Carnivores of the Pampas\Carnivoros de la Pampa

Edited by Pat Bumstead, Mauro Lucherini, Diego Birochio, Estela Luengos and C Manfredi

The pampas grasslands of Argentina are among the richest grazing areas in the world. Few pristine remnants of this legendary grass remain, and it is considered one of the most ....

Cheetahs

Tracey Rich and Andy Rouse

Photographic guide to the cheetah with fascinating text on its history and distribution, distinguishing features, habitat and diet, social structure and communication, and ....

Conservation of Primates in Vietnam

Edited by Tilo Nadler, U Streicher and Ha Thang Long

In order to develop effective strategies for primate conservation, it is essential that we have a thorough understanding of their taxonomy, distribution and ecology, and that ....

Elephants

Tracey Rich and Andy Rouse

Photographic guide to the elephant with fascinating text on its history and distribution, distinguishing features, habitat and ....

European Bison (Bison bonasus): Current State of the Species and Strategy for its Conservation

P Zdzislaw, IP Belousova et al

The European bison is a survivor. At the start of the 20th century it had vanished from nature and only a few specimens remained in European zoological gardens. A hundred years ....

Hedgehogs: Health and Management

Erinaceus europaeus

Wildlife Information Network

This CD ROM has been developed to assist all those caring for casualty hedgehogs: wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, veterinary nurses and concerned members of the ....

Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity

Edited by JC Ray et al

Brings together more than 30 leading scientists and conservation practitioners to consider a key question in environmental conservation: Is the conservation of large ....

Living with Bears

A Large European Carnivore in a Shrinking World

Boris Krystufek, Bozidar Flajsman and Huw I Griffiths

Focuses on the brown bear and its diminishing populations in Europe. ....

Mammals of the National Parks

John H Burde and George A Feldhamer

From the seascapes of Acadia to the vast desert of Death Valley, America's national parks are home to hundreds of species of wild mammals. This book opens with descriptions ....

Tiger, Tiger

Jean-Jaques Annaud and Karin Lou Matignon

Jean-Jacques Annaud's latest film is the story of two tiger cubs captured during a hunt in Cambodia in the 1920s. One of the cubs is adopted by a little boy, the son of a ....

Birds of Anglesey

P Hope Jones and P Whalley

A picture of the past and present status of birds on the island of Anglesey, North West Wales. The book covers a short history of the birds of Anglesey; habitat changes on ....

Birds of North America (2 Video Set)

A double video set featuring over 450 of the most common birds and regional specialities of North America. Video 1 includes loons, grebes, shearwaters, pelicans, cormorants, ....

Birdwatching on Spain's Southern Coast

Costa del Sol, Costa Del la Luz, Almeria, Donana and Some Inland Sites

John R Butler

Provides detailed information on birdwatching on Spain's southern coast including maps and directions to the best sites. ....

Handbook to the Birds of Western Australia, Volume 2

RE Johnstone and GM Storr

Provides a complete classification of the passerines, comprehensively treating each species. Popular and scientific names are given along with details on morphology, ....

A Hawk in the Sun: Adventures Studying Hawks

Leon R Powers

The ferruginous hawk is the largest hawk in North America but is little studied due to its extremely shy nature. Naturalist Leon Powers describes his experiences and reactions ....

Important Bird Areas in Guinea-Bissau

Zonas Importantes para as Aves na Guine-Bissau

T Dodman, C Barlow, J Sa and P Robertson

Provides a comprehensive account of ten key areas of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Guinea-Bissau, which together cover around one third of the surface area of the country. ....

On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon

Alan Tennant

In this extraordinary narrative, Alan Tennant, a passionate observer of nature, recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine ....

Shorebirds of North America

The Photographic Guide

Dennis Paulson

Unlike other guides, which have traditionally relied on paintings to represent shorebirds, this one contains an extensive series of striking photographs - most of them ....

Evolution of the Amphibian Skull Volume 9

NS Lebedkina

The book is the outcome of some twenty years of work devoted to to the study of the amphibian skull development. The aims of ths work are: (i) to study the urodelan skull ....

Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians

Robert C Stebbins

This third edition covers all the species of reptiles and amphibians found in western North America. More than 650 full-color paintings and photographs show key details for ....

Venomous Snakes of the World

Mark O'shea

Features all major and unusual venomous snakes, their range, habitats and venom, along with personal anecdotes (including snakebite stories). Written by Mark O'Shea - one of ....

Developmental Biology of Teleost Fishes

Yvette Kunz

Fish Development and Genetics

The Zebrafish and Medaka Models

Edited by G Zhiyuan and V Korzh

Contains 19 review articles covering a broad spectrum of topics, from development to genetic tools. The contents range from early development, the role of maternal factors ....

Fish Diseases and Disorders, Volume 1

Protozoan and Metazoan Infections

Edited by PTK Woo

As in the first edition, the focus of this second edition is on protozoan and metazoan parasites that cause disease in fish. Significant changes to this second edition include ....

Morphological Evolution, Adaptions, Homoplasies, Constraints and Evolutionary Trends: Catfishes as a Case Study on General Phylogeny and Macroevolution

Rui Diogo

The major aim of this work is to help understand the interrelationships of catfishes, with major implications on the study of the general evolution of these fishes. A great ....

Photographic Atlas of Fish Otoliths of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Steven E Campana

The shape of fish otoliths is highly species specific. Since otoliths resist degradation better than most other tissues, the shape and size of preserved or undigested otoliths ....

Poissons de mer de Guyane\Marine Finfish of French Guyana

Guide Illustré

M Léopold

The first book on this region's marine finfish designed for general readership. Beautifully illustrating the incredible diversity of French Guyana, an area with 363 ....

Butterflies Fauna Sinica: Lycaenidae

Wang Min

The Earth Moved: On The Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms

Amy Stewart

Charles Darwin devoted the last years of his life to the meticulous study of one animal: the earthworm. It may be small, spineless and blind, but its role in the ecosystem is ....

Fauna Sinica Invertebrata Volume: 35: Arachnida: Araneae: Tetragnathidea

Zhu Mingsheng

Freshwater Nematodes : Ecology and Taxonomy

Edited by E Abebe and I Andrassy

Nematodes are the most numerous metazoans in aquatic sediments. The majority of conducted studies on these aquatic forms focus mainly on those in marine and estuarine ....

I Macrolepidotteri della Valle si Susa

Italia Nord-Occidentale (Alpi Cozie-Graie)

Edited by F Hellmann and E Bertaccini

Provides the results of the authors research on macrolepidoptera fauna in the Susa-Valley (North Italy) during the last 8 years (1996-2003). A total of 1159 species ....

Identification and Geographical Distribution of the Mosquitoes of North America, North of Mexico

RF Darsie and RA Ward

Updates the successful guide to North American mosquitoes published by the American Mosquito Control Association in 1981. It includes 12 new species that have since been ....

Insect Antifeedants

Opender Koul

Dependence upon neurotoxic chemicals as a means to control pest insects has lead to several problems: environmental hazards associated with broad-spectrum pesticides, ....

Methods in Insect Sensory Neuroscience

Edited by Christensen TA

Synthesizes the latest information on insect sensory systems by highlighting the tremendous breadth of methods used to study insect sensory systems: anatomical pathway ....

Monograph of Chinese Butterflies 2 Volume Set

Edited by Zhou Yao

The first authoritative monograph on butterflies in China. The monograph is divided into three parts: A general introduction; Descriptions of respective species; Descriptions of ....

Parasitic Flatworms: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology and Physiology

Edited by AG Maule and NJ Marks

Parasitic flatworms are the cause of a number of major diseases of medical and veterinary significance. Much recent research has focused on molecular biology and ....

Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects

Ronald N Baxter

Wild Guide: Dragonflies

Cynthia Berger

Dazzling in appearance, idiosyncratic in behaviour, dragonflies and damselflies have long captured the imaginations of nature lovers. In this illustrated natural history ....

The Dinosauria

Edited by D Weishampel, P Dodson and H Osmólska

When the The Dinosauria was first published more than a decade ago, it was hailed as "the best scholarly reference work available on dinosaurs" and "an historically ....

Fossil Dinoflagellates

A Practical Guide to Determination

Edited by Daniéle Fauconnier and Edwige Masure

Ludlow and Pridoli (Upper Silurian) Graptolites from the Arctic Islands, Canada

Alfred Lenz and Anna Kozlowska-Dawidziuk

Graptolites flourished from earliest Ordovician to Early Devonian, a time range of about 90 million years, and were widely distributed as marine benthic and planktonic colonial ....

Phillipsastreid Corals from the Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of Western Canada: Taxonomy and Biostratigraphic Significance

Ross A McLean

Rugose corals of the Family Phillipsastreidae are abundant, diverse, and geographically widespread in the Frasnian (lower Upper Devonian) of western Canada. Species of the ....

Benjamin Smith Barton: Naturalist and Physician in Jeffersonian America

J Ewan and N Dunn Ewan

Although Barton was a naturalist by inclination, medicine was to be his livelihood. The many pupils he helped prepare for the expanding young nation sometimes attained greater ....

Beyond the Outer Shores: The Untold Odyssey of Ed Ricketts,the Pioneering Ecologist who Inspired John Steinbeck and Joseph Campbell

Eric Enno Tamm

Ed Ricketts was a lone, largely marginalized scientist - an outcast to academia with no university degrees, memberships or honours. His pioneering ideas were at first dismissed ....

Botanical Companions

A Memoir of Plants and Place

FE Knobloch

In her enquiry into the intricate connections among work, place and people, Frieda Knobloch explores the lives of two Rocky Mountain botanists, Aven Nelson (1859-1952) and ....

Catalogue of the 11th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration 24 October 2004 to 28 February 2005

James J White and Lugene B Bruno

94 artworks with portraits, biographies and bibliographies of the 62 artists from Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, ....

Nambia

Between Dunes and Ocean

O Michaud

An awe-inspiring collection of photographs from Namibia. ....

The New Amateur Naturalist

Nick Baker

Practical introduction to observing, understanding and studying the natural world. Gerald and Lee Durrell's The Amateur Naturalist was first published in 1982 and ....

Sea Legs

Tales of a Woman Oceanographer

Kathleen Crane

Crane tells how her quest for freedom led her to the sea and her research of deep-sea underwater volcanoes. As research doors in the United States closed during the 1980s, ....

The Travel Book

A Journey Through Every Country In The World

Roz Hopkins

A stunningly beautiful journey around the world. The Lonely Planet have drawn on the talents of some of the world's greatest travel photographers to produce an unrivalled ....

Underwater Photography

A Guide to Creative Techniques and Essential Equipment

Larry Tackett and Denise Tackett

Illustrated, practical guide, including essential advice on choosing the right equipment, and in straightforward language it discusses lighting, creative composition, ....

What A Book Can Do

The Publication and Reception of Silent Spring

Priscilla Coit Murphy

In 1962 the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring sparked widespread public debate on the issue of pesticide abuse and environmental degradation. Priscilla Coit ....

Collins Complete British Animals

Paul Sterry

This photographic field guide to all mammals, reptiles and amphibians in Britain, including all the common domestic animals, is a comprehensive guide to identification of ....

Crow's Range

An Environmental History of the Sierra Nevada

David Beesley

Using a wide range of sources, including the record of explorers and early settlers, scientific and government documents, and newspaper reports, David Beesley offers an ....

Encyclopedia of the Great Plains

Edited by David J Wishart

The Great Plains is a vast expanse of grasslands stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River and from the Rio Grande to the coniferous forests of Canada - an area ....

Immortal River

The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times

C Fremling

Presents the basic natural and human history of this magnificent waterway. It melds complex information from the fields of geology, ecology, geography, anthropology, and ....

Mediterranean Explorer

Nigel Sitwell

This exciting new travel map of the whole Mediterranean region, from Gibraltar to the Black Sea, is the perfect companion for any cruise to the area. Concentrating mainly on ....

Rio Grande

Edited by J Reid

Explores the ecology, history, culture, and politicization of the river. Jan Reid has assembled writings by an array of leading authors - Larry McMurtry, Tony Hillerman, Paul ....

Shaped By The West Wind

Nature and History in Georgian Bay

CE Campbell

Along the east shore of Ontario's Georgian Bay lie the Thirty Thousand Islands, a granite archipelago scarred by glaciers, where the white pines cling to the ancient ....

This Delta, This Land

An Environmental History of the Yazoo-Mississippi Floodplain

M Saikku

This environmental history of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta places the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context. It reveals the human aspects of the ....

Wildlife of the Channel Islands

Sue Daly

Presents a vivid picture of the Islands' rich and varied natural history. Each habitat type is covered: cliffs and heaths are followed by reefs and islets; beaches and dunes; ....

Acacia Handbook

Growing and Managing Acacias in South Central Africa

N Spicer, R Barnes and J Timberlake

Acacias have often been looked upon as a nuisance by farmers, something to be controlled or eradicted. Their occassionally invasive nature and thorns have been regarded as ....

Applied Mycology and Biotechnology

Catalogue of Polish Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Algae

J Seminska et al

Provides the latin names of all taxonomic groups of freshwater and marine, recent and fossil algae. ....

A Child's Guide to Wild Flowers

Charlotte Voake

A beautiful reference book, colour-coded to help you name the wild flowers you see every day, in towns and cities as well as in the country. With line and watercolour ....

Collins Photo Guide to the Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants

Stefan Buczaki and Keith Harris

A revision of the highly acclaimed Collins Guide to Pests, Diseases and Disorders first published in 1981, the book now features completely updated text, the addition of ....

Flore du Gabon: Volume 36

Orchidaceae

DL Szlachetko, M Sawicka and M Kras-Lapinska

A species-by-species guide to the orchid flora of Gabon. ....

Frontiers in Basidiomycote Mycology

Edited by R Agerer, M Piepenbring and P Blanz

Fungal Families of the World

PF Cannon, PM Kirk and JC David

This book is intended as a companion volume to the Dictionary of the Fungi. It will portray the immense diversity of the Kingdom Fungi and other groups traditionally ....

Le Genre Strigula (Lichens) en Europe et en Macronesie

Claude Roux and Emmanuel Serusiaux

Harmful Algal Blooms on the North American West Coast

Edited by R RaLonde

The proceedings of "Harmful Algal Blooms: The Encroaching Menace," a conference to organize a West Coast effort for research and monitoring harmful algal blooms, held ....

Jardin Botanico de Madrid: Un Paseo Guiado

Botanic Garden of Madrid: A Guided Walk

J Martinez et al

Provides a guided walk through the botanical gardens of Madrid. The book is organised into 41 stops, with an English entry at each stop to explain each garden element found ....

The Lichens, Lichenicolours and Allied Fungi of Poland - An Annotated Checklist

W Faltynowicz

The checklist of Polish lichens (Faltynowicz 1993) included over 1500 lichens species and 119 lichenicolous and allied fungi. In the present list, 1768 accepted species from ....

Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes

Edited by B Goffinet, V Hollowell and R Magill

Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes: Progress, Problems and Perspectives, was an internationally attended symposium held at the Missouri Botanical Garden, September 6 ....

Monograph of Podostemum (Podostemaceae)

CT Philbrick and R Alejandro Novelo

Myxomycetes of Poland - A Checklist

A Drozdowicz, A Ronilier, W Stojannowska and E Panek

The first comprehensive checklist of the Polish slime moulds (Myxomycetes). The list contains 222 species arranged alphabetically. For each species a Latin and Polish name ....

Native Trees of the Mid West

Identification, Wildlife Values, and Landscaping Use

SS Weeks et al

Provides detailed descriptions and unique insights into identifying all the trees native to Indiana and most of those in the surrounding states. Descriptive text gives ....

The Naturalist's Guide to Field Plants

An Ecology for Eastern North America

Donald D Cox

Donald D Cox gathers substantial data on simple field plants in Eastern North America and studies their profound impact on regional ecosystems and the ecology of the earth. ....

Neotropical Polypores Part 1

Hymenochaetaceae and Ganodermataceae

L Ryvarden

An Oasis of Delight: The History of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Phillada Ballard

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens are the only provincial botanic gardens in Britain still owned and administered by a private society. This profusely illustrated book ....

Pathogenic Fungi

G San-Blas and RA Calderone

Brings together expert international authors who critically review current topics of pathogenic fungi. ....

Plant Pathology

George Agrios

The Fifth Edition of Agrios' classic and comprehensive text providing exhaustive pedagogical coverage of fungal, viral, bacterial, nematode and other plant diseases, and ....

Pollen

The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers

R Kesseler and M Harley

The result of the shared fascination of an artist and a scientist with the perfect design of organisms too small to be seen without a microscope - pollen grains. Starting ....

Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

MB Kirkham

Combines biology and physics to show how water moves through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. It explores the instrumentation and the methods used to measure the status of ....

Revision of Sorbus Subgenera Aria and Torminaria (Rosaceae-Maloideae)

JJ Aldasoro, C Aedo, FM Garmendia and C Navarro

The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants

DM Henderson

Aims to complement Checklist of Rust Fungi of the British Isles. Rusts are arranged under host families, genera and sometimes species. Contains an appendix which ....

Systematics of Paspalum Group Notata (Poaceae-Panicoideae-Paniceae)

FO Zuloaga, J Pensiero and O Morrone

Treasure of Masdevallia, Volume 27

Carlyle Luer

Trees, Shrubs and Lianas of West African Dry Zones

M Arbonnier

This field handbook is the result of over 15 years experience of forestry operations. The 1300 colour photographs of flowers, fruits, leaves and bark aim to facilitate ....

Viruses and Virus Diseases of Poaceae (Gramineae)

Edited by Herve Lapierre and Signoret. Pierre A

The Poaceae are the worlds most important plant families in terms of the number of species, distribution, ecosystems, and as ingredients of human and animal food. This ....

Wild Orchids of South Carolina

A Popular Natural History

JA Fowler

James Fowler captures with spectacular photography and encyclopaedic knowledge the full glory of the state's native orchid population. From the bogs and bays of the coastal ....

Animal Cloning

The Science of Nuclear Transfer

J Panno

Presents the history and basic facts about cloning and discusses the questions and controversies surrounding this relatively new area of science. This volume examines all ....

Biology

Neil A Campbell and Jane, B Reece

Biology remains unsurpassed as the most successful biology textbook in the world. More than four million students have bought previous editions of this textbook - ....

Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology

Edited by I Khan

This multi-authored book provides a comprehensive review of citrus breeding, including relevant genetics, molecular biology and biotechnology. Topics discussed include origin ....

The Evolution of the Genome

Edited by TR Gregory

The book covers a wide variety of topics, each integral to a complete understanding of genome evolution. The chapters are all authored by different experts in the respective ....

Plant Mitochondria

From Genome to Function

Edited by Davis Day, Harvey Millar and James Whelan

The 2 main themes running through the book are the interconnection between gene regulation and protein function, and the integration of mitochondria with other ....

Vergleichende und Funktionelle Anatomie der Wirbeltiere

M Hilderbrand and GE Goslow

Deals with the functional morphology of vertebrates. The book is in three sections and covers an overview on the larger vertebrate groups; a comparative study on the anatomy ....

The Complete World of Human Evolution

C Stringer and P Andrew

Every aspect of the study of ape and human evolution is explored in three accessible sections, 'In Search of Our Ancestors', 'The Fossil Evidence', and 'Interpreting the ....

The Ecological Transition

Cultural Anthropology and Human Adaption

JW Bennett

Combines anthropology, ecology and sociology to formulate an understanding of cultural environmental relationships. It is a challenging work that make us face the consequences ....

Exuberance: The Passion for Life

Kay Redfield Jamison

John Muir's lifelong passion to save America's wild places, Wilson Bentley's legendary obsession to record for posterity the beauty of individual snowflakes, the boundless ....

Histoire d'Une Question Anatomique: La Répétition des Parties

S Schmitt

Many organisms are made up of identical or modified replicated parts (e.g., the segments of an earthworm, the vertebrae, etc.). This kind or organization has raised many ....

Hominid Adaptations and Extinctions

David W Cameron

Looking at a period of history 22 to 2.5 million years ago, Hominid Adaptations synthesises the information currently available on hominid palaeobiology. It examines ....

The Hominid Individual in Context

Edited by Clive Gamble and Martin Porr

Explores new approaches to the remarkably detailed information that archaeologists now have for the study of our early ancestors. Rather than explaining the archaeology of ....

Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities

Michael Begon, Colin R Townsend and John Harper

The fourth edition of a book that has been widely acknowledged as the higher-level ecology text of choice throughout the world for almost 20 years. The latest revision has ....

Handbook of Epidemiology

Edited by W Ahrens and I Pigeot

Provides a comprehensive overview of the field and thus bridges the gap between standard textbooks of epidemiology and dispersed publications for specialists that have a ....

Plantes Invasives en France

S Muller

Biological invasions represent a largely neglected aspect of globalization in France. Yet these voluntary or involuntary introductions of species, which often originated far ....

Assessing Impact

Handbook of EIA and Sea Follow-Up

Edited by Angus Morrison-Saunders and Jos Arts

Written and edited by an authoritative team of internationally known experts in environmental impact assessment (EIA), this is the first book to present in a coherent ....

Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework

Edited by M Shachak, JR Gosz, STA Pickett and A Perevolotsky

This is the first international volume in the Long Term Ecological Research Network series. The book summarizes the state of knowledge about biodiversity in drylands, and ....

The Changing Socioeconomic and Political Environment of Forestry

Edited by JL Innes, G Hickey and HF Hoen

Considerable emphasis has been placed on the interactions between environmental change and forests in recent years. Reports have been produced detailing scenarios of forest ....

Deserts of the Earth: Extraordinary Images of Extreme Enviroments

M Martin

Internationally renowned photographer Michael Martin has traveled through every desert on earth, crossing Asia, Australia, the Americas, and Africa, seeking out the most ....

Mimicking Nature's Fire

Restoring Fire-Prone Forests in the West

SF Arno and CE Fiedler

Presents practical solutions to the pervasive problem of deteriorating forest conditions in Western North America. Advocating a new direction in forest management, they explore ....

Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Forest Trees

Edited by Sandeep Kumar and Matthias Fladung

Integrates tree transgenesis, functional genomics, and structural genomics to present, for the first time, a unified approach to research on the molecular biology of forest ....

Pond Treatment Technology

Edited by A Shilton

Reviews how pond systems work and provides guidelines for their application. An initial overview of the technology and then the science of the pond environment is discussed in ....

Soil Abiotic and Biotic Interactions and the Impact on the Ecosystem and Human Welfare

Edited by PM Huang et al

Overviews the subject and addresses abiotic and biotic interactions and the impact on restoration of terrestrial ecosystems and human welfare. The book also addresses the ....

Speaking a Common Language

Uses and Performance of the IUCN System of Management Categories for Protected Areas

Edited by Kevin Bishop et al

A research project to assess the ways in which the IUCN protected area management categories can be used to further conservation action on the ground. ....

Structure and Identification of Malayan Woods

P. K. Balan Menon

A revised version of an earlier edition published in 1967. It provides information pertaining to the classification of trees, nomenclature and classification of Malaysian ....

Vital Soil

Edited by Peter Doelman and H Eijsackers

El Diseno de Estudios de Campo Para la Conservacion de la Biodiversidad

Peter Feinsinger

Spanish translation of Designing Field Studies for Biodiversity Conservation (Island Press, 2001). ....

A Hostile Environment - A Case Study of the Harassment of Conservationists on the West Coast of New Zealand

Bruce Stuart-Menteath

A behind the scenes journey, often missed by tourists, that examines the harassment that West Coast conservationists exerience on a daily basis. Stuart-Menteath describes this ....

Nature-Friendly Communities

Habitat Protection and Land Use

Chris Duerksen and C Snyder

Presents an overview of the successful approaches to protecting biodiversity and natural areas in America's growing communities. Addressing the crucial issues of sprawl, open ....

Environmental Toxicity Testing

Edited by Clive K Thompson, Kirit Wadhia and P Loibner

The rapid expansion of the world's population, combined with industrial progress, has made a significant impact on the world's ecosystems. Ecosystems related to the aquatic ....

Valuing Oil Spill Prevention: A Case Study of California's Central Coast

RT Carson, MB Conaway, WM Hanemann, JA Krosnick, RC Mitchell and S Presser

Describes what is arguably the first and only valuation study to meet in full the reference study standards set by NOAA's Blue Ribbon Panel on Contingent Valuation. This ....

Earth as an Evolving Planetary System

Kent Condie

Since the fourth edition of this book a great deal of new scientific material has appeared requiring revision of the book. The fifth edition takes a new focus as ....

The Gecko's Foot: Bio-inspiration: Engineering New Materials and Devices from Nature

Peter Forbes

Bio-inspiration is the new engineering: nature's own nanotechnology. Scientists, architects and engineers are now taking a leaf from nature's book by building intricate ....

Geological History of the British Isles

A Hunter and G Easterbrook

The landscape and surface environment of the continental crust that now forms the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and the adjacent lesser isles has undergone dramatic ....

Introduction to Optical Mineralogy

William Nesse

Complete coverage of the optical properties of minerals and describes more than 125 common rock-forming minerals. Revised chapters on optical theory discuss the ....

Politics in the Laboratory

The Constitution of Human Genomics

IH Carmen

A close look at the ethical, legal, social, constitutional, and political implications of biological research. It addresses biopolicy and basic science - including cloning, ....

Advances in Sea Cucumber Aquaculture and Management

Edited by A Lovatelli et al

Aging

Theories and Potential Therapies

J Panno

There are almost as many theories about the aging process as there are researchers working in this field. This volume tackles the subject of aging, from natural processes ....

Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia

Edited by S Ravi, M Rutten and BL Goh

This unique volume focuses on the academic, social and cultural connections between Asia and Europe, and brings forth some of the latest thinking on the subject. ....

The Basis of Civilization - Water Science?

Edited by John Rodda and Lucio Ubertini

These are 33 papers from the International Symposium, The Basis of Civilization - Water Science?, held in Rome in December 2003. The increasing demand for water and ....

Biotechnology and Development

Challenges and Opportunities for Asia

Edited by S Chaturvedi and SR Rao

Biotechnology along with other core technology is at the heart of the technology revolution in Asia. Asian countries have adopted strategies for adopting the potential ....

China's Environment

The Challenges of Sustainable Development

KA Day

This book covers a broad range of topics, from specific environmental assessments in key sectors (ie. Desertification) to the policy implications of China's entry into the WTO. ....

The Closing of the Frontier: A History of the Marine Fisheries of Southeast Asia, 1850-2000

JG Butcher

This is the first book on the history of the marine fisheries of Southeast Asia. It takes as its central theme the movement of fisheries into new fishing grounds, ....

Collapse

How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond investigates the fate of past human societies, and the lessons for our own future. What happened to the people who built the ruined temples of Angkor Wat, the ....

Cultural Landscapes and Land Use: The Nature Conservation-Society Interface

Edited by Martin Dieterich and van der Straaten

An attempt to approach this complexity and provide a theoretical background as well as guidelines and examples for hands-on solutions. It draws on inputs from scientists, ....

Development and Application of Computer Techniques to Environmental Studies X

Edited by G Latini, G Passerini and CA Brebbia

Earthscan Reader in Environment, Development and Rural Livelihoods

Edited by Samantha Jones and Grace Carswell

In the past decade the relationship between humans and the environment has taken centre stage in the quest for development that supports both ecological integrity and ....

Ecohydrology: Processes, Models and Case Studies

D Harper, M Zalewski, SE Jorgensen and N Pacini

Ecohydrology is an emerging new sub-discipline which links elements of ecology with hydrology at all points in the water cycle, ranging in scale from water-plant ....

Ecosystem Effects of Fishing in the Mediterranean: An Analysis of the Major Threats of Fishing Gear and Practices to Biodiversity and Marine Habitats

Sergi Tudela

Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar

A Conservation Assessment

ML Thieme et al

As part of a global effort to identify thise areas where conservation measures are needed most urgently, WWF has assembled teams of scientists to conduct ecological ....

Global Aquaculture Outlook in the Next Decades: An Analysis of National Aquaculture Production Forecasts to 2030

Cecile Brugere and Neil Rider

Green Miniatlas

The World Bank

A guide to the most pressing environmental problems around the world. It draws on data from the World Bank's Little Green Data Book, providing a wealth of information on key ....

Hydrology: An Introduction

Wilfried Brutsaert

Water in its different forms has always been a source of wonder, curiosity and practical concern for humans everywhere. This book presents a coherent introduction to the ....

Ideas for Development

Robert Chambers

Our world seems entangled in systems increasingly dominated by power, greed, ignorance, self-deception and denial, with spiralling inequity and injustice. Against a backdrop of ....

In the Land of Orpheus

Rural Livelihoods and Nature Conservation in Postsocialist Bulgaria

BA Cellarius

Provides an ethnographic description of village life and conservation efforts in an ecologically important region of one of the most biologically diverse countries in ....

The Manual of Biocontrol Agents: A World Compendium

Edited by LG Copping

Manual of Fisheries Sampling Surveys: Methodologies for Estimations of Socio-economic Indicators in the Mediterranean Sea

E Sabatella and R Franquesa

Outgrowing the Earth

The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures

Lester R Brown

As populations expand and individual incomes rise, demands on the natural support systems of many economies are generating ecological deficits. In scores of countries, ....

Sustainable Water Services

A Procedural Guide

R Ashley, D Blackwood, D Butler and P Jowitt

Contains a framework that comprises a set of decision support processes that can be used by water service providers to explicitly incorporate sustainability considerations into ....

The UK Pesticide Guide 2005

Edited by R Whitehead

Understanding Environment

Edited by K Chhokar, M Pandya and M Raghunathan

Identifies four key concepts: understanding how the Earth's natural systems work; accessing information about the state of the planet; acquiring tools and skills for ....

Urban Aquaculture

Edited by B Costa-Pierce, A Desbonnet, P Edwards and D Baker

Fishery products are the world's most important source of animal protein, especially for the poor. Meeting the basic human needs for protein foods in the future will be a ....

Value - Counting Ecosystems as an economic Part of Water Infrastructure

L Emerton and E Bos

A practical guide that explains the most important steps and techniques for the valuation of ecosystem services, and the incorporation of its results in decision ....

Water and Disasters: Be Informed and Be Prepared

This booklet is an attempt to reduce the risk of water-related disasters. It provides information on the science behind floods, droughts, hurricanes and other natural ....

Waterborne Zoonoses

Identification, Causes and Control

Edited by JA Cotruvo et al

Developed from an expert workshop of 29 scientists convened by the World Health Organization and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Waterborne ....