Development AND Gorillas?

Assessing fifteen years of integrated conservation and development in south-western Uganda

Tom Blomley et al

Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks are extremely important biodiversity areas due to their populations of the highly endangered mountain gorilla. ....

Dingo

Brad Purcell

Many present-day Australians see the dingo as a threat and a pest to human production systems. An alternative viewpoint, which is more in tune with Indigenous culture, allows ....

European Research on Cetaceans, Volume 16

Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society

Edited by PGH Evans, R Pitt-Aiken and E Rogen

Proceedings of the Liege conference, 2002. ....

Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology

A Practical Guide

Edited by Joanna M Setchell et al

Building on the success of the first edition and bringing together contributions from a range of experts in the field, the second edition of this guide to research on wild ....

The Hidden Life of Deer

Lessons from the Natural World

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

In the fall of 2007 in southern New Hampshire, the acorn crop failed and the animals who depended on it faced starvation. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas began leaving food in small ....

Kangaroo

Portrait of an Extraordinary Marsupial

Stephen Jackson and Karl Vernes

This book tells the story of Australia's most famous marsupial, from its ancient origins and prehistoric significance to current-day management and conservation. It examines the ....

Mountain Gorilla

Only discovered a century ago, mountain gorillas inhabit a fragile world. A small number of families cling to existence on the forested peaks of isolated volcanoes in three ....

The Natural History of Tassel-Eared Squirrels

Sylvester Allred

Serves as a resource for those who study mammalogy, animal ecology, forestry, and the natural history of the Southwest. ....

Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Gorilla

Edited by R Diogo, JM Potau, JF Pastor, FJ DePaz, EM Ferrero, M Barbosa and BA Wood

Even though the gorilla is our closest living relative, information about its anatomy, and particularly its musculature, is scarce. This book includes high-quality photographs ....

The Pocket Photoguide to Mammals of Southern Africa

Burger Cillié

Handy, compact and concise, this is an indispensable companion for every hiker, hunter and nature lover - small enough to fit into any bag or pocket, and yet it provides ....

Primate Behavioral Ecology

KB Strier

Primate Behavioral Ecology, described as "an engaging, cutting-edge exposition," incorporates exciting new discoveries and the most up-to-date approaches in its ....

Sex Determination, Differentiation and Intersexuality in Placental Mammals

RHF Hunter

How do males become male and females become female? And what are the consequences if the decision is not incisive? Drawing upon interests in animal genetics and molecular ....

The Ancient Murrelet

A Natural History in the Queen Charlotte Islands

AJ Gaston

A monograph on this curious and little known seabird, which sprang to prominence with the recent first record for the Western Palaearctic at Lundy Island. Found along the ....

The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland

Peter Lack

Companion volume to The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland. Includes all the species recorded during the winters of 1981/2 - 1983/4 in the course of surveys ....

Barn Owl

David Chandler and Nigel Blake

The sight of a ghostly Barn Owl quartering a field at dusk is not one that is easily forgotten, but the day-to-day lives of these captivating birds are little known to most ....

The Barn Owl

DS Bunn, AB Warburton and RD Wilson

Illustrated by Ian Willis A splendidly readable account. `Whether you are an owl addict, a more normal diurnal birder, a twitcher or an armchair naturalist, you should ....

The Bee Eaters

CH Fry

With drawings by John Busby, this contains species accounts, colour plates and maps, covering all 42 species and subspecies, plus chapters on evolutionary developmeny, ....

Bird Feathers

A Guide to North American Species

S David Scott

This guide teaches birders to use the characteristics of wing types and feather morphology to identify feathers - not only by species but also by their place on the ....

Bird Habitats in Britain

RJ Fuller

Illustrated by Donald Watson Describes the main habitat types and their associated bird life through the seasons and the distribution of sites in Britain. ....

Bird Songs and Calls

Hannu Jannes and Owen Roberts

We can hear birdsong anywhere, whether we live in the city or in the country. Without the musical backdrop provided by our feathered friends, our gardens, parks, woods, ....

Birds By Night

G Martin

Illustrated by John Busby This book investigates the complex relationship between nocturnal birds and the environment which they inhabit from dusk to dawn. The study ....

Birds New to Britain and Ireland

Edited by JT Sharrock

Identification notes by PJ Grant Drawings by several artists This book provides `first-sighting' accounts of 83 species unrecorded in Britain and Ireland before 1946. ....

Birds and Berries

B Snow and D Snow

The remarkable relationship between birds and the plant world makes this an absorbing and revealing study for botanists and ornithologists. ....

Birds and Birding in Central Oaxaca

John Forcey

This annotated checklist includes details of habitat, elevation, breeding, dates for migratory birds, and local subspecies alongside information on the best locations in the ....

Birds and Forestry

M Avery and R Leslie

Foreword by David Bellamy The conflict between forestry and nature conservation became a major environmental issue in Britain in the 1980s. The large-scale planting of ....

Birds in Scotland

Valerie M Thom

`This book is the most important work on the birds of Scotland ever published. If it were a county avifauna, it would be a remarkable piece of work, but, covering an entire ....

Birds in Wales

R Lovegrove, G Williams and I Williams

The first comprehensive guide to bird occurrence, distribution and history in Wales, and a companion volume to the previous Poyser titles Birds in Scotland and Birds in ....

Birds of Africa

South of the Sahara

Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan

This new edition of "Birds of Africa south of the Sahara" contains some 400 updated images along with fully revised text, capturing the latest information available. It ....

Birds of Peru

TS Schulenberg, DF Stotz, DF Lane, JP O'Neill and TA Parker

With over 1800 species, Peru has the second richest avifauna of any country in the world. As a consequence it is one of the most popular birding destinations in South ....

The Birdwatcher's Dictionary

P Weaver

Illustrations by Mike Hodgson. Digital reprint of a book originally published in 1981. ....

Checklist of the Birds of Colombia

Paul Salaman, Thomas M Donegan and David Caro

Design to accompany the Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia, this checklist details every bird species and subspecies in the world's most bird-rich nation (1878 species). ....

A Checklist of the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia

MNS Bird Conservation Council

This is the first ever inventory of all the birds found within the country, its distribution and conservation status; nationally and internationally. The first edition ....

The Complete Field Guide to Ireland's Birds

Eric Dempsey and Michael O'Clery

Eric Dempsey and Michael O'Clery's award-winning The Complete Guide to Ireland's Birds has been continuously in print for almost twenty years. Since the publication of the ....

The Crossley ID Guide

Eastern Birds

Richard Crossley

Unlike other guides, which provide isolated individual photographs or illustrations, this book features large, lifelike scenes for each species. These scenes - 680 in all - ....

Diary on the Nesting Behaviour of Indian Birds

Chinna Sathan and Bal Pandi

This diary contains information on the nesting behaviour of 50 birds gathered from four years of observations. ....

A Dictionary of Birds

Edited by B Campbell and E Lack

Published for the British Ornithologists' Union, the Dictionary is the best single-volume ornithological reference. ....

The Dippers

S Ormerod and S Tyler

Illustrated by Darren Rees Concentrates mainly on the European species of dipper, a bird found throughout Europe, alongside fast-flowing rivers and streams, and freshwater ....

Ducks of Britain and Europe

Dr Malcolm Ogilvie

Reprint of the 1975 original book. ....

Estuary Birds of Britain and Ireland

AJ Prater

Illustrated by John Busby `We are fortunate to have such an attractive, well thought out and detailed description of our estuarine birds.' Ibis ....

Evolution and Taxonomy of White-Cheeked Geese

Bertin W Anderson

Dr. Anderson's volume is an extension of Hanson's work (White-Cheeked Geese) in four ways. (1) A detailed statistical analysis of Hanson's taxonomy highlighted by a search ....

Flamingos

Janet Kear and Nicole Duplaix-Hall

Reprint of the 1975 original book. ....

Fraser's Penguins

A Journey to the Future in Antarctica

MR Fen Montaigne

The towering mountains and iceberg-filled seas of the western Antarctic Peninsula have for three decades formed the backdrop of scientist Bill ....

Garden Bird Confidential

Discover the Hidden World of Garden Birds

Dominic Couzens, Rob Hume and Peter Hayman

Do you really know what's going on away from the bird feeder? Discover the private lives of your bird table regulars in this fascinating expose of the drama behind their ....

Ghost Birds

Jim Tanner and the Quest for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 1935-1941

Stephen Lyn Bales and Nancy Tanner

In 1935 naturalist James T. Tanner was a twenty-one-year-old graduate student when he saw his first ivory-billed woodpecker, one of America's rarest birds, in a remote swamp ....

Great Auk Islands

A Field Biologist in the Arctic

T Birkhead

Illustrated by David Quinn A look at the great seabird colonies of the Arctic and surrounding regions, including a comprehensive account of biological accounts of ....

Greenshanks

D Nethersole-Thompson and M Nethersole-Thompson

With illustrations by Donald Watson An important contribution to wader studies. `This book is a must for any serious ornithologist, and it is difficult to see how it ....

Growing Barn Owls in my Garden

Paul Hackney

The barn owl is a 'flagship' species, at the top of the food chain, and its presence or absence is a good indicator of the health of the countryside. This is the enjoyable and ....

Guide to the 'Top 50' Garden Birds

E Jackson, A Simms and P Hayman

Gardens are wonderful places for bird watching. Many species visit gardens regularly, providing opportunities for improving identification skills and understanding more about ....

The Hen Harrier

Donald Watson

Reprint of the 1977 original. Digital reprint of a book originally published in 1977. ....

The Herons of Europe

C Voisin

Europe is home to nine species of heron. These birds are highly specialised, and exhibit many interesting differences in their behaviour and ecology. In this monograph on the ....

In Search of Arctic Birds

R Vaughan

From the author of Arctic Summer, this is a historical account of the region's birds and those who have studied and even given their names to them. Conservation of ....

In Search of Sparrows

JD Summers-Smith

The author's monograph on the genus Passer was highly praised for its coverage and content. This new work tells the other, human, story of his work. In it, the author ....

Kestrels for Company

Gordon Riddle

An appealing book that rightfully raises the profile of the kestrel. It provides an extensive picture of this delightful falcon, including its lifestyle and the factors ....

Life with Birds

A Story of Mutual Exploitation

Malcolm Smith

Life with Birds uncovers the fascinating story of our interdependence with birds. The author weaves an amazing web of inter-relationships, from the Parsi funeral in Mumbai ....

The Little Owl

Conservation, Ecology and Behavior of Athene noctua

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

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

The Magpies

The Ecology and Behaviour of Black-billed and Yellow-billed Magpies

Tim Birkhead

With illustrations by David Quinn This monograph deals with the Black-billed Magpie, which occurs throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere and is the species familiar to ....

Man and Wildfowl

J Kear

Comprehensive monograph examining the involvement of humans with ducks, geese and swans. The book covers taxonomy and natural history of wildfowl, the history of domestication ....

The Manx Shearwater

Michael Brooke

Based on the author's 17 years of research on shearwaters at Atlantic colonies, the book covers in detail breeding biology, vocal behaviour, transequatorial migrations and ....

The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1988-1991

Edited by DW Gibbons, JB Reid and RA Chapman

Published for the British Trust for Ornithology, Scottish Ornithologists' Club and Irish Wildbird Conservancy. The successor to The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Britain and ....

The North Norfolk Coast

A New Birder's Guide

Edited by K Lawson

An area of great natural beauty, the North Norfolk Coast has long been famous for its birding sites. Snettisham and Titchwell Marsh are two of the RSPB's most visited ....

The Peregrine Falcon

Derek Ratcliffe

Illustrations by Donald Watson Revised and updated edition of this classic raptor study. It takes full account of important new developments in the story of this bird ....

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of China including Hong Kong

John MacKinnon and Nigel Hicks

This is a compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide for any birdwatcher visiting China and Hong Kong. ....

The Pied Flycatcher

Arne Lundberg and Rauno V Alatalo

Monograph on the biology, ecology and natural history of this Palaearctic migrant, with particular emphasis on the influence of plumage variations on mating success, details of ....

Pine Crossbills

Desmond Nethersole-Thompson

Reprint of the 1975 original. ....

The Pinyon Jay

Behavioral Ecology of a Colonial and Cooperative Corvid

J Marzluff and R Balda

Monograph on this fascinating North American bird. It has a complex breeding system, with non-parental helpers at the nest, and a highly developed food-hoarding behaviour. ....

Population Ecology of Raptors

Ian Newton

Illustrated by Jim Gammie Concerned with all aspects of population regulation in diurnal birds of prey. ....

Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland

JTR Sharrock and EM Sharrock

Reprint of the 1976 original. ....

Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland

JN Dymond, PA Fraser and SJM Gantlett

Illustrated by Alan Harris A successor to two earlier works, Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain & Ireland (Sharrock, 1974) and Rare Birds in Britain & Ireland ....

Red Data Birds in Britain

Action for Rare, Threatened and Important Bird Species

Edited by LA Batten, CJ Bibby, P Clement, GD Elliott and RF Porter

Compiled by the Nature Conservancy Council and the RSPB Illustrated by I Willis Focuses on vulnerable species which live in or visit Britain, and sets out to define ....

The Ruff

JG Van Rhijn

Illustrated by Ian WillisThe ruff offers an extreme example of a social system widespread in birds and other animals; brilliantly plumaged males compete on communal ....

Scarce Migrant Birds of Britain and Ireland

JTR Sharrock

Reprint of 1974 original book. ....

The Sparrowhawk

Ian Newton

Illustrated by Keith Brockie The author of Population Ecology of Raptors presents in this comprehensive monograph the results of 14 years' research, much of it carried out ....

The Sparrows

JD Summers-Smith

A comprehensive monograph on the 20 species of sparrow in the genus Passer to be found in the world's temperate, tropic and equatorial regions. Includes 8 colour plates by ....

State of the World's Waterbirds

Edited by Simon Delany, Szabolcs Nagy and Nick Davidson

The health and livelihoods of people in rural and peri-urban areas in developing countries is often strongly related to ecosystems services and water supply, sanitation ....

The Status of Seabirds in Britain and Ireland

CS Lloyd, ML Tasker and KE Partridge

Illustrated by Keith Brockie This book is based on the counts of the Seabird Colony Register from 1985 to 1987. Split into two parts, the first describes the general ....

Top Birding Sites of Europe

Dominic Couzens

If you have ever dreamt of seeing Snowy Owls in Norway, spectacular raptor migration by the Black Sea, Wallcreepers in the Pyrenees or seabird cities off Scotland, then this ....

Waders: Their Breeding Haunts and Watchers

D Nethersole-Thompson and M Nethersole-Thompson

Comprehensive accounts of the biology and behaviour, together with details of diet, song and calls of 18 species of waders in their breeding haunts. Over 100 drawings by Donald ....

Wild Geese

MA Ogilvie

Reprint of the 1978 original book. ....

Amphibians and Reptiles of Margarita, Coche and Cubagua

GN Ugueto and G Rivas Fuenmayor

Includes details of all the species found on these islands. ....

Amphibians and Reptiles of Nebraska

Royce E Ballinger, John D Lynch and Geoffrey R Smith

This book is an authoritative review and reference to the 61 species of amphibians and reptiles known to occur within the boundaries of the state of Nebraska. It is the first ....

Amphibians of Central America

Gunther Köhler

This comprehensive guide covers 476 amphibian species found in Central America, from Southern Mexico to Panama. Numerous line drawings and color photos illustrate the ....

Amphibians, Reptiles and Turtles in Kansas

Joseph T Collins, Suzanne L Collins and Travis W Taggart

Includes the most current data for each herpetofaunal species in Kansas, in addition to their conservation status. Richly illustrated identification keys are provided, as well ....

Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends

Integrating Demography and Abundance

Committee on Sea Turtle Population Assessment Methods

All six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened, but the exact population sizes of these species are unknown due to a lack of ....

Chameleons of Africa

An Atlas, Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia

Colin Tilbury

A magnificent, comprehensive and beautifully illustrated survey of these compelling animals, which have captivated the author since childhood. Having travelled widely in ....

A Complete Guide to the Reptiles of Australia

Steve Wilson and Gerry Swan

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

Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles

Edited by LR Wilson, JH Townsend and James B Johnson

Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles provides an up-to-date assessment of the diversity, endemicity, and conservation status of the herpetofauna of Mexico and ....

Field Guide to Reptiles and Frogs of the Perth Region

Brian Bush, Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper and David Robinson

This easy-to-use illustrated field guide includes species-level keys, distribution maps, habitat details and snakebite information for both humans and pets. ....

Sound Guide of the Calls of Frogs and Toads from Southern Brazil and Uruguay

Edited by Axel Kwet and Rafael Márquez

Two audio CDs with recordings of 109 species of frogs and toads, including chorus and soundscapes. With a 56 page book in English, Portuguese and Spanish with comments, ....

Community Ecology of Stream Fishes

Concepts, Approaches, and Techniques

Edited by Keith B Gido and Donald A Jackson

Stream fish community ecology has advanced rapidly over the past two decades and this book synthesizes these advances and provides directions for future research. ....

Skeena River Fish and Their Habitat

Allen Gottesfeld and Ken A Abnett

British Columbia's Skeena River is one of the great salmon rivers of the North Pacific. The river and its fish have supported indigenous peoples for thousands of years. More ....

Advances in Insect Chemical Ecology

Edited by Ring T Carde and Jocelyn G Millar

Covers how plants use chemicals to defend themselves from insect herbivores; the complexity of floral odours that mediate insect pollination; tritrophic interactions of ....

Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 39

Edited by Jerome Casas and Stephen Simpson

"Advances in Insect Physiology" publishes volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference ....

The Amazing Monarch

The Secret Wintering Grounds of an Endangered Butterfly

Windle Turley

The Mexican wintering grounds of the monarch were unknown to outsiders until 1975. The Amazing Monarch captures a set of truly stunning pictures of the monarch, considered by ....

An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Hymenoptera

JP O'Connor, Robert Nash and Gavin Broad

This list of the Irish Hymenoptera gives details of 3194 species. ....

Butterflies of Australia

Albert Orr and Roger Kitching

This guide assists with the identification of nearly 400 species of Australian butterflies. It includes details of the biology, history, ecology, evolution and ....

Butterflies of Europe

A Photographic Guide

Hannu Aarnio, Kimmo Saarinen, Pekka Ojalainen and Tari Haahtela

This book looks in detail at the 195 species of European butterflies. Showcasing the stunning macro photography of the authors, this is a photographic field guide with a ....

Butterflies of the World, Part 33: Nymphalidae XVIII: Morpho II.

Oliver Schäffer and Thomas Frankenbach

Butterflies of the World, Supplement 18

Morpho hercules, M. amphitrion, M. richardus, M. telemachus.

Oliver Schäffler and Thomas Frankenbach

Supplement to part 30. Contains a complete iconography of the four species Morpho hercules, M. telemachus, M. richardus, M. amphitryon. ....

Cahiers Magellanes Hors-serie, Volume 33

Contribution à la connaissance du genre Ceroglossus Solier (6e note)

Eric Jiroux and Walter Heinz

Description d'une nouvelle sous-esp~ce de Ceroglossus magellanicus d'Argentine. ....

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 112

Nouveaux Oemini de Guyane

J Touroult, PH Dalens and Gerard Luc Tavakilian

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 113

Contribution à la connaissance des Mauesini Lane, 1956 de Guyane

PH Dalens, JL Giuglaris and GL Tavakilian

Chinese Lady Beetles

The Subfamily Coccinellinae

Yu Guoyue

This monograph covers 165 species from 37 genera. ....

Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the Argentine Yungas

Species composition and identification

Natalia von Ellenrieder and Rosser W Garrison

The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna: Tvåvingar: Blomflugor Diptera: Syrphidae Eristalinaee - Microdontinae

Hans Bartsch

This volume includes details of around 230 species. ....

Fauna of New Zealand, No 65: Izatha (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoidae)

Robert JB Hoare

The genus Izatha only occurs in New Zealands, with 40 species now recognized. Most of them are superbly camouflaged when resting on the trunks of trees so that they resemble ....

Field Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates of North America

Edited by James H Thorp and D Christopher Rogers

"The Field Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates of North America" focuses on freshwater invertebrates that can be identified using at most an inexpensive magnifying glass. This ....

Genera of Indian Butterflies

RK Varshney

This book includes details of the butterfly genera occurring in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Information is provided about common names, ....

Guide to Opisthobranchs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

CR Sreeraj, C Raghunathan et al

Longhorn Beetles of the Amazon - Volume 2

Hisayasu Arai

De Nederlandse Boorvliegen (Tephritidae)

John T Smit

Contains a key to all species of Tephritidae currently known from the Netherlands and adjacent areas. ....

Noctuidae Sibiricae, Volume 2: Rivulinae to Catocalinae

VS Kononenko

Includes male and female genitalia of all species, distribution maps and text about distribution and differences to closely related species. ....

Les Papillons du Gabon

Gael Vande Weghe

All 1400 butterfly species are described, illustrated by both male and female except when absolutely unecessary. A distributional map is provided for all the species that ....

The Prionids of the Neotropical Region

Illustrated Catalogue of the Beetles

I Jenis

This volume is devoted to the Prionids of Central and South America and covers more than 100 species found in this region. ....

SBF Volume 5: Sea Spiders (Pycnogonida) of the North-East Atlantic

Roger N Bamber

This volume includes keys, distribution details and notes to 84 species of sea spiders found in the North-East Atlantic. ....

The Shrimp Book

Edited by V Alday-Sanz

This book brings together information often difficult to find, joining the worlds of aquaculture science and industry production, through the leveraging of their synergies ....

Spider Behaviour

Flexibility and Versatility

Edited by Marie Elisabeth Herberstein

Spiders are often underestimated as suitable behavioural models because of the general belief that due to their small brains their behaviour is innate and mostly invariable. ....

Thyretini of Africa

An Illustrated Catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region

Lukasz Przybylowicz

This comprehensive book facilites the identification of thyretines, the unique group of large arctiids (Arctiidae: Syntominae) restricted almost exclusively to the Afrotropical ....

Wasps of Surrey

David Baldock

Despite being one of the most varied and colourful groups of insects, wasps are often overlooked and frequently misunderstood. Indeed, with the exception of a couple of ....

The Witt Catalogue: A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African

Noctuoidea | Plusiinae II

G Behounek, L Ronkay and G Ronkay

The second volume covering the Plusiinae includes 39 colour plates and 114 genitalia figures. ....

A World Catalogue of Chironomidae (Diptera), Part 1

Patrick Ashe and James P O'Connor

The first volume in this series covers Buchonomyiinae, Chilenomyiinae, Podonominae, Aphroteniinae, Tanypodinae, Usambaromyiinae, Diamesinae, Prodiamesinae and ....

Ammoniti

Un Viaggio Geologicao nelle Montagne Appenniniche

Federico Venturi, Giuseppe Rea, Giancarlo Silvestrini and M Bilotta

Beautifully presented survey of Ammonites from the Appenine region. ....

Biominerals and Fossils Through Time

Jean-Pierre Cuif, Yannicke Dauphin and James E Sorauf

Fossils are essential to the reconstruction of the evolution of life and episodes in Earth history. Knowledge of biomineralization - the processes associated with the ....

Bryozoan Fauna and Microfacies from a Middle Devonian Reef Complex (Western Sahara, Morocco)

Andrej Ernst and Peter Konigshof

This study is devoted to the investigation of bryozoan fauna and microfacies of the Middle Devonian reef complex in Western Sahara, Morocco, with 26 bryozoan species being ....

The Cambrian Explosion and the Construction of Animal Biodiversity

Douglas H Erwin and James W Valentine

The Cambrian Period records one of the most extraordinary transitions in the history of life. Beginning as simple sponges more than 635 million years ago, the earliest animals ....

Field Guide to Fossils

Fossils from the Lower Lias of the Dorset Coast

Edited by Alan Richard Lord and Paul G Davis

The coastline of Dorset is spectacular and beautiful. It exposes a long sequence of Jurassic age sedimentary rocks which, with its wealth of invertebrate, vertebrate and ....

Plant Life of Quaternary Cold Stages

Evidence from the British Isles

Richard West

This 2000 book brings together the published information on the Quaternary cold stage flora of over 80 sites in Britain and Ireland to present a factual cold stage flora from ....

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 57

Biology of Northern Krill

Edited by Geraint Tarling

"Advances in Marine Biology" has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 - over 40 years of outstanding coverage! The series ....

Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas

Forest Rohwer, Merry Youle and Derek Vosten

For millennia, coral reefs have flourished as one of the planet's most magnificent natural wonders. As Earth's most biodiverse ecosystem - surpassing even the rainforests ....

Deep-Sea Sponge Grounds

Reservoirs of Biodiversity

This report draws together scientific understanding of deep-water sponge grounds alongside the threats they face and ways in which they can be conserved. ....

Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems

JTO Kirk

Beginning systematically with the fundamentals, the fully-updated third edition of this popular graduate textbook provides an understanding of all the essential elements of ....

Marine Life of the North Atlantic

Canada to Cape May

Andrew J Martinez and Candace S Martinez

This greatly expanded edition is a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow guide that describes 278 species of plants, fishes and invertebrates in the cold waters from Canada to Cape ....

Ocean Drifters

A Secret World Beneath the Waves

Richard Kirby

Beneath the waves lies a hidden microcosm of life: the world of plankton. These astonishing microscopic algae and the tiny animals that eat them float freely in the ....

A Students Guide to the Seashore

JD Fish and S Fish

This unique, concise and beautifully-illustrated guide allows students to identify over 650 of the common, widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. User-friendly ....

Backbone of England

Life and Landscape on the Pennine Watershed

Andrew Bibby

Skirting the headwaters from Kinder Scout in Derbyshire as far as Hadrian's Wall, the author explores various aspects of the area's history, ecology, geology and culture, and ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Northern Lights

A Practical Travel Guide

Polly Evans

The northern lights are one of the major tourist draws of the Arctic and sub-Arctic winter. This book covers information on everything from how to photograph the aurora, to ....

British Wildlife Photography Awards

Collection 1

The British Wildlife Photography Awards were devised by British wildlife photographer Chris Weston and curator of photography Maggie Gowan. The first awards were held in 2009 ....

Drawing and Painting Birds

Tim Wootton

Birds are much admired, revered and envied. They have featured in art for many thousands of years and our fascination with them continues. They do though pose a challenge to ....

Eaten by a Giant Clam

Great Adventures in Natural Science

Joseph Cummins

The history of natural science across its many disciplines, including zoology, botany, geology or even malacology (the study of molluscs) is often a case of truth being ....

Evolutionary Naturalism in Victorian Britain

The Darwinians and their Critics

Bernard Lightman

Scholars have tended to portray T. H. Huxley, John Tyndall, and their allies as the dominant cultural authority in the second half of the 19th century. Defenders of Darwin ....

The Fetish Room

The Education of a Naturalist

Redmond O'Hanlon and Rudi Rotthier

Part biography, part musings on biology and nature, this book is a moving portrait of one of the greatest travel writers and eccentrics, Redmond O'Hanlon. ....

Gone Native

called by the curlew and the beat of drums

Donald MacIntosh

Donald MacIntosh had never left his native Scotland until, at the age of 23, he embarked on a career as a tree surveyor and forest botanist which took him to some of the most ....

The Great Rift

Visible from space, the Great Rift runs for thousands of miles. It creates, connects and defines the wildest, most charismatic landscape in the world. From the majestic, ....

High Light

A Vision of Wild Scotland

Colin Prior

Colin Prior's work is about landscape photography at its limits. Shooting at the magic hours of dusk and dawn, he catches those rare moments when composition, fine light and ....

RSPB Guide to Digital Wildlife Photography

David Tipling

This helpful and practical RSPB guide to all aspects of digital wildlife photography is an updated version of our first edition. It is accessibly written by and beautifully ....

Rob Kesseler

Up Close

Rob Kesseler works in the liminal space between fine art, design, craft and science. He moves easily between disciplines to engage fully with the art and science of the world ....

Where the Wild Books Are

A Field Guide to Ecofiction

Jim Dwyer

As interest in environmental issues grows, many writers of fiction have embraced themes that explore the connections between humans and the natural world. Ecologically themed ....

William Bartram, the Search for Nature's Design

Selected Art, Letters, and Unpublished Writings

Edited by Thomas Hallock and Nancy E Hoffmann

An important figure in early American science and letters, William Bartram (1739-1823) has been known almost exclusively for his classic book, Travels. ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Ghana

Philip Briggs

Bradt~ s Ghana has remained the bestselling guide to the country since it was first published in 1998, being used by almost every English-speaking visitor to the country. ....

Countryfile Perfect Days Out

100 of Our Favourite Places to Visit

Cavan Scott

"Countryfile" is one of the most successful and much-loved TV series on the BBC, with 20 years of programming and over 6 million viewers. This is the first book to tie in with ....

The Desert Islands of Mexico's Sea of Cortez

Stewart Aitchison

The desert islands in the Sea of Cortez are little known except to a few intrepid tourists, sailors, and fishermen. Though at first glance these stark islands may appear ....

England: The Panoramas

Mark Denton

This unique photographic volume presents the greatest landscape views in England, including a host of secret treasure viewpoints. They range from the famous - Roseberry ....

Exploring Natural China

Heather Angel

In this vast country - the third largest in the world - varied climate conditions produce an array of habitat types, from the snowy wastelands of the frigid northeast to ....

Fauna of Arabia, Volume 25: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia

Edited by Michael C Jennings

The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia (ABBA) project commenced in 1984, with the objective of documenting the distribution of breeding birds within the states of the ....

Field Guide to the Mammals of Mongolia

This book is designed to give an overview of the main sign you are likely to find for each species, or taxonomic group. All text is written in both Mongolian and English. On ....

Fleuve Congo

4700 km de nature et culture en effervescence

This book compliments the exhibition at the Royal Museum for Central Africa and contains photos of the people, animals and countryside along the Congo River. ....

Forests and Ecological History of Assam

Arupjyoti Saikia

This book presents a comprehensive account of the transformation of Assam's forests and ecology from the colonial times to the present. It examines the role of British ....

Glimpses from India's Natural World

A Book for Nature Education

AK Sahay

A K Sahay is an eminent Indian naturalist, well-known for his wildlife columns in The Statesman. He laments the fact that Indians are often less aware of and interested in ....

Green Guide for London

Gavin Markham

The Green Guide is about changing our patterns of consumption and seeking out greener, natural and ethical alternatives to every conceivable type of product and service. It's ....

Orkney

Howie Firth

On the edge of Britain, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the North Sea, lie the Orkney Islands, renowned for their seascapes and wildlife. It is an ancient land; fossils ....

Wild Coast

Travels on South America'a Untamed Edge

John Gimlette

Intrigued by the tale of a distant ancestor who perished on the Wild Coast in 1630, John Gimlette returns to South America to find out what has become of this primeval land. It ....

African Herbal Pharmacopoeia

AAMPS

The African Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AfrHP) provides comprehensive, up to date botanical, commercial and phytochemical information on over fifty of the most important African ....

The Anatomy of Palms

Arecaceae - Palmae

PB Tomlinson, James W Horn and Jack B Fisher

Palms are an economically important group of plants and support major agronomic and horticultural industries, quite apart from their regional use in the cultures of many ....

Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the Western Gulf Coast

Charles D Stutzenbaker

This book fills a long-standing need for a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to the aquatic and wetland plants of the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Brownsville. It ....

Arboretum Borealis

A Lifeline of the Planet

Diana Beresford-Kroeger

Reveals the fascinating history of these trees in Native American culture, including their medicinal uses. It also offers practical ....

The Best Plants to Attract and Keep Wildlife in the Garden

Christine Lavelle and Michael Lavelle

This book contains essential facts about the habitats, feeding preferences and behaviour of each type of garden wildlife, including their life cycles and how you can supplement ....

Catálogo de las Briofitas de Bolivia

Diversidad, Distribución y Ecología

Stephen P Churchill, N Ninel, A Sanjines and M Claudia Aldana

This volume provides an introduction to the diversity, distribution and ecology of the 1,399 bryophytes of Bolivia. A checklist of 477 hepatics, 4 hornworts and 918 mosses ....

Chrysophytes: Aspects and Problems

J Kristiansen

This book presents an in-depth treatment of the biology of the chrysophytes. The papers collected here are a result of the First International Chrysophyte Symposium held at the ....

Colored Illustration of Higher Fungi from Guizhou in China

Zou Fanglun et al

This book introduces 121 species, 35 families of higher fungi from Guizhou. For each species detailed information is introduced. ....

Common Microfungi of Costa Rica

Microhongos Comunes de Costa Rica o Otras Regiones Tropicales

Priscila Chaverri, Sabine M Huhndorf, Jack D Rogers and Gary J Samuels

This illustrated guide covers the Ascomycota (microfungi) found in Costa Rica as well as other tropical regions. ....

Crocuses

A Complete Guide to the Genus

Janis Ruksans

In this comprehensive, up-to-date volume, bulb expert Janis RukA'ans surveys all the known species in this remarkable genus, including those that have been discovered since ....

Diatom Monographs, Volume 11: Phytoplankton of Andean Lakes in Northern

South America (Colombia)

Edited by Andrzej Witkowski

This volume develops limnological aspects of the Paramo lakes of Colombia and investigates processes such as productivity, biomass, trophic state, nutrient cycle, and ....

Diatom Monographs, Volume 12: Application of Diatom Biofacies in Reconstructing the Evolution of Sedimentary Basins

Edited by Andrzej Witkowski

This monograph presents results of diatom analyses of seven sediment cores taken from various depths of the Gulf of Gdansk between the Hel Peninsula and the coast of Gdansk ....

The European Garden Flora

5 Volume Set

Edited by James Cullen, Sabina Knees and Suzanne Cubey

The European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants. Designed to meet the highest scientific ....

The European Garden Flora, Volume 4

Dicotyledons: Aquifoliaceae to Hydrophyllaceae

Edited by James Cullen, Sabina Knees and Suzanne Cubey

Volume 4 contains accounts of 82 families, mostly rather small, but including the Primulaceae (with Primula as its largest genus) and Ericaceae (with Rhododendron, the ....

The European Garden Flora, Volume 5

Dicotyledons: Boraginaceae to Compositae

Edited by James Cullen, Sabina Knees and Suzanne Cubey

Volume 5 completes the series, and includes many important ornamental families, such as Labiatae, Solanaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Acanthaceae, Campanulaceae, and the largest ....

Field Guide to Seaweeds of Alaska

Mandy R Lindeberg and Sandra C Lindstrom

This field guide enables quick, accurate identification of seaweeds in Alaska for beachcombers, naturalists, teachers, students, scientists and coastal monitors. More ....

Flora Filipina

From Acapulco to Manila

Corazon S Alvina and Domingo A Madulid

The Spanish arrived in the Philippines in the sixteenth century, and discovered an archipelago blessed with natural resources, which included diverse fauna and flora. ....

Flora del Paraguay: Aristolochiaceae

Luisa Zulema Ahumada

Flora del Paraguay: Gymnospermae, Angiospermae

Angel L Cabrera et al

Flora del Paraguay: Lythraceae

R Duré Rodas and J Molero Briones

Flora of China, Volume 23: Acoraceae-Cyperaceae

Covers Acoraceae through Cyperaceae. ....

Flora of Japan, Volume 4b

Angiospermae-Monocotyledoneae

Edited by Kunio Iwatsuki, Takasi Yamazaki, David E Boufford and Hideaki Ohba

This volume includes details of 1460 species of Monocotyledons from Japan. ....

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Rosidae, Part 2

Rosales, Part 2

Edited by Nancy R Morin

no further details. ....

Flora of Thailand, Volume 10 Part 2

Celastraceae, Hernandiaceae, Leeaceae, Mastixiaceae, Passifloraceae, Verbenaceae

Edited by T Santisuk et al

Flora of Thailand, Volume 10 Part 3

Anacardiaceae and Convolvulaceae

Flora of Tianmushan

4 volume set

Edited by Ding Bingyang, Li Genyou, Fu Chengxin and Yang Shuzhen

This four volume set includes details of 2066 species of vascular plants found in the Tianmushan National Nature Reserve, China. ....

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Apocynaceae (2010)

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Solanaceae (2010)

Flore des Causses

Hautes Terres, Gorges, Vallées et Vallons

Christian Bernard

Fungi Europaei, Volume 12: Corticiaceae s.l.

A Bernicchia and SP Gorjon

Gardening for Butterflies, Bees and Other Beneficial Insects

A How-to Guide

Jan Miller-Klein

This guide helps to identify the most useful and beautiful insects that may be found in a garden and offers tips and plans to aid in the design from dragonfly ponds through to ....

Green Gold

Success Stories Using Southern African Plant Species

AAMPS

Medicinal plants and plant-derived medicine are widely used in traditional cultures all over the world and they are becoming increasing popular in modern society as natural ....

Guide des Espèces Ligneuses de la Casamance (Sénégal)

Joris De Wolf and Patrick Van Damme

Guide to Standard Floras of the World

David Frodin

This 2001 book provides a selective annotated bibliography of the principal floras and related works of inventory for vascular plants. The second edition ....

A Guidebook to the Macrofungi of Tasik Bera

N Zainuddin et al

This guidebook provides a brief description of the general categories of macrofungi that can be found at Tasik Bera, the largest freshwater lake in ....

Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress

Edited by Mohammad Pessarakli

The dynamic and expanding knowledge of environmental stresses and their effects on plants and crops have resulted in the compilation of a large volume of information in ....

ITTO/IUCN Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Tropical Timber Production Forests

ITTO

An Illustrated Guide to Common Weeds of New Zealand

Ian Popay, Paul Champion and Trevor James

This user-friendly identification guide covers over 600 species that can broadly be described as weeds. ....

Impact of the Global Forest Industry on Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases

R Miner

This publication examines the numerous and complex connections between the global forest products industry and the global carbon cycle, with the objective of characterizing the ....

Important Plant Areas in Turkey: 122 Key Turkish Botanical Sites

Neriman Ozhatay, Andrew Byfield and Sema Atay

This book describes the 122 sites of exceptional importance to plant conservation in Turkey, detailing both the threatened plant species and the rare habitats that make ....

Le Roux and Müller's Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Namibia

Piet le Roux, Mike Müller, Coleen Mannheimer and Barbara Curtis

Revised and expanded by Coleen Mannheimer and Barbara Curtis this long-awaited, full-colour photographic guide to trees and shrubs of Namibia includes descriptions of ....

Lichen Biomonitors: Factors Affecting Response Behaviour

Edited by R Mendes Godinho

This book discusses the use of lichen as a biomonitor tool to trace element air deposition, especially focusing on their accumulation performance. The work comprises ....

The Lichen Genus Rinodina (Ach.) Gray (Lecanorales, Physciaceae) in North America, North of Mexico

John W Sheard

This monograph will serve as the primary reference for species of the crustose lichen genus Rinodina in North America. Ninety six species are included, approximately one ....

Lichens of the Namib Desert

A Guide to their Identification

Volkmar Wirth

This booklet provides information on lichens in general and more specifically on the lichen biota of the Namib Desert, with 75 species illustrated in colour, enabling the ....

Medicinal Plant Biotechnology

Edited by R Arora

There have been rapid advances in the field of plant biotechnology in recent years, increasing the potential for medical application. Covering the latest advances in the ....

Mousses et Hépatiques de Païolive

Vincent Hugonnot

Over 250 species are illustrated along with 300 distribution maps. ....

Natural Products in Plant Pest Management

Edited by N K Dubey

Overzealous and indiscriminate use of many synthetic pesticides during recent decades in the control of plant pests has resulted in a number of environmental and toxicological ....

Opportunities for Applications of Transgenic Plants

Edited by Tony Conner and Jeanne ME Jacobs

Reviews recent developments in the understanding of gene function and how this knowledge can be applied for trait manipulation in plants using transgenic approaches. Although ....

Petit Précis de Phytosociologie Sigmatiste

JM Royer

Petite Flore Portative des Causses

C Bernard

A portable field guide with illustrations, distribution maps and keys to the flora of The Causses (Massif Central, France). ....

Phytophthora

Edited by A Lucas, R Shattock, D Shaw and L Cook

The seventeenth symposium of the British Mycological Society was held jointly with the British Society for Plant Pathology and the Society of Irish Plant Pathologists. The ....

Plant Biochemistry

Hans-Walter Heldt

This fully revised translation of the world-renowned German edition covers the complete and modern knowledge of plant biochemistry. The book presents the topic in a concise and ....

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 34

Jules Janick

Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant breeding and genetics covering horticultural, agronomic and forestry crops, incorporating both traditional and ....

Plant Tissue Culture, Development and Biotechnology

Edited by Robert N Trigiano and Dennis J Gray

Addressing several specialized areas generically termed biotechnology, "Plant Tissue Culture, Development and Biotechnology" uses a broad range of species that are studied ....

Plants and Society

Estelle Levetin and Karen McMahon

This introductory, one quarter/one-semester text takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The authors strive to stimulate ....

Plants, Health and Healing

On the Interface of Ethnobotany and Medical Anthropology

Edited by Elisabeth Hsu and Stephen Harris

Plants have cultural histories, and their culturally known applications change through time and across contexts. The impact of individual plant species on human cultures has ....

The Potatoes of South America: Bolivia

Edited by CM Ochoa

This authoritative and scholarly 1990 treatise on the potatoes of Bolivia provides a definitive guide to the rich diversity and taxonomy of this important group of plants. ....

Principles of Ecology in Plant Production

Edited by TR Sinclair and A Weiss

Production of food fibre and fuel is vital for humanity, and as the world population continues to rise, demands on these resources is ever increasing. In a context of ....

RHS Encyclopaedia of Plants & Flowers

C Brickell

This is the fifth edition of this best-selling guide to plants and flowers, updated and revised from the experts at the RHS. "RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers" is an ....

Rare, Relict and Endangered Plants and Fungi of Poland

Edited by Z Mirek and A Nikiel

Contains 66 papers from a conference held in 2006. ....

Reaching for the Sun

How Plants Work

John King

From their ability to use energy from sunlight to make their own food, to combating attacks from diseases and predators, plants have evolved an amazing range of ....

Reproductive Versatility in the Grasses

Edited by GP Chapman

Contents: The grass family, Poaceae L Watson; The spikelet WD Clayton; Ovule structure and diversity. GP Chapman & J Greenham; Fertilisation and early ....

Survival Strategies of the Algae

Edited by G Fryxell

Provides information regarding ecological conditions and population dynamics of both marine and freshwater algae form diverse habitats. Unfavourable environmental conditions ....

The Tallgrass Prairie Center Guide to Prairie Restoration in the Upper Midwest

Daryl Smith, Dave Williams, Greg Houseal and Kirk Henderson

Although less than 3 percent of the original vast landscape survives, the tallgrass prairie remains a national treasure, glowing with a vast array of colourful wildflowers ....

The Tallgrass Prairie Center Guide to Seed and Seedling Identification in the Upper Midwest

Dave Williams

Settlers crossing the tallgrass prairie in the early 1800s were greeted by a seemingly endless landscape of wildflowers and grasses, one of the most diverse ecosystems on the ....

Teaming with Microbes

The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web

Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis

Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life; not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of ....

Thoughtful Gardening

Great Plants, Great Gardens, Great Gardeners

Robin Lane Fox

This is Robin Lane Fox's first gardening book in twenty-five years, and marks the fortieth year of his weekly columns on gardening for the "Financial Times". It is based ....

Tropical Vegetable Production

Raymond A T George

Sustainable crop production is vital to ensure that supplies of fresh vegetables and their products are readily available. However, food security still remains a huge ....

Wild Flowers and Scenery of Mallorca

Nicole Beniston

Although many plants are mentioned and illustrated in this book, it is not intended as a "flora" of Mallorca. Rather, it is aimed at the island's visitor who may wish to know ....

The Wild Flowers of Ireland

The Habitat Guide

Declan Doogue and Carsten Krieger

This remarkably beautiful book is an extensive guide to the country's plant life. The text contains a detailed description of the country's different habitats and the plant ....

Yearbook of Forest Products 2008

(2004-2008 Data)

FAO

This volume is a compilation of statistical data on basic forest products for all countries and territories of the world. It contains annual data on the production and ....

Yew

A History

Fred Hageneder

The yew is one of the most fascinating and versatile life forms on Earth, botanically rich and intriguing and culturally almost without comparison. In history, mythology, ....

100 Bizarre Animals

Mike Unwin

Some animals just look weird. Take the mandrill, whose outrageous face is coloured to mimic its genitals, or the star-nosed mole whose nose sprouts 22 fleshy tentacles. ....

Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 72

Edited by Allen I Laskin, Geoffrey M Gadd and Sima Sariaslani

Published since 1959, "Advances in Applied Microbiology" continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology. The series contains ....

Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 73

Edited by Allen I Laskin, Geoffrey M Gadd and Sima Sariaslani

Published since 1959, "Advances in Applied Microbiology" continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology. The series contains ....

Animal Nutrition

P McDonald, RA Edwards, JFD Greenhalgh and CA Morgan

The latest edition of this classic text has been reorganised to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the science and practice of animal nutrition. Animal ....

Clinical Cases in Avian and Exotic Animal Hematology and Cytology

Terry W Campbell and Krystan R Grant

This book demonstrates how to use hemic cytology and cytodiagnosis as part of the assessment of an exotic animal patient, taking the reader through nearly 100 actual ....

A Cybernetic View of Biological Growth

The Maia Hypothesis

Tony Stebbing

Maia is the story of an idea, and its development into a working hypothesis, that provides a cybernetic interpretation of how growth is controlled. Growth at the lowest ....

Dictyostelium

Evolution, Cell Biology, and the Development of Multicellularity

Richard H Kessin

Dictyostelia are soil amoebae capable of extraordinary feats of survival, motility, chemotaxis, and development. Characterised by their ability to transform from a ....

Environmental Microbiology

Current Technology and Water Applications

Edited by Keya Sen and Nicholas J Ashbolt

Environmental Microbiology for Engineers

Volodymyr Ivanov

This book is targeted at environmental engineers with little to no biology training, and provides a thoroughly up-to-date introduction to this rapidly expanding subject area. ....

The Genomic Revolution

Edited by Rob DeSalle and Michael Yudell

Examines th incresingly popular field of genomics. ....

The Infanticide Controversy

Primatology and the Art of Field Science

Amanda Rees

Infanticide in the natural world might be a relatively rare event, but, as the author shows, it has enormously significant consequences. Identified in the 1960s as a ....

Information Theory, Evolution and the Origin of Life

HP Yockey

Presents a timely introduction to the use of information theory and coding theory in molecular biology. The genetical information system, because it is linear and digital, ....

Integrated Principles of Zoology

Cleveland Hickman, Larry S Roberts, Allan Larson and Helen L'Anson

Emphasizing the principles of evolution and zoological science, this best-selling text describes the diversity of animal life and the fascinating adaptations that enable ....

Mechanisms of Disease in Small Animal Surgery

Edited by M. Joseph Bojrab and Eric Monnet

This concise, practical guide contains all the vital information on the diseases and disorders in small animals that are pertinent to the surgeon. ....

Quantitative Understanding of Biosystems

An Introduction to Biophysics

Thomas M Nordlund

An intermediate level treatment, this text covers the biophysics of macromolecules and subcellular structures interactions with light, from a quantitative perspective. The ....

Sexual Segregation in Vertebrates

Ecology of the Two Sexes

Edited by Kathreen Ruckstühl and Peter Neuhaus

Males and females often differ in developmental patterns, adult morphology, ecology and behaviour, and in many mammals males are often larger. Size dimorphism results in ....

The Shaping of Life

The Generation of Biological Pattern

Lionel G Harrison and Michael Lyons

Biological development, how organisms acquire their form, is one of the great frontiers in science. While a vast knowledge of the molecules involved in development has been ....

The 10,000 Year Explosion

How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending

A manifesto for and an example of a new kind of history, a biological history, and not just of the prehistoric era Scientists have long believed that the 'great leap forward' ....

Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection

Peter Godfrey-Smith

In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called "natural selection," a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued ....

Endless Forms Most Beautiful

The New Science of EvoDevo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom

Sean Carroll

What Brian Greene did for string theory, Sean Carroll does for Evo Devo. ....

Evolution

A Developmental Approach

Wallace Arthur

This book is aimed at students taking courses on evolution in universities and colleges. Its approach and its structure are very different from previously-published evolution ....

Key Transitions in Animal Evolution

Edited by Rob DeSalle and Bernd Schierwater

The origin of multicellular animals is one of those difficult and delicate biological problems that have been pondered for centuries. This book summarizes recent results in ....

Patterns of Growth and Development in the Genus Homo

Edited by Jennifer L Thompson et al

Our earliest human ancestors grew more like modern apes than present-day humans. When, how and why did our modern pattern evolve? This book, covering growth patterns in ....

What Darwin Got Wrong

Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini

This is a groundbreaking attack on the most influential scientific orthodoxy of the last 150 years. The authors, working in tandem, reveal major flaws at the heart of Darwinian ....

Conservation Biogeography

Richard J Ladle

This book provides an authoritative and concise overview of the key themes and emerging concepts in conservation biogeography. It serves as an introduction to the subject and a ....

Dynamics of Tropical Communities

37th Symposium of The British Ecological Society

Edited by DM Newbery, N Brown and HHT Prins

Tropical communities are recognised as among the most species-rich and dynamic in the world. Yet far from existing as dynamic equilibria, large unpredictable disruptive ....

Essentials of Ecology

Scott Spoolman and G Miller

An ideal alternative to ecology texts that tend to be too difficult for non-majors, this succinct 11-chapter, full-color textbook covers scientific principles and concepts, ....

Fifty Years of Invasion Ecology

David M Richardson

Invasion ecology is the study of the causes and consequences of the introduction of organisms to areas outside their native range. Interest in this field has exploded in ....

An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

Nick B Davies, John R Krebs and Stuart West

This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new ....

Landscape Ethnoecology

Concepts of Biotic and Physical Space

Edited by Leslie Main Johnson and Eugene S Hunn

In this volume, indigenous and local understandings of landscape are investigated in order to better understand how human communities relate to their terrestrial and aquatic ....

Mobility and Migration in Indigenous Amazonia

Contemporary Ethnoecological Perspectives

Edited by Miguel N Alexiades

Contrary to ingrained academic and public assumptions, wherein indigenous lowland South American societies are viewed as the product of historical emplacement and spatial ....

Research on Biological Invasions in China

English Edition

Fang-Hao Wan, Jian-Ying Guo and Feng Zhang

This book discusses the relationship between environmental factors and distribution patterns of invasive alien species and considers the principal component analysis of ....

Snow Ecology

An Interdisciplinary Examination of Snow-Covered Ecosystems

Edited by HG Jones, DA Walker, JW Pomeroy and R Hoham

Snow Ecology was the first book to integrate the study of snow and ice in the physical, chemical and biological sciences into a multidisciplinary overview of life in, on and ....

100 Years of Tropical Forest Research

The Story of the Forest Research Institute Malaysia

Francis SP Ng

This book guides us through the many events, developments, ideas and personalities that have made their mark on FRIM ....

British Columbia's Inland Rainforest

Ecology, Conservation and Management

S Stevenson, H Armleder, AC Arsenault, D Coxson, SC DeLong and M Jull

The vast temperate rainforests of coastal British Columbia are world-renowned, but much less is known about the other rainforest located 500 kilometres inland along the western ....

Delta Urbanism: New Orleans

Richard Campanella

This volume traces the development of New Orleans from precolonial times to post-Katrina realities, in the context of the deltaic plain on which it lies. The book describes the ....

Delta Urbanism: The Netherlands

Edited by Han Meyer, Inge Bobbink and Steffen Nijhuis

This volume offers an in-depth look at a country that has grappled for centuries with the crises that confront coastal cities worldwide. It examines the history, geography ....

Desert Channels

The Impulse to Conserve

Edited by Libby Robin, Chris Dickman and Mandy Martin

This book explores the impulse to protect the varied biodiversity of the distinctive Desert Channels country of south-western Queensland. The region is the source of ....

Eco-Tracking

On the Trail of Habitat Change

Daniel Shaw

Tracks the interconnections of small regional ecosystems to larger ones, and in the process demonstrates the accessibility ....

The Final Forest: The Battle for the Last Great Trees of the Pacific Northwest

W Dietrich

Before Forks, a small town on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed "Logging ....

Forest Health

An Integrated Perspective

Edited by John D Castello and Stephen A Teale

Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective is the first book to define an ecologically rational, conceptual framework that unifies and integrates the many sub-disciplines that ....

Forest Phoenix

How a Great Forest Recovers After Wildfire

Lindenmayer

This book tells the story of ecological forest recovery in the wet forests of Victoria following major wildfires in February 2009. It also focuses on the science of ecological ....

The Gulf of California

Biodiversity and Conservation

Edited by Richard C Brusca

Few places in the world can claim such a diversity of species as the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), with its 6,000 recorded animal species estimated to be half the number ....

Handbook of Urban Ecology

Edited by Ian Douglas, David Goode, Mike Houck and Rusong Wang

The birds, animals, insects, trees and plants encountered by the majority of the world's people are those that survive in, adapt to, or are introduced to, urban areas. Some of ....

Let Them Eat Shrimp

Kennedy Warne

What's the connection between a plate of king prawns at your local restaurant and murdered fishermen in Honduras, impoverished women in Ecuador, and disastrous hurricanes ....

The Living Waters of Texas

Edited by Ken Kramer

In ten impassioned essays, veteran Texas environmental advocates and conservation professionals step outside their roles as lawyers, lobbyists, administrators, ....

Managing your Woodland for Wildlife

David Blakesley and Peter Buckley

Most woodland management has been highly beneficial for wildlife over the centuries, creating habitats which have supported a diverse flora and fauna. These range from the ....

Manufacturing National Park Nature

Photography, Ecology and the Wilderness Industry of Jasper

J Keri Cronin

Jasper National Park is an international travel destination, world heritage site and icon of Canadian identity. In this book, the author draws on postcards, illustrated ....

Marine Conservation Ecology

John Roff, Mark Zacharias and Jon Day

This book provides a broad coverage of the ecological foundations of marine conservation, including the rationale, importance and practicalities of ....

Old Yellowstone Days

Paul Schullery

Over thirty years after its original publication, former Yellowstone National Park archivist Paul Schullery's collection of travelers' accounts of their visits to the ....

Parkscapes

Green Spaces in Modern Japan

Thomas RH Havens

Japan today protects one-seventh of its land surface in parks, which are visited by well over a billion people each year. This book analyzes the origins, development and ....

Reef and Rainforest

Michael McCoy

Reef and Rainforest is a photographic portrayal of marine and terrestrial life in one of the worlds most biodiverse regions the tropics of north-eastern Australia, together with ....

Timber Trees of Costa Rica

Ecology and Silviculture

Quirico J Jimenez, Freddy R Rojas, Victor Ch Rojas and Lucia S Rodriguez

Covers 55 native species, with information on taxonomy, ecology and cultivation. ....

Tropical Rain Forests

An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison

Richard B Primack and Richard T Corlett

The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison exploded the myth of 'the rain forest' as a single, uniform entity. In reality, the ....

Urban Pollution

Cultural Meanings, Social Practices

Edited by Eveline Durr and Rivke Jaffe

This volume explores modern expressions of the themes of pollution and purity in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ....

Biodiversity Scenarios

Projections of 21st Century Change in Biodiversity and Associated Ecosystem Services

This volume focuses on estimates of biodiversity change as projected for the 21st century by models or extrapolations based on experiments and observed trends. It ....

Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy

An Introduction

Sahotra Sarkar

This book explores the epistemological and ethical issues at the foundations of environmental philosophy, emphasising the conservation of biodiversity. Sahota Sarkar ....

The Colorado Plateau III

Integrating Research and Resources Management for Effective Conservation

Charles Van Riper and Mark K Sogge

Roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States, the Colorado Plateau covers an area of 130,000 square miles. The relatively high semi-arid ....

The Colorado Plateau IV

Shaping Conservation Through Science and Management

Edited by Charles Van Riper, Brian F Wakeling and Thomas D Sisk

This book focuses on the integration of science and resource management issues in this unique and highly varied environment. Broken into three subsections, this volume ....

Conservation Science

Balancing the Needs of People and Nature

Peter M Kareiva and Michelle Marvier

Conservation Science is the first textbook to teach the scientific foundations of conservation while highlighting strategies to better connect its practice with the needs ....

Introduction to Wildlife Conservation in Farming

Stephen Burchett and Sarah Burchett

This book provides an invaluable, comprehensive and practical introduction to conservation issues associated with current farming practice. Representing both industry ....

Recent Trends in Biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Edited by C Raghunathan and C Sivaperuman

Scent of the Vanishing Flora

Roman Kaiser

Inspired by Dougal Stermer's book 'Vanishing Flora', Roman Kaiser worked for more than ten years on collecting the scent of 267 endangered plant species worldwide. In the ....

Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change

Across the United States, impacts of climate change are already evident. Some extreme weather events such as heat waves have become more frequent and intense, cold extremes ....

Advancing the Science of Climate Change

Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for - and in many cases is already affecting - a broad range of human ....

The Atlas of Coasts and Oceans

Mapping the World's Marine Areas

This unique assessment of the world's coasts and oceans details the ecological, environmental and economic importance of each and the global challenges we face to ....

Atmospheric Dynamics

Mankin Mak

Mankin Mak's textbook provides a self-contained course on atmospheric dynamics. The first half is suitable for senior undergraduates, and develops the physical, dynamical ....

Atmospheric Turbulence and Mesoscale Meteorology

Edited by Evgeni Fedorovich, Richard Rotunno and Bjorn Stevens

Bringing together leading researchers, this 2004 volume surveys numerous developments in the fields of atmospheric turbulence and mesoscale meteorology, with particular emphasis ....

The Blue Planet

An Introduction to Earth System Science

Brian J Skinner and Stephen C Porter

The third edition of "Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science" treats earth science from a systems perspective, showing how the four spheres (lithosphere, ....

CO2 Rising

The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge

Tyler Volk

The most colossal environmental disturbance in human history is under way. Ever-rising levels of the potent greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) are altering the cycles of ....

Capturing Carbon

The New Weapon in the War Against Climate Change

Robin M Mills

A new weapon is emerging to help us fight climate change. It is becoming feasible to take carbon dioxide from power stations and industry, and lock it away safely before it ....

Climate Change, Ecology and Systematics

Edited by Trevor R Hodkinson, Michael Jones, Stephen Waldren and John Parnell

Climate change has shaped life in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Understanding the interactions between climate and biodiversity is a complex challenge ....

Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions

Edited by Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen and Diana Liverman

Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, this book ranges from the basic science documenting the need for policy action to the ....

Climate Governance and Development

Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic

Covers the proceedings from 'Berlin Workshop: Climate Governance and Developement' conference held September 28-30, 2008, in preparation for the World Development Report ....

Climate Warming in Western North America

Evidence and Environmental Effects

Edited by Frederic H Wagner

The Development of Atmospheric General Circulation Models

Complexity, Synthesis and Computation

Edited by Leo Donner, Wayne Schubert and Richard Somerville

Presenting a comprehensive discussion of general circulation models of the atmosphere, this book covers their historical and contemporary development, their societal context, ....

The Energy Glut

Climate Change and the Politics of Fatness

Ian Roberts and Phil Edwards

World-wide, over a billion adults are overweight and 300 million are officially "obese", more than 3,000 people die every day on the world's roads and global warming and war ....

Environmental Biomonitoring

The Biotechnology Ecotoxicology Interface

Edited by James M Lynch and Alan Wiseman

Traditionally the province of chemists, the problem of environmental pollution is increasingly being tackled using methodologies which have a biological basis. This 1998 ....

The European Union as a Leader in International Climate Change Politics

Edited by Rudiger Wurzel and James Connelly

This book explains the kind of leadership that has been offered by EU institutional, member state and societal actors. Although leadership is the overarching theme, all ....

Factor Separation in the Atmosphere

Applications and Future Prospects

Edited by Pinhas Alpert and Tatiana Sholokhman

Modeling atmospheric processes in order to forecast the weather or future climate change is an extremely complex and computationally intensive undertaking. One of the main ....

Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions and Climate

Edited by Lennart O. Bengtsson and Claus U. Hammer

Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions and Climate brings together many of the world's leading environmental scientists to discuss the interaction between the geosphere/biosphere and ....

The Global Arsenic Problem

Challenges for Safe Water Production

Edited by N Kabay, J Bundschuh, P Bhattacharya, M Bryjak, S Anac et al

A prevalent and increasingly important issue, arsenic removal continues to be one of the most important areas of water treatment. Conventional treatment plants may employ ....

Global Climate Governance Beyond 2012

Architecture, Agency and Adaptation

Edited by Frank Biermann, Philipp H Pattberg and Fariborz Zelli

A cutting-edge assessment of policy options for future global climate governance, written by a team of leading experts from the European Union and developing countries. ....

Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change

This book describes and assesses different activities, products, strategies and tools for informing decision makers about climate change and helping them plan and execute ....

Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change

This book focuses on the role of the United States in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The book concludes that in order to ensure that all levels of ....

Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction

Thomas T Warner

This textbook provides a comprehensive yet accessible treatment of weather and climate prediction, for graduate students, researchers and professionals. It teaches the ....

Ocean Acidification

A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean

The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of climate change, but also causes ....

Paleoindian or Paleoarchaic?

Great Basin Human Ecology at the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition

Edited by Kelly E Graf and Dave N Schmitt

Were the earliest inhabitants of the Great Basin "Paleoindians" in the traditional sense? Were they highly mobile foragers? Did they hunt large, now extinct animals like ....

Polar Lows

Mesoscale Weather Systems in the Polar Regions

Edited by Erik A Rasmussen and John Turner

Polar Lows which provides a comprehensive review of our understanding of the small, high-latitude weather systems known as polar lows. These often vigorous depressions are ....

Principles of Planetary Climate

Thermodynamics, Radiation and Simple Models

Raymond T Pierrehumbert

This book introduces the reader to all the basic physical building blocks of climate needed to understand the present and past climate of Earth, the climates of Solar System ....

River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean

A Global Synthesis

John D Milliman and Katherine Farnsworth

Rivers provide the primary link between land and sea. Utilizing the world's largest database, this book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes ....

Severe and Hazardous Weather in Canada

The Geography of Extreme Events

Catherine Conrad

Lightning, hail, floods, drought, tornadoes, blizzards and ice storms: Canada's climate can be extreme. Given the inevitable changes in our global climate, there is great ....

Smart Solutions to Climate Change

Comparing Costs and Benefits

Edited by Bjorn Lomborg

The failure of the Copenhagen climate conference in December 2009 revealed major flaws in the way the world's policy makers have attempted to prevent dangerous levels of ....

Understanding the Changing Planet

Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences

This book outlines 11 strategic directions on which to focus research and leverage new technologies to harness the potential that the geographical sciences offer. ....

The Warming Papers

Edited by David Archer and Raymond T Pierrehumbert

Global warming is arguably the defining scientific issue of modern times, but it is not widely appreciated that the foundations of our understanding are almost two centuries ....

Wastewater Microbiology

Edited by Gabriel Bitton

Wastewater microbiology focuses on microbial contaminants found in wastewater, methods of detection for these contaminants, and methods of cleansing water of microbial ....

We Can Change the Weather

101 Cases of Changeability

Edited by Sara Engelen and Marleen Wynants

Bringing together investors, business owners, energy providers, policy makers, researchers, and individuals, this compilation showcases the winning projects of the ....

A World Without Ice

Henry Pollack

Much has been written about global warming, but the crucial relationship between people and ice has received little focus-until now. As one of the world's leading experts on ....

The Alps

Their Evolution and Role Within the Mediterranean Collision Zone

Stefan M Schmid and Mark Handy

This book discusses the anatomy and evolution of the Alps and serves as an example for illustrating processess that also take place, albeit in modified form, in other mountain ....

Black Holes and Galaxy Formation

Edited by Adonis D Wachter and Raphael J Propst

Galaxies are the basic unit of cosmology. The study of galaxy formation is concerned with the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning. ....

A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania

RS Bottrill and WE Baker

This extensively updated catalogue includes details of 753 minerals. ....

Cold Region Hazards and Risks

Colin A Whiteman

This is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage. The text brings together, for the first time, information about a vast array of hazards ....

Cycles of Time

An Extraordinary New View of the Universe

Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose's groundbreaking and bestselling "The Road to Reality" provided a comprehensive yet readable guide to our present understanding of the laws that are ....

Deep-Sea Sediments

Edited by H Hueneke and T Mulder

During the past few decades, deep-sea research benefited greatly from a number of newly developed, highly sophisticated exploration techniques and comprehensive datasets, ....

Discovering Physical Geography

Alan F Arbogast

Discovering Physical Geography, 2nd Edition provides a comprehensive suite of animations, simulations and interactivities that help readers comprehend important Earth ....

Earth's Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record

Edited by MJ Hambrey and WB Harland

The papers within these volumes were compiled between late 1978 and early 1980, from data on tillites and tillite-like rocks. The research was conducted for the ....

Evolution of Earth and Its Climate

Birth, Life and Death of Earth

OG Sorokhtin, G V Chilingarian and N O Sorokhtin

This book reviews the current physical theory of Earth's global evolution, its origin, structure and composition, the process of Earth's core formation, Earth's energy, and ....

The Evolution of Matter

From the Big Bang to the Present Day

Igor Tolstikhin and Jan Kramers

The Evolution of Matter explains how all matter in the Universe developed following the Big Bang and through subsequent stellar processes. It describes the evolution of ....

Exoplanets

Edited by Sara Seager

For the first time in human history, we know for certain the existence of planets around other stars. The study of exoplanets is now the fastest-growing field in space science. ....

Falling Stars

A Guide to Meteors and Meteorites

Mike D Reynolds

This revised and updated guide includes the latest information about meteor study and sightings. It covers the basics of observing, studying and collecting meteors and ....

The Field Description of Igneous Rocks

R Thorpe and G Brown

The Second Edition of this unique pocket field guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to include the advances in physical volcanology, emplacement of magmas and ....

Field Geophysics

John Milsom

This handy pocket-sized book provides practical information and assistance to anyone engaged in small-scale surveys on the ground. This has become the standard text in this ....

From Atoms to Molecules

Studies in the History of Chemistry from the 19th Century

Colin A Russell

The focus of this volume is the history of organic chemistry, which arose improbably out of early speculations about the construction of chemical compounds, and in particular ....

Fundamentals of Crystallography

Edited by Carmelo Giacovazzo et al

Crystallography is an interdisciplinary science covering a wide area, from biology to earth sciences, mathematics and materials science. Its role is growing, owing to the ....

Geological Evolution of Antarctica

Edited by MRA Thomson, JA Crane and JW Thomson

Geological Evolution of Antarctica is a collection of papers presented at the Fifth International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, held under the auspices of the ....

Handbook of Erosion Modelling

Edited by Roy P C Morgan and Mark Nearing

The text will provide the erosion model user with the tools to evaluate different erosion models and select the most appropriate for a specific purpose compatible with ....

The Human Archaeology of Space

Lunar, Planetary and Interstellar Relics of Exploration

PJ Capelotti

Providing a unified catalog of archaeological artifacts that have been left behind in space as a result of human exploration, this book describes the remnants of lost ....

Limestones and Caves of Wales

Edited by Trevor David Ford

Covers the geology and geomorphology of the Carboniferous Limestone areas of Wales, and summarises the state of knowledge of the main cave systems including the longest and ....

Mantle Convection for Geologists

Geoffrey F Davies

Mantle convection is the fundamental agent driving many of the geological features observed at the Earth's surface, including plate tectonics and plume volcanism. Yet many ....

Orkney and Shetland

A Landscape Fashioned by Geology

Clive Auton et al

These northerly outposts of Scotland, best known for their hospitality and historic remains, hold a fascination for the geologist. Fin out how they were formed as Scotland ....

Periglacial Processes and Landforms in Britain and Ireland

Edited by John Boardman

Examines the intimate link between periglacial geomorphology and the fluctuating climates of the Quaternary Period in the British Isles. In the last two million years, ....

Physical Geology

The Science of Earth

Chip Fletcher

Physical Geology provides readers with a variety of ways to learn the content of physical geology and offer them an opportunity to learn through multiple intelligences. ....

Plates vs Plumes

A Geological Controversy

Gillian R Foulger

Since the advent of the mantle plume hypothesis in 1971, scientists have been faced with the problem that its predictions are not confirmed by observation. For thirty years, the ....

Rock Fractures in Geological Processes

Agust Gudmundsson

Rock fractures control many of Earth's dynamic processes, including plate-boundary development, tectonic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and fluid transport in the crust. ....

Sedimentary Rocks in the Field

Maurice E Tucker

This fourth edition builds on the success of previous editions and for the first time is produced in full colour throughout with improved photos and diagrams. It retains its ....

Sedimentology and Sedimentary Basins: From Turbulence to Tectonics

MR Leeder

The sedimentary record on Earth stretches back more than 4.3 billion years and is present in more abbreviated forms on companion planets of the Solar System, like Mars ....

Volcanoes

A Beginner's Guide

Rosaly Lopes

As one of the most fascinating and volatile forces on earth, volcanoes have long been the subject of worship, fear and study. With the aid of famous case histories Lopes ....

The Western Alps, from Rift to Passive Margin to Orogenic Belt

An Integrated Geoscience Overview

Pierre Charles De Graciansky, David G Roberts and Pierre Tricart

This book provides an updated synthesis of the evolution of the Alpine fold belt previously not available in English. It builds on classic Alpine geological studies made ....

Wonders of the Solar System

Prepare to immerse yourself in an alien world as if you were standing there yourself. Giant ice fountains rising over 100km high; an ocean hidden beneath a frozen crust of ....

Acidification of Freshwaters

Anthony Edwards and Malcolm S Cresser

Examines the numerous interacting physical, chemical and biological processes which regulate the acidity of freshwaters. Natural acidification processes are considered ....

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 107

Edited by Donald L, Ph D Sparks

"Advances in Agronomy" continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered ....

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 108

Edited by Donald L, Ph D Sparks

"Advances in Agronomy" continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered ....

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 109

Edited by Donald L, Ph D Sparks

"Advances in Agronomy" continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered ....

Aldo Leopold

His Life and Work

C Meine

A full-length biography of a figure central to the environmental history of the United States, following Aldo Leopold from his childhood as a precocious ....

Algae Energy

Algae as a New Source of Biodiesel

Ayhan Demirbas and M Fatih Demirbas

Algal oil can be an important source of biomass and algae's ability to grow almost anywhere has encouraged scientists to also investigate its potential as a source of ....

Biophilic Cities

Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning

Timothy Beatley

Too often, the author notes, urban greening efforts focus on everything except nature, emphasising such elements as public transport, renewable energy production, and energy ....

Clear As Mud

Planning for the Rebuilding of New Orleans

Robert B Olshansky and Laurie A Johnson

Planning the rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has been among the greatest urban planning challenges of our time. Since 2005, the authors, urban ....

Economic Management of Marine Living Resources

A Practical Introduction

David Whitmarsh

'I am confident that this work will help many gain a clearer understanding of the economic concepts that are central and essential to the management of marine living ....

Economics of Sustainable Tourism

Edited by Fabio Cerina, Anil Markandya and Michael McAleer

Tourism is one of the world's largest industries and one of its fastest growing economic sectors, helping to generate income and employment for local people. At the same time, ....

Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries

A Global Perspective

Edited by Villy Christensen and Jay Maclean

Inspired by the work of the renowned fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly, this book provides a detailed overview of ecosystem-based management of fisheries. It explores the ....

Environmental Biotechnology

Theory and Application

Gareth G Evans and Judy Furlong

Environmental Biotechnology: Theory and Applications, 2nd Edition is designed to draw together the microscopic, functional level and the macroscopic, ....

Environmental Management System ISO 14001: 2004

Handbook of Transition

Syed Imtiaz Haider

This is a must-have tool for any company in the process of adopting and incorporating the ISO 14001:2004 requirements, this book and accompanying CD-ROM provides the latest ....

Environmental Politics and Deliberative Democracy

Examining the Promise of New Modes of Governance

Edited by Karin Backstrand et al

Can new modes of governance, such as public-private partnerships, stakeholder consultations and networks, promote effective environmental policy performance as well ....

Ethical Transformations for a Sustainable Future

Peace and Policy

Edited by Olivier Urbain and Deva Temple

It has become increasingly apparent that humanity's complex social, political, and economic systems are incompatible with the finite capacity of the Earth to replenish ....

Food Justice

Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi

In today's food system, farm workers face difficult and hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast-food restaurants and liquor stores, ....

Forest Vegetables of China

Tian Guansan

This book introduces 80 species forest vegetables which 80 color phtos. An Appendix lists 2000 species. ....

Fresh

A Perishable History

Susanne Freidberg

That rosy tomato perched on your plate in December is at the end of a great journey - not just over land and sea, but across a vast and varied cultural history. This is the ....

Geochemistry of European Bottled Water

Edited by Clemens Reimann and Manfred Birke

This book is an overview of the chemistry of groundwaters from 40 European countries from Portugal to Russia. ....

Globalisation and Natural Resources Law

Challenges, Key Issues and Perspectives

Elena Blanco and Jona Razzaque

This book examines the complex relationships between trade, human rights and the environment within natural resources law. It discusses key theories and challenges ....

Green Harvest

A History of Organic Farming and Gardening in Australia

Rebecca Jones

This book explores the ideas and practices that have shaped organic farming and gardening in Australia from the interwar years to the present day. It traces four themes ....

How to Shit in the Woods

An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art

Kathleen Meyer

Highlights the serious environmental costs of not being able to cope with the most basic human actions in the wilderness. Now a worldwide bestseller. `Meyer has contributed ....

Inland Flood Hazards

Human Riparian and Aquatic Communities

Edited by Ellen E Wohl

This edited volume was originally published in 2000 and presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of issues related to inland flood hazards. It addresses ....

Living on the Shores of Hawai'i

Natural Hazards, the Environment, and Our Communities

Charles Fletcher, Robynne Boyd, William J Neal and Virginia Tice

Rarely a day goes by in Hawai`i without the media reporting on environmental issues stemming from public debate. This book discusses the paradox of environmental loss under ....

Modern Hydrology and Sustainable Water Development

SK Gupta

The material of this book will derive its scientific under-pinning from basics of mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, engineering, soil science, and ....

No Communication with the Sea

Searching for an Urban Future in the Great Basin

Tim Sullivan

Few other places in the United States are as high, dry, sparsely inhabited and yet urbanized as the Great Basin of Utah and Nevada. The great majority of the population of ....

Plants, People and Nature

Benefit Sharing in Practice

This publication grew out of a workshop on benefit sharing held in Cape Town during the 4th World Congress of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (WOCMAP) in November 2009. It ....

Sustainable Development Handbook

Stephen A Roosa

Gaining momentum globally, sustainable development is beginning to significantly redefine the policies of corporations and governmental entities. This volume includes ....

Sustainable Development in Practice

Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists

Edited by Adisa Azapagic, Slobodan Perdan and Roland Clift

Looks at the ways of integrating sustainability aspects into science and engineering. Taking a life cycle approach to address economic, environmental and social issues, the ....

Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century

This book assesses the scientific evidence for the strengths and weaknesses of different production, marketing and policy approaches for improving and reducing the costs and ....

The Turning Points of Environmental History

Edited by Frank Uekoetter

From the time when humans first learned to harness fire, cultivate crops, and domesticate livestock, they have altered their environment as a means of survival. In ....

Water Politics in Northern Nevada

A Century of Struggle

Leah J Wilds

Nevada's Newlands Project, completed in 1915, was the first federally subsidized water reclamation scheme in the U.S. This book examines its construction and its many ....

Water, Life and Civilisation

Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley

Edited by Steven Mithen and Emily Black

A unique interdisciplinary study of the relationships between climate, hydrology and human society from 20,000 years ago to the present day within the Jordan Valley. It ....

The Wealth of Waste

The Economics of Wastewater Use in Agriculture

J. Winpenny, I. Heinz and S. Koo-Oshima

In recent times, the coalescence of different pressure has put a major strain on water supply globally. The level of water abstraction is reaching its natural limits, and this ....

What is Water?

The History of a Modern Abstraction

Jamie Linton

We all know what water is and many of us take it for granted. But because it seems so natural, the way we see water is seldom given critical attention. This book provides a ....

Wildbranch

An Anthology of Nature, Environmental, and Place-based Writing

Edited by Florence Caplow and Susan A Cohen

a powerful collection of essays and poetry by both prominent American environmental writers and exciting new voices. The poetry and essays by more ....

Choosing and Using Statistics

A Biologist's Guide

Calvin Dytham

Choosing and Using Statistics remains an invaluable guide for students using a computer package to analyse data from research projects and practical class work. The text takes ....

Doing Bayesian Data Analysis

A Tutorial Introduction with R and BUGS

Kruschke John

There is an explosion of interest in Bayesian statistics, primarily because recently created computational methods have finally made Bayesian analysis obtainable to a wide ....

Essential Bayesian Models

CR Rao and Dipak K Dey

This accessible reference focuses on key methodologies and applications for Bayesian models and computation. It describes parametric and nonparametric Bayesian methods for ....

Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R

Zaven A Karian and Edward J Dudewicz

Strengthened by examples taken from the scientific literature, this handbook provides statisticians and researchers across the physical and social sciences with cutting-edge ....

Image Registration for Remote Sensing

Edited by Jacqueline le Moigne, Nathan S Netanyahu and Roger D Eastman

Image registration is a digital processing discipline that studies how to bring two or more digital images into precise alignment for analysis and comparison. Accurate ....

Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis for the Life Sciences

Claus Thorn Ekstrom and Helle Sorensen

Any practical introduction to statistics in the life sciences requires a focus on applications and computational statistics combined with a reasonable level of ....

Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis

John A Rice

This is the first text in a generation to re-examine the purpose of the mathematical statistics course. The book's approach interweaves traditional topics with data analysis ....

Phylogenetic Networks

Concepts, Algorithms and Applications

Daniel H Huson, Regula Rupp and Celine Scornavacca

The evolutionary history of species is traditionally represented using a rooted phylogenetic tree. However, when reticulate events such as hybridization, horizontal ....

Statistics for the Life Sciences

Myra L Samuels and Jeffrey A Witmer

Introductory text in statistics specifically aimed at students specialising in the life sciences. Its primary aims are to show students how statistical reasoning is relevant to ....

ZooKeys 50

Taxonomy Shifts up a Gear: New Publishing Tools to Accelerate Biodiversity Research

Edited by L Penev, D Roberts, V Smith, D Agosti and T Erwin

Dictionary of Vertebrate Animals of Mongolia

The first multi-language dictionary for Mongolian vertebrates, containing the names of 64 species of fishes, 6 species of amphibians, 21 species of reptiles, 487 species of ....

Museum Registration Methods

Edited by Rebecca Buck and Jean A Gilmore

This rewritten, expanded and fully updated fifth edition encompass all that needs to be known and done when a museum accessions, measures, marks, moves, displays or stores an ....

Practical Cataloguing

AACR, RDA and MARC21

Anne Welsh and Sue Batley

The launch of Resource Description and Access (RDA) will transform cataloging standards that have been virtually unchanged for 30 years. Existing standards, as laid out in the ....

Scientists Must Speak

Eric D Walters and Gale C Walters

Having the ability to speak confidently, engage the audience, make a clear, well-argued case and handle any tricky situations, is rarely a natural talent, but it can be learned ....