This book on the butterflies of mainland Portugal is part of a series of eight volumes examining in great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterfly fauna of mainland Iberia.The Iberian series from World Natural History...

Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations, Third Edition continues in the tradition of the two best-selling prior editions and maintains its status as the single-most comprehensive book on forensic entomology currently...

Around 2004, the Asian or yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) was accidentally imported into southern France from China, and it has spread through western European countries with astonishing speed. Since 2016 there have been incursions...

The third edition has been completely updated with the latest information, particularly regarding Varroa destructor, and includes details of the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), a new threat to our honey bees.This is a companion volume to...

In this fully revised edition of A Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of South Africa, all 164 species known to occur in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland are described and illustrated, grouped according to family (six dragonfly and six...

With detailed descriptions and photos of the adult, egg, caterpillar and chrysalis of each species, this book provides unique insights into a hidden world, illustrated with over 1,300 high-quality colour photos that reveal the subtle beauty in...

This book presents 350 alpine species of micro-moth – it aims to be a reference work on a species group that has so far been little researched.The author presents 350 alpine species with information on their habitat and biology. Photos of...

Urban Landscape Entomology provides readers with the background skill set to adequately understand and manage many of the complexities of urban landscape pest management. For those who need training in Landscape Entomology, this work serves as a...

Northern Australia is one of few tropical places left on Earth in which biodiversity – and the ecological processes underpinning that biodiversity – is still relatively intact. However, scientific knowledge of that biodiversity is still...

Butterflies and moths captivate nature enthusiasts with their beauty and variety, but in addition to being attractive they are also of huge biological importance. This superb book, in a sumptuous new edition, covers the lifecycle of these creatures,...

Nudibranchs or sea slugs occur throughout the world's oceans and are present in many marine habitats. The greatest diversity of species is found in the Indo-Pacific tropics with a concentration of species within the Coral Triangle, encompassing...

The genus Rhodanthidium is small group of pollinator bees which are found from the Moroccan Atlantic coast to the high mountainous areas of Central Asia. They include both small inconspicuous species, large species with an appearance much like a...

Articles in the magazine cover: Butterflies in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Spain, the Monte Universales in Spain and the Champsaur Valley in France. Conservation work of the European Butterflies Group is described.  A Naturetrek butterfly...

This is the first issue of the European Butterflies magazine. Articles in the magazine cover: Butterflies in the Picos Mountains in Spain, the Val Rabbi Mountains in Northern Italy and the mountains in Graubünden in Switzerland. There are...

The first description and record of oribatid mites from India was through the work of Pearce (1906) from Sikkim Himalaya. He described and reported 20 species distributed over 12 genera out of which 12 were already known from Great Britain. Later...

Aeglidae focuses on these unique crustaceans who are endemic to South America. The book is the first to summarize the diverse aspects of the Aeglidae, whose taxonomic features and phylogenetic relationships, evolutionary history and biogeographical...

This book on the butterflies of the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain is part of a series of eight volumes examining in great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterfly fauna of mainland Iberia.The Iberian series from...

This book on the butterflies of the Balearic Islands is part of a series of eight volumes examining in great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterfly fauna of mainland Iberia.The Iberian series from World Natural History...

This book on the butterflies of Central Spain is part of a series of eight volumes examining in great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterfly fauna of mainland Iberia.The Iberian series from World Natural History...

This book on the butterflies of the Sistema Ibérica, one of the major systems of mountain ranges in Central and Eastern Spain, is part of a series of eight volumes examining in great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the...

This book on the butterflies of Andalucia is part of a series of eight volumes examining in great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterfly fauna of mainland Iberia.The Iberian series from World Natural History...

This book on the butterflies of the Spanish Mediterranean Coastlands is part of a series of eight volumes examining in great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterfly fauna of mainland Iberia.The Iberian series from World...

The Coleophoridae are small-sized microlepidopterans, often of little showy appearance, that are dark, brownish or ochre in colour. The Italian territory hosts more than half of the known species in Europe. Although many scholars and enthusiasts are...

The author began to prepare this fauna in 2009, this work has taken almost ten years. It brings together field observations of dragonflies and the results of taxonomic studies. A total of 820 species belonging to 23 families and 178 genera from all...

In 1894 a delightful book, The Butterflies and Moths of Tenerife was written and produced by Agnes Holt White and with editorial input from her husband. It is very much a book of its time, and to modern readers utterly charming and delightful. It was...

This substantial and beautiful book ids the first ever to have been written and published on the butterflies of Maraconesia. It covers in depth the more than sixty species found in the region, which encompasses four principal sub-tropical and...

This exciting title is for North American butterfly lovers and gardeners who not only want to create a butterfly-friendly garden, but also want to support butterflies and moths in order to maintain healthy populations.Author Brenda Dziedzic noticed...

The book describes the Ankarana plateau and its cave network in Madagascar, depicting the natural environment of the Plateau as well as the natural processes which created the cave network of more than 100 km with many galleries, some are very large...

This volume explores major wetland ecosystem services, such as climate cooling and water quality improvement, and discusses the recent wetland conservation and restoration activities in China and neighboring countries. The role of wetlands in either...

The Fens are a distinctive, complex, man-made and little understood landscape. Francis Pryor has lived in, excavated, farmed, walked – and loved – the Fen Country for more than forty years: its levels and drains, its soaring churches, its...

Tucked away between the perennial waterways of the Okavango Delta and the arid Kalahari to the south are the legendary Makgadikgadi Pans. Some 12,000 square kilometres in extent, these salt flats, consisting of two large salt pans, Sowa and Ntwetwe,...

Le Delta de l'Ogooué is an attractive and informative book of 324 pages divided into 12 chapters, summarising all available data on the Ramsar site of Bas-Ogooué in Gabon. In addition to the general data on the site, the book...

This is the first comprehensive science-based primer to highlight the unique ecosystem services provided by mangrove forests, and discuss how these services preserve the livelihoods of coastal populations. Mangrove Forests in India presents three...

Trees and woodlands benefit the water environment in a number of ways. They protect aquatic habitats and species, preserve the quality of drinking water, alleviate flooding, and guard against erosion, landslides and the loss of soil. It is vital that...

See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats & Tracks of the Mid-Atlantic will help you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and...

See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats & Tracks of the Great Plains will help you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and...

See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats & Tracks of the Midwest will help you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and...

The beginning of the author's adventure with a camera filming wildlife across the world for the BBC Natural History Unit and other major TV companies began in 1978 when he joined the RSPB's film unit.Untangling the Knot gives an in-depth look...

'Retire? You can't retire!', Sir David Attenborough told John Bartram, when the man who has been gamekeeper and senior wildlife officer for Richmond Park for the past thirty years announced his intention to step away from the role,...

Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes, from the...

Each year the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is seen by millions through a global tour and international media coverage.Portfolio 29 displays the full collection of 100 images awarded in the 2019 competition. Selected by an...

The children's book of the Netflix series. A glorious celebration of the natural world for all the family. Journey around the world in these beautiful pages: from the isolated wilderness of the Arctic and enigmatic oceans, to awe-inspiring...

In Winterlust, a farmer painstakingly photographs five thousand snowflakes, each one dramatically different from the next. Indigenous peoples thrive on frozen terrain, where famous explorers perish. Icicles reach deep underwater, then explode. Rooms...

After moving with his wife and children to a smallholding in Ireland, Paul Kingsnorth expected to find contentment. It was the goal he had sought – to nest and to find home – after years of rootlessness as an environmental activist and...

Know how to tramp and you know how to live… Know how to meet your fellow-wanderer, how to be passive to the beauty of nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigour.The tramp is a friend of society; a seeker, they pay their way if...

The newly edited and expanded edition of this guide expands the introductory chapters, updates the systematics and nomenclature, adds new findings for some species, and elaborates information on several systematic groups. The introduction deals with...

A twelve-month excursion through nature's seasons as recounted by a lifetime naturalistIn this "personal encyclopedia of nature's seasons", lifetime naturalist Bruce Beehler reflects on his three decades of encountering nature in...

In 2018 Folk by the Oak Festival commissioned Spell Songs, a musical companion piece to The Lost Words by author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris; a celebrated 'spell book' rich with poetic rhythms and imagined birdsong that...

Journey back in time and find out where the dinosaurs roamed. This unique children's atlas explores each continent, revealing fossil sites and stories on every map.Part of the best-selling What's Where on Earth series, this atlas is packed...

A whimsically illustrated collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about baby animals and their parents, from the author of The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts.Who doesn't love baby animals? Amazing Facts About Baby...

In a centuries-old tradition, farmers in northwestern Iceland scour remote coastal plains for the down of nesting eider ducks. High inside a vast cave in Borneo, men perched atop rickety ladders collect swiftlets' nests, a delicacy believed to be...

This laminated field guide describes the pebbles, fossils and exotic stones of Yorkshire’s Dinosaur Coast. All along the coast there are millions of beautiful and fascinating objects just waiting to be picked up. From Jurassic sandstones and...

Seeing Animals traces the significance of animals to humankind from prehistory to the present day, as objects of worship, means of survival and valued companions. But do animals still matter in our increasingly urbanised and technological age? This...

Why had no one traversed Canada's arctic from west to east before Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, set out to be the first in the spring of 2017?Because it was deemed impossible.Between his...

Written by one of our most celebrated music writers, The Lark Ascending is a lyrical exploration of how Britain's history and identity has been shaped by the mysterious relationship between music and nature.Through a series of "headphone...

A guide on how to capture the best wildlife images Inspiration for absolutely anyone interested in wildlife photographyLong overdue, this is a unique book about wildlife photography and the power it has to improve physical and mental wellbeing....

A practical guide to painting nature's flora and fauna from award-winning botanical painting authors Meriel Thurstan and Rosie Martin. Recording the wildlife that surrounds us is an age-old art. The authors, in collaboration with the Eden...

Take The Natural History of the Bahamas with you on your next trip to the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos Islands or keep it close to hand in your travel library. The Natural History of the Bahamas offers the most comprehensive coverage of the...

Matt Sewell has made his personal selection of the most amazing birds from around the world and illustrated them in his dazzling style, accompanied by witty and informative descriptions and maps of every continent. Did you know that the bald eagle...

Unstuffy, hip, and often funny, The Copyeditor's Handbook has become an indispensable resource both for new editors and for experienced hands who want to refresh their skills and broaden their understanding of the craft of copyediting. This...

A brilliant lyrical exploration of how modern science illuminates what it means to be human, from the award-winning author of The Price of Altruism.We no longer think, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the...

Integrating both scientific and philosophical perspectives, The Quest for a Universal Theory of Life provides an informed analysis of the challenges of formulating a universal theory of life. Among the issues discussed are crucial differences between...

Sampling theory considers how methods for selection of a subset of units from a finite population (a sample) affect the accuracy of estimates of descriptive population parameters (mean, total, proportion). Although a sound knowledge of sampling...

You are here: on Earth, which is part of the solar system, which is in the Milky Way galaxy, which itself is within the extragalactic supercluster Laniakea. And how can we pinpoint our location so precisely? For twenty years, astrophysicist...

The Copyeditor's Workbook – a companion to the indispensable The Copyeditor's Handbook, now in its fourth edition – offers comprehensive and practical training for both aspiring and experienced copyeditors. Exercises of increasing...

This set includes two essential resources for writers and editors: The Copyeditor’s Handbook, now in its fourth edition, and The Copyeditor’s Workbook, the new companion to the bestselling Handbook. Unstuffy, hip, and often funny,...

From one of the world's most engaging science journalists, a groundbreaking and wonder-filled look at the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways.Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind...

How do cats land on their feet? Discover how this question stumped brilliant minds and how its answer helped solve other seemingly impossible puzzlesThe question of how falling cats land on their feet has intrigued humans since at least the middle of...

Now fully revised and updated in its second edition, An Introduction to Conservation Biology is well suited for a wide range of undergraduate courses, as both a primary text for conservation biology courses and a supplement for ecological and...

Increasing numbers of ecologists and conservation biologists have begun to explore the use of drone technology to obtain accurate and up-to-date data on the distribution and density of species, as well as the threats to their habitats, in their...

In a world plagued by environmental crises, the Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. On the Backs of Tortoises tells the story of how the islands' namesakes – the giant tortoises – became...

This groundbreaking book brings together environmental history and the history of emotions to examine the motivations behind species conservation actions. In Recovering Lost Species in the Modern Age, Dolly Jørgensen uses the environmental...

The management and conservation of natural populations relies heavily on concepts and results generated from models of population dynamics, and yet this is the first book to present a unified and coherent explanation of the underlying theory. This...

Malabar Wildlife sanctuary is the 16th wildlife sanctuary of Kerala, India, and is located in the Western Ghats. It is one of the 35 world biodiversity hotspots of and was established in 2009. It is situated within the limits of the Nilgiri Biosphere...

Conceived as paradigms of sustainability, protected areas have as their priority the conservation of biodiversity. But the processes that threaten these natural spaces are diverse and varied: their fragmentation due to the expansion of urban areas...

In 1989, a book written by Martin E. Nicoll and Olivier Langrand was published on the protected areas of Madagascar, which heralded in a new era of conservation for this island nation. In the subsequent three decades, there was an important increase...

The habitats of most species have been fragmented by human actions, isolating small populations that consequently develop genetic problems. Millions of small, isolated, fragmented populations are likely suffering from inbreeding depression and loss...

Raptors are popular and iconic birds, and are important ecologically, with some species listed as threatened. Yet they are among the most difficult birds to identify. This fully updated third edition of the popular and award-winning field guide Birds...

The dipper is an extraordinary songbird: it can fly, swim and dive. In fast-flowing waters, it dives with strong wing beats to the bottom to look for small aquatic animals. This way of life is unique among the species living in streams.The book deals...

Geared to the casual and experienced birdwatcher alike, this completely revised guide to 150 of the most common and interesting birds in North America provides the perfect way to appreciate the feathered friends outside your window, along with the...

This book tells the story of how cranes bred at Horsey in Norfolk, and how they were protected and studied there. The cranes' story starts with their arrival at Horsey in 1979. Their first nesting attempt was in 1981 and the first chick fledged...

A fully comprehensive field guide to the 468 bird species of Sri Lanka. With photographs from the author and the region's other top-quality nature photographers, each species is illustrated, including variants where relevant. A Photographic Field...

Spanning more than 3000 km from northeast to southwest, the Japanese archipelago comprises four major islands and thousands of rocks and islets that stretch from Taiwan to the Russian Far East, and encompass a wide range of habitats. Thus, Alpine...

Most people associate the Caribbean with palm-fringed sandy beaches, cricket and rum. Mention the West Indies to birders and they think toddies and tremblers, among a remarkable array of c. 190 endemic species. Furthermore, no fewer than six families...

Most bird watchers imagine that Mongolia is an endless grassland country. In reality, the country boasts spectacularly varied landscapes that contain a rich diversity of birds and their habitats. There are several major mountain ranges with peaks...

Naturalist Stephen Moss digs beneath the surface of some of our most popular Christmas carols, to reveal that every gift – and verse – may represent a bird, in an ornithological celebration of the Festive Season. He weaves history,...

Even the smallest garden attracts some birdlife, and watching garden birds is a great joy for all nature lovers, especially those who cannot travel as widely as they might like. Garden birdwatchers are often new to birdwatching and can feel daunted...

New Zealand has a diverse range of bird species and is especially important for pelagics. Thirteen of the world's 18 penguin species have been recorded in the New Zealand region (including the Ross Dependency). Nine of these species breed here....

A fully illustrated guide to the 125 best sites or viewing both common and rare species throughout the 29 states of the sub-continent.

Oceanic birds are among the most remarkable but least known of all birds, living at sea, far from the sight of most people. They offer unusual identification challenges – many species look similar and it can be difficult to get good views of...

The Great Plains is a well-known and well-studied hybrid zone for many animals, most notably birds.In Great Plains Birds Larkin Powell explores the history, geography, and geology of the plains and the birds that inhabit it. From the sandhill crane...

This guide presents the 312 best birdwatching sites throughout France. The maps presented at different scales allow readers to select them and locate them precisely. Practical information (access, itinerary, seasons, etc.) is available to optimize...

The introductory section of this book about William E. Beckwith gives an account of the man, his life and times, giving a context for his work. He had independent means and was able to devote much of his life to the study of the biological world,...

The Gorgas Science Foundation has worked for years to publish volume one of a two-volume set of large format, fine-art books which showcase the remarkable beauty and diversity of hummingbirds. With such a large and diverse group of birds, few books...

Emperor penguins have the most extraordinary lifecycle. They march up to 100 miles over solid ice to reach their breeding grounds. They choose to breed in the depths of the worst winter on the planet; and in an unusual role reversal, the males...

When "bird" is not the word, this book tells you what is. A murder of crows, a charm of goldfinch, a huddle of penguins – groupings of birds are more than just a "flock". Collective nouns for specific types of birds range...

The islands of Trinidad and Tobago off the northeastern coast of South America offer unparalleled birding with many of the typical Neotropical bird families represented – toucans, woodcreepers, ovenbirds, antbirds, manakins, and motmots. This...

The peninsula and offshore islands that make up Nova Scotia – one of Canada's easternmost provinces – are home to more than 400 species of resident or migratory birds. With three distinctive coastlines with different characteristics,...

Newfoundland/Labrador is the most easterly province of Canada and home to more than 350 species of resident or migratory birds. This stunning destination is a must-see for birdwatchers who will observe millions of seabirds, birds of prey, and some...

A 50-page booklet showing the 20 best bird-watching sites in the Royal County of Berkshire. Colourfully illustrated with maps and access details for each site, and photographs of the key species likely to be encountered in each, season by season....

Award-winning photographer Steve Mattheis and biologist Katherine Gura invite you to enter the domain of the Great Gray Owl. With sections devoted to the four seasons, Phantom of the North provides a thorough natural history of one of the most...

The first monograph about the birds belonging to the genus Pardalotus. The four species, endemic to the Australian continent, are extensively treated in 167 pages and the book is illustrated with hundred original artworks.

I Like Birds explores the history and habits of 60 of Britain's most interesting, popular and prized species of bird.From the coast to the heart of the countryside, each entry features a bold illustration that captures a bird's individual...

The seventh volume of the series Birding hotspots in the Algarve contains a description of the most interesting places to watch birds in the Western Algarve (Lagoa, Portimão and Monchique).

From the shores of Lake Erie in the north to the long and winding Ohio River of its eastern and southern border, Ohio provides amazingly diverse habitats for birds. The hilly Appalachian region of the east and south contain some of the most diverse...

Sandwiched principally between its better-known neighbours of Thailand, to the north and west, and Vietnam, to the east, the relatively small and comparatively low-lying country of Cambodia is dominated by the vast combined floodplains of the Tonle...

18 years in the making, the author has produced a two-volume publication describing the life of 240 bird species and the mapping of their nesting sites in Hungary. These volumes detail nest and egg types, documented with photos, the size of the nests...

The Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary is a wetland that is uniquely located at the confluence of three major biogeographic zones in India, the sub-Himalayan montane, Indo-Gangetic plains and the semi-desert, meaning that representative resident and...

This concise pocketguide helps you identify sea and shore birds along the coast of Canada's Maritime provinces.Features including full-colour illustrations, detailed information and descriptions, observation calendar, flying and feeding patterns...

With more than 15,000 interior lakes and bordering both Lake Superior to the north and Lake Michigan to the east, Wisconsin is famous as a place to observe waterbirds of all types. It also has expansive forested areas, plains, and farmlands providing...

The paths of different birds look like double helixes, flowing strands of hair, and migrating serpents, and they beckon with calls that have definite meanings. These mysterious creatures inspire growing numbers of birders in their passionate pursuit...

The North Sea area is important for many birds: to breed, to overwinter, or as fueling stop during migration. Author Sijmen Hendriks travelled the area around the North Sea during four-and-a-half years, photographing birds and the landscapes in which...

Tells the tale of tulipomania – the plants, the people and the obsession that drove some people bankrupt and others crazy. The flowers coveted by kings and worshipped by sultans are all here, gloriously illustrated.

The present fourth edition blends information on classical fundamental aspects with recent developments especially in the field of molecular systematics, cladistics and computer identification. Special attention has been given to information on...

In this book, for the first time, all of the State's grasses have been carefully drawn to show their salient features, including more than 450 line drawings and 20 paintings illustrating typical members of each tribe. In recent years there has...

This monograph for the first time provides data on the blue-green algae group Cyanophyceae in Maldah District, West Bengal, India. The book also contains keys to genera and species.

This popular RSPB field guide is a rich resource of information on our most familiar garden wildlife.For the second edition RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife sections have been updated and some expanded to offer comprehensive coverage of the many...

This beautifully illustrated volume, substantially updated for this new large-format edition, is the ultimate reference guide to more than 1300 of the most spectacular, best-loved and unusual trees across the globe, from the huge redwoods of...

An accurate record of all orchid species and hybrids found in the East Gippsland region, Victoria, Australia, as observed by local field naturalists over 50 years. Introductory chapters include orchid structure, pollination and habitat description....

The edible wild fruits, nuts and seeds of Borneo that are found in the different forests from coastal seashores and islands, through the lowlands and hills, to the montane forests, and on different soils, are estimated to be in the region of 500...

This photographic identification guide to the 280 native and introduced species of garden flower most commonly seen in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from...

Myanmar (Burma) spans tropical evergreen, mixed deciduous, savanna and alpine vegetation types due to a distinct north–south polarity. Various kinds of aquatic vegetation are found in the country, from freshwater to marine environments. Being...

This guide treats the Swiss moss flora found on the forest floor, and considers it as a part of the forest flora, examining their function as indicator plants of forested sites. The book is aimed at foresters, scientists, environmental educators,...

This highly visual new guide introduces readers to 100 of the most memorable trees in the bushveld – the northern and eastern regions of South Africa, encompassing both the lowveld and the highveld.An introduction covers the basics of tree...

Fern albums were collections of pressed ferns mounted into specimen books, many of the books containing the specimens being especially made for this purpose. The authors of this fascinating and well researched book on fern albums, Michael Hayward and...

Do bromeliads ever harm their hosts? Are they parasites? Can any of them really live on air? How many kinds live in Florida? Are the pretty ones easy to grow in my garden? This is the first book on Florida's bromeliads and will appeal to both...

This field guides contains descriptions by wild plant expert John Eastman, offering details on the identification, growth, interaction, locations, and more. It covers some 130 common wildflower species and species groups, including forest, field, and...

The genus Rhizopus is a mushroom family, some of which are famous edible fungi, while others are highly toxic. Ingestion of such toxic bacteria often causes poisoning and even death. As a decomposer, the fungus plays an important role in the material...

The grandiose landscapes and mountain flowers of the Alps are of incomparable beauty and form an often unforgettable picture during a hike. Interest in them is constantly renewed by the variability of individual species and hybrids derived from them....

An identification guide to puffballs (genera Apioperdon, Bovista, Bryoperdon, Calvatia, Disciseda, Langermannia, Lycoperdon, and Mycenastrum) of northern and central Europe (approximately 55 species). All species are keyed out, described and...

The first of a new-format series on East African natural history, this book on the wild flowers of the region is structured according to flower colour to aid identification, and presents two species per page, covering approximately 250 different...

The Flora of Iraq is the only botanical guide for this region in the Middle East. It enables anyone documenting, studying, or managing Iraq's vast and rich flora to identify the area's vascular cryptogams (plants that do not make seeds) as...

The Ecuadorian members of Myrtaceae are revised. Fifteen genera and 131 native species are documented in Ecuador, viz. Amomyrtella (1 sp.), Blepharocalyx (1 sp.), Calycolpus (2 spp.), Calyptranthes (28 spp.), Campomanesia (2 spp.), Eugenia (43 spp.),...

This 3-volume set will serve as a guide and will be of immense interest to researchers in the field of Indian muscology. In this work, the author has initiated a study of the moss species so far reported from Eastern India, supplemented by his own...

This book presents an original account of the bryoflora of the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve in the Southern Western Ghats and deals with 403 species and 15 infraspecific taxa belonging to 160 genera, 60 families and 16 orders. Of these, 243...

This collection of around twenty papers has its origins in a two-day seminar organised by the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) in conjunction with the Centre for Middle Eastern Plants at the Royal Botanic...

Into the Woods is a “beautiful journey through trees” in the company of Suffolk-based artist Debbie Baxter. It is both a celebration of these giants of nature and a call to action to preserve our ancient woodlands. Debbie has also worked...

Although cacti such as the saguaro and organ pipe have come to define the Sonoran Desert for many people, they represent some 170 species of columnar cacti found in many parts of the Americas. These giant plants are so dominant in some ecosystems...

The mountainous Western Ghats covers just 6% of the total land area of lndia, but holds more than 30% of lndia's biodiversity and several endemics. Unfortunately, the Western Ghats is an under-explored region even in the case of higher plant...

This unique and unparalleled reference book is ideal to learn in-depth observation in the field. More than 800 pages to identify 80 plant families, 60 genera and more than 600 species found in temperate Europe.Summary in French:Un ouvrage de...

This volume is the first of several to deal with the fungus order Hymenochaetales. Except for a few species of mycorrhizal fungi, most of the species in this orderare wood-decaying fungi. These fungi not only have important ecological functions, but...

This fjord region occupies the middle third of Greenland's east coast. It extends for nearly 500 miles (800 km) from north to south and from 100 (180 km) and 150 (240 km) east to west, from the inland ice to the outer coast. With its rich flora,...

The South Texas Sand Sheet, also known as the Coastal Sand Plains and the Llano Mesteño, is a vast region covering more than two million acres at the southern tip of the state, just north of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The landscape's...

The first ever Flora for the Isle of Bute, an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. The outcome of 20 years intensive research by the author on this scenically varied and botanically rich island, the book Includes:- A full introduction to Bute...

No other county in England, and few in the British Isles, has been so poorly recorded and documented as Herefordshire, and yet it has a remarkable diversity of habitat and is well endowed with botanical treasures.The Rare Plants of Herefordshire...

Scots pine is the second most abundant conifer growing in the UK and the only native conifer species grown for timber. It grows well on sites that are too dry for Sitka spruce and it plays a large role in the landscape and rural economy. This report...

This is a small field guide to the fungi found in the urban and suburban areas of Bhubaneswar in India’s eastern state of Odisha.

From the foreword:"The Solanaceae, also known as the potato or deadly nightshade family, is one of humankind’s most utilized and important plant families. It contains some of the world’s most important food plants, such as the...

A timely update on a beloved classic.When Erich Hoyt's Orca: The Whale Called Killer was first published in 1981, little was known about Orcinus orca. The largest member of the dolphin family was then considered too dangerous to approach in the...

This report describes the conservation status of the western hoolock gibbon, Hoolock hoolock, in the Indian state of Assam. This is one of only two ape species in South Asia. Its distribution range extends between the rivesrs Brahmaputra in the west...

This outstanding new handbook to whales, dolphins and porpoises is the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date guide to these popular mammals. With nearly 1,000 accurate illustrations – complete with detailed annotations pointing out...

'Endangered means we still have time, but extinction is forever'– Grant FowldsIn 2016 the number of rhinos poached in South Africa stood at 1,054 (Department of Environmental Affairs). In 2017, 529 rhinos had been slaughtered by 24th...

A wondrous story of adventure and friendship featuring a group of women who ride Icelandic horses.Each June, Tory Bilski meets up with fellow women travelers in Reykjavik where they head to northern Iceland, near the Greenland Sea. They escape their...

Polar bears are truly majestic animals: the largest land-dwelling carnivore on earth, they can measure up to 3 metres in length, and weigh up to 700 kilograms. They are also iconic in other ways – a symbol of the climate change debate, with...

Primatology draws on theory and methods from diverse fields, including anatomy, anthropology, biology, ecology, medicine, psychology, veterinary sciences and zoology. The more than 500 species of primate range from tiny mouse lemurs to huge gorillas...

Taï Chimpanzee Project (Taï National Park, Cote D'Ivoire) has yielded unprecedented insights into the nature of cooperation, cognition, and culture in our closest living relatives. Founded in 1979 by Christophe and Hedwige Boesch, the...

A collection of previously untold stories about orphaned elephants in the care of The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and their heroic rescuers. The Orphans celebrated in this book come from many different corners of Kenya, showcasing the...

The Tasmanian devil is threatened by Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), a transmissible form of cancer that has reduced the population by over 80%. Hunting, extreme climate events, vehicle collision and habitat destruction also put pressure on this...

Aimed at high-school students, this book lays out how, quietly, without most people noticing, the population of giraffes in the wild has decreased by nearly 40 percent since 1985. Giraffes have disappeared entirely from seven countries where they...

The Pig-footed Bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus, an extinct arid-adapted bandicoot, was named in 1838 based on a specimen without a tail from the Murray River in New South Wales. Two additional species were later named, C. castanotis and C....

The Primate Family Tree is a beautiful and comprehensive resource on the subject of our animal relatives: apes, monkeys and lemurs. Readers will learn an abundance of facts, review recent research and conservation efforts and discover the remarkable...

A completely rewritten English version of this book, which was first published in Swedish and German in 2016.Environmental extremists successfully advanced their political agenda to make our world a "wilder" place to live in. They insist...

This profusely illustrated comprehensive key for identifying amphibians and reptiles from the continental United States and Canada incorporates a wealth of scientific findings.Since the first edition was published in 1998 and the second in 2012, the...

For both the casual observer and the experienced naturalist, this indispensable field guide and natural history reference covers all the salamanders, frogs, spadefoots, toads, lizards, snakes, tortoises, and turtles in Arizona. Over 250 stunning...

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 species of snake most commonly seen in Australia is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from Australia's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species...

Malawi has its fair share of snakes and more often than not they come into contact with people. Although 69% of the snakes found in Malawi are harmless, the majority of the venomous species usually cause a fatal bite due to lack of prompt medical...

The diverse habitats of Texas – swamps, marshes, pine forests, rocky hills, mountains, deserts and prairies – combined with its central location where species from the east, west and Mexico converge, make it a prime destination to find...

When man appeared, the earth was already inhabited by serpents. Living with these reptiles has always aroused curiosity, fascination and fear. And thouh snakes can cause accidents, they can generate innumerable benefits to humans on the other hand....

Snakes inspire extreme reactions. Love or hate these limbless reptiles, almost everyone is fascinated by them. Although snakes are widespread and frequently encountered, they may be more misunderstood than any other group of animals. From giant...

This fold-out guide introduces the 68 dangerous snake species found in East Africa, and easily confused but innocuous species.Summary in German:Der Folder stellt in 68 Abbildungen die gefährlichen Schlangen Ostafrikas und ihre Verwechslungsarten...

This fold-out guide introduces the 60 dangerous snake species found in West Africa, and easily confused but innocuous species.Summary in German:Der Folder stellt in 60 Abbildungen die gefährlichen Schlangen Westafrikas und ihre...

Numerous microorganisms from various groups of the plant and animal kingdom live in water everywhere in the world. More than 1500 species are described in detail in this book. The presented plant and animal groups are quickly found thanks to a quick...

Reef Life is the story of how Callum Roberts, Britain's pre-eminent marine conservation scientist, fell in love with coral reefs and embarked on a thirty-year career. He began as a young university student who had never been abroad, spending a...

Originally published in 1961. For many, the highlights of seaside holidays are rockpooling and gathering the glorious array of shells left strewn on the beach after the receding tide. Attracted by the infinite variety of shapes and colours, visitors...

Although Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing – or even a novel of the sea. Yet Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie...

The catshark genus Scyliorhinus belongs to the family Scyliorhinidae, the most diverse family of sharks, and currently presents 16 valid species according to most modern accounts. The long history of taxonomic rearrangements and inaccurate...

Aimed at a wide audience of both amateurs and professionals of the marine world, this is a field guide to the fish living in the deep waters of the Indian Ocean.Summary in French:Destiné à tous, amateurs et professionnels du monde...

Extinction and Evolution recounts the work and discoveries of Niles Eldredge, one of the world's most renowned paleontologists, whose research overturned Charles Darwin's theory of evolution as a slow and inevitable process, as published in...

From mitochondria to meerkats, the natural world is full of spectacular examples of social behaviour. In the early 1960s Bill Hamilton changed the way we think about how such behaviour evolves. He introduced three key innovations – now known as...

The Ape that Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? What would it make of our sex differences, our sexual behaviour, our...

Everything you need to know about race (but were afraid to ask).In academic journals and on internet message boards, certain scientists and thinkers are laying siege to one of the great taboos. Could it be, they ask, that racism has a rational basis...

A wide-ranging argument by a renowned anthropologist that the capacity to believe is what makes us humanWhy are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, and hope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered...

To understand something, you need to know its history. Right? Wrong, says Alex Rosenberg in How History Gets Things Wrong. Feeling especially well-informed after reading a book of popular history on the best-seller list? Don't. Narrative history...

Intergroup Conflicts and Their Resolution provides a framework that sheds an illuminating light into the psyche of people involved in macro-level destructive intergroup conflicts, involving societies and ethnic groups, that take place continuously in...

Just like humans, animals and plants suffer from infectious diseases, which can critically threaten biodiversity. Wildlife Disease Ecology describes key studies that have driven our understanding of the ecology and evolution of wildlife diseases....

The latest release in the Advances in Ecological Research series includes specific chapters that cover mechanistic links between biodiversity and ecosystem function.

In this book, the author considers three questions. What are ecological models? How are they tested? How do ecological models inform environmental policy and politics? Through several case studies, the reader will see how these representations which...

Carrion, or dead animal matter, is an inherent component of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems worldwide, and is exploited by a wide diversity of organisms from different trophic levels, including microbes, arthropods and vertebrates. Further,...

Part 1: Models for dynamic systems13. Modeling population dynamics without replicate counts within a season14. Modeling population dynamics with replicate counts within a season15. Hierarchical models of survival16. Modeling species distribution and...

The Guide to the Non-Native Invasive Plants of Britain and Ireland features 31 species of land plants covered by legislation in UK and Republic of Ireland. These are plants that are causing problems and impacting on local biodiversity due to their...

The third edition of this successful textbook will supply advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the tools they need to understand modern glaciological research. Practicing glacial geologists and glaciologists will also find Principles of...

The scientific expedition of H.M.S. Challenger in the 1870s marks the starting point of physical oceanography. This ship traveled the seas of the globe pursuing a dual objective: to conduct an in-depth study of animal life and to observe the physical...

This book sheds valuable new light on the genetic mineralogy of lower-mantle diamonds and syngenetic minerals. It presents groundbreaking experimental results revealing the melting relations of ultrabasic and basic associations and a physicochemical...

The 75 sites described in Rockhounding Wyoming take you across the red desert to the high mountain majesty of the Big Horns and Wind Rivers as well as the geologic wonders of Yellowstone National Park. Graham, a former hardrock miner, developed an...

The tide is the greatest synchronised movement of matter on our planet. Every drop of seawater takes part in tidal motion, driven by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun. At the coast, we see the tide as a twice-daily rise and fall of sea level...

Carbon is one of the most important elements of our planet, and 90% of it resides inside Earth's interior. Deep Carbon summarizes 10 years of research by scientists involved in the Deep Carbon Observatory, a global community of 1200 scientists....

Large-scale tree planting is advocated to provide additional atmospheric cooling and further reduce global warming. This raises a question about the present time. Do trees cool or warm the atmosphere? This question does not have a simple yes or no...

An eyewitness to profound change affecting marine environments on the Newfoundland coast, Antony Adler argues that the history of our relationship with the ocean lies as much in what we imagine as in what we discover.We have long been fascinated with...

The consequences of twenty-first-century sea level rise on the United States and its nearly 90,000 miles of shoreline will be immense: Miami and New Orleans will disappear; many nuclear and other power plants, hundreds of wastewater plants and toxic...

This is a reprint of a special issue published in the journal Minerals.The present book reports recent contributions from research in the field of quartz and other silica minerals. The various forms of silica (SiO2) represent important constituents...

This is a full-colour guide to the rocks that lie beneath the wonderful landscape of the North York Moors National Park. Packed with photographs and illustrations, this handy guide unveils the Jurassic structure of the North York Moors. From Sutton...

Pocket-sized edition of the best-selling guide to Yorkshire’s spectacular Dinosaur Coast.From Saltburn to Flamborough this fully illustrated colour guide shows you the fantastic Jurassic scenery, the abundant fossils, the old industries and the...

The idea for this Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) diamonds volume was conceived a little over a decade ago by the former head of exploration at Rio Tinto, a multinational mining corporation. The goal was to produce a comprehensive and compelling...

The complete story of snow, this is the first book to fully examine snow as a historical, cultural, and scientific phenomenon.From "Winter Wonderland" to "Snowmageddon", we've had a long, love-hate relationship with snow. This...

This Glossary of Kimberlite and Related Terms is a comprehensive handbook for use in the investigation of kimberlites (the most common type of primary diamond deposit) and related rocks by both the diamond industry and academia. Together with the...

In Earth evolution, mountain belts are the loci of crustal growth, reworking and recycling. These crustal-scale processes are unravelled through microscale investigations of textures and mineral assemblages of metamorphic rocks. Multiple episodes of...

This book provides a review of the most relevant topics on the booming discipline of palaeohydrology and focuses on previous extreme events like exceptional floods and droughts. Reviews written by leading experts of their fields are combined with...

Manganese has greatly contributed to the mineralogical renown of the Stavelot Massif in the Belgian Ardennes. The latter has been actively researched and exploited in upper and lower parts of the Vallée de la Lienne. This richly illustrated...

The geological massif of Stavelot in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium is characterized by the presence of a razor-sharp rock unique in the world, coticule. This richly illustrated book (more than 50 photos, some of rare samples) allows...

This volume discusses environmental issues associated with deep-sea mining, with an emphasis on potential impacts, their consequences and the policy perspectives. The book describes the methods and technologies to assess, monitor and mitigate mining...

For two months in the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire "the Beast". It acted like a mythical animal, alive with destructive energy, and they hoped never to...

Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the...

Extinction Rebellion are inspiring a whole generation to take action on climate breakdown. Now you can become part of the movement – and together, we can make history. It's time. This is our last chance to do anything about the global...

Under capitalism, economic growth is seen as the key to collective wellbeing. In Self-Devouring Growth Julie Livingston upends this notion, showing that while consumption-driven growth may seem to benefit a particular locale, it produces a number of...

The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today'In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg,...

We are in the midst of an unprecedented era of rapid scientific and technological advances that are transforming the way our foods are produced and consumed. Food architecture is being used to construct healthier, tastier, and more sustainable foods....

Saving Food: Production, Supply Chain, Food Waste and Food Consumption presents the latest developments on food loss and waste. Emphasis is placed on global issues, the environmental impacts of food consumption and wasted food, wasted nutrients,...

We are losing the commons. Austerity and neoliberal policies have depleted our shared wealth; our national utilities have been sold off to foreign conglomerates, social housing is almost non-existent, our parks are cordoned off for private events and...