The Amboseli Elephants

A Long-term Perspective on a Long-lived Mammal

Edited by Cynthia Moss, Harvey Croze and Phyllis C Lee

Elephants have fascinated humans for millennia. Aristotle wrote of them with awe; Hannibal used them in warfare; and John Donne called the elephant 'Nature's greatest ....

Among African Apes

Stories and Photos from the Field

Edited by Martha M Robbins and Christophe Boesch

These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Tai National Park in ....

Among Giants

A Life with Whales

Charles "Flip" Nicklin and K M Kostyal

It all started in 1965 with a guy riding a whale. The guy was Flip Nicklin's father, Chuck, and the whale was an unlucky Bryde's Whale that had gotten caught up in some ....

Apes

Gorillas, Chimpanzees, Orangutans and Gibbons

Ray Hutchins

An accessible guide to all species and subspecies of gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan and gibbon. Each species account contains information on appearance, distribution, ....

The Beaver

Its Life and Impact

Dietland Müller-Schwarze

Beavers can and do dramatically change the landscape. The beaver is a keystone species-their skills as foresters and engineers create and maintain ponds and wetlands ....

Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia

Peter Menkhorst and Frank Knight

This fully revised and updated edition of A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia is the only comprehensive guide to identifying all 382 species of mammals known in ....

Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park

Heike Schutze

The Kruger National Park is the oldest wildlife reserve in Africa, famous for its diversity of species and its variety of ecozones. Field guide to the Mammals of the ....

Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters

Integrating Archaeology and Ecology in the Northeast Pacific

Edited by Todd J Braje and Torben C Rick

For more than ten thousand years, Native Americans from Alaska to southern California relied on aquatic animals such as seals, sea lions, and sea otters for food and raw ....

Ice Bear

A Natural and Unnatural History of the Polar Bear

Kieran Mulvaney

The polar bear is one of the most recognisable animals on the planet. Yet if global warming continues at its present pace, summer sea ice could disappear entirely from the ....

Know Your Rodent

Ziggy Hanaor and Thibaud Hérem

Through concise and humorous writing and brilliantly distinctive drawings, this guide to twenty-three rodent species captures the essence of some of the weirdest and most ....

Ranthambhore

10 Days in the Tiger Fortress

Valmik Thapar

The tiger has always evoked awe, fear, and fascination. Ranthambhore: 10 Days in the Tiger Fortress creates an engrossing, unforgettable portrait of this magnificent ....

Bill Oddie's Birding Map of Britain and Ireland

Bill Oddie

Unique map which identifies the top 340 birding sites, including all RSPB reserves and additional Wildlife Trusts and Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust sites. ....

Birds of Costa Rica - MP3 Sound Collection

Peter Boesman

The collection of recordings presented here (some 2060 recordings of 765 species) has a total playing time of over 15 hours, the equivalent of some 15 audio CD's. ....

The Birds of New Jersey

Status and Distribution

William J Boyle

New Jersey provides some of the most varied and exciting birding in North America, and more than 450 species have been recorded in the state. Yet there has been no ....

Common Birds of Qatar

Hanne Eriksen, Jens Eriksen and Frances Gillespie

Intended to help novices identify 215 of the 280 species named on the Qatar Bird List, including all the common birds. Species are grouped together according to preferred ....

Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia

R Thomas, S Thomas, D Andrew and A McBride

First published in 1994, The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia was the first ever book of its type in Australia - a complete guide to locating every resident ....

Conservation of Tropical Birds

Navjot S Sodhi, Cagan H Sekercioglu, Jos Barlow and Scott K Robinson

Conservation of Tropical Birds has been written by four conservation biologists whose expertise spans all the tropical regions of the world. It is the first book to cover all ....

A Field Guide to Monitoring Nests

James Ferguson-Lees, Richard Castell and Dave Leech

Intended as an aid to those involved in monitoring nests for research and conservation purposes. Written and illustrated by experts, this guide contains a wealth of ....

Finding Birds in Andalucia - Book and DVD

David Gosney

White-headed Duck...Red-knobbed Coot...Lesser Kestrel...Black Wheatear...Azure-winged Magpie...Spanish Imperial Eagle...Little ....

Finding Birds in Estonia

David Gosney

Covers 27 of Estonia's best birding sites including Matsalu Bay, Spithami, Nigula, Sorve and the areas around Tartu. Find out about the sites and their birds, including such ....

Finding Birds in Estonia DVD

Dave Gosney

This DVD shows you what a fantastic place Estonia is for birds, especially in spring when you can enjoy the spectacle of thousands of geese as well as forests, reedbeds and ....

Greater Sage-Grouse

Ecology and Conservation of a Landscape Species and Its Habitats

Edited by Steven T Knick and John W Connelly

Admired for its elaborate breeding displays and treasured as a game bird, the Greater Sage-Grouse is a charismatic symbol of the broad open spaces in western North America. ....

Guatemala: Pacific Slope Birds

Aves de la Región Sur

Excellent laminated colour fold-out guide to 196 bird species found in the southern half of Guatemala, with Latin and English names (not Spanish), and size. There is also a map ....

Hawks at a Distance

Identification of Migrant Raptors

Jerry Liguori and Pete Dunne

The ultimate must-have guide for identifying migrant raptors, Hawks at a Distance is the first volume to focus on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field. Jerry ....

Nomenclator Avium Hungariae

An Annotated List of the Birds of Hungary

Tibor Hadarics and Tamas Zalai

A regularly updated reference work which discusses the current status of the bird fauna of Hungary and now includes 398 species. The list is based on the taxonomy suggested by ....

The Norfolk Bird Atlas

Moss Taylor and John H Marchant

Details accounts of summer and winter distributions from extensive fieldwork conducted between 1999-2007. There is a double page spread for each bird, covering over 180 ....

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Bangladesh

Ronald R Halder

Describes and illustrated 472 key species. Includes distribution maps and concise text describing key identification features. ....

Raptor Survey and Monitoring

A field guide for African birds of prey

Gerard Malan

If you wish to conduct a raptor survey, either for birds nesting in trees, on cliffs or on the ground, but want to use recognised fieldwork techniques honed by southern African ....

Waterbirds in the UK 2007/08

C Holt, G Austin, N Calbrade, H Mellan, R Thewlis, C Hall et al

This book features the results of the twenty-seventh report of the Wetland Bird Survey. ....

Amphibiens d'Afrique Centrale et d'Angola

Thierry Frétey et al

Chamaeleo Calyptratus

Das Jemenchamäleon

Wolfgang Schmidt

Iguana Invasion!

Exotic Pets Gone Wild in Florida

Virginia Aronson and Allyn Szejko

Burmese Pythons are crawling across Florida from Lake Okeechobee to Key Largo. Hundreds of thousands of Green Iguanas relax along canals and on pool decks around the southern ....

Medical Care of Turtles and Tortoises

Diagnosis, Therapy, Husbandry

Edited by J Hnizdo and N Pantchev

This book is the most up-to-date compendium on chelonian diseases, including their diagnosis and treatment. It also focuses on preventive medicine through inclusion of ....

L'Atlas des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France

Philippe Keith and Jean Allardi

After several chapters dealing with the biogeography and the conservation of species, illustrated keys and descriptive data sheets are given to help with species ....

Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes

Edited by Jonathan P Evans, Andrea Pilastro and Ingo Schlupp

The history of biology is populated by numerous model species or organisms. But few vertebrate groups have aided evolutionary and ecological research more than the ....

A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes

From Maine to Texas

Val Kells and Kent E Carpenter

This is a comprehensive, up-to-date and accurate identification guide to the more than 1,000 nearshore and offshore fishes that live in brackish and marine waters from Maine ....

A Field Guide to the Marine Fishes of Wales and Adjacent Waters

Paul Kay and Frances Dipper

This extremely comprehensive field guide features over 230 species of fish found in the waters around Wales. Clear photographs and supporting illustrations are backed up by ....

Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean

Edited by JC Hurreau

A classic reference work. Prepared by over 70 experts it covers 1000 species found in estuaries, lagoons, brackish waters and the abyssal depths. Includes keys, line drawings ....

The Beekeeper's Handbook

Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile

Since 1973, tens of thousands of first-time and experienced beekeepers alike have relied on The Beekeeper's Handbook as the best single-volume guide to the hobby and profession ....

Biology of Spiders

Rainer F Foelix

One of the only books to treat the whole spider, from its behavior and physiology to its neurobiology and reproductive characteristics, Biology of Spiders is considered a ....

Bumblebees

Oliver E Prys-Jones and Sarah A Corbet

This new edition embraces the wealth of information published on bumblebee life history, ecology, foraging, parasites and conservation in recent years. It includes a new chapter ....

Butterflies of India

Arun Pratap Singh

Contains over 650 colour photographs of 255 species of butterflies found across the different sub-regions of India. The book features relative abundance status, ....

Dagsommerfugle i Danmark (The Butterflies of Denmark)

K Hermansen

This 11th volume of `Animal Life in Denmark' is aimed to be an extended field guide on the butterflies in Denmark. The book covers all species occuring in Denmark today as ....

Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles

Edited by Leigh W Simmons and T James Ridsdill-Smith

This book describes the evolutionary and ecological consequences of reproductive competition for scarabaeine dung beetles. As well as giving us insight into the private ....

Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh: Arthropoda: Insecta IV (Hymenoptera and Coleoptera)

Kamal Uddin Siddiqui

Forest Entomology

William M Ciesla

Insects are the most abundant and diverse organisms that inhabit our planet and are found in all the world's forest ecosystems. Many feed and/or breed on parts of trees. ....

Insect Ecology

Behavior, Populations and Communities

Peter W Price et al

Combining breadth of coverage with detail, this logical and cohesive introduction to insect ecology couples concepts with a broad range of examples and practical ....

Les Libellules des Antilles Francaises

Francois Meurgey and Lionel Picard

Moths of the French Antilles. ....

Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America

David L Wagner

This lavishly illustrated field guide features more than 800 species of the most common, interesting, beautiful, and important owlet (noctuid) caterpillars found in eastern ....

Provisional Atlas of the UK's Larger Moths

This Atlas is the first publication of its kind for almost 30 years. A culmination of four and a half years of the Moths Count project and the National Moth Recording Scheme ....

A Revision of Achenium (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)

Volker Assing

Based on a revision of some 6,700 specimens, including the available type material. 53 valid extant species of Achenium Leach are recognized. ....

Revision of the Helice-Chasmagnathus-complex

(Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

K Sakai, M Türkay and S-L Yang

Dinosaur Odyssey

Fossil Threads in the Web of Life

Scott D Sampson

This book offers a holistic, up-to-date overview of dinosaurs and their world for a wide audience of readers. Situating these fascinating animals in a broad ecological and ....

The First Fossil Hunters

Dinosaurs, Mammoths and Myth in Greek and Roman Times

Adrienne Mayor

Griffins, Cyclopes, Monsters, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that ....

Frasnian (Upper Devonian) Colonial Disphyllid Corals from Western Canada

Ross A McLean

Rugose corals are an extinct group of Paleozoic fossils, which show great diversity in their period of evolution from the Middle Ordovician to the end of the Permian. They are ....

Late Ordovician and Early Silurian Stromatoporoid Sponges from Anticosti

Crossing the O/S mass extinction | Island, Eastern Canada

Paul Copper, Carl Stock and Heldur Nestor

During Late Ordovician and Early Silurian time, from 450 to 428 million years ago, stromatoporoid sponges were some of the most common and abundant fossils in shallow ....

Taxonomy and Paleoecology of Lyssacinosan Hexactinellida from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Bornholm, Denmark, in comparison with other postpaleozoic representatives

A Brückner

Jellyfish Blooms

Causes, Consequences and Recent Advances

Edited by Kylie A Pitt and Jennifer E Purcell

Jellyfish form spectacular population blooms and there is compelling evidence that jellyfish blooms are becoming more frequent and widespread. Blooms have enormous ....

Oceanography and Marine Biology, Volume 49

Edited by R N Gibson, R J A Atkinson and J D M Gordon

Oiseaux Marins et Cétacés du Golfe de Gascogne

Iker Castège et al

Guide to marine birds and cetaceans of the Gulf of Gascony ....

Revisional Studies on the European Species of the Water Mite Genus Lebertia Neumann, 1880 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae)

R Gerecke

Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime

The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter

Ellen Prager

When viewed from a quiet beach, the ocean, with its rolling waves and vast expanse, can seem calm, even serene. But hidden beneath the sea's waves are a ....

Anatomy of a Beast

Obsession and Myth on the Trail of Bigfoot

Michael McLeod

Part history, part road trip, and part biography, this is the true story of a remarkable group of men whose obsession with Bigfoot turned the giant hominid into an American ....

Anthill

A Novel

EO Wilson

This novel by the illustrious biologist is about an Alabama boy who heroically tries to save a sacred forest. (Wilson was born and raised in the state.) ....

The Atlas of Endangered Animals

Wildlife Under Threat Around the World

Paula Hammond

Learn why species go extinct through a close-up view of endangered animals from every corner of the Earth. Even fierce predators like the great white shark succumb to changes ....

Beastly Natures

Animals, Humans, and the Study of History

Edited by Dorothee Brantz

Although the animal may be, as Nietzsche argued, ahistorical, living completely in the present, it nonetheless plays a crucial role in human history. The fascination with ....

A Democracy of Facts

Natural History in the Early Republic

Andrew J Lewis

Chronicles the fascinating story of American naturalists who came of age and stumbled toward a profession in the years after the American Revolution. ....

Discoverers of the Universe

William and Caroline Herschel

Michael Hoskin

Discoverers of the Universe tells the gripping story of William Herschel, the brilliant, fiercely ambitious, emotionally complex musician and composer who became court ....

An Empire of Ice

Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science

Edward J Larson

Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, "An Empire of Ice" presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic ....

The Essential Naturalist

Timeless Readings in Natural History

Edited by Michael H Graham, Joan Parker and Paul K Dayton

Like nearly every area of scholarly inquiry today, the biological sciences are broken into increasingly narrow fields and subfields, their practitioners ....

Forensics, Fossils and Fruitbats

A Fieldguide to Australian Scientists

Stephen Luntz

This is a fascinating collection of more than 70 profiles of Australian scientists from 15 fields of physical, biological and medical science. These scientists have been ....

Free Radicals

The Secret Anarchy of Science

Michael Brooks

For more than a century, science has cultivated a sober public image for itself; but as the author explains, the truth is very different. Many of our most successful scientists ....

In the Footsteps of Augustine Henry

Seamus O'Brien

Augustine Henry is one of the most famous of the pioneering plant hunters to have travelled to China during the latter part of the 19th century, playing a key role in ....

Parasites

Tales of Humanity's Most Unwelcome Guests

Rosemary Drisdelle

Hidden away within living tissues, parasites are all around us - and inside us. Yet, despite their unsavory characteristics parasites have played an enormous role in ....

Rupununi

Rediscovering a Lost World

Graham Watkins, Pete Oxford and Reneé Bish

Guyana's northern Rupununi - one of the last great wilderness areas on the planet - is a biological treasure trove with a level of species richness on par with that of western ....

Seven Tales of the Pendulum

Gregory L Baker

The pendulum is a unique physical system which exhibits remarkably varied and complex behavior under many different conditions. It is also a system which, in its many ....

Still Speaking of Nature

Further Explorations in the Natural World

Bill Danielson

Through his popular newspaper column, "Speaking of Nature," and his 2001 book of the same title, professional naturalist Bill Danielson has introduced thousands of readers ....

Through the Eyes of the Vikings

An Aerial Vision of Arctic Lands

Robert B Haas

This book features stunning images in a dramatic and surprising diversity of brilliant colors and unexpected subjects. ....

Thus Spoke Galileo

The great scientist's ideas and their relevance to the present day

Andrea Frova and Mariapiera Marenzana

You might know what is said about Galileo, but not many people know what Galileo himself actually said! His elusive and often misquoted discourse has resulted, over the years, ....

Trekking in the Alps

20 Classic Routes

Edited by Kev Reynolds

The eight talented writers and photographers who have come together to produce this guide to Alpine trekking offer a wealth of comprehensive experience and thorough ....

What I Don't Know About Animals

Jenny Diski

What does Jenny Diski know about animals? She's really not sure. There is, however, one thing of which she is certain: our relationships with and attitudes to animals are ....

Wildlife Photography in Botswana

A Pictorial Guide

James Gifford and Steven Stockhall

A guidebook covering all the essential tips and hints of wildlife photography, suitable for all levels of photographer. The book contains:Over 200 images of 75 different ....

The Caves of Easter Island / Las Cuevas de la Isla de Pascua

Underground World of Rapa Nui / El Mundo Subterráneo de Rapa Nui

Edited by Andrzej Ciszewski, Zdzislaw Jan Ryn and Mariusz Szelerewicz

This monograph on the caves of Easter Island is based on the field research of a Polish team of speleologists, archaeologists and anthropologists conducted between 2001 and ....

Chuckwalla Land

The Riddle of California's Desert

David Rains Wallace

Described as 'a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers' by the "San Francisco Chronicle", David Rains Wallace turns his ....

Crustacea, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Nemertea, Annelida, Rotifera and Tardigrada of the Seychelles Islands

Edited by Justin Gerlach

The Indian Ocean Biodiversity Assessment 2000 to 2005 reviewed the biogeography of the Seychelles islands through systematic collecting of all taxonomic groups under a ....

The Left Coast

California on the Edge

Philip L Fradkin and Alex L Fradkin

Philip L. Fradkin, one of California's most acclaimed environmental historians, felt drawn to the coast as soon as he arrived in California in 1960. His first book, ....

Natural History of Santo

Edited by Philippe Bouchet, Hervé Le Guyader and Olivier Pascal

Examination of the rich biodiversity of the largest island of Vanuatu. ....

The New Forest

Matthew Conway

Featuring a mixture of history, folklore and stories of interest, this book explores the culture and wildlife of the New Forest. From it deer, which for centuries were hunted ....

Skomer

Portrait of a Welsh Island

Jane Matthews, Iolo Williams and Matthew Parris

Skomer Island is a National Nature Reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a world-renowned bird paradise and home to the world's largest colony of Manx Shearwaters. ....

Atlas des Cortinaires, Pars 19

A Bidaud et al

Atlas des Cortinaires, Pars 20

A Bidaud et al

Auriculas Through the Ages

Bear's Ears, Ricklers and Painted Ladies

Patricia Cleveland-Peck and Elisabeth Dowle

In this unique book established garden writer Patricia Cleveland-Peck tells the story of the auricula's journey from its native Alpine habitat into the gardens of Europe and ....

Biology of Hevea Rubber

PM Priyadarshan

Rubber is an economically important material that occurs naturally and can be produced synthetically. Many advances have been made in the understanding of the cultivation and ....

Biology of the Red Algae

Edited by Kathleen M Cole and Robert G Sheath

When Biology of the Red Algae was first published in 1990, it was the first comprehensive monograph to be written on the Rhodophyta in over fifteen years. This book ....

Botanique Systématique et Appliquée des Plantes à Fleurs

Michel Botineau

Bromeliads for Home and Garden

Jack Kramer

There are more than 3,000 recognized species of Bromeliads including the pineapple and Spanish moss. Bromeliads offer an array of colorful plants that are easy to care for and ....

Bryophyte Systematics, Phytodiversity, Phytosociology and Ecology

Festschrift in honour of Professor Dr. Harald Kürschner

Edited by Wolfgang Frey

Spans a broad range of topics. In the Systematic part (8 contributions), a new genus, Kuerschneria, and four new species are described as new to science. Two papers include ....

La Cité des Plantes

en ville au temps des pollutions

Marie-Paule Nougaret

Clef de détermination de la Flora Helvetica

Konrad Lauber and Gerhart Wagner

The Complete Vegetable Grower

John Harrison

Whether you're lucky enough to have your own garden, run an allotment or only have enough room for a few pots and containers, you can successfully grow your own fresh ....

Coppicing and Coppice Crafts

A Comprehensive Guide

Rebecca Oaks and Edward Mills

Coppicing is an ancient method of enhancing woodland biodivesity, and coppice woodlands are to be found all over Britain and parts of Europe. ....

Exotic Gardening

Ian Cooke

With fabulous palms, big bold banana leaves, colour flowers and flamboyant foliage, exotic gardens never fail to fascinate and excite a gardener. This inspirational book ....

Flora Malesiana, Series 1: Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae

WJJO de Wilde and BEE Duyfjes

The volume is accompanied by a digital key to the Malesian species, on CD-Rom, constructed by the editor, H.P. Nooteboom. The flora contains an overview of all ....

Flora de la Real Expedicion Botanica del Nuevo Reino de Granada, Tomo 20/1

Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada, Tomo 46

Asteraceas, Tribu Eupatorieae

Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada, Tomo 48

Asteraceas, Tribu Heliantheae

Flora of the Cayman Islands

George R Proctor

The three islands comprising the Cayman Islands (grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac) support 415 native taxa (including 29 endemics) in a land area little over 260 ....

La Flore Rare et Menacée de Bourgogne

Patryck Vaucoulon

Comprehensive treatment of the rare and threatened flora of Burgundy. ....

Food Plants of Interior First Peoples

Nancy J Turner

Renowned ethnobotanist Nancy Turner describes 150 plants traditionally harvested and eaten by First Peoples east of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia and northern ....

Growing Hardy Orchids

Philip Seaton et al

This book highlights over 150 species of hardy orchids from Europe, North America and Australia, outlining methods of propagation from seed and cultivation in glasshouse, ....

High-Impact, Low-Carbon Gardening

1001 Ways to Garden Sustainably

Alice Bowe

Taking the reader step by step through all the aspects of making a garden from design through planting and maintenance, this book is a one-stop reference for the new ....

In the Shadow of Slavery

Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World

Judith Carney and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff

The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in greater numbers than ....

Phlox

A Natural History and Gardener's Guide

James H Locklear

The genus Phlox is one of the most important in horticulture. This book will be the definitive reference for years to come. It includes invaluable information about each ....

Plant Metabolism and Biotechnology

Edited by Hiroshi Ashihara, Alan Crozier and Atsushi Komamine

Various plant metabolites are useful for human life, and the induction and reduction of these metabolites using modern biotechnical technique is of enormous potential important ....

Plant Technology of First Peoples in British Columbia

Nancy J Turner

Nancy Turner focuses on the plants that provided heat, shelter, transportation, clothing, clothing, nets, ropes, and containers -- the necessities of life for First ....

The Science of Gardening

The Hows and Whys of Successful Gardening

Peter Jones

Most gardening books deal with the how of gardening - how to prune roses, take cuttings or control diseases. This approach means you have to follow rules and instructions which ....

Soybeans

Chemistry, Production, Processing, and Utilization

Edited by Lawrence A Johnson, Pamela J White and Richard Galloway

This comprehensive reference disseminates key soybean information through twenty-one concise chapters. The text covers all aspects of soybeans, including genetics, breeding, ....

Sustainable Gardening

Michael Lavelle

What is sustainable gardening? Can my garden be sustainable? This practical book sets out to answer these questions by explaining how it is possible to garden in a way that ....

Sweet Peas

An Essential Guide

Roger Parsons

The sweet pea is a favourite flower of the gardener because of its delightful scent and diverse range of beautiful colours. This essential guide looks at the genus in detail ....

Synopsis Fungorum, Volume 28: Stereoid Fungi of America

35 genera and 105 stereoid species from America are described out of which 65 species are illustrated with black and white drawings. Key to genera and generic keys are ....

The Timber Press Encyclopedia of Flowering Shrubs

More Than 1500 Outstanding Garden Plants

Jim Gardiner

Flowering shrubs provide an important contribution to the structural framework of a garden as well as contributing bursts of colourful blooms. With careful selection, they ....

Tuberous Begonias

An Essential Guide

Jack Larter

Tuberous begonias are sensational flowers: their abundant blooms capture everyone's heart and eye. This authoritative guide introduces the best varieties and celebrates the ....

Vanilla Orchids

Natural History and Cultivation

Ken Cameron

In this book, leading orchid expert Ken Cameron covers the natural history of the world's most popular fragrance and provides an introduction to the pollination, biology, ....

The Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible

Edward C Smith

This is best-selling author Ed Smith's complete guide to growing a bounty of vegetables in small spaces and without land. This is a completely updated and expanded edition of ....

The World of Magnolias

Dorothy J Callaway

Encompassing all the magnolia species, this book documents magnolia history, culture, biology, taxonomy, propagation, breeding, and hybridizers. ....

Animal Camouflage

Mechanisms and Function

Edited by Martin Stevens and Sami Merilaita

In the last decade, research on the previously dormant field of camouflage has advanced rapidly, with numerous studies challenging traditional concepts, investigating ....

Animal Cell Culture

Essential Methods

John Davis

This is a comprehensive research guide that describes both the key new techniques and more established methods. Every chapter discusses the merits and limitations of the ....

Animal Migration

A Synthesis

Edited by EJ Milner-Gulland, John M Fryxell and Anthony R E Sinclair

Despite the wealth of natural historical research conducted on migration over decades, there is still a dearth of hypothesis-driven studies that fully integrate theory and ....

Cell Biology: A Short Course

S Bolsover

This text tells the story of cells as the units of life in a colorful and student-friendly manner, taking an "essentials only" approach. By using the successful ....

Chemolithoautotrophic Bacteria

Biochemistry and Environmental Biology

Tateo Yamanaka

Bacteria change the surface of the Earth. All kinds of bacteria reside in the biosphere, and although sometimes they may cause damage, they also help in cleaning the surface of ....

Extracellular Nucleic Acids

Edited by Yo Kikuchi and Elena Y Rykova

Extracellular nucleic acids have recently emerged as important players in the fields of biology and the medical sciences. In the last several years, they have been shown to be ....

The Exultant Ark

A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure

Jonathan Peter Balcombe

Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way ....

First Life

Discovering the Connections Between Stars, Cells, and How Life Began

David Deamer

This pathbreaking book explores how life can begin, taking us from cosmic clouds of stardust, to volcanoes on Earth, to the modern chemistry laboratory. Seeking to ....

Giant Molecules

From Nylon to Nanotubes

Walter Gratzer

Macromolecules are, in a sense, life itself. DNA is one of these giant molecules, as are the proteins that govern the workings of the human body. Yet macromolecules also ....

Haldane, Mayr, and Beanbag Genetics

Krishna R Dronamraju

Haldane, Mayr, and Beanbag Genetics presents a summary of the classic exchange between two great biologists - J.B.S. Haldane and Ernst Mayr - regarding the value of the ....

Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry

RK Murray, VW Rodwell, D Bender, KM Botham, PA Weil and PJ Kennelly

The Twenty-Eighth Edition has undergone sweeping changes - including a conversion to full-color artwork and the substantial revision and updating of every chapter - all to ....

Marine Microbiology

Ecology and Applications

Colin Munn

Marine micro-organisms play a vital role in the maintenance of our planet, a fact which will have great bearing on our ability to respond to problems such as population ....

A Planet of Viruses

Carl Zimmer

Viruses are the smallest living things known to science, and yet they hold the entire planet in their sway. We're most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or the ....

RNA Biology

An Introduction

Gunter Meister

The first-ever advanced text on RNA biology captures all the excitement of this booming field. Divided into three parts, on coding RNA, non-coding RNA, and RNomics, both the ....

Rumen Microbiology: Introduction to Micro-organisms in the Rumen, Their Activities and Interactions in the Digestion of Plant Materials

B Dehority

This book offers an introduction to the microbes and microbial activity of the rumen. It offers an in-depth description of rumen bacteria, protozoa and fungi. Information is ....

Transcription Factors

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Paul J Higgins

In the last few years, significant breakthroughs in transcription research has expanded our appreciation for the complexity of molecular controls on gene expression in ....

Born in Africa

The Quest for the Origins of Humankind

Martin Meredith

Africa does not give up its secrets easily. Buried there lie answers to the origins of humankind. After a century of investigation, scientists have transformed our ....

Breeding

The Human History of Heredity, Race, and Sex

John Waller

Charts more than two thousand years of ideas about the nature of sex and heredity. From the speculations of the ancient, medieval and early modern worlds to the birth of ....

Darwin's Finches

Readings in the Evolution of a Scientific Paradigm

Edited by Kathleen Donohue

Two species come to mind when one thinks of the Galapagos Islands - the giant tortoises and Darwin's fabled finches. While not as immediately captivating as the tortoises, ....

Epigenetics

Linking Genotype and Phenotype in Development and Evolution

Edited by Benedikt Hallgrimsson and Brian K Hall

Illuminating the processes and patterns that link genotype to phenotype, "Epigenetics" seeks to explain features, characters, and developmental mechanisms that can only be ....

The Evidence for Evolution

Alan R Rogers

According to polling data, most Americans doubt that evolution is a real phenomenon. And it's no wonder that so many are skeptical: many of today's ....

How and Why Species Multiply

The Radiation of Darwin's Finches

Peter R Grant and B Rosemary Grant

Charles Darwin's experiences in the Galapagos Islands in 1835 helped to guide his thoughts toward a revolutionary theory: that species were not fixed but diversified from ....

Living Dinosaurs

The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds

Gareth Dyke and Gary W Kaiser

The scope of this book ranges widely, from bio-molecular aspects of avian biology to details of the anatomy of dinosaurs. However, it is not just a simple compilation of ....

The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited

Edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny

In 1995, John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary published their influential book The Major Transitions in Evolution. The "transitions" that Maynard Smith and Szathmary chose ....

Transformations of Lamarckism

From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology

Edited by Snait B Gissis and Eva Jablonka

In 1809--the year of Charles Darwin's birth--Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published Philosophie zoologique, the first comprehensive and systematic theory of biological evolution. The ....

The Biology of Island Floras

Edited by David Bramwell

Oceanic islands offer biologists unparalleled opportunities to study evolutionary processes and ecological phenomena. However, human activity threatens to alter or ....

Evolutionary Parasitology

The Integrated Study of Infections, Immunology, Ecology, and Genetics

Paul Schmid-Hempel

Parasites are everywhere, affecting almost every aspect imaginable in the life of their hosts including physiology, behaviour, life histories and, by implication, the structure ....

Here Be Dragons

How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth

Dennis McCarthy

Why do we find polar bears only in the Arctic and penguins only in the Antarctic? Why do oceanic islands often have many types of birds but no large native mammals? ....

Maximum Entropy and Ecology

A Theory of Abundance, Distribution, and Energetics

John Harte

This pioneering graduate textbook provides readers with the concepts and practical tools required to understand the maximum entropy principle, and apply it to an understanding ....

Molecular Ecology

Joanna R Freeland, Stephen Petersen and Heather Kirk

This second edition provides an accessible introduction to the many diverse aspects of this subject. The book unites theory with examples from a wide range of taxa in a ....

Parasites in Ecological Communities

From Interactions to Ecosystems

Melanie J Hatcher and Alison M Dunn

Interactions between competitors, predators and their prey have traditionally been viewed as the foundation of community structure. Parasites - long ignored in community ....

The Theory of Ecology

Samuel M Scheiner and Michael R Willig

Despite claims to the contrary, the science of ecology has a long history of building theories. Many ecological theories are mathematical, computational, ....

Tropical Ecology

John C Kricher

This full-colour illustrated textbook offers the first comprehensive introduction to all major aspects of tropical ecology. It explains why the world's tropical rain forests are ....

Broadleaved Forests in Southern Sweden

Management for Multiple Goals

Edited by Magnus Löf, Jörg Brunet, Leif Mattsson and Mats Nylinder

Temperate broadleaved tree species, i.e. Acer platanoides, Carpinus betulus, Fagus sylvatica, Fraxinus excelsior, Prunus avium, Quercus robur and Q. petraea, Ulmus glabra ....

Chemical Biomarkers in Aquatic Ecosystems

Thomas S Bianchi and Elizabeth A Canuel

This textbook provides a unique and thorough look at the application of chemical biomarkers to aquatic ecosystems. Defining a chemical biomarker as a compound that can ....

Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions

Edited by Grete K Hovelsrud and Barry Smit

Under the auspices of International Polar Year (IPY), the CAVIAR consortium was formed with partners from all eight Arctic countries. The aim of the interdisciplinary CAVIAR ....

Constructed Climates

A Primer on Urban Environments

William G Wilson

As our world becomes increasingly urbanized, an understanding of the context, mechanisms, and consequences of city and suburban environments becomes more critical. ....

The Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California's Great Central Valley

Philip Garone

Weaving together ecology, grassroots politics, and public policy, Philip Garone offers the first comprehensive environmental history of California's Great Central Valley, ....

Grassland Carbon Sequestration: Management, Policy and Economics

Proceedings of the workshop on the role of grassland carbon sequestration

M Abberton, R Conant and C Batello

This book profiles 13 contributions by some of the world's most active scientists on the subject of measuring soil carbon in grassland systems and sustainable grassland ....

Greening in the Red Zone

Edited by Marianne E Krasny and Keith G Tidball

Access to green space and the act of creating green spaces is well understood to promote human health, especially in therapeutic contexts among individuals suffering traumatic ....

Landscape Ecology in Forest Management and Conservation

Challenges and Solutions for Global Change

Edited by Chao Li, Raffaele Lafortezza and Jiquan Chen

This book discusses how landscape ecology can contribute to addressing the challenges in contemporary forest management practice, with diverse contributions from active ....

National Forest Inventories

Contributions to Forest Biodiversity Assessments

Edited by Gherardo Chirici, Susanne Winter and Ronald E McRoberts

Forest biodiversity is crucial to the ecological, economic, and social well-being of earth's civilisations. Unfortunately, however, forest biodiversity is threatened to a ....

Sources, Sinks and Sustainability

Edited by Jianguo Liu, Vanessa Hull, Anita T Morzillo and John A Wiens

Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and ....

Swamplife

People, Gators, and Mangroves Entangled in the Everglades

Laura Ogden

Little in North America is wilder than the Florida Everglades-a landscape of frightening reptiles, exotic plants in profusion, swarms of mosquitoes, and unforgiving heat. And ....

Urban Ecosystem Ecology

Edited by Jacqueline Aitkenhead-Peterson and Astrid Volder

If more than half the Earth's people live in cities and the amount of paved surfaces in the United States is equivalent to the area of Ohio, shouldn't our sciences thrive in ....

The World's Beaches

A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline

Orrin H Pilkey, William J Neal, James Andrew Graham Cooper and Jose Kelley

Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet's most dynamic ....

Wytham Woods

Oxford's Ecological Laboratory

Edited by Peter Savill, Christopher Perrins, Keith Kirby and Nigel Fisher

For the first time, this book tells the Wytham story in a way that is accessible to both scientist and general reader alike. It provides a fascinating overview of what the Woods ....

Assessment of Species Diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone

D McAlpine and I Smith

This illustrated volume provides the first comprehensive introduction to species diversity in the ecozone that encompasses New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward ....

Banking on Biodiversity

A Natural Way out of Poverty

Dilys et el Roe

We're in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. For those of us in the North, that can seem abstract; for the rural poor in the developing world, it's all too real. Their absolute ....

Global Biodiversity Outlook 3

This third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3), produced by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) presents some stark choices for human societies. On one hand ....

A Rapid Assessment of the Biodiversity and Socio-ecosystem Aspects of the Ramal De Calderas, Venezuelan Andes

Edited by Anabel Rial, J Celsa Senaris, Carlos A Lasso and Ana Liz Flores

In 2008 a rapid biodiversity survey was carried out in Ramal de Calderas in the Venezuelan Andes to inventory species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, ....

A Rapid Biological Assessment of Three Sites in the Mountains of Southwest China Hotspot, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

Edited by Leeanne E Alonso, Shaoying Liu, Shen Xiaoli and Jennifer McCullough

A rapid biological assessment was conducted at three sites in the mountains of China's Sichuan Province in 2005, in order to determine and justify boundaries for the expansion ....

Biological Wastewater Treatment

Edited by CPL Grady, GT Daigger, NG Love and CDM Filipe

Written by experts in the field, this thoroughly updated third edition covers commonly used and emerging suspended and attached growth reactors. Drawing on their extensive ....

Climate

Soul of the Earth

Dennis Klocek

In this original book, Dennis Klocek considers climate to be an expression of Gaia, and presents climate as the soul of Earth within which human beings live and develop. The ....

The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries: From Conflict to Consensus?

Joyeeta Gupta

This book explores the nature of the domestic consensus in specific developing countries and the common, converging, diverging and conflicting interests underlying the ....

Climate Change Policies

Global Challenges and Future Prospects

Edited by Emilio Cerda and Xavier Labandeira

Written by leading international experts in the field, this book reveals the various economic effects from climate change policies introduced at national and international ....

Climate Governance at the Crossroads

Experimenting with a Global Response After Kyoto

Matthew J Hoffmann

The global governance of climate change is in flux. Conventional strategies of addressing climate change through universal, interstate negotiations - the most ....

Developing Adaptation Policy and Practice in Europe

Multi-level Governance of Climate Change

Edited by E Carina H Keskitalo

Mitigation will not be sufficient for us to avoid climate change and we will need to adapt to its consequences. This book targets the development of adaptation policy in ....

Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather

Edited by Stephen H Schneider

For most of history, humans have made every possible effort to accurately foretell the weather, evolving from the use of guesswork, rule of thumb, and signs in the sky to the ....

The Fate of Greenland

Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change

Philip W Conkling et al

Viewed from above, Greenland offers an endless vista of whiteness interrupted only by scattered ponds of azure-colored melt water. Ninety percent of ....

The Global Cryosphere

Past, Present and Future

Roger Barry and Thian Yew Gan

This is the first textbook to address all the components of the Earth's cryosphere - all forms of snow and ice, both terrestrial and marine. It provides a concise but ....

Global Warming Gridlock

Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet

David G Victor and Thomas C Heller

Global warming is one of today's greatest challenges. The science of climate change leaves no doubt that policies to cut emissions are overdue. Yet, after twenty years of ....

Handbook of Climate Change and Agroecosystems

Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation

Edited by Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig

The portending process of climate change, induced by the anthropogenic accumulations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, is likely to generate effects that will cascade ....

An Introduction to Fire Dynamics

Dougal Drysdale

This is a new edition of the leading introduction to the science of fire phenomena, complete with the latest research, data and additional problems. This book is unique in ....

Law and Economics of International Climate Change Policy

R Schwarze

The Kyoto Protocol is a landmark international agreement to tackle the problem of global climate change. Most operational details of the Protocol, however, were not decided in ....

The Lomborg Deception

Setting the Record Straight About Global Warming

Howard Friel

In this major assessment of leading climate-change skeptic Bjorn Lomborg, Howard Friel meticulously deconstructs the Danish statistician's claim that global warming is 'no ....

Modeling Methods for Marine Science

David M Glover, William J Jenkins and Scott C Doney

This advanced textbook on modeling, data analysis and numerical techniques for marine science has been developed from a course taught by the authors for many years at the ....

Novel Biomaterials

Decontamination of Toxic Metals from Wastewater

Shalini Srivastava and Pritee Goyal

Current research attention revolves around the trends of bringing technology into harmony with the natural environment and to achieve the goals of protection of ....

Ocean Dynamics and the Carbon Cycle

Principles and Mechanisms

Richard G Williams and Michael J Follows

This textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students presents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding ocean circulation and how it drives and ....

Rapid Climate Change

Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

Scott G McNall

The book reviews the science of climate change and explains why it is one of the most difficult problems humanity has ever tackled. Climate change is a "wicked" problem bound ....

Arid Zone Geomorphology

Process, Form and Change in Drylands

Edited by David SG Thomas

The new edition of Arid Zone Geomorphology aims to encapsulate the advances that have been made in recent years in the investigation and explanation of landforms and ....

Australian Landscapes

Edited by P Bishop and B Pillans

Australian Landscapes provides an up-to-date statement on the geomorphology of Australia. Karst, desert, bedrock rivers, coasts, submarine geomorphology, ....

Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards

Edited by Peter Bobrowsky

Few subjects have caught the attention of the entire world as much as those dealing with natural hazards. The human losses associated with the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ....

The Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics

Edited by Harsh Gupta

This revised edition brings together more than 200 articles covering established and new concepts of Geophysics across the various sub-disciplines such as Gravity, Geodesy, ....

Eruptions That Shook the World

Clive Oppenheimer

What does it take for a volcanic eruption to really shake the world? Did volcanic eruptions extinguish the dinosaurs, or help humans to evolve, only to decimate their ....

Evolution of the Levant Margin and Western Arabia Platform Since the Mes ozoic

Edited by C Homberg and M Bachmann

This volume combines original data in various fields from the offshore Levant Basin and adjacent continental slopes and platforms. ....

The Evolving Continents

Understanding Processes of Continental Growth

Edited by T M Kusky, M -G Zhai and W Xiao

This volume honours the career of Brian F. Windley, who has been hugely influential in helping to achieve our current understanding of the evolution of the continental crust, ....

Faszination Welterbe Grube Messel

Zu Besuch in einer Welt vor 47 Millionen Jahren

Gerd Mangel

The Fascinating Messel Pit: A journey into the Tertiary (47 Ma ago) ....

Firefly Planisphere

Latitude 42 Degrees North

A planisphere and sky charts are essential tools for night-sky viewing. Having a reliable planisphere on hand is the best way for stargazers to be sure they do not miss ....

Fjord Systems and Archives

Edited by J A Howe, WEN Austin, M Forwick and M Paetzel

Fjords are glacially over-deepened, semi-enclosed marine basins, but are often neglected as a sedimentary realm. They represent the transition from the terrestrial to the marine ....

Frontiers in Geochemistry

Contribution of Geochemistry to the Study of the Earth

Russell Harmon and Andrew Parker

This is a unique collection of reviews of the significance of geochemistry in the earth sciences, with contributions from a range of internationally distinguished scientists. ....

Geological Evolution of the Colorado Plateau of Eastern Utah and Western Colorado

Robert Fillmore

Robert Fillmore's clear, easy-to-read text documents spectacular features of the eastern Colorado Plateau, one of the most interesting and scenic geologic regions in the world. ....

Geology of Russia

Andrei K Khudoley and Anatoly M Nikishin

This volume overviews and synthesizes a wealth of recent isotopic, geochemical, seismic, paleomagnetic, stratigraphic, structural and other studies carried out by Russian and ....

Global Catastrophic Risks

Edited by Nick Bostrom and Milan Cirkovic

A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale. In human history, wars and plagues have done so on more than one occasion, ....

Higher Speculations

Grand Theories and Failed Revolutions in Physics and Cosmology

Helge Kragh

Throughout history, people have tried to construct 'theories of everything': highly ambitious attempts to understand nature in its totality. This account presents these ....

Mathematical Modeling of Earth's Dynamical Systems

A Primer

Rudy Slingerland and Lee Kump

Mathematical Modeling of Earth's Dynamical Systems gives Earth scientists the essential skills for translating chemical and physical systems into mathematical and computational ....

Monsoon Evolution and Tectonics-climate Linkage in East Asia

Edited by P D Clift, R Tada and H Zheng

The Earth's climate varies through geological time as a result of external, orbital processes, as well as the positions of continents, growth of mountains and the opening ....

The Quantum Story

A History in 40 Moments

Jim Baggott

The twentieth century was defined by physics. From the minds of the world's leading physicists there flowed a river of ideas that would transport mankind to the pinnacle of ....

Sciences of Geodesy - I

Advances and Future Directions

Edited by Guochang Xu

This reference and handbook includes contributions from the world's leading experts and describes the history, theory, development, research highlights, problems and future of ....

Sedimentary Basin Tectonics from the Black Sea and Caucasus to the Arabi an Platform

Edited by M Sosson, N Kaymakci, R A Stephenson, V Starostenko and F Bergerat

This wide area of the Alpine-Himalayan belt evolved through a series of tectonic events related to the opening and closure of the Tethys Ocean. In doing so it produced the ....

Strange New Worlds

The Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond our Solar System

Ray Jayawardhana

Soon astronomers expect to find alien Earths by the dozens in orbit around distant suns. Before the decade is out, telltale signs that they harbor life may be found. If they ....

The Terrestrialization Process

Modelling Complex Interactions at the Biosphere-geosphere Interface

Edited by M Vecoli, G Clement and B Meyer-Berthaud

The invasion of the land by plants (`terrestrialization') was one of the most significant evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth, and correlates in time ....

Why Geology Matters

Decoding the Past, Anticipating the Future

Doug Macdougall

Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes - geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly affect our lives. But more than that, as Doug Macdougall makes clear, ....

Advances in Fisheries Bioengineering

Stephen V Amaral, Dilip Mathur and Edward P Taft

Authors who are leaders in their field examine a wide range of new research associated with fish passage (upstream and downstream), water intake fish protection technologies, ....

America's Environmental Report Card

Are We Making the Grade?

Harvey Blatt

Americans are concerned about the state of the environment, and yet polls show that many have lost faith in both scientists' and politicians' ability to solve environmental ....

Ancient Water Technologies

Edited by Larry Mays

There is no more fundamental resource than water. The basis of all life, water is fast becoming a key issue in today's world, as well as a source of conflict. ....

Animal Science and Industry

Duane Acker and Merle Cunningham

Helping to make students' initial inquiry into animal science both an exciting and rewarding one, this well-rounded book covers the animal industry in its totality--from ....

Artificial Reefs in Fisheries Management

Edited by Stephen A Bortone, Frederico Pereira Brandini, Shinya Otake and Giann Fabi

Based upon papers presented at the 9th Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial Habitats (CARAH), this reference offers a timely compilation of information to increase ....

The Atlas of Global Inequalities

Ben Crow and Suresh K Lodha

Drawing on research from around the world, this atlas gives shape and meaning to statistics, making it an indispensable resource for understanding global inequalities ....

Bringing Ecologists and Economists Together

The Askö Meetings and Papers

Edited by Tore Söderqvist, Anna Sundbaum, Carl Folke and Karl-Goran Mäler

The Asko meetings were an annual forum where leading economists and ecologists came together to discuss the myriad issues and challenges surrounding sustainable ....

Climate Change and Environmental Ethics

Edited by Ved P Nanda

There is a broad consensus that climate change presents the international community with a formidable challenge. Yet progress on all fronts - prevention, mitigation, and ....

Conservation Refugees

The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples

Mark Dowie

Since 1900, more than 108,000 officially protected conservation areas have been established worldwide, largely at the urging of five international conservation ....

Development and Manufacture of Yogurt and Other Functional Dairy Products

Fatih Yildiz

While the science of yogurt is nearly as old as the origin of mankind, there have been rapid changes in yogurt development since the turn of the 19th century, fueled by ....

Dominion

The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy

Matthew Scully

"This is one of the best books ever written on the subject of animal welfare. Scully, a journalist and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, chooses to fight on his ....

ECODESIGN

The Competitive Advantage

Wolfgang Wimmer, Kun-Mo Lee, Ferdinand Quella and John Polak

This volume deals with the new EuP-directive of the European Union forcing manufacturers of electronic equipment to consider Ecodesign in their product development. Selling ....

Ecosystem Services and Global Trade of Natural Resources

Edited by Thomas Kollner

The aim of this book is to show how the increase in international trade of biophysical commodities can damage global ecosystems and their services, how those damages can be ....

Enclosing the Fisheries

People, Places and Power

Edited by Marie E Lowe and Courtney Carothers

Economic logic that guides the limitation and privatization of access rights seeks to address overcapitalization and inefficiencies that result from open access fisheries. ....

Energy Security

Economics, Politics, Strategies, and Implications

Edited by Carlos Pascual and Jonathan Elkind

Energy security has become a rallying cry in recent years, especially in the wake of increased terrorist threats in the Middle East and elsewhere. But what does the term ....

Energy for a Sustainable World

From the Oil Age to a Sun-Powered Future

Vincenzo Balzani and Nicola Armaroli

This book surveys the energy issue from a broad scientific perspective while considering environmental, economic, and social factors. It explains the basic concepts, provides a ....

Environmental Literacy in Science and Society

From Knowledge to Decisions

Roland W Scholz

In an era where humans affect virtually all of the earth's processes, questions arise about whether we have sufficient knowledge of human-environment interactions. How can we ....

Genetically Engineered Backslide

The Impact of Glyphosate-Resistant Palmer Pigweed on Agriculture in the United States

Edward Hammond

The widespread planting of "Roundup Ready" crops that are genetically engineered to be resistant to the herbicide glyphosate has led to the emergence of glyphosate-resistant ....

Green Guide Families

A Complete Reference Guide for Eco-friendly Parents

Catherine Zandonella

This guide to eco-friendly parenting is expertly organized and filled with practical advice, definitive explanations, and imaginative ideas. Addressing the key environmental ....

Handbook of Corporate Sustainability

Frameworks, Strategies and Tools

MA Quaddus and MAB Siddique

Achieving corporate sustainability (CS) is one of the most difficult challenges facing organizations in the twenty-first century. This comprehensive Handbook examines the ....

Handbook of Dairy Foods Analysis

Edited by Leo M L Nollet and Fidel Toldra

Exceptionally comprehensive both in its detailing of methods and the range of products covered, this handbook describes the gamut of analytical tools and methods available to ....

How to Grow Your Food

A Guide for Complete Beginners

Jon Clift and Amanda Cuthbert

Perplexed by potatoes? Baffled by beans? Confused by courgettes? Home grown food means fresh, organic, tasty meals, less money spent in a supermarket, lower carbon footprint ....

Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability

Kerri Woods

This book challenges the assumed harmony between human rights norms and the demands of environmental sustainability, by addressing conceptual, normative, and political ....

Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies

A Primer

Gunilla Oberg

Environmental issues are inherently interdisciplinary, and environmental academic programs increasingly adopt this approach. The book presents a core framework for ....

Low Carbon Communities

Imaginative Approaches to Combating Climate Change Locally

Edited by Michael Peters, Shane Fudge and Tim Jackson

Community action is a vital strategy in the fight against climate change and has increasingly informed government policy, academic inquiry and grassroots action over the ....

Management and Welfare of Farm Animals

The UFAW Farm Handbook

Edited by John Webster

A major update of the internationally recognised classic introductory textbook on farm animal husbandry and welfare for students of agriculture and veterinary science. As well ....

Nanotechnology in Water Treatment Applications

Edited by TE Cloete, M de Kwaadsteniet, M Botes and JM Lopez-Romero

Nanotechnology, the engineering and art of manipulating matter at the nanoscale (1-100 nm), offers the potential of novel nanomaterials for the treatment of surface water, ....

Out of Water

From Abundance to Scarcity and How to Solve the World's Water Problems

Colin Chartres and Samyuktha Varma

This book is an indispensable guide to the Next Global Crisis. ....

Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment

J Clapp and P Dauvergne

This comprehensive and accessible book fills the need for a political economy view of global environmental politics, focusing on the ways international economic processes ....

Payments for Environmental Services, Forest Conservation and Climate Change

Livelihoods in the REDD?

Edited by Luca Tacconi, Sango Mahanty and Helen Suich

This book draws on several case studies to derive implications for the design of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes that are very relevant to current climate ....

Plants as Persons

A Philosophical Botany

Matthew Hall

Plants are people too? Not exactly, but in this work of philosophical botany Matthew Hall challenges readers to reconsider the moral standing of plants, arguing that they ....

Potential Health Effects of Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Plants

What are the Issues?

Arpad Pusztai and Susan Bardocz

This paper examines the potential health effects of foods derived from genetically modified (GM) plants. While such an important topic, the data-base on the likely ....

Precision Crop Protection - the Challenge and Use of Heterogeneity

Edited by Erich-Christian Oerke, Roland Gerhards, Gunter Menz and Richard A Sikora

Precision farming is an agricultural management system using global navigation satellite systems, geographic information systems, remote sensing, and data management systems for ....

The Psychology of Environmental Problems

Psychology for Sustainability

Susan M Koger and Deborah Dunann Winter

This compelling and insightful textbook demonstrates how eight major approaches in psychology - social, psychoanalytical, behavioral, cognitive, physiological, health, ....

Respect for Nature

A Theory for Environmental Ethics

PW Taylor

What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor draws on biology, moral philosophy, ....

Sustainability Management

Lessons from and for New York City, America, and the Planet

Steven Cohen

Can we grow our world economy and create opportunities for the poor while keeping the planet intact? Can we maintain our vibrant, dynamic lifestyles while ensuring the Earth ....

Sustainability or Collapse?

An Integrated History and Future of People on Earth

Edited by Robert Costanza, Lisa Graumlich and Will Steffen

Human history, as written traditionally, leaves out the important ecological and climate context of historical events. But the capability to integrate the history of human ....

Transition to Hydrogen

Pathways Toward Clean Transportation

Edited by Alexander Wokaun and Erik Wilhelm

This book is a comprehensive and objective guide to understanding hydrogen as a transportation fuel. The effects that pursuing different vehicle ....

Transnational Environmental Crime

Toward an eco-global criminology

Rob White

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to and overview of eco-global criminology. Eco-global criminology refers to a criminological approach that is informed ....

Understanding the Environment and Social Policy

Edited by Tony Fitzpatrick

Environmental issues are central to the social and political reforms of the twenty-first century. Bringing together leading experts, this textbook explores the social, ....

Unearthed

The Economic Roots of Our Environmental Crisis

Kenneth M Sayre

In this book, Kenneth M. Sayre argues that the only way to resolve our current environmental crisis is to reduce our energy consumption to a level where the entropy ....

Vegetables

A Biography

Evelyne Bloch-Dano and Teresa Lavender Fagan

From Michael Pollan to locavores, from Whole Foods to farmers' markets nationwide, cooks and foodies today are paying more attention than ever to the history of the food they ....

Water Chemistry

Green Science and Technology of Nature's Most Renewable Resource

Stanley E Manahan

This textbook focuses on water as a renewable resource from a green chemistry and sustainability perspective. Stanley Manahan, a renowned environmental author, explains ....

Water Quality and Treatment

A Handbook on Drinking Water

American Water Works Association

The sixth edition of the leading international source in the field of water quality. ....

Bioinformatics and Computer Science

Teresa K Attwood and Stephen Pettifer

Bioinformatics and Computer Science provides a completely fresh exploration of bioinformatics, which investigates the interrelationship between bioinformatics, biology ....

Mapping Latin America

A Cartographic Reader

Edited by Jordana Dym and Karl Offen

For many, a map is nothing more than a tool used to determine the location or distribution of something - a country, a city, or a natural resource. But ....

Cite Right

A Quick Guide to Citation Styles - MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More

Charles Lipson

With his latest book, Cite Right, the author provides much-needed counsel in a concise and affordable handbook for students and researchers. Building on Doing ....

The Europa World Year Book 2010

2 volume set

Globally renowned for its accuracy, consistency and reliability, The Europa World Year Book provides detailed country surveys containing the latest available analytical, ....