Acoustic Ecology of European Bats

Species Identification, Study of their Habitats and Foraging Behaviour

Michel Barataud and Yves Tupinier

Acoustic Ecology of European Bats covers the findings of 25 years of research over more than 300 pages. The introduction summarizes the physical bases of the biological sonar and gives an overview of the technologies ...

Bats and Viruses

Lin-fa Wang and Christopher Cowled

Approximately 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses. The rate of emergence of zoonotic viruses appears to be increasing and/or our ability to detect new viruses is improving. Bats are being increasingly recognised as an important ... ....

Beneath the Surface

Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish

John Hargrove and Howard Chua-Eoan

Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience ... ....

Blood of the Tiger

A Story of Conspiracy, Greed, and the Battle to Save a Magnificent Species

JA Mills

Many people think wild tigers are on the road to recovery, but they are in greater danger than ever – from a menace few experts saw coming. There may be only three thousand wild tigers left in the entire world.

Buffalo Ballad

On the Trail of an American Icon

Heidi Koch and Hans-Juergen Koch

Thunder rolled across the prairie – and then there was silence... It was probably more than 30 million American bison roaming the plains of the Midwest. Nothing was more powerful in the prairie, neither physically nor spiritually. ....

Coordination in Human and Primate Groups

Margarete Boos, Michaela Kolbe, Peter M Kappeler and Thomas Ellwart

Coordination in Human and Primate Groups presents one of the first collections of the different approaches and methods used to assess coordination processes in groups. Written by psychologists and primatologists ...

Dispersing Primate Females

Life History and Social Strategies in Male-Philopatric Species

Takeshi Furuichi, Juichi Yamagiwa and Filippo Aureli

Why do females in male-philopatric species seem to show larger variation in their life history strategies than males in female-philopatric species? Why did females in human societies come to show enormous variation in the patterns of ... ....

Diving Seals and Meditating Yogis

Strategic Metabolic Retreats

Robert Elsner

The comparative physiology of seemingly disparate organisms often serves as a surprising pathway to biological enlightenment. How appropriate, then, that Robert Elsner sheds new light on the remarkable physiology of diving seals through ... ....

Elephant Don

The Politics of a Pachyderm Posse

Caitlin O'Connell

Meet Greg. He's a stocky guy with an outsized swagger. He's been the intimidating yet sociable don of his posse of friends – including Abe, Keith, Mike, Kevin, Torn Trunk, and Willie. But one arid summer the tide begins to ... ....

Elephants and Kings

An Environmental History

Thomas R Trautman

Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In early civilizations – such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilization, and China – kings used elephants for ... ....

For the Love of Lemurs

My Life in the Wilds of Madagascar

Patricia Chapple Wright

In 1986, primatologist, Patricia Chapple Wright, was given a seemingly impossible task:to travel to the rainforests of Madagascar and find the greater bamboo lemur, a species that hadn't been seen in the wild for thirty years.

Gardiens des Cimes

Les Bouquetins Du Creux-du-Van

Patrice Raydelet

Lover and ardent defender of the Franco-Swiss Jura mountains and its wildlife, Patrice Raydelet invites us to discover a flagship species: the ibex. This herbivore with impressive horns is one of the most illustrious representatives of ... ....

Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology

George A Feldhamer, Lee C Drickamer, Stephen H Vessey, Joseph F Merritt and Carey Krajewski

Reflecting the expertise and perspective of five leading mammalogists, the fourth edition of Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology significantly updates taxonomy, includes a new chapter on mammalian molecular phylogenetics ... ....

Mammals of South America, Volume 2

Rodents

James L Patton, Ulyses FJ Pardinas and Guillermo D'Elía

The second installment in a planned three-volume series, Mammals of South America, Volume 2 provides the first substantive review of South American rodents published in over fifty years. Increases in the reach of field research ... ....

Mammals of South Asia, Volume 2

AJT Johnsingh, Nima Manjrekar, George B Schaller and Maya Ramaswamy

The second half of this encyclopedic work on the mammals of South Asia, with the remaining 34 chapters, covering the orders Cetacea, Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, and Rodentia, as well as a checklist of the mammals of South Asia ... ....

Marsupial Genetics and Genomics

Paul D Waters, Janine E Deakin and Jennifer A Marshall Graves

Marsupials belong to the Class Mammalia, sharing some features with other mammals, yet they also possess many unique features. It is their differences from the more traditionally studied mammals, such as mice and humans, that is of great ... ....

Micromammals and Macroparasites

From Evolutionary Ecology to Management

Serge Morand, Boris R Krasnov and Robert Poulin

Small mammals are among the most ubiquitous and important components of terrestrial ecosystems. They have coevolved, and now coexist, with a diverse array of parasites, such that not only are all aspects of their biology influenced by ... ....

New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates

Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation

Alejandro Estrada, Paul A Garber, Mary Pavelka and Leandra Luecke

The purpose of New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates is to present a comprehensive overview of recent advances in primate field research, ecology, and conservation biology in Mesoamerica. The overall goal of each ... ....

Saving the Pryor Mountain Mustang

A Legacy of Local and Federal Cooperation

Christine M Reed

In 1968 the residents of Lovell, Wyoming, began the work of saving the Pryor Mountain Mustang, a breed of horse with a genetic link dating back to the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistadores' horses. In this moving case study ... ....

The Oxen at the Intersection

A Collision

Pattrice Jones

When Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont announced that two oxen called Bill and Lou would be killed and turned into hamburgers despite their years of service as unofficial college and town mascots, Pattrice Jones and her colleagues ... ....

A Wildfowl Walkabout - at Slimbridge

Tony Richardson, Dave Paynter and Ken Jackson

An exploration of the wildfowl walkabout trail at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's centre at Slimbridge, in the company of Tony Richardson and Dave Paynter. The 34 species to be heard, and heard about, are: Eider, American and European ... ....

Atlas des Oiseaux Nicheurs d'Aquitaine

LPO Aquitaine and Collectif faune-aquitaine.org

Aquitaine, one of the 27 Regions of France in the south-western part of the country, is a large region that harbours diverse environments: From coastal areas, ponds and sand dunes in the Pyrenees, through to the karst landscapes of Quercy ... ....

Bird Language: How to Interpret the Behaviors and Patterns of Nature (Region 0)

Jon Young

This disc is not region locked, but it is NTSC format. Please check your DVD-player and TV to ensure it is NTSC-compatible before purchasing this product. Playback on computers is not a problem. Would you like to be able to ...

Birds of Madhya Pradesh

Satish Pande, Niranjant Sant, Kailash Chandra, Pramod Deshpande and Narmada P Shukla

From the introduction: "This pocket guide is designed with an intention to generate interest among children, local birdwatchers, scientists and serious ornithologists and sensitize them to the birdlife of Madhya Pradesh ...

Birds of a Winter Estuary

Bill Oddie and Ken Jackson

Bill Oddie takes Ken Jackson to Pagham Harbour in Sussex on a winter walk around this well-known reserve. They see or hear some 30 species, which include: Whimbrel, Brent Geese, Grey Plover, Teal, Turnstone, Redshank, Oystercatcher ... ....

Chouette... un Hibou!

La Rapaces Nocturnes de Suisse

Daniel Cherix, Albertine Roulet, Pierre-Alain Ravussin and Daniel Aubort

This book, written by four ornithologists, presents the reader a rich and current panorama of what is known about these unique birds ... Owls fascinate by their looks, their habits, and their secretive nightlife. This book will help you ... ....

Finding Birds in Northern Greece

Dave Gosney

Northern Greece is undoubtedly one of the best birdwatching areas in Europe, and this guide updates to Finding Birds in Greece, based on a visit in spring 2014.

Finding Birds in Northern Greece - The DVD (Region ALL)

Dave Gosney

This DVD shows you how fabulous the birding is at many sites in northern Greece, from lake Prespa near the Albanian border, to the Evros delta near the Turkish border It features the best birds of places such as Lake Kerkini ...

H is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

"In real life, goshawks resemble sparrowhawks the way leopards resemble housecats. Bigger, yes. But bulkier, bloodier, deadlier, scarier, and much, much harder to see. Birds of deep woodland, not gardens, they're the birdwatcher's ... ....

Into the Nest

Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds

Laura Erickson

Into the Nest uniquely presents familiar birds in unfamiliar ways. For each species group, there are images of the male and female, nest, nestlings, feeding time, and the fledglings as they take their first leap. The featured ... ....

Les Oiseaux a Berceaux

Histoire Naturelles et Photographies

Michel Ottaviani and Alain Hennache

This book treats all bowerbird species, for a total of 20 species distributed in eight genera. The group lives in New Guinea, Australia and nearby islands. New Guinea is home to ten species, Australia holds eight and two are common to ... ....

Limnology and Aquatic Birds

Proceedings of the Fourth Conference Working Group on Aquatic Birds of Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL), Sackv

Alan R Hanson and Joseph J Kerekes

The importance of habitat conservation for the protection of birds has become widely acknowledged and accepted by natural resource managers and the general public. Papers presented in Limnology and Aquatic Birds further our understanding ... ....

Ospreys in Wales

The First Ten Years

Emyr Evans, Iolo Williams and Andy Rouse

For hundreds of years during the last millennium, Wales had been devoid of breeding ospreys. Not since the last ice age some 11 000 years ago, had such a vast amount of time passed without this enigmatic bird of prey nesting and breeding ... ....

Sea and Shore Birds Only

Sounds Natural

A collage of the calls and songs of 31 species of wader, gulls, wildfowl and other sea and shore birds, mixed with the sound of the sea on occasions. Wader such as Redshank, Turnstone, Curlew, Grey and Golden Plover, Greenshank, Whimbrel ... ....

Sturkie's Avian Physiology

Colin G Scanes

Sturkie's Avian Physiology is the classic comprehensive single volume on the physiology of domestic as well as wild birds. The Sixth Edition is thoroughly revised and updated, and features several new chapters with entirely ... ....

The Merlin

Richard Sale

The Merlin is a fascinating small falcon, standing outside the usual grouping of the 'True Falcons', and with a range that is confined to northern climes, an exclusive preference that is shared by only one other, the much larger ... ....

The Names of Birds

Daniel Wolff

A field guide to perception, The Names of Birds is about how we see the "natural world." That is, how we approach what isn't us and name what we see. It also offers detailed observations of common North American ... ....

Tweet of the Day

A Year of Britain's Birds from the Acclaimed Radio 4 Series

Brett Westwood, Stephen Moss and Carry Akroyd

Please note that, despite the book's title and subject, it does not include any audio recordings. Wherever we are, there are birds. And wherever there are birds, there is birdsong. It's always a pleasure ... ....

Vogelzang van Nederland

Dick de Vos and Luc de Meersman

This book allows you to identify 100 Dutch birds by their song, and includes an audio CD with 100 tracks and an identification key. A novel, accessible method is employed to teach you to easily recognize bird song. Clear descriptions and ... ....

Wildfowl Talking

Sounds Natural

A blend of some 30 species of swans, geese ducks and flamingos, mainly recorded at five Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust centres – Arundel, Caelaverock, Martinmere, Slimbridge, and Welney – and at the Flamingo Gardens near Olney. ....

Chuckwallas: Lebensweise, Pflege und Zucht

Gunther Koehler and Hannes Zorn

This book is a comprehensive account of the lizards of the genus Sauromalus. These amazing animals are perfectly adapted to hot, dry habitats. Populations are strikingly coloured black, red or white. This makes it an impressive ... ....

Fotoatlas der Amphibienlarven Deutschlands

Burkhard Thiesmeier

Identifying the larvae of German amphibians is relatively simple in some species but difficult in others, especially if it concerns live animals.

Pantherchamaeleons: Pflege, Zucht, Lebensweise und Lokalformen

Manfred Au

The Panther Chameleon is one of the most popular terrarium animals. There are several reasons: it is extremely colorful, is quite tame, attitude is no longer a problem, and breeding is now on a regular basis. Chapters cover: Terrarium ... ....

Snakes of Italy

Herpetological Treatise on the Biology and Iconography of Italian Ophidians

Gabriele Achille and E Frulla

Snakes of Italy offers a comprehensive review of the biology of snakes, focusing on Italian species. The snakes of Italy belong to the two families Colubridae and Viperidae, and for each species the systematic classification and ... ....

The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Turtles of the World

Donald W Duszynski and Johnica J Morrow

The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Turtles of the World is an invaluable resource for researchers in protozoology, coccidia, and parasitology, veterinary sciences, animal sciences, zoology, and biology ... ....

Biology and Conservation of the European Sturgeon Acipenser sturio L. 1758

The Reunion of the European and Atlantic Sturgeons

Patrick Williot, Eric Rochard, Nathalie Desse-Berset, Frank Kirschbaum and Joern Gessner

This book aims at synthesizing our current knowledge of Acipenser sturio and its management. This species, one of the most widespread sturgeon species all over Western Europe ranging from the Black Sea to the Baltic, is now on ... ....

Identification Guide to the Inshore Fish of the British Isles

Peter A Henderson and J Robin Somes

Identification Guide to the Inshore Fish of the British Isles, by Dr Peter Henderson of Pisces Conservation is a comprehensive photographic guide to the coastal fish of the British Isles. The book is aimed at anglers, marine biologists ... ....

The Crustacea, Volume 5

J Carel von Vaupel Klein, M Charmantier-Daures and FR Schram

This fifth volume of The Crustacea contains chapters on: - Pentastomida - Class Eupentastomida - Orders Bochusacea, Mictacea, and Spelaeogriphacea - Order Amphipoda - Order Tanaidacea

'In Considerable Variety'

Introducing the Diversity of Australia's Insects

Tim R New

'In Considerable Variety' introduces basic entomology, emphasising perspectives on insect diversity important in conservation assessment and setting priorities for management, as a foundation for managers and others with ... ....

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 67: Advances in Cephalopod Science

Biology, Ecology, Cultivation and Fisheries

Erica AG Vidal

Advances in Cephalopod Science: Biology, Ecology, Cultivation and Fisheries – volume 67 in the Advances in Marine Biology series – addresses major themes of growing research interest in the field of cephalopod research ... ....

Aphid Biodiversity under Environmental Change

Patterns and Processes

Pavel Kindlmann, AFG Dixon and JP Michaud

Aphid Biodiversity under Environmental Change presents the results of recent research on aphid population dynamics and ecology relevant to current environmental changes resulting from global warming. It incorporates a selection ... ....

Atlas des Sauterelles, Grillons et Criquets de Franche-Comte

Illustrations Commentees du Peuple Chantant de l'Herbe

Francois Dehondt and Frederic Mora

When in 2005 the idea for this book came about, the author's motivation was to find answers to the questions they asked themselves about the status of species of the orthopteran fauna of France, and they discovered how she was ignored ... ....

Bark Beetles

Biology and Ecology of Native and Invasive Species

Fernando E Vega and Richard W Hofstetter

Bark Beetles: Biology and Ecology of Native and Invasive Species provides a thorough discussion of these economically important pests of coniferous and broadleaf trees and their importance in agriculture. It is the first book in ... ....

Bemisia: Bionomics and Management of a Global Pest

Philip A Stansly and Steven E Naranjo

Bemisia tabaci (Gennedius) has distinguished itself from the more than 1 000 whitefly species in the world by its adaptability, persistence and potential to damage a wide range of agricultural and horticultural crops in all ... ....

Biocontrol of Lepidopteran Pests

Use of Soil Microbes and Their Metabolites

K Sowjanya Sree and Ajit Varma

Biocontrol of Lepidopteran Pests describes the various applications of entomopathogenic soil microorganisms in the management and control of the devastating lepidopteran pest. An introduction describes the insecticidal properties ... ....

Biology of Termites

A Modern Synthesis

David Edward Bignell, Yves Roisin and Nathan Lo

Biology of Termites brings together the major advances in termite biology, phylogenetics, social evolution and biogeography since the publication of Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology (2000). The editors have brought together ... ....

Britain's Butterflies

A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Ireland

David E Newland, Robert Still, Andy Swash and David Tomlinson

Britain's Butterflies is a comprehensive and beautifully designed photographic field guide to the butterflies of Britain and Ireland. Containing hundreds of stunning colour photographs, this revised and updated edition providing ... ....

Britain's Hoverflies

A Field Guide

Stuart Ball and Roger Morris

Britain's Hoverflies is a beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to the hoverflies of Britain, focusing on the species that can be most readily identified. It is the perfect companion for wildlife enthusiasts ... ....

Butterflies & Moths of the Sandwell Valley

Peter Shirley and Dave Grundy

From the introduction: "From time to time, the Sandwell Valley Naturalists' Club (SNVC or SANDNATS) produces Special Series Publications on groups of plants and animals in the locality. It regularly updates members ...

Butterfly Conservation in South-Eastern Australia

Progress and Prospects

Tim R New

This is a survey of the development and practice of butterfly conservation in south east Australia, tracing the evolution of the science through a series of cases from the focus on single subspecies through increasing levels of ecological ... ....

Cephalopods Present and Past

New Insights and Fresh Perspectives

Neil H Landman, Richard Arnold Davis and Royal H Mapes

Cephalopods Present and Past brings together an international group of scientists focusing on present-day and fossil cephalopods, ranging broadly from Paleozoic ammonoids to today's octopods. It has three general sections ... ....

Chemical Communication in Crustaceans

Thomas Breithaupt and Martin Thiel

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

Contemporary Insect Diagnostics

The Art and Science of Practical Entomology

Timothy J Gibb

Contemporary Insect Diagnostics aids entomologists as they negotiate the expectations and potential dangers of the practice. It provides the reader with methods for networking with regulatory agencies, expert laboratories, first ... ....

Die Koecherfliegen [Caddisflies]

Ruediger Wagner and Wilfried Wichard

Caddisflies are insects whose larvae live in water and whose imaginal stage lives on land. They are a wanderer between two worlds and especially adapted to both aquatic life and airborne and life. The various mechanisms of adaptations ... ....

Dust Mites

Matthew J Colloff

Dust mites are present in almost every home – in our beds, clothing and carpets. Conservatively, at least 100 million people are affected by house dust mite allergy worldwide, manifesting itself as asthma, rhinitis or atopic ... ....

Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera

Illustrated Keys to Known Families, Genera, and Species in South America

Charles W Heckman

Hemiptera – Heteroptera encompasses the three well-defined suborders of the true bugs which are adapted to an aquatic or littoral habitat.

Erebidae, Arctiinae (Lithosiini, Arctiini) of Malay Peninsula - Malaysia, Supplementum

Karol Bucsek

This supplement contains information on 35 genera and 75 species of the family Erebidae, Arctiinae (Lithosiini, Arctiini) from the Malay Peninsula. Of these, one new genus, 44 new species and two new subspecies are also described and ... ....

Eriophyoid Mites

Progress and Prognoses

Edward A Ueckermann

This collection of 14 papers comprises primary research articles and literature reviews, presenting a broad overview of the developments in about all possible aspects of members of the plant parasitic superfamily Eriophyoidea. It deals with ... ....

Guia De Camp Dels Molluscs d'Andorra

Vicent Borreda, Alberto Martínez-Ortí and Jordi Nicolau

This specialized scientific work includes most of the current knowledge on the molluscs of Andorra, one of the most extensive and diverse wildlife groups. It identifies 134 species that have been found in the Principality, using a dichotomous ... ....

Honeybees of Asia

Randall H Hepburn and Sarah E Radloff

A multi-authored work on the basic biology of Asian honeybees, written by expert specialists in the field, Honeybees of Asia highlights phylogeny, classification, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, biogeography, genetics, physiology ... ....

Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World

Brooke Borel

Bed bugs. Few words strike such fear in the minds of travelers. In cities around the world, lurking beneath the plush blankets of otherwise pristine-looking hotel beds are tiny bloodthirsty beasts just waiting for weary wanderers to ... ....

Issues of Decapod Crustacean Biology

Maria Thessalou-Legaki

Issues of Decapod Crustacean Biology presents the proceedings of the eighth Colloquium Crustacea Decapoda Mediterranea, which was held at the Ionian University on Corfu Island, Greece, from 2 to 6 September 2002, and reflects ... ....

Jellyfish Blooms: New Problems and Solutions

Jennifer E Purcell and Dror L Angel

The first Jellyfish Blooms volume was published in 2001. Since that time, reports of human problems with jellyfish, as well as public and scientific awareness of the importance of jellyfish in coastal waters have increased dramatically ... ....

Lepidoptera Conservation in a Changing World

John Dover, Martin Warren, Tim Shreeve and Sir David Attenborough

The Convention on Biological Diversity set a world target: "to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss". The EU went further, aiming to halt biodiversity loss by 2010. In March 2010, the ... ....

Libellenrijk Fryslan

Mei Ljochtsjende Wjukken oer it Wetter

Eduard Peter de Boer, Ep van Hijum, Christophe Brochard and Ronald Bonne van Seijen

Libellenrijk Fryslân is a unique book offering an overview of ten years of scientific research on the dragonflies of the Dutch province of Friesland. This richly illustrated work describes 64 dragonfly species, including ... ....

Living Muricidae of the World - Muricinae

Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus

Roland Houart

Living Muricidae of the World - Muricinae comprises the introduction and the first part of the Muricinae: Murex s.s., Murex (Promurex), Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and ... ....

Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)

Helmut Berger

Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) is the third of six volumes which review the Hypotricha, a major group of the spirotrichous ciliates. It is about the Amphisiellidae, the Trachelostylidae ... ....

Monograph of the Spathidiida (Ciliophora, Haptoria), Volume 1

Protospathidiidae, Arcuospathidiidae, Apertospathulidae

Wilhelm Foissner and Kuidong Xu

The spathidiids belong to the ciliate subclass Haptoria (Protozoa, Ciliophora), that is, they are predators using toxicysts to overwhelm the prey. Spathidiid ciliates prefer terrestrial and semisterrestrial habitats, but many occur also ... ....

Mosquitoes

Keith R Snow and AJE Terzi

British mosquitoes are often overlooked by entomologists in favour of their wilder, tropical cousins. This book brings together all of the current research and information on British mosquitoes, providing a comprehensive, accessible guide to ... ....

Plant Mites and Sociality

Diversity and Evolution

Yutaka Saito

Plant Mites and Sociality offers detailed descriptions of the diverse social systems and the social evolution of mites, ranging from genetic to ecological aspects. Through a broad spectrum of studies including traditional natural ... ....

Prospects for Biological Control of Harmful Organisms by Mites

Daniel Carillo, Gilberto Jose de Moraes and Jorge E Pena

The history of biological control of harmful organisms by mites is marked by outstanding achievements with a few natural enemies. The focus has been mostly on mites of the family Phytoseiidae for the control of plant feeding mites. ....

Revision du Genre Aphnaeus Huebner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Michel Libert

A necessary update of Stempffer’s revision published almost 60 years ago. Seven new species are described, together with 3 new subspecies.

Shells on a Desert Shore

Mollusks in the Seri World

Cathy Moser Marlett and Richard S Felger

In Mexico's western Sonoran Desert along the Gulf of California is a place made extraordinary by the desert solitude, the dynamic sea, and the people who live there – the Seris. Central to the lives of these people are the ... ....

Shinkai Seibutsu Totta, Sodateta, Wakatta!

Ishigaki Koji

Recent media attention for the giant squid has led to a surge in interest from the general audience in its biology and ecology. In this book the author aims to provide basic information, and is a testament to his love and enthusiasm for ... ....

Sterile Insect Technique

Principles and Practice in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management

VA Dyck, J Hendrichs and Alastair S Robinson

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. A first of its kind, Sterile Insect Technique takes a general ... ....

Sur la Taxonomie du Genre Celaenorrhinus Huebner en Afrique (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

Michel Libert

The last comprehensive work on Celaenorrhinus was Evans (1937); he recognized 19 African species (including three described by himself) and four subspecies, 23 valid taxa and reported a similar number of synonyms (22). Many species ... ....

The Butterflies of the Comoros / Les Papillons Diurnes des Iles Comores

Emilio Balletto, Francesca Barbero, Luca Casacci, Hamada Chakira, Abdillah Dafine and Ahme Ouledi

Comoran biodiversity is unique in the world and among the most important. Studies on the zoology and botany of these islands, however, are few and most of them were carried out many years ago and on a very discontinuous basis.

The Cockroach Papers

A Compendium of History and Lore

Richard Schweid

Skittering figures of urban legend – and a ubiquitous reality – cockroaches are nearly as abhorred as they are ancient. Even as our efforts to exterminate them have developed into ever more complex forms of chemical warfare ... ....

The Ecology of Fungal Entomopathogens

Helen E Roy, Fernando E Vega, Dave Chandler, Mark S Goettel, Judith K Pell and Eric Wajnberg

Understanding of the ecology of fungal entomopathogens has vastly increased since the early 1800's, but remains challenging. The often complex interactions between pathogen and host are being unravelled through eloquent research and ... ....

The Sirex Woodwasp and Its Fungal Symbiont

Research and Management of a Worldwide Invasive Pest

Bernard Slippers, Peter de Groot and Michael John Wingfield

The Sirex woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, is the most important invasive alien insect pest of Pinus plantations in the Southern Hemisphere. It now also threatens pines in North America. This book brings together the worldwide ... ....

Trends in Acarology

Proceedings of the 12th International Congress

Maurice W Sabelis and Jan Bruin

Mites and ticks are everywhere and acarologists go after them – some explore their bewildering diversity, others try to understand their how and why. For the past 50 years, the International Congress of Acarology has been the forum ... ....

Vector Biology, Ecology and Control

Peter W Atkinson

The control of mosquitoes and other insect vectors of human pathogens in an area-wide, environmentally and sustainable way is critical to solving global health problems in the developing world but also to industrialized countries that ... ....

World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 13: Dermestidae (Coleoptera)

Jirí Hava

The World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) contains the list of subfamilies, tribes and subtribes, list of genera and subgenera, systematic catalogue of all known taxons including new nomenclatorial acts, new distribution ... ....

ZooKeys 461: A Synopsis of the Genus Ethmia Huebner in Costa Rica

Biology, Distribution, and Description of 22 New Species ( Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with e

Eugenie Phillips-Rodríguez, Jerry A Powell, Winnie Hallwachs and Daniel H Janzen

This is one of several on-going taxonomic clarifications of species-rich genera of Costa Rican Depressariidae. Depressariidae, with small leaf-tying caterpillars, formerly included in Elachistidae, is one of the most species-rich families ... ....

ZooKeys 467: Ninety-Eight New Species of Trigonopterus Weevils from Sundaland and the Lesser Sunda Islands

Alexander Riedel, Rene Tanzler, Michael Balke, Cahyo Rahmadi and Yayuk R Suhardjono

Trigonopterus is a little known genus of weevils, containing hundreds of species, the majority of them without a scientific name. This is the second part on this genus using a fast-lane approach of accelerated and improved taxon ... ....

ZooKeys 471: Annotated Type Catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) Deposited in the Collection of Maximilia

Paolo Rosa and Zai-Fu Xu

The chrysidid wasps, commonly known as cuckoo wasps or goldwasps, are among the most beautiful and colourful Hymenoptera. Maximilian Spinola was an active entomologist and described hundreds of species in different families of Coleoptera ... ....

ZooKeys 474: Araneae Sloveniae: A National Spider Species Checklist

Rok Kostanjsek and Matjaz Kuntner

The research of the spider fauna of Slovenia dates back to the very beginning of binomial nomenclature, but the species records have never been summarized in a single work. In this contribution Rok Kostanjsek and Matjaz Kuntner ... ....

Etude Archeozoologique des Grands Mammiferes du Gisement Paleolithique Moyen d'Erd (Hongrie)

Eva J Daschek

Étude Archéozoologique des Grands Mammifères du Gisement Paléolithique Moyen d'Érd (Hongrie) deals with Neanderthal subsistence behaviours during the Middle Palaeolithic in Hungary, through ... ....

Evolution of South American Mammalian Carnivores During the Cenozoic

Paleobiogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Contingencies

Francisco J Prevosti and Analia M Forasiepi

Evolution of South American Mammalian Carnivores During the Cenozoic summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South America. It presents paleontological information on the two main mammalian carnivorous ... ....

Introduction to Geobiology

Nora Noffke

Introduction to Geobiology is an introductionary overview on the novel and rapidly evolving scientific discipline geobiology. Geobiology studies Earth from both geological and biological perspective.

Micropaleontology: Principles and Applications

Pratul Kumar Saraswati and MS Srinavasan

Micropaleontology: Principles and Applications will help readers learn the basic skills needed to study microfossils especially those without a formal background in paleontology. It details key principles, explains how to identify ... ....

No Stone Unturned

Papers in Honour of Roger Jacobi

Nick Ashton and Claire Harris

This volume of papers is in honour of Roger Jacobi one of the great prehistorians of his generation. The papers have been written by his former students, colleagues and friends, reflecting the full breadth of his research.

Rereading the Fossil Record

The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline

David Sepkoski

Although fossils have provided some of the most important evidence for evolution, the discipline of paleontology has not always had a central place in evolutionary biology. Beginning in Darwin's day, and for much of the twentieth century ... ....

The Paleobiological Revolution

Essays on the Growth of Modern Paleontology

David Sepkoski and Michael Ruse

Paleontology has long had a troubled relationship with evolutionary biology. Suffering from a reputation as a second-tier science and conjuring images of fossil collectors and amateurs who dig up bones, paleontology was marginalized even ... ....

The Recent and Fossil Meet Kempf Database Ostracoda

Festschrift Eugen Karl Kempf - Proceedings of the 15th International German Ostracodologists' Meeting

Finn A Viehberg, Renate Matzke-Karasz, Lisa Park Boush and Alison J Smith

The Festschrift Eugen Karl Kempf is a proceedings volume of the 15th International German Ostracodologists' Meeting which was held October 11th to 14th, 2012 by the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of the University of ... ....

The Rise of Birds

225 Million Years of Evolution

Sankar Chatterjee

A small set of fossilized bones discovered almost thirty years ago led paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee on a lifelong quest to understand their place in our understanding of the history of life. They were clearly the bones of something ... ....

ZooKeys 465: The Origin and Early Evolution of Metatherian Mammals

The Cretaceous record

Thomas E Williamson, Stephen L Brusatte and Gregory P Wilson

This is a review of Cretaceous metatherian mammals, the group that includes marsupials and their closest relatives, which was one of the most dominant groups of mammals near the end of the Mesozoic. Metatherians, the group of ...

ZooKeys 469: Island Life in the Cretaceous

Faunal Composition, Biogeography, Evolution, and Extinction of Land-Living Vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European A

Zoltan Csiki-Sava, Eric Buffetaut, Attila Osi, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola and Stephen L Brusatte

One of the largest mass extinctions in Earth history occurred at the end of the Cretaceous Period, about 66 millions of years ago (Mya). This extinction completely wiped out the hallmark group of the Mesozoic, the non-avian dinosaurs ... ....

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 68

Michael Lesser

Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 – over 40 years of outstanding coverage! Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 68 is well known ... ....

Aquatic Oligochaete Biology IX

Selected Papers from the 9th Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, 6-10 October 2003, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Piet FM Verdonschot, Hongzhe Wang, Adrian Pinder and Rebi Nijboer

This volume contains selected papers from the 9th Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, 6-10 October 2003, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 18 contributions deal with the biology of aquatic oligochaetes, and represents a mixture of the fields of ... ....

Coral Reefs

An Ecosystem in Transition

Zvy Dubinsky and Noga Stambler

Coral Reefs covers, in one volume, materials scattered in hundreds of research articles, in most cases focusing on specialized aspects of coral biology. In addition to the latest developments in coral evolution and physiology ... ....

Dare mo Shiranakatta Shinkai Seibutsu Fushigi Gaido

This book introduces 85 species of deep sea creatures.

Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Lakes and Oceans

Causal Explanations and Adaptive Significances

Joop Ringelberg

Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Lakes and Oceans deals with Diel Vertical Migration (DVM) of zooplankton in oceans and lakes and is the first critical discussion of the literature in 100 years of research.

Ecology and Composition of Phytoplankton in the Adriatic Sea

Damir Vilicic

Ecology and Composition of Phytoplankton in the Adriatic Sea provides information on a) environmental conditions that regulate pelagic production and other processes in the ocean; b) published and unpublished results on phytoplankton ... ....

Le Musee Vivant du Bord de Mer

Sonia Dourlot

A fascinating and very informative photographic book of the fauna and flora of the sea. A work equally intended for naturalists and fishermen on foot, as for leisure travelers wishing to know more about the life and surprising adaptation ... ....

Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America

Ingo S Wehrtmann and Jorge Cortes

Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America, compiling and updating the marine biodiversity information of Costa Rica, consists of species lists, and comments on the state-of-knowledge of most taxonomical groups.

Marine Faunal Diversity in India

Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation

Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman and Chandrakasan Sivaperuman

More than 70% of the earth's surface is covered by water, making it an ideal and abundant resource for studying species diversity, faunal communities, and ecosystems. India's massive coastline (5 044 miles) means it plays ... ....

Plankton: Wonders of the Drifting World

Christian Sardet and Mark Ohrman

Ask anyone to picture a bird or a fish and a series of clear images will immediately come to mind. Ask the same person to picture plankton and most would have a hard time conjuring anything beyond a vague squiggle or a greyish fleck. ....

Sea Animals from the Atlantic Ocean / Meerestiere des Atlantiks / Zeedieren uit de Atlantische Oceaan

Halldis Ringvold

This poster shows 43 sea animals from the Atlantic Ocean. Most of them are common along the English and European coasts. The poster provides names of animals in four different Languages: English, German, Dutch, and Norwegian.

Shinkai Seibutsu dai Jiten Tankobon [The Encyclopedia of Deep-Sea Creatures]

Sato Takako

A richly illustrated encyclopaedia to deep-sea creatures.

The Living Species in China's Seas (2-volume set)

Huang Zongguo

The Living Species and Their Illustrations in China's Seas is the achievement of the Chinese Offshore Investigation and Assessment, and is also an expanded continuation of ...

Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates, Volume 1

Ecology and General Biology

James H Thorp and D Christopher Rogers

Readers familiar with the first three editions of Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates (edited by J.H. Thorp and A.P. Covich) will welcome the comprehensive revision and expansion of that trusted ... ....

A Garden of Pleasure

Eleanor Vere Boyle

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825-1916), who re-created the gardens of Huntercombe Manor in Berkshire in the 1870s, was a talented artist as well as an author ...

A Geology of Media

Jussi Parikka

Media history is millions, even billions, of years old. That is the premise of this pioneering and provocative book, which argues that to adequately understand contemporary media culture we must set out from material realities that ... ....

A Monograph of the British Trilobites from the Cambrian, Silurian, and Devonian Formations

John William Salter

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. At the time of his death, John William Salter (1820–69) was dubbed 'the prince of palaeontologists'. A true naturalist with a particular ... ....

A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations: The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea

Walter Percy Sladen and William Kingdon Spencer

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The magnificent monograph of the British Cretaceous echinoids (sea urchins) by Thomas Wright (1809–84) was to be followed by a similar work on ...

A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations: The Echinoidea

Thomas Wright

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Thomas Wright (1809–84) was a leading nineteenth-century monographer of the Mesozoic echinoderms ('spiny-skinned animals') of the British ... ....

A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations (2-Volume Set)

Thomas Wright

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Urged by his colleague Edward Forbes, Thomas Wright (1809-84) devoted himself to completing this monograph of the echinoderms ('spiny-skinned animals ... ....

A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations, Volume 1

Thomas Wright

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Urged by his colleague Edward Forbes, Thomas Wright (1809-84) devoted himself to completing this monograph of the echinoderms ('spiny-skinned animals ... ....

A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations, Volume 2

Thomas Wright

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Urged by his colleague Edward Forbes, Thomas Wright (1809-84) devoted himself to completing this monograph of the echinoderms ('spiny-skinned animals ... ....

A Synopsis of the British Flora

Arranged According to the Natural Orders

John Lindley

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The botanist and horticulturalist John Lindley (1799-1865) worked for Sir Joseph Banks, and was later instrumental in saving the Royal Horticultural Society ... ....

A Wild Life

My Adventures Around the World Filming Wildlife

Martin Hughes-Games

The frozen wastes of the Southern Ocean; the tropical rainforests of South America, the scorching grasslands of Africa, the dizzy heights of the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas: Martin Hughes-Games has been to every continent on earth ... ....

An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany

Or, a Systematic View of the Organisation, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution, of the Whole Vegetable Kin

John Lindley

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Employed early in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley (1799–1865) is best known for his recommendation that Kew Gardens ...

Animal Chemistry

Or, Organic Chemistry in its Applications to Physiology and Pathology

Justus Liebig and William Gregory

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. At the age of thirteen, chemistry enthusiast Justus von Liebig (1803–73) witnessed the devastation caused by a summer of crop failure.

Anthropocene Fictions

The Novel in a Time of Climate Change

Adam Trexler

Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have transformed the Earth's atmosphere, committing our planet to more extreme weather, rising sea levels, melting polar ice caps, and mass extinction. This period of observable human impact on ... ....

August Weismann

Development, Heredity, and Evolution

Frederick B Churchill

The evolutionist Ernst Mayr considered August Weismann one of the great biologists of all time. Yet the man who formulated the germ plasm theory that inheritance is transmitted solely through the nuclei of the egg and sperm cells has not ... ....

Backyard Bird Photography

How to Attract Birds to Your Home and Create Beautiful Photographs

Mathew Tekulsky

Fans of birdwatching will rejoice with Backyard Bird Photography, an American guide for learning how to set up your backyard in order to take the best photographs of your local birds. In addition to guiding you through the first ... ....

Biological Chemistry and Physics of Sea Water

HW Harvey

Originally published in 1928 as part of the Cambridge Comparative Physiology Series, Biological Chemistry and Physics of Sea Water examines the effect of sea water on the growth of marine plants and animals as well as ... ....

Bird Display

An Introduction to the Study of Bird Psychology

Edward A Armstrong

Originally published in 1942, Bird Display is an introduction to the study of bird psychology. Armstrong covers a wide variety of subjects relating to 'ceremonials' and other rituals conducted by various species of birds ... ....

Blanc Sauvage

Un Hiver dans le Massif du Jura

Fabien Greban

Wildlife photographer Fabien Gréban takes you into the Jura mountains to encounter wildlife. Throughout the winter, he travels the peaks, forests and valleys in search of atmosphere and light, making beautiful images. Often at night ... ....

Blood and Water

The Indus River Basin in Modern History

David Gilmartin

This is a history of the political, social, and environmental transformation of the Indus basin as a result of the modern construction of the world's largest, integrated irrigation system. Historically a largely arid region with a ... ....

Botanical Illustration from Chelsea Physic Garden

Andrew Brown, Christopher Bailes and Phillip J Cribb

Chelsea Physic Garden was founded by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in 1673 as a resource providing plant material for the training of apothecaries. For most of its existence, the Garden has been a focus for botanists, taxonomists ... ....

Chasing the Cold

Frederik Paulsen's Quest for All Eight Poles

Charlie Buffet, Thierry Meyer and Ellen MacArthur

Frederik Paulsen's first great adventure involved taking the reins, at age thirty, of the Ferring pharmaceutical firm founded by his father. After he had transformed the company into a multinational corporation, Paulsen began to ... ....

Chickens

Ernest Goh

From the proud Serama of Malaysia, to the delightfully humorous Silkie, first described by Marco Polo, these portraits convey not only the beauty and diversity of these familiar creatures, but also offer us an insight into the personalities ... ....

Cicerone Guides: The Hebrides

50 Walking and Backpacking Routes

Peter Edwards

Inspirational guidebook to walking in Scotland's Hebrides islands. 50 adventurous walks on well-known and remote islands; from Syke, Mull, Rum, the Uists and Barra, Ulva, Iona, Eigg and Muck and more besides. Most of the walks provide ... ....

Cicerone Guides: The Tour of Mont Blanc

Complete Two-Way Trekking Guide

Kev Reynolds

The essential guidebook to the 105-mile Tour of Mont Blanc trek in the Alps. One of the best of the world's classic walks, which circumnavigates the Mont Blanc massif in about eleven days through France, Switzerland and Italy.

Clouds and Weather Phenomena

CJP Cave

First published in 1943 as the second edition of a 1926 original, Clouds and Weather Phenomena explains certain natural phenomena visible in the skies. Cave details the reasons for atmospheric features such as coronae, iridescent ... ....

Colours of the Earth

This spectacular book of the most fascinating natural landscapes on our planet is a visual feast of panoramic photographs by the world's top geographical photographers. Each photograph is a work of art in itself, capturing the Earth ... ....

Connaught

George Fletcher

Originally published in 1922 as part of a series of geographical studies of Ireland, Connaught examines the geographical, botanical, geological, zoological, architectural, administrative and historical points of interest found in ... ....

Crisis of the Wasteful Nation

Empire and Conservation in Theodore Roosevelt's America

Ian Tyrrell

Long before people were "going green" and toting reusable bags, the Progressive generation of the early 1900s was calling for the conservation of resources, sustainable foresting practices, and restrictions on hunting.

Descriptive Labels for Botanic Gardens

Humphrey Gilbert-Carter

Humphrey Gilbert-Carter (1884–1969) was the first academic director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden from 1921 until 1950. In Descriptive Labels for Botanic Gardens, first published in 1924, Gilbert-Carter gives ... ....

Echoes from the Mountains

The Life and Adventures of a Colorado Wildlife Officer

Glen A Hinshaw

Life is filled with memories and ill remembered events, and to reawaken, relive, and record them for others is a daunting task that few embark upon. Echoes from the Mountains is an engaging, honest, and humorous portrayal of the ... ....

Eco-Sonic Media

Jacob Smith

The negative environmental effects of media culture are not often acknowledged: the fuel required to keep huge server farms in operation, landfills full of high tech junk, and the extraction of rare minerals for devices reliant on them ... ....

Een Spiering Uitwerpen Om Een Kabeljauw Te Vangen: How and Why the Dutch Fished for Cod 1818-1911

Christine Overgaard

Christine Overgaard tells the story in English of how and why the Dutch fished for cod from 1818-1911. Cod fishing was a hook and line fishery. During the 1800s, new vessels and new gear was introduced, especially trawling along the coast ... ....

Elemente der Exakten Erblichkeitslehre

Deutsche Wesentlich Erweiterte Ausgabe in Funfundzwanzig Vorlesungen

Wilhelm Johannsen

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The Danish plant scientist Wilhelm Johannsen (1857-1927) is remembered for his experimental work on plant heredity, and as a founding figure of modern ... ....

Elements of Botany

Structural, Physiological, Systematical, and Medical

John Lindley

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Employed early in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley (1799–1865) is best known for his recommendation that Kew Gardens ...

Endangered

Erik Hijweege

By capturing threatened animal species in ice, photographer Erik Hijweege creates confusion. The images set his audience thinking. Is this animal encased in ice the last of its kind, or is it simply preserved, left in stasis and immortal ... ....

Equus

Tim Flach

From the outset I felt quite strongly that I wanted to celebrate the horse in its own right. – Tim Flach, photographer. No animal has captured the human imagination quite like the horse, depicted in media from cave drawings thousands ... ....

Evenings at the Microscope

Or, Researches among the Minuter Organs and Forms of Animal Life

Philip Henry Gosse

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. English zoologist Philip Henry Gosse (1810–88) spent several years studying the biodiversity of habitats in North America and the Caribbean.

Extremophiles: Where it All Began

Koki Horikoshi

Koki Horikoshi – discoverer of the alkaliphiles, microbes that thrive in alkaline environments – describes in his autobiography how the research on extremophiles started and developed. He is a pioneer in the study of these ... ....

Features in the Architecture of Physiological Function

Joseph Barcroft

Originally published in 1934 as part of the Cambridge Comparative Physiology series, Features in the Architecture of Physiological Function examines the key principles underlying animal physiology and the study of physical ... ....

Fishing in Many Waters

James Hornell

Originally published in 1950, Fishing in Many Waters presents a comprehensive anthropological discussion of fishing written by the renowned British ethnographer and zoologist James Hornell (1865-1949). The text begins with an ... ....

Galileo's Telescope

A European Story

Massimo Bucciantini, Michele Camerota, Franco Giudice and Catherine Bolton

Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky changed forever, ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo's Telescope tells the story of how an ingenious optical ... ....

Hautes-Vosges

Chemins Sauvages

Jean-Marie Chipot

In the mountains that are the Higher Vosges in eastern France, seasons punctuate the life of wild animals. With infinite patience, wildlife photographer Jean-Marie Chipot offers us unique and precious moments. This book is the result of ... ....

International Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 8

Philip Smith and Clive Nichols

This stunning volume showcases the winners and best entries for the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition and accompanies a major exhibition at Kew Gardens in Spring 2015 and touring the UK, Australia, Germany, Portugal ... ....

Into the Abyss of Time

A Study in Geological Time and Earth History

Paul Lyle

Man's fascination with time, its extent and its measurement, is Paul Lyle's starting point as he considers the relationship of deep time and the Earth's geological resources with modern consumer society.

Invisible to the Eye

Animals in Disguise

Kendra Muntz

With stunning photographs and simple text, Invisible to the Eye allows readers of all ages to enjoy close-up views of animals in their natural environment while learning new facts about these familiar creatures. Using their camouflage ... ....

Landscapes: Trace Line Art onto Paper or Canvas, and Color or Paint Your Own Masterpieces

Eileen Sorg

Landscapes have been the subject of myriad masterpieces by great artists for centuries. Now anyone can bring scenic landscapes to life in vibrant color with this delightful trace-and-color guide. Inside, six detailed templates are provided ... ....

Leinster: East and West

George Fletcher

Originally published in 1922 as part of a series of geographical studies of Ireland, Leinster: East and West examines the geographical, botanical, geological, zoological, architectural, administrative and historical points of ... ....

Letters on the Elements of Botany

Addressed to a Lady

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Martyn

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Among the many interests of Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) was botany. These letters 'addressed to a lady' came to the ... ....

Making

The History of a Scientific Journal

Melinda Baldwin

Making "Nature" is the first book to chronicle the foundation and development of Nature, one of the world's most influential scientific institutions. Now nearing its hundred and fiftieth year of publication ... ....

Making 20th Century Science

How Theories Became Knowledge

Stephen G Brush

Historically, the scientific method has been said to require proposing a theory, making a prediction of something not already known, testing the prediction, and giving up the theory (or substantially changing it) if it fails the test. ....

Matthew Forster Heddle

Hamish Johnston

Professor Matthew Heddle (1828-97) was a larger-than-life character, a renowned academic and one of Scotland's most famous mineralogists. His rich legacy includes: - Encyclopaedia Britannica 9th edition ...

Mijn Reigerparadijs

Vogels Zien, Beleven en Tekenen

Erik van Ommen

Mijn Reigerparadijs: Vogels Zien, Beleven en Tekenen is the newest project of nature painter, etcher and drawer Erik van Ommen. To this end he has travelled extensively. His quest for herons takes him into reed beds, marshlands ... ....

Mother and Child

Wildlife Photography

Reg Grundy

Reg Grundy is one of the key figures in the history of television, known in his native Australia and around the world for his successes as a producer and entrepreneur. Fewer are familiar with Grundy's photographic talents, which were ... ....

Munster

George Fletcher

Originally published in 1921 as part of a series of geographical studies of Ireland, Munster examines the geographical, botanical, geological, zoological, architectural, administrative and historical points of interest found in ... ....

North Shore

A Natural History of Minnesota's Superior Coast

Chel Anderson and Adelheid Fischer

Propelled by wings, fins, legs, and the wind, life has found a way to Minnesota's North Shore for more than twelve thousand years. Some plants and animals have taken up residence in the region's ancient mountains, others in its ... ....

Order and Life

Joseph Needham

First published in 1936, Order and Life contains the text of the Terry Lectures for 1934–5, originally delivered at Yale University. Needham discusses the nature, deployment, and hierarchical continuity of biological order ... ....

Osmotic Regulation in Aquatic Animals

August Krogh

Originally published in 1939 as part of the Cambridge Comparative Physiology series, Osmotic Regulation in Aquatic Animals details how animals living in water regulate their internal water content. Krough exhaustively ... ....

Parque Nacional Yendegaia

Antonio Vizcaíno, Douglas R Tompkins and Sebastian Pinera

Parque Nacional Yendegaia offers a visually spectacular tour of one of Earth's most remote and scenic national parks. In Chilean Patagonia on the grand island of Tierra del Fuego, the new park – designated in 2014 ... ....

Probing the Sky with Radio Waves

From Wireless Technology to the Development of Atmospheric Science

Chen-Pang Yeang

By the late nineteenth century, engineers and experimental scientists generally knew how radio waves behaved, and by 1901 scientists were able to manipulate them to transmit messages across long distances. What no one could understand ... ....

Radium and the Secret of Life

Luis A Campos

Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians, botanists, and geneticists believed that radium might hold the secret to life. Physicists and chemists early on described the wondrous new ... ....

Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia

Michael DJ Bintley and Thomas JT Williams

For people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentient creatures that swam, flew, slithered or stalked through the same environments inhabited by their human contemporaries ... ....

Roots of Our Renewal

Ethnobotany and Cherokee Environmental Governance

Clint Carroll

In Roots of Our Renewal, Clint Carroll tells how Cherokee people have developed material, spiritual, and political ties with the lands they have inhabited since removal from their homelands in the southeastern United States. ....

Rory McEwen

The Colours of Reality

Martyn Rix

This is a revised edition of the bestselling book about the life and work of artist and musician Rory McEwen (1932-82). A legend in his lifetime and still admired thirty years after his death, his main legacy is the wonderfully luminous ... ....

Saved by the Sea

Hope, Heartbreak, and Wonder in the Blue World

David Helvarg

Acclaimed as "the premier chronicler of America's complex relationship with our oceans" (Honolulu Weekly), David Helvarg has also been a war correspondent, investigative journalist, documentary producer, and private ... ....

Seeing Green

The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images

Finis Dunaway

American environmentalism is defined by its icons: the "Crying Indian," who shed a tear in response to litter and pollution; the cooling towers of Three Mile Island, site of a notorious nuclear accident; the sorrowful spectacle ... ....

Stations in the Field

A History of Place-Based Animal Research, 1870-1930

Raf de Bont

When we think of sites of animal research that symbolize modernity, the first places that come to mind are grand research institutes in cities and near universities that house the latest in equipment and technologies, not the surrounding ... ....

The American Gardener

A Treatise on the Laying-Out of Gardens, on the Making and Managing of Hot-Beds and Green-Houses, and on the Propagation

William Cobbett

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The political writer William Cobbett (1763–1835) was also a farmer 'bred at the plough's tail', who took a keen and observant interest ... ....

The Animal Claim

Sensibility and the Creaturely Voice

Tobias Menely

During the eighteenth century, some of the most popular British poetry showed a responsiveness to animals that anticipated the later language of animal rights. Such poems were widely cited in later years by legislators advocating animal ... ....

The Animal Part

Human & Other Animals in the Poetic Imagination

Mark Payne

How can literary imagination help us engage with the lives of other animals? The question represents one of the liveliest areas of inquiry in the humanities, and Mark Payne seeks to answer it by exploring the relationship between human ... ....

The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning

A Polar Journal

Wendy Trusler and Carol Devine

The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning is a unique journey through an austral summer, when a group of dedicated individuals – fifty-four people from five countries – picked up nearly three decades' worth of ... ....

The Cobham Journals

Abstracts and Summaries of Meteorological and Phenological Observations Made by Miss Caroline Molesworth, at Cobham, Sur

Caroline Molesworth and Eleanor A Ormerod

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. It is not known why Caroline Molesworth (1794-1872) began to make these detailed observations in the garden of her home in Cobham, Surrey.

The Countryside Year

A Month-by-Month Guide to Making the Most of the Great Outdoors

Steve Barnett

This charming and practical handbook is bursting with tips, facts and folklore to guide you through the countryside year. Find out how to identify birds by sight or song, spot animal tracks, name wild flowers, butterflies, insects and ... ....

The Courtiers' Anatomists

Animals and Humans in Louis XIV's Paris

Anita Guerrini

The Courtiers' Anatomists is about dead bodies and live animals in Louis XIV's Paris – and the surprising links between them. Examining the practice of seventeenth-century anatomy, Anita Guerrini reveals how anatomists ... ....

The Curious Mister Catesby

A

E Charles Nelson, David J Elliott and Jane O Waring

In 1712, English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia. After a seven-year stay, he returned to England with paintings of plants and animals he had studied. They sufficiently impressed other naturalists that ... ....

The Genetics of Sexuality in Animals

FAE Crew

Originally published in 1927 as part of the Cambridge Comparative Physiology series, The Genetics of Sexuality in Animals examines how genetic information is revealed through the physiology, specifically the biological ... ....

The Gentlewoman's Book of Gardening

Edith L Chamberlain and Fanny Douglas

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The Victoria Library for Gentlewomen, a series of books 'Under the Patronage of HM the Queen and HRH the Princess of Wales', edited by ... ....

The Gold Coast Transformed

From Wilderness to Urban Ecosystem

Tor Hundloe, Bridgette McDougall and Craig Page

The Gold Coast is one of Australia's premier tourism destinations, a city cut out of coastal vegetation, including paperbark swamps, mangroves and rainforests of worldwide significance. The Gold Coast Transformed is a collection ... ....

The Great Transition

Climate, Disease and Society in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

Bruce MS Campbell

A major new account of the fourteenth century crisis when climate change, disease and a transformation of the military and political balance of power reshaped the medieval world. Bruce Campbell reveals how these factors combined in a ... ....

The Jane Effect

Celebrating Jane Goodall

Dale Peterson and Marc Bekoff

In her nearly 60-year career as a groundbreaking primatologist and a passionate conservationist, Jane Goodall has touched the hearts of millions of people. The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall is a collection of testimonies ... ....

The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan

Federico Marcon

Between the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline of medicine, produced knowledge that questioned the traditional religious and philosophical understanding ... ....

The Least Likely Man

Marshall Nirenberg and the Discovery of the Genetic Code

Franklin H Portugal

The genetic code is the Rosetta Stone by which we interpret the 3.3 billion letters of human DNA, the alphabet of life, and the discovery of the code has had an immeasurable impact on science and society. In 1968, Marshall Nirenberg ... ....

The Most Defiant Devil

William Temple Hornaday and His Controversial Crusade to Save American Wildlife

Gregory J Dehler

The late nineteenth and early twentieth century were a brutal time for American wildlife, with many species pushed to the brink of extinction. (Some are endangered to this day.) And yet these decades also saw the dawn of the conservation ... ....

The Natural History of the Sperm Whale

To Which Is Added a Sketch of a South-Sea Whaling Voyage

Thomas Beale

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The ship's surgeon Thomas Beale (1807–49) wrote a short account in 1835 of his experiences in the 'whale fishery' and in particular ...

The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse

William Ridgeway

Originally published in 1905, The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse presents a history of horses and equidae, especially with regard to their relationship with humans. Ridgeway includes photographs of modern-day ... ....

The Practical Handbook of Walking & Orienteering

Peter G Drake

How to cross hills, back country and rough terrain in safety and confidence: a professional manual for hikers, paddlers, horse trekkers and extreme cyclists. It includes walking, cycling, touring in a kayak or canoe, horseback trekking ... ....

The Preservation of Our Scenery

Essays and Addresses

Vaughan Cornish

Originally published in 1937, The Preservation of Our Scenery discusses the natural beauty of the British countryside and how it may be preserved. Cornish analyses the key physical features of a number of areas around the country ... ....

The Recombinant University

Genetic Engineering and the Emergence of Stanford Biotechnology

Doogab Yi

The advent of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s was a key moment in the history of both biotechnology and the commercialization of academic research. Doogab Yi's The Recombinant University draws us deeply into the academic ... ....

The Technical Image

A History of Styles in Scientific Imagery

Horst Bredekamp, Vera Duenkel and Birgit Schneider

Originally published in German as Das Technische Bild: Kompendium zu einer Stilgeschichte Wissenschaftlicher Bilder (2008). In science and technology, the images used to depict ideas, data, and reactions can be as ...

The Territories of Science and Religion

Peter Harrison

The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such opposing views of the universe have always been in fierce opposition? Actually, that's not the case, says Peter Harrison: our very concepts of ... ....

The Work of John Samuel Budgett

J Graham Kerr and Arthur E Shipley

During his brief career, John Samuel Budgett (1872-1904) published a number of papers on his many expeditions to Africa and investigations into the development of the genus Polyptera, although his devotion to his study led to his death ... ....

The World's Most Magical Wilderness Escapes

Michael Poliza

Michael Poliza's wildlife and landscape photography has fascinated us for years, and his photo books of Africa and the polar regions have already captivated tens of thousands of readers. His extensive travels into the most remote corners ... ....

Thomas Bewick

Graphic Worlds

Nigel Tattersfield

Thomas Bewick (1753–1828) was the foremost wood engraver not only of his generation, but of all subsequent generations, and the quality of his work has remained unsurpassed. His extraordinary woodcuts of animals and birds made him ... ....

Trying Biology

The Scopes Trial, Textbooks, and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools

Adam R Shapiro

In Trying Biology: The Scopes Trial, Textbooks, and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools, Adam R. Shapiro convincingly dispels many conventional assumptions about the 1925 Scopes "monkey" trial. Most view it ... ....

Ulster

George Fletcher

Originally published in 1921 as part of a series of geographical studies of Ireland, Ulster examines the geographical, botanical, geological, zoological, architectural, administrative and historical points of interest found in ... ....

Une Autre Terre

Lexique Illustre d'une Nature a Proteger

Olivier Dangles, Francois Nowicki, Mena Belen and Pierre Rabhi

In a very short span of time, geologically speaking, our species has created "another Earth", significantly different from that which existed before man appeared. The changes that have transformed our planet are now so deep that ... ....

Walden Warming

Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods

Richard B Primack

In his meticulous notes on the natural history of Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau records the first open flowers of highbush blueberry on May 11, 1853. If he were to look for the first blueberry flowers in Concord today ... ....

Walking the Nile

Levison Wood

His journey is 4 250 miles long. He is walking every step of the way, camping in the wild, foraging for food, fending for himself against multiple dangers. He is passing through rainforest, savannah, swamp, desert and lush delta oasis. ....

Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country

Traci Brynne Voyles

Wastelanding tells the history of the uranium industry on Navajo land in the U.S. Southwest, asking why certain landscapes and the peoples who inhabit them come to be targeted for disproportionate exposure to environmental harm. ....

Wild Animals: Trace Line Art onto Paper or Canvas, and Color or Paint Your Own Masterpieces

Jason Morgan and Toni Watts

Wild animals make exciting and dynamic art subjects. Now anyone can bring realistic animals to life in vibrant color with this delightful trace-and-color guide. Inside, six detailed templates are provided to help the beginning artist get ... ....

Wilderness Weekends

Wild Adventures in Britain's Rugged Corners

Phoebe Smith

You can bed down among some of the most dramatic landscapes in the world and discover your own bolthole in one of Britain's rugged corners. Wilderness Weekends reveals the 26 best places for wild camping from the south coast ... ....

Wilhelm Reich, Biologist

James E Strick

Psychoanalyst, political theorist, pioneer of body therapies, prophet of the sexual revolution all fitting titles, but Wilhelm Reich has never been recognized as a serious laboratory scientist, despite his experimentation with bioelectricity ... ....

Yendegaia National Park

Antonio Vizcaíno, Douglas R Tompkins and Sebastian Pinera

Yendegaia National Park offers a visually spectacular tour of one of Earth's most remote and scenic national parks. In Chilean Patagonia on the grand island of Tierra del Fuego, the new park – designated in 2014 ... ....

Zoo Renewal

White Flight and the Animal Ghetto

Lisa Uddin

Why do we feel bad at the zoo? In a fascinating counterhistory of American zoos in the 1960s and 1970s, Lisa Uddin revisits the familiar narrative of zoo reform, from naked cages to more naturalistic enclosures. She argues that reform ... ....

Antarctica and the Arctic Circle (2-Volume Set)

A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Earth's Polar Regions

Andrew J Hund

Global warming, a hot topic among scholars of geography and science, has led to increased interest in studying the earth's polar ice caps, which seem to be melting at an alarming rate. This accessible, two-volume encyclopedia lays a ... ....

Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria

Victor Fet and Alexi Popov

Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria includes 22 chapters by 28 authors united by the single theme: biogeography and ecology of Bulgaria. From the single-celled organisms in the Black Sea sand to the endemic cave crustaceans ... ....

Claxton: Field Notes from a Small Planet

Mark Cocker

In a single twelve-month cycle of daily writings Mark Cocker explores his relationship to the East Anglian landscape, to nature and to all the living things around him. The separate entries are characterised by close observation, depth ... ....

Coastal Guide to Nature and History 2: Mornington Peninsula's Ocean Shore, Western Port, Phillip Island and French Islan

Graham Patterson

Takes a 320 km journey around the coast, beginning at Point Nepean then heading east towards Flinders. It covers all of the Western Port coast around to San Remo as well as the shores of Phillip Island and French Island. There are chapters ... ....

Coastal Guide to Nature and History: Port Phillip Bay

Graham Patterson

This coastal guide brings the bay's rich natural and cultural history to life. The author has an intimate undersanding and love of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. His words, photographs and maps communicate his enthusiasm and knowledge ... ....

Coastlines: The Story of Our Shore

Patrick Barkham

Told through a series of walks beside the sea, this is a story of the most beautiful 742 miles of coastline in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: their rocks, plants and animals, their views, walks and history, and the people who have ... ....

Cornwall - Slow Travel

Local, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special Places

Kirsty Fergusson

Many of Cornwall's wildest or most curious corners as well as the exciting new range of places to eat, sleep or drink are often overlooked in the headlong race to get to the beach or the well-known tourist spots. Taking the Slow approach ... ....

Dumfries and Galloway - Slow Travel

Local, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special Places

Donald Greig

Discover the hidden secrets of this forgotten corner of Scotland, from the moors and open spaces of Eskdalemuir in the east along the stunning coast of the Solway Firth, down to the Mull of Galloway, the most southerly point in Scotland ... ....

La Foret Vosgienne

Petits Secrets et Grand Dessein

Claude Vautrin and Denis Bringard

The forest is fascinating, both for its nourishing and protective roles, and for the life that it animates permanently. Journalist and writer Claude Vautrin has produced many reportages and investigations. In this book, he shares his complex ... ....

Life and Times of a Big River

An Uncommon Natural History of Alaska's Upper Yukon

Peter J Marchand

When Richard Nixon signed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, eighty million acres were flagged as possible national park land. Field expeditions were tasked with recording what was contained in these vast acres. Under this ... ....

Meadowland: The Private Life of an English Field

John Lewis-Stempel

What really goes on in the long grass? Meadowland give an unique and intimate account of an English meadow's life from January to December, together with its biography. In exquisite prose, John Lewis Stempel records the ... ....

North Devon & Exmoor - Slow Travel

Local, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special Places

Hilary Bradt and Janice Booth

North Devon, with its long sandy beaches and little coves, is the favourite of families with small children, while Exmoor's heather-covered moorland and deep, wooded coombes, attract walkers, mountain bikers, and riders. Some of the ... ....

North Downs Landscapes

Exploring the Glorious English Countryside on London's Doorstep

Doug Kennedy

The North Downs are a range of hills that run east-west from the south-east tip of England, at Dover in Kent, to Farnham in Surrey. They skirt the southern edge of London, so for a long time have offered Londoners beautiful countryside ... ....

Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: West Coast

Steve NG Howell and Brian Sullivan

Two-thirds of our planet lies out of sight of land, just offshore beyond the horizon. What wildlife might you find out there? And how might you identify what you see? This Offshore Sea Life ID Guide, designed for quick use on day trips ... ....

The Antarctic Dive Guide

Lisa Earackson Kelley

The Antarctic Dive Guide is the first and only dive guide to the seventh continent, until recently the exclusive realm of scientific and military divers. Today, however, the icy waters of Antarctica have become the extreme destination ... ....

The Arctic Guide

Wildlife of the Far North

Sharon Chester

The Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with an authoritative, portable guide to the flora and fauna of Earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the ... ....

The National Trust Book of the Coast

From Lindisfarne to the Lizard

Clare Gogerty

In 1965, the National Trust launched Enterprise Neptune, a nationwide fundraising campaign to highlight the importance and fragility of Britain's coastline. The Trust now looks after and makes accessible over 700 miles of coastline ... ....

The Reef: A Passionate History

The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change

Iain McCalman

Iain McCalman's brilliant history of the Great Barrier Reef, told in twelve extraordinary tales, charts its shifting status from labyrinth of terror to global treasure. Equal parts gifted storyteller and acclaimed historian, McCalman ... ....

Uncommon Ground

A Word-Lover's Guide to the British Landscape

Dominick Tyler

'Out ...over the hill and then down the dip and through some lumpy bits.' This was how Dominick Tyler used to describe the places he roamed during his childhood in rural Cornwall. Vague generalities were good enough then, but ... ....

A Blessing of Toads

A Guide to Living With Nature

Sharon Lovejoy

Through this collection of delightful essays and beautiful illustrations, long-time contributor to Country Living Gardner Sharon Lovejoy shares the boundless joys of an American country garden. Lovejoy has chosen to focus on the ... ....

Anthocyanins: Biosynthesis, Functions, and Applications

Kevin Gould, Kevin Davies and Chris Winefield

In recent years, knowledge of anthocyanin pigments has undergone unprecedented expansion. Indeed, the molecular genetic control of anthocyanin biosynthesis is now one of the best understood of all secondary metabolic pathways. Advances in ... ....

Antioxidant Properties of Spices, Herbs and Other Sources

Denys J Charles

The scientific world and modern society today is experiencing the dawning of an era of herbal medicine. Extensive research has shown that aromatic plants are important anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti aging and immune boosting ... ....

Bamboo: The Plant and its Uses

Walter Liese and Michael Koehl

Bamboo: The Plant and its Uses presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on bamboo. It starts with an introduction to the plant's biology, its taxonomy, habitat, morphology and growth. The cultivation of bamboo is discussed in ... ....

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants

Bob B Buchanan, Wilhelm Gruissem and Rusell Jones

Since its publication in 2000, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants has been hailed as a major contribution to the plant sciences literature and critical acclaim has been matched by global sales success.

Biodiversity of Lianas

N Parthasarathy

The scope of biodiversity science is vast. The conservation of the rich biological wealth of our planet earth, sustainable use of biodiversity resources and their wiser management become crucial and challenging. On-going global changes ... ....

Brachychitons: Flame Trees, Kurrajongs and Bottle Trees

Kerry A Rathie

The first monograph on this fascinating genus: details on all the known species of Brachychitons, as well as naturally-occurring and man-made hybrids, with colour photos of each. Also gives information on the horticultural and other uses ... ....

Climbing and Rambler Roses

David Austin

Climbing and Rambler Roses examines both Climbers and Ramblers in detail, outlining the refinement of Noisettes, the diverse colours of Climbing Tea Roses, and the delicate charm and fragrance of Climbing English Roses.

Connecting Indian Wisdom and Western Science

Plant Usage for Nutrition and Health

Luisella Verotta, Maria Pia Macchi and Padma Venkatasubramanian

A truly integrated collection of research, Connecting Indian Wisdom and Western Science compares Ayurvedic and Western conceptions of wellness, healthy lifestyle, and diet. Examining the phyto-pharmacological, phytochemical ... ....

Designing and Planting a Woodland Garden

Plants and Combinations that Thrive in the Shade

Keith Wiley

In this innovative design guide, expert author Keith Wiley introduces gardeners to a broad range of woodland and shade-loving plants. He offers a tempting array of must-have shade plants to inspire plant combinations. The author also ... ....

Ecophysiology and Responses of Plants Under Salt Stress

Parvaiz Ahmad, M M Azooz and M N V Prasad

Ecophysiology and Responses of Plants Under Salt Stress will shed light on the effect of salt stress on plants development, proteomics, genomics, genetic engineering, and plant adaptations, among other topics. Understanding the ... ....

Eetbare Paddenstoelen

Vindplaatsen, Herkenning, Verzamelen en Bereiden

Jens H Petersen

A basic guide for everyone interested in edible mushrooms and their (poisonous) look-alikes, covering the best collection sites, identification, gathering, and preparation. The most important species groups and common edible species are ... ....

Flora Fungorum Sinicorum, Volume 46 [Chinese]

Phyllachora

Zhang Zhongyi and Zhang Tao

This volume describes 109 species in the genus Phyllachora, many of which are plant pathogens.

Flora of Australia, Volume 37: Asterales - Asteraceae 1

Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)

Volume 37 of the Flora of Australia is the first of three volumes covering the family Asteraceae. This volume presents an introduction to the family in Australia, including a synoptic classification and keys, and treatments of all the ... ....

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Volume 33: Apocynaceae [English]

David J Middleton

The family contanis about 450 genera and about 400 species distributed throughout the world but concentrated particularly in the Old and New World tropics. The two subfamilies treated here are the Rauvolfioideae with about 915 species ... ....

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Volume 34: Polygalaceae [English]

Colin A Pendry

The familiy contains about 1 000 species and is found throughout the world's tropical and temperate regions. The traditional view is that the Polygalaceae consists of about 17 genera, with Polygala by far the largest genus ... ....

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Volume 35

Solanaceae

Sovanmoly Hul and Pauline Dy Phon

The Solanaceae comprise about 92 genera and 2 300 species; They are cosmopolitan with a great diversity in the western part of South America where many genera are endemic. The genus Solanum, with about 1 500 species ... ....

Freshwater Algae of North America

Ecology and Classification

John D Wehr, Robert G Sheath and John Patrick Kociolek

Freshwater Algae of North America, Second Edition is an authoritative and practical treatise on the classification, biodiversity, and ecology of all known genera of freshwater algae from North America.

Fungal Pathogens of Food and Fibre Crops

Pedro W Crous and Johannes Z Groenewald

This volume of Studies in Mycology focuses on emerging and established fungal diseases that pose a serious threat to global food and fibre supply. The issue contains six contributions, including a revision of the genus ... ....

Genomics and Molecular Genetics of Plant-Nematode Interactions

John Jones, Godelieve Gheysen and Carmen Fenoll

Plant parasitic nematodes often establish unique, sophisticated relationships with their hosts, dramatically influencing plant productivity. Genomics and Molecular Genetics of Plant-Nematode Interactions reviews the most recent ... ....

Grasses in the Garden

Design Ideas, Plant Portraits and Care

Katharina Adams and Petra Pelz

Grasses are filigree plants of particular beauty, with a great richness of colours, shapes and textures. Including more than 180 stunning colour photographs, Grasses in the Garden: Design Ideas, Plant Portraits and Care celebrates ... ....

Guide de la Flore des Alpes Francaises

Bernard Overal

The vegetation of the French Alps has been studied for several decades and presented in in-depth scholarly publications or in small pictorial floras. Walkers and botanist are nevertheless often helpless when it comes to the correct identification ... ....

Guide d'Identification des Vegetations du Nord du Massif Central

Associations Vegetales et Habitats Naturels

Gilles Thebaud, Camille Roux, Charles-Etienne Bernard and Arnaud Delcoigne

This field guide identifies and describes 493 associations and plant groupings and 687 syntaxa, including sub-associations and variants, present in the north of the Massif Central, France. Many photographic plates illustrate this book ... ....

Herbaceous Plant Ecology

Recent Advances in Plant Ecology

Arnold van der Valk

Previously published in Plant Ecology, Volume 201, No.2, 2009. Herbaceous Plant Ecology provides an overview of recent advances in the ecology of various kinds of non-forested ecosystems (grasslands, deserts ...

How Plants Work

The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do

Linda Chalker-Scott

Why do slugs prefer your lettuces to eating weeds which are just as tasty? Why do container plants wilt even though they have plenty of water? Linda Chalker-Scott tackles these and other questions gardeners ask and explains the plant ... ....

Karel'skaia Bereza: Biologicheskie Osobennosti, Dinamika Resursov i Vosproizvodstvo [Curlu Birch: Biological Characteris

Liliia Vasil'evna Vetchinnikova

This monograph summarizes the results of years of research on birchwood, Betulapendula Roth var. carelica (Mercklin) Hämet-Ahti. Popular as high-value timber, the gene pool in the wild is by now largely lost. ....

La Flore du Parc Naturel Regional du Haut-Languedoc

Jacques Salabert and Philippe Durand

During the many botanical outings that the authors have undertaken in the territory of the Regional Natural Park of Haut-Languedoc, France, they have often heard people express the desire for an accessible book aimed at the novice. ....

Lotus: Photographs and Chinese Poems = He Hua

Teoh Eng Soon and Wang Gungwu

An auspicious flower in Asia, the lotus symbolizes purity, beauty and nobility. At the rustic level, it stands for abundance, fertility and continuity. It has been a favourite art motif for three millennia in China and India.

Mangroves to Mountains

A Field Guide to the Native Plants of South-East Queensland

Glenn Leiper, Jan Glazebrook, Denis Cox and Kerry A Rathie

This edition combines both Volumes 1 and 2 of Mangroves to Mountains which were originally published in 2002 and 2005. It is completely revised with updated plant names, many additional species, and rewritten and expanded ... ....

Modern, Bush and Shrub Roses

David Austin

The origins of Shrub Roses are in crosses between Species Roses and Modern Bush Roses. As a result, the majority are quite large, and can be relied upon to repeat flower, bringing colour to the garden when most other shrubs have faded. ....

Molecular Identification of Fungi

Youssuf Gherbawy and Kerstin Voigt

Fungi enjoy great popularity in pharmaceutical, agricultural and biotechnological applications. Recent advances in the decipherment of whole fungal genomes promise an acceleration of these trends.

Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement

Shri Mohan Jain and DS Brar

Most of the plant breeding programs aim to increase yield, disease and insect resistance, abiotic stress tolerance and to improve quality characteristics. The value of new plant breeding products and varieties in increasing food production ... ....

Northwest Gardener's Handbook - Oregon, Washington, Northern California, British Columbia

Your Complete Guide: Select, Plan, Plant, Maintain, Problem-Solve

Pat Munts and Susan Mulvihill

The complete guide to select, plan, plant, maintain, and problem-solve for gardeners living in the Northwest (including Oregon, Washington, northern California and British Columbia). The Northwest Gardener's Handbook is filled ... ....

Orchid Pollinators of Victoria

Rudie H Kuiter

Orchids and their pollinators are comprehensively illustrated in Orchid Pollinators of Victoria with close to 1 200 images. The greatly expanded sections on bees and flies in this third edition demonstrate how amazing they are ... ....

Philatelic Mycology

Families Of Fungi

Walter FO Marasas, Hendrieka M Marasas, Michael J Wingfield and Pedro W Crous

Philately, the study of postage stamps, and mycology, the study of fungi, are seldom connected by those that practice these very different activities. When associated, philatelic mycology would be considered as the study of fungi on ... ....

Philip's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Northern Europe

Geoffrey Kibby

Please note, this is a reprint without modifications of the book published in 2006. Philip's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Northern Europe is an easy-to-use identification guide to more than ...

Phytotherapies: Efficacy, Safety, and Regulation

Iqbal Ramzan

Covering fundamentals and new developments in phytotherapy, this book combines pharmaceutical sciences and chemistry with clinical issues.

Plant Adaptation and Phytoremediation

M Ashraf, M Ozturk and M S a Ahmad

The problems engendered by the conflicting imperatives of development and ecology show no sign of ending, and every day more locations are added to the list of landscapes poisoned by human activity. This vital book, featuring an international ... ....

Plant Ecology in China

Kun-Fang Cao and Neal J Enright

Plant Ecology in China presents a compilation of 16 new articles on plant ecological research in China concurrently published in 2010 in a special issue of the journal, Plant Ecology. It provides an introduction to plant .. ....

Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change

Kenji Omasa, Nouchi Isamu and Luit J de Kok

The main impetus for climate change is the elevated concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide and air pollutants arise largely from the same industrial sources and are diffused throughout the world, so that air pollution ... ....

Plant Sensing and Communication

Richard Karban

The news that a flowering weed-mousear cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) – can sense the particular chewing noise of its most common caterpillar predator and adjust its chemical defenses in response led to headlines announcing ... ....

Plant-Derived Natural Products

Synthesis, Function, and Application

Anne E Osbourn and Virginia Lanzotti

Plants produce a huge array of natural products (secondary metabolites). These compounds have important ecological functions, providing protection against attack by herbivores and microbes and serving as attractants for pollinators and ... ....

Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask

Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings

Mary Siisip Geniusz, Wendy Makoons Geniusz and Annmarie Geniusz

Mary Siisip Geniusz has spent more than thirty years working with, living with, and using the Anishinaabe teachings, recipes, and botanical information she shares in Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask. ....

Progress in Mycology

Mahendra Rai and George Kovics

There has been tremendous biotechnological advancement in the field of fungi in the last two decades. The present book is aimed to provide the readers with current trends in the field of Mycology in general and fungal biotechnology in ... ....

Root Engineering

Basic and Applied Concepts

Asuncion Morte and Ajit Varma

Root Engineering illustrates the complex root system, including the various essential roles of roots as well as their interaction with diverse microorganisms localized in or near the root system. Following initial chapters describing ... ....

Texas Month-by-Month Gardening

What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year

Robert Richter

There's no way around it: Texas is huge. The state dials in at well over 250 000 square miles, housing most of the United States' power grid, arguably all of its delicious food, and almost every kind of environment imagination ... ....

The Book of Palms

Carl Freidrich Philipp von Martius, H Walter Lack and Petra Lamers-Schutze

On 15 December 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh palm leaves. These were a reference ... ....

The Downy Mildews

Biology, Mechanisms of Resistance and Population Ecology

Ales Lebeda, Gerald J Holmes, Brigitte Mauch-Mani and Michael J Jeger

Knowledge of downy mildew pathogens and diseases has increased significantly in the areas of taxonomy, biology and molecular biology, mechanisms of resistance, population biology and ecology, epidemiology and chemical control.

The Gardener's Guide to Weather and Climate

Michael Allaby

The Gardener's Guide to Weather and Climate is for gardeners frustrated by how the vagaries of weather and the impact of climate can make their gardens such unpredictable places. The author suggests how they can adapt their ... ....

The New Fruit Expert

The World's Best-Selling Book on Tree Fruit, Soft Fruit and Container-Grown Fruit

David G Hessayon

This is the essential guide to growing all types of fruit. Everything you need to know about: choosing the best apples, pears and plums for your garden; planting and caring for tree fruit; buying and growing soft fruit; growing fruit in ... ....

The Plant Lover's Guide to Asters

Paul Picton and Helen Picton

The Pictons have been growing asters for many years and choose the best classic and new cultivars for most gardening situations. Vibrant colour photographs showcase the variety of habits and colours available and an extensive resource ... ....

The Plant Lover's Guide to Epimediums

Sally Gregson

Sally Gregson runs a nursery specialising in epimediums and uses her experience to suggest the best classic and new cultivars to grow. She focuses on choosing companion plants to complement the delicate flowers and striking foliage of ... ....

The Plant Lover's Guide to Ferns

Richie Steffen and Sue Olsen

The authors recommend a selection of classic and new fern cultivars. They focus on designing with ferns in a range of garden settings and combining them with companion plants. The Plant Lover's Guide to Ferns includes an ... ....

The Plant Lover's Guide to Tulips

Richard Wilford

Richard Wilford is an experienced horticulturalist who serves on the RHS Bulb Committee. He brings his experience and enthusiasm to bear on the challenges of choosing the right tulips for each garden situation, providing cultivation tips ... ....

The Quest for Wild Relatives of Cool Season Legumes

Gideon Ladizinsky and Shahal Abbo

The study of origin and domestication of legumes described in this book emerged when it became apparent that while this kind of information is adequate for cereals, the pulses lagged behind. At the end of the 1960s the senior author ... ....

The Secret Language of Flowers

Samantha Gray

Did you know the type of flowers you give can speak volumes? The Secret Language of Flowers is a fascinating insight into the Victorian tradition of using flowers to convey secret messages, in a society where feelings often had ... ....

Thirty Years of Photosynthesis

1974 - 2004

Grahame J Kelly and Erwin Latzko

This is a reader that gives a complete overview of the history of photosynthesic carbon metabolism research up to the very latest state of the art. It is a collection of 16 reviews written over 30 years, and therefore offers the unique opportunity ... ....

Treasured Trees

Masumi Yamanaka, Christina Harrison and Martyn Rix

Treasured Trees is a celebration of trees, with beautiful botanical art at its centrepiece, accompanied by an entertaining and informative text. The paintings by Japanese artist Masumi Yamanaka illustrate the oldest and finest ... ....

Vegetables II

Fabaceae, Liliaceae, Solanaceae and Umbelliferae

Jaime Prohens-Tomas and Fernando Nuez

This first volume of the Handbook of Plant Breeding book series is devoted to vegetable crops breeding. Each chapter is dedicated to a major vegetable crop. Each chapter contains a comprehensive review of the diversity, breeding ... ....

Waterlogging Signalling and Tolerance in Plants

Stefano Mancuso and Sergey Shabala

In the last half century, because of the raising world population and because of the many environmental issues posed by the industrialization, the amount of arable land per person has declined from 0.32 ha in 1961–1963 to 0.21 ha ... ....

Women Garden Designers

From 1900 to the Present

Kristina Taylor

Women Garden Designers: From 1900 to the Present presents twenty-seven of the most important and influential women garden designers and their gardens from around the world, showing both their finest commissions as well as the ... ....

Working with Ferns

Issues and Applications

Ashwani Kumar, Helena Fernandez and Maria Angeles Revilla Bahillo

Ferns existing today represent a genetic inheritance of great value as they include species of ancient vascular plants, which have direct connection with the crucial steps done in the past for settling life on Earth. Their life cycle is ... ....

Zeigerpflanzen: Erkennen und Bewerten

Wolfgang Licht

Indicator plants (Zeigerpflanz in German) refers to species that indicate the presence of specific plant communities or certain environmental factors in an area. From the presence of such plants one can draw conclusions about the character ... ....

An Eye for a Tooth

The Teeth of Animals

Desmond Eccles

Why do our faces look so different from those of our ancestor – Early Man? Do animals' teeth wear out? Why are they sometimes such funny shapes like tusks and fangs? An Eye for a Tooth: The Teeth of Animals aims to fill ... ....

Animal Music

Sound and Song in the Natural World

Tobias Fischer and Lara Cory

A growing number of researchers and academics are exploring the idea that animals enjoy music on a similar level to human beings. The first anthology on the subject, presents an overview of the current state of the debate. Its authors have ... ....

Beneficial Microorganisms in Multicellular Life Forms

Eugene Rosenberg and Uri Gophna

All animals and plants form associations with hundreds or thousands of different beneficial microorganisms. These symbiotic microbes play an important role in the development, adaptation, health and evolution of their hosts.

Beyond Words

What Animals Think and Feel

Carl Safina

In a world where we usually measure animals by human standards, prize-winning author and MacArthur Fellow Carl Safina takes us inside their lives and minds, witnessing their profound capacity for perception, thought and emotion, showing ... ....

Biochalcogen Chemistry

The Biological Chemistry of Sulfur, Selenium, and Tellurium

Craig A Bayse and Julia L Brumaghim

Biochalcogen Chemistry: The Biological Chemistry of Sulfur, Selenium, and Tellurium highlights the biological uses of heavy chalcogens as a key area of focus in bioinorganic chemistry and a unifying theme for research in a wide ... ....

Cardio-Respiratory Control in Vertebrates

Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects

Mogens L Glass and Stephen C Wood

The focus of Cardio-Respiratory Control in Vertebrates is the evolution of cardiovascular and respiratory control in vertebrates. Life originated in water, which has constantly changing temperatures and O₂ levels. ....

Cell Signaling During Mammalian Early Embryo Development

Henry J Leese and Daniel R Brison

Cell Signaling During Mammalian Early Embryo Development considers signaling events from the zygote embryo through to the blastocyst with relevant data from embryonic stem (ES) cells, including dialogue with the extracellular ... ....

Code Biology

A New Science of Life

Marcello Barbieri

Code Biology is the study of all codes of life with the standard methods of science. The genetic code and the codes of culture have been known for a long time and represent the historical foundation of Code Biology.

Comparative Placentation

Structures, Functions and Evolution

Peter Wooding and Graham Burton

Science produces fascinating puzzles: why is there such a range of placental structures when other mammalian organs are so structurally uniform? Why and how did the different placental structures evolve? Comparative placental studies can ... ....

Concepts of Genetics

Robert J Brooker

Concepts of Genetics is a one semester introductory genetics text that explains genetics concepts in a concise, engaging and up-to-date manner. Rob Brooker, author of market leading texts in Genetics and Intro Biology for majors ... ....

Economic Zoology

Vinita Jaiswal and Kamal Kumar Jaiswal

The present book is a novel attempt to make available the students an exhaustive, interesting and valuable information on the subject of Economic Zoology. All kinds of animal pathogens such as protozoans, helminths, nematodes, mites and ... ....

Gene Control

David Latchman

The new edition of Gene Control has been updated to include significant advances in the roles of the epigenome and regulatory RNAs in gene regulation. The chapter structure remains the same: the first part consists of pairs of ... ....

Geomicrobiology: Molecular and Environmental Perspective

Larry L Barton, Martin Mandl and Alexander Loy

The interaction of microorganisms with geological activities results in processes influencing development of the Earth's geo- and biospheres. In assessing these microbial functions, scientists have explored short- and longterm geology ... ....

Halophiles: Biodiversity and Sustainable Exploitation

Dinesh K Maheshwari and Meenu Saraf

The world of halophiles is quite diverse and their representatives in three domains of life i.e. archaea, bacteria and eukarya. They are found all over the small subunit rRNA based tree of life and these micro-organisms are adapted to ... ....

Human Heredity

Principles and Issues

Michael R Cummings

Human Heredity presents the concepts of human genetics in clear, concise language and provides relevant examples that you can apply to yourself, your family, and your work environment. Author Michael Cummings explains the origins ... ....

Human Physiology in Extreme Environments

Hanns-Christian Gunga

Human Physiology in Extreme Environments is the one publication that offers how human biology and physiology is affected by extreme environments while highlighting technological innovations that allow us to adapt and regulate environmental ... ....

Knobil and Neill's Physiology of Reproduction (2-Volume Set)

Tony M Plant and Anthony J Zeleznik

The Fourth Edition of Knobil and Neill's Physiology of Reproduction continues to serve as a reference aid for research, to provide the historical context to current research, and most importantly as an aid for graduate teaching ... ....

Microbial Evolution under Extreme Conditions

Corien Bakermans

Today's microorganisms represent the vast majority of biodiversity on Earth and have survived nearly 4 billion years of evolutionary change. However, we still know little about the processes of evolution as applied to microorganisms ... ....

Morphomechanics of Development

Lev V Beloussov

Morphomechanics of Development outlines a unified theory of embryonic development, assuming morphogenesis to be a multi-level process including self-organizing steps while also obeying general laws. It is shown how molecular ... ....

Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development

Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl and Jerri L Bartholomew

Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development provides an up-to-date review of the biology of myxozoans, which represent a divergent clade of endoparasitic cnidarians. Myxozoans are of fundamental interest in understanding how early ... ....

Noise Matters

The Evolution of Communication

R Haven Wiley

Noise, as we usually think of it, is background sound that interferes with our ability to hear more interesting sounds. In general terms, though, it is anything that interferes with the reception of signals of any sort. It includes ... ....

Principles of Developmental Genetics

Sally A Moody

Providing expert coverage of all major events in early embryogenesis and the organogenesis of specific systems, and supplemented with representative clinical syndromes, Principles of Developmental Genetics, Second Edition discusses ... ....

Reproductive Endocrinology

A Molecular Approach

P Jorge Chedrese

Molecular biology emerged from advances in biochemistry during the 1940s and 1950s, when the structure of the nucleic acids and proteins were elucidated. Beginning in the 1970s, with nucleic acid enzymology and the discovery of the ... ....

Stem Cells in Marine Organisms

Baruch Rinkevich and Valeria Matranga

Do real stem cells and stem cell lineages exist in lower organisms? Can stem cells from one organism parasitize the soma and/or the germ line of conspecifics? Can differentiated cells in marine organisms be re-programmed to regenerate ... ....

The Biology Book

From the Origin of Life to Epigenics, 250 Milestones in the History of Biology

Michael C Gerald and Gloria E Gerald

From the emergence of life, to Leewenhoek's microscopic world, to GMO crops, The Biology Book presents 250 landmarks in the most widely studied scientific field. Brief, engaging, and colourfully illustrated synopses introduce ... ....

The Developing Genome

An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics

David S Moore

Why do we grow up to look, act, and feel as we do? Through most of the twentieth century, scientists and laypeople answered this question by referring to two factors alone: our experiences and our genes. But recent discoveries about how ... ....

The Human Body

Developmental, Functional and Evolutionary Bases

Charles Oxnard, Matt Cartmill and Kaye B Brown

This readable and succinct book provides a means for understanding the exciting underlying scientific principles on anatomy rather than setting forth an overwhelming list of facts for memorization. This landmark text is the first of its ... ....

Clovis: On the Edge of a New Understanding

Ashley M Smallwood and Thomas A Jennings

New research and the discovery of multiple archaeological sites predating the established age of Clovis (13 000 years ago) provide evidence that the Americas were first colonized at least one thousand to two thousand years before ... ....

Evolution in Action

Case Studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity

Matthias Glaubrecht

We have come a long way towards better understanding how new species originate, i.e. speciation, which long remained Darwin's 'mystery of mysteries'. Since speciation is the underlying mechanism for radiations, it is the ultimate ... ....

Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels

How Human Values Evolve

Ian Morris and Stephen Macedo

Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10 000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite ... ....

Macroevolution: Explanation, Interpretation and Evidence

Emanuele Serrelli and Nathalie Gontier

Macroevolution: Explanation, Interpretation and Evidence is divided in two parts, the first of which shows how, beyond paleontology and systematics, macroevolutionary theories apply key insights from ecology and biogeography ... ....

Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective

Ann McElroy and Patricia K Townsend

Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks make the ecological perspective of medical anthropology more important a field of study than ever. In this premier teaching text, authors Ann McElroy and ... ....

Nature's Nether Regions

What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity and Ourselves

Menno Schilthuizen

What's the easiest way to tell species apart? Check their genitals. Researching private parts was long considered taboo, but scientists are now beginning to understand that the wild diversity of sex organs across species can tell us ... ....

Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You

Busting Myths About Human Nature

Agustín Fuentes

There are three major myths of human nature: humans are divided into biological races; humans are naturally aggressive; men and women are truly different in behavior, desires, and wiring. In an engaging and wide-ranging narrative ... ....

Sex Hormones and Immunity to Infection

Sabra L Klein and Craig Roberts

Why sex matters Among human and nonhuman animals, the prevalence and intensity of infection typically is higher in males than females and may reflect differences in exposure as well as susceptibility to pathogens.

Snakes, Sunrises, and Shakespeare

How Evolution Shapes Our Loves and Fears

Gordon H Orians

Our breath catches and we jump in fear at the sight of a snake. We pause and marvel at the sublime beauty of a sunrise. These reactions are no accident; in fact, many of our human responses to nature are steeped in our deep evolutionary ... ....

Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory

An Introduction

James AR Marshall

Social behavior has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, since the classical theory of natural selection maintains that individuals should not sacrifice their own fitness to affect that of others.

The Accidental Species

Misunderstandings of Human Evolution

Henry Gee

The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science and actually has religious roots in the deist concept of the Great Chain of Being. Yet, the metaphor has lodged itself in the ... ....

The Altruistic Brain

How We are Naturally Good

Donald W Pfaff

Since the beginning of recorded history, law and religion have provided "rules" that define good behavior. When we obey such rules, we assign to some external authority the capacity to determine how we should act.

The Ancestor's Tale

A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

Richard Dawkins

The Ancestor's Tale is a pilgrimage back through time; a journey on which we meet up with fellow pilgrims as we and they converge on our common ancestors. Chimpanzees join us at about 6 million years in the past, gorillas ... ....

The Genesis of Creativity and the Origin of the Human Mind

Barbora Putova and Vaclav Soukup

What is it about human beings that makes us creative, able to imagine and enact new possibilities for life and new solutions to problems in a way that no other animal can? The authors included in ...

The Invaders

How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Pat Shipman

With their large brains, sturdy physique, sophisticated tools, and hunting skills, Neanderthals are the closest known relatives to humans. Approximately 200 000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary ... ....

The Sea is My Country

The Maritime World of the Makahs

Joshua L Reid

For the Makahs, a tribal nation at the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States, a deep relationship with the sea is the locus of personal and group identity. Unlike most other indigenous tribes whose lives are tied to ... ....

Why is Sex Fun?

The Evolution of Human Sexuality

Jared Diamond

Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why do humans have sex any day of the month or year, including when the female is pregnant, beyond her reproductive years, or between her fertile cycles? Why are human females ... ....

Alien Reptiles and Amphibians

A Scientific Compendium and Analysis

Fred Kraus

The conservation threat posed by invasive alien species has become well-recognized over the past two decades, even as the problem continues to increase rapidly in scope. Research and management attention to this issue has, however, been ... ....

Camera Traps in Animal Ecology

Methods and Analyses

Allan F O'Connell, James D Nichols and K Ullas Karanth

Remote photography and infrared sensors are widely used in the sampling of wildlife populations worldwide, especially for cryptic or elusive species. Guiding the practitioner through the entire process of using camera traps ...

Ecology Revisited

Reflecting on Concepts, Advancing Science

Astrid Schwarz and Kurt Jax

As concerns about humankind's relationship with the environment move inexorably up the agenda, Ecology Revisited tells the story of the history of the concept of ecology itself and adds much to the historical and philosophical ... ....

Ecology of North America

Brian R Chapman and Eric G Bolen

North America contains an incredibly diverse array of natural environments, each supporting a unique system of plant and animal life. These systems – also known as biomes – are tightly woven webs of life that have taken millennia ... ....

History of Landscape Ecology in the United States

Gary W Barrett, Terry L Barrett and Jianguo Wu

History of Landscape Ecology in the United States describes the emergence of landscape ecology, its current status as a new integrative science, and how distinguished scholars in the field of landscape ecology view the future .. ....

Introduction to Population Ecology

Larry L Rockwood

Introduction to Population Ecology, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive textbook covering all aspects of population ecology. It uses a wide variety of field and laboratory examples, botanical to zoological, from the tropics to the ... ....

Long-Term Ecological Research

Between Theory and Application

Felix Mueller, Cornelia Baessler, Hendrik Schubert and Stefan Klotz

Ecosystems change on a multitude of spatial and temporal scales. While analyses of ecosystem dynamics in short timespans have received much attention, the impacts of changes in the long term have, to a great extent, been neglected ... ....

Marine Invasive Species in the Arctic

Linda Fernandez, Brooks A Kaiser and Niels Vestergaard

Arctic marine ecosystems are among the most productive and most vulnerable in the world, both from an economic and ecological perspective of growing accessibility. The complexity of Arctic marine ecosystems and their location poses challenges ... ....

Spatial Complexity, Informatics and Wildlife Conservation

Samuel Cushman and Falk Huettmann

As Earth faces the greatest mass extinction in 65 million years, the present is a moment of tremendous foment and emergence in ecological science. With leaps in advances in ecological research and the technical tools available, scientists ... ....

Toward a Unified Ecology

Timothy FH Allen and Thomas W Hoekstra

The first edition of Toward a Unified Ecology was ahead of its time, and in this equally groundbreaking text, the authors present a new synthesis of their core ideas on evaluating communities, organisms, populations, biomes ... ....

Biogeochemistry of Subtropical Evergreen Broad-leaved Forest and Typhoon Disturbance

Xu Xiaoniu

This important contribution is the result of the author's theoretical thinking and long-term high-value data collection by examining the response of subtropical forest ecosystems to typhoon disturbance in great detail. The author has ... ....

Chemical Elements in Plants and Soil

Parameters Controlling Essentiality

Stefan Fraenzle

Earlier works on plant essential elements have revealed a series of complicated, counter-intuitive relationships among various chemical elements in different plant species, due to both unlike usage of certain elements in plants and to ... ....

Climate Change and Forest Governance

Lessons from Indonesia

Simon Butt, Rosemary Lyster and Tim Stephens

Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change. Deforestation, especially in the tropics, contributes around 20 per cent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, and ... ....

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, Volume 3

Case Studies - Coal Fires

Glenn B Stracher, Ellina V Sokol and Anupma Prakash

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, Volumes 1-4, presents a fascinating collection of research about prehistoric and historic coal and peat fires. Magnificent illustrations of fires and research findings from countries ... ....

Collaborative Governance of Forestry

Motomu Tanaka and Makoto Inoue

This extensive reference writes a modern history of forestry in Japan, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, and other Asian countries, reflecting industrial and colonial exploitation, periods of excessive deforestation, and the alienation of ... ....

Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions

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 project is to increase understanding of the vulnerability of ... ....

Coral Reefs

Secret Cities of the Sea

Anne Sheppard

Coral reefs are one of the most spectacular and diverse ecosystems on the planet. Home to a quarter of all species living in oceans and seas, they are the largest structures built by ecosystems on Earth. The wonder, intricacy, life and ... ....

Counting Sheep

A Celebration of the Pastoral Heritage of Britain

Philip Walling

Sheep are the thread that runs through the history of the English countryside. Our fortunes were once founded on sheep, and Counting Sheep tells a story of wool and money and history, of merchants and farmers and shepherds, of ... ....

Devon Hedges

Devon County Council, Devon Hedge Group and HRH The Prince Of Wales

This full colour guide provides up-to-date information on hedges in Devon, and in particular provides practical advice on their management. Sections cover a wide range of topics, including history, wildlife, modern farming, development ... ....

Forest Ecology

Recent Advances in Plant Ecology

Arnold van der Valk

Previously published in Plant Ecology, Volume 201, No.1, 2009. Forest Ecology: Recent Advances in Plant Ecology provides an overview of recent advances in forest ecology on a variety of topics, including ...

Forests in International Law

Is There Really a Need for an International Forest Convention?

Anje Eikermann

Forests in International Law investigates the potential need for an international convention on forests and establishes a multifunctional concept of forests as a cornerstone for international forest regulation. Accordingly, it ... ....

Geomorphic Approaches to Floodplain Management of Coastal Plain Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe

Paul Hudson and Hans Middelkoop

This volume provides a comprehensive perspective on geomorphic approaches to management of lowland alluvial rivers in North America and Europe. Many lowland rivers have been heavily managed for flood control and navigation for decades ... ....

Guide to Chalk Rivers of England

Charlie Bell and Chris Shields

Produced in partnership with the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, this fold-out chart provides an identification guide to the insetcs, molluscs, mammals, fish and plants that live in and around chalk streams and rivers. Text on the ... ....

Introduction to the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems

Wolfgang Fennel and Thomas Neumann

Introduction to the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems, Second Edition provides foundational information on the construction of chemical and biological models – from simple cases to more complex biogeochemical models and life ... ....

Methane Emissions from Unique Wetlands in China

Case Studies, Meta Analyses and Modelling

Huai Chen, Ning Wu, Changhui Peng and Yanfen Wang

Methane Emissions from Unique Wetlands in China: Case Studies, Meta Analyses and Modelling is a landmark volume in the development of studies about methane emission from wetlands. Although there are books about methane emissions ... ....

Modelling Community Structure in Freshwater Ecosystems

Sovan Lek, Michele Scardi, Piet FM Verdonschot, Jean-Pierre Descy and Young-Seuk Park

Modelling Community Structure in Freshwater Ecosystems presents approaches and methodologies for predicting the structure and diversity of key aquatic communities (namely diatoms, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish), under natural ... ....

National Forest Inventories

Pathways for Common Reporting

Erkki Tomppo, Thomas Gschwantner, Mark Lawrence and Ronald E McRoberts

Traditionally the purpose of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) has been to provide continuously updated information regarding the state of a given nation's forest resources, including their timber volumes, species composition and ... ....

Reef Libre

Cuba - The Last, Best Reefs in the World: An In-Depth Look at Cuban Exceptionalism

Robert Wintner

Decades of isolation from tourism and development have left Cuba's coral reefs among the most pristine in the world, an "exceptionalism" that stands in stark contrast to the island nation's poverty and political situation ... ....

Restoring the Oceanic Island Ecosystem

Impact and Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Bonin Islands

Kazuto Kawakami and Isamu Okochi

The Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands, part of a remote Japanese archipelago, are a typical hot spot of biological invasion. Indigenous fauna and flora, which had long evolved in isolation, suffered devastating deforestation and invasion by ... ....

River Morphodynamics and Stream Ecology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Zhaoyin Wang, Zhiwei Li, Mengzhen Xu and Guaon Yu

Based on a thorough understanding of changing facts on fluvial morphodynamics and ecology on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the research projects in River Morphodynamics and Stream Ecology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau study the effects ... ....

Serengeti IV

Sustaining Biodiversity in a Coupled Human-Natural System

Anthony RE Sinclair, Kristine L Metzger, Simon AR Mduma and John M Fryxell

The vast savannas and great migrations of the Serengeti conjure impressions of a harmonious and balanced ecosystem. But in reality, the history of the Serengeti is rife with battles between human and non-human nature. In the 1890s and ... ....

Soil Remediation and Plants

Prospects and Challenges

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Muhammad Sabir, Munir Ozturk and Ahmet Ruhi Mermut

The soil is being contaminated continuously by a large number of pollutants. Among them, heavy metals are an exclusive group of toxicants because they are stable and difficult to disseminate into non-toxic forms. The ever-increasing ... ....

Soil and Plant Analysis for Forest Ecosystem Characterization

Field and Laboratory Procedures

Daniel John Vogt, Joel P Tilley, Robert L Edmonds and Robert Boyd Harrison

Soil and Plant Analysis for Forest Ecosystem Characterization provides an overview of physical, chemical and biological methods used to analyze soils and plant tissue using an ecosystem perspective. The current emphasis on climate ... ....

Sustainable Natural Hazard Management in Alpine Environments

Eric Veulliet, Johann Staetter and Hannelore Weck-Hannemann

In the recent past a marked increase of the damages caused by natural hazard processes has been documented, for example by the Munich Re-Insurance. On a regional scale, a similar development can be observed in mountain regions such as the ... ....

The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia

Igor S Zonn, Andrey Kostianoy, Aleksey N Kosarev and Michael H Glantz

The Caspian Sea is a unique natural feature, the world's largest landlocked water body. Historically the Caspian was one of the key zones where the interests of great powers such as Russia, Britain and Persia clashed. And the reason ... ....

The Subalpine Lake Ecosystem, Ovre Heimdalsvatn, and its Catchment

Local and Global Changes Over the Last 50 Years

John E Brittain and Reidar Borgstrom

The Subalpine Lake Ecosystem, Øvre Heimdalsvatn, and its Catchment summarizes research from the intensive study of a pristine subalpine lake ecosystem and its catchment over the last 50 years. A wide range of topics is ... ....

The Tide-Dominated Han River Delta, Korea

Geomorphology, Sedimentology, and Stratigraphic Architecture

Don Cummings, Robert W Dalrymple, Kyungsik Choi and Jaehwa Jin

The Tide-Dominated Han River Delta, Korea provides a thorough analysis of a river delta in which tidal currents have reworked the river-borne sediment, generating characteristic geomorphological and sedimentological signatures ... ....

Towards Climate-Responsible Peatlands Management

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

The aim of this guidebook is to support the reduction of GHG emissions from managed peatlands and present guidance for responsible management practices that can maintain peatlands ecosystem services while sustaining and improving local ... ....

Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands

Eco-Engineering Systems for Wastewater and Sludge Treatment

Alexandros Stefanakis, Christos S Akratos and Vassilios A Tsihrintzis

Vertical flow constructed wetlands for wastewater and sludge treatment represent a relatively new and still growing technology. Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands is the first book to present the state-of-the-art knowledge regarding ... ....

An Integrated Assessment of China's Ecological Restoration Programs

Runsheng Yin

China has been undertaking unprecedented ecological restoration efforts to deal with its problems of soil erosion, flooding, dust storms, and habitat loss. While there have been studies of these efforts, questions remain concerning whether ... ....

Counting Species

Biodiversity in Global Environmental Politics

Rafi Youatt

Three decades of biodiversity governance have largely failed to stop the ongoing environmental crisis of global species loss. Yet that governance has resulted in undeniably important political outcomes. In Counting Species ... ....

Health of Antarctic Wildlife

A Challenge for Science and Policy

Knowles R Kerry and Martin J Riddle

Health of Antarctic Wildlife provides a broad assessment of the health of Antarctica's and seals. It is set against the background of available scientific and environmental information and the political and administrative ... ....

La Biodiversite de Crise en Crise

Bruno David, Patrick De Wever and Allain Bougrain-Dubourg

Every day, species of animals and plants disappear from the face of the earth. The current biodiversity is at risk. Should we be worried? In reality, the current extinction is not a novelty! This is the sixth extinction hitting our planet ... ....

Landscape-Scale Conservation Planning

Stephen C Trombulak, Robert F Baldwin and Hugh P Possingham

Landscape-Scale Conservation Planning expands the thinking and techniques of the new field of systematic conservation planning to include significant improvements borne of integrating social and natural conditions and processes ... ....

Proactive Strategies for Protecting Species

Pre-Listing Conservation and the Endangered Species Act

C Josh Donlan

Nearly forty years old, the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) remains a landmark act in conservation and one of the world's most comprehensive laws designed to prevent species extinctions and support recovery efforts for imperiled species ... ....

Rapid Biological Inventories, Volume 26: Peru: Cordillera Escalera-Loreto

Nigel Pitman

The Cordillera Escalera mountain range on the Loreto-San Martín border in Amazonian Peru was barely known to scientists until the September 2013 expedition described in Rapid Biological Inventories, Volume 26: Péru: ... ....

Studying Captive Animals

A Workbook of Methods in Behaviour, Welfare and Ecology

Paul A Rees

Studying Captive Animals outlines the methods that may be used to study the behaviour, welfare and ecology of animals living under the control of humans, including companion animals, feral populations, and those living on farms ... ....

The Welfare of Performing Animals

A Historical Perspective

David AH Wilson

This timely book describes and analyses a neglected area of the history of concern for animal welfare, discussing the ends and means of the capture, transport, housing and training of performing animals, as well as the role of pressure ... ....

Tropical Islands Biodiversity Crisis

The Indo-West Pacific

David JW Lane

Previously published in Biodiversity and Conservation 19(2), 2010. Tropical Islands Biodiversity Crisis: The Indo-West Pacific assesses the issues facing biodiversity maintenance on tropical islands, and the ...

Wildlife in the Anthropocene

Conservation After Nature

Jamie Lorimer

Elephants rarely breed in captivity and are not considered domesticated, yet they interact with people regularly and adapt to various environments. Too social and sagacious to be objects, too strange to be human, too captive to truly ... ....

An Introduction to Aquatic Toxicology

Mikko Nikinmaa

An Introduction to Aquatic Toxicology is an introductory reference for all aspects of toxicology pertaining to aquatic environments. As water sources diminish, the need to understand the effects that contaminants may have on aquatic ... ....

Biogeochemistry of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter

Denis A Hansell and Craig A Carlson

Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a complex mixture of molecules found throughout the world's oceans. It plays a key role in the export, distribution, and sequestration of carbon in the oceanic water column, posited to be a ... ....

Climate Shock

The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet

Gernot Wagner and Martin L Weitzman

If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming ... ....

Cloud Dynamics

Jr.,Robert A Houze

As models of the Earth/atmosphere system and observations become ever more sophisticated, and concerns about climate change and societal impacts of extreme weather and its forecasting grow, understanding the role of clouds in the atmosphere ... ....

Coastal and Marine Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Jean T Ellis and Douglas J Sherman

Coastal and Marine Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides a scientific approach to those hazards and disasters related to the Earth's coasts and oceans. This is the first book to integrate scientific, social, and economic ... ....

Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography

Richard E Thomson and William J Emery

Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography, Third Edition is a practical reference to established and modern data analysis techniques in earth and ocean sciences. Its five major sections address data acquisition and recording ... ....

Ecological Processes at Marine Fronts

Oases in the Ocean

Eduardo Marcelo Acha, Alberto R Piola, Oscar Iribarne and Hermes Mianzan

Ecological Processes at Marine Fronts reviews and summarizes the results and hypotheses raised by studies directly or indirectly dealing with the ecology of fronts and aims to identify the themes that connect them to produce a ... ....

Environmental Apocalypse in Science and Art

Designing Nightmares

Sergio Fava

At a time when it is clear that climate change adaptation and mitigation are failing, Environmental Apocalypse in Science and Art examines how our assumptions about (valid and usable) knowledge are preventing effective climate ... ....

Environmental Science

Scott Spoolman and G Tyler Milley

"Inspiring people to care about the planet..." In the new edition of Environmental Science, authors Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolman have partnered with the National Geographic Society to develop a text that will equip ... ....

Greenhouse Gas Emission and Mitigation in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

Xinmin Zhan, Zhenhu Hu and Guangxue Wu

The wide adoption of wastewater treatment processes and use of novel technologies for improvement of nitrogen and phosphorus removals from wastewater have been introduced to meet stringent discharge standards. Municipal wastewater treatment ... ....

Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils

Monitoring and Remediation

Irena Sherameti and Ajit Varma

Following a description of the various sources and factors influencing the contents of heavy metal pollution in post-catastrophic and agricultural soils, subsequent chapters examine soil enzymes and eggs as bio-monitors, lead adsorption ... ....

Helminths: Handbook for Identification and Counting of Parasitic Helminth Eggs in Urban Wastewater

Carlos Lardin Mifsut and Silveria Pacheco Ballarin

Helminths: Handbook for Identification and Counting of Parasitic Helminth Eggs in Urban Wastewater is the result of several studies that the public entity for sanitation and wastewater treatment in Murcia Region (ESAMUR), has ... ....

Learning from the Impacts of Superstorm Sandy

J Bret Bennington and E Christa Farmer

Learning from the Impacts of Superstorm Sandy summarizes first results from studies of Superstorm Sandy, including: tide gauge measurements of storm surge, stable isotope variation in precipitation, analysis of the effect of ... ....

Meteorology Today

An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment

C Donald Ahrens and Robert Henson

C. Donald Ahrens and Robert Henson combine expert content in weather, climate, and earth science with the interactive experience you expect from Cengage Learning. Grounded in the scientific method, this reader-friendly and highly visual ... ....

Modern Observational Physical Oceanography

Understanding the Global Ocean

Carl Wunsch

With the advent of computers, novel instruments, satellite technology, and increasingly powerful modeling tools, we know more about the ocean than ever before. Yet we also have a new generation of oceanographers who have become increasingly ... ....

Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science

Tom S Garrison and Robert Ellis

Developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, market-leading Oceanography: An Invitation To Marine Science, 9e gives you a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved ... ....

Persistent Pollution - Past, Present and Future

School of Environmental Research - Organized by Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht

Markus Quante, Ralf Ebinghaus and Goetz Floeser

Persistent Pollution – Past, Present and Future evolved from the 5th School of Environmental Research entitled "Persistent Pollution – Past, Present and Future", which has set a focus on Persistent ... ....

Phenological Research

Methods for Environmental and Climate Change Analysis

Irene L Hudson and Marie R Keatley

As climate change continues to dominate the international environmental agenda, phenology – the study of the timing of recurring biological events – has received increasing research attention, leading to an emerging consensus ... ....

Polar Remote Sensing, Volume 2: Ice Sheets

Robert Massom and Dan Lubin

Volume 2 is a companion to Volume 1. It is a comprehensive description of satellite remote sensing applications to all aspects of polar glaciology, including not only ice sheets but also icebergs and interactions between ice sheets and the ... ....

Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Wilfried Haeberli, Colin Whiteman and John F Shroder

Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides you with the latest scientific developments in glacier surges and melting, ice shelf collapses, paleo-climate reconstruction, sea level rise, climate change implications ... ....

The Mercy of the Sky

The Story of a Tornado

Holly Bailey

Oklahomans have long been known for their fatalism and grit, but even old-timers are troubled by the twisters that are devastating the state with increasing frequency. On May 20, 2013, the worst tornado on record landed a direct hit on ... ....

Toxin Toxout

Getting Harmful Chemicals Out of Our Bodies and Our World

Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith

Following the runaway success of their first book, Slow Death by Rubber Duck, two of Canada's leading environmental activists give practical and often surprising advice for removing toxic chemicals from our bodies and homes.

Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?

David Ray Griffin

Can we act quickly and wisely enough to prevent climate change better called climate disruption from destroying human civilization? There is no greater issue facing humanity today. This single source provides everything people need to know ... ....

Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Douglas Paton

More than 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, but other causes include lighting, drought, wind and changing weather conditions, underground coal fires, and even volcanic activity.

50 Must See Geological Sites of South Africa

Gavin Whitfield

This colorful book highlights the most spectacular and interesting geological sites and features in South Africa. Each of the 50 geosites is given lavish treatment across a number of pages, with clear text describing how it came to be ... ....

A Key for Identification of Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section

Andrew J Barker

Structured in the form of a dichotomous key, comparable to those widely used in botany, the mineral key provides an effi cient and systematic approach to identifying rock-forming minerals in thin-section. This unique approach covers 150+ ... ....

A Self-Guided Walk on Buckfastleigh Hill / A Walk Through Higher Kiln Quarry and Joint Mitnor Cave (2-Volume Set)

John Wilmut, David Jean and Sheila Phillips

This set of two booklets allows visitors to the Trust’s cave studies centre at Buckfastleigh, Devon, to take a guided walk around the hill and into the quarry. Although visits to Joint Mitnor Cave can only be by prior arrangement ... ....

An Excursion Guide to the Geology and Geomorphology of Almeria

Adrian Harvey and Anne Mather

Field guide to a region exhibiting superb structural geology, a complete Neogene sedimentary sequence and classic dryland geomorphology.

Are You Dissing Me?

What Animals Really Think

Simon Winheld

A hippo worries that her MFA is totally useless. A cardinal has roommate problems. A hummingbird is eager to join a social network. A bush baby teeters on the edge (You wanna throw down?!) Here for the first time are the innermost thoughts ... ....

Astronomy in Minutes

The Night Sky Explained in an Instant

Giles Sparrow

What happens when a star dies? How many asteroids are in our solar system? Can galaxies collide? What is dark energy? Astronomy in Minutes answers all these questions and more as it condenses 200 key concepts into easily digestible ... ....

Astrophysics and the Evolution of the Universe

Leonard S Kisslinger

The aim of Astrophysics and the Evolution of the Universe is to teach undergraduate college or university students the basic physics concepts needed to understand the mathematics which describes the evolution of the universe ... ....

Atlas of Seismotectonics in Central Asia

Zhang Jiasheng

Atlas of Seismotectonics in Central Asia of seismotectonics in central Asia collects 30 independent maps of geological tectonics seismicity and gerophysics, which are divided into three map sets: basic (I.1-8), regional (II.1-14) ... ....

Caves in Buckfastleigh Quarries

John Wilmut, David Curry, John Hooper and Wilfred Joint

The limestones and caves of the Buckfastleigh area of Devon have attracted much interest over many centurries. The stone has been valuable resource and has been extensively quarried, revealing networks of caves that have themselves turned ... ....

Earth and Life Processes Discovered from Subseafloor Environments

A Decade of Science Achieved by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)

Donna Blackman, Ruediger Stein, Fumio Inagaki and Hans-Christian Larsen

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP: 2000-2013) has provided crucial records of past and present processes and interactions within and between the biosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere. Research in IODP ... ....

Exploring the Limestones of South Devon

A Guide to Walks that Discover the Limestones and Caves of the County

John Wilmut, Chris Proctor and David Jean

Created when Britain lay south of the equator, Devon's ancient limestones are as exciting and interesting as any rocks in the British Isles. And so are the caves which have been formed in the rocks by the action of water over hundreds ... ....

Global Geodetic Observing System

Meeting the Requirements of a Global Society on a Changing Planet in 2020

Hans-Peter Plag and Michael Pearlman

With the provision of accurate reference frames and observations of changes in Earth's shape, gravity field and rotation, modern geodesy takes a fundamental role for improved understanding of geodynamics, geohazards, the global water ... ....

Historical Geology

James S Monroe and Reed Wicander

Offering comprehensive content for the historical geology course, Historical Geology provides students with an understanding of the principles of historical geology and how these principles are applied in unraveling Earth's ... ....

Hubble Space Telescope

Zoltan LeVay

Time, space and a telescope: Hubble's most magnificent images On the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope first being launched into low earth orbit, TASCHEN brings together some of its most breathtaking deep space images.

Interpreting Earth History

A Manual in Historical Geology

Scott Ritter and Morris Petersen

The Eighth Edition of Interpreting Earth History continues a legacy of authoritative coverage, providing the flexibility and scope necessary to engage students with geological data from a variety of sources and scales.

Karst Management

Philip E van Beynen

Focusing specifically on the management of karst environments, this volume draws together the world's leading karst experts to provide a vital source for the study and management of this unique physical setting. Although karst landscapes ... ....

Kents Cavern

A Field Guide to the Natural History

Joyce Lundberg and Donald A McFarlane

The sequence of deposits that have been found in Kents Cavern in Torquay are now known to cover a half-million year history, making it one of the most important cave sites in the world. In this very readable and well illustrated ... ....

Landscapes and Landforms of Colombia

Michel Hermelin

Landscapes and Landforms of Colombia contains a short description of Colombia's geological evolution and present landscapes, followed by systematic descriptions of 17 geomorphosites, selected from scientific and aesthetic ... ....

Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Tim Davies

Landslides are the most costly geo-hazard in the world, and they're often the cause or the result of other hazards and disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions.

Lucky Planet

Why Earth is Exceptional - and What that Means for Life in the Universe

David Waltham

Science tells us that life elsewhere in the Universe is increasingly likely to be discovered. But in fact the Earth may be a very unusual planet – perhaps the only one like it in the entire visible Universe.

Morphogenesis: Origins of Patterns and Shapes

Paul Bourgine and Annick Lesne

What are the relations between the shape of a system of cities and that of fish school? Which events should happen in a cell in order that it participates to one of the finger of our hands? How to interpret the shape of a sand dune? ....

Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences

Anastasios A Tsonis and James B Elsner

Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences is comprised of the proceedings of "20 Years of Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences", held June 11-16, 2006 in Rhodes, Greece as part of the Aegean Conferences. The volume brings together ... ....

Roadside Geology of Pennsylvania

Bradford B Van Diver

The hundreds of millions of years of history folded within Pennsylvania's rocks tell a remarkable story of destruction, creation, and transformation. With an assortment of maps, diagrams, photos, and expert descriptions ...

Sediment Matters

The Challenges

Peter Heininger and Johannes Cullmann

Sediment Matters presents insights into the complex processes controlling sediment behavior in river basins and into state of the art integrated sediment management concepts. Main topics are: sediment transport, modelling sediment ... ....

Seeing Like a Rover

How Robots, Teams, and Images Craft Knowledge of Mars

Janet Vertesi

In the years since the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Rover first began transmitting images from the surface of Mars, we have become familiar with the harsh, rocky, rusty-red Martian landscape. But those images are much less straight ... ....

Sonic Wonderland

A Scientific Odyssey of Sound

Trevor Cox

An original and compelling tour of the world's most amazing acoustic phenomena and a passionate plea for a deeper appreciation of and respect for our shared sonic landscapes. Creaking glaciers, whispering galleries, stalactite organs ... ....

Stargazing Basics

Getting Started in Recreational Astronomy

Paul E Kinzer

How do I get started in astronomy? Should I buy binoculars or a telescope? What can I expect to see? This wonderful beginners' guide to astronomy covers all the information you need to get started. This second edition has been fully ... ....

The Big Questions in Science

The Quest to Solve the Great Unknowns

Mun-Keat Looi, Hayley Birch and Colin Stuart

The world is full of questions. For centuries, scientists have pondered, and answered, many of them. The Big Questions in Science delves into 20 of the most intriguing, far-reaching and "of-the-moment" questions in science ... ....

The Caves of Burnsville Cove

William B White

The Caves of Burnsville Cove highlights some of the most difficult and persistent exploration ever undertaken in the United States – in Burnsville Cove, a small limestone valley in west-central Virginia – while at the ... ....

The Drake Equation

Estimating the Prevalence of Extraterrestrial Life through the Ages

Douglas A Vakoch, Matthew F Dowd, Frank Drake, Steven J Dick and Paul Davies

In this compelling book, leading scientists and historians explore the Drake Equation, which guides modern astrobiology's search for life beyond Earth. First used in 1961 as the organising framework for a conference in Green Bank ... ....

The Geology of Buckfastleigh Hill

Nigel H Trewin, David Jean and John Wilmut

The origins of Buckfastleigh Hill go back 350 million years and its story embraces tropical seas, volcanoes, coral reefs and the building of a massive mountain chain. The caves in the limestone of the hill have developed over hundreds of ... ....

The Universe Verse

James Lu Dunbar

This rhyming comic book explains the scientific concepts surrounding the origin of the universe, life on Earth and the human race, from the Big Bang to the scientific method.

Under the Surface

Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale

Tom Wilber

Running from southern West Virginia through eastern Ohio, across central and northeast Pennsylvania, and into New York through the Southern Tier and the Catskills, the Marcellus Shale formation underlies a sparsely populated region that ... ....

Understanding Geology Through Maps

Graham Borradaile

Understanding Geology Through Maps guides young professional geologists and students alike in understanding and interpreting the world's dynamic and varying geological landscapes through the liberal use of visual aids including ... ....

Visualizing Geology

Barbara W Murck, Brian J Skinner and Dana MacKenzie

Visualizing Geology maximizes the use of National Geographic Society photographs, maps, illustrations and video to bring dynamic Earth processes. From the ground-up, this text is designed to better meet the needs of those involved ... ....

Volcanic Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Paulo Papale

Volcanic Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides you with the latest scientific developments in volcano and volcanic research, including causality, impacts, preparedness, risk analysis, planning, response, recovery, and the economic ... ....

Volcanoes and the Making of Scotland

Brian Upton

Scotland's mountains and glens retain the secrets of the long and frequently violent geological history that has gone into their making. Volcanoes have played a major role in the creation of Scotland and while the youngest, a mere ... ....

Volcanoes of Europe

Dougal Jerram, Alwyn Scarth and Jean-Claude Tanguy

The volcanoes of Europe offer dramatic landscapes, intriguing geological and geographical characteristics, and compelling histories of their interaction with those who have chosen to live on and near them. This new colour illustrated edition ... ....

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 69: Marine Managed Areas and Fisheries

Magnus L Johnson, Jane Sandell and Ray Hilborn

Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 – over 40 years of outstanding coverage! The series is well known for its excellent reviews and ... ....

After Preservation

Saving American Nature in the Age of Humans

Ben A Minteer and Stephen J Pyne

From John Muir to the Endangered Species Act, environmentalism in America has always had close to its core a preservationist ideal. Generations have been inspired by its ethos – to protect nature from the march of human development ... ....

Animal Ethics and Philosophy

Questioning the Orthodoxy

Elisa Aaltola and John Hadley

Debate in animal ethics needs reenergising. To date, philosophers have focused on a relatively limited number of specific themes whilst leaving metaphilosophical issues that require urgent attention largely unexamined. This timely collection ... ....

Animals in the Qur'an