The Behavior Guide to African Mammals (20th Anniversary Edition)

Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates

Richard D Estes and EO Wilson

"The Behavior Guide to African Mammals" is as different from a conventional field guide as motion pictures are from a snapshot. Whether we are able to look at them face to ....

Guide des Mammifères d'Europe, d'Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient

Delachaux et Niestlé

This field guide covers all mammals (bar marine mammals) in the western Palearctic, which includes Europe, north Africa, and the Middle East. ....

Adventures Among Birds

WH Hudson and Robert MacFarlane

A reissue of a classic work in the Collins Natural Library. With a new foreword by Robert Macfarlane ....

Birdsong

150 Birds from the British Isles and their Amazing Songs and Calls

Jonathan Elphick, Lars Svensson and Jan Pedersen

At last it is possible to listen to the amazing variety of birdsong that enriches our environment simply by opening this book. Delve into the absorbing text and beautiful ....

Breeding Birds of the Western Palearctic

Nests, Eggs, Nestlings, Fledglings and Habitats

Peter Castell and Richard Castell

If you are passionate about the breeding cycle of birds, this software will take you on an amazing journey exploring the rich and diverse breeding biology of the avifauna of ....

Cyprus Bird Report 2010

Edited by Colin Richardson

This report summarises the 54,450 sightings recorded in the database of Birdlife Cyprus in 2010, collected by some 180 observers. These data were used to create graphs, tables, ....

Finding Birds in Egypt

D Gosney

The new edition of this bird guide by Dave Gosney keeps much of the original content but several of the original maps have been redrawn and there is a new 8-page supplement. In ....

Guida ai Rapaci d'Europa, Nord Africa e Medio Oriente

William S Clark

This is an Italian translation of "A Field Guide to the Raptors of ....

Le Guide Ornitho

Le guide le plus complet des oiseaux d'Europe, d'Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient: 900 espèces

Lars Svensson, Killian Mullamey and Dan Zetterström

This is a French translation of the well-known "Collins Bird Guide". ....

Guide to British Birds of Prey

Hawk and Owl Trust

Birds of prey can be highly variable and, in practice, your view of the bird may be fleeting. It can be difficult to make a positive identification of a distant bird flying ....

A Guide to the Birds of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Peter Carr

This title provides background history to the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) with chapters on man's impact on the avian populations, bird conservation and birdwatching. ....

How to be a Better Birder

Derek Lovitch

This unique illustrated handbook provides all the essential tools you need to become a better birder. Here Derek Lovitch offers a more effective way to go about ....

RSPB British Birdfinder

Marianne Taylor

Most bird books are designed to help you identify the birds that you've seen. This book is different. It is a species-by-species guide that shows you how to find and watch more ....

RSPB What's That Bird?

The Simplest ID Guide Ever

DK Publishing

This is the perfect pocket guide to bird-watching for beginners. "RSPB What's That Bird?" is ideal if you struggle to tell a swift from a swallow. It's the perfect pocket ....

Spotter's Guide: Birds of the Lowveld

Saartjie Kidson and Herman L van Niekerk

Bird watching, especially by enthusiastic novices, is presently one of the fastest growing pastimes in the world. It offers healthy relaxation and exercise with the added ....

Uccelli di Sicilia

I Rapaci della Provincia di Caltanissetta. (Aves: Accipitriformes, Falconiformes, Strigiformes)

Rosario Mascara

This book describes the diurnal and nocturnal raptors from Sicily with notes on their ecology and biology. ....

Amphibians and Reptiles of the North Woods

A Field Guide to all 46 Northern Herps

Allen Blake Sheldon

This latest addition to the popular North Woods Naturalist Series contains detailed info on all 46 species of northern frogs, snakes, skinks, salamanders and turtles. Range maps ....

Amphibians of Suriname

Paul E Ouboter and Rawien Jairam

Suriname has a long history of faunal inventories, with many of its species already described by Linnaeus. Despite that, the amphibians were only treated in a few papers in ....

Chameleons

Christopher Mattison and Nick Garbutt

With flattened bodies, opposed feet, independently swivelling eyes, a prehensile tail, and the ability to change colour to match their background, chameleons are both ....

Herpetofauna of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh

MS Arakelyan, FD Danielyan, C Corti, R Sindaco and AE Leviton

This book covers the herpetofauna of Armenia and its neighboring republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, situated in the mountainous South Caucasus between the Black and ....

Key to the Herpetofauna of the Continental United States and Canada

Robert Powell, Joseph T Collins and Errol D Hooper

This profusely illustrated comprehensive key for identifying herpetofaunal specimens from the continental United States and Canada incorporates a wealth of scientific ....

Reptile Biodiversity

Standard Methods for Inventory and Monitoring

Edited by RW McDiarmid, MS Foster, C Guyer, JW Gibbons and N Chernoff

From tiny, burrowing lizards to rainforest canopy-dwellers and giant crocodiles, reptile populations everywhere are changing. Yet governments and conservation groups are often ....

Snakes

David Gower, Katherine Garrett and Peter Stafford

Whether loathed, feared, admired or worshipped, snakes evoke stronger human reactions than almost any other animal. Moving gracefully without limbs, swallowing meals often ....

Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Fishes

F Brian Eddy and Richard D Handy

Fish have evolved to colonise almost every type of aquatic habitat and today they are a hugely diverse group of over 25,000 species. The evolution of this great diversity of ....

The Fishes of Zimbabwe and their Biology

Brian Marshall

"The Fishes of Zimbabwe" covers all 158 species known to occur in Zimbabwe, these are illustrated and their distributions mapped. There are numerous graphs and tables ....

The Freshwater Fishes of Suriname

Jan HA Mol

With some 480 currently known fresh- and brackish-water fish species, Suriname has a rich inland fish fauna that is related to the most diverse freshwater fish fauna on ....

Mediterranean Great White Sharks

A Comprehensive Study Including All Recorded Sightings

Alessandro de Maddalena and Walter Heim

The great white shark has been haunting the waters of the Mediterranean Sea since well before man dared to venture on the water. In 1996, the Italian Great White Shark Data ....

Sex Determination in Fish

TJ Pandian

This book is the first to report that research in allogenics/xenogenics has conclusively shown that fishes have retained bisexual potency even after sexual maturity and ....

BBKA Guide to Beekeeping

Ivor Davis and Roger Cullum-Kenyon

The number of people interested and active in keeping bees has increased greatly over the past few years. Membership of the BBKA, the main association for amateur beekeepers ....

Bilan Systématique du Genre Niphargus en France

Espéces Répertoriées Jusqu'en 1990 dans les Eaux Souterraines de la France

R Ginet

A groundwater key dealing with the genus Niphargus, eyeless amphipod crustaceans, in France. ....

Bio-Ecology of Molluscan Wood-Borers of Karachi Mangroves

Mangrove Wood-Borers of Karachi Pakistan

Sohail Barkati and Iqbal Hussain

Five species of molluscan borers belonging to families Teredinidae and Pholadidae were found infesting the mangrove plants of Karachi. Synonyms and differentiating ....

Butterflies of New England

A Handy Field Reference to 63 of our most Common Northern Butterflies

Larry Weber

Sixty-three butterfly species are covered. Features include easy-to-use red bar phenograms, user-friendly fieldmark arrows that point to the distinguishing ....

Butterflies of the North Woods - Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan

A Comprehensive Field Reference to all 125 Species of North Woods Butterflies

Larry Weber

This popular field guide has been revised and is now more comprehensive than ever. Features the same easy-to-use red bar phenograms and user-friendly fieldmark arrows. ....

Dragonflies of the North Woods

A Comprehensive Field Reference to all 102 Species of North Woods Dragonflies

Kurt Mead

Focusing on Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and NW Ontario, and a range of habitats, this excellent and practical field guide includes every regularly occurring species. This ....

Earthworms of the Great Lakes

Cindy Hale

Did you know there are no earthworms native to the Great Lakes? And did you know that they are destroying some of our forests? Earthworms of the Great Lakes will not only ....

Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae)

Edited by Ivo Hodek, A Honek and Helmut F van Emden

Ladybirds are probably the best known predators of aphids and coccids in the world, though this greatly underestimates the diversity of their biology. Maximising their ....

Ecology of Mangrove Estuarine Zooplankton

Composition, Distribution, Production, BIS

NV Prasad

Zooplankton is one of the most fascinating and diverse assemblages of animals known to biologists. Zooplankton play a vital role in the process of energy transfer between ....

Fauna Distribution Pattern and Adaptability on Acridoidea from Yunnan

Mao Benyong and Ren Guodong

This book is a comprehensive study of the taxonomy and distribution of Acridoidea of Yunnan, China with particular attention given to the origins, adaptations, evolution, ....

Guide to the Freshwater Crustacea of New Zealand

MA Chapman, MH Lewis and Michael J Winterbourn

"Guide to the freshwater Crustacea of New Zealand" is a comprehensive update of the classic volume "Introduction to the freshwater Crustacea of N.Z." by Chapman & Lewis ....

Honey Bee Colony Health

Challenges and Sustainable Solutions

Edited by Diana Sammataro and Jay Yoder

Modern commercial beekeeping has changed from primarily honey production to crop pollination. With this change has come extraordinary stress-colonies are moved multiple ....

How Not to be Eaten

The Insects Fight Back

Gilbert Waldbauer

All animals must eat. But who eats who, and why, or why not? Because insects outnumber and collectively outweigh all other animals combined, they comprise the largest amount ....

Little Book of Nits

Richard Jones and Justine Crow

It's not something easily owned up to, but every family in the country will have come into contact with head lice, either through embarrassing personal experience or by ....

Mariposas de España y Europa

Tom Tolman and Richard Lewington

Second edition of the most comprehensive guide to diurnal European butterfly identification. Over 400 distribution maps and more than 2000 full-colour illustrations ....

Moluscos Marinas de Andalucia (2-volume set)

Edited by Serge Gofas, Diego Moreno and Carmen Salas

This identification guide comes in two volumes and described over 1200 species of molluscs (shelled and non-shelled), covering every species known from the area. There ....

Moths and Caterpillars of the North Woods

James Sogaard

This first-of-its-kind field guide presents photos and information about more than 300 species of moths found in North America. An innovative format makes field identification ....

Pearls

Hubert Bari

A beautifully illustrated book that presents these gems in all their natural luster and social value. Although it appears that it is no longer amongst the mysteries of the ....

Research Materials of Orthoptera in China (1)

Edited by China Scientific Book Services

This collected works contains 27 papers published in Chinese journals in recent years. It may be used as research materials in the field. ....

Spider Silk

Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating

Leslie Brunetta and Catherine L Craig

Spiders, objects of eternal human fascination, are found in many places: on the ground, in the air, and even under water. Leslie Brunetta and Catherine Craig have teamed up to ....

Spiders of the Carolinas

A handy field guide to 100 of our most common and interesting spiders

L L Gaddy

This handy book is your field guide to the most common and fascinating spiders of North Carolina and South Carolina. It includes amazing facts, superb color photos, detailed ....

World Directory of Crustacea Copepoda of Inland Waters, Vols 3 & 4

Harpacticoida and Gelyelloida

Edited by Bernard Dussart and Danielle Defaye

The first edition of this directory was published twenty-one years ago. Since then, numerous new species have been described, new genera have been created and others have ....

Dinosaur Paleobiology

Stephen L Brusatte

The study of dinosaurs has been experiencing a remarkable renaissance over the past few decades. Scientific understanding of dinosaur anatomy, biology, and evolution has ....

Megafauna

The Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America

Richard A Farina, Sergio F Vizcaino and Gerry De Iuliis

More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the ....

Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine

The Master Codebreaker's Struggle to build the Modern Computer

Edited by B Jack Copeland

The mathematical genius Alan Turing, now well known for his crucial wartime role in breaking the ENIGMA code, was the first to conceive of the fundamental principle of the ....

Buffon: Oeuvres Complètes, Volume 6

Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere avec la Description du Cabinet du Roi

Georges-Louis Leclerc De Buffon, Stephane Schmitt and Cedric Cremiere

The sixth volume in this series ends the discourse on domestic quadrupeds with the cat, and continues with the wild animals in France. Buffon discusses the species most useful ....

Buffon: Oeuvres Complètes, Volume 7

Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere avec la Description du Cabinet du Roi

Georges-Louis Leclerc De Buffon, Stephane Schmitt and Cedric Cremiere

Volume 7 continues the description of French wildlife, and includes several "wild beasts" including wolves and foxes, and various rodents, including squirrels and rats. ....

Canon EOS 5D MK II - The Expanded Guide

Andy Stansfield

This title covers Canon's new `compact' pro D-SLR, the EOS 5D Mark II, a substantial update of the EOS 5D. The new model offers 21 megapixels from its full-frame sensor, ....

Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital Field Guide

Brian McLernon

The Canon 5D Mark II dSLR is for amateurs and semi-professionals who are serious about taking great photos--and this go-anywhere guide shares insight for doing just that. ....

Canon EOS 60D - The Expanded Guide

Tracy Hallett

Canon's EOS 60D supersedes the 50D, and is intended for enthusiasts who want to take their skills to the next level. It will shoot stunning stills or Full HD movies, with ....

Canon EOS 60D Digital Field Guide

Charlotte K Lowrie

The Canon EOS 60D offers a newly designed, hi-res 18.0 megapixel sensor and full high-definition movie recording capability. This full-color guide gets you completely ....

Canon EOS 7D - The Expanded Guide

Andy Stansfield

This title covers the latest camera in Canon's digital SLR line up, the EOS 7D. This camera incorporates a new 18 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and dual DIGIC 4 processors to ....

Canon EOS 7D Digital Field Guide

Charlotte K Lowrie

If you want to polish your photography skills, keep your camera bag stocked with the best equipment, like Canon's new EOS 7D camera and this practical, full-color Canon EOS ....

Canon EOS Rebel T3/1100D Digital Field Guide

Charlotte K Lowrie

"Digital Field Guides" offer step-by-step information about digital camera controls as well as tips and techniques for getting great photos in various common situations. This ....

Canon EOS Rebel T3i/600D Digital Field Guide

Charlotte K Lowrie

The Canon Rebel EOS T3i/600D is a powerful camera packed with new features. Covering every button, menu, and setting on your new Canon EOS Rebel T3i, the Canon Rebel EOS ....

Canon Rebel T3/EOS 1100D - The Expanded Guide

David Taylor

Canon's Rebel T3/EOS 1100D is an entry level DSLR designed to update and replace its flagship EOS 1000D, which lacked video recording facility - the new camera includes 720p ....

Canon Rebel T3i/EOS 600D - The Expanded Guide

Jon Sparks

Canon's Rebel T3i/EOS 600D is the successor to the entry level Rebel T2i/EOS 550D, yet combines some of the sophisticated features of the higher-end EOS 60D and EOS 7D models ....

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 19: 1871

Edited by Frederick H Burkhardt and James Secord

This pivotal volume in the definitive edition of Charles Darwin's letters covers the year 1871, the year in which Descent of Man, Darwin's first public statement on human ....

The Fauna and Flora of Palestine

Henry Baker Tristram

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. ....

The Feathery Tribe

Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds

Daniel Lewis

Amateurs and professionals studying birds at the end of the nineteenth century were a contentious, passionate group with goals that intersected, collided and occasionally ....

A Flutter of Butterflies

Michael F Braby and Penny Olsen

"A Flutter of Butterflies" is a stunning showcase of illustrations of Australian butterflies and moths held by the National Library of Australia. The artists' works span ....

The Green Hour

A Daily Dose of Nature for Happier, Healthier, Smarter Kids

Christopher Todd

The National Wildlife Federation, on its website GreenHour.org, recommends that parents give their child a "green hour" every day--a time for unstructured play and interaction ....

The Heart of the Great Alone

Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography

David Hempleman-Adams, Sophie Gordon and Emma Stuart

This beautifully produced full-colour publication is timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition, which ....

My Green Manifesto

Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism

David Gessner

In "My Green Manifesto", David Gessner embarks on a rough-and-tumble journey down Boston's Charles River, searching for the soul of a new environmentalism. With a ....

Nikon D3000 - The Expanded Guide

Jon Sparks

This title covers Nikon's D3000, which takes the place of the hugely popular D40 & D40x as the manufacturer's entry level digital SLR. The fully illustrated Expanded Guide will ....

Nikon D300s - The Expanded Guide

Jon Sparks

This title covers Nikon's D300s digital SLR, its professional DX-format camera. The D300s is an update of the very successful D300. Rugged and flexible, the D300s is an ....

Nikon D5000 - The Expanded Guide

Jon Sparks

This title covers Nikon's 12.3-megapixel D5000 digital SLR, positioned between their entry-level D60 and higher-end D90. The camera can record HD movies at 1280x720 pixels / ....

Nikon D5100 - The Expanded Guide

Jon Sparks

Nikon's new DSLR, the upper-entry level D5100, has many features to help you shoot exceptional still images or full HD movies. This successor to the popular D5000 features ....

Nikon D700 - The Expanded Guide

Jon Sparks

This title covers Nikon's 'compact' pro digital SLR, the D700, which offers full-frame image capture--equivalent to 35mm--12.1 megapixels, ultra-fast startup and shutter lag, ....

Nikon D7000 - The Expanded Guide

Jon Sparks

Nikon's D7000 is first in a new range of mid-level DX-format DSLRs with the 16.2Mp CMOS sensor and Expeed 2 image-processing engine, enabling capture of high-definition images ....

Nikon D90 - The Expanded Guide

Jon Sparks

This title covers Nikon's mid-range D-SLR, the D90, which offers a movie function--for the first time in any digital SLR--12.3 megapixels, Live View, Picture Control, Scene ....

Pearling in the Arabian Gulf

A Kuwaiti Memoir

Saif Marzooq al-Shamlan and Peter Clark

Saif Marzooq al-Shamlan was born in Kuwait in 1926 and comes from a distinguished Kuwaiti family of pearl-merchants and seafarers. This is an edited translation of the ....

Race to the End

Scott, Amundsen and the South Pole

Ross DE MacPhee

One hundred years ago, the ambitions of Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen collided in near-simultaneous quests to claim the South Pole, the outcome of which was grand ....

Seabird Genius

The Story of L E Richdale, the Royal Albatross and the Yellow-eyed Penguin

Neville Peat

The first biography of Lance Richdale, who achieved international fame as the father of Otago's albatross colony from 1936 and for his research on the behaviour of the ....

The South West Coast Path

Adam Burton

With nineteenth century origins as a coastguard patrol route to restrict smuggling, the modern day South West Coast Path is Britain's longest waymarked footpath. This ....

The Species Seekers

Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth

Richard Conniff

This is the story of the adventurers who risked death to discover strange life forms in the farthest corners of Earth. Beginning with Linnaeus, a colourful band of explorers ....

Tentacules

De la Science a la Fiction

Pierre-Yves Garcin, Michel Raynal and Jean-Jacques Barloy

Octopus and giant squid have been a source of inspiration for classical writers like Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), or Victor Hugo (The Toilers of the Sea), but ....

The White Bushman

Peter Stark

In this fascinating and entertaining memoir, the legendary White Bushman, Peter Stark, writes about his experiences in the former German South West Africa: first as a farm ....

Wildlife Photographer: A Course in Creative Photography

Chris Gomersall

As nature photography has shifted decisively towards digital in recent years, much has been written offering guidance and tips on technical matters, but there has been little ....

Ethiopia Highlights

Philip Briggs

"Ethiopia Highlights", the only stand-alone guide to Ethiopia's top visitor attractions, hones in on the most alluring historical and natural attractions of a vast country that ....

Features of the South Downs Way

South Downs National Park and FSC

The South Downs National Park was designated in March 2010. This new fold-out chart is aimed at walkers and visitors to this area. It features artwork to help identify the ....

Guide de la Faune du Parc du Vercors

Bruno Veillet

This field guide covers the fauna of the Vercors Regional Natural Park (Parc naturel regional du Vercors), which is a protected area of forested mountains in the Rhone-Alpes ....

Guide des Sites Naturels de France

Alain Chiffaut

This guide covers some 518 nature reserves, trails and observatories throughout France. ....

Madagascar Highlights

Daniel Austin and Hilary Bradt

This is the only concise guide to Madagascar's highlights. Madagascar has been a specialist wildlife destination for decades, but mainstream tourism is now on the up ....

Mount Kenya 1:50,000 Map and Guide

EWP

This map to Mount Kenya contains: - 1:50,000 - 4 colour topographical map of the National Park Area ....

Spanish Pyrenees and Steppes of Huesca - Spain

Dirk Hilbers and Kees Woutersen

Huesca (Spain) is the northern, and most diverse, of Aragon's three provinces. It covers both the wild High Pyrenees, their wooded foothills and the steppes in the basin of the ....

Ariocarpus et Cetera

The Special, Smaller Genera of Mexican Cacti

John Pilbeam and Bill Weightman

This book has a checklist on the different genera and species and treats Acharagma, Ariocarpus, Astrophytum, Aztekium, Cumarinia, Epithelantha, Geohintonia, Leuchtenbergia, ....

Arish: Palm-Leaf Architecture

Sandra Piesik

Traditional buildings made from the leaves of date palms have provided shelter from the extreme climate of the Arabian peninsula for generations. "Arish: Palm-Leaf ....

L'Atlas de la Flore du Canton de Genève

Edited by Daniel Jeanmonod

This book treats the flora of the township of Geneva, Switzerland, covering 2124 taxa (including 1839 species, ....

Bibliotheca Diatomologica, Volume 57: Small-sized Achnanthales (Bacillariophyta) from Coral Sands off Mascarenes (Western Indian

Ocean)

Edited by C Riaux-Gobin, OE Romero, P Compère and AY Al-Handal

Benthic marine diatoms from tropical environments are still poorly documented, despite their high diversity. Coral reef biotopes of the Mascarene Islands (Western Indian Ocean ....

Biocommunication of Plants

Edited by Gunther Witzany and F Baluska

Plants are sessile, highly sensitive organisms that actively compete for environmental resources both above and below the ground. They assess their surroundings, estimate how ....

Biocomplexity of Plant-Fungal Interactions

Edited by Darlene Southworth

Plants interact with a wide variety of organisms in their natural growing environments. Key amongst these relationships is the interplay between plants and diverse fungal ....

Bulbophyllum of Sulawesi

Jaap Vermeulen and P O'Byrne

This is the only book ever written about the orchids of Sulawesi. More than one century has passed since J.J. Smith published "Die Orchideen von Ambon", and in that time books ....

Date: the Genus Phoenix

Production, Processing, Food, and Medicinal Values

Edited by A Manickavasagan, M Mohamed Essa and Ethirajan Sukumar

This is the first detailed book on dates to be published in more than four decades. It addresses all aspects of cultural practices and their implications on date quality. The ....

Echinocereus

John Pilbeam

John Pilbeam has been growing these plants for some sixty years, and has wandered throughout Mexico and the USA southern states seeking them out to photograph them in ....

Fascinating Fungi of New England

Lawrence Millman, Rick Kollath and Gary Lincoff

Lawrence Millman escorts the reader on a journey into the amazing natural history of over 150 Northeastern fungi species with such fun and bizarre names such as Big Berk, ....

Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Sulawesi

Stewart McPherson and Alastair Robinson

"Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Sulawesi" is a beautiful and colourful overview of the eleven species of Sulawesian pitcher plants (Nepenthes). Several species ....

Flora of China, Volume 20-21: Asteraceae

Edited by Flora of China Editorial Committee

This is the largest single volume of the "Flora of China", entirely devoted to the daisy family (Asteraceae, or Compositae), with 2325 species described in 248 genera and 15 ....

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 88, 225(7). Orchidaceae

Lepanthes and Affiliates

Calaway H Dodson and Carlyle A Luer

This volume also deals with the family Orchidaceae, the orchids, specifically with the genus Lepanthes and several affiliated genera. ....

Flora of Pakistan, Volume 218

Asteraceae (III), Senecioneae & Mutisieae

M Qaiser and Rubina Abid

Volume 218 covers part of the familie Asteraceae, and the families Senecioneae and Mutisieae. ....

Flora of Thailand, Volume 11, Part 1

Cornaceae, Daphniphyllaceae, Erythoxylaceae, Helwingiaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Monimiaceae, Ranunculaceae, Stemonaceae

This volume deals with the following families: Cornaceae, Daphniphyllaceae, Erythoxylaceae, Helwingiaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Monimiaceae, Ranunculaceae, and ....

Flora of Thailand, Volume 12, Part 1

Orchidaceae 1

The parts in this volume will deal with the family Orchidaceae, the orchids. ....

The Flora of the Guianas, Series C: 2: Bryophytes

Musci IV

Edited by MJ Jansen-Jacobs

The second installment in series C on bryophytes covers more of the group Musci. ....

Flore du Cameroun: Volume 38

Eriocaulaceae

Sylvia M Phillips

The 38th volume deals with the family Eriocaulaceae (pipeworts). ....

Flore du Cameroun: Volume 39

The Vascular Plants of Cameroon: A taxonomic cheklist with IUCN Assessments

Jean Michel Onana

This volume contains a list of 7850 vascular plant species (both ferns and flowering plants) found in Cameroon, and lists IUCN assessments. ....

Flore du Gabon, Volume 42: Aizoaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Gnetaceae, Hypericaceae, Lecythidaceae, Pedaliaceae, Polygalaceae, Turneraceae,

Xyridaceae

Edited by MSM Sosef, J Florence, LN Banak and HPB Bourobou

In this volume, forty-nine species representing seventeen genera and nine families are treated. They belong to three main biological forms: grasses (Aizoaceae, Pedaliaceae, ....

Gardens of Cornwall

Katherine Lambert and Alex Ramsay

Cornish gardens have it all: dramatic natural settings in coast or combe, a wet and mild climate yielding exotic and extravagant plant growth, an indefinable quality of ....

Gljive Srbije i Zapadnog Balkana / Fungi of Serbia and the Western Balkans

Branislav Uzelac

All major macromycetes found in Serbia and the Western Balkans are represented in the book. There are over 1500 species, varieties and forms described in the book, out of ....

Guide de la Flore du Parc du Vercors

Marc Regnier and Franck Dubus

This is a flora to the Vercors Regional Natural Park (Parc naturel regional du Vercors), a protected area of forested mountains in the Rhone-Alpes region of southeastern France. ....

Guide des Champignons de France et d'Europe

Regis Courtecuisse and Bernard Duhem

Guide to the mushrooms of Europe, with 1,800 species illustrated, and 3,000 species described. ....

Guide to Garden Succulents

Ben-Erk van Wyk and Gideon Smith

Succulents and rockery plants have become very popular for their ease of cultivation, diversity of forms and striking colours. This scientifically accurate photographic guide ....

Hedge Britannia

Hugh Barker

This is the story of how British hedgerows contribute to our national identity and our wildlife. Over the centuries we have proved ourselves to be a nation of hedge growers, ....

Indian Medicinal Plants

An Illustrated Dictionary

CP Khare

In an easy to use dictionary style of A-Z presentation, this volume lists the taxonomy and medicinal usage of Indian plants. Also given are both traditional Indian and ....

The National Plant Collections Directory 2011

Over 650 specialist collections and where to visit them

National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens

The 2011 directory details all the current National Plant Collections, lists of collections by County, and lists Special Open Days. ....

Orchids of the North Woods

A Handy Field Guide to all 53 of our Subtle to Stunning North Woods Orchids

Kim Risen and Cindy Risen

Did you know that fifty species of orchids survive and thrive in the North Woods? But not all are tall, pink and gaudy. There are many small green species that are equally ....

Plant World: The Diversity of Plants in Kew Gardens

David Attenborough

The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew are the world's premiere botanical gardens. With a rich history of collecting and categorising plant species from across the globe, it ....

Plant, Health and Man - Past, Present and Future

Edited by Yu Shyun Chang, Mazura Pisar and Nik Musa'adah Mustapha

This book contains the proceedings of a conference on medicinal and aromatic plants, held in September 2006 in Malaysia. The use of herbal remedies is blooming and there is ....

Small-Space Container Gardens

Transform Your Balcony, Porch, or Patio with Fruits, Flowers, Foliage and Herbs

Fern Richardson

Starting with the basics, including light requirements, this book will show you how to choose the best potting soil, the proper way to pot, and when and how to water. But the ....

The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California

Edited by BG Baldwin, DH Goldman, DJ Keil, R Patterson and TJ Rosatti

The second edition of "The Jepson Manual" thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California's amazingly diverse flora. It ....

Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 7

Edited by E Soepadmo, LW Saw, Chung RCK and R Kiew

"Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 7" contains accounts of three families, namely, the Lamiaceae, the Myrtaceae, and the Sterculiaceae, and treats 313 native tree species ....

The Wild Orchids of Hong Kong

Gloria Barretto, Phillip Cribb and Stephan Gale

The cultivation and medicinal use of orchids are Chinese traditions that date back millennia, but scientific documentation of southeast China's native orchids commenced ....

Wildflowers of Glacier National Park and Surrounding Areas

Shannon F Kimball and Peter Lesica

A user-friendly field guide featuring over three hundred of the most common plant species found in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. This book features beautiful ....

Wildflowers of the BWCA and the North Shore

Mark Sparky Stensaas

This info-packed guide will be very useful over most of the wooded portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Organized by habitat such as northern bogs and ....

Wood Structure and Properties '10

Edited by Jozef Kudela and Rastislav Lagana

These are the Proceedings of the 6th IUFRO Symposium "Wood Structure and Properties '10" held on September 6-9, 2010 in Podbansk~, High Tatras, Slovakia and organized ....

World Wide Weed

Global Trends in Cannabis Cultivation and its Control

Edited by Tom Decorte, Gary Potter and Martin Bouchard

For the majority of its history, the cultivation of cannabis did not stand out, at least compared to the cultivation of other illegal plants. Cannabis plantations, like coca ....

The Animal Connection

A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human

Pat Shipman

In this bold, illuminating new take on the love of animals that drove human evolution, Pat Shipman explores why humans take in and nurture other animals. This behaviour might ....

Animal Diversity (International Edition)

CP Hickman, LS Roberts, SL Keen, Allan Larson and DJ Eisenhour

This text provides a concise introduction to the field of animal biology. Readers discover general principles of evolution, ecology, classification, systematics, and ....

Biochemical Pathways

An Atlas of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Gerhard Michal and Dietmar Schomburg

Covering a wide range of subject matter, including biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, medicine, chemistry, and allied health, "Biochemical Pathways" is a full-color, ....

The Encyclopaedia of New and Rediscovered Animals

Karl PN Shuker

At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists and laymen alike appear to have been peculiarly confident that the world had been thoroughly explored and most of its ....

Epigenetic Regulation and Epigenomics (2-Volume Set)

Edited by Robert A Meyers

This 2-volume work contains a collection of essential articles covering key topics in Epigenetics. The first volumed covers the fundamentals of Epigenetics starting from ....

A Guide to Animal Diseases in South Africa: Game

Pamela Oberem and Peter Oberem

This is the first comprehensive guide to wildlife diseases to be published in South Africa specifically for game farm owners, game rangers and others involved in the ....

How Animals See the World

Comparative Behavior, Biology, and Evolution of Vision

Edited by Olga F Lazareva, Toru Shimizu and Edward A Wasserman

The visual world of animals is highly diverse and often very different from the world that we humans take for granted. This book provides an extensive review of the latest ....

Livestock Epigenetics

Edited by Hasan Khatib

"Livestock Epigenetics" is the first book to review advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of epigenetic mechanisms in gene expression in livestock species. ....

Mechanics of the Cell

David Boal

Exploring the mechanical features of biological cells, including their architecture and stability, this textbook is a pedagogical introduction to the interdisciplinary fields ....

Nature's Compass

The Mystery of Animal Navigation

James L Gould and Carol Grant Gould

We know that animals cross miles of water, land, and sky with pinpoint precision on a daily basis. But it is only in recent years that scientists have learned how these ....

Systems Biology

Edited by Robert A Meyers

Systems biology is a relatively new biological study field that focuses on the systematic study of complex interactions in biological systems, thus using a new ....

The Adaptive Landscape in Evolutionary Biology

Edited by Erik Svensson and Ryan Calsbeek

The 'Adaptive Landscape' has been a central concept in population genetics and evolutionary biology since this powerful metaphor was first formulated by Sewall Wright ....

Consanguinity in Context

Alan H Bittles

An essential guide to this major contemporary issue, "Consanguinity in Context" is a uniquely comprehensive account of intra-familial marriage. Detailed information on past ....

Return to the Sea

The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals

Annalisa Berta

"Return to the Sea" portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals, from giant whales and sea cows that originated 55 million years ago whose ancestors walked on ....

Sense and Nonsense

Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour

Kevin Laland and Gillian Brown

New to the second edition: ....

The Social Conquest of Earth

Edward O Wilson

In asking where we came from, what we are and where we are going, Edward O. Wilson directly addresses three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy and science. ....

Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 45

The Role of Body Size in Multispecies Systems

Edited by Andrea Belgrano and Julia Reiss

The general theme is being based around the ongoing European Science Foundation SIZEMIC Research Network, which has been running for several years. The network has focused on ....

Ecological Restoration

Susan M Galatowitsch

"Ecological Restoration" provides a comprehensive overview of the strategies being used around the world to reverse human impacts to landscapes, ecosystems, and species. This ....

The Evolutionary Strategies That Shape Ecosystems

J Philip Grime and Simon Pierce

In 1837 a young Charles Darwin took his notebook, wrote "I think" and then sketched a rudimentary, stick-like tree. Each branch of Darwin's tree of life told a story of ....

Invasive Alien Plants

An Ecological Appraisal for the Indian Subcontinent

Edited by JR Bhatt, JS Singh, SP Singh, RS Tripathi and RK Kohli

Invasive alien species are a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystems throughout the world. In India, a country with three of the world's most important 'biodiversity ....

Restoration Ecology - The New Frontier

Edited by Jelte van Andel and James Aronson

Enlarged, enhanced and internationalized edition of the first restoration ecology textbook to be published. Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, ....

Bibliography on Mangrove Research in Pakistan

Annotated Bibliography on Mangroves of Pakistan

Solaha Rahman and Sohail Barkati

Bibliographic details of research work carried out on mangroves of Pakistan and presented in the form of research papers, reports, theses and projects are compiled. An ....

Communication Strategies for Coastal Communities

A Case Study of Tamil Nadu

Arul Aram

The role of communication in coastal management is well demonstrated in this book. The main objectives are: (i) to identify and assess the overall communication requirements ....

The Cultural and Ecological Importance of Mangroves in the SW Pacific

Orlo Steele

The author has been intrigued by the Pacific distribution of the American red mangrove since first visiting the SW Pacific in 1994. This spcies is abundant in the New World ....

Ecological Evaluation of Estuarine Indian Sundarban

Status of Estuarine Mangroves Ecology of Indian Sundarban based on Important Environmental Parameters

Debabrata Mukherjee, Kumudranjan Naskar and Goutam Kumar Sen

The mangrove forests on the active delta of Indian Sundarban are a unique biosphere and a declared world heritage site. It prevails with the dynamic features of a tidal estuary ....

Effect of Hydrology on Mangrove Ecosystems

Effect of Hydrology on the Structure and Function of Mangrove Ecosystems in the Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam

LOI LE

The development and distribution of mangrove forests vary depending on both biotic and abiotic factors. Differences in structure and function of mangroves are reflected in ....

Eurasian Steppes

Ecological Problems and Livelihoods in a Changing World

Edited by Marinus JA Werger and Marja A Van Staalduinen

Steppes form one of the largest biomes on earth. Ecological changes came slowly, and nomadic pastoralism long predominated in the steppes. As from the mid-18th century the ....

The Fen Management Handbook

Edited by A McBride, I Diach, N Droy, B Hamill, P Jones, J Schutten et al

"The Fen Management Handbook" highlights practical techniques but also provides the background science that underpins the different fen management techniques. The handbook ....

Gravel Bed Rivers

Processes, Tools, Environments

Edited by Michael Church, Pascale Biron and Andre Roy

"Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments" presents a definitive review of current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers, derived from the 7th International Gravel-bed ....

Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

Barbara J. Lausche

The purpose of these guidelines is to update and expand the original guidelines on protected areas legislation published in 1980 and to reflect new developments and ....

The Making of Yosemite

James Mason Hutchings and the Origin of America's Most Popular National

Jen A Huntley

Leader of the first tourist expedition into Yosemite in 1855, James Mason Hutchings became a tireless promoter of the valley--and of himself. Seeking to create an ....

Mangroves of The Active Indus Delta

Changes and their Causes

Mahmood Qamar and Masood Quraishi

Extensive GIS and field studies of the Indus delta were conducted during 2005-2008 to determine the influence of reduced flow of the river Indus on the dynamics of Indus ....

Mediterranean Ecosystems - Dynamics, Management and Conservation

Edited by Gina S Williams

This book presents topical research in the study of the management and conservation of Mediterranean ecosystems. Also discussed in this compilation is conserving biodiversity ....

Prairie: A Natural History

Candace Savage

Authoritative, detailed, and scientifically up-to-date, Prairie: A Natural History provides a comprehensive, non-technical guide to the biology and ecology of the ....

Urban Wildscapes

Edited by Anna Jorgensen and Richard Keenan

"Urban Wildscapes" is one of the first edited collections of writings about urban 'wilderness' landscapes. Evolved, rather than designed or planned, these derelict, ....

Welgevonden: An African Wilderness Reborn

Ian Finlay

Welgevonden is one of South Africa's leading game reserves. It lies at the heart of the Waterberg mountain range, a region of great and rugged beauty in the Limpopo province, ....

Wetlands

Revised Edition

Peter D Moore

Wetlands are among the wildest places on Earth. Used throughout the years as a valuable means of transportation and communication and as a source of food, wetlands are found in ....

Wetlands Indicators

A Guide to Wetland Identification, Delineation, Classification, and Mapping

Ralph W Tiner

Written for environmental consultants and students enrolled in Wetlands Delineation courses, this second edition reference provides a comprehensive foundation for wetland ....

Best Practice Guidelines for the Re-introduction of Great Apes

Edited by B Beck, K Walkup, M Rodrigues, S Unwin, D Travis and T Stoinski

Re-introduction is one tool for conserving great apes and their natural habitats. These guidelines adapt other IUCN documents to pertain specifically to the re-introduction of ....

Biodiversity and Insect Pests

Key Issues for Sustainable Management

Edited by Geoff M Gurr, Stephen D Wratten and William E Snyder

Biodiversity offers great potential for managing insect pests. It provides resistance genes and anti-insect compounds; a huge range of predatory and parasitic natural enemies ....

Conservation, Biodiversity and International Law

Alexander Gillespie

This important and timely book provides a rigorous overview of the defining issues presently facing conservation at international level. The author provides detailed ....

Evidence-based Conservation

Lessons from the Lower Mekong

Edited by Terry CH Sunderland, Jeffrey Sayer and Hoang Thi Minh-Ha

There is a considerable gap between the science of conservation biology and the design and execution of biodiversity conservation projects in the field. Science is often ....

Game Changer

Animal Rights and the Fate of Africa's Wildlife

Glen Martin

Are conservation and protecting animals the same thing? In "Game Changer", award-winning environmental reporter Glen Martin takes a fresh look at this question as it applies to ....

The Green Leap

A Primer for Conserving Biodiversity in Subdivision Development

Mark E Hostetler

Written for anyone interested in green development--including policy makers, architects, developers, builders, and homeowners--this practical guide focuses on the central ....

Handbook for Phase 1 Habitat Survey: Field Manual only (A5 size)

A Technique for Environmental Audit

England Field Unit Nature Conservancy Council

This is a reprint of the original work, without changes. ....

Intelligent Tinkering

Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice

Robert J Cabin

Robert J. Cabin uses the restoration of tropical dry forestland in Hawaii as an in-depth case study to investigate the scientific, practical, and philosophical issues associated ....

The Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land Workbook

Steven I Apfelbaum and Alan W Haney

"Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land" was the first practical guidebook to give restorationists and would-be ....

The Value of Species

Edward L McCord

In the face of accelerating extinctions across the globe, what ought we to do? Amid this sea of losses, what is our responsibility? How do we assess the value of nonhuman ....

Air Pollution Emissions

Edited by Daniel G Vasiliev and Robert A Kask

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of air pollution emissions. Topics discussed include opportunities for sustainable energy development and ....

Air Pollution XX

Edited by JWS Longhurst and CA Brebbia

The book contains papers presented at the twentieth in a series of annual International Conferences dealing with Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution. The ....

Assessing Climate Change Impacts on the United States

Edited by Alex B McNeill

Human activities are yielding rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and other gases and particulates which are greatly altering the Earth's land cover. A ....

Carbon Capture and Greenhouse Gases

Edited by Imrus Juhasz and Gyorgy Halasz

Carbon capture and sequestration (or storage)--known as CCS--is attracting interest as a measure for mitigating global climate change, because potentially large amounts of ....

Carbon Sequestration

Methods, Modeling and Impacts

Edited by Elke Hoch and Siegbert Grunwald

Carbon plays an important role in supporting life and all living organisms are based on the carbon atom. Among the common elements of the earth's surface, the carbon atom is ....

The City and the Coming Climate

Climate Change and the Places We Live

Brian Stone

This book is the first to explore the dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities and the range of actions that individuals and governments can undertake to ....

Climate Change Measures and Trade Considerations

Edited by George R Fried

Global climate change is one of the most significant long-term policy challenges facing the United States, and policies to mitigate climate change will have important economic, ....

Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture

Edited by E Wollenberg, M-L Tapio-Bistrom, M Grieg-Gran and A Nihart

This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving ....

Climate Change Research Progress

Edited by Lawrence N Peretz

Climate change refers to the variation in the Earth's global climate or in regional climates over time. It describes changes in the variability or average state of the ....

Climate Change and Displacement Reader

Scott Leckie, Ezekiel Simperingham and Jordan Bakker

Official estimates put the future scale of human displacement as a result of climate change at anywhere from 150 million to one billion people. Despite this crisis in the ....

Climate Change and the Crisis of Capitalism

A Chance to Reclaim, Self, Society and Nature

Edited by Mark Pelling, David Manuel-Navarrete and Michael Redclift

Are established economic, social and political practices capable of dealing with the combined crises of climate change and the global economic system? Will falling back on ....

Climate Change, Assets and Food Security in Southern African Cities

Edited by Bruce Frayne, Caroline Moser and Gina Ziervogel

There is overwhelming evidence that the climate is changing. It is the poorest countries and people who are the most vulnerable to this threat and who will suffer the most. This ....

Climate Change: Financial Risks

Government Accountability Office

Weather-related events have cost the nation billions of dollars in damages over the past decade. Many of these losses are borne by private insurers and by two federal insurance ....

Designing Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Regulatory Systems

Edited by Sonja Enden

This book explores some of the key questions and design elements of a national greenhouse gas program in order to facilitate discussion and the development of ....

Designing for Zero Waste

Consumption, Technologies and the Built Environment

Steffen Lehmann and Robert Crocker

"Designing for Zero Waste" is a timely, topical and necessary publication. Materials and resources are being depleted at an accelerating speed and rising consumption trends ....

Disputing Global Warming

Anton Horvath and Boris Molnar

Global Warming--just that term evokes many people to nod their heads and fret about an impending climate disaster. In this book, the authors address some of the recent media ....

Encyclopedia of Air Pollution

Edited by Mark E Sheffield

This book presents important research advances in the study of air pollution, as well as traffic-related air pollution, the national air quality and the role of ship emissions ....

Encyclopedia of Pollution: Air, Earth, and Water (2-Volume Set)

Alexander E Gates and Robert P Blauvelt

The "Encyclopedia of Pollution" is a new, two-volume color set designed to address all aspects of pollution and the global impact on the environment in a single source. ....

Environmental Pollution

Health and Toxicology

SVS Rana

"Environmental Pollution: Health and Toxicology" in twenty three chapters covers a wide range of problems from pollution to the toxicity of heavy metals, pesticides, organic ....

Exploring Colour in the Environment

Anne Bebbington and John Bebbington

This laminated fold-out chart discusses colour in nature, explaining what is colour, who see colour, and what colour around us can tell us. ....

Focus on Climate Change and Health

Viroj Wiwanitkit

Climate change and health is a hot issue and the global warming is widely discussed. The effects on health should be mentioned more than they are generally. In this book, the ....

Global Change and Forestry

Economic and Policy Impacts and Responses

Edited by Jianbang Gan, Stephen Grado and Ian A Munn

This book is a collection of current research work on the economic and social impacts of, and policy responses to, global change mainly in the southern United States. This ....

Global Climate Change

International Perspectives and Responses

Edited by Elias D'Angelo

This book looks at the concerns over climate change, often termed 'global warming', which have emerged both in the U.S. and internationally as major policy issues. Reports ....

Global Environmental Issues

Edited by Frances Harris

"Global Environmental Issues", second edition builds on the popularity of the first edition, viewing global environmental problems as complex issues with a network of ....

Handbook of Climate Change and India

Development, Politics and Governance

Edited by Navroz K Dubash

How do policymakers, businesses and civil society in India approach the challenge of climate change? What do they believe global climate negotiations will achieve and how? ....

Lightning in the Tropics

From a Source of Fire to a Monitoring System of Climatic Changes

Osmar Pinto Jr

Most lightning on Earth occurs in the tropical region, mainly in the central portion of the African Continent, in the Amazon region in South America and in Indonesia. Despite ....

Migration and Climate Change

Edited by Etienne Piguet, Antoine Pecoud and Paul de Guchteneire

Migration and Climate Change provides the first authoritative overview of the relationship between climate change and migration. It brings together both case studies ....

Pollution in China

Edited by Michael I Chang

China has been very successful in developing its economy in the past 30 years. However, the severe environmental deteriorations associated with the rapid economic growth have ....

Reframing the Problem of Climate Change

From Zero Sum Game to Win-Win Solutions

K Hasselmann, C Jaeger, G Leipold, D Mangalagiu and JD Tabara

This book provides an evaluation of the science and policy debates on climate change and offers a reframing of the challenges they pose, as understood by key international ....

The Role of Sorbents in Sampling and Analysis of Emerging Pollutants in Indoor Environments

Carmen Garcia-Jares, Jorge Regueiro, Maria Llompart and Ruth Barro

In the last few years, the concern about pollutants present in indoor environments has greatly increased since in developed countries people spend large amounts of time ....

Rubbish!: Reuse Your Refuse

Kate Shoup

Want to know what goodies you can make with your garbage? This book shows you how to give everyday household items a new life the hip craftster's way. You'll discover how to ....

Science of Climate Change and Policy Implications

Edited by Kyle S Hartzell

This book is an overview of the science and policy implications of climate change. Almost all scientists agree that the Earth's climate is changing, having warmed by 0.6 ....

Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems

Vicente Orostegui

As defined in this book, an ecological threshold is the point at which there is an abrupt change in an ecosystem quality, property, or phenomenon, or where small changes ....

Tourism and Climate Change

Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation

C Michael Hall, Stefan Gossling and Daniel Scott

Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue facing the world today and has emerged as a major topic in tourism studies. Climate ....

Amazing Agates

Lake Superior's Banded Gemstone

Scott F Wolter and Rick Kollath

Between the covers of "Amazing Agates" you'll discover everything you've always wanted to know about Lake Superior's banded gemstone. Mr. Agate himself, Scott Wolter, will ....

Basic Geological Mapping

Richard J Lisle, Peter Brabham and John W Barnes

Part of "The Geological Field Guide Series", "Basic Geological Mapping", 5th Edition is an essential basic guide to field techniques in mapping geology. Now completely revised ....

Biogeochemistry and Pedogenetic Process in Saltmarsh and Mangrove Systems

Edited by Xose Luis Otero Perez and Felipe Macias Vazquez

Wetlands have generally been viewed in the past as areas of little value, and have even been considered as a threat to human health. This idea, which persists in a large part ....

Choosing and Using a Dobsonian Telescope

Neil English

This book is the ultimate guide to buying and using commercial Dobsonians, with in-depth accounts for the various models (plus accessories) on the market and descriptions of the ....

Geology of Hungary

Janos Haas

Hungary lies in the central part of the Pannonian Basin, surrounded by the ranges of the Alps, Carpathians, and Dinarides. The geology of the country can be summarized as a ....

Hubble: The Mirror on the Universe

Robin Kerrod and Carole Stott

In third edition of this title, 32 additional pages are revised throughout and completely redesigned. ....

Molecular Driving Forces

Statistical Thermodynamics in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Nanoscience

Ken Dill and Sarina Bromberg

"Molecular Driving Forces", Second Edition is an introductory statistical thermodynamics text that describes the principles and forces that drive chemical and biological ....

A More Perfect Heaven

How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos

Dava Sobel

During the 1530s, rumours of a potentially revolutionary theory of how the heavens worked emanating from a small city in Poland began to spread throughout Europe. The ....

Palaeofocus 2

The Stratigraphy of the Pliocene in Belgium / The Invertebrate Fauna of the Pliocene in Belgium - Part 1 Annelida, Anthozoa and Crustacea

Robert Marquet, Jacques Herman, Joe Collins, John Jagt and Barry Van Bakel

Palaeofocus 2 contains two papers both part of a series of publications aiming at the description and illustration of the Pliocene stratigraphy and fauna of Belgium, within ....

Rock Picker's Guide to Lake Superior's North Shore

Mark Sparky Stensaas

This popular and easy-to-use guide is employed by tourists and rock-enthusiasts of every age to identify all those rocks seen on the beaches and shores of Lake Superior. Twelve ....

Solar System

A Visual Exploration of the Planets, Moons, and Other Heavenly Bodies that Orbit our Sun

Marcus Chown

In this title, bestselling author Marcus Chown leads us on a grand tour through the incredible diversity of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft that surround ....

Speleothem Science

From Process to Past Environments

Ian J Fairchild and Andy Baker

Speleothems (mineral deposits that formed in caves) are currently giving us some of the most exciting insights into environments and climates during the Pleistocene ice ages ....

Stellar Magnetism

Leon Mestel

Ongoing studies in mathematical depth, and inferences from 'helioseismological' observations of the internal solar rotation have shown up the limitations in our ....

Supersymmetry: Theory, Experiment, and Cosmology

Pierre Binetruy

This book describes the basic concepts of supersymmetric theories. It is aimed at theorists, experimentalists and cosmologists interested in supersymmetry, and its ....

Adorno on Nature

Deborah Cook

Decades before the environmental movement emerged in the 1960s, Adorno condemned our destructive and self-destructive relationship to the natural world, warning of the ....

Advances in the Research of Aquatic Environment, Volume 2

Edited by Nicolaos Lambrakis, George Stournaras and Konstantina Katsanou

The book focuses on the management of the aquatic environment. It is aimed at scientists, students, governmental officials and specialists dealing with groundwater ....

Animal Welfare in Animal Agriculture

Husbandry, Stewardship, and Sustainability in Animal Production

Edited by Wilson G Pond, Fuller W Bazer and Bernard E Rollin

What constitutes animal welfare? With animals being used for companionship, service, research, food, fiber, and by-products, animal welfare is a topic of great interest and ....

Aspectos Jurídicos de la Conservación de los Glaciares

Edited by Alejandro Iza and Marta B Rovere

This report adresses the legal framework for glacier conservation in South America and examines the realities of conservation projects in seven countries (Argentina, Bolivia, ....

Aspects Contemporains du Droit de l'Environnement en Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale

Edited by Laurent Granier

This book (published in French) consists of nine articles written by environmental lawyers from the region, regrouped around three themes: Chapter I deals with ....

Le Cadre Juridique International du Bassin de la Volta

Amidou Garané

This report discusses the legal framework and current environmental laws regarding international watercourses, as established the Authority of the Volta Basin. This Basin ....

Conservation and Sustainable Development

Linking Practice and Policy

Edited by Jonathan Davies

The links between policy and practice in natural resource management are often depicted as a cyclical and rational process. In reality policy making and implementation are ....

Constructing Climate Change Legislation

Background and Issues

Gerald P Overhauser

Sorting out the appropriate roles of each level of government in addressing climate change is far more complicated than the specific question of whether State climate ....

Derecho Ambiental en Centroamérica, Volume 1

Edited by Grethel Aguilar Rojas and Alejandro Iza

This is volume one of a two-volume work discussing environment law in Central America. ....

Derecho Ambiental en Centroamérica, Volume 2

Edited by Grethel Aguilar Rojas and Alejandro Iza

This is volume two of a two-volume work discussing environmental law in Central America. ....

Desalination: Solutions and Roadmap for an Improved Water Supply

James S Dawson and Joe Brennan

This book explores desalination technologies in the United States, which are increasingly used for municipal and industrial water supplies and reclamation of ....

Ecomind - Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want

Frances Moore Lappe

In "EcoMind," Frances Moore Lappe--a giant of the environmental movement--confronts accepted wisdom of environmentalism. Drawing on the latest research from anthropology to ....

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Local and Regional Policy and Management

Edited by Heidi Wittmer and Haripriya Gundimeda

In this volume of the TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) publication series, the key concepts of the project are applied to local and regional policy and ....

Economics of Policy Options to Address Climate Change

Edited by Gregory N Bartos

Elevated levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the resulting effects on the earth's climate could have significant environmental and economic impacts in the United ....

Ecotourism and Biodiversity Conservation

Suresh C Rai

Tourism is the most important non-farm activity in the mountainous region. In mountain belts the aesthetic value of the land is by itself one of the critical assets for the ....

The Educated Eye

Visual Culture and Pedagogy in the Life Sciences

Edited by Nancy Anderson and Michael R Dietrich

The creation and processing of visual representations in the life sciences is a critical but often overlooked aspect of scientific pedagogy. "The Educated Eye" follows the ....

Effective Groundwater Model Calibration

With Analysis of Data, Sensitivities, Predictions, and Uncertainty

Mary C Hill and Claire R Tiedeman

Turn to "Effective Groundwater Model Calibration" for a set of methods and guidelines that can help produce more accurate and transparent mathematical models. The models can ....

Emissions Trading

Lessons Learned from the European Union and Kyoto Protocol Climate Change Programs

Edited by Ervin Nagy and Gisella Varga

The European Union's (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a cornerstone of the EU's efforts to meet its obligation under the Kyoto Protocol. It covers more than 10,00 ....

The Energy Imperative

100 Percent Renewable Now

Hermann Scheer and Bianca Jagger

For decades, Hermann Scheer was one of the world's leading proponents of renewable energy. In this, his last book before his death in 2010, he lays out his vision for a ....

Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental y Diversidad Biológica

Edited by Eduardo Astorga Jorquera, Lorenzo Soto Oyarzún and Alejandro Iza

This is a comparative study of Environmental Impact Assessment procedures between different South American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and ....

Fungicide Resistance in Crop Protection

Risk and Management

Edited by Tarlochan S Thind

Pathogen resistance to fungicides has become a challenging problem in the managing of crop diseases and has threatened the performance of some highly potent commercial ....

Gobernanza de Aguas Compartidas

Aspectos Jurídicos e Institucionales

GrethelIza, Alejandro Aguilar Rojas

The second edition of this report was prepared after high demand for the first edition. This edition has advanced the concept of governance of shared waters, and has explores ....

Gobernanza del agua en Mesoamérica

Dimensión Ambiental

Grethel Aguilar Rojas and Alejandro Iza

This report presents the results of a comparative analysis of the degree to which environmental factors are taken into account in the legislation of water resources in ....

The Green Economy and Its Implementation in China

Edited by David Ness, Huang Haifeng and Manhong Mannie Liu

China's enormous economic growth has earned a spotlight on the global stage, but it comes at a great cost to the environment, both ecologically and financially. In response ....

The Green Executive

Corporate Leadership in a Low Carbon Economy

Gareth Kane

Over the last five years, the corporate sustainability debate has shifted from one of compliance to one of strategic competitive advantage. Accordingly, responsibility for ....

Green IT Strategies and Applications

Using Environmental Intelligence

Bhuvan Unhelkar

Bhuvan Unhelkar takes you on an all-encompassing voyage of environmental sustainability and Green IT. Sharing invaluable insights gained during two battle-tested decades in the ....

Green IT for Sustainable Business Practice

An ISEB Foundation Guide

Mark G O'Neill

It is widely cited that the IT industry is responsible for the same level of carbon emissions as the aviation industry, and experts predict that these emissions will double ....

Green Jobs

A Guide to Eco-Friendly Employment

A Bronwyn Llewellyn, James P Hendrix and KC Golden

Today's job seekers are going green and the employment opportunities for environmentally-skilled workers are skyrocketing. "Green Jobs" helps job seekers find a ....

A History of Energy

Northern Europe from the Stone Age to the Present Day

Bert Sorensen

In this seminal book, Bent Sorensen views human society as driven by the quest for, and control of, energy. From allowing our prehistoric ancestors to survive harsh northern ....

ICT Sustainability

Assessment And Strategies For A Low Carbon Future

Tom Worthington

"ICT Sustainability" is about how to assess, and reduce, the carbon footprint and materials used with computers and telecommunications. These are the notes for an award ....

Imagining the Forest

Narratives of Michigan and the Upper Midwest

John Knott

Forests have always been more than just their trees. The forests in Michigan (and similar forests in other Great Lakes states such as Wisconsin and Minnesota) played a ....

Legal Frameworks for REDD

Design and Implementation at the National Level

Edited by John Costenbader

This publication identifies and analyzes critical issues in the formulation and implementation of national and sub-national legal frameworks for REDD activities. It is ....

Making Animal Meaning

Edited by Linda Kalof and Georgina M Montgomery

An elucidating collection of ten original essays, "Making Animal Meaning" reconceptualizes methods for researching animal histories and rethinks the contingency ....

Mangrove-based shrimp fry fisheries in Bangladesh

Policies and socio-economic dynamics in shrimp fry collection sector

Harun Or Rashid, Pulakesh Mondal and Glaser Marion

Shrimp aquaculture in Bangladesh has increased rapidly during the last three decades, converting the Sundarban mangrove forest into shrimp farms, destroying the ecosystem of ....

A New Blueprint for a Green Economy

Edward Barbier and Anil Markandya

Published in 1989, "Blueprint for a Green Economy" presented, for the first time, practical policy measures for ....

Ocean Governance

Yen-Chiang Chang

The ocean--a source of life, has been overused and heavily polluted. While the traditional approaches might not be able to solve the complexity of the ocean governance ....

Payments for Ecosystem Services

Legal and Institutional Frameworks

Edited by Thomas Greiber

Analysis and engagement with partners working on ecosystem services transactions, policies and laws over the past 10 years have demonstrated a clear need to better ....

Policy Instruments for Environment and Natural Resource Management

Thomas Sterner and Jessica Coria

Thomas Sterner's book is an attempt to encourage more widespread and careful use of economic policy instruments. The book compares the accumulated experiences of the use of ....

Prácticas Ancestrales y Derecho de Aguas

De la Tensión a la Coexistencia

Edited by Marta Brunilda Rovere and Alejandro Iza

This report documents some of the most important local practices concerning water in Latin American countries, specifically Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Paraguay. These ....

The Right to Water

Politics, Governance and Social Struggles

Edited by Farhana Sultana and Alex Loftus

The right to clean water has been adopted by the United Nations as a basic human right. Yet how such universal calls for a right to water are understood, negotiated, ....

The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply

Edited by Jennie Popp, Marty Matlock, Nathan Kemper and Molly Jahn

This publication addresses the role of biotechnology in a sustainable food supply in the 21st century. What sets this book apart is the thread that connects the broad subject ....

Sustainability of Desalination

Addressing Water Shortage in Mumbai, India

Kristian Colvey, Maija Bertule and Huanzhang Yu

Dwindling fresh water supplies and increasing energy demand are two issues facing developing countries. These two issues are especially salient in connection with global ....

Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure

Paths to the Future

Annie Pearce, Yong Han Ahn and Hanmi Global Co. Ltd

Construction is one of the biggest industries in the world, providing necessary facilities for human prosperity ranging from the homes in which we live to the highways ....

Tailoring the Green Suit

Empowering Yourself for an Executive Career in the New Green Economy

Dan Smolen

"Tailoring The Green Suit" is about the process of developing a successful executive career in the new green economy. It is a career development book for U.S. executives ....

Teaching Geographic Information Science and Technology in Higher Education

Edited by David Unwin, Nicholas Tate, Kenneth E Foote and David DiBiase

Geographic Information Science (GISc&T) has been at the forefront of education innovation in geography and allied sciences for two decades. "Teaching Geographic ....

The Vertical Farm

Feeding the World in the 21st Century

Dickson Despommier

When Columbia professor Dickson Despommier set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big--he thought up. Despommier's stroke of genius, ....

Water Policy in Minnesota

Issues, Incentives, and Action

Edited by Jim Perry and K William Easter

Minnesota has a unique role in U.S. water policy. Hydrologically, it is a state with more than 12,000 lakes, an inland sea, and the headwaters of three major river systems: ....

Water Policy in New Mexico

Addressing the Challenge of an Uncertain Future

Edited by David S Brookshire, Hoshin V Gupta and Olen Paul Matthews

This book addresses water management issues in the State of New Mexico. It focuses on our current understanding of the natural world, capabilities in numerical modeling, ....

Water Policy, Tourism and Recreation

Lessons from Australia

Edited by Suzanne O'Keefe and Lin Crase

This book explores the complicated interrelationships between freshwater resources and tourism and recreation. The focus is on Australia, but comparisons with the experience ....

Water Quality Concepts, Sampling, and Analyses

Edited by Yuncong Li and Kati Migliaccio

As water quality becomes a leading concern for people and ecosystems worldwide, it must be properly assessed in order to protect water resources for current and future ....

Wildfire Policy

Law and Economics Perspectives

Edited by Dean Lueck and Karen M Bradshaw

During the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to ....

Arc Hydro Groundwater

GIS for Hydrogeology

Gil Strassberg, Norman L Jones and David R Maidment

"Arc Hydro Groundwater: GIS for Hydrogeology" describes the groundwater data model, a new geodatabase design for representing groundwater systems using ArcGIS software. The ....

Design and Analysis of Long-term Ecological Monitoring Studies

Edited by Robert A Gitzen, Joshua J Millspaugh, Andrew B Cooper and Daniel S Licht

To provide useful and meaningful information, long-term ecological programs need to implement solid and efficient statistical approaches for collecting and analyzing data. ....

Environmental Monitoring Using GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

Joseph L Awange

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are revolutionizing the world in a way their original developers never envisaged. From being military "war" tools, GNSS satellites ....

Feedback Control in Systems Biology

Carlo Cosentino and Declan Bates

Like engineering systems, biological systems must also operate effectively in the presence of internal and external uncertainty--such as genetic mutations or temperature ....

The GIS 20

Essential Skills

Gina Clemmer

"The GIS 20: Essential Skills" is a no-nonsense workbook that demonstrates how to perform 20 essential GIS skills as indicated by 500 GIS practitioners. Written for ....

GIS Tutorial 1

Basic Workbook

Wilpen L Gorr and Kristen S Kurland

Updated for ArcGIS Desktop 10, "GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook" provides effective GIS training in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format. By combining ArcGIS tutorials with ....

GIS Tutorial 2

Spatial Analysis Workbook

David W Allen

Updated for ArcGIS Desktop 10, "GIS Tutorial 2: Spatial Analysis Workbook" offers hands-on exercises to help GIS users at the intermediate level continue to build ....

GIS Tutorial 3

Advanced Workbook

David W Allen and Jeffery M Coffey

The "GIS Tutorial 3: Advanced Workbook" features exercises that demonstrate the advanced functionality of the ArcEditor and ArcInfo licenses of ArcGIS Desktop. This workbook is ....

Mastering ArcGIS with Video Clips DVD-ROM

Maribeth Price

"Mastering ArcGIS" is an introductory GIS text that is designed to offer everything you need to master the basic elements of GIS. The author's step-by-step approach helps ....

Remote Sensing and Gi System in Environmental Sampling

Case Study of Anasagar Lake (Rajasthan) India

Puja Khare and Naresh Chaudary

Environmental threats to Anasagar wetland include pollution, eutrophication, encroachment,siltation, weed infestation, unplanned, aquaculture practices etc. These ....

Statistical Methods for Censored Environmental Data Using Minitab and R

Dennis R Helsel

"Statistical Methods for Censored Environmental Data Using Minitab and R", Second Edition introduces and explains methods for analyzing and interpreting censored data in ....

Time Series Analysis by State Space Methods

James Durbin and Siem Jan Koopman

This second edition updates Durbin & Koopman's important text on the state space approach to time series analysis. The distinguishing feature of state space time series ....

Visualize This

The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics

Nathan Yau

Data doesn't decrease; it is ever-increasing and can be overwhelming to organize in a way that makes sense to its intended audience. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could ....

Dictionary of Names for Southern African Trees

Scientific Names of Indigenous Trees, Shrubs and Climbers with Common Names from 30 Languages

Braam van Wyk, Erika van den Berg, Meg Coates Palgrave and Marie Jordaan

This dictionary is a catalogue of the names of some 2100 trees, selected shrubs and woody climbers native to southern Africa and is aimed at providing a comprehensive ....

The Europa Regional Surveys of the World 2012, 9-Volume Set

Edited by Europa Publications

Featuring expert analysis of, and background to, the most recent political, economic and social developments across the globe, "Europa's Regional Surveys of the World Set 2012" ....

Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts

Edited by Bettina Messias Carbonell

Updated to reflect the latest developments in twenty-first century museum scholarship, the new Second Edition of "Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts" presents a ....

World Development Report 2011

Conflict, Security and Development

The World Bank

Draws together lessons from national reformers escaping from repetitive cycles of violence. This advocates a greater focus on continuous preventive action, balancing a ....

World Development Report 2012

Gender Equality and Development

World Bank Group

The "WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development" focuses on the evolution of gender equality across the world in the context of the development process. The report ....