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Welcome to the January Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's
guide to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the
environment.
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Zoology:
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| Mammals | Go to subject web page |
The Behavioural Biology of Dogs
P Jensen The long-established connection between dogs and humans has given rise to behavioural adaptations typical of mutualism, which ties our own evolutionary and historical paths .... | 288 pages | CABI Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845931874 | #165183A | £35.00 BUY |
Hannah Velten Cows, bulls, and oxen are everywhere, physically and figuratively: references, images and symbolism abound in myth, folklore, religion, art, literature, film and the media; .... | 224 pages | 30 col illus, 70 b/w illus | Reaktion Books Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1861893264 | #165418A | £9.99 BUY |
The Extraordinary Story of Australian Marsupials Christopher Dickman Marsupials are nearly synonymous with Australia. Although one of these enigmatic pouched mammals-the opossum-inhabits the United States and another 80 or so thrive in South .... | 256 pages | 138 col plates | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226146308 | #165274A | £41.00 BUY |
Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation Between the Sexes Alexander H Harcourt and Kelly J Stewart Societies develop as a result of the interactions of individuals as they compete and cooperate with one another in the evolutionary struggle to survive and reproduce .... | 416 pages | 33 halftones, 68 line drawings, 9 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226316025 | #165269A | £47.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226316033 | #165270A | £19.00 BUY |
Guia Sonora de los Mamiferos de Espana y Europa
J Roche, B Jollivet, C De Hita and E Matheu Sound guide to the vocalisations of 54 mammal species on 2 CDs, total duration of 97 minutes. .... | 2 CDs | ALOSA CD | 2005 | 8460969339 | #164639A | £20.50 BUY |
The Historical Biogeography of the Strepsirhini Understanding the Colonization of Madagascar Edited by JC Masters The origins of Madagascar's unique flora and fauna have occupied scientists since the acceptance of evolution. .... | 102 pages | Karger Pbk | 2006 | 3805582072 | #165317A | £18.95 BUY |
This ground breaking series, narrated by Bill Nighy, follows a group of meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. From family squabbles to love affairs, Animal .... | 4 DVD Set | Green Umbrella Productions DVD | 2006 | #165052A | £25.52 BUY |
Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America
Fiona Reid This useful guide contains descriptions of all mammal species found in North America including size, weight, colour, markings, number of teeth, habitat, habits, and .... | 608 pages | 80 colour plates, 46 colour and b&w illustrations | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | 2006 | 0395935962 | #165248A | £14.50 BUY |
An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective Edited by Jerry O Wolff and Paul W Sherman Rodent Societies synthesizes and integrates the current state of knowledge about the social behavior of rodents, providing ecological and evolutionary contexts for .... | 744 pages | 69 halftones, 95 line drawings | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226905365 | #165264A | £79.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226905373 | #165267A | £31.00 BUY |
News from Underground Edited by Sabine Begall, Hynek Burda and Cristian Eric Schleich Across the globe, about 250 species of rodents spend most of their lives in safe and stable, but dark, oxygen-poor and carbon dioxide-rich burrows, deprived of most of the .... | 340 pages | 51 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 3540692754 | #165450A | £115.50 BUY |
| Birds | Go to subject web page |
Anatomical and Clinical Radiology of Birds of Prey Including interactive advanced anatomical imaging Jaime H Samour and Jesus L Naldo Comprehensive atlas of the normal radiographic anatomy of raptors including the saker falcon, gyr falcon, common barn owl, Eurasian eagle owl, northern goshawk, red kite, .... | 279 pages | colour images, b&w drawings | Saunders Hbk | 2007 | 0702028029 | #159335A | £99.99 BUY |
How to Attract Birds by Mimicking their Calls Pete Dunne Learn the arcane yet effective art of pishing from a master. In this unique book and CD package, renowned birder Pete Dunne presents an illustrated workshop on how to attract .... | 96 pages | Stackpole Pbk | 2006 | 0811732959 | #164822A | £11.50 BUY |
Aves da Mata Atlantica / Birds of the Atlantic Forest
Edson Endrigo Well-produced coffee-table book with beautiful photos of the birds of the Atlantic Forest, the World Biosphere Reserve in Brazil. .... | 224 pages | colour photos, in slipcase | Editora Aves e Fotos Hbk | 2006 | 8598153028 | #164979A | £72.95 BUY |
Avian and Exotic Animal Hematology and Cytology
Terry W Campbell and Christine K Ellis This is the long-awaited revision and expansion of Avian Hematology and Cytology, 2nd Edition. This new book builds on the avian foundation of Campbell's earlier work and .... | 304 pages | 528 illus | Blackwell Hbk | 2007 | 0813818117 | #164317A | £79.95 BUY |
The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies and Jays Candace Savage The author of this beautifully illustrated book reveals how members of the crow family apply their mental powers to such everyday activities as choosing mates, building nests, .... | 134 pages | 61 col photos | Sierra Club Pbk | 2007 | 0871569566 | #165314A | £16.95 BUY |
A Birder's Guide to the Texas Coast
Mel Cooksey and Ron Weeks The habitat diversity of the Texas coast ranges from the Pineywoods to the Gulf prairies, from the coastal wetlands to the subtropics. This revision includes species .... | 334 pages | B/w illus, figs, maps | ABA Pbk | 2006 | #164823A | £18.95 BUY |
A Century On WH Hudson and Brian Clews A century ago, the well-known naturalist W H Hudson was a senior figure in the Royal Society for Protection of Birds with a significant reputation in his field. A Prolific .... | 132 pages | 57 colour plates | Wild Guides Hbk | 2006 | 1903657156 | #164936A | £14.50 BUY |
A Celebration in Photographs Malcolm Ogilvie Colour photographs by Gordon Langsbury, accompanying text by Malcolm Ogilvie, an ornithologist resident on Islay for the last .... | 160 pages | 180 colour photos | Lochindeal Press 2006 | 0955114608 | #165412A | £28.95 BUY |
Current Topics in Avian Disease Research Understanding Endemic and Invasive Diseases Edited by RK Barraclough | 111 pages | AOU Pbk | 2006 | #164815A | £12.95 BUY |
Kees Woutersen Field guide to the birds of the Pyrenees. .... | 177 pages | Pirineo 2004 | 8487997236 | #165001A | £23.95 BUY |
Libro Rojo de las Aves de España
Edited by A Madrono, C Gonzalez and JC Atienza Evaluates the status and conservation of threatened birds in Spain. .... | 452 pages | OAPN 2005 | 8480145684 | #164996A | £44.00 BUY |
Patterns of Migratory Connectivity in Two Nearctic-Neotropical Songbirds New Insights from Intrinsic Markers Edited by Marylene Boulet and D Ryan Norris | 88 pages | AOU Pbk | 2006 | #164816A | £12.95 BUY |
Surviving with Style in the South Atlantic Andy Rouse Among the most appealing and extraordinary of all the world's wildlife, penguins lead a remarkable life swimming, fishing, breeding and surviving in the most inhospitable .... | 160 pages | David & Charles Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0715326821 | #165407A | £9.99 BUY |
Roofvogels van Nederland (Raptors of the Netherlands)
Benny Gensbol Large format with spectacular photos of raptors and descriptive text of all 17 species found in the Netherlands; includes an audio CD with raptor calls. .... | 144 pages | colour photos | KNNV Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 9050112463 | #165293A | £25.95 BUY |
Sasol Birdwatching in Southern Africa
Peter Ryan Birdwatching in Southern Africa addresses questions such as what to look for when purchasing equipment, what field guides and other resources exist, and how cultivate .... | 96 pages | Col photos, maps | Struik Pbk | 2006 | 1770073914 | #165294A | £12.95 BUY |
On this 2-CD audio guide you'll hear nearly 200 tracks featuring the hoots, screams, chitters, squawks, squeals, bill claps and barks of 19 regularly occurring species of .... | 56 pages | 2 CD set | Cornell LO CD | 2006 | #164897A | £15.50 BUY |
Waterbird Population Estimates
Edited by Simon Delany and Derek Scott Provides a concise summary of the numbers, distribution and population trends of all the world's 878 waterbirds species. The source of this information is the International .... | 239 pages | Dist maps, col photos | Wetlands International Pbk | 2006 | 9058820319 | #157616A | £25.00 BUY |
The Wetland Bird Survey A Banks, M Collier, G Austin, R Hearn and A Musgrove The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) is the monitoring scheme for non-breeding waterbirds in the UK, which aims to provide the principal data for the conservation of their .... | 230 pages | site maps, tables, graphs | BTO Pbk | 2006 | 1904870775 | #165135A | Normally £30.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £19.99 |
Where to Watch Birds in the Madeira Archipelago
Claudia Delgado This guide covers 14 birdwatching sites in the Madeira Archipelago, including Porto Santo and the Nature Reserves of Desertas Islands and Salvage Islands. Each site .... | SPEA Pbk | 2006 | #164962A | £18.50 BUY |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Amphibians and Reptiles of Herefordshire
Nigel Hand, Will Watson and Phyl King This is a thoroughly illustrated guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Herefordshire, based on the results of Herefordshire Amphibian and Reptile Team's three year Ponds and .... | 72 pages | colour photos, distrib maps | HBRC Pbk | 2006 | 0955188016 | #164792A | £6.99 BUY |
Diseases of Amphibians and Reptiles
Gunther Köhler Dr. Kohler presents clear, basic information on how to care for amphibians and reptiles, and he draws extensively on his experience as a veterinarian. He describes general .... | 184 pages | 133 colour photos, 58 b&w photos | Krieger Hbk | 2006 | 1575242559 | #160939A | £24.95 BUY |
A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Arizona
Thomas C Brennan and Andrew T Holycross The book provides concise information on all 141 species of amphibians and reptiles found in Arizona. Species accounts include high quality colour photographs, compendious .... | 150 pages | Col Illus, line drawings | Arizona GFD Pbk | 2006 | 0917563530 | #164829A | £11.50 BUY |
| Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Age and Growth of Chondrichthyan Fishes New Methods, Techniques and Analysis Edited by John K Carlson and Kenneth J Goldman Shark conservation and management is often hindered by a lack of basic biological information for most species. An understanding of the age structure and growth dynamics .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402055692 | #164983A | £84.50 BUY |
Genetics, Conservation and Management Eric Verspoor, Lee Stradmeyer and Jennifer Nielsen Atlantic Salmon is a cultural icon throughout its North Atlantic range; it is the focus of probably the World's highest profile recreational fishery and is the basis for one of .... | 536 pages | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1405115823 | #164630A | £99.50 BUY |
Heiko Bleher Comprehensive study of the genus Sympysodon. Includes discovery history, taxonomy, distribution, habitat, nutrition and much more. .... | 800 pages | Aquapress Bleher Hbk | 2006 | 8890181613 | #165245A | £129.00 BUY |
Uwe Römer This is the most complete and actual update of knowledge published on Apistogramma, and together with volume 1, the most complete work ever presented on the genus. .... | 1320 pages | 120 colour photos, 125 maps, 400 drawings | Mergus Verlag Hbk | 2007 | 3882440414 | #165200A | £42.50 BUY |
US Fish and Wildlife Service The format of Fish Hatchery Management is functional: hatchery requirements and operations; broodstock management and spawning; nutrition and feeding; fish health; fish .... | 544 pages | Pacific UP Pbk | 2006 | 1410225569 | #165446A | £43.50 BUY |
Edited by E Ojaveer, E Pihu and T Saat Taxonomic composition of Estonian fish and cyclostome fauna, intraspecific groups, distribution, ecology (reproduction, feeding, migrations), parasites and diseases, .... | 416 pages | diagrams, maps | Estonian Marine Institute Hbk | 2003 | 9985503570 | #164869A | £56.00 BUY |
Dean Crawford A sleek hunter of the seas, the shark has struck fear into the hearts of men since the days of the first fishermen. Dean Crawford now explores here the long relationship .... | 224 pages | 60 col plates, 40 halftones | Reaktion Books Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1861893256 | #165417A | £12.95 BUY |
Die Susswasserfische Mitteleuropas Frank Hecker Identification guide to the freshwater fishes of central Europe. .... | 139 pages | 120 col photos, 10 col figs | Kosmos Hbk | 2005 | 3440102416 | #164826A | £10.50 BUY |
| Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
JGE Lewis Long out of print and finally available again, this is a comprehensive account of centipede biology providing a critical review of the work covering anatomy, behaviour, .... | 488 pages | CUP Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0521034116 | #165190A | £43.00 BUY |
Breeding, Growth Rates, and Production of Marine Copepods
LI Sazhina This monograph is the result of a long period of experiments and field research on the reproduction and growth of Copepoda in the Black and Mediterranean seas and the .... | 160 pages | diagrams | Universities Press,India Pbk | 2006 | 817371438X | #164833A | £20.95 BUY |
British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea
Roger J Lincoln Originally published by the British Museum (Natural History) in 1979, Lincoln's "British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea" is an extremely important text on the Amphipoda, .... | CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation CD | 2006 | 1904690483 | #165234A | £29.95 BUY |
An Observers Guide Rick Cech and Guy Tudor Contains detailed and up-to-date photo-illustrated information on the host plants favoured by particular species and contains 234 full-page species accounts and .... | 345 pages | 950 col photos, 275 maps | Princeton UP Hbk | 2005 | 0691090556 | #144959A | £32.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0691090564 | #165395A | £18.95 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes Hors-serie, Volume 23 Une nouvelle espèce de Dicronorhina Hope, du Burkina Faso, du Benin et du Togo JP Legrand, P Juhel, J Bouyer and D Camiade | 10 pages | 1 colour plate | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545982 | #164647A | £4.95 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 62 Un Nouveau Macrodontia Originaire du Pérou Hervé Simoëns | 7 pages | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545990 | #164637A | £4.95 BUY |
Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4 Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea Edited by I Lobl and A Smetana | 900 pages | Apollo Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 8788757676 | #162466A | £119.00 BUY |
The Dragonflies of Herefordshire
Peter Garner Herefordshire, as one of the most picturesque and unspoilt counties in lowland Britain is rich in wildlife. With magical rivers like the Wye and Lugg running through the heart .... | 140 pages | colour photos, dist maps | HBRC Pbk | 2005 | 0955188008 | #165112A | £13.99 BUY |
The Dragonflies of Northamptonshire Breeding Species, their Distribution and Conservation Mark Tyrrell The first systematic study of the distribution, abundance and conservation of breeding dragonflies and damselflies in the county. Includes colour photos of each of the 23 .... | 80 pages | Col photos, distrib maps | Northants Dragonfly Group Pbk | 2006 | 095523400X | #164723A | £14.95 BUY |
The Dynastine Scarab Beetles of Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) Brett C Ratcliffe The 116 species of dynastine scarab beetles that occur in Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador are comprehensively reviewed. Keys, descriptions, distributions, and notes on .... | 424 pages | 6 colour plates, 3 colour maps, 645 illustrations | Nebraska USM Pbk | 2006 | #164763A | £48.00 BUY |
The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions
Victor Rico-Gray and Paulo S Oliveira Ants are probably the most dominant insect group on Earth, representing ten to fifteen percent of animal biomass in terrestrial ecosystems. Flowering plants, meanwhile, owe .... | 320 pages | 55 line drawings, 27 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226713474 | #165272A | £44.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226713482 | #165273A | £18.00 BUY |
The European Families of the Diptera Identification, diagnosis, biology Pjotr Oosterbroek Presents an identification key and family descriptions of all 132 families of Diptera (midges, mosquitoes, gnats, true flies) occurring in Europe . It is written by a .... | 208 pages | b&w illus | KNNV Hbk | 2007 | 9050112455 | #165292A | £59.00 BUY |
Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions
Arthur M Shapiro and Tim Manolis The California Tortoiseshell, West Coast Lady, Red Admiral, and Golden Oak Hairstreak are just a few of the many butterfly species found in the floristically rich San .... | 392 pages | 31 col plates | California UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520244699 | #165368A | £32.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520249577 | #165371A | £12.50 BUY |
VM Redondo et al This book covers the whole of Geometrid moths fauna of mainland Spain and Portugal incl. the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca & Ibiza). The book consists of the following .... | 350 pages | 22 colour plates | Apollo Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 8788757692 | #162476A | £107.00 BUY |
Metamorfose e Identificaçao Cleide Costa, Sergio Ide and Carlos Estevao Simonka | 249 pages | Holos 2006 | 8586699497 | #164922A | £27.50 BUY |
Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil An illustrated inventory on the Brazilian Malacofauna, including neighbor regions of the South America, respect to the terrestrial and freshwater Ecosystems Luiz Ricardo L Simone An iconographic catalogue of the molluscs of the Brazilian land and freshwater ecosystems. Includes 700 terrestrial species and 373 freshwater species; 956 gastropods .... | 390 pages | Col photos | Femorale Ltda. Hbk | 2006 | 8590667006 | #164095A | £99.00 BUY |
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) Federico C Ocampo Phylogenetic analyses and taxonomic revisions were conducted on the scarabaeoid family Hybosoridae. Two new subfamilies of Hybosoridae are described, Liparochrinae and .... | 210 pages | Nebraska USM 2006 | #164761A | £29.95 BUY |
Cees Gielis Moths are illustrated in colour for the first time, their genitalia are illustrated in line drawings. .... | 290 pages | 415 figures, 159 in colour | Backhuys Pbk | 2006 | #165005A | £71.00 BUY |
Paul Hillyard With over 40,000 different species, spiders are among the most successful creatures on the planet. Explore their fascinating world with leading expert Paul Hillyard, who looks .... | 160 pages | 200 col photos | New Holland NYP 07/2007 | 1845376900 | #163036A | £24.99 BUY |
Biology, Ecology, Natural History, and Behaviour Fred Punzo This book covers many aspects of the biology of spiders including morphology, physiology, neurobiology, ecology, evolution, classification, natural history, and .... | 590 pages | EJ Brill Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 9004156631 | #164733A | £107.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 900415664X | #164734A | £52.00 BUY |
| 335 pages | Wako Yosho-Hanbai K.K 2006 | 4829901748 | #165229A | £42.00 BUY |
Die Tagfalter Bayerns und österreichs
C Stettmer et al Identification guide to the butterflies of Bavaria and Austria. Describes more than 200 species, and includes information on habitat and status. .... | 238 pages | 200 figs | ANL Pbk | 2006 | 393117588X | #164871A | £20.95 BUY |
Tapeworms of Elasmobranchs (Part II): A Monograph on the Diphyllidea (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) Gaines Albert Tyler This monograph is a synthesis of the diversity, systematics, host associations, and biogeography of the Diphyllidea. A thorough review of the literature resulted in the .... | 142 pages | Nebraska USM 2006 | #164762A | £26.95 BUY |
Ecology, Impact, and Management Sadasivan Nair Tropical Forest Insect Pests promotes a better theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics, and causes of forest insect outbreaks in the tropics. Covering .... | 61 line diagrams, 37 half-tones, 31 tables | CUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521873320 | #165191A | £65.00 BUY |
| Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
The Catalogue of Cretaceous Corals, Volume 3: List of Localities
H Löser et al The volume contains a list of all 2,735 localities from which Cretaceous corals were reported. Each locality is provided with data on the stratigraphy, lithostratigraphy, .... | 366 pages | CPress Verlag 2005 | 3931689115 | #164813A | £78.00 BUY |
Cretaceous Bryozoa from the Campanian and Maastrichtian of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, United States PD Taylor and FK McKinney | 346 pages | 141 plates | Leiden NM Pbk | 2006 | 9063910029 | #165006A | £89.00 BUY |
Late Neogene and Quaternary Biodiversity and Evolution Regional developments and interregional correlations Edited by Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke, Lutz Maul and Paul P Mazza Proceedings of the 18th International Senckenberg Conference (VI International Palaeontological Colloquium in Weimar). .... | 370 pages | 258 figures, 37 tables, 6 plates, 2 appendices | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2006 | 351061383X | #164481A | £78.00 BUY |
Proxies in Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography
Edited by C Hillaire-Marcel and Anne de Vernal The present volume is the first in a series of two books dedicated to the paleoceanography of the Late Cenozoic ocean. The need for an updated synthesis on .... | 875 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0444527559 | #164972A | £68.99 BUY |
Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate Edited by Ira D Sasowsky and John Mylroie Comprehensive volume providing case studies from around the world. It gives guidance on appropriate applications of techniques and outlines methods for deciphering complex .... | 322 pages | Illus, figs | Springer Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1402053266 | #164944A | £107.50 BUY |
Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America Paul S Martin As recently as 11,000 years ago--"near time" to geologists--mammoths, mastodons, gomphotheres, ground sloths, giant armadillos, native camels and horses, the dire wolf, .... | 250 pages | 17 b/w photos, 12 line illus | California UP Hbk | 2005 | 0520231414 | #154486A | £18.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520252438 | #165377A | £10.95 BUY |
| Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Annotated Bibliography on Extant Corals (1758-2002) Coral Research Bulletin Volume 8 H Hanske and H Loser The coral bibliography includes literature published between 1758 and 2002 on all aspects of extant corals (scleractinia as well as octocorallia and hydrozoa with a .... | 35 pages | CPress Verlag Pbk | 2006 | #164795A | £23.50 BUY |
The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss Edited by Clare Nouvain On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters-the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has .... | 256 pages | 220 col plates | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0226595668 | #165241A | £23.00 BUY |
Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon The Light and Smith Manual Edited by James T Carlton The Fourth Edition of The Light and Smith Manual continues a sixty-five-year tradition of providing to both students and professionals an indispensable, comprehensive, and .... | 1140 pages | 485 illus plates, 20 tabs | California UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520239393 | #165374A | £55.00 BUY |
From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas David Rains Wallace Neptune's Ark illuminates the dramatic saga of evolution spanning 500 million years of marine life along the magnificent Pacific coast of western North America. In an engaging .... | 304 pages | 25 line illus | California UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0520243226 | #165355A | £17.95 BUY |
The Northern Adriatic Ecosystem Deep Time in Shallow Water Frank K McKinney The northern Adriatic Sea is transient, depending on the stage of the glacial cycle. Its present iteration has only existed for a few thousand years, yet it hosts a range of .... | 320 pages | 47 halftones, 49 line drawings, 27 tabs | Columbia UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0231132425 | #165397A | £38.50 BUY |
Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium
Edited by RJ Anderson and JA Brodie "The Proceedings of the 18th International Seaweed Symposium" provides an invaluable reference to a wide range of fields in applied phycology. Papers cover topics as diverse .... | 474 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402056699 | #164982A | £92.50 BUY |
The Discovery, Ecology, and Conservation of the Deep Sea Julian Anthony Koslow For hundreds of years, both scientists and novices alike underestimated the enormous diversity and richness of life in the deep sea. Ancient philosopher Pliny, for instance, .... | 312 pages | 16 col plates, 75 halftones | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0226451259 | #165253A | £22.50 BUY |
| General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
A Life in Nature Linda Lear Beatrix Potter, the twentieth century's most beloved children's writer and illustrator, created books that will forever conjure nature for millions. Yet though she is a .... | 583 pages | colour illus | Allen Lane Hbk | 2007 | 0713995602 | #164656A | £25.00 BUY |
The Life of Frank Bickerton, Antarctic Pioneer Stephen Haddelsey The story of Frank Bickerton (1889-1954). This work follows him through his experiences, from his flying career in the First World War to his time in California, mixing with the .... | 256 pages | b&w photos | Sutton Publishing Hbk | 2005 | 0750940123 | #164644A | £22.95 BUY |
Stories of Botanical Exploration Richard Aitken The botanical riches of this book are twofold. This is firstly a book about plants themselves, and the story of their exploration, appreciation, introduction and .... | 256 pages | 300 colour illustrations | Lund Humphries Hbk | 2007 | 0853319553 | #165035A | £25.00 BUY |
Paracelus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science Philip Ball Called an enemy of the 16th century's medical establishment, Paracelsus attracted myths even before he died. Who was the man behind these stories? Ball exposes a more complex .... | 436 pages | b&w illus | Farrer, Straus & Giroux Hbk | 2006 | 0374229791 | #164824A | £18.50 BUY |
Social Impact and Interaction Michael S Reidy, Gary Kroll and Erik M Conway This comprehensive volume explores the intricate, mutually dependent relationship between science and exploration-how each has repeatedly built on the discoveries of the .... | 371 pages | ABC-Clio Hbk | | 1576079856 | #165299A | £52.50 BUY |
A Naturalist's Journey Through South and South-East Asia AJT Johnsingh As a young boy in south India, AJT Johnsingh avidly read Jim Corbett in Tamil translation: apart from the nail-biting adventure, Corbett's writing provided fine .... | 360 pages | Col & b\w photos | Universities Press,India Pbk | 2006 | 8173715521 | #164789A | £19.95 BUY |
Footprint's Ecuador & Galapagos Handbook
Daisy Kunstaeter and Robert Kunstaeter From the islands that inspired the theory of evolution, to a valley where people live forever; from the centre of the earth to the Avenue of the Volcanoes, Ecuador excites .... | 528 pages | col illus | Footprint Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1904777937 | #165352A | £14.99 BUY |
Footprint's South American Handbook
Ben Box Talking about the most exciting continent on earth, this title discusses the best of festivals, swimming with sea lions, and walking with dinosaurs. Get off the beaten .... | 1580 pages | Col illus | Footprint Pbk | 2006 | 1904777686 | #165333A | £19.99 BUY |
The Seventeenth-Century Scientists Who Unraveled the Secrets of Sex, Life, and Growth Matthew Cobb The story of the exciting, largely forgotten decade during the seventeenth century when a group of young scientists--Jan Swammerdam, the son of a Protestant apothecary, Nils .... | 333 pages | b&w illus | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Hbk | 2006 | 1596910364 | #164646A | £16.50 BUY |
Essays in the History and Philosophy of Artificial Life Edited by Jessica Riskin Since antiquity, philosophers and engineers have tried to take life's measure by reproducing it. Aiming to reenact Creation, at least in part, these experimenters have .... | 336 pages | 57 halftones, 10 line drawings | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0226720802 | #165275A | £41.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0226720810 | #165276A | £16.00 BUY |
The Human Animal in Western Art and Science
Martin Kemp From the lazy, fiddling grasshopper to the sneaky Big Bad Wolf, children's stories and fables enchant us with their portrayals of animals who act like people. But the .... | 320 pages | 187 halftones | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0226430332 | #165256A | £22.50 BUY |
The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance Mariana Gosnell More brittle than glass, at times stronger than steel, at other times flowing like molasses, ice covers 10 percent of the earth's land and 7 percent of its oceans. .... | 576 pages | 19 halftones, 33 line drawings | Chicago UP Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226304965 | #165283A | £11.50 BUY |
Edited by Frank HT Rhodes and Bruce Malamud Man's complex relationship to planet Earth is explored in this second edition of the landmark anthology edited by Frank Rhodes and Bruce Malamud. This volume provides a .... | 320 pages | 100 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1405160675 | #164577A | £19.99 BUY |
Leven en Werk van Georg Everhard Rumphius (1627-1702) En Natuurhistoricus in Dienst van de VOC W Buijze Biography of the Dutch botanist GE Rumphius (1628-1702). .... | 357 pages | b&w illus | Boekhandel Couvee Pbk | 2006 | 9080452750 | #164873A | £28.95 BUY |
Hebridean Wildlife and Landscape Sketchbook Philip Snow From the cliffs of the Butt of Lewis to the granite outpost of Ailsa Craig, Philip Snow has captured in his stunning watercolours the whole coastline of the Hebrides. His .... | 128 pages | Col and b/w illus | Brown and Whittaker Hbk | 2007 | 190435310X | #164718A | £25.00 BUY |
Mary Somerville and the World of Science
Allan Chapman Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win an international reputation entirely in her own right, .... | 160 pages | 12 illus | Canopus Publishing Limited Pbk | 2007 | 0954984625 | #165024A | £14.95 BUY |
Pascal Richet The quest to pinpoint the age of the Earth is nearly as old as humanity itself. For most of history, people trusted mythology or religion to provide the answer, even though .... | 400 pages | 12 line drawings, 12 halftones, 3 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226712877 | #165257A | £17.00 BUY |
Tales from a Life in the Field George B Schaller Since the 1950s, eminent field biologist George Schaller has roamed through many lands observing wild animals and conducting landmark long-term studies that have deepened our .... | 272 pages | 76 b/w photographs | Sierra Club Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1578051290 | #165315A | £15.95 BUY |
Optimisation Mechanics in Nature
Edited by MW Collins, DG Hunt and MA Atherton This book comprises a study of the two great organic solids in Nature, namely wood and bone. The common scientific laws which act in parallel for both natural and man-made .... | 176 pages | WIT Press Hbk | 2004 | 1853129461 | #164991A | £92.00 BUY |
Travels in China Roy Lancaster This book successfully combines a most enjoyable and detailed account of the well-known author's many journeys through China. First and foremost, Travels in China provides a .... | 520 pages | 800 col illus, 70 b/w illus | Antique Collectors Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1851495150 | #165437A | £35.00 BUY |
Alaska, Antarctica, Argentina, Iceland, New Zealand and Vanuatu Gurinder Punn This beautifully illustrated book presents mountains, glaciers, icebergs, rivers, lakes and volcanoes from around the globe, and describes how these inspiring geological .... | 124 pages | Troubador Hbk | 2006 | 1905886241 | #164834A | £22.95 BUY |
Or, Life on a Salt Marsh Tim Traver Tim Traver's Sippewissett forms an eloquent bridge between ecology and memory, science and art. Traver alternates between remembrances of the Cape Cod salt marsh where .... | 250 pages | drawings | Chelsea Green Hbk | 2006 | 1933392142 | #164645A | £14.95 BUY |
Accompanies the BBC 2 TV series Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King BBC TV's Springwatch is one of the most watched programmes on BBC2. Springwatch by Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King brings together the three presenters who take you .... | 256 pages | 250 colour illus | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0007247060 | #164749A | £17.99 BUY |
The Temptation of Flora: Jan van Huysum, 1682-1749
Sam Segal, Mariel Ellens and Joris Dik The Amsterdam artist Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) is one of the most important painters of fruit and flowers of all time. His work conveys unsurpassed craftsmanship, a deep .... | 384 pages | 80 col illus, 120 b/w illus | Waanders Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 9040083843 | #165440A | £49.00 BUY |
Kate Kelly Explains both the ordinary and the bizarre technological marvels that we take for granted and the laws of nature that serve as the baseline for life on earth. Beginning .... | 240 pages | Taylor Trade Pbk | 2006 | 1589792904 | #164901A | £9.99 BUY |
The Hidden Life of Vilhjalmur Stefansson Gisli Palsson Vilhjalmur Stefansson has long been known for his groundbreaking work as an anthropologist and expert on Arctic peoples. His three expeditions to the Canadian .... | 374 pages | b&w photos | New England UP Hbk | 2005 | 1584655100 | #164642A | £24.50 BUY |
Discovering the Color of Life Gotz Hoeppe Why the Sky Is Blue answers this ancient and surprisingly complex question in a more entertaining and accessible way than ever before. Gotz Hoeppe takes the reader on a .... | 368 pages | 27 col plates, 35 halftones, 76 line illus, 9 tabs | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0691124531 | #165380A | £18.95 BUY |
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A New History Michael Lewis This collected volume of original essays proposes to address the state of scholarship on the political, cultural, and intellectual history of Americans responses to wilderness .... | 304 pages | 7 halftones | OUP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0195174151 | #164726A | £60.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0195174143 | #164727A | £11.99 BUY |
British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment
Jan Golinski Enlightenment inquiries into the weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. British Weather and the Climate of .... | 272 pages | 20 halftones | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0226302059 | #165277A | £22.50 BUY |
Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao (Maya Studies)
DZ Chase, AF Chase and CL McNeil Brings together scholars in the fields of archaeology, history, art history, linguistics, epigraphy, botany, chemistry, and cultural anthropology to explore the .... | 512 pages | Tabs, b/w photos, illus | Florida University Presses Hbk | 2006 | 0813029538 | #164097A | £56.50 BUY |
Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Research Edited by Charles van Riper and David J Mattson The publication of The Colorado Plateau: Cultural, Biological, and Physical Research in 2004 marked a timely summation of current research in the Four Corners .... | 352 pages | Arizona UP Hbk | 2005 | 0816525269 | #164886A | £27.50 BUY |
The Fitful History of Wildlife and Tourists in Yellowstone Alice Biel It was a familiar sight at Yellowstone National Park: traffic backed up for miles as visitors fed bears from their cars. It may have been against the rules, but park .... | 200 pages | Photos | Kansas UP Hbk | 2006 | 070061432X | #164638A | £26.50 BUY |
Edited by Friedhelm Krupp | Karger Libri Hbk | 2006 | 3929907763 | #158215A | £108.00 BUY |
A Guide to the New Zealand Forest Janet Hunt and Rob Lucas Nature guide to the flora and fauna of New Zealand forests. .... | Random House Pbk | 2004 | 1869416554 | #164973A | £17.95 BUY |
The History of Life in New Zealand George Gibbs New Zealand is an extraordinary place, unique on Earth, and the remarkable story of how and why life evolved here is the subject of Ghosts of Gondwana. The science that traces .... | 250 pages | Potton Hbk | 2006 | 1877333484 | #164899A | £34.50 BUY |
Guia de los Mamiferos, Anfibios y Reptiles del Pirineo
Kees Woutersen Field guide to the mammals, amphibians and reptile sof the Pyrenees. .... | 168 pages | Pirineo 2005 | 8487997015 | #165002A | £23.95 BUY |
Insight Guide: Indian Wildlife
Edited by Samuel Israel and Tony Sinclair A comprehensive guidebook on Indian, Nepalese and Sri Lankan wildlife parks, sanctuaries and their inhabitants. Split into three parts, part one gives detailed descriptions of .... | 359 pages | Col photos, line illus, maps | Insight Guides Pbk | 2006 | 9812585443 | #162261A | £16.99 BUY |
A Human History of the Arctic World Robert McGhee The Arctic of towering icebergs and midnight sun, of flaming auroras and endless winter nights, has long provoked flights of the imagination. Now, in The Last Imaginary Place, .... | 296 pages | 37 halftones, 9 maps | Chicago UP Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226500896 | #165413A | £11.50 BUY |
Shaping an Ancient Countryside Edited by Sam Turner The countryside of Devon and Cornwall preserves an unusually rich legacy from its medieval past. This book explores the different elements which go to make up this .... | 224 pages | 20 col illus, 50 b/w illus | Windgather Press Pbk | 2006 | 1905119070 | #164931A | £19.99 BUY |
A Field Guide to Fauna of Greater Melbourne Museum Victoria The bushland, parks, gardens and waters of Greater Melbourne support an amazing diversity of animals, including many rare and endangered species. This book contains .... | 352 pages | Col photos | CSIRO Pbk | 2006 | 0643092544 | #164796A | £27.95 BUY |
Sahara: Tiere, Pflanzen and Spuren
V Schatanek and H Elkharassi Identification guide to the flora and fauna of the Sahara. Includes identification to 70 animal tracks. .... | 331 pages | colour photos | Kosmos Pbk | 2006 | 3440104494 | #164827A | £23.50 BUY |
An Environmental History Peter Boomgaard From Angkor Wat to Agent Orange, "Southeast Asia: An Environmental History" tells the story of some of the most dramatic effects humans have had on the natural and developed .... | 350 pages | ABC-Clio Hbk | 2006 | 1851094199 | #157888A | £59.50 BUY |
Speleological Expedition Gunung Lanno Malaysia Edited by Ernest Geyer et al This report describes the result of an expedition to one of the bigger limestone outcrops in the Kinta Valley north of Kuala Lumpur. Includes cave descriptions, maps, .... | 240 pages | 253 Figs, b\w photos, maps | Liz Price Hbk | 2005 | #164648A | £49.50 BUY |
A Sustainable Future for the Klamath Mountains James K Agee A compelling story of place, Steward's Fork explores northwest California's magnificent Klamath Mountains--a region that boasts a remarkable biodiversity, a terrain so rugged .... | 288 pages | 21 b/w photos, 18 line illus, 7 maps, 4 tabs | California UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520251253 | #165376A | £26.95 BUY |
Tiere und Pflanzen: Bach und See 140 Arten einfach bestimmen F Hecker and K Hecker Identification guide to flora and fauna commonly found at lakes, ponds and creeks in central Europe. .... | 96 pages | 200 colour photos | Kosmos Pbk | 2006 | 3440102165 | #164838A | £7.95 BUY |
Vegetatión del Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido (Sobrarbe, Pirineo Central Aragonés)
Jose Luis Benito Alonso | 421 pages | tables, maps | Consejo de Proteccion Aragon Pbk | 2005 | 8489862540 | #160758A | £22.50 BUY |
A Naturalist in the Northeast Joanna Burger Vestiges of ancient sand dunes and bogs from retreating glaciers, the Pine Barrens are among the most mysterious and fascinating parts of the eastern United States landscape. .... | 352 pages | drawings | Rutgers UP Hbk | 2006 | 0813538777 | #164868A | £31.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0813537940 | #164790A | £14.50 BUY |
Michael Bright In our minds the Caribbean is the embodiment of paradise - crystal blue waters, magical coral reefs and lush tropical forests. Yet behind its tranquil beauty, the Caribbean .... | BBC Video DVD | NYP 02/2007 | BBCDVD1998 | #164751A | £17.01 BUY |
25 Years in Animal Conservation in Africa Dick Pitman Tales from the bush mingle with poignant descriptions of the African landscape in this memoir of a British man who emigrated to Rhodesia in 1977 with a passion for wildlife .... | 320 pages | Summersdale Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1840245719 | #164905A | £7.99 BUY |
| Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 45: Rapeseed Breeding
Edited by Surinder Gupta Rapeseed is an important oilseed crop belonging to Crucifereae family and grown in subtropical to temperate climate. Recent discoveries have caused the scientific .... | 464 pages | 35 line illus | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0123740983 | #164882A | £100.00 BUY |
P Antonetti, E Brugel, F Kessler, JP Barbe and M Tort First flora to be published for the region since 1957 (l'Inventaire analytique de la flore d'Auvergne by Maurice Chassagne). Covers more than 3800 species, 1940 of which are .... | 984 pages | CBN du Massif Central Hbk | 2006 | 2952472203 | #165040A | £47.50 BUY |
Atlas de las Plantas Invasoras Aloctonas en Espana
MS Elorza and ED Sanchez Includes 123 invasive taxa, of the 937 alien plants recorded in Spain so far. Every taxon is covered by a data sheet. Preliminary and final chapters update information .... | 378 pages | Illus | OAPN 2005 | 8480145757 | #156940A | £44.00 BUY |
Atlas van de Flora van Vlaanderen en het Brussels Gewest
Edited by Wouter Van Landuyt et al Distribution atlas of the flora of Flanders. Contains 1417 species accounts with notes on ecology, regional and global distribution, population trends, abundance and .... | 978 pages | distribution maps, diagrams, colour photos | National BG Hbk | 2006 | 9072619684 | #165279A | £67.00 BUY |
Conocimiento Actual de la Flora y la Diversidad Vegetal del Estado de Guanajuato, Mexico
| Instituto de Ecologia Pbk | | #164379A | £9.50 BUY |
Contributions to Bryozoology: a Tribute to Ehrhard Voigt (1905-2004)
Edited by Joachim Scholz, Paul D Taylor and Norbert Vavra | 189 pages | 40 figures, 10 tables | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2006 | 3510613848 | #164480A | £44.00 BUY |
Current Taxonomic Research on the British & European Flora
Edited by JP Bailey and RG Ellis Proceedings of a conference held at the University of Leicester in 2003. .... | 156 pages | colour photos, illus | BSBI Pbk | 2006 | 0901158372 | #165030A | £18.00 BUY |
A Curator's Introduction to the Huntington Desert Garden Gary Lyons This year the Huntington celebrates the centennial of its spectacular desert garden, one of the largest such collections of cacti and other succulents in the world. Visitors to .... | 100 pages | 92 col illus | California UP Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0873282310 | #165378A | £15.95 BUY |
Designing California Native Gardens The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens Glenn Keator and Alrie Middlebrook Inspirational, practical, and easy to use, this book was created with the aim of conveying the awesome diversity and beauty of California's native plants and .... | 366 pages | 347 col illus, 17 line illus | California UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520239784 | #165365A | £41.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520251105 | #165366A | £17.95 BUY |
Especias Vegetales Protegidas en España: Plantas Vasculares
Juan Antonio Devesa Alcaras and Ana Ortega Olivencia Covers more than 2000 species. .... | 576 pages | OAPN 2004 | 8480145536 | #164999A | £34.50 BUY |
Field Guide to the New Zealand Orchids
Ian St George, Bruce Irwin and Dan Hatch Identification guide to 120 species. In the four years since the second edition of this guide there have been a number of taxonomic changes, new genera and species have been .... | 136 pages | NZ Native Orchid Group Pbk | 2005 | #164917A | £19.50 BUY |
Field Guide to the Rattans of Africa
Terry Sunderland Identification guide to all 22 species found in Africa, their ecology and distribution, and their sustainable management. .... | 96 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 184246180X | #164438A | £20.00 BUY |
(Flora of Cultivated Fields) Philippe Jauzein Truly innovative thanks to the quality and the precision of the illustrations, this French Flora constitutes a remarkable tool for the identification of more than 1200 .... | 898 pages | 92 col photos, 2000 illus, tabs | INRA Hbk | 1995 | 2738005942 | #061433A | £52.00 BUY |
How They Changed the World William C Burger The world would be a pretty drab place without flowers. Their bright cheery colours help make our natural environment a more delightful place to be. But flowers in all their .... | 210 pages | Prometheus Hbk | 2006 | 1591024072 | #164887A | £16.50 BUY |
A Photo Guide Gerhard Pils The first plant guide in colour for the whole area of the Turkish Republic. Covers 4153 species. .... | 448 pages | 408 Col plates | Gerhard Pils Hbk | 2006 | #164859A | £97.00 BUY |
Edited by Francisco Pugnaire and Fernando Valladares Following in the footsteps of the successful first edition, "Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition" continues to offer the latest findings and research breakthroughs in .... | 640 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 084937488X | #165096A | £92.00 BUY |
Horticulture in Pakistan Khan | 365 pages | 79 colour plates and 14 sketches | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195471466 | #164635A | £17.99 BUY |
Jill Cowley Roscoeas, native to the Himalayas, Burma and China, are striking orchid-like hardy gingers. All twenty known species are described in detail - their structure, form, .... | 240 pages | Kew RBG Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1842461346 | #164437A | £35.00 BUY |
The Giant Sequoia of the Sierra Nevada
Richard Hartesveldt Presents an account of Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) Buchh., known popularly as the giant sequoia, big tree, or Sierra redwood. .... | 196 pages | Pacific UP Pbk | 2005 | 1410223000 | #165321A | £27.50 BUY |
Carol Klein Complementing and building upon the information covered in the TV series of the same name, this book provides the practical know-how to get growing your own vegetables. It .... | 224 pages | 600 colour photos | Mitchell Beazley Hbk | 2007 | 1845332938 | #165239A | £16.99 BUY |
Guía Etnobotánica de los Alimentos Locales Recolectados en la Provincia de Albacete
Edited by D Rivera et al | 470 pages | Inst Est Albacetenses Pbk | 2006 | 8495394928 | #165065A | £22.95 BUY |
Part 2: The Humid Chaco Ingrid Roth and Ana-Maria Gimenez | 204 pages | 27 figures, 24 tables | Gebrder Borntraeger Hbk | 2006 | 3443140289 | #164888A | £76.00 BUY |
Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Prehistory, Linguistics, Biogeography, Domestication, and Evolution of Maize Edited by John Staller, Robert Tykot and Bruce Benz Maize has been described as a primary catalyst to complex sociocultural development in the Americas. State of the art research on maize chronology, molecular biology, and .... | 704 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2006 | 0123693640 | #164884A | £94.99 BUY |
ISTA Handbook on Flower Seed Testing
Edited by Zita Ripka This handbook is a new project of ISTA to collect the special knowledge in laboratory seed testing of flower seeds. It contains comprehensive laboratory seed testing methods .... | ISTA Ringbound | NYP 04/2007 | 3906549453 | #164945A | £199.00 BUY |
ISTA Handbook on Seedling Evaluation
Edited by R Don This handbook is a most valuable guide for seed analysts the world over. Although the International Rules for Seed Testing define normal and abnormal seedlings in .... | ISTA Ringbound | 2006 | 3906549399 | #164946A | £199.00 BUY |
International Rules for Seed Testing Edition 2007 International Seed Testing Association The 'International Rules for Seed Testing' are ISTA's primary instrument to promote uniformity in seed testing. The ISTA Rules have 17 sections that provide definitions and .... | Tabs | ISTA Ringbound | 2006 | 3906549380 | #164939A | £293.00 BUY |
A Natural History of the Backyard Restoration Garden Judith Larner Lowry Elegantly organized by season, this lyrical yet practical guide to backyard restoration gardening celebrates the beauty, the challenges, and the rewards of growing native .... | 316 pages | 20 col illus, 6 b/w photos, 6 line illus | California UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0520241649 | #165360A | £38.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0520249569 | #165576A | £15.95 BUY |
Virginia McNaughton Covers the cultivation, propagation, morphology, pests and diseases, class and description of a variety of lavenders grown around the world. .... | 180 pages | Col photos | Garden Art Press Hbk | 2000 | 1870673360 | #113625A | £19.95 BUY |
How the Mediterranean Came to the English Garden Stephen Harris The publishing of the Flora Graeca was a landmark event in 1830. Only 25 copies were published, due to the book's size of 10 double folio volumes and its numerous .... | 200 pages | 100 col plates | Bodleian Library Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1851243062 | #165422A | £38.00 BUY |
Lydia White and Peter Gasson Identification guide to the wood of the true mahogany Swietenia and other timbers known as 'mahogany'. Full wood anatomical descriptions with microscopic and macroscopic .... | 120 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1842461710 | #164445A | £20.00 BUY |
Lessons from the Field Thomas J Stohlgren Most textbooks on measuring terrestrial vegetation have focused on the characteristics of biomass, cover, and the density or frequency of dominant life forms (trees, shrubs, .... | 416 pages | 120 line illustrations | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0195172337 | #159158A | £38.99 BUY |
The Mosses and Liverworts of Brecknock
R Woods The first study to cover the bryophytes of the area of Watsonian vice-county 42, Brecknock (now mostly Powys). The study describes what is known of the distribution of .... | 134 pages | B/w and col photos, maps | Mr R G Woods Pbk | | 0954765915 | #162132A | £7.50 BUY |
Ophrys: a Guide to the Bee Orchids of Europe
Henrik Aerenlund and Niels Faurhodt Comprehensive introduction to the genus Ophrys. .... | 256 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1842461524 | #164444A | £30.00 BUY |
A Guide to the Native Orchids of Iowa Bill Witt Along with colour photographs of all thirty-two species, this laminated folded chart includes common and scientific names, habitat (prairie, woodland, wetland) and .... | 32 Full col photos | Iowa UP Unbound | 2006 | 1587294990 | #165116A | £6.50 BUY |
Johan Hermans, Clare Hermans, Phillip Cribb, Jean Bosser and David Du Puy New edition of the now classic work, with greatly increased number of colour photographs and updated bibliography. .... | 400 pages | Col plates | Kew RBG Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1842461338 | #153808A | £75.00 BUY |
V Ravnik Lists 76 species and subspecies of wild orchids growing in Slovenia, and classifies them into 27 genera. .... | Col photos, maps | Tehni ka zalo ba Slovenije 2002 | #165054A | £49.95 BUY |
Allan Shepherd The Organic Garden will redefine what it means to be an organic gardener. Not simply a manual of organic practice, it will also be a starting point for ethical .... | 256 pages | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0007241429 | #164746A | £17.99 BUY |
Photoguide for the Forest Trees of Ghana A tree-spotter's field guide for identifying the largest trees William Hawthorne and Ntim Gyakari A field guide to the larger trees that occur in Ghanaian forests. It is based on photographs and drawings and is designed to minimise the need for reading complicated .... | 432 pages | colour photos, line drawings | OFI Pbk | 2006 | 0850741645 | #165223A | £20.00 BUY |
New Zealand Wildflowers Peter Johnson Illustrated with over 260 colour photographs, an index, map, flowering times, and common and botanical names. .... | 184 pages | colour photos | Longacre Press Pbk | 2004 | 1877135062 | #164969A | £17.50 BUY |
Reishin Ikehata Photo identification guide to ferns. .... | 151 pages | colour photos | Tombow Shuppan Pbk | 2006 | 4887161549 | #164070A | £37.50 BUY |
Edited by Anthony Yeo and Tim Flowers This book provides a broad overview of solute transport in plants. It first determines what solutes are present in plants and what roles they play. The physical bases of ion .... | 416 pages | 48 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1405139951 | #164625A | £99.50 BUY |
Edited by S Baginsky and AR Fernie Systems biology represents the integration and application of various technologies that share a common goal of measuring globally the properties of a specific biological .... | Birkhauser Hbk | 2006 | 3764372613 | #157715A | £99.00 BUY |
Catalogo de Nombres Comunes Martin R de la Peña and Jose F Pensiero Checklist of the Argentine flora: 9019 common names (Spanish) for the 2966 scientific names. Some species of economic importance have also been included. .... | 374 pages | LOLA Pbk | 2004 | 9509725633 | #160075A | £17.95 BUY |
Plantes des Rizières de Camargue
P Marnotte, A Carrara, E Dominati and F Girardot Camargue is an alluvial plain covering almost 150 000 hectares. It has been developed since ancient times, and is now a patchwork of particularly diverse, interlocking .... | 252 pages | CIRAD 2006 | 2876146215 | #165117A | £19.95 BUY |
Andrew McIndoe and Rosalind McIndoe This book approaches the subject from three user-friendly angles: which trees are best for foliage and colour; what each offers at different times of year; and which do best .... | 160 pages | David & Charles Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0715323059 | #165409A | £14.99 BUY |
Amanda Beales Profiles both old and new varieties of all different types - approximately 1,000 different roses. Arranged in alphabetical order within their family groups, the majority .... | 240 pages | Crowood Press Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1861268459 | #163540A | £19.95 BUY |
Attila Borhidi This book is the first complete monograph of the Rubiaceae family in Mexico. It contains descriptions and identification keys for 103 genera and over 600 taxa including 585 .... | 512 pages | line drawings | Akademiai Kiado Hbk | 2006 | 9630582651 | #164875A | £55.00 BUY |
The Southern African Plectranthus The Art of Turning Shade to Glade Ernst van Jaarsveld and Vicki Thomas This comprehensive book on these beautiful plants, commonly known as spurflowers, is the result of information gathered over the past 30 years by botanical author Ernst van .... | 176 pages | 60 plates and 105 colour photos | Fernwood Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1874950806 | #163581A | £30.00 BUY |
The Species of Rhododendron in Japan
Makoto Togashi and Yoai Ota 54 species are described with colour photos, distribution maps, fine line drawings and stunning colour illustrations by Y Ohta. .... | 270 pages | colour photos, drawings | Seibundoe Shinkousha Hbk | 2005 | 4416405030 | #164068A | £299.00 BUY |
An Ecological Perspective Edited by Malcolm J Hawkesford and Luit J De Kok Recently, substantial advances have been made in our understanding of the physiology and biochemistry of sulfur acquisition and assimilation and subsequent fate of sulfur pools .... | 265 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1402058861 | #165018A | £65.50 BUY |
Surveying and Report Writing for Lichenologists Guidelines for surveyors, consultants and commissioning agencies David J Hill Guidelines; four main chapters are: *Commissioning Surveys (Tenders and Contracts) .... | British Lichen Society Pbk | 2006 | 0954041879 | #165390A | £18.50 BUY |
Terrestrial Vegetation of California
Edited by Michael G Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf and Allan A Schoenherr This thoroughly revised, entirely rewritten edition of what is the essential reference on California's diverse and ever-changing vegetation now brings readers the most .... | 712 pages | 53 b/w photographs, 60 line illustrations, 32 maps, 139 tables | California UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0520249550 | #165174A | £48.95 BUY |
Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age Anne Goldgar In the 1630s the Netherlands was gripped by tulipmania: a speculative fever unprecedented in scale and, as popular history would have it, folly. We all know the .... | 400 pages | 13 col plates, 69 halftones, 3 line drawings | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0226301257 | #165254A | £17.00 BUY |
S Carrington First published over ten years ago, this fully revised and updated edition now includes several plant species previously unrecorded for Barbados. This book aims to enable the .... | 352 pages | Col photos | Macmillan Caribbean Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1405094079 | #164876A | £8.25 BUY |
Wurzelatlas mitteleuropäischer Waldbäume und Sträucher
Lore Kutschera and Erwin Lichtenegger Identification guide to the roots of 78 central European trees and shrubs. .... | 460 pages | 188 drawings, 1200 colour photos | Stocker Pbk | 2002 | 3702009280 | #164879A | £145.00 BUY |
| Animal & General Biology | Go to subject web page |
Anaesthetic and Sedative Techniques for Aquatic Animals
Lindsay Ross and Barbara Ross Draws together, in a practical and accessible form, the available information on anaesthesia and sedation of fish, amphibians and reptiles. Temperate and tropical .... | 236 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | Blackwell Science Hbk | 1999 | 063205252X | #090556A | £49.50 BUY Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1405149388 | #164631A | £65.00 BUY |
Building and the Evolution of Intelligence James L Gould and Carol Grant Gould Examines animal architecture across a range of species, from those whose blueprints are largely innate (such as spiders and their webs) to those whose challenging structures .... | 272 pages | b&w illus | Basic Books Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0465027822 | #165199A | £15.99 BUY |
Behavior and Nervous System of Aquatic Animals 7th Symposium, Kanagawa, Japan, August 2005 Edited by Naoyuki Yamamoto et al Aquatic animals employ different sensory modalities to extract information from their environment and have developed various specialized behavior patterns to adapt to their .... | 92 pages | 43 figues | Karger Pbk | 2007 | 3805581904 | #165316A | £18.95 BUY |
A Computer Scientist's Guide to Cell Biology
W Cohen This book is designed specifically as a guide for Computer Scientists needing an introduction to Cell Biology. The text explores three different facets of biology: .... | 120 pages | 20 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 038748275X | #164934A | £19.00 BUY |
The Nature of Parasite-Host Relations Elling Ulvestad Defending Life discusses the relationship between hosts and parasites. A major contention of the book is that the immune system depends ontologically on the ecosystem .... | 360 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1402056753 | #164932A | £111.50 BUY |
Investigation and Management Gary A Wobeser Gary Wobeser's successful book from 1994 ("Investigation and Management of Disease in Wild Animals") has been completely updated and enlarged in a new second edition. An .... | 430 pages | 17 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 3540489746 | #164986A | £130.50 BUY |
Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates
Edited by J Merrick, M Archer, G Hickey and M Lee Provides a comprehensive overview of the knowledge of vertebrate diversity within Australasia, together with discussion of the factors that influenced the evolution and .... | 942 pages | line diagrams, 100 colour plates | Auscipub Hbk | 2006 | 097577901X | #164345A | £149.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0975779001 | #164346A | £118.00 BUY |
Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories
Marty Crump and Alan Crump Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories celebrates the extraordinary world of animals with essays on curious creatures and their amazing .... | 207 pages | 108 line drawings, 1 table | Chicago UP Hbk | 2006 | 0226121992 | #154531A | £16.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0226122026 | #165284A | £9.00 BUY |
Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds
Edited by Nancy J Thomas, D Bruce Hunter and Carter T Atkinson Free-living birds encounter multiple health hazards brought on by viruses, bacteria, and fungi, some which in turn can significantly impact other animal populations and human .... | 544 pages | 73 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0813828120 | #164622A | £49.99 BUY |
Mechanisms in Transcriptional Regulation
Albert Courey Mechanisms in Transcriptional Regulation provides a concise discussion of the fundamental concepts in transcription and its regulation. It covers RNA polymerases, .... | 300 pages | 62 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1405103701 | #164602A | £34.99 BUY |
Methods for General and Molecular Bacteriology
Edited by CA Reddy, T Beveridge, J Breznak, G Marzluf, T Schmidt and L Snyder Long-awaited revision of the classic manual, covering all of the immense impacts molecular biology has had on bacteriology over the past decade. .... | 1000 pages | Illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1555812236 | #164611A | £100.00 BUY |
Molecular Genetics of Bacteria
Larry Snyder and Wendy Champness Advanced level textbook for students of molecular biology and biochemistry. .... | 504 pages | Figs, tabs | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1555813992 | #164608A | £74.00 BUY |
Michael Conover By presenting an abundance of scientific evidence on olfaction and olfactory concealment theory throughout the text, "Predator-Prey Dynamics" reshapes the way that scientists .... | 224 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0849392705 | #165097A | £49.99 BUY |
Principles of Protein X-Ray Crystallography
Jan Drenth X-ray crystallography has long been a vital method for studying the structure of proteins and other macromolecules. As the importance of proteins continues to grow, in .... | 332 pages | 159 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 0387333347 | #164920A | £54.00 BUY |
Philosophical Foundations Edited by Fred Booegard and HV Westerhoff Systems biology is a vigorous and expanding discipline, in many ways a successor to genomics and perhaps unprecendented in its combination of biology with a great many .... | 300 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0444520856 | #164960A | £68.99 BUY |
| Evolutionary Biology | Go to subject web page |
D Young The Discovery of Evolution explains what the theory of evolution is all about by providing a historical narrative of discovery. Some of the major puzzles that confront .... | 256 pages | 16 colour plates, 10 halftones, 30 line illus | CUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521868033 | #165194A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521687462 | #165195A | £25.99 BUY |
Evolution's 500 Year War on Intelligent Design Steve Fuller Intelligent Design Theory (IDT) has driven science for 500 years. It was responsible for the 17th century's Scientific Revolution and helped build modern histories of physics, .... | 192 pages | Icon Books Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1840468041 | #162153A | £9.99 BUY |
The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered Edited by Bruce H Weber and David J Depew Contains essays on the contributions to historical and contemporary evolutionary theory of the Baldwin effect, which postulates the effects of learned behaviors on evolutionary .... | 352 pages | Figs | MIT Press Hbk | 2003 | 0262232294 | #143441A | £32.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0262731819 | #164225A | £15.95 BUY |
The First Steps of Animal Domestication New Archaeozoological Approaches Edited by JD Vigne, J Peters and D Helmer The domestication of animals was perhaps one of the most important developments in human history. It is a phenomenon that has transformed human life over the last 15,000 years, .... | 176 pages | diagrams | Oxbow Hbk | 2005 | 1842171216 | #164788A | £52.00 BUY |
John F Hoffecker and Scott A Elias Roughly 25,000 years ago sea level fell almost 400 feet below its present position, exposing a vast plain between Northeast Asia and Alaska. Across that plain, most likely, .... | 352 pages | 79 figs, 11 tabs | Columbia UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0231130600 | #165396A | £29.00 BUY |
DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution Sean B Carroll The geneticist and author of Endless Forms Most Beautiful discusses the role of DNA in the evolution of life on Earth, explaining how an analysis of DNA reveals a .... | 301 pages | b&w illus, colour plates | Norton Hbk | 2006 | 0393061639 | #164783A | £18.95 BUY |
Mathematical Models of Social Evolution A Guide for the Perplexed Richard McElreath and Robert Boyd Over the last several decades, mathematical models have become central to the study of social evolution, both in biology and the social sciences. But students in these .... | 432 pages | 55 line drawings, 99 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226558266 | #165278A | £39.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226558274 | #165280A | £16.00 BUY |
The Best and Worst of Human Nature Frans De Waal We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy, and morality by .... | 300 pages | Granta Hbk | 2005 | 1862077959 | #154286A | £17.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1862078823 | #165014A | £9.99 BUY |
New Mathematical and Computational Advances Edited by Olivier Gascuel and Mike Steel Evolution is a complex process, acting at multiple scales, from DNA sequences and proteins to populations of species. Understanding and reconstructing evolution is of .... | 304 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0199208220 | #164787A | £39.50 BUY |
Risk Management in a Hazardous Environment A Comparative Study of two Pastoral Societies Michael Bollig A research focus on hazards, risk perception and risk minimizing strategies is relatively new in the social and environmental sciences. This volume by a prominent .... | 324 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 0387275819 | #164769A | £80.50 BUY |
The Archaeology of Subsistence Intensification, Innovation, and Change Edited by Tina L Thurston and Christopher T Fisher Subsistence intensification, innovation and change have long figured prominently in explanations for the development of social complexity among foragers and .... | 274 pages | 46 illus | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 0387327614 | #164771A | £59.00 BUY |
Evolutionary Studies of Sexual Size Dimorphism Edited by Daphne J Fairbairn, Wolf U Blanckenhorn and Tamás Székely Investigates the genetic, developmental, and physiological basis of sexual size dimorphism found within and among the major taxonomic groups of animals. Carefully .... | 360 pages | 81 illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0199208786 | #164545A | £55.00 BUY |
| Ecology | Go to subject web page |
The Evolution of a Social Mind Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarth In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, "He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke." Fifteen years ago, following the extraordinary success .... | 304 pages | 50 halftones, 1 line drawing | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0226102432 | #165252A | £16.00 BUY |
Essays on Ecology S Rowe and D Kerr A collection of thought-provoking essays. .... | 256 pages | NeWest Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1897126034 | #164854A | £13.99 BUY |
Scott Forbes Why do baby sharks, hyenas, and pelicans kill their siblings? Why do beetles and mice commit infanticide? Why are twins and birth defects more common in older human mothers? .... | 231 pages | 18 line illus | Princeton UP Hbk | 2005 | 0691094829 | #152213A | £18.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0691130353 | #165394A | £12.50 BUY |
Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology Methods and Applications Edited by Jianguo Wu and K Bruce Jones Primarily, the book draws together a series of important case studies to provide a comprehensive review and synthesis of the most recent concepts, theories and methods in .... | 531 pages | Springer Pbk | 2006 | 1402046642 | #164987A | £30.50 BUY |
Temporal Dimensions of Landscape Ecology Wildlife Responses to Variable Resources Edited by John A Bissonette and Ilse Storch Over the past twenty-five years, the effects of the spatial distribution and scaling of resources on animal populations have been increasingly studied in wildlife biology, .... | 320 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0387454446 | #164977A | £70.50 BUY |
| Habitats & Ecosystems | Go to subject web page |
Almwirtschaft und Biodiversität Wolfgang Holzner Describes the flora, fauna and biodiversity of the alpine meadows that have been used for cattle grazing in Austria for centuries. .... | 300 pages | b&w illus | Boehlau Verlag Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 3205774493 | #165025A | £32.00 BUY |
The Erosion of Civilizations David R Montgomery An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea .... | 296 pages | 10 b/w photographs, 13 line illustrations, 5 maps | California UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0520248708 | #165175A | £15.95 BUY |
Interpreting Soil Test Results
Pam Hazelton and Brian L Murphy This book provides practical, clear and readily accessible guidelines for the general understanding and interpretation of soil test results. It covers results related to a .... | 160 pages | CSIRO Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0643092250 | #164775A | £31.50 BUY |
Land Accounts for Europe 1990-2000
EEA Changes in land cover in Europe reflect modifications in the uses of land, which often compete for the same resource: development of artificial surfaces for housing, transport .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 9291678880 | #165313A | £10.00 BUY |
A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners James B Nardi Leonardo da Vinci once mused that "we know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot," an observation that is as apt today as it was five .... | 336 pages | 69 col plates, 229 halftones, 2 line drawings | Chicago UP Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226568520 | #165240A | £15.00 BUY |
Mangroves and Sediment Dynamics Along the Coasts of Southern Thailand
U Thampanya Mangroves inhabit tropical coastlines and are particularly abundant along deltas and bays where rivers bring freshwater and sediment to the sea. This habitat witnesses great .... | 116 pages | Taylor & Francis Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0415384869 | #165108A | £39.00 BUY |
A Scientific American Reader Edited by Scientific American Covering nearly three-quarters of our planet, the world's oceans are a vast and unique ecosystem from which all life on Earth originated. But each year the marine realm is .... | 320 pages | 64 halftones | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226740927 | #165258A | £35.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226742628 | #165259A | £14.50 BUY |
Our Forest, Your Ecosystem, their Timber Communities, Conservation, and the State in Community-Based Forest Management Nicholas K Menzies Community-based forest management (CBFM) has become an essential component of any comprehensive approach to forest management that seeks to address the conflicting claims .... | 320 pages | 10 illus | Columbia UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0231136927 | #165400A | £32.50 BUY |
Properties and Management of Drylands
FAO This DVD contains an information base of more than 1 000 selected documents, articles, hyperlinks, maps, statistics, photos and data sets relevant to drylands. The content .... | FAO DVD-ROM | 2006 | 925105522X | #165143A | £27.95 BUY |
A Rapid Biological Assessment of Three Classified Forests in Southeastern Guinea
Edited by HE Wright, J McCullough, L Alonso and MS Diallo This report presents the biological results and conservation recommendations of a 2003 expedition into the forests of southeast Guinea, whose plant and animal species have .... | 248 pages | Conservation International Pbk | 2007 | 1881173488 | #165426A | £13.00 BUY |
Edited by J Kimble, C Rice, D Reed, S Mooney, R Follett and L Ratton "Soil Carbon Management" highlights the significant economic, environmental, and societal benefits that result from land management practices that maintain or increase .... | 320 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1420044079 | #165099A | £74.99 BUY |
Sustainable Urban Development, Volume 2 The Environmental Assessment Methods Edited by Mark Deakin, Gordon Mitchell, Peter Nijkamp and Ron Vreeker In this book, the second of a three-volume series, leading authorities on the methodology of environmental assessment provide a unique insight into questions of .... | 464 pages | 60 tabs | Routledge Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0415322162 | #165042A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0415322170 | #165043A | £32.00 BUY |
Transforming Parks and Protected Areas Management and Governance in a Changing World Edited by Kevin Stuart Hanna, D Scott Slocombe and Douglas Andrew Clark Worldwide, the protection of natural and heritage resources through protected areas is increasingly based on applying ecological principles, and the concept of ecosystem-based .... | 240 pages | 10 tabs, 30 halftones | Routledge Hbk | 2006 | 0415374235 | #165081A | £50.00 BUY |
Tropical Forest Community Ecology
Edited by Walter Carson and Stefan Schnitzer Containing contributions from some of the world's leading tropical ecologists this book provides a summary of the key issues in the discipline of tropical ecology. Covers .... | 400 pages | 120 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1405118970 | #164599A | £34.99 BUY |
The ignored challenge EEA The growth of cities in Europe has historically been driven by increasing urban populations. However, today, even where there is little or no population pressure, a .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 9291678872 | #165312A | £10.00 BUY |
Edited by Stephen F Greb and William A DiMichele The importance of wetlands in the global ecology is undisputed. This is not only true of present wetlands, but has been true of wetlands for at least the last 400 million years. .... | 304 pages | GSA 2006 | 081372399X | #164861A | £79.00 BUY |
Principles for Managing Vertebrate Pests Jim Hone Vertebrate pests cause problems in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, to human and animal health and safety and to human recreation. The types of wildlife damage are many .... | 192 pages | CSIRO Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0643069593 | #164774A | £46.95 BUY |
Founding, Preservation, and the Politics of Place Peter Cannavo In America today we see rampant development, unsustainable resource exploitation, and commodification ruin both natural and built landscapes, disconnecting us from our .... | 416 pages | MIT Press Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 026203364X | #164232A | £42.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0262532921 | #164904A | £16.95 BUY |
| Conservation & Biodiversity | Go to subject web page |
Edited by CA Lasso, JC Senaris, LE Alonso and AL Flores | 242 pages | Conservation International Pbk | 2006 | 1881173461 | #165219A | £13.00 BUY |
Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors Phillip T Robinson Since the early days of traveling menageries and staged attractions that included animal acts, balloon ascents, and pyrotechnic displays, zoos have come a long way. The .... | 293 pages | 58 illus | Columbia UP Hbk | 2004 | 0231132484 | #147912A | £19.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0231132492 | #165401A | £11.95 BUY |
A Rapid Biological Assessment of Boke Prefecture, Northwest Guinea
Edited by HE Wright, J McCullough and MS Diallo This publication presents the results of a 2005 biological expedition led by the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science to the Boke Prefecture of Guinea, located along the .... | 192 pages | Conservation International Pbk | 2007 | 188117378X | #165428A | £13.00 BUY |
A Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of the Abrolhos Bank, Bahia, Brazil
Edited by GF Dutra, GR Allen, T Werner and SA McKenna This volume presents the results of a marine biological assessment in the shallow waters of the northern Abrolhos Bank, located off the southern coast of Bahia in Brazil, a .... | 162 pages | Conservation International Pbk | 2007 | 1881173941 | #165429A | £13.00 BUY |
Transfrontier Conservation in Africa At the Confluence of Capital, Politics and Nature M Ramutsindela Transfrontier conservation is a global concept, which encompasses the protection of biodiversity spanning the borders of two or more countries in ways that support local .... | 192 pages | CABI Hbk | 2007 | 1845932218 | #165238A | £55.00 BUY |
| Environmental Science | Go to subject web page |
Emissions Trading for Climate Policy OECD - IEA Climate policy raises a number of challenges for the energy sector, the most significant being the transition from a high to a low-CO2 energy path in a few decades. .... | 234 pages | OECD Pbk | 2005 | 9264109536 | #165110A | £51.00 BUY |
Water Climate and Environmental Change in Asia Edited by WMO The situation in and around the Aral Sea is one of the worst human-made environmental crises of the 20th century. This book reveals the history behind this slow-onset, .... | 196 pages | WMO Pbk | 2005 | 9263109826 | #164956A | £14.95 BUY |
Meteorologists and the Culture of Prediction Gary Alan Fine Whether it is used as an icebreaker in conversation or as the subject of serious inquiry, "the weather" is one of the few subjects that everyone talks about. And though .... | 280 pages | 3 halftones, 1 map | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0226249522 | #165262A | £25.00 BUY |
James Greig McCully Comprehensive, easily readable explanation of the tides on earth that is both simple enough for students and solid enough for their professors. .... | 304 pages | World Scientific Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 9812566430 | #165079A | £43.00 BUY |
Biomonitoring Methods for Assessing the Impacts of Nitrogen Pollution Refinement and Testing ID Leith et al This report describes a two-part field study, which applied bioindicator methods in parallel. Firstly, methods were applied to 4 key 'intensive' UK sites with contrasting .... | 290 pages | diagrams | JNCC Pbk | 2005 | #164490A | £20.00 BUY |
The Financial Implications of Climate Change Sonia Labatt and Rodney R White Examining the relationship between climate change and carbon finance, this book helps readers understand the metrics of carbon cycle change. It also discusses risk transfer .... | 288 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0471794678 | #165162A | £55.00 BUY |
Edited by Michael Bothe and Eckard Rehbinder This book presents the research results of an interdisciplinary study on climate change policies by the Enforcing Environmental Policy (EEP) Network, a project supported by the .... | 450 pages | Eleven Hbk | 2005 | 9077596054 | #164091A | £88.00 BUY |
Climate Change Politics in Europe Germany and the International Relations of the Environment Lyn Jaggard In the 21st century, the climate change debate is increasingly moving up the agenda. In this topical book, Lyn Jaggard evaluates the role of ideas in the evolution of the .... | Tauris Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1845114094 | #165288A | £47.50 BUY |
Climate Knowledge for Adaptation and Sustainable Development
Edited by WMO Applications of climate to health, safety, tourism and urban life. .... | 16 pages | WMO Pbk | 2006 | 926310994X | #164951A | £9.95 BUY |
Edited by WMO This brochure which WMO produced especially for COP-7 of UNCCD, highlights the importance of different climatic factors that contribute to land degradation around the .... | 32 pages | WMO Pbk | 2005 | 9263109893 | #164953A | £19.50 BUY |
Calculate your carbon footprint Mark Lynas Measure Your own Carbon Footprint covering all aspects of your life from your food shopping to your work, holidays and clothes. Starting with your home gas and electricity .... | 208 pages | tables | Harper Collins Pbk | 2007 | 0007248121 | #165158A | £4.99 BUY |
Edited by AG Kungolos, CA Brebbia, CP Samaras and V Popov This book addresses the need for the exchange of scientific information among experts on issues related to environmental toxicology, toxicity assessment and hazardous waste .... | 384 pages | WIT Press Hbk | 2006 | 1845640454 | #164992A | £164.00 BUY |
Evaluation and Prevention of Natural Risks
Edited by S Campus, S Barbero, S Bovo and F Forlati The assessment and prevention of risks inherent to natural phenomena is of topical interest to the scientific community and other authorities dealing with territorial .... | 260 pages | 120 col illus, 10 tabs, 10 line drawings | Taylor & Francis Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0415413869 | #165082A | £70.00 BUY |
Everything You Didn't Want to Know About Climate Change But Probably Should Find Out... Kate Evans From one of Britain's most talented young comic artists, here is a scathingly humorous, and thoroughly researched, exploration of climate change through the eyes of a stroppy .... | 96 pages | illus | Myriad Pbk | 2006 | 0954930932 | #165164A | £6.99 BUY |
Climate Change and the End of Humanity PH Liotta and Allan Shearer In February 2004, a Pentagon report on climate change and its implication for national security received extraordinary attention and publicity. Public attention, however, .... | 208 pages | Praeger Hbk | 2006 | 0275987973 | #165113A | £27.95 BUY |
Geotechnical and Environmental Aspects of Waste Disposal Sites Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Geotechnics Related to the Environment - GREEN 4 Edited by RW Sarsby and AJ Felton Despite the importance of preserving the environment in our developing world, activity involving the extraction of natural resources and the disposal of waste continues to .... | 391 pages | Taylor & Francis Hbk | 2006 | 0415425956 | #165083A | £99.00 BUY |
Origins, Simulation and Impacts on Ships and Platforms Soeren P Kjeldsen The author describes the establishment of a world data bank related to ship accidents caused by freak and rogue waves, from which it has been learned that many of these .... | 260 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 3540027785 | #164924A | £100.00 BUY |
Greenhouse Gas Emission Trends and Projections in Europe 2006
EEA The latest projections from pre-2004 EU Member States (EU-15) show that greenhouse gas emissions could be brought down to 8.0 % below 1990 levels by 2010. If all existing and .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 9291678856 | #165311A | £10.00 BUY |
The Handbook of Water Analysis
Edited by Leo ML Nollet "Handbook of Water Analysis" provides an up-to-date and complete overview of the theory and practice of water analysis. This second edition features four new chapters on .... | 616 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0849370337 | #165106A | £155.00 BUY |
Al Gore A movie based on a PowerPoint presentation by a former presidential candidate may not sound exciting, but once An Inconvenient Truth hits its stride viewers may be .... | running time: 93 minutes | Paramount Home Entertainment DVD | 2006 | #162526A | £19.99 BUY |
Landscape Restoration Design Handbook
Robert L France Featuring contributions from experts drawn from a wide range of disciplines, this book discusses the remediation of degraded environments such as industrial landfills, mining .... | 368 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0849391881 | #165086A | £79.99 BUY |
How Nature Will Take Her Revenge for Climate Change Fred Pearce Nature is fragile, environmentalists tell us. The truth is far more worrying. She is strong and packs a serious counter-punch. And, it could be on the way. This is the story .... | 400 pages | - | Eden Project Books Pbk | 2006 | 1903919878 | #158787A | £12.99 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 1903919886 | #164724A | £8.99 BUY |
Concepts in Environmental Health Science Gary S Moore With an emphasis on biological, chemical, and physical sources of pollution, this book incorporates traditional concepts of environmental health with new controversies .... | 680 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0849379989 | #165089A | £24.99 BUY |
Manual of Environmental Microbiology
Edited by C Hurst, R Crawford, J Garland, D Lipson, A Mills and Linda Stetzenbach A state-of-the-art compendium for environmental microbiology methods. It covers general methods, water and public health microbiology, aquatic environments, subsurface and .... | 1352 pages | Figs, tabs | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1555813798 | #164609A | £107.00 BUY |
Meteorology and Climate of Tropical Africa
Marcel Leroux This work includes 250 maps related to various factors of meteorology and climate and their effects on the African continent. It provides detailed coverage of fundamentally .... | 550 pages | Maps | Springer Hbk | | 3540426361 | #164650A | Normally £168.50 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £97.99 |
Douglas A Segar Humans have visited only a tiny fraction of the seafloor and an even tinier fraction of the vast volume of deep ocean waters. Yet our oceans are slowly revealing incredible .... | Norton Hbk | 2006 | 039392629X | #160870A | £41.99 BUY |
Principles of Environmental Physics
JL Monteith and MH Unsworth "Environmental Physics" concerns the description and analysis of physical processes that establish the conditions in which all species of life survive and reproduce. The subject .... | 350 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0125051034 | #164964A | £28.99 BUY |
Radioactivity in the Terrestrial Environment
Edited by G Shaw The Radioactivity in the Environment Series addresses the key aspects of this socially important and complex interdisciplinary subject. Presented objectively and with the .... | 300 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0080438725 | #164974A | £83.00 BUY |
An International Business Guide to What They are and How They Work Ricardo Bayon, Amanda Hawn and Katherine Hamilton Draws together all of the key information on international voluntary carbon markets with commentary from leading practitioners and business people. The book covers all aspects .... | 176 pages | Earthscan Hbk | 2006 | 184407417X | #165163A | £24.95 BUY |
The History and Future Impact of Climate Change Tim Flannery This is THE book on THE issue of the day. One of the reasons for this is that Flannery is a paleontologist, deciding in the late 1990s that he could not continue to ignore .... | 341 pages | b/w photos | Allen Lane Hbk | 2006 | 0713999217 | #156587A | £19.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0141026278 | #165166A | £8.99 BUY |
| Physical Sciences | Go to subject web page |
From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle Colin Burgess and Chris Dubbs This book is a detailed, but highly readable and balanced account of the history of animal space flights carried out by all nations, but principally the United States and .... | 350 pages | 160 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0387360530 | #164913A | £25.50 BUY |
The Unsung Heroes Fred Watkins In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a challenge: the United States would land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the end of the decade. It seemed .... | 224 pages | Praeger Hbk | 2005 | 0275987027 | #165114A | £22.95 BUY |
From Laboratory Studies to Astronomical Observations; Honolulu, Hawaii, 18-20 December 2005 Edited by RI Kaiser, P Bernath, Y Osamura, S Petrie and AM Mebel The physical and chemical processes leading to the formation of molecules in the interstellar medium, as well as in solar system planetary and satellite atmospheres, has .... | 332 pages | Springer Pbk | 2006 | 0735403511 | #164940A | £90.00 BUY |
A Step-by-Step Introduction R Handy, S Robbins, J Perez, E Rix and DB Moody There are two basic methods of recording astronomical images seen through the eyepiece of a telescope. Photography (these days, usually digital imaging with a CCD camera) is .... | 215 pages | 390 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0387262407 | #164914A | £19.00 BUY |
Dan Maoz A concise but thorough introduction to the observational data and theoretical concepts underlying modern astronomy, Astrophysics in a Nutshell is designed for advanced .... | 268 pages | 21 halftones, 68 line drawings | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0691125848 | #165389A | £32.50 BUY |
An Atlas of the Geology and Mineral Deposits of Ukraine
Edited by Leonid Galets'kyi and Walter Peredery Seventy-six full-colour maps with text present the geological characteristics of Ukraine in this translation of an atlas first prepared by scholars at the Ukrainian Academy of .... | 176 pages | 76 illus | Toronto UP Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0802089895 | #164736A | £82.00 BUY |
Piers Bizony The official accompaniment to a major new BBC TV series, Atom tells an amazing true story riddled with jealousy, rivalry, missed opportunities and .... | 256 pages | Icon Books Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1840468009 | #162151A | £12.99 BUY |
A Biologist's Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
Sarah P Otto and Troy Day Thirty years ago, biologists could get by with a rudimentary grasp of mathematics and modeling. Not so today. In seeking to answer fundamental questions about how biological .... | 752 pages | 207 line illus, 22 tabs | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0691123446 | #165391A | £41.95 BUY |
Chemical Evolution of the Universe
Edited by Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Discussion 133 took place at Abbaye de St Jacut , St Jacut de la Mer, Brittany, France from 24 April 2006 - 26 April 2006. It was only the fourth time that a .... | 400 pages | RSC Pbk | 2006 | 0854049983 | #162176A | £216.00 BUY |
Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos
Eugene N Parker Today's standard textbooks treat the theoretical structure of electric and magnetic fields, but their emphasis is on electromagnetic radiation and static-electric and .... | 196 pages | 18 line illus | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0691128405 | #165387A | £62.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0691128413 | #165388A | £32.50 BUY |
String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design Leonard Susskind In his first book ever, the father of string theory reinvents the world's concept of the known universe and man's unique place within it. .... | 403 pages | Line Illus | Little, Brown and Co US Hbk | 2005 | 0316155799 | #164793A | £16.50 BUY |
The Special and General Theories for the Structure of the Universe Moshe Carmeli The theory presented in this book is a combination of Einstein's original special and general relativity, but now the starting point is not the propagation of light but the .... | 152 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2006 | 9812700757 | #165115A | £20.00 BUY |
Mercury in the Context of its Environment P Clark This is an inter-disciplinary book covering a range of disciplines written to illustrate the nature and dynamic interactions of Mercury with its environment and thus to be .... | 200 pages | 88 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0387482105 | #164937A | £77.00 BUY |
Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature Edited by G Broadbent and CA Brebbia Unlike the mechanistic buildings it replaces, Eco-Architecture is in harmony with nature, including its immediate environs. Decisions have to be taken on ecological .... | 432 pages | WIT Press Hbk | 2006 | 184564171X | #164990A | £197.00 BUY |
Seven Ages of the Cosmos Eric Chaisson How did everything around us-the air, the land, the sea, and the stars-originate? What is the source of order, form, and structure characterizing all material things? These .... | 504 pages | Columbia UP Hbk | 2005 | 0231135602 | #165404A | £22.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0231135610 | #165405A | £14.95 BUY |
Exploring Secrets of the Aurora
Syun-Ichi Akasofu Prominent progress in science is inevitably associated with controversies. Thus, young researchers, in particular, have to learn how to persevere during the period of .... | 246 pages | 20 col illus, 20 b/w illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0387450947 | #164935A | £84.50 BUY |
An Insider's Guide to the New Science of Space Travel Edward Belbruno When a leaf falls on a windy day, it drifts and tumbles, tossed every which way on the breeze. This is chaos in action. In Fly Me to the Moon, Edward Belbruno shows how to .... | 176 pages | 8 halftones, 39 line illus, 1 tab | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0691128227 | #165384A | £12.95 BUY |
Richard John Huggett This extensively revised and updated edition continues to present an engaging and comprehensive introduction to the subject, exploring the world's landforms from a broad .... | 448 pages | 16 Col plates, 71 b/w photos, 162 illus, 30 tabs | Routledge Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0415390834 | #165029A | £100.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0415390842 | #165031A | £26.99 BUY |
The Galactic Supermassive Black Hole
Fulvio Melia Here, one of the world's leading astrophysicists provides the first comprehensive and logically structured overview of the many ideas and discoveries pertaining to the .... | 312 pages | 9 col plates, 19 halftones, 45 line illus | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0691095353 | #165385A | £62.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0691131295 | #165386A | £32.50 BUY |
The Story Behind Black Holes and Active Galaxies C Kitchin The aim of this book is to provide an up-to-date account of active galaxies that is appropriate to the background knowledge of amateur astronomers, but might also be .... | 244 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1846286700 | #164942A | £19.00 BUY |
Production, Value, Pricing, and Access Roger A Longhorn and Michael Blakemore Bringing producer and consumer debates together, "Geographic Information: Value, Pricing, Production, and Consumption" provides a coherent perspective on what have .... | 250 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0849334144 | #165100A | £49.99 BUY |
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Ikuo Towhata This book presents all issues of earthquake geotechnical engineering in a comprehensive way. It summarizes the present knowledge on earthquake hazards and their causative .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 3540357823 | #163107A | £54.00 BUY |
Understanding Astronomical and Meteorological Phenomena Michael Maunder Many lights and other objects in the sky go unrecognised, or at least are little understood by those observing them. Such things range from the commonplace like rainbows .... | 220 pages | 10 col illus, 35 b/w illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1846285623 | #164915A | £19.00 BUY |
Progress and Applications Edited by Eric Koomen and J Stillwell The use of land changes over time as both natural and man-made environments are influenced by the pressures associated with the processes of development. The demand for .... | 400 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1402056478 | #164988A | £115.50 BUY |
Resources, Future Development and Settlement D Schrunk, B Sharpe, BL Cooper and M Thangavelu This extraordinary book details how the Moon could be used as a springboard for Solar System exploration. It presents a realistic plan for placing and servicing telescopes on .... | 400 pages | Springer Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0387360557 | #164918A | £20.50 BUY |
Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences
Edited by Anastasios A Tsonis and James B Elsner This volume is comprised of the proceedings of "20 Years of Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences", held June 11-16, 2006 in Rhodes, Greece as part of the Aegean Conferences. .... | 250 pages | 70 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0387349170 | #164930A | £88.50 BUY |
Preventing and Mitigating Natural Disasters
Edited by WMO | 34 pages | WMO Pbk | 2006 | 9263109931 | #164952A | £8.95 BUY |
A 4,000-Year History Eli Maor By any measure, the Pythagorean theorem is the most famous statement in all of mathematics, one remembered from high school geometry class by even the most math-phobic .... | 280 pages | 141 line illus, 2 tabs | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0691125260 | #165382A | £15.95 BUY |
Research Towards Applications in Europe J Lilensten This book shows the state of the art in Europe on a very new discipline, Space Weather. This discipline lies at the edge between science and industry. This book reflects such a .... | 350 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402054459 | #164943A | £92.50 BUY |
Special and General Relativity With Applications to White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes Norman K Glendenning Special and General Relativity are concisely developed together with essential aspects of nuclear and particle physics. Problem sets are provided for many chapters, making the .... | 255 pages | 50 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0387471065 | #164938A | £54.00 BUY |
The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Choosing, Buying and Using Telescopes and Accessories Philip Harrington "Star Ware is still a tour de force that any experienced amateur will find invaluable, and which hardware-minded beginners will thoroughly enjoy." .... | 408 pages | Wiley Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0471750638 | #164740A | £14.99 BUY |
The Story of Manned Space Stations
Philip Baker This book charts the history of manned space stations in a logical, chronological order. It tells the story of the two major space powers starting out on their very separate .... | 380 pages | 24 col illus, 12 b/w illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0387307753 | #164911A | £17.50 BUY |
The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began Stuart Clark In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted across the planet from the poles to the tropics. Around .... | 256 pages | 15 halftones | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0691126607 | #165381A | £15.95 BUY |
Tectonics, Climate and Landscape Evolution
Edited by Sean D Willett, N Hovius, MT Brandon and DM Fisher The Liwu River runs a short course; its channel head at the water divide in Taiwan's Central Range is a mere 35 km from its outflow into the Pacific Ocean. But in those .... | 434 pages | GSA 2006 | 0813723981 | #164862A | £94.00 BUY |
Its History, Technology, and Future Geoff Andersen In the four centuries since its invention, the telescope has transformed how humans view the universe and their place in it. But what do most of us know about telescopes .... | 304 pages | 15 col plates, 73 halftones, 30 line illus | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0691129797 | #165383A | £18.95 BUY |
A User's Guide to the MEade LXD55 and LXD75 Telescopes
Martin Peston Following up on the highly successful book by Mike Weasner, Using the Meade ETX and the more recently published book by Swanson, The NexStar Guide, this extends Springer's .... | 250 pages | 110 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0387364897 | #164916A | £20.50 BUY |
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The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution
Edited by M Giordano and KG Villholth While addressing the issues of using groundwater in agriculture for irrigation in the developing world, this book discusses the problems associated with the degradation and .... | 336 pages | CABI Hbk | 2007 | 1845931726 | #165184A | £75.00 BUY |
Robert J Brent Acclaim for first edition: 'The author succeeds in bringing together many interesting real-life applications of CBA in various areas (including among others health, .... | 576 pages | Figs, tabs | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2006 | 1843768917 | #164151A | £150.00 BUY |
Tu Min Anthropogenic climate change may lead to intensification of the global hydrological cycle and to increased flooding risk of rivers across Europe. A series of extreme floods .... | 190 pages | 40 col illus | Taylor & Francis Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0415416949 | #165107A | £39.00 BUY |
Andrew Boyd The economic, social and environmental systems of the world remain in turmoil. Recent years have seen possibly irrevocable change in the politics of Europe, Asia, Africa and .... | 252 pages | Maps | Routledge Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0415391687 | #165036A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0415391695 | #165037A | £22.99 BUY |
Biodiversity and Domestication of Yams in West Africa Traditional Practices Leading to Dioscorea rotundata Poir. R Dumont, A Dansi, P Vernier and J Zoundjihekpon A study of yam domestication practices among smallholders has provided an insight into how farmers exploit wild plant genetic resources so as to adapt them to agriculture. .... | 104 pages | CIRAD 2006 | 2876146320 | #165118A | £16.50 BUY |
Biological Control of Plant Diseases
Edited by SB Chicholkar and KG Mukerji Biological Control of Plant Diseases offers natural alternatives to the synthetic fungicides, pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides that have not only failed to stop .... | 533 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2007 | 1560223286 | #162123A | £44.50 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 1560223278 | #162125A | £32.00 BUY |
Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival Daniel Jaffee Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the world. But is it working? This vivid .... | 350 pages | 15 b/w photos, 9 line illus, 1 map, 41 tabs | California UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0520249585 | #165372A | £35.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0520249593 | #165373A | £13.95 BUY |
Coffee Pests, Diseases and their Management
JM Waller, M Bigger and RJ Hillocks Price collapse and oversupply have made coffee a high-profile crop in recent years: never has efficient production and crop protection been more important for reducing .... | 400 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1845931297 | #164909A | £80.00 BUY |
A Colour Handbook of Mushroom Pest and Disease Control
John T Fletcher and Richard H Gaze The production of mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) is a major, world-wide, highly mechanised process. Healthy crops are essential if yields, quality and profitability .... | 160 pages | 200 colour illustrations | Manson Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1840760834 | #159742A | £30.00 BUY |
Conflicts Over Natural Resources A Reference Handbook Jacqueline Vaughn This work is an overview of the critical natural resource conflicts facing the United States and the world, and current attempts to resolve them peacefully. .... | 300 pages | ABC-Clio Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1598840150 | #165298A | £33.95 BUY |
A Geomorphological-Geochemical Approach to Site Assessment and Remediation Jerry R Miller and Suzanne M Orbock Miller Increasingly, attention is being given to the remediation of contaminated river reaches, some of which cover 10s of kilometers of stream channel and the adjacent valley floor. .... | 400 pages | 135 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1402052863 | #164926A | £49.00 BUY |
Cork: Biology, Production and Uses
Edited by Helena Pereira This comprehensive book describes cork as a natural product, as an industrial raw-materials, and as a wine bottle closure. From its formation in the outer bark of the .... | 380 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0444529675 | #164961A | £73.00 BUY |
Paradoxes, Problems and Pathways James Higham "Critical Issues in Ecotourism" seeks to shake the current stagnant literature on the subject of ecotourism out of a state of complacency. Drawing upon emerging insights .... | 336 pages | Butterworth Heinemann Pbk | 2006 | 0750668784 | #164963A | £29.99 BUY |
Defining Environmental Justice Theories, Movements, and Nature David Schlosberg The basic task of this book is to explore what, exactly, is meant by 'justice' in definitions of environmental and ecological justice. It examines how the term is used in .... | 224 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0199286299 | #164837A | £40.00 BUY |
Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture A New Social Contract Edited by Charles A Francis, Raymond P Poincelot and George W Bird Explores the challenges faced by today's farmers and ranchers to provide practical strategies to develop a twenty-first century system of sustainable agriculture that is .... | 367 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2006 | 1560223316 | #164778A | £79.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1560223324 | #164777A | £42.50 BUY |
Economics for Fisheries Management
RQ Grafton, J Kirkley, T Kompas and D Squiers Many of the world's fisheries face major challenges including overfishing, overcapacity and low returns. Using recent developments in microeconomic theory and with numerous .... | 176 pages | - | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 0754632490 | #165122A | £50.00 BUY |
Economics of Rural Land-Use Change
JP Bell, KJ Boyle and J Rubin Public concern over land management has never been greater. This book provides a broad overview of the economics of rural land-use change, drawing attention to the meaningful .... | 288 pages | 37 b/w illus | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 0754609839 | #165123A | £55.00 BUY |
The Economics of Water Quality
Edited by KW Easter and N Zeitouni This volume brings together a number of prominent economic studies all of which deal with key water quality issues. The studies focus on the economic aspects of water .... | 620 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 0754623718 | #165137A | £145.00 BUY |
Finding Solutions to the Problems of Global Warming and Future Energy Supply Geoffrey Haggis This book examines issues surrounding the need for the UK to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels in the coming century, and how that can be achieved in a way that ensures .... | 248 pages | Troubador Hbk | 2007 | 1904744664 | #164835A | £12.95 BUY |
Edited by CA Brebbia and V Popov The way in which our society exists, operates and develops is strongly influenced by the way in which energy is produced and consumed. No process in industry can be performed .... | 400 pages | WIT Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845640829 | #164994A | £170.00 BUY |
Timothy Doyle and Doug Mceachern Environment and Politics is a concise introduction to the study of environmental politics, explaining the key concepts, conflicts, political systems and the practices of .... | 240 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0415380529 | #165027A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0415380510 | #165028A | £17.99 BUY |
Environment, Power, and Society for the Twenty-first Century The Hierarchy of Energy Howard T Odum Environment, Power, and Society for the Twenty-first Century focuses on the significance of energy and its role in society. For this edition Odum refines his original theories .... | 479 pages | 216 line drawings, 17 tabs, 2 halftones | Columbia UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 023112886X | #165398A | £48.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0231128878 | #165399A | £25.50 BUY |
Pathways for Green Design Richard Hyde, Wendy Cheshire, Mark Thomson and Steve Watson The built environment is responsible for an estimated forty-five per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions. As the greatest opportunities for reducing these emissions .... | 336 pages | 230 b/w illus, 23 line drawings | Taylor & Francis Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0415290449 | #165045A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0415290457 | #165046A | £30.00 BUY |
Environmental Protest in Western Europe
Edited by Christopher Rootes The rise of environmentalism has been one of the more remarkable developments in the politics of western societies in recent decades. However, as environmental awareness has .... | 332 pages | figs & tabs | OUP Hbk | 2003 | 0199252068 | #164731A | £62.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0199218501 | #164732A | £19.99 BUY |
Policy, Context and Practices John Snape and Jeremy De Souza The theoretical arguments for environmental taxes and other types of economic instruments for environmental protection have been discussed extensively in the .... | 648 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 0754623041 | #165132A | £75.00 BUY |
Environmental Taxation in Practice
Edited by A Muller and T Sterner Since the 1980's, market-based instruments for environmental policy have become increasingly important. Focusing on environmental taxation in practice, this volume .... | 604 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 075462594X | #165136A | £150.00 BUY |
Edited by FAO Most of the world's hunger and poverty occurs in rural areas. The use of fertilizers could improve agricultural productivity in these areas. However, many developing .... | 122 pages | FAO 2006 | 9251055920 | #165142A | £25.50 BUY |
Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management
M King A comprehensive textbook on fisheries biology and fisheries resource assessment. .... | 342 pages | 176 illus | Blackwell Science Pbk | 1995 | 0852382235 | #039625A | £41.99 BUY |
The Science of Grassland Architecture Edited by RF Barnes, KJ Moore, CJ Nelson and M Collins Forages: The Science of Grassland Agriculture Volume II, Sixth Edition is the long-awaited revision of the classic reference that serves as a comprehensive and .... | 808 pages | 232 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0813802326 | #164628A | £90.00 BUY |
Frontiers in the Economics of Environmental Regulation and Liability
M Boyer, Y Hiriart and D Martimort Industrial and environmental accidents are seldom far from the headlines in any part of the globe. Yet what factors determine their occurrence and is there a pattern to their .... | 368 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 0754642089 | #165126A | £65.00 BUY |
Government-Society-Science in Transition Edited by Anthony R Turton et al The Global Water Partnership notes that the crisis in the water sector is a crisis of governance. The same is true for environmental management. Water management is an .... | 354 pages | 45 illus | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 3540462651 | #164764A | £115.50 BUY |
A comprehensive guide to doing your part to help the planet Liz Barclay and Michael Grosvenor Living a greener, more environmentally-friendly lifestyle is something most of us would like to achieve - but how do you go about it? This guide, written by consumer advice .... | 384 pages | Wiley Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0470060387 | #164752A | £15.99 BUY |
Nick Hamilton Packed with user-friendly information on growing all vegetables, fruit and herbs organically - from how and when to sow, to dealing with pests and diseases, through to .... | 384 pages | New Holland Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1845377184 | #163033A | £14.99 BUY |
Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis Jeremy Leggett An expose of the oil industry's cover-up of the diminishing oil supply, that paints a bleak picture of the future in which the price of oil skyrockets, economies and .... | 320 pages | Portobello Pbk | 2006 | 1846270057 | #165168A | £8.99 BUY |
Impacts of Megaconferences on the Water Sector
Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada Since the late 1990s, megaconferences in the water-related sectors have become regular occurrences. The latest one, in Mexico City, in March 2006, is estimated to have cost .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 3540372237 | #164765A | £77.00 BUY |
The Essential Guide to Enjoying and Getting the Best from Chickens Jeremy Hobson and Celia Lewis This is a solid, practical, everything-you-need-to-know guide to keeping chickens for people who are as interested in them as pets as they are in eggs and other poultry .... | 160 pages | David & Charles Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0715325671 | #165406A | £12.99 BUY |
Edited by John F Benson and Maggie H Roe This unique book addresses the issue of sustainability from the point of view of landscape architecture, dealing with professional practices of planners, designers and .... | 336 pages | 62 b/w photos, 54 line illus | Taylor & Francis Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0415404436 | #165049A | £65.00 BUY |
Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century James Howard Kunstler The last two hundred years have seen the greatest explosion of progress and wealth in the history of mankind. But the age of oil, that fuelled this expansion, is coming .... | 320 pages | Atlantic Books Pbk | 2006 | 1843544547 | #165167A | £8.99 BUY |
Edited by Philip Drost This yearbook brings together the texts of the most important Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). .... | 500 pages | Eleven Pbk | 2007 | 9077596186 | #164089A | £56.00 BUY |
Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards
Edited by CA Brebbia, ME Conti and E Tiezzi The state of our planet continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate. We have arrived at a situation where we need to determine urgent solutions before we reach a point of .... | 864 pages | WIT Press Hbk | 2006 | 1845640489 | #164997A | £360.00 BUY |
Life on Earth with Holmes Rolston Edited by Christopher J Preston and Wayne Ouderkirk Gifford Lecturer and Templeton Prize winner Holmes Rolston, III is widely known as the father of environmental ethics. His writings range between natural philosophy and .... | 281 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402048777 | #164989A | £88.50 BUY |
False Promises and Unnatural Consequences Edited by N Heyen, J McCarthy, W Scott Prudham and P Robbins Surprisingly, very little work has systematically explored the application of neoliberal policies to environmental governance and environmental change. This volume explores this .... | 288 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 041577148X | #165032A | £90.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0415771498 | #165034A | £23.99 BUY |
The International Legal Regime GM Bankobeza This book critically examines the implementation of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. .... | 346 pages | Eleven Hbk | 2005 | 9077596089 | #164090A | £88.00 BUY |
Petroleum Industry Regulation within Stable States
S Glomsrod and P Osmundsen This book addresses the challenges facing stable democratic states in dealing with oil companies in order to secure general welfare gains. Political stability means that such .... | 194 pages | 36 b/w illus | Ashgate Hbk | 2005 | 0754642526 | #165128A | £55.00 BUY |
Edited by M Matthen, C Stephens, Dov Gabbay, P Thagard and J Woods Philosophy of Biology is a rapidly expanding field. It is concerned with explanatory concepts in evolution, genetics, and ecology. This collection of 25 essays by leading .... | 800 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0444515437 | #164959A | £95.00 BUY |
A Survey The environment is increasingly seen at the forefront of many political agendas. Covering important topics, such as the Kyoto protocol and deforestation, this title .... | 400 pages | Routledge Hbk | 2006 | 1857433416 | #157292A | £130.00 BUY |
An Introduction with Applications Edited by Gjalt Huppes and Masanobu Ishikawa Eco-efficiency has long been a concept: the intention of reducing environmental impact while increasing environmental value. Its origins are with the World Business Council .... | 330 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402053983 | #164981A | £96.00 BUY |
CA Brebbia and KL Katsifarakis In recent years, significant advances have been made in the overall management of riverine systems, including advances in hydraulic and hydrologic modelling, .... | 600 pages | WIT Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845640756 | #164998A | £249.00 BUY |
From Natural Philosophy to Natural Science, 1700-1900 DM Knight and MD Eddy The years between 1700 and 1900 witnessed a fundamental transition in attitudes towards science, as earlier concepts of natural philosophy were replaced with a more modern .... | 288 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2005 | 0754639967 | #164794A | £50.00 BUY |
Sediment Management at the River Basin Scale
Edited by Phil Owens Sediments are a natural part of aquatic systems and they are essential for the hydrological, geomorphological and ecological functioning of those systems. For society .... | 270 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0444519610 | #164975A | £57.99 BUY |
New Models of Sustainable Social Change Alex Nicholls 'Social Entrepreneurship' is a term that has come to be applied to the activities of grass-roots activists, NGOs, policy makers, international institutions, and .... | 480 pages | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0199283877 | #165172A | £60.00 BUY |
Socio-Economic Indicators in Integrated Coastal Zone and Community-Based Fisheries Management Case Studies from the Caribbean Edited by Uwe Tietze and Milton Haughton This publication consists of case studies describing how socio-economic and demographic concerns are addressed in integrated coastal zone and community-based fisheries .... | 336 pages | FAO 2006 | 925105567X | #165141A | £26.95 BUY |
Spatial Aspects of Environmental Policy
Edited by J Geoghegan and W Gray There has been a recent explosion of research incorporating a spatial dimension in environmental and natural resource economics, where the spatial aspects of human .... | 554 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2005 | 0754624838 | #165139A | £138.50 BUY |
Sustainable Development and Planning III
Edited by CA Brebbia In recent years, in many countries there has been, an increase in spatial problems that has led to planning crisis. Planning problems often connected with uneven development, .... | 900 pages | WIT Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845640691 | #164993A | £380.00 BUY |
Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management
Salar El Haggar "Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management" was inspired by the need to have a text that enveloped awareness and solutions to the ongoing issues and concerns of waste .... | 416 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0123736234 | #164965A | £49.99 BUY |
Sustainable Management After Irrigation System Transfer
Norberto Urrutia Cobo Historically, economic crises have triggered the global policy of transferring the management of irrigation systems to water users associations. The impact of these .... | 289 pages | 30 b/w figs, 25 col figs | Taylor & Francis Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0415416930 | #165109A | £49.00 BUY |
Edited by CA Brebbia and FD Pineda Tourism has become a major international industry, with many countries all over the world relying on the income it produces. The demands of tourism can however contribute .... | 384 pages | WIT Press Hbk | 2006 | 1845640446 | #164995A | £164.00 BUY |
Maritime Safety, Legal and Environmental Aspects Edited by Nilüfer Oral and Bayram Oztürk Contributions include: *Invasive Species of The Turkish Straits .... | 160 pages | colour illus, graphs, tables | Turkish Marine Research Pbk | 2006 | 9758825151 | #165157A | £18.50 BUY |
Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization Thomas Homer-Dixon Takes the reader on a mind-stretching tour of societies' management, or mismanagement, of disasters over time. From the demise of ancient Rome to contemporary climate change, .... | 416 pages | Island Press Hbk | 2006 | 1597260649 | #163783A | £17.95 BUY |
Urban Growth and Land Degredation in Developing Cities Change and Challenges in Kano Nigeria Roy Maconachie The peri-urban interface in poor countries is frequently an area of great dynamism and a focus of competition for basic resources. In Nigeria, peri-urban livelihood strategies .... | 220 pages | 20 tabs, 5 figs, 4 maps, 6 b/w photos | Ashgate Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0754648281 | #164907A | £55.00 BUY |
Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Natural Resource Management
G Herath and T Prato Providing useful insights on the use of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) in natural resource management, this book examines a number of empirical applications for .... | 252 pages | 57 b/w illus | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 0754645967 | #165129A | £60.00 BUY |
Ideal or Illusion? Edited by Harold Kincaid, John Dupre and Alison Wylie It has long been thought that science is our best hope for realizing objective knowledge, but that, to deliver on this promise, it must be value free. Things are not .... | 304 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0195308964 | #164786A | £38.99 BUY |
Modelling, Monitoring and Management Edited by CA Brebbia and JS Antunes do Carmo This book publishes the proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Modelling, Measuring and Prediction of Water Pollution. Water pollution is a subject of growing .... | 672 pages | WIT Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 184564042X | #165000A | £288.00 BUY |
Jon Symes and Phil Turner We urgently need to change the way we live to build a future for our children. Their tomorrow depends on our today and how we tackle the problems of poverty, climate change, .... | 90 pages | 40 illus | YPNY Pbk | 2006 | 0955307104 | #164643A | £9.95 BUY |
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Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations ST Buckland, DR Anderson, KP Burnham, JL Laake, DL Borchers and L Thomas This advanced text focuses on the uses of distance sampling to estimate the density and abundance of biological populations. It addresses new methodologies, new technologies .... | 434 pages | numerous line drawings | OUP Hbk | 2004 | 0198507836 | #152855A | £50.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0199225877 | #164779A | £24.95 BUY |
A Practical Approach Shui Qing Ye Bioinformatics: A Practical Approach presents quick and efficient applications through step-by-step instructions and examples. With an overview in each chapter, this book .... | 456 pages | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press) Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1584888105 | #165039A | £44.99 BUY |
A Guide to Design, Analysis and Discovery Ronald Forthofer, Eun Lee and Mike Hernandez Today, mathematics, biology, medicine, and statistics are closing the interdisciplinary gap in an unprecedented way and many of the important unanswered questions now emerge at .... | 650 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2007 | 0123694922 | #161791A | £48.99 BUY |
Fundamentals of Environmental Sampling and Analysis
Chunlong Zhang This book provides a comprehensive overview on the fundamentals of environmental sampling and analysis for students in environmental science and engineering as well as .... | 464 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0471710970 | #164737A | £58.95 BUY |
Generalisation of Geographic Information Cartographic Modelling and Applications Edited by W Mackaness, A Ruas and L Sarjakoski The International Cartographic Association Series reflects the state of professional cartography from an international perspective, and provides information on the .... | 282 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0080453740 | #164970A | £100.00 BUY |
The History of Cartography, Volume 3: Cartography in the European Renaissance
David Woodward When the University of Chicago Press launched the landmark History of Cartography series nearly thirty years ago, founding editors J.B. Harley and David Woodward hoped to create .... | 2272 pages | 2 volumes, 80 col plates, 815 halftones, 150 line drawings, 20 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0226907325 | #165411A | £250.00 BUY |
Cartographic Information Systems E Grafarend and F Krumm In the context of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) the book offers a timely review of map projections (sphere, ellipsoid, rotational surfaces) and geodetic datum .... | 714 pages | 230 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540367012 | #164923A | £100.00 BUY |
Peter Diggle and Paulo Ribeiro This volume is the first book-length treatment of model-based geostatistics. The text is expository, emphasizing statistical methods and applications rather than the underlying .... | 320 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 0387329072 | #164919A | £50.00 BUY |
Modelling for Field Biologists
Hanna Kokko Students of evolutionary and behavioural ecology are often unfamiliar with mathematical techniques, though much of biology relies on mathematics. Evolutionary ideas are often .... | 43 line diagrams, 3 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521831326 | #165192A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521538564 | #165193A | £27.99 BUY |
An Introduction James S Clark The environmental sciences are undergoing a revolution in the use of models and data. Facing ecological data sets of unprecedented size and complexity, environmental .... | 632 pages | 163 line illus, 21 tabs | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0691121788 | #165392A | £38.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0691122628 | #165393A | £12.95 BUY |
The Nature of Statistical Evidence
B Thompson The purpose of this book is to discuss whether statistical methods make sense. The present volume begins the task of providing interpretations and explanations of several .... | 155 pages | Springer Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0387400508 | #164933A | £30.50 BUY |
Linnean Plant Names and their Types Charlie Jarvis The Swedish physician Carl Linnaeus introduced the system of binomial scientific naming for living organisms that is still in use today. .... | Linnean Society Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | #165319A | Normally £144.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £110.00 |
Michael J Crawley The R language is recognized as one of the most powerful and flexible statistical software packages, and it enables the user to apply many statistical techniques that .... | 960 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0470510242 | #164738A | £55.00 BUY |
Sensitivity Analysis of Scientific Models
Andrea Saltelli Written by the leading names in the field, Sensitivity Analysis of Scientific Models offers an accessible summary of the essential concepts involved in a sound sensitivity .... | 224 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0470059974 | #164739A | £55.00 BUY |
Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Macromolecular Assemblies Visualization of Biological Molecules in Their Native State Joachim Frank Cryoelectron microscopy of biological molecules is among the hottest growth areas in biophysics and structural biology at present, and Frank is arguably the most .... | 410 pages | Line Illus | OUP Pbk | 2006 | 0195182189 | #165433A | £58.00 BUY |
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"So What Are You Going to Do with That?" Finding Careers Outside Academia Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius Graduate schools churn out tens of thousands of Ph.D.'s and M.A.'s every year. Half of all college courses are taught by adjunct faculty. The chances of an academic landing a .... | 160 pages | Chicago UP Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226038823 | #165416A | £9.00 BUY Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226038815 | #165414A | £19.00 BUY |
(Re)Visualizing National History Museums and National Identities in Europe in the New Millenium Robin Ostow The role of the museum is a contentious one. The last fifteen years have seen scholars point to ways in which states - particularly imperial states - use museums as sites to .... | 256 pages | 30 illus | Toronto UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0802092217 | #164735A | £44.00 BUY |
Noah Lukeman Punctuation can make all the difference between a good piece of writing and a superb piece of writing. In The Art of Punctuation, Noah Lukeman explores and demystifies each .... | 200 pages | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0198614543 | #164728A | £10.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0199210780 | #164729A | £7.99 BUY |
The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology
C Ray Chandler, Lorne M Wolfe and Daniel EL Promislow An academic career in the biological sciences typically demands well over a decade of technical training. So it's ironic that when a scholar reaches one of the most critical .... | 176 pages | 12 halftones, 54 line drawings, 4 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0226101290 | #165260A | £22.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0226101304 | #165261A | £9.00 BUY |
Collins Complete Hiking and Camping Manual The essential guide to comfortable walking, cooking and sleeping Rick Curtis Field tested by one of the most respected outdoor programs in the world, Collins Complete Hiking and Camping manual is the most comprehensive available. It is broad in .... | 374 pages | 100 b&w illus | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 000724763X | #164745A | £9.99 BUY |
Natural Collections and Museums Edited by Marco Beretta "In his excellent preface, Beretta discusses the idea that the emergence of natural history as an independent discipline `was closely connected to the possession and .... | 272 pages | Illus | SHP Hbk | 2005 | 0881353604 | #163912A | £27.50 BUY |
Insight Illustrated World Atlas
Insight Atlases This atlas comprises topographical relief mapping in a portable, flexibound format. A 217 page encyclopedia provides key country facts and statistics. A comprehensive .... | 432 pages | maps, colour photos | Insight Guides Pbk | 2006 | 9812580727 | #164870A | £15.00 BUY |
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations Chicago Style for Students and Researchers Kate L Turabian Now, with this seventh edition, Turabian's Manual has undergone its most extensive revision, ensuring that it will remain the most valuable handbook for writers at every .... | 436 pages | 42 line drawings, 11 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0226823369 | #165250A | £22.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0226823377 | #165251A | £10.00 BUY |
Helen Forde Archivists in various organizations face questions of how to plan a preservation strategy in less than perfect circumstances, or deal with a sudden emergency. This book .... | 224 pages | Facet Hbk | 2007 | 1856045773 | #161243A | £39.95 BUY |
A Guided Tour Edited by Joseph E Harmon and Alan G Gross The scientific article has been a hallmark of the career of every important western .... | 312 pages | 31 halftones, 27 line drawings | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226316556 | #165281A | £46.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0226316564 | #165282A | £18.50 BUY |
The Times Atlas of the World: Compact Edition
A completely revised edition of this popular, small format atlas. .... | 80 pages | Maps | Times Books Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0007233744 | #164747A | £10.99 BUY |