The Black Bear Almanac

David Smith

Ursus americanus, the American black bear, can be found from Canada to Mexico. More and more, bears are becoming a familiar sight, not only where human development encroaches ....

Bobcat

Master of Survival

Kevin Hansen

Bobcat: Master of Survival tells the story of the most adaptable and resilient wild feline in the world. While half the wild cat species worldwide are in danger, the ....

Cat

Katharine M Rogers

Part of the Reaktion's animal series, Cat traces the relationship between humans and the cat from its original domestication in ancient Egypt c. 2000 BC, where it ....

Deer & Deer Parks of Lincolnshire

Chris Manning

Current and historic details of Lincolnshire's deer, focusing on their landscape impact, particularly the creation and maintenance of parks. It includes a Gazetteer of the ....

Discovering Dolphins

Stephanie Nowacek and Douglas Nowacek

Provides a fresh introduction to dolphins around the world. This book tells how they eat, communicate and survive in their different marine environments. It includes ....

Dolphins

Jonathan Bird

Dolphins, perhaps like no other sea creatures, captivate and delight us. They are highly evolved and social animals, communicating with each other through their own language of ....

Field Guide to Antelope of Southern Africa

N Zaloumis and R Cross

This book has been designed to slip into a pocket and, in addition to detailed descriptions of each species, carries information on distribution, preferred habitat, ....

Fox

Martin Wallen

Foxes live throughout the world in widely different habitats from forest to desert to the Arctic. What is surprising, though, is that scientists admit that very little is ....

The King and I

Travels in Tigerland

Prerna Singh Bindra

A travelogue celebrating the big cats in India. ....

Lemurs

Ecology and Adaptation

Edited by Lisa Gould and ML Sauther

Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation brings together information from recent research, and provides new insight into the study of lemur origins, and the ecology and adaptation ....

Primate Anti-Predator Strategies

Edited by Sharon/Nekaris, Anna Gursky

This volume details the different ways that nocturnal primates avoid predators. Anti-predator strategies exhibited by nocturnal prosimians include: crypsis, alarm ....

Rhino

Joanna Skipwith

Rhinos have inspired artists for many centuries, but as the images multiply, the real animals are dying out. These books combine information about the real animals as well as ....

The Soul of the Ape

Eugene Marais

This is a new edition of this important work which was first published in 1969, 33 years after Marais's death. Although he worked on this book during the last years of his life ....

Wolves

Art Wolfe

There are probably more myths and legends about wolves than any other living creature. In fiction, they are most often portrayed as evil but in this book the authors set out, ....

Wolves

Behavior, Ecology and Conservation

Edited by L David Mech and Luigi Boitani

The first systematic, comprehensive overview of wolf biology since 1970. Many of the world's leading experts provide up-to-date coverage of topics including: wolf social ....

Aves Acuaticas en los Humedales de Cuba

L Magica, D Denis, M Acosta, A Jimenez and A Rodriguez

Este libro, informativo y ameno, con hermosas ilustraciones, fotografias y pinturas, introduce al publico en el maravilloso mundo de las aves acuaticas y sus habitat, asi ....

Bird Song in the Antarctic, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands

23 Songs / calls of Birds plus Southern Elephant Seals and a colony of King Penguins. These recordings were made in December 2004 and represent just some of the birds that ....

Birding in Eastern Europe

Gerard Gorman

This guide covers the best birding sites in eleven eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia ....

The Birds of Essex

Simon Wood

"The County Avifaunas" are a growing series giving full details of the status and range of every species recorded in the county in question. Each title covers all species on ....

Birds of Surrey

Jeffery Wheatley

A comprehensive account of the status, distribution and history of birds in Surrey, based on many years of research and fieldwork. This is a County Avifauna which is ....

Compact Guide to Colorado Birds

Michael Roedel and Gregory Kennedy

Compact Guide to Indiana Birds

Gregory Kennedy and Ken Brock

Compact Guide to Kansas Birds

Ted Cable and Gregory Kennedy

Compact Guide to New Jersey Birds

Paul Lehman and Kennedy Gregory

Compact Guide to Oklahoma Birds

Ted Cable and Gregory Kennedy

Compact Guide to South Carolina Birds

Curtis Smalling and Gregory Kennedy

Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice

An integrated approach

Edited by Ken A Otter

Chickadees and titmice are among the most popular birds in North America, due in large part to their readiness to use bird feeders, to nest in urban gardens, and even to be ....

Flightless Birds

Clive Roots

Covers the loss of flight in birds, both permanently after years of evolution, and temporarily as a result of unusual moulting behaviour, and those species that are in ....

Important Bird Areas in Fiji

Conserving Fiji's Natural Heritage

Edited by Vilikesa T Masibalavu and Guy Dutson

This book describes the 14 sites in Fiji which are of global importance for bird conservation. These Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are priorities for conserving the ....

Important Bird Areas of the Falkland Islands

Falklands Conservation

The book describes 22 sites in the Falklands, which are of global importance for bird conservation. These Important Bird Areas are priorities for conserving the natural ....

Manx Bird Atlas

Chris Sharpe

The Manx Bird Atlas project was established to undertake the first comprehensive survey of all bird species to be found on the Island of Man during both the winter and ....

Migrating Raptors of the World

Their Ecology and Conservation

Keith L Bildstein

Many raptors, the hawks, eagles, and falcons of the world, migrate over long distances, often in impressively large numbers. Many avoid crossing wide expanses of water and ....

Peacock

Christine E Jackson

People in most countries are familiar with the blue peacock. It is one of the very few bird species that will tolerate a person standing within a few feet of it, and appears ....

Philip's Photographic Guide to Birds of the World

Edited by Andrew Gosler

"Philip's Photographic Guide to Birds of the World" features 1,300 individual bird species, making it the most comprehensive single-volume photographic collection of birds ....

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and East Asia

Tadao Shimba

Despite its rich avifauna and popularity with tourists, Japan has long been lacking a good English-language field guide. This new photographic guide will be the first book to ....

The Pocket Guide to Scilly Birds

Nigel Hudson and Danni Borrett

A photographic guide to the birds of the Scilly Isles, which boast the largest list of species for any location in Europe. This book covers 104 of the most common species, ....

Polish Bird Festival: May 2006

This CD is a representative of some of the 220 plus birds which can be seen and heard during the Polish Bird Festival. It is held annually in May and for many years ....

Sixth European Woodcock and Snipe Workshop 25-27 November 2003, Nantes, France

Proceedings of an International Symposium of the WI Woodcock and Snipe Specialist Group,

Edited by Y Ferrand

This volume contains 16 papers covering topics such as breeding biology, ecology, behaviour, population dynamics, monitoring and hunting bags.The papers focus on Woodcock ....

Tony Soper's Bird Table Book

The Complete Guide to Attracting Birds and Other Wildlife to Your Garden

Tony Soper

All-new edition of this classic work, with completely revised text and brand new illustrations. This book covers everything you need to know about attracting wild birds ....

Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union, Volume 10: The Amphibians of Belarus

SM Drobenkov, RV Novitsky, LV Kosova, KK Ryzhevich and MM Pikulik

This book summarizes the results of a long-term investigation of amphibian distribution, ecology and morphology in the Republic of Belarus. For all amphibian species, Triturus ....

Biology of Turtles

From Structures to Strategies of Life

Edited by Jeanette Wyneken, Vincent Bels and Matthew H Godfrey

Presents the morphology, physiology, and behavior of both freshwater and marine turtles. It explores life histories along with ecological strategies of adaptation, examines ....

Fauna Sinica: Amphibia, Volume 1: General Account of Amphibia: Gymnophiona and Urodela

Fei Liang

Frogs and Other Amphibians

Paul Starosta and Teddy Moncuit

Features colour photographs of frogs and amphibians of various shapes, sizes and colours. ....

Reptiles and Amphibians of Canada

Chris C Fisher

Turtles of the World

Franck Bonin, Bernard Devaux and Alain Dupré

From the familiar painted turtle basking on a log to the majestic long-lived giant tortoises, turtles are among the most fascinating animals on the planet. For many years ....

Action Plan for the Conservation of Sturgeons (Acipenseridae) in the Danube River Basin

J Bloesch et al

Six species of sturgeons are native to the Danube River Basin. The need for conservation action is urgent, given that recent observations in the Lower Danube indicate that all ....

Discovering Sharks

Jeffrey C Carrier

Sharks are greatly misunderstood creatures. Yet, the lifestyles of these supreme predators at the top of the ocean food chain is an amazing success story. This work ....

Salmon

Peter Coates

Every year, wild salmon travel hundreds of miles upstream. They fight fierce river currents, leap over rocks and small waterfalls, and die by the thousands of starvation, ....

Allpet Roaches: Care and Identification Handbook for the Pet and Feeder Cockroaches

R Willis and Orin McMonigle

Atlas of Crayfish in Europe

Edited by C Souty-Grosset, DM Holdich, Noel. PY, JD Reynolds and P Haffner

Crayfish are important as part of our natural heritage and represent key elements in freshwater ecosystems. Their conservation favours the protection of the aquatic ....

The Butterflies and Moths of Lincolnshire

Species review to 2004

Edited by Colin Smith

A review of the current known status of the Butterflies and Moths of Lincolnshire giving details of latest records for the more unusual species. There are vice-county tables for ....

The Complete Guide to Rearing Flower and Jewel Scarabs

Orin McMonigle

Complete Guide to Rearing the Elephant Stag Beetle

Orin McMonigle

Rearing techniques for stags from around the world with emphasis on Lucanus elephus. ....

Esperiana Memoir, Volume 1: The Lepidoptera of the Brandenberg Massif in Namibia, Part 1

Edited by Wolfram Mey

Esperiana Memoir, Volume 2 Hypotacha Hampson, 1913, Audea Walker, (1858) 1857 und Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 1860 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Catocalinae)

Revision und Phylogenie der Gattungsgruppe Crypsotidia Rothschild, 1901, Tachosa Walker, 1869,

Lars Kühne

Esperiana, Volume 12: Insect-Fauna of Yemen, Part 4

Edited by Hermann H Hacker

Faune des Carabidae de Turquie

Pierfranco Cavazzuti

Fly

Steven Connor

Few creatures live in such close and intimate contact with human beings as flies. As `the constant, immemorial witnesses to the human comedy', flies accompany human beings ....

Forest Entomology in East Africa

Forest Insects of Tanzania

Hans G Schabel

East African forests, among the world's most biologically rich and diverse, are subject to multiple pressures, including insects. As the first work to focus exclusively on East ....

Fulgoridae 1, Supplement 1

Nouveaux Fulgoridae Neotropicaux / New Neotropical Fulgoridae

Patrick Bleuzen and Thierry Porion

Fulgoridae 2, Supplement 1

Nouveaux fulgoridae d'Asie du Sud-Est / New fulgoridae from South-East Asia

Shinji Nagai and Thierry Porion

Fulgoridae 2, Supplement 2

Nouveaux fulgoridae d'Asie du Sud-Est / New fulgoridae from South-East Asia

Shinji Nagai and Thierry Porion

Le Genre Ceroglossus

Eric Jiroux

The Insects: Structure, Function and Biodiversity

Dunston P Ambrose

An Introduction to the Invertebrates

Janet Moore

So much has to be crammed into today's biology courses that basic information on animal groups and their evolutionary origins is often left out. This is particularly true for ....

Longhorn Beetles of the Amazon - Volume 1

Hisayasu Arai

Fine colour illustrations with species names. ....

Memoires Entomoloqiques

Paramemoires d'un Timarchophile

P Jolivet

Autobiography of the famous naturalist, traveller and professional entomologist Pierre Jolivet from the National Museum of Natural History, Paris. ....

The Molluscs

A Guide to their Study, Collection, and Preservation

Edited by C Sturm, T Pearce and A Valdes

Mollusks have been important to humans since our earliest days. Initially, when humans were primarily interested in what they could eat or use, mollusks were important as ....

The Soul of the White Ant

Eugene Marais

In his fascinating investigations into the psyche of the ants, their strangely rich inherited memory of instinct, Marais makes challenging assertions about the group soul ....

Early-Middle Pleistocene Transitions: The Land-Ocean Evidence

Edited by MJ Head and PL Gibbard

The Early-Middle Pleistocene transition (around 1.2 to 0.5 Ma) marks a profound shift in Earth's climate state. Low-amplitude 41 ka climate cycles, dominating the earlier part ....

Out of Thin Air

Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere

Peter Ward

For 65 million years dinosaurs ruled the Earth until a deadly asteroid forced their extinction. But what accounts for the incredible longevity of dinosaurs? A renowned ....

Plants, People and Places

Recent Studies in Phytolithic Analysis

M Madella and D Zurro

Phytoliths - rigid microscopic bodies that occur in most plant species - have gone a long way since that day when Darwin became curious about a fine powder deposited on the ....

Aquatic Oligochaete Biology IX: Selected Papers from the 9th Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, 6-10 October 2003, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Edited by P F Verdonschot, H Wang, A Pinders and R Nijboer

This volume contains selected papers from the 9th Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, 6-10 October 2003, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 18 contributions deal with the biology of ....

A Diver's Guide to Reef Life

Andrea Ferrari and Antonella Ferrari

A Diver's Guide to Reef Life is set to become the indispensable companion for reef divers wishing to identify, photograph or learn about the myriad of fascinating ....

Ocean

Robert Dinwiddie, Philip Eales and Fabien Cousteau

Explore the last wilderness left on Earth. From mangrove swamp to ocean floor, mollusc to manatee, Atlantic Conveyer to Hurricane Katrina, unravel the mysteries of the sea. ....

Sea Creatures Guide Book

Bayram Ozturk

Sea Creatures Guide Book is the sixth book in an education series as part of TUDAV's Life Project. The book introduces 160 species including sea mammals and sea turtles. ....

After Eden

The Evolution of Human Domination

Kirkpatrick Sale

When did the human species turn against the planet that we depend on for survival? Human industry and consumption of resources have altered the climate, polluted water and soil, ....

Bill Ricker: An Appreciation

Edited by David L Noakes

This book is the first complete biography of one of the founders of fishery science, William Edwin (Bill) Ricker (1908 - 2001). Bill is immortalized in the Ricker Curve. He ....

The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture

MF Robinson

With chronological chapters featuring emblematic Arctic explorers - including Elisha Kent Kane, Charles Hall, and Robert Peary - this title reveals why the North Pole, a ....

The Countryman's Bedside Book

BB

Captures in words and wood engravings the wonders of English wildlife and countryside. This work includes essays on the purple emperor butterfly, a night fishing on the ....

Discovering the Great South Land

B Heath

This is the story of the evolution of the sailing ships that gradually linked Australia to Europe. The book explains how the navigational problems of Australia's huge coastline ....

The Evolution of Death

Why We Are Living Longer

Stanley Shostak

Argues that death is not unchanging, but rather has evolved over time. ....

Hawai'i's Pioneer Botanist Dr. William Hillebrand

His Life and Letters

Ursula H Meier

Dr. William Hillebrand (1849-1886) takes his place as one of the most influential foreigners in the Hawaiian Islands in this fascinating biography. Not only was Dr. ....

Hunger

An Unnatural History

Sharman Apt Russell

Every day, we wake up hungry. Every day, we break our fast. Hunger explores the range of this primal experience. Sharman Apt Russell, the highly acclaimed author of Anatomy of a ....

John Herschel's Cape Voyage: Private Science, Public Imagination and the Ambitions of Empire

S Ruskin

Demonstrates the reason for Herschel's renown was due to the notion that his voyage was aligned with imperial ambition. It is the purpose of this book to make a case for the ....

Lavoisier in the Year One

The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution

Madison Smartt Bell

Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing a new terminology. Madison Smartt Bell's enthralling narrative ....

Life

A Journey Through Time

Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom

In the year 2000, world-renowned wildlife photographer Frans Lanting set out on a personal journey to photograph the evolution of life on earth. He made pilgrimages to ....

Murmurs of the Deep: Scientific Adventure in the Caribbean

Gilles Fonteneau

Fonteneau describes his pursuit of three goals: measuring the tectonic plates of the Caribbean in order to help prevent a tsunami, studying the erosion of coral reefs and ....

Nature's Way

Lore, Legend, Fact and Fiction

Ruth Binney

A fascinating and absorbing miscellany of traditional wisdom, proverbial sayings and modern science that uncovers the truth behind many generations' worth of superstitions ....

Scientific Perspectivism

Ronald N. Giere

Many people assume that the claims of scientists are objective truths. But historians, sociologists, and philosophers of science have long argued that scientific claims ....

The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist

James Longuski

This book translates "thinking like a rocket scientist" into every day thinking so it can be used by anyone. It's short and snappy and written by a rocket scientist. The book ....

The Tilapia Trail

The life story of a fish biologist

Ro Lowe-McConnell

Rosemary McConnell was one of the early pioneers studying the ecology and evolution of the world's richest diversity of ....

Weak Links

Stabilizers of Complex Systems from Proteins to Social Networks

Peter Csermely

Why do women stabilize our societies? Why can we enjoy and understand Shakespeare? Why are fruitflies uniform? Why do omnivorous eating habits aid our survival? Why is Mona ....

White Nature

Vincent Munier and Lysiane Ganousse

Captures nature in a winter landscape. This work features photographs by three times winner of the Eric Hosking award for BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, who takes us ....

Alaska

An American Colony

Stephen Haycox

Alaska has not evolved in a vacuum. It has been part of larger stories: the movement of Native peoples and their contact and accommodation to Western culture, the spread of ....

Animal Nation

The True Story of Animals and Australia

Adrian Franklin

Animal Nation traces the complex relationships between animals and humans in Australia. It starts with the colonial period, when unfamiliar native animals were hunted almost to ....

Below Freezing

A Dive Guide to Antarctica

LE Trotter

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

Big Bend National Park

Laurence Parent and Nick Patoski

Big Bend National Park is one of the few places left in America where a person can literally get away from it all. Nestled in the great bend of the Rio Grande that forms ....

Bulgarian Antarctic Research, Life Sciences Volume 5

AV Golemansky and R Metcheva

Encyclopedia of the Antarctic

Edited by Beau Riffenburgh

The Antarctic is unique, geographically, politically, and scientifically. It is the most remote, hostile, and dangerous continent, while at the same time it is the most pristine ....

Jungle of the Maya

Douglas Goodell

The Selva Maya (Jungle of the Maya) is one of the world's most magical yet least appreciated places - an enormous tropical forest that encompasses much of Belize, ....

Mockingbird Songs

Ecological Landscape of the South

Jack Temple Kirby

The American South is generally warmer, wetter, weedier, snakier, and more insect infested and disease prone than other regions of the country. It is alluring to the ....

National Park, City Playground

Mount Rainier in the Twentieth Century

Theodore R Catton

The majestic beauty of Mount Rainier, which dominates the Seattle and Tacoma skyscapes, has in many ways defined the Pacific Northwest. At the same time, those two major cities ....

The Natural History of Madagascar

Edited by Steven M Goodman and Jonathan P Benstead

Comprehensive, up-to-date account of this island nation's priceless biological treasures. Includes contributions by nearly 300 world-renowned experts covering the ....

The Nature of Southwestern Colorado

Recognizing Human Legacies and Restoring Natural Places

WL Baker and DD Paulson

Two ecologist-geographers guide readers through southwestern Colorado, where mountains meet red rock, detailing the area's ecology, human impacts, and current environmental ....

River of Renewal

Myth and History in the Klamath Basin

Stephen Most

A land of mountains, forests, wetlands, lakes, and rivers, the Klamath Basin spans the Oregon-California state line. Farms and ranches, logging towns, and back-to-the-land ....

Scotland's Beginnings

Michael Taylor and Andrew Kitchener

What would we have seen if we looked out over the landscape of Scotland at its very beginning, before the impact of mankind? What would it be like to swim in the Jurassic ....

Seashore of Southern California

Ian Sheldon

Secrets of the Savanna

Twenty Three Years in the African Wilderness Unravelling the Mysteries of Elephants and People

M Owens and D Owens

When the Owenses arrived at North Luangwa National Park in the mid-1980s, the park had been abandoned to poachers. Corrupt local officials, and even the scouts who were hired ....

Silent Fields

The Long Decline of a Nation's Wildlife

Roger Lovegrove

Since time immemorial mankind has taken it upon himself to wage war against nature -- against those species of birds and mammals which he believes conflict with his ....

Wild Scotland

The Essential Guide to the Best of Natural Scotland

James McCarthy

Describes the geology, landforms and wildlife of Scotland and what is being done to conserve Scottish habitats and species. ....

Advances in Algal Biology: A Commemoration of the Work of Rex Lowe

Edited by R J Stevenson, Y Pan, J P Kociolek and J C Kingston

Advances in Algal Biology: A Commemoration of the Work of Rex Lowe was written by students and colleagues of Rex Lowe to acknowledge his esteemed career that included ....

British Field Crops

A Pocket Guide to the Identification, History and Uses of Traditional and Novel Arable Crops in Great Britain

Sally A Francis

This field guide includes 90 different crops, including novel crops just beginning to be grown on Britain's farms; 150 clear botanical line drawings of leaves, flowers, seed ....

Clusia

A Woody Neotropical Genus of Remarkable Plasticity and Diversity

Edited by Ulrich E Lüttge

Clusia is the only dicotyledonous tree genus with crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), and in some cases all variants of CAM can even be expressed in one given species. ....

Compendium of Medicinal Plants of the World

Amritpal Singh

Alternative systems of medicine (Ayurveda, Siddha, Homoepathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medcila Herbalism) utilizes medicinal plants for formulations. The ....

Fencing Paradise

The Uses and Abuses of Plants

Richard Mabey

In this remarkable journal of visits to Eden, Mabey transports his reader from Cornwall to the Mediterranean to the Tropics, from Old World to New, from present to personal ....

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 24

Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, Part 1

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Volume 24 of Flora North America is one of two volumes on grasses to be published in this series (Volume 25, though it follows sequentially, was published in 2003). Together ....

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Dilleniidae, Part 2

Salicales, Capparales

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Flora of North America Volume 7 is the seventh volume of nineteen on dicotyledons to be published in the Flora of North America series. It treats more than 910 species ....

Flora of the Maltese Islands

A Field Guide

Hans Christian Weber and Bernd Kendzior

In this fieldguide to the wild flowers of the Maltese Islands, more than 600 of the approximately 1000 species of vascular plants found in Malta are considered. The guide ....

Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges, Volume 1

Orchids, Irises, Lilies, Grass-trees, Mat-rushes and other Petaloid Monocotyledons

Enid Mayfield

This area of south-eastern Australia has a rich and exceptionally diverse Flora with over 130 orchid species represented in this volume. ....

Fungi in the Environment

Edited by Geoff Gadd, Sarah Watkinson and Paul Dyer

Fungi are of fundamental importance in the terrestrial environment. They have roles as decomposers, plant pathogens, symbionts, and in elemental cycles. Fungi are often ....

Garden Natural History

Stefan Buczacki

A history of gardens in Britain with special reference to the evolution of different styles and the changing importance in them of native and exotic plant species. ....

A Glossary of Garden History

M Symes

Presents an alphabetical glossary of over five hundred entries that explains and illustrates such terms, aimed at readers of garden literature and visitors to gardens. A ....

Icones Pleurothallidiinarum XXVIII: Reconsideration of Masdevallia, and the Systematics of Specklinia and Vegetatively Similar Genera (Orchidaceae)

Carlyle A Luer

In addition to the taxonomic treatment of Specklinia and similar pleurothallid genera, segregate taxa are recognized within the large genus Masdevallia. New orchid taxa are ....

Keeping it Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the Northwest Coast of North America

Edited by Douglas Deur and Nancy J Turner

The European explorers who first visited the Northwest Coast of North America assumed that the entire region was virtually untouched wilderness whose occupants used the land ....

The Management and Maintenance of Historic Parks, Gardens and Landscapes

John Watkins and Thomas Wright

This new reference book is for all those professionals, agents, owners, designers and managers concerned with the many aspects of managing historic gardens, parks and design ....

Multiplication of RNA Plant Viruses

CL Mandahar

Multiplication is the basic biological function of all organisms and is dependent upon replication of genomes. This is also true of plant viruses even though they possess a ....

The Names of Plants

David Gledhill

An invaluable reference for botanists and horticulturalists. The first section gives an historical account of the significant changes in the ways that plants have been known ....

Plant Biotechnology

The genetic manipulation of plants

Adrian Slater, Nigel Scott and Mark Fowler

The second edition of Plant Biotechnology: the genetic manipulation of crop plants presents a balanced, objective exploration of the technology behind genetic ....

Plants of Alberta

France Royer and Richard Dickinson

Plants of Southern Interior British Columbia and the Inland Northwest

R Parish, R Coupe and D Lloyd

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast

Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska

Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon

Pomegranates

Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine

Navindra P Seeram and David Heber

While one may not find ancient studies that substantiate the pomegranate's curative and preventive qualities, the exalted status of this fruit goes back as far as the history ....

Practical Plant Identification

Including a Key to Native and Cultivated Flowering Plants in North Temperate Regions

J Cullen

Practical Plant Identification is an essential guide to identifying flowering plant families (wild or cultivated) in the northern hemisphere. Details of plant structure and ....

RHS Encyclopedia of Perennials

Graham Rice

This is the definitive practical guide to choosing, planting and combining herbaceous perennials - an essential tool for gardeners of all levels, from the experts at the RHS. ....

Saffron (Crocus Sativus): Production and Processing

Edited by M Kafi et al

Saffron is a precious spice which is mainly grown in Iran, India, Spain, Greece, Italy, Pakistan, Morocco, and central Asian countries. This book presents a comprehensive ....

Success with Wild Flowers & Plants

Julian Slatcher

We are all familiar with the charm of daffodils, primroses, bluebells and ferns, which will flourish in the majority of gardens, but here Julian Slatcher shows how many other ....

The Tree

Management, Cultivation and Biology

Robert Watson

An essential reference tool for all those who have a passion for trees as well as those who work in tree-related professions whether they be garden managers, forest and country ....

Tree Transgenesis

Recent Developments

Edited by Matthias Fladung and Dietrich Ewald

Tree improvement is necessary to meet the growing demand for the renewable resource wood. Many novel possibilities to obtain improved species are offered by biotechnology, ....

Trees and Tall Shrubs of Illinois

Linda J Kershaw and Clem Hamilton

A Tropical Garden Flora

Plants Cultivated in the Hawaiian Islands and other Tropical Places

George W Staples and Derral R Herbst

Describes more than 2,100 species of tropical and subtropical plants, provides brief descriptions and keys for identification, and weaves together the origins, uses, ....

Wild Flowers of the Table Mountain National Park - Standard Edition

Terry Trinder-Smith, Mary Maytham Kidd and Fay Anderson

This field guide for the identification of one third of the indigenous wild flowers growing in the world-renowned Table Mountain National Park, South Africa, showcases some ....

Wild Orchids of the Canadian Maritimes and Northern Great Lakes Region

Paul Martin Brown

A guide to finding the native orchid species found in the fields and forests of the Canadian Maritimes and shorelines of the Northern Great Lakes. This work illustrates ....

The Wildlife Gardener

Stefan Buczacki

The ultimate gardening book for all wildlife lovers, written by the leading expert in the field. This book debunks the myth that you need to grow a jungle to attract ....

Wood and Tree Fungi

Biology, Damage, Protection, and Use

Olaf Schmidt

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the various wood and tree fungi that damage trees, lumber, and timber. Special focus is given to identification, prevention, and ....

The World of Kew

Accompanies the BBC Series A Year At Kew

Carolyn Fry

Published to accompany the third series of "A Year at Kew" (which will be called "A New Year At Kew") this autumn, this lavishly illustrated book takes a close look at the ....

Bacterial-Epithelial Cell Cross-Talk

Molecular Mechanisms in Pathogenesis

Edited by Beth A McCormick

An emerging theme in molecular and cellular microbiology has been the ability of many pathogens to usurp the host cell and eventually colonize the host. This interaction ....

Biological Adhesives

Edited by Andrew M Smith and James A Callow

Many plants, animals, and microbes use adhesive polymers and structures to attach to inert substrates, to each other, or to other organisms. This is the first major review ....

Bioluminescence

Chemical Principles and Methods

Osamu Shimomura

This book, written by a distinguished scientist in the field, provides a comprehensive overview of the biochemical aspects of all luminous organisms currently known. It is the ....

Cells of Cells

The Global Race to Capture and Control the Stem Cell

Cynthia Fox

At the cutting edge of science, "Cell of Cells" charts the race to put the stem cell to use. From a laboratory in the Sahara, where one problem is sand in the Petri dishes, to ....

Cryptozoology and the Investigation of Lesser Known Animals

Edited by Chad Arment

Darwinian Reductionism

Or, How to Stop Worrying and Love Molecular Biology

Alexander Rosenberg

After the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953, scientists working in molecular biology embraced reductionism-the theory that all complex systems can be understood in ....

Ecology of the Acanthocephala

Clive Kennedy

Acanthocephalans, or spiny-headed worms, are endoparasites found in almost all marine, freshwater and terrestrial systems. They infect a huge range of definitive and ....

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Donald R. Forsdyke

Books on bioinformatics which began appearing in the mid 80s primarily served gene-hunters, and biologists who wished to construct family trees showing tidy lines of ....

Hibernation

Clive Roots

Examines those animals that cannot migrate and are forced to remain in a habitat that is inhospitable, and consequently sleep deeply for weeks or months. This unique trait, ....

Integrative Action of the Autonomic Nervous System

Neurobiology of Homeostasis

Wilfrid Janig

Almost all bodily functions are dependent on the functioning of the autonomic nervous system - from the cardiovascular system, the gastrointestinal tract, the evacuative and ....

Large-Scale Genome Sequence Processing

Masahiro Kasahara and Shinichi Morishita

Efficient computer programs have made it possible to elucidate and analyze large-scale genomic sequences. Fundamental tasks, such as the assembly of numerous whole-genome ....

Nocturnal Animals

Clive Roots

Examines how nocturnal animals live and explains their highly developed senses that enable them to survive in the dark, as well as their behaviour and adaptations to avoid ....

Searching for Ropens

Living Pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea

Jonathan Whitcomb

Do pterosaurs still live on Umboi, a remote tropical island in Papua New Guinea? This book relates eye-witness accounts of a large flying animal that has no feathers, eats ....

Toxicants in Terrestrial Ecosystems

A Guide for the Analytical and Environmental Chemist

T R Crompton

The presence of deliberately added or adventitious organic and inorganic compounds in soils can cause contamination of the crops which are grown on the land or animals ....

Darwin and the Nature of Species

David N Stamos

Examines Darwin's concept of species in a philosophical context. ....

Darwinism and its Discontents

Michael Ruse

Presenting an ardent defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, this book offers a clear and comprehensive exposition of Darwin's thinking. Michael Ruse brings the story ....

Evolution

A Scientific American Reader

Edited by Scientific American

From the Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925 to the court ruling against the Dover Area School Board's proposed intelligent design curriculum in 2005, few scientific topics have ....

Fins into Limbs

Evolution, Development and Transformation

Edited by Brian K. Hall

Long ago, fish fins evolved into the limbs of land vertebrates and tetrapods. During this transition, some elements of the fin were carried over while new features ....

Making Sense of Evolution

The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology

Massimo Pigliucci and Jonathan Kaplan

Making Sense of Evolution explores contemporary evolutionary biology, focusing on the elements of theories-selection, adaptation, and species-that are complex and open to ....

Modularity: Understanding the Development and Evolution of Natural Complex Systems

Werner Callebaut and Diego Rasskin-Gutman

Collection of papers which broadens the scientific discussion of modularity by bringing together experts from a variety of disciplines. ....

Origins

The Story of the Emergence of Humans and Humanity in Africa

Edited by Geoff Blundell

This book demonstrates the very special position Africa occupies in the evolution and creative development of humankind. After almost a century of scientific research into ....

Primate Origins

Adaptations and Evolution

Edited by Matthew J Ravosa and Marian Dagosto

The goals of this volume are twofold. First, it aims to provide a novel focus on adaptive explanations for cranial and postcranial features and functional complexes, ....

The Theoretical Biologist's Toolbox

Quantitative Methods for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Marc Mangel

Mathematical modelling is widely used in ecology and evolutionary biology and it is a topic that many biologists find difficult to grasp. In this new textbook Marc Mangel ....

Biological Invasions

Edited by Wolfgang Nentwig

This new volume on Biological Invasions deals with both plants and animals, differing from previous books by extending from the species to an ecosystem and global level. Its ....

Ecological Communities

Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs

Edited by Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy Craig and Peter Price

To gain a more complete understanding of plant-based ecological community structure requires knowledge of the integration of direct and indirect effects in plant herbivore ....

Exploring Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems

Comparative Studies and Theory Development

Edited by Brian Walker, John Anderies, Ann Kinzig and Paul Ryan

The capacity of a system - an ecosystem or a social-ecological system - to tolerate disturbance, without collapsing into a qualitatively different state controlled by a ....

Global Biopiracy

Patents, Plants, and Indigenous Knowledge

Ikechi Mgbeoji

"Biopiracy raises serious issues pertaining to the conservation of biological diversity and genetic resources in agriculture, the integrity of plant life forms, a just ....

Histories of the Borneo Environment

Economic, Political, and Social Dimensions of Change and Continuity

Edited by Reed L Wadley

In light of the tremendous changes that have come to the island of Borneo in recent decades, this volume takes a detailed historical look at its environment from native, ....

Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession

Edited by Lawrence Walker, Richard J Hobbs and Joseph Walker

While studies of restoration and ecological succession have been published independently, there is much overlap between these approaches that has not been ....

Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology

Methods and Applications

Edited by J Wu, K Jones, H Li and O Loucks

Presenting the current state of the art in scaling and uncertainty in ecology, Wu et al's Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology is the first book of its kind - ....

America's Parks

Philippe Bourseiller, Jean-Francois Chaix et al

Moving from the cascading waters of Niagara Falls to the massive volcanoes of Hawaii, renowned nature photographer Philippe Bourseiller takes readers on a captivating visual ....

Ancient Trees, Living Landscapes

Richard Muir

Magisterial survey of woodlands in the British Isles by the leading archaeologist. This is stimulating and thoughtful history, very much along the lines of Oliver Rackham's ....

Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry

Edited by Ted Smith, David A Sonnenfield and David N Pellow

"Challenging the Chip is essential reading for anyone who owns a cell phone or computer. As its vividly written chapters reveal, our digital possessions connect us not only to ....

City and Environment

An Introduction to Urban Environmental Issues Around the Globe

Christopher G Boone and Ali Modarres

"From ancient Mesopotamia to post-modern Los Angeles, Boone and Modarres provide a broad sweep of the relationship between urbanization and the environment. Their goal is ....

Land-Use and Land-Cover Change

Local Processes and Global Impacts

Edited by Eric F Lambin and Helmut G Geist

The book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. Among the causative mechanisms behind land change, ....

Large Rivers, Volume 17, No 1-2

Measuring Landscapes

A Professional Planner's Manual

Andre Botequilha Leitao, Joseph Miller, Jack Ahern and Kevin McGarigal

This practical handbook bridges the gap between those scientists who study landscapes and the planners and conservationists who must then decide how best to preserve and ....

A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Draw River, Boi-Tano, Tano Nimiri and Krokosua Hills Forest Reserves, Southwestern Ghana

Edited by Jennifer McCullough, Jan Decher and David Guba Kpelle

This Rapid Assessment Program Bulletin reports the findings of an expedition in 2003 into four forest reserves in southwestern Ghana that were recently designated as ....

Soil Atlas of Europe

A Jones, L Montanarella and R Jones

More than 20 years of collaboration between European soil scientists has resulted in the publication by the European Commission of the first ever "Soil Atlas of Europe". ....

Soils of the World

Wolfgang Zech and Gerd Hintermaier-Erhard

This book describes and comprehensively illustrates all earth soils in accordance with the prevailing worldwide WRB classification. However, it goes far beyond description and ....

Valuing Complex Natural Resource Systems

The Case of the Lagoon of Venice

Edited by Anna Alberini, Paolo Rosato and Margherita Turvani

In complex natural resource systems, modifications or disruptions tend to affect many and diverse components of the ecological system, settlements and groups of people. This ....

The Conservation of Genetic Diversity: Science and Policy Needs in a Changing World

Edited by A Gregory et al

Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern, 19 September 1979)

Texts adopted by the Standing Committee 2001-2004

The Council of Europe's convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, or "Bern Convention", came into force on 1 June 1982. The aim of the Bern ....

Endangered

Wildlife of the Brink of Extinction

George McGavin and David Burnie

There have been at least five great extinctions in the history of the Earth where up to 95 per cent of all species have been wiped out in one event. The causes are attributed ....

A Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of the Coral Reefs of Northwest Madagascar

Edited by Sheila A McKenna and Gerald R Allen

This volume reports the results of a marine survey in 2002 off the northwestern coast of Madagascar. This marine area is one that many conservationists think has the greatest ....

Using Tax Incentives to Conserve and Enhance Biodiversity in Europe

Clare Shine

This report looks at ways in which tax incentives may help to promote conservation of biological and landscape diversity in Europe. ....

Atmosphere and Climate

Studies by Occultation Methods

Edited by Ulrich Foelsche, Gottfried Kirchengast and Andrea Steiner

This book presents carefully edited and peer-reviewed papers from the 2nd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-2), held in Graz, ....

Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation

Geoffrey K Vallis

Fluid dynamics is fundamental to our understanding of the atmosphere and oceans. Although many of the same principles of fluid dynamics apply to both the atmosphere and ....

Exercises in Environmental Physics

Valerio Faraoni

This book presents a collection of problems and exercises in environmental science. It can be used in many courses in environmental studies especially environmental physics, ....

The Failures of American and European Climate Policy

International Norms, Domestic Politics, and Unachievable Commitments

Loren R Cass

Examines why some nations, but not others, have met their commitments to international climate treaties. ....

Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

James C McWilliams

Earth's atmosphere and oceans exhibit complex patterns of fluid motion over a vast range of space and time scales. These patterns combine to establish the climate in response to ....

Global Warning

The Last Chance for Change

Paul Brown

"Global Warning" will be an authoritative and visually stunning book, unique in its approach. While most of the current literature on the subject is highly scientific, this ....

Hot House

Global Climate Change and the Human Condition

Robert G Strom

Global warming is extremely complex because it deals with so many different characteristics of the Earth and their complex interactions. It is addressed by almost ....

The Impact of Climate Change on Regional Systems

A Comprehensive Analysis of California

Edited by Joel B Smith and Robert Mendelsohn

Climate scientists have determined that recent global temperature increases are due in large part to increased greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Even if ....

The International Handbook on Environmental Technology Management

Edited by Dora Marinova, David Annandale and John Phillimore

This important Handbook is the first comprehensive account that brings together recent developments in the three related fields of environmental technology, environmental ....

Introducing Environment

Alice Peasgood and Mark Goodwin

Our planet is a dynamic network of energy, organisms, and non-living material - generating biodiversity on a global scale. But how does this network operate? How do its ....

Partial Order in Environmental Sciences and Chemistry

Edited by Rainer Bruggemann and Lars Carlsen

The environmental and chemical sciences are ever more reliant on computers. This dependence needs formalization, and the theory of algebraic relations is one ....

Philip's Guide to the Weather

Ross Reynolds

This is a fully revised edition of this practical guide to observing, measuring and understanding the weather. The new edition has been updated in the aftermath of the ....

Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Soils

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Soils, held in Trest, Czech Republic, 18-30 August 2002

Edited by Jean-Louis Morel, Guillaume Echevarria and Nadezhda Goncharova

This is the first book aimed at developing a common language among scientists working in the field of Phytoremediation. Authors of the main chapters are leading scientists in ....

Toxicants in Aqueous Ecosystems

A Guide for the Analytical and Environmental Chemist

T Crompton

It is becoming increasingly realised that the oceans and rivers, in particular, are not unlimited reservoir into which waste can be dumped and that control of these emissions ....

Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters

Leo H Holthuijsen

Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters describes the observation, analysis and prediction of wind-generated waves in the open ocean, in shelf seas, and in coastal ....

Alexis Chermette et la Fluorite

P Ageneau et al

Well illustrated study of fluorite, based on the collection of the French geologist Alexis Chermette. ....

Alluvial Fans: Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Dynamics

Edited by AM Harvey, AE Mather and M Stokes

Alluvial fans are important sedimentary environments. They trap sediment delivered from mountain source areas, and exert an important control on the delivery of sediment to ....

Applied Partial Differential Equations

A Visual Approach

Peter Markowich

The book presents topics of science and engineering, which occur in nature or are part of our daily lives. It describes phenomena which are modelled by partial differential ....

Binocular Astronomy

Stephen Tonkin

This book contains everything an astronomer needs to know about binocular observing. The book takes an in-depth look at the instruments themselves. It has sections on evaluating ....

Biomathematics

Modelling and Simulation

Edited by JC Misra

This book on modelling and simulation in biomathematics will be invaluable to researchers who are interested in the emerging areas of the field. Graduate students in ....

Biomining

Edited by DE Rawlings and DB Johnson

Biomining is the biotechnology that uses microorganisms to recover metals, in particular copper and gold, from ores and concentrates. Having developed from a very simple ....

A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes & Binoculars

James Mullaney

Both beginning/novice amateur astronomers (at the level of Astronomy and Night Sky magazine readers), as well as more advanced amateur astronomers (level of Sky & ....

The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Hanne Andersen, Peter Barker and Xiang Chen

Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions became the most widely read book about science in the twentieth century. His terms 'paradigm' and 'scientific revolution' ....

Complete and Easy Guide to Stargazing

Pat Price

Complete and Easy Guide to Stargazing provides readers with the information and instruction they need to enjoy astronomy without having to invest in their own ....

Contact with Alien Civilizations

Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials

Michael A Michaud

This book describes a wide variety of speculations by many authors about the consequences for humanity of coming into contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The ....

Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics

L Bergstrom and A Goobar

Beginning with some basic facts about the observable universe the authors consider in successive chapters the complete range of topics that make up a degree course in ....

Death by Black Hole

And other Cosmic Quandaries

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith

Readers of his essays in "Natural History" magazine recognise Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with clarity and enthusiasm. ....

Deep-sky Companions: Hidden Treasures

Stephen James O'Meara

Stephen O'Meara's new and exciting observing guide spotlights an original selection of 109 deep-sky objects that will appeal to sky-watchers worldwide. His 'hidden treasures' ....

Desert Dust in the Global System

A S Goudie and N J Middleton

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a vital component of the environment. This is because of their role in biogeochemical ....

Earthly Scents - Heavenly Pleasures

A Cultural History of Scents

Gunther Ohloff

Scented materials are an essential part of human culture. In Assyrian Nineveh, frankincense would be sacrificed to the sun god Baal, in Egypt, spikenard oil was placed ....

Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath

C Vishveshwara

Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath is a humourous and informal rendition of the story of gravitation theory from the early historic origins to the latest ....

The Energy of Nature

EC Pielou

Drawing on a wide range of scientific disciplines from physics, chemistry, and biology to all the earth sciences, Pielou explores energy's role in nature - how and where it ....

Environmental Chemistry

Fundamentals and Microscale Laboratory Experiments

J Ibanez, M Hernandez-Esparaza, D Doria-Serrano and A Fregoso-Infante

Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars

Peter Eggleton

Binary systems of stars are as common as single stars. Stars evolve primarily by nuclear reactions in their interiors, but a star with a binary companion can also have its ....

Fundamentals of Space Biology

Research on Cells, Animals, and Plants in Space

Edited by Gilles Clément and K Slenzka

This book is intended as an overview at an undergraduate or early university level and describes the effects of spaceflight at cellular and organism levels. Past, current, and ....

Galaxies and How to Observe Them

Wolfgang Steinicke and Richard Jakiel

This book is a unique work satisfying the need for a modern, comprehensive review of all major aspects of galaxy observation. The book combines the physical background on the ....

Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide

Edited by SJ Baines and RH Worden

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main compound identified as affecting the stability of the Earth's climate. A significant reduction in the volume of greenhouse gas emissions to ....

High-Strain Zones: Structure and Physical Properties

Edited by D Bruhn and L Burlini

This collection of research and review papers addresses the question of structural evolution during deformation to high strains and the physical properties of rocks that ....

The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections

Fireballs, Falls and Finds

Edited by GJH McCall, AJ Bowden and RJ Howarth

The book moves through the history of the great museum collections, the discovery of extraordinary fertile finds from cold and hot desert regions in the last fifty years. ....

Introduction to Applied Mathematics for Environmental Science

DF Parkhurst

This book teaches mathematical structures and how they can be applied in environmental science. Each chapter presents story problems with an emphasis on derivation. Linear and ....

Lectures in Astrobiology

Volume II

Edited by Muriel Gargaud, Herve Martin and Phillipe Claeys

Based on material delivered at several summer schools, this book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level encompassing all aspects associated with ....

Lonely Minds in the Universe

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Giancarlo Genta

The possibility that humans are not alone in the Universe and might in the future come in close contact with other intelligences is one of the most intriguing questions of ....

Mars, A Cosmic Stepping Stone

Kevin Nolan

Humans have had a fascination with Mars for thousands of years. Even when we knew the planets only as wanderers in the sky, Mars stood out. It was prominent and ....

Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets

Peter Jenniskens

Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets is a unique handbook for astronomers interested in observing meteor storms and outbursts. Spectacular displays of 'shooting stars' are ....

Mineral Deposits and Earth Evolution

Edited by I McDonald, AJ Boyce, IB Butler, RJ Herrington and DA Polya

Mineral deposits are not only primary sources of wealth generation, but also act as windows through which to view the evolution and interrelationships of the Earth system. ....

Miss Leavitt's Stars

The Untold Story of the Forgotten Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe

George Johnson

At the beginning of the twentieth century scientists argued over the size of the universe. The answer to the controversy was discovered by Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who ....

The Monthly Sky Guide

I Ridpath and W Tirion

The classic beginner's guide to the night sky, now in full colour throughout. ....

Nebulae and How to Observe Them

Steven Coe

Up-to-date information for amateur astronomers. Details observing techniques for practical astronomers, working with a range of different instruments. ....

Pattern Asterisms

A New Way to Chart the Stars

John Chiraville

Since the very beginning of astronomy, people have looked up sky and constructed patterns - the constellations - out of the almost random scattering of stars in the ....

Petrophysical Properties of Crystalline Rocks

Edited by PK Harvey et al

Boreholes are commonly drilled into crystalline rocks to evaluate their suitability for various applications such as waste disposal (including nuclear waste), geothermal ....

Philip's Complete Guide to Stargazing

Robin Scagell and John Woodruff

"Philip's Complete Guide to Stargazing" is an inspiring introduction to observing the night sky, written by Robin Scagell, author of the Philip's bestseller "Stargazing with ....

Physical Geodesy

Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof and Helmut Moritz

"Physical Geodesy" by Heiskanen and Moritz, published in 1967, has for a long time been considered as the standard introduction to its field. The enormous progress since then, ....

Physical Geology of High-Level Magmatic Systems

Edited by C Breitkreuz and N Petford

This book gives an up-to-date overview of the physical geology of sub-volcanic intrusions. Topics covered in this wide-ranging volume include important aspects of the ....

Practical Astronomy

Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion

This is a fully revised edition of Philip's popular "Practical Astronomy", a classic introduction to observational astronomy, updated to include telescopes and accessories ....

Principles of Environmental Chemistry

Edited by RM Harrison

Environmental chemistry is becoming increasingly important and is crucial in the understanding of a range of issues, from climate change to local pollution problems. ....

Real Astronomy with Small Telescopes

Step-by-Step Activities for Discovery

Michael K Gainer

This book demonstrates the use of an 80mm refractor and shows how it can be used as a real scientific instrument. The author is an experienced small telescope user and an ....

Saturn and How to Observe It

Julius Benton

Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, and the only one with a spectacular ring system that is easily visible from Earth. Saturn is a gas-giant, a huge ....

Space Tourism

Adventures in Earth Orbit and Beyond

Michel van Pelt

Space tourism is not science fiction anymore, Michel van Pelt tells us, but merely a logical step in the evolution of space flight. Space is about to be opened up to more ....

Submarine Slope Systems: Processes and Products

Edited by DM Hodgson and SS Flint

Submarine slopes provide the critical link between shallow-water and deep-water sedimentary environments. They accumulate a sensitive record of sediment supply, ....

Symmetry and the Monster

One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics

Mark Ronan

Mathematics is being driven forward by the quest to solve a small number of major problems - generating excitement in the mathematical world and beyond. Four famous ....

Terrane Processes at the Margins of Gondwana

Edited by APM Vaughan, PT Leat and RJ Pankhurst

The Australide orogen, the southern hemisphere Neoproterozoic to Mesozoic terrane accretionary orogen that forms the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana, is one of the ....

The Triumph of Numbers

How Counting Shaped Modern Life

IB Cohen

The great historian of science I.B. Cohen explores how numbers have come to assume a leading role in science, in the operations and structure of government, in marketing and ....

Uncentering the Earth

Copernicus and the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

William T Vollmann

In 1543, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lay on his deathbed, his just-published masterpiece On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres in his hands. At ....

Understanding Earth

Frank Press and Raymond Siever

The fifth edition of "Understanding Earth" continues the book's enduring goal, to help students understand what physical geology teaches us about the world and what it brings ....

Vertical Coupling and Decoupling in the Lithosphere

J Grocott, KJW McCaffrey, G Taylor and B Tikoff

Recent advancements in the understanding of mountain belts have focused on vertical coupling of the lithospheric layers. This volume describes the extent to which observed ....

Whitaker's Almanac Little Book of Astronomy

Mike Flynn

Do you ever find yourself marvelling at the mysterious dark world beyond our skies? Bursting with captivating images, this handy reference book is all you need to explore ....

The World Today

Concepts and Regions in Geography

HJ de Blij and Peter O Muller

Building on the strength and success of de Blij and Muller's best-selling "Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts", this book offers all content that has made it the ....

Aquaculture and Behavior

Edited by Felicity Huntingford and Sunil Kadri

The behaviour of fish and shellfish under culture situations has long been ignored despite, for example heavy commercial losses that can result from fish stressed and ....

Biosaline Agriculture and Salinity Tolerance in Plants

Edited by M Ozturk, Y Waisel, MA Khan and G Gork

The availability of freshwater for agricultural use is declining in many areas of the world. This is the reason for the increasing use of lower quality or of saline water for ....

Branching Out, Digging In

Environmental Advocacy and Agenda Setting

Sarah B Pralle

Sarah B. Pralle takes an in-depth look at why some environmental conflicts expand to attract a lot of attention and participation, while others generate little interest or ....

Channels and Challenges

The enhancement of Salmonid Rivers

Martin O'Grady

Over the past 20 years the Central and Regional Fisheries Boards have invested substantial monies (circa 30m Euros) in the enhancement of salmonid rivers in Ireland ....

The Common Agricultural Policy and Organic Farming

An Institutional Perspective on Continuity and Change

K Lynggaard

The Common Agricultural Policy and Organic Farming covers how ideational change came about to enhance the understanding of change within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) ....

Development of Environmental Policy in Japan and Asian Countries

Edited by Tadayoshi Terao and Kenji Otuka

This book examines the issues of environmental policy formation and implementation linked to economic development, by reviewing the Japanese experiences and the examples ....

Ecological Engineering for Pest Management

Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods

Edited by G Gurr, S Wratten, M Altieri and D Pimentel

"Provides the best available information on ecological engineering today and the book includes a detailed consideration of the possible positive and negative interactions ....

Encyclopedia of Globalization

Edited by JA Scholte and R Robertson

Globalization: much discussed but little understood. The term has catapulted from obscurity to the headlines in just a few years. Globalization, anti-globalization: what ....

Energy Law and the Environment

Rosemary Lyster and Adrian Bradbrook

The current unsustainable practices worldwide in energy production and consumption have led to a plethora of environmental problems. Until recently environmental law largely ....

Environmental Health in Central and Eastern Europe

Edited by K Donnelly and Leslie Cizmas

Complex chemical mixtures impact our health every day. In the United States, and also in Central and Eastern Europe, there are a number of locations where complex chemical ....

Environmental Planning and Management

Christian N Madu

This book focuses on environmental planning and management. Environmental problems are not purely scientific; some of the major problems deal with poor management and the ....

Environmental Principles and Ethics (with Field Trip Guide)

MH Wong, FWK Lee and MKF Fung

This book with the accompanying field trip guide, aims to foster environmental literacy of non-science students and to train them to look at environment-related issues from a ....

Environmental Valuation in Developed Countries

Case Studies

Edited by David Pearce

This is the second of two volumes of case studies that illustrate how environmental economists place values on environmental assets and on the flows of goods and services ....

Explorations in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Essays in Honor of Gardner M. Brown, Jr.

Edited by Robert Halvorsen and David F Layton

Gardner M. Brown has been a leading innovator in the development of environmental and natural resource economics. This book comprises essays written in his honor by some of ....

Fish For Life

Interactive Governance for Fisheries

Edited by Jan Kooiman, Maarten Bavinck, Svein Jentoft and Roger Pullin

One billion people around the world rely upon fish as their primary-and in many cases, their only-source of protein. At the same time, increasing demand from wealthier ....

Fisheries Economics

Edited by Trond Bjorndal et al

Focuses on the area of fisheries economics and management. Compiled in honour of the work and achievements of Professor Gordon Munro of the University of British Columbia, ....

The Fourth Circle

A Political Ecology of Sumatra's Rainforest Frontier

John F McCarthy

This book addresses the politics of environmental change in one of the richest areas of tropical rainforest in Indonesia. Based on field studies conducted in three agricultural ....

Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement, Vol. 3: Vegetable Crops

Ram J Singh

The fourth book in this series, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Vegetable Crops, Volume 3 provides discussion subjects for each crop, ....

Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement, Vol. 4: Oilseed Crops

Ram J Singh

The fourth book in this series is the first comprehensive treatise on oilseed crops in nearly a decade, including recent advances in genetic analysis and molecular methods. ....

Global Agricultural Policy Reform and Trade

Environmental Gains and Losses

Edited by Joseph Cooper

`This is a very valuable and timely book that provides insightful factual and methodological perspectives on the co-evolution of agriculture and the environment in an ....

Global Health Watch 2005-06

An Alternative World Health Report

Edited by Global Health Watch

As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, advances in science and technology are securing better health and longer lives, but only for a small fraction of the world's ....

Great Rivers of the World

Paolo Pnovaresio

The courses of the great rivers recount the history of the Earth and mankind. This book is dedicated to 25 of the world's longest, most important rivers, from the Ganges, ....

Growing Food

A Guide to Food Production

Tony Winch

This specialist handbook is intended as a quick and easy reference guide to be used by individuals and organisations that are involved with the production of food, from both ....

Humanitarian Aid Work

A Critical Approach

Carlos Martin Beristain

"Drawing on over a decade of field experiences in Latin America as well as a burgeoning literature about the psychological and social effects of war and disasters, Martin ....

Institutional Dynamics in Environmental Governance

Edited by Bas Arts and Pieter Leroy

Environmental policy in its broadest context has been significantly revitalized and renewed during the last two decades. That observation is nothing new, attested to by the ....

Joint Production and Responsibility in Ecological Economics

On the Foundations of Environmental Policy

Stefan Baumgarter, Malte Faber and Johannes Schiller

This groundbreaking book takes a fresh look at how environmental problems emerge from economic activity and how they may be addressed in a responsible and sustainable manner. ....

The Making of Environmental Law

Richard J Lazarus

Lazarus argues that in the future, environmental law must forge a more nuanced understanding of the uncertainties and trade-offs, as well as the better-organized ....

The Millennium Development Goals

Raising the Resources to Tackle World Poverty

Edited by Fantu Cheru and Colin Bradford Jr

How can the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) be made a reality by 2015? If the MDGs are to halve global poverty and significantly improve conditions for the world's poor on ....

Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia

Edited by Peter Boomgaard, David Henley and Manon Ossewijer

This book examines the history of the human interaction with forest and marine ecosystems in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The present excessive levels of ....

Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge

David M Standlea

Examines the battle to develop the oil resources of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. ....

On Risk and Disaster

Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

Edited by Ronald Daniels, Donald Kettl and Howard Kunreuther

Hurricane Katrina not only devastated a large area of the nation's Gulf coast, it also raised fundamental questions about ways the nation can, and should, deal with the ....

Organic Agriculture

A Global Perspective

Edited by Paul Kristiansen, Acram Taji and John Reganold

There is a growing niche market world-wide for organic produce. However there are considerable problems in expanding organic production and it is often considered a ....

Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge

Edited by Andrew Dobson and Robyn Eckersley

In recent years the engagement between the environmental 'agenda' and mainstream political theory has become increasingly widespread and profound. Each has affected the ....

Protecting our Environment

Lessons from the European Union

Janet Hunter and Zachary Smith

Examines how the European Union has handled environmental protection issues. ....

Reasoning in Biological Discoveries

Essays on Mechanisms, Interfield Relationships, and Anomaly Resolution

Lindley Darden

Reasoning in Biological Discoveries brings together a series of essays which focus on one of the most heavily debated topics of scientific discovery today. Collected together ....

Rebuilding Urban Places after Disaster

Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

Edited by Eugenie L Birch and Susan M Wachter

Disasters-natural ones, such as hurricanes, floods, or earthquakes, and unnatural ones such as terrorist attacks-are part of the American experience in the twenty-first ....

Reimagining Political Ecology

Edited by Aletta Biersack and James B Greenberg

Reimagining Political Ecology is a state-of-the-art collection of ethnographies grounded in political ecology. When political ecology first emerged as a distinct field in the ....

Saving Sterling Forest

The Epic Struggle to Preserve New York's Highlands

Ann Botshon

The story of the twenty-five-year quest to preserve twenty thousand acres of forest in southeastern New York. ....

Science and Policy in Natural Resource Management

Understanding System Complexity

Helen E Allison and Richard J Hobbs

Despite many well intentioned policies and changes to management practices, the world's natural resources continue to decline. The roles and interplay between science and ....

Spaces of Sustainability

Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society

Mark Whitehead

Spaces of Sustainability is an engaging and accessible introduction to the key philosophical ideas which lie behind the principles of sustainable development. This ....

Subsurface Hydrology

George Pinder and Michael Celia

Groundwater hydrology - the study of the occurence, distribution and movement of water beneath the earth's surface - involves concepts from a number of traditional sciences, ....

Sustainability in Agriculture

Edited by RE Hester and RM Harrison

World trade in agriculture, with its massive subsidies, restrictive barriers, international collaboration and competition, and the livelihoods of millions of farmers ....

Sustainable Development

National Aspirations, Local Implementation

Edited by Jennifer Hill, Alan Terry and Wendy Woodland

Following on from the 'Earth Summit' held in Rio in 1992 and the resulting Agenda 21, the key to successful implementation was believed to be that each country would choose ....

Teaching Kids to Love the Earth

M Lacheski, J Passineau, A Limnea and P Treuer

Teaching Kids to Love the Earth is a collection of 186 earth-caring activities designed for use with children of all ages to help them experience and appreciate the earth. ....

Tourism in Developing Countries

Edited by Twan Huybers

The collection of articles encompassed by this book provide a comprehensive overview of the progress of academic thought in respect of the economic, social and environmental ....

Tropical Homegardens

A Time-Tested Example of Sustainable Agroforestry

Edited by BM Kumar and PKR Nair

`Homegardens' are integrated tree - crop - animal production systems, often in small parcels of land surrounding homesteads, and primarily found in tropical environments. ....

Urban Groundwater Management and Sustainability

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Management and Development of Urban Groundwater Systems, Baku, Azerbaijan, 6-15 August 2004

Edited by John H Tellam, Michael O Rivett and Rauf G Israfilov

Urbanization modifies underlying groundwater systems. This often leads to adverse hydrological, water quality, geotechnical, and socio-economic effects which jeopardize ....

Using Experimental Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics

Edited by John A List

This book explores frontier work at the intersection of experimental and environmental economics, with cutting edge research provided by premier scholars in the field. ....

The Voluntary Environmentalists

Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations

Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski

Can businesses voluntarily adopt progressive environmental policies? Most environmental regulations are based on the assumption that the pursuit of profit leads firms to ....

Water Dynamics: 3rd International Workshop on Water Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 16-17 November 2005

Edited by K Tohji, B Tsuchiya and B Jeyadevan

Water is the essential constituent for life and this proceedings covers the role of water in materials, earth science and geo/biosphere. It assesses the role of water in a ....

Wealth, Welfare and Sustainability

Advances in Measuring Sustainable Development

Kirk Hamilton and Giles Atkinson

This important book presents fresh thinking and new results on the measurement of sustainable development. ....

The White Man's Burden

Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill And So Little Good

William Easterly

We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world's poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as ....

Bayesian Inference for Gene Expression and Proteomics

Edited by Kim-Anh Do, Peter Muller and Marina Vannucci

The interdisciplinary nature of bioinformatics presents a challenge in integrating concepts, methods, software, and multi-platform data. Although there have been rapid ....

The Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics

Brian S Everitt

Over 3600 terms are defined, covering medical, survey, theoretical, and applied statistics, including computational aspects. Entries are provided for standard and ....

Handbook of Data Visualization

Edited by Chun-huoh Chen, Wolfgang Hardle and Antony Unwin

Visualizing the data is an essential part of any data analysis. Modern computing developments have led to big improvements in graphic capabilities and there are many new ....

Introduction to Modeling in Wildlife and Resource Management

Norman Owen-Smith

This book provides students with the skills to develop their own models for application in conservation biology and wildlife management. Assuming no special mathematical ....

Introduction to Remote Sensing

Arthur P Cracknell and Ladson Hayes

This new edition of Introduction to Remote Sensing provides a full and authoritative introduction for scientists who need to know the scope, potential, and ....

Methods in Molecular Biophysics

Structure, Dynamics, Function

Igor Serdyuk, Nathan Zaccai and Joseph Zaccai

Our knowledge of biological macromolecules and their interactions is based on the application of physical methods, ranging from classical thermodynamics to recently ....

Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies

Dropout, Casual Inference and Sensitivity Analysis

Michael J Daniels and Joseph W Hogan

This book focuses on how to handle missing data in longitudinal studies, offering specific coverage of models for longitudinal data, missing data mechanisms, and various ....

Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology

Guy C Cox

Covering the basics of optical microscopy, as well as recent techniques, such as fluorescent lifetime imaging and Forster resonance energy transfer, Optical Imaging ....

Principles of Statistical Inference

DR Cox

In this definitive book, D. R. Cox gives a comprehensive and balanced appraisal of statistical inference. He develops the key concepts, describing and comparing the main ....

Problems and Solutions in Biological Sequence

Mark Borodovsky and Svetlana Ekisheva

This book is the first of its kind to provide a large collection of bioinformatics problems with accompanying solutions. Notably, the problem set includes all of the ....

Under the Microscope

A Brief History of Microscopy

William J Croft

This is a brief history of the development of microscopy, from the use of beads and water droplets in ancient Greece, through the simple magnifying glass, to the modern ....

Academic Scientists at Work

Navigating the Biomedical Reserch Career

Jeremy Boss and Susan Eckert

Academic Scientists at Work guides the scientist on the journey from the end of a postdoctoral career to the point of promotion to Associate Professor. ....

Cabinets for the Curious

Looking Back at Early English Museums

Ken Arnold

This book uses the study of early museums to cast light on modern museum philosophies. At a time when many contemporary institutions are suffering from a sense of cultural ....

Encoding Across Frontiers: Proceedings of the European Conference on Encoded Archival Description and Context (EAD and EAC), Paris, France

Edited by Bill Stockting and Fabienne Queyroux

Encoding Across Frontiers is a careful selection of the finest presentations from the European Conference on Encoded Archival Description and Context (EAD and EAC) held in ....

Introducing Delphi Programming

Theory through Practice

Katherine Malan

Covers the basics of Delphi and includes features of Delphi 6,7 and 8. The book has been written for students taking first year course in Information Systems at universities and ....

Mastering Your PhD

Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond

Patricia A Gosling and Bart D Noordam

"Mastering your PhD" helps guide PhD students through their graduate student days. Filled with practical advice on getting started, communicating with your supervisor, ....

Philip's Atlas of Exploration

Royal Geographic Society

Aimed at both geography students and general readers, this reference to the history of exploration extends from its earliest beginnings to the sophisticated scientific ....

Writing Scientific Software

A Guide to Good Style

Suely Oliveira and David E Stewart

The core of scientific computing is designing, writing, testing, debugging and modifying numerical software for application to a vast range of areas: from graphics, meteorology ....