A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico

Fiona A Reid

This is the only field guide to provide comprehensive coverage of the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico. ....

Gorillas

The Gentle Giants

Martin Harvey and Letiyia Farris-Poussaint

Gorillas, once considered ferocious beasts, are now regarded as gentle giants. Only discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, the mountain gorilla has ever since been ....

Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

AJ Mitchell-Jones, F Moutou, J Zima and P Haffner

Covering over 400 species, this work presents all of the terrestrial mammal species of the Western Palearctic, serving as an excellent guide to the great wealth of fauna in ....

Maternal Effects in Mammals

Edited by Dario Maestripieri and Jill M Mateo

Evolutionary maternal effects occur whenever a mother's phenotypic traits directly affect her offspring's phenotype, independent of the offspring's genotype. Some of the ....

Pocket Guide to Mammals of East Africa

Chris Stuart and Tilde Stuart

East Africa comprises a varied range of habitats, which provide living space for more than 360 diverse species of mammal. These range in size from the elephant to the tiniest ....

Sexual Coercion in Primates

An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Aggression Against Females

Edited by Martin N Muller and Richard W Wrangham

Conflict between males and females over reproduction is ubiquitous in nature due to fundamental differences between the sexes in reproductive rates and investment in ....

Snow Monkeys

Wildlife Monographs

Heather Angel

Japan's sole monkey - the Japanese macaque - lives both in subtropical lowlands and in sub alpine regions. The animals living in the Japanese Alps, where snow blankets the ....

An Atlas of Wader Populations in Africa and Western Eurasia

Simon Delany, Tim Dodman, David Stroud and Derek Scott

This milestone publication is a compilation of current knowledge of the numbers, distribution and movements of one of the most remarkable groups of birds in the region ....

Bald Coot and Screaming Loon

A handbook for the curious bird lover

Niall Edworthy

Contains over 1000 pieces of remarkable information about birds, bird life and birdwatching. ....

Binoculars and People

Best Brin

Presents a highly illustrated and jargon-free account of the relationships between people and their binoculars since they first appeared in the early 17th century. ....

Bird Songs of Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula Volume 1

Antonio Celis-Murillo, Fernando Gonzalez-Garcia and Danny Meltzer

This collection of stereo recordings was made exclusively in the Yucatan Peninsula and contains bird songs of over 90 species, including endemics found only in this region. ....

Bird Watching in Sussex

Rob Yarham

An invaluable guide to the best spots in the county. ....

Birdwatching Walks in the Yorkshire Dales

Brendan Threlfall

The Yorkshire Dales is an enchantingly beautiful area in the heart of northern England. It is a land of limestone pavements and scars, fast-flowing rivers and dramatic ....

The Complete Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan

This brand new photographic field guide to the birds of Southern Africa presents more than 2500 images showing a wide selection of age and sex plumage variations, perched and ....

A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo

Susan Myers

This is the first comprehensive and accurate guide to the varied avifauna of this island biodiversity hot-spot, which comprises Brunei, the Malayan states of Sabah and Sarawak, ....

Important Bird Areas in Kazakhstan

Priority Sites for Conservation

Edited by SL Sklyarenko, GR Welch and M Brombacher

This book is the first inventory of Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Kazakhstan. The basic principles of the IBA programme, its justification and the methodology used for IBA ....

Important Bird Areas in Uzbekistan

Priority Sites for Conservation

Edited by RD Kashkarov, GR Welch and M Brombacher

This book is the first inventory of Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Uzbekistan. The basic principles of the IBA Programme, its justification and the methodology used for IBA ....

Kingfisher

Tales from the Halcyon River

Charlie Hamilton James

The kingfisher is one of the most bewitching of birds - strikingly beautiful in colour, unmistakably elegant in profile, incomparable when plunge-diving for its food. It is ....

Pocket Guide To Birds of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair

A photographic identification guide to 500 southern African bird species, this book replaces the "Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Africa" in a more user-friendly ....

Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo

Michael McCarthy

If we could see it as a whole, if they all arrived in a single flock, say, we would be truly amazed: sixteen million birds. Swallows, martins, swifts, warblers, wagtails, ....

Waterbirds in the UK 2006/2007

Andy Musgrove, Mark Collier, Alex Banks, Neil Calbrade and Richard Hearn

Presents the results of WeBS in 2006/7 and includes data from other national and local waterbird monitoring schemes. ....

Wings and Rings

A History of Bird Migration Studies in Europe

Richard Vaughan

This book is about the systematic or scientific study of bird migration - a chapter in the history of ornithology. The four individual ornithologists, pioneers of bird ....

Amphibia and Reptilia of Yunnan

Yang Datong

115 species of amphibians and 162 species of reptiles are described. Among them, are 7 new species of frogs. All of the species are based on over 20000 specimens of amphibians ....

Amphibian Ecology and Conservation

A Handbook of Techniques

Edited by C Kennneth Dodd

This practical manual of amphibian ecology and conservation brings together a distinguished, international group of amphibian researchers to provide a ....

The Amphibians and Reptiles of Cusuco National Park, Honduras

Los Anfibios y Reptiles del Parque Nacional Cusuco, Honduras

JH Townsend and LD Wilson

Not simply a field guide but a celebration of Cusuco and the remarkably diverse herpetofauna of this cloud forest reserve. Townsend and Wilson provide a fascinating ....

Crocodiles

Luc Fougeirol

Crocodiles have existed for 220 million years and they have fascinated mankind since the dawn of time. Honoured like Gods in ancient Egypt or venerated like guardian angels in ....

Crocodiles of Australia

Grahame Webb and Charlie Manolis

Written by the world's foremost experts on crocodiles, this book provides a fascinating insight into these intriguing creatures. The book begins by tackling the history of ....

Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia

M Tyler and F Knight

A fully illustrated guide to all the known frogs of Australia. Includes concise accounts of all 227 species within five main frog families: Hylidae, Limnodynastidae, ....

Sharks in British Seas - DVD

Blue Sharks, Threshers, Porbeagles, Basking Sharks and Others

Richard Peirce and Simon Spear

This is the first film to be made about the top predators with whom we share our seas. Names like Blue Shark, Thresher, Great White, Porbeagle, Basking shark and a host of ....

Zebrafish

Edited by Graham J Lieschke, Andrew C Oates and Koichi Kawakami

In the last 20 years, research activity using the zebrafish Danio rerio has increased dramatically, due in part to the ease of breeding and raising them, their genetic ....

Amazing Insects

JC Teyssier

This sophisticated photo anthology chronicles the behaviour of European invertebrates in their natural habitats over the course of three seasons with precise and vibrant ....

Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 88

Cerambicidos nuevos o Interesantes de Filipinas, Part II

Eduard Vives

Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 89 1ere Partie

Notes sur les Callichromatini asiatiques III Nouveaux genres et espèces de Callichromatini du sud-est asiatique,

JB Vives and S Chew Kea Foo

Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 90 2eme Partie

Notes sur les Callichromatini asiatiques III Nouveaux genres et espèces de Callichromatini du sud-est asiatique,

JB Vives and S Chew Kea Foo

Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics

Edited by Joel W Martin, Keith A Crandall, Darryl L Felder and Paul Martin

Although there is no shortage of publications on decapod phylogeny, the world's leading decapodologists had never before assembled with the sole purpose of elucidating these ....

A Dictionary of Entomology

G Gordh and DH Headrick

This fully updated new edition is a comprehensive, fully cross-referenced collection of terms, names and phrases used in entomology, incorporating an estimated 43,000 ....

For Love of Rhinoceros and Stag Beetles

Jonathan T Lai

2 volume set in slipcase. ....

Le Genre Eurysternus Dalman, 1824 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Oniticellini), revision taxonomique et cles de determination illustrees

F Genier

Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) are recognized and used as one of the principal bioindicators of ecosystem health and classification. The genus Eurysternus is one of ....

Guide to the Butterflies of the Paleartic Region: Papilionidae part 1

Subfamily Papilioninae, Tribes Leptocircini and Teinopalpini

T Racheli and AM Cotton

Key to the Identification of British Centipedes

AD Barber

This identification guide should enable non-specialists to identity the 57 species of centipede found on the island of Britain, including 7 species known only from ....

Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Archival Volume

Edited by RC Anderson, AG Chabaud and S Willmott

This volume is a republication in one volume of the 10 part CIH Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates, first published between 1974 and 1983. ....

Know Your New Zealand Insects and Spiders

John Early and Don Horne

New Zealand's insects include some of the world's most remarkable, including the giant weta (one of the world's heaviest insects, dating from dinosaur days) and the world's ....

Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2: Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae (part: Abraxini, Cassymini, Macariini)

Douglas C Ferguson

The text treats 169 species in 17 genera of North American moths of the geometrid tribes Abraxini, Cassymini, and Macariini. One genus, 22 species, and three subspecies are ....

SBF Volume 58: Centipedes

A D Barber

Aside from the insects, centipedes (Class Chilopoda) are some of the commonest larger arthropods found in gardens, waste ground, woodland, grassland and moorland. This new ....

A Short History of the Honey Bee

Humans, Flowers, and Bees in the Eternal Chase for Honey

E Readicker-Henderson

There are around 16,000 species of bee. Only seven of these are responsible for creating the world's sweetest treat - honey. Combining Ilona's gorgeous photography and E. ....

A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico & Central America

Jeffrey Glassberg

With 3,250 full colour photographs,A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico & Central America illustrates almost all of the more than 1,700 types of butterfly ....

Taxonomic structure of the subtribe Chrysochroina CAST. with Review of the genus Chrysochroa Dej.

Roman B Holynski

The Chrysochroina CAST. is a large (approx. 400 known species - some 3% of the World buprestid fauna - in 13 genera) subtribe inhabiting almost all tropical and subtropical ....

Echoes of Life

What Fossil Molecules Reveal About Earth History

Susan M Gaines, Geoffrey Eglinton and Jurgen Rullkotter

In 1936 a German chemist identified certain organic molecules in ancient rocks and oils as the fossil remains of chlorophyll, presumably from plants that had lived millions of ....

Fishes and the Break-up of Pangea

Edited by L Cavin, A Longbottom and M Richter

This volume, in honour of Peter L. Forey, is about fishes as palaeobiogeographic indicators in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The last 250 million years in the history of ....

Gideon Mantell and the Discovery of Dinosaurs

Dennis R Dean

A scholarly yet accessible biography of a pioneering dinosaur hunter and scholar. Gideon Mantell discovered the Iguanodon fossils, and several other dinosaur species, spent over ....

The Paleobiological Revolution

Essays on the Growth of Modern Paleontology

Edited by David Sepkoski and Michael Ruse

Paleontology has long had a troubled relationship with evolutionary biology. Suffering from a reputation as a second-tier science and conjuring images of fossil collectors and ....

Distribution and Ecological Preferences of European Freshwater Organisms, Volume 2: Plecoptera

Edited by W Graf, AW Lorenz, JM Tierno de Figueroa, S Lucke and MJ Lopez-Rodriguez

This book series provides comprehensive information on distribution and ecological preferences of European freshwater organisms. The first three volumes deal with ....

Freshwater Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Britain and Ireland: Keys to Adults and Larvae, and a Review of their Ecology

JM Elliott

The aquatic Megaloptera and Neuroptera (alderflies, lacewings and spongeflies) are fascinating and important elements of the freshwater fauna. Their low species diversity ....

The Silent Deep

The Discovery, Ecology, and Conservation of the Deep Sea

Julian Anthony Koslow

For hundreds of years, both scientists and novices alike underestimated the enormous diversity and richness of life in the deep sea. Ancient philosopher Pliny, for instance, ....

Tagging and Tracking of Marine Animals with Electronic Devices

Edited by Jennifer L Nielsen, Haritz Arrizabalaga, Nuno Fragoso and Alistair Hobday

The 2nd international tagging and tracking symposium was held in San Sebastian, Spain, in October 2007, seven years after the first symposium was held in Hawaii in 2000 ....

Darwin in Scotland

Edinburgh, Evolution and Enlightenment

JF Derry

This is the first book on Darwin and Darwinism that wholly concentrates on his time spent in Scotland and the key contributions to his future insights made by the Scottish ....

Displacement

The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art

Edited by Wu Hung

When it is completed in 2009 the Three Gorges Dam, a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangzi River in China, will generate enough electricity to power four cities the size of ....

The Earth Only Endures

On Reconnecting with Nature and Our Place in it

Jules N Pretty

For most of human history, we have lived our daily lives in a close relationship with the land. Yet now, for the first time, more people are living in urban rather than rural ....

An Environmental History of the World

Humankind's Changing Role in the Community of Life

J Donald Hughes

This book is an overview of human history in relationship to the natural environment, from origins to the present, with case studies of different societies in each period. ....

Landscape to Light

Neil M Gunn

Although Neil M. Gunn is well-known as one of Scotland's foremost writers of the 20th century, he is less well-known as a perceptive and meditative essayist who wrote on a ....

Letters from Alaska

John Muir, Robert Engberg and Bruce Merrell

John Muir (1838-1914), founder of the Sierra Club, was one of the most famous and influential environmental conservationists of all time. From 1879 to 1880 Muir traveled ....

Letters to Linnaeus

Edited by S Knapp and Q Wheeler

In 1758, Carl Linnaeus published the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, in which he named all of life as he knew it. Over 250 years his system of binomial scientific naming, ....

Local Science vs. Global Science

Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge in International Development

Edited by Paul Sillitoe

While science has achieved a remarkable understanding of nature, affording humans an astonishing technological capability, it has led, through Euro-American global ....

A Natural Calling

Life, Letters and Diaries of Charles Darwin and William Darwin Fox

Anthony WD Larkum

This book provides new factual material on Charles Darwin, following many years of research into Darwin's relationship to his cousin William Darwin Fox. It is a ....

Nature - Art and Structure

Mara K Fuhrmann

More than simply nature photography, Mara Fuhrmann's internationally recognised work brings an artist's eye to the forms, structures and textures of the natural world. In ....

Nature's Engraver

A Life of Thomas Bewick

Jenny Uglow

Thomas Bewick's (1753-1828) "History of British Birds" was the first field guide of its kind for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. ....

Phytographia Curiosa

Drawings from the Collection of the Library of the Botanic Garden

Francesca Cattaneo

Contains botanical drawings from rare and ancient books from the Library of Pavia Botanic Garden. ....

Remarkable Biologists

From Ray to Hamilton

Ioan James

Following on from the success of his two previous books, Remarkable Mathematicians and Remarkable Physicists, Ioan James now profiles 38 remarkable biologists from the last ....

Seton Gordon's Cairngorms

Edited by Hamish Brown

Seton Gordon's first book appeared when he was eighteen. In all he wrote 27 books, two specifically about the Cairngorms where he grew up and first explored and returned to ....

Steve Backshall's Deadly 60

Steve Backshall

Steve Backshall embarks on his most daring adventure yet. He has just six months to travel six continents and find 60 of the deadliest creatures on the planet for the ....

Unleashed

Catherine Eaton Skinner

"Unleashed" is a visual anthology of works by Catherine Eaton Skinner, portraying her passion not only for the animals of this world, but her relationship among them. Whether ....

Australia's Endangered Species

Neil Hermes

Provides detailed information on 130 species. ....

Bigfoot

The Life and Times of a Legend

J Blu Buhs

Last August, two men in rural Georgia announced that they had killed Bigfoot. The claim drew instant, feverish attention, leading to more than a thousand news stories worldwide ....

Galapagos

Fifty Years of Preserving Darwin's Natural Treasure

Edited by Tui De Roy

This gorgeous large-format book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Charles Darwin Foundation on Galapagos. The book comprises a series ....

Guide des Milieux Naturels de Suisse

Ecologie - Menaces - Especes Caracteristiques

R Delarze, Y Gonseth and P Galland

Comprehensive guide to Switzerland's natural environments. Each is given detailed treatment, with reference to ecology, human impact, identification of species (animal ....

The Lincolnshire Wolds

Edited by David N Robinson

The Lincolnshire Wolds are a range of hills in the county of Lincolnshire. They are a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and the highest area of land in ....

RSPB Where to Discover Nature

In Britain and Northern Ireland

Marianne Taylor and Peter Holden

This is the first book to explore in detail every RSPB reserve in Britain, from the wild forests of Caledonia and teeming seabird cities of the northern coasts, to the rolling ....

Secret Namibia

L Jouve and M Jouve

An evocative portrait of the secret and spectacular geological and other natural features of this wild country. ....

Vanishing Wilderness of Africa

Giovanni G Ballani

With its untamed landscapes and unsurpassed bounty of wildlife, Africa has long fascinated. At a time when our earth's fragile balance is in jeopardy, Africa is a more ....

Where to Go Wild in Britain

A Month by Month Guide to the UK's Best Wildlife Experiences

Edited by Louise Abbott et al

This work offers information on Britain's most spectacular locations and when to visit them. Discover the best of Britain's rich and diverse natural heritage, and enjoy the ....

A Year on Dartmoor

David Entrican

Dartmoor can present a mask of barren wilderness to the uninitiated. But for those willing to explore, the moor unfolds the secrets of its seasonal changes, revealing ....

Alexander Von Humboldt

The Botanicals of America

H Walter Lack

Created during Alexander von Humboldt's historic expedition to the Americas and Cuba-hailed by many as the "scientific discovery of America" - these intricate and ....

Algal Chemical Ecology

Edited by Charles D Amsler

This is the first ever book devoted entirely to the chemical ecology of algae. Algae from both marine and freshwater habitats are covered, as are macroalgae (seaweeds) and ....

Applied Mycology

Edited by M Rai and PD Bridge

Mycology is a major field in microbiology and the life sciences that has important applications in agriculture and the medical, pharmaceutical health and environmental ....

Arbres, Arbustes et Lianes des Zones Sèches d'Afrique de l'Ouest

Michel Arbonnier

A reference guide to aid the identification of the 360 species of flowers, fruits, leaves and trees of West Africa. ....

Assess 2.0

Image Analysis Software for Plant Disease Quantification

Lakhdar Lamari

Quickly and easily quantify disease symptoms on plants with Assess 2.0: Image Analysis Software for Plant Disease Quantification. Rapid measurement of leaf area, percent ....

Atlas de la flore sauvage de Bourgogne

Olivier Bardet, Eric Fédoroff, Gaël Causse and Jacques Moret

Cet atlas de plus de 700 pages decrit et repertorie l'ensemble de la flore sauvage de Bourgogne. Apres une presentation generale du territoire, les especes sont presentees ....

Atlas des Plantes protégées de l'Isère et des Plantes dont la cueillette est réglementées

Gentiana

Cet atlas de 320 pages presente 202 especes de plantes protegees ou dont la cueillette est reglementee dans l'Isere. Il expose sous une forme synthetique et attrayante le ....

Atlas illustré des Libellules de la région Rhône-Alpes

Edited by Cyrille Deliry

Avec 83 especes de libellules, la region Rh~ne-Alpes est la plus riche de France. ....

Atlas of Pollen and Spores of the Polish Neogene - Vol. 3 - Angiosperms (1)

Edited by Leon Stuchlik

The pollen and spores atlas of the Polish Neogene volume 3 - Angiosperms (1) contains descriptions and photo documentation of the following groups of pollen: inaperturate, ....

Biology and Breeding of Crucifers

Edited by Surinder Kumar Gupta

Considerable interest has developed in recent years in crucifers '(brassica)', particularly wild variations of these flowering mustard and cabbage plants, as these ....

Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume 6

Edited by M Lorito, SL Woo and F Scala

This CD provides papers from scientists that presented their research results at the 13th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions held in July 2007. ....

British Ferns (DVD ROM)

Clubmosses, Quillworts and Horsetails

James Merryweather

This DVD Rom is designed to complement James Merryweather's existing Fern Guide ....

Comfrey

Past, Present and Future

Lawrence D Hills

Comfrey is noted by both organic gardeners and herbalists for its great usefulness and versatility. Of particular interest is the 'Bocking 14' cultivar of Russian Comfrey. ....

Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants (10 Volume Set)

Edited by Chittaranjan Kole and Timothy C Hall

The Series Set offers a comprehensive review of the commercially relevant transgenic plants developed and presently utilized. Volumes 1-9 cover around 100 plant species, ....

Cotoneasters

A Comprehensive Guide to Shrubs for Flowers, Fruit, and Foliage

Jeanette Fryer and Bertil Hylmo

The genus Cotoneaster includes some of the world's most useful and beautiful hardy shrubs. They vary in size from compact groundcovers to large specimens; their foliage ....

The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks

Paul S Johnson, Stephen R Shifley and Robert Rogers

This new edition focuses on the diverse oak forests of the United States. The authors present principles on how to understand and manage oak forests to meet different ....

Essay on the Geography of Plants

Alexander Von Humboldt and Aime Bonpland

Edited by Stephen T Jackson and Sylvie Romanowski

The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799-1804 research expedition to Central and South America ....

The Essential Garden Design Workbook

Rosemary Alexander

"The Essential Garden Design Workbook" guides the reader through every stage of planning a garden - how to survey a site, how to choose landscaping materials, and how to develop ....

The Explorer's Garden

Shrubs and Vines from the Four Corners of the World

Daniel J Hinkley

If you thought the age of the great plant explorers was over, guess again. Dan Hinkley, founder of the legendary Heronswood Nursery, has scoured the globe for botanical ....

The Explorer's Garden

Rare and Unusual Perennials

Daniel J Hinkley

Hinkley''s quest for distinctive plants has led him on dozens of expeditions. This work, illustrated with photographs, presents his choice of some of the most interesting ....

Functional Organization of the Plant Nucleus

Edited by Iris Meier

While the cell nucleus was first identified in a plant, we know now far less about the plant nucleus than we know about its equivalent in animals or in fungi, because the ....

The Global Migrations of Ornamental Plants

How the World Got into Your Garden

Judith M Taylor

No matter where you live in North America, it is likely that the plants in your garden are descended from South American, Asian, Australian, or European plants imported here ....

Herbaceous Perennial Plants

A Treatise on their Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes

AM Armitage

The third edition of Herbaceous Perennial Plants: A Treatise on their Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes describes 3,600 species in 1224 pages. More than 300 ....

Herbicides and Plant Physiology

A Cobb

Herbicides continue to make a spectacular contribution to modern safe crop production. It is essential to understand how these compounds work in plants and their surroundings ....

Illustrated Flora of Mallorca

Elspeth Beckett

A comprehensive flora, illustrating and describing nearly all the species found on this Balearic island. There are brief initial notes on the Mallorcan habitats and flora. The ....

Integrated Management of Fruit Crops Nematodes

Edited by A Ciancio and KG Mukerji

The fourth volume of the "IPMD Series" covers, in three Sections, emerging issues in the integrated management of main nematode parasites of fruit, ....

Italian Gardens

G Masson

Originally published in 1961 as a complementary study to Geoffrey Jellicoe's architectural work, "Italian Gardens of the Renaissance", this book is intended to ....

Landscape, Power and Process

Re-Evaluating Traditional Environmental Knowledge

Edited by Serena Heckler

In recent years, the field of study variously called local, indigenous or traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) has experienced a crisis brought about by the questioning ....

Native Orchids from Gaoligongshan Mountains, China

Edited by Jin Xiaohua and Zhao Xiaodong

This book describes 352 species of orchids from Gaoligongshan Mountains in China. The 352 species belong to 94 genera. ....

Nymphaea (Water Lily)

Edited by Huang Guoliang et al

This scientific monograph describes 436 species of Nymphaea (Water Lily) among them 133 are blooming in the daytime, 20 are blooming in the night, 283 are cold- hardiness. ....

Parasitic Flowering Plants

H Heide-Jorgensen

Parasitic flowering plants are strikingly impressive and beautiful and hold many surprises of both general and scientific interest. Parasites also have great influence ....

Perennial Companions

100 Dazzling Plant Combinations for Every Season

Tom Fischer

Every gardener wants to create breathtaking designs with color, form, and texture. But perennial combinations present challenges: How do I know all plants will bloom at the ....

Phytophthora

Identifying Species by Morphology and DNA Fingerprints

ME Gallegly and C Hong

The genus Phytophthora, known as the "plant destroyer", is one of the most important group of disease causing organisms. This genus contains the potato blight pathogen, ....

Plant Proteomics

Randeep Rakwal and Ganesh Kumar Agrawal

Confidently face the challenges of proteomics research specific to plant science with the information in "Plant Proteomics", which will introduce you to the techniques and ....

Pocket Guide to Rhododendron Species

based on the descriptions for HH Davidian

JF McQuire and MLA Robinson

Pocket Guide to Rhododendron Species highlights the most important morphological features relevant to the recognition and identification of virtually every rhododendron ....

A Practical Guide to the Desmids of the West of Ireland

David M John and David B Williamson

The present guide covers the somewhat imprecisely defined district of Galway known as Connemara (Iar - Chonnacht) and south Mayo where yearly rainfall is exceptionally high ....

Red Data Book of the Polish Carpathians - Vascular Plants

Z Mirek

Two hundred and twenty four species have been finally included into the Red Data Book of the Polish Carpathians. They were selected after careful reviewing procedure from almost ....

The Sustainable Garden

Chris Beardshaw

Complete, practical guide to every aspect of sustainable gardening, ensuring that your methods are as green and eco-friendly as possible. Tending to your garden can require ....

Tall Perennials

Larger-than-life Plants for Gardens of All Sizes

Roger Turner

Grow up instead of out with tall perennials. These towering giants spice up borders, create drama, and can stop passers-by in their tracks, leaving them to wonder, what on ....

Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Ecology of Bark-Inhabiting and Tree-Pathogenic Fungi in the Cryphonectriaceae

M Gryzenhout, BD Wingfield and MJ Wingfield

This monograph aid in the identification and study of fungi in the Cryphonectriaceae. Numerous studies revising the taxonomy of Cryphonectria or reporting on new hosts of ....

Timber Press Pocket Guide to Bamboos

Ted Jordan Meredith

There are around 1400 species of bamboo spread throughout the world's temperate, tropical, and subtropical regions. They grow from sea level to high mountainous regions ....

Virus Diseases of Plants: Image Database Collection

OW Barnett

Visual identification of symptoms on plants is often the first indication that they are affected by a virus disease. This 2 CD set provides an international collection of ....

Animal Behaviour

An Evolutionary Approach

J Alcock

This new edition of Animal Behavior has once again been thoroughly rewritten with coverage of much recent work in animal behavior, while retaining the many successful ....

Animal Diversity

Cleveland P Hickman, Larry S Roberts and Allan Larson

Undergraduate textbook, emphasising the diversity, evolutionary relationships, functional adaptations, and environmental interactions of the animal kingdom. ....

The Cell

A Molecular Approach

Geoffrey M Cooper and Robert E. Hausman

Reflects the advances in the feild, including advances in understanding gene regulation by microRNAs, histones and epigenetic inheritance, and genomic analysis of mutations in ....

Chemosensory Systems in Mammals, Fishes, and Insects

Wolfgang Meyerhof and Sigrun Korsching

The sense of smell has varied roles in locating food, detecting predators, navigating, and communicating social information, whereas the taste system is focused on ....

Gene Expression and Manipulations in Aquatic Organisms

Edited by S Ennion and G Goldspink

The techniques of molecular biology offer a powerful means of investigating and controlling the genetic basis of mechanisms operating in living organisms. The ....

Geomicrobiology

Henry Lutz Ehrlich and Dianne K Newman

Reflecting important new discoveries and advances in the field, this fifth edition presents a survey of various aspects of geomicrobiology, including the microbial role in ....

A Guinea Pig's History of Biology

The Plants and Animals Who Taught Us the Facts of Life

Jim Endersby

"Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved," Darwin famously concluded The Origin of Species, and for confirmation we look to...the ....

Mitosis

Edited by Andrew D McAinsh

With the advent of modern methodology, the phenomenal complexity of the protein components and regulatory steps involved in mitosis has become approachable. In ....

Ophthalmic Disease in Veterinary Medicine

C Martin

The soft cover edition of this comprehensive, superbly illustrated textbook contains key updates to the text and references, reflecting the main developments in science and in ....

Practical Handbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Roger L Lundblad

Presented in a concise, logical, and easy-to-follow format, the revised and expanded second edition of the "Practical Handbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" ....

Protein Structure, Stability, and Interactions

Edited by John M Walker

In the areas of biochemistry and cell biology, characterizations of stability and molecular interactions call for a quantitative approach with a level of precision that ....

RNA Interference

Methods for Plants and Animals

T Doran and C Helliwell

RNA interference (RNAi) has been one of the most exciting and significant new methodologies to appear in the past decade, and it now finds widespread application. ....

Toxicogenomics

A Powerful Tool for Toxicity Assessment

Saura Sahu

Uncultivated Microorganisms

Edited by Slava S Epstein

The estimate for the number of existing microbial species is between 10 to the power 3 and 10 to the power 6, but only some thousands have been isolated in pure culture and ....

The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory

Why did Foragers become Farmers?

Graeme Barker

The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and ....

Before and After Darwin

Origins, Species, Cosmogonies, and Ontologies

MJS Hodge

This is the first of a pair of volumes by Jonathan Hodge, collecting all his most innovative, revisionist and influential papers on Charles Darwin and on the longer run ....

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

This special documentary was made to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of `On The Origin Of ....

Evolution

Douglas J Futuyma

Presents a comprehensive treatment of contemporary evolutionary biology. This title addresses major themes - including the history of evolution, evolutionary processes, ....

Evolution of Hominid Diets

Edited by Jean-Jacques Hublin and Michael P Richards

This volume brings together new and important research from the top experts in hominid diets across multiple fields. The objective of the volume is to explore if there is a ....

Evolutionary Genetics

From Molecules to Morphology

Edited by Rama S Singh and Costas B Krimbas

Richard Lewontin is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished evolutionary biologists of our time. He has contributed to science not only by his own work on evolutionary theory ....

Form and Function in Developmental Evolution

Edited by Manfred D Laubichler and Jane Maienschein

This book represents a new effort to understand very old questions about biological form, function, and the relationships between them. ....

The Fossil Trail

How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution

Ian Tattersall

Ideal for courses in Human Evolution, History of Paleoanthropology, and as a supplement for Introduction to Biological Anthropology, The Fossil Trail is a history of ....

Foundations in Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience

Edited by Steven M Platek and Todd K Shackelford

This book is an introduction to the emerging field of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience, a branch of neuroscience that combines the disciplines of evolutionary ....

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Evidence for Evolution

Richard Dawkins

150 years ago the momentous findings in Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook the scientific and religious world to its core. Perhaps more astonishing, ....

The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins

Richard G Klein

Since its publication in 1989, "The Human Career" has proved to be an indispensable tool in teaching human origins. This substantially revised third edition retains Richard G. ....

Personality

What Makes You the Way You Are

Daniel Nettle

Why are some people worriers, and others wanderers? Why do some people seem good at empathising, and others at controlling? We have something deep and consistent within us ....

Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates

Edited by Reinmar Hager and Clara Jones

Reproductive skew is the study of how reproduction is partitioned in animal societies. In many social animals reproduction is shared unequally and leads to a reproductive skew ....

The Sapient Mind

Archaeology Meets Neuroscience

Edited by Colin Renfrew, Chris Frith and Lambros Malafouris

The turn of the twenty-first century has seen a new era in the cognitive and brain sciences that allows us to address the age-old question of what it means to be human ....

Ecological Impacts of Non-native Invertebrates and Fungi on Terrestrial Ecosystems

Edited by Jon Sweeney and David Langor

Since the arrival of Europeans about 500 years ago, an estimated 50,000 non-native species have been introduced to North America (including Hawaii). Non-native species ....

Ecology

Concepts and Applications

Manuel C Molles

This introductory general ecology text features a strong emphasis or helping students grasp the main concepts of ecology while keeping the presentation more applied than ....

Ecology

The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance

Charles J Krebs

A classic work, which is a must for professional ecologists. It emphasises the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many ....

Holocene Palaeoenvironmental History of the Central Sahara

Edited by Jurgen Runge and Roland Baumhauer

The environmental setting within the Central Sahara was subject to considerable changes during Late Quaternary, mainly driven by major global climate variations, although human ....

The Princeton Guide to Ecology

Edited by Simon A Levin

A concise, authoritative one-volume reference to the field's major subjects and key concepts. Edited by eminent ecologist Simon Levin, with contributions from an ....

Seashore Ecology

J Merryweather

Nine PowerPoint lectures describe many aspects of the seashore, including shore types; tides and exposure; and the diversity, biology and zonation of the animals and plants ....

Assessment of Threatened Habitat Types in Finland: Part 1 & 2

A Raunio, A Schulman and T Kontula

This publication introduces the results of the first assessment of threatened habitat types in Finland, which was conducted between 2005 and 2007. The objective was to ....

Cave Biology

Aldemaro Romero

Biospeleology, the study of organisms that live in caves, has a tremendous potential to inform many aspects of modern biology; yet this area of knowledge remains largely ....

The Coast of Australia

Andrew D Short and Colin D Woodroffe

Australia has one of the longest, most diverse and pristine coastlines in the world. From the oldest rocks on the planet to those that are still evolving, the Australian ....

Environmental Assessment of Estuarine Ecosystems

Edited by Claude Amiard-Triquet and Philip S Rainbow

With contributions from international experts, this reference covers all aspects of estuaries from the physiological to the economical. Using a comparative case study of ....

Global Review of Forests Pests and Diseases

FAO

Insect pests, diseases and other biotic agents have considerable impacts on forests. They can adversely affect tree growth, vigour and survival, the yield and quality of ....

Grassfires

Fuel, Weather and Fire Behaviour

Phil Cheney and Andrew Sullivan

This book is suitable for all rural fire brigade members and rural landholders, students and teachers of courses on landscape and ecological processes, rural and peri-urban ....

Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems

Edited by Michael T Arts, Michael T Brett and Martin Kainz

Evidence now suggests that the roles of essential fatty acids as growth promoters and as indices of health and nutrition are fundamentally similar in freshwater and marine ....

Marine Hard Bottom Communities

Martin Wahl

Marine hard bottoms feature some of the most spectacular and diverse biological communities on this planet. These not only contain a rich treasure of genetic, taxonomic ....

Other Oceans

Wayne Levin

Photographic portrait of ocean life, the result of visits to fourteen aquariums in the United States and Japan and diving trips off the coasts of California (including Santa ....

Parks and Protected Areas in Canada: Planning and Management

P Dearden and R Collins

This collection provides a timely look at park management and planning in Canada by bringing together scholars from the fields of geography and recreation studies as well ....

Project Vesta: Fire in Dry Eucalypt Forest

Fuel Structure, Fuel Dynamics and Fire Behaviour

JS Gould, WL McCaw, NP Cheney, PF Ellis, IK Knight and AL Sullivan

Project Vesta was a comprehensive research project to investigate the behaviour and spread of high-intensity bushfires in dry eucalypt forests with ....

Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making

Edited by Thomas Dietz and Paul C Stern

Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often ....

Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-Eastern Australia

AG Floyd

A comprehensive reference to all 402 rainforest tree species in Victoria and New South Wales, including some distribution extensions into Queensland. The text is written in a ....

Repairing Paradise

Building International Order in an Era of Transnational Threats

William R Lowry

By the end of the millennium, many Americans realized they had made some serious misjudgments in their nation's interactions with the natural world. America's treasured ....

Sand

The Never-Ending Story

Michael Welland

From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary ....

The State of the World's Cities 2008/2009

Harmonious Cities

UN-HABITAT

The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. But with the concomitant strain this will place upon current urban infrastructures, what does this ....

Wilderness in National Parks

Playground or Preserve

John C Miles

"Wilderness in National Parks" casts light on the complicated relationship between the National Park Service and its policy goals of wilderness preservation and recreation. By ....

Health of Antarctic Wildlife

Edited by KR Kerry and Martin Riddle

This book provides a broad assessment of the health of Antarctica's and seals. It is set against the background of available scientific and environmental information and the ....

Nature's Matrix

Linking Agriculture, Conservation and Food Sovereignty

Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer and Angus Wright

The subject of "Nature's Matrix" is conservation of biodiversity but it differs from other books by proposing a radically new approach based on recent advances in the ....

Recommendations for Intertidal Biodiversity Surveillance

M Burrows, P Moore and S Hawkins

Surveillance monitoring is essential to meet both UK and international targets of halting the loss of biodiversity. To achieve this goal effective surveillance strategies ....

Saving Biological Diversity

Balancing Protection of Endangered Species and Ecosystems

Edited by Robert Askins, Glen Dreyer, Gerald R Visgilio and Diana M Whitelaw

The distinctive contribution of this book is that it presents a pragmatic approach for preserving biological diversity. Experts in a wide variety of fields, including ....

Adapting Cities to Climate Change

Understanding and Addressing the Development Challenges

Edited by Jane Bicknell, David Dodman and David Satterthwaite

This volume brings together, for the first time, a wide-ranging and detailed body of information identifying and assessing risk, vulnerability and adaptation to climate ....

Applied Hydrometeorology

Pukhraj Rakhecha and Vijay P Singh

This book "Applied Hydrometeorology" is intended to serve as a text for senior undergraduate or beginning undergraduate courses in hydro meteorology, and will also be ....

Atmosphere, Weather and Climate

Roger G Barry and Richard J Chorley

In its ninth edition, Atmosphere, Weather and Climate is the essential introduction to weather processes and climatic conditions around the world, their observed variability ....

Biology of Wastewater Treatment

NF Gray

This comprehensive text provides the reader with both a detailed reference and a unified course on wastewater treatment. Aimed at scientists and engineers, it deals with the ....

Carbon Markets

An International Business Guide

Arnaud Brohé, Nick Eyre and Nicholas Howarth

This book is the most comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding the opportunities offered by regulated and voluntary carbon markets for tackling climate ....

Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins

Edited by Kon-Kee Liu, Larry Atkinson, Renato Quinones and Liana Talaue-McManus

The book provides best estimates of carbon and nutrient fluxes in seven types of continental margins. In each type, these fluxes are reported in detail ....

Climate Change

Observed Impacts on Planet Earth

Edited by Trevor Letcher

The climate of the Earth is always changing. In the past it has altered as a result of natural causes. Nowadays, however, the term climate change is generally used when ....

Climate Change

The Science, Impacts and Solutions

A Barrie Pittock

In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet, in light of ....

Climate Change and Crops

SN Singh

Climate change is directly linked to the human activities, according to the Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC (2007). In last two decades of 20th Century, accelerated ....

Climate Change and European Emissions Trading

Lessons for Theory and Practice

Edited by Michael Faure and Marjan Peeters

This timely book focuses on the EU-wide greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme for major industries. It combines legal and economic approaches and reviews the major ....

Climate Change and Small Island States

Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific

John Campbell and Jon Barnett

Small island developing states are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many ....

Climate Change and Small Pelagic Fish

Edited by Dave Checkley, Jurgen Alheit, Yoshioki Oozeki and Claude Roy

This book details the effects of climate variability on small pelagic fish and their ecosystems and fisheries. Particularly abundant in coastal upwelling regions off the ....

Climate Change as a Security Risk

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber et al

Leading world experts explore the threats and how to create a robust international system to avert future instability and climate conflicts, such as the ongoing conflict ....

Climate in Peril

A popular guide to the latest IPCC reports

United Nations Environment Programme

Warming of the climate system is beyond argument, as shown by observations of increases in average air and ocean temperatures, the widespread melting of snow and ice, and ....

Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics

Principles and Parameterizations

Jerry Straka

This book focuses specifically on bin and bulk parameterizations for the prediction of cloud and precipitation at various scales - the cloud scale, mesoscale, synoptic scale, ....

Clouds in the Perturbed Climate System

their Relationship to Energy Balance, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Precipitation

Edited by Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J Charlson

More than half the globe is covered by visible clouds. Clouds control major parts of the Earth's energy balance, influencing both incoming shortwave solar radiation and outgoing ....

Conquering Carbon

F Jackson

A book to help consumers understand the consequences of carbon emissions and why we cannot afford to ignore them. ....

The Earths Ionosphere

Plasma Physics and Electrodynamics

Michael C Kelley

Although interesting in its own right, due to the ever increasing use of satellites for communication and navigation, weather in the ionosphere is of great concern. Every such ....

Eating the Sun

How Plants Power the Planet

Oliver Morton

Explains how biologists discovered photosynthesis and through it found a new understanding of the history of our planet. Photosynthesis is the most mundane of ....

Environmental Oceanography

Towards a Sustainable Marine Environment

Daniel C Abel

Environmental Oceanography is a scientifically based, multidisciplinary text that uses critical thinking and case studies to teach principles of oceanography and focuses on ....

Global Environmental Changes in South Asia

Edited by AP Mitra and C Sharma

For the first time, the 'South Asian Rapid Assessment Programme (SA RAP)' initiated by the 'Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START)' and supported by ....

Green Chemistry Metrics

Edited by Alexei Lapkin and David Constable

Quantifying the environmental impact of chemical technologies and products, and comparing alternative products and technologies in terms of their 'greenness' is a ....

The Health Practitioner's Guide to Climate Change

Diagnosis and Cure

Edited by Jenny Griffiths, Mala Rao, Fiona Adshead and Allison Thorpe

There are enormous health benefits from tackling climate change. This book provides an introduction to the links between climate change and health and provides practical ....

Implications of Climate Change for Biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories

JP McWilliams

The threat from global climate change is becoming an increasingly important issue for the UK to consider if it is to meet its responsibilities to biodiversity conservation ....

An Introduction to the World's Oceans

Alyn C Duxbury, Alison B Duxbury and Keith A Sverdrup

Introductory oceanography text intended for students without a background in mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, or biology. It emphasizes the role of basic ....

Life Cycle Assessment

Principles, Practice and Prospects

Ralph Albert Horne, Karli Verghese and Tim Grant

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has developed in Australia over the past 16 years in a fragmented way with many different people and organisations contributing to the area at ....

Mechanics of Wind-blown Sand Movements

Xiaojing Zheng and Ning Huang

Mechanics plays a fundamental role in aeolian processes and other environmental studies. This proposed book systematically presents the new progress in the research of aeolian ....

Mechanisms of Atmospheric Oxidation of the Alkanes

JG Calvert, RG Derwent, JJ Orlando, GS Tyndall and TJ Wallington

An international team of eminent atmospheric scientists have prepared Mechanisms of Atmospheric Oxidation of the Alkanes as an authoritative source of information on the ....

Planning for Climate Change

Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners

Edited by Simin, Davoudi, Jenny Crawford and Abid Mehmood

Climate change is changing the context of planning and shaping its priorities. It has strengthened the environmental dimension of spatial planning and has become a new ....

Saving Kyoto

An Insiders Guide to What it is, How it Works and What it Means for the Future

G Chichilnisky and KA Sheeran

For the first time in recorded history, humans are altering the planet in ways that endanger its basic life-support systems. Human emissions of carbon dioxide and other ....

Visualizing Environmental Science

Linda R Berg

This book follows a unique approach by placing a greater emphasis on visual learning as a means for environmental scientists to understand and connect with the central issues ....

Why We Disagree About Climate Change

Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity

Mike Hulme

Climate change is not 'a problem' waiting for 'a solution'. It is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon which is re-shaping the way we think about ourselves, ....

Advances in Geophysics

Earth Heterogeneity and Scattering Effects on Seismic Waves

Edited by Haruo Sato, Michael Fehler and Renata Dmowska

Seismic waves generated by earthquakes have been interpreted to provide us information about the Earth's structure across a variety of scales. For short periods less than 1 ....

The Cambridge Handbook of Earth Science Data

Paul Henderson and Gideon Henderson

This handbook presents an indispensable compilation of fundamental facts and figures about the Earth. It brings together reliable physical, chemical, biological and ....

Creep and Fracture of Ice

Erland M Schulson and Paul Duval

This is the first complete account of the physics of the creep and fracture of ice, and their interconnectivity. It investigates the deformation of low-pressure ice, which is ....

Discovering the Expanding Universe

H Nussbaumer and Lydia Bieri

The discovery of the expanding universe is one of the most exciting exploits in astronomy. ....

Environmental Chemometrics

Principles and Modern Applications

Grady Hanrahan

Multivariate, heterogeneous data has been traditionally analyzed using the 'one at a time' variable approach, often missing the main objective of discovering the ....

Environmental Geology

Carla W Montgomery

Environmental Geology, eighth edition, presents the student with a broad overview of environmental geology. The text looks both at how the earth developed into its present ....

The Future of Geological Modelling in Hydrocarbon Development

Edited by A Robinson, J Hegre, A Robinson and S Price

The 3D geological model is still regarded as one of the newest and most innovative tools for reservoir management purposes. The computer modelling of structures, rock properties ....

Gemstones

Properties, Identification and Use

Arthur Thomas

"Gemstones" is a comprehensive guide to the fascinating world of precious gems and ornamental stones. As well as the naturally occurring minerals that have long been ....

Geochemistry

An Introduction

Francis Albarède

Introducing the essentials of modern geochemistry for students across the Earth and environmental sciences, this new edition emphasises the general principles of this ....

Geodynamic Evolution of East Antarctica

Edited by M Satish-Kumar, Y Motoyoshi, Y Osanai, Y Hiroi and K Shiraishi

Geological correlations of East Antarctica with adjoining continents have been puzzling geologists ever since the concept of a Gondwana supercontinent surfaced. Despite the ....

The Geology of Ireland

Edited by Charles Hepworth Holland and Ian Sanders

Thoroughly revised and updated in light of recent research and with new chapters and contributors this is the first edition of 'The Geology of Ireland' to be illustrated in ....

Gravitational Systems of Groundwater Flow

Theory, Evaluation, Utilization

József Tóth

This book recognises groundwater flow as a fundamental geologic agent, and presents a wide-ranging and illustrated overview of its history, principles, scientific ....

Groundwater Geophysics

Edited by Reinhard Kirsch

Heavy Minerals in Use

Edited by Maria Mange and David Wright

The book is structured thematically, encompassing principles, processes and products, practice and applications. Discussion of processes that control heavy mineral ....

History of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology

Edited by RH Grapes, DR Oldroyd and A Grigelis

This book deals with various interesting aspects of the histories of geomorphology and Quaternary geology in different parts of the world. The papers cover a range of topics: ....

Introduction to Seismology

Peter Shearer

This book provides an approachable and concise introduction to seismic theory, designed as a first course for undergraduate students. ....

Label-Free Biosensors

Techniques and Applications

Edited by Matthew A Cooper

Label-free biosensors are devices that use biological or chemical receptors to detect analytes (molecules) in a sample. They give detailed information on the selectivity, ....

Landscape Evolution

Constraining the Roles of Denudation, Climate and Tectonics Over Different Time and Space Scales

Edited by K Gallagher, SJ Jones and J Wainwright

The morphology of Earth's surface reflects the interaction of climate, tectonics and denudational processes operating over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. These ....

The Little Book of Mathematical Principles

Robert Solomon

"The Little Book of Mathematical Principles" explains over 120 laws, principles, equations, paradoxes and theorems that are the foundation of modern mathematics. Making ....

Mathematics for Biological Scientists

Mike Aitken, Bill Broadhurst and Stephen Hladky

"Mathematics for Biological Scientists" is a new undergraduate textbook which covers the mathematics necessary for biology students to understand, interpret and discuss ....

Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks

Sam Boggs

This textbook outlines the physical, chemical, and biologic properties of the major sedimentary rocks, as revealed by petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and ....

Principles of the Magnetic Methods in Geophysics

Alexander A Kaufman, Richard O Hansen and Robert L Kleinberg

Magnetic methods are widely used in exploration, engineering, borehole and global geophysics, and the subjects of this book are the physical and mathematical principles ....

Reports on Astronomy 2006-2009 (IAU XXVIIA)

IAU Transactions XXVIIA

Edited by Karel van der Hucht

The Transactions XXVIIA Reports on Astronomy 2006-2009 provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of what has been achieved in astronomy during the years 2006 to ....

The Rock Physics Handbook

Tools For Seismic Analysis of Porous Media

Gary Mavko, Tapan Mukerji and Jack Dvorkin

The Rock Physics Handbook addresses the relationships between geophysical observations and the underlying physical properties of rocks. It distills a vast quantity of ....

Scientific Computation

Gaston Gonnet and Ralf Scholl

Using real-life applications, this graduate-level textbook introduces different mathematical methods of scientific computation to solve minimization problems using ....

Seismic Interferometry

Gerald Schuster

Seismic interferometry is an exciting new field in geophysics utilising multiple scattering events to provide unprecedented views of the Earth's subsurface. ....

Structural Geology

An Introduction to Geometrical Techniques

Donal Ragan

This combination of text and lab book presents an entirely different approach to structural geology. Designed for undergraduate laboratory classes, it provides a ....

Supercontinent

Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet

Ted Nield

To understand continental drift and plate tectonics, the shifting and collisions that make and unmake continents, requires a long view. The Earth, after all, is 4.6 billion ....

Sustainable Solar Housing 2-Volume Set

Edited by Robert Hastings and Maria Wall

This far-reaching and authoritative two-volume set examines a range of potential solutions for low-energy building design, considering different strategies (energy ....

Sustainable Solar Housing, Volume 1

Strategies and Solutions

Edited by Robert Hastings and Maria Wall

Volume 1 presents strategies and solutions, offering the reader a solid platform for assessing environmental and economic concerns for housing projects, and offers guidance ....

Sustainable Solar Housing, Volume 2

Exemplary Buildings and Technologies

Edited by Robert Hastings and Maria Wall

Volume 2 offers a detailed analysis of exemplary buildings in different European countries and examines in-depth the various technological options available. Aided by ....

100 Per Cent Renewable

Energy Autonomy in Action

Edited by Peter Droege

The greatest challenge of our time is to build a world based on the sustainable use of renewable power. Our massive dependence on fossil fuels has upset the very climatic ....

The 2nd International Forum on Biosecurity

Summary of an International Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, March 30 to April 2, 2008

Committee on International Outreach Activities on Biosecurity

The 2nd International Forum on Biosecurity, held in Budapest, Hungary on March 30 - April 2, 2008, represents the efforts of a number of individuals and organizations, over ....

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 99

Edited by Donald L, Ph D Sparks

"Advances in Agronomy" continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered ....

Agriculture and the WTO

Towards a New Theory of International Agricultural Trade Regulation

Fiona Smith

International agricultural trade regulation remains problematic despite the creation of the WTO and the specific Agreement on Agriculture in 1995. The persistent controversy is ....

Agriculture, Biodiversity and Markets

Livelihoods and Agroecology in Comparative Perspective

Edited by Stewart Lockie and David Carpenter

Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based ....

Agriculture, Human Security, and Global Peace

Edited by Mohammad Taeb and A H Zakri

Covering more than the conventional 'food-only' role of the agriculture, the international contributors to "Agriculture, Human Security, and Global Peace" detail how ....

Aquaculture

An Introductory Text

RR Stickney

Providing a broad and readable overview of the subject, this updated second edition of Aquaculture: An Introductory Text covers issues associated with sustainable aquaculture ....

Atlas of Global Development

A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges

Edited by World Bank Group

The key development issues facing our world today are vividly illustrated in "The Atlas of Global Development". Based upon authoritative data from the World Bank's World ....

The Atlas of Water

Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource

Maggie Black and Jannet King

The planet's finite supply of fresh water is under such pressure that soon it may be the most valuable commodity on earth. The new edition of this crucial and timely atlas shows ....

Becoming Good Ancestors

How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology

David Ehrenfeld

Unites in a single, up-to-date framework pieces written over two decades, spanning politics, ecology, and culture, and illuminating the forces in modern society that ....

The Biofuel Delusion

The Fallacy of Large Scale Agro-Biofuels Production

Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi

Faced with the twin threats of peak oil and climate change, many governments have turned for an answer to the apparent panacea of biofuels. Yet, increasingly, the progressive ....

Biofuels and Rural Poverty

Joy Clancy and Jon Lovett

"Biofuels and Rural Poverty" makes a unique contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of ....

Bioscience Ethics

Irina Pollard

Bioscience ethics facilitates free and accurate information transfer from applied science to applied bioethics. Its major elements are: increased understanding of ....

The Business Guide to Sustainability

Practical Strategies and Tools for Organizations

Darcy Hitchcock and Marsha Willard

Sustainability promises both reduced environmental impacts and real cash savings for any organization - be it a business, non-profit/NGO or government department. This ....

Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa

Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies

Ariel Dinar, Rashid Hassan, Robert O Mendelsohn and James Benhin

This landmark book encompasses a comprehensive quantitative analysis and assessment of the extent of potential economic impacts of future climate change, and value of ....

Communicating Environmental Geoscience

Edited by DGE Liverman, C Pereira and B Marker

This collection of papers addresses the issues surrounding communication of environmental geoscience. Geologists whose research deals with environmental problems ....

Conservation and Biodiversity Banking

A Guide to Setting Up and Running Biodiversity Credit Trading Systems

Edited by Nathaniel Carroll, Jessica Fox and Ricardo Bayon

The conservation of biodiversity is now big business. Whether called conservation banking, species banking, habitat banking, biodiversity banking, biodiversity offsets, ....

Cradle to Cradle

Remaking the Way We Make Things

Michael Braungart and William McDonough

With clear, accessible - even humorous - arguments, celebrated chemist Michael Braungart and inspirational architect Bill McDonough challenge the set-in notion that human ....

Designing High-Density Cities

For Social and Environmental Sustainability

Edited by Edward Ng

Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths and the use of public transport and therefore reduce ....

Ecological Economics

Edited by Clive Spash

Edited by a leading scholar in the field, this new four-volume Routledge Major Work brings together canonical and cutting-edge research in ecological economics. In tracing ....

Ecology and the Environment

Perspectives from the Humanities

Edited by Donald K Swearer

The scientific, political, and economic policy debates about the global environmental crisis have tended to ignore its historical, ethical, religious, and aesthetic ....

Economics of Forest Resources

Gregory Amacher, Markku Ollikainen and Erkki A Koskela

The field of forest economics has expanded rapidly in the last two decades, and yet there exists no up-to-date textbook for advanced undergraduate-graduate level use or ....

The Economics of Renewable Energy

4th Report of Session 2007-08 - Vol. 2 Report

House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs

The Government aims to increase renewable energy from 1.8 per cent to 15 per cent of energy consumption by 2020, in line with European Commission proposals. This report ....

The Economics of Renewable Energy

Recent Developments 4th Report of Session 2007-08 Vol. 2 Evidence

Edited by Lord Vallance of Tummel (chairman)

Economics of Water Resources (Two Volume Set)

Edited by R Quentin Grafton

R. Quentin Grafton brings together more than 90 previously published articles in this two volume collection on the economics of water resources. The articles featured cover a ....

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Three Volume Set)

Edited by GE Likens

Inland aquatic habitats occur world-wide at all scales from marshes, swamps and temporary puddles, to ponds, lakes and inland seas; from streams and creeks to rolling ....

Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption

The Rebound Effect

Horace Herring and Steve Sorrell

This book explores the reasons why improved energy efficiency may not reduce energy consumption. It provides a detailed analysis of the rebound effect and highlights its ....

Environment on the Edge

A series of lectures given by leading international figures that examine our current relationship with the natural world and discuss what tomorrow might bring. The lecturers ....

Environmental Crime

Wildlife Crime Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2003-04 Tenth Special Report of Session

Edited by House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee

The Environmental Food Crisis

The Environment's Role in Averting Future Food Crises

UNEP

A new rapid response assessment report released by UNEP warns that up to 25% of the world's food production may become lost due to environmental breakdown by 2050 unless ....

Environmental Hydrogeology

Philip E Lamoreaux, Mostafa M Soliman and Bashir Memon

Emphasizes actual engineering problems that the authors encountered and solved. Contains a glossary, conversion tables, and mathematical models of selected case studies. Covers ....

Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union

Edited by Julian Agyeman and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger

The legacy of environmental catastrophe in the states of the former Soviet Union includes desertification, pollution, and the toxic aftermath of industrial accidents, ....

Environmental Justice and the Rights of Ecological Refugees

Laura Westra

Climate change and other environmental problems are increasingly leading to the displacement of populations from their homelands, whether this be through drought, ....

Environmental Policy Integration in Practice

Shaping Institutions for Learning

Edited by Mans Nilsson and Katarina Eckerberg

Environmental values and concerns are meant to be reflected through environmental policy, which is then integrated into mainstream economic and social policy that serves ....

Environmental Tectonics

Forming Climatic Change

Steve Hardy, Andrei Martin, Marco Poletto and Steve Hardy

In relation to architecture, the terms Environment, Ecology and Sustainability remain loosely defined. Over the past two years the EES Research Cluster at the AA has ....

Environmental Valuation in Developed Countries

Case Studies

Edited by David Pearce

This is the second of two volumes of case studies that illustrate how environmental economists place values on environmental assets and on the flows of goods and services ....

The Ethical Travel Guide

Your Passport to Exciting Alternative Holidays

Polly Pattullo and Orely Minelli

Do you want a holiday that bypasses too familiar haunts and gives you a greater depth of experience? Do you want a holiday that is enriching for you - and for the locals at your ....

Feed-in Tariffs

Accelerating the Deployment of Renewable Energy

Miguel Mendonca

A feed-in tariff is a renewable energy law that obliges energy suppliers to buy electricity produced from renewable resources at a fixed price, usually over a fixed ....

Future Bioenergy and Sustainable Land Use

Schellnhuber Schubert and German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)

The 'bioenergy boom' of recent years has polarised opinion: while supporters claim that bioenergy can help to secure energy supply, mitigate climate change and create ....

Gene Cartels

Biotech Patents in the Age of Free Trade

Luigi Palombi

Starting in the 13th century, this book explores how patents have been used as an economic protectionist tool, developing and evolving to the point where thousands of ....

Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and the Law

Solutions for Access and Benefit Sharing

Edited by Evanson C Kamau and Gerd Winter

The need to regulate access to genetic resources and ensure a fair and equitable sharing of any resulting benefits was at the core of the development of the Convention on ....

Global Crises, Global Solutions

Edited by Bjorn Lomborg

Explores the opportunities for addressing ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: Climate Change, Communicable Diseases, Conflicts, Education, Financial ....

Governance and the Depoliticisation of Development

Edited by Wil Hout and Richard Robison

This book is about the way 'governance' has become the new orthodoxy of development, following earlier failed attempts at building working market economies through policy ....

Green Breakthroughs: Solving Environmental Problems Through Innovative Policies and Law

UNEP

This title describes policies and laws that have been used effectively to solve environmental problems. Success stories are drawn from 45 individual countries, as well ....

Grenadiers of the Worlds Oceans: Biology, Stock Assessment, and Fisheries

Edited by AM Orlov

Grenadiers or rattails are widely distributed in the oceans from the Arctic to the Antarctic. This is the first book to examine different aspects of the distribution, ....

The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings

Nick V Baker

The refurbishment of existing buildings is a neglected subject within sustainable architecture; attention is usually focused on new buildings. Old buildings can use large ....

How the Rich are Destroying the Earth

Herve Kempf

A best-seller in France, Herve Kempf's "How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth" now appears in its first English edition. In this important primer on the link between ....

Hydrogen Energy

Economic and Social Challenges

Edited by Paul Ekins

Hydrogen energy has the potential to make a major contribution to the resolution of pressing social and environmental problems such as carbon emissions, energy security and ....

The Indoor Environment Handbook

How to Make Buildings Healthy and Comfortable

Philomena M Bluyssen

Ensuring that buildings are healthy and comfortable for their occupants is a primary concern of all architects and building engineers. This highly practical handbook will ....

International Seafood Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

Edited by H Einarsson and W Emerson

The meeting included a range of views regarding the risks and challenges inherent to the recent developments in international seafood trade with views from government officials, ....

An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach

Freedom and Agency

Edited by Severine Deneulin and Lila Shahani

Since the publication of "Nobel Laureate", Amartya Sen's flagship book "Development as Freedom", development has been redefined in terms of human ....

Lessons from Traditional Architecture

Achieving Climatic Buildings by Studying the Past

Edited by Simos Yannas and Willi Weber

The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture. This has been rekindled by the need to develop an architecture ....

Living Waters

Reading the Rivers of the Lower Great Lakes

M Wooster

Whether tracing the history of hydropower development on the Niagara River or describing the search for a wizard's cave in the Zoar Valley, Margaret Wooster's Living Waters ....

Modelling Sustainable Development

Transitions to a Sustainable Future

Edited by Reyer Gerlagh, Valentina Bosetti and Stefan P Schleicher

This book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations ....

The Myth of Resource Efficiency

The Jevons Paradox

John M Polimeni, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro and Blake Alcott

'The Jevons Paradox', which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads ....

Nature in Common?

Environmental Ethics and the Contested Foundations of Environmental Policy

Edited by Ben A Minteer

This important book brings together leading environmental thinkers to debate a central conflict within environmental philosophy: should we appreciate nature mainly for its ....

The New Energy Crisis

Climate, Economics and Geopolitics

Edited by Jean-Marie Chevalier

Global warming reveals that the current evolution of the world consumption is on an unsustainable path. Humankind's insatiable appetite for energy has sparked a new crisis. ....

The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics

Edited by Bonnie Steinbock

Thirty topics are covered in original essays written by some of the world's leading figures in the field, as well as by some newer 'up-and-comers'. The essays address both ....

Pesticide Residues in Food 2008

FAO

The Meeting discussed the evaluation of possible hazards to humans arising from the occurrence of pesticide residues in foods. This report contains information on ADIs, ....

Photovoltaics in the Urban Environment

Lessons Learnt from Large Scale Projects

Edited by Bruno Gaiddon, Henk Kaan and Donna Munro

The concept of cities as potential photovoltaic power plants is rapidly gaining prominence, but until now there has been no large scale study of the impacts of such ....

Pollution Control Handbook 2009

Edited by Environmental Protection UK

The essential guide to pollution control legislation in force, covering industrial pollution control, air quality management and air pollution, waste management and ....

Reforming International Environmental Governance

From Institutional Limits to Innovative Reforms

Edited by W Brandee Chambers and Jessica F Green

This book takes up the question left unanswered at the World Summit on Sustainable Development : what international institutional framework would best promote the ....

Renewable Energy Engineering and Technology

Principles and Practice

Edited by V V N Kishore

This is the most comprehensive guide ever written on renewables technology and engineering, intended to cater for the rapidly growing numbers of present and future ....

Renewable Energy Project Development Under the Clean Development Mechanism

A Guide for Latin America

Elizabeth Lokey

Investment in carbon markets and renewable energy projects is leading the climate change business agenda. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a vital part of the investment ....

Report of the FAO Working Group on the Assessment of Small Pelagic Fish off Northwest Africa. Saly, Senegal, 6-15 May 2008

FAO

The Group assessed the status of the small pelagic resources in Northwest Africa and made projections on the development of the status of the stocks and on future effort and ....

Report of the Technical Consultation on International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas Rome, 4-8 February and 25-29 August 2008

FAO

The aim of the Consultation was to review the draft International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas which had been developed in order to ....

Stand-alone Solar Electric Systems

The Earthscan Handbook for Planning, Design and Installation

Mark Hankins

One of the best ways to get power to remote, off-grid locations, whether in developed or developing countries, is through the use of solar electric systems. This practical guide ....

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2008

FAO

This flagship publication of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, presents a world review of fisheries and aquaculture, including trends and statistics. It ....

Sustainability Criteria for Water Resource Systems

Edited by Daniel P Loucks and John S Gladwell

Water resources professionals have an obligation to conceive and manage water resource systems such that they will fully contribute to an improved quality of life for all ....

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

Organic Farming, Pest Control and Remediation of Soil Pollutants

Edited by Eric Lichtfouse

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Sustainable agriculture is a ....

Sustainable Land Management in the Tropics

Explaining the Miracle

Edited by Kees Burger and Fred Zaal

Bringing together case studies from Kenya, Benin, Cameroon and the Philippines, this volume provides a multidisciplinary overview of the economics of natural resource ....

The The New Economics

A Bigger Picture

David Boyle and Andrew Simms

Economics sometimes seems to be stacked against social, environmental and individual well-being. But it doesn't have to be like this. A new approach to economics - deriving ....

Total Water Management: Practices for a Sustainable Future

NS Grigg

Total Water Management: Practices for a Sustainable Future offers powerful and urgently needed tools to balance needs of water management and the environment. This book serves ....

Tourism Development and the Environment: Beyond Sustainability?

Richard Sharpley

The purpose of Tourism Development and the Environment is twofold. Primarily, it challenges the sustainable tourism development paradigm that has come to dominate both ....

Trade, Globalization and Sustainability Impact Assessment

A Critical Look at Methods and Outcomes

Edited by Paul Ekins and Tancrède Voituriez

Trade liberalisation, as promoted by the World Trade Organization (WTO) has become one of the dominant drivers and most controversial aspects of globalization. Trade ....

The UK Pesticide Guide 2009

Edited by M Lainsbury

The UK Pesticide Guide is the authoritative source of information on pesticides and adjuvants for UK agriculture, horticulture, forestry and amenity use. The UK Pesticide ....

The UN and Development

From Aid to Cooperation

Olav Stokke

"The UN and Development" provides the first comprehensive overview of the development policies and activities of the United Nations system from the late 1940s to the present. ....

The United Nations World Water Development Report 3

Water in a Changing World

Edited by UN World Water Assessment Programme

"The United Nations World Water Development Report", published every three years, is a comprehensive review providing an authoritative picture of the state of the world's ....

Water Loss Control

Julian Thornton, Reinhard Sturm and George Kunkel

Co-published from the American Water Works Association The Second Edition of "Water Loss Control Manual" updates methodologies, technologies, tables, figures, references, and ....

The Whole Building Handbook

How to Design Healthy, Efficient and Sustainable Buildings

Varis Bokalders and Maria Block

"The Whole Building Handbook" is a compendium of all the issues and strategies that architects need to understand to design and construct sustainable buildings for a ....

The World Economy, Population Growth, and the Global Ecosystem

A Unified Theoretical Model of Interdependent Dynamic Systems

Harland William Whitmore

This book provides a first-of-its-kind, three-country macroeconomic model that will provide researchers with a framework for analyzing the international economic and ....

World Fisheries and Aquaculture Atlas

FAO

Fisheries and aquaculture, and their related industries, play an essential role in the livelihoods of millions around the world - about 520 million people depend on the ....

Applied Stochastic Modelling

Edited by Byron JT Morgan, James V Zidek, Martin A Tanner and Bradley P Carlin

Highlighting modern computational methods, "Applied Stochastic Modelling, Second Edition" provides students with the practical experience of scientific computing in ....

Computational Systems Biology

Jason McDermott

The recent confluence of high throughput methodology for biological data gathering, genome-scale sequencing, and computational processing power has driven a reinvention and ....

Discovering Statistics Using SPSS

Andy Field

This book is an attempt to combine both statistical theory and practical application of that theory using SPSS. ....

From Protein Structure to Function with Bioinformatics

Edited by Daniel John Rigden

Proteins lie at the heart of almost all biological processes and have an incredibly wide range of activities. Central to the function of all proteins is their ability to adopt, ....

Geomorphometry

Concepts, Software, Applications

Edited by Tomislav Hengl and Hannes Reuter

Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land-surface analysis. It draws upon mathematical, statistical, and image-processing techniques to quantify the shape of ....

Handbook of Ecological Modelling and Informatics

Edited by SE Jorgensen, T-S Chon and FA Recknagel

During the last two decades the development in computer technology has been enormous. This development has of course also influenced the development of ecological models; the ....

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Kang-Tsung (Karl) Chang

"Introduction to Geographic Information Systems," 5e is designed to provide students in a first or second GIS course with a solid foundation in both GIS concepts and the use of ....

Probabilistic Methods for Bioinformatics

With an Introduction to Bayesian Networks

Richard E Neapolitan and Xia Jiang

The Bayesian network is one of the most important architectures for representing and reasoning with multivariate probability distributions. When used in conjunction with ....

Springer Handbook of Geographic Information

Edited by Wolfgang Kresse and David M Danko

Computer science provides a powerful tool that was virtually unknown three generations ago. Computer science has changed the shape of many classical domains. Often domains ....

Systems Biology and Bioinformatics

Kayvan Najarian, Shahriar Gharibzadeh and Christopher N Eichelberger

Emphasizing computational methods, "Systems Biology and Bioinformatics" provides an introduction to system biology and its impact on biology and medicine. The book reviews ....

Celebrating Research

Rare and Special Collections from the Membership of the Association of Research Libraries

Philip N Cronenwett, Kevin Osborn and Samuel A Streit

This compendium is a sampling of the abundance and variety of collections available for use. Special collections have been broadly construed to encompass distinctive, rare and ....

Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance

Richard E Saunier and Richard A Meganck

This unique dictionary and introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation ....

Information Technology in Librarianship

New Critical Approaches

Edited by Gloria J Leckie and John E Buschman

In the last 15 years, the ground - both in terms of technological advance and in the sophistication of analyses of technology - has shifted. At the same time, librarianship ....