Biology and Management of White-Tailed Deer

Edited by David G Hewitt

Sponsored by the Quality Deer Management Association, this book is the first comprehensive reference in more than 20 years on the white-tailed deer, the most studied ....

The Elephants and I

Pursuing a dream in troubled Zimbabwe

Sharon Pincott

An unplanned visit to South Africa's Kruger National Park changed Sharon Pincott's life as she knew it. She was a high-flying Information Technology specialist Down Under, but ....

Polar Bears

The Arctic's Fearless Great Wanderers

Anthony Dalton

Around the Arctic Circle, polar bears are at the top of the food chain. They have no natural enemies and are fearless, living on the ice and hunting seals - their favourite ....

Sri Lankan Elephant

A Celebration of Majesty

Vajira Wijegunawardane

100 Birds to See in Your Lifetime

David Chandler and Dominic Couzens

Contains entries on 100 of the most remarkable avian species across the world, illustrated with stunning photographs of each. Entries describe the natural history and ....

Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Suriname

OH Ottema, JHJM Ribot and AL Spaans

For a small country, Suriname has a rich avifauna, with a total of 739 species and subspecies. This checklist presents data on the life zones and habitats where the ....

Aves de Cuba

Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba

Orlando H Garrido, Arturo Kirkconnell and Roman Company

This Spanish-language edition of the groundbreaking Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba provides all Spanish-speaking visitors to the country and its citizens with an ....

Avifauna of the Eastern Himalayas and Southeastern Sub-Himalayan Mountains

Center of Endemism or Many Species in Marginal Habitats?

Edited by Swen C Renner and John H Rappole

Bird Watch

A Survey of Planet Earth's Changing Ecosystems

Martin Walters and Jonathan Elphick

From the tufted puffin in the Pacific Northwest to the hook-billed hermit in the Brazilian rainforest, birds suffer from the effects of climate change in every corner of ....

Birds of Melanesia

Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia

Guy Dutson

This new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarks to Vanuatu, a popular ....

The Birds of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica

N Sauberer et al

This booklet about the birds of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica contains descriptions well over a hundred of the characteristic birds of the region. Species descriptions and ....

Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

Carol Inskipp, Richard Grimmett and Tim Inskipp

This is a new edition, in paperback, of the authors' groundbreaking Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (1998) and covers all the bird species found in India, Pakistian, Sri ....

Coastal Waders and Wildfowl in Winter

Edited by PR Evans, JD Goss-Custard and WG Hale

This book arose from an international meeting held at Texel in the Netherlands in April 1981 to discuss the feeding requirements and behaviour of shorebirds and coastal ....

Conservación Colombiana 13

A new species of Antpitta from the Colibrí del Sol Bird Reserve, Columbia/Revision of the status of bird species in Colombia / Una nueva especie de tororoi de la Reserva Natural de las Aves Colibri del Sol, Colombia/Revision del estatus de especies de aves en Colombia

Fundacion ProAves

Ethno-Ornithology

Birds and Indigenous People, Culture and Society

Edited by Sonia Tidemann and Andrew Gosler

An African proverb states that when a knowledgeable old person dies, a whole library disappears. In that light, this book presents knowledge that is new or has not been ....

Fauna of Inner Mongolia, Volume 3

Aves Non-passeriformes

Xu Rigan

The general introduction includes the species and distribution of non-passeriformes in Inner Mongolia, the environment of the Inner Mongolia, the characteristics of the Avian ....

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Gambia and Senegal

Nik Borrow, Ron Demey and Tony Disley

This new field guide covers The Gambia, a country which is very popular with a large number of birders and tourists, and the whole of neighbouring Senegal. This fascinating ....

The Poetry of Birds

Edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee

Birds are the most obvious wild things we have around us. They are much watched and much loved, not least by poets. ....

Sandhill and Whooping Cranes

Ancient Voices Over America's Wetlands

Paul A Johnsgard

Driving west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard remarks, is like driving backward in time. "I suspect," he says, "that the migrating cranes of a pre-ice ....

Town and Country Birds

Andy Clements

This highly illustrated guide helps you to spot Britain's varied selection of town and country birds. Each entry features a log section where you can record your own findings, ....

Was Beethoven a Birdwatcher?

A Bird's Eye History of the World

David Turner

Did the Cetti's Warbler inspire the opening notes of the last movement of Beethoven's Second Symphony? Who among a host of rivals wrote the best poem about the nightingale? ....

The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica

Edited by R Albert et al

This booklet about the amphibians and reptiles of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica, contains descriptions of the majority of the region's species. Species descriptions and ....

Amphibians and Reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago (Peninsula Malaysia)

A Field Guide

LL Grismer

Amphibians of Malawi

An Analysis of their Richness and Diversity in a Changing Landscape

V Mercurio

Frogs and Toads

Chris Mattison

With nearly 6,000 species currently identified, frogs and toads are the most familiar and abundant amphibians on the planet. They were the first vertebrates to make a sound, ....

Pocket Professional Guide to Lizards

More Than 300 Essential-To-Know Species

Robert G Sprackland

This book is an essential directory to more than 300 lizard species, including readily available terrarium choices plus dozens of seldom seen and rare species that are of ....

Reptile Habitat Management Handbook

Paul Edgar, Jim Foster and John Baker

This handbook brings together habitat management advice for all native UK reptiles. The half dozen species here have experienced population declines, and are now all ....

Rhacodactylus: Biologie, Haltung und Zucht mit Einem Farbigen Anhang Weiterer Geckoarten Neukaledoniens

R Seipp and FW Henkel

Standard work on this New Caledonian genus of gecko. ....

Rhacodactylus: Biology, Natural History and Husbandry

R Seipp and FW Henkel

Standard work on this New Caledonian genus of gecko. ....

The Snakes of Honduras

Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation

James R McCranie

Honduras is the second largest of the seven Central American countries. Its snake fauna, however, has been one of the least known in the region and numerous studies have ....

The Snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia

R De Lang

A field guide to the terrestrial and semi-aquatic snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands with identification key. ....

Circulation in Fishes

G H Satchell

When this book was published in 1971, there were several thousand papers dealing with the structure and functions of the heart and blood vessels of fishes. This monograph ....

Fish Evolution and Systematics: Evidence from Spermatozoa

With a Survey of Lophophorate, Echinoderm and Protochordate Sperm and an Account of Gamete Cryopreservation

BGM Jamieson

Brings together the literature on fish spermatozoa and voluminous work on the evolutionary history of fishes to provide a detailed synthesis of the two fields of fish ....

Fishes of Indiana

A Field Guide

Thomas P Simon

Indiana has more fish species than any other state north of the Ohio River. This rich variety of fish fauna is on display in this informative and beautifully illustrated ....

Shark!

Killer Tales from the Dangerous Depths

Robert Reid

SHARK! The cry that strikes fear into the hearts of beach lovers around the world. It carries a chill of terror, that death is nearby and waiting. Or injuries so shocking ....

Wrasses and Parrotfishes

The Complete Illustrated Guide to their Identification and Captive Care

Scott W Michael

This guide provides authoritative coverage of popular and rare species that are among the most sought-after in the aquarium world. In addition to the illustrations, tip ....

Agricultural Acarology

Introduction to Integrated Mite Management

Marjorie A Hoy

This volume covers the basic biology, behavior, and ecology of key mite pests and of their important natural enemies. It emphasizes the appropriate use of diverse control ....

Annotated Checklist of Indian Marine Molluscs (Cephalopoda, Bivalvia and Scaphopoda), Part 1

Ramakrishna and A Dey

This book includes details of all known species of marine molluscs from India in the classes Cephalopoda, Bivalvia and Scaphopoda. The work was based mainly on the ....

Beekeeping

A Seasonal Guide

Ron Brown

A charming and practical guide for anyone wishing to keep bees, accompanying the would-be beekeeper through every season of the bee-keeping year. From spring awakening ....

Biodiversity of Spiders

NP Singh and Vijay Sihag

Spiders are ubiquitous in natural and agricultural habitats. They are useful indicators of overall species richness and the health of terrestrial communities. This book ....

Butterflies

Spotting and Identifying Britain's Butterflies

Matthew Oates

Our unique fascination with butterflies has been a gloriously British pastime since the early 18th century, through the Victorian butterfly mania of the 1890s and two World ....

Butterflies Fauna of Jinggangshan

Chen Chunquan and Jia Fenghai

Butterflies of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica

H Krenn et al

This guide book focuses on the butterflies of the Golfo Dulce Region in Costa Rica. It introduces the reader to a representative selection of species from the region. The text ....

Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7

Curculionoidea I

Edited by I Löbl and A Smetana

The aim of Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera is to provide a tool that addresses the most urgent needs: 1) a list of available names, both valid and invalid, of taxa ....

Corbiculate Bees of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica

S Jarau et al

This booklet about the corbiculate bees of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica, features the majority of the species of the region. Species descriptions and many colour ....

Damselflies of Texas

A Field Guide

John C Abbott

On any warm summer day, you can easily observe damselflies around a vegetated pond or the rocks along the banks of a stream. Like the more familiar ....

Dragonflies of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica

S Scheeweihs et al

This booklet about the dragonflies of the Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica features the majority of the species of the region. Species descriptions and many colour ....

Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 54: Lepidoptera Geometridae Geometrinae

Han Hongxiang and Xue Dayong

This volume of Fauna Sinica deals with the systematics and fauna of Geometrinae from China, where bestrides both Palaearctic and Oriental regions. The whole work includes ....

Gnaphosid Genera of the World

John Murphy

With more than 2000 described species in over 100 genera, Gnaphosidae is the seventh most diverse spider family, out of 108. Gnaphosids are distributed over all parts of the ....

Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region: Satyrinae Part 4

Tribe Satyrini, Subtribe Maniolina

W Eckweiler and GC Bozano

Maniola, Pyronia, Aphantopus, Hyponephele. This volume includes the first ever full revision of the genus Hyponephele. ....

Insect Ecology

An Ecosystem Approach

Edited by Timothy D Schowalter

This book provides a modern perspective of insect ecology that integrates two approaches traditionally used to study insect ecology: evolutionary and ecosystem. This integration ....

Insect Herbivore - Host Dynamics

Tree-Dwelling Aphids

Tony Dixon

Literature currently available on the population dynamics of insect herbivores tends to favour top-down regulation of abundance by the action of natural enemies. This unique ....

Insects in Helan Mountain of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Ningxia Helanshan Kunchong)

Wang Xinpu and Yang Guijun

This book is divided into two parts. Part I is general account, which is introduced the natural situation and biological resources in the Helan Mountain Natural Reserve of ....

Klic k Urcovani Drepciku (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) Ceska a Slovenska

Petr Cizek and Serge Doguet

Flea-beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics. ....

Der Kosmos Libellenführer

Alle Arten Mitteleuropas

Heiko Bellmann

Photo identification guide to 85 species of dragonfly in Europe. Includes ecological and life history background, keys and bibliography. ....

Longhorn Beetles of Yunan

Li Lisha

This book is divided into preface, outline, classification, the directory of longicorn beetle, new species and new records of species. The book tells us 512 species of ....

Phytoseiidae and Otopheidomenidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the World

A Self Study Guide

Vikram Prasad

This is the first book in color on the plant and stored mite predatory mite family Phytoseiidae and the sister group ectoparasitic parasitic insect associated mite family ....

Phytoseiidae of North America and Hawaii (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Harold A Denmark and Gregory A Evans

This is the first book on the very important predatory mite family Phytoseiidae of North America and Hawaii. These mites are found on plants, in soil, forest litter and stored ....

Squat Lobsters

Biology of the Marine Decapod Crustacean Families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae

Edited by Gary CB Poore, Shane T Ahyong and Joanne Taylor

Edited and written by the widely acknowledged global experts in the field, this comprehensive volume summarizes the state of knowledge of squat lobsters, facilitates ....

World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 10: Psychidae (Lepidoptera)

T Sobczyk

This volume includes details of around 1300 species of Psychidae. ....

Applications of Palaeontology

Techniques and Case Studies

Robert Wynn Jones

Palaeontology, the scientific study of fossils, has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. ....

The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil

Window into an Ancient World

Edited by David Martill, Gunter Bechly and Robert Loveridge

This beautifully illustrated volume describes the entire flora and fauna of the famous Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil - one of the world's most important fossil ....

Dino Gangs

The New Biology of Dinosaurs

Philip J Currie and Josh Young

With his groundbreaking new findings and extensive research, palaeontologist and dino hunter Dr Phil Currie challenges the very foundations of traditional dinosaur theories. ....

Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia

Edited by Angel Galobart, Maite Suñer and Begoña Poza

Eastern Iberia contains one of the richest fossil records of Mesozoic vertebrates in Europe. This record spans an 80-million-year period that includes key moments in Earth's ....

The Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution

Else Marie Friis, Peter R Crane and Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen

The recent discovery of diverse fossil flowers and floral organs in Cretaceous strata has revealed astonishing details about the structural and systematic diversity of early ....

The Fossil Hunter

Dinosaurs, Evolution and the Woman whose Discoveries Changed Science

Shelley Emling

In 1811, when she was only twelve years old, Mary Anning discovered the first dinosaur skeleton - of an ichthyosaur - while fossil hunting on the cliffs of Lyme Regis. Mary, ....

Fossils in Amber

Remarkable Snapshots of Prehistoric Forest Life

D Penney and DI Green

Fossils preserved in amber provide us with a unique insight into the biodiversity and ecology of long extinct tropical forests. Today, similar habitats contain a major ....

Links with the Past in the Plant World

A C Seward

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a ....

Plants and the K-T Boundary

Douglas J Nichols and Kirk Johnson

In Plants and the K-T Boundary, two of the world's leading experts in palynology and paleobotany provide a comprehensive account of the fate of land plants during the 'great ....

Tretihorní Fauna Severoceské Hnedouhelné Pánve / Tertiary Fauna of Northbohemian Basin

Zdenek Dvorák, Karel Mach, Jakub Prokob and Stanislav Knor

This book features details of fossils found in the brown coal basin of Northern Bohemia. ....

The Great Barrier Reef

History, Science, Heritage

James Bowen and Margarita Bowen

Comprehensive cultural and ecological history of European impact, from early voyages of discovery to the most recent developments in reef science and management, providing a ....

Illustrated Keys to Free-Living Invertebrates of Eurasian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Deep Waters, Vol. 2

Edited by GN Buzhinskaja

This illustrated volume contains identification keys to nine taxonomic groups of arctic invertebrates - Nemertea, Cephalorhyncha, Oligochaeta, Hirudinida, Pogonophora, Echiura, ....

The Littoral Fauna of the British Isles

A Handbook for Collectors

N B Eales and Stanley Kemp

Originally published in 1967, as the fourth edition of a text first published in 1939, this reference book provided the serious student of marine biology with the means of ....

Marine Aquarium Handbook: Beginner to Breeder

Martin A Moe Jr

This indispensable resource - the bestselling saltwater aquarium book of all time - is now available in a completely updated and redesigned third edition that includes ....

Marine Mikroorganismer i Sand

Jahn Throndsen and Wenche Eikrem

Marine Pictolife Eastern Atlantic (and British Isles)

The third in the series of fully waterproof marine species identification guides for diving, boating and the beach. It also incorporates a blank waterproof page for ....

Marine Pictolife Mediterranean Sea

The second in the series of fully waterproof marine species identification guides for diving boating and the beach. It also incorporates a blank waterproof page for ....

Seashore Detectives' Handbook

Camilla De la Bedoyere

This practical handbook enables readers to identify more than 40 UK coastal wildlife species. Readers are encouraged to personalize their handbook by adding photos, making ....

Seashore Safaris

Exploring Rocky and Sandy Seashores with Judith Oakley

Judith Oakley

Marine biologist Judith Oakley explores and explains the diversity of British seashores in her new book Seashore Safaris. ....

The African Naturalist

The Life and Times of Rodney Carrington Wood 1889-1962

David Happold

Rodney Wood was a remarkable man - a great naturalist who spent 50 years mainly in Nyasaland (now Malawi) studying and collecting mammals, birds, fish, insects, shells and ....

Cicerone Guides: Walking on Guernsey

With Routes on Alderney, Sark and Herm

Paddy Dillon

Located closer to France than to Britain, Guernsey has always been an intriguing destination for travellers. British visitors feel like they're at home and abroad at the ....

Cicerone Guides: Walking on Jersey

24 Routes and the Jersey Coastal Walk

Paddy Dillon

Famous for its sunshine, history and wonderful coastline, Jersey is an intriguing destination for travellers. Outwardly British but with French overtones, it is a compact ....

Countryfile: Adam's Farm

My Life on the Land

Adam Henson

In 2001, Adam Henson was chosen from 3,500 applicants to become a presenter on Countryfile. Adam's agricultural knowledge and open manner soon made him a popular ....

Deep Country

Five Years in the Welsh Hills

Neil Ansell

Neil Ansell spent five years living between the back of beyond and the middle of nowhere, on his own, with no electricity, gas or water and effectively only the wildlife ....

Dog Days, Raven Nights

John Marzluff, Colleen Marzluff and Bernd Heinrich

Twenty years ago, fresh out of graduate school and recently married, John and Colleen Marzluff left Arizona for a small cabin in the mountains of western Maine. Their ....

A Fleur d'Eau

Michel Loup and Aino Adriaens

Michel Loup is a prize-winning photographer drawn to underwater scenes of great beauty, whether of weeds and reeds at the bottom of lakes and ponds, waterlilies seen from ....

John James Audubon's Journal of 1826

The Voyage to the Birds of America

John James Audubon, Daniel Patterson and John Knott

John James Audubon, an early American naturalist and painter, produced one of the greatest works of natural history and art of the nineteenth century, The Birds of ....

Life: The Wonders of Life

The Amazing World of Nature

This books features stunning nature photography from the pages of Life Magazine. ....

The Man in Seat 61 - Worldwide

A Guide to Train Travel Beyond Europe

Mark Smith

Mark Smith is the Man in Seat Sixty-One. Although this might make him sound like a fictional spy, he is in fact the man behind the massively popular seat61.com website, ....

Mountain Adventures in the Maurienne

The Vanoise and Dauphiné Alps

Andy Hodges

This guide offers all the inspiration needed for a multi-activity holiday in the Haute Maurienne, in the French Alps. With many suggestions for day walks, mountaineering ....

An Optimist's Tour of the Future

Mark Stevenson

Mark Stevenson has been to the future a few years ahead of the rest of us - and reckons it has a lot going for it. His voyage of discovery takes him to Oxford to meet ....

Physics of the Future

How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Michio Kaku

Based on interviews with over three hundred of the world's top scientists, who are already inventing the future in their labs, Kaku - in a lucid and engaging fashion - ....

The View from Lazy Point

A Natural Year in an Unnatural World

Carl Safina

Beginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island, the author takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass, from the high Arctic south ....

Weather Forecasting

The Country Way

Robin Page

Ever wanted to know if the sun will really shine tomorrow? ....

Wild Vision

In Celebration of the Natural World

John Beatty

Thirty years ago a young man sailed by way of the Falkland Islands to Antarctica, where he was to work as a field assistant on the British Antarctic Survey. This adventure, ....

American Georgics

Writings on Farming, Society, and Culture, 1782-present

Edited by Edwin C Hagenstein, Sara M Gregg and Brian Donahue

From Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to Michelle Obama's White House organic garden, the image of America as a nation of farmers has persisted from the beginnings of the ....

At the Water's Edge

A Personal Quest for Wildness

John Lister-Kaye

For the last thirty years John Lister-Kaye, one of Britain's best-known nature writers, has taken the same circular walk from his home deep in a Scottish glen up to a small ....

Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places

500 Ways to Discover the Wild

Christopher Somerville

Christopher Somerville takes us a journey of discovery through Britain and Ireland, spanning their length and breadth as he seeks out 500 of his favourite Wild Places in ....

Cicerone Guides: The High Tatras

Walks, Treks and Scrambles

Colin Saunders and Renata Narozna

A detailed guide to the Tatras, a deservedly popular area between Poland and Slovakia, complete with details of the White and Western Tatras. ....

Cicerone Guides: Trekking in the Stubai Alps

Stubai Rucksack Route and Glacier Tour

Allan Hartley

Third edition trekking guide to two multi-day hut-to-hut tours in the stunningly scenic Austrian Tyrol, Europe, south of Innsbruck - the Stubai Rucksack Route (or Hohen Weg) ....

Crystal Wood

Chris Yates

A sublime journey into the heart of the British countryside, guided by one of the masters of nature writing who notices the sublime and explains the hidden. Last ....

Ecosystem Diversity in the Piedras Blancas National Park and Adjacent Areas (Costa Rica), with the first vegetation map of the area

A Weissenhofer et al

The Golfo Dulce region is botanically one of the most diverse areas in Central America. During the last 15 years, research plots have been established in the Piedras Blancas ....

Essential Illustrated Wildlife Guide to Southern Africa

Edited by David Bristow

This completely revised and easy-to-use guide to Southern Africa features detailed descriptions and clear, colour illustrations of over 600 of the most common southern ....

A Guide to the Knobstone Trail

Indiana's Longest Footpath

Nathan D Strange and Marion T Jackson

One of the most beautiful footpaths in the country, the Knobstone Trail offers a spectacularly rugged, 58-mile trek through 40,000 acres of forested land in southern ....

Helikonien und Kolibris

M Dolezel et al

This booklet introduces the work of the Tropical Field Station La gamba and describes the plants and flowers of Costa Rica. ....

Himalayan Journals, 2-Volume Set

Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Etc.

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. He succeeded his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, as Director ....

Himalayan Journals, Volume 1

Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Etc.

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. He succeeded his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, as Director ....

Himalayan Journals, Volume 2

Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Etc.

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. He succeeded his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, as Director ....

Kilimanjaro

A Photographic Journey to the Roof of Africa

Michel Moushabeck and Hiltrud Schulz

This book captures the essence of this majestic mountain with over 200 full-colour photographs and an engaging and entertaining narrative that smoothly ties together ....

The Naturalisation of Animals and Plants in New Zealand

George Malcolm Thomson

George Thomson (1848-1933) was born in Calcutta, grew up in Scotland and emigrated to New Zealand at 20. He settled there, working as a teacher and analytical chemist, and ....

The Nature Guide to Extremadura, Spain

Dirk Hilbers

The remote region of Extremadura in south-western Spain is characterised by gently rolling hills with a savannah-like landscape, suddenly interspersed with rugged mountain ....

To the River

A Journey Beneath the Surface

Olivia Laing

To the River is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. One midsummer week, over sixty years later, Olivia Laing walked Woolf's river ....

The Biology of Fungal Pathogens

Volume 5: Fungal Pathogens and Diseases of Cereals DVD

Edited by Dr Joseph-Alexander Verreet and Dr Holger Klink

This disc feature two new videos - Pythium Root Rot of Cereals and Rhizoctonia Root Rot of Cereals. Through an exciting blend of vivid three-dimensional animations and real ....

Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa

Edited by H Glen and G Germishuizen

The first edition of 'Botanical Explorations' was written by M.D. Gunn and L.E.W. Codd. It was an invaluable source of information on the numerous collectors who have ....

Botany and Horticulture of the Genus Freesia (Iridaceae)

Edited by John C Manning and Peter Goldblatt

Freesias are well-known throughout the world as striking plants that add colour and fragrance to any garden or bouquet. Chapters include various aspects of botany such as ....

British Parasitic Fungi

A Host-parasite Index and a Guide to British Literature on the Fungus Diseases of Cultivated Plants

W C Moore

Provides a comprehensive guide to all the parasitic fungi which have been reported on cultivated plants in Great Britain, the diseases which they cause and the British ....

British Rust Fungi

Malcolm Wilson and D M Henderson

W. B. Grove's British Rust Funghi, first published by Cambridge University Press in 1913, had long been the standard work on the subject. But it had grown increasingly ....

Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Pests

Book and CD set

WW Bockus, RL Bowden, RM Hunger, WL Morrill, TD Murray and RW Smiley

This set includes both the 3rd edition of the Compendium along with all of the images from the book on a CD. The disc is compatible with both PC and Mac systems. ....

Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Pests

Edited by WW Bockus, RL Bowden, RM Hunger, WL Morrill, TD Murray and RW Smiley

This volume is the definitive publication on diseases of wheat, completely updated since the previous edition published in 1987. Twenty years of advances and new discoveries ....

Developmental Biology of Higher Fungi

British Mycological Society Symposium 10

D Moore, LA Casselton, DA Woods and JC Frankland

Originally published in 1985, this book describes research on the ecological, structural, physiological, genetic and molecular factors that control morphogenesis in ....

Distribution of Grasses in Texas

Robert B Shaw, Barron S Rector and Amanda M Dube

This book is a compilation of information about the distribution of grasses in the 12 ecoregions and 254 counties of Texas. 721 species have been reported for the state and ....

Elm

RH Richens

Elm, one of the three principal landscape trees of England, differs from the others in its complex variability and its intricate relationship with human settlement. This book ....

Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi

Edited by A D M Rayner, C M Brasier and David Moore

The fungi represent superb tools for the study of evolution 'in action' This 1987 book was the first to bring together, in one volume, coverage of the growing consensus of ....

A Field Guide to the Bulbs of Greece

Christopher Grey-Wilson

A comprehensive guide to the bulbous plants of Greece, including all the islands. Simple descriptions and identification keys to aid the reader. Profusely illustrated with ....

Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington

Edited by Pamela Camp, John Gamon and Joseph Arnett

This book offers a window into the beauty and diversity of the rarest plants in the state. The field guide includes: ....

Flora Liquenologica Iberica, Volume 5: Physciaceae I

Endohyalina, Rinodina y Rinodinella

Meireia Giralt

Flora Neotropica, Volume 107: Combretaceae

Clive A Stace

Flora Neotropica, Volume 108: Disterigma (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae)

Paola Pedraza-Peñalosa

Flora of China, Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae

This volume features 2,024 species described in 22 families. Among these, the Acanthaceae include the large genus Strobilanthes (128 species); the Adoxaceae include ....

Flore Vasculaire du Maroc, Volume 2, Asteraceae et Monocotyledones

Inventaire et Chorologie

M Ibn Tattou and M Fennane

Fungal Walls and Hyphal Growth

Symposium of the British Mycological Society Held at Queen Elizabeth College London, April 1978

Edited by J H Burnett and A P J Trinci

This book charts a number of significant advances in our knowledge of the cytology, physiology and biochemistry of the growth of mould hyphae. It is a symposium volume, ....

Galanthomania

Sneeuwklokjes - Snowdrops

Hanneke Van Dijk

Contains an alphabetical list of 500 different snowdrops. This is the first book in which the new official classification is given based on cultivar groups. The book ....

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Berries

Edited by Kevin M Folta and Chittaranjan Kole

Recent interest in the health-related, culinary, and biological properties of berries is stimulating new initiatives in berry breeding and production. Breakthroughs in molecular ....

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Conifers

Edited by Christophe Plomion, Jean Bousquet and Chittaranjan Kole

This book presents the implications of the genomic revolution for conifers, which go all the way from a better understanding of the evolution of these organisms to new knowledge ....

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Poplar

Edited by C P Joshi, Stephen P DiFazio and Chittaranjan Kole

Written by researchers representing 6 countries and 28 institutions, this book highlights the development of the genus Populus as a model for organism for tree ....

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Vegetable Brassicas

Edited by Jan Sadowski and Chittaranjan Kole

Due to their diversity, vegetable brassicas are of great economic importance and offer unique opportunities to enrich our knowledge about plant growth, development, and rapid ....

Grasses of South Texas

A Guide to Their Identification and Value

James H Everitt, D Lynn Drawe, Christopher R Little and Robert I Lonard

The vast rangelands of south Texas - that portion of the state lying south of San Antonio and extending west and south to the Rio Grande and east to the Gulf of Mexico - ....

Growing Perennials in Cold Climates

Mike Heger and John Whitman

Comprehensive and fully illustrated, this book serves as a resource for selecting, siting, planting, and maintaining perennials that flourish in northern climates. ....

Handbook of Bryophyta

Peter George

Although aimed at graduate students, the text is written in simple language, with self-explanatory diagrams. ....

Handbook of the New Zealand Flora, 2 Volume Set

A Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's, and Macquarrie's Islands

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), botanist, explorer, and director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, is chiefly remembered as a close friend and colleague of ....

Hardy Heathers from the Northern Hemisphere

E Charles Nelson

This fully illustrated monograph describes all Calluna, Daboecia and Erica species growing naturally in the northern hemisphere. It includes details of the distribution, ....

Historical Plant Incidence in Southern Africa

CJ Skead

This collection of observations by early southern African travellers presents a picture of the vegetation as they saw it painted by the pens of the earliest European visitors ....

Icones Orchidacearum, Fascicle 10

Orchids of Mexico, Part 4

Edited by Eric Hágsater and Miguel Soto

This volume is the continuation of the series with the treatment of 100 Mexican orchid species. Six new taxa are proposed and another eight new nomenclatural combinations ....

Icones Orchidacearum, Fascicle 11

The Genus Epidendrum 7

Eric Hágsater et al

This volume consists of 100 botanical illustrations of the genus Epidendrum, comprising 20 species new to science, a new name, and 79 species of the genus, in some cases ....

Icones Orchidacearum, Fascicle 12

The Genus Epidendrum 8: Species New & Old in Epidendrum

Eric Hágsater

This volume features plates 1201 to 1300 and describes 43 new species as well as corrections and new synonyms from previous volumes. ....

Icones Orchidacearum, Fascicle 13

The Genus Epidendrum, Part 9

Edited by Eric Hágsater and Luis Sánchez Saldaña

This volume includes 30 new species from Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, and French Guyana, 2 new combinations and status, and many lectotipifications and neotypes. ....

Intermediary Metabolism in Plants

David Denzil Davies

This book reviews the ideas and theories of biochemical action in plants. Recognising that factual information requires encyclopaedic treatment, it provides biochemical facts ....

Niger Flora

Or, An Enumeration of the Plants of Western Tropical Africa

Edited by William Jackson Hooker

German scientist Theodore Vogel (1812-1841) joined an 1841 expedition to the Niger as its chief botanist. He died in the course of the journey, though not before taking ....

Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulphur Utilisation by Fungi

L Boddy

Presents a detailed analysis of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur utilization by fungi. Based on the 1988 British Mycological Society symposium, it is broadly based, covering ....

North American Wildland Plants

A Field Guide

James L Stubbendieck, Stephan L Hatch and Neal M Bryan

North American Wildland Plants contains descriptions of the salient characteristics of the most important wildland plants of North America. This comprehensive reference ....

On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects

And on the Good Effect of Intercrossing

Charles Darwin

In this investigation of orchids, first published in 1862, Darwin expands on a point made in On the Origin of Species that he felt required further explanation, namely that ....

Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa, Volume 1

Dariusz L Szlachetko et al

This monograph covers geographically southern Chad, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, the Central African Republic (CAR), Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the ....

The Orchids of Rwanda

Eberhard Fischer, D Killmann, G Delepierre and JP Lebel

The first fully illustrated field guide to the rich orchid flora of Rwanda covering 242 species. Illustrated by colour photographs and colour drawings. Introductory chapters ....

Organic Gardening

The Natural No-dig Way

Charles Dowding

Forget the rules: 'received wisdom' about gardening is surprisingly inaccurate. Understand better what is going on in the soil and with your plants, in your own garden ....

Perspectives in Plant Cell Recognition

Edited by JA Callow and JR Green

Presents a review of advances in understanding the cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms governing cell-cell interactions in plants. In the case of the interaction ....

Plant Bacteriology

Clarence I Kado

The study of plant bacteriology has led to countless novel findings and advances benefitting medicine and biotechnology as well as horticulture and agriculture. Our ....

Plant Diseases Caused by Bacteria

An Image Database and Educational Resource CD

Edited by MN Schroth, EI Hecht-Poinar and AM Alvarez

This database contains 1006 images of plants affected with bacteria diseases that may be browsed or searched by host common or scientific name, disease name, pathogen, pathogen ....

The Plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Central Province, Cameroon

A Conservation Checklist

Edited by Martin Cheek, Yvette Harvey and Jean Michel Onana

This book provides a flora of the Mefou area, Cameroon. Introductory chapters cover the vegetation, geology, soil types, climate, threats, invasive and alien plants, ....

Pollination and Floral Ecology

Pat Willmer

Pollination and Floral Ecology is the most comprehensive single-volume reference to all aspects of pollination biology--and the first fully up-to-date resource of its kind to ....

Principles of Horticulture

CR Adams, KM Bamford 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, ....

Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidants in Higher Plants

Edited by S Dutta Gupta

Providing basic information on reactive oxygen species (ROS), this volume describes new developments in the action of ROS, the role of antioxidants, and the mechanisms ....

Red List of South African Plants

D Raimondo et al

This Red List is a major milestone for South Africa in that it is the first data-driven, comprehensive assessment of the country's indigenous vascular flora. South Africa is ....

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Plants

Edited by P S Nutman

A synthesis of knowledge on the fixation of nitrogen by systems involving plants, especially legumes, and micro-organisms. Such associations utilize nitrogen from the ....

Adaptation and Well-Being

Social Allostasis

Jay Schulkin

Recently, an interest in our understanding of well-being within the context of competition and cooperation has re-emerged within the biological and neural sciences. ....

Animal Friendships

Anne Innis Dagg

Research into social behaviour in animals has often focused on aggression, yet members of social species are far more likely to interact with each other in a positive way. ....

The Avian Erythrocyte

Its Phylogenetic Odyssey

Chester A Glomski and Alessandra Pica

The erythrocyte is perhaps the world's single best known cell; the red cell made its debut in a few invertebrates and thereupon conducted a conceptual phylogenetic odyssey ....

Biochemistry

JM Berg, JL Tymoczko and L Stryer

Since its first edition in 1975, this extraordinary textbook has helped shape the way that biochemistry is taught, and has become one of the most trusted books in the field. ....

Biology

Neil A Campbell, Jane B Reece et al

This package contains Campbell's Biology 9th Edition, access to Mastering Biology, and access to all 5 Mastering Biology Virtual lab rooms. Campbell's Biology 9th Edition is a ....

Genetics

A Conceptual Approach

Benjamin A Pierce

Since its inception, this book has been known for its engaging writing style and its focus on the key concepts in genetics. ....

In Situ Hybridisation

Application to Developmental Biology and Medicine

Edited by N Harris and DG Wilkinson

Advances in our understanding of biological mechanisms have frequently been associated with the development of techniques. In situ hybridisation is a classic case of just such ....

Integrated Molecular Evolution

Scott Orland Rogers

This book provides an in-depth look at the processes involved in evolution at the molecular and cellular levels. It begins with a broad overview of evolution, including a ....

Introduction to Experimental Biophysics

Biological Methods for Physical Scientists

Jay Nadeau

A practical companion for physical scientists investigating wet laboratory experiments and biological research areas, this book gives a clear understanding of what is ....

Introduction to Genetic Analysis

AJF Griffiths, SR Wessler, S Carroll and John Doebley

This best-selling textbook, known for its prominent authorship, exposes students to the landmark experiments in genetics, teaching them how to analyze experimental data and ....

Manipulative Tenants

Bacteria Associated with Arthropods

Elinat Zchori-Fein and Kostas Bourtzis

This text provides an overview of the primary bacterial symbionts in addition to ten of the most abundant secondary symbionts known to date. The editors have brought together ....

Physiology of the Graafian Follicle and Ovulation

RHF Hunter

Self-organisation and Evolution of Biological and Social Systems

Edited by Charlotte Hemelrijk

Self-organisation of social systems can be observed at all levels of biological complexity, from cells to organisms and communities. Although individuals are governed ....

The Structure of Biological Membranes

Edited by Philip Yeagle

Completely revised and updated to reflect advances in the field, this new edition focuses on lipids and the lipid bilayer, as well as on membrane protein structure and ....

Viruses

Biology, Applications, and Control

David R Harper

This concise textbook covers the essential aspects of virology included in biomedical science courses. It takes a conceptual approach and examines common themes that emerge ....

Vision in 3D Environments

Edited by Laurence R Harris and Michael RM Jenkin

Biological and machine systems exist within a complex and changing three-dimensional world. We appear to have no difficulty understanding this world, but how do we go about ....

Water, Fungi and Plants

Edited by PG Ayres and L Body

Water is the solvent for metabolic processes, it participates directly in many biochemical reactions and has a vital skeletal function. It also plays a key role in the ....

Evolution

The View from the Cottage

Jean-Pierre Rogel

With all the attention to 'creationism' in the news these days, Jean-Pierre Rogel decided it was time to show how Darwin's concept of natural selection can be seen in ....

On the Origin of Species Through Heteropatric Differentiation

A Review and a Model of Speciation in Migratory Animals

Kevin Winker

The Origin of Our Species

Chris Stringer

In this ground-breaking book Chris Stringer sets out to answer all the big questions in the debate about our origins. How can we define modern humans, and how can we recognise ....

The Perception of the Environment

Essays in Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill

Tim Ingold

In this work Tim Ingold offers a persuasive approach to understanding how human beings perceive their surroundings. He argues that what we are used to calling cultural ....

Pillars of Evolution

Douglas W Morris and Per Lundberg

This book provides a fresh and provocative perspective on adaptive evolution. Readers new to the study of evolution will find a new insight that establishes evolutionary ....

Plasticity, Robustness, Development and Evolution

Patrick Bateson and Peter Gluckman

How do we understand and explain the apparent dichotomy between plasticity and robustness in the context of development? Can we identify these complex processes ....

The Rational Optimist

How Prosperity Evolves

Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley, acclaimed author of the classics Genome and Nature via Nurture, turns from investigating human nature to investigating human progress. In The Rational Optimist ....

The Reason Why

The Miracle of Life on Earth

John Gribbin

Does one planet really matter among the immensity of the Cosmos? John Gribbin is here to persuade us that it does. In this ground-breaking and provocative new book Gribbin ....

Simulating Human Origins and Evolution

Ken Wessen

The development of populations over time, and, on longer timescales, the evolution of species, are both influenced by a complex of interacting, underlying processes. Computer ....

Biological Invasions

Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal and Microbe Species

Edited by David Pimentel

This volume reconfirms the diverse and unpredictable roles that non-native species assume as they invade new ecosystems: destruction of vital crops and forests, major ....

Phylogeography

Concepts, Intraspecific Patterns and Speciation Processes

Edited by Damien S Rutgers

Phylogeography is the study of the historical processes that may be responsible for the contemporary geographic distributions of individuals. This is accomplished by ....

Chemistry of Mangrove Ecosystem of the Indian Sundarbans

Ecology of Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India

Manjistha Chattopadhyay

At the mouth of Ganga-Brahmaputra river system, Sundarbans represents one of the largest single areas of mangrove forests. The mangrove ecosystems are hot spots of biological ....

Edgelands

Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley

Edgelands explores a wilderness that is much closer than you think: a debatable zone, neither the city nor the countryside, but a place in-between - so familiar it is never ....

Environmental Impact Assessment Methodologies

Y Anjaneyulu and Valli Manickam

This book covers the prediction and assessment of impacts on soil and groundwater management, surface water management, biological environment, air environment, the ....

The Fertility of the Soil

Sir Edward J Russell

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a ....

The Global Forest

40 Ways Trees Can Save Us

Diana Beresford Kroeger

A world expert on how trees chemically affect our environment, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has woven together ecology, ancient myth, horticulture, spirituality, science and ....

Improved Grassland Management

J Frame

This new, fully updated and revised edition of "Improved Grassland Management" covers all aspects of grassland management and is of particular relevance to the UK and the ....

An Introduction into Applied Soil Hydrology

Klaus Bohne

Based on almost four decades of teaching experience as a university professor, the author prepared the scope and contents of this soil hydrology book for readers with ....

Mangrove Ecosystems

Function and Management

Edited by LD de Lacerda

Presents the current state of knowledge, of use to decision/policy makers and of interest to those who interested in the ecological and economic potential of the various ....

Mangroves

Ecology, Biology and Taxonomy

Edited by James N Metras

Mangrove ecosystems are tropical or subtropical communities of mainly tree species which can be found on low, muddy, usually intertidal coastal areas. They cover an area of ....

Principles of Snow Hydrology

David R DeWalle and Albert Rango

Principles of Snow Hydrology describes the factors that control the accumulation, melting and runoff of water from seasonal snowpacks over the surface of the earth. The ....

Smart Growth

From Sprawl to Sustainability

Jon Reeds

This book shows how urban sprawl is unsustainable in an age of climate change and peak oil, and challenges the UK to develop a 'Smart Growth' approach to improve the quality ....

Stream Ecosystems of Costa Rica

F Schiemer et al

This volume, a guide to tropical streams and rivers, will be of particular interest to naturalists and students during field trips and other visits. It focuses on the ....

Sustaining Coastal Zone Systems

Edited by Paul Tett, Autun Sandberg and Anne Mette

This book introduces a 'systems approach' to understanding and managing complex interactions between the natural ecosystems and the human economies and societies in the ....

Tropical Palms

Dennis V Johnson

Originally published in 1998, this book has been updated in 2010 to include the most recent information and developments regarding the conservation status and use of various ....

Beyond the Sacred Forest

Complicating Conservation in Southeast Asia

Edited by Michael Dove, Percy E Sajise and Amity A Doolittle

Reflecting new thinking about conservation in Southeast Asia, Beyond the Sacred Forest is the product of a unique collaboration involving ethnographic research in Indonesia, ....

Illegal Trade in Wildlife

Edited by Horace O Williams and Viktor T Grante

Global trade in illegal wildlife is a growing illicit economy, estimated to be worth at least $5 billion and potentially in excess of $20 billion annually. Some of the most ....

Peru: Maijuna

Edited by Michael P Gilmore et al

In July of 2009 a team of socioeconomic experts from the United States and Peru conducted a social asset inventory of the ancestral territory of the Maijuna indigenous ....

Zoo Conservation Biology

John E Fa, Stephan M Funk and Donnamarie O'Connell

In the face of ever-declining biodiversity, zoos have a major role to play in species conservation. Written by professionals involved in in-situ conservation and restoration ....

Arsenic

Natural and Anthropogenic

Edited by Eleonora Deschamps and Jorg Matschullat

This volume features a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination into arsenic's behaviour in air, water, soils, sediments, plants and the human body. Based on ....

Atlas of Oceans

An Ecological Survey of Underwater Life

John Farndon

A tragedy is playing out beneath the surface of the world's bodies of marine waters, one that began long before the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Although many books ....

Breaking and Dissipation of Ocean Surface Waves

Alexander Babanin

Wave breaking represents one of the most interesting and challenging problems for fluid mechanics and physical oceanography. Over the last 15 years our understanding has ....

Burning Rivers

John Hartig

This book focuses on the use, abuse and restoration of rivers that have been heavily polluted by petrochemicals. As examples, the author chooses four North American rivers - ....

The Case Against Fluoride

How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep it There

Paul Connett, James Beck and H S Micklem

When the US Public Health Service endorsed water fluoridation in 1959, there was little evidence of its safety. Now, six decades later and after most countries have rejected ....

Climate Change Denial

Heads in the Sand

Haydn Washington

Humans have always used denial. When we are afraid, guilty, confused, or when something interferes with our self-image, we tend to deny it. Yet denial is a delusion. When it ....

Climate Change and National Security

A Country-Level Analysis

Edited by Daniel Moran

In this unique and innovative contribution to environmental security, an international team of scholars explore and estimate the intermediate-term security risks that climate ....

Climate Extremes and Society

Edited by Henry F Diaz and Richard J Murnane

Extreme climatic events present society with significant challenges in a rapidly warming world. Ordinary citizens, the insurance industry and governments are concerned about the ....

Climate Wars

The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats

Gwynne Dyer

Dwindling resources. Massive population shifts. Natural disasters. Any of the expected consequences of climate change could - as Gwyne Dyer argues - tip the world towards ....

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, ....

Clumsy Floodplains

Responsive Land Policy for Extreme Floods

Thomas Hartmann

Adopting an innovative interdisciplinary approach, this book examines how society can manage the use of the floodplains along rivers in the face of extreme floods, focusing ....

The Dark Side of Green

The Unintended Consequences of the Climate Change Movement

Gary S Moore

Applying science to the politically charged global warming debate, this text incorporates the work of scholars from around the world who address the issue without ....

Driven to Extinction

The Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity

Richard Pearson and American Museum of Natural History

Could more than a million species disappear in the 21st century? Written by a leading scientist in the field, Driven to Extinction draws upon fascinating ....

Estuaries

Dynamics, Mixing, Sedimentation and Morphology

David Prandle

This volume provides researchers, students, practising engineers and managers access to state-of-the-art knowledge, practical formulae and new hypotheses for the dynamics, ....

Frontiers of Climate Modeling

Edited by JT Kiehl and V Ramanathan

The physics and dynamics of the atmosphere and atmosphere-ocean interactions provide the foundation of modern climate models, upon which our understanding of the chemistry and ....

The Great Disruption

How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy

Paul Gilding

Human civilisation and the economy have now grown so large that we have passed the limits of the planet to support any further growth in the current model. The science is ....

An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing

Martin Seelye

Describes the use of satellite data in the retrieval of oceanic physical and biological properties. The book covers radiative transfer, ocean surface properties, satellite ....

Legal Responses to Climate Change

Dr Nicola Durrant

The challenges of climate change pose problems requiring new and innovative legal responses by legal practitioners, government officials and corporate officers. This book ....

The Little Book of Carbon Emissions

Nicola Terry

This is a data book of facts and figures about carbon emissions and energy use in the UK. The book emphasises the impact of domestic consumption and personal lifestyle ....

Mercury Pollution

An Interdisciplinary Overview

Edited by Michael C Newman and Sharon L Zuber

Using mercury pollution as an example, this book illustrates the interdisciplinary approach required for solving environmental problems. It explains the details of the ....

Metal Contamination in Aquatic Environments

Science and Lateral Management

Samuel Luoma and Philip S Rainbow

Metal contamination is one of the most ubiquitous, persistent and complex environmental issues, encompassing legacies of the past (e.g. abandoned ....

Phytoremediation Using Constructed Mangrove Wetlands

Mechanisms and Application Potential

Lin Ke and Nora F Y Tam

Phytoremediation is the use of green plants and their associated microbiota, soil amendments, and agronomic techniques to remove, contain, or render harmless ....

Reporting on Climate Change

Understanding the Science

Edited by L Jeremy Richardson and Bud Ward

This bestselling book is the fourth in a series initially intended to help journalists - both reporters and editors - understand and report on the most authoritative scientific ....

The Rough Guide to Climate Change

The Symptoms, the Science, the Solutions

Robert Henson

This book gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. ....

The Theory of Large-Scale Ocean Circulation

Roger M Samelson

Mounting evidence that human activities are substantially modifying the Earth's climate brings a new imperative to the study of the ocean's large-scale circulation. This ....

Visualizing Climate Change

A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions

Stephen Sheppard

Climate change may be all around us, but it is often difficult to see. Carbon dioxide is invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice ....

Weather, Climate and Human Affairs

A Book of Essays and Other Papers

Hubert H Lamb

This wide-ranging collection of essays is written by one of the world's foremost experts on weather and climate. Six of the chapters have not been published before. The rest, ....

The 4-Percent Universe

Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality

Richard Panek

Only 4% of the universe consists of the matter that makes our bodies, the Earth and every star and planet. Over the last few decades scientists have been battling to ....

The Astronomy Revolution

400 Years of Exploring the Cosmos

Edited by Donald G York, Owen Gingerich and Shuang-Nan Zhang

This interdisciplinary volume investigates and explains how the field of astronomy and cosmology has affected human life and perceptions of the universe. Chapters cover the ....

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

Edited by William M Haynes

This latest, 92nd edition of the most respected scientific reference in the world contains a wealth of enhancements, featuring analyses, updates, and validations of ....

Chemistry

Rob Lewis and Wynne Evans

The fourth edition of this popular, student-friendly textbook provides a course in chemical literacy. With complete yet concise coverage of core topics, it starts from ....

Chemistry

The Science in Context

Thomas R Gilbert et al

The third edition of Chemistry: The Science in Context provides additional opportunities for students to test their understanding and practice their problem-solving skills. ....

The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects

Sir William Herschel's Star Clusters, Nebulae and Galaxies

Mark Bratton

Sir William Herschel's contributions to astronomy during the late eighteenth century are unrivalled. His lasting legacy is his dedicated all-sky survey of star clusters and ....

The Continental Drift Controversy

Henry Frankel

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

Etna

A History of the Mountain and its Eruptions

G F Rodwell

G. F. Rodwell (1843-1905) was researching an entry about Mount Etna for the Encyclopaedia Britannica when he realised that no history of this Italian volcano ....

The Exoplanet Handbook

Michael Perryman

Exoplanet research is one of the most explosive subjects in astronomy today. More than 500 exoplanets are now known, and groups world-wide are actively involved in a broad ....

Geographies of Mars

Seeing and Knowing the Red Planet

K Maria D Lane

One of the first maps of Mars, published by an Italian astronomer in 1877, with its pattern of canals, fueled belief in intelligent life-forms on the distant red planet - a ....

Geological Observations on South America

Being the Third Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Charles Darwin

First published in 1846, Darwin's Geological Observations made up the third part of his memoir of his voyage on the Beagle during the years 1832-1836. While the first part ....

Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) published Observations on the Volcanic Islands in 1844. It is one of three major geological works resulting from the voyage of the Beagle, and ....

The Geology of Mars

Evidence from Earth-Based Analogs

Edited by Mary Chapman

Research into the geological processes operating on Mars relies on interpretation of images and other data returned by unmanned orbiters, probes and landers. Such ....

Geomorphology and Global Environmental Change

Edited by Olav Slaymaker, Thomas Spencer and Christine Embleton-Hamann

How will global environmental change affect the landscape and our interaction with it? Apart from climate change, there are other important catalysts of landscape change, ....

The Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption

Geological and Geophysical Data 1975-1976

Edited by SA Fedotov, Ye K Markhinin, J Agrell, MR Colenso, F Cooley and A Lee

In 1975-1976 a remarkable volcanic eruption took place on the Kamchtka peninsula, part of the Soviet Union's arc of active volcanoes. Dr Fedotov and his colleagues studied the ....

How it Ends

From You to the Universe

Chris Impey

Although we may try to keep it hidden in the back of our minds, most of us are aware of our own mortality. But few among us know what science, with the help of insights yielded ....

Introducing Volcanology

A Guide to Hot Rocks

Dougal Jerram

Volcanoes have an endless fascination. Their eruptions are a regular reminder of the power of nature and our vulnerability to this raw geological phenomenon, however ....

Journey of the Universe

Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker

Today we know what no previous generation knew: the history of the universe and of the unfolding of life on Earth. Through the astonishing combined achievements of natural ....

The Living Cosmos

Our Search for Life in the Universe

Chris Impey

Considering the development of life on Earth, the existence of life in extreme environments and the potential for life elsewhere in the Universe, this book gives a ....

The Making of the British Landscape

How We Have Transformed the Land, from Prehistory to Today

Francis Pryor

This is the changing story of Britain as it has been preserved in our fields, roads, buildings, towns and villages, mountains, forests and islands. From our suburban streets ....

Metamorphic Rocks

A Classification and Glossary of Terms

Edited by Douglas Fettes and Jacqueline Desmons

Many common terms in metamorphic petrology vary in their usage and meaning between countries. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on the ....

Minerals and Their Localities

Jan H Bernard and Hyrsl Jaroslav

Encyclopedic listing of every known mineral species, with paragraph-size discussions for each species, emphasizing formation conditions and major worldwide localities. ....

Nature's Building Blocks

An A-Z Guide to the Elements

John Emsley

In this readable, informative, and fascinating guide to the elements are entries on each of the 100-odd chemical elements, arranged alphabetically from actinium to zirconium. ....

New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically over the course of the last few ....

Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy

Edited by Patrick Moore and Robin Rees

Packed with up-to-date astronomical data about the Solar System, our Galaxy and the wider Universe, this is a one-stop reference for astronomers of all levels. ....

A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way

Edward Emerson Barnard

Edward Emerson Barnard's Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way was originally published in two volumes in 1927. Together these volumes contained a wealth ....

Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator or Spreadsheet

Peter Duffett-Smith and Jonathan Zwart

This highly regarded book is ideal for those who wish to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator or spreadsheet. ....

Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

Sam Boggs

A concise treatment of the fundamental principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy, featuring the important physical, chemical, biological and stratigraphic characteristics ....

Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology

A Closer Look

Edited by J Ehlers, PL Gibbard and P D M Hughes

The book presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the Quaternary glaciations all over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major ....

Reactions

The Private Life of Atoms

Peter Atkins

Through an innovative, closely integrated design of images and text, and his characteristically clear, precise, and economical exposition, Peter Atkins explains the ....

Sizing Up the Universe

A New View of the Cosmos

J Richard Gott III and Robert J Vanderbei

The almost unimaginably large size of many objects in the universe accounts in part for astronomy's tremendous appeal. Yet the problem of depicting a vast range of scales is ....

Stars and Their Spectra

An Introduction to the Spectral Sequence

James B Kaler

Stellar spectroscopy is the fundamental tool for investigating the natures of stars and is central to our understanding of modern astronomy and astrophysics. Revised and ....

Thermodynamics of the Earth and Planets

Alberto Douce

This textbook provides an intuitive yet mathematically rigorous introduction to the thermodynamics and thermal physics of planetary processes. It demonstrates how the ....

Tsunami Warning and Preparedness

An Assessment of the U.S. Tsunami Program and the Nation's Preparedness Efforts

Many coastal areas of the United States are at risk for tsunamis. After the catastrophic 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, legislation was passed to expand U.S. tsunami warning ....

Wonders of the Universe

TV Series

Brian Cox

Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. ....

Wonders of the Universe

Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen

Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. 13.7 billion ....

Agrobiodiversity Management for Food Security

A Critical Review

Jillian M Lenné and D Wood

Agrobiodiversity provides most of our food through our interaction with crops and domestic animals. Future global food security is firmly anchored in sound, science-based ....

Animate Earth

Science, Intuition and Gaia - A New Scientific Story

Dr Stephan Harding and Clive Ardagh

The companion DVD to Stephan Harding's book of the same title, Animate Earth is an emotional and scientific journey that explores the complexities of our relationship with ....

Animate Earth

Science, Intuition and Gaia

Stephan Harding

In Animate Earth Stephan Harding explores how Gaian science can help us to develop a sense of connectedness with the 'more-than-human' world. His work is based on a careful ....

Building your own Sustainable and Energy Efficient House

Henry Skates

Many people aspire to one day build a house for themselves but for one reason or another they have never taken the plunge. This book explains how to go about building a home ....

Chernobyl

The Long Shadow

Chris Park

First published in 1989, Chernobyl: The Long Shadow offers a balanced review of what happened there, why and how it happened, and what the main lessons and implications of ....

Choosing Wood Heating

A Guide to Pellet, Chip and Log Heating Systems

Chris Laughton

This book includes full details of the Renewable Heat Incentive as well as covering all wood fuel technologies and heating systems - including pellet, chip and log burners, not ....

Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health

Edited by Stephen Battersby

Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health, since its first publication in 1933, has provided a definitive guide for the environmental health practitioner, or reference for ....

Confronting Collapse

The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World

Michael C Ruppert

The world is running short of energy - especially cheap, easy-to-find oil. Shortages, along with resulting price increases, threaten industrialized civilization, the global ....

Convert Your Home to Solar Energy

Joseph R Provey and Everett M Barber

Consumers are clamouring for information on alternative energy; this guide has arrived at just the right time. Practical and authoritative, it is written by experts in the ....

Cosmic Society

Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel R Primack

After a four-century rupture between science and the questions of value and meaning, this groundbreaking book presents an explosive and potentially ....

Disaster on the Horizon

High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowout

Bob Cavnar

This book delves into the worst oil well accident in US history, which killed eleven men and led to the current environmental and economic catastrophe on the Gulf Coast. ....

Drilling Down

The Gulf Oil Debacle and Our Energy Dilemma

Joseph A Tainter and Tadeusz W Patzek

For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic ....

Earth

The Operators' Manual

Richard Alley

Since the discovery of fire, humans have been energy users and always will be. Our mastery of energy is what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom and has ....

Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in the Western Pacific

Edward Glazier

As the ecosystem-based trend in fisheries management continues to be implemented worldwide, a thorough background of this new management approach and ....

The Edible Balcony

Growing Fresh Produce in the Heart of the City

Alex Mitchell

Just because you don't have any soil doesn't mean you can't eat delicious fruit and vegetables every day of the year. From an easy edible balcony that can be set up over a ....

Elixir

A Human History of Water

Brian Fagan

This book spans five millennia, from the beginnings of civilisation to the global water shortages of today. Our present-day interaction with this most essential resource has ....

Environmental Management

Ian Thomas

This book describes the main approaches to environmental management that come from the social sciences, in an Australian context. ....

The Essential Amory Lovins

Selected Writings

Amory B Lovins

Amory B Lovins is one of the world's leading authorities on energy, integrative design, and their links with economy, environment, development, and security. This unique ....

Everyday Environmentalism

Jason J Czarnezki

Faced with the seemingly overwhelming prospect of global climate change and its consequences, is there anything that a person can do to make a difference? 'Yes, there ....

Fish Stress and Health in Aquaculture

Edited by GK Iwama, AD Pickering, J Sumpter and C Schreck

The principal themes of this book are stress and health in fish. Stress is of central concern in aquaculture, as the various stressors which accompany intensive fish ....

The GM Crop Manual

A World Compendium

Edited by L G Copping

This book outlines all the GM products that are currently available to growers and provides a snapshot of the world of GM crops as of October 2010. This field of crop ....

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Grapes

Edited by AF Adam-Blondon, JM Martinez-Zapater and C Kole

Grapevine is a highly valuable crop worldwide, both from cultural as well as commercial point of view. One major advantage this crop has is that it is well adapted to scarce ....

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Potato

Edited by James M Bradeen and Chittaranjan Kole

In this volume, world leaders in potato research review historical and contemporary potato research resulting in advances in nutritional quality, yield, disease and insect ....

Green Activism in Post-Socialist Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Edited by Adam Fagan and JoAnn Carmin

Green activism played a critical role in the downfall of Soviet-style communism in Eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s. After the revolutions, environmentalists were ....

Green Outcomes in the Real World

Global Forces, Local Circumstances, and Sustainable Solutions

Peter McManners

Over the last three decades the world economy has grown strongly on the back of 'globalization' supported by the policies of free-trade, open markets and privatisation. ....

Green Products

Perspectives on Innovation and Adoption

Edited by Joao Neiva De Figueiredo and Mauro F Guillen

Sharing successful examples of sustainable products from around the world, this book supplies in-depth analysis of key factors that affect the adoption of sustainable ....

Grow Your Food for Free

Well Almost

Dave Hamilton

Don't like spending money in garden centres? Think you can make it yourself for a fraction of the price or find a cheaper option? Dave Hamilton shows you how. By ....

How to Grow Winter Vegetables

Charles Dowding

This book explains how to come through winter with plenty of vegetables stored and others ready for harvest, and gives advice for growing plants through winter for eating ....

An Indispensable Truth

Francis F Chen

Recent books have raised the public consciousness about the dangers of global warming and climate change. This book is intended to convey the message that there is a ....

Managing Environmentally Sustainable Innovation

Insights from the Construction Industry

Bart Bossink

A paradigm shift is happening at this moment. Firms and consumers are aware of the fact that they cause environmental pollution, depletion of resources and are responsible for ....

Metaphors for Environmental Sustainability

Redefining Our Relationship with Nature

Brendon Larson

Scientists turn to metaphors to formulate and explain scientific concepts, but an ill-considered metaphor can lead to social misunderstandings and counterproductive ....

Methods of Analysis of Food Components and Additives

Edited by Semih Otles

This volume is a concise presentation of the state of the art in the analysis of food components. The author brings together an international team of experts to summarize key ....

A New Agenda for Sustainability

Edited by Kurt Aagaard Nielsen, Bo Elling, Erling Jelsoe and Maria Figueroa

Two decades after the Brundtland Commission's Report "Our Common Future" adopted the concept of 'sustainable development', this book provides a renewal of the concept ....

Pests and Pathogens: Management Strategies

Edited by Vudem D Reddy, Poduri N Rao and Khareedu V Rao

The need and demand to feed the ever-increasing global population pose major challenges for increasing crop productivity in an eco-friendly manner. Cultivation of crops under ....

Practical Guide to Environmental Management

Frank B Friedman

This book provides readers with the firm grounding in history necessary to put environmental issues in context and a practical map to avoid the pitfalls and capitalize ....

Renewable Energy Yearbook 2010

Renergy FNP

Agra FNP Research

The intensive exploration of natural resources has begun to take a heavy toll on the environment, economic models appear to have been worn out, and major cultural and ....

Renewable Energy Yearbook 2011

Renergy FNP

Agra FNP Research

This yearbook maps out the renewable energy sector in Brazil, identifying potential, obstacles, and perspectives. Besides the now traditional ethanol and biodiesel, the book ....

Scarcity and Frontiers

How Economies Have Evolved Through Natural Resource Exploitation

Edward B Barbier

Throughout much of history, a critical driving force behind global economic development has been the response of society to the scarcity of key natural resources. Increasing ....

The Secret Life of Stuff

A Manual for a New Material World

Julie Hill

Would you like: products that don't damage the environment? A better way of life without agonising about your 'footprint'? To really know your stuff? Climate change? Biofuels? ....

Solar Technology

The Earthscan Expert Guide to Using Solar Energy for Heating, Cooling and Electricity

Lars Andren

Solar energy is free, abundant and sustainable, with many methods existing to harness it. This guide is an essential introduction to the subject, explaining how the ....

Sustainability in Austerity

How Local Government Can Deliver During Times of Crisis

Philip Monaghan

As the economic crisis of 2008/09 unfolded, it became apparent that the huge mountains of debt being built up by central governments were unsustainable and that savage cuts ....

Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies

Edited by Noureddine Benkeblia

Focusing on the use of new biotechnologies to create more sustainable agriculture within the framework of global environmental changes, this reference highlights developments in ....

The Sustainable Self

A Personal Approach to Sustainability Education

Paul Murray

Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time. It is not an issue confined to a particular subject area or to certain jobs. It is a way ....

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Business and Enterprise

Edited by Joshua Bishop

This book is a further key output of TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity). It provides important new evidence of growing corporate concern about ....

Tourist Destination Governance

Practice, Theory and Issues

Edited by E Laws, H Richins, JF Agrusa and N Scott

Managing and co-ordinating tourism in a destination requires the organisation and co-operation of a large number of sectors - businesses, local authorities and ....

Transition in Action

Totnes and District 2030, an Energy Descent Action Plan

Jacqi Hodgson and Rob Hopkins

This is a lively and colourful community-based guide to reducing local dependence on fossil fuels and reducing the local carbon footprint over the next 20 years, a period ....

The Vegetable Growers Handbook

Frank Tozer

This highly practical book contains all the information you need to successfully grow more than 50 common vegetables. There are specific step-by-step instructions for each ....

Water Power and Water Mills

An Historical Guide

Jonathan Brown

The sight of the watermill is evocative of rural Britain - the wheel turning gently to grind corn. However, that is only part of the story of the harnessing of the power of ....

Wind Power Workshop

Building Your Own Wind Turbine

Hugh Piggott

This fully revised edition of includes the author's thoughts about wind turbine construction, thirty new additional illustrations and an expanded and vastly superior ....

The Zero Carbon House

Martin Godfrey Cook

'Zero Carbon' is an abstract concept for most people, but we have lived energy-profiligate lifestyles for too long on finite fossil-fuel resources. We now face ....

Bayesian Model Selection and Statistical Modeling

Tomohiro Ando

Bayesian model selection is a fundamental part of the Bayesian statistical modeling process. The quality of these solutions usually depends on the goodness of the ....

Practical Statistical Methods

A SAS Programming Approach

Lakshmi Padgett

This reference presents a broad range of statistical methods for a diverse audience. It first introduces fundamental concepts from statistics and then discusses data analysis ....

R Graphics

Paul Murrell

In today's world of statistical computing, R is the program of choice for tens of thousands of statisticians, which is why R Graphics is sure to become an instant ....

Systems Biology

Simulation of Dynamic Network States

Bernhard O Palsson and Marc Abrams

Biophysical models have been used in biology for decades, but they have been limited in scope and size. In this book, Bernhard O. Palsson shows how network reconstructions that ....

Collection Development in the Digital Age

Edited by Maggie Fieldhouse and Audrey Marshall

The last decade has seen profound changes in how library collections are developed and managed, driven by a rapidly evolving market place, more sophisticated user-expectations ....

E-books in Academic Libraries

Ksenija Mincic-Obradovic

Written from the perspective of a librarian, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of e-books on academic libraries. The author discusses advantages to both ....

Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings

Vanda Broughton

LCSH are increasingly seen as 'the' English language controlled vocabulary, despite their lack of a theoretical foundation, and their evident US bias. In mapping exercises ....

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms

Updated to contain over 110,000 definitions from 100 areas of science and technology. ....

Peer Review and Scientific Assessment

A Handbook for Funding Agencies

Alan Moghissi, Betty Love and Sorin Straja

Peer review and assessment are vital elements in numerous scientific decisions, particularly scientific publishing, research funding and regulatory science. This ....