Atlas de los Mamíferos Terrestres de España

Javier Palomo and J Gisbert

An incredible source of information on the biology, taxonomy, and distribution of terrestrial mammals in Spain. ....

Badgers

Ernest Neal and Christopher Cheeseman

Since the publication of The Natural History of Badgers in 1986, there has been a vast increase in our understanding of badger social behaviour, ecology and population ....

Essays on Mammals of Bailowieza Forest

Edited by Bogumila Jedrzejewska and Jan M Wojcik

A fascinating reference guide to the mammals inhabiting Poland's Bialowieza forest. Covering species including bison, deer, bears, wolves, cats, badgers, weasels, rodents, ....

L'etonnante Histoire des Mammiferes

De la Musaraigne Etrsque a la Baleine Bleue

H Walter and P Avenas

Mamiferos Marinos de Patagonia y Antartida

R Bastida and D Rodríguez

An information packed guide to the marine mammal fauna of Patagonian waters. Contains fantastic colour photography, taxonomic data, species identification characteristics and ....

Monk Seals in Post-Classical History

WM Johnson

Explains the role of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) in European history and culture, from the fall of Rome to the 20th Century. ....

The Story of Asia's Lions

Chavda Divyabhanusinh

The writer introduces the lion and its present habitat, and goes on to examine through written and visual records the interaction between this majestic animal and human beings ....

Bird Migration

Dominic Couzens

Few types of behaviour are more fascinating than migration. We know that birds can travel vast distances with accuracy, but how they do is still somewhat of a mystery. ....

Bird Song from a Dorset Wood and Heathland Garden

Covers: Grey Heron, Canada Goose, Mandarin Duck, Mallard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Pheasant, Moorhen, Coot, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, ....

Birding Ecuador - Hummers, Howlers and Hissing Hoatzin

Hundreds of birds from the sub-tropical forests of the North West Choco endemic region, the high Andes amd the Amazon jungle. ....

Birds of the Kruger National Park

Guy Gibbon

A 90-minute sound guide to 250 species common to southern and eastern Africa. The presentation is as for Birds of Southern Africa, with the addition of a 5-minute ....

Birds of the Top End of Australia

Denise Goodfellow

An invaluable identification guide to the birds of the top end of Australia. It also provides snippets of fascinating Aboriginal information in regard to the birds and the ....

A Birdwatcher's Guide: Bird Identification and Fieldcraft

Mark Ward

This books aims to improve the skill of birders of all levels. Offers invaluble information, such as hints and tips usually only gleaned from years of experience and ....

Captive Raptor Management and Rehabilitation

Richard Naisbitt and Peter Holz

This book covers every aspect of the care and rehabilitation of injured or starving raptors, from the initial assessment of the bird's conditioning, training and release. ....

The Complete Back Garden Birdwatcher

Dominic Couzens and Steve Young

This practical garden bird book covers Britain and Northern Europe. It is full of how-to tips and hints for getting the most out of garden birdwatching, as well as behaviour, ....

Field Guide to Australian Birds: Complete Compact Edition

Michael Morcombe

This, the pocket-sized version of Morcombe's Field Guide to Australian Birds, is designed to be used in the field. This slimline edition contains the same information on ....

François Levaillant and the Birds of Africa

LC Rookmaaker et al

Intrepid traveller, pioneering naturalist, and famous author; Francois Levaillant (1753-1824) was a celebrity in his own lifetime . The colourful accounts of his travels ....

A Guide to the Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia

including American Samoa, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Wallis and Futuna

Dick Watling

Completely revised and reformatted edition of the widely acclaimed Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa written by the same author in 1982, and now out-of-print. It contains ....

Herons, Egrets and Bitterns

Neil McKilligan

This is the first book to deal exclusively with the Australian members of the Family Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns). It gives a comprehensive, easy-to-read, account ....

John James Audubon: The Making of an American

Richard Rhodes

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Richard Rhodes, the first major biography of John James Audubon in forty years, and the first to illuminate fully the private and ....

The Ultimate Birdfeeder Handbook

John A Burton and Steve Young

Provides all the information needed to successfully attract and feed birds in your outdoor space - whatever the size. This book is packed with information on the different ....

Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America

William Souder

In the century and a half since John James Audubon's death, his name has become synonymous with wildlife conservation and natural history. But few people know what a ....

Asian Pitvipers

FE Gumprecht, F Tillack, NL Orlov, A Captain and S Ryabov

A vast source of information on the much feared and misunderstood pitvipers. Paying particular attention to the incredible variation found among pitvipers, this book is the ....

Blue-Tongued Skinks

Contributions to Tiliqua and Cyclodomorphus

Edited by Robert Hitz et al

Owing to their size and temperament, Blue-tongue skinks are a unique and popular group of herbarium animals. This guide offers comprehensive coverage of their taxonomy, ....

A Field Guide to Reptiles of Queensland

Steve Wilson

Features 433 reptiles, the full complement of reptiles in Queensland. It includes dragons, geckos, legless lizards, skinks, goannas, snakes, crocodiles and freshwater and ....

Photographic Guide to Snakes and Reptiles of East Africa

Bill Branch

Covers the most common snakes, lizards, skinks, chamaeleons, terrapins and amphibians (frogs) of East Africa - covering a total of 260 species. The aim is identification and ....

Verzeichniss der Reptilien, Welche auf Einer Reise im Nördlichen America

A Catalogue of Reptiles seen on a Journey through North America

Maximilian Prinz zu Wied

In 1832 Maximilian, Prince of Wied-Neuwied began a two-year journey through North America accompanied by his illustrator Carl Bodmer. This journey took them up the ....

Behavioural Interactions with Fish Physiology

Edited by Katherine A Sloman, Roderick W Wilson and Sigal Balshine

Belize Field Guides: Reef Fish

J Brown

Identifies over 110 different species of marine life which thrive in the warm Caribbean seas of Belize. Each species is identified by their English and Latin Names. ....

Aphids of Java: Part V: Aphidini (Homoptera: Aphididae) & Part VI: (Homoptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae, Lachninae, Neophyllaphidinae,

D Noordam

The 2 final parts of Aphids of Java, due to the death of Noordam (2001). It is now being published with supplements and corrections of the original text made by P.G.M. Piron, J. ....

Bionomics and Identification of Rotylenchus Species

P Castillo and N Volvas

Comprises 7 sections and presents summarised and specialised information on various aspects of the spiral nematodes belonging to the genus Rotylenchus. Sections 1 and 2 ....

The Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) Of Sulawesi, Maluku and Irian Jaya

Hiroyuki Takaoka

The Blackflies of China (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Chen Hanbin and An Jirao

British Tortricoid Moths, Volumes 1 and 2 on CD ROM

Cochylidae and Torticidae: Torticinae & Tortricidae: Olethreutinae

Bradley, Tremewan and Smith

These two volumes were first published by the Ray Society in 1973 and 1979 and are now available as an e-book on CD-ROM. Contains over 100 text-figures and 90 ....

Butterflies of Europe

Tristan Lanfranchis

A comprehensive field guide and key to the butterflies of Europe. Contains distributions maps, taxonomic keys, and detailed drawing of genitalia to assist identification of ....

A Checklist of Insects from Zhejiang

Fang Zhigang and Wu Hong

Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands

Edited by Paul L Th Beuk

Provides a list of all Dutch flies and midges, their recent and historic scientific names, and for most families an indication of which species the occurrence in the ....

Die Springschrecken Europas

J Szijj

The Genus Bathyporeia Lindstrom, 1855, in Western Europe (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pontoporeiidae)

C D'Udekem d'Acoz

Revised and new identification keys are provided. The importance of new characters such as the morphology of the first uropod is stressed. Eight species are redescribed and ....

Holocene and Recent Shallow Soft-Bottom Molluscs from the Northern Gulf of Thailand Area: Bivalvia

E Robba, I Di Geronimo, N Chaimanee, MP Negri and R Sanfilippo

Holocene and Recent Shallow Soft-Bottom Molluscs from the Northern Gulf of Thailand Area: Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, additions to Bivalvia

E Robba, I Di Geronimo, N Chaimanee, MP Negri and R Sanfilippo

Insects from Maolan Landscape

Li Zizhing

Insects in Inner Mongolia China

Nonnaizab

Mariposas del Ecuador (Continental y Galapagos): Volume 17A: Sphingidae

D Cuevara, A Iorio and P

Contains the characteristics of Sphingidae, a biogeographic description, diversity and provides 4 appendices. ....

A Systematic Catalogue of the Diaspididae of the World

Subfamilies Aspidiotinae,Comstockiellinae and Odonaspidinae

Yair Ben-Dov and Victoria German

The armoured scale insects comprise the largest family, Diaspididae, in the superfamily Coccoidea. Several species of armoured scale insects, for example the California red ....

Cretaceous and Eocene Decapod Crustaceans from Southern Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada

CE Schweitzer

A large collection of fossil decapod crustaceans from Cretaceous and Eocene rocks of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, has yielded a remarkably diverse fauna. The ....

The Dodo and Mauritius Island: Imaginary Encounters

H Kallio

In a fascinating reconstruction of the past, award winning Finnish photographer Harri Kallio uses his considerable photographic skill and imagination to create the illusion ....

National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals

A Turner

A highly graphical introduction to early mammals for young adults. ....

Philip's Guide to Fossils

A practical guide to identifying, collecting and understanding all types of fossil. The introduction describes how fossils form and the history of ancient life, and the ....

Currents of Contrast: Life In Southern Africa's Two Oceans

Thomas P Peschak

Introduces the marine and coastal life associated with the oceans that surround Southern Africa. Two dominant currents feed these oceans, the cold Benguela in the West and the ....

Fauna Malesiana (CD ROM)

Indo-Malayan Reef Corals: A Generic Overview

Edited by BW Hoeksema and LP Van Ofwegen

This authoritative project by Hoeksema and Van Ofwegen of the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis (Leiden, The Netherlands) deals with animals that are popularly known ....

Marine Ecology

Processes, Systems, and Impacts

Michel Kaiser et al

Offers a carefully balanced, stimulating survey of marine ecology, introducing the key processes and systems from which the marine environment is formed, and the issues and ....

Out of the Blue

A Journey Through the World's Oceans

Paul Horsman

An exploration of the oceans, describing the marine wildlife that inhabits our planet, from the coldest water of the ice-bound poles to the warmest tropical seas. The text is ....

Philip's Guide to Seashores and Shallow Seas

Andrew Campbell

More than 1000 species are described in this book. For each species there is an account of form, size, habitat, and distribution. Identification keys are provided in the ....

Resultats des Campagnes Musorstom Volume 23

Edited by BA Marshall and B Richer de Forges

West-African Seashells

R Ardovini and T Cossignani

This magnificent volume covers 1210 species all figured in excellent colour photos. ....

Botanical Art Techniques: 19 Step- By- Step Projects in Watercolour and Other Media

B King

This collection of 19 step-by-step projects will teach the artist simple and effective techniques for creating beautiful floral illustrations using a variety of media. ....

Clara's Grand Tour: Travels with a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe

G Ridley

Clara, Europe's first rhinoceros, was the favourite attraction of kings and queens from one side of the continent to the other.&l;&l; ....

Eric Ennion: One Man's Birds

Edited by B Walthew

One of the key figures in twentieth century wildlife art, Eric Ennion became an increasingly important influence after his death in 1981 as a new generation of young ....

Journey of Life

In a journey from sea, to land, to sky, life has evolved remarkable solutions to the challenge of survival. This series visits the crucial moments in life's journey to ....

Natural Curiosities: From the Cabinet of Albertus Seba

Albertus Seba (1665-1736) in Amsterdam was proud indeed of his collection of natural specimens, the work of many decades. Having emphasized its uniqueness in a letter to a ....

Nature Cure

Richard Mabey

Personal story of how Britain's foremost writer on natural history battled his way back from depression through the love of nature and the English countryside. ....

The Nature Handbook

A Guide to Observing the Great Outdoors

Ernest H Williams

This guidebook takes the concept and format of a standard field guide in a new direction. It is designed for anyone interested in nature, explores the natural world ....

Pride

Real animals are the stars of this groundbreaking, live-action family film, set against the visually stunning backdrop of East Africa. It combines breathtaking natural history ....

The Worlds is Your Oyster

AR Knight

A celebration of the world in which we live. It is a world of discoveries, of opportunities, and as has been captured in the images on each page, is a world of ....

Encounters: A Journey Through The Wild

Gehan Rajapakse, Namal Kamalgoda, Palitha Antony and Sarinda Unamboowe

Sri Lanka may be a small island but it is blessed with an extremely rich diversity of stunning flora and fauna. ....

Hawaii Field Guides

Natural Wonders of Asia

Biswajit Roy Chowdhury et al

This magnificent book profiles the most exciting parks and key wild areas in India, Thailand, The Philippines and Malaysia. Through illuminating text, compiled by wildlife ....

Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes

The Native Vegetation of New South Wales and the ACT

D Keith

Comprehensively describes each class of native vegetation in NSW and the ACT, explaining where it occurs and why, interesting aspects of ecology, evolution, history and ....

South Africa Revealed

Elaine Hurford

Stunning photographs are accompanied by informative and thought-provoking extended captions on the five major nations of Southern Africa - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, ....

Southern African Wild Flowers: Jewels of the Veld

John Manning and Colin Peterson-Jones

The native flora of southern Africa is one of the richest and most distinctive in the world. More than 22,000 species of plants, ranging in size from diminutive succulents ....

Spectacular South Africa

Tim O'Hagan

A showcase of the many and varied faces of the country which can be viewed as it passes in a panorama of landscapes, coastal wonderland, majestic mountains, people, wildlife ....

This is Borneo

Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan

Junaidi Payne, Gerald Cubitt and Dennis Lau

An informed look at a fascinating land that has long attracted explorers, scientists, traders and historians seeking to uncover its riches. Through the combination of its ....

A Traveller's Guide to Plants of Inland Australia

Phillip Moore

Covers the major plants of three quarters of the continent of Australia. While it cannot be definitive, it nevertheless features 800 species; those most distinctive, well-known ....

1000 Weeds of North America

The most comprehensive weed reference ever compiled for North America. ....

Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume 4

Edited by I Tikhonovich, B Lugtenberg and N Provorov

This new volume provides a comprehensive summary of the current status of research in plant-microbe interactions as presented at the 11th International Congress on Molecular ....

Cannabis Britannica

Empire, Trade, and Prohibition 1800-1928

James H Mills

The role of government in the regulation of cannabis is as hotly debated now as it was a century ago. In this lively study James Mills explores the historical background of ....

Cytology and Plectology of the Hymenomycetes

Heinz Clemecon, Valerie Emmett and Ernest Emmett

Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science

Edited by RM Goodman

The first-ever single-source reference work to inclusively cover classic and modern studies in plant biology in conjunction with research, applications, and innovations in ....

L'Evolution de la Vegetation depuis Deux Million d'Annees

AM Semah and J Renault-Miskovsky

Flora of the Guianas

Fascicle 22

Edited by MF Jansen-Jacobs

An addition to the Flora of the Guianas series. This fascicule contains revisions of the families Phytolaccaceae; Nyctaginaceae; Aizoaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Amaranthaceae; ....

Food from the Wild

Ian Burrows

A practical field guide to over 250 species of fruits, nuts and seeds, flowers, plant leaves, herbs, roots, seaweeds and fungi found in Britain and Northern Europe. It gives ....

Forester's Manual of Dipterocarps

CF Symington

A fully revised and updated edition of Symington's classic Foresters' Manual of Dipterocarps. this is the authoritative guide to the common Malaysian tree family ....

Gardens of the Roman World

P Bowe

Roman gardens are an essential part of Western garden history. Using a wide range of literary and archaeological sources, Patrick Bowe describes the design, uses and ....

Genomic and Genetic Analysis of Plant Parasitism and Defence

Edited by S Tsuyumu, JE Leach, T Shiraishi and W Wolpert

Hortus Bulborum

Treasury of Historical Bulbs

L Leijenhorst

Leslie Leijenhorst describes the beginnings of tulip growing in Holland in the sixteenth century. ....

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees of North America

Tony Russell

A detailed, accessible introduction looks at the origins of trees, how they have evolved over time and the ways in which they have adapted to suit the variety of terrains in ....

Journey of a Single Cell to Plant

SJ Murch and PK Saxena

In plants, the ability to regenerate identical individulas from single cells is the basis for modern agriculture. These scientific advancements have given us virus-free ....

Legumes Africaines Indigenes - Presentation des Especes Cultivees

RR Schippers

Mycena d'Europa

Giovanni Robich

Describes 117 species and 26 subspecies of fungi, found throughout Europe. ....

Oaks of Asia

Yu L Menitskii

Covers systematics, geographic distribution, ecology, phytocenology and evolution of oaks of the extensive forests of Asia. ....

Orchids of Borneo, Volume 4

Revised Classification and Selection of Species

JJ Wood

Revises the classification of Borneo orchids, brings the nomenclature published in prior parts up to date, and describes and illustrates a further 100 taxa from a wide array of ....

A Passion for Plants

The Treseders of Truro

Suzanne Treseder

In 1857 three brothers left Cornwall for Australia in search of gold. One of them, John Garland Treseder, took with him vegetable seeds, and started a market garden. Soon there ....

Perennial Garden Plants

Graham Thomas

Hailed as a classic from its first publication, Perennial Garden Plants is the most comprehensive and detailed survey ever undertaken for gardeners. Over 2,000 species ....

Philip's Guide to Trees of Britain and Europe

CJ Humphries, JR Press and DA Sutton

An easy-to-use identification guide to all common and a number of rare European trees. The text describes the distinctive features of genera, as well as of individual species; ....

Physiology of Stressed Crops: Volume 1

Hormone Relations

US Gupta

Plants of Central Asia: Plant Collections from China and Mongolia

Astragalus L.

Edited by VI Grubov

Pocket List of Southern African Indigenous Trees

J Von Breitenbach, B De Winter, R Poynton, E Van de Berg and B Van Wyk

A completely revised and considerably expanded fourth edition of the National List of Indigenous Trees/Nasionale Lys van Inheemse Bome, providing a complete and taxonomically ....

RHS Plant Finder 2004-2005

RHS

Exists to put enthusiastic gardeners in touch with suppliers of plants, many of them unusual. There are over 73,000 plants in the RHS Plant Finder, a list compiled and ....

The Royal Horticultural Society: Clematis - Inspiration, Selection and Practical Guidance

C Chesshire

A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated book on clematis. The photographer, Andrew Lawson, has captured the charm of each plant perfectly, and even a quick browse through ....

Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae Rhamnoides L)

Production and Utilization

TSC Li and THJ Beveridge

Useful in preventing soil erosion and for its nitrogen-fixing capacity, this hardy shrub also has medicinal and nutritional properties. ....

Trees, Shrubs and Lianas of West African Dry Zones

M Arbonnier

This field handbook is the result of over fifteen years' experience of forestry operations under projects conducted by CIRAD. It sets out to fill a gap in the ....

Trees: A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe

John White, Jill White and S Max Walters

Portable, simple to use, and packed with more than 1,200 beautiful colour photographs, the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe: A Field Guide helps you to identify over ....

Useful Plants of Bas-Congo Province

P Latham

Plants and plants products are of direct and vital importance to the rural population in most of Africa. Knowledge of the uses, even of the local names, of many of these plants ....

Allostasis, Homeostasis and the Costs of Physiological Adaptation

Edited by Jay Schulkin

The concept of homeostasis, the maintenance of the internal physiological environment of an organism within tolerable limits, is well established in medicine and physiology. In ....

The Brain: A Very Short Introduction

Michael O'Shea

DNA Topology

Andy Bates and Tony Maxwell

DNA as the genetic material is a topic of intense interest in the 21st century with the familiar and iconic Watson-Crick double helix having a vital importance for its ....

Genes and the Agents of Life

R Wilson

Undertakes to rethink the place of the individual in the biological sciences, drawing parallels with the cognitive and social sciences. Genes, organisms, and species are all ....

Microbe-Vector Interactions in Vector-Borne Diseases

Edited by SH Gillespie

Several billion people are at daily risk of life threatening vector-borne diseases such as malaria, trypanosomiasis and dengue. This volume describes the way in which the ....

Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates Progress in Vitellogenesis

Volume XII, Part B

AS Raikhel and TW Sappington

SARS

A Case Study in Emerging Infections

Angela Mclean, Robert May, John Pattison and Robin Weiss

Provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of the tasks that must be addressed by a community that wishes to confront emerging infections. Each chapter is written by a ....

Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases

The Importance of Host Genetics

Edited by R Bellamy

In the last ten years, substantial progress has been made in identifying why some people are particularly susceptible to specific infectious diseases. Extensive evidence has now ....

Australian Dreaming

40,000 Years of Aboriginal History

Jennifer Isaacs

The first aboriginal history of the Australian continent and its people, as told by aboriginal story-tellers. ....

Conciousness: A Very Short Introduction

Susan Blackmore

Dawkins' God

Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life

Alister E McGrath

Alister E. McGrath is one of the world's leading theologians, with a doctorate in the sciences. Richard Dawkins is one of the bestselling popular science writers, with ....

The Elder Pliny on the Human Animal

Mary Beagon

Pliny the Elder's fascination with the world around him resulted in his death in the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, but his Natural History was to remain influential ....

The Human Strategy

An Evolutionary Perspective in Human Anatomy

John H Langdon

Bridging anthropology courses in human evolution and more biologically oriented courses in human anatomy, this text is intended for upper level undergraduate/graduate courses ....

Social Science Research and Conservation Management in the Interior of Borneo

Edited by C Eghenter, B Sellato and S Devung

Based on the findings from the Culture & Conservation Research Programme in Kayan Mentarang National Park, East Kalimantan, that constituted a unique interdisciplinary ....

Discovering Evolutionary Ecology

Peter J Mayhew

A concise, rigorous, and readable introduction to evolutionary ecology. ....

Insect-Fungal Associations

Ecology and Evolution

Edited by Fernando E Vega and Meredith Blackwell

There is a significant and increasing interest in using fungi as biocontrol agents for insect pests in agricultural systems, and also a growing interest in the basic biology ....

Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments

Edited by Diana H Wall

Brings together the world's leading ecologists, systematists, and evolutionary biologists to present scientific information that integrates soil and sediment ....

Biological Diversity and Function in Soils

Edited by R Bardgett, D Hopkins and M Usher

Comprehensive guide to biological diversity and function in soils. Topics covered include: Developing new ecological perspectives from advances in soil biodiversity ....

Biotic Interactions in the Tropics

Their Role in the Maintenance of Species Diversity

Edited by D Burslem

Tropical ecosystems house a significant proportion of global biodiversity. To understand how these ecosystems function we need to appreciate not only what plants, animals and ....

The Causes and Progression of Desertification

Helmut Geist

This book provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through a systematic review of 132 sub national case studies. It uses a meta-analytical ....

The Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (Rolled)

Koyukuk and AK Fairbanks

Communicating Protected Areas

Edited by D Hamu, E Auchincloss and W Goldstein

Protected areas operate within complex ecological and social systems, presenting challenges to protected areas that cannot be resolved by technical solutions alone. ....

Conservation and Restoration of Raised Bogs

Geological, Hydrological and Ecological Studies

Edited by MGC Schouten

Reports on detailed studies in Raheenmoor Bog and Clara Bog, both in County Offaly, that were performed between 1989 and 2001. Containing a wealth of information on the two ....

Craig's Soil Mechanics

Craig and RF

Estuarine Nutrient Cycling: The Influence of Primary Producers

The Fate of Nutrients and Biomass

Soren Laurentius Nielsen, Gary T Banta and Morten Pedersen

It is a well-known fact that eutrophication of coastal waters causes significant changes in the species composition of the primary producers. Usually a shift from an ecosystem ....

Mangroves of East Africa

UNEP-WCMC

A concise account of the available information and current issues facing mangroves in East African countries. It comprises a regional summary of the factors and activities ....

Multicritical Environmental Assessment

A Practical Guide

Nolberto Munier

Will teach the reader to analyze, with actual examples, different techniques that have been developed to tackle the complex task of making an Environmental Impact Assessment ....

Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves

Laura Riley and William Riley

Bengal tigers in the jungles of India, birds of paradise in the wilds of New Guinea, penguins on frozen beaches in Antarctica; these and other charismatic and endangered ....

Pangani Basin: A Situation Analysis

IUCN

The Pangani River Basin (PRB) covers an area of about 43,650 km squared, mostly in Tanzania with approximately 5% in Kenya. The Basin contains a wide array of resources; ....

The Private and Social Values of Wetlands

S Whitten and J Bennett

The management of natural resources located on private lands often invloves a preceived conflict between the mix of private and public benefit outputs they produce. The goal of ....

Wetlands of Ethiopia

Proceedings of a Seminar on the Resources and Status of Ethiopia's Wetlands

Edited by Yilma D Adebe and Kim Geheb

2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: A Global Species Assessment

Edited by Jonathan EM Baillie et al

"The library of life is burning, and we don't even know the titles of the books" - Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, to the opening of a session of ....

Balkan Biodiversity

Pattern and Process in the European Hotspot

HI Griffiths, B Krystufek and J Reed

The first attempt to synthesise our current understanding of biodiversity in the great European hot spot. The conservation of biodiversity is one of today's great ecological ....

Cloud Forest Agenda

Philip Bubb, Ian May, Lera Miles and Jeff Sayer

The Cloud Forest Agenda report is the product of a programme of action initiated by the UNEP, UNEP-WCMC, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management and UNESCO Man and ....

From Ocean to Aquarium

The Global Trade in Marine Ornamental Species

Colette Wabnitz, Michelle Taylor, Edmund Green and Tries Razak

This report results from collaboration between UNEP-WCMC, the Marine Aquarium Council (MAC) and the Import and export companies in the industry. It examines issues ....

The Precautionary Principle in Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resource Management

Rosie Cooney

What does the precautionary principle mean? How should it be implemented in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use? These questions are being tackled by the Precautionary ....

Reviewing the Impact of Agency Permissions and Activities on Bird Populations in SPAs Level 1: Interpretation and Appendices

MJS Armitage et al

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 2, Part O: Reactions and Processes - Oxidants and Antioxidant Defense Systems

Edited by T Grune

Nonlinear Physical Oceanography

A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and El Nino

Henk A Dijkstra

This book applies the methodology of dynamical systems theory to investigate the physics of the global ocean circulation. It also deals with the numerical methods for applying ....

Reducing West Africa's Vulnerability to Climate Impacts on Water Resources, Wetlands and Desertification

Edited by M Niasse, A Afoudou and A Amani

West Africa is among the most vunerable regions to climate change worldwide. The often disastrous impact variability and extreme events over the past 30 years is a striking ....

Dalnegorsk

Notes on Mineralogy

Vadim V Moroshkin and Nikolay Frishman

This volume of Mineralogical Almanac is the first issue describing one of the World's Greatest Mineral Locality - Dalnegorsk. The issue provides a collector with information ....

Dutch Pioneers in Earth Sciences

Edited by Jacques Touret and Robert Visser

Field Guide to the Rocks and Minerals of Southern Africa

B Cairncross

The first definitive field guide to document the common, rare and unusual rocks and minerals of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and southern ....

Philip's Guide to Stars and Planets

Patrick Moore

A thoroughly revised and updated edition with chapters on the sun, moon, planets, asteroids and meteors, stars and galaxies. Contains a new set of constellation maps, and ....

The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia

Edited by Matti Seppala

This is the fifth volume to appear in the Oxford Regional Environments series. Fennoscandia is composed of Finland ('Fennia' in Latin) and the Scandinavian peninsula ....

Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy

EMU Notes in Mineralogy Volume 6

A Beran and E Libowitzky

Ultra-High Pressure Metamorphism

EMU Notes in Mineralogy Volume 5

DA Carswell and R Compagnoni

Volcanology of Saba and St Eustatius, Northern Lesser Antilles

MJ Roobol and AL Smith

A landmark study in volcanology, contains the results of a profound study of Saba and the Quill, St. Eustatius, which provides a firm basis for the conclusion that both ....

Can Protected Areas Contribute to Poverty Reduction?

Opportunities and Limitations

Lea M Scherl et al

Presents a balanced perspective on how protected areas relate to poverty, both positively and negatively. On the one hand, protected areas deliver many benefits to the ....

Conservation and Sustainable Development in Mountain Areas

Edited by MF Price

This illustrated brochure introduces issues relating to conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas through case studies of projects undertaken around the ....

The Darling

This is a comprehensive work on the Darling River. It contains scientific and technical information that is necessary for the management of the river and its catchments. ....

Drafting Legislation for Sustainable Soils

A Guide

Ian Hannam and Ben Boer

The World Summit on Sustainable Development recognised the key importance of environmental sound use of soil resources. This guide will help countries produce ....

Econometrics Informing Natural Resources Management

Edited by Phoebe Koundouri

The book offers a comprehensive overview of the broader picture of the state-of-the-art in econometrics as applied to environmental and natural resource management. It includes ....

Economics of Environmental Conservation

Economics for Environmental and Ecological Management

CA Tisdell

This fully updated and revised edition concentrates on the economics of conserving the living environment. Updated techniques of economic analyses are introduced, explained ....

Engaging People in Sustainability

Edited by D Tilbury and K Henderson

Presents a guide to assist educators who are wrestling with educating for sustainability, by reflecting on the theory and practice of how to engage people in ....

Environmental Education in Developing Countries

Qasem Alnewashi

The purpose of this book is to improve the current situation of environmental education in developing countries, through surveying, as a case study, the status of formal and ....

Game Practice and the Environment

Edited by C Carraro and V Fragnelli

This book summarises the latest achievements of researchers involved in the application of game theory to the analysis of environmental matters. It provides an overview of ....

A Handbook Of Globalisation And Environmental Policy

National Government Interventions in a Global Arena

Edited by F Wijen et al

In the current era of globalisation, national governments are increasingly exposed to international influences which can present many new constraints and opportunities for ....

IUCN Policy Paper and Law

The Institutional Economics of Market-Based Climate Policy

E Woerdman

The Limits to Growth: The 30-year Update

Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows

In 1972, Limits to Growth shocked the world and forever changed the global agenda by demonstrating that unchecked growth on our finite planet was leading the Earth ....

Modelling the Costs of Environmental Policy

A Dynamic Applied General Equilibrium Assessment

RB Dellink

Using an original methodology, the author constructs a multi-sectoral dynamic applied general equilibrium model. The new integrated model greatly improves the empirical ....

Modern Biology and Visions of Humanity

Axel Khan, et al

How do the most recent developments in the life sciences affect our understanding of what it is to be Human? In March 2004 in Genoa, under the auspices of the European Group ....

State of Lake Ontario (SOLO). Past, present and future

Edited by M Munawar

Details the physical and chemical regime, the base of the food web, fish community dynamics, invasion of exotic species, and the problem of contaminants. ....

Sustainable Development Law

Principles, Practices, and Prospects

MC Cordonier and A Khalfan

Drawing on international economic, environmental, and social law, this book provides a long-awaited coherent approach to the study of international sustainable development ....

The e-UK Pesticide Guide 2005 (CD-ROM)

Single User

Biomeasurement

Understanding, Analysing and Communicating Data in the Biosciences

Dawn Hawkins

Offers a refreshing, student-focused introduction to the use of statistics in the study of the biosciences. With an emphasis on why statistical techniques are essential tools ....

Kernel Methods for Pattern Analysis

John Shawe-Taylor and Nello Cristianini

Provides a powerful and unified framework for disciplines ranging from neural networks and pattern recognition to machine learning and data mining. This book provides ....

Mathematics of Evolution and Phylogeny

Olivier Gascuel

Contributed chapters authored by renowned scientists and covering recent results in the highly topical area of mathematics in evolution and phylogeny. Each chapter is a ....

Remote Sensing Image Analysis: Including the Spatial Domain

Edited by Steven M de Jong and Freek D van der Meer

Remote Sensing image analysis is mostly done using only spectral information on a pixel by pixel basis. Information captured in neighbouring cells, or information about ....

The Archaeologist's Manual for Conservation

A Guide to Non-Toxic, Minimal Intervention Artifact Stabilization

Bradley, A Rodgers

Designed to take the mysticism out of archaeological artefact conservation and act as both reference and guide. It is intended as a tool to assist archaeologists in ....

Edward Gerrard and Sons: A Taxidermy Memoir

A fascinating account of the long-running London taxidermists Edward Gerrard & Sons. ....

Philip's Guide to the State of the World

A richly illustrated and highly accessible guide to the challenges that face the modern world; examines the principal economic, political, social, and environmental issues the ....

Research Projects and Research Proposals: A Guide for Scientists Seeking Funding

P Chapin

An in-depth guide to planning, writing, and submitting research proposals. ....