with all aspects of this absorbing .... | 938 pages | Tabs, maps, figs | Academic Press Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0125173679 | #169548A | £42.99 Add to basket |
Fred S Guthery Offers new experiences and perspectives based on the latest research, from the past fifteen years of observation, and provides information about all the areas that bobwhite .... | 213 pages | 22 b/w photos, 7 line illus | Texas A&M UP Pbk | 2006 | 158544538X | #169754A | £12.50 Add to basket |
Oology and Ralph's Talking Eggs Bird Conservation Comes Out of its Shell Carrol L Henderson Before modern binoculars and cameras made it possible to observe birds closely in the wild, many people collected eggs as a way of learning about birds. Serious collectors .... | 200 pages | 244 illus | Texas UP Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0292714513 | #169752A | £16.99 Add to basket |
Peter Scott's Coloured Key to the Wildfowl of the World
Peter Scott In this Key there is a coloured picture of every kind of duck, goose or swan so far known to exist in the world - 245 kinds. The object of the book is to enable anyone, .... | 96 pages | Col & b/w illus | Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Pbk | 2006 | 0900806354 | #169449A | £9.95 Add to basket |
Protecting Birds From Powerlines
D Haas, M Nipkow, G Fiedler, R Schneider, W Haas and B Schürenberg Collision of birds with the cables of powerlines and electrocution of birds sitting on power poles are important factors increasing mortality of some threatened species. The .... | 68 pages | colour photos, diagrams | Council of Europe Pbk | 2005 | 9287156301 | #169637A | £11.50 Add to basket |
M Wagner and J Scheuer The first comprehensive description of birdlife in this region to be published. .... | 420 pages | 92 diagrams, 46 tabs, 63 col photos, 59 dist maps | Echinomedia Hbk | 2006 | 3980762971 | #169622A | £34.50 Add to basket |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Amphibiens et Reptiles de Lorraine
Michael Renner and Stephane Vitzthum Richly illustrated photo guide to all amphibians and reptiles of the Lorraine. Covers 18 species of amphibians and 9 species of reptiles. Other chapters deal with biology, .... | 271 pages | 400 colour photos, 35 distribution maps | Serpenoise Hbk | 2007 | 2876927365 | #169140A | £32.50 Add to basket |
Biology of the Snapping Turtle
Edited by Anthony C Steyermark, Michael S Finkler and Ronald J Brooks The name "snapping turtle" conjures up images of prehistoric-looking beasts that lurk in the dark waters of local swimming holes. Beyond its status as childhood legend, Chelydra .... | 352 pages | 11 halftones, 55 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0801887240 | #168563A | £50.00 Add to basket |
Evolution in the Mud John C Murphy "Homalopsine Snakes" is a review of the aquatic rear-fanged snakes that inhabit freshwater, brackish water, and marine environments from Pakistan's Indus River eastward .... | 260 pages | Krieger Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1575242591 | #169284A | £47.95 Add to basket |
Jacques Fretey | 190 pages | 324 col photos, maps | Editions Plume Verte Hbk | 2005 | 2951566824 | #162553A | £55.50 Add to basket |
Cynthia Berger Feared and reviled by many, venomous snakes are woefully misunderstood. This illustrated guide to 20 North American species clears up many of the misconceptions about the .... | 128 pages | Illus | Stackpole Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0811734129 | #169605A | £12.50 Add to basket |
| Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Especies Nativas para Piscicultura no Brasil
Bernardo Baldisserotto and Levy de Carvalho Gomes | 472 pages | Editora da UFSM 2005 | 857391064X | #164847A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Tim M Berra With more than 29,000 species, fishes are the most diverse group of vertebrates on the planet. Of that number, more than 12,000 species are found in freshwater ecosystems, .... | 604 pages | Illus, tabs, maps | Academic Press Hbk | 2001 | 0120931567 | #119787A | £41.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0226044424 | #168302A | £19.99 Add to basket |
| Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
Aquatic Biodiversity of Latin America, Volume 4: Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta)
A Borkent and GR Spinelli This book brings together, for the first time, all known information on the 51 genera and 1095 described Neotropical species of biting midges. An overview of the group .... | 198 pages | illus | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 9546423017 | #168898A | £53.50 Add to basket |
Messages from Psyche Philip Howse People have always marvelled at the colours, patterns, and designs on the wings of butterflies and moths, but there has been little attempt to decode them or understand .... | colour photos | Andreas Papadakis Publisher Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1901092801 | #169742A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest
William Neill and Doug Hepburn A field guide to the 118 most commonly encountered butterflies in the Pacific Northwest - defined here as Washington, Oregon, and contiguous parts of California, Nevada, Idaho, .... | 208 pages | 312 col photos, 1 map | Mountain Press Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0878425373 | #169218A | £20.50 Add to basket |
New Insights and Fresh Perspectives Edited by Neil H Landman, Richard A Davis and Royal H Mapes This book brings together an international group of scientists focusing on present-day and fossil cephalopods, ranging broadly from Paleozoic ammonoids to today's octopods. It .... | 400 pages | 194 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1402064616 | #169344A | £123.00 Add to basket |
Dragonflies of the Yungas (Odonata) A Field Guide to the Species from Argentina N Ellenrieder and RW Garrison The Yungas are highly biodiverse cloud forests extending from Venezuela south through NW Argentina, and are considered one of the biodiversity 'hot spots' in South America. This .... | 168 pages | colour photos, drawings | Pensoft Pbk | 2007 | #169623A | £25.50 Add to basket |
Concepts and Applications Martin R Speight, Mark D Hunter and Allan D Watt Provides a sound background on insect evolutionary ecology, population dynamics and environmental interactions. These concepts are subsequently applied to a number of .... | 350 pages | Col plates, b/w photos, illus, figs, tabs | Blackwell Science NYP 01/2008 | 1405131144 | #162105A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Die Erebien der Schweiz (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae, Genus Erebia)
Peter Sonderegger | 712 pages | 115 maps, 73 tabs, line illus, col photos | Peter Sonderegger Hbk | 2005 | #161249A | £116.00 Add to basket |
Die Fauna des Marinen Miozans von Kevelaer (Niederrhein) Band 4 Gastropoda ab Mitridae & Turridae Gunter Wienrich | 315 pages | 66 plates | Wageningen AU Pbk | 2007 | 9057821699 | #169466A | £86.00 Add to basket |
Guide to the British Stonefly (Plecoptera) Families: Adults and Larvae
David Pryce, Craig Macadam and Steve Brooks This introductory AIDGAP field guide to stoneflies includes identification keys for the identification of both stonefly larvae and adults to family level. .... | FSC Pbk | 2007 | #169756A | £3.50 Add to basket |
Guide to the Hawkmoths of the British Isles
Bebbington and Lewington Hawkmoths, the subject of this AIDGAP fold-out chart, are some of the most colourful and conspicuous moths in the British Isles. .... | laminated fold-out chart | FSC Unbound | 2007 | #169755A | £2.50 Add to basket |
The Butterflies of Great Britain Rosemary Powell A set of twelve cards featuring 58 resident and commonly occurring migrant species. Illustrations and ID advice is provided by acclaimed wildlife artist Rosemary Powell. .... | Colour illustrations | Buckingham Press Unbound | 2007 | #169194A | £5.95 Add to basket |
Amazing Images of Fascinating Creatures Michael Chinery Insects are endlessly fascinating creatures. The images in this book afford the reader a rare and intimate glimpse of their almost alien world and include information on all .... | 288 pages | colour photos | Cassell Illustrated Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1844035530 | #169735A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Insects and Ecosystem Function
Edited by WW Weisser and E Siemann In the past two decades, an increasing number of ecologists have started to investigate the importance of biodiversity for ecological processes such as energy flow and nutrient .... | 413 pages | 50 figs | Springer Hbk | 2004 | 3540216723 | #147888A | £123.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540740031 | #169731A | £45.99 Add to basket |
An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America
Edited by RW Merritt, KW Cummins and MB Berg The 4th edition of this book combines the most up to date taxonomic treatment of North American aquatic insects. Almost all aquatic and semi-aquatic insect nymphs and larvae .... | 862 pages | B/w figs, tabs | Kendall Hunt Pbk | 2007 | 0757541283 | #169292A | £79.00 Add to basket |
Ostracoda (Myodocopina) from O`ahu and French Frigate Shoals, Hawaiian Islands
Louis S Kornicker, Elizabeth Harrison-Nelson and SL Coles Eleven species (10 new) of myodocopid Ostracoda are described from O'ahu, Hawai'i. Five species were collected in Kane'he Bay and 8 in the vicinity of Waikiki, but only 2 .... | 128 pages | Bishop Museum Press Pbk | 2007 | 1581780737 | #169666A | £21.95 Add to basket |
Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Biology of Tephritoid Flies (Diptera: Tephritoidea) Proceedings of the 3rd Tephritoid Taxonomist's Meeting, Geneva, 19-24 July 2004 Edited by Bernhard Merz As a result of the '3rd Tephritoid Taxonomist's Meeting' 11 scientific papers are presented in this volume. They treat taxonomy, phylogeny, biology, morphology, and .... | 274 pages | Tabs, figs, illus | Geneva MHN Pbk | 2006 | 2881390129 | #168132A | £60.00 Add to basket |
Physiological Systems in Insects
Marc J Klowden As the largest living group on earth, insects can provide us with insight into adaptation, evolution, and survival. The 2nd edition of this standard text for insect .... | 688 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0123694930 | #169547A | £39.99 Add to basket |
Pratylenchus (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae) Diagnosis, Biology, Pathogenicity and Management Pablo Castillo and Nicola Vovlas Root-lesion nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus are recognized worldwide as one of the major constraints of crop of primary economic importance. Pratylenchus spp. comprises .... | 550 pages | EJ Brill Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 9004155643 | #169687A | £109.00 Add to basket |
Prime Butterflies Areas in Bulgaria
S Abadjiev and S Beshkov Studies of butterflies in Bulgaria have been carried out for more than 150 years. While the species distribution was more or less known, their conservation was not a special .... | 268 pages | colour photos, maps | Pensoft Hbk | 2007 | 9546423041 | #169621A | £35.50 Add to basket |
Lang Elliott and Wil Hershberger The Songs of Insects is a celebration of the chirps, trills, and scrapes of seventy-seven common species of crickets, katydids, locusts, and cicadas native to .... | 228 pages | 200 col photos | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | 2007 | 0618663975 | #169502A | £11.95 Add to basket |
Specialization, Speciation, and Radiation The Evolutionary Biology of Herbivorous Insects Kelley Tilmon The intimate associations between plants and the insects that eat them have helped define and shape both groups for millions of years. This pioneering volume is a .... | 392 pages | 50 line illus, 26 tabs | California UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0520251326 | #168995A | £38.95 Add to basket |
R Jocqué and AS Dippenaar-Schoeman Spiders are of major importance in ecosystems and are recognized as effective natural control agents in agroecology. Nearly 40,000 species of spiders have been described but .... | 336 pages | b/w illus, 32 photo plates | MRAC Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | #169162A | £37.00 Add to basket |
| Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous George Poinar and Roberta Poinar Millions of years ago in the Cretaceous period, the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex - with its dagger-like teeth for tearing its prey to ribbons - was undoubtedly the fiercest .... | 312 pages | 61 col illus, 39 line illus | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0691124310 | #168792A | £18.95 Add to basket |
The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Stephen Jay Gould The Burgess Shale is a small quarry in the Canadian Rockies, which formed over 500 million years ago. It contains more varieties of fossilized life than any other deposit .... | 347 pages | Illus | Norton Pbk | 2007 | 039330700X | #169608A | £9.99 Add to basket |
| Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Henk Vallenduuk and Henk Moller Pilot To most people midges are a nuisance-annoying creatures that can spoil a quiet evening or stick to the windscreen of your car in such numbers that you can't see through it. .... | 172 pages | Col illus | KNNV Pbk | 2007 | 9050112595 | #169169A | £69.00 Add to basket |
Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico
John Wesley Tunnell Mexican and US experts assess the current state of these fragile systems and offer a framework for their restoration. Beginning with a history of the research done in this .... | 256 pages | 181 col photos | Texas A&M UP Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1585446173 | #169275A | £30.95 Add to basket |
The Great Barrier Reef from Beginning to End J.E.N Veron Like many coral specialists fifteen years ago, J. E. N. Veron thought Australia's Great Barrier Reef was impervious to climate change. "Owned by a prosperous country and .... | 282 pages | 48 col illus, 37 halftones | Belknap Press Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0674026799 | #168534A | £22.95 Add to basket |
Sea of Cortez Marine Invertebrates A Guide for the Pacific Coast, Mexico to Ecuador A Kerstitch This new, updated edition describes with text and photos 303 species of invertebrates that are found in the Sea of Cortez and as far south as Peru. Includes size, habitat and .... | 120 pages | 283 col photos, line illus | Sea Challengers Pbk | 2007 | #157029A | £23.95 Add to basket |
(Anniversary Edition) Jack Jackson Fully revised and updated, this award-winning book vividly portrays the full spectrum of the diving experience. Its authors share the adrenaline rush of observing great white .... | 168 pages | 330 col images, maps | New Holland Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 184537908X | #169237A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Wild Seas, Secret Shores of Africa
Thomas P Peschak This book is an underwater journey around the African coast, richly portrayed in more than 145 photographs that draw us into a breathtakingly beautiful and sometimes strange .... | 184 pages | 145 Photos | Struik Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1770075909 | #169231A | £16.99 Add to basket |
| General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
My Quest for the Ice-age Equator Paul Colinvaux A memoir of a life in science by ecologist Paul Colinvaux takes his readers from the Alaskan tundra to steamy Amazon jungles, from the Galapagos Islands (before tourists had .... | 384 pages | Illus | Yale UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 030011544X | #168614A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Journals and Correspondence of Naturalist R.C.L. Perkins in Hawai'i, 1892-1901 Edited by Neal L Evenhuis British naturalist Robert Cyril Layton Perkins was one of the last to see some of the great Hawaiian forest birds alive. The journals and correspondence of Perkins during his .... | 412 pages | Bishop Museum Press Hbk | 2007 | 1581780613 | #169664A | £25.95 Add to basket |
A Naturalist on a Caribbean Island Herbert A Raffaele "Birds, Beasts and Bureaucrats" is a rollicking adventure to remote islets, hidden caves, and tropical forests tracing a young naturalist's steps to study and conserve the .... | 256 pages | Illus | Cold Tree Press Pbk | 2007 | 1583851119 | #169201A | £14.50 Add to basket |
The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology
Edited by David L Hull The philosophy of biology is one of the most exciting new areas in the field of philosophy and one that is attracting much attention from working scientists. This .... | 552 pages | CUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521851289 | #169252A | £50.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521616719 | #169253A | £19.99 Add to basket |
An Appeal to Save Life on Earth 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 .... | 173 pages | 22 line drawings | Norton Hbk | 2006 | 0393062171 | #160868A | £13.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0393330486 | #169566A | £8.99 Add to basket |
The Art and the Science John Gerlach Digital Nature Photography is a how-to guide for photographers who want to take their work to the next level. Written by professionals with over 20 years experience, the .... | 218 pages | Illus | Elsevier Science Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0240808568 | #169618A | £14.99 Add to basket |
From Aristotle to Darwin Edited by Robert Huxley This book tells the story of the development of ideas about natural history as seen through the lives, observations and discoveries of nearly forty great naturalists, from .... | 304 pages | 198 illus | Thames & Hudson Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0500251398 | #169410A | £24.95 Add to basket |
Simon Barnes Barnes takes us on a journey through a year - with sparrows and flying squirrels, blackbirds and elephants, badgers, butterflies and mosquitoes, as his companions. And .... | Short Books Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1904977979 | #169141A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Exploring His Remarkable Life and Voyages Daniel O'Sullivan Captain James Cook was the greatest explorer of his age, perhaps of any age. He was a leader of men, a master voyager who journeyed to unknown places, a seeker of knowledge .... | 272 pages | Tauris Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1845114833 | #165290A | £19.50 Add to basket |
Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation Biology Frederick R Davis Archie Carr played a leading part in finding a new and critical role for natural history and systematics in a post-1950s world dominated by the glamorous science of molecular .... | 336 pages | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0195310772 | #169147A | £17.99 Add to basket |
The Art of Carl Brenders Carl Brenders 'It has been said that art begins where nature ends. In the case of the work of Carl Brenders, art and nature blend in a seamless continuum.' These are the words of Robert .... | 192 pages | Col illus | Langford Press Hbk | 2007 | 1904078222 | #169329A | £37.99 Add to basket |
The Essential Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould, Paul McGarr and Steven Rose Gould's written legacy is prodigious - the unbroken series of 300 essays published in "Natural History" magazine, a clutch of books culminating in the monumental 1400 page .... | 645 pages | - | Jonathan Cape Hbk | 2006 | 0224076078 | #157739A | £24.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0099488671 | #169117A | £9.99 Add to basket |
A Biography Douglas Carlson Beginning with his 1934 Field Guide to the Birds, Roger Tory Peterson introduced literally millions of people to the pleasures of observing birds in the wild. His field .... | 304 pages | 15 b&w illus | Texas UP Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 029271680X | #169751A | £13.99 Add to basket |
A Selection of Highlights from the History of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-2005
Frederick Seitz This work relates selected events in the history of the National Academy focusing on the terms of the various presidents from the first, Alexander D. Bache, the great grandson .... | 112 pages | America UP Hbk | 2007 | 0761835865 | #168161A | £30.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0761835873 | #168160A | £13.99 Add to basket |
Adventures of a Pioneer Naturalist in Alaska Dean Littlepage In 1741, a Russian expedition ship captained by Vitus Bering carried the first scientist to set foot anywhere on the western half of North America. Georg Steller would introduce .... | 237 pages | b&w illus | Mountaineers Books Pbk | 2006 | 1594850577 | #168238A | £11.95 Add to basket |
Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable Edited by John Brockman The history of science is replete with ideas that were considered socially, morally or emotionally dangerous in their time. The Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are .... | 352 pages | Pocket Books Pbk | 2007 | 1416526854 | #169451A | £8.99 Add to basket |
Benoit Nacci and Patrice Milleron Over thousands of years, the landscapes, cities and monuments immortalised here by a team of superb photographers have become cherished as the wonders of the world. Many of .... | 384 pages | 200 col photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0810994496 | #169405A | £25.95 Add to basket |
The First Solo Journey Along Africa's Mighty River Mike Boon When the stresses of a corporate environment got too much, Mike Boon decided to tackle the 3000 kilometres of the uncompromising Zambezi River, single-handedly, in a kayak. He .... | 192 pages | 1 map, col images | Struik Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1770074848 | #169241A | £16.99 Add to basket |
| Regional & Travel | Go to subject web page |
Diversity and Unity Danielle de Lame and Morgan de Dapper The book presents the acts of the international conference jointly organized by the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences & the Royal Museum for Central Africa, in September .... | 360 pages | Figs, photos, tabs | MRAC Pbk | 2007 | 9075894961 | #169308A | £26.95 Add to basket |
Anup Shah and Manoj Shah "African Odyssey: 365 Days" follows the movements of the great wildebeest herds as they migrate across the Serengeti during the course of a year. Spurred on by the dry season, .... | 744 pages | 365 col photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0810993961 | #169404A | £19.95 Add to basket |
Botswana: Photo Safari Companion
Alain Pons and Christine Baillet Botswana is a landlocked country at the very heart of Southern Africa. The terrain is predominately flat to gently rolling tablelands while the Kalahari Dessert covers much .... | 68 pages | Col photos, maps | Evans Mitchell Books Pbk | 2006 | 1901268225 | #168500A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Ecologia e História Natural da Mata Atlântica
Athayde Tonhasca Jr | 198 pages | Figs, tabs | Editora Interciencia Pbk | 2005 | 8571931305 | #163904A | £73.00 Add to basket |
An Environmental History of Seattle Matthew Klingle At the foot of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains on the forested shores of Puget Sound, Seattle is set in a location of spectacular natural beauty. This book explores the role .... | 384 pages | 46 illus | Yale UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0300116411 | #168618A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Formation and Future of the Upper Texas Coast A Geologist Answers Questions About Sand, Storms, and Living by the Sea John B Anderson With strong personal and professional ties to the Gulf of Mexico, marine geologist John B. Anderson has spent two decades studying the Texas coastline and continental shelf. In .... | 200 pages | 101 col photos | Texas A&M UP Pbk | 2007 | 1585445614 | #169274A | £15.50 Add to basket |
BBC A sumptuous series that tells the story of the most extraordinary river in the world - the Ganges. Human life and nature bustle along her river banks, in a kaleidoscope of .... | Contains 2 Discs | BBC Video DVD | NYP 09/2007 | BBCDVD2147 | #168875A | £15.99 Add to basket |
Archie Miles Britain has 80% of northern Europe's most ancient trees and a remarkable array of woodland types, in particular the huge variety of manifestations and combinations of our .... | colour photos | Ebury Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0091901669 | #169736A | £24.99 Add to basket |
The Magnificent Natural Heritage of South Africa
Johann Knobel and George Bredenkamp Johann Knobel has spent the last 20 years photographing each individual biome within South Africa, each of which has its own unique flora and fauna and character. South .... | 160 pages | Col photos, maps | Sunbird Publishing Hbk | 2006 | 1919938389 | #169603A | £23.50 Add to basket |
Mountain Islands and Desert Seas A Natural History of the US-Mexican Borderlands FR Gehlbach Welcome reprint of a classic of North American natural history writing. `... among the best of natural history accounts.' The Auk. .... | 298 pages | Col & b/w photos, line illus, maps | Texas A&M UP Pbk | R/P 08/2007 | 0890965668 | #002721A | £15.50 Add to basket |
A Visual Celebration Jean du Plessis All the mysterious aspects of this stark and compelling land are dramatically depicted in an astounding collection of photographs - from the fragility of the mist-enshrouded .... | 160 pages | Struik Hbk | 2007 | 1770073620 | #169236A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Mary Gillham An account, intended for the non-specialist visitor to Lundy, providing details of the vegetation, animal life and rock types of this three-mile-long granite outpost off the .... | 176 pages | Col & b/w photos, maps | Halsgrove / Westcountry Pbk | 2007 | 1841145890 | #169197A | £13.50 Add to basket |
Nature's Last Frontier Tomas Eloy Martinez and Marcos Zimmerman Comprising most of the southern tip of the continent of South America, Patagonia is one of the world's last true wildernesses. It is so empty, so vast, that no-one could hope .... | 160 pages | 90 col images | New Holland Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1847730779 | #169226A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Melissa Shales Focuses on the beautiful state of Kerala on the tropical Malabar Coast of southwest India. Featuring stunning high mountains, gorges and deep-cut valleys, the book also .... | 128 pages | 180 col photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1845377648 | #169227A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Melissa Shales The largest state in India in terms of its area, Rajasthan is a fascinating region, explored in full in this beautifully illustrated book. Photographs and informative text .... | 128 pages | 180 col photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 184537763X | #169228A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne Capturing the diversity of Sri Lanka's magnificent scenery, from jungle to rolling hills, spectacular waterfalls to palm-lined sandy beaches, this pictorial tribute also .... | 128 pages | 140 col photos, 2 col maps | New Holland Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1845372522 | #169269A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Guide de Decouverte des Fonds Azureens Jean Monot Fiftythree sites are described. .... | 112 pages | Col photos | Edisud Pbk | 2007 | 2744906735 | #167927A | £19.95 Add to basket |
An Environmental History Christopher V Hill This work is a chronological study of South Asia that emphasizes the effect of humans on their environment, and in return the influence of nature on the evolution of human .... | 300 pages | ABC-Clio Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1851099255 | #165296A | £54.50 Add to basket |
Southern Africa - Living Landscapes
David Rogers Southern Africa is region of spectacular landscapes - from the rolling dunes of Namibia, endless vistas of Botswana and majestic power of Victoria Falls to the towering .... | 172 pages | 250 photos | Struik Hbk | 2007 | 1770073566 | #169242A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Christopher Scarlett and Gerald Cubitt Provides a fully updated coverage of recent political events. Indonesia is an increasingly popular tourist destination. Year after year, millions of tourists arrive .... | 176 pages | 200 col & 25 b/w photos | New Holland Pbk | 2007 | 1843301733 | #140367A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Top Dive Sites of the Caribbean (Anniversary Edition) Lawson Wood Now fully updated, "Top Dive Sites of the Caribbean" explores the superb marine habitats, islands and reefs of one of the world's most fascinating diving destinations. .... | 160 pages | 300 col images, maps | New Holland Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1845379098 | #169238A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Vanishing World: The Endangered Arctic
Mireille De La Lez and Frederik Granath Published to coincide with the International Polar Year, "Vanishing World" is an unprecedented visual record of life in the Arctic. Five years in the making, this book .... | 264 pages | 130 col photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 081099464X | #169402A | £19.95 Add to basket |
Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley and Le Duc Minh A country uncommonly rich in plants, animals, and natural habitats, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shelters a significant portion of the world's biological diversity, .... | 423 pages | 76 col illus, figs, maps | Yale UP Hbk | 2006 | 0300106084 | #158406A | £24.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 030012693X | #168570A | £11.99 Add to basket |
John MacKinnon and Nigel Hicks In this revised and updated new edition, author John Mackinnon looks at the many landscapes and ecosystems found across this huge country, and examines the vast range of .... | 176 pages | 220 col images, 4 col maps | New Holland Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1845379209 | #169210A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Wildlife and Scenery of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah Junaidi Payne Malaysia is one of the world's greatest ecotourism destinations, renowned for both the beauty of its many varied landscapes and for the great diversity of its wildlife. From .... | 176 pages | 220 col images, 4 col maps | New Holland Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1845379195 | #169209A | £19.99 Add to basket |
| Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
1001 Gardens You Must See Before You Die
Edited by Rae Spencer-Jones Features a showcase of the best examples of man's artistic taming of nature from the world's most outstanding landscape gardeners. This book covers everything from the .... | 960 pages | 800 col photos | Cassell Illustrated Pbk | 2007 | 1844034984 | #169078A | £19.99 Add to basket |
How to Plan, Create and Sustain a Low-Maintenance Garden Brenda Little With a little preparation and a few minutes a day, new or experienced gardeners can have a colorful flower garden and a bounty of vegetables with this fun and handy manual. .... | 203 pages | Col illus | Silverleaf Press Pbk | 2007 | 1933317795 | #169181A | £10.95 Add to basket |
Atlas Ilustrado de Arboles de Espana
This book is a practical identification guide to the main arboreal species of the Iberian Peninsula, Baleric and Canary Islands. .... | 252 pages | Photos | Susaeta Ediciones S.A. Hbk | 2006 | 8430558446 | #168422A | £17.95 Add to basket |
Atlas Ilustrado de Plantas en Maceta
Jorge Echagüe Provides advise on how to obtain beautiful flowerpots for your terrace/balcony. The book teaches which species are more suitable for a terrace, which adapt better to a certain .... | 256 pages | Col illus | Susaeta Ediciones S.A. Hbk | 2006 | 8430557873 | #168423A | £17.95 Add to basket |
Bacillariophyceae from Karstic Wetlands in Mexico Dedicated to Dr. Arturo Gómez-Pompa Eberto Novelo, Rosaluz Tavera and Claudia Ibarra This publication describes the diatom flora of freshwater environments from karstic wetlands from El Eden Ecological Reserve, Mexico. Environmental parameters and latitude .... | 136 pages | 3 figures, 21 plates | Gebrder Borntraeger Pbk | 2007 | 3443570453 | #169570A | £48.50 Add to basket |
A Living History Brian Johnson and Scot Medbury A comprehensive and practical guide to the world's foremost botanic gardens. This visually stunning book unearths the fascinating history of the botanic garden, from the .... | 295 pages | Colour & b/w photos, col illus | Black Dog Publishing Ltd Hbk | 2007 | 1904772722 | #169080A | £39.95 Add to basket |
A Natural History of the World's Oldest Trees Ronald M Lanner Brings together for the first time the captivating facts about bristlecone and foxtail pines - trees that thrive in a harsh environment and live thousands of years - with a .... | 110 pages | 27 col photos, 1 map | Mountain Press Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0878425381 | #169219A | £15.95 Add to basket |
Checklist of Polish Larger Ascomycetes
MA Chmiel | 152 pages | Polish Botany Institute Pbk | 2007 | 8389648466 | #169087A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Science, Commerce and Politicas in the Early Modern World Edited by Londa Schiebinger and Claudia Swan Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of scholarly essays offers a lively challenge .... | 352 pages | 54 b/w illus | Pennsylvania UP Hbk | 2005 | 0812238273 | #148878A | £38.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0812220099 | #169106A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae, Part 13
R Agerer et al | Col plates | Einhorn Unbound | 2006 | #164006A | £84.00 Add to basket |
The Complete Garden Wildlife Book
Mark Golley This book combines full identification and behavioural features of over 250 species common to Britain and Europe, including birds, mammals, amphibians, wasps and bees, .... | 176 pages | 250 illus | New Holland Pbk | 2007 | 1845377427 | #169634A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Anabelle Maffioli and Julio C Sanchez Laminated fold out pocket guide with illustrations of medicinal plants commonly found in Costa Rica. Descriptions of common uses in both English and Spanish are given. .... | 12 pages | 12 page concertina style, col illus laminated guide | HML Enterprises Unbound | 2007 | 1888538732 | #169555A | £5.25 Add to basket |
Enrique Leal C Laminated fold out pocket guide with illustrations of tropical fruits found in the forest and at the fruit stand. .... | 13 pages | 13 page concertina style, col illus laminated guide | HML Enterprises Unbound | 2007 | 1888538872 | #169557A | £5.25 Add to basket |
Edited by Edna Graneli and Jefferson T Turner Harmful algal blooms are one of the consequences of the human impact on aquatic ecosystems, particularly the process of eutrophication. They can cause a variety of .... | 413 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540322094 | #158257A | £100.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540740090 | #169733A | £40.50 Add to basket |
A Field Guide to the Ferns, Clubmosses, Quillworts and Horsetails of the British Isles J Merryweather and M Hill The third edition of this popular AIDGAP field guide to the ferns, clubmosses, quillworts and horsetails of the British Isles is now available. .... | 88 pages | 29 col photos, line illus, maps | FSC Pbk | 2007 | #169757A | £6.95 Add to basket |
Field Guide to Eucalypts: Volume 1 South-Eastern Australia MIH Brooker and DA Kleinig The genus Eucalyptus includes about 900 species and subspecies, with almost a third occurring in south-eastern Australia in the crescent from the top of Spencer Gulf .... | 356 pages | Col photos, maps, figs | Bloomings Books Hbk | 2006 | 1876473525 | #169540A | £49.95 Add to basket |
A Nikel | Polish Botany Institute Pbk | 2006 | 8389648229 | #169553A | £29.50 Add to basket |
Flora of China, Volume 13: Clusiaceae-Araliaceae
Flora of China Editorial Committee Among the 33 plant families described in this volume are Clusiaceae, the mangosteen and St. John's-wort family, harvested for its wood, resin, fruits, seeds, and horticultural .... | 548 pages | Missouri BG Hbk | 2007 | 1930723598 | #039107A | £99.00 Add to basket |
Robert B Kaul, David Sutherland and Steven Rolfsmeier All of the nearly 2,000 species that grow outside cultivation in Nebraska are described, as are their habitats and ranges. About two-thirds are native to Nebraska, and the .... | 966 pages | 18 colour plates, 16 pages of line drawings, distribution maps | Missouri BG Pbk | 2006 | 1561610089 | #169124A | £43.50 Add to basket |
Flora of Pakistan, Volume 215: Liliaceae
SI Ali A family consisting of 11 genera and about 550 species, distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, this volume of Flora of Pakistan covers the 7 genera and 47 species .... | 108 pages | Missouri BG Pbk | 2007 | #158020A | £19.50 Add to basket |
Flore Pratique du Maroc, Volume 2: Angiospermae (Leguminosae - Lentibulariaceae)
Edited by M Fennane, Ouyahya, A Ibn Tattou and J El Oualdi | 636 pages | Institute Scientifique Hbk | 2007 | #169121A | £85.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | #169122A | £61.00 Add to basket |
Fluorescing World of Plant Secreting Cells
VV Roshchina Summarizes information on autofluorescence of plant secretory cells as a phenomenon and the possibilities of the practical use of light emission by cell biologists, .... | 300 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1578085152 | #169688A | £49.30 Add to basket |
Edible, Inedible, Incredible Rob Kesseler and Wolfgang Stuppy A fascinating exploration of fruit, through a series of extraordinary images and informative text. .... | colour photos | Andreas Papadakis Publisher Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1901092747 | #169740A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Robert L Zimdahl This book addresses herbicides and their use as an important aspect of modern weed management,and strives to place them in an ecological framework. Many weed scientists .... | 612 pages | B/w photos, illus, figs, tabs | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0123725186 | #169544A | £45.99 Add to basket |
Ecoguide John Manning and Colin Paterson-Jones The Cape Fold Mountains, which lie at the southern tip of Africa as ranges paralleling the western and southern Cape coastlines, together with the valleys between, and the .... | 184 pages | 400 photos, distribution maps | Briza Pbk | 2007 | 1875093664 | #166158A | £18.95 Add to basket |
Handbook of Plant Science, 2 Volume Set
Keith Roberts Plant Science, like the biological sciences in general, has undergone seismic shifts in the last thirty or so years. Of course science is always changing and metamorphosing, .... | 1618 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0470057238 | #169311A | £295.00 Add to basket |
Basilius Besler The first facsimile edition of this classic, originally published in 1613, consists of 3 volumes in the format of 43.5 x 52.00 cm containing the facsimile of the original work .... | 286 pages | 367 colour plates | Gantner Hbk | 2007 | #169495A | £6499.00 Add to basket |
Andrew Eburne and Richard S Taylor Provides an account of the different elements of gardens of all ages and explains their meaning and their history. Among the many subjects covered are: garden design, plant .... | 272 pages | Ebury Press Hbk | 2006 | 0091909007 | #169139A | £24.99 Add to basket |
An Illustrated Guide to the Coprophilous Ascomycetes of Australia
A Bell This publication includes the observations and annotated notes on the coprophilous ascomycetes of Australia made by the late Major Harry Dade, together with the further .... | 173 pages | 115 plates | CBS Spiralbound | 2005 | 9070351580 | #166779A | £80.99 Add to basket |
Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics Domestication, Utilization and Commercialization FK Akinnifesi, RRB Leakey, Z Tchoundjeu, P Matakala and FR Kwesiga It has been recognized that an important factor in improving the viability of rural livelihoods in developing countries is the promotion of sustainable agriculture. As .... | 464 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1845931106 | #169173A | £75.00 Add to basket |
Integrated Management and Biocontrol of Vegetable and Grain Crops Nematodes
Edited by A Ciancio and K.G Mukerji The second volume of the IMPD series describes aspects related to most important phytoparasitic nematodes, considering the integration of biological control methods with .... | 360 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1402060629 | #168637A | £104.00 Add to basket |
Steven A Frowine Some of the most intriguing orchids are those classified as miniatures plants that range from just an inch or two in height to a maximum of 12 inches. Steven Frowine profiles .... | 272 pages | 338 col photos | Timber Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0881928364 | #167943A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Native Orchids of China in Colour
Chen Singchi, Tsi Zhanhuo and Luo Yibo Distributed by Elsevier Science on behalf of Science Press. Available internationally for the first time, this book is a definitive illustrated work on Chinese wild orchids. .... | 416 pages | 600 col plates | Science Press Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 7030069633 | #169545A | £54.99 Add to basket |
Stephen G Pallardy Woody plants such as trees have a significant economic and climatic influence on global economies and ecologies. This .... | 480 pages | Figs, tabs | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0120887657 | #169543A | £45.99 Add to basket |
Edited by Jozef Samaj and Jay Thelen Proteomics is the large-scale functional analysis of proteins extracted from intact organisms, tissues, individual cells, or cell compartments, at defined timepoints during .... | 365 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 3540726160 | #169389A | £115.50 Add to basket |
Edited by Simon Gilroy and Patrick Masson Tropisms, the defined vectorial stimuli, such as gravity, light, touch, humidity gradients, ions, oxygen, and temperature, which provide guidance for plant organ growth, .... | 256 pages | 50 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0813823234 | #166096A | £99.50 Add to basket |
Postharvest Pathogens and Disease Management
P Narayanasamy Postharvest diseases caused by microbial pathogens account for millions of dollars in losses of both durable and perishable produce products every year. Moreover, with .... | 578 pages | Tabs, figs | Wiley Hbk | 2006 | 0471743038 | #169361A | £69.50 Add to basket |
Preliminary List of the Cyperaceae in Northeastern Brazil
Edited by AC Araujo, E Cesar and D Simpson Between 2002 and 2004, 1392 Cyperaceae specimens were examined and the information repatriated. This checklist records 191 species in 24 genera, with entries listed .... | 56 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | 2007 | 1842462040 | #164967A | £24.99 Add to basket |
A Field Guide Jackie M Poole et al Since 1987, when Texas Parks and Wildlife Department botanists published their first in-house summary of Texas' threatened plants, more than 225 species have been identified .... | 656 pages | 247 col photos | Texas A&M UP Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1585445576 | #169272A | £21.50 Add to basket |
The Royal Horticultural Society Pests and Diseases
Pippa Greenwood and Andrew Halstead Tackle pests and diseases fast with this handy gardener's guide. Learn to identify, treat and prevent plant problems with the help of the experts at the RHS. A detailed A-Z .... | 224 pages | illus | Dorling Kindersley Pbk | 2007 | 1405319690 | #169076A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Gardening In Tune with Nature Pam Lewis Provides information on how modifying garden habits can benefit local wildlife. This book, an account of the process, is both sharply observed and full of valuable .... | 160 pages | 100 photos | Frances Lincoln Pbk | 2007 | 0711227594 | #169143A | £16.99 Add to basket |
Timber Press Pocket Guide to Hostas
Diana Grenfell and Michael Shadrack Boasting diverse leaf shape, size, color, and texture, it is no wonder that hostas continue to reign as the most popular perennial plants in North America. Not only are .... | 208 pages | 302 col photos, 2 maps | Timber Press Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 088192847X | #167960A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Stirling Macoboy and Tommy Cairns Stirling Macoboy's book has become a classic among rose lovers, not just for its beautiful pictures and comprehensive coverage, but also thanks to its author's .... | 488 pages | 2000 col photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0810994100 | #169406A | £39.95 Add to basket |
Flowering Shrubs for Every Season Michael Dirr With their abundance of flower, handsome foliage, robust constitution, and frequently stunning fruits, viburnums are among the most beautiful and versatile hardy shrubs .... | 288 pages | 424 col photos, 7 col plates | Timber Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0881928534 | #167937A | £24.99 Add to basket |
World Checklist and Bibliography of Campanulaceae
Thomas G Lammers The bellflower Family Campanulaceae is found throughout the world, and includes a large number of species important in ornamental horticulture. For the past quarter century, .... | 675 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | 2007 | 1842461869 | #117682A | £90.00 Add to basket |
| Animal & General Biology | Go to subject web page |
Area-wide Integrated Control of Insect Pests Proceedings of the 2nd FAO/IAEA International Conference Edited by M Vreysen "If major advances are to be made in coping with most of the major arthropod pest problems, then the tactics and strategies for managing such insects, ticks and mites .... | 800 pages | 31 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1402060580 | #168630A | £132.00 Add to basket |
Edited by Christian Dahmann Drosophila is a comprehensive collection of methods and protocols for Drosophila, one of the oldest and most commonly used model organisms in modern biology. The text presents a .... | 410 pages | Illus | Humana Press Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1588298175 | #169341A | £61.00 Add to basket |
Field and Laboratory Exercises in Animal Behavior
Chadwick Tillberg, Michael Breed and Sarah Hinners Animal behavior is one of the most engaging and intuitively attractive areas of biological science, and a laboratory in conjunction with a behavior course can play a .... | 130 pages | Academic Press Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0123725828 | #169549A | £18.99 Add to basket |
Concepts and Applications of DNA Technology Jeremy W Dale and Malcolm von Schantz Rapid advances in a collection of techniques referred to as gene technology, genetic engineering, recombinant DNA technology and gene cloning have pushed molecular biology .... | 416 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0470017333 | #169313A | £80.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0470017341 | #169314A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Genomics and Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes
Edited by Laura A Katz and Debashish Bhattacharya This book synthesizes the rapidly emerging fields of eukaryotic diversity and genome evolution. Eukaryotes, cells with nuclei, evolved as microbes and have existed on Earth .... | 256 pages | 12 halftones, 35 line drawings | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0198569742 | #157498A | £55.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0199229058 | #169102A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Tools for the New Biology Daniel C Liebler Daniel C. Liebler masterfully introduces the science of proteomics by spelling out the basics of how one analyzes proteins and proteomes, and just how these approaches are .... | 220 pages | Humana Press Hbk | 2007 | 1588297780 | #168195A | £23.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 1588298965 | #168196A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Fundamentals of Applied Microbiology Alexander Glazer and Hiroshi Nikaido Knowledge in microbiology is growing exponentially through the determination of genomic sequences of hundreds of microorganisms and the invention of new technologies such as .... | 608 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521842107 | #169248A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Edited by Christiane Dahl and Cornelius G Friedrich In nature, sulfur occurs in many different oxidation states and is one of the most versatile elements in life. It is an integral part of many important cell constituents, .... | 320 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 3540726799 | #169340A | £107.50 Add to basket |
Physiology and Biology of Extremophiles
Edited by Charles Gerday Ever since extremophiles were discovered in 1965 in the near-boiling water of the Octopus Spring geyser at Yellowstone National Park, they have forever changed our .... | 472 pages | Blackwell Hbk | 2007 | 1555814220 | #164610A | £80.00 Add to basket |
Kinetic Pathways to Crystallization and Disease James D Gunton, Andrey Shiryayev and Daniel L Pagan The quest to understand the condensation of proteins from solutions is a rapidly evolving field. The purpose of this book is to bring to an interdisciplinary audience .... | 296 pages | 112 line diagrams, col plates, tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521851211 | #169255A | £70.00 Add to basket |
Reporter Genes: A Practical Guide
Edited by Don Anson Reporter genes have played, and continue to play, a vital role in many areas of biological research by providing a ready means for qualitative and quantitative .... | 176 pages | Illus | Humana Press Hbk | 2007 | 158829739X | #169339A | £61.50 Add to basket |
Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity
Edited by David L Hawksworth and Alan T Bull This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address the conservation and biodiversity of vertebrates - .... | 498 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402063199 | #169343A | £92.50 Add to basket |
| Evolutionary Biology | Go to subject web page |
The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought Roots of Evo-Devo Ron Amundson In this book Ron Amundson examines two hundred years of scientific views on the evolution-development relationship from the perspective of evolutionary developmental .... | 294 pages | illus | CUP Hbk | 2005 | 0521806992 | #156049A | £44.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521703972 | #169254A | £15.99 Add to basket |
The Evolution of an Idea Edited by JD Watson For the first time ever in one volume, here are four of the most influential works of Charles Darwin, reprinted in their entirety, each illuminated by commentary from eminent .... | 1276 pages | Running Press Hbk | 2005 | 0762421363 | #155951A | £19.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0762430516 | #169489A | £11.99 Add to basket |
The Elegance of Evolution: Natural History Through Spectacular Skeletons
Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu and Patrick Gries Spectacular, mysterious, elegant and disturbing - the compelling beauty of vertebrate skeletons is revealed as never before in this astonishing collection of photographs, .... | 288 pages | 187 illus | Thames & Hudson Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0500513708 | #169409A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Reflections in Natural History Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould reexamines Darwin's theory in light of the findings of modern evolutionary biology and shows the ways in which biological theories have been concocted .... | 285 pages | Illus | Norton Pbk | 2007 | 0393308189 | #169606A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Evolution and Religious Creation Myths How Scientists Respond Paul F Lurquin and Linda Stone Polls show that 45% of the American public believes that humans were created about 10,000 years ago and that evolution is a fictitious myth. Another 25% believes that .... | 240 pages | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0195315383 | #169146A | £17.99 Add to basket |
An Integrative Approach to the Hominin Record Edited by Wil Roebroeks The human brain and its one hundred billion neurons compose the most complex organ in the body and harness more than 20 per cent of all the energy we produce. Why do we have .... | 280 pages | 57 illus | Amsterdam UP Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 9087280149 | #168312A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia Edited by W.Henry Gilbert and Berhane Asfaw This volume, the first in a series devoted to the paleoanthropological resources of the Middle Awash Valley of Ethiopia, includes Homo erectus, a close relative of Homo .... | 496 pages | 166 b/w photos, 71 line illus, 51 tabs | California UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0520251202 | #168994A | £44.95 Add to basket |
The Radiation Of Darwin's Finches Peter R Grant and B Rosemary Grant Charles Darwin's experiences in the Galapagos Islands in 1835 helped to guide his thoughts toward a revolutionary theory: that species were not fixed but diversified from .... | 256 pages | 120 col illus | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0691133603 | #168964A | £19.95 Add to basket |
Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology
Joel Irish and Greg Nelson Bringing together a variety of today's most accomplished dental researchers, Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology covers a range of topics germane to the study of .... | 456 pages | 61 line diagrams, 27 half-tones, 46 tables, 88 figures | CUP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0521870615 | #166753A | £70.00 Add to basket |
David Attenborough 1975 series of 7 programmes which relate masterpieces of the world's tribal art to the people and places that produced. .... | 3-DVD set | BBC Video DVD | NYP 08/2007 | BBCDVD2401 | #169571A | £19.99 Add to basket |
James R Flynn Professor James Flynn is one of the most creative and influential psychologists in the field of intelligence. The 'Flynn Effect' refers to the massive increase in IQ test .... | 225 pages | Tabs, figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521880076 | #169247A | £14.99 Add to basket |
| Ecology | Go to subject web page |
Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids From Theoretical Approaches to Field Applications Edited by E Wajnberg, C Bernstein and Jacques van Alphen Written by a team of leading international specialists, Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids examines the optimal behaviors that parasitoids exhibit in order to maximize .... | 396 pages | 45 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 140516347X | #166707A | £44.95 Add to basket |
Distributions, Barriers and Islands Edited by Willem Renema Biogeography considers the distribution of biological units over a wide range of scales. The units range from genotypes, populations and species to families and higher taxa. .... | 420 pages | 122 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402063733 | #169345A | £119.00 Add to basket |
John Gray and Michael Elliott Marine sediments provide the largest habitat on planet earth yet knowledge of the structure and function of their flora and fauna continues to be poorly described in .... | 256 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0198569017 | #169104A | £65.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0198569025 | #169103A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Edited by Matt Carlson et al U.S. National Park Service photo identification guide describing non-native plant species in Alaska. .... | 294 pages | Col illus, dist maps | US GPO Spiralbound | 2005 | 0160729963 | #165427A | £48.00 Add to basket |
Sean Connell and Bronwyn Gillanders Examines the ecological issues of marine ecosystems in unprecedented scope and depth. With contributions from an impressive group of Australian and New Zealand authors, the .... | 670 pages | OUP Pbk | 2007 | 0195553020 | #169145A | £33.99 Add to basket |
| Habitats & Ecosystems | Go to subject web page |
Ecological Dynamics and Social Change Edited by Michael J Sheridan and Celia Nyamweru African sacred groves are often described as the remains of primeval forests, ethnographic curiosities, and cultural relics from a static pre-colonial past. This book .... | 240 pages | 15 figs, 11 tabs, 3 photos | James Currey Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1847014011 | #168569A | £44.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1847014003 | #168568A | £16.95 Add to basket |
A Guide to Ripples, Dunes, and Other Natural Features of the Seashore William Neal, Orrin Pilkey and Joseph Kelley At first glance, the beach may appear to be an endless, flat, monotone landscape. Upon closer inspection, though, the beach reveals that it has myriad treasures for the .... | 272 pages | 174 b/w photos, 34 figs | Mountain Press Pbk | 2007 | 0878425349 | #169301A | £13.95 Add to basket |
Biology of Hawaiian Streams and Estuaries
Edited by Neal L Evenhuis and J Fitzsimmons Proceedings of the Symposium on the Biology of Hawaiian Streams and Estuaries. Hilo, Hawai'i, 26-27 April 2005. Provides an overview of the current knowledge about the .... | 334 pages | Bishop Museum Press Pbk | 2007 | 1581780532 | #169665A | £43.50 Add to basket |
Ecology and Conservation Edited by ML Martinez and NP Psuty Brings together coastal dune specialists from tropical and temperate latitudes, to cover a wide range of topics, including: geomorphology, community dynamics, ecophysiology, .... | 360 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | 2004 | 3540408290 | #144194A | £107.50 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540740015 | #169730A | £42.50 Add to basket |
Ecosystem-Based Estuary Management A Case Study of Narragansett Bay Edited by Alan Desbonnet, Ames Borden Colt and Barry A Costa-Pierce This book addresses the broad problem of coastal nutrient pollution. In the U.S., approximately two-thirds of the coastal rivers and bays are moderately to severely .... | 325 pages | 120 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0387352988 | #160917A | £54.00 Add to basket |
Eric Wolanski This book focuses on the principal components of an estuary. Although each chapter contains rigorous specialist knowledge, it is presented in an accessible way that .... | 178 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0444530665 | #169552A | £51.99 Add to basket |
Landscape Ecology in the Dutch Context Nature, Town and Infrastructure TM de Jong, JNM Dekker and R Posthoorn This book is the result | |