The Allegheny Woodrat

Ecology, Conservation, and Management of a Declining Species

John D Peles and Janet Wright

A decline in populations of Allegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) was first noticed in the 1980s. Since that time, woodrats have become extirpated from at ....

Educator's Activity Book About Bats

Merlin Tuttle

Primarily for grades K-5, this book includes 18 games, craft projects, and many more fun activities that enable children to learn the facts about bats before negative ....

Equine Reproductive Physiology, Breeding and Stud Management

MCG Davies Morel

The third edition of this highly successful textbook is updated throughout and includes more recent experimental work and updated references, including a new chapter on the ....

The Gibbons of Khao Yai

Thad Bartlett

This account of a nine year project on the behavior and ecology of chimpanzees and mountain gorillas living in the same African forest will help students see the way in ....

The Grandest of Lives

Eye to Eye with Whales

Douglas H Chadwick

The largest creatures to inhabit the Earth, whales have long inspired awe in human beings. Because they spend almost 95 percent of their time beneath the ocean surface, ....

The Iberian Lynx

Extinction or Recovery?

S Aerts and P Van Heijnsbergen

The Last Polar Bear

Facing the Truth of a Warming World

Steve Kazlowski

The continued survival of these magnificent bears in their warming, and melting, Arctic world is uncertain, yet their fate is also a wake-up call compelling us to act now to ....

Lemurs of Madagascar and the Comoros 1.1

J-J Petter and JH Van Der Sloot

Lemurs are threatened species that occur only on Madagascar and the Comoros. In cooperation with Conservatoire Vivant des Mascareignes and IUCN (with Red Book data), ....

The Life of Primates

How Much Like Us?

Pamela Ashmore and Pia Nystrom

The field of primatology has grown to become very complex and now incorporates information from molecular genetics, physiology, and brain studies. Many of the texts ....

Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology

A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay

Eric J Sargis and Marian Dagosto

This book acknowledges and celebrates the contributions of Dr. Frederick S. Szalay to the field of Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology. Professor Szalay has published about 200 ....

Meet the Families

Common Mammal Groups of Britain

Jeanette Lawton and Robert Edworthy

This booklet describes many of the more common wild mammals present in Britain. There is a description of each mammal, its appearance, habitat, diet, habits and breeding ....

Operation Orca

Springer, Luna and the Struggle to Save West Coast Killer Whales

Daniel Francis and Gil Hewlett

Not many years ago, killer whales had a reputation that was even fiercer than their name. But in 1964 the Vancouver Aquarium obtained its first killer whale, Moby Doll, and ....

Rocky Mountain Mammals

A Handbook of Mammals of Rocky Mountain National Park and Vicinity

David M Armstrong

Revised, updated, and with more than 50 new colour photographs, "Rocky Mountain Mammals" is a non-technical guide to the mammals of the Southern Rocky Mountains and their ....

The Spirit of Exmoor Red Deer

Ray Stoneman

The wild red deer of Exmoor is the symbol of Exmoor, which sustains one of the largest herds in England. ....

Thinkers of the Jungle

The Orangutan Report - Pictures, Facts, Background

Gerd Schuster, Willie Smits and Jay Ullal

A highly visual book about the destruction of an exceptional animal species that shares 97% of its genes with humans. Based on the personal experience of Dr. Willie Smits, it ....

Tigers

K Ullas Karanth

India's foremost tiger specialist takes us into their secret world. He looks at how humans have interacted with tigers from prehistoric to present times, and explains how ....

Tigers of the World

The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera Tigris

Edited by RL Tilson

The second edition of Tigers of the World explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible. In 1988 when the ....

Trouble with Lions

A Glasgow Vet in Africa

Jerry Haigh

The trouble with lions is that while you are conducting a pregnancy test, you need to be equally, if not more, aware of what you can learn from the lion's other end. That is one ....

Whales and Tales

A journey to the ocean of world literature devoted to whales

Hordur Sigurdarson and Reynir Hardarson

Includes texts by authors such as Aristotle, Mark Twain, Shakespeare, Snorra Sturluson, Douglas Adams, Gabriel Garcia Marques and David Attenborough. ....

Atlas de las Aves Nidificantes en el Archipelago Canario

Atlas of the breeding birds of the Canaries. ....

Basic Texas Birds

A Field Guide

Mark W Lockwood

Finding all the birds in Texas can be a lifetime pursuit. Basic Texas Birds, an easy-to-use field guide, will help you identify over 180 species of birds that are found ....

Birds

Gordon D'Arcy

Describes in detail over 120 of the most common birds found in the Irish countryside. Each species is illustrated in full colour. ....

The Birds of the Bangkok Area

Philip Round

Birds of the Bangkok area is the most thorough account ever of the avifauna of Thailand's Lower Central Plain (Lower Chao Phraya Delta). Comprehensively listing all ....

The Birdwatcher's Pocket Companion

Malcolm Tait

This attractive, handy pocket book will appeal to all twitchers, birders, ornithologists and garden-tickers. There are many species of birdwatcher, and they're all catered for ....

Birdwatching Guide to Oman

Hanne Eriksen, Jens Eriksen, Panadda Sargeant and Dave Sargeant

The site guide section of this excellent new birdwatching guide covers over 60 of the Sultanate's top birdwatching sites - each including a detailed map, information on ....

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

The Definitive Work on Bird Identification

Graham Pizzey and Frank Knight

First published in 1980, Graham Pizzey's Field Guide to Australian Birds combines a depth and breadth of knowledge with beautiful, full colour illustrations and a clear ....

De Kluten van Breebart

Erik van Ommen and Wilma Brinkhof

Richly illustated book on the Avocet, a migratory wader. The largest population can be found in the Breebaert area/Netherlands. Includes a DVD with video recordings. ....

The North Carolina Birding Trail

Coastal Plain Trail Guide

North Carolina Birding Trail

North Carolina harbors an incredible diversity of habitats that provide food and shelter for more than 440 bird species throughout the year, making the state a destination for ....

A Photographic Guide to Birds of India and Nepal

Bikram Grewal

A country of huge scenic diversity, India is a birdwatcher's paradise and a popular tourist destination. The many species found in India and Nepal range from the mighty ....

Purple Martin Dawnsong

Designed to attract Purple Martins to nest houses using the pre-dawn songs of several adult male martins. ....

Raptor Research and Management Techniques

David M Bird and Keith L Bildstein

Raptor Research and Management Techniques is the much anticipated and thoroughly updated version of the popular but long out of print Raptor Management Techniques Manual. ....

Waterbird Census of Coastal Cameroon and Sanaga River

January-March 2007

Gordon Ajonina, Chi Napoleon, Roger Skeen and Jaap van der Waarde

A bird survey was carried out from January to March 2007 of the coastal wetlands of Cameroon and the lower Sanaga River. Cameroon is situated on the East Atlantic and ....

Waterbirds in Coastal Wetlands of Sierra Leone, January-February 2005

Jan van der Winden, Alhaji Siaka, Sjoerd Dirsen and Martin Poot

Coastal wetlands in Sierra Leone were censused for bird numbers during the period January/February 2005: Scarcies Estuary, Sierra Leone River Estuary, Yawri Bay, Turtle ....

Wild Bird Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Surveillance

Sample Collection from Healthy, Sick and Dead Birds

Karrie Rose, Scott Newman, Marcela Uhart and Juan Lubroth

Waterfowl and shorebirds are considered to be the natural reservoirs for all avian influenza virus subtypes and, in general, most subtypes cause little or no diseases in ....

Dictionary of Herpetology

Harvey B Lillywhite

Following the historical precedent of Peters (1964), a new updated "Dictionary of Herpetology" will provide a comprehensive, single-volume dictionary, with selected ....

Snakes of Arabia

Damien Egan

The first ever field guide to the snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and its shores, Snakes of Arabia provides comprehensive and illustrated descriptions of all 55 species and ....

Turtles of the World 1.3 (DVD ROM)

CH Ernst, RGM Altenburg and RW Barbour

In cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution Press, Prof. Carl H. Ernst and ETI editor Ruud G.M. Altenburg have updated and extended Ernst ....

Biologia Marina Mediterranea, Volume 13 (3)/I: Methods for Estimating the Instantaneous Rate of Natural Mortality (M) in Fishery Science with particular reference to the Mediterranean

The various groups of Italian and Mediterranean researchers realised the need of preparing new theoretical approaches for the management of fishing resources. ....

Histology and Histopathological Analysis of Endocrine Disruptive Effects on Small Laboratory Fish

Daniel Dietrich, H Krieger, S Rumpf, Helmut Segner, P Wester and J Fournie

Clarifying much of the inconsistency currently encountered in the scientific literature, "Histology and Histopathological Analysis of Endocrine Disruptive Effects on Small ....

Improving Farmed Fish Quality and Safety

Edited by O Lie

Fish farming enables greater control of product quality, but there have been concerns about the levels of contaminants found in farmed products. Their sensory and nutritional ....

Peixes da Zona Economica Exclusiva da Regiao Sudeste-Sul do Brasil Volume 2

Roberto Avila Bernardes

Complete inventory of the marine fish of the region, with biological data laid out in a clear and objective way. Intended for professionals and students interested in the area, ....

Report of the Workshop on the Age Estimation of Sardine and Sardinella in Northwest Africa

Casablanca, Morocco, 4-9 December 2006

FAO

The workshop reviewed and discussed the results of an otolith exchange that had been carried out in 2006 and which included both sardine and sardinella otoliths from ....

Sharks in British Seas

Richard Peirce

The first comprehensive guide to British sharks, combining a field guide to all 34 species with eleven narrative chapters. This book will be essential reading for all ....

Sharks of the Open Ocean

Biology, Fisheries & Conservation

Edited by Ellen Pikitch, Merry Camhi and E Babcock

This important and exciting title represents the first authoritative volume focussed on pelagic (open ocean) sharks as a group. Virtually every pelagic shark expert in the ....

Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras

International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks

FAO

This CD-ROM is a compilation of several FAO species identification publications dealing with Elasmobranches (Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras). It includes complete publications such ....

American Pests

The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT

James E McWilliams

The world of insects is one we only dimly understand. Yet from Mrs. Ellis' "Housekeeping Made Easy", the nineteenth-century guide to using arsenic, cobalt, and quicksilver to ....

Annotated Catalogue of the Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, and Crabronidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Turkey

T Ljubomirov and E Yildirim

The present work is the first complete catalogue of the digger wasps (families Ampulicidae, Crabronidae, and Sphecidae) of Turkey. During 162 years of exploration, 715 ....

An Annotated Checklist of Fungus Gnats from Sweden

Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keraplatidae &Mycetophilidae

J Kjaerandsen, KJ Hedmark et al

The checklist is the result from literature research as well as treatment of a considerable determined and undetermined material from Swedish museums collection and ....

Biology and Phylogeny of the Cassidinae Gyllenhal Sensu Lato (Tortoise and Leaf-mining Beetles) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

Caroline S Chaboo

A parsimony analysis was undertaken to test subfamily and tribal group concepts of Cassidinae (ca. 2000 genera, ca. 6000 species). An integrated account of their biology ....

Biology of Trichoptera

W Wichard and R Wagner

This important new title on the biology of Caddisflies is divied into three parts: ....

British Pyralid and Plume Moths

Bryan P Beirne

Bryan Beirne's "British Pyralid and Plume Moths" was published in 1952, as part of the Wayside and Woodland series of Frederick Warne. Like others in the Wayside and Woodland ....

Butterflies (Facsimile Edition)

EB Ford

This facsimile reprint will be identical in every way to the original first edition (1945). ....

Les Cahiers Magellanes Hors-serie, Volume 24

Nouveau genre et nouvelle espèce d'Onthophagini du Malawi (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

Jean Francois Josso and Patrick Prevost

Les Cahiers Magellanes Hors-serie, Volume 25

Contribution à la connaissance du genre Ceroglossus Solier V

Eric Jiroux

Les Cahiers Magellanes Hors-serie, Volume 26

Cetoniidae d'Ethiopie: Le Genre Compsocephalus White

Cyrill Di Gennaro, Shinji Nagai and J Legrand

Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 67

Contribution à l'Etude des Megopis de Nouvelle Caledonie avec la description d'une nouvelle espece Megopis kudrnai n. sp.

Alain Drumont and Eduard Vives

Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 68

Especies americanas de Distenia (Distenia) Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828

Antonio Santos-Silva and Frank T Hovore

Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 69

Neue Bockkäfer aus der Arabischen Halbinsenl & Afrika

Karl Adlbauer

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 70

Contribution à la connaissance des ongicornes de Sainte-Lucie et de Martinique

Julien Touroult

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 71

Especies de Distenia (Basivallis) Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Disteniinae

Antonio Sntos-Silva and Frank T Hovore

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 72

Les Rhaphitera Audinet Serville, 1835, en Guyane et description d'un nouveau genre affine

GL Tavakilian, PH Dalens and Julien Touroult

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 73

Novos taxons de Lamiinae Neotropicais Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae

UR Martins and MHM Galileo

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 74

Especies de Elytrimitatrix (Grossifemora) Novos registros e novas especies

Antonio Santos Silva and Frank T Hovore

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 75

Especies de Elytrimitatrix (Grossifemora) Novas especies e chave para o subgenero

A Santos Silva and FT Hovore

Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5

Tenebrionoidea

I Löbl and A Smetana

Catalogue of the World Protura

A Szeptycki

This catalogue, published as a monographic volume in the Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 50B(1) (2007), provides a summary of knowledge of Protura to the first half of the year ....

The Cynipoid Genus Paramblynotus

Revision, phylogeny, and historical biogeography (Hymenoptera, Liopteridae)

Zhiwei Liu, Fredrik Ronquist and Goran Nordlander

The genus Paramblynotus is the most species-rich genus of the so-called macrocynipoids, the large cynipoid parasitoids of wood-boring and cone-boring insect larvae. The species ....

Developmental Genomics of Ascidians

Nori Satoh

This book fills the strong current interest in looking at simpler genomic systems to understand vertebrate systems biology. With the increase in Ascidian labs and the ....

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research

Edited by Alex Cordoba-Aguilar

Dragonflies and Damselflies documents the latest advances in odonate biology and relates these to a broader ecological and evolutionary research agenda. Despite being ....

Faune de France, Volume 91: Hémiptères Aradidae, Piesmatidae et Dipsocoromorphes

E Heiss and J Pericart

The Genus Ataenius Harold, 1867 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of New World

Iconography

Zdzislawa T Stebnicka

The book presents 190 known species of the genus Ataenius HAROLD, 1867, inhabiting American continent and adjacent archipelagos. The essential diagnoses of species ....

Guide des Papillons Nocturnes de France

Philippe Bachelard, Roland Berard, Claude Colomb and Pierre Viette

Presents approx 1620 of the nocturnal species of butterflies of France. ....

Insect Natural History (Facsimile Edition)

AD Imms

This facsimile printing is identical in every way to the original first editions. ....

Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 3

Edited by RA Bray, DI Gibson and A Jones

This is the third and final volume of the Keys to the Trematoda, a series on the systematics and identification of the Class Trematoda. It covers five superfamilies ....

A Manual of Acarology

Edited by G W Krantz and D E Walter

In the thirty years since the second edition of A Manual of Acarology was published, acarologists have discovered a multitude of new taxa, made major modifications in ....

Melittidae of Poland (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

Their Biodiversity and Biology

Waldemar Celary

A monograph of polish wild bees belonging to the family Melittidae. This book provides keys to the identification subfamilies, West Palaearctic genera and Central European ....

A Monograph of the Genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the World, Part 1

AO Bienkowski

This book is a first part of the taxonomic monograph of the genus Chrysolina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the world. ....

Nematodes as Biocontrol Agents

Edited by PS Grewal, RU Ehlers and DI Shapiro-Ilan

This book aims to document and illustrate the major developments in the use of nematodes for biological control of insects and slugs. It has three major sections covering ....

On Icelandic Terrestrial Arthropods and Soil Fauna

Edited by Sven-Axel Bengtson

The volume contains an Introduction by the editor and 5 separate chapters on Icelandic flora and fauna including a broad, thorough treatment of the history of discussions on ....

A Pictoral Guide: Common Butterflies of Bengal Plains

A Basu Roy, RP Das and P Mukherjee

Covering over 50 species of butterfly and 25 species of plants this book is unique in the field of butterfly study. It contains more than 150 coloured photographs, ....

Tiger Beetles of Madagascar, Volume 1

A Monograph of the Genus Pogonostoma

Jiri Moravec

Water Bugs and Water Beetles of Surrey

Jonty Denton

With perhaps the notable exception of dragonflies and damselflies, the majority of invertebrates which inhabit our ponds and streams go largely unnoticed. Yet, as anyone ....

World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera)

Jerzy Borowski and Piotr Wegrzynowicz

For each species, besides the valid name, all synonyms are listed in chronological order, with original combinations and spellings, as well as the type-localities (also in ....

The Braincase in Paleozoic Symmoriiform and Cladoselachian Sharks

John G Maisey

Echinoderm Paleobiology

Edited by William I Ausich and GD Webster

The dominant faunal elements in shallow Paleozoic oceans, echinoderms are important to understanding these marine ecosystems. Echinoderms (which include such animals as sea ....

The Emerald Planet

How plants changed Earth's history

David Beerling

The Earth's climate has been dramatically shifting since life evolved. This book reveals the crucial role that plants have played in driving and recording climatic change. Along ....

Ice, Mud and Blood

Lessons from Climates Past

Chris Turney

Imagine a world of wildly escalating temperatures, apocalyptic flooding, devastating storms and catastrophic sea level rise. This might sound like a prediction for the ....

Interplanetary Travel and Space Weather

Scientific, Technological and Biological Issues

Norma Crosby

The goal of this textbook is to provide an interdisciplinary approach to the subject of space weather, so as to benefit anybody aiming to work in a space related field, be it a ....

Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record

David Harper and Michael J Benton

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the science of the history of life. Paleobiologists bring many analytical tools to bear in interpreting the fossil record ....

T.rex and the Crater of Doom

Walter Alvarez and Carl Zimmer

Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mt. Everest slammed into the Earth, causing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million ....

Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Tyrant King

Edited by Peter L Larson and Kenneth Carpenter

With its massive head, enormous jaws, and formidable teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex has long been the young person's favorite creepy carnivore in the Mesozoic zoo. Nor has T. rex ....

Zooarchaeological Studies of the Late Pleistocene Sites in Poland

Piotr Wojtal

The book's detailed zooarchaeological descriptions of Polish sites, from the least known to the most widely known such as Krakow Spadzista Street. This study of faunal ....

Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms

State of the Science and Research Needs

Edited by H Kenneth Hudnell

Cyanobacteria are single-celled organisms that live in fresh, brackish, and marine water. They use sunlight to make their own food. In warm, nutrient-rich environments, ....

Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America

Edited by Ingo S Wehrtmann and Jorge Cortés

This book, compiling and updating the marine biodiversity information of Costa Rica, consists of species lists, and comments on the state-of-knowledge of most taxonomical ....

Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop: Proceedings MSW 2006

Edited by MC Gambi, JA Borg, MC Buia, G Di Carlo, C Pergent-Martini et al

This book represents the Proceedings of the Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop (MSW-2006), held in Malta in 2006 and co-organized by a committee of Malta, French and Italian ....

ANZANG Nature and Landscape: The Fourth Collection

Photographer of the Year

Stuart Miller

ANZANG Nature is an organisation focused on the unique natural heritage of the bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea - continents and islands flung from ....

Adventure Travel

Action-Packed Getaways That Respect the Planet

William Gray

Millions of holiday makers each year set off in search of something more than sun, sand and slumber. Once the exclusive realm of the intrepid and wealthy, adventure travel is ....

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre

Full of spleen, this will be a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the world of Bad Science. When Ben Goldacre saw someone on daytime TV dipping her feet ....

Contemporary Botanical Illustration with the Eden Project

Challenging Colour and Texture

Rosie Martin and Meriel Thurstan

Contemporary Botanical Illustration covers some of the unusual colours that can be included in botanical art, from black flowers and plants - including seaweed - to green, ....

Digital Dice

Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems

Paul J Nahin

Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte ....

Digital Wildlife Photography

Howard Bottrell

A comprehensive guide to taking wildlife digital photographs suitable for beginners and improvers alike, covering everything a wildlife photographer needs to know, from basic ....

The Earth After Us

What legacy will humans leave in the rocks?

Jan Zalasiewicz

Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz takes the reader one hundred million years into the future, long after the human race became extinct, to explore what will remain of humanity's ....

The Encyclopedia of Exploration, Volume 4: 1850 to 1940

Continental Exploration

Raymond John Howgego

The final volume to be published in the comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in Africa, Asia, Australia and the ....

Guesstimation

Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin

Lawrence Weinstein and John A Adam

"Guesstimation" is a book that unlocks the power of approximation - it's popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is an important ....

Hey Mr. Green

Sierra Magazine's Answer Guy Tackles Your Toughest Green Living Questions

Bob Schildgen

When is the right time to replace an old refrigerator? Is it okay to knit a sweater with acrylic yarn? Is it more environmentally correct to buy beer in bottles or cans? For the ....

A History of Paleontology Illustration

Jane P Davidson

Writing from the perspective of an art historian, Jane P. Davidson traces the history of paleontology illustration from the 15th century to the present. She combines discussions ....

Hyping Health Risks

Environmental Hazards in Everyday Life and the Science of Epidemiology

Geoffrey C Kabat

The media constantly bombard us with news of the health hazards that lurk in our everyday lives. But many of these hazards, even some that provoke regulatory action, ....

Impossible?

Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums

Julian Havil

In "Nonplussed!", popular-math writer Julian Havil delighted readers with a mind-boggling array of implausible yet true mathematical paradoxes. Now Havil is back ....

The KODAK Most Basic Book of Digital Nature Photography

Russell Graves

Twenty-three million: that's approximately how many photographers are out there, capturing nature in all its glory. And, with the ease of digital equipment, that number ....

Nature's Babies

Mike Dilger

A visual feast of some of the animal kingdom's most engaging and remarkable offspring, portraying a diverse range of captivating babies and ingenious behavioural patterns, ....

New Theories of Everything

John D Barrow

Will we ever discover a single scientific theory that tells us everything that has happened, and everything that will happen, on every level in the Universe? The quest for ....

The Poison Paradox

How and When Chemicals are Toxic

John Timbrell

Every day we are surrounded by chemicals that are potentially harmful. Some of these we take intentionally in the form of drugs; some we take unknowingly through the food we ....

The Stuff of Thought

Language as a Window into Human Nature

Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker uses language as a window into human nature: he analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and shows what that can tell us about ourselves. He ....

The Thief at the End of the World

Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire

Joe Jackson

In 1876, a man named Henry Wickham smuggled seventy thousand rubber tree seeds out of the rainforests of Brazil and delivered them to Victorian England's most prestigious ....

Treasures of Botanical Art

Icons from the Shirley Sherwood and Kew Collections

Shirley Sherwood and Martyn Rix

This book marks the inaugural exhibition of the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew, which opens in April 2008. Extensively illustrated and elegantly designed, ....

Untamed

Steve Bloom

For more than 10 years, wildlife photographer Steve Bloom travelled all over the world, roaming through the jungles of Borneo, the African savannahs, and the frozen banks of ....

Wild Food

Gathering Food in the Wild

Jane Eastoe

Discover the wonders of wild food, from berries to mushrooms to fresh herbs - all of which are wonderful foods free on our doorstep. The author Jane Eastoe shows you how to ....

Britain's Structure and Scenery (Facsimile Edition)

L Dudley Stamp

This facsimile reprint is identical in every way to the original first edition. ....

British Game (Facsimile Edition)

B Vesey-Fitzgerald

Facsimile reprint of the first edition. ....

A Country Parish (Facsimile Edition)

AW Boyd

This facsimile reprint is identical in every way to the original first edition. ....

Ecuador: Territorio Cofan Dureno

Edited by Randall Borman, Corine Vriesendorp et al

In May of 2007, scientists conducted a rapid inventory in the Dureno Territory, part of the Cofan ancestral territories in the Amazon basin of eastern Ecuador. Presented ....

The Ferocious Summer

Palmer's Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica

Meredith Hooper

Antarctica's capacity to create, store and disperse ice is critical to the way our planet functions. But along the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula there has been a ....

A Field Guide to the Tracks and Signs of Eastern Himalayan, Central Indian and Eastern Ghats Wildlife

Kolipaka S Shekhar

An introduction to identifying animal species and/or interpreting animal behaviours by observing animal tracks and signs. These tracks and signs can be encountered in a ....

From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba

An Environmental History Since 1492

Reinaldo Funes Monzote and Alex Martin

This is the story of Cuba's forests. In this award-winning environmental history of Cuba since the age of Columbus, Reinaldo Funes Monzote emphasizes the two processes that have ....

Globetrotter Wildlife Guide Brazil

John Malathronas

This exciting guide aims to inspire and help travellers to plan and enjoy tours in Brazil's finest wildlife reserves. In addition to offering advice on planning your trip ....

Guide to Garden Wildlife

Richard Lewington

A superb new guide to the full range of wildlife in your garden. From blue tits to bumblebees and hedgehogs to hawkmoths, this guide has got it covered. Illustrated by ....

Guide to the Blue and John Crow Mountains

Margaret The Natural History Society of Jamaica/Hodges

The Guide to the Blue and John Crow Mountains tempts and excites the uninitiated, informs and prepares the committed and provides a wonderful memoir for veterans of the ....

Hedgerow and Wildlife

Guide to Animals and Plants of the Hedgerow

Jane Eastoe

Hedgerows are one of the richest sources of wildlife in Britain. They have evolved over centuries (18th and 19th centuries predominantly but some date from pre-Roman times), ....

The Hudson

America's River

Frances F Dunwell

Offering sea-level access through the Adirondacks, the Hudson River once helped the country's largest and most innovative iron, cotton, and ship manufacturers send their ....

Life in the Cerrado, Volume 1: Origin, Structure, Dynamics and Plant Use

A South American Tropical Seasonal Ecosystem

Gerhard Gottsberger and Ilse Silberbauer-Gottsberger

The book treats the cerrado (one of the top biodiversity hotspots in the world), a large-scale South American vegetation, its formation and origin, its plants and their ....

Life in the Cerrado, Volume 2: Pollination and Seed Dispersal

A South American Tropical Seasonal Ecosystem

Gerhard Gottsberger and Ilse Silberbauer-Gottsberger

The book treats the cerrado (one of the top biodiversity hotspots in the world), a large-scale South American vegetation, its formation and origin, its plants and their ....

London's Natural History (Facsimile Edition)

Richard Sidney Richmond Fitter

This facsimile reprint is identical in every way to the original first edition. ....

The Natural Heritage of Indiana

Edited by Marion T Jackson

"The Natural Heritage of Indiana" is the first survey of the natural beauty, heritage, and environmental problems of the state. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of color ....

Natural History of the Highlands & Islands (Facsimile Edition)

FF Darling

This facsimile reprint is identical in every way to the original first edition. ....

Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula

Jules G Evens

Jules Evens weaves history, science, and personal anecdote into an absorbing chronicle of one of the most biologically diverse places in North America. His account of this ....

Paradise Lost?

The Environmental History of Florida

Jack E Davis, Raymond Arsenault, Raymond Arsenault and Gary R Mormino

This collection of essays surveys the environmental history of the Sunshine State, from Spanish exploration to the present, and provides an organized, detailed overview of the ....

Peru: Nanay-Mazan-Arabela

Edited by Corine Vriesendorp et al

In August of 2006, scientists conducted a rapid inventory of the Nanay-Mazan-Arabela Headwaters, three watersheds in the northwestern Peruvian Amazon. This assessment, ....

The Platte

Channels in Time

Paul A Johnsgard

Johnsgard tells the story of the Platte from prehistoric times to the present and then assesses its future. A selection of photographs and checklists of birds, mammals, ....

Report of the National Workshop on Micro-Enterprise Development in Communities in the Philippines

Sharing of Experiences and Lessons Learned. Davao City, Philippines, 7-19 March 2006

FAO

The goals of the workshop were to exchange experiences and good practices and identify financial and institutional support services and facilities to sustain livelihoods and ....

Silent Fields

The Long Decline of a Nation's Wildlife

Roger Lovegrove

Since time immemorial mankind has taken it upon himself to wage war against nature -- against those species of birds and mammals which he believes conflict with his ....

State and Evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952-2005

A Detailed 50-year Survey of Meteorology and Climate, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Marine Environment

Rainer Feistel, Gunther Nausch and Norbert Wasmund

This book presents an extended summary of the reports from the Baltic Sea Research Institute. These compose an interdisciplinary and comprehensive description of the ....

Sussex Wildlife

David Mortimer

Sussex is a county blessed with a naturally variable landscape: chalk cliffs, rolling grasslands, small fields, open heath land, forests, wetlands, rivers, ghylls and the ....

Wild China

The Hidden Wonders of the World's Most Enigmatic Land

Phil Chapman

China has more varied habitats for wildlife than anywhere else on the planet: rivers carve immense gorges through the world's loftiest mountain peaks; vast deserts range ....

Adaptive Management of Medicinal Plants and Non Timber Forest Products

Strategies, Implications and Policy

G Kinhal and RJ Rao

Non-Timber Forest Products, more particularly those of medicinal value are among major sources contributing to the economic development. These also play an important role in ....

Agrobacterium

From Biology to Biotechnology

Tzvi Tzfira and Vitaly Citovsky

Agrobacterium is a plant pathogen which causes the "crown-gall" disease, a neoplastic growth that results from the transfer of a well-defined DNA segment ("transferred DNA", ....

Atlas Florae Europaeae, Volume 14

Rosaceae (Alchemilla and Aphanes)

A Kurtto, SE Fröhner and R Lampinen

This is the second of four volumes devoted to the family Rosaceae and consists of only two genera (Achemilla and Aphanes) This is the first time this species has been mapped ....

BRYOATT: Attributes of British and Irish Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts

With Information on Native Status, Size, Life Form, Life History, Geography and Habitat

MO Hill, CD Preston, SDS Bosanquet and DB Roy

This is a companion volume to PLANTATT, and provides for all British and Irish species a codified set of attributes for use in ecological analyses. These include information on ....

British Plant Life (Facsimile Edition)

WB Turrill

This facsimile reprint is identical in every way to the original first edition. ....

Britton's Botanical Empire

The New York Botanical Garden and American Botany, 1888-1929

Peter Mickulas

In the 1890s, botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton united New York City's private Gilded Age wealth with the expertise of its increasingly well-respected scientific community to ....

Etymological Dictionary of Syrian Flora

Scientific Names and their Etymology - Arabic, English and French Names

Moustapha Nehmé

Contains the scientific names of all the plant species reported in Syria, with explanations of their entymologies, as well as the Arabic, English and French names of ....

The Faber Book of Gardens

Philip Robinson

Philip Robinson presents here a reading of gardens that spans centuries and cultures, exploring their mysterious nature, as scenes of romance, danger, beauty and calm. He is ....

Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Texas

Paul Martin Brown

Texas is home to some of the rarest orchid species in the world. From the Big Thicket to the Big Bend, from the Panhandle to the coastal plain, "Field Guide to the Wild Orchids ....

Flora Neotropica, Volume 100: Proteaceae

G Prance et al

A taxonomic monograph that covers the American genera of this unique family, and presents a systematic treatment of 8 genera, 84 native species, and two introduced ....

Flora Neotropica, Volume 101: Fissidentaceae

Ronald A Pursell

The Fissidentaceae are acrocarpous mosses. The family, consisting of only the genus, Fissidens, is represented in the neotropics by 93 species, of which 62% are endemic. ....

Flora de Veracruz Fasc. 140: Tetrachondraceae

Carlos Durán-Espinosa

Flora de Veracruz Fasc. 141: Muntingiaceae

Sergio Avendano-Reyes

Flora de Veracruz Fasc. 142: Sphenocleaceae

B Senterre and G Castillo-Campos

Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, Volume 2: Crassulaceae - Apiaceae

SA Ghazanfar

The second volume of the Flora of Oman treats 277 taxa in 33 families of flowering plants. In the treatment of each family, keys are provided to genera as well as to all ....

Flowering Plants of Kerala

A Handbook

TS Nayar, AR Beegam, N Mohanan and G Rajkumar

Kerala is a narrow strip of lush green land with a geographical area of 39,863 sq km stretching along the western coast of the Peninsular India. Part of the Western Ghats, ....

Fungi in the Ancient World

How Mushrooms, Mildews, Molds, and Yeast Shaped the Early Civilizations of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East

Frank Matthews Dugan

Fungi in the Ancient World is a comprehensive review on the impact of fungi in helping to shape ancient civilizations. Mushrooms, mildews, molds, and yeast had a surprisingly ....

Fungi of Australia: The Smut Fungi

Kalman Vanky and Roger G Shivas

The smut fungi (Ustilaginomycetes and some Urediniomycetes) are parasites mainly of flowering plants. In Australia, these fungi include 296 species in 43 genera. The ....

The Gardener's Palette

A Year of Color in the Flower Garden

Pierre Nessmann, Philippe Perdereau and Brigitte Perdereau

Approaching a flower garden as a blank canvas and the gardener as an artist, "The Gardeners Palette" demystifies the somewhat daunting task of conceiving, planning, and ....

The Gardener's Pocket Companion

Vicky Bamforth

This attractive, handy pocket book is a treasure trove of gardening facts and curiosities, notes and quotes. Packed with useful and fascinating information, "The ....

Gardening Secrets

From National Trust Experts

National Trust Experts

Whether you care for a rambling country garden or a modest town plot, "Garden Secrets" offers a variety of seasonal hints and practical tips to help you make the most of your ....

Gardening in a Drying Climate

How to Cope with the Changing Weather

Marylyn Abbott

How to cope with the changing weather. We are all witnessing changing weather patterns - earlier springs, record summer temperatures and erratic rainfall. Marylyn Abbott has ....

The Gardens of Europe

Charles Quest-Ritson

European Gardens have flourished for over 2,000 years and provided the greatest single influence upon gardening throughout the world. ....

The Genera Pediocactus, Navajoa, Toumeya

Fritz Hochstätter

Heukels' Interactive Flora van Nederland 2.0 (DVD ROM)

R van der Meijden

Heukels' Interactieve Flora van Nederland version 2.0 is based on the 23rd edition of the book "Heukels' Flora van Nederland" by R. van der Meijden (2005). Heukels' Flora is ....

Illustrated Flora of Lebanon

2600 Wild FLowers

Georges Tohmé and Henriette Tohmé

This photographic identification guide describes 2597 plants. Species descriptions include Arabic name, habitat type, description, status. ....

Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory

Andreas Schaller

Despite their vulnerability as sessile organisms to adverse biotic and abiotic conditions, flowering plants dominate over much of Earth's surface. The abilitity of ....

The International Daffodil Register and Classified List (1998): Tenth Supplement

Sharon McDonald

The International Lily Register and Checklist 2007

Victoria Matthews

This major reference work is the first up-to-date list of all cultivated Lilium cultivars and species for 25 years. ....

Intimacy

The Sensual Essence of Flowers

Joyce Tenneson

With over 60 beautiful colour plates, this gorgeous book of flower photographs is bound to appeal to a wide audience of anyone interested in Nature, Beauty, Meditation or Art. ....

Intracellular Signalling in Plants

Z Yang, P Hedden and R Napier

Sessile plants need to rapidly respond to drastic environmental changes. Unlike differentiated animal cells, most differentiated plant cells are totipotent. ....

The Macrolichens of New England

James W Hinds and Patricia L Hinds

With over 600 pages, 400 colour illustrations, and 35 years of fieldwork, research, and photography by the authors, The Macrolichens of New England is the most comprehensive ....

The Molecular Organography of Plants

Quentin Cronk

The history of plant evolution has been one of increasing complexity. The field of "evo-devo" (evolution of development) ....

Mushrooms and Toadstools (Facsimile Edition)

John Ramsbottom

This facsimile reprint is identical in every way to the original first edition. ....

New Flora of Korea

2 volumes in slipcase

Yong No Lee

Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this floristic bible covers all the gymnosperms and angiosperms inhabiting Korea. Written in Chinese it also ....

On Guerrilla Gardening

A Handbook for Gardening without Boundaries

Richard Reynolds

When Richard Reynolds began gardening secretly outside his council block in south London, he had no idea he was part of a global movement committed to combating the urban ....

Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, IX

Edited by Kenneth Cameron, Joseph Arditti and Tiiu Kull

A broad range of scientific subjects reflecting the most current knowledge in orchidology is presented in this volume. The editors have continued the tradition of ....

Plant Biotechnology and Genetics

Principles, Techniques and Applications

CNeal Stewart

Plant biotechnology has transformed agriculture, and as this scientific field grows, so do university curricula in biotechnology. The focus of the book is on basics and ....

Plant Growth Signaling

Edited by Laszlo Bögre and Gerrit Beemster

Plant growth is of great economical and intellectual interest. Plants are the basis of our living environment, the production of our food and a myriad of plant-based natural ....

Pots and Plants

Inspired Year-Round Ideas for Your Outside Space

Barbara Segall

This is a practical and inspirational book on which plants go best into which type of pot in order to have a colourful garden in every season of the year. This book also ....

Proceedings of Cycad 2005

The 7th International Conference on Cycad Biology

Edited by Andrew P Vovides et al

The International Conference on Cycad Biology, held every three years since its inception in 1987, has become a prominent meeting, centering on all aspects of the ....

The Seaweeds of Florida

Clinton J Dawes and Arthur C Mathieson

The product of nearly thirty years of research, "The Seaweeds of Florida" offers an invaluable, illustrated reference to all known seaweed taxa found in Florida coastal ....

Seaweeds of the Eastern Mediterranean Coast

Rachel Einav

This book will be a welcome addition to the sparse literature on seaweeds of the Eastern Mediterranean. There are introductory chapters on bio-ecology, reproduction and ....

Secret Life of Plants: 5 Volume Set

Ferns, Flowers, Mosses, Pines & Leaves

L Jensen and A Chung

Set of 5 DVDs combining images of living plant stages with computer simulations of internal structures. Bridges the gap ....

Sulfur Assimilation and Abiotic Stress in Plants

Nafees A Khan, Sarvajeet Singh and Shahid Umar

Sulfur is one of the four major essential elements necessary for the plant life cycle. Its assimilation in higher plants and its reduction in metabolically important sulfur ....

Tomatoes and Tomato Products

Nutritional, Medicinal and Therapeutic Properties

Victor R Preedy and Ronald R Watson

The tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is a vegetable crop of the solanaceae family that originated in the Andean region of South America. It increased in popularity and was ....

Trees and Shrubs

Peter Wyse Jackson

Describes in detail over sixty of the most common species of the countryside: plants that are found naturally in Ireland and others introduced from other countries which ....

Wild Flowers

Ruth Isabel Ross

Describes around 80 of the most common flowers found on lakeshores, rock ledges, dunes, marshes and indeed just about in any quiet corner in town or country. Each variety is ....

Wild Flowers (Facsimile Edition)

J Gilmour and M Walters

This facsimile printing is identical in every way to the original first edition. ....

Wild Orchids in Myanmar, Volume 3: Shangri-La of Wild Orchids

Yoshitaka Tanaka

The third volume of a planned series of six, the present book focuses on the wide variety of orchid species to be found at high altitudes on and in the vicinity of ....

Wildflowers of Ohio

Robert L Henn

Over the past decade, "Wildflowers of Ohio" has become the standard for field identification in Ohio, used by both college biology students and wildflower enthusiasts ....

Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals

R Michael Akers and Michael Denbow

Calling on their extensive and award-winning experience teaching undergraduate anatomy and physiology, authors Akers and Denbow have constructed a foundation textbook that ....

Autophagosome and Phagosome

Vojo Deretic

Autophagy and phagocytosis are distinct yet partially morphologically similar processes. In Autophagosome and Phagosome, authoritative scientists present easy-to-follow methods ....

BSAVA Manual of Raptors, Pigeons and Passerine Birds

John Chitty and Michael Lierz

New refocused edition of BSAVA Raptors, Pigeons and Waterfowl, with an emphasis on husbandry. ....

Biochemistry

A Short Course

Harry R Matthews, Richard A Freedland and Roger L Miesfeld

Biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology have been dramatically altered by the development of recombinant DNA technology and, more recently, high-throughput DNA ....

Biostatistics and Microbiology

A Survival Manual

Daryl S Paulson

This "nuts and bolts" book provides a condensation of biostatistical methods that applied microbiology researchers need to perform data analyses. Based on the author's ....

Germline Stem Cells

Steven X Hou and Shree Ram Singh

The knowledge gained by studying germline stem cells, the source of human and animal reproduction, may find immediate application in preserving endangered wildlife, managing ....

The Golgi Complex

The State of Art After 110 Years of Camillo's Discovery

Alexander Mironov, Margit Pavelka and Alberto Luini

For over 110 years The Golgi complex has been at the center of interest and scientific debates. It constitutes a main crossroads in secretory and endocytic traffic. However, ....

Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes

Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes

Jan Tachezy

"Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes" provides a summary of the current knowledge of these organelles, which occur in unicellular, often ....

Introduction to Modeling Biological Systems

Robert Macey and George Oster

The text begins with simple examples and gradually add complexity. Each chapter focuses on one discipline, and begins each example with a brief overview of the biology, ....

Molecular Biomethods Handbook

John M Walker and Ralph Rapley

Recent advances in the biosciences have led to a range of powerful new technologies, particularly nucleic acid, protein and cell-based methodologies. The most recent ....

Molecular Embryology

Methods and Protocols

PT Sharpe

In Molecular Embryology: Methods and Protocols, Second Edition, expert investigators provide a comprehensive guide to the cutting-edge methods used across the dramatically ....

Paleomicrobiology

Past Human Infections

Didier Raoult and Michel Drancourt

"Paleomicrobiology - Past Human Infections" features the methods and main achievements in this emerging field of research at the intersection of microbiology and evolution, ....

Post-translational Modification of Proteins

Tools for Functional Proteomics

Christoph Kannicht

The majority of all proteins undergo co- and/or post-translational modifications, crucially altering physical and chemical properties, folding, conformation distribution, ....

Scientific Assessment and Management of Animal Pain

D Mellor, P Thornber and D Bayvel

This timely publication covers all aspects of the scientific assessment and management of animal pain, an essential component of animal welfare. Mainly based on a series of ....

Technical Aspects and Principles of PCR Amplification

Elizabeth van Pelt-Verkuil, Alexander van Belkum and John P Hays

Kary Mullis was awarded a Nobel prize for inventing the PCR technique more than a decade ago in 1993. Since its "discovery", multiple adaptations and variations of the standard ....

Terrestrial Animal Health Code 2008

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 ....

Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology

Edited by Elizabeth Reitz, Lee A Newsom and Sylvia J Scudder

The purpose of Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology is to highlight studies addressing significant anthropological issues in the Americas from the perspective of ....

Ecology of Social Evolution

Judith Korb and Jurgen Heinze

Research on the evolution of social behaviour has been dominated by genetic relatedness for a long time; however, both recent empirical studies and theoretical concepts give ....

The Human Lineage

Matt Cartmill, Fred H Smith and Kaye B Brown

"The Human Lineage" focuses on the last ten million years of human history, from the hominoid radiations to the emergence and diversification of modern humanity. It draws ....

The Naked Man

A Study of the Male Body

Desmond Morris

No life form has had a greater impact upon this planet than the human male. What is it that has made his legacy so utterly distinct from that of all other life forms, ....

Population Genetics

Matthew Hamilton

The key to understanding population genetics is gaining familiarity with a set of traditional conceptual approaches along with classical hypotheses and debates. Armed ....

Year in Evolutionary Biology, 2008

Carl D Schlichting and Timothy A Mousseau

This volume features an important collection of review articles highlighting the top science and developments in the field of evolutionary biology. ....

Biological Invasions

Wolfgang Nentwig

This new volume on Biological Invasions deals with both plants and animals, differing from previous books by extending from the species to an ecosystem and global level. Its ....

Encyclopedia of Ecology (5 Volume Set)

Edited by SE Jorgensen and Brian Fath

The aim of this work is to provide an authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the complete field of ecology. It is envisaged that this Encyclopedia will be the standard ....

From Biological Control to Invasion

The Ladybird Harmonia Axyridis as a Model Species

Helen E Roy and Eric Wajnberg

Harmonia axyridis has been described as the "most invasive ladybird on Earth." It has a long history of use as a classical biological control agent in the USA and more recently ....

Microbial Ecology

Larry L Barton and Diana E Northrup

This is a completely new text and reference book for the growing field of microbial ecology that concisely yet comprehensively covers traditional issues in ecology, as well ....

Multiple Scales in Ecology

Edited by Boris Schröder, Hauke Reuter and Björn Reineking

The scale dependence of ecological processes and patterns, as well as their analysis is a long-standing theme in ecology. The problem of scaling has three components: (i) ....

Vertebrados Invasores

Jorge F Orueta

The first part of the book describes the problem of invasive species, the second part deals with methods of control, including prevention, biological control and many others. ....

The California Deserts

An Ecological Rediscovery

Bruce M Pavlik

This highly readable, spectacularly illustrated compendium is an ecological journey into a wondrous land of extremes. "The California Deserts" explores the remarkable diversity ....

The Challenge of Climate Change

F Bravo, V LeMay, R Jandl and K von Gadow

With climate change now charging up the political agenda, there are three issues commonly making the headlines: carbon budgets, renewable energy, and the anticipated ....

Decision Support for Forest Management

Annika Kangas, Jyrki Kangas and Mikko Kurttila

Provides students and researchers with a toolbox of methods for approaching the different planning situations that may arise in practice. It draws together a wide range ....

Diasporenbank und Okologie der Vegetation temporärer Gewässer im Cholchol-Gebiet (9. Region, Chile)

Miguel Alvarez

Disaster Response and Risk Management in the Fisheries Sector

L Westlund, F Poulain and H Bage

Over the last few decades, natural and human-induced disasters have become more frequent and increasingly destructive. Populations depending on fisheries and aquaculture for ....

Fire Management - Global Assessment 2006

A thematic study prepared in the framework of the Global Forest Resource Assessment 2005

FAO

Fire management is an essential part of sustainable forest management. This publication complements the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 (FRA 2005) as an in-depth ....

Lessons from Forest Decentralization

Money, Justice and the Quest for Good Governance in Asia-Pacific

Carol J Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal and Doris Capistrano

The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves. ....

National Parks of Britain

Roly Smith

The National Parks make up some of the most celebrated and diverse areas of Britain's unique rural landscape. Each with its own distinct character, from the rugged ....

River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network

Stephen Rice

"River Confluences and the Fluvial Network" brings together state of the art thinking on confluence dynamics tributary impacts and the links between processes at these scales ....

Sea Change

Britain's Coastal Catastrophe

Richard Girling

We have a special relationship with the sea. It is the single most powerful driver of our economy, our lifestyle and our politics. It affects what we eat, how we use the ....

Security Considerations in the Planning and Management of Transboundary Conservation Areas

Leo Braack, Trevor Sandwith, David Peddle and Thomas Petermann

Sometimes boundaries make geographical sense. Other times they are straight lines, imposed by colonial powers centuries ago. ....

Shrinking Cities: Effects on Urban Ecology and Challenges for Urban Development

Edited by Marcel Langner and Wilfried Endlicher

Cities in highly industrialised countries have grown over time, yet the phenomenon of shrinking cities occurs in many regions. Urban shrinkage has various impacts on urban ....

Babylon's Ark

The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo

Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence

When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city centre and caught in the war's ....

Biodiversity through Evolution

Version 1.0

Oof Oud, Geoff Rickards and Alex Verkade

Biodiversity - the incredible and varied life forms that occupy our planet Earth - is the starting point of a programme that focuses mainly on evolution. The best known ....

Changing Trends in Managing Aquatic Animal Disease Emergencies

Eva-Maria Bernoth

With the increase in culture of 'new' aquatic animal species and the consequential discovery of new and emerging diseases, it appears timely to provide an update on the ....

Norsk Rodliste 2006

2006 Norwegian Red List

Edited by John Atle Kalas et al

This Red List makes up the official Norwegian Red List from 6 December 2006. It has been drawn up in accordance with the international guidelines issued by the World ....

An Appeal to Reason

A Cool Look at Global Warming

Nigel Lawson

In the 1960s, we were warned that the population explosion would lead to mass global starvation. In the 1970s, we were warned that the planet was running out of natural ....

Cities People Planet

Urban Development and Climate Change

Herbert Girardet

When first published in 2004, Cities People Planet effectively anticipated current concerns about climate change, most significantly, outlining the central role of cities ....

Climate Change and Economic Development

SEA Regional Modelling and Analysis

Jamie Sanderson and Sardar M N Islam

The impacts of climate change on economic development have the potential to be unevenly distributed around the globe. This book focuses on South East Asia with respect to the ....

Climate Change in the Twenty-first Century

Stewart Jay Cohen and Melissa W Waddell

Public and media interest in the climate change issue has increased exponentially in recent years. Climate change, or Global Warming, is a complex problem with far-reaching ....

Climate Change: The Impact on the Epidemiology and Control of Animal Diseases

Edited by S de la Rocque, S Morand and G Hendrickx

The impact of climate change on human and animal health is a highly topical issue and extensive debates and speculations often predict the worst. Following the most recent ....

The Continental-Scale Greenhouse Gas Balance of Europe

Han Dolman, Riccardo Valentini and A Freibauer

This book assesses the current greenhouse gas (GHG) monitoring capabilities of Europe, identifies and quantifies the uncertainties involved, and outlines the direction to a ....

Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones

David Longshore

Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones, New Edition features significant updates and information on recent weather phenomena and the devastation and loss that ....

Environmental Chemistry

Colin Baird

Updated fourth edition presenting balanced coverage of the environmental chemistry of natural systems, incorporating green chemistry in every chapter. The text offers an ....

Fatty Alcohols

Anthropogenic and Natural Occurrence in the Environment

Stephen Mudge

Fatty alcohols occur naturally in most organisms and can also be used in consumer products including detergents and cosmetics: eventually these materials make their way ....

Fixing Climate

The Story of Climate Science - and How to Stop Global Warming

Robert Kunzig and Wallace S Broecker

We've heard a lot about climate change - but what can we do about it? Wallace Broecker, the eminent scientist who coined the term global warming way back in 1975, believes in a ....

The Great Warming

Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

Brian Fagan

From the tenth to the fifteenth centuries the earth experienced a rise in surface temperature that changed climate worldwide--a preview of today's global warming. In some ....

Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research

Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn, Holger Hoffmann-Riem and Susette Biber-Klemm

Transdisciplinary research (TR) is an emerging field of research in the knowledge society for relating science and policy in addressing issues such as global ....

The Hot Topic

How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights on

David King and Gabrielle Walker

"The Hot Topic" is a collaborative work by one of the most respected scientists and one of the most dynamic writers in the field of climate change. Sir David King, ....

The Media and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Lost and Found

Judith Sylvester

This will be one of the first academic books looking at the Katrina disaster. Since much of the book will be based on interviews, it will serve as a resource for primary ....

Oceans and Human Health

Risks and Remedies from the Seas

Patrick J Walsh, Sharon Smith, William Gerwick and Helena Solo-Gabriele

This book highlights an unprecedented collaboration of environmental scientists, ecologists and physicians working together on this important new discipline, to the ....

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Volume 196

Edited by David M Whitacre

Apocalypse

Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God

Amos Nur and Dawn Burgess

What if Troy was not destroyed in the epic battle immortalized by Homer? What if many legendary cities of the ancient world did not meet their ends through war and conquest ....

Beyond

Visions of the Interplanetary Probes

Michael Benson

The heavens have supplied inspiration to visual artists for thousands of years, so why not a book of contemporary photographs that recasts the objects in our solar system as ....

Beyond the Big Bang

Prospects for an Eternal Universe

R Vaas

The Big Bang model is now both theoretically and empirically well established. However, the very beginning of our universe still remains mysterious. General Relativity breaks ....

Big History

From the Big Bang to the Present

Cynthia Stokes Brown

An epic for our time, "Big History" begins when the universe is no more than a single point the size of an atom, squeezed together in unimaginable density, and ends with a ....

Computational Models for Life Sciences - CMLS '07

2007 International Symposium on Computational Models of Life Sciences

Tuan D Pham and Xiaobo Zhou

This conference aimed to bring biologists, medical and health-science researchers together with computational scientists to focus on problems at the frontier of ....

Continental Margin Sedimentation

From Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy

Charles Nittrouer, James Austin, James PM Syvitski and Joseph Kravitz

"Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy" is designed to provide a research resource for scientists studying modern and ancient ....

Digital Astrophotography

A Guide to Capturing the Cosmos

Stefan Seip

At first glance, the challenge of astrophotography may appear daunting. But not only are spectacular results possible, they are easy to learn with the step-by-step instructions ....

Feedback Systems

An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers

Karl J Astrom and Richard M Murray

This book provides an introduction to the mathematics needed to model, analyze, and design feedback systems. It is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate ....

Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites

Richard Norton and Lawrence Chitwood

It is said that astronomy is one of the few remaining fields in which amateurs can make a real contribution to science, and nowhere is this more true than in the field of ....

From Luminous Hot Stars to Starburst Galaxies

Peter S Conti, Paul Crowther and Claus Leitherer

Luminous hot stars represent the extreme upper mass end of normal stellar evolution. Before exploding as supernovae, they live out their lives of a few million years with ....

The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas

Edited by James E Martin and David C Parris

This volume contains the most recent revisions to our understanding of the geology and paleontology of the Late Cretaceous marine deposits of the Dakotas. Included are diverse ....

Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products

Michael Hambrey, Poul Christoffersen, Neil F Glasser and Bryn Hubbard

Associating ice masses with the transport and deposition of sediments has long formed a central theme in glaciology and glacial geomorphology. The reason for this focus is ....

Groundwater Geochemistry

Practical Guide to Modeling of Natural and Contaminated Aquatic Systems

Broder J Merkel and Britta Planer-Friedrich

The 2nd edition of "Groundwater Geochemistry - A practical guide to modeling of natural and contaminated aquatic systems" remains the comprehensive text book offering beginners ....

Handbook of Practical Astronomy

Gunter D Roth

The Compendium of Practical Astronomy is unique. The practical astronomer, whether student, novice or accomplished amateur, will find this handbook the most comprehensive, ....

High-Redshift Galaxies

Light From the Early Universe

I Appenzeller

Provides a comprehensive account of the scientific results on high-redshift galaxies accumulated during the past ten years. Apart from summarizing and critically discussing ....

The Living Cosmos

Our Search for Life in the Universe

Chris Impey

Astrobiology-the study of life in space-is one of today's fastest growing and most popular fields of science. In this compelling, accessible, and elegantly reasoned new ....

Particle or Wave

The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics

Charis Anastopoulos

"Particle or Wave" is the first popular-level book to explain the origins and development of modern physical concepts about matter and the controversies surrounding ....

Planetary Systems

Extrasolar Planets, Formation, Dynamics and Habitability

Marc Ollivier, Francoise Roques and Franck Selsis

Over the past ten years, the discovery of extrasolar planets has opened a new field of astronomy, and this field of research is rapidly growing, from both the observational ....

Plate Tectonics

Wolfgang Frisch and Martin Meschede

How are mountains formed? Why are there old and young mountains? Why do the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together? Why is the Pacific surrounded by a ring ....

Rough Guide to the Universe

John Scalzi

Whether you're a novice or a more experienced astronomer, "The Rough Guide to The Universe" is indispensable. The truth may or may not be out there, but space is the ....

Secrets of the Hoary Deep

A Personal History of Modern Astronomy

Riccardo Giacconi

The discovery of x-rays continues to have a profound and accelerating effect on the field of astronomy. It has opened the cosmos to exploration in ways previously ....

Seismic Risks and Earthquake Impacts

Paul W Burton

Paul Burton describes and explains the underlying physical principles that dominate earthquake occurrence and associated geological faulting in the natural environment, but ....

Totality

Eclipses of the Sun

Mark Littman, Fred Espenak and Ken Willcox

This book takes you to eclipses of the past, present, and future, and lets you see - and feel - why people travel to the ends of the Earth to observe them. ....

Use of Vegetation in Civil Engineering

Edited by NJ Coppin and IG Richards

This guide gives the background to bioengineering and practical information on the design and implementation of vegetative methods for slope stabilisation, water erosion ....

African Water Resource Database. GIS-based Tools for Inland Aquatic Resource Management: 1. Concepts and Application Case Studies

J Jenness et al

The African Water Resource Database (AWRD) is a set of data and custom-designed tools, combined in a geographic information system (GIS) analytical framework, aimed at ....

Algal Bowl

Overfertilization of the World's Freshwaters and Estuaries

David W Schindler and John R Vallentyne

The greatest threat to water quality worldwide is nutrient pollution. Cultural eutrophication by nutrients in sewage, fertilizers, and detergents is feeding massive ....

Aquatic Habitats in Sustainable Urban Water Management

Iwona Wagner, Pascal Breil and Jiri Marsalek

Aquatic habitats supply a wide range of vital ecosystem benefits to cities and their inhabitants. The unsustainable use of aquatic habitats, including inadequate urban water ....

The Assault on Reason

How the Politics of Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision-making

Al Gore

We live in an age when the 30-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less ....

Branded!

How the 'Certification Revolution' is Transforming Global Corporations

Michael E Conroy

Making responsible social and environmental choices has not always been a first priority for many corporations, but recent history has changed all that. Small but mighty NGOs, ....

Bring on the Apocalypse

Six Arguments for Global Justice

George Monbiot

In this explosive collection George Monbiot sets out exactly what he believes can and must be done and establishes how it can be achieved. "Bring on the Apocalypse" ....

Building Community Capacity for Tourism Development

G Moscardo

A lack of entrepreneurial capacity, limited understanding of tourism markets and a lack of community understanding of tourism and its impacts have been identified as barriers ....

Can NGOs Make a Difference?

The Challenge of Development Alternatives

Anthony J Bebbington, Sam Hickey and Diana Mitlin

Can non-governmental organisations contribute to more socially just, alternative forms of development or are they destined to work at the margins of dominant development ....

Comparative Assessment of the Environmental Costs of Aquaculture and Other Food Production Sectors

Methods for Meaningful Comparisons

FAO

The global food production sector is growing and in many areas farming systems are intensifying. Although food production from all sectors has environmental impacts and ....

Conserving Land, Protecting Water

D Bossio and K Geheb

The degradation of land and water resources as a result of agricultural activity has had an enormous impact on human societies and economies. It is predicted that, by 2025, most ....

Crops for Industry

A Practical Guide to Non-Food and Oilseed Agriculture

Simon Meakin

"Crops for Industry - A Practical Guide to Non-Food and Oilseed Agriculture" provides readers with all they need to know about the uses, production and husbandry of a whole ....

Ecological Economics And Sustainable Development

Selected Essays Of Herman Daly

Herman E Daly

`In this book written in crystal clear style, Herman Daly reiterates the main points of his analysis and vision, he praises some teachers (John Ruskin, Frederick Soddy, ....

Ecosystem Planning in Florida

Samuel David Brody

While ecosystem management requires looking beyond specific jurisdiction and focusing on broad spatial scales, most planning decisions particularly in the USA, are made at local ....

Ecotourism and Conservation in the Americas

Edited by A Stronza and WH Durham

Ecotourism has been credited with conserving biological and cultural diversity, alleviating rural poverty, increasing public awareness of environmental concerns and ....

Effective Environmental Management in Developing Countries

Assessing Social Capacity Development

Shunji Matsuoka

This book investigates how environmental qualities can be managed through social capacity development in developing countries. To this end, the book proposes a concept ....

Energise!

James Woudhuysen and Joe Kaplinsky

"Energise!" is a concise, provocative, authoritative guide to the issues surrounding global warming and the future of the world's energy supplies. The authors take no sides ....

Estimating the Value of Ecotourism in the Djoudj National Bird Park in Senegal

Dominic Moran, Oumou K Ly, Joshua T Bishop and Mamadou Dansokho

This report presents the results of an economic study of the willingness to pay (WTP) of recreational visitors to the Djoudj National Bird Park in northern Senegal, based on ....

Finding Solutions for Environmental Conflicts

Power and Negotiation

Edward Christie

Environmental conflicts over sustainability, EIA, biodiversity, biotechnology and risk, chemicals and public health, are not necessarily legalistic problems but land use ....

Fishers and Scientists in Modern Turkey

The Management of Natural Resources, Knowledge and Identity on the Eastern Black Sea Coast

Stale Knudsen

What role does local knowledge play in the management of marine resources, on the Black Sea Coast of Turkey? Through the ethnography and history of fish production, seafood ....

The Future of Animal Farming

Renewing the Ancient Contract

Marian Stamp Dawkins and Roland Bonney

Does animal welfare have a place in sustainable farming, or do the demands of a rising human population and the threat of climate change mean that the interests of animals ....

Global Map of Irrigation Areas (Version 4.0.1)

FAO

In global studies related to water use, food production or climate change, knowing the location of irrigate agriculture is important in order to assess better the impact of ....

Global Monitoring Report 2008

MDGs and Climate Change - Accelerating and Sustaining Development

World Bank

This report is essential reading for those who wish to follow the global development agenda and debate in 2008. It provides a comprehensive assessment of progress and ....

Global Sustainability

Social and Environmental Conditions

Alessandro Vercelli and Simone Borghese

The book analyzes the relationship between globalization and sustainable development. It presents analysis of the relationship between social and environmental conditions of ....

Great Debates in American Environmental History

Brian Black and Donna L Lybecker

Students today are often confronted with disputes over the state of the environment. But to understand the issues, students need to understand their long history. This set ....

Green Plans

Greenprint for Sustainability

HD Johnson

"Green plans" are the most effective strategies yet developed for moving from industrial environmental deterioration to postindustrial sustainability. In this definitive ....

In Dead Water

UNEP

The new rapid response report entitled In Dead Water has for the first time mapped the multiple and combined impacts of pollution; alien infestations; over-exploitation ....

Increasing Capacity for Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts

A Priority for the 21st Century

National Research Council

Marine environments support the livelihoods, economies, and quality of life for communities around the world. But growth of coastal populations and increasing demands ....

Innovation for a Low Carbon Economy

Economic, Institutional and Management Approaches

Edited by Timothy Foxon and Jonathan Kohler

This book shows that although innovations in energy systems represent a core contribution to achieving national and international energy policy goals, theoretical ....

Introduction to Wildlife and Fisheries

An Integrated Approach

CG Scalet, LD Flake and DW Willis

This book integrates the science of wildlife and fisheries. Updates include coverage of geographic information systems and biotelemetry; preferred structures for fish aging; ....

The Little Green Data Book 2008

World Bank

A pocket-sized reference on environmental data for over 200 countries which includes indicators on agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and ....

Managing Without Growth

Slower by Design, Not Disaster

Peter Victor

Peter Victor challenges the priority that rich countries continue to give to economic growth as an over-arching objective of economic policy. This challenge is based on a ....

Microbial Biotechnology in Horticulture, Volume 3

Edited by RC Ray and OP Ward

The application of microbial biotechnology to horticulture is of great importance, because it has the potential to increase productivity, to enhance quality and shelf-life ....

Off the Grid

Managing Independent Renewable Electricity Systems

Duncan Kerridge

While many major power companies now offer green tariffs, small-scale energy systems may offer a sensible and sustainable alternative to people who really want to know where ....

Organic Cereal and Pulse Production

A Complete Guide

Stephen Briggs

"Organic Cereal and Pulse Production" provides a comprehensive guide to the production of organic pulses and cereals across a range of organic farming systems in northern ....

Pearl Oyster Health Management

A Manual

SE McGladdery and FCJ Berthe

The pearl oyster industry is a growing multibillion dollar sector of molluscan aquaculture. The end product of pearl farming, the pearl, is unique to this sector. ....

Planning for Change

Guidelines for National Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production

UNEP

UNEP, with the support of the UK Government, is following up a key recommendation of the UN Marrakech Process meeting in Costa Rica (2005) to develop International Guidelines ....

Plant for the Planet : The Billion Tree Campaign

UNEP

The original goal of gathering a billion pledges in one year was exceeded in just five months. The billionth tree was in the ground in November 2007. By the end of January ....

Principles of Horticulture

CR Adams and MP Early

Principles of Horticulture is an excellent introduction to a wide range of aspects of commercial and leisure horticulture. Written in a highly accessible and readable style, ....

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on African Fish and Fisheries, Cotonou, Benin, 10-14 November 2003

Edited by Jos Snoeks, Philippe Laleye and Pierre Vandewalle

25 Papers. ....

Recreational Fisheries in the Mediterranean Countries

A Review of Existing Legal Frameworks

C Gaudin and C De Young

The purpose of this study is to provide a snapshot of recreational fisheries legal frameworks within the Mediterranean with a view to promoting homogeneous and ....

Report and Documentation of the Expert Consultation on Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas - Bangkok, Thailand, 21-23 November 2006

FAO

Deep-sea fisheries, as a result of technological development and market demand, are, in many areas, being exploited at increasingly unsustainable rates and, in some cases, with ....

Science and Environmental Education

Towards the Integration of Science Education, Experimental Science Activities and Environmental Education

Edited by Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro et al

The Self-sufficientish Bible

Andy Hamilton and Dave Hamilton

Identical twin brothers Andy and Dave Hamilton live in the centre of Bristol. Attracted to the pub and music scene of the bustling city, they still yearn for elements of 'the ....

Simple Methods for Aquaculture

FAO

Five training manuals on "Simple Methods for Aquaculture" and the "Handbook on Small-scale Freshwater Fish Farming" are presented on the CD-ROM. These manuals are ....

Sustainable Farmland Management

New Transdisciplinary Approaches

R Fish, A Seymour, M Steven and C Watkins

Examining the relationship between sustainability and farmland management in differing temporal spatial and production contexts - this book considers famrland ....

Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Edited by Sanjay Sharma

In recent years our understanding of corporate sustainability has moved from exploitation to exploration, from corporate environmental management to sustainable ....

Sustaining Life on Earth

Environmental and Human Health Through Global Governance

Colin L Soskolne

As global warming, famine, and environmental catastrophes have become daily news items, achieving a sustainable environment to maintain the future of life on Earth has become a ....

Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development

Macroeconomic Models and Empirical Methods

Edited by R Brau, A Lanza and S Usai

"Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development" highlights the opportunities and risks of nature-based tourism for economic development and explores selected strategies for ....

Trade, Poverty and the Environment

The EU, Cotonou and the African-Caribbean-Pacific Bloc

Adrian Flint

In the post-Lome era of cooperation, provides a detailed analysis of the relationship between the European Union and the African-Caribbean-Pacific ....

Water in Texas

An Introduction

Andrew Sansom

No natural resource issue has greater significance for the future of Texas than water. The state's demand for water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and recreational ....

Weed Management for Organic Farmers, Growers and Smallholders

A Complete Guide

Gareth Davies and Becky Turner

This well researched book covers all aspects of organic weed management. It is essential reading, not only for organic farmers, growers, and smallholders, but also for organic ....

Workshop on Status and Trends in Aquatic Genetic Resources

A Basis for International Policy, 8-10 May 2006, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

DM Bartley, BJ Harvey and RSV Pullin

Fish genetic resources (FiGR) comprise all finfish and aquatic invertebrate genetic material that has actual or potential value for capture fisheries and aquaculture. In ....

Worldchanging

A User's Guide for the 21st Century

Edited by Alex Steffen

Written by a collaborative of leading thinkers across a diverse range of industries, "Worldchanging" demonstrates that the means for building a better future lie all around ....

Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists

A Practical Approach

Robert C Elston and William Johnson

Today, anyone who attempts to read genetics or epidemiology research literature intelligently, needs to understand the essentials of biostatistics. This book - a ....

Bioinformatics

Volume 2: Structure, Function and Applications

Jonathan M Keith

Not only is the quantity of life science data expanding, but new types of biological data continue to be introduced as a result of technological development and a growing ....

Bioinformatics

Volume 1: Data, Sequence Analysis and Evolution

Jonathan Keith

Not only is the quantity of life science data expanding, but new types of biological data continue to be introduced as a result of technological development and a growing ....

Bioinformatics with R

Robert Gentleman

The Bioconductor project was initiated in 2001 to provide a resource of R packages that specifically address bioinformatics problems. Written by the leader of this project and ....

Biomedical Calculations

Principles and Practice

Richard Burton

'Calculating Science: Principles and Practice for the Biomedical and Life Scientists' is an accessible, student-friendly introduction to calculating, applying formulae and ....

Instant Notes in Bioinformatics

DR Westhead, JH Parrish and RM Twyman

The second edition of Instant Notes in Bioinformatics introduces readers to the themes and terminology of bioinformatics. It is divided into three parts: the first ....

Managing Geographic Information Systems

N Obermeyer and Jeffrey K Pinto

Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this widely adopted text and practical reference addresses all aspects of developing and using geographic information ....

Multivariate Methods in Chromatography

A Practical Guide

Tibor Cserhati

A comprehensive compilation and evaluation of the newest results in the field of enumerate evaluation of chromatographic data. ....

Wildlife Study Design

ML Morrison, WM Block, MD Strickland and WM Kendall

After the success of the first edition, Wildlife Study Design returns with a second edition showcasing a substantial body of new material applicable to the study design of ....

How to Get Research Published in Journals

Abby Day

Now in its second edition, this internationally best-selling book has been revised and updated. It focuses on helping people overcome some of the most common obstacles to ....

Water, Wastewater, Residuals, and Excreta Processing for Health and Environmental Protection

An Encyclopaedic Dictionary

Nicolas G Adrien

This dictionary defines over 25,000 key and ordinary terms related to water treatment, wastewater treatment, excreta disposal, residuals processing, and environmental health, ....