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In this edition: We feature Britain's Spiders, the first photographic guide to British arachnids since 1989. We also highlight the excellent Field Guide to Spiders of Australia, due for publication next month, a brand new guide to the seaweeds of Britain and Ireland, a dictionary of South African plant names and a revised guide to the butterflies of the Palearctic.
On the blog, our catalogue editor Leon Vlieger discusses the arguments for and against anthropogenic climate change, in the second installment of a four part series on truth and post-truth in science. We also provide information on the new release of Kaleidoscope Bioacoustics Analysis Software from Wildlife Acoustics.
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Leon's selection of new arrivals at the warehouse & important new titles catalogued.
Browse Leon's Bookshelf.
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In the kit bag this week we have a range of insect survey equipment.
Browse Luanne's Kit Bag
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Britain's Spiders - Due 19th May
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Pre-publication offer
Britain’s Spiders is the first photographic field guide to British spiders to be published since 1989. Individual accounts cover 390 of Britain's approximately 660 species, including all 37 of the British families. Limitations to field identification are also explained.
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This book is designed to be accessible to a wide audience. It also pushes the boundaries of field identification for this challenging group by combining information on features that can be seen with the naked eye or a hand lens with additional evidence from webs, egg-sacs, behaviour, phenology, habitats and distributions.
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A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia
Due June 2017
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This Field Guide features over 1300 colour photographs and is the most comprehensive account of Australian spiders ever published. With more than two-thirds of Australian spiders yet to be scientifically described, this book sets the scene for future explorations of the Australian fauna.
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On the blog - Truth and Post-Truth in Science
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Has Britain really had enough of experts? Will 'post-truth' retain the title international word of the year it won in turbulent 2016? To help readers see through the spin and hyperbole, evolutionary biologist Leon Vlieger, NHBS' catalogue editor, looks at some of the books on the broad scientific consensus that climate change is a reality, on the clash between evolutionary theory and religion – still going strong 158 years after Darwin published On the Origin of Species – and on truth and post-truth in science. This week we start off with the introduction and the section on climate change
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Botanical Collection Guides
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These booklets from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh are essential new guides for students and early career researchers needing guidance on the collection of material for herbariums and living plant collections. The basic information is presented in a clear, concise format in these small but durable spiral bound booklets – perfect for taking into the field.
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Where have all the insects gone?
A new long term data set collected by the Krefeld Entomological Society at more than 100 nature reserves in western Europe since the 1980s shows a calamitous, 80% fall in the total mass of their catches.
Less than 30 of the world's 'panda of the sea' remain
Vaquitas are only found in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California and are the world’s smallest cetacean. With a ban on gill netting, the cause of most vaquita mortality, expiring on 31st May WWF is calling for immediate action.
UK General Election 2017: why it matters for wildlife
The majority of our environmental laws are currently wrapped up with our membership of the European Union, the key political issue of the moment. Read the commitments the Wildlife Trusts would like to see from all parties.
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Our catalogue editor's picks from the new books at NHBS
Important arrivals at the warehouse:
- Kalahari Cheetahs: Adaptations to an Arid Region
- Insects: Evolutionary Success, Unrivaled Diversity, and World Domination
- Marine Ecosystem-Based Management in Practice: Different Pathways, Common Lessons
- Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America
- Carnivore Minds: Who These Fearsome Animals Really are
- Wild Plants of Southern Spain: A Guide to the Native Plants of Andalucia
- Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby FRS (1635-1672)
- The Butterflies of Sussex: A Twenty-First Century Atlas
- Phytophagous Beetles of Europe, Volume 1: Buprestidae, Elateridae, Cleridae, Cerambycidae
- The Bees of Norfolk
- Butterflies of Hertfordshire and Middlesex
- Snakes of Jakarta and its Surroundings / Mengenal Ular Jabodetabek
- Wildlife and Wind Farms, Conflicts and Solutions, Volume 1: Onshore: Potential Effects
- Wildlife and Wind Farms, Conflicts and Solutions, Volume 2: Onshore: Monitoring and Mitigation
- Mallorca Super-Durable Map and Bird Watching Guide
- Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life (now in paperback)
- London's Street Trees: A Field Guide to the Urban Forest
- Early Humans (New Naturalist Volume 134)
- Mires and Peatlands in Europe: Status, Distribution and Conservation
- The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean (2nd edition)
- Birds of the Middle East [Arabic]
- Birding in the Bristol Region - A Celebration: 50 Years of the Bristol Ornithological Club
- The Amphibians & Reptiles of Scotland
Important titles catalogued:
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In the kit bag this week we have a range of insect survey equipment, including malaise traps, berlese traps and bait traps.
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The spring months are an exciting time for all nature enthusiasts, with our outdoor spaces full of vibrant new growth and emergence. Whether you are a budding botanist or an experienced entomologist, the 2017 Best of Spring equipment range contains everything you could need to begin or continue your natural history explorations. Here are a few of our bestselling items from this year.
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