Atlas de Repartition des Mammiferes d'Alsace [Distribution Atlas of the Mammals of Alsace]

Antoine Andre, Christelle Brand and Fabrice Capber

The French region of Alsace lies in the east of the country and borders Germany and Switzerland. Since 2006, the Office des Données Naturalistes d'Alsace (ODONAT) has been coordinating a project to realize the publication of ...

Bovids of the World

Antelopes, Gazelles, Cattle, Goats, Sheep, and Relatives

Jose R Castello, Brent Huffman and Colin Groves

Bovids are a diverse group of ruminant mammals that have hooves and unbranched hollow horns. Bovids of the World is the first comprehensive field guide to cover all 279 bovid species, including antelopes, gazelles, cattle, buffaloes ...

Der Goldhamster [Golden Hamster]

Mesocricetus auratus

Rolf Gattermann, Peter Fritzsche and Karsten Neumann

Almost 100 years had to pass after its scientific description in 1839, before the Golden Hamster was rediscovered in 1930 in the desert of northern Syria. After having succeed in starting a breeding population from three male and a female ...

Dolphin Diaries

My 25 Years with Spotted Dolphins in the Bahamas

Denise L Herzing

Dr. Denise Herzing began her research with a pod of spotted dolphins in the 1980s. Now, almost three decades later, she has forged strong ties with many of these individuals, has witnessed and recorded them feeding, playing, fighting ...

Foxes Unearthed

A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain

Lucy Jones

The British people have a unique relationship with the fox; no other animal attracts such controversy, has provoked more column inches or been so deeply woven into our culture over the centuries. But as well as being the most ubiquitous ...

Monkeys of Peru

Pocket Identification Guide

Rolando Aquino Y, Fanny M Cornejo, Liliana Cortes-Ortiz, Filomeno Encarnacion C and Eck Heymann

This laminated fold-out guide has 66 illustrations to identify all monkey species in Peru, with illustrations of both sexes for some species, and includes individual distribution maps. In addition, you can use the checklist to note the ...

Otters in Shetland

The Tale of the 'Draatsi'

Richard Shucksmith and Brydon Thomason

A stunning collection of photographs, history and ecology of one of the most charismatic of British mammals, this is a must have for any visitor to Shetland, or anybody who loves the great outdoors! Written with a deep understanding for ...

Primates del Peru: Guia de Identificacion de Bolsillo [Monkeys of Peru: Pocket Identification Guide]

Rolando Aquino Y, Fanny M Cornejo, Liliana Cortes-Ortiz, Filomeno Encarnacion C and Eck Heymann

This laminated fold-out guide has 66 illustrations to identify all monkey species in Peru, with illustrations of both sexes for some species, and includes individual distribution maps. In addition, you can use the checklist to note the ...

Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2012-2014

Christoph Schwitzer, Russell A Mittermeier, Anthony B Rylands, Lucy A Taylor and Federica Chiozza

This report was released at the International Primatological Society (IPS) meeting in August 2014, Hanoi, Vietnam. Here the IUCN reports on the seventh iteration of the biennial listing of a consensus of the 25 primate species ...

Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2014-2016

Christoph Schwitzer, Russell A Mittermeier, Anthony B Rylands, Federica Chiozza and El Williamson

This report was first presented at the Asian Red-Listing meeting the IUCN had in Singapore in November 2015. Here the IUCN reports on the eighth iteration of the biennial listing of a consensus of the 25 primate species considered ...

RSPB Spotlight: Badgers

James Lowen

Badgers are elusive wanderers of the night and few mammals are as mysterious. Their nocturnal lifestyle means not many of us have ever glimpsed their monochrome form as they sniff and bustle their way through woodland or across pasture ...

Red Squirrels

Ecology, Conservation & Management in Europe

Craig M Shuttleworth, Peter WW Lurz, Matthew W Hayward and Iolo Williams

This is the first book of its kind in 20 years on red squirrel management and conservation in the UK and across Europe. Red Squirrels: Ecology, Conservation & Management in Europe ties together subjects covering habitat, ecology ...

Spirit of Dartmoor Ponies

Dartmoor Pony Society

With over sixty fascinating and heart-warming images, Spirit of Dartmoor Ponies by the Dartmoor Pony Society captures the essence of these beautiful creatures, the living heart of the Dartmoor landscape.

Status Survey of Some Mammals in Gujarat with Special Reference to Chinkara and Desert Cat

PL Kankane, Gaurav Sharma and Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman

The Indian state of Gujarat features distinctive geomorphological features, including the convergence of four mountain ranges, four major river systems, and the longest sea coast in India with two sheltered gulfs. This has given rise to ...

Surveying for Bats in Trees And Woodland: Guide (BS 8596:2015)

British Standards Institution (BSI)

All UK bats and their roosts are protected by the law – If you manage trees or woodland you must meet the legal requirements to follow best practice in avoiding killing, injuring or disturbing bats or damaging or destroying their ...

Tempo da Lupi [Time for Wolves]

Bruno D'Amicis and Jim Brandenburg

Tempo da Lupi is the result of six years of work and of hundreds of days spent in the mountains of Central Italy. It features 130 ground-breaking and evocative pictures that document the life of wolves up-close. These blend with ...

Time for Wolves

Bruno D'Amicis and Jim Brandenburg

Time for Wolves is the result of six years of work and of hundreds of days spent in the mountains of Central Italy. It features 130 ground-breaking and evocative pictures that document the life of wolves up-close. These blend with ...

An Amateur's Guide to Birds of Assam

Jayaditya Purkayastha

An Amateur's Guide to Birds of Assam contains photos along with distribution maps and short descriptions for 200 species of birds. To make it handy for field use, symbols are used. The book also contains information on basic biology ...

Bird Droppings

Writings about Watching Birds & Bird Watchers

Pete Dunne and David Gothard

Pete Dunne, one of the foremost birding writers in the country, shares 33 funny, poignant, whimsical, and informative tales about birders and birding in his first collection of birding essays in more than ten years. Dunne is an expert ...

Birds of Kruger National Park

Keith Barnes and Ken Behrens

South Africa's Kruger National Park is one of the largest and most iconic conservation areas in Africa. Habitats range from wide-open savannah and rugged thornveld to broadleaved mopani woodland. This microhabitat variation gives Kruger ...

Birds of Western Ecuador

A Photographic Guide

Nick Athanas, Paul J Greenfield, Iain Campbell, Pablo Cervantes Daza and Sam Woods

Western Ecuador is famed for its astonishingly diverse birdlife, from colorful hummingbirds and outrageous toucans to more difficult groups like raptors, flycatchers, and ovenbirds. Here is the ultimate photographic guide to the spectacular ...

Birds of the Canary Islands

Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey

The Birds of the Canary Islands is a Macaronesian archipelago avifauna that fills an important gap in the ornithological literature. Full colour throughout it begins with authoritative introductory chapters covering subjects as ...

Britain's Birds

An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland

Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Hugh Harrop and David Tipling

Britain's Birds will be enjoyed and valued by everyone, from beginner to experienced birder. One of the most comprehensive, up-to-date and practical bird books of modern times, it features an unrivalled selection of photographs ...

Die Vogelwelt von Rheinland-Pfalz, Band 1: Allgemeiner Teil [The Avifauna of Rhineland-Palatinate, Volume 1: General Par

Christian Dietzen

This is the first volume of what is planned to be a four-volume opus – the most comprehensive work on the bird life in this German state that has ever been published. It is also a milestone regional avifauna in Germany.

Die Vogelwelt von Rheinland-Pfalz, Band 2: Entenvoegel bis Storchenvoegel (Anseriformes-Ciconiiformes)

Christian Dietzen

This is the first volume of what is planned to be a four-volume opus – the most comprehensive work on the bird life in this German state that has ever been published. It is also a milestone regional avifauna in Germany.

Finding Birds in Hungary - The DVD (All Regions)

Dave Gosney

This DVD introduces you to the best birding sites in Hungary and shows you many of the country's most exciting birds. British birder Dave Gosney takes you to areas of plains such as The Hortobágy, several of Hungary's ...

Habitat, Population Dynamics, and Metal Levels in Colonial Waterbirds

A Food Chain Approach

Joanna Burger and Michael Gochfeld

Based on longitudinal studies-some into their fifth decade-of colonial waterbirds, this book provides a clear picture of the corrosive effects of heavy metals in the aquatic environment today. Colonial-nesting birds can serve as excellent ...

Hummingbirds of North America

Paul A Johnsgard

First published in hardback in 1997, this second edition of Hummingbirds of North America is now available in paperback. The first edition was published in 1983, and this well illustrated and acclaimed volume was been ...

Identifying Birds of Prey

Quick Reference Guide for Eastern North America

Laura Erickson

An engaging quick-reference guide to the basics of identifying hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures, and kites in flight. Includes color photos and simplified outlines showing key features of each species, as well as range maps and comparisons ...

Magical Birds of Bolivia / Aves Magicas de Bolivia

Daniel Alarcon Arias

With 1,430 species of which 17 are endemic, Bolivia is the country with the sixth highest number of bird species in the world. Magical Birds of Bolivia / Aves Mágicas de Bolivia contains photographs, maps and general information ...

Orkney Bird Report 2012

Orkney Bird Report Committee

The 2012 edition of the Orkney Bird Report includes full colour photographs and a vast array of information on species, sightings, nesting habitats and locations. 2012 was full of the variety that is expected from Orkney's birds.

Orkney Bird Report 2013

Orkney Bird Report Committee

The 2013 edition of the bird report, with full colour photographs. Includes a wealth of information on rarities and ringing, along with the usual records of sightings. Reported, again, is the poor breeding season for the seabirds and waders ...

Orkney Bird Report 2014

Orkney Bird Report Committee

The 2014 edition of The Orkney Bird Report, with full colour photographs, includes information on species, sightings, nesting habitats and locations. A very exciting year with 254 species recorded and for the first time in 15 years a ...

RSPB Spotlight: Eagles

Mike Unwin

Eagles are among the most impressive hunters of the animal world. Their predatory prowess and flying skills have imbued them with a romance and mystique that runs deep in our culture and has elevated them to emblems of freedom and power ...

Reintroduction of Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus in Kresna Gorge, Southwest Bulgaria 2010-2015 [English / Bulgarian]

Hristo Peshev, Emilian Stoynov, Atanas Grozdanov and Nadya Vangelova

This book describes details about the reintroduction of the Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus in Kresna Gorge, Southwestern Bulgaria in the period 2010-2015. Data about releases, breeding attempts, seasonal dynamics, dispersal, mortality ...

The Genius of Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative ...

Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil, Volume 2: The Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil, including Sao Paulo

Robert S Ridgely, John A Gwynne, Guy Tudor and Martha Argel

The second volume in this series covers the avifauna of The Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil, including São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and covers some 927 species.

A Field Guide to the Lizards and Amphibians of Western Maharashtra [English / Marathi]

Vivek Gour Broome and Sanjay Sondhi

This field guide has been designed for quick and easy field identification of some of the common species of lizards and amphibians in Western Maharashtra.The pictorial layout, specially designed symbols, and bilingual text are meant for ...

Reptiles & Amphibians of Britain and Europe

Wouter Beukema, Jeroen Speybroeck, Jan van der Voort, Bobby Bok and Ilian Velikov

The taxonomy and systematics of European reptiles and amphibians have changed a lot in recent years, yet there is no modern, up-to-date field guide available that covers all the species. This new book addresses this deficiency.

The Origin of Snakes

Insights from Morphology and the Fossil Record

Michael Wayne Caldwell

The Origin of Snakes presents perspectives on the past and present state of the understanding of snake origins. It reviews and critiques data and ideas from paleontology and neontology (herpetology), as well as ideas from morphology ...

Tanganyika Cichlids in their Natural Habitat

Ad Konings

The 400+ pages of this long-awaited revision of the definitive work on the cichlids of Lake Tanganyika contain a wealth of new information, with more than 1200 photos, most taken in the lake, showing all the currently known species.

The Sharks of Sri Lanka

Rex Ian de Silva, Jayantha Jinasena and Marie Levine

Sri Lanka boasts 61 species of sharks in its seas. The Sharks of Sri Lanka is the first publication to deal comprehensively with this group of fascinating and amazing creatures. This book is written by Rex I. De Silva, a diver ...

Fauna Iberica, Volume 41: Annelida: Polychaeta IV

Julio Parapar

Fauna Ibérica, Volume 41: Annelida: Polychaeta IV advances knowledge of the polychaete annelids of the coast of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. This volume includes a detailed study of families Glyceridae ...

Field Guide to the Dragonflies of New Guinea

Albert G Orr, Vincent J Kalkman and Stephen Richards

This book is a companion to the Field Guide to the Damselflies of New Guinea published in 2013 by the same authors and covers the 'true' dragonflies, or Anisoptera. With it the reader can identify the approximately 175 species presently known from ...

Gorgonians (Octocorallia) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

JS Yogesh Kumar, C Raghunathan, R Raghuraman and Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman

Gorgonians are marine coelenterates of the class Anthozoa, which include sea fan, sea whips, corals, sea anemones and other related species. Based on structural differences in their symmetry, the Anthozoans are divided into three subclasses ...

Handbook of Zoology, Volume 4/38: Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 1

Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim)

Rolf G Beutel and Richard AB Leschen

This book is a revised edition of the first of three volumes in the Handbook of Zoology series which treats the systematics and biology of Coleoptera. With over 380,000 described species, Coleoptera are by far the most species-rich ...

Handbook on Major Hemipteran Predators of India

Animesh Bal and B Biswas

Predatory nature is found in some of the insect orders, as it is seen in the Hemipteran bugs. Among Hemiptera some species which belong to different farnilies are predators, such as Assassin-bugs (Reduviidae), Pirate-bugs (Anthocoidae) ...

Living Terebras of Western Atlantic (In Addition Fossil Terebras of Caribbean Area) (2-Volume Set)

Umberto Aubry, Rosa Gargiulo and Salvatore Russo

Study and revision of the Terebridae, commonly referred to as auger shells or auger snails, a group or family of small to large predatory marine gastropods. This book deals with living Terebridae of the Western Atlantic and includes fossils ...

Lycaenidae Part 4 (Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region)

Subfamily Polyommatinae, Tribe Polyommatini, Genus Polyommatus, Subgenus Agrodiaetus

Gian Cristoforo Bozano and Wolfgang Eckweiler

The fourth part to deal with members of the Lycaenidae. This part focuses on butterflies of the subgenus Agrodiaetus, genus Polyommatus.

On the Fauna of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of South Western Ghats

PM Sureshan

Parasitic Hymenoptera play a vital role in terrestrial ecosystems in the control of insect pests attacking crops. The family Pteromalidae is one of the largest and taxonomically difficult families of the super family Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) ...

Scorpion

Louise M Pryke

From the dawn of civilization scorpions have captured the human imagination. Yet the scorpion is a misunderstood animal with a bad reputation that overshadows its many exceptional qualities. Older than dinosaurs, these small arthropods ...

Sperm Competition in Butterflies

Mamoru Watanabe

Sperm Competition in Butterflies describes about 30 years of theoretical, empirical, and experimental work on butterfly sperm competition. It considers the reproductive morphology and sperm utilization interests of males and females ...

ZooKeys 535: Annotated Check List of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico

Brian G Scholtens and MA Solis

This is the first complete update to the check list of Pyraloidea in America north of Mexico in over thirty years. The authors list 861 species of Crambidae and 681 species of Pyralidae for a total of 1542 species, an increase of 10% since ...

Dinosaurs: The Textbook

The Textbook

Spencer G Lucas

The perfect textbook for nonscience majors, this plainspoken volume methodically plots the biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. It clarifies the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of the various species while ...

Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany

A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases

Amber M VanDerwarker and Tanya M Peres

In recent years, scholars have emphasized the need for more holistic subsistence analyses, and collaborative publications towards this endeavor have become more numerous in the literature. However, there are relatively few attempts to ...

Prehistoric Mammals of Nepal

Ramesh Shrestha

In Nepal some 26 different types of prehistoric mammals are known to have existed, as evidenced by the discovery of fossilized body parts in different parts of the country by various palaeontologists. The area of present-day Nepal used ...

Iconographia Diatomologica, Volume 26: Lake Baikal: Hotspot of Endemic Diatoms II

Maxim S Kulikovskiy, Horst Lange-Bertalot and Irina V Kuznetsova

A provisional inventory of achnanthoid, fragilariod, canal-raphe diatoms and the genus Diploneis in Lake Baikal. This volume includes revisions of ditoms from the following genera: Cymatopleura, Nitzschia ...

A Brief History of Creation

Science and the Search for the Origin of Life

Bill Mesler and H James Cleaves II

How did life begin? It is perhaps the most important question science has ever asked. Over the centuries, the search for an answer has been entwined with some of science's most revolutionary advances including ...

Beyond the Bear

How I Learned to Live and Love Again After Being Blinded by a Bear

Dan Bigley and Deborah McKinney

A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska's ...

Birders of Africa

History of a Network

Nancy J Jacobs

In this unique and unprecedented study of birding in Africa, historian Nancy Jacobs reconstructs the collaborations between well-known ornithologists and the largely forgotten guides, hunters, and taxidermists who assisted them.

Birdman: The Art of William T. Cooper (All Regions, PAL)

Sarah Scragg

A 28 minute documentary following the development of Bill Cooper as an artist. The DVD includes 9 additional video clips including tips on techniques and time-lapses of his paintings evolving. This intimate documentary follows ...

Common Ground

Rob Cowen

"One of the UK's most exciting nature writers." (Guardian). 'Once upon a time the edges were the places we knew best. They were our common ground.' After moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire ...

D'une Foret l'Autre [English / French]

Bae Bien-U, Yannick Mercoyrol, Jean d'Haussonville, Lorand Hegyi and Robert Fleck

Bae Bien-U is undoubtedly the greatest living photographer in Korea today. For over forty years he has been a tireless photographer of landscapes, particularly forests, in which the human form never figures. His images are spectacularly ...

John Chapman Frye, University of Kansas

Geologist, Researcher, Teacher, Administrator

Daniel F Merriam and James D Merriam

John Chapman Frye arrived in Kansas in 1938, leaving in 1954. In the 16 years at the University of Kansas he essentially founded the basics for geology of the Plio-Pleistocene deposits in the state. He published two books on the subject ...

Life in the Dark

Illuminating Biodiversity in the Shadowy Haunts of Planet Earth

Dante Fenolio

Deep inside caves, at the bottoms of oceans and lakes, beneath the ground: these concealed habitats are absent of sunlight. This strange and fascinating world of complete darkness is not a solitary place – it is inhabited by millions ...

Rethinking Ancient Woodland

The Archaeology and History of Woods in Norfolk

Gerry Barnes and Tom Williamson

'Ancient woodland' is a term widely used in England for long-established semi-natural woods, shaped by centuries of traditional management. As an official designation, it describes woods which have existed since the early seventeenth ...

The Burren & the Aran Islands

A Walking Guide

Tony Kirby

The Burren and the Aran Islands, with their unique combination of flora, fauna and landscape, are explored by large numbers of walkers annually. This revised guide to the best walking routes in the region has clear descriptions and additions ...

Virtuoso by Nature

The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby FRS (1635-1672)

Tim Birkhead and Michael Willoughby

Francis Willughby, together with John Ray revolutionized the study of natural history. Together they were motivated by the new philosophy of the mid 1600s and transformed natural history in to a rigorous area of study. Because Ray lived ...

Witmer Stone

The Fascination of Nature

Scott McConnell

Witmer Stone (1866-1939) was one of the preeminent ornithologists of his day, and has been called one of the last of the "great naturalists". In addition to his involvement in the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU), including ...

Animals of Kruger National Park

Keith Barnes

This compact and stunningly illustrated field guide is an essential companion for any safari in South Africa's Kruger National Park – one of the largest, most iconic, and most visited conservation areas in Africa. Featuring a ...

Australian Wildlife After Dark

Martyn Robinson and Bruce Thomson

Australia is a land of many unique animals, some of which are active only during the cooler evening and night-time and so are rarely seen. These are the after dark animals so widespread yet so little noticed by humans, whether in our ...

Beyond the Fell Wall

Richard Skelton and Michael Kirkman

Richard Skelton has spent nearly half a decade living in a small valley, high in the Furness hills of Cumbria, in northern England. When not writing or composing music, most of his days are spent beating the valley's bounds, exploring ...

Collins Traveller's Guide - Wildlife of the Galapagos

Julian Fitter, Daniel Fitter and David Hosking

Since its first publication more than a decade ago, Wildlife of the Galápagos has become the definitive, classic field guide to the natural splendors of this amazing part of the world. Now fully updated, this essential ...

Galapagos: Preserving Darwin's Legacy

Tui de Roy

This sumptuous large-format book was first produced in 2009 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Charles Darwin Foundation on Galápagos. Galapagos: Preserving Darwin's Legacy comprises a series of ...

Gods of the Morning

A Bird's Eye View of a Highland Year

Sir John Lister-Kaye

For more than three decades, John Lister-Kaye has been enraptured by the spectacular seasonal metamorphosis at Aigas, the world-renowned Highlands field centre. Over the years, the glen's wildlife has come to infiltrate his soul ...

In Pursuit of Spring

Edward Thomas and Alexandra Harris

In March 1913, as the storm clouds of the Great War gathered, Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills in Somerset. The great poet recorded his journey with photographs and in notebooks, later publishing ...

Loe Bar and the Sandhill Rustic Moth

The Biogeography, Ecology and History of a Coastal Shingle Bar

Adrian Spalding and Jeremy A Thomas

In Loe Bar and the Sandhill Rustic Moth, Adrian Spalding examines the survival of plants and animals on Loe Bar, a shingle beach on the coast of Cornwall, in the context of its history, geomorphology and exposure to the Atlantic ...

Rhayader by Nature

The Wildlife of a Small Welsh Town and its Surrounding Countryside

Bob Dennison, Steve Jones, Richard Knight, Sorcha Lewis, Phil Ward, Ray Woods and Jennifer Holland

Rhayader is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, in the county of Radnorshire. Rhayader by Nature tells you all you need to know about the wildlife, geology and landscape of Rhayader and the surrounding area. The authors ...

Southwest USA and Four Corners

Jason Sargerson

This book is an introduction to the South West United States (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah). It covers key places of interest in the Four Corners region including National Parks and National Monuments along with other attractions ...

Suizokukan Pia Zenkoku-Ban [Pia's Nationwide Aquaria]

MOOK

This is the most recent version of Pia's aquarium guide for Japan, with information from the last two years. From Hokkaido to Okinawa, it lists the 115 aquaria across the country. This is a thorough guide with behind-the-scenes information ...

Wildlife of Madagascar

Ken Behrens and Keith Barnes

The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is one of the world's great natural treasures and ecotourism destinations. Like Galápagos, it is a laboratory of evolution, but on a much larger scale, since it is home to nearly an entire ...

Britain's Green Allies

Medicinal Plants in Wartime

Peter G Ayres

In 1914, and again in 1939, Britain's supply of vital drugs and antiseptics needed by both its armies and its civilian population was cut off because German pharmaceutical companies dominated world markets. The drugs most difficult ...

Champion Trees of Washington State

Robert Van Pelt

Documents the largest known examples of trees in the state, 1,350 in all, belonging to 869 species or cultivated varieties. Of these, 45 are the biggest in the nation.

Diatom Monographs, Volume 18: Diatoms from Ship Ballast Sediments (With Consideration of a Few Additional Species of Spe

Maria C lia Villac, Irena Kaczmarska and Fames Ehrman

When ships need to take in water from the environment to serve as ballast, organisms and suspended inorganic materials are also picked up. During the voyage, some of the living and non-living particulate matter tends to settle to the bottom ...

Flora de la Republica de Cuba, Series A: Plantas Vasculares, Fasciculo 21 (2-Volume Set)

Poaceae II: Pharoideae a Chloridoideae

Luis Catasus Guerra

This volume completes the treatment of Poaceae within the Flora de la República de Cuba series. It covers Pharoiodeae, Bambusoideae, Oryzoideae, Pooideae, Arundinoideae, Micrairoideae, Aristoideae, Chloridoideae.

Flora of Glamorgan

Arthur E Wade, Quentin ON Kay and R Gwynn Ellis

Glamorgan has a rich and diverse flora with over 80% of the vascular plant flora of Wales being recorded in the county. This is the first account for 86 years of the flora of the old county of Glamorgan and the first to treat fully its ...

Flore Nordique du Quebec et du Labrador, Volume 2 [Nordic Flora of Quebec and Labrador, Volume 2]

Serge Payette

This book is the second of four volumes on the flora of vascular plants of northern Quebec and Labrador, from the 54th parallel north to Hudson Strait, from James Bay and Hudson Bay in the west, to Labrador Sea in the east. Here is a book ...

Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Asphodelaceae

Daniel JL Geerinck

The Asphodelaceae family is represented in Central Africa by four genera with 28 species, plus 5 exotic ones escaping from cultivation. The family comprises amongst others the showy cultivated species from the genera Aloe and ...

Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Hydrocharitaceae

JJ Symoens and Marc SM Sosef

The Hydrocharitaceae form a small family of water plants and is represented in Central Africa by 6 genera with 15 species.

Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Hydroleaceae

E Fischer

The small herbaceous family Hydroleaceae is represented in Central Africa by a single species: Hydrolea palustris.

Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Ixonanthaceae

James W Byng

The small tropical family Ixonanthaceae comprises shrubs and trees and is represented in Central Africa by a single genus with 3 species.

Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Picrodendraceae

James W Byng

The small tropical family Picrodendraceae comprises dioecious shrubs and trees and is represented in Central Africa by a single genus with 2 species.

Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Plumbaginaceae

S Ntore

The family Plumbaginaceae is represented in Central Africa by 2 genera and 5 species, 2 of which are planted in gardens from where they occasionally escape.

Geraniums

Margaret Stone

Not to be confused with the tender bedding plants often called geraniums, but which are botanically Pelargonium, this booklet is concerned with the true Geranium or Cranesbill which are hardy perennials. The booklet describes ...

Kiwifruit: The Genus Actinidia

Hongwen Huang

Kiwifruit: The Genus Actinidia includes extensive and full coverage of scientific and applied information ranging from basic taxonomy, population genetics, and natural resources/distribution to domestication history and breeding ...

Next-Generation Sequencing in Plant Systematics

Elvira Horandl and Marc S Appelhans

The rapid development of technologies targeting at the analysis of genomic resources (next-generation sequencing) has revolutionized biological sciences. For biological systematics and biodiversity research, the application of molecular ...

Orchids of Brazil / Orquideas do Brasil, Volume 1: Oncidiinae 1

Dalton Holland Baptista, Patricia A Harding and Americo Docha Neto

This is the first volume of a series intended to encompass every Brazilian orchid species. In this volume, the authors describe all known species of contained 16 genera, most of which were once known as Oncidium and are closely ...

Plantes Utiles du Bas-Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo [Useful Plants of Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo

Paul Latham and Augustin Konda ku Mbuta

Plantes Utiles du Bas-Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo is designed to encourage the planting and conservation of useful plants. It is translated from the original English edition and rich in illustrations. Each species ...

Plants and People

Origin and Development of Human-Plant Science Relationships

Christopher Cumo

An exploration of the relationship between plants and people from early agriculture to modern-day applications of biotechnology in crop production, Plants and People: Origin and Development of Human–Plant Science Relationships ...

Plants and the Plague

The Herbal Frontline

Marcus Harrison

Plague has gone down in history as one of the terrors of humanity, and if there was perhaps but one word that conjured fear in the minds of people centuries ago it would have been that of 'plague'. Without any understanding of ...

Plants of Central Queensland

Identification and Uses of Native and Introduced Species

Eric Anderson

Conservation and sustainable productivity are vital issues for Australia. In order to manage vegetation well from an agricultural, recreational or conservation point of view, an understanding of individual plant species is important.

Remarkable Plants of Vanuatu / Plantes Remarquables du Vanuatu

Laurence Ramon, Chanel Sam and Hanington Tate

This guide on the flora of Vanuatu is intended for the general public, and is a co-publication between New York Botanical Garden Press and Biotope. The 236 plants described in the guide have been included for their remarkable ...

The Algae World

Dinabandhu Sahoo and Joseph Seckbach

The Algae World has been carefully written and edited with an interdisciplinary appeal and aims to bring all aspects of Algae together in one volume. The 22 chapters are divided into two different parts which have been authored ...

The Mycota, Volume 3: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Dirk Hoffmeister

This new edition provides a comprehensive look at the molecular genetics and biochemical basis of fungal biology, covering important model organisms such as Aspergilli while also integrating advances made with zygomycetes and basidiomycetes ...

Biocode: The New Age of Genomics

Dawn Field and Neil Davies

The living world runs on genomic software – what Dawn Field and Neil Davies call the 'biocode' – the sum of all DNA on Earth. In Biocode, they tell the story of a new age of scientific discovery: the growing ...

Chicken Nutrition

A Guide for Nutritionists and Poultry Professionals

Rick Kleyn

This is the most up to date, complete and practical guide to chicken nutrition that you can buy. It covers the underlying theory of poultry nutrition making it easier to recognise problems in the field. As the most important ...

Diseases of Coral

Cheryl M Woodley, Craig A Downs, Andrew W Bruckner, James W Porter and Sylvia B Galloway

Coral disease is quickly becoming a crisis to the health and management of the world's coral reefs. There is a great interest from many in preserving coral reefs. Unfortunately, the field of epizootiology is disorganized and lacks ...

Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates (6-Volume Set)

Andreas Wanninger

This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla. The main aspects of cleavage, embryogenesis, organogenesis and gene expression are discussed in an ...

Not So Different

Finding Human Nature in Animals

Nathan H Lents

Animals fall in love, establish rules for fair play, exchange valued goods and services, hold "funerals" for fallen comrades, deploy sex as a weapon, and communicate with one another using rich vocabularies. Animals also get ...

Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth

James Lovelock

In this classic work that continues to inspire many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence ...

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Nick Bostrom

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer ...

Biological Invasions in Changing Ecosystems

Vectors, Ecological Impacts, Management and Predictions

Joao Canning-Clode

When organisms are deliberately or accidentally introduced into a new ecosystem a biological invasion may take place. These so-called 'invasive species' may establish, spread and ecologically alter the invaded community.

Atlas of Protected Areas in Rio de Janeiro State / Atlas das Unidades de Conservacao do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Patricia Figueiredo de Castro

This book is the new revised, expanded and practical format edition of the Atlas das Unidades de Conservação da Natureza do Estado do Rio de Janeiro released in 2001. The authors hope that this work, in a bilingual ...

Historic Acadia National Park

Catherine Schmitt

If parks could speak, what would they say? Historic Acadia National Park is a vibrant collection of true stories that share different aspects of Acadia National Park's history. From its glacial origins, to its rising peaks ...

Leben in Gezeiten: Die Nordseekueste Entdecken [Life amongst the Tides: Discovering the North Sea Coast]

Jorge Gross, Hansjoerg Kuester, Manfred Thies and Klaus Waechtler

The tidal flats in the Wadden Sea, the intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea, are not just a recreational area with increasing visitor numbers, but is also an ecologically very sensitive and exciting habitat, which is ...

Lebensraume der Elbe und ihrer Auen [Habitats of the Elbe and its Floodplains]

Mathias Scholz, Sabine Stab, Frank Dziock and Klaus Henle

Hardly any other river in recent years has been at the center of such public interest as the Elbe, one of the major rivers of Central Europe. If it initially was a symbol for the division between East and West, it has now become a symbol ...

Savanna: A Very Short Introduction

Peter A Furley

Savannas form one of the largest and most important of the world's ecological zones. Covering one fifth of the Earth's land surface, they are home to some of the world's most iconic animals and form an extremely important ...

Soil Science Simplified

Neal S Eash, Thomas J Sauer, Deb O'Dell, Evah Odoi, Aga Razvi, Forbes Walker and Mary C Bratz

Already renowned as a user-friendly beginners guide to soil science, Soil Science Simplified, 6th Edition is an updated version of the beloved textbook that includes even more thorough applications of soil science to interdisciplinary ...

The Forests of Michigan

Donald I Dickmann and Larry A Leefers

Completely revised and updated, this new edition of The Forests of Michigan takes a comprehensive look at the natural history, ecology, management, economic importance, and use of the rich and varied forests that cover about half ...

The Soils of Poland

Renata Maria Bednarek, Michal Jankowski and Marcin Switoniak

The Soils of Poland gives an extensive characterisation of the soils of Poland, as well as information about soil-forming environment, soil cover description, soil classification and land use.

Veld Management

Principles and Practices

Frits van Oudtshoorn

Veld is a natural resource vital to our survival on earth. About 80% of our beautiful country consists of veld. Most of this area is used for livestock and game ranching as well as for biodiversity conservation and recreation. Good veld ...

Wetlands Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Wetlands Structure and Function

C Max Finlayson, Glenn R Guntenspergen and Beth A Middleton

In discussion with Ramsar’s Max Finlayson and Nick Davidson, and several members of the Society of Wetland Scientists, Springer is proposing the development of a new Encyclopedia of Wetlands, a comprehensive resource aimed at supporting ...

An Introduction to Primate Conservation

Serge A Wich and Andrew J Marshall

This book provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art synthesis of research principles and applied management practices for primate conservation.

CITES and Timber

A Guide to CITES-Listed Tree Species

Madeleine Groves and Catherine Rutherford

CITES and Timber covers the main timber species regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). It provides information on the key issues regarding the implementation of the Convention for this ...

Livre Rouge des Especes Menacees en Alsace [Red Book of Endangered Species in Alsace]

Vadim Heuacker, Stephanie Kaempf, Raynald Moratin and Yves Muller

The French region of Alsace lies in the east of the country and borders Germany and Switzerland. More than 10 years after the first edition of the Red Book of endangered nature in Alsace, this updated version is the reference awaited ...

A Photographic Guide to Shetland's Geology

David Malcolm and Robina R Barton

This book is the first photographic guide to the geology of the Shetland Island's. Shetland's landscape, its hills and beaches, cliffs and stacks, are not only places of extraordinary beauty but have locked up within them secrets ...

Beyond: Our Future in Space

Chris Impey

Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first Homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle another world. Beyond: Our Future in Space ...

Building Stones & Stone Buildings of Staffordshire

PA Floyd

The UK is rich in the use of local natural stone for many buildings, and this book describes the building stones and stone building of Staffordshire. - Historical and geological background to the wealth of stone utilized throughout ...

Contributions to the Geology of Kansas by University of Kansas Geologists

With Emphasis on 1866-1966

Daniel F Merriam and James D Merriam

This is a story about the geology of Kansas and the geologists at the University of Kansas, both geology department faculty and Survey scientists. KU was founded in 1866 and from that time on geology or earth science has been taught, and ...

Dreams of Other Worlds

The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration

Chris Impey and Holly Henry

Dreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds. Spanning four decades of dramatic advances in astronomy and planetary science, Dreams of Other Worlds tells the ...

Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World

Nick Lane

Oxygen is the engine of life and evolution. This book explores the impact that oxygen has had on Earth, and the history of life. Explaining the rise of animals and plants, the origin of two sexes, and the evolution of ageing and death ...

South West Stone Quarries

Building Stone Quarries in the West of England

Peter Stanier

The South West of England has provided quality building stone for many of Britain's finest buildings over many centuries, and continues to do so. Locally the stone contributes to the distinctive character of many of the region's ...

The Cosmic Cocktail

Three Parts Dark Matter

Katherine Freese

The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe – from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars – constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and ...

The Hebrides

Con Gillen

Field guide to the one of the most popular areas in the UK for geological field trips and studies.

Is the Planet Full?

Ian Goldin

What are the impacts of population growth? Can our planet support the demands of the ten billion people anticipated to be the world's population by the middle of this century? While it is common to hear about the problems ...

Organisms and Personal Identity

Individuation and the Work of David Wiggins

AM Ferner

David Wiggins's contribution to metaphysics, logic and ethics has been widely recognized, but the connections between his work and recent issues in the philosophy of biology have been overlooked. This study demonstrates how Wiggins' ...

Arduino for Biologists

Ed Baker

Technology has become crucial to biological science, from sensor networks to drones. These technologies are often expensive and difficult to modify, even if they do suit your specific needs. Arduino is a hugely popular, low-cost platform ...

Experimental Design for the Life Sciences

Graeme D Ruxton and Nick Colegrave

The careful design of experiments lies at the core of good research. Experimental Design for the Life Sciences equips you with the skills you need to effectively design experiments, making this essential aspect of the research ...

Semantic Web for the Life Sciences

Andrea Splendiani and Paolo Romano

Offering a practical introduction for bioinformaticians, computational biologist, and other life scientists, Semantic Web for the Life Sciences explains the basic principles behind the semantic web and explains how to build data ...

Exhibiting the Empire

Cultures of Display and the British Empire

John McAleer and John M MacKenzie

Exhibiting the Empire considers how a whole range of cultural products – from paintings, prints, photographs, panoramas and 'popular' texts to ephemera, newspapers and the press, theatre and music, exhibitions ...

The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World

The Times

The latest edition of the world's most prestigious and authoritative world atlas, containing up-to-date world maps and thematic information curated by experts in geography and cartography. The 14th edition contains over ...

Trusting Judgements

How to Get the Best Out of Experts

Mark A Burgman

Policy- and decision-makers in government and industry constantly face important decisions without full knowledge of all the facts. They rely routinely on expert advice to fill critical scientific knowledge gaps. There are unprecedented ...