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NHBS Monthly Catalogue: October 2008EcologyALIEN INVADERS: SPECIES THAT THREATEN OUR WORLD Jane Drake From killer toads, feral felines, and brown tree snakes to multiple invaders in Lake Victoria and the Great Lakes, Alien Invaders focuses on wave after wave of invaders that affect our ecosystems ...... 56 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £15.50 | approx. $26/€20 ALIEN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS A Scientific Compendium and Analysis Fred Kraus The conservation threat posed by invasive alien species has become well-recognized over the past two decades, even as the problem continues to increase rapidly in scope. Research and management ...... Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology 4 580 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £95 | approx. $158/€121 BIOCLIMATOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA Henry N Le Houerou Covering an area of over 130 million km2 spanning the Mediterranean, equator and tropics, the African continent features a spectacular geographic diversity. Consequently, it is ...... 242 pp, 56 illustrations, 1 in colour. hardcover | 2008 | £95 | approx. $158/€121 THE ECOLOGY OF TROPICAL EAST ASIA Richard T Corlett Tropical East Asia is home to one billion people and faces massive human impact from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than two-thirds of its forest cover and ...... 288 pp, illus. hardcover | NYP 04/2009 | £65 | approx. $109/€83 softcover | NYP 04/2009 | £29.95 | approx. $50/€38 ENCLOSED EXPERIMENTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND SCALE Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems Edited by JE Petersen, VS Kennedy, WC Dennison and W.M Kemp Enclosed ecosystem experiments have gained in popularity as research tools in ecological science, particularly in the study of coastal aquatic environments. These systems provide scientists with ...... 218 pp, 391 illustrations, 148 in colour. hardcover | NYP 12/2008 | £68.99 | approx. $115/€88 GREAT LAKES SHIPPING, TRADE, AND AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES Special Report 291 National Research Council TRB Special Report 291: Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, and Aquatic Invasive Species reviews existing research and efforts to date to reduce aquatic invasive species introductions into the Great Lakes ...... 148 pp. softcover | NYP 12/2008 | £18.99 | approx. $32/€25 HANDBOOK OF ALIEN SPECIES IN EUROPE Edited by Wolfgang Nentwig Biological invasions by alien (non-native) species are widely recognized as a significant component of human-caused global environmental change and the second most important cause of ...... Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology 3 350 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £91.50 | approx. $153/€116 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, VOLUME 1: INNOVATION-DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Edited by Rajinder Peshin and Ashok K Dhawan The book covers the recognition of the problems of dysfunctional and indirect economic and environmental consequences of pesticide use in agriculture, through research, and development of different ...... 670 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £138.50 | approx. $231/€176 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, VOLUME 2: DISSEMINATION AND IMPACT Edited by Rajinder Peshin and Ashok K Dhawan IPM - Innovation development process is incomplete without the diffusion and adoption of IPM methods by the end users, and through its consequences. ...... 614 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £150.50 | approx. $251/€191 MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE WEEDS Edited by Inderjit Biological invasions are one of the major threats to our native biodiversity. The magnitude of biodiversity losses, land degradation and productivity losses of managed and natural ...... Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology 5 275 pp. hardcover | NYP 12/2008 | £86 | approx. $143/€109 MULTITROPHIC LEVEL INTERACTIONS Edited by Teja Tscharntke and Bradford A Hawkins New Paperback Edition The multitrophic level approach to ecology addresses the complexity of food webs much more realistically than the traditional focus on simple systems and interactions. Only in the last few decades have ...... 274 pp, figs, tabs. hardcover | 2002 | £68.99 | approx. $115/€88 softcover | 2008 | £27.99 | approx. $47/€36 PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN FOREST LANDSCAPES Multiple Use and Sustainable Management Edited by R Lafortezza, J Chen, G Sanesi and T R Crow Increasing evidence suggests that the composition and spatial configuration - the pattern - of forest landscapes affect many ecological processes, including the movement and persistence of ...... 426 pp, 11 illustrations in colour. hardcover | 2008 | £118.50 | approx. $197/€150 SALVAGE LOGGING AND ITS ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES David B/Burton, Philip J/Franklin, Jerry F Lindenmayer Salvage logging - removing trees from a forested area in the wake of a catastrophic event such as a wildfire or hurricane - is highly controversial. Policymakers and those with an economic interest in ...... 272 pp, illustrations. hardcover | 2008 | £46.95 | approx. $79/€60 softcover | 2008 | £23.50 | approx. $40/€30 USE OF MICROBES FOR CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF INVASIVE ARTHROPODS Edited by Ann E Hajek, Travis R Glare and Maureen O'Callaghan This book offers a diverse presentation about use of arthropod-specific pathogens for control and eradication of invasive arthropod species. Basic concepts supporting use of ...... Progress in Biological Control 6 368 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £95 | approx. $158/€121 |
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