Atlas of Highland Land Mammals

Edited by Ro Scott

This atlas documents the distribution of the 37 species of land mammals regularly found in the Highland area of Scotland. It includes the bats and seals, but not the truly ....

Deer: The Animal Answer Guide

George A Feldhamer and William J McShea

Think of deer and the image that pops into most American's minds is that of a white-tailed deer, the most common large mammal in North America. Most Europeans are ....

Dolphin Confidential

Confessions of a Field Biologist

Maddalena Bearzi

Who hasn't fantasized about the unique thrill of working among charismatic and clever dolphins in the wild? We need not live this solely in our imaginations anymore. With ....

Polar Bears

A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behavior

Andrew E Derocher

The polar bear, king of the Arctic, is one of the world's most recognizable animals. Images of the majestic beasts roaming across the ice cap, plunging into frigid waters, ....

Sirenian Conservation

Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries

Edited by E Hines, JE Reynolds, LV Aragones, AA Mignucci-Giannoni and M Marmontel

This important scientific volume comprehensively explores the biology and ecological status of manatees and dugongs in all of the geographic regions where they can be found ....

The Story of Asia's Elephants

Raman Sukumar

The relationship between elephants and people in Asia over thousands of years is a unique one. This story of the Asian elephant begins with a brief account of the ancient ....

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

John Vaillant

When Yuri Trush was called to investigate an attack by a Siberian Tiger in December 1997, what he found was unlike anything he'd ever encountered. Nothing remained of the ....

Tigers/My Life

Ranthambhore and Beyond

Valmik Thapar

Written with a personal touch, the book focuses on 35 years of Valmik Thapar's engagement with tigers in Ranthambhore National Park and across India. Thapar takes us ....

Water Vole Conservation Handbook

Rob Strachan, Tom Moorhouse and Merryl Gelling

Water voles are small burrowing rodents, which are associated with all kinds of water bodies. This handbook aims to improve the understanding and awareness of the ....

Atlas des Oiseaux Nicheurs de Wallonie

Jean-Paul Jacob et al

This atlas describes and maps 173 bird species occurring in Wallonia, the southern part of Belgium. Data were gathered between 2001 to 2007, and for each species distribution ....

The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher

Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens

Robert Burton and Stephen Kress

Birds are a very visible and entertaining form of wildlife. These colorful visitors provide hours of entertainment as they bathe, feed, court, and nest. With expert ....

The Big Year

The Extraordinary Story of the Greatest Bird-Watching Competition of all Time

Mark Obmascik

Chronicle of the 275,000-mile odyssey of three unlikely adventurers who take their birdwatching so seriously it nearly kills them. From Texas, in hot pursuit of the ....

Bird Monitoring Methods

A Manual of Techniques for Key UK Species

Gillian Gilbert, David W Gibbons and Julianne Evans

First published by the RSPB in 1998, this book is a practical guide to surveying and monitoring techniques for use in the breeding season--in assessing breeding success as ....

Birding Trails: Texas

Prairies and Pineywoods, Panhandle

Jim Foster

Texas is one of the outstanding birding states, with over 400 species of birds. "Texas Birding Trails" features 220 birding trails and locations. Jim Foster, a noted birder, ....

The Breeding Birds of Malta

Joe Sultana, John J Borg, Charles Gauci and Victor Falzon

Malta may be small and densely populated, but it too has its breeding birds. The list is not long, but this makes the birds all the more precious to study and to protect. Too ....

The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds of the World

The Ultimate Reference Source and Identifier for 1600 Birds, Profiling Habitat, Plumage, Nesting and Food

David Alderton

This is a comprehensive visual encyclopedia of the birds of America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Polar regions, with expert analysis of size, shape, plumage, ....

Extremely Rare Birds in the Western Palearctic

Marcel Haas

This book describes in detail the 157 species of extremely rare birds that have occurred in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. All records are listed with references to ....

Historischer Brutvogelatlas / Atlas Historique des Oiseaux Nicheurs

Die Verbreitung der Schweizer Brutvögel seit 1950 / La répartition des oiseaux nicheurs de Suisse depuis 1950

P Knaus, R Graf, J Guélat, V Keller, H Schmid and N Zbinden

The Swiss landscape has changed drastically within the last decades causing a strong impact on bird populations. The book illustrates these changes by means of the ....

Kiwi: A Natural History

Isabel Castro and Rod Morris

New Zealand's best-known bird and national icon is the subject of this new and highly accessible title from two experts in their field. There are five recognised species of ....

Neotropical Birds of Prey

Biology and Ecology of a Forest Raptor Community

Edited by David F Whitacre and J Peter Jenny

Until recently, surprisingly little has been known about the biology and behavior of tropical forest raptors, including such basic aspects as diets, breeding biology, ....

Peregrine Falcon

Patrick Stirling-Aird

Reaching speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour, the Peregrine Falcon is famous as the world's fastest bird. However, its penchant for choosing inaccessible places to breed, ....

Sounds of the Night

An Audio Guide to Britain's Nocturnal Species

The British Library

Eerie screams, quiet snufflings, and snippets of song are just some of the wildlife sounds that can be heard after dark. While some animals turn in for the night, others ....

Herpetofauna Workers' Manual

Edited by Tony Gent and Steve Gibson

An indispensable manual for conservationists throughout the UK and much of mainland Europe. It provides conservation guidance on the twelve non-marine amphibian and reptile ....

Venomous Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico Volume 2

Crotalus

Carl H Ernst and Evelyn M Ernst

Volume 2 of this definitive work covers the twenty-one species of the genus Crotalus found in the United States, Canada, and, for the first time, those found in northern ....

Butterflies of the World, Part 34: Nymphalidae XIX, Charaxes V

Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach

This part V deals with the etheocles group, otherwise known as the "Black complex", owing to the fact that nearly all the males of the different species have a black ....

Butterflies of the World, Part 35: Nymphalidae XX Anaeomorpha, Noreppa, Archaeoprepona I

Oliver Schaffler and Thomas Frankenbach

This volume deals with three genera of neotropical charaxine butterflies. ....

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 48: Mollusca Bivalvia Lucinacea Carditacea Crassatellacea Cardiacea

Edited by Xu Fengshan

The present volume deals with Lucinacea, Carditacea, Crasstellacea, and Cardiacea fauna (Mollusca; Bivalvia, Heterodonta Veneroida) of the China seas. In the first part a ....

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 49: Crustacea Decapoda Portunidae

Yang Siliang and Chen Huilian

This part is a systematic account of Chinese portunid fauna with keys to all taxa from subfamily to species, and systematic descriptions of morphological characteristics, ....

Guide des Papillons Nocturnes de France

Plus de 1620 espèces décrites et illustées

Edited by Roland Robineau

Presents approximately 1620 moth species found in France. Each species account describes distribution, habitat, flight times, host plants, and biology. More than 2000 photos of ....

The History, Biology, Damage, and Control of the Gypsy Moth

James K Grimm, James K Grlmm and Michael H Gerardi

A comprehensive study of the life stages, biology, ecology, behavior, dynamics, economic importance, and success and failure of large- and small-scale control programs of the ....

Mollusks of Korea

Min Duk-Hi

This book describes 1672 species of land-, marine and freshwater shells found in South Korea. The book is laid out with the colour plates on the right-hand page, and the ....

Secret Lives of Ants

Jae C Choe and Jane Goodall

In the great naturalist tradition of E.O. Wilson, Jae Choe takes readers into a miniature world dominated by six-legged organisms. This is the world of the ant, an ....

The Spiders of Europe, a Synthesis of Data, Volume 1

Atypidae to Theridiidae

Bernard Le Peru

This synthesis provides an overview of current knowledge of the spiders in Europe; its main purpose is to supply a means to identify all the known species. Based essentially ....

A World of Insects

The Harvard University Press Reader

Edited by Ring T Carde and Vincent H Resh

As we follow the path of a giant water bug or peer over the wing of a gypsy moth, we glimpse our world anew, at once shrunk and magnified. Owing to their size alone, ....

Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History

David E Fastovsky and David B Weishampel

Updated with the material that instructors want, "Dinosaurs" continues to make science exciting and understandable to non-science majors through its narrative of scientific ....

Earth Before the Dinosaurs

Sebastien Steyer and Chris Spence

This beautiful volume introduces the incredible animals that populated the planet before the Age of the Dinosaurs. Readers voyage to a time, beginning about 370 million years ....

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 ....

The Authentic Animal

Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy

Dave Madden

Why would someone want to create or own the mounted skin of a dead animal? That's the question Dave Madden explores in "The Authentic Animal". Madden starts his journey with ....

Backpacker Naturalist

Wild Times Down Under

James Hanlon

In this splendid illustrated travelogue, the author vividly recounts his dream of travelling in search of antipodean birds and other exotic wildlife by first hitchhiking ....

The Beauty in the Beast

Britain's Favourite Creatures and the People Who Love Them

Hugh Warwick

"The Beauty in the Beast" is a delightful portrait of some of the UK's best-loved wild animals and birds and the colourful enthusiasts who champion their causes. Meet the ....

Diving in the Maldives

Huvadhoo - The Forgotten Atoll

Alexander von Mende

In this guide to the undersea life of the region, the author provides an extended tour of the reefs of the Huvadhoo atoll in the south of the Maldives, covering 34 dive sites. ....

Floating Gold

A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris

Christopher Kemp

Preternaturally hardened whale dung is not the first image that comes to mind when we think of perfume, otherwise a symbol of glamour and allure. But the key ingredient that ....

National Audubon Society Guide to Landscape Photography

Tim Fitzharris

The second edition of this classic guide has 30 new pages with new photographs and Tim's expert guidance on such topics as setting white balance, sharpness, LCD monitors, and ....

Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy

Melissa Milgrom

Taxidermy is everywhere these days--from hip restaurants to posh clothing stores. Yet few realize that behind these "stuffed" animals is a world of intrepid hunterexplorers, ....

Weird Waters

The Lake and Sea Monsters of Scandinavia and the Baltic States

Lars Thomas and Jacob Rask

Aquatic monsters have a long and venerable history in the waters of northern Europe, dating at least all the way back to what must surely be the grandfather of all lake-, ....

Wild London: Sounds of the City's Wildlife

The British Library

More than eight million people live in the sprawling metropolis that is London. This vast area is also home to a wide variety of wild animals, from birds and mammals to ....

Wild World: A Journey in Sound to the World's Wildest Places

Edited by Wildlife Sound Recording Society

Experience the great wealth of wildlife on our planet through a journey in sound. In partnership with the Wildlife Sound Recording Society, the British Library is proud to ....

Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of the World's Most Mysterious Continent

Gabrielle Walker

There have been many books about Antarctica in the past, but all have focused on only one aspect of the continent--its science, its wildlife, the heroic age of exploration, ....

Heritage Landscapes

A Guide to Britain's Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Roly Smith

This stunningly illustrated guide showcases 50 of Britain's finest Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and features key facts and detailed maps for each location. ....

Thailand's Underwater World

A Visual Tour of Thailand's Amazing Marine Life

Chris Mitchell and Jez Tryner

"Thailand's Underwater World" showcases the wonder of the marine life in Thailand's oceans through world-class photography and concise, insightful text. Covering a wide ....

Wild Shropshire

Mark Sisson and Sarah Gibson

A book of wildlife images has been published to celebrate Shropshire Wildlife Trust's 50th anniversary. Mark Sisson, a professional wildlife photographer from Newport, has ....

The A to Z of Plant Names

a Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants

Allen J Coombes

Botanical names can be baffling to even the most experienced gardener. But a plant's botanical name is more than just a handy label--it can tell a plant's country of origin, ....

Aldrovanda: The Waterwheel Plant

Adam Cross

The first comprehensive monograph of Aldrovanda, the rare and extraordinary carnivorous "Waterwheel Plant". This incredible carnivore, known for trapping aquatic prey between ....

Australian Carnivorous Plants

Greg Bourke and Richard Nunn

"Australian Carnivorous Plants" is a beautifully produced coffee table book with extensive colour photographs of all carnivorous plant genera found in Australia ....

The Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms

Robert Lee Riffle, Paul Craft and Scott Zona

"The Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms" is the definitive account of all palms that can be grown for ornamental and economic use. Palms are often underutilized as a result of ....

Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Borneo

Stewart McPherson and Alastair Robinson

"Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Borneo" is a lavishly illustrated overview of the thirty nine species of Bornean pitcher plants (Nepenthes). Several species featured ....

Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada, Tomo 38 , Volume 2

Solanaceas (2) : Géneros Saracha, Schultesianthus, Scwhenckia, Sessea, Solanum y Witheringia

Edited by JF Mutis

This is the second volume dealing with the Solanaceae. ....

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Commelinaceae

Edited by HJ Beentje

This volume deals with the Commelinaceae, a family of flowering plants informally known as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. ....

The Fungal Pharmacy

Medicinal Mushrooms and Lichens of North America

Robert Rogers

In "The Fungal Pharmacy", noted herbalist Robert Rogers introduces readers to more than 300 species of medicinal mushrooms and lichens found in North America. These fungi, ....

Los Hongos Xilófagos qui Viven en los Arboles

Gerard Passola

Wood-decaying fungi can cause dangerous situations due to unexpectedly falling trees and branches. This book described the relationship between wood-decaying fungi and live ....

Native Orchids of Minnesota

Welby R Smith and Vera Ming Wong

Though often considered exotic and rare, orchids actually can be found across climates and continents--and Minnesota is no exception. The state is home to forty-nine wild ....

Orchids of Greece

Nikos Petrou, Maria Petrou and Marios Giannakoulias

This is the first complete reference guide for Greek orchids, and includes all the wild taxa occurring in the country. In total, 212 species and subspecies are described, with ....

The Pictorial Guide to Seeds of the World

An Introduction into the Collection, Cleaning, and Storage of Seeds

Terry A Woodger

This full-color, user-friendly book covers the basics involved in the collection, cleaning, and storage of seeds. Learn from an expert how to safely and effectively ....

Preliminary List of the Myrtaceae in Northeastern Brazil

E Lucas, T Senna and E Nic Lughadha

This is the fifth title in the series "Repatriation of Kew Herbarium Data for the Flora of Northeastern Brazil". In total 184 species are recorded in 18 genera for the whole of ....

The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees

Edited by M Gonzalez-Espinosa, JA Meave, FG Lorea-Hernandez et al

"The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees" presents a review of the global conservation status of 762 species of trees found within the country's humid forests, ....

The Scent of Scandal

Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid

Craig Pittman, Raymond Arsenault and Gary R Mormino

After its Peruvian discovery in 2002, Phragmipedium kovachii became the rarest and most sought-after orchid in the world. Prices soared to $10,000 on the black market. Then one ....

Wildflowers and other Plant Life of the Kodiak Archipelago

A Field Guide for the Flora of Kodiak and Southcentral Alaska

Stacy Studebaker

This is the first comprehensive field guide to cover the flora of this unique region. The author illustrates and describes 365 species of vascular plants with over 650 full ....

Woody Plants of Utah

A Field Guide with Identification Keys to Native and Naturalized Trees, Shrubs, Cacti, and Vines

Renee Van Buren, Janet G Cooper, Kimball T Harper and Leila M Shultz

A comprehensive guide that includes a vast range of species and plant communities and employs thorough, original keys. Based primarily on vegetative characteristics, the keys ....

Animal Architects

Building and the Evolution of Intelligence

James L Gould and Carol Grant Gould

Examines animal architecture across a range of species, from those whose blueprints are largely innate (such as spiders and their webs) to those whose challenging structures ....

Animal Thinking

Contemporary Issues in Comparative Cognition

Edited by Randolf Menzel and Julia Fischer

Do animals have cognitive maps? Do they possess knowledge? Do they plan for the future? Do they understand that others have mental lives of their own? This volume provides a ....

Bacterial Wilt Disease and the Ralstonia Solanacearum Species Complex

Edited by Caitilyn Allen, Philippe Prior and AC Hayward

The bacterial wilt diseases caused by members of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex have never been more important. The research presented in this volume reveals a ....

Bones and Cartilage

Developmental Skeletal Biology

Brian K Hall

"Bones and Cartilage" provides the most in-depth review ever assembled on the topic. It examines the function, development and evolution of bone and cartilage as tissues, ....

Extreme Measures

The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals

Brian K McNab

Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. But energy is a ....

Microbiology

An Introduction

Gerard J Tortora, Berdell R Funke and Christine L Case

This #1 selling non-majors microbiology textbook is praised for its straightforward presentation of complex topics, careful balance of concepts and applications, and proven ....

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 ....

The Primate Mind

Built to Connect with Other Minds

Edited by Frans B M de Waal and Pier Francesco Ferrari

"Monkey see, monkey do" may sound simple, but how an individual perceives and processes the behavior of another is one of the most complex and fascinating questions related to ....

Vertebrate Biology

Donald W Linzey

Long recognized as the most readable textbook on vertebrate biology, this comprehensive volume covers subjects ranging from the biology of the smallest shrew to the migration ....

World of the Cell (International Edition)

Jeff Hardin, Gregory Bertoni and Lewis Kleinsmith

Widely praised for its strong biochemistry coverage, Becker's "World of the Cell", Eighth Edition, provides a clear, up-to-date introduction to cell biology concepts, ....

Adaptive Speciation

Edited by Ulf Dieckmann, Michael Doebeli, Johan AJ Metz and Diethard Tautz

This book clarifies how adaptive processes, rather than geographic isolation, can cause speciation. Leading researchers explain exciting developments in modelling speciation, ....

Evolutionary Restraints

The Contentious History of Group Selection

Mark E Borrello

Much of the history of the evolutionary debate since Darwin has focused on the level at which natural selection occurs. Most biologists acknowledge multiple levels of ....

Genetics of Original Sin

The Impact of Natural Selection on the Future of Humanity

Christian De Duve and Neil Patterson

This book offers new perspectives on the threat posed by humanity's immense biological success and on the resources human beings have for altering their current destructive ....

Behavioural Responses to a Changing World

Mechanisms and Consequences

Edited by Ulrika Candolin and Bob BM Wong

Human-induced environmental change currently represents the single greatest threat to global biodiversity. Species are typically adapted to the local environmental conditions ....

Ecologie Acoustique des Chiroptères d'Europe

Identification des Espèces, tude de Leurs Habitats et Comportements

Michel Barataud

This book discusses advances in the field of bat ultrasonic detection made in the last 20 years. Due to ever more powerful sensors and computer analyses, the author shows that ....

Host Manipulation by Parasites

Edited by David P Hughes, Jacques Brodeur and Frederic Thomas

Parasites that manipulate the behaviour of their hosts represent striking examples of adaptation by natural selection. This field of study is now moving beyond its ....

How Species Interact

Altering the Standard View on Trophic Ecology

Roger Arditi and Lev Ginzburg

Understanding the functioning of ecosystems requires the understanding of the interactions between consumer species and their resources. How do these interactions ....

A Caribbean Forest Tapestry

The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response

Edited by N Brokaw, T Crowl, A Lugo, W McDowell, F Scatena, R Waide and M Willig

Global change threatens ecosystems worldwide, and tropical systems with their high diversity and rapid development are of special concern. We can mitigate the impacts of ....

Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man

Edited by AI Breymeyer and George M van Dyne

This book was first published in 1980 and was a synthesis of much of the recent work on the functioning of grassland ecosystems at the time. It is concerned with the ways in ....

The Great Wood

The Ancient Forest of Caledon

Jim Crumley

The Great Wood of Caledon--the historic native forest of Highland Scotland--has a reputation as potent and misleading as the wolves that ruled it. The popular image is of ....

Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 5 - Mineralogical Methods

Edited by April L Ulery and L Richard Drees

The latest installment in the well-received "Methods of Soil Analysis" series, "Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 5. Mineralogical Methods", presents valuable techniques that will ....

The Rivers of Britain

Estuaries, Tideways, Havens, Lochs, Firths and Kyles

Stuart Fisher

Britain's rivers deserve to be better known. Teeming with wildlife, steeped in history, sporting bridges, docks and stunning architecture, not to mention supporting riverside ....

Sheffield's Woodland Heritage

Mel Jones

Sheffield's ancient woods are the envy of other English cities. Many of the woods we use as short cuts, walk our dogs in, or visit to see the spectacular displays of bluebells, ....

Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services

Diana H Wall et al

This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a ....

Soil Science: Step-by-Step Field Analysis

Edited by Sally Logsdon, Dave Clay and Demie Moore

Natural resource manager, agronomist, land use consultant, educator, environmental consultant...The lines are blurred, the questions are complicated, and soil science is ....

The 2010 Norwegian Red List for Species / Norsk Rodliste for After 2010

Edited by John Atle Kalas, Aslaug Viken, Snorre Henriksen and Sigrun Skjelseth

The evaluations in the 2010 Norwegian Red List are based on guidelines from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). In the ....

Aquatic Biodiversity in Northern Australia

Patterns, Threats and Future

Edited by Brad Pusey

The aquatic biodiversity of northern Australia is a very rich, highly distinctive and frequently economically important component of the Australian fauna and flora reflecting ....

Bones, Clones, and Biomes

The History and Geography of Recent Neotropical Mammals

Edited by Bruce D Patterson and Leonora P Costa

As explorers and scientists have known for decades, the Neotropics harbor a fantastic array of our planet's mammalian diversity, from capybaras and capuchins to maned wolves ....

Ecology and Conservation of Vertebrates in Rajasthan, India

Edited by BK Sharma, Seema Kulshreshtha and Asad R Rahmani

The state of Rajasthan in India ranks very high in biodiversity and contains several different types of ecosystems. It has implications for ecology and conservation in many ....

Good Dirt: Confessions of a Conservationist

David E Morine

David Morine was a briefcase conservationist specializing in human nature. During his fifteen years in charge of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy, Morine helped ....

Rapid Biological Inventories, Volume 13

Cuba: Parque Nacional La Bayamesa

This report contains the results of a rapid biological inventory carried out in February 2004 in La Bayamesa National Park in Cuba. ....

Rapid Biological Inventories, Volume 14

Cuba: Parque Nacional "Alejandro de Humboldt"

Results of a rapid biological inventory carried out in February 2004 in Alejandro de Humboldt National Park in Eastern Cuba. ....

Rapid Biological Inventories, Volume 20

Ecuador, Peru: Cuyabeno-Gueppi

Edited by William S Alverson et al

In October of 2007 scientists from Ecuador, Peru, and the United States conducted a rapid inventory of the Reserva de Produccion Faunistica Cuyabeno in northeastern Ecuador ....

Rapid Biological Inventories, Volume 23

Peru: Yaguas-Cotuhe

Edited by Nigel Pitman et al

In 2010, a team of experts conducted a rapid social and biological inventory of the Yaguas, Cotuhe, and lower Putumayo watersheds of northeastern Peru. They assessed the ....

Revision of SCAW's The Well-Being of Animals in Zoo and Aquarium Sponsored Research

Putting Best Practices Forward

Edited by Bettinger and JT Bielitzki

Chapter's include amongst others The Status of Research in AZA Zoos and Aquariums, Integrating Science and Husbandry: Less is More, Assessing Animal Welfare in Zoos and ....

Wild Hope: On the Front Lines of Conservation Success

Andrew Balmford

Tropical deforestation. The collapse of fisheries. Unprecedented levels of species extinction. Faced with the plethora of gloom-and-doom headlines about the natural world, ....

The Wildlife Techniques Manual (2-Volume Set)

Edited by Nova J Silvy

Since its original publication in 1960, "The Wildlife Techniques Manual" has remained the cornerstone text for the professional wildlife biologist. Now fully revised and ....

Carbon Capture

Jennifer Wilcox

This book approaches the energy science sub-field carbon capture with an interdisciplinary discussion based upon fundamental chemical concepts ranging from ....

Carbon Capture and Storage

Technologies, Policies, Applications and Implementation Strategy

Saud M Al-Fattah, Murad F Barghouty and Bashir O Dabbousi

This book focuses on issues related to a suite of technologies known as "Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)," which can be used to capture and store underground large amounts of ....

Greening the Media

Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller

You will never look at your cell phone, TV, or computer the same way after reading this book. Maxwell and Miller not only reveal the dirty secrets that hide inside our beloved ....

Improving Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Reduction in the Pulp and Paper Industry

Edited by Donato Cianciarulo

The U.S. pulp and paper industry consumes over $7 billion worth of purchased fuels and electricity per year. Energy efficiency improvement is an important way to reduce these ....

Marine Biodiversity, Climatic Variability and Global Change

Gregory Beaugrand

Biodiversity loss in terrestrial environments associated with human activities has been appreciated as a major issue for some years now. What is less well documented is the ....

Potential Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction from Municipal Solid Waste

A Clean Development Mechanism Perspectives

Dereje Azemraw Senshaw

At present, municipal solid waste (MSW) management is a serious problem in many developing countries. This is mainly due to rapid population growth and the high ....

The Social Dynamics of Carbon Capture and Storage

Understanding CCS Representations, Governance and Innovation

Edited by Nils Markusson, Simon Shackley and Benjamin Evar

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has rapidly emerged as a crucial technological option for decarbonising electricity supply and hence mitigating climate change. It is ....

Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Greenhouse Effect

Edited by Rattan Lal and Ronald F Follett

The concept of the Greenhouse Effect is more than a century old, but today the observed and predicted climate changes attributed to anthropogenic increases in atmospheric CO2 ....

Wasted World

How Our Consumption Challenges the Planet

Rob Hengeveld

All systems produce waste as part of a cycle--bacteria, humans, combustion engines, even one as large and complex as a city. To some extent, this waste can be absorbed, ....

The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas

Axel Mellinger and Ronald Stoyan

Using the latest methods in digital photography and image processing, "The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas" presents the whole sky through large-scale photographic images ....

The Continental Drift Controversy (4-Volume Set)

Henry R Frankel

Resolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth Science. This four-volume treatise ....

The Continental Drift Controversy: Volume 2, Paleomagnetism and Confirmation of Drift

Henry R Frankel

Resolution of the sixty year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth Science. This four-volume treatise ....

The Continental Drift Controversy: Volume 3, Introduction of Seafloor Spreading

Henry R Frankel

Resolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This four-volume treatise ....

The Continental Drift Controversy: Volume 4, Evolution into Plate Tectonics

Henry R Frankel

Resolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This four-volume treatise ....

Crustal Evolution and Metallogeny in India

Sanjib Chandra Sarkar and Anupendu Gupta

Crustal evolution means the resultant changes that the Earth's crust has gone through in its geologic past affected by changes in the mantle-crust system, the atmosphere, the ....

Geohazard Risk Management for Linear Facilities

Matthias Jakob, Michael Porter and Wayne Savigny

This book provides a unified framework for geohazard risk management along linear facilities, such as roads, railways, pipelines, electrical transmission lines and ....

Inorganic Chemistry (International Edition)

Gary Miessler and Donald Tarr

This highly readable text provides the essentials of inorganic chemistry at a level that is neither too high nor too low. Praised for its coverage of theoretical inorganic ....

Magnetism

A Very Short Introduction

Stephen J Blundell

Magnetism is a strange force, mysteriously attracting one object to another apparently through empty space. It has been claimed as a great healer, with magnetic therapies ....

Mapping the Universe: The Interactive History of Astronomy

Paul Murdin

"Mapping the Universe: the Interactive History of Astronomy" is the story of man's quest through the ages to unlock the secrets of our universe, understand where we come from ....

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (50th Anniversary Edition)

Thomas S Kuhn and Ian Hacking

A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point ....

Tweeting the Universe

Tiny Explanations of Very Big Ideas

Marcus Chown and Govert Schilling

In 140 pages, two masterly popularisers present 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics--in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. They set themselves the ....

Carbon Capture and Storage

Emerging Legal and Regulatory Issues

Edited by Ian Havercroft, Richard Macrory and Richard B Stewart

Carbon Capture and Storage is increasingly viewed as one of the most significant ways of dealing with green house gas emissions. Critical to realising its potential will be the ....

Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Within Emissions Trading Systems

The Treatment of Carbon Credits Arising from Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

Sasha Russell

Following the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, a new global market for trading allowances to emit greenhouse gases, known as the carbon market, has emerged. As an ....

Community Forestry

Integration, Local Values and Forest Resource Management

Ryan C L Bullock and Kevin S Hanna

Providing a critical and incisive examination of community forestry, this is a detailed study of complex issues in local forest governance, community sustainability and ....

Cruelty and Sentimentality

Greek Attitudes to Animals, 600-300 BC

Louise Calder

"Cruelty and Sentimentality: Greek Attitudes to Animals, 600-300 BC" examines archaeological and literary evidence, between 600 and 300 BC, to discover how ancient ....

EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases

Considerations and Options

Edited by Cianni Marino and Nico Costa

As a direct result of the Environmental Protection Agency's promulgation of an "endangerment finding" for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in December 2009, and its ....

Environmental Politics in Egypt

Greening Authoritarianism

Jeannie Sowers

This book examines the evolution and development of environmental politics in Egypt, and how networks operate inside an authoritarian system. Drawing on extensive fieldwork ....

Green Buildings, Clean Transport and the Low Carbon Economy

Towards Bangladesh's vision of a Greener Tomorrow

Sanwar Sunny

With varied effects of globalization in trade, technology and trends, tenets of life in Bangladeshi society is ever-changing. Gone are the days of carbon neutral mud huts and ....

Green Philosophy

How to Think Seriously About the Planet

Roger Scruton

The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which has seen the principal threats to the earth as issuing from international capitalism, ....

Green Washed

Why We Can't Buy Our Way to A Green Planet

Kendra Pierre-Louis

The message that our environment is in peril has filtered from environmental groups to the American consciousness to our shopping carts. Every day, millions of Americans ....

Investing in Water for a Green Economy

Services, Infrastructure, Policies and Management

Edited by Mike Young and Christine Esau

In the context of the economies of the world becoming greener, this book provides a global and interdisciplinary overview of the condition of the world's water resources ....

Modeling the Economics of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

Summary of a Workshop

National Research Council and K John Holmes

Models are fundamental for estimating the possible costs and effectiveness of different policies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. There is a wide array of models to ....

New Directions in Conservation Medicine

Applied Cases of Ecological Health

Edited by A Alonso Aguirre, Richard Ostfeld and Peter Daszak

In recent years, species and ecosystems have been threatened by many anthropogenic factors manifested in local and global declines of populations and species. Although we ....

Tourism and Animal Ethics

David A Fennell

There is a long history of the involvement of animals for tourism purposes in circuses, zoos, fairs, ecotourism and wildlife tourism, using animals as the prime focus of their ....

Water Pollution XI

Edited by CA Brebbia

Water pollution is by necessity an interdisciplinary field involving scientists and professionals with a wide range of expertise. It also transcends national borders, since ....

Bayesian Modeling of Ecological Data

Eric Parent and Etienne Rivot

Bayesian statistics are becoming the contemporary standard for treating ecological data. This book is designed for readers who are interested in the quantitative analysis of ....

Discovering Statistics Using R

Andy Field, Jeremy Miles and Zoe Field

Hot on the heels of the award-winning and best selling "Discovering Statistics Using SPSS" 3rd Edition, Andy Field has teamed up with Jeremy Miles (co-author of "Discovering ....

Environmental Statistics with R

Steven P Millard, Nagaraj K Neerchal and Philip Dixon

Condensed and reorganized, this comprehensive second edition covers most of the statistical methods used in the field and now features the use of both R and S-Plus ....

Integrated Pest Management for Collections

Proceedings of 2011: A Pest Odyssey, 10 Years Later

Edited by Peter Winsor et al

Integrated pest management (IPM) is not a static approach but one that is constantly evolving. Mass international travel, climate change and other factors contribute to the ....

Thrive in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Lynne Cox, David Harris and Catherine Pears

The "Thrive in Bioscience" revision guides are written to help students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. Each title encourages the reader to follow four ....

Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences

Victoria E McMillan

This comprehensive guide for students of biological sciences provides guidance on researching, drafting, revising, and documenting papers, reviews, and other forms of ....