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Mammals
 

Badger

Tim Roper

A comprehensive natural history of one of Britain's favourite animals. The badger is a large mammal, common but very rarely seen in Britain, which has become one of Britain's ....

400 pages | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 05/2010 | 0007320418 | #177548A | £50.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 05/2010 | 0007339771 | #177549A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Big Cat Diary Special

In this special, the Big Cat team reveal what happens on the African plains when the sun goes down. It's a whole new world, with unseen predators, and only strange sounds giving ....

60 mins | BBC Video

DVD | 2009 | BBCDVD3049 | #184037A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Les Chauves-Souris de France, Belgique, Luxembourg et Suisse

Laurent Arthur and Michele Lemaire

Cover 34 species of bat in the francophone zone. Includes a 48-page identification key. ....

576 pages | Col illus, dist maps | Paris MNHN

2009 | 2856536301 | #183834A | £67.00 Add to basket

 

Compendio de los Mamiferos Terrestres Autoctonos de Cuba

Vivientes y Extinguidos

Gilberto Silva Taboada, William Suarez Duque and Stephen Diaz Franco

Systematic compendium of the indigenous mammals of Cuba, living and extinct. ....

465 pages | B/w illus, line illus | MNHN Cuba

Hbk | 2007 | 9597126648 | #177905A | £59.99 Add to basket

 

Mammals of Indiana

Edited by John O Whitaker and Russell E Mumford

This respected guide places strong emphasis on ecology with descriptions of Indiana's habitats, climate, and vegetation and detailed species accounts. The well illustrated ....

660 pages | 168 b/w photos, 33 col photos, 71 maps | Indiana UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0253349710 | #168270A | £48.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 07/2010 | 0253222133 | #184072A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Manatee Insanity

Inside the War Over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species

Craig Pittman

For the past two decades, the quiet manatee has been a flash point of frequent environmental debates. Included on the very first endangered species list issued in ....

416 pages | 21 b/w illus, 1 map | Florida University Presses

Hbk | NYP 05/2010 | 0813034620 | #183865A | £24.50 Add to basket

 

Neotropical Cervidology

Biology and Medicine of Latin American Deer

Edited by José Maurício Barbanti Duarte and Susana González

A project initiated by the Neotropical section of the IUCN SSC Deer Specialist Group (DSG) aimed to compile a state-of-the-art resource on Neotropical deer species. Since ....

393 pages | Illus | Funep

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | #184022A | £125.00 Add to basket

 

A Prickly Affair: My Life with Hedgehogs

Hugh Warwick

Obsession, persecution and passion: the hedgehog may be small, but it attracts strong feelings. And Hugh Warwick is not immune. Travelling through fields in Devon and up to ....

279 pages | drawings | Allen Lane

Hbk | 2008 | 184614065X | #176208A | £14.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0141034297 | #183856A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Spot the Difference: Are Cheetahs Really Just Big Cats?

KM Bell

The cheetah is an endangered species, threatened with extinction due to loss of habitat and conflict with humans for land use and prey animals. Although international efforts ....

132 pages | Nottingham UP

Pbk | 2010 | 1904761607 | #183988A | £45.50 Add to basket

 

Tibetan Antelope

Edited by Liu Wulin

222 pages | col photos | Science Press

Pbk | 2009 | 7503853360 | #183075A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

The Virgin Pig Keeper

A Pair of Pigs in the Garden

David Brown and Eric Copeland

Keeping pigs in the back garden has become popular but experts warn that it is not for the unwary or uninformed - there are issues surrounding regulations, feeding, housing, ....

128 pages | illus | Whittet

Pbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1873580797 | #184184A | £8.99 Add to basket

 
Birds
 

Atlas das Aves Nidificantes em Portugal

Assirio and Alvim

Excellent scientific study of the bird population of Portugal, including 446 species of birds. For each species there is a half page colour illustration, a half page of text ....

425 pages | Illus | ICN

Hbk | 2008 | 9723713748 | #180420A | £99.50 Add to basket

 

Bird Migration

Ian Newton

The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and ....

400 pages | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0007307314 | #177551A |

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Pbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0007307322 | #177552A |

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Birds in Uruguay and Worldwide Distribution \ Aves en el Uruguay y su Distribution Global

Alejandro Olmos

Presents all the 453 bird species recorded for the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. ....

520 pages | Col photos | Biophoto

Pbk | 2010 | 997496895X | #183903A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Birds of Cyprus

Jane Stylianou

An easy-to-use book that is accessible to all, including children. It refers to all the birds that live in Cyprus and includes useful information concerning these birds as well ....

131 pages | 100 col photos | Bank of Cyprus

Pbk | 2009 | 9963428738 | #183784A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Collins Bird Songs and Calls

Geoff Sample

A unique beginner's guide to birdsong, this new edition of the established classic now features all recordings digitally. This second edition of the acclaimed Collins Guide ....

128 pages | Book: 3 Audio CDs | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0007339763 | #183953A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Fagelguiden

Europas Och Medelhavsomradets Faglari

Killian Mullarney, Lars Svensson and Dan Zetterstrom

This is the second edition of the standard reference guide for birds. The book is also available in English as The Collins Bird Guide. ....

illus | Bonnier Fakta

Pbk | NYP 03/2010 | 9174240390 | #183975A | £37.50 Add to basket

 

Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies

Norman Arlott

From Grand Bahama Island in the north to Grenada in the south, this is an identification guide to the birds of a popular tourist destination renowned for the variety and ....

256 pages | illus | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 05/2010 | 0007277180 | #172274A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Nouvel Atlas des Oiseaux Nicheurs de Normandie 2003-2005

Gerard Debout

Presents all the species of bird who nest in Normandy, (approx 200 species). Data presented includes a chart of distribution, history, and description. The atlas is a ....

447 pages | Maps, col photos, illus, tabs | GON

Hbk | 2009 | 2906040134 | #183902A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

The Peregrine

JA Baker

Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British natural history writing Despite the association of Peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, ....

191 pages | - | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0007348622 | #183954A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Reconnaitre Facilement les Plumes

Collecter, Identifier, Interpreter, Conserver

Cloé Fraigneau

Identification guide to feathers, with thorough treatment of form and function. ....

190 pages | Col & b/w illus | Delachaux et Niestle

Pbk | 2007 | 2603014331 | #183037A | £34.00 Add to basket

 
Reptiles & Amphibians
 

The Anatomy of Reptiles

Jeanette Wyneken

A unique and inclusive reference written for veterinarians, comparative morphologists, and reptile hobbyists. Included are all aspects of the internal design and structure ....

Illus | Krieger

Hbk | NYP 02/2010 | 157524084X | #079761A | £90.50 Add to basket

 

Morphological and Cellular Aspects of Tail and Limb Regeneration in Lizards

Lorenzo Alibardi

Deals with the analysis of the cytological processess occurring during tissue regeneration in the tail and limb of lizards. These reptiles are considered as a model ....

124 pages | 20 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 8 colour | Springer

Pbk | 2009 | 3642037321 | #183891A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians

Robert W Henderson and Robert Powell

The West Indies have become a major focus for biologists and conservationists. Its herpetofauna is considered one of the richest and most vulnerable in the world. These ....

528 pages | illus | Florida University Presses

Hbk | 2009 | 0813033942 | #183992A | £65.00 Add to basket

 
Fishes
 

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives

Edited by Jeffrey C Carrier, John A Musick and Michael R Heithaus

This book brings together the latest information on the phylogeny, physiology, behaviour, and ecology on sharks and their relatives, the skates and rays. The book ....

596 pages | 8 col illus, 184 b/w illus | CRC Press

Hbk | 2010 | 1420080474 | #184145A | £63.99 Add to basket

 

Fish Disease

Diagnosis and Treatment

Edward J Noga

Covers methods for diagnosing fish diseases, problem list, and methods for treating fish diseases. ....

367 pages | Col photos, col plates, b/w photos, b\w plates, illus, figs, tabs | Iowa State UP

Hbk | 2000 | 081382558X | #108027A | £82.99 Add to basket

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0813806976 | #184168A | £82.50 Add to basket

 

Fishes of the Open Ocean

A Natural History and Illustrated Guide

Julian Pepperell and Guy Harvey

Between the surface of the sea and depths of two hundred meters lies a remarkable range of fish, generally known as pelagics, or open-ocean dwellers. These creatures are among ....

272 pages | 370 colour plates | Chicago UP

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0226655393 | #184032A |

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Great White

The Majesty of Sharks

Chris Fallows

For most people, sharks and fear go hand in hand. Renowned photographer and conservationist Chris Fallows maintains a more nuanced relationship with the ....

191 pages | illustrations | Chronicle Books

Hbk | 2009 | 0811871037 | #184031A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Recent Advances in Hormonal Physiology of Fish and Shellfish Reproduction

Edited by BN Singh

Aquaculture contributes to over 70% of Inland fish production placing India to second rank in the world aquaculture produce marking the era for Blue Revolution. Seed ....

416 pages | Tables, figs | Narendra

Hbk | 2009 | 8190609135 | #178901A | £92.00 Add to basket

 

Regional Study on Small Tunas in the Mediterranean Including the Black Sea

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

This study summarises the available information about different aspects of the small tuna species in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea and provides data on their biology ....

132 pages | FAO

Pbk | 2009 | 9251062064 | #181555A | £21.99 Add to basket

 

Zebrafish

Steve F Perry, Marc Ekker, Anthony P Farrell and Colin J Brauner

This book includes up-to-date information on zebrafish physiology and the tools used to study it, not only as a model species for studies of other vertebrates but with ....

350 pages | Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0123749832 | #184015A | £72.99 Add to basket

 
Invertebrates
 

The Beekeeper's Bible

Bees, Honey, Recipes and Other Home Uses

P McCabe et al

The most comprehensive beekeeping resource ever published. This ultimate guide covers all the practical essentials and will teach you everything about caring for bees and ....

416 pages | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0007279892 | #173625A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

The Book of Shells

Fabio Moretzsohn and Jerry Harasewych

This book presents a lifesize collection of 600 of the most significant shells. Each entry is accompanied by a miniature line-drawing and a life-size photograph enabling ....

656 pages | 2400 illus | A & C Black

Hbk | NYP 07/2010 | 1408125277 | #182835A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Bugs Britannica

Peter Marren and Richard Mabey

Bugs Britannica will be a nationwide chronicle of bug life in the 21st century. It will look at why bugs matter to us and why we care about them. It will record our continuing ....

528 pages | Chatto & Windus

Hbk | NYP 2010 | 070118180X | #168780A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Butterflies and Moths

Paul Sterry and Andrew Mackay

Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced naturalist, this guide is an ideal home and field reference. You will soon be identifying butterflies and moths in their ....

224 pages | Col photos, illus | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | 2010 | 1405349956 | #183848A | £7.99 Add to basket

 

Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Part 3: Lycaenidae

Bernard d'Abrera

350 pages | Col illus | Hill House Publishers

Hbk | NYP 02/2010 | #066578A | £325.00 Add to basket

 

Chemical Communication in Crustaceans

Edited by Thomas Breithaupt and Martin Thiel

The crustaceans are ecologically and economically important organisms. They constitute one of the dominant invertebrate groups on earth, particularly within the aquatic realm. ....

600 pages | 250 black & white illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 038777100X | #184141A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

Diseases of Mites and Ticks

Edited by Jan Bruin and LPSVan Der Geest

The current collection of twenty-four papers is a mixture of primary research articles and literature reviews, presenting a broad overview of the developments in about all ....

356 pages | Illustrations (chiefly col.) | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 1402096941 | #183904A | £112.50 Add to basket

 

The Ecology of Fungal Entomopathogens

Edited by Helen E Roy, Fernando E Vega, Mark S Goettel, Dave Chandler, Judy Pell and

Understanding of the ecology of fungal entomopathogens has vastly increased since the early 1800's, but remains challenging. The often complex interactions between pathogen ....

250 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 9048139651 | #184142A | £81.50 Add to basket

 

Faune de France, Volume 85: Coleoptères Chrysomelidae 3. Hispinae et Cassidinae

B Bordy

290 pages | 229 figs, 35 maps, 20 col plates | FFSSN

Pbk | 2008 | 290305231X | #169761A | £67.00 Add to basket

 

Illustrated Keys to Free-Living Invertebrates of Eurasian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Deep Waters, Vol. 1

Edited by SV Vassilenko and VV Petryashov

Identification keys to twelve taxonomic groups of arctic invertebrates are made available in this illustrated volume. It is the first book of a series, translated from ....

192 pages | Illustrations, keys | Alaska Sea Grant Prog

Pbk | 2009 | 1566121388 | #181007A | £43.00 Add to basket

 

Indian Insect Pests

H Maxwell-Lefroy

318 pages | Figs | Today & Tomorrow

Hbk | 2009 | 8170193583 | #181530A | £51.50 Add to basket

 

Insects and Spiders

George McGavin

Basic pocket guide to more than 700 insects. ....

224 pages | colour illus | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | 2010 | 1405349972 | #183849A | £7.99 Add to basket

 

The Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Germany (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha)

Patterns and Strategies in a Highly Diverse Group of Phytophagous Insects

H Nickel

Auchenorrhyncha, the planthoppers and leafhoppers, occur in high densities and species richness in almost all terrestrial ecosystems, forming an important component of food ....

460 pages | Figs, tabs | Pensoft

Pbk | 2009 | 9546421693 | #184159A | £73.00 Add to basket

 

Leben mit Vogelspinnen

Karin Manns

Deals with the keeping of tarantulas. ....

176 pages | Col photos | Natur und Tier-Verlag

Pbk | 2008 | 3866590423 | #178328A | £25.50 Add to basket

 

The Living Ovulidae

A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae

F Lorenz and D Fehse

This book on Ovulidae and related families reviews and summarizes today's knowledge of these fascinating gastropods. It offers descriptions, discussion, comparison and a ....

651 pages | 203 + 66 colour plates | ConchBooks

Hbk | 2009 | #181015A | £149.50 Add to basket

 

Low Temperature Biology of Insects

Edited by David L Denlinger and Richard E Lee

Low temperature is a major environmental constraint impacting the geographic distribution and seasonal activity patterns of insects. Written for academic ....

352 pages | 48 b/w illus. 16 tables | CUP

Hbk | 2010 | 052188635X | #184143A | £60.00 Add to basket

 

Nautilus

The Biology and Paleobiology of a Living Fossil

Edited by NH Landman and WB Saunders

This volume is a reprint of a classic book about Nautilus, first published in 1987, with an introductory chapter summarizing all of the work on Nautilus and its habitat since ....

666 pages | 4 col plates, figs | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 9048132983 | #183832A | £180.00 Add to basket

 

De Nederlandse Prachtkevers (Buprestidae)

Oscar Vorst

Guide to the jewel beetles of the Netherlands. ....

62 pages | Col photos, line illus, dist maps | EIS

Pbk | 2009 | #183980A | £21.50 Add to basket

 

Pests of Forest Importance and their Management

BK Tyagi et al

Pests of Forest Importance and Their Management is a unique book comprising all the major components of a sylvatic ecosystem from the standpoint of pests of economic ....

300 pages | Figs, tabs | Scientific (India)

Hbk | 2008 | 8172335328 | #176517A | £63.00 Add to basket

 

Plant Mites and Sociality

Diversity and Evolution

Yutaka Saito

This book offers detailed descriptions of the diverse social systems and the social evolution of mites, ranging from genetic to ecological aspects. Through a broad spectrum ....

193 pages | 84 b/w illus | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 4431994556 | #184045A | £117.00 Add to basket

 

The Quest for the Perfect Hive

A History of Innovation in Bee Culture

Gene Kritsky

Beekeeping is a sixteen-billion-dollar-a-year business. But the invaluable honey bee now faces severe threats from diseases, mites, pesticides, and overwork, not to mention the ....

224 pages | 55 b/w halftones, 79 line illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0195385446 | #184083A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Revision of the Mexican genera Ficinus Distant and Jornandes Distant, With the description of 21 New Species (Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae, Orthotylini)

Joseph C Schaffner and Michael D Schwartz

87 pages | Illus, maps | AMNH

Pbk | 2008 | #175590A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Sea Urchins II

Heinke Schultz

Sea Urchins II is the logical extension of the first volume, which dealt mainly with shallow water sea urchins. The second volume describes about additional 270 irregular ....

365 pages | Col images | Heinke & Peter Schultz Partner

Hbk | 2010 | 3980986837 | #184028A | £176.00 Add to basket

 

Spider Silk

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

Leslie Brunetta and Catherine L Craig

The orb web contains at least four different silk proteins, each performing a different function and all meshing together to create a fly-catching machine that has amazed and ....

256 pages | col & b/w illus | Yale UP

Hbk | NYP 07/2010 | 0300149220 | #183626A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Tropische Insekten - Meisterwerke der Evolution

Einblick in die Formenvielfalt und Faszinierende Biologie Tropischer Kerbitiere

Heinrich Schmutterer

In this book the author, a renowned entomologist and passionate photographer, includes 240 photos of insects which he has taken in their natural habitats in 30 tropical ....

269 pages | 240 photos | Westarp Wissenschaften

2009 | 3894328770 | #184087A | £56.00 Add to basket

 
Palaeontology
 

American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene

Edited by Gary Haynes

The volume contains summaries of facts, theories, and unsolved problems pertaining to the unexplained extinction of dozens of genera of mostly large terrestrial mammals, ....

202 pages | Figs | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 1402087934 | #183923A | £85.50 Add to basket

 

Atlas of Trace Fossils

The Recognition of Common Trace Fossils in Outcrop and Cores

George Pemberton, James A MacEachern, Murray Gingras and Kerrie Bann

Primary audience: Petroleum geologists and palaeontologists Secondary auudience: The subject matter will appeal to researchers in sedimentologist, stratigraphy, and ....

300 pages | Elsevier

Pbk | 2009 | 0444532323 | #182832A | £42.99 Add to basket

 

Cenozoic Mammals of Africa

Edited by Lars Werdelin and William Joseph Sanders

This book is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. It includes current taxonomic and systematic revisions ....

1040 pages | 241 b/w photos, 102 illus, 21 maps, 81 tabs | California UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0520257219 | #183787A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Fossil Plants as Tests of Climate

Being the Sedgwick Essay Prize for the Year 1892

Albert Charles Seward

The Sedgwick Prize for the best essay on a geological subject was instituted in memory of Adam Sedgwick, the geologist who introduced Darwin to geology in walking tours of ....

168 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2010 | 110800427X | #184156A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany

Edited by Amber M VanDerwarker and Tanya M Peres

In recent years, scholars have emphasized the need for more holistic subsistence analyses, and collaborative publications towards this endeavor have become more numerous ....

343 pages | Figs, tabs | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 1441909346 | #184084A | £81.00 Add to basket

 

Palaeobotany and the Evolution of Plants

WN Stewart and GW Rothwell

Originally published in 1993, this second edition of a successful textbook describes and explains in a refreshingly clear way the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by ....

672 pages | 235 line illus, 115 halftones, 10 tables | CUP

Pbk | 2010 | 0521126088 | #184158A | £28.99 Add to basket

 

Plants in Mesozoic Time

Morphological Innovations, Phylogeny, Ecosystems

Edited by Carole T Gee

This volume showcases cutting-edge research of broad botanical and paleontological interest from the world's experts on Mesozoic plant life. Each chapter covers a special ....

376 pages | 16 col & 84 b/w illus | Indiana UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0253354560 | #184076A | £59.00 Add to basket

 

Prehistoric America

An Ecological Perspective

Betty J Meggers and Betty J Meggers

During the past 30 years, the relationship between humans and the environment has changed more drastically than during any previous period in human ....

232 pages | Transaction Books

Pbk | 2009 | 0202363368 | #183889A | £26.50 Add to basket

 

Prehistoric Life

Evolution and the Fossil Record

Roger L Kaesler and Bruce S Lieberman

Prehistoric life is the archive of evolution preserved in the fossil record. This book focuses on the meaning and significance of that archive and is designed for introductory ....

400 pages | 350 illustrations | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 1444334085 | #184178A | £90.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0632044721 | #183959A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Taphonomy

Process and Bias Through Time

Edited by Peter A Allison and David J Bottjer

Taphonomic bias is a pervasive feature of the fossil record. A pressing concern, however, is the extent to which taphonomic processes have varied through the ages. It is ....

450 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2010 | 9048186420 | #184046A | £117.00 Add to basket

 

Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology

The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics

Edited by Marcelo Sanchez-Villagra, Orangel Aguilera and Alfredo Carlini

This book offers a synthesis of the paleontological record of Venezuela, including new discoveries on stratigraphy, paleobotany, fossil invertebrates and vertebrates. Besides ....

320 pages | 8 col & 61 b/w illus | Indiana UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0253354765 | #184073A | £32.99 Add to basket

 

What Your Fossils Can Tell You

Vertebrate Morphology, Pathology, and Cultural Modification

Robert W Sinibaldi

Written primarily for the avid amateur and beginning paleontologist, this book offers both experienced and novice fossil hunters and collectors the information needed to ....

400 pages | 473 b/w illus | Florida University Presses

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0813034256 | #183863A | £26.99 Add to basket

 
General Natural History
 

Birds and Animals in Mughal Miniature Paintings

Zaheda Khanam

The depiction of flora and fauna has been an intrinsic part of Indian painting traditions. The Mughals in their turn, in their fascinating paintings, used the bird and ....

164 pages | Col & b/w illus | DK Agencies

Hbk | 2009 | 8124604851 | #183676A | £66.00 Add to basket

 

Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils

Ann Swan

This beautifully illustrated book is the first practical step-by-step guide to using coloured pencils in botanical painting and is written by Ann Swan, one of the top ....

128 pages | Illus | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0007275528 | #169910A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

Boyd Norton's Outdoor Digital Photography Handbook

How to Shoot Like a Pro

Boyd Norton

Pro photographer Boyd Norton provides expert advice and hard-won secrets on digital wildlife, landscape and nature photography. Guiding the reader from the field to the ....

192 pages | 235 col & b/w illus | Voyageur Press

Pbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0760332983 | #183258A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

A Brush With Nature

25 Years of Personal Reflections on Nature

Richard Mabey

Described as 'Britain's greatest living nature writer', Richard Mabey has revealed his passion for the natural world in eloquent stories for "BBC Wildlife Magazine". This ....

256 pages | BBC Books

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 1846079136 | #181164A |

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Genius of Britain

Robert Uhlig, Richard Dawkins, James Dyson and Stephen Hawking

The extraordinary history of British science, with commentary from Britain's greatest living scientists: Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and James Dyson We may only be a ....

352 pages | 2 col plates (16pp) | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0007320671 | #183952A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Landscape Photographer of the Year Collection 3

AA

'Take a view', the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, is the brainchild of Charlie Waite, one of today's most respected landscape photographers. Together with the ....

224 pages | Col photos | AA

Hbk | 2009 | 0749563346 | #183898A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Naming Nature

The Clash Between Instinct and Science

Carol Kaesuk Yoon

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus set out to order and name the entire living world and ended up founding a science: the field of scientific ....

352 pages | illustrations | Norton

Hbk | 2010 | 0393061973 | #184033A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Natural Navigator

Tristan Gooley

Starting with a simple question - 'Which way am I looking?' - Tristan Gooley blends natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the rare ....

304 pages | Virgin Books

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 1905264941 | #184030A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Scientific Feuds

From Galileo to the Human Genome Project

Joel Levy

This book is a collection of the most vicious, scandalous, dirty, drawn-out, petty, personal, bad-tempered and downright violent feuds in the history of science. While most ....

224 pages | 150 photos | New Holland

Hbk | 2009 | 1847735142 | #180310A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Trying Leviathan

The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature

D Graham Burnett

In Trying Leviathan, D. Graham Burnett recovers the strange story of Maurice v. Judd, an 1818 trial that pitted the new sciences of taxonomy against the then-popular - ....

266 pages | illus | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2007 | 0691129509 | #172103A | £21.95 Add to basket

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Up River

The Song of the Esk

Darren Woodhead

In this book, the author, an acclaimed nature artist, captures in painting and words the natural beauty of the countryside around Carlops and the valley of the North Esk river. ....

160 pages | Col illus throughout | Birlinn

Hbk | 2009 | 1841588342 | #184021A | £29.99 Add to basket

 
Regional & Travel
 

The Beaver Hills Country

A History of Land and Life

Graham A MacDonald

This book explores a relatively small, but interesting and anomalous, region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers. The Beaver Hills arose where ....

190 pages | 35 photos, 10 maps, 2 illustrations, 1 table | AU Press

Pbk | 2009 | 1897425376 | #183936A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

Big River, Rio Grande

Laurence Parent, David Baxter and Andrew Sansom

Many people know the Rio Grande as a recreational river - a place for float trips through the canyons of Big Bend; for fishing at Lakes Amistad and ....

132 pages | 90 color photos, 1 map | Texas UP

Hbk | 2010 | 0292718187 | #184164A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

Blencathra

Portrait of a Mountain

Ronald Turnbull

A celebration of Blencathra, for many walkers, the finest fell of them all. Pictures and words detail the history and landscapes, the mines and minerals, the wildlife and the ....

176 pages | 250 col photos | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0711229864 | #183393A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Etosha

Celebrating a hundred years of conservation

Hu Berry, Pompie Burger, C Brain, M Griffin, C Berry et al

Etosha - a word that arouses countless emotions for a place of contrasts where vast, open plains change dramatically with the seasons, and where wildlife is found, often ....

178 pages | Full colour photographs | Venture Publications

Pbk | 2007 | 999168283X | #173065A | £64.00 Add to basket

 

Extinctions and Invasions

A Social History of British Fauna

Edited by Terry O'Connor and Naomi Sykes

Eight thousand years ago, when the sea cut Britain off from the rest of the Continent, the island's fauna was very different: most of the animals ....

208 pages | Col & b/w illus, tabs | Windgather Press

Pbk | NYP 05/2010 | 1905119313 | #184020A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

Finnish Lapland and the Kuusamo Area

Dirk Hilbers

Lapland conjures up images of vast wilderness, of Reindeer and Sami Reindeer ferders, of vast forests and forbidding mires. It is one of Europe's last wild land and therefore a ....

224 pages | col photos | KNNV CONSIGNMENT BOOKS

Pbk | NYP 03/2010 | 9050113370 | #182075A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

Habitats of Wales

A Comprehensive Field Survey, 1979-1997

T Blackstock, E Howe, J Stevens, C Burrows and P Jones

This book provides an overview of a major habitat survey across the rural landscapes of Wales. Known as the Habitat Survey of Wales (HSW), it is one of the most wide-ranging ....

240 pages | maps | Wales UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0708322573 | #183842A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

Iguazu Guia de Campo / Iguazu Field Guide

Marcelo Beccaceci

This field guide shows more than 500 colour illustrations to identify birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, trees, bushes and other plants. It includes a map ....

71 pages | colour illus, map | Southworld

Pbk | 2009 | 9872381860 | #183901A | £14.50 Add to basket

 

Natural History of Banks Peninsula

Hugh Wilson

This book builds on the information gathered in a five year survey of Banks Peninsula to present a concise and up-to-date summary of the area's landscape, vegetation and ....

144 pages | 100 col photos, 74 illus | Canterbury UP

Pbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1877257826 | #182129A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Wild Animals

A photographic guide to British and European wild animals

Chris Gibson

This natural history guide is a portable and easy-to-use manual documenting over 325 species across Europe. For use at home or abroad, this concise reference guide uses ....

224 pages | colour illus | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | 2010 | 1405349999 | #183851A | £7.99 Add to basket

 

A Year in the Life of the Eden Valley

Val Corbett

The River Eden runs for 75 miles, from its source high above the Mallerstang Dale to the magnificent wide expanses of the Solway Firth. The surrounding landscape, the broad ....

112 pages | 120 col photos | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0711230153 | #183394A | £16.99 Add to basket

 
Botany & Plant Science
 

Aspekte der Reproduktionsbiologie Chorikarper Blütenpflanzen

Monika Langlotz

276 pages | illus | Schweizerbart'sche

Pbk | 2007 | 3510480295 | #170377A | £210.00 Add to basket

 

Atlas de la Flore Sauvage du Departement de la Sarthe

Gerard Hunault and Jacques Moret

Atlas of wildflowers of the French department of Sarthe in the Loire region. It covers 1500 species. ....

640 pages | Col illus | Paris MNHN

2009 | 2856536387 | #183833A | £89.00 Add to basket

 

Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism

Edited by Michael Wink

This new edition of Volume 2 of this series commences with an overview of the biochemistry, physiology, functions and utilisation of plant secondary metabolites, ....

512 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 05/2010 | 1405183977 | #184129A | £105.00 Add to basket

 

Botanic Gardens

Modern Day Arks

Sara Oldfield

The conservation role of botanic gardens is not widely recognized but it has never been more important. One third of all flowering plant species are threatened with extinction. ....

240 pages | 200 col photos | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 1847735193 | #183595A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Botanica Magnifica

Jonathan Singer

"Botanica Magnifica" features two hundred and fifty stunning photographs by Hasselblad Laureate-winner Jonathan Singer. Inspired by the size and scope of "Audubon's Birds of ....

364 pages | 510 full-color illustrations | Abbeville

Hbk | 2009 | 0789210347 | #183870A | £160.00 Add to basket

 

Brazilian Trees, Volume 3

A Guide to the Identification and Cultivation of Brazilian Native Trees

Harri Lorenzi

This volume covers 352 rare and little-known native Brazilian tree species. It includes details of the morphological characteristics of each plant, their phenology, natural ....

384 pages | 2112 col photos | Instituto Plantarum EF

Hbk | 2009 | 8586714348 | #183993A | £103.00 Add to basket

 

Cellular and Molecular Biology of Filamentous Fungi

Katherine Borkovich, Daniel Ebbole and Michelle Momany

This book serves as a first point of reference for this group of organisms and covers a variety of dimorphic and obligate filamentous fungal species. ....

848 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1555814735 | #184165A | £150.00 Add to basket

 

Field Guide to Trees in Hong Kong's Countryside

Li Cunzhi

Well illustrated, comprehensive guide. ....

406 pages | Col photos | CSBS

Pbk | 2008 | 9889937735 | #179519A | £56.00 Add to basket

 

Figs

Ephraim Philip Lansky and Helena Maaria Paavilainen

Figs, the Ficus trees, are an understudied genus in modern pharmacognosy. This book presents a multidisciplinary approach to the botany, chemistry, and pharmacology of fig ....

440 pages | 192 b/w illus, 77 tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 1420089668 | #184023A | £82.00 Add to basket

 

Flora Iranica, Volume 177: Papilionaceae V, Astragalus III

S Zarre, AA Maassoumi and D Podlech

126 pages | 45 plates | Flora Iranica Project

2008 | #154064A | £97.00 Add to basket

 

Flora del Bajio y de Regiones Adyacentes, Volume 160: Tiliaceae

Emmanuel Perez-Calix

Instituto de Ecologia

Pbk | 2009 | #182271A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée

Part 1 - text & Part 2 - illustrations

S Lisowski

Volume 1: Text. Volume 2: Illustrations ....

517 pages | Two Volume Set | National BG

Hbk | 2009 | 9072619005 | #180784A | £110.00 Add to basket

 

Flowers in the Field

How to Find, Identify and Enjoy Wild Flowers

Faith Anstey

This book explains what wild flowers are, how to go about identifying specimens, where to find them and how to enjoy them to the full. ....

160 pages | col photos & b/w line drawings | Whittet

Pbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1873580800 | #184185A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Freshwater Algae

Identification and Use as Bioindicators

Edward Bellinger and Dr David D Sigee

This book provides a comprehensive guide to temperate freshwater algae, with additional information on key species in relation to environmental characteristics and implications ....

296 pages | photos, illus | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0470058145 | #184121A | £60.00 Add to basket

 

Fringed Orchids in Your Pocket

A Guide to Native Platanthera Species of the Continental United States and Canada

Paul Martin Brown

Native American orchids are increasingly threatened by pressure from population growth and development but, nonetheless, still present a welcome surprise to observant hikers ....

47 col photos, 3 illus | Iowa UP

Pbk | 2009 | 1587298120 | #183868A | £9.50 Add to basket

 

Functions and Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolites

Edited by Michael Wink

This volume commences with an overview of the modes of action of defensive secondary metabolites, followed by detailed surveys of chemical defense in marine ecosystems, the ....

424 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1405185287 | #184127A | £120.00 Add to basket

 

Fungi

Shelley Evans and Geoffrey Kibby

Whether you are a fungi fanatic or a mycologist in the making, this guide is an ideal home and field reference. Deciphering the delicious and the deadly is simple with this ....

296 pages | Col photos | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | 2004 | 0751336963 | #145772A | £9.99 Add to basket

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Fungi non Delineati 46: Studies in Galerina - Galerinae Flandriae (3)

Andre de Hann and Ruben Walleyn

Illustrated descriptions with short discussions are given for 15 Galerina taxa collected in Flanders, northern Belgium. ....

col photos, illus | Edizioni Candusso

| #184009A | £22.50 Add to basket

 

Fungi non Delineati 47: Especies Nuevas e Interesantes del Genero - Inocybe (1)

Fernando Esteve-Raventos and Agustin Caballero Moreno

This work represents a taxonomical contribution, based on a descriptive study, of some nodulose/angulose-spored species of Inocybe (Fr.) Fr. ....

col photos, illus | Edizioni Candusso

| #184010A | £25.50 Add to basket

 

Fungi non Delineati 48-49: Cortinarius Ibero-Insulares - 2

Edited by Grupo Ibero-Insular de Cortinariologos

Fifty species of genera Cortinarius are described and illustrated with microphotographs, electronic scanning microscope photographs and photocolors. ....

col photos, illus | Edizioni Candusso

| #184011A | £57.50 Add to basket

 

Fungi non Delineati 50: Indice 1-49

Dark green coloured binding with complete index of the first fourty nine fascicules. ....

Edizioni Candusso

| #184012A | £22.50 Add to basket

 

Fungi non Delineati 51-52: Quelques Especes Nouvelles ou Mal Delimitees d'Amanita de la Sous-section Vaginatinae

Pierre Neville and Serge Poumarat

This work is the first addition to the monograph 9 of the Fungi Europaei series: AMANITEAE by the same authors. ....

col photos, illus | Edizioni Candusso

| #184013A | £48.00 Add to basket

 

Gebirgspflanzen - Insbesondere Alpenpflanzen

Ein Bestimmungsbuchlein fur Wanderer und Steingartner

Fritz Stopp

This classic text covers many varieties of apline plants from the perspective of the gardener as well as the naturalist. ....

88 pages | photos | Westarp Wissenschaften

1967 | 3894325801 | #184088A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Growing Windowsill Orchids

Philip Seaton

This book offers all the information needed from buying the first orchid to successfully growing it at home. ....

60 pages | col photos, illus | Kew RBG

Pbk | NYP 02/2010 | 1842464272 | #183844A | £5.99 Add to basket

 

Growing on the Edge

Hydraulic Architecture of Mangroves - Ecological Plasticity and Functional Significance of Water Conducting Tissue in Rhizophora Mucronata and Avicennia Marina

Nele Schmitz

Addressing the hydraulic structure of mangrove trees to gain knowledge about the way they successfully respond to the unique environmental demands of intertidal areas, this ....

133 pages | VUB Universiteit Press

Pbk | 2010 | 9054874899 | #184131A | £37.00 Add to basket

 

How to Make and Use Compost

The Ultimate Guide

Nicky Scott

Composting is easy, fun, saves you money and helps you to grow lovely plants. Whether you live in a flat with a balcony or have a family and garden that generate large ....

200 pages | 8 pages col plates | Green Books

Pbk | NYP 02/2010 | 1900322595 | #184093A | £9.95 Add to basket

 

Knave of Spades

The Growing Pains of a Gardener

Alan Titchmarsh

When Alan left school at fifteen little was expected of him. An 'O' level in art is not the most obvious passport to success, but in the ancient greenhouses of the local ....

300 pages | Col & b/w photos | Hodder

Hbk | 2009 | 0340953047 | #182633A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Low Maintenance Vegetable Garden

Clare Matthews

More and more people are becoming interested in growing their own fruit and vegetables as food prices rise and awareness of food provenance and chemical usage increases, but ....

col. ill | New Holland

Hbk | 2009 | 1847735517 | #183948A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Maize Cobs and Cultures

History of Zea Mays L.

John Edward Staller

Our perceptions and conceptions regarding the roles and importance of maize to ancient economies is largely a product of scientific research on the plant itself, developed for ....

266 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 3642045057 | #182151A | £117.00 Add to basket

 

Milk Mushrooms of North America

A Field Identification Guide to the Genus Lactarius

Alan E Bessette, David B Harris and Arleen Rainis Bessette

This is a comprehensive field guide to the milk mushrooms of North America. Featuring over 150 species and varieties, this volume includes detailed descriptions and more than ....

256 pages | 263 colour illustrations, glossary, index | Syracuse UP

Hbk | 2009 | 0815632290 | #183950A | £96.00 Add to basket

 

The Mountain Flora of Greece Volume 1

Edited by Arne Strid

The Greek mountain region is well known amongst botanists for its rich flora and high proportion of endemic species, but there has been norecent detailed Greek flora. This ....

822 pages | 50 line illus | CUP

Pbk | 2010 | 0521127246 | #184128A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

The New Encyclopedia of Hostas

Diana Grenfell and Michael Shadrack

The lush, sculptural hosta is loved by gardeners for its ability to both combine well with other plants and project a strong presence when planted alone. "The New ....

472 pages | 814 color photos | Timber Press

Hbk | 2009 | 0881929603 | #183947A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

New Flora of the British Isles

Edited by Clive Stace

Illustrations by Hilli ThompsonAn enormous amount of research accumulated after the last Flora was published in 1952, so the appearance of the 1991 edition, and now ....

1130 pages | Over 1500 illus, identification keys, Latin/English names/synonyms | CUP

Pbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0521707722 | #183991A |

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Ornamental Plants of Malta

Hans Christian Weber

In this book almost all the ornamental plants cultivated in public places in Malta (approximately 450 species), are included. Descriptions of the ornamental plants are ....

356 pages | 600 colour photos | Backhuys

Hbk | 2008 | 3823615092 | #177495A | £40.50 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 3823615181 | #177496A | £31.50 Add to basket

 

Plant Developmental Biology - Biotechnological Perspectives

Volumes 1 & 2

Edited by Eng-Chong Pua and Michael R Davey

This work, comprising two volumes, reviews recent advances in plant developmental biology and explores the possibility of their biotechnological applications. ....

899 pages | col & b/w illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 3642048773 | #184067A | £224.00 Add to basket

 

Plant Developmental Biology - Biotechnological Perspectives

Volume 1

Edited by Eng-Chong Pua and Michael R Davey

Understanding the mechanisms whereby plant development is regulated is crucial for crop improvement using genetic engineering. This work, comprising two volumes, reviews recent ....

460 pages | 37 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 3642023002 | #181096A | £135.00 Add to basket

 

Plant Developmental Biology - Biotechnological Perspectives

Volume 2

Edited by Eng-Chong Pua and Michael R Davey

This volume focuses on development-related areas, including tissue culture (somatic embryogenesis, microspore embryogenesis, somaclonal variation), plant processes ....

380 pages | 52 col & b/w illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 364204669X | #184066A | £135.00 Add to basket

 

Plant Resources of Tropical Africa, Volume 7

Timbers 1

Edited by D Louppe, AA Oteng-Amoako and M Brink

This volume features 511 primary use timbers belonging to 25 botanical families and are described in 280 review articles. ....

704 pages | illus, map | Backhuys

Pbk | 2008 | 9057822091 | #153274A | £46.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 9057822105 | #183911A | £61.00 Add to basket

 

Plantas Insectivoras

Edited by S Pinar

376 pages | Illus | CSIC

Pbk | 2008 | 8400086554 | #177364A | £55.50 Add to basket

 

Post-harvest Pathology

Edited by Maria Lodovica Gullino and Dov Prusky

As a collection of papers that includes material presented at the 2008 International Congress for Plant Pathology, this text features research right at the leading edge of ....

250 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 1402089295 | #182154A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

A Revision of the Southern African Genus Babiana (Iridaceae: Crocoideae)

Peter Goldblatt and J Manning

In this systematic revision of the southern African genus Babiana, 88 species are recognised. ....

98 pages | illus | SANBI Bookshop

Pbk | 2007 | 1919976329 | #170272A | £42.00 Add to basket

 

Seeds of Amazonian Plants

J Janovec

Seeds of Amazonian Plants is the first field guide to treat the extraordinary diversity of seeds and diaspores of plants commonly encountered in the Amazon and other lowland ....

192 pages | Illus | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2009 | 0691119295 | #181120A | £52.00 Add to basket

 

Small Trees for the Tropical Landscape

Fred D Rauch and Paul R Weissich

The book describes and illustrates 129 species and subspecies and 48 named varieties, cultivars, and forms plus 23 hybrids appropriate for the home garden and confined public ....

216 pages | 539 col illus | Hawaii UP

Hbk | 2009 | 0824833082 | #182222A | £34.50 Add to basket

 

South African Wildflower Guide No. 12: Table Mountain National Park

Terry H Trinder-Smith

This guide covers the Cape Peninsula. It showcases some 850 species of wild flowers by means of descriptions and illustrations and is now the definitive field guide for the ....

314 pages | col illus, maps | Botanical SSA

2007 | 1874999600 | #184064A | £42.00 Add to basket

 

Trees

Allen Coombes

Whether you are a tree enthusiast or an arboricultural expert, this guide is ideal for home and field reference. From sky-high horse chesnuts to modest maples, learn about a ....

224 pages | Col photos | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | 2010 | 1405349980 | #183850A | £7.99 Add to basket

 

The Useful Wild Plants of Texas, the Southeastern and Southwestern United States, the Southern Plains, and Northern Mexico: Volume 3

Scooter Cheatham, Marshall C Johnston and Lynn Marshall

Covers Canna through Celtis (hackberry). ....

642 pages | 160 col photos, 131 col maps | Useful Wild Plants

Hbk | 2009 | 1887292039 | #071381A | £143.00 Add to basket

 

Vanilla

Edited by Eric Odoux and Michel Grisoni

Cultivated in an increasing number of counties, vanilla is a universally appreciated flavor that is consumed worldwide. However, most users are unaware of the plant from ....

408 pages | 126 b/w illus, 32 tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 07/2010 | 1420083376 | #184024A | £76.99 Add to basket

 

Wild Flowers

Neil Fletcher

Whether you are a flower fanatic or planning a trip in the countryside, this guide is an ideal home and field reference. From orchids to cowslips, learn about a wide-range of ....

296 pages | Col photos | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | 2010 | 1405350008 | #183852A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Wild Flowers of the Central Highlands

Antje Burke

What makes the central highlands so special? The dramatic mountain landscape is one of the hubs of activity in Namibia. The central highlands comprise rolling hills to the ....

120 pages | Col photos | Scientific Society

Pbk | 2007 | 9991640681 | #170145A | £32.50 Add to basket

 

Wild Plants of the Sierra Nevada

Ray S Vizgirdas and Edna M Rey-Vizgirdas

The first comprehensive look at the many uses, from historical to pharmacological, of vascular plants found in the Sierra Nevada. The Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada ....

384 pages | 2 maps, 82 line illus | Nevada UP

Hbk | 2005 | 0874175356 | #156944A | £46.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2010 | 0874177898 | #184130A | £26.50 Add to basket

 
Animal & General Biology
 

Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 66

Edited by Allen I Laskin, Geoffrey M Gadd and Sima Sariaslani

For Researchers in applied microbiology, molecular biology, mycology, biotechnology and biochemistry. ....

280 pages | Academic Press

Hbk | 2009 | 0123747880 | #183250A | £75.99 Add to basket

 

Advances in Genetics, Volume 66

Edited by Jeffrey C Hall, Theodore Friedmann, Stephen F Goodwin and Jay C Dunlap

For Researchers in the life and biomedical sciences who are interested in genetic/genomic mechanisms: human geneticists, molecular biologists, cell and ....

96 pages | Academic Press

Hbk | 2009 | 0123748313 | #183269A | £90.99 Add to basket

 

Bacterial Signaling

Edited by Reinhard Kramer and Kirsten Jung

Providing a comprehensive insight into cellular signaling processes in bacteria with a special focus on biotechnological implications, this is the first book to cover ....

513 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | 2009 | 3527323651 | #183893A | £105.00 Add to basket

 

The Biogeography of Host-Parasite Interactions

Edited by Serge Morand and Boris R Krasnov

Biogeography has renewed its concepts and methods following important recent advances in phylogenetics, macroecology, and geographic information systems. In parallel, the ....

288 pages | 60 b/w illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0199561346 | #184080A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0199561354 | #184081A | £34.95 Add to basket

 

Cell Biology

International Student Version

Gerald Karp

The Author continues to help biologists make important connections between key concepts and experimentation. The sixth edition explores core concepts in considerable depth and ....

864 pages | colour illus, figs | Wiley

Hbk | 2009 | 0470483377 | #183703A | £119.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 02/2010 | 0470505761 | #184126A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Cell Biology Assays

Essential Methods

Edited by Kreitzer Geri

"Cell Biology Assays: Essential Methods" presents a comprehensive overview of protocols essential for researchers. Chapters provide clear explanations, step-by-step ....

298 pages | illustrations | Academic Press

Pbk | 2009 | 0123751527 | #183892A | £60.99 Add to basket

 

Cell Biology of Metals and Nutrients

Edited by Rudiger Hell and Ralf-Rainer Mendel

Plants are composed of 17 essential and at least 5 beneficial elements, and these must be taken up as metal or nutrient ions to allow for growth and cell division. Much effort ....

300 pages | 23 col & b/w illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 02/2010 | 3642106129 | #184047A | £117.00 Add to basket

 

The Chemical Biology of DNA Damage

Edited by Nicholas E Geacintov and Suse Broyde

A modern reference on a key topic in biochemical toxicology that reaches out into molecular biology, molecular medicine and environmental science, this book covers basic ....

440 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 07/2010 | 3527322957 | #184174A | £120.00 Add to basket

 

The Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids

Gunter Mayer

Chemical biology is the use of chemical methods to investigate biological systems. This can include the synthesis of molecules similar to natural molecules, or creating small ....

520 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 05/2010 | 0470519746 | #184175A | £110.00 Add to basket

 

Clinical Biochemistry

Edited by Nessar Ahmed and Chris Smith

This title places the theoretical foundations of clinical biochemistry firmly in a practical environment. Written for students with a grounding in fundamental biochemical ....

576 pages | 210 col illus | OUP

Pbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0199533938 | #182340A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Essential Biochemistry

With CD

Charlotte W Pratt and Kathleen Cornely

This text offers chemists a streamlined approach to the field, focusing on the chemistry behind the biology. The selective approach allows them to understand the main ideas ....

704 pages | illus | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | 2010 | 0470504773 | #184125A | £129.00 Add to basket

 

Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology

Gustavo Caetano-Anolles

This title focuses on the field of evolutionary genomics, an emergent area in post-genomic science. Three key aspects of evolutionary genomics are covered: the study ....

512 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0470195142 | #184122A | £83.50 Add to basket

 

Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician

Edited by Bonnie M Ballard and Ryan Cheek

This book is a comprehensive yet clear introduction to exotic animal practice for technicians in the classroom and clinic setting alike. With an emphasis on the exotic ....

512 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0813822068 | #184108A | £40.99 Add to basket

 

Exotic Small Mammal Care and Husbandry

Ron E Banks, Julie Sharp, Sonia Doss and Deborah Vanderford

This is a practical reference for assessing, handling and treating small exotic animals in the veterinary clinic. Covering common species such as mice, hamsters, rabbits and ....

192 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0813810221 | #184109A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Free-Living Ciliates in the Bohai and Yellow Seas, China

Weibo Song

This book summarises the results of over twenty years of study on the morphology and taxonomy of free-living ciliates from the coastal waters of the Bohai and Yellow Seas. ....

518 pages | illus | CCPH

Hbk | 2009 | 7030248279 | #183965A | £115.00 Add to basket

 

Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology

Kenneth N Timmis et al

All active cellular systems require water as the medium and solvent of their metabolic activities. Hydrophobic compounds and structures, which tend to exclude water, though ....

4791 pages | 5 volume set, 400 b/w & 25 col illus | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 3540775846 | #184048A | £1400.00 Add to basket

 

Mapping the Future of Biology

Evolving Concepts and Theories

Anouk Barberousse, Michel Morange and Thomas Pradeu

This book compares and appraises the different approaches of today's biology and their conceptual frameworks, serving as a springboard for new research on a clarified ....

184 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 1402096364 | #183882A | £72.00 Add to basket

 

Molecular Genetics of Bacteria

Jeremy W Dale and Simon Park

The fifth edition of this highly successful book provides students with an essential introduction to the molecular genetics of bacteria covering the basic concepts and the ....

392 pages | figs | Wiley

Pbk | 2004 | 047085085X | #145730A | £24.95 Add to basket

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0470741856 | #184111A | £95.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0470741848 | #184112A | £27.50 Add to basket

 

Morphometrics for Nonmorphometricians

Ashraf MT Elewa

Morphometrics is concerned with the study of variations and change in the form (size and shape) of organisms or objects adding a quantitative element to descriptions and thereby ....

360 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 3540958525 | #184138A | £117.00 Add to basket

 

Natural Compounds and Their Role in Apoptotic Cell Signaling Pathways

Edited by Marc Diederich

Apoptosis is a highly regulated mechanism by which cells undergo cell death in an active way. As one of the most challenging tasks concerning cancer is to induce apoptosis in ....

400 pages | illus | Wiley-Blackwell

Pbk | 2009 | 1573317373 | #184120A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

Oogenesis

The Universal Process

Edited by Marie-Helene Verlhac and Anne Villeneuve

Oogenesis - the process by which female germ cells develop into mature eggs, or ova - is a complex process involving many important elements of developmental and cellular ....

512 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0470696826 | #184124A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

The Origin of Life

Toward a Theoretical Biology

Edited by CH Waddington

This book, published in 1968, explored the possibility of formulating some frame of concepts and methods around which theoretical biology can grow. The intention of this ....

254 pages | illustrations | Aldine Transaction

Pbk | 2010 | 0202363023 | #184104A | £79.00 Add to basket

 

Peptide Microarrays

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Marina Cretich and Marcella Chiari

In this book, experts in the field provide a cutting-edge view of peptide array technology, its applications and technical issues. ....

392 pages | 118 col & b/w illus | Humana Press

Hbk | 2009 | 160327393X | #184041A | £81.00 Add to basket

 

Plant Secondary Metabolism Engineering

Methods and Engineering

Edited by Arthur Germano Fett-Neto

In this volume, expert researchers provide detailed practical information on some of the most important methods employed in the engineering of plant secondary metabolism ....

336 pages | 65 col & b/w illus | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 1607617226 | #184042A | £99.00 Add to basket

 

Respiratory Physiology of Vertebrates

Life with and without Oxygen

Edited by Goran Nilsson

How do vertebrates get the oxygen they need, or even manage without it for shorter or longer periods of time? How do they sense oxygen, how do they take it up from water or ....

360 pages | 71 b/w illus. 9 tables | CUP

Hbk | 2010 | 0521878543 | #184139A | £70.00 Add to basket

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Schalm's Veterinary Hematology

Edited by Douglas Weiss and K Jane Wardrop

The Sixth Edition of this text has been revised and reorganized to increase accessibility and cohesiveness of the text. Topics are grouped within established ....

1320 pages | illus | Lippincott

Hbk | 2000 | 0683306928 | #113143A | £159.99 Add to basket

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The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals

Edited by Robert Hubrecht and James Kirkwood

The UFAW Handbook has been the definitive text since 1947. Written for an international audience, it contains contributions from experts around the world. The book focuses on ....

848 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 1405175230 | #184102A | £199.99 Add to basket

 

Veterinary Anaesthesia

Alexandra Dugdale

A comprehensive yet reader-friendly textbook covering the key principles of veterinary anaesthesia for multiple species. Information is summarised in a simple format while ....

408 pages | photos, illus | Wiley-Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 05/2010 | 140519247X | #184105A | £39.99 Add to basket

 
Evolutionary Biology
 

The Dwarfs of Mount Atlas

Collected Papers on the Curious Anthropology of Robert Grant Haliburton

Edited by Robert Grant Haliburton

Canadian lawyer Robert Grant Haliburton (1831-1901) spent his last years collecting folklore relating to an alleged pygmy group in the Atlas Mountains and vicinity. This ....

238 pages | - | Arment Biological Press

Pbk | 2009 | 1930585969 | #183839A | £13.99 Add to basket

 

Human Paleobiology

Robert B Eckhardt

Human Paleobiology provides a unifying framework for the study of human populations, both past and present, to a range of changing environments. It integrates evidence from ....

350 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP

Hbk | 2000 | 0521451604 | #106232A | £89.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 0521123852 | #183906A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Long-Term Consequences of Early Environment

Growth, Development and the Lifespan Developmental Perspective

Edited by C J K Henry and S J Ulijaszek

The early environment in which we grow up has profound, long lasting and often irreversible consequences for us throughout our lives. Stresses due to under nutrition ....

268 pages | 7 b/w photos, 29 line illus, 34 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1996 | 0521471087 | #059565A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 0521118212 | #182228A | £19.99 Add to basket

 
Ecology
 

Ecological Impacts of Non-Native Invertebrates and Fungi on Terrestrial Ecosystems

David William Langor and Jon Sweeney

Since the arrival of Europeans about 500 years ago, an estimated 50,000 non-native species have been introduced to North America (including Hawaii). Non-native species ....

157 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 1402096801 | #183885A | £62.99 Add to basket

 

Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology

David F Westneat and Charles W Fox

Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology is intended to be used a text for graduate students and a sourcebook for professional scientists seeking an understanding of the evolutionary ....

640 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 2010 | 0195331931 | #173048A | £93.00 Add to basket

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Habitats & Ecosystems
 

Arid Land Ecosystems, Volume 1

Structure, Functioning and Management

RA Perry and David W Goodall

The history of man's use of arid lands is a sad record of deterioration of the natural resource base and of low and declining living standards for the 300 million people who ....

909 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2010 | 0521115213 | #184116A | £60.00 Add to basket

 

Atlas of Coastal Ecosystems in the Western Gulf of California

Tracking Limestone Deposits on the Margin of a Young Sea

Edited by Markes E Johnson and Jorge Ledesma-Vazquez

The Gulf of California is one of the most beautiful places in the world, but it is also important to earth and marine scientists who work far beyond the ....

192 pages | Arizona UP

Hbk | 2009 | 0816525307 | #183951A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

The Carrifran Wildwood Story

Ecological Restoration from the Grass Roots

Myrtle Ashmole and Philip Ashmole

This book tells the story of a group of individuals determined to restore, in at least one valley in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, the type of wildwood that would have ....

224 pages | 236 photos, 5 maps, 25 illus | Borders Forest

Pbk | 2009 | 0953434648 | #184189A | £16.50 Add to basket

 

Changing Ecosystems

Effects of Global Warming

Julie Kerr Casper

Global warming has increased dramatically during the last century at an unnatural rate, which makes specialists believe that humans contribute to the real ....

254 pages | full-colour photographs & line illustrations, tables & charts | Facts on File

2010 | 0816072639 | #184170A | £35.50 Add to basket

 

Ecology of Fresh Waters

Man and Medium, Past to Future

Brian Moss

This established textbook continues to provide a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to rivers, lakes and wetlands and is written as a basis for an entire ....

557 pages | B/w photos, 226 illus, figs, tabs, maps | Wiley-Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1405113324 | #183973A | £37.50 Add to basket

 

The Energetics of Mangrove Forests

D M Alongi

Tropical mangrove forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, despite their importance in sustaining livelihoods for many people living along some of the world's most populous ....

216 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 140204271X | #183894A | £103.50 Add to basket

 

European Forests and Global Change

The Likely Impact of Rising CO2 and Temperature

Edited by Paul G Jarvis

Studies of global climate change predict that increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration and temperature are expected to occur over the next century. To help gain an insight ....

380 pages | 4 b/w photos, 139 figs, tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1998 | 0521584787 | #076993A | £112.00 Add to basket

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Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics

Past, Present and Future Hydrological Research for Integrated Land and Water Management

Edited by Michael Bonell and Sampurno Bruijnzeel

Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is the most comprehensive review available of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, ....

944 pages | 12 col plates, 5 b/w photos, 450 figs, 120 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 2005 | 0521829534 | #144217A | £207.00 Add to basket

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Grasslands of Wales

A Survey of Lowland Species-rich Grasslands, 1987-2004

D Stevens, S Smith, T Blackstock, S Bosanquet and J Stevens

This book provides a thorough account of the vegetation of species-rich grasslands in lowland Wales at the end of the 20th century. It sets out the findings of 18 years of ....

336 pages | maps, tabs | Wales UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0708322557 | #183843A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health

Edited by Sven E Jorgensen, Robert Costanza and Fu-Liu Xu

An in depth overview of ecological indicators and how to use them, this second edition of a bestseller provides a comprehensive account of ecological indicators for evaluating ....

439 pages | Figs, tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | 2010 | 1439809364 | #184117A | £99.00 Add to basket

 

Rapid Bioassessment of Stream Health

Duncan L Hughes, James Gore, Michele P Brossett and John R Olson

Regulatory agencies can only determine if the streams that they are examining fall within guidelines once a stream health classification system has been developed. This ....

369 pages | 116 b/w illus, 168 tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1420090917 | #183930A | £82.00 Add to basket

 

Restorative Redevelopment of Devastated Ecocultural Landscapes

Edited by Robert L France

A fusion of ecological restoration and sustainable development principles, ecocultural restorative redevelopment is an emerging method for repairing large-scale landscapes. ....

400 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0415952255 | #167458A | £76.99 Add to basket

 

Scaling Urban Environmental Challenges

Edited by Gordon McGranahan and Peter Marcotullio

'Think globally, act locally' emphasizes the importance of scale in dealing with environmental challenges, but not how to factor it in. This major new book focuses on ....

256 pages | IIED

Pbk | 2007 | 1844073238 | #165799A | £22.95 Add to basket

 

Soil Biology and Agriculture in the Tropics

Edited by Patrice Dion

The relationships between soils, microbes and humans are of crucial relevance in the tropics, where plant stress and microbial activity are exacerbated. This volume of Soil ....

362 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 3642050751 | #184198A | £130.00 Add to basket

 

Tropical Island Recovery

Michael J Samways, Peter Hitchins, Orty Bourquin and Jock Henwood

This book details the ecological restoration of a tropical island wilderness from a severely degraded state. ....

400 pages | col illus | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1444333097 | #184119A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Understanding the Marine Environment-Seabed Habitat Investigations of the Dogger Bank Offshore Draft SAC

M Diesing, S Ware, B Foster-Smith, H Stewart, D Long, K Vanstaen et al

This report details work carried out by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), British Geological Surveys (BGS) and Envision Ltd. for the ....

127 pages | Figs, tabs | JNCC

Pbk | 2009 | #183836A | £14.99 Add to basket

 
Conservation & Biodiversity
 

Animal Biodiversity in the Middle East Proceedings of the First Middle Eastern Biodiversity Congress, Aqaba, Jordan, 20-23 October 2008

Edited by E Neubert, Z Amr, S Taiti and BA Gumus

Despite prevailing arid conditions, the diversity of terrestrial and freshwater animals in the Middle East is amazingly high, and the region's position at the crossroads of the ....

252 pages | col illus | Pensoft

Pbk | 2009 | 9546425214 | #183976A | £66.00 Add to basket

 

Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change

Will Steffen

The Strategic Assessment of the vulnerability of Australia's Biodiversity to Climate Change aims to profile the vulnerability of Australia's biodiversity to climate change ....

248 pages | col illus | CSIRO

Pbk | 2010 | 0643096051 | #179241A | £43.50 Add to basket

 

Biodiversity

Conserving Endangered Species

Anne E Maczulak

Students with a basic understanding of the environment and concern for its future know the importance of preserving biological diversity. Biodiversity is the variety of living ....

216 pages | Col photos, line illus, tables & charts | Facts on File

2010 | 0816071977 | #184160A | £35.50 Add to basket

 

Celebrity and the Environment

Fame, Wealth and Power in Conservation

Dan Brockington

The battle to save the world is being joined by a powerful new group of warriors. Celebrities are lending their name to conservation causes, and conservation itself is ....

200 pages | Zed Books

Pbk | 2009 | 1842779745 | #181898A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Encounters with Florida's Endangered Wildlife

Douglas Alderson

Eastern bison roamed Florida into the 1800s. Red wolves disappeared in the 1920s. The dusky seaside sparrow was declared extinct in 1990. It's too soon to say whether the 116 ....

192 pages | 50 b/w photos | Florida University Presses

Hbk | NYP 05/2010 | 0813034760 | #183864A | £22.50 Add to basket

 

Sacred Natural Sites

Guidelines for Protected Area Managers

Edited by Robert Wild, Christopher McLeod and Peter Valentine

Sacred sites are the oldest form of protected areas and many of them are very important biodiversity reservoirs. This book will help conservation professionals and the ....

106 pages | illus | IUCN

Pbk | 2008 | 2831710391 | #174061A | £20.50 Add to basket

 

Systemic Management

Sustainable Human Interactions with Ecosystems and the Biosphere

Charles Fowler

Describes a holistic, objective and universally applicable form of management, providing a framework for addressing environmental challenges such as global warming, emergent ....

295 pages | Figs, tabs | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0199540969 | #176990A | £49.95 Add to basket

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Urban Biodiversity and Design

Norbert Muller, P Werner and JG Kelcey

The major focus of the book is to demonstrate, on the background of scientific knowledge, the relationship between urban development and biodiversity, how urban areas ....

608 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1444332678 | #183960A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

The Welfare of Domestic Fowl and Other Captive Birds

Edited by Ian JH Duncan and Penny Hawkins

This book describes the welfare implications of keeping wild and domesticated birds in captivity. The environmental and social requirements of various avian species are ....

316 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 9048136490 | #184147A | £117.00 Add to basket

 
Environmental Science
 

Advanced Ocean Modelling

Jochen Kampf

This book introduces the reader to advanced methods used in the computer-based modelling of fluid processes. This includes nonhydrostatic processes such as breaking internal ....

200 pages | 90 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 3642106099 | #184153A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

Alpine Waters

Edited by Ulrich Bundi

Most of the world's mountains are rich in water and, as such, play a pivotal role in the global water cycle. They provide water for diverse human uses and ecosystems. Growing ....

292 pages | 56 black & white illustrations, 32 colour illustrations, 56 black & whit | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 354088274X | #184166A | £206.00 Add to basket

 

Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Ecological Risks of Pesticides

Edited by Andy Hart and William J Warren-Hicks

This book presents specific methods leading to probabilistic decisions concerning the registration and application of pesticides and includes case studies illustrating the ....

220 pages | 46 b/w illus, 6 tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 02/2010 | 1439807345 | #183916A | £76.99 Add to basket

 

A Blueprint for a Safer Planet

How to Manage Climate Change and Create a New Era of Progress and Prosperity

Nicholas Stern

Further substantial global warming is unavoidable and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our everyday lives are immense. The way we live in the next thirty years ....

246 pages | - | Bodley Head

Hbk | 2009 | 1847920373 | #178521A | £16.99 Add to basket

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Chemistry, Health and Environment

Olov Sterner

This title bridges the subjects of toxicology and environmental chemistry and adopts a unique approach that follows chemicals on a molecular level, from the environment ....

400 pages | col figs | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 3527325824 | #184118A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Climate Change Deskbook

T Mounteer

The Climate Change Deskbook is a comprehensive guide and reference to the law of climate change. The first section of the deskbook is an in-depth analysis of the laws, ....

400 pages | Island Press

Pbk | 2009 | 1585761486 | #179149A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Controlling Climate Change

Bert Metz

An unbiased and comprehensive overview, based on the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and ....

376 pages | 167 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 44 tables | CUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0521764033 | #183920A | £70.00 Add to basket

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Coral Reefs and Climate Change

The Guide for Education and Awareness

Craig Reid, Justin Marshall, Dave Logan and Diana Kleine

Focuses on coral reefs, the astonishing abundance of life within them and the impacts of climate change on this beautiful environment. There is hope for reefs but we must act ....

256 pages | Col illus | CoralWatch

Pbk | 2009 | 0646523600 | #183827A | £55.00 Add to basket

 

Dynamic Analysis of Weather and Climate

Marcel Leroux

In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In "Global Warming: Myth or Reality?" Marcel Leroux seeks to ....

400 pages | 226 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, 10 colour | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 3642046797 | #183729A | £117.00 Add to basket

 

Field Techniques for Sea-ice Research

Edited by Hajo Eicken

As much as one-tenth of the world's oceans are covered with sea ice, or frozen ocean water, at some point during the annual cycle. Sea ice thus plays an important, often ....

368 pages | 80 graphs & figures | Alaska UP

Hbk | 2010 | 1602230595 | #184154A | £34.50 Add to basket

 

Geo-Engineering Climate Change

Environmental Necessity or Pandora's Box?

Edited by Brian Edward Launder and J Michael T Thompson

This book is the first to present a detailed and critical appraisal of the geo-scale engineering interventions that have been proposed as potential measures to counter the ....

332 pages | 60 b/w illus. 30 tables | CUP

Hbk | 2010 | 0521198038 | #184155A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Governing Climate Change

Peter Newell and Harriet A Bulkeley

Governing Climate Change provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and ....

144 pages | 10 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings | Routledge

Pbk | NYP 02/2010 | 0415467691 | #183477A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Human Rights and Climate Change

Edited by Stephen Humphreys

As the effects of climate change continue to be felt, appreciation of its future transformational impact on numerous areas of public law and policy is set to grow. Among ....

368 pages | CUP

Hbk | 2010 | 0521762766 | #184089A | £55.00 Add to basket

 

Introducing Physical Geography

Alan Strahler

The book is a comprehensive text that builds upon the decades of success of the author, who is one of the foremost geographers in the world. This new fifth edition includes all ....

656 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0470134860 | #184179A | £42.99 Add to basket

 

Linking Aquatic Exposure and Effects

Risk Assessment of Pesticides

Theo C Brock

This book provides guidance and recommendations for linking aquatic exposure and ecotoxicological effects in the environmental assessment of agricultural pesticides. ....

440 pages | 124 b/w illus, 86 tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1439813477 | #183929A | £82.00 Add to basket

 

Mesoscale Meteorology in Midlatitudes

Paul Markowski and Yvette Pamela Richardson

"Mesoscale Meteorology in Mid-Latitudes" presents the dynamics of mesoscale meteorological phenomena in a highly accessible, student-friendly manner. The ....

424 pages | Figs | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | 2010 | 0470742135 | #183955A | £55.00 Add to basket

 

Methods for the Study of Deep-Sea Sediments, their Functioning and Biodiversity

Edited by Roberto Danovaro

For years scientists viewed the deep sea as calm, quiet, and undisturbed, with marine species existing in an ecologically stable and uniform environment. Recent discoveries ....

458 pages | 158 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables | CRC Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1439811377 | #183937A | £89.00 Add to basket

 

Persistent Organic Pollutants

Stuart Harrad

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in ....

288 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | 2009 | 1405169303 | #183944A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy

Implementing Architectures for Agreement

Edited by Joseph E Aldy and Robert N Stavins

The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements is a global, multi-disciplinary effort intended to help identify the key design elements of a scientifically sound, ....

1022 pages | 73 b/w illus. 51 tables | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521129524 | #183946A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Edited by David M Whitacre

Contains: Electron Transfer as a Potential Cause of Diacetyl Toxicity in Popcorn Lung Disease by Peter Kovacic and Andrew L. Cooksy.- Bioconcentration, Bioaccumulation and ....

166 pages | 6 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white tables, 5 black & white | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 1441914390 | #184169A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

The Science of Environmental Pollution

Frank R Spellman

This book asks the questions about environmental pollution: What is it? What is its impact? What are the causes and how can we mitigate them? ....

512 pages | 95 b/w illus, 38 tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1439813027 | #183932A | £76.99 Add to basket

 

Sediments Contamination and Sustainable Remediation

Catherine N Mulligan, Masaharu Fukue and Yoshio Sato

This book opens with discussions of the contamination of sediments resulting from discharge of pollutants, excessive nutrients and other hazardous substances from ....

320 pages | 137 b/w illus, 43 tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1420061534 | #183931A | £82.00 Add to basket

 

Storms of my Grandchildren

The Truth about the Coming Climate Catastrophe and our Last Chance to Save Humanity

James Hansen

In "Storms of My Grandchildren", Dr. James Hansen - the nation's leading scientist on climate issues - speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming: ....

303 pages | B/w illus | Bloomsbury

Hbk | 2009 | 1408807440 | #183942A |

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Synthesis and Integration of Coastal Models and Data

Edited by Clifford J Hearn and Ole S Petersen

Edited by renowned experts and filled with contribution from specialists in the science for coastal systems, this book provides integrated studies that demonstrate the ....

300 pages | 100 black & white illustrations | CRC Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1420083597 | #180066A | £82.00 Add to basket

 

Thermal Physics of the Atmosphere

Maarten Ambaum

Offers a concise and thorough introduction on how basic thermodynamics naturally leads on to advanced topics in atmospheric physics. The book starts by covering the basics of ....

240 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0470745150 | #183963A | £44.99 Add to basket

 
Physical Sciences
 

Advances in Geophysics

Edited by Haruo Sato, Michael Fehler and Renata Dmowska

The critically acclaimed serialized review journal for over 50 years, "Advances in Geophysics" is a highly respected publication in the field of geophysics. Since 1952, ....

192 pages | Academic Press

Hbk | 2009 | 0123749115 | #183876A | £117.99 Add to basket

 

The Caldwell Objects and How to Observe Them

Martin Mobberley

The Messier's catalog of 109 'non-stellar' objects is still used by amateur astronomers as a guide to interesting objects to view and image. In 1995, the notable English ....

302 pages | 97 black & white illustrations, 83 colour illustrations, 97 black & whit | Springer

Pbk | 2009 | 1441903259 | #183984A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

The Cambridge Guide to Astronomical Discovery

William Liller

Would you like to discover a comet? Or maybe you would like to be the first person on Earth - perhaps in the Universe - to recognise a celestial newcomer ....

272 pages | 85 b/w illus. | CUP

Pbk | 2010 | 0521126053 | #184097A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Chemical and Biological Microsensors

Applications in Fluid Media

Pierre Fabry and Jacques Fouletier

This book reviews the state of art in the field of chemical sensors for analyses of ionic or molecular species dissolved in liquid media, mainly in aqueous solutions. The ....

320 pages | Wiley

Hbk | 2009 | 1848211422 | #184171A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

Deep Earthquakes

Cliff Frohlich

Deep earthquakes (earthquakes with origins deeper than 60 km) are of scientific importance and account for approximately one-quarter of all earthquakes. They are ....

404 pages | 207 line diagrams, 9 half-tones, 17 tables | CUP

Hbk | 2006 | 0521828694 | #158717A | £100.00 Add to basket

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Devonian Change

Case Studies in Palaegeography and Palaeoecology

Edited by P Koenigshof

Papers arising from case studies presented at various meetings of the IGCP 499 project on 'Devonian land-sea interaction: evolution of ecosystems and climate' (DEVEC). ....

412 pages | Illustrations, maps | Geological Society

Hbk | 2009 | 1862392730 | #181582A | £114.00 Add to basket

 

Earth Environments

David Huddart and Tim Stott

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the major topics within undergraduate study programmes in geosciences, environmental science, physical geography, natural ....

1024 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0471485322 | #179818A | £90.00 Add to basket

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Earth Materials

Kevin Hefferan and John O'Brien

Today, as earth science curricula are evolving rapidly, many programs throughout the US are adopting new approaches to the study of earth materials. At many universities earth ....

808 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1405144335 | #183964A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

The Eerie Silence

Are We Alone in the Universe?

Paul Davies

On April 8, 1960, a young American astronomer, Frank Drake, turned a radio telescope toward the star Tau Ceti and listened for several hours to see if he could detect any ....

264 pages | Allen Lane

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 1846141427 | #183981A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Encyclopedia of the Solid Earth Sciences

Edited by P Kearey

From amethyst to artesian spring, from coal gas to continental drift, from seismogram to stromatolite, the "Encylopedia of the Solid Earth Sciences" provides a comprehensive ....

713 pages | 429 illus | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | 2010 | 1444313894 | #184148A | £86.25 Add to basket

 

Exploring the Landscapes of the East Mendips

AR Farrant

The Mendips in Somerset are famous for their fabulous landscapes - limestone gorges, waterfalls and caves. BGS have published two books and maps which describe the Mendips ....

68 pages | BGS

Pbk | 2007 | 0852725752 | #166039A | £13.95 Add to basket

 

Exploring the Landscapes of the West Mendips

AR Farrant

The Mendips in Somerset are famous for their fabulous landscapes - limestone gorges, waterfalls and caves. BGS have published two books and maps which describe the Mendips ....

74 pages | BGS

Pbk | 2008 | 0852725760 | #166038A | £13.95 Add to basket

 

The Geology of Stratigraphic Sequences

Andrew D Miall

It has been more than a decade since the appearance of the First Edition of this book. Much progress has been made, but some controversies remain. The original idea of Sloss ....

433 pages | 337 figs, 11 tabs | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 3642050263 | #184150A | £69.99 Add to basket

 

Green Analytical Chemistry

Mihkel Koel and Mihkel Kaljurand

This book describes the efforts to make analytical chemistry greener and discusses the idea of the methods of green profiles. ....

198 pages | 64 b/w illus | RSC

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 1847558720 | #183767A | £52.99 Add to basket

 

Green Chemistry

An Introductory Text

Mike Lancaster

Sustainable development and environmental issues are at the forefront of public and Government concern. Chemical engineering may offer the solution to many of these ....

330 pages | RSC

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 1847558739 | #183770A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

How the Earth Made Us

This series tells the story of how the Earth has influenced human history, from the dawn of civilisation to the modern industrial age. It reveals for the first time on ....

2 discs, 300 mins | BBC Video

Blu-ray disc | NYP 02/2010 | #184273A | £29.99 Add to basket

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Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems

Franco Pirajno

Hydrothermal processes on Earth have played an important role in the evolution of our planet. These processes link the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere in continuously ....

1250 pages | Figs | CUP

Hbk | 2009 | 140208613X | #183908A | £153.00 Add to basket

 

Ice Physics

Peter V Hobbs

This classic monograph provided the first comprehensive account of the physics and chemistry of ice, and remains authoritative and relevant today. Informed by research ....

856 pages | b/w illus | OUP

Pbk | NYP 05/2010 | 019958771X | #184040A | £47.50 Add to basket

 

The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters

Jan Kozak and Vladimir Cermak

This richly illustrated pictorial history of natural disasters has been composed from a large selection of images of a wide variety of sources, mostly private collections. ....

241 pages | 37 black & white illustrations, 92 colour illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 9048133246 | #184172A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

Interfacial Chemistry of Rocks and Soils

Noemi M Nagy, Jozsef Konya and Arthur T Hubbard

Knowledge of the basic interactions that take place between geological materials and different substances is the first step in understanding the effects of adsorption and ....

244 pages | 48 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white tables | CRC Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1420091328 | #183913A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

Isoscapes

Understanding Movement, Pattern, and Process on Earth Through Isotope Mapping

Edited by Jason B West, Gabriel J Bowen, Todd E Dawson and Kevin P Tu

Stable isotope ratio variation in natural systems reflects the dynamics of Earth systems processes and imparts isotope labels to Earth materials. Carbon isotope ratios of ....

511 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 904813353X | #184065A | £53.99 Add to basket

 

Phanerozoic Regional Geology of the World

Edited by Albert W Bally and David G Roberts

"Principles of Regional Geology" is a two volume work and its scope is defined by 'regional scale'. A set of introductory chapters together with overviews that preface ....

675 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | 2009 | 0444530428 | #183909A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

The Physics of Clouds

BJ Mason

Cloud physics is concerned with those processes which are responsible for the formation of clouds and the release of precipitation. This classic book gives a comprehensive and ....

688 pages | b/w illus | OUP

Pbk | NYP 05/2010 | 019958804X | #184039A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Sediment Cascades

An Integrated Approach

Edited by Tim Burt and Robert J Allison

"Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach" provides a comprehensive overview that addresses the transport of sediment through the landscape. This book is suitable for ....

488 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | 2007 | 0470849622 | #183956A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

Sedimentology of Aqueous Systems

Edited by Cristiano Poleto and Susanne Charlesworth

Sediments in aqueous systems are of increasing interest to academics, researchers, practitioners and stakeholders around the world. This book not only covers the ....

352 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1444332902 | #183968A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

The Six-inch Lunar Atlas

Don Spain

Here is a lunar atlas designed specifically for use in the field by lunar observers. Its title - "The Six-inch Lunar Atlas" - refers both to the aperture of the telescope used ....

277 pages | 180 black & white illustrations, 120 black & white halftones, 60 black & | Springer

Pbk | 2009 | 038787609X | #183982A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The South China Sea

Paleoceanography and Sedimentology

Pinxian Wang and Qianyu Li

This book is the first synthesis of sedimentary geology and paleoceanography of the South China Sea on the basis of extensive industrial explorations and scientific ....

506 pages | Figs | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 140209745X | #183915A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

Subduction Zone Geodynamics

Serge Lallemand and Francesca Funicello

Subduction is a major process that plays a first-order role in the dynamics of the Earth. The sinking of cold lithosphere into the mantle is thought by many authors to be ....

276 pages | Figs | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 3540879749 | #183910A | £117.00 Add to basket

 

Time Matters

Leddra

This book covers subjects such as the age of the earth, catastrophism vs uniformitarianism, evolution vs creationism, plutonism vs neptunism, continental drift ....

264 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1405199083 | #183971A | £75.00 Add to basket

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The Tunguska Mystery

Vladimir Rubtsov and Edward Ashpole

The purpose of the book is a dual one: to detail the nature and results of Tunguska investigations in the former USSR and present-day CIS, and to destroy two long-standing ....

328 pages | 38 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 38 black & whit | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 0387765735 | #183983A | £26.99 Add to basket

 

Volcanoes

Global Perspectives

John P Lockwood and Richard W Hazlett

Volcanoes are a vital presence in our world, and play a key role in maintaining the human eco-environment through soil enrichment and atmospheric inputs. They are also ....

624 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | 2007 | 140516249X | #183961A | £99.95 Add to basket

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Sustainable Development
 

Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change

Preparing Australian Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for the Future

Edited by Chris Stokes and Mark Howden

In its early days, agroforestry may have been viewed as the domain of the 'landcare enthusiast'. Today, integrating trees and shrubs into productive farming systems is seen ....

296 pages | col illus | CSIRO

Pbk | 2010 | 0643095950 | #183577A | £39.50 Add to basket

 

Chaos in Hydrology

Bellie Sivakumar, Hung Soo Kim and Ronny Berndtsson

This authoritative book presents a comprehensive account of the important roles that nonlinear dynamic and chaos theories play in understanding, modeling and forecasting of ....

480 pages | 75 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables | Springer

Hbk | 2010 | 9048125510 | #184152A | £71.99 Add to basket

 

Conservation with Justice

A Rights-based Approach

Edited by T Greiber, M Janki, M Orellana, A Savaresi and D Shelton

The term "rights-based approach" (RBA) has been used in various contexts and defined in different ways. This publication applies the approach specifically in exploring the ....

115 pages | fig | IUCN

2009 | 2831711444 | #184003A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Contracting for ABS: The Legal and Scientific Implications of Bioprospecting Contracts

S Bhatti et al

This book examines the special issues in applying contract law to the rights to take and utilize genetic resources; and the scientific issues and the manner in which they affect ....

307 pages | IUCN

Pbk | 2009 | 2831709822 | #175890A | £15.50 Add to basket

 

Covering ABS - Addressing the Need for Sectoral, Geographical, Legal and International Integration in the ABS Regime

Tomme Young et al

This final book of the ABS project provides focused research papers on issues that have not been agreed internationally, and which were beyond the scope of the first four ABS ....

199 pages | IUCN

Pbk | 2009 | 2831709830 | #175894A | £13.50 Add to basket

 

Creating a Forest Garden

Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops

Martin Crawford

Growing food sustainably is becoming more and more important in the light of our changing climate. Forest gardening is a way of working with nature that is not only ....

336 pages | col illus | Green Books

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1900322625 | #184092A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

A Critique of Environmental Economics

Robin Hahnel and Kristen A Sheeran

This book draws on the insights from radical political economy, institutionalist economics, ecological economics, feminist economics, and other heterodox traditions to ....

288 pages | Routledge

Hbk | 2010 | 0415490928 | #184173A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer

This book is a riveting expose which presents the gut-wrenching truth about the price paid by the environment, the government, the Third World and the animals themselves in ....

352 pages | Hamish Hamilton

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0241143934 | #183853A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Ecological Intelligence

The Coming Age of Radical Transparency

Daniel Goleman

Although we all want to help the environment, our knowledge of what are 'green' choices is often so limited that we can do more harm than good. But now a new phenomenon, ....

288 pages | Penguin

Pbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0141039094 | #183855A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Electricity from Renewable Resources

Status, Prospects, and Impediments

US orientation. ....

300 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2009 | 030913708X | #183873A | £33.99 Add to basket

 

Environment and Economy

Molly Scott Cato

As environmental issues move to the centre of the political debate, more attention is being focused on the role our economy has played in creating the ecological crisis, and ....

256 pages | 42 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables, 10 black & whit | Routledge

Hbk | 2009 | 0415477409 | #182491A | £75.00 Add to basket

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Environmental Bioengineering: Volume 11

Edited by LK Wang, J-H Tay, STL Tay and Y-T Hung

The impact of pollution on the environment has emerged as a particularly critical area of research in recent years. The Handbook of Environmental Engineering is a collection ....

465 pages | illus | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 1588294935 | #168670A | £126.00 Add to basket

 

Environmental Biotechnology: Volume 10

Edited by L.K Wang, J-H Tay, V Ivanov and Y-T Hung

Volume 10: Environmental Biotechnology in the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series presents the theories and principles of various environmental biotechnologies. ....

400 pages | Humana Press

Hbk | 2010 | 1588291669 | #168633A | £126.00 Add to basket

 

Environmental Impacts on Reproductive Health and Fertility

Edited by Tracey J Woodruff, Sarah Janssen, Louis J Guillette and Linda C Giudice

Many reproductive and developmental health problems are caused by exposure to chemicals that are widely dispersed in our environment. These problems ....

264 pages | 47 b/w illus. 16 tables | CUP

Hbk | 2010 | 0521519527 | #184090A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Fisheries Management

A Manual for Still-Water Coarse Fisheries

Ian Wellby, Ash Girdler and Robin Welcomme

The correct management of freshwaters and their fisheries is vital to ensure environmental protection and an appropriate level of stocking densities of healthy fish ....

416 pages | col illus | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 05/2010 | 1405133325 | #176062A | £120.00 Add to basket

 

For the Love of an Orchard

Everybody's Guide to Growing and Cooking Orchard Fruit

Jane McMorland-Hunter and Chris Kelly

Whether you fantasise about having a whole orchard, just a cherry tree in a pot, or even the perfect apple pie, this beautifully illustrated book bridges the gap between the ....

288 pages | over 150 illustrations | Pavilion

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 1862058504 | #183895A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Geothermal Energy

William E Glassley

Focusing on geothermal energy systems, this book examines the background, theory, power generation, applications, strengths and weaknesses, and practical techniques for ....

408 pages | 149 b/w illus, 33 tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2010 | 1420075705 | #183919A | £76.99 Add to basket

 

Governance for Sustainability

Issues, Challenges, Successes

Edited by Klaus Bosselmann, Ron Engel and Prue Taylor

This book makes an important contribution to the on-going discussions on environmental governance, in particular by providing consideration of concepts that are critical to ....

260 pages | IUCN

Pbk | 2008 | 2831711053 | #184000A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Governing the Environment

Salient Institutional Issues

Edited by Albert Breton, Giorgio Brosio, Silvana Dalmazzone and Giovanna Garrone

`This volume - the second by this editorial team - addresses many of the issues to be resolved if we are to manage environmental public goods efficiently and sustainably. ....

320 pages | Edward Elgar

Hbk | 2009 | 1847203973 | #177991A | £79.95 Add to basket

 

Green Careers for Dummies

Carol McClelland

As you look for ways to contribute positively to the global economic and environmental crisis, getting an eco-friendly job provides a two-prong solution. Green Careers For ....

339 pages | - | Wiley

Pbk | 2010 | 0470529601 | #183352A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Greywater Use in the Middle East

Technical, Social, Economic and Policy Issues

Stephen McIIlwaine and Mark Redwood

In water-scarce areas of the Middle East, greywater (household wastewater excluding toilet waste) is commonly used by poor communities to irrigate home gardens. This both ....

200 pages | Practical Action Publishing

Pbk | 2010 | 1853396982 | #184161A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

Ground Water Economics

Charles A Job

A unified discussion of groundwater and its economic importance, this book explores cost/benefit analysis and approaches for the different aspects of use, protection, and ....

687 pages | 73 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white tables | CRC Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1439809003 | #183945A | £89.00 Add to basket

 

Groundwater Resources

Sustainability, Management, and Restoration

Neven Kresic

Written by professional hydrogeologist Dr. Neven Kresic, "Groundwater Resources" offers an authoritative, comprehensive treatment of groundwater resources development and ....

852 pages | Illustrations | McGraw Hill

Hbk | 2008 | 0071492739 | #181870A | £69.99 Add to basket

 

Groundwater Response to Changing Climate

Edited by Makoto Taniguchi and Ian P Holman

In this volume, recent developments within the interlinked areas of the response of groundwater systems to climate variability and climate change are highlighted, using ....

232 pages | Figs, tabs | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | 2010 | 0415544939 | #181871A | £63.99 Add to basket

 

Human Development Report 2009

Oncoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development

United Nations Development Programme

Migration, both behind and beyond borders, has become an increasingly prominent issue in domestic and international debates. This report proposes to address this theme, ....

232 pages | Palgrave

Pbk | 2009 | 0230239048 | #184085A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Hydrogen

Vivek P Utgikar

Hydrogen has been proposed as the currency of future energy systems, both in science-fiction and technical literature. The limitations of fossil fuel supply and the ....

620 pages | Figs, tabs | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 1848003927 | #183874A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

Local Knowledge

Living Resources and Natural Assets in Greenland

HC Petersen, Marianne Stenbaek, Ross A Virginia and Lene Kielsen Holm

Spanning a 60-year period, Petersen, a native Greenlander, has systematically studied climate, settlement and natural life in his native land. Available for the first time in ....

288 pages | illustrations throughout | New England UP

Hbk | 2010 | 0982170327 | #184162A | £35.50 Add to basket

 

Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems

Edited by DI Jarvis, C Padoch and HD Cooper

Takes a global look at the latest tools farmers use to create, nurture, and preserve the evolutionary and adaptive potential of a wide range of plants, animals, and other ....

492 pages | 34 illus, 55 tabs | Columbia UP

Hbk | 2007 | 023113648X | #160926A | £53.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 07/2010 | 0231136498 | #183845A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

The Microbiology of Safe Food

Stephen J Forsythe

Throughout the world, food production has become more complex. Raw materials are often sourced globally, and the food is processed through an increasing variety of complex ....

496 pages | illus | Iowa State UP

Pbk | 2000 | 0632054875 | #122353A | £54.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 05/2010 | 1405140054 | #184167A | £49.50 Add to basket

 

A Moving Target

Genetic Resources and Options for Tracking and Monitoring their International Flows

Edited by Manuel Ruiz Miller and Isabel Lapena

This book provides insights into options and components for the development of a national/international system for the tracking and monitoring of genetic resources to ....

124 pages | illus | IUCN

2007 | 2831709814 | #184004A | £13.99 Add to basket

 

The Nepal-India Water Relationship

Challenges

Dwarika Nath Dhungel and Santa B Pun

Unless they are torn apart by tectonic action, Nepal and India have to live and engage with each other in many spheres: social, economic and political. Of all the engagements ....

483 pages | Figs | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 140208403X | #183939A | £135.00 Add to basket

 

Pragmatic Sustainability

Steven Moore

Though many disciplines have been advocating the need to create a world which is sustainable, too often the theories and ideas are discipline specific and too narrow for ....

312 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | 2010 | 0415779375 | #180513A | £90.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2010 | 0415779383 | #184176A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Pricing Nature

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Environmental Policy-Making

Edited by Nick Hanley and Edward B Barbier

Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is one of the most useful tools of applied economics for the social appraisal of public projects and government policies. This textbook shows how CBA ....

328 pages | Edward Elgar

Hbk | 2009 | 1845427890 | #177990A | £89.95 Add to basket

 

The Principles of Green Urbanism

Regenerating the Post-Industrial City

Steffen Lehmann

How can we transform and future-proof the post-industrial city through strategies of architectural and urban design? The answer is to use an energy-efficient, zero-carbon ....

288 pages | photos, figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 07/2010 | 1844078345 | #183196A | £85.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 07/2010 | 1844078175 | #183195A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

The Real Ministry of Food

Thrifty Wartime Ways to Feed Your Family

Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall and Imperial War Museum

When war broke out in 1939, the government created the Ministry of Food to help families make the most of wartime rations. Today, in the face of rising food prices, a real ....

224 pages | Col illus | Hodder

Hbk | 2010 | 1444700359 | #183897A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Regulating from Nowhere

Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity

Douglas A Kysar

Drawing insight from cross-disciplinary sources, the author exposes a critical flaw in the dominant environmental law and policy paradigm of risk assessment and cost-benefit ....

288 pages | 10 b/w illus | Yale UP

Pbk | NYP 07/2010 | 030012001X | #183634A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Resource and Environmental Economics

Modern Issues and Applications

Clement A Tisdell

This important book deals with the essential principles of resource and environmental economics, provides applications to contemporary issues in this field, and outlines and ....

370 pages | World Scientific

Hbk | 2009 | 9812833943 | #181215A | £36.99 Add to basket

 

Shared Resources

Issues of Governance

Edited by Sharelle Hart

This publication examines the characteristics of successful transboundary resource management. Various cases of different shared resources, from water to fish to air, are ....

249 pages | IUCN

Pbk | 2009 | 283171141X | #184005A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Solar Domestic Water Heating

The Earthscan Expert Handbook for Planning, Design and Installation

Chris Laughton

This book is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of solar domestic water heating systems. As fossil fuel prices continue to rise and awareness of climate change grows, ....

192 pages | col photos, maps, figs, | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 1844077365 | #183990A | £34.95 Add to basket

 

Stuffed

Feeding a Growing Population in a Changing Climate

Edited by Alastair Sawday

Already awareness about the need to change our attitude to food is growing. Cooperatives and community farms are springing up, ancient traditions are being reintroduced, organic ....

192 pages | Sawday

Hbk | 2010 | 1906136475 | #183854A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Sustainability

Building Eco-friendly Communities

Anne E Maczulak

The early 21st century may someday be looked upon as a pivotal point in the Earth's history. At its most dramatic, this era might someday be thought of as the beginning of ....

223 pages | full-colour photographs & line illustrations, tables & charts | Facts on File

2010 | 0816072019 | #184177A | £35.50 Add to basket

 

Sustainable Development

Principles, Frameworks, and Case Studies

Edited by Okechukwu Ukaga, Chris Maser and Michael Reichenbach

An exploration of the human-related aspects of sustainable development, this book emphasizes the need to move away from an unwanted circumstance by being systemic in our ....

242 pages | 20 b/w illus, 12 tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | 2010 | 1439820627 | #183933A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

Sustaining Groundwater Resources

Edited by JAnthony A Jones

Burgeoning population and climate change are among the most critical challenges facing the 21st century. Both have critical implications for groundwater resources, especially ....

260 pages | 75 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, 30 black & whit | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 9048134250 | #181872A | £87.00 Add to basket

 

Sweden and Ecological Governance

Straddling the Fence

Lennart J Lundqvist

Sweden is seen as a forerunner in environmental and ecological policy. "Sweden and Ecological Governance" is about policies and strategies for ecologically rational ....

258 pages | Manchester UP

Pbk | 2009 | 0719069033 | #183871A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Towards Sustainable Fisheries Law

A Comparative Analysis

Edited by Gerd Winter

With the growing scarcity of fish resources, instruments of fisheries management become crucial. This publication suggests a legal approach to this issue, and focuses on six ....

339 pages | fig | IUCN

Pbk | 2009 | 2831711428 | #183999A | £20.50 Add to basket

 

Transition Communities

A Pocket Guide

Rob Hopkins and Mike Grenville

This pocket guide explains what the Transition movement is, what it aims to achieve and gives pointers for how you can get involved with your local Transition initiative, or ....

108 pages | col illus | Green Books

Pbk | NYP 06/2010 | 1900322692 | #184096A | £4.95 Add to basket

 

Urban Flood Management

Edited by C Zevenbergen, R Ashley, S Garvin, E Pasche, N Evelpidou and A Cashman

This textbook integrates the expertise from disciplines such as hydrology, sociology, architecture, urban design, construction and water resources engineering. The subject is ....

400 pages | col illus | CRC Press

Pbk | NYP 06/2010 | 0415559448 | #183914A | £76.99 Add to basket

 

Water Management in 2020 and Beyond

Edited by Asit K Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Rafael Izquierdo-Avino

Water is intertwined in the daily life of humans in countless ways. The importance of water as a driver for health, food security, and quality of life and as a pillar for ....

270 pages | Figs | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 3540893466 | #183940A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

Water Resources Management in the People's Republic of China

Edited by Xuetao Sun, Robert Speed and Dajun Shen

This book describes China's approach to allocating and managing its water resources. It looks at China's development of a water rights, including the introduction of basin ....

232 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | 2009 | 0415543576 | #183737A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Water of the Jordan Valley

Scarcity and Deterioration of Groundwater and its Impact on the Regional Development

Edited by Heinz Hotzl, Peter Moller and Eliahu Rosenthal

Natural saline water, waste water, and irrigation return flow endanger the groundwater aquifers in the Rift. In the long run this will ruin the socio-economic backbone of the ....

532 pages | Col & b/w figs | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 3540777571 | #183941A | £135.00 Add to basket

 

What is Water?

The History of a Modern Abstraction

Jamie Linton

We all know what water is and many of us take it for granted. But because it seems so natural, the way we see water is seldom given critical attention. This book provides a ....

336 pages | UBC Press

Hbk | 2010 | 0774817011 | #184163A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Wind Energy Basics

A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems

Paul Gipe

The availability of clean renewable energy is the defining challenge of the 21st century, and wind will lead the way. Internationally acclaimed wind-energy expert Paul ....

122 pages | Photos, illus, figs, tabs | Chelsea Green

Pbk | 2010 | 1603580301 | #184190A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

Wind Power

Peter J Musgrove

Climate change caused by burning fossil fuels and escalating fossil fuel prices make the further rapid development of renewable energy sources a global imperative. Energy ....

338 pages | 88 b/w illus. 10 tables | CUP

Hbk | 2010 | 0521762383 | #184191A | £55.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2010 | 0521747635 | #184192A | £19.99 Add to basket

 
Data Analysis
 

Biological Computation

Ehud Lamm, Ron Unger, Louis J Gross, Suzanne Lenhart, Philip K Maini and Et

Created for advanced undergraduates in computer science programs, "Biological Computation" covers major themes of bio-inspired computing, including cellular automata, ....

306 pages | 50 black & white illustrations | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)

Hbk | 2010 | 1420087959 | #184100A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

Data Analysis Tools for DNA Microarrays Using R

Sorin Draghici

Since the publication of the first edition, the field of microarrays has evolved. This timely second edition replaces the commercial software with the open source R computing ....

477 pages | Figs, tabs | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)

Hbk | 2010 | 1439809755 | #184101A | £57.99 Add to basket

 

Data Mining Techniques for the Life Sciences

Edited by Oliviero Carugo and Frank Eisenhaber

This book offers expert contribution about the sources of information and the techniques used for mining new insights out of databases. ....

420 pages | 89 b/w illus | Humana Press

Hbk | 2010 | 1603272402 | #184044A | £81.00 Add to basket

 

Ecological Models for Regulatory Risk Assessments of Pesticides

Developing a Strategy for the Future

Edited by P Thorbek, VE Forbes, F Heimbach, U Hommen et al

Bringing together more than thirty influential regulators, academics and industry scientists, this book provides a coherent, science-based view on ecological modeling for ....

160 pages | col & b/w illus | CRC Press

Pbk | 2009 | 1439805113 | #183912A | £63.99 Add to basket

 

Geographic Information Analysis

David O'Sullivan and David J Unwin

Presents the spatial analytical foundation of geographic information systems, focusing on the universal aspects of spatial data and its analysis. ....

436 pages | diagrams | Wiley

Hbk | 2002 | 0471211761 | #128029A | £75.00 Add to basket

Hbk | NYP 04/2010 | 0470288574 | #184182A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Geographic Information Systems and Science

Paul A Longley, Mike Goodchild, David J Maguire and David W Rhind

The Third Edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully revised and updated to include the latest developments in the field and still retains its accessible format to ....

544 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs, maps | Wiley

Pbk | 2005 | 047087001X | #156087A | £27.50 Add to basket

Hbk | NYP 05/2010 | 0470721456 | #184181A | £85.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 05/2010 | 0470721448 | #184180A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Interacting with Geospatial Technologies

Muki Haklay

This book provides an introduction to HCI and usability aspects of Geographical Information Systems and Science. Its aim is to introduce the principles of ....

272 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 03/2010 | 0470998245 | #183958A | £60.00 Add to basket

 

An Introduction to Bayesian Biostatistics

Valen E Johnson and Gary L Rosner

400 pages | 50 black & white illustrations | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)

Hbk | 2010 | 1439800081 | #184103A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

Introduction to Numerical Geodynamic Modelling

Taras Gerya

Numerical modelling of geodynamic processes was predominantly the domain of high-level mathematicians experienced in numerical and computational ....

358 pages | 138 b/w illus. 5 tables 47 exercises | CUP

Hbk | 2010 | 0521887542 | #184149A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Mass Spectrometry of Nucleosides and Nucleic Acids

Edited by Joseph H Banoub and Patrick A Limbach

Nucleic acid research has had a profound impact on molecular biology, resulting in a variety of new disciplines. Mass Spectrometry of Nucleosides and Nucleic Acids puts into ....

504 pages | 255 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white tables | CRC Press

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Remote Sensing of Vegetation

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Hamlyn G Jones and Robin A Vaughan

Remote sensing is becoming an increasingly important tool for agriculturalists, ecologists, and land managers for the study of Earth's agricultural and natural ....

400 pages | 150 b/w illus, 16 pages col plates | OUP

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Surveying Natural Populations

Lee-Ann C Hayek and Martin A Buzas

The degradation of environments and the fate of their natural populations have become topics of great concern as scientists ....

563 pages | Figs, tabs | Columbia UP

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Systems Biology

The Challenge of Complexity

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Biological signaling pathways dynamically interact with one another to form complex information networks intracellularly, intercellularly, and eventually at the level of ....

246 pages | Springer

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Becoming a Successful Scientist

Strategic Thinking for Scientific Discovery

Craig Loehle

Scientific research requires both innovation and attention to detail, clever breakthroughs and routine procedures. This indispensable guide gives students and ....

258 pages | 2 b/w illus, 2 tabs | CUP

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Communication Skills for Biosciences

Maureen M Dawson, Brian Dawson and Joyce Overfield

Good communication requires more than an ability to write essays, practical reports, dissertations and projects. Bioscience students also need to master a variety of ....

184 pages | Wiley-Blackwell

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The Oxford Dictionary of Ecology

Edited by Michael Allaby

Written in a clear, accessible style, the dictionary contains over 6,000 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such as ....

480 pages | - | OUP

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Presentation Skills for Scientists

A Practical Guide with DVD-ROM

Edward Zanders and Lindsay MacLeod

Scientists are rarely given formal training in presentation skills and yet are often called upon to present the results of their research. This book provides a practical ....

100 pages | 12 b/w illus, 5 tabs | CUP

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Presenting Science

A Practical Guide to Giving a Good Talk

Cigdem Issever and Ken Peach

'Giving a talk' is one of the most important ways in which we communicate our research. The 'talk' covers everything from a ten-minute briefing on progress to a handful of ....

152 pages | 20 b/w line figures, 16 colour plates | OUP

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Research Methods for the Biosciences

Debbie Holmes, Peter Moody and Diana Dines

Research Methods in the Biosciences demystifies the process of research to equip every biosciences student with the skills they need to get the most out of their ....

398 pages | tables, line drawings | OUP

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Whitaker's Almanack 2010

1376 pages | Col maps | A & C Black

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