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Welcome to the February Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's guide to new
and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the environment.
Backlist Bargains 2007 Our annual sale of 2500 titles from major publishers at significant price reductions is still available until the end of March. We have just updated our bargain selection with more titles, such as: Marine Ecosystems and Climate Variation (reduced to GBP19.99 from GBP35) Small Woodland Creatures (reduced to GBP8.99 from GBP12.50) The Cuckoos (reduced to GBP39.99 from GBP95) more... Conferences 2007 After last year's exceptionally busy season, we are now in the first planning stages for this year's conferences in the UK and elsewhere. We'll be selling books at the following conferences and would be delighted to meet you at our stand!
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| Mammals | Go to subject web page |
European Research on Cetaceans, Volume 20 Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society Edited by PGH Evans and I Kuklik Proceedings of the conference in Gdynia (Poland) 2-7 April 2006. .... | - | ECS CD | 2007 | #163857A | £25.95 BUY |
A Natural History and Field Guide Mark Wainwright From the raucous mantled howler monkeys and the charismatic white-nosed coatis to the elusive jaguar, The Mammals of Costa Rica offers authoritative accounts of the .... | 468 pages | 279 colour illus, 144 halftones, 125 maps | Cornell UP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0801445892 | #165580A | £34.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0801473756 | #165581A | £15.95 BUY |
Bill Breed and Fred Ford Australia's native rodents are the most ecologically diverse family of living Australian mammals. There are about 70 species - all within the sub-family Murinae - representing .... | 144 pages | CSIRO Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0643091661 | #165718A | £18.50 BUY |
Echolocation by Dolphins Peter Dobbins Many of the dolphin's sensory abilities seem "beyond explanation" but, in Sound Sense, Peter Dobbins demonstrates that dolphin research has come a long way in the past .... | 300 pages | 150 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0387302573 | #165828A | £16.50 BUY |
South American Camelids Research, Volume 1 Proceedings of the 4th European symposium on South American camelids and DECAMA European seminar Edited by Martina Gerken and Carlo Renieri This collection of papers brings experience of both South American and European experts together. It considers current trends in reproduction, nutrition, health, fibre .... | 308 pages | Wageningen Academic Pbk | 2006 | 9076998981 | #166028A | £65.00 BUY |
Monika Braun and F Dieterlein This volume deals with insectivores, lagomorphs, rodents, carnivores and even-toed ungulates. .... | 704 pages | 139 col photos, 219 diagrams, distribution maps | Ulmer Verlag Hbk | 2005 | 3800142465 | #165685A | £57.00 BUY |
| Birds | Go to subject web page |
Edited by Jonathan Elphick Traces the world migration routes of over 100 species. An illustrated introduction explains flight techniques, feeding, biology and navigation including the amazing .... | 180 pages | Colour photos, maps | Natural History Museum Hbk | 2007 | 0565092189 | #165481A | £19.99 BUY |
An Illustrated Guide and Checklist Morten Strange Fraser's Hill is an elevated area just north of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. This guide describes 95 bird species, and includes an annotated checklist of 308 species. .... | 120 pages | Select Books Pbk | 2004 | 9810499302 | #165531A | £13.50 BUY |
The Birds of the Banc d'Arguin
Paul Isenmann The Banc d'Arguin in Mauritania is the foremost wintering ground for wading birds and the largest breeding area for colonial waterbirds in all of West Africa. .... | FIBA 2006 | #164892A | £19.95 BUY |
Cantos de las Aves de Cuba / Bird Songs in Cuba
George B Raynard and Orlando H Garrido Studies of endemic Cuban birds offer a rich field, not only of vocalizations, but also of little known life histories for many of the species. This two CD set contains songs, .... | 2-CD set | Cornell LO CD | 2006 | #166142A | £18.95 BUY |
Rosemary Low A Century of Parrots tells the story of the trappers, the dealers and smugglers, and the collectors who contributed to the decline of so many parrot species; and of the .... | 290 pages | colour plates, b&w photos | Rosemary Low Hbk | 2006 | 0953133753 | #165614A | £15.75 BUY |
Ecologische Atlas van de Paarse Strandloper en de Steenloper aan de Flaamse Kust, 1947-2005
M Becuwe et al Ecological Atlas of the Purple Sandpiper and the Turnstone on the Flemish Coast, Belgium 1947-2005. Numbers, habitat use, activity system and behaviour. .... | 183 pages | colour photos, diagrams | VLIZ Pbk | 2006 | 9081008129 | #165102A | £33.50 BUY |
The Search for Proof in a Flooded Wilderness Geoffrey E Hill The last documented sighting of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker--one of the rarest and most intriguing animals in the world--was noted over 50 years ago. Long thought to be .... | 288 pages | 59 halftones, 11 line illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0195323467 | #166110A | £14.99 BUY |
The ptarmigan is one of only two species of grouse in Spain, and its habitat is restricted to the Pyrenees. This book deals with the status of the population and .... | 271 pages | OAPN Pbk | 2006 | 8480146680 | #166086A | £29.95 BUY |
Carl-Albrecht von Treuenfels Cranes, long-necked and long-legged birds of the Gruiformes order who mate for life, have fascinated many cultures. In Japan, they are a symbol of longevity and a happy .... | 240 pages | 150 photos | Abrams Hbk | 2007 | 0810993325 | #165569A | £25.00 BUY |
National Geographic Field Guide to Birds: Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Jonathan Alderfer Featuring 200 species, this guide groups birds by family rather than alphabetically, as approved by the American Ornithological Association. A quick-reference alphabetical .... | 272 pages | colour illus | National Geographic Pbk | 2006 | 1426200072 | #165530A | £8.99 BUY |
National Geographic Field Guide to Birds: New York
Jonathan Alderfer Featuring 200 species, this guide groups birds by family rather than alphabetically, as approved by the American Ornithological Association. A quick-reference alphabetical .... | 272 pages | colour illus | National Geographic Pbk | 2006 | 079225564X | #165529A | £8.99 BUY |
Philip's Guide to Birds of Britain and Ireland
Lars Svensson A rapid identification guide to more than 500 species of resident and regular migrant birds in compact, pocket-sized format for use in the field. .... | 380 pages | Philip's Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0540089699 | #165691A | £9.99 BUY |
Heather Angel This book portrays the activities of puffins during their breeding season. .... | 960 pages | Col photos | Evans Mitchell Books Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1901268195 | #161496A | £9.99 BUY |
Stephen Moss A celebration of the world's favourite birds, as chosen by the general public, including the most glamorous and gorgeous birds, from penguins to hummingbirds. Through a web-site .... | 192 pages | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0007230257 | #161729A | £16.99 BUY |
A Comprehensive Field Guide to Southern Africa's 950 Species Edited by Hugh Chittenden The Roberts Guide comprises some 185 individual plates, all annotated to highlight key identifying characters and all accompanied by field texts drawn from the most .... | 448 pages | colour illus | Africa Geographic Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0620375574 | #164925A | £16.99 BUY |
Summer Birding on the Central Algarve
JN Hardacre Detailed site information, bird lists, and plenty of background information make this a useful guide for tourists. .... | 124 pages | colour photos, maps | Hardacre Pbk | 2006 | 0955230209 | #165464A | £12.95 BUY |
Vögel beobachten in Norddeutschland Die besten Beobachtungsgebiete zwischen Sylt und Niederrhein Christoph Moning and Felix Weiss Guide to birding sites in Northern Germany. .... | 352 pages | 200 colour photos, maps | Kosmos Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 3440107795 | #165537A | £20.95 BUY |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Amphibians and Reptiles of Brunei A Pocket Guide Indraneil Das | 200 pages | Natural History Publications Pbk | 2007 | 9838121193 | #165802A | £16.95 BUY |
The Amphibians and Reptiles of New York State Identification, Natural History, and Conservation James P Gibbs, Alvin R Breisch et al This is the first ever guide to the amphibians and reptiles of New York State, a large and heavily populated state that hosts a surprisingly diverse and interesting community .... | 496 pages | 48 halftones, 65 maps, 15 line illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0195304306 | #166136A | £45.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0195304446 | #166135A | £19.99 BUY |
Neues Quellenverzeichnis der Gürtelschweife und Schildechsen (Reptilia, Cordylidae and Gerrhosauridae) Klaus Adolphs Extensive bibliography covering these lizards from Africa and Madagascar. Well over 1300 references are quoted, each with information about taxa and subjects. The bibliography .... | 303 pages | - | Squamata Verlag Hbk | 2006 | 3980508617 | #165644A | £37.00 BUY |
Biology and Conservation of Florida Turtles
Edited by Peter A Meylan Comprehensive summary of all 25 freshwater turtle, marine turtle, and tortoise species occurring in Florida, including descriptions, distributions, habitats, ecology and .... | 376 pages | 163 full-color photographs and 32 color maps | Chelonian Research Foundation Hbk | 2006 | #165648A | £68.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | #165647A | £54.00 BUY |
Biology and Conservation of Ridley Sea Turtles
Edited by Pamela T Plotkin The smallest of the sea turtles, olive and Kemp's ridleys are the only marine turtles to exhibit mass-nesting behavior, known as arribadas. This fascinating phenomenon, during .... | 384 pages | 64 illus | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0801886112 | #165651A | £40.00 BUY |
Krystal Tolley and Marius Burger Chameleons of Southern Africa explores this interesting group of lizards and discusses their strange and unusual, sometimes unnerving, characteristics. It presents .... | 100 pages | 200 colour photos, 27 maps | Struik Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1770073752 | #166148A | £9.99 BUY |
A Natural History of the Diamondback Terrapin Barbara Brennessel Presents a natural history of the diamondback terrapin. Focusing on the northern diamondback, this book examines its evolution, physiology, adaptations, behavior, growth .... | 219 pages | Col plares, b/w photos, illus, figs | New England UP Hbk | 2006 | 1584655364 | #165439A | £15.95 BUY |
Guide des Serpents d'Afrique Occidentale Savane et Désert Jean Francois Trape and Youssouph Mane Identification guide to the 81 currently known snakes found in Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Also covers ecology, distribution and snake bites. .... | 226 pages | 152 illus | IRD 2006 | 2709916002 | #165435A | £26.95 BUY |
The New Encyclopedia of Snakes
Christopher Mattison A guide to snake classification, behaviour, breeding and evolution. It covers the most popular aspects of snake biology. It includes colour photographs that show the .... | 272 pages | 200 colour illus | Cassell Illustrated Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1844035719 | #165570A | £30.00 BUY |
| Fishes | Go to subject web page |
The Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia
JD McPhail The comprehensive species accounts aid accurate identification and consist of an illustration, the scientific and common names of the fish, its distinguishing .... | 524 pages | Alberta UP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0888644671 | #165573A | £49.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 088864468X | #165572A | £21.99 BUY |
with descriptions of nine new S Kullander and JG Ferreira Cichla, with the junior synonym Acharnes, is widely distributed in the Amazon, Tocantins, and Orinoco river basins, and in the smaller rivers draining the Guianas to .... | 110 pages | 93 illus, 27 tables | Pfeil Pbk | 2006 | 3899370643 | #165610A | £38.00 BUY |
Gunnar Jonsson and Jonbjorn Palsson This encyclopedia of Icelandic fishes covers 340 species in detail; genetics, ecology and habitats, characteristics and colour, size and more. .... | 336 pages | watercolour illus | Edda Hbk | 2006 | 9979219386 | #166046A | £259.00 BUY |
| Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, Vol. II: Isopoda
GO Sars The second volume of Sars's comprehensive "Account of the Crustacea of Norway", Isopoda covered all known Norwegian isopods - both aquatic and terrestrial - at the time of .... | CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation CD | 2007 | 1904690505 | #166092A | £19.50 BUY |
An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, Vol. IV: Copepoda (Calanoida)
GO Sars The fourth volume of Sars's comprehensive "Account of the Crustacea of Norway", Copepoda (Calanoida) covered all known Norwegian Calanoida - both freshwater and marine - at the .... | CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation CD | 2006 | 1904690459 | #166093A | £19.50 BUY |
Manual with Keys and Illustration | Wako Yosho-Hanbai K.K 2005 | 448601572X | #165980A | £235.00 BUY |
Atlas of Japanese Scarabaeoidea, Volume 1: Coprophagous Group
Edited by Shinya Kawai et al Contains all 152 species and 9 subspecies of dung beetles in Japan. Each species is shown on one full page with more than 10 detailed, high quality photographs. .... | 189 pages | Col photos | Roppon-Ashi Entomological Book Hbk | 2005 | 4902649020 | #165423A | £216.00 BUY |
Charles D Michener In this extensive update of his definitive reference, Charles D. Michener reveals a diverse fauna that numbers more than 17,000 species and ranges from the common honeybee .... | 1016 pages | 48 color photos, 40 b&w illustrations, 434 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0801885736 | #165652A | £120.00 BUY |
DR Khanna and PR Yadav Comprehensive treatment of the morphology, anatomy, and physiology of coelenterates. .... | 393 pages | line drawings | Discovery Hbk | 2005 | 8183560210 | #165687A | £48.50 BUY |
Sergei A Toropov and Alexander B Zhdanko The first volume of the book combines characters of scientific edition and photo album and may be used as an illustrated guide to butterflies of the superfamily of .... | 383 pages | 729 illus | Satento Hbk | 2006 | #165496A | £225.00 BUY |
The Butterflies of Cambridgeshire
Robin Field, V Perrin, L Bacon and Nick Greatorex-Davies Gives details of all the butterflies found within the current county boundary and Peterborough and includes distribution maps for all the current species. A chapter .... | 128 pages | Butterfly Conservation Pbk | 2006 | 095543470X | #165678A | £13.95 BUY |
Butterflies of the World, Supplement 13: Revision of the Genus Parides An Unended Quest Tommaso Racheli | 115 pages | line drawings, distribution maps | Goecke & Evers Antiq. Pbk | 2006 | 3937783245 | #057610A | £59.00 BUY |
Candoninae (Ostracoda) from the Pilbara region in Western Australia
Ivana Karanovic The monograph describes the Candoninae fauna of the Pilbara region, containing 84 species and 12 genera, of which 83 species and 11 genera are endemic. The Pilbara region .... | 432 pages | EJ Brill Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 9004156933 | #165480A | £107.00 BUY |
The Chiasognathinae of the Andes Taxonomy, Ethology, Biogeography Fortuné Chalumeau and Bernard Brochier For the naturalist and the traveller, the American Andes are one of the richest parts of the world from a faunistic, geological and botanical point of view. F. Chalumeau and B. .... | 324 pages | 279 photos and drawings | Taita Publishers Hbk | 2007 | #166067A | £149.00 BUY |
Ecology, Behavior, and Natural History William J Bell, Louis M Roth and Christine A Nalepa This definitive volume provides a complete overview of suborder Blattaria, highlighting the diversity of these amazing insects in their natural environments. .... | 272 pages | 92 halftones, 71 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0801886163 | #165653A | £66.50 BUY |
Natalie GR Bergholz The periodic flood pulse of the Amazon River has been the main controlling factor in the local ecosystems for at least two million years. Numerous adaptations, in some cases .... | 198 pages | photos, graphs, maps | Pensoft Pbk | 2007 | 9546422908 | #165551A | £59.00 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 43: Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Catantopidae
Li Hongchang and Xia Kailing | 736 pages | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | #162438A | £48.00 BUY |
The Genitalia of the Tortricidae
FN Pierce and JW Metcalfe Continuing F.N. Pierce's series on the Genitalia of the British Lepidoptera, "Tortricidae" was first published in 1922. Though they are regarded as invaluable for .... | CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation CD | 2006 | 1904690440 | #166091A | £25.95 BUY |
The Insects of Japan, Volume 1: Bethylidae (Hymenoptera)
Mamoru Terayama Treats 17 genera and 86 species. .... | 314 pages | 467 illus, 9 tables | Entomological Society of Japan Hbk | 2006 | #165225A | £75.00 BUY |
The Insects of Japan, Volume 2: The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera)
Shuji Okajima Treats 75 genera and 235 species. .... | 720 pages | more than 1000 illus | Entomological Society of Japan Hbk | 2006 | #165226A | £99.00 BUY |
Phyllobiini, Polydrusini and Katsura Morimoto, Hiroaki Kojima and Sumiaki Miyakawa Treats 3 tribes, 28 genera and 72 species. .... | 406 pages | 898 illus, 16 colour plates | Entomological Society of Japan Hbk | 2006 | #165228A | £85.00 BUY |
Finding the Spots and Connecting the Dots John Acorn The first regional field guide for North American ladybirds. With colour photographs and illustrations on 70 different species, Acorn guides readers to discover rare and unique .... | 200 pages | colour photos and illus | Alberta UP Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0888643810 | #165571A | £16.50 BUY |
De Libellen (Odonata) van België (Dragonflies of Belgium) Verspreiding - Evolutie - Habitats Edited by Geert De Knijf, Anny Anselin, Philippe Goffart and Marc Tailly This atlas presents the state of the art on Odonata in Belgium. More than 65.000 records were collected by more than 500 volunteers. .... | 368 pages | colour photos | INBO Pbk | 2006 | #165564A | £32.50 BUY |
Amphipyrinae, Condicinae, Eriopinae, Xyleninae: Caradrinini M Fibinger and H Hacker | 400 pages | 11 colour plates, 75 genitalia plates | Apollo Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | #138334A | £142.00 BUY |
of the Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758) R Steiner, G Hermann and J Settele Presents the results of a study on a formerly large metapopulation of the Scarce Swallowtail in South-Western Germany. In particular, habitat preferences of eggs and .... | 172 pages | colour photos, graphs | Pensoft Pbk | 2007 | 9546422894 | #165499A | £59.90 BUY |
Philip's Guide to Butterflies of Britain and Ireland
Jeremy A Thomas Provides comprehensive coverage of all resident butterflies as well as regular migrants to Britain and Ireland. This book offers an introduction to butterflies, explaining the .... | 380 pages | Philip's Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 054008980X | #165682A | £9.99 BUY |
De Schelpen van Schiermonnikoog, Deel 2: 40 Minder Algemene Soorten
TW De Boer This second volume is a photographic guide to the less commonly found shells on the beaches of Schiermonnikoog (wadden sea). .... | 51 pages | Schelpenmuseum Pbk | 2006 | 9080997420 | #166116A | £9.95 BUY |
Die Seidenbiene Collectes Daviesanus Smith 1846 Lebensstrategie einer Spezialisierten Wildbiene Jurgen Esser | 182 pages | Col photos, maps, figs, illus | NIBUK Pbk | 2005 | 3931921085 | #165421A | £25.50 BUY |
| Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
Ancient Life and Modern Approaches Abstracts of the Second International Palaeontological Congress Edited by Qun Yang et al Abstracts of the conference held June 17-21 in Peking University, Beijing. .... | 553 pages | Geological Pub House 2006 | #166141A | £63.00 BUY |
Fossil Facts and Dinosaur Digs John Acorn Alberta is well known for its fossil treasures. This book features 80 of the most noteworthy fossils, fossil locations, and fossil hunters. Includes dinosaurs, the .... | 200 pages | colour photos | Alberta UP Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0888644817 | #165574A | £14.99 BUY |
Die Fossillagerstätte Schamhaupten This special issue contains the following 3 papers: .... | 102 pages | Pfeil Pbk | 2007 | 3899370619 | #166043A | £14.95 BUY |
Sylvain Adnet | 128 pages | illus, tables, plates | Pfeil Pbk | 2006 | 3899370694 | #165607A | £86.00 BUY |
Siliceous Plankton through Time Contents: Preface.- Radiolaria - Siliceous plankton through time.- Turonian Radiolarians from Karnezeika, Argolis Peninsula, Peloponnesus.- Radiolarian correlation of Jurassic .... | 120 pages | Birkhauser Pbk | 2007 | 3764383437 | #165976A | £145.50 BUY |
| Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 52
Edited by David Sims Contents: 1. The Biology of Glass Sponges .... | 392 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0123737184 | #166134A | £99.00 BUY |
Richard C Newell Richard Newell's comprehensive and extremely approachable work on intertidal animals will be invaluable to anyone studying the intertidal zone, and the biology of the .... | CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation CD | 2007 | 1904690491 | #166094A | £19.50 BUY |
Diatoms of Lakes Prespa and Ohrid (Macedonia)
Zlatko Levkov, Svetislav Krstic, Ditmar Metzeltin and Horst Lange-Bertalot Offers the results of a three year basic taxonomical research in the area. A total of 500 taxa is presented, 70 being described as new taxa ( 1 new genus, 66 species and 3 .... | 649 pages | 242 plates with 2650 figures | Gantner Hbk | 2007 | 3906166430 | #165732A | £121.00 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to Coral Reefs of the Southern Pacific Achim Nimmerfroh Photo identification guide to the fauna found on the coral reefs of the Fiji Islands. .... | 320 pages | colour photos | Nimmerfroh Pbk | 2006 | 3925919821 | #165577A | £32.00 BUY |
The Mesoscale Structure of the Epipelagic Ecosystem of the Open Northern Arabian Sea
Edited by K Banse and SA Piontkovsky Presents the results of the 30th cruise of R/V Professor Vodyanitsky of the Institute of Biology of Southern Seas (IBSS) in February-April 1990, the last .... | 248 pages | diagrams | Universities Press Pbk | 2006 | 8173714967 | #165801A | £24.95 BUY |
Monitoring in Coastal Environments Using Foraminifera and Thecamoebian Indicators
DB Scott, C Schafer and F Medioli Foraminifera and thecamoebians are highly sensitive to environmental stress (natural or anthropogenic). This feature means that they can be used to biologically characterize a .... | 177 pages | B/w photos, figs tabs, maps | CUP Hbk | 2001 | 0521561736 | #111458A | £80.00 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 0521021146 | #166078A | £24.99 BUY |
Movement and Energy Metabolism of Marine Planktonic Organisms
EV Pavlova This monograph generalizes multi-year investigations on the energy metabolism and motility of marine planktonic organisms, from flagellated algae to salps, from different .... | 216 pages | diagrams | Universities Press Pbk | 2006 | 8173714959 | #165803A | £24.95 BUY |
An Exploration of Life in our Seas CD of wildlife recordings from the British Library Sound Archive. .... | Duration: 67 minutes | NSA CD | 2007 | 0712305262 | #165554A | £8.47 BUY |
Tropical Diatoms of South America, II Special remarks on biogeographic disjunction Ditmar Metzeltin and Horst Lange-Bertalot Covers geographically the area from Paraguay to continental Central America, Caribbean Islands and Florida. 190 taxa are described as new to science (in addition to the 202 .... | 879 pages | 298 plates with 3688 figures | Gantner Hbk | 2007 | 3906166570 | #165734A | £141.00 BUY |
365 Days Jeffrey L Rotman Features undersea photography taken by Jeff Rotman, who has spent over thirty years photographing life in our planet's seas and oceans. This title includes a variety of .... | 744 pages | 365 colour illus | Abrams Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0810993112 | #165818A | £19.95 BUY |
| General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton and Rea Alexandratos Accompanies the exhibition "Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery", at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, 2 March - 16 September .... | 224 pages | 160 colour illus | Royal Collection Publications Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 190216346X | #158384A | £18.95 BUY |
Painting with Watercolours Siriol Sherlock Sherlock covers the various materials as well as the more traditional and more experimental techniques. The authoritative text is complemented by stunning .... | 128 pages | 100 col illus | Batsford Hbk | 2004 | 071348862X | #143842A | £17.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0713490527 | #165793A | £14.99 BUY |
John Hix The Glasshouse traces the evolution of glass enclosures from the mid-seventeenth century when the desire to nurture exotic plants in a foreign and often hostile climate led to .... | 240 pages | illus | Phaidon Pbk | 2005 | 0714845256 | #154581A | £24.95 BUY |
How to Photograph Absolutely Everything: Successful Pictures from Your Digital Camera
Tom Ang Provides photographs and instructions to discover what equipment you'll need, the best approach for each subject and to compose, light, frame and take shots. This work .... | 384 pages | Dorling Kindersley Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1405319852 | #165627A | £25.00 BUY |
National Audubon Society Guide to Landscape Photography
Tim Fitzharris Step-by-step instructions, pictograms, and before-and-after comparisons provide a complete course in capturing a landscape's natural beauty. Renowned photographer Tim .... | 168 pages | col photos | Firefly Books Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 155407195X | #165533A | £16.95 BUY |
Pencils, Patience and Primates The Life and Art of David Dancey-Wood David Dancey-Wood For the first time ever the work of wildlife artist David Dancey-Wood has been collated into this single volume. "Pencils, Patience and Primates" opens a portfolio of his work .... | 187 pages | colour & b&w illus | Hawksbill Hbk | 2007 | 0955494605 | #165988A | £40.00 BUY |
Robert Wight and the Botanical Drawings of Rungiah & Govindoo
HJ Nolte This trilogy forms the second in a series of illustrated works devoted to collections of botanical drawings made by Indian artists for Scottish surgeon-botanists, held in the .... | 420 pages | 3 volumes in slipcase, b&w illus, colour illus | Edinburgh RBG Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | #166041A | Normally £95.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £50.00 |
When a Gene Makes You Smell Like a Fish ... And Other Tales About the Genes in Your Body Lisa Chiu From the gene that causes people to age prematurely to the "bitter gene" that may spawn broccoli haters, this book explores a few of the more exotic locales on the human .... | 288 pages | 75 line illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195169948 | #157296A | £15.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0195327063 | #165711A | £9.99 BUY |
| Regional & Travel | Go to subject web page |
Arktis i Eventyrernes Fotspor (Arctic in Adventurous Footsteps)
Pal Hermansen Stunning photographs of wildlife and scenery of the North - Arctic Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Frans Josef Land. .... | 192 pages | colour photos | Orion Forlag AS Hbk | 2005 | 8245807478 | #162259A | £47.95 BUY |
Ein Fuhrer durch die Tier- und Pflanzenwelt der Sahara mit Bestimmungstabellen Edited by Peter Dittrich Identification guide to the flora and fauna of the Sahara. Reprint of the second edition (1983) with updated chacklists of the mammals, reptiles, amphibians and scorpions. .... | 226 pages | b&w illus | Chimaira Pbk | 2005 | 3930612909 | #164828A | £21.95 BUY |
Klas-Rune Johansson This title by one of Sweden's foremost nature photographers describes the flora of the Stockholm archipelago. .... | 192 pages | colour photos | Wahlstr”m & Widstrand Hbk | 2007 | 9146204016 | #166003A | £21.95 BUY |
Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany David Blackbourn Traces the rise of the German nation through the development of water and landscape. David Blackbourn begins his environmental history in the mid-1700s, with Frederick the .... | 466 pages | Illus | Norton Hbk | 2006 | 0393062120 | #165447A | £20.95 BUY |
A Continent, a Scientist and a Kangaroo Tim Flannery Tim Flannery writes a love letter to Australia, his homeland, drawing on three decades of extensive travel, research and field work to reveal its unique nature. Flannery shows .... | 272 pages | Penguin Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0141026944 | #165568A | £8.99 BUY |
Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions Andrew Fleming First published in 1988, "The Dartmoor Reaves" is a classic story of archaeological fieldwork and discovery, and a winner of the Archaeological Book Award. This major new .... | 224 pages | 48 colour illus, 48 b&w illus | Windgather Press Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1905119151 | #165994A | £19.99 BUY |
An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples Tim Flannery Originally published in 2001, now available again in paperback. .... | 404 pages | B/w photos | Penguin Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0141026936 | #165566A | £9.99 BUY |
Exploring Woodland: Peak District and Central England
The Woodland Trust A new volume in the series of guides from The Woodland Trust that describe and illustrate 101 beautiful woodland sites in different regions and countries throughout .... | 128 pages | 50 colour photos | Frances Lincoln Pbk | 2007 | 0711226601 | #165493A | £7.99 BUY |
Exploring Woodland: The Southeast of England
The Woodland Trust A new volume in the series of guides from The Woodland Trust that describe and illustrate 101 beautiful woodland sites in different .... | 128 pages | 50 colour photos | Frances Lincoln Pbk | 2007 | 0711226598 | #165492A | £7.99 BUY |
Fauna of Manipur, Part 1: Vertebrates and Animal Fossils
Zoological Survey of India | 234 pages | Tabs, plates, maps | Zoological Survey Hbk | 2005 | 8181710436 | #165686A | £63.00 BUY |
The Grasslands of the United States An Environmental History James E Sherow This unique survey of the environmental history of the Great Plains explores the ecological, social, and economic relationship between humans and the North American .... | 350 pages | ABC-Clio Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1851097201 | #157886A | £52.50 BUY |
Rosemary Parslow About 30 miles south-west of Land's end is the low group of rocks and islands that form the Isles of Scilly. Mysterious, romantic and beautiful, they have long exercised the .... | 336 pages | 32 col plates, 250 b/w illus | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 000220150X | #127510A | £45.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0002201518 | #127511A | £25.00 BUY |
Mediterranean Island Landscapes Natural and Cultural Approaches Edited by IN Vogiatzakis, G Pungetti and AM Mannion Mediterranean islands exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402050631 | #165871A | £96.00 BUY |
Life and Death in the African Bush Mark Ross and David Reesor A field guide to the predators of the African bush. Each chapter is devoted to a predator - lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas and crocodiles - and delves into their .... | 208 pages | 175 colour photos, removable fold-out field guide | Abrams Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0810993015 | #165819A | £19.95 BUY |
Sounds of the British Coastline A journey in sound along the shores of Britain Richard Ranft Atmospheric recordings from the British Library Sound Archive take you on a journey around Britain's spectacular coastline. .... | running time: approx 70 minutes | NSA CD | 2007 | 0712305335 | #165555A | £8.47 BUY |
David N Thomas This timely book explores how life survives the extreme conditions of one of the most sensitive and inhospitable parts of the planet, which has for centuries fascinated .... | 72 pages | colour illus | Natural History Museum Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0565092170 | #165659A | £9.99 BUY |
Walking & Birdwatching in South West Turkey With Botanical & Historical Notes Paul Hope This guide is packed with useful information for a birdwatching trip to southwest Turkey. It describes 16 walks complete with maps, bird and flower checklists; and a .... | 192 pages | colour photos, maps | Paul Hope Pbk | 2005 | 9750015525 | #166053A | £12.00 BUY |
David Chapman A celebration of the natural history of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It features 40 sites - the best places to see flora and fauna in a variety of habitats across the .... | 256 pages | colour photos | Alison Hodge Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0906720516 | #165817A | £14.95 BUY |
Wildlife Traveller: Scottish Islands
Richard Row Explores the diversity of Scotland's wildlife and the habitats that sustain it. This book contains the information you need to identify where to go and when for the best .... | 96 pages | 85 colour photos | Pocket Mountains Pbk | 2006 | 0955082242 | #165515A | £6.99 BUY |
Wildlife Traveller: Scottish Mainland
Richard Row Explores the diversity of Scotland's wildlife and the habitats that sustain it. This book contains the information you need to identify where to go and when, for the best .... | 96 pages | 84 colour photos | Pocket Mountains Pbk | 2006 | 0955082234 | #165514A | £6.99 BUY |
A Complete Reference Manual John H Rappole A guide to the wildlife of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. .... | 400 pages | 1040 illus | Pennsylvania UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0812239822 | #165612A | £32.50 BUY |
| Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
Mohan Pradhan This is the first comprehensive guide-book on the Orchids of the North East Indian Region. A region comprising of the eight States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, .... | 236 pages | 120 colour illus | Vedams Hbk | 2006 | 8190272810 | #165483A | £92.00 BUY |
Mohan Pradhan This is the first comprehensive guide-book on the Orchids of Sikkim in over a century. 100 of the most beautiful and some rarely seen orchids are illustrated. The book .... | 232 pages | 120 colour illus | Vedams Hbk | 2005 | 8190272802 | #165484A | £92.00 BUY |
Algae of Australia: Introduction
This introductory volume includes essays on the history of research on Australian algae, their classification, fossil record, systematic relationships, ecology, biogeography and .... | 744 pages | CSIRO Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 064309377X | #165720A | £82.95 BUY |
Alpine and Subalpine Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies and the Columbia Mountains Neil L Jennings Alpine Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the subalpine and alpine environments in the Rocky Mountains of western Canada. Due to harsh .... | 224 pages | 200 colour photos | Heritage House Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1894765834 | #166103A | £19.99 BUY |
AI Ottesen Field guide to the coniferous trees of Iceland. .... | 112 pages | colour photos, illus | Sumarhasid og Gardurinn 2006 | 9979978406 | #166049A | £47.00 BUY |
La Biodiversité du Département de la Seine-Saint-Denis - Atlas de la Flore Sauvage
S Filoche, G Arnal and J Moret This atlas shows the distribution of 947 vascular plants in the Seine-Saint-Denis, northeast of Paris. Includes photos, and information on status, distribution and .... | 504 pages | BIOTOPE Parth‚nope Hbk | 2006 | 2914817142 | #166010A | £63.00 BUY |
Biology and Ecology of Norway Spruce
Edited by Mark G Tjoelker, Adam Boratynski and Wladyslaw Bugala Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) is an important tree species with a remarkable natural range throughout Europe and Asia, ranging from the Balkan Peninsula to Siberia in the .... | 480 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402048408 | #165867A | £123.00 BUY |
Vojtech Holubec and Pavel Krivka The first flora of this region to be published in English, this illustrated flora describes 509 species. .... | 392 pages | more than 700 colour photos, drawings, distribution maps | Loxia 2006 | 8090254136 | #164277A | £65.00 BUY |
Classic Irises and the Men and Women Who Created Them
Clarence Mahan Irises are one of the world's most popular garden plants. That was not always so. The story of how several men and women transformed relatively unimpressive iris species into .... | 416 pages | Krieger Hbk | 2006 | 1575242818 | #160940A | £58.50 BUY |
(Empordà wetlands, NE Spain) Pujadas, Rosa Trobajo Diatoms are an important and often dominant component of periphyton, and their contribution to primary production in aquatic systems has largely been underestimated. .... | 210 pages | 123 micrographs on 16 plates | Gantner Hbk | 2007 | 390616652X | #166006A | £55.50 BUY |
The Elements of Organic Gardening Highgrove, Clarence House, Birkhall The Prince of Wales and Stephanie Donaldson This book describes the organic practices that have turned Highgrove into one of the finest gardens in the country. The same organic principles are also employed at Clarence .... | 176 pages | 200 colour photos | Weidenfeld & Nicolson Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0297844164 | #166025A | £20.00 BUY |
Flora Vascolare del Sulcis (Sardegna Sud-Occidentale, Italia)
Gianluigi Bacchetta Describes the vascular flora of Sulcis (Southwest Sardinia). .... | 350 pages | Universidad del Pais Vasco Pbk | 2006 | #165747A | £30.50 BUY |
Flora de la República de Cuba, Series A: Plantas Vasculares, Fasicúlo 12 Orchidaceae, I - II
Helga Dietrich, Hagen Stenzel and Berthold Möbus Part I: Parte General; Part II: Pleurothallidineae, 1 (Generos 53 -61). With keys to genera and species. .... | 266 pages | 44 colour plates, 52 b&w plates, 50 dot maps | Koeltz Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 3906166589 | #166007A | £55.50 BUY |
Flora de la República de Cuba, Series A: Plantas Vasculares, Fasicúlo 13 Malvaceae
Fabiola Areces Berazain and Paul A Fryxell Latin names, sysnonyms, descriptions, distribution, chromosome numbers, uses, common names. .... | 228 pages | 86 dot maps, 25 figures | Koeltz Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 3906166597 | #166008A | £48.00 BUY |
Edited by TF Daniel | California AS 2005 | #163954A | £12.50 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Begoniaceae (2006)
V Plana, MJS Sands and HJ Beentje | 23 pages | line drawings, ditribution map | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 1842461613 | #164418A | £13.99 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Bignoniaceae & Cobaeaceae (2006)
S Bidgood, B Verdcourt and K Vollesen | 52 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 1842461516 | #164419A | £15.99 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Gesneriaceae (2006)
Iain Darbyshire | 75 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 1842461664 | #164421A | £17.99 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Hypoxidaceae (2006)
J Wiland-Szymanska and I Nordal | 25 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 1842461672 | #164422A | £13.99 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Thelypteridaceae (2006)
B Verdcourt | 43 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 1842461508 | #164424A | £13.99 BUY |
Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants
CR Bell and BJ Taylor Reprinted from the original 1982 version (published by Laurel Hill). .... | 308 pages | 550 col illus, 512 drawings, 503 maps | North Carolina UP Hbk | 2007 | 0960868801 | #165525A | £18.50 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 0960868836 | #165526A | £12.95 BUY |
JF Morot-Gaudry, P Lea and JF Briat The openings offered by functional genomics reconciles organism biology and molecular biology, in order to define an integrative biology that should allow new insights about .... | 708 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1578085063 | #165756A | £66.90 BUY |
Phillip Cribb and David Du Puy Cymbidium are probably the most popular of all orchids. This book is a completely new treatment covering all the current known species. .... | 368 pages | maps, photos, paintings | Kew RBG Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1842461478 | #164439A | £40.00 BUY |
Edited by Peter King and Katherine Lambert Contains detailed articles on 600 of the best gardens in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands, plus 500 shorter entries. .... | 608 pages | 150 colour photos | Frances Lincoln Pbk | 2007 | 0711226970 | #165660A | £14.99 BUY |
A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Together with an Account of The Botanical Collectors and Hybridists Employed by Them and a List of The Most Remarkable of Their Introductions James H Veitch Hortus Veitchii was originally published by the famous nursery firm of James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, London in 1906 to commemorate the huge contribution made by this firm to .... | 648 pages | 50 black and white, full page plates | Caradoc Doy Hbk | 2006 | 0955351502 | #165692A | £117.00 BUY |
The Identification of Medicinal Plants A Handbook of the Morphology of Botanicals in Commerce W Applequist This work describes morphological characteristics used to identify species of botanicals, specifically those that can be observed with a hand lens or dissecting .... | 231 pages | Missouri BG Hbk | 2006 | 0965555518 | #165807A | £66.00 BUY |
Index of Plant Chromosome Numbers, 2001-2003
Edited by Peter Goldblatt and Dale E Johnson | 242 pages | Missouri BG Pbk | 2006 | 1930723547 | #165809A | £29.50 BUY |
AI Ottesen and P Petursson Field guide to the deciduous trees of Iceland. .... | 112 pages | colour photos, illus | Sumarhasid og Gardurinn 2006 | 9979700807 | #166048A | £47.00 BUY |
Agricultural, commercial, ecological, legal, pharmacological and social aspects Edited by Robert J Bogers, Lyle E Craker and Dagmar Lange This book presents the opinions of an international panel of specialists that explored the agricultural, commercial, ecological, legal, pharmacological and social future of .... | 305 pages | Springer Pbk | 2007 | 1402054483 | #165877A | £42.50 BUY |
Neil Fletcher Lists over 320 species of wild flowers in the Western Mediterranean. This manual includes in-situ photographs and notes which help you identify wild flowers in the .... | 224 pages | colour illus | Dorling Kindersley Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1405318139 | #165583A | £9.99 BUY |
Comparative Biology and Evolution JT Columbus, EA Friar, CW Hamilton, JM Porter, LM Prince and MG Simpson This work contains 50 original scientific papers presented by leading scientists at the Third International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons, hosted .... | 735 pages | 2 volumes | Missouri BG Hbk | 2007 | #162458A | £73.00 BUY |
D Vrhovsek, G Kosi, A Krivograd Klemencic and N Smolar-Zvanut Presents a synthesis of new and known information on the biodiversity of cyanobacteria and algae in Slovenia. .... | 172 pages | ZRC Pbk | 2006 | 9616568485 | #166099A | £29.95 BUY |
Moss Flora of China, Volume 4: Bryaceae to Timmiaceae
Edited by Li Xing Jiang, Marshall R Crosby and Si He This is the sixth volume to be published in the series. It treats 32 genera and 206 specific and infraspecific taxa. The following taxa are treated: Bryaceae, Mniaceae, .... | 211 pages | Missouri BG Hbk | 2007 | 1930723571 | #159473A | £62.00 BUY |
The Names of the Ligneous Species of Middle Europe / Les Noms des Especes Ligneuses d'Europe Moyenne (Indigenous trees and shrubs as well as those frequently planted for commerce or ornament Jean-Louis Moret A five-language glossary with the names of trees: French, German, Italian, English and Latin. It is composed of two main parts: .... | 256 pages | Rossolis Pbk | 2006 | 2940365091 | #166113A | £26.95 BUY |
Native and Naturalized Trees of New England and Adjacent Canada A Field Guide Richard M DeGraaf and Paul E Sendak A diverse array of native coniferous and deciduous trees and, in some places, naturalized exotics comprises majestic northeastern forests and woodlands. This .... | 280 pages | New England UP Pbk | 2006 | 1584655453 | #165452A | £12.50 BUY |
The Reassuring Truth about Wildlife Gardens Ken Thompson In this illuminating book, Ken Thompson explains that encouraging wildlife is actually entirely compatible with ordinary gardening, costs next to nothing, and is almost .... | 183 pages | Illus | Eden Project Books Hbk | 2006 | 1903919681 | #158263A | £9.99 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 1905811144 | #166002A | £6.99 BUY |
Michel Viard This attractive two-volume box set offers practical information, a complete history, and a wealth of fascinating orchid facts. The first volume of "Orchids" includes a history .... | 192 pages | 2 volumes, 203 colour illus | Flammarion Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 2080305573 | #166026A | £19.95 BUY |
The Natural No-dig Way Charles Dowding Charles Dowding, who started the first vegetable box scheme in 1983, shares the philosophy, tips and techniques which have enabled him to run a successful organic .... | 192 pages | 32 colour plates | Green Books Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1903998913 | #166150A | £10.95 BUY |
An Illustrated Manual Ann Fowler Rhoads and Timothy A Block The second edition of "The Plants of Pennsylvania" identifies the nearly 3,400 species of trees, wildflowers, ferns, grasses, sedges, aquatic plants, and weeds native or .... | 1061 pages | 2645 line illus, 4 maps | Pennsylvania UP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0812240030 | #165611A | £45.50 BUY |
Introduction to the Physiology and Handling of Fruit, Vegetables and Ornamentals R Wills et al Features extensive coverage of quality management in the handling, packaging and distribution of produce. .... | 252 pages | - | CABI Pbk | 2007 | 1845932277 | #165792A | £29.50 BUY |
Wildflowers of the Canadian Prairies Neil L Jennings Prairie Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the prairie environment of western Canada. Written for the enjoyment of all who venture .... | 248 pages | 200 colour photos | Heritage House Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1894765842 | #166104A | £21.50 BUY |
Edited by Royal Horticultural Society Find the right plants for your garden. This work contains over 4,000 fresh entries and you can browse through more than 73,000 plants. It includes handy contact details with .... | 956 pages | colour illus | Dorling Kindersley Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1405320656 | #165810A | £14.99 BUY |
Phenomenology, Mechanisms, and Adaptive Significance Edited by Stefano Mancuso and Sergey Shabala Rhythmic behaviour is quintessential to life itself. Advances in plant molecular biology, micro/nanotechnology and applied mathematics provide new tools for .... | 440 pages | 84 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 3540680691 | #164984A | £138.50 BUY |
Jerome Goutier An attactive 2-volume box set. The first volume, "The Art of the Rose", provides an illustrated history of roses and their present-day uses, from their Chinese origins to .... | 192 pages | 2 volumes, 200 colour illus | Flammarion Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 2080305557 | #166027A | £19.95 BUY |
Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3 Gefässpflanzen: Atlasband Edited by Eckehart J Jäger and Klaus Werner | 753 pages | 2814 b&w illus | Spektrum Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 3827418429 | #165084A | £33.00 BUY |
Biology, Development and Ecology Edited by SW Adkins, SC Navie and S Ashmore Substantial progress has been made in seed science during the past few years, emphasizing its important role in advancing plant biotechnology, agriculture, plant .... | 496 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845931971 | #165617A | £99.50 BUY |
The Story of Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Eric Curtis Compiled by former curator Eric Curtis, this is a visual and historical celebration, richly illustrated with colour photos throughout. .... | 192 pages | 110 colour photos | Argyll Publishing Hbk | 2006 | 1902831942 | #165517A | £15.99 BUY |
A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora Willow Zuchowski Ranging from miniature epiphytic orchids to towering trees, and from mangrove forests lining coastal waterways to high-elevation cloud forests, Costa Rica's rich and varied .... | 532 pages | 540 colour photos, 114 halftones, 56 line drawings | Cornell UP Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0801473748 | #165579A | £18.50 BUY Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0801445884 | #165578A | £34.50 BUY |
Wild Flower Walks of Southern Lakeland
Martin Varley Describes ten wild flower walks in the Southern area of the Lake District. .... | 64 pages | 120 colour photos, maps | Kingfisher Productions Pbk | | #166097A | £9.95 BUY |
Wild Flowers and Where to Find Them in the Chilterns
Laurie Fallows and Gay Fallows This handy paperback gives straightforward details of the identification, habitat, folklore, and culinary and medicinal use of all the common wild flowers of the Greater .... | Frances Lincoln Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0711227802 | #165584A | £7.99 BUY |
Sue Parker Pocket guide to identifying wild orchids and finding the best orchid sites in Wales .... | 68 pages | 70 colour photos | First Nature Pbk | 2006 | 0954955463 | #165491A | £7.95 BUY |
Wild Orchids of the Prairies and Great Plains Region of North America
P Martin Brown and S Folsom Native orchid expert and author Paul Martin Brown continues his successful series on the wild orchids of North America with Wild Orchids of the Prairies and Great Plains Region. .... | 342 pages | 275 full col photos, 79 line drawings, 90 maps | Florida University Presses Pbk | 2006 | 0813029759 | #165121A | £19.95 BUY |
Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains
George W Scotter and Halle Flygare The Rocky Mountains are natural botanical gardens of enormous diversity and interest. Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains is a user-friendly field guide that features .... | 256 pages | col photos | Whitecap Books Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1552858480 | #165532A | £19.50 BUY |
Wonderful Wildflowers of Wales, Volume 3: Mountains, Moorland and Meadows
P O'Reilly and S Parker Pocket identification guide to wildflowers of mountains, moorland, heath and lowland meadows in Wales. .... | 68 pages | 120 colour photos | First Nature Pbk | 2006 | 0954955439 | #165488A | £6.50 BUY |
Wonderful Wildflowers of Wales, Volume 4: Waterside and Wetland
P O'Reilly and S Parker Pocket identification guide to wildflowers of rivers and streams, ponds, lakes, canals and fens in Wales. .... | 68 pages | 120 colour photographs | First Nature Pbk | 2006 | 0954955447 | #165489A | £6.50 BUY |
A Year in the Life of an English Meadow
Polly Devlin, Andy Garnett and Chris Smith Andy Garnett and his wife, the writer Polly Devlin, bought Cannwood Meadow in 1983. Realizing that this Somerset meadow, which has benefited from benign husbandry over many .... | 128 pages | Frances Lincoln Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0711227225 | #165626A | £20.00 BUY |
| Animal & General Biology | Go to subject web page |
Molecular and Cellular Biology Edited by Ricardo Cavicchioli A comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the archaea. The book includes an opening chapter written by Carl Woese that examines the history of the archaea movement. Key .... | 576 pages | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1555813917 | #164606A | £87.00 BUY |
Concepts in Plant Metabolomics
Edited by Basil J Nikolau and Eve Syrkin Wurtele Analogous to genomics, which defines all genes in a genome irrespective of their functionality, metabolomics seeks to profile "all" metabolites in a biological sample .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402056079 | #165891A | £88.50 BUY |
Revealing the Natural History of Genes and Genomes Norman A Johnson Biology is often viewed today as a bipartisan field, with molecular level genetics guiding us into the future and natural history (including ecology, evolution, and .... | 256 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0195306759 | #165714A | £16.99 BUY |
The Emotional Lives of Animals A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow and Empathy Mark Bekoff Based on Marc Bekoff's years of experience studying the social communication patterns of a wide range of animals, this book shows that animals have rich emotional lives. The .... | 256 pages | New World Library Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1577315022 | #165625A | £15.99 BUY |
C Howe Now fully updated to reflect recent advances, this introduction provides a broad, but concise, coverage of recombinant DNA techniques. Written for advanced undergraduates, .... | 210 pages | Illus | CUP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0521817935 | #165666A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 052152105X | #165667A | £25.99 BUY |
From Cells to Organisms C Ross Ethier and Craig A Simmons A new, integrated text written specifically for engineering students. It provides a broad overview of this important branch of the rapidly growing field of bioengineering. .... | 536 pages | 262 line diagrams, 49 half-tones, 8 colour plates | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521841127 | #165669A | £45.00 BUY |
Comparative and Ecological Perspectives Edited by Hilary O Box and Kathleen R Gibson Social learning commonly refers to the social transfer of information and skill among individuals. It encompasses a wide range of behaviours that include where and how to .... | 424 pages | 27 b/w illus, 54 figs, 22 tabs | CUP Hbk | 1999 | 0521632633 | #097491A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0521031958 | #165500A | £35.00 BUY |
Laszlo Patthy This book provides an up-to-date summary of the principles of protein evolution and discusses both the methods available to analyze the evolutionary history of proteins as .... | 228 pages | 38 illus, tabs | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1405151668 | #164594A | £32.99 BUY |
Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition 2006
Edited by PC Garnsworthy and J Wiseman This book contains the proceedings of the 40th University of Nottingham Feed Conference. Authors of all chapters are international experts in their fields and have provided .... | Nottingham UP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 190476102X | #166138A | £75.00 BUY |
A Journey Through the Science of Sleep Jim Horne What is sleep? Why do we sleep? How much do we normally need, and what happens if you don't get enough sleep? Are we modern people with busy lives suffering stress from .... | 272 pages | Line illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0192807315 | #157783A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 019922837X | #165710A | £7.99 BUY |
Structural Approaches to Sequence Evolution Molecules, Networks, Populations U Bastolla, M Porto, HE Roman and M Vendruscolo Structural requirements constrain the evolution of biological entities at all levels, from macromolecules to their networks and up through populations of biological .... | 390 pages | 150 illus., 5 in colour | Springer Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 3540353054 | #165944A | £92.50 BUY |
| Evolutionary Biology | Go to subject web page |
Sociobiology, Environmental Ethics and the Work of Edward O. Wilson Brian Baxter Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is considered in its application to human beings in this book. Brian Baxter examines the various sociobiological approaches .... | 220 pages | Ashgate Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0754656780 | #162193A | £55.00 BUY |
Dental Perspectives on Human Evolution State of the Art Research in Dental Paleoanthropology Edited by Share E Bailey and Jean-Jacques Hublin The objective of the volume is to bring together, in one collection, the most innovative dental anthropological research as it pertains to the study of hominid evolution. In the .... | 385 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1402058446 | #165606A | £73.00 BUY |
A Documentary and Reference Guide Christian C Young and Mark A Largent This work provides a handy resource for students and others who want to understand the past and present of this debate in the words of the people of the time. Each document is .... | 296 pages | Greenwood Press Hbk | 2006 | 0313339538 | #166147A | £47.95 BUY |
The Evolution and History of Human Populations in South Asia Inter-disciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Edited by Michael D Petraglia and Bridget Allchin South Asia is home to a diverse range of prehistoric and contemporary cultures that include foragers, pastoralists, and farmers. In this book, archaeologists, biological .... | 390 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402055617 | #165605A | £73.00 BUY |
An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large Mammal Fauna Alan Turner and Mauricio Antón The Garden of Eden as the ideal and untouched site of life's creation persists in popular thought, even as we have uncovered a lengthy fossil record and developed a .... | 269 pages | Col photos, b/w photos, col illus, b/w illus | Columbia UP Hbk | 2004 | 0231119445 | #147913A | £25.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0231119453 | #165403A | £15.95 BUY |
The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain Chris Stringer Homo Britannicus tells the epic history of life in Britain, from man's very first footsteps to the present day. Drawing on all the latest evidence and techniques of .... | 320 pages | colour illus | Allen Lane Hbk | 2006 | 0713997958 | #162149A | £25.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0141018135 | #165565A | £8.99 BUY |
Nutrition and the Evolution of Humankind Mark Lucock This book draws it subject matter from a range of relevant disciplines that extend from molecular nutrition, nutritional sciences, and nutrition dietetics through to genetics, .... | 154 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0470081597 | #166108A | £58.95 BUY |
Edited by Michael Ruse Drawing on work of the past decade, this volume brings together articles from the philosophy, history, and sociology of science, as well as many branches of the .... | 370 pages | Figs, tabs | OUP Pbk | 1998 | 0198752121 | #072586A | Normally £32.99 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £18.99 Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1591025273 | #166102A | £17.50 BUY |
Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Discipline Ernst Mayr Now available in paperback, this collection of revised, collected, and some new essays written in time for his 100th birthday by the most eminent evolutionary biologist of the .... | 240 pages | - | CUP Hbk | 2004 | 0521841143 | #147390A | £25.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0521700345 | #165668A | £12.99 BUY |
| Ecology | Go to subject web page |
The Structure and Function of Aquatic Ecosystems Edited by Alan Hildrew, David Raffaelli and Ronni Edmonds-Brown Ecologists have long struggled to predict features of ecological systems, such as the numbers and diversity of organisms. The wide range of body sizes in ecological .... | 101 line diagrams, 1 half-tone, 20 tables | CUP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521861721 | #165504A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521679672 | #165503A | £35.00 BUY |
Linking Structure to Dynamics in Food Webs Edited by Mercedes Pascual and Jennifer A Dunne This book is based on proceedings from a February 2004 Santa Fe Institute workshop. Its contributing chapter authors treat the ecology of predator-prey interactions and food .... | 386 pages | b&w illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195188160 | #165603A | £38.99 BUY |
Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum Mantegazziannum)
P Pysek, MJW Cock, W Nentwig and HP Ravn The Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum is a pernicious invasive species, with significant impact on human health due to its phytoxic sap. From its native area, the .... | 352 pages | CABI Hbk | 2007 | 1845932064 | #165582A | £60.00 BUY |
| Habitats & Ecosystems | Go to subject web page |
The Ecology of a Dynamic City from 1836 to 2036 Urban environments are complex, dynamic, rapidly changing systems controlled by man. Despite living in cities for more than 4,000 years, we know very little about how cities .... | A7Designs Pbk | 2005 | #165249A | £96.00 BUY |
Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 39 Floods in an Arid Continent Aldo Poiani Nowhere are floods more paradoxical than in the generally arid Australian continent. This book brings together experts in meteorology, hydrology, limnology, ornithology, .... | 208 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2007 | 0123736307 | #166087A | £99.95 BUY |
The Biology of African Savannahs
Bryan Shorrocks Savannah habitats comprise an ecologically important but ultimately fragile ecosystem. They constitute one of the largest biomes on Earth, covering about twenty percent of the .... | 336 pages | 169 illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0198570651 | #165716A | £55.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 019857066X | #165715A | £27.50 BUY |
A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming Norman J Rosenberg The Great Plains of North America is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat spells, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground .... | 192 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402056001 | #165890A | £77.00 BUY |
Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Aromatic Compounds
Edited by Hermann Heipeiper The present book represents a compilation of the major contributions of a NATO workshop on: Bioremediation of soils contaminated with aromatic compounds and took place in .... | 155 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402056915 | #164978A | £92.50 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 1402056923 | #164980A | £38.50 BUY |
Carbon Sequestration in Tropical Grassland Ecosystems
Edited by L t'Mannetje, MC Amezquita and P Buurman The increasing scientific consensus on global warming, together with the precautionary principle and the fear of non-linear climate transitions is leading to increasing action .... | 300 pages | Wageningen Academic Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 9086860265 | #166032A | £51.50 BUY |
Fred Pearce This book is an exploration of the most alien and feared habitat on earth. Starting with man's earliest recorded adventures, Fred Pearce adventures high into the canopy - home .... | 288 pages | colour photos | Eden Project Books Hbk | 2005 | 190391955X | #152643A | £18.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1903919568 | #165982A | £9.99 BUY |
10th Anniversary Edition Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan Ecological design - the integration of natural processes and materials - can be applied at all levels of scale, creating revolutionary forms of buildings, landscapes, cities, .... | 256 pages | Figs | Island Press Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1597261408 | #165769A | £59.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1597261416 | #165771A | £24.95 BUY |
The Economics of Forest Disturbances Wildfires, Storms and Invasive Species Edited by Thomas P Holmes, Jeffrey P Prestemon and Karen L Abt This book provides a unique, state-of-the-art review of both traditional and emerging themes in the economics of natural forest disturbances. Although natural disturbances .... | 400 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1402043694 | #165861A | £87.00 BUY |
Environmental Effects of Afforestation in North-Western Europe From Field Observations to Decision Support Edited by Gerrit W Heil, Bart Muys and Karin Hansen Afforestation of former arable land is currently a common change in land use in many European countries. In addition to wood production, the new forests will provide a .... | 325 pages | 10 colour illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1402045670 | #165864A | £111.50 BUY |
A Review of Current Practice, Institutional Structures and Possible Ways Forward D Macqueen, A Dufey and Patel. B Communities now own or manage one fourth of the forests in developing countries. Within the forestry sector, certification, eco-labelling and social auditing have served as the .... | 90 pages | IIED Pbk | 2006 | 1843696304 | #165796A | £11.50 BUY |
The Woodland Trust Trees and forests are crucial to life on our planet: they generate oxygen, play host to a spectacular variety of wildlife and provide us with raw materials and shelter. They .... | 144 pages | 50 colour photos | Frances Lincoln Pbk | 2007 | 0711226628 | #165494A | £7.99 BUY |
Extreme Conflict and Tropical Forests
Wil De Jong, Deanna Donovan and Ken-ichi Abe At a time when the international community is devoting significant attention to the issue of governance as a key factor in global environmental decline, this book provides .... | 184 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402054610 | #165879A | £61.50 BUY |
Anthonie Van Laar and Alparslan Akça Van Laar and Ak~a's popular text book, Forest Mensuration, was first published in 1997. Like that first edition, this modern update is based on extensive research, teaching and .... | 270 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1402059906 | #165917A | £49.00 BUY |
Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes Consequences for Human and Natural Landscapes Edited by KA Galvin, RS Reid, RH Behnke and NT Hobbs Human action and natural processes have modified the ecosystems of the earth in many ways, but one of the most pervasive effects of these processes on the environment is .... | 350 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1402049056 | #165868A | £92.50 BUY |
Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes
Edited by David J Nash and Sue McLaren This state-of-the-art volume reviews both past work and current research, with contributions from internationally recognized experts. The book is organized into .... | 352 pages | 60 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1405125195 | #164582A | £55.00 BUY |
A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration New Hope for Arid Lands David A Bainbridge Dryland degradation and desertification now affect almost a billion people around the world. Tragically, the biological resources and productivity of millions of acres of .... | 400 pages | tables, figures | Island Press Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1559639687 | #165761A | £41.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1559639695 | #165760A | £21.50 BUY |
Lagoons and Coastal Wetlands in the Global Change Context Impact and Management Issues Edited by Pierluigi Viaroli, Pierre Lasserre and Pierpaolo Campostrini Selected papers of the International Conference "CoastWetChange", Venice 26-28 April 2004, reprinted from Hydrobiologia volume 577 (2006). .... | 176 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402060076 | #165919A | £84.50 BUY |
Landscape Ecological Applications in Man-Influenced Areas Linking Man and Nature Systems Edited by SK Hong, N Nakagoshi, B Fu and Y Morimoto Since the last century of ecological history, landscape ecologists have played a role in solving many hot issues linking development and conservation of landscape. Recently, .... | 535 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402054874 | #165882A | £115.50 BUY |
The Ecology of Lakes and Streams Winfried Lampert, Ulrich Sommer and Designed to be used in both fields with equal success this book covers all the key issues of limnology while the structure and underlying concepts are those found in .... | 336 pages | 150 figs, tabs | OUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0199213925 | #165643A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0199213933 | #165642A | £35.00 BUY |
Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape
Nigel Stork and Steve Turton This book brings together a wealth of scientific findings and ecological knowledge to survey what we have learned about the "Wet Tropics" rainforests of North Queensland, .... | 448 pages | 75 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1405156430 | #164592A | £39.99 BUY |
Long-term Limnological Research and Monitoring at Crater Lake, Oregon A benchmark study of a deep and exceptionally clear montane caldera lake Edited by Gary L Larson, Robert W Collier and Mark W Buktenica Crater Lake is located in the caldera of Mount Mazama in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The lake has a surface area of about 53 km2 at an elevation of 1882 m and a .... | 400 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402058233 | #165899A | £107.50 BUY |
Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Edited by Petra Marschner and Zdenko Rengel Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems presents a comprehensive overview of nutrient cycling processes and their importance for plant growth and ecosystem sustainability. .... | 370 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 3540680268 | #164985A | £115.50 BUY |
A Researcher's Guide to Sources for Designed Landscapes David Lambert, Peter Goodchild and Judith Roberts The third edition of this popular handbook presents an invaluable introduction to and summary of printed and documentary sources in Britain for those seeking to research the .... | 64 pages | b&w illus | Landscape Design Trust Pbk | 2006 | 0951837788 | #160567A | £15.50 BUY |
Edited by Hannes Palang, Helen Sooväli and Anu Printsmann Seasonality is so obvious that we very often forget about it when doing landscape research. Seasonality is the interface where humans and nature really interact. .... | 256 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 140204982X | #165869A | £80.50 BUY |
Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis
Edited by MR Carter and EG Gregorich A thorough update of bestselling first edition, "Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis: Second Edition" is an accessible, practical resource handbook that offers a wide array .... | 1024 pages | B/w photos, illus, tabs | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0849335868 | #165090A | £85.00 BUY |
Their Properties and Management Edited by Peter Charman and Brian Murphy A practically oriented soil science text, designed to give a sound understanding of soils for those studying or working in environmental management, land conservation and .... | 480 pages | photos, figs, tabs | OUP Pbk | 2007 | 0195517628 | #165983A | £32.99 BUY |
From Monitoring and Modelling to Knowledge Management and Policy Science Edited by K Reynolds, K Rennolls, M Kohl, A Thomson, M Shannon and D Ray In the context of forest sustainability, this book presents the issues related to both global climate change and conservation of biodiversity. It highlights four methodologies .... | 576 pages | CABI Hbk | 2007 | 1845931742 | #165996A | £85.00 BUY |
Sustainable Use of Forest Biomass for Energy A Synthesis with Focus on the Baltic and Nordic Region Edited by D Röser, A Asikainen, K Raulund-Rasmussen and I Stupak The large-scale utilization of forest biomass for energy is still in its infancy and there is a need for knowledge about the short- and long-term consequences of intensive .... | 250 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1402050534 | #165870A | £77.00 BUY |
The Heritage of Belvoir Park B Simon and S Christie Presents the history and wildlife of an old estate near Belfast, Northern Ireland. .... | Illus | The Forest of Belfast Pbk | 2005 | 0955158303 | #163901A | £18.50 BUY |
A Guide to their Assets and Values Richard Withers An overview of the wide range of a woodland's assets and values, including forestry and management, leisure pursuits, fauna and flora. .... | Stobart Pbk | 2007 | 0854421653 | #165788A | £9.95 BUY |
Status, Values, and Prospects in the Twenty-first Century Stuart Chape and Mark D Spalding Extensively illustrated with maps, color photographs, and graphics, this state-of-the-art reference offers a comprehensive and authoritative status report on the .... | 352 pages | California UP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0520246608 | #165173A | £35.95 BUY |
| Conservation & Biodiversity | Go to subject web page |
Edited by Jeff McNeely et al 29 peer-reviewed papers. .... | 455 pages | Resources Himalaya Foundation 2006 | #165645A | £29.95 BUY |
Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity
Edited by David L Hawksworth and Alan T Bull Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change - as ocean currents change course, sea levels .... | 402 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1402057334 | #165893A | £92.50 BUY |
Planning to Halt the Loss of Biodiversity (PAS 2010) Biodiversity conservation standards for planning in the United Kingdom - Code of Practice BSI PAS 2010 is aimed first at all competent authorities involved in the planning process in the UK. It also provides a key source of information for others with an interest in .... | 36 pages | colour illus | BSI Pbk | 2006 | 0580488446 | #164338A | £19.95 BUY |
David Storch, Pablo Marquet and James Brown We know that there are tens of millions of plant and animal species, but we do not know enough to be able to describe the patterns and processes that characterise the .... | 472 pages | 123 line diagrams, 1 half-tone, 8 colour plates, 16 tables | CUP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521876028 | #165506A | £80.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521699371 | #165505A | £38.00 BUY |
Catalysts for Conservation Edited by Alexandra Zimmermann, Matthew Hatchwell, Lesley Dickie and Chris West Modern zoos and aquaria are playing an increasingly active and important role in protecting and managing global biodiversity. Many zoos include wildlife conservation in .... | 63 line diagrams 2 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521853338 | #165508A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521618584 | #165507A | £35.00 BUY |
| Environmental Science | Go to subject web page |
Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme Rights, Rents and Fairness Edited by Barbara Buchner, Carlo Carraro and Denny Ellerman A critical issue in dealing with climate change is deciding who has a right to emit carbon dioxide. Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme provides the first .... | 432 pages | 37 line diagrams, 27 tables, 32 graphs, 37 figures | CUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521875684 | #165670A | £60.00 BUY |
Jane Hall, Bill Bealey and Richard Wadsworth The Conservation Agencies are required to assess the condition of each designated site. To do this the agencies are instituting a CSM (common standards monitoring) scheme to .... | 66 pages | JNCC Pbk | 2006 | #166069A | £10.00 BUY |
Easy Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Mark Lynas Written by one of Britain's most respected commentators on environmental issues, The Carbon Calculator shows you how to reduce your carbon footprint and help protect the .... | 208 pages | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0007258690 | #165736A | £5.99 BUY |
Biological and Human Aspects Jonathan Cowie In recent years climate change has become recognised as the foremost environmental problem of the twenty-first century. Not only will climate change potentially affect the .... | 496 pages | 53 line diagrams, 16 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521873991 | #166077A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521696194 | #166076A | £27.99 BUY |
Climate Change 2007, Volume 1: The Physical Science Basis IPCC 4th Assessment Report IPCC The Working Group I report was subject to final approval at the 10th Working Group I Session held in Paris from January 29 to February 1, 2007. The approved Summary for .... | CUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521880092 | #166070A | £80.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521705967 | #166071A | £40.00 BUY |
Gavin Pretor-Pinney Humorous introduction to each of the different characters of the cloud family, by their staunchest champion. Gavin Pretor-Pinney is the chairman and founder of The Cloud .... | 300 pages | Sceptre Hbk | 2006 | 0340895896 | #159082A | £12.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 034089590X | #166001A | £7.99 BUY |
Willem T Bakker Our world is constantly changing, governed by continuity, dynamic interactions and boundary conditions. For many coasts, the common denominators contributing to these .... | 450 pages | World Scientific NYP 08/2007 | 981270373X | #163864A | £51.00 BUY |
Connecting Communities in Global Change John Pontin and Ian Roderick The Converging World is based on the principle of 'contraction and convergence' in regard to climate change, which means reducing the ecological footprint of some while .... | 80 pages | 8 colour plates | Green Books Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1903998921 | #166152A | £6.99 BUY |
Europe and Global Climate Change Politics, Foreign Policy and Regional Cooperation Edited by Paul G Harris The core objective of this book is to better understand the role of foreign policy - the crossovers and interactions between domestic and international politics and policies - .... | 340 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2007 | 1845429443 | #159869A | £78.00 BUY |
The Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the North Sea Multiple Year Model Simulations of g-HCH, a-HCH and PCB 153 Tatjana P Ilyina Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are harmful to human health and to the environment. Their fate in the marine environment is not yet fully understood. An ocean model .... | 132 pages | 48 illus., 16 in colour | Springer Pbk | 2007 | 3540681620 | #165962A | £54.00 BUY |
Field Notes from a Catastrophe A Frontline Report on Climate Change Elizabeth Kolbert In writing that is both clear and unbiased, Kolbert - an acclaimed New Yorker journalist - approaches global warming from every angle. She travels to the Arctic, the North of .... | 210 pages | - | Bloomsbury Hbk | 2006 | 0747583838 | #158770A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0747585504 | #165165A | £8.99 BUY |
Mark Maslin Planet Earth is warming at a faster rate that at any other time in the last 1000 years. The consequences pose a huge threat to humanity. Mark Maslin examines the evidence for .... | 72 pages | Colin Baxter Pbk | 2002 | 184107120X | #127257A | £8.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1841073229 | #165991A | £9.00 BUY |
Edited by D Reay, N Hewitt, K Smith and J Grace Bringing together leading researchers from around the world this book reviews how vegetation and soils act as naturally occurring buffers which use up the gases .... | 448 pages | CABI Hbk | 2007 | 1845931890 | #166022A | £85.00 BUY |
Bruno Voituriez Amid contemporary scenarios of potential climatic catastrophes and global warming that might be imagined to bring a new ice age, the powerful image of the Gulf Stream rising .... | 223 pages | colour illus | UNESCO Pbk | 2006 | 9231039954 | #165804A | £19.95 BUY |
How the World Will Change - With Global Warming
Trausti Valsson Hotter summers and milder winters have already made most of us aware of what scientists say is a trend towards extensive global warming. Most of the experts accompany their .... | 168 pages | 100 colour photos, 300 maps and illus | Iceland UP Pbk | 2006 | 9979547278 | #163971A | £15.50 BUY |
Human Impacts on Weather and Climate
WR Cotton and RA Pielke This new edition of Human Impacts on Weather and Climate examines the scientific and political debates surrounding anthropogenic impacts on the Earth's climate and presents .... | 320 pages | B/w photos, illus | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521840864 | #165621A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 0521600561 | #165622A | £29.99 BUY |
Edited by Jorge Santo Domingo and Michael Sadowsky Presents a state-of-the-art review of the current technology and applications being utilized to identify sources of fecal contamination in waterways. In addition to serving .... | 300 pages | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1555813747 | #164605A | £67.00 BUY |
Numerical Modeling of Ocean Circulation
Robert N Miller The modelling of ocean circulation is important not only for its own sake, but also in terms of the prediction of weather patterns and the effects of climate change. .... | 252 pages | 20 line diagrams, 65 half-tones, 23 exercises | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521781825 | #165674A | £35.00 BUY |
Theory, Measurement and Distribution Ian Strangeways Precipitation plays a significant role in the climate system, and this is the first book to provide a comprehensive examination of the processes involved in the generation of .... | 300 pages | 42 line diagrams, 42 half-tones | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521851173 | #165675A | £70.00 BUY |
The Impact on Geology, Biology and the Marine Environment Alan Judd and Martin Hovland Seabed fluid flow involves the flow of gases and liquids through the sea bed. Such fluids have been found to leak through the seabed into the marine environment in seas .... | 492 pages | 21 line diagrams, 189 half-tones, 4 tables | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521819504 | #165673A | £80.00 BUY |
| Physical Sciences | Go to subject web page |
Observing and Recording Nature's Spectacular Light Show Neil Bone This new book addresses a gap in the literature, offering an explanation of the aurora's causes, how the occurrence of major events may now be predicted, and how amateur .... | 180 pages | 50 col illus, 30 b/w illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0387360522 | #164912A | £19.00 BUY |
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stars
James B Kaler This unique encyclopedia provides a fascinating and fully comprehensive description of stars and their natures and is filled with beautiful color images. The book begins by .... | 338 pages | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521818036 | #165587A | £35.00 BUY |
Huygens Results David M Harland Brings the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system up to date. .... | 440 pages | 100 illus | Springer Pbk | 2007 | 038726129X | #165825A | £22.00 BUY |
Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society An Interdisciplinary Approach Edited by Peter T Bobrowsky and Hans Rickman In 1908 an atmospheric explosion in northern Siberia released energy equivalent to 15 Mton of TNT. Can a comparable or larger NEO affect us again? When the next NEO strikes .... | 546 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 3540327096 | #165940A | £100.00 BUY |
Continental Scientific Drilling A Decade of Progress, and Challenges for the Future Edited by Ulrich Harms, Christian Koeberl and Mark D Zoback The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) was established in 1996 to coordinate research that involves drilling into the continental crust. After 10 years .... | 366 pages | 94 illus., 30 in colour | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 3540687777 | #165485A | £77.00 BUY |
Milestones in Planetary Exploration Peter Bond This book recounts the epic saga of how we as human beings have come to understand the Solar System. The story of our exploration of the heavens, Peter Bond reminds us, began .... | 326 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 0387402128 | #165836A | £19.50 BUY |
The Science of a Dynamic Planet Edmond A Mathez and James D Webster With the same seasoned expertise they brought to HOPE (Hall Of Planet Earth), co-curators Edmond Mathez and James Webster offer a guided tour of Earth's dynamic, 4.6 .... | 378 pages | 97 col photos, 101 illus | Columbia UP Hbk | 2004 | 023112578X | #144942A | £26.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0231125798 | #165790A | £15.95 BUY |
Eco- and Ground Bio-Engineering: The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability Proceedings of the First International Conference on Eco-Engineering 13-17 September 2004 Edited by A Stokes, I Spanos, JE Norris and E Cammeraat In an era where climate change, natural catastrophes and land degradation are major issues, the conservation of soil and vegetation in mountainous or sloping regions has .... | 438 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402055927 | #165889A | £138.50 BUY |
A Mini Guide to the Periodic Table Albert Stwertka Abridged version of A Guide to the Elements. Provides brief surveys of all 114 elements and features a fold-out periodic table. .... | 128 pages | Running Press Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0762429852 | #165993A | £3.50 BUY |
Environmental Disasters, Natural Recovery and Human Responses
Roger del Moral and Lawrence R Walker Natural disasters destroy more property and kill more people with each passing year. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, fires and .... | 216 pages | 16 colour plates, 84 half-tones, diagrams, tables | CUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0521860342 | #166080A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0521677661 | #166079A | £25.99 BUY |
DG Gee and RA Stephenson | 662 pages | illus | Geological Society Hbk | 2006 | 1862392129 | #165187A | £86.00 BUY |
Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas A Field Guide to Favorite Places from Chimney Rock to Charleston Kevin G Stewart and Mary-Russell Roberson How were the Appalachian Mountains formed? Are the barrier islands moving? Is there gold in the Carolinas? The answers to these questions and many more appear in this .... | 320 pages | 12 col illus, 86 b/w illus, 44 maps | North Carolina UP Hbk | 2007 | 0807830771 | #165527A | £24.50 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 0807857866 | #165528A | £12.50 BUY |
An Approach Using Copulas G Salvadori, C De Michele, NT Kottegoda and R Rosso The study of the statistics of extreme events is an essential first step in the mitigation of natural catastrophies, that often cause severe economic losses worldwide. .... | 300 pages | 96 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1402044143 | #165487A | £77.00 BUY |
An Introduction Linda S Sparke and John S Gallagher This extensively illustrated book presents the astrophysics of galaxies since their beginnings in the early Universe. It has been thoroughly revised to take into account .... | 390 pages | 31 b/w photos, 148 illus, 19 tabs | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521855934 | #165618A | £70.00 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 0521671868 | #165619A | £35.00 BUY |
The Genesis of General Relativity Sources and Interpretations Edited by Jürgen Renn This four-volume work represents the most comprehensive documentation and study of the creation of general relativity. Einstein's 1912 Zurich notebook is published for the .... | 2090 pages | 4-volume set | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402039999 | #165859A | Normally £499.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £399.00 |
Edited by TE Wong, DAJ Batjes and J de Jager This book presents an overview of the geology of the Netherlands. Especially the geology of the subsurface is covered. There are separate chapters dealing with the stratigraphy .... | 500 pages | 250 figures and illus | Edita RNAAS - KNAW Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 9069844818 | #162559A | £68.00 BUY |
The Geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef Development, Diversity and Change David Hopley, Scott Smithers and Kevin Parnell Over the last 25 years considerable information on the geomorphological evolution of the world's largest coral reef system, the Great Barrier Reef, has become available. .... | 512 pages | 29 line diagrams, 53 half-tones, 32 tables | CUP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0521853028 | #165693A | £80.00 BUY |
P Kearey and FJ Vine The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect .... | 320 pages | 303 illus | Blackwell Science Pbk | 1995 | 0865429243 | #043361A | £26.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1405107774 | #164571A | £32.50 BUY |
Handbook of the Solar-Terrestrial Environment
Edited by Y Kamide and A Chian The Handbook of the Solar-Terrestrial Environment is a unique compendium. Recognized international leaders in their field contribute chapters on basic topics of solar .... | 760 pages | 255 illus., 63 in colour | Springer Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 3540463143 | #165956A | £123.00 BUY |
Michael Carlowicz The Moon has always been something of an enigma, carrying with it an aura of mystery, all of which the author will explain as well as dispel with fun and fascinating facts .... | 240 pages | 185 colour illus | Abrams Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0810993074 | #165820A | £9.95 BUY |
Don L Anderson An interdisciplinary advanced textbook on the origin, composition, and evolution of the Earth's interior: geophysics, geochemistry, dynamics, convection, mineralogy, volcanism, .... | 432 pages | 106 line diagrams, 16 half-tones, 73 tables, 122 figures | CUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521849594 | #165676A | £35.00 BUY |
B Woods Ballard and R Kellagher This guidance provides best practice guidance on the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) to facilitate their .... | 600 pages | CIRIA Pbk | 2007 | 0860176975 | #165690A | £150.00 BUY |
Edited by HM Mader, SG Coles, CB Connor and LJ Connor Statistics in Volcanology is a comprehensive guide to modern statistical methods applied in volcanology written by today's leading authorities. The volume aims to show how the .... | 296 pages | Geological Society Hbk | 2006 | 1862392080 | #162135A | £122.00 BUY |
One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics Mark Ronan Mathematics is being driven forward by the quest to solve a small number of major problems - generating excitement in the mathematical world and beyond. Four famous .... | 255 pages | B/w illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0192807226 | #160153A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0192807234 | #165709A | £8.99 BUY |
The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next Lee Smolin In the last fifteen years, theoretical physicists and cosmologists have introduced new ideas, reaching for the new fundamental theory that will unify all our knowledge of the .... | 256 pages | Allen Lane Hbk | 2007 | 0713997990 | #162742A | £20.00 BUY |
The Mapping of Seabed and Water Column Features of UK Seas JNCC Ecological maps for the seabed and water column of the whole UK sea area are now available for the first time, providing managers and policy-makers with valuable .... | 104 pages | Col maps, tables | JNCC Pbk | 2006 | 1861075901 | #165482A | £20.00 BUY |
Gravity - Creator of Worlds Louis Girifalco Describes gravitation as seen by examining the achievements of those great scientists who have struggled with the seemingly simple facts and managed to extract some truth .... | 288 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0199228965 | #163544A | £19.99 BUY |
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Advances in Plant and Animal Boron Nutrition
Edited by F Xu, HE Goldbach et al Boron is one of the essential micronutrients for higher plants growth and development, and more and more studies have been conducted to establish boron as an essential element .... | 402 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402053819 | #165876A | £115.50 BUY |
Breeding of Neglected and Under-utilized Crops, Spices and Herbs
Edited by Sergio Ochatt and SM Jain This book includes 20 different chapters, where the authors have addressed various aspects of the cultivation, taxonomy, socio-economic importance and breeding and .... | 468 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1578085098 | #165757A | £61.30 BUY |
CAMPFIRE and Payments for Environmental Services
Peter GH Frost and Ivan Bond There has been increasing support in recent years for the use of payments for environmental services (PES) as a means to advance the goals of both poverty reduction .... | 35 pages | IIED Pbk | 2006 | 1843696274 | #165795A | £11.50 BUY |
The Toxicity and Human Health Risks of Chemicals in our Environment J Rodricks Safeguarding economic prosperity, whilst protecting human health and the environment, is at the forefront of scientific and public interest. This book provides a practical and .... | 282 pages | 10 tables, 75 figs | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521783089 | #161619A | £50.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0521788781 | #161620A | £22.99 BUY |
AL Snowdon Now established worldwide as the standard guide to the recognition and understanding of the causes of deterioration in temperate and tropical fruits and vegetables, these .... | 302 pages | 457 col photos, illus | Manson Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1840760257 | #153436A | £75.00 BUY |
A Colour Atlas of Post-Harvest Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables, Volume 2: Vegetables
Edited by AL Snowdon Now established worldwide as the standard guide to the recognition and understanding of the causes of deterioration in temperate and tropical fruits and vegetables, these .... | 416 pages | 520 col & b/w illus | Manson Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1840760265 | #153438A | £95.00 BUY |
Do Farm Management Practices Alter Below-Ground Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function? Implications for Sustainable Land Management EA Stockdale, CA Watson, HIJ Black and L Philipps | 140 pages | JNCC Pbk | 2006 | #165556A | £15.00 BUY |
EU Environmental Policy Handbook A Critical Analysis of EU Environmental Legislation Edited by S Scheuer After a short history of the policy strategies, the EEB Handbook deals with the sectoral and the horizontal legislation. In setting the objectives, targets and timetables the .... | 344 pages | - | EEB Pbk | 2005 | 9057270552 | #165688A | £15.50 BUY |
A Directory for the UK and Ireland Terena Plowright This book gives over 150 places which offer fun days out and/or practical courses on a wide variety of subjects. Whether you're looking for an interesting day out or a wanting .... | 192 pages | Green Books Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1903998905 | #166151A | £12.95 BUY |
A Geographic Perspective on Economics, Environments & Ethics Edited by Jay D Gatrell and Neil Reid Enterprising World represents the culmination of several years of work by geographers, planners, and economists. The chapters included in this volume represent the collective .... | 278 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402052251 | #165873A | £77.00 BUY |
Environmental Protection, Law and Policy Text and Materials Jane Holder and Maria Lee A full understanding of environmental problems requires students, practitioners, and academics working within the discipline of environmental law to engage with the concepts .... | 800 pages | CUP Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0521690269 | #165662A | £29.99 BUY |
Writings on Design and Nature Ian L McHarg The Essential Ian McHarg brings together a series of short essays that reveal the full range of Ian McHarg's thoughts on design and nature. Adapted from the comprehensive book .... | 168 pages | Island Press Pbk | 2006 | 1597261173 | #163478A | £11.95 BUY |
Exploring the Market for Voluntary Carbon Offsets
Nadaa Taiyab This paper explores the potential for financing small-scale high-benefit sustainable development projects through the voluntary and retail sector of the carbon market. .... | 36 pages | IIED Pbk | 2006 | 1843695820 | #165797A | £11.50 BUY |
Edited by AJ van der Zijpp et al Throughout the last century, specialisation and intensification were buzz words for farmers in the Western world. However, this approach has not resulted in sustainable .... | 310 pages | Wageningen Academic Hbk | 2007 | 9086860133 | #166030A | £59.00 BUY |
Richard Mabey A complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us, together with detailed artworks, field identification notes and recipes. .... | 272 pages | col photos | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0007247680 | #165737A | £12.99 BUY |
An Introduction to Sustainable Energy Robert L Evans One of the most important issues facing humanity today is the prospect of global climate change, brought about primarily by our prolific energy use and heavy dependence on .... | 208 pages | illus | CUP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0521865638 | #165671A | £55.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 052168448X | #165672A | £19.99 BUY |
An Overview of our Changing Environment UNEP The 2007 Global Environment Outlook Year Book includes global and regional overviews of significant developments over the past year. It highlights linkages among ecosystem .... | 88 pages | UNEP Pbk | 2007 | 9280727869 | #165794A | £11.95 BUY |
Understanding Environmental Assistance to Developing Countries Robert L Hicks, BC Parks, JT Roberts and MJ Tierney Every year, billions of dollars of environmental aid flow from the rich governments of the North to the poor governments of the South. Why do donors provide this aid? What do .... | 360 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0199213941 | #165706A | £20.00 BUY |
Resource Evaluation, Augmentation, Contamination, Restoration, Modeling and Management Edited by M Thangarajan This book is the outcome of the invited topics from various international experts in the field of groundwater resource evaluation, characterization, augmentation, restoration, .... | 370 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402057288 | #164976A | £100.00 BUY |
Health Change in the Asia-Pacific Region
Edited by Ryutaro Ohtsuka and Stanley J Ulijaszek The Asia-Pacific region has seen great social, environmental and economic change across the past century, with great acceleration of change in the last 20 years, leading to .... | 336 pages | 41 line diagrams | CUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521837928 | #162270A | £65.00 BUY |
Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers The Past and Future of Human-Animal Relationships Richard W Bulliet Part cultural anthropology, part history of the animal products industry, this is a work of great erudition, full of insightful perspectives. .... | 264 pages | Illus | Columbia UP Hbk | 2005 | 0231130767 | #154460A | £17.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0231130775 | #165402A | £12.95 BUY |
Hydrology and Water Resources of India
Sharad K Jain, Pushpendra K Agarwal and Vijay P Singh India is endowed with varied topographical features, such as high mountains, extensive plateaus, and wide plains traversed by mighty rivers. Water is an important input in the .... | 1262 pages | 215 illus | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402051794 | #165486A | £154.00 BUY |
Implementing Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Management in Transboundary Basins Edited by Patricia Wouters, Victor Dukhovny and Andrew Allan The problems afflicting the Aral Sea and its environs as a result of the overuse and abuse of the rivers flowing into it are well documented. Until now, however, it was .... | 240 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 140205730X | #166119A | £92.50 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 1402057318 | #165892A | £38.50 BUY |
Induced Resistance for Plant Defence
Edited by Dale Walters, Adrian Newton and Gary Lyon Plant diseases worldwide are responsible for billions of dollars worth of crop losses every year. With less agrochemicals being used and less new fungicides coming on the .... | 256 pages | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 140513447X | #164629A | £99.50 BUY |
Integrated Assessment of Water Resources and Global Change A North-South Analysis Edited by E Craswell, M Bonell, D Bossio, S Demuth and N van de Giesen How can the Earth's finite water resources be managed sustainably to meet the growing needs of humans and of nature in ways that avert the looming crisis? The need to find .... | 374 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402055900 | #165888A | £77.00 BUY |
Your Guide to Easy, Stylish, Green Living Josh Dorfman A compendium of information and resources on a whole array of subjects for environmentally friendly living, including chapters on clothing, home, childcare, .... | 176 pages | Stewart, Tabori & Chang Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1584796022 | #165821A | £7.95 BUY |
New Approaches to the Economics of Plant Health
Edited by Alfons GJM Oude Lansink The world trade of plants and plant products is gradually increasing in both quantity and variety. Also, as more and more citizens are nowadays travelling to distant .... | 200 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 140205825X | #166123A | £69.00 BUY Pbk | 2007 | 1402058268 | #165900A | £34.50 BUY |
United Energy and the Environment to Avert Catastrophe David Howell and Carole Nakhle In the struggle against global warming the acute and immediate threats to secure energy supplies tend to be pushed aside. Indeed, the world's ceaselessly growing thirst for .... | Tauris Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1845115384 | #165289A | £8.99 BUY |
The Story of Crops and Humanity Denis J Murphy This book provides a comprehensive overview of the complex story of human-plant interactions, from the hunter-gatherers of the Palaeolithic Era, through to the 21st .... | 384 pages | 52 illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0199207135 | #162519A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0199207143 | #162521A | £29.95 BUY |
The Politics of the Environment Ideas, Activism, Policy Neil Carter The continuous rise in the profile of the environment in politics reflects growing concern that we may be facing a large-scale ecological crisis. The new edition of this .... | 361 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521868025 | #165663A | £45.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521687454 | #165664A | £17.99 BUY |
Edited by JV Stafford With ever-increasing pressures on world agriculture in both economic and environmental terms, application of the concept of precision agriculture is one way of enabling .... | 1000 pages | Wageningen Academic Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 9086860249 | #166034A | £134.00 BUY |
Edited by JM Snyder and B Stonehouse The political significance, scientific interest and outstanding natural beauty of the cold, exotic Polar regions are enticing more and more curious travellers to venture to .... | 256 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1845932471 | #166024A | £60.00 BUY |
Scale and Complexity in Plant Systems Research Gene-Plant-Crop Relations Edited by JHJ Spiertz, PC Struik and HH van Laar This book presents and discusses new directions in plant systems research to bridge knowledge from the gene to the plant, crop and agro-ecosystem levels and to assist in .... | 327 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1402059043 | #166122A | £77.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1402059051 | #165909A | £42.50 BUY |
Social Learning Towards a Sustainable World
Edited by Arjen EJ Wals This comprehensive volume - containing 27 chapters and contributions from six continents - presents and discusses key principles, perspectives, and practices of social learning .... | 500 pages | Wageningen Academic Hbk | 2007 | 9086860311 | #166031A | £52.50 BUY |
The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry Travis Bradford An innovative analysis that shows how the shift to solar energy - in particular, the use of photovoltaic cells - is both economically advantageous and inevitable, and will rival .... | 248 pages | MIT Press Hbk | 2006 | 026202604X | #165999A | £16.95 BUY |
A Scientific Assessment Edited by Thomas Hak, Bedrich Moldan and Arthur Lyon Dahl While the concept of sustainability has been widely embraced, it has been only vaguely defined and is exceedingly difficult to measure. Sustainability indicators are critical .... | 448 pages | Island Press Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1597261300 | #165784A | £65.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1597261319 | #165785A | £31.50 BUY |
Sustainable Development in Europe Concepts, Evaluation and Applications Edited by Uwe Schubert and Eckhard Stormer Evaluating sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in policy making, evaluation practice and the scientific world in general. However, at present, there is .... | 256 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2007 | 1845428315 | #159870A | £90.00 BUY |
Tools for Community Conservation and Development in Southern Africa
Edited by Brian Child and Brian Jones This special edition of Participatory Learning and Action is a collation of lessons and innovative tools that have been developed by the facilitators of community-based natural .... | 100 pages | IIED Spiralbound | 2006 | 184369641X | #165798A | £20.50 BUY |
The Unnatural History of the Sea
Callum M Roberts Humanity can make short work of the oceans' creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller's sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty .... | 424 pages | Island Press Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1597261025 | #165764A | £49.95 BUY |
Water Resources and Hydrometeorology of the Arab Region
Mamdouh Shahin The book is an ambitious attempt to summarise the topography, climate, surface hydrology and groundwater of the whole Arab region. It assembles a lot of material which is .... | 586 pages | 300 illus | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402045778 | #165865A | £115.50 BUY |
Wheat Production in Stressed Environments Proceedings of the 7th International Wheat Conference, 27 November - 2 December 2005 Edited by HT Buck, JE Nisi and N Salomon The book comprises the proceedings of the 7th International Wheat Conference, held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, at the end of 2005. Leading scientists from all over the .... | 870 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402054963 | #165883A | £173.00 BUY |
Theory, Design and Application JF Manwell, JG McGowan and AL Rogers Fully revised new edition of the leading textbook for wind energy degree courses. .... | 640 pages | Figs, tabs | Wiley Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0470015004 | #166105A | £50.00 BUY |
Big Ideas, Small Buildings Phyllis Richardson Deals with a wide range of small-scale, idiosyncratic projects created by the biggest names in global architecture. This work includes a brief introduction that explores the .... | 224 pages | Thames & Hudson Hbk | 2007 | 050034230X | #165816A | £14.95 BUY |
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Case Studies in Small-Sample Statistics AR Brazzale, AC Davison and N Reid In fields such as biology, medical sciences, sociology, and economics researchers often face the situation where the number of available observations, or the amount of .... | 185 pages | 45 line diagrams, 4 half-tones, 47 tables, 69 exercises | CUP Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0521847036 | #165680A | £35.00 BUY |
Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing, Volume 1: Science and Instruments
Edited by JJ Qu, W Gao, M Kafatos, RE Murphy and VV Salomonson Satellite remote sensing for Earth science data has been rapidly expanding during the last decade. Volume 1 of this two volume monograph covers missions/sensors, such as .... | 500 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 3540356061 | #165945A | £154.00 BUY |
Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing, Volume 2: Data, Computational Processing, and Tools
Edited by JJ Qu, W Gao, M Kafatos, RE Murphy and VV Salomonson Earth science satellite remote sensing has been rapidly expanding during the last decade. Volume 2 of this two volume monograph provides information on the Earth science .... | 400 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 3540356304 | #166019A | £154.00 BUY |
Geostatistics for Environmental Scientists
Richard Webster and Margaret A Oliver Geostatistics is essential for environmental scientists. Weather and climate vary from place to place, soil varies at every scale at which it is examined, and even man-made .... | 320 pages | Figs, tabs | Wiley Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0470028580 | #166106A | £65.00 BUY |
Handbook of Statistical Genetics
Edited by David Balding, Cannings Chris and Martin Bishop The 3rd edition of the handbook contains a much expanded section on Network Modeling, including 5 new chapters covering metabolic networks, graphical modeling and inference .... | 1504 pages | 2 vol set | Wiley Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0470058307 | #166107A | £225.00 BUY |
Information and Complexity in Statistical Modeling
Jorma Rissanen No statistical model is "true" or "false," "right" or "wrong"; the models just have varying performance, which can be assessed. The main theme in this book is to teach .... | 144 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 0387366105 | #165831A | £27.00 BUY |
A Critical Introduction to GIS and Cartography Jeremy Crampton This book examines the critical role Geographic Information Systems and cartography play in the study of geography and other related disciplines. .... | 256 pages | 50 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1405121726 | #164568A | £55.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1405121734 | #164569A | £19.99 BUY |
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Comprehensive thesarurus with over 300,000 synonyms and antonyms. .... | 992 pages | - | OUP Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0199215138 | #165705A | £20.00 BUY |
Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology
Edited by M Bucchi and BV Lewenstein Comprehensive yet accessible, this key book provides an up-to-date overview of the fast growing and increasingly important area of `public communication of science and .... | 224 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0415386179 | #164104A | £95.00 BUY |
The Oxford English Minidictionary
The smallest dictionary in Oxford's core range of dictionaries. .... | 672 pages | OUP Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0199213658 | #165704A | £4.50 BUY |
Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional Malcolm Hunter, David Lindenmayer and Aram Calhoun Written in an informal and engaging style, Saving the Earth as a Career is an ideal resource for students and professionals pursuing a career in conservation. Provides .... | 176 pages | 30 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1405167610 | #164596A | £12.99 BUY |
A Lexicon of Scientific Words and their Root Language Origins Joseph S Elias A dictionary of several thousand common science terms that are broken down into their component parts. This work helps students learn the meaning of common suffixes, prefixes .... | 256 pages | Greenwood Press Hbk | 2006 | 0313338965 | #166146A | £27.95 BUY |