new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2007/03
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Welcome to the March Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's guide to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the environment.

The Flora and Fauna of Great Britain
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Mammals
 

Bettongs, Potoroos and the Musky Rat-kangaroo

Andrew Claridge, John Seebeck and Randy Rose

The rat-kangaroo was one of the first Australian marsupials to be seen alive in Europe. Collected close to the settlement at Sydney Cove, a pair of them were exhibited in ....

168 pages | CSIRO

Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0643093419 | #165697A | £18.50 BUY

 

Conservation in the 21st Century: Gorillas as a Case Study

Edited by TS Stoinski, HD Steklis and PT Mehlman

Like other fields of science, wildlife conservation is a changing field. Threats facing wild populations of apes and other species, say 20 years ago, are likely not the same ....

375 pages | 40 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0387707204 | #165850A | £74.00 BUY

 

Elephant Diaries - Series 1 DVD

For a baby elephant, family life is everything and losing your mother is the worst possible start in life. Presenters Michaela Strachan and Jonathan Scott followed a year ....

running time: 150 minutes | BBC Video

DVD | NYP 04/2007 | BBCDVD2204 | #166272A | £8.50 BUY

 

Mamíferos del Ecuador

Guia de Campo

Diego Tirira

The most complete field guide to the mammals of Ecuador. Describes more than 380 species; the species descriptions include identification, natural history, ....

576 pages | 295 colour photos | Diego Tirira

Pbk | 2007 | 9978446516 | #166117A | £39.00 BUY

 

Micromammals and Macroparasites

From Evolutionary Ecology to Management

Edited by S Morand, BR Krasnov and R 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, ....

647 pages | 79 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 4431360247 | #166353A | £154.00 BUY

 

Orangutans

Robert Shumaker

Orangutans were once the subjects of legends and mystery. Today, scientists are only just beginning to understand the behaviour and mental ability of these 'people of the ....

72 pages | 45 colour photos | Colin Baxter

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1841073695 | #165990A | £9.00 BUY

 

The Quintessential Naturalist

Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson

Douglas A Kelt

Oliver P. Pearson's studies on mammalian biology remain standard reading for ecologists, physiologists, taxonomists, and biogeographers. Reflecting this, the papers gathered ....

975 pages | 4 colour illus, 30 b/w photos, 58 line illus, 22 tables | California UP

Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0520098595 | #166240A | £62.00 BUY

 

The Rat

A Study in Behavior

SA Barnett

The laws of animal behavior have been revised and revealed through research performed by zoologists, physiologists and experimental psychologists. Each has contributed much. ....

318 pages | B/w photos, illus, figs | Aldine Transaction

Pbk | 2007 | 0202309770 | #166496A | £19.95 BUY

 

Sea Lions of the World

Edited by Andrew Trites et al

Changes in the abundance of sea lions worldwide is a concern to fisheries and conservation groups, in part because fisheries are feared to threaten sea lions and sea ....

664 pages | Alaska Sea Grant Prog

Hbk | 2006 | 1566121051 | #166248A | £35.00 BUY

 

The Tale of the Przewalski's Horse

Coming Home to Mongolia

Piet Wit and Inge Bouman

For tens of thousands of years wild horses roamed over the grasslands of Europe and Asia. Their endurance and agility made them the perfect partner for man during his ....

208 pages | colour photos | KNNV

Hbk | 2006 | 9050112366 | #166322A | £49.00 BUY

 

Which Bat Is It?

A Guide to Bat Identification in Great Britain and Ireland

RE Stebbings

Excellent little guide to bats, giving identification key, advice on how to study bats and an important section on legislation. ....

48 pages | B/w illus | Mammal Society

Pbk | R/P 04/2007 | 0906282195 | #001788A | £3.50 BUY

 

The Wild Horses of Namibia

Sandra Uttridge and Gary Cowan

The origin of the Desert Horses is now lost in time, the subject of endless speculation --were they part of the stud of the legendary Baron von Wolf of Schloss Duwisib, or ....

60 pages | b&w photos | Clifton

Pbk | 2006 | #163578A | £49.00 BUY

 

Wily Monkeys

Social Intelligence of Tibetan Macaques

Hideshi Ogawa

This book sheds light on the peculiar social behavior of Tibetan monkeys at Mt. Huangshan, China. ....

Trans Pacific Press

Hbk | 2006 | 1920901973 | #166279A | £49.00 BUY

 

The World of the Polar Bear

Norbert Rosing

The culmination of more than 20 years' study by one of the world's leading natural history photographers. Rosing takes us through the year of the polar bear, showing the ....

204 pages | Col illus | A & C Black

Hbk | 2006 | 0713679190 | #158399A | £29.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0713687134 | #166391A | £19.99 BUY

 
Birds
 

Amazing Birds

A Treasury of Facts and Trivia

Roger J Lederer

This beautifully illustrated book is a treasury of facts and information about the avian world. Aimed squarely at ....

160 pages | over 400 illus | A & C Black

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0713686669 | #166388A | £12.99 BUY

 

Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada

Ted Floyd et al

Nevada's diverse landscape, which ranges from lofty alpine peaks to marshy wetlands, saline playas, sagebrush-covered steppes, and lush agricultural valleys, is home to a ....

608 pages | Nevada UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0874176956 | #166488A | £36.95 BUY

 

Birding in Alaska

Dave Gosney

Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series ....

BirdGuides

DVD | 2006 | #166459A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birding in Britain

Dave Gosney

Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series ....

BirdGuides

DVD | 2006 | #166456A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birding in Canada

Dave Gosney

Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a ....

BirdGuides

DVD | 2006 | #166462A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birding in China

Dave Gosney

Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series ....

BirdGuides

DVD | 2006 | #166455A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birding in Eastern Europe

Dave Gosney

Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series ....

BirdGuides

DVD | 2006 | #166460A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birding in Florida

Dave Gosney

Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a ....

BirdGuides

DVD | 2006 | #166461A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birding in Israel

Dave Gosney

Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series ....

BirdGuides

DVD | 2006 | #166457A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birding in Turkey

Dave Gosney

Tells the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. This DVD is a re-formatted version of one of the VHS videos in the series ....

BirdGuides

DVD | 2006 | #166458A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birding in the Artic / Birding in Mallorca

Dave Gosney

These videos tell the story of a birdwatching adventure to the chosen destination, with presenter Dave Gosney. ....

BirdGuides

DVD | 2006 | #166454A | £11.02 BUY

 

Birds of Western Maharashtra

A Reference Guide

Anand Prasad

Highlights the present status of each bird species reported, its distribution based on specimens, recorded sightings, breeding, long distance and local migration and ....

315 pages | - | Other India Bookstore

Pbk | 2006 | 8185569738 | #166577A | £19.99 BUY

 

British Birds and Birdlife DVD 1: Towns Parks and Gardens / Woodlands and Forests

Covering identification, behaviour and more, this DVD will give you insight into the world of birds and how they live. Coverage includes: Song Thrush, ....

running time: 55 minutes | Green Umbrella Productions

DVD | NYP 04/2007 | #166472A | £8.50 BUY

 

British Birds and Birdlife DVD 2: Ponds and Farmland / Lakes, Rivers and Wetlands

Covering identification, behaviour and more, this DVD will give you insight into the world of birds and how they live. Coverage includes: Barn Owl, ....

running time: 66 minutes | Green Umbrella Productions

DVD | NYP 04/2007 | #166473A | £8.50 BUY

 

British Birds and Birdlife DVD 3: Mountains, Moors and Heaths / Coasts and Cliffs

Covering identification, behaviour and more, this DVD will give you insight into the world of birds and how they live. Coverage includes: Peregrine, ....

running time: 64 minutes | Green Umbrella Productions

DVD | NYP 04/2007 | #166474A | £8.50 BUY

 

Feathers

Identification for Bird Conservation

Marian Cieslak and Boleslaw Dul

This guide presents the feathers of 60 species of bird, of which 38 are included in Annex I of the EU's Birds Directive. In European Union Member States, these species ....

318 pages | colour photos | Natura Publishing House

Hbk | 2006 | 8392441001 | #165379A | £29.99 BUY

 

Field Guide to the Birds of Iraq (In Arabic)

Edited by Nature Iraq

Covering the 387 bird species that have been recorded in Iraq, the book is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide of its kind for Iraq. ....

384 pages | colour illus | BirdLife International

Pbk | 2007 | #166201A | £22.95 BUY

 

Field Guide to the Birds of Machu Picchu and the Cusco Region

Barry Walker

The first guide to describe and illustrate all the bird species recorded in the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Pichu. ....

243 pages | 32 col plates | Nuevas Imagines

Pbk | 2005 | 9972901599 | #166533A | £39.95 BUY

 

Flight Identification of European Seabirds

Bertil Briefe, Niklas Holmstrom and Anders Blomdahl

Essential field guide for seawatching, whether it be from land or at sea, specifically designed to address the particular problems and limitations of this type of birding. ....

374 pages | 690 col photos | Christopher Helm

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0713686162 | #166387A | £24.99 BUY

 

In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

Jerome A Jackson

A complete natural history of one of the most exciting and rare (perhaps extinct) birds in the world, and a fascinating personal quest by the world's leading expert on the ....

322 pages | colour plates | Smithsonian Institution Press

Hbk | 2004 | 1588341321 | #145788A | £13.95 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 0060891556 | #166325A | £9.50 BUY

 

The Inner Bird

Anatomy and Evolution

Gary W Kaiser

Birds are among the most successful vertebrates on Earth. An important part of our natural environment and deeply embedded in our culture, birds are studied by more ....

416 pages | UBC Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0774813431 | #166494A | £52.50 BUY

 

Kent: A Birdwatcher's Site Guide

Chris Bradshaw and Simon Busuttil

This is the first comprehensive site guide to one of the UK's foremost birdwatching counties. Features 58 birdwatching sites, with information on the best times to go, what ....

120 pages | 64 maps | Shoebill Books

Spiralbound | 2007 | 0952806525 | #153406A | £14.95 BUY

 

Kiwi

The People's Bird

Neville Peat

Back in 1990, when Neville Peat wrote The Incredible Kiwi, the national bird was in retreat, from habitat loss and the severe impact of predation. It was not well ....

208 pages | Col illus | Otago UP

Hbk | 2006 | 1877372366 | #166314A | £23.99 BUY

 

The Lapwing

Michael Shrubb

With its striking green-black and white plumage and distinctive pee-wit call, the Lapwing is one of Britain's best-known birds. Lapwings depend on agricultural land to ....

240 pages | Poyser

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0713668547 | #166386A | £40.00 BUY

 

National Geographic Birder's Journal

National Geographic

Companion to the bestselling Field Guide to the Birds of North America, this is an illustrated life list with space for jotting notes about the site, situation and date ....

504 pages | Illus | National Geographic

Pbk | 2006 | 1426200056 | #166629A | £8.99 BUY

 

Penguins

How they survive the harsh Southern Polar Region

Brutus Ostling

Penguins are fascinating animals: they cannot fly, they are awkward on land, but are as agile as fish under water. Their ability to survive in some of the coldest regions on ....

192 pages | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0007247443 | #161726A | £25.00 BUY

 

Penguins of the World

Wayne Lynch

Lynch has travelled more than 130,00 miles to Antarctica, the Galapagos Islands, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and a dozen remote island clusters in the tempestuous ....

143 pages | Col photos, maps | A & C Black

Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0713687118 | #166390A | £16.99 BUY

 

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe

Rob Hume

Comprehensive photographic guide covering 800 bird species from Britain and Europe, with stunning full colour photographs, illustrations and maps. This revised edition includes ....

480 pages | Col photos, illus, maps | Dorling Kindersley

Hbk | 2002 | 0751373540 | #133415A | £24.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1405322284 | #166697A | £24.99 BUY

 

RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds

Simon Harrap

An illustrated guide to 170 of the most common birds found in Britain. It features descriptions of each bird's main characteristics including plumage, calls and song, ....

192 pages | A & C Black

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 071368707X | #166392A | £4.99 BUY

 

Songbird Journeys

Four seasons in the lives of migratory birds

Miyoko Chu

Each spring, millions of orioles, tanagers, thrushes, warblers and other songbirds travel thousands of miles from the tropics to their summer breeding grounds as far north ....

312 pages | Illus | Walker Books

Hbk | 2006 | 0802714684 | #166315A | £14.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0802715184 | #166397A | £8.50 BUY

 

Surveillance of Wintering Seaducks, Divers and Grebes in UK Inshore Areas: Aerial Surveys and Shore-based Counts 2005/06

I Söhle, LJ Wilson, BJ Dean, SH O'Brien, A Webb and JB Reid

61 pages | diagrams, tables | JNCC

Pbk | 2006 | #166261A | £9.99 BUY

 

Svalbard Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus hyperboreus)

A status report

S Unander, Onstad Pedersen, A, O Overrein and E Fuglei

Norsk Polarinstitutt

2005 | #166446A | £16.50 BUY

 

Tawny Frogmouth

Gisela Kaplan

The first complete overview of one of Australia's most intriguing birds. The strange tawny frogmouth is often thought to be a species of owl, but it is, in fact, related to ....

152 pages | CSIRO

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0643092390 | #165719A | £18.50 BUY

 

Texas Quails

Ecology and Management

Leonard A Brennan

Presents the first complete assessment of the four species of quail found in this vast state. Experts describe each of them and examine all geographic regions of the state for ....

512 pages | Texas A&M UP

Hbk | 2007 | 1585445037 | #166497A | £24.50 BUY

 

Whio

Saving New Zealand's Blue Duck

David Young

The story of how a dedicated group of scientists, field workers and volunteers have set about saving the blue duck. It combines a natural history of the bird with an ....

152 pages | colour photos | Potton

Pbk | 2006 | 1877333468 | #166287A | £33.50 BUY

 
Reptiles & Amphibians
 

The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians

Kentwood D Wells

Consisting of more than six thousand species, amphibians are more diverse than mammals and are found on every continent save Antarctica. Despite the abundance and diversity of ....

1400 pages | 323 line drawings, 116 halftones, 45 tabs | Chicago UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0226893340 | #165271A | £47.50 BUY

 

Lizard Ecology

Edited by Stephen M Reilly, Lance B McBrayer and Donald B Miles

The foraging mode of lizards has been a central theme in guiding research in lizard biology for three decades. Foraging mode has been shown to be a pervasive evolutionary ....

552 pages | 89 line diagrams, 7 half-tones, 41 tables | CUP

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521833582 | #166654A | £65.00 BUY

 

Second Congres International Sur La Conservation des Cheloniens

2nd International Congress on Chelonian Conservation

Brieuc Fertard

Proceedings of the Conference held in Saly, Senegal, 18-22 June 2003. ....

306 pages | diagrams | SOPTOM

Pbk | 2006 | #162552A | £31.00 BUY

 
Fishes
 

Bacterial Fish Pathogens

Diseases of Farmed and Wild Fish

B Austin and DA Austin

This 4th, revised, edition of Bacterial Fish Pathogens fills the need for an up-to-date comprehensive book on the biological aspects of the bacterial taxa which cause disease ....

457 pages | Figs, tabs | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402060688 | #166304A | £130.50 BUY

 

Biology, Assessment, and Management of North Pacific Rockfishes

J Heifetz et al

Symposium proceedings with 28 peer-reviewed papers on rockfish biology, ecology, assessment techniques, and management strategies. Promotes sustainable management on ....

Alaska Sea Grant Prog

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1566121140 | #166247A | £39.50 BUY

 

Field Guide to Sharks, Skates, and Ratfish of Alaska

Duane E Stevenson et al

This field guide is the most comprehensive overview of Alaska's cartilaginous fishes ever produced. The authoritative book combines information from the scientific ....

Alaska Sea Grant Prog

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1566121132 | #166245A | £15.95 BUY

 

Fish Species of New Zealand

A Photographic Guide

Jorge Hirt-Chabbert

After five years of working with people in the fishing industry, and as a researcher within commercial institutes representing the fishing industry, Jorge Hirt-Chabbert has ....

136 pages | illus | Reed

Pbk | 2006 | 0790010402 | #166650A | £16.95 BUY

 

Guide to British Freshwater Fishes

Paul Croft and Carol Roberts

This foldout chart has colour illustrations and information on 48 species of freshwater fish found in the British Isles. ....

FSC

Unbound | 2006 | #166185A | £3.50 BUY

 

Guide to Northeast Pacific Flatfishes: Families Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, and Pleuronectidae

DE Kramer, WH Barss, BC Paust and BE Bracken

Identification guide to all 40 species of flatfish found in the northeast Pacific. Descriptions, value, and range are given. Printed on water-resistant paper. ....

104 pages | Col photos, illus, maps | Alaska Sea Grant Prog

Spiralbound | NYP 05/2007 | 1566120322 | #166246A | £15.95 BUY

 

The Muskellunge Symposium: a Memorial Tribute to E.J. Crossman

Edited by James S Diana and Terry L Margenau

This book documents proceedings of a symposium on muskellunge developed as a memorial for E.J. Crossman. It focuses on the biology, ecology, and management of muskellunge, ....

Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402060483 | #166468A | £84.50 BUY

 

Reef and Freshwater Fish of Seychelles

A Field Guide

Oliver Gerlach and Justin Gerlach

This guide covers the common and conspicuous fish of the Seychelles islands. 152 species are described and illustrated allowing easy identification of most of the species likely ....

56 pages | 24 colour plates | Seychelles NPT

Pbk | 2007 | #166396A | £17.50 BUY

 
Invertebrates
 

The Anatomy of Insects and Spiders

Over 600 Exquisite Forms

Claire Beverley and David Ponsonby

Leaf through the pages of this exquisitely illustrated book for a tour of the strange and exotic insect world. Pairing over 600 Victorian engravings, woodcuts, and drawings ....

288 pages | illus | Ivy

Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1905695322 | #165585A | £9.99 BUY

 

Annotated Catalogue of the Carabid Beetles of Albania (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

BV Gueorguiev

This catalogue summarizes all available literature records and a lot of new material revised or determined by the author in various European museums and private collections. ....

243 pages | map | Pensoft

Pbk | 2007 | 9546422959 | #166192A | £39.00 BUY

 

Artenschutzprogramm fur die Gekielte Smaragdlibelle (Oxygastra curtisii, Insecta: Odonata) in Deutschland / Species Protection Programme for the Orange-spotted Emerald (Oxygastra curtisii, Insecta: Odonata) in Germany

J Ott, M Schorr, B Trockur and U Lingenfelder

Focuses on the Orange-spotted emerald Oxygastra curtisii - a slender, medium sized dragonfly with bright green eyes. The species was first described from Britain in 1834, ....

131 pages | colour photos | Pensoft

Pbk | 2007 | 9546422991 | #166193A | £58.50 BUY

 

Beetle Conservation

Edited by TR New

Interest in beetle conservation has long been evident, with many papers treating these abundant, ecologically important and popular insects. However, this issue of Journal of ....

100 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402059876 | #166581A | £50.00 BUY

 

Brittle Stars, Sea Urchins and Feather Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and Puget Sound

William C Austin

Describes and illustrates 34 species of brittle stars, sea urchins, and feather stars inhabiting the coastal waters of Puget Sound, the Alaska Panhandle, and British ....

176 pages | colour photos, b&w illus | UBC Press

Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0772656185 | #166163A | £15.50 BUY

 

The Butterflies of Iowa

DW Schlicht and JC Downey

Acts as a manual for identifying the butterflies of Iowa as well as 90 percent of the butterflies in the Plains. This guide begins by providing information on the natural ....

252 pages | Iowa UP

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1587295326 | #165741A | £30.60 BUY

 

Catalogue of Aleocharinae Rove Beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

N Gouix and J Klimaszewski

The first comprehensive catalogue of difficult to identify and poorly known Canadian and Alaskan aleocharine rove beetles is presented. Aleocharine rove beetles represent one of ....

200 pages | 16 colour plates | Pensoft

Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 9546422940 | #166195A | £58.50 BUY

 

The Catalogue of the Subfamily Cylapinae Kirkaldy, 1903 of the World

(Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae)

Jacek Gorczyca

All genera and species of the mirid subfamily Cylapinae are listed. The distribution of each species is given and new unpublished data are also included. The place of storage ....

100 pages | 28 colour figures | Instytut Tarnogorski i Museum

Pbk | 2006 | 8388880314 | #166243A | £39.99 BUY

 

A Collectors Guide to Recent Terebridae

Ives Terryn

This book shows 313 species of this group of colourful marine shells on colour plates. The family is split up into 14 genera and 8 unnamed taxonomic groups. ....

57 pages | 65 colour plates | ConchBooks

Hbk | 2007 | #166510A | £47.50 BUY

 

Conchiglie Riconoscere le Cipree

Giovanna Zobele Lipparini and Osvaldo Negra

Photo identification guide to seashells with keys, index and checklist. ....

328 pages | colour photos | Muzzio

Pbk | 2006 | 8874131410 | #165808A | £23.95 BUY

 

A Conchological Iconography: The Family Tonnidae

Chris Vos and Alan Beu

A complete taxonomic and nomenclatoric revision of the family with many nomenclatoral consequences and - despite the fact that several new species have recently been ....

123 pages | 63 colour plates, 33 maps, figures | ConchBooks

Unbound | 2007 | 3925919279 | #124083A | £63.00 BUY

 

Diagnosing Cowrie Species

E Heiman

This book is designed to be an easy-to-use manual that enables malacologists and shell collectors to identify cowries using shell characters only. Shell characters of 268 ....

160 pages | Col illus, tabs, figs | ConchBooks

2004 | #166263A | £95.00 BUY

 

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast

Giff Beaton

Visit any pond on a summer day and the air will be alive with dragonflies and damselflies - shimmering aerobatic daredevils that dart above the water and even into ....

368 pages | Georgia UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0820327956 | #166490A | £16.95 BUY

 

The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa

M Samways

Full colour guide. ....

400 pages | colour photos | Pensoft

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | #166476A | £39.00 BUY

 

The Dragonflies of Mortimores Wood

(and surrounding area)

Damian K Pinguey

Photo identification guide to the 10 dragonflies and 9 damselflies that have been recorded in Mortimores Wood in Wiltshire. Species accounts include several photos, notes ....

48 pages | over 60 colour photos | Damian Pinguey

Pbk | 2007 | 0955480604 | #166095A | £9.99 BUY

 

Fasciolariidae

D Mallard and A Robin

Photo identification guide to these spindle-shaped shells. Includes key, classification, bibliography and index. ....

27 pages | 70 col plates | Les Sables d'Olonne

Pbk | 2005 | 2908752654 | #162551A | £57.00 BUY

 

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 41: Crustacea, Amphipoda, Gammaridea

Xianqiu Ren

588 pages | line drawings | Science Press

Hbk | 2006 | 703016007X | #164060A | £72.00 BUY

 

A Guide to Australian Moths

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards

Introduces the biology, behaviour and environmental importance and describes the 82 families of moths found in Australia. Particular emphasis is given to the most commonly ....

224 pages | CSIRO

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0643091599 | #165695A | £18.50 BUY

 

Heat Treatments for Postharvest Pest Control

Theory and Practice

Edited by J Tang et al

Due to the nature of agricultural commodities as carriers of exotic pests, importing countries have employed varying methods of pest control for postharvest products. ....

368 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845932528 | #166622A | £75.00 BUY

 

Illustrated Keys and Diagnoses for the Genera and Subgenera of the Phytoseiidae of the World (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Donald A Chant and James A McMurtry

An original book on soil, stored product and plant associated phytoseiid mites. ....

220 pages | line drawings | Indira

Hbk | 2007 | 0930337220 | #160248A | £130.00 BUY

 

Insect Conservation Biology

The 23rd Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society

AJA Stewart, TR New and OT Lewis

In an age of unprecedented human impact on the environment, insect conservation biology is of increasing importance. Due to their abundance, diversity and rapid response to ....

480 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845932544 | #166350A | £95.00 BUY

 

Invertebrate Zoology: The Mideastern Invertebrate Fauna Part 1

The Noncoelomates

Gamil N Soliman

A complete revision of the previous edition, eliminating the few errors, misprints and inconsistencies, and updating the data. Certain taxa, formerly referred to in brief, are ....

351 pages | B/w illus, figs | Al Hadara

Hbk | 2006 | #166626A | £59.00 BUY

 

The Lepidoptera of Israel, Volume I: Erebidae

VD Kravchenko, M Fibiger, A Hausmann and GC Mueller

This book is the first of a series to cover more than 1,000 species of Macro Lepidoptera of Israel, with complete and up-to-date information concerning their taxonomy, ....

167 pages | colour plates, colour photos, maps | Pensoft

Hbk | 2007 | 9546422878 | #165309A | £68.00 BUY

 

List of Chinese Insects: Volume 3

Hua Li-Zhong

Covers the lepidoptera of China. There are 97 families, 3789 Genera, 20926 Species, 9852 Synonyms and 770 References included in this volume. Of the total 20926 Species, 553 ....

595 pages | CSBS

Hbk | 2005 | #151082A | £134.00 BUY

 

Molluscs

From Chemo-ecological Study to Biotechnological Application

Edited by Guido Cimino and Margherita Gavagnin

Marine molluscs are very promising candidates for a wide range of biotechnological applications. For example, they possess analgesic drugs more potent than morphine and ....

387 pages | 105 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 3540308792 | #166341A | £146.00 BUY

 

Moths of Thailand, Volume 5: Notodontidae

Alexander Schintlmeister

322 pages | 445 colour plates, maps | Brothers of St Gabriel

Hbk | 2007 | #165181A | £84.00 BUY

 

Nebria (Coleoptera, Nebridae)

Faune Mondiale

G Ledoux and PH Roux

Presents a complete revision of the group, treating in total 384 species and 158 subspecies. Describes 4 new subgenera, 5 new species and 3 new subspecies. The keys to ....

976 pages | 1081 figs, 633 photos, 14 maps | SL de Lyon

2005 | 2915822026 | #165601A | £84.00 BUY

 

Oak Galls in Britain (2 volumes)

Robin Williams

A comprehensive study of oak-galls in Britain; the first volume, `Introduction & Keys', containing a long introductory chapter, which explains about galls and their ....

453 pages | illus | Kyntons Mead

Pbk | | #166584A | £55.50 BUY

 

Odonata: Biology of Dragonflies

BK Tyagi

Dragonflies (Odonata), represented by over 6000 known species, are unique insects. In more than one feature they differ, at the very first glance, from all other insect ....

366 pages | colour photos, maps | Scientific (India)

Hbk | 2007 | 8172334826 | #165600A | £56.50 BUY

 

Oecophoridae of China (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Edited by Wang Shuxia

Revision of the family Oecophoridae of China. A total of 215 species in 28 genera are recognized. 200 of these species and 22 of these genera are assigned to Oecophorinae; ....

255 pages | 15 colour plates | Geological Pub House

Hbk | 2006 | #166311A | £55.50 BUY

 

Pyraloidea of Europe / Pyraloidea Europas, Volume 1

Pyralinae, Galleriinae, Epipaschiinae, Cathariinae and Odontiinae

Frantisek Slamka

500 specimens from 117 species illustrated. Short species account include description, habitat, biology, distribution, similar species. ....

138 pages | 14 col plates, distrib maps | Frantisek Slamka

Hbk | 2006 | 8096905236 | #165800A | £63.00 BUY

 

Simple Key to Caddis Larvae

Wallace

Caddis larvae are very familiar aquatic insects but only a few of the 198 British and Irish species feature in popular guides. The challenge for this guide was to produce ....

FSC

2006 | #166154A | £4.99 BUY

 

Spiders

Rod Preston-Mafham

Spiders vary in size from a dinner plate, to being able to sit on a pin head. This illustrated natural history reveals that there are around 30,000 species of spiders who ....

72 pages | 45 colour photos | Colin Baxter

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1841073687 | #165989A | £9.00 BUY

 

Swedish Araneae, Part 2

The families Dictynidae to Salticidae

S Almquist

Contains 12 families illustrated in about 1,400 figures. Includes a complete list of references and a list of all species in the first two volumes. ....

320 pages | ESLS

Pbk | 2007 | #162023A | £70.00 BUY

 

A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera), Volume 1 Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1

their taxonomy, way of life, and distributions

TL Erwin

A synthesis of the taxonomy, distributions, and ways of life of the ground-beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) dwelling in the Western Hemisphere. Under each taxon account, ....

450 pages | 22 colour plates | Pensoft

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 9546422983 | #166194A | £97.00 BUY

 
Palaeontology
 

Jurassic West

The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and their World

John Foster

The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, whose rocks are exposed from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the ....

384 pages | 182 illus | Indiana UP

Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0253348706 | #166646A | £30.00 BUY

 

Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles

Edited by Zulma Gasparini, Rodolfo A Coria and Leonardo Salgado

Patagonia has been one of the most attractive places for explorers and paleontologists. The amazing diversity of its fauna and flora, the richness of its fossil record, and the ....

344 pages | 112 illus | Indiana UP

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0253348579 | #166645A | £29.99 BUY

 

Swimming in Stone

The Amazing Gogo Fossils of the Kimberley

John Long

When David Attenborough filmed his ground-breaking series Life on Earth in 1978, he chose one place in the world to demonstrate the early evolution of fishes: Gogo. Gogo, ....

272 pages | Fremantle Press

Pbk | 2006 | 1921064331 | #165586A | £29.50 BUY

 
General Natural History
 

10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet)

A Guide to the Scientific Wilderness

Michael Hanlon

Science is littered with gaping holes, the elephants in the room of human understanding that simply won't go away. The questions that form the basis of this book are often ....

300 pages | Macmillan

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0230517587 | #166189A | £16.99 BUY

 

American Curiosity

Cultures of Natural History in the Colonial British Atlantic World

Susan Scott Parrish

Colonial America presented a new world of natural curiosities for settlers as well as the London-based scientific community. In "American Curiosity", Susan Scott Parrish ....

322 pages | b&w illus | North Carolina UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0807830097 | #166591A | £30.95 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 0807856789 | #166583A | £13.95 BUY

 

The Book of Plants

The Complete Plates

Basilius Besler, Klaus Walter Littger and Werner Dressendorfer

A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, the Book of Plants is in a class of its own when it comes to the variety ....

444 pages | colour plates | Taschen

Hbk | 2007 | 3822838098 | #166319A | £16.99 BUY

 

Breaking the Spell

Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Daniel C Dennett

Offering a challenge to society and a different history of belief, this book discusses why and how different faiths have commanded allegiance and shaped so many lives. It ....

480 pages | - | Allen Lane

Hbk | 2006 | 0713997893 | #158776A | £24.99 BUY

Pbk | 2007 | 0141017775 | #166700A | £9.99 BUY

 

The Busiest Man in England

A Life of Joseph Paxton, Gardener, Architect and Victorian Visionary

Kate Colquhoun

At age twenty-three, Paxton became head gardener and architect at Chatsworth, the estate of the sixth Duke of Devonshire. Under Paxton's hands, Chatsworth was transformed into ....

303 pages | Plates, drawings | David R Godine

Hbk | 2006 | 1567923011 | #166318A | £21.95 BUY

 

The Comet Sweeper

Caroline Herschel's Astronomical Ambition

Claire Brock

The Comet Sweeper is the incredible story of Britain's first female professional scientist - Caroline Herschel. ....

208 pages | Icon Books

Hbk | 2007 | 1840467207 | #166433A | £9.99 BUY

 

Direct From Nature

The Photographic Work of Richard & Cherry Kearton

John Bevis

In 1892 Richard and Cherry Kearton took the first ever photograph of a bird's nest with eggs. Realising the camera's potential to reveal secrets of the natural world, they ....

64 pages | 40 full-page plates | Colin Sackett

Pbk | 2007 | 0953704866 | #166244A | £9.95 BUY

 

Earth From Space

Andrew K Johnston

Includes 300 spectacular satellite images: glaciers and forests, hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, the Grand Canyon and the Pyramids, rain forests and coral reefs, ecological ....

272 pages | A & C Black

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0713687053 | #166389A | £14.99 BUY

 

The Fall of a Sparrow

Salim Ali

In this engaging autobiography, India's greatest ornithologist Salim Ali (1896-1987) recounts his exciting experiences in the outdoors and chronicles his unusual love of ....

276 pages | OUP

Pbk | 2007 | 0195687477 | #166216A | £5.99 BUY

 

Gentle Subversive

Rachel Carson and the Rise of the Environmental Movement

Mark H Lytle

Traces the path by which renowned scientist Rachel Carson came to write "Silent Spring", subsequently founding the environmental movement in the US. This book presents the story ....

176 pages | illus | OUP

Hbk | 2007 | 0195172469 | #166217A | £13.99 BUY

 

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins was recently voted one of the world's top three intellectuals (alongside Umberto Eco and Noam Chomsky) by "Prospect" magazine. As the author of many, now famous, ....

406 pages | - | Bantam Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0593055489 | #162926A | £19.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 055277331X | #166521A | £8.99 BUY

 

The Honest Broker

Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics

Roger A Pielke

Scientists have a choice concerning what role they should play in political debates and policy formation, particularly in terms of how they present their research. ....

200 pages | 3 line diagrams, 4 tables, 3 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521873207 | #166328A | £45.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521694817 | #166326A | £15.99 BUY

 

John Evelyn

Living for Ingenuity

Gillian Darley

This new biography of John Evelyn, diarist, scholar and intellectual virtuoso (1620-1706), is the first account to make full use of Evelyn's huge unpublished archive ....

416 pages | 36 illus | Yale UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0300112270 | #166198A | £24.99 BUY

 

Linden

Explorer, Master of the Orchid

Nicole Ceulemans

In 1835, at the very moment when Belgium was beginning to forge a separate identity and establish her own scientific institutions, a student, Jean Jules Linden (1817-98), found ....

237 pages | 250 Illus (200 of which are colour) | Fonds Mercator

Hbk | 2006 | 9061536316 | #163916A | £96.00 BUY

 

Luminous Fish

Tales of Science and Love

Lynn Margulis

This collection of linked stories reveals science from the inside-its thrills, disappointments and triumphs. A largely fictional account, it draws on the author's ....

192 pages | Chelsea Green

Hbk | 2007 | 1933392339 | #166639A | £15.50 BUY

 

Shadows of Existence

Discoveries and Speculations in Zoology

Christopher Murphy

Every year, new species are being located and classified, adding to our knowledge of the animal kingdom. Are there undiscovered big cats and unclassified apes hidden in world's ....

318 pages | Col illus & col photos | Hancock House

Pbk | 2006 | 0888396120 | #166295A | £17.50 BUY

 

Visions of Nature

A scientific exploration of people's implicit philosophies regarding nature in Germany, the Netherlands and the United States

Riyan JG van den Born, Wouter de Groot and Rob HJ Lenders

'Visions of nature' are the ideas that people hold of what nature is and how we should relate to it. These visions - besides being a dynamic cultural phenomenon worthy of ....

264 pages | Lit Verlag

Pbk | 2006 | 3825890082 | #166157A | £22.50 BUY

 

Wildwood

A Journey Through Trees

Roger Deakin

From the walnut tree at his Suffolk city home, Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia in search of ....

320 pages | Hamish Hamilton

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0241141842 | #166213A | £24.99 BUY

 
Regional & Travel
 

The Bharatpur Inheritance

Bikram Grewal and Bittu Sahgal

A World Heritage Site, Bharatpur is visited each year by over 125,000 tourists, more than a third from overseas. This tiny 29 sq. km. pocket of biodiversity is one of the ....

160 pages | 190 photos | Sanctuary Asia

Hbk | 2006 | 8190317105 | #166313A | £71.00 BUY

 

Exotic Animal Field Guide

Nonnative Hoofed Mammals in the United States

Elizabeth Cary Mungall

From axis deer to zebra, an estimated 230,000 or more foreign hoofed mammals live in the United States. These "exotics" - animals native to other places - can be found in Texas, ....

312 pages | Texas A&M UP

Pbk | 2007 | 158544555X | #166493A | £14.50 BUY

 

Fauna del Altiplano y Desierto de Atacama

Vertebrados de la Provincia de El Loa

Gilmar Ramirez Leyton and Daniel Pincheira Donoso

Covers the biology, identification, distribution, ecology, and natural history of vertebrates in the Chilean province of El Loa. Includes individual species accounts of ....

395 pages | colour photos, illus | Gilmar Ramirez

Hbk | 2005 | 9568476008 | #166324A | £19.99 BUY

 

Field Guide to the Plants and Animals of Petra

Isabelle Ruben and Ahmad Disi

Concise guide to the plants and animals in Jordan with over 370 species descriptions all illustrated with colour photographs. Also contains checklists of species recorded in ....

224 pages | Col photos | Petra National Trust

Pbk | 2006 | 9957855514 | #166275A | £16.50 BUY

 

The Kaziranga Inheritance

Ranjit Barthakur and Bittu Sahgal

The Kaziranga Inheritance is a photographic tribute to this wildlife haven in Northeast India. The book traces the conservation history of the Park. It also highlights the ....

160 pages | 190 photos | Sanctuary Asia

Hbk | 2006 | 8175255773 | #166312A | £75.00 BUY

 

Madagascar

A Paradise at Risk

Marc Teissier, Thierry Botta and Christophe Blanchy

Report of a field trip to Madagascar in 2005. The field trip had the goal of studying the feasibility of creating a Conservation Centre for species endemic to Madagascar. ....

64 pages | 150 col pictures | Cactus & Co

Pbk | 2006 | 8895018079 | #160289A | £8.50 BUY

 

Montorge

Jacqueline Detraz-Meroz and Mathias Vust

Guide to the flora, fauna and history. ....

176 pages | 160 photos | Editions Monographic SA

Pbk | 2006 | #166694A | £35.50 BUY

 

A Natural History of the Cuckmere Valley

Patrick Coulcher

Describes the rich flora and fauna of this Sussex valley. ....

158 pages | 57 col photos, 32 line illus | Book Guild

Pbk | 2006 | 1846240573 | #166191A | £12.50 BUY

 

El Teide

Parque Nacional

Antonio Machado

The Teide National Park, created in 1954, is in the centre of the island of Tenerife. The park is renouned for its distinctive physical geography, with extraordinary samples ....

255 pages | Col & b/w photos, maps | Turquesa Publicaciones

Hbk | 2006 | 8461110749 | #166590A | £36.00 BUY

 

Throwim Way Leg

An Adventure

Tim Flannery

Throwim Way Leg (which means, in New Guinea pidgin, to go on a journey) describes the hilarious and terrifying adventures of an Australian field biologist in New Guinea, ....

326 pages | Penguin

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0141031417 | #166699A | £8.99 BUY

 

Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management

Charles R Menzies

A collection of essays on the ways Native communities have interacted with the environment. Focusing on the northwest coast of North America, this work looks at the ....

288 pages | Nebraska UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0803232462 | #166370A | £29.99 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 0803283199 | #166369A | £11.99 BUY

 

Tsingy

Stone Forest - Madagascar

Olivier Grunewald and David Wolozan

Dedicated to The National Park of Bemaraha in Madagascar. Classed by UNESCO as world heritage site, this park is becoming the most popular natural site in Madagascar, with ....

192 pages | colour photos | Editions Altus

Hbk | 2006 | 2952601119 | #166367A | £26.50 BUY

 

United States West Coast

An Environmental History

Adam M Sowards

The most up-to-date and insightful overview available on the environmental history of the West Coast of the United States, a region of extraordinary physical beauty ....

300 pages | ABC-Clio

Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1851099093 | #165297A | £52.50 BUY

 

Wildlife Britain

A guide to the wildlife and countryside of Britain containing over 500 activities and attractions for wildlife enthusiasts around the UK. Each regional section includes: an ....

320 pages | colour photos | Think Publishing

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1845250397 | #165743A | £14.99 BUY

 

Wildlife of North America

A Naturalist's Lifelist

Whit Bronaugh

"Wildlife of North America" is the first volume to present a checklist of all 4,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fish, butterflies, ....

384 pages | Florida University Presses

Hbk | 2006 | 0813030129 | #166492A | £19.95 BUY

 
Botany & Plant Science
 

The Apoplast of Higher Plants: Compartment of Storage, Transport and Reactions

The significance of the apoplast for the mineral nutrition of higher plants

Edited by Burkhard Sattelmacher and Walter J Horst

It was the botanist Ernst Munch, who separated the plant into two principal compartments, the "dead" apoplast and the living symplast. Only during the last 20 years ....

460 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 140205842X | #165902A | £142.50 BUY

 

Australian Orchid Research, Volume 5

Australian Orchid Foundation

Pbk | 2006 | #166224A | £49.00 BUY

 

Brazilian Fruits and Cultivated Exotics

Harry Lorenzi et al

This book is about the "fruits" or the fruits and pseudofruits cultivated or native to Brazil, which are consumed in natura by man, whole or in parts (skin, pulp or seeds), ....

672 pages | 1214 colour photos | Instituto Plantarum EF

Hbk | 2006 | 8586714240 | #166100A | £32.50 BUY

 

The Chocolate Tree

A Natural History of Cacao

AM Young

Young provides an overview of the fascinating natural and human history of one of the world's most intriguing commodities: chocolate. Cultivated for over 1,000 years in Latin ....

240 pages | 15 col & 36 b/w photos, 14 line illus | Florida University Presses

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0813030447 | #166615A | £16.95 BUY

 

The Encyclopedia of Fruit & Nuts

Edited by J Janick and RE Paull

This major reference offers a comprehensive collection of information on temperate and tropical fruit and nut crops. This book groups entries alphabetically by family and then ....

450 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0851996388 | #166228A |

Normally £195.00

NHBS OFFER PRICE: £155.00

 

Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania

Jon C Lovett, Chris K Ruffo, Roy E Gereau and James RD Taplin

This field guide contains descriptions of 658 species of the larger trees found in Tanzania. ....

303 pages | B/w illus, distrib maps | Frontier

Pbk | 2006 | 1873070330 | #166277A | £19.99 BUY

 

Fleurs Sauvages

Reconnaitre plus de 430 Especes en France et en Europe

Neil Fletcher

Pocket photo identification guide to the most common species of plants found in France. ....

296 pages | Colour photos, drawings, distribution maps | Les Editions Larousse

Pbk | 2006 | 2035604206 | #165441A | £15.95 BUY

 

Flora Corsica

Jacques Gamisans and Daniel Jeanmonod

Identification guide to the flora of Corsica. This book is the result of 30 years research, and the first to cover all the vascular flora of this island. ....

1008 pages | Edisud

NYP 04/2007 | 274490662X | #166000A | £49.99 BUY

 

Flora Yunnanica, Volume 20: Pteridophyta

785 pages | line drawings | Science Press

Hbk | 2006 | 7030181832 | #147199A | £69.99 BUY

 

Flora of the Northeast

A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England and Adjacent New York

Dennis W Magee and Harry E Ahles

Designed as both a reference work and a year-round field manual, this volume contains more than 2,400 range maps and 995 line drawings, designed to clarify descriptions used ....

1264 pages | line illus, distrib maps | Massachusetts UP

Hbk | 2007 | 1558495770 | #166499A | £63.62 BUY

 

Gardens of England and Wales Open for Charity 2007

`The Yellow Book'

National Gardens Scheme

The 'Yellow Book' lists county by county the gardens that open for the NGS. Each county has a diary section listing all the days when fine, mostly private, gardens open their ....

550 pages | National Gardens Scheme

Pbk | 2007 | 1905942001 | #166257A | £7.99 BUY

 

Giant Trees of Western America and the World

Al Carder

Including some that are thousands of years old and over 400 feet high, this collection of giant trees presents examples from each of the most noteworthy tree species Dr Al ....

152 pages | drawings | Harbour Publishing

Pbk | 2005 | 1550173634 | #166317A | £23.50 BUY

 

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Get to know your plants & become a better gardener

Chris Beardshaw

From cutting and grafting to fending off bugs and pests, this work explains how understanding nature will make you a better gardener. It shows you how gardening ....

240 pages | 350 colour photos | Dorling Kindersley

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1405316675 | #166702A | £19.99 BUY

 

How to Identify Edible Mushrooms

Patrick Harding and Tony Lyon

The book features all edible species of mushroom, together with those with which they may be confused. Organised by habitat for easy reference, it is beautifully illustrated ....

192 pages | Harper Collins

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0007259611 | #166364A | £12.99 BUY

 

Il Libro delle Peonie Mediterranee / The Book of Mediterranean Peonies

Gian Lupo Osti

All the species and subspecies of Mediterranean tree peonies that grow wild along the coasts from Gibraltar to the Dardanelles are described and illustrated. In the footsteps ....

96 pages | 25 colour photos, 10 drawings | Umberto Allemandi

Hbk | 2006 | 8842214361 | #166252A | £29.95 BUY

 

Medicinal and Aromatic Crops

Harvesting, Drying, and Processing

Edited by Serdar Oztekin and Milan Martinov

Presents harvest and post-harvest mechanization methods for the profitable production of market-ready medicinal crops. This practical handbook includes photos, detailed figures, ....

312 pages | Haworth Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1560229748 | #166335A | £49.50 BUY

Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1560229756 | #166334A | £28.50 BUY

 

Mosses and Other Bryophytes

An Illustrated Glossary

Bill Malcolm and Nancy Malcolm

An illustrated glossary of terms that are used to describe mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Written in informal prose, it's intended to be an everyday reference for not ....

340 pages | Colour photos, colour illustrations | Micro-Optics Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0958222479 | #166649A | £89.00 BUY

 

Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States

Alan E Bessette et al

This book is a comprehensive field guide to the mushrooms of the southeastern United States. Featuring more than 450 species, this volume includes detailed descriptions and ....

400 pages | colour photos | Syracuse UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 081563112X | #166616A | £63.50 BUY

 

Nectaries and Nectar

Edited by Susan W Nicolson, Massimo Nepi and Ettore Pacini

Nectar is the most important reward offered by plants to pollinating animals. This book is a modern and interdisciplinary text on nectar and nectaries, prompted by the ....

416 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1402059361 | #165913A | £63.00 BUY

 

The Orchid Genera Anacamptis, Orchis, Neotinea

Systematics, Taxonomy, Morphology, Biology, Distribution, Ecology, Hybridisation

Horst Kretzschmar, Wolfgang Eccarius and Helga Dietrich

Complex fundamental work on Orchid Genera with many clans, updated classification of 36 species and 38 subspecies. During recent years, methods of molecular biology have ....

544 pages | 700 photos, maps, diagrams | Echinomedia

Hbk | 2007 | 3937107126 | #166143A | £98.00 BUY

 

Orchids on the Rock

The Wild Orchids of Newfoundland

Andrus Voitk and Maria Voitk

Photographic field guide. Includes information about habitat, size, and blooming period for each species. ....

96 pages | 150 col photos | Gros Morne Co-Operating Ass.

Pbk | 2006 | 0969950934 | #165119A | £13.95 BUY

 

The Organ Pipe Cactus

David Yetman

Distinguished by its slender vertical branches, which resemble the tubes of a pipe organ, and growing to the imposing height of 15 to more than 30 feet, it's obvious how ....

70 pages | illus | Arizona UP

Pbk | 2006 | 0816525412 | #166511A | £7.95 BUY

 

Plant Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture

Edited by Yi Li and Yan Pei

Presents an in-depth overview of the key scientific and technical advances, issues, and challenges in one of the fastest growing segments of the agriculture industry. This ....

517 pages | Haworth Press

Hbk | 2006 | 156022150X | #166111A | £89.00 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 1560221518 | #166109A | £38.95 BUY

 

Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

Societal Context and the Future of Agriculture

Denis Murphy

This comprehensive survey of modern plant breeding traces its history from the earliest experiments at the dawn of the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the ....

440 pages | CUP

Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521823897 | #166171A | £70.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521530881 | #166170A | £29.99 BUY

 

Plant Cell Diagnostics

Images, Biophysical and Biochemical Processes in Allelopathy

Edited by VV Roshchina and SS Narwal

Contributed volume on the subjects of Cellular Model Systems, New Methods of Microscopy in Cellular Diagnostics and Methods of Analytical Biochemistry and Biophysics. ....

212 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1578085101 | #166587A | £38.90 BUY

 

The Plant Lover's Companion

Plants, People and Places

Julia Brittain

Provides an in-depth look at plants and plant hunters from yesterday and today, from all over the world. This fascinating book gives insight into the origins of plants, where ....

192 pages | Horticulture Books

Pbk | 2006 | 1558707913 | #166670A | £10.95 BUY

 

Plant Structure

A Colour Guide

BG Bowes and JD Mauseth

This is a revised edition of a fundamental guide to understanding plant structure. The book deals with the development and mature form of plants, focusing on structure at ....

256 pages | 450 illus | Manson

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1840760915 | #164624A | £49.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1840760923 | #164623A | £29.95 BUY

 

Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau

L Catarino, ES Martins, MF Pinto-Basto and MA Diniz

List of the plants with taxonomy, distribution and name index. ....

298 pages | IICT

2007 | #166520A | £19.99 BUY

 

Pocket Guide to Hardy Rhododendrons and Azalea Species

JF McQuire and MLA Robinson

Profiles all the hardy Rhododendron and Azalea species in temperate zones throughout the world. ....

560 pages | Kew RBG

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1842461486 | #164443A | £36.00 BUY

 

Portraits of Marine Algae: An Historical Perspective

Micahel J Wynne

The author pays homage to students of marine algae from the 1760's to the early 1900's. For each author of a work on seaweeds a biographical sketch, sample illustrations (most ....

180 pages | colour plates | Michigan Herbarium

Hbk | 2006 | 0962073377 | #161193A | £53.00 BUY

 

Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin - Madison Arboretum

Including Horsetails, Ferns, Rushes, Sedges, Grasses, Shrubs, Vines, Weeds, and Wildflowers

Theodore S Cochrane, Kandis Elliot and Claudia S Lipke

A pioneer and leader in the preservation and restoration of native Midwest prairies since the 1930s, the University of Wisconsin - Madison Arboretum has a stellar ....

364 pages | Wisconsin UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0978959000 | #166500A | £21.50 BUY

 

Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants

The Role of Transcript Structure and Processing

Edited by Carole L Bassett

Except for one area of gene expression control, plant research has significantly fallen behind studies in insects and vertebrates. The advances made in animal gene expression ....

180 pages | 19 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0387354492 | #165830A | £77.00 BUY

 

Revision of Miconia sect. Chaenopleura (Miconieae, Melastomataceae) in the Greater Antilles

Walter S Judd

In the Greater Antilles, Miconia sect. Chaenopleura comprises 47 species of montane shrubs and small trees. The group is likely monophyletic and is characterized by flowers ....

235 pages | ASPT

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0912861819 | #166384A | £44.00 BUY

 

The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening

Edited by Christopher Brickell

A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to gardening techniques, now in its bicentennial edition. A must-have for any gardening enthusiast, it also includes the 200-year history ....

751 pages | Col photos, col illus, figs, tabs | Dorling Kindersley

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1405322276 | #166701A | £35.00 BUY

 

Seed Dispersal

Theory and its Application in a Changing World

Edited by AJ Dennis, RJ Green, W Schupp and DA Westcott

Contributed volume that presents both recent advances and reviews of current knowledge in the study of seed dispersal. ....

720 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1845931653 | #166347A | £60.00 BUY

 

Sesame

The Genus Sesamum

Dorothea Bedigian

The first comprehensive review of sesame and its close relative, Sesame: the genus Sesamum covers ethnographic data, modern use, linguistic analysis of sesame names ....

384 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0849335388 | #163097A | £74.99 BUY

 

Systematics of the Australian species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae)

Neil Snow

In Australia, nineteen species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae) are recognized, based on data from morphology and scanning electron microscopy, and are assigned to five informal ....

69 pages | ASPT

Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0912861827 | #166385A | £10.95 BUY

 

Vegetation-Climate Interaction

How Vegetation Makes the Global Environment

Jonathan Adams

This book offers a readable and accessible account of the way in which the world's plant life partly controls its own environment. Starting from the broad patterns in vegetation ....

300 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 3540324917 | #165939A | £100.00 BUY

 

Wild Orchids of the Northeast

Paul Martin Brown

In a complete revision and expansion of his previous work on the subject, Paul Martin Brown incorporates 10 years of additional research and fieldwork in this expanded guide ....

368 pages | Florida University Presses

Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 081303034X | #166489A | £19.95 BUY

 

Wood Structure and Environment

Fritz H Schweingruber

Dendrochronology and wood anatomy developed for decades as two independent scientific fields. It was only in the last decade that it was made clear that the dimension of time ....

279 pages | 449 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540482997 | #165957A | £108.00 BUY

 

A World Monograph of the Genus Cheilymenia

(Discomycetes, Pezizales, Pyronemataceae)

Jiri Moravec

256 pages | 33 colour illus, 108 b&w illus | IHW Verlag

Pbk | 2005 | 393016762X | #166209A | £69.00 BUY

 
Animal & General Biology
 

Animal Intelligence

From Individual to Social Cognition

Zhanna Reznikova

From ants to whales, the lives of animals are filled with challenges that demand minute-by-minute decisions: to fight or flee, dominate or obey, take-off, share, eat, ....

496 pages | 37 line diagrams, 86 half-tones | CUP

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521825040 | #166653A | £70.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521532027 | #166652A | £31.99 BUY

 

Aquatic Animal Health Code 2007

OIE

The aim of this book is to assure the sanitary safety of international trade in aquatic animals (fish, molluscs and crustaceans) and their products. This is achieved through ....

170 pages | - | OIE

Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 929044701X | #166200A | £43.00 BUY

 

Asymmetric Cell Division

Edited by Alvaro Macieira-Coelho

Cell biologists have recently become aware that the asymmetry of cell division is an important regulatory phenomenon in the fate of a cell. During development, cell ....

275 pages | 44 illus., 8 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 354069160X | #165963A | £107.50 BUY

 

Biological Psychology

MR Rosenzweig, SM Breedlove and NV Watson

A comprehensive survey of the bases of behaviour that is both authoritative and up-to-date. Building on the strengths of its predecessors, it continues to offer an ....

630 pages | Col plates, b/w plates, illus, figs, tabs | Sinauer

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0878937056 | #166190A | £41.99 BUY

 

Carrots and Sticks

Principles of Animal Training

Paul McGreevy and Robert A Boakes

Drawing on interviews with leading animal trainers, Carrots and Sticks offers 50 case studies that explore step-by-step training of a wide variety of companion, working and ....

324 pages | 30 illus, 400 figs | CUP

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521686911 | #147432A | £40.00 BUY

 

Cell and Molecular Biology

Concepts and Experiments

Gerald Karp

Known for its innovative approach, this book presents balanced coverage of the concepts of cell and molecular biology while using examples of experimentation to support those ....

864 pages | colour illus | Wiley

Hbk | 2007 | 0470042176 | #163496A | £36.95 BUY

 

Color Atlas of Human Poisoning and Envenoming

James H Diaz

A full-colour resource available for the immediate visual association and the rapid identification of envenoming species, resultant lesions, clinical outcomes of envenoming ....

537 pages | Colour photos,diagrams,tables, | CRC Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0849322154 | #166300A | £85.00 BUY

 

Courtship

An Ethological Study

Margaret Bastock

This concise but thorough study of courtship behavior in fish, birds, and arthropods is the first rigorous examination of the evolutionary origins and mechanisms of courtship ....

228 pages | Aldine Transaction

Pbk | 2007 | 0202309118 | #166495A | £15.50 BUY

 

The Great Sea-Serpent

AC Oudemans

The Great Sea-Serpent, first published by A. C. Oudemans in 1892, is a foundational text in cryptozoology. Oudemans did more than just compile a lengthy list of sighting reports ....

440 pages | Coachwhip Publications

Pbk | 2007 | 1930585365 | #166383A | £19.50 BUY

 

Introduction to Genetic Analysis

AJF Griffiths, SR Wessler, RC Lewontin and S Carroll

First published in 1976, "Introduction to Genetic Analysis" set the standard for introducing students to genetic analysis and quickly established itself as the premier ....

800 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs | WH Freeman

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0716799022 | #166187A | £43.99 BUY

 

Life: The Science of Biology

David Sadava, H Craig Heller, Gordon H Orians, WK Purves and DM Hillis

New edition of the acclaimed textbook. ....

1121 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs, SEMs | WH Freeman

Hbk | 2007 | 0716799014 | #166686A | £43.99 BUY

 

Measuring Behaviour

An Introductory Guide

Paul Martin and Patrick Bateson

Measuring Behaviour has established itself as a standard text. Largely rewritten, updated and reorganised, this third edition is, as before, a guide to the principles and ....

232 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521828686 | #166173A | £55.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521535638 | #166172A | £19.99 BUY

 

Molecular Cell Biology

H Lodish, A Berk, CA Kaiser, M Krieger, MP Scott et al

A completely updated version of acclaimed textbook. Changes include expanded coverage of immunology and development, and new media tools for students and instructors. ....

1296 pages | Col illus, figs, tabs | WH Freeman

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1429203145 | #166690A | £47.99 BUY

 

Molecular Evolution

Wen-Hsiung Li

Describes the dynamics of evolutionary change at the molecular level, the driving forces behind the evolutionary process and the effects of molecular mechanisms on the structure ....

432 pages | 249 illus | Sinauer

Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0878934804 | #166188A | £37.99 BUY

 

Principles of Developmental Genetics

Edited by Sally Moody

Technological advances in genetic/genomic and protein expression analyses as well as bioinformatics are having a major impact on experimental approaches and analytic design. ....

1064 pages | 19 illus | Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0123695481 | #166478A | £78.00 BUY

 

Principles of Regenerative Biology

Edited by Bruce M Carlson

Principles of Regnerative Biology is the key introductory reference for all developmental biologists, geneticists, and tissue and stem cell researchers. ....

400 pages | Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0123694396 | #166479A | £31.00 BUY

 

Protein Targeting Protocols

Mark van der Giezen

This volume is an up date of the previous edition, Protein Targeting Protocols, placing the emphasis on protein targeting to cellular compartments in both prokaryotic and ....

558 pages | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1588297020 | #163687A | £61.00 BUY

 

Recombinant DNA

Genes and Genomes - A Short Course

James D Watson, Amy A Caudy, Richard M Myers and Jan A Witkowski

Provides an introduction to the concepts and techniques of recombinant DNA research and their dramatic results. This book explores core concepts in molecular biology in a ....

475 pages | 375 col illus | WH Freeman

Pbk | 2007 | 1429203129 | #166691A | £31.99 BUY

 

Relentless Enemies

Lions and Buffalo

Dereck Joubert

Of all their long experience, National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert consider their two years with the lions of Duba the most exciting, ....

176 pages | photos | National Geographic

Hbk | 2006 | 1426200048 | #166628A | £24.99 BUY

 

Terrestrial Animal Health Code 2007

The aim of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code is to assure the sanitary safety of international trade in terrestrial animals and their products. This is achieved through ....

510 pages | 2 volumes | OIE

NYP 08/2007 | 9290446900 | #166199A | £59.00 BUY

 

Veterinary Parasitology

Edited by Mike Taylor, Bob Coop and Richard Wall

This third edition of Veterinary Parasitology is a major update which builds on the spirit of earlier editions. New authors with a wealth of experience of teaching and ....

856 pages | 400 illus | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1405119640 | #166641A | £65.00 BUY

 
Evolutionary Biology
 

Anthropology and the New Genetics

Gisli Palsson

The growth of `new genetics' has dramatically increased our understanding of health, diseases and the body. Anthropologists argue that these scientific advances have had ....

280 pages | 1 table, 10 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521855721 | #166660A | £45.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521671744 | #166662A | £15.99 BUY

 

Doubting Darwin?

Creationist Designs on Evolution

Sahotra Sarkar

Noted biologist and philosopher Sahotra Sarkar exposes the frauds and fallacies of Intelligent Design Theory, and its claim to be 'good science'. ....

232 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | 2007 | 140515490X | #166713A | £39.99 BUY

Pbk | 2007 | 1405154918 | #166714A | £12.99 BUY

 

The Evolution of Organ Systems

Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa

Systematics has developed rapidly during the past two decades. A multitude of new methods and contributions from a diversity of biological fields including molecular ....

368 pages | 233 illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0198566689 | #166256A | £75.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0198566697 | #166255A | £37.50 BUY

 

From Lucy to Language

Donald Johanson and Blake Edgar

Now revised and updated, this groundbreaking volume by one of the world's foremost paleontologists presents the most complete visual proof ever assembled of the evidence ....

288 pages | Col photos, figs | Simon & Schuster

Hbk | 2006 | 0743280644 | #166593A | £39.00 BUY

 

Human Evolution

Trails from the Past

Camilo J Cela-Conde and Francisco J Ayala

This book is intended as a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from physical anthropology, genetics, archaeology, psychology and ....

432 pages | 101 line illus & 162 half tone | OUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0198567790 | #165641A | £75.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0198567804 | #165640A | £34.95 BUY

 

Human Origins

What Bones and Genomes Tell Us About Ourselves

Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall

Ever since the recognition of the Neanderthals as an archaic form of human in the mid-nineteenth century, the fossilized bones of extinct humans have been used by ....

240 pages | Texas A&M UP

Hbk | 2007 | 1585445673 | #166501A | £15.50 BUY

 

Late Quaternary Climate Change and Human Adaptation in Arid China

Edited by DB Madsen, F Chen and X Gao

Due to political pressures, prior to the 1990s little was known about the nature of human foraging adaptations in the deserts, grasslands, and mountains of north western ....

208 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0444529624 | #166485A | £100.00 BUY

 

Little People and a Lost World

An Anthropological Mystery

L Goldenberg

In 2003 archaeologists digging in a cave on Flores Island in Indonesia made a fascinating discovery: they uncovered an extremely small humanlike skeleton. Research ....

112 pages | photos, diagrams, maps | Twenty-First Century Books

Hbk | 2006 | 0822559838 | #166298A | £21.50 BUY

 

Virtual Anthropology

A guide to a new interdisciplinary field

Gerhard W Weber and Fred L Bookstein

This first textbook for "Virtual Anthropology", a new branch of science that combines elements from such different fields as anthropology, radiology, forensics, mathematics, ....

250 pages | 250 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 321148647X | #165925A | £38.50 BUY

 
Ecology
 

Biological Globalisation

Bio-invasions and their impacts on nature, the economy and public health

Wouter van der Weijden, Rob Leewis and Pieter Bol

Bioglobalisation is anything but new. The exotic fungus Phytophtora has threatened European potato harvests since 1846, while the Mongolian conqueror Kublai Khan, as early ....

224 pages | KNNV

Pbk | 2007 | 9050112439 | #166320A | £49.00 BUY

 

Biological Invaders in Inland Waters

Profiles, Distribution and Threats

Edited by Francesca Gherardi

As predicted by Charles Elton in 1958, today invasive species have come to dominate 3% of the Earth's ice-free surface, constituting one of the most serious ecological and ....

Springer

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1402060289 | #166512A | £99.00 BUY

 

Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science

Edited by K Lajtha and RH Michener

This book highlights new and emerging uses of stable isotope analysis in a variety of ecological disciplines. While the use of natural abundance isotopes in ecological ....

352 pages | Illus | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1405126809 | #160891A | £34.99 BUY

 
Habitats & Ecosystems
 

Cross-sectoral Policy Developments in Forestry

Edited by YC Dubé and F Schmithüsen

Forest protection and forestry practices are closely linked to decisions that address measures on climate change, biodiversity and the institutional framework for sustainable ....

258 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845932501 | #166372A | £75.00 BUY

 

Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States

Edited by William H Conner, Thomas W Doyle and Ken W Krauss

Tidal freshwater swamps are unique wetland systems occupying low relief coastal areas subjected to both upland runoff and tidal flooding. These systems are especially ....

515 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1402050941 | #165872A | £107.50 BUY

 

Ecology of Woodlands and Forests

Description, Dynamics and Diversity

Peter Thomas and John Packham

Taking a functional rather than an ecosystem or a utilitarian approach, Thomas and Packham provide a concise account of the structure of woodlands and forests. Using ....

520 pages | 130 line diagrams, 42 half-tones | CUP

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 052183452X | #166177A | £70.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521542316 | #166178A | £29.99 BUY

 

The Effect of Fully and Partially Protected Marine Reserves on Coral Reef Fish Populations in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Elizabeth Tyler

A thesis submitted to the University of Oxford in application for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy; Linacre College, Michaelmas term 2005. ....

Pisces Conservation

CD | 2007 | #166156A | £39.50 BUY

 

Environmental Security in Harbors and Coastal Areas

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Management Tools for Port Security Critical Infrastructure, and Sustainability, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, March 2005

Edited by Igor Linkov, Gregory A Kiker and Richard J Wenning

Human experience has shown how great cities, nations, and empires have either collapsed or retired from their predominant stature when natural resources are depleted to an ....

520 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402058004 | #166290A | £138.50 BUY

Pbk | 2007 | 1402058012 | #165898A | £61.50 BUY

 

The European Context of British Lowland Grasslands

JS Rodwell, V Morgan, RG Jefferson and D Moss

This report assesses the significance of British Lowland Grasslands, occurring below the line of enclosure or moorland wall, within a wider European frame. There are five such ....

148 pages | maps, tables | JNCC

Pbk | 2007 | #166576A | £14.99 BUY

 

Forests and Woodlands of Namibia

John Mendlesohn and Selma el Obeid

Photographic study of Namibia woodlands, with extensive information on distribution and commercial uses of each species. ....

152 pages | colour photos, maps, diagrams | Directory of Forestry Namibia

Pbk | 2005 | 9991678034 | #166331A | £44.50 BUY

 

Multifunctional Land Use

Meeting future demands for landscape goods and services

Edited by Ulo Mander, Hubert Wiggering and Katharina Helming

Global change, land use policies and EU enlargement affect the driving forces for landscape functioning, land use management and rural development. New demands on ....

422 pages | 80 illus., 7 in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540367624 | #165950A | £77.00 BUY

 

Soil Management for Sustainability

Edited by R Horn, H Fleige, S Peth and X Peng

Conference proceedings of the 17th Triennial ISTRO Conference. The book contains a selection of papers which covers many topics: ....

502 pages | figures, photos and tables | Catena

Hbk | 2006 | 3923381522 | #166269A | £146.00 BUY

 

Stream Ecology

Structure and Function of Running Waters

J David Allan and Maria M Castillo

Extensively revised and updated from the successful first edition to include major developments over the past decade. Although the subject matter is relatively advanced, ....

400 pages | 300 illus | Springer

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 140205582X | #165887A | £48.50 BUY

 

Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest

Joan Maloof

In this curio cabinet of natural-history essays, biologist Joan Maloof embarks on a series of lively, fact-filled expeditions into forests of the eastern United States. ....

156 pages | b/w illus | Georgia UP

Hbk | 2005 | 0820327433 | #157413A | £18.95 BUY

Pbk | 2007 | 082032955X | #166491A | £11.50 BUY

 

Tropical Forest Seed

Lars Schmidt

The book aims at dealing with all practical issues in connection with practical tree seed procurement and supply in tropical countries, with necessary background information ....

300 pages | 138 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 3540490280 | #165960A | £100.00 BUY

 
Conservation & Biodiversity
 

Biodiversity Conservation versus Resettlement in Rainforests

Edited by Kai Schmidt-Soltau and Michael M Cernea

Programs for creating national parks for biodiversity conservation often run into a vexing dilemma when the intended park areas are inhabited by indigenous populations. ....

104 pages | Lit Verlag

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 3825870308 | #166161A | £8.95 BUY

 

Biodiversity Loss and Conservation in Fragmented Forest Landscapes

The Forests of Montane Mexico and Temperate South America

Edited by AC Newton

Increasing concern surrounding the loss of natural forests and the decline in biodiversity has lead to a rise in research and policy initiatives in recent years. ....

432 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1845932617 | #166618A | £90.00 BUY

 

Systematic Conservation Planning

Chris Margules and Sahotra Sarkar

Provides a clear, comprehensive guide to the process of deriving a conservation area network for regions, which will best represent the biodiversity of regions in the most ....

304 pages | 65 line diagrams, 10 colour plates, 14 tables | CUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521878756 | #165509A | £75.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521703441 | #165510A | £35.00 BUY

 
Environmental Science
 

Accounting for Climate Change

Uncertainty in Greenhouse Gas Inventories - Verification, Compliance, and Trading

Edited by D Lieberman, M Jonas, Z Nahorski and S. Nilsson

The assessment of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted to and removed from the atmosphere is high on both political and scientific agendas internationally. As increasing ....

180 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1402059299 | #165911A | £73.00 BUY

 

Acid Rain - Deposition to Recovery

Edited by P Brimblecombe, H Hara, D Houle and M Novak

Acid rain is still with us. Although it is a problem that people have worked diligently to solve, there are still many problem areas throughout the world. In reality the focus ....

350 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1402058845 | #165906A | £96.00 BUY

 

Air, Water and Soil Quality Modelling for Risk and Impact Assessment

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Air, Water and Soil Quality Modelling for Risk and Impact Assessment, held in Tabakhmela (Tbilisi), Georgia, 16-20 December 2005

Edited by Adolf Ebel and Teimuraz Davitashvili

Environmental pollution by harmful anthropogenic substances and uncontrolled use of natural reserves have become a global problem and require substantial efforts for ....

365 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1402058756 | #166413A | £123.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1402058764 | #165905A | £54.00 BUY

 

Arsenic in Soil and Groundwater Environment

Biogeochemical Interactions, Health Effects and Remediation

Edited by P Bhattacharya et al

This volume presents the recent developments in the field of arsenic in soil and groundwater. Arranged into nine sections, the text emphasizes the global occurrences of ....

496 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0444518207 | #166484A | £68.99 BUY

 

Climate Change - Environment and History of the Near East

Arie S Issar and Mattanyah Zohar

This survey of the ancient levels of lakes, rivers and the sea, as well as changes in the compositions of stalagmites and sediments reveals an astonishing correlation of ....

290 pages | 34 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 3540698515 | #165968A | £100.00 BUY

 

Concepts and Applications in Environmental Chemistry

Edited by D Sarkar, R Datta and R Hannigan

Focusing on issues such as metals, organics and nutrient contamination of water and soils, and interactions between soil-water-plants-chemicals, this book synthesizes the ....

325 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0080465226 | #166483A | £68.99 BUY

 

Green Chemistry and Engineering

Mukesh Doble and Anil Kumar

Chemical processes provide a diverse array of valuable products and materials used in applications ranging from health care to transportation and food processing. Yet these ....

381 pages | 150 illus | Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0123725321 | #166482A | £39.99 BUY

 

Ignition

What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement

Edited by Jonathan Isham and Sissel Waage

Ignition brings together some of the world's finest thinkers and advocates to jump start the ultimate green revolution. Including celebrated writers like Bill McKibben and ....

200 pages | Island Press

Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1597261564 | #165765A | £11.95 BUY

 

An Introduction to Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Anastasios Tsonis

This is a self-contained, concise, rigorous book introducing the reader to the basics of atmospheric thermodynamics. This new edition has been brought completely up to date and ....

244 pages | diagrams | CUP

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521696283 | #166180A | £29.99 BUY

 

Mine Wastes

Characterization, Treatment and Environmental Impacts

Bernd Lottermoser

This book provides a thorough, up-to-date overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites. It deals comprehensively with sulfidic mine wastes, mine water, tailings, cyanidation ....

290 pages | 100 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 3540486291 | #165959A | £100.00 BUY

 

Polynyas

Windows to the World

Edited by Walker Smith and David Barber

Polynyas are relatively ice-free regions when compared to the areas around them, and have been suggested as being foci for energy transfer between the atmosphere and ocean, ....

400 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0444529527 | #166617A | £95.00 BUY

 

Reclaiming the Land

Rethinking Superfund Institutions, Methods and Practices

Edited by Gregg Macey and Jonathan Z Cannon

Nearly thirty years after creation of the most advanced and expensive hazardous waste cleanup infrastructure in the world, Reclaiming the Land provides a much-needed lens ....

315 pages | 70 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 0387488561 | #165842A | £41.00 BUY

 

Six Degrees

Our Future on a Hotter Planet

Mark Lynas

This work presents an eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author ....

421 pages | Fourth Estate

Pbk | 2007 | 0007209045 | #166323A | £12.99 BUY

 

Standards and Thresholds for Impact Assessment

Edited by M Schmidt, J Glasson, L Emmelin and H Helbron

Standards and Thresholds play an important role in many stages of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process. They can be legally-binding or guidance values and are ....

400 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 3540311408 | #165938A | £61.50 BUY

 

Unstoppable Global Warming

Every 1500 Years

S Fred Singer and Dennis T Avery

Presents an alternative view to global warming: Global temperatures have been rising mostly or entirely ....

280 pages | Rowman & Littlefield

Pbk | 2006 | 0742551172 | #166625A | £15.99 BUY

 

Weather Prediction by Numerical Process

Lewis Fry Richardson

The idea of forecasting the weather by calculation was first dreamt of by Lewis Fry Richardson. He set out in this book a detailed algorithm for systematic numerical ....

250 pages | 11 line diagrams, 58 tables, 4 maps | CUP

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0521680441 | #166229A | £29.99 BUY

 
Physical Sciences
 

Anton Vamplew's Stargazing Secrets

Anton Vamplew

The next level up from his previous book Simple Stargazing, Anton Vamplew's Stargazing Secrets is aimed at the intermediate astronomer who wants to find out about everything ....

176 pages | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0007242247 | #166365A | £14.99 BUY

 

Astrophysics is Easy!

A Complete Introduction for Amateur Astronomers

Mike Inglis

Astrophysics is a subject that is often - with some justification - regarded as extremely difficult, requiring at least degree-level mathematics as a prerequisite to ....

255 pages | 40 illus | Springer

Pbk | 2007 | 1852338903 | #165924A | £24.50 BUY

 

Calibrating the Cosmos

How Cosmology Explains Our Big Bang Universe

Frank Levin

This book explains in clear, non-mathematical language the measurements and the interpretation of the resulting data that have led to the current understanding of the ....

302 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 0387307788 | #166435A | £19.50 BUY

 

Collins Stars and Planets

Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion

Previously entitled `Collins Pocket Guide Stars and Planets', this classic guide to the night sky enters its fourth edition as part of the authoritative `Collins Guide' series. ....

416 pages | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 000724813X | #166363A | £24.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0007251203 | #166362A | £16.99 BUY

 

The Complete CD Atlas of the Universe

Richard Harshaw

The first major observing guide for amateurs since Burnham's Celestial Handbook. With finder charts of large-scale and unprecedented detail, in both normal and mirror-image ....

130 pages | 48 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0387468935 | #165839A | £30.50 BUY

 

Dark Side of the Moon

Gerard DeGroot

Reveals how NASA cashed in on the Americans' thirst for heroes in an age of discontent and became obsessed with putting men in space. This work explains why the American space ....

336 pages | Jonathan Cape

Hbk | 2007 | 0224075934 | #166434A | £18.99 BUY

 

Environmental Chemistry

Microscale Experiments

JG Ibanez, M Hernandez-Esparza, C Doria-Serrano and A Fregoso-Infante

The book presents chemical analyses of our most pressing waste, pollution, and resource problems for the undergraduate or graduate student. The distinctive holistic approach ....

165 pages | Springer

Spiralbound | NYP 06/2007 | 0387494928 | #165845A | £30.50 BUY

 

Environmental Design Guidelines for Low Crested Coastal Structures

HF Burcharth et al

The relation between wave climate, beach erosion, beach defence means, habitat changes and beach value, which clearly exists based on EC research results, suggests the ....

448 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | 2007 | 0080449514 | #166486A | £115.00 BUY

 

Fundamentals of Geophysics

William Lowrie

This second edition of Fundamentals of Geophysics has been completely revised and updated. It gives a comprehensive treatment of the fundamental principles of each major ....

460 pages | 198 line diagrams, 189 half-tones, 107 exercises | CUP

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521859026 | #166658A | £70.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521675960 | #166659A | £35.00 BUY

 

Geohazard-Associated Geounits

Visibility on Optical, Electro-optical and Radar Aerospace Imageries

LA Rivard

Globally, there has been a marked increase in both the frequency and cost of natural disasters occurring due to geological, hydrological and meteorological causes. According ....

400 pages | 1600 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 354020296X | #165927A | £77.00 BUY

 

Geology of Brazilian Coastal Barriers

Sergio F Dillenburg and Patrick A Hesp

This is the first book to cover Holocene geology and geomorphology of the entire 8,500 kilometers of the Brazilian coast. It is aimed at third and fourth year undergraduates, ....

220 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540250085 | #165931A | £69.00 BUY

 

The Geology of the Everglades and Adjacent Areas

Edward J Petuch and Charles Roberts

An explosion of housing, commercial, agricultural, and municipal development has rapidly encroached on the edges of the Everglades. A large amount of geological data has been ....

272 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 142004558X | #166155A | £68.99 BUY

 

The Goldilocks Enigma

Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?

Paul Davies

The Goldilocks Enigma is Paul Davies' spectacular and eagerly awaited return to cosmology. Here he tackles all the 'big questions' and introduces the latest discoveries ....

368 pages | Allen Lane

Hbk | 2006 | 0713998830 | #162097A | £21.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0141023260 | #166698A | £8.99 BUY

 

Green Building

Project Planning and Cost Estimating

Edited by Mary Greene

Since the widely read first edition of this book, green building has gone from a growing trend to a major force in design and construction. This 2nd edition has been completely ....

452 pages | colour photos, diagrams | Reed Construction Data

Pbk | 2006 | 0876298269 | #164621A | £79.00 BUY

 

The Herschel Objects, and How to Observe Them

James Mullaney

Amateur astronomers - particularly deep-sky observers - are always on the lookout for new observing challenges. The Herschel Objects, and How to Observe Them offers the ....

220 pages | 110 illus | Springer

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0387681248 | #166293A | £17.50 BUY

 

Impact Craters in the Solar System

Elizabeth Turtle, Elisabetta Pierazzo and Erik Asphaug

Planetary surfaces throughout the Solar System, and the current interest in impacts on the Earth, attest to the importance of impact cratering as a geological process. Impact ....

300 pages | 120 illus., 10 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 3540437517 | #165953A | £77.00 BUY

 

Introduction to Astronomical Photometry

Edwin Budding and Osman Demircan

Completely updated, this second edition gives a broad review of astronomical photometry to provide an understanding of astrophysics from a data-based perspective. It explains ....

448 pages | 100 line diagrams | CUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0521847117 | #166230A | £45.00 BUY

 

Measuring Precipitation from Space

EURAINSAT and the Future

Vincenzo Levizzani, Peter Bauer and F Joseph Turk

More than 20 years after the last book on the subject the worldwide precipitation community has produced a comprehensive overview of its activities, achievements, ongoing ....

745 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402058349 | #165901A | £138.50 BUY

 

Minerals of Northern England

RF Symes and B Young

Deals with the minerals of Cumbria, Co. Durham, Yorkshire, Cleveland and Northumberland. The book falls into five main headings: the geology of northern England; the mines and ....

228 pages | NMSE Publishing

Hbk | 2007 | 1905267010 | #158754A | £34.99 BUY

 

The Moonlandings

An Eyewitness Account

Reginald Turnill

Unique eyewitness account of one of the most thrilling adventures of the 20th Century. Reginald Turnill, the BBC's Aerospace Correspondent, covered the entire story ....

476 pages | 50 figs | CUP

Hbk | 2002 | 0521815959 | #137265A | £19.99 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 052103535X | #166666A | £19.99 BUY

 

The New Worlds

Extrasolar Planets

Fabienne, Encrenaz, Thérèse Casoli

Offering an engaging and complete story of the hunt for new worlds, this volume fully details the detection and exploration of extrasolar planets. It examines the very wide ....

200 pages | 215 illus., 180 in colour | Springer

Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 038744906X | #165837A | £19.50 BUY

 

The Physical Geography of South America

Anthony Orme

The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical and biogeographic ....

368 pages | 136 illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0195313410 | #164730A | £91.00 BUY

 

Superplumes: Beyond Plate Tectonics

Edited by DA Yuen, S Maruyama, S Karato and BF Windley

This book provides a concise overview of our understanding of the entire mantle, its evolution since early differentiation and the consequences of superplumes for earth ....

529 pages | 189 illus., 112 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1402057490 | #165894A | £61.50 BUY

 

Total Solar Eclipses and How to Observe Them

Martin Mobberley

Includes all the information an "eclipse chaser" needs. There are some important eclipses coming up in the years ahead and the technology available to amateur ....

190 pages | 115 illus., 38 in colour | Springer

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0387698272 | #165849A | £17.50 BUY

 

Treatise on Geophysics

Eleven-Volume Set

Gerald Schubert

"The Treatise on Geophysics" is the only comprehensive, state-of-the-art, and integrated summary of the present state of geophysics. Offering an array of articles from some of ....

7000 pages | 11 volumes | Elsevier

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0444519289 | #164968A |

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The True Line

The Landscape Diagrams of Geoffrey Hutchings

Geoffrey Hutchings published just a handful of books, all addressing the search for geographical and topographical truths, and for the ways of recording and depicting these ....

40 pages | 50 half-page plates | Colin Sackett

Pbk | 2006 | 0953704858 | #166368A | £9.95 BUY

 

Universe

WJ Kaufmann and RA Freedman

Now in its eighth edition, "Universe" continues to clearly present the exciting discoveries in astronomy. This edition includes Starry Night Backyard and Deep Space ....

767 pages | Col plates, b\w plates, illus, figs, tabs | WH Freeman

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0716795647 | #166366A | £39.99 BUY

 
Sustainable Development
 

Achieving Sustainable Mobility

Everyday and Leisure-time Travel in the EU

Erling Holden

Since the European Commission launched the term 'sustainable mobility' in 1992, it has signalled the new imperative for transport policy. There have been a number of policy ....

200 pages | Ashgate

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0754649415 | #166227A | £55.00 BUY

 

Agricultural Research at the Crossroads

Revisited Resource-poor Farmers and the millennium Development Goals

Bo MI Bengtsson

It is necessary to integrate field data relevant to policy with a global overview with up-to-date information for synthesis into scenarios and a vision of how future research ....

346 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2007 | 1578085144 | #166585A | £33.30 BUY

 

Aquifer Storage Recovery

A Guide to Groundwater Recharge through Wells

David Pyne

The second edition includes approximately 620 pages of new, updated and useful information on design, construction, operation and maintenance of ASR wells and ....

620 pages | ASR Systems

2006 | #166283A | £128.00 BUY

 

Biological Control

A Global Perspective

C Vincent, MS Goettel and G Lazarovits

Biological control, the management of pests by the use of living organisms, has a long history of application to agriculture around the world. However, the effective use of ....

432 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 184593265X | #166623A | £90.00 BUY

 

Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport

Edited by Veli Himanen, Martin Lee-Gosselin and Adriaan Perrels

Derived from the work of STELLA (Sustainable Transport in Europe and Links and Liaisons with America) Focus Group 4: Environment, Safety, Public Health, Land Use and ....

352 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0080447090 | #166481A | £62.99 BUY

 

Bushmeat and Livelihoods

Wildlife Management and Poverty Reduction

Edited by Glyn Davies and David Brown

This book explores the links between bushmeat and livelihoods in Africa, with a focus on the human dimension of the debate. It features a series of case studies that explore ....

234 pages | 40 illus | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1405167793 | #164601A | £34.99 BUY

 

Draft Climate Change Bill

HM Government

This document contains a consultation document, the text of the draft Climate Change Bill, explanatory notes to the Bill, and a regulatory impact assessment, published for ....

150 pages | - | Stationery Office (TSO)

Pbk | 2007 | 010170402X | #166517A | £22.50 BUY

 

Drought Adaptation in Cereals

Edited by Jean-Marcel Ribaut

The impact of drought on crop production can be economically devastating. Drought Adaptation in Cereals provides a comprehensive review of the latest research on the ....

642 pages | Haworth Press

Hbk | 2006 | 1560222778 | #166337A | £89.00 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 1560222786 | #166336A | £49.50 BUY

 

Dryland Agriculture in China

Li Shengxiu

Dryland areas occur widely in all countries of the world. Thirty - eight percent of the world's land surface is classified as semi-arid or dry subhumid. The growing of crops in ....

1071 pages | Science Press

Hbk | 2007 | #166222A | £124.00 BUY

 

EU Environment Guide 2007

Edited by AmCham EU

With forewords by German Federal Minister for the Environment Sigmar Gabriel and Karl-Heinz Florenz MEP, this completely updated and revised publication provides an ....

244 pages | AmCham EU

2007 | 2914685505 | #166475A | £75.00 BUY

 

Earth's Deep Water Cycle

SD Jacobsen

The distribution of H2O in the Earth is under debate. Although liquid water covers 70% of the surface, the oceans represent only about 0.025 wt% of the planet's mass - far ....

314 pages | AGU

Hbk | 2006 | 0875904335 | #166306A | £65.00 BUY

 

Ecological and Genetic Implications of Aquaculture Activities

Edited by Theresa M Bert

Aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry and aquaculture practices can directly interact with and depend upon the surrounding environment. Therefore, the effects of all ....

400 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1402008848 | #166342A | £69.00 BUY

 

Energy... Beyond Oil

Edited by Katherine Blundell and Fraser Armstrong

As the Earth's oil supply runs out, and the effects of climate change threaten nations and their populations, the search for carbon-neutral sources of energy becomes more ....

240 pages | 60 illus | OUP

Hbk | 2007 | 0199209960 | #164115A | £24.99 BUY

Pbk | 2007 | 0199209979 | #164116A | £24.95 BUY

 

Envisioning a Sustainable Development Agenda for Trade and Environment

Edited by Adil Najam

This book systematically explores the trade and environment interests of developing countries from a Southern perspective. The contributors write explicitly about both the ....

304 pages | Palgrave

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1403975728 | #163054A | £45.00 BUY

 

European Energy Futures 2030

Technology and Social Visions from the European Energy Delphi Survey

T Wehnert et al

The book summarizes the results of an international research project - the first Europe-wide Delphi study on future developments in the energy sector (EurEnDel). With a ....

232 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540691642 | #165964A | £61.50 BUY

 

Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective

Paul B. Thompson

Agrifood biotechnology - the genetic transformation of plants and animals through recombinant means - has created controversy in the food system for more than twenty ....

514 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402057903 | #165896A | £46.00 BUY

 

Genetically Engineered Crops

Interim Policies, Uncertain Legislation

Iain EP Taylor

Examines current controversies surrounding the potential health, environmental, and social impacts of plants produced using molecular biology techniques. Educators, ....

430 pages | - | Haworth Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1560229888 | #166333A | £42.50 BUY

Pbk | 2007 | 1560229896 | #166332A | £21.50 BUY

 

Global Issues

An Introduction

JL Seitz

An introduction to a range of global issues, including population growth, hunger, the extinction of species, global warming, ozone depletion, deforestation and the misuse of ....

257 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1405154969 | #166703A | £50.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1405154977 | #166704A | £19.99 BUY

 

Handbook of Molecular Technologies in Crop Disease Management

P Vidhyasekaran

Provides a top-to-bottom detailed view of crops, from their molecular level to ways to manipulate a higher resistance to disease through breeding. This comprehensive, ....

462 pages | - | Haworth Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1560222654 | #166340A | £99.00 BUY

Pbk | 2007 | 1560222662 | #166339A | £38.95 BUY

 

Impact of Science on African Agriculture and Food Security

P Anandajayasekeram et al

The need for agricultural research resources in the developing world cannot be underestimated, but the availability of such resources is often poor due to lack of ....

432 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1845932676 | #166620A | £75.00 BUY

 

Integrated Water Resources Management in the Middle East

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Integrated Water Resources Management in the Middle East, held in Kibbutz Kera, Israel, 6-17 February 2006

Edited by C Lipchin, E Pallant, D Saranga and A Amster

Integrated Water Resources Management and Security in the Middle East brings together diverse voices relating to the critical issue of water management in one of the world's ....

360 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 140205985X | #165916A | £107.50 BUY

Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1402059841 | #166514A | £46.00 BUY

 

International Ecopolitical Theory

Critical Approaches

Eric Lafierre and Peter J Stoett

Few serious scholars or policymakers believe that the connection between environmental problems and International Relations (IR) can be ignored. The need to explore the links ....

192 pages | UBC Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0774813210 | #166162A | £52.50 BUY

 

Introduction to Agricultural Engineering Technology

A Problem Solving Approach

Harry L Field and John Solie

The third edition of this book exposes the reader to a wide array of engineering principles and their application to agriculture. It presents an array of more or less ....

400 pages | 178 illus | Springer

Pbk | 2007 | 0387369139 | #165834A | £42.50 BUY

 

Irrigation Systems

Design, Planning and Construction

A Laycock

Of all the confrontations man has engineered with nature, irrigation systems have had the most widespread and far-reaching impact on the natural environment. Over a quarter ....

320 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845932633 | #166619A | £65.00 BUY

 

Marine Ecotourism

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

E Cater and C Cater

The planet's most fascinating and yet tantalisingly under-researched component is now a rapidly growing tourism frontier. The sea attracts millions of tourists annually with ....

320 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 1845932595 | #166348A | £55.00 BUY

 

Natural Resources and Economic Development

Edward B Barbier

'Much of the development economics community still seems unconvinced that natural resource conservation has much to do with lifting the poor out of poverty. In a fine ....

410 pages | 30 tables, 25 figures | CUP

Hbk | 2005 | 0521823137 | #156828A | £50.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0521706513 | #166663A | £18.99 BUY

 

Organic Food

Consumers' Choices and Farmers' Opportunities

Edited by Maurizio Canavari and Kent D Olson

Consumers' attention to food safety issues and environmental issues has increased overwhelmingly in recent decades because of their increased concern about their own ....

215 pages | 26 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0387395814 | #165835A | £84.50 BUY

 

People, Sheep and Nature Conservation

The Tasmanian Experience

Jamie Kirkpatrick

Focuses on the interactions between people, sheep and nature in Tasmania. It addresses the relationship between production and conservation in natural landscapes grazed by ....

280 pages | illus | CSIRO

Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0643093729 | #165696A | £18.50 BUY

 

Potato Biology and Biotechnology

Advances and Perspectives

Edited by Dick Vreugdenhil

In the past 15-20 years major discoveries have been concluded on potato biology and biotechnology. Important new tools have been developed in the area of molecular ....

800 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0444510184 | #166480A | £62.99 BUY

 

Quality Assurance and Certification in Ecotourism

Edited by R Black and A Crabtree

Genuine ecotourism can have many positve impacts, particularly the conservation of biodiversity and cultural heritage and the creation of economic opportunities for local ....

464 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845932374 | #166023A | £65.00 BUY

 

Redesigning Animal Agriculture

The Challenge of the 21st Century

Edited by DL Swain, E Charmley, JW Steel and SG Coffey

Focusing on livestock production systems, this comprehensive text addresses how the growing diversity of global food demands will be met in the future, providing insights ....

336 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 1845932234 | #166373A | £75.00 BUY

 

Reinterpreting Sustainable Architecture

Theories, Discourses, Practices

Simon Guy and Graham Farmer

Sustainability is now one of the key debates shaping cities. It has been suggested that 'sustainable architecture isn't a prescription. It's an approach, an attitude. It ....

192 pages | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0415306825 | #162379A | £75.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0415306833 | #162382A | £24.99 BUY

 

Saving Planet Earth

What is destroying the earth and what you can do to help

Paul Appleby and David Attenborough

Saving Planet Earth is the BBC's follow-up to the multi award winning and bestseller Planet Earth. The new 11 part BBC 1 series, plus a three hour special, ....

256 pages | 200 colour illus | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0007261837 | #166498A | £19.99 BUY

 

A Sea Change

A Marine Bill White Paper

Food and Rural Affairs Department for Environment

The UK Government is committed to introducing a new framework for the seas through a Marine Bill. This White Paper explains why new legislation is required. It sets out the ....

168 pages | - | Stationery Office (TSO)

Pbk | 2007 | 0101704720 | #166516A | £32.50 BUY

 

Seeking Sustainability in an Age of Complexity

Graham Harris

Explains the difficulties of sustainability and why 'collapse' can occur. In the last twenty years the theory of complexity has been developed - complex systems science (CSS) ....

376 pages | - | CUP

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521873495 | #166182A | £70.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0521695325 | #166183A | £29.99 BUY

 

The Sustainability Handbook

The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic, and Environmental Responsibility

William R Blackburn

The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic, and Environmental Responsibility covers the complexities, challenges and ....

800 pages | ELI

2007 | 1585761028 | #166528A | £45.00 BUY

 

Transgenic Crops IV

Edited by EC Pua and MR Davey

Genetic engineering is a powerful tool for crop improvement. Crop biotechnology before 2001 was reviewed in Transgenic Crops I-III, but recent advances in plant cell and ....

498 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540367519 | #165949A | £176.00 BUY

 

Water

A Source of Conflict or Cooperation?

Edited by Velma I Grover

A compilation of case studies from around the world, including Asia, Africa, Australia. ....

300 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2007 | 157808511X | #166586A | £32.50 BUY

 

Your Ethical Business

How to Plan, Start and Succeed in a Company with a Conscience

Paul Allen

A how-to handbook covering everything you need to know about starting and succeeding in an ethical enterprise, from clarifying what your ethical principles are, to launching ....

192 pages | 16 colour illus | NGO Media

Pbk | 2007 | 0955369509 | #166680A | £10.95 BUY

 
Data Analysis
 

Acoustic Sensing of Aquatic Fauna

Theories, Models, Techniques, and Applications

Dezhang Chu and Peter H Wiebe

This book describes the theoretical development of a suite of advanced scattering models necessary for interpreting fisheries and zooplankton acoustics, before presenting state ....

290 pages | 100 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 3540697292 | #165966A | £127.00 BUY

 

Analysis of Variance and Covariance

How to Choose and Construct Models for the Life Sciences

Patrick Doncaster and Andrew Davey

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a core technique for analysing data in the Life Sciences. In this reference book, the gap between statistical theory and practical data ....

336 pages | 12 line diagrams, 5 tables | CUP

Hbk | NYP 07/2007 | 052186562X | #166656A | £65.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521684471 | #166657A | £25.99 BUY

 

Applied Remote Sensing for Urban Planning, Governance and Sustainability

Edited by Maik Netzband, William Stefanov and Charles Redman

Despite the promising and exciting possibilities presented by new and fast-developing remote sensing technologies applied to urban areas, there is still a gap perceived ....

220 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 354025546X | #165934A | £77.00 BUY

 

Bioinformatics

Andrzej Polanski and Marek Kimmel

This textbook presents mathematical models in bioinformatics and describes biological problems that inspire the computer science tools used to manage the enormous data sets ....

390 pages | 119 illus., 11 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 3540241663 | #165930A | £42.50 BUY

 

ESR Spectroscopy in Membrane Biophysics

Marcus A Hemminga and Lawrence J Berliner

Spectroscopic methods are not only important as an analytical tool, they also provide information about fundamental physical and chemical properties of molecules, the ....

380 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 0387250662 | #165823A | £77.00 BUY

 

Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists

Brian D Hahn and Daniel T Valentine

Presents MATLAB both as a mathematical tool and a programming language, giving a concise and easy to master introduction to its potential and power. Based on a teach-yourself ....

428 pages | Illus | Butterworth Heinemann

Pbk | 2007 | 0750684178 | #166270A | £24.99 BUY

 

Les Fondements de la Botanique

Linné et la Classification des Plantes

Edited by Thierry Hoquet

304 pages | b&w illus | Editions Vuibert

Pbk | 2005 | 2711791459 | #158343A | £29.99 BUY

 

Geo Information Systems

A Practical Course

Wilfried Linder

The book is an "all-in-one" combination of basic theory and practical exercises with software and data included on a CD-ROM. In the first parts a theoretical overview is ....

200 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540363653 | #165946A | £61.50 BUY

 

Indirect Sampling

Pierre Lavallée

Following the classical sampling theory, the survey statistician selects samples of people, businesses or others, in order to obtain the desired information. Drawing the ....

285 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0387707786 | #165851A | £43.00 BUY

 

PCR

MJ McPherson and SG Moller

A thoroughly updated version of the successful first edition with a new chapter on Real-Time PCR, more prokaryotic applications, and more detail in the complex mutagenesis ....

292 pages | diagrams | Taylor & Francis

Pbk | 2006 | 0415355478 | #166280A | £29.99 BUY

 

Passive Sampling Techniques in Environmental Monitoring

Edited by R Greenwood, G Mills and B Vrana

Monitoring pollutants in air, soil and water is a routine requirement in the workplace, and in the wider environment. Passive samplers can provide a representative picture of ....

420 pages | Elsevier

Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0444522255 | #166487A | £125.00 BUY

 
Reference
 

A Dictionary of the Roots and Combining Forms of Scientific Words

Tim Williams

This dictionary lists more than 12,800 entries, plus directions for using the word-roots, rules of pronunciation, guidance for constructing scientific names and ....

254 pages | - | Dr. Tim Williams

Pbk | 2005 | 1411657934 | #166276A | £9.99 BUY

 

Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

Carl C Gaither and Alma E Cavazos-Gaither

Scientists and other keen observers of the natural world sometimes make or write a statement pertaining to scientific activity that is destined to live on beyond the brief ....

1600 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 06/2007 | 0387495754 | #165846A | £92.50 BUY

 

Green Volunteers

The World Guide to Voluntary Work in Nature Conservation

Edited by Fabio Ausenda

Fully revised for 2007, this sixth edition of the book gives all the relevant details of almost two hundred projects and organisations concerned with nature conservation around ....

256 pages | - | Vacation Work

Pbk | 2007 | 8889060123 | #161931A | £10.99 BUY

 

Guide to Reference and Information Sources in Plant Biology

Diane Schmidt, Melody M Allison et al

This third edition of a classic bibliography retains the best features of its predecessor, published ten years ago, with greatly expanded coverage of web sites. Its ....

296 pages | Libraries Unlimited

Pbk | 2006 | 1563089688 | #166186A | £49.00 BUY

 

Successful Science Writing

A Step-by-Step Guide for the Biological and Medical Sciences

JR Matthews, JM Bowen and RW Matthews

Uses examples, practical tips and self-help exercises to cover all aspects of manuscript preparation from first to final draft. ....

235 pages | 25 figs, 35 tabs | CUP

Spiralbound | 2000 | 0521789621 | #106897A | £19.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0521699274 | #166169A | £19.99 BUY

 

The Times Atlas of the World: Comprehensive Edition

The Times

The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World is universally recognized as the world's most prestigious and authoritative reference atlas. This fully revised 12th edition brings ....

544 pages | Col maps | Times Books

Hbk | 2003 | 0007157207 | #136711A | £150.00 BUY

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0007236700 | #165738A | £150.00 BUY