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NHBS Monthly Catalogue: October 2008Conservation & BiodiversityBIODIVERSITY 101 Melina Laverty, Eleanor Sterling, Georgina Cullman and Amelia Chiles What should you know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic foundations of the ...... Science 101 Series 208 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £27.95 | approx. $47/€36 BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION - 5 VOLUME SET Richard Ladle Addressing the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of this rapidly growing subject, and its ever more complex and multidisciplinary corpus of scholarly literature, "Biodiversity ...... 1685 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £795 | approx. $1322/€1006 BROADSCALE SEABED HABITAT SURVEY OF A SANDBANK TO THE EAST OF THE ISLE OF MAN A Mitchell, A Mellor, J Strong and M Service An area of shallow sandbank in UK offshore waters to the east of the Isle of Man was identified by the JNCC to be considered as a potential offshore SAC (Special Area of Conservation) in 2004. ...... JNCC Report Series 409 50 pp, figs, tabs. softcover | 2008 | £9.99 | approx. $17/€13 CHECKLIST OF CITES SPECIES 2008 UNEP-WCMC The Checklist of CITES species provides the official alphabetical list of CITES species, their scientific synonyms, their common names in English, French and Spanish (to the extent that these were ......Trilingual in English, French and Spanish. CD | 2008 | £11.74 | approx. $20/€15 FAUNAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF THE GREAT INDIAN DESERT Edited by C Sivaperuman, QH Baqri, G Ramaswamy and M Naseema The Great Indian or Thar Desert is characterized by extremely harsh climatic conditions. Nevertheless, this unique region, consisting of very different habitats ranging from grassland, sand dunes and ...... 222 pp, 41 illustrations, 1 in colour. hardcover | 2008 | £103 | approx. $172/€131 INTRODUCTION TO CONSERVATION GENETICS Richard Frankham, Jonathan D Ballou and David A Briscoe New Edition This impressive author team brings the wealth of advances in conservation genetics into the new edition of this introductory text, including new chapters on Population Genomics and Genetic ...... 617 pp, b\w illus, figs, tabs. softcover | 2002 | £36.99 | approx. $62/€47 softcover | NYP 03/2009 | £39.99 | approx. $67/€51 QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY MJ Conroy, JP Carroll, JC Senar and Ding Chang-Qing The conservation of vertebrate populations is a large component of many conservation projects and courses. This book offers a readable and comprehensive guide to conservation study techniques including ...... 344 pp. NYP 01/2009 | £34.99 | approx. $59/€45 SPECIES RICHNESS Patterns in the Diversity of Life Jonathan Adams Patterns in the numbers of species have fascinated naturalists for centuries. Understanding the causes of latitudinal gradients in species richness and biodiversity 'hotspots' is often considered to ...... Springer-Praxis Books: Environmental Sciences 320 pp. hardcover | NYP 01/2009 | £103 | approx. $172/€131 TROPICAL FIRE ECOLOGY Climate Change, Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics Mark A Cochrane Fire Ecology of Tropical Ecosystems gives an extensive explanation of historic and current fire situations in the tropics, describing the fire ecology of tropical ecosystems from around the globe. ...... Springer-Praxis Books: Environmental Sciences 500 pp, 20 black & white halftones, 50 colour illustrations. hardcover | NYP 12/2008 | £118.50 | approx. $197/€150 VANISHING ANIMALS The WWF List Barbara Franco and Simona Giordano A poignant chronicling of the vulnerability of the animal life supported by the world's ecosystems, this important book presents an overview of the principal animal species that are threatened ...... 304 pp, colour photos. hardcover | 2008 | £29.95 | approx. $50/€38 |
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