An Identification Guide to the Dolphins and Other Small Cetaceans of Taiwan

John Y Wang and Shih-Chu Yang

A photographic identification guide to dolphins and other small cetaceans found in the waters around Taiwan.

Barle's Story

One Polar Bear's Amazing Recovery from Life as a Circus Act

Else Poulson and Gay Bradshaw

When a 19-year old female polar bear named Bärle is rescued from the inhumane conditions of a circus in the Caribbean and flown to safety in Detroit, zookeeper Else Poulsen – renowned throughout the world for her work rehabilitating ... ....

Badgerlands: The Twilight World of Britain's Most Enigmatic Animal

Patrick Barkham

Britain is the home of the badger – there are more badgers per square kilometre in this country than in any other. And yet many of us have never seen one. They are nocturnal creatures, who vanish into their labyrinthine underground ... ....

Behaviour and Management of European Ungulates

Marco Apollonio and Rory Putman

Ungulates are an extraordinarily important group of animals worldwide, at many levels – in their remarkable biodiversity; in many cases, as keystone species with a disproportionate effect on the functioning of the wider ecological ... ....

Collared: Politics and Personalities in Oregon's Wolf Country

Aimee Lyn Eaton

"Just as the humans involved in the wolf debate deserve to be seen as individuals, not stereotypes, so do the wolves. They are not the boogeyman, or storybook monsters aiming to prey upon the young and old. They aren't cuddly pets ... ....

Ecologie Acoustique des Chiropteres d'Europe

Identification des Especes, Etude de Leurs Habitats et Comportements des Chasse

Michel Barataud

This book on the acoustic ecology of bats of Europe takes stock of the knowledge acquired by the author in more than twenty years of working in the field of ultrasonic detection. As a nocturnal animal, bats have developed a spatial tracking ... ....

Elephants and Savanna Woodland Ecosystems

A Study from Chobe National Park, Botswana

Christina Skarpe, Johan T du Toit and Stein R Moe

During the nineteenth century, ivory hunting caused a substantial decrease of elephant numbers in southern Africa. Soon after that, populations of many other large and medium-sized herbivores went into steep decline due to the rinderpest ... ....

Into Great Silence

A Memoir of Discovery and Loss Among Vanishing Orcas

Eva Saulitis

Ever since Eva Saulitis began her whale research in Alaska in the 1980s, she has been drawn deeply into the lives of a single extended family of endangered orcas struggling to survive in Prince William Sound. Over the course of a ... ....

Know Your Goats and Camelids

Jack Byard

In his latest book, Know Your Goats and Camelids, Jack Byard's enthusiasm for animals is given even more impetus because he is able to write about some of the fibres, such as alpaca, which contributed so greatly to the wealth ... ....

Mammal and Avi-Fauna of Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary Orissa

Atindra Murmu, PC Mazumdar and S Chaudhuri

Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Balasore district of the state of Orissa and is the largest block among all reserve forest occupies the crest and inner valley. This publication surveys the mammalian and avifauna.

Mammals of Ungava and Labrador

The 1882-1884 Fieldnotes of Lucien M. Turner Together with Inuit and Innu Knowledge

Lucien M Turner, Scott A Heyes, Kristofer M Helgen, Bryony Anderson and Timothy Flannery

In 1882 the Smithsonian Institution Arctic scientist, Lucien McShan Turner, traveled to the Ungava District that encompasses Northern Quebec and Labrador. There he spent 20 months as part of a mission to record meteorological data for ... ....

Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles of the North East

Ian Bond

The first account since 1864 of all the species found in the northeast of England. Twenty-nine naturalists have described the current and historic status of the 63 species found in the region, plus further details of rare, vagrant, extinct ... ....

On the Trail of Red Squirrels

Will Nicholls and Steve Backshall

Join wildlife photographer Will Nicholls on a journey to find the elusive British red squirrel, documenting its secret life with words and beautiful photographs. If you sit quietly in a woodland, a new world will reveal itself around you ... ....

Otters of the World

Paul Yoxon and Grace M Yoxon

Having worked for over 20 years on otter conservation of all 13 species, the authors wished to share their experiences of these beautiful animals. People may be familiar with the Asian small-clawed otters, often found in zoos, or the ... ....

Otters: Return to the River

Laurie Campbell and Anna Levin

The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) is one of the most appealing wild mammals to be found in Britain. After years of decline it is now enjoying a remarkable recovery, and is now a welcome sight in many British rivers. This beautiful ... ....

Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland

Neil Middleton, Andrew Froud and Keith French

Bats are fascinating mammals about which we still have much to learn. As well as using ultrasonic echolocation calls for orientation and while foraging, they also have a complex array of vocalisations for communication. These are known as ... ....

The Disappearing Hedgehog

Toni Bunnell

Dr Toni Bunnell is a wildlife biologist who lectured at Hull University for over 16 years. She has published many papers concerning hedgehog ecology and welfare. Toni has cared for hedgehogs for 24 years and shares the wealth of her knowledge ... ....

Tiger Fire

500 Years of the Tiger in India

Valmik Thapar

The tiger has captured the imagination of human beings from the beginning of recorded history. It has been feared, worshipped, admired, hunted, studied, photographed, written about, immortalized in art and poetry, and has enthralled ... ....

100 Years 100 Photos: White Tailed Sea Eagles

Nigel Beers Smith

Nigel Beers Smith has put together a selection of his favourite photos, to celebrate the success of the White Tailed Sea Eagles of Lough Derg, documented in ...

A Pocket Guide to Hawaii's Birds

H Douglas Pratt and Jack Jeffrey

A Pocket Guide to Hawaii's Birds is an introduction to the beautiful and varied birds that inhabit America's only tropical state. Whether you are a visitor or a resident, you will find something in these pages that will ... ....

Birds Sounds of Costa Rica, Volume 1: Spectacular and Common Birds

Helge Kvam, Jon Luras, Peter Boesman, Dodge Engleman, Gunter De Smet, Thilo Reinhard and G Pearson

This MP3-CD is developed especially for people interested in birds, who are visiting Costa Rica for the first time, and would like to familiarise themselves with the sounds before they travel. The pedagogic objective is to make it possible ... ....

Birds of Goa

Heinz Lainer and Rahul Alvares

Heinz Lainer – having 35 years of bird watching experience – and Rahul Alvares – snakeman and wildlife photographer – have gotten together to produce this splendid new book on the birds of Goa.  This beautiful ... ....

Birds of Meirionnydd / Adar Meirionnydd

Rhion Pritchard

The records included in the systematic list are those recorded in the vice-county of Meirionnydd up to 31st December 2011. Every tetrad in Meirionnydd, as well as the other North Wales counties, was visited by fieldworkers ...

Birds of a Feather

Seasonal Change on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Colin Rees and Derek Thomas

In the context of their gardens, neighborhoods and sometimes beyond, the authors of Birds of a Feather provide a month-by-month account of their birding year, commenting upon what they saw and heard, shared with others, and how ... ....

Cyprus Bird Report 2012

The report contains 40 colour photos, the 2012 Systematic List of 294 observed species which was compiled from nearly 57 000 records, the 2012 Ringing report, papers on the first Crested Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) in Cyprus ... ....

Fauna i Ekologiia Ptits [Fauna and Ecology of Birds]

MV Kaliakin and OV Voltsit

This ninth volume in the series "Birds of Moscow and the Moscow region" includes diverse articles on the methodology of ornithological studies, faunistics and population dynamics of birds of different regions of European Russia, as well as a large ... ....

Faunal Diversity of Khijadiya Lake and Bird Sanctuary, Gujarat

An Avian Community Perspective

Sanjeev Kumar

On the southern coast of Gulf of Kachchh in the Saurasthra region of Gujarat lies a small wetland ecosystem with multitude of ecotones so intricately merged that it creates a unique wetland ecosystem complex known as Khijadiya Lake and ... ....

Field Guide to the Birds of the ACT

McComas Taylor and Nicolas Day

Two hundred and seventeen birds seen in the ACT are described. Each bird is given a colour illustration along with a short description and icons to indicate status, breeding, season when present, habitat and size. As well as the descriptions ... ....

Flying Dinosaurs

How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds

John Pickrell

The discovery of the first feathered dinosaur in China in 1996 sent shockwaves through the world of palaeontology. Were the feathers part of a complex mating ritual? A stepping-stone in the evolution of flight? And just how closely related ... ....

Gardening for Birds

Planting and projects to entice birds to your garden

Tracey Hawthorne and Verne Jordaan

This is a charming yet practical South African guide to planning and designing gardens with a view to attracting birds. It's a companion to the very successful Cooking for Birds ...

Ireland's First + 100 Years 100 Photos: White Tailed Sea Eagles

Nigel Beers Smith

Order these two books together at a promotional price now. This offer is valid on all orders placed before March 31st 2014. Please note that these are print-on-demand books, which could mean up to five weeks delivery time once ...

Ireland's First White Tailed Sea Eagle for Over 100 Years

Nigel Beers Smith

Ireland’s First is the epic story of the first pair of white tailed sea eagles to have successfully bred in Ireland for over one hundred years. After nest failure the year before, when the author began to document this ... ....

Mallorca Birding Map

75 Best Birding Points

The Mallorca Birding Map folds out to 89 × 65 cm and contains a map of high quality and precision mapping with up-to-date information on birds, and places where to see them. The map, which has been carefully designed, has ... ....

Must-See Birds of the Pacific Northwest

85 Unforgettable Species, Their Fascinating Lives, and How to Find Them

Sarah Swanson and Max Smith

The Pacific Northwest is a great place for birding. You can find Western Grebes dancing on water, or hear the Pacific Wren's song cascade through a mossy forest. Must-See Birds of the Pacific Northwest is a lively ... ....

Nairobi National Park Bird Check List

Brian W Finch

This checklist to Nairobi National Park lists 493 species. Six pages of introduction summarise the park’s habitats and explain how to use the list. In the list itself, there are three columns of codes. These detail, for each species ... ....

Non-Native Breeding Birds in the UK, 2009 / Report on Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain in 2008-10: Non-Passerines

The March 2014 issue of British Birds contains two reports. Non-Native Breeding Birds in the UK, 2009–11 This Rare Breeding Birds Panel report covers only non-native species recorded breeding in the ...

Reconnaitre Facilement Les Plumes

Identifier, Collecter, Conserver

Cloe Fraigneau

An identification guide to bird feathers.

The Boreal Owl

Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation of a Forest-Dwelling Predator

Erkki Korpimaki and Harri Hakkarainen

Widespread in North American forest regions including the Rocky Mountains, the boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) was once the most numerous predatory bird in Eurasian boreal forests. Synthesising the results of unique long-term studies ... ....

The Official List of Birds of Costa Rica / La Lista Oficial de las Aves de Costa Rica

Asociacion Ornitologica de Costa Rica (AOCR) and Mey Cantillano Vargas

This is the official checklist of the Costa Rican Ornithological Association. Updated with the current scientific names and the most recent discoveries, it contains a complete list of 897 species in taxonomic order. All species are identified ... ....

The Oldest Dodo in the World

Jane Lagesse and Stina Spangenberg Becherel

Extinct on its island home of Mauritius since the end of the 17th Century, the dodo has captured the imagination of the western world. Its peaceful nature, comic appearance and tragic end have inspired science, art and literature.

The Thing with Feathers

The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal about Being Human

Noah Strycker

An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world – and deep connection with humanity. Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own ... ....

Waterbird Populations on the Greater Thames Estuary

Numbers and Trends by Count Sector

LJ Wright, GE Austin, IMD MacLean and NHK Burton

The Greater Thames Estuary is of national and international importance for its wader and wildfowl populations, supporting c. 237 000 watcrbirds during the winter and passage periods. Five Special Protection Areas (SPAs) have been designated ... ....

A Guide To Australian Skinks In Captivity

Danny Brown

This full colour, 360 page book provides detailed information on all aspects of captive husbandry relating to the most commonly kept species of Australian skink species including Blue-tongued and Shingleback Skinks, Burrowing Skinks ... ....

Altas of Endemic Amphibians of Western Ghats

KA Subramanian, KP Dinesh and C Radhakrishnan

The Western Ghats of the India are one of the global hotspots for amphibian diversity. Out of 181 species recorded from this region, 159 are endemic. This high level of endemism is attributed to its unique geography, bioclimatic conditions ... ....

Das Schildkrotenjahr

Freilandbiologie und Haltung Europaischer Landschildkroten uber den Jahresverlauf

Michael Wirth

European tortoises are among the most popular pets. In Das Schildkrötenjahr Michael Wirth describes many fascinating details about turtles and the natural habitats of tortoises.

International Encyclopaedia of Reptiles (2-Volume Set)

Raymond L Ditmars

In the present work the author has aimed to give in a popular manner a general survey of the reptiles of the world. While the manner aims to be popular, and while the purpose has been to make International Encyclopaedia of Reptiles ... ....

Krotenlaubfrosche: Die Gattung Trachycephalus

Sandra Honigs, Marc Messing and Beate Pelzer

Treefrogs are attractive and very popular pets. Krötenlaubfrösche describes all presently known species of the genus Trachycephalus, their habitats and biology. Describes vividly how to successfully keep ... ....

Krokodilschwanzechse: Shinisaurus crocodilurus

Lebensweise, Haltung, Nachzucht

Michael Zollweg and Heiko Kuehne

The threatened crocodile lizard Shinisaurus crocodilurus is a mystery to biologists. The authors of Krokodilschwanzechse are some of the few Europeans who have photographed these animals in the wild. The proceeds of ... ....

Salamanders in Your Pocket

A Guide to Caudates of the Upper Midwest

Terry VanDeWalle and Suzanne L Collins

Finding a salamander in the woodlands rates as one of the most enjoyable surprises of an early morning hike. Active mainly at night, these secretive, shiny, lizardlike amphibians often glow like jewels when found under the logs or rocks ... ....

Tagaktive Zweggeckos der Gattung Lygodactylus

Lebensweise, Haltung, Nachzuch

Beate Roll

The small, and sometimes spendidly coloured dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus are very popular, not least because of their lively and trusting nature. Tagaktive Zweggeckos der Gattung Lygodactylus  ... ....

Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma

Lebenswiese - Haltung - Nachzucht

Hans-Peter Berghof

The ideal companion to the standard work on geckos by Hall et al. (1997), Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma covers keeping and breeding geckos of the genus Phelsuma.

The Amphibians and Reptiles of Mindo

Life in the Cloudforest

Alejandro Arteaga, Lucas Bustamente, Juan M Guayasamin, Rita Hidalgo, Belen Baus and Sil Cevallos

An outstanding field guide to the cloud forest of Mindo, around 60 km northwest of Quito, filled with exceptional color photographs and distribution maps. The first field guide for any cloud forest region in the Andes, contains an addendum ... ....

The Reptiles of Tennessee

Matthew L Niemiller, R Graham Reynolds and Brian Miller

Tennessee's biotic diversity has been well documented in field guides dedicated to its wildflowers; trees, shrubs, and woody vines; mussels; fishes; amphibians; and birds. Glaringly absent from this assemblage, however, is an equivalent ... ....

The Venomous Snakes and their Mimics of Panama and Costa Rica / Las Culebras Venenosas y sus Mímicas de Panama y Costa

Julie M Ray, James L Knight and Patty Ruback

Snakes are feared around the world. In some countries, such as Panama and Costa Rica, this comes from the presence of venomous snakes that bite and, in some cases, kill people. In truth, the majority of snakes are not a threat to humans ... ....

Beach Spawning Fishes

Karen LM Martin

Beach Spawning Fishes serves as a comprehensive guide to beach spawning, a charismatic animal behavior that is seen in a surprising number of teleost species. This unexpected form of reproduction provides a window into the ecology ... ....

Field Guide to Fishes of the Mekong Delta

Mekong River Commission

Field guide to 363 of the most common fish species found in the Mekong Delta in Cambodia and Vietnam. The main purpose of Field Guide to Fishes of the Mekong Delta is to serve as a practical guide for technicians, students and .. ....

Opredelitel' ryb i Bespozvonochnykh Kaspiiskogo Moria Tom 1: Ryby i Molliuski [Keys to Fish and Invertebrates of the Cas

NG Bogutskaya, PV Kijashko, AM Naseka and MI Orlova

The volume is the first in a series of publications under the common title Keys to Fish and Invertebrates of the Caspian Sea. It contains identification keys, illustrated in detail, for all genera and species of fish and bivalve ... ....

1000 Shells: Exceptionals from the Philippines (2-Volume Set)

Guido T Poppe, Philippe Poppe and Sheila P Tagaro

The Philippines are a biodiversity hotspot for mollusks. The two volumes of 1000 Shells: Exceptionals from the Philippines depict the most desirable species and specimens – overall 1000 shells. This selection covers the ... ....

A Comprehensive Guide to Insects of Britain and Ireland

Paul D Brock

A major guide to insects of Britain and Ireland, with over 2500 species photographed. The book is illustrated in full colour throughout, with fully comprehensive sections on all insect groups, including flies, bees and wasps.

A Guide to Common Echinoderms of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

C Raghunathan

The Echinodermata is one of the best characterized and most distinct phyla of animal kingdom. The echinoderms being common and conspicuous marine animals have been known since ancient times. They are found at every ocean depth from the ... ....

A Guide to Finding Butterflies and Day-flying Moths in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Describes all 45 species of butterfly found in Berks, Bucks and Oxon, together with many of the day-flying moth that you may encounter, from the familiar burnet moths to the not so common yellow belle. Both groups are described using ... ....

A Guide to Finding Hoverflies in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Describes over 70 of these fascinating insects found in Berks, Bucks and Oxon. These superb mimics may be mistaken for bumblebees, honeybees and wasps. Many are found in gardens, where they are useful pollinators, whilst others prefer ... ....

A Guide to the Cockroaches of Australia

David Rentz

Cockroaches! Even a mere mention of the word causes many people to recoil in horror. However, of the hundreds of species of cockroaches (or blattodeans as they are known) found in Australia, only a small number of them give the group a ... ....

A Pictorial Handbook on Grasshoppers of Western Himalayas

G Srinivasan and D Prabakar

Covers 35 species of grasshopper.

African Landshells

Atlas 3350 colour photos

Tiziano Cossignani

African Landshells figures large parts of the African land snail fauna (as well as some of the African freshwater mollusks) with a focus on larger shelled species. African Landshells is not intended to be a scientific ... ....

Annotirovannyi Katalog Zhuzhelits: Coleoptera: Caraboidea: Sikhote-Alinia

Yu N Sundukov

The data on 3 families, 12 subfamilies, 33 tribes, 96 genera, 148 subgenera, 475 species (with 103 subspecies) and 986 synonyms of the ground beetles (Caraboidea) the Sikhote-Alin Mountains (Russian Far East) are given.

Aquatic Insects of Lakes in and Around Hyderabad (Hemiptera and Coleoptera)

Deepa Jaiswal

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Materials and methods 3. Aquatic and semiaquatic insects: hemiptera 4. Aquatic and semiaquatic insects: coleoptera 5. Checklist of aquatic coleoptera 6. Summary 7.

Araignees de France et d'Europe

Michael J Roberts

French translation of Collins Field Guide to the Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe.

Art and Architecture of Insects

David M Phillips

Clad in spiked and scaled armor, lance-like pincers at the ready, alien creatures are in our gardens, our floorboards, and our bedsheets. David M. Phillips has taken his life-long love of insect biology and microscopy and ...

Atlas of Aquatic Molluscs in China [Chinese]

Zheng Xiaodong

Atlas of Aquatic Molluscs in China collects more than 800 specimens from lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, ledge, mud-sand beaches, mangroves, and shallow deep sea environments.

Atlas of Insects and Spiders of Buxa Tiger Reserve

Dinendra Raychaudhuri and Sumana Saha

Atlas of Insects and Spiders of Buxa Tiger Reserve provides essential information for people having an interest in this field of science, whether a beginner or an experienced investigator, zoological collector, student, teacher ... ....

Bee Health and Veterinarians

Wolfgang Ritter

Maintaining bee health is a central responsibility in beekeeping, for both professional and amateur beekeepers, because only healthy bees are able to pollinate successfully and achieve a good honey harvest. Bee losses have become an ... ....

Brethren of the Net

American Entomology, 1840-1880

W Conner Sorensen

Sorensen asks how it came about that, within the span of forty years, the American entomological community developed from a few gentlemen naturalists with primary links to Europe to a thriving scientific community exercising world leadership ... ....

Butterflies and Moths of Pakke Tiger Reserve

Sanjay Sondhi and Krushnamegh Kunte

This book covers butterflies and moths of the Pakke Tiger Reserve in East Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India. It contains descriptions and photographs of 284 butterfly species, provides key features to identify them ... ....

Contribution to the Fauna of Longhorn Beetles in the Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve

Andreas Weigel and Ling-Zeng Meng

This book is a contribution to the fauna of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve (China: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, NRWNNR). The geography, climate, vegetation and land use of NRWNNR ... ....

Das Lautlose Sterben der Bienen

Ursachen - Konsequenzen - Auswege

Friedrich Hainbuch

The honey bee is the third most important farm animal in the food chain of humans. Three quarters of all crops that feed humanity are pollinated by bees. However, in recent decades there has been a global, alarming mass death of entire bee colonies. ....

Die Landschnecken Deutschlands

Finden - Erkennen - Bestimmen

Vollrath Wiese

Die Landschnecken Deutschlands fills a gap in the current literature. For the first time all 242 species of land snail occurring in Germany are illustrated in colour and presented extensively in the form of a field guide.

Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 57: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae [Chinese]

Kang Le

Based on detailed research on the male stridulatory area and the male genitalia, we recorded 6 tribes, 47 genera and 242 species of the subfamily Phaneropterinae, among which two genera and nine species are new to science.

Fauna d'Italia, Volume 48: Orthoptera

Bruno Massa, Paolo Fontana, Filippo Maria Buzzetti, Roy Kleukers and Baudewijn Ode

This is the first book to treat all 380 taxa (349 species) of orthoptera known from Italy. Includes keys to all species, extensive species treatments, sound diagrams and distribution maps. The DVD-ROM contains all available songs and an ... ....

Free-Living Marine Nematodes of Tamil Nadu Coast, India

G Sivaleela and K Venkataraman

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Marine free-living nematodes from India and Tamil Nadu 3. Description of the South area 4. Materials and method 5. Free-living marine nematodes 6. The cephalic and stome region ...

Guide Photo des Araignees et Autres Arachnides d'Europe

Philippe Jourde and Heiko Bellmann

Guide Photo des Araignées et Autres Arachnides d'Europe is a practical guide to arachnids, covering 400 species with excellent photographs and a simple identification system.

Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies of Ireland

Robert Thompson and Brian Nelson

Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies of Ireland serves as a guide to encourage recording for this group of insects by using illustrations, text, maps and coloured photography to aid with identification.

Honeybee Nests

Composition, Structure, Function

HR Hepburn, CWW Pirk and O Duangphakdee

Honeybee Nests, a sequel to Honeybees and Wax published nearly 30 years ago, starts with a brief introduction and discussion of nesting sites, their spaces and densities, self-organization of nest contents, and ... ....

Hundertfuesser: Lebensweise, Haltung, Nachzucht

Christian Kronmueller

Centipede specialist Christian Kronmüller presents a magnificently illustrated guide to the biology, care and propagation of centipedes in Hundertfüßer.

Illustrated Field Guide to the Fauna of Sri Lanka, Volume 1: Butterflies

Rajika Gamage

The Butterfly fauna of Sri Lanka consists of 245 species, out of which 26 are endemic. This is the only portable comprehensive filed guide to the butterflies of Sri Lanka. The identification guide of butterflies in their natural environment ... ....

Metacercarial Fauna of India

KC Pandey and Nirupama Agrawal

From the introduction: "The developmental stages in the life cycle of digeneans include a number of larvae viz., miracidium sporocyst redia cercaria and metacercaria. The cercaria develops inside sporocyst or redia.

Mnogoshchetinkovye Chervi (Polychaeta) Dal'nevostochnykh Morei Rossii i Prilezhashchikh vod Tikhogo Okeana: Annotirovann

[Polychaetes of the Far East Seas of Russia and Adjacent Waters of the Pacific Ocean: Annotated Checklist and Bibliograp

GN Buzhinskaia

Polychaetes of the Far East Seas of Russia and Adjacent Waters of the Pacific Ocean: Annotated Checklist and Bibliography presents some results from the long-term researches of polychaetes of eastuaries and Russian Far Eastern seas ... ....

Neotropical Insect Galls

Geraldo Wilson Fernandes and Jean Carlos Santos

Neotropical Insect Galls focuses on one of the most sophisticated guild herbivorous insects, the gall inducing insects. They trespass the defensive lines of their host plants, engineer the host to provide their larvae with shelter ... ....

Odonata Recording within Birdtrack: Non-Technical Specification

Andy J Musgrove, Iain Downie, Mark Hammond, Nick Moran and Karen Wright

BirdTrack (www.birdtrack.net) is an online system for birdwatchers to enter records of birds, either as single "casual observations" or as "complete lists". In general, birdwatchers are not just interested in observing ... ....

Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Sri Lanka

Himesh Jayasinghe, Chamitha De Alwis and Sarath S Rakapaksha

This is the first pocket guide covering all 245 Sri Lankan butterfly species. A total of 333 photographs and 15 drawings cover sexual dimorphism and different forms. Includes: - Distribution maps for all species ....

Reorganizatsiia Politennykh Khromosom Lichinok Khironomid: Diptera? Chironomidae i Ikh Reaktsiia na Mutagennoe Zagriazne

[Reorganization of Polytene Chromosomes of Chironomid Larvae: Diptera, Chironomidae and their Mutagenic Response to Poll

NA Petrova

This monograph is devoted to three species of Chironomid larvae collected in the 30-kilometer zone of Chernobyl and how exposure to radioactivity has led to chromosome reorganisation.

Review of the Indo-Pacific Buprestidae: I. Julodinae Lac.

Roman B Holynski

Each part of the series presents a revision of a particular group of Indo-Pacific [traditional Oriental Region + Oceania] Buprestidae Leach: taxonomic relations (keys, synonymy, description, variability) and geographical distribution of ... ....

Systematics of the Sheath Nematodes of the Superfamily Hemicycliophoroidea

John J Chitambar and Sergei A Subbotin

The sheath nematodes belonging to the superfamily Hemicycliophoroidea are unique amongst all plant parasitic nematodes known to man due to the presence of an extra cuticular covering or sheath over the inner cuticle and body of all juvenile ... ....

Taschenlexikon der Libellen Europas

Alle Arten von den Azoren bis zum Ural im Portrat

Hansruedi Wildermuth and Andreas Martens

Contains brilliant and informative photos of dragonfly species both native to Europe and the sporadic invasive species, and portrays their biology in detail. In addition to the explanation of names, the current state of knowledge ... ....

The Crustacea, Volume 4 Part B

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

As evident from the number 4B tagged to this volume, vol. 4 as originally planned had to be split into two fascicles, 4A and 4B, simply because of the numbers of pages covered by the various contributions meant for volume 4.

The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems

David Shuker and Leigh W Simmons

Insects display a staggering diversity of mating and social behaviours. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of evolutionary and behavioural questions, such as the evolution of sex, sexual selection, sexual conflict ... ....

The Indian Sacred Chank

AP Lipton, G Syda Rao and I Jagadis

The sacred chank is a shell, a marine mollusc species, which has been revered in India. The Indian Sacred Chank tries to explain the significance of the chank and the use of all its parts for human welfare. It throws light on the ... ....

The Insects of Ireland

An Illustrated Guide to Ireland's Butterflies, Ladybirds, Shieldbugs, Ants and Other Groups

Stephen McCormack, Eugenie Regan and Chris Shields

Insects are vitally important in our environment. Over 11 000 species of insects occur in Ireland but most are very small and escape notice. Identifying them accurately can be difficult or impossible. The Insects of Ireland provides ... ....

The Tortoise Beetles of Madagascar (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Part 2

Cassidini, the genus Cassida

Lech Borowiec and J Swietojanska

This second part of a taxonomic study of the Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae of Madagascar reviews the genus Cassida L., with keys and illustrations. Includes 99 species (28 new).

Wisdom for Beekeepers

500 Tips for Successful Beekeeping

James E Tew

A comprehensive collection of 500 beekeeping tips written by life-long beekeeper Jim Tew covers all aspects of beekeeping including: Becoming a Beekeeper, Beekeeping Equipment, The Beekeeping Year, Getting Live Bees, Colony Management ... ....

ZooKeys 279

Annotated Type Catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin

Abraham SH Breure

The type status is described of 96 taxa classified within the superfamily Orthalicoidea and present in the Mollusca collection of the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Lectotypes are designated for the ... ....

A Pictorial Guide to Paleontology: Dinosaurs of China, Volume 1

Zhao Chuang and Yang Yang

Skeletal and life reconstructions of some 130 dinosaur fossils found in China.

A Pictorial Guide to Paleontology: Dinosaurs of China, Volume 2

Yang Yang and Zhao Chuang

Skeletal and life reconstructions of dinosaur fossils found in China.

A Pictorial Guide to Paleontology: Dinosaurs of the World

Yang Yang and Zhao Chuang

Skeletal reconstructions of a selection of dinosaur and birds fossils found outside China.

A Pictorial Guide to Paleontology: Prehistoric Aquatic Reptiles

Yang Yang and Zhao Chuang

Skeletal and life reconstructions of more than 60 species mesozoic aquatic reptiles.

A Pictorial Guide to Paleontology: Pterosaurs

Yang Yang and Zhao Chuang

Skeletal drawings and reconstructions of some pterosaurs.

Biostratigrafiia i Ostrakody Chetvertichnykh Otlozhenii Bakinskogo Arkhipelaga (Azerbaidzhan) [Biostratigraphy and Ostra

Ul'vi Suleimanov

The book is devoted to the results of biostratigraphic studies of the deposits of the Baku archipelago (Azerbaijan). Based on a detailed study of the ostracod fauna the authors developed a detailed scheme of the Baku archipelago deposits ... ....

Dinosaurs of the British Isles

Dean Lomax, Nobumichi Tamura and Paul M Barrett

If you were asked to name a dinosaur, the chances are you would give a foreign example, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, despite the term 'dinosaur' having been conceived by a British palaeontologist for fossils found in England. ....

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Extinct Manmmals [Chinese]

A total of 283 extinct mammals from the Mesozoic to Cenozoic described and illustrated in this book.

Siluro-Devonian Studies 2

DJ Holloway and JR Laurie

This memoir features a collection of below 15 papers 1. Latest Early to early Middle Devonian acastid trilobites from the eastern part of the Dinant Synclinorium, Belgium (Rhenohercynian Zone) 2. upper Homerian and ...

The Illustrated Handbook of Fossils

A Practical Directory and Identification Aid to More Than 300 Plant and Animal Fossils

Steve Parker

This is a practical directory and identification aid to more than 300 plant and animal fossils. This is the ultimate photographic guide to recognizing fossils of plants and animals. It features more than 300 named specimens of plant ... ....

The Pterosauria

David Martill, David Unwin, Robert Loveridge and Peter Wellnhofer

Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight. This core reference work summarises state-of-the-art research on pterosaur taxonomy, phylogeny and evolutionary history, as well as recent advances in our understanding ... ....

Eaux Douces des Alpes

Remi Masson

This coffee table book reveals the hidden treasures found in freshwater bodies in the Alps.

Encyclopaedia of Fresh-Water Biology (3-Volume Set)

Henry Baldwin Ward and George Chandler Whipple

The preparation of the present work was undertaken with the purpose of stimulating the study of the material so easily obtainable and of aiding workers of all grades to acquire some definite and precise knowledge of the organisms met in ... ....

Ichthyofauna and Decapod Crustacean Fauna of Nuanai Estuary, Odisha

DV Rao and Shibananda Rath

From the introduction: "The Nuanai is one of the small river branches of the Mahanadi river system. The Mahanadi is the biggest river system covering over 14 districts of North Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) with its ...

Korallenriff-Aquarium, Band 1

Grundlagen fur den Erfolgreichen Betrieb

Svein A Fossa and Alf Jacob Nilsen

Volume 1 of this book series Korallenriff-Aquarium provides the technical and chemical knowledge for the successful maintenance of a coral reef aquarium. Volume 2 covers aquarium types (from corporate and cave aquaria ... ....

Korallenriff-Aquarium, Band 2

Svein A Fossa and Alf Jacob Nilsen

Volume 1 of this book series Korallenriff-Aquarium provides the technical and chemical knowledge for the successful maintenance of a coral reef aquarium. Volume 2 covers aquarium types (from corporate and cave aquaria ... ....

Meeresaquaristik: Probleme Vermeiden, Erkennen, Losen

Dieter Brockmann

Even with optimum technical equipment and a careful stocking rate there can always be problems in a reef tank. Meeresaquaristik allows the aquarist to avoid such problems, either from the outset or to recognize them during times ... ....

Zeeboek: Determinatietabellen voor Flora en Fauna van de Nederlandse kust

Jeugdbondsuitgeverij

The first edition of the Zeeboek, a practical identification guide to life forms found in the North and Wadden Sea, was published 30 years ago. That edition was phenomenally successful, prompting this completely revised edition. ....

ABC Wall Frieze

Buckingham Caz and Andrea Pinnington

This wall frieze displays Nature's Alphabet - how many different objects can you find for each letter? The box contains seven looseleaf panels each measuring 20 × 50 cm for a total length of 3.5 m.

American Energy, Imperiled Coast

Oil and Gas Development in Louisiana's Wetlands

Jason P Theriot

In the post World War II era, Louisiana's coastal wetlands underwent an industrial transformation that placed the region at the center of America's energy-producing corridor. By the twenty-first century the Louisiana Gulf Coast ... ....

An Eye for Nature

The Life and Art of William T. Cooper.

Penny Olsen and Sir David Attenborough

In the work of artist William T. Cooper, platypuses swim in green underwater worlds, waves throw up blankets of spray, embers glow in the aftermath of a bushfire, a Thylacine emerges from the shadows, sniffing the air. But it is his ... ....

An Island Odyssey

Fifty-two Islands, Once Incredible Voyage

Hamish Haswell-Smith

In An Island Odyssey, Hamish Haswell-Smith casts off in his forty-one-foot sloop Jandara, armed with his sketch pad and a route map of a journey first taken by Martin Martin in 1703. Haswell-Smith sets sail on a voyage that will ... ....

Animal Kingdom

Simon Rogers, Jenny Broom, Nicholas Blechman and Nicholas Blechman

The second in a visually stunning series, Infographics which shows just how interesting and humorous scientific information can be. Complex facts about the animal kingdom are reinterpreted as stylish infographics, which ... ....

Animal Secondary Products

Domestic Animal Exploitation in Prehistoric Europe, the Near East and the Far East

Haskel Greenfield

Animal Secondary Products investigates domestic animal exploitation and the animal economy from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze and Iron Ages across Eurasia (Europe, Near East, Siberia and China). Incorporating current zooarchaeology ... ....

Animal Verses

The Unseen Wilderness of Sri Lanka

Lalith Ekanayake

This book presents the second compilation of Sri Lankan wildlife photographs published by Lalith Ekanayake, following his notably successful volume, The Untamed Road: A Visual Miscellany of the Sri Lankan Wilderness, published in 2010. ....

Animals

Discover great art - and create your own!

Susie Brooks

A gorgeous children's activity series that explores a wide range of artists' work while encouraging children to develop their own skills and techniques, Get into Art! is perfect for active young artists of all abilities. ....

Animals Everywhere

Simon Abbott

How loud is a lion's roar? What's the most poisonous snake on the planet? Which fish has a built-in fishing rod? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this new addition to the Wonderful World of Simon Abbott ... ....

Ant

David Hawcock and Lee Montgmery

- read about the bug - fold the bookback on itself - slot in the string and bounce! - suitable for hanging special features: flaps and a pop-up elastic string.

Bears & Pandas

An Intriguing Insight into the Lives of Brown Bears, Polar Bears, Black Bears, Pandas and Others, with 190 Exciting Imag

Michael Bright

Exploring Nature: Bears & Pandas offers an in intriguing insight into the lives of brown bears, polar bears, black bears, pandas and others, with 190 exciting images. You can explore the amazing world of bears - how the ... ....

Bee

David Hawcock and Lee Montgmery

Using clear graphics, die-cuts, fold-outs and lift-the-flaps, this book create a vivid picture of the life and habitat of a bee. When you have read the book, you can turn it into a bee, suitable for hanging – and bouncing!

Beetle

David Hawcock and Lee Montgmery

Using clear graphics, die-cuts, fold-outs and lift-the-flaps, this book create a vivid picture of the life and habitat of a beetle. When you have read the book, you can turn it into a beetle, suitable for hanging - and bouncing!

Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle

Cheryl Bardoe and Alan Marks

Simple science text and dramatic illustrations give a close-up view of the fascinating world of the dung beetle. When an animal lightens its load, dung beetles race to the scene. They battle over, devour, hoard, and lay their eggs in the ... ....

Bridging a Great Divide

The Battle for the Columbia River Gorge

Kathie Durbin

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act, setting into motion one of the great land-use experiments of modern times. The act struck a compromise between protection for one of the West's ... ....

Cathedral of the Wild

An African Journey Home

Boyd Varty

Boyd Varty had an unconventional upbringing. He grew up on Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, a place where man and nature strive for balance, where perils exist alongside wonders. Founded more than eighty years ago as a hunting ... ....

Cheetahs

Sally Morgan

Do you know where the word 'cheetah' comes from? That they can reach a top speed of 60 miles per hour when running? Or that the Ancient Egyptians used to keep cheetahs as pets? Become an expert on these fascinating big cats with ... ....

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities Series 1 & 2 (Region 2)

Sir David Attenborough

In series one, Sir David Attenborough uncovered the stories behind some of nature’s most baffling and intriguing creatures. Now in this bigger second series he uncovers more curious tales from the natural world. From the ambitious ... ....

Deadly Factbook 1: Mammals

Steve Backshall

Packed with fascinating facts and drawing on Steve's own amazing experiences, this is the Deadly guide to mammals for Steve Backshall fans everywhere. Illustrated throughout with full colour photographs and art.

Deadly Factbook 2: Minibeasts, Spiders and Insects

Steve Backshall

Packed with fascinating facts and drawing on Steve's own amazing experiences, Deadly Factbook: Minibeasts, Spiders and Insects is the second fact-filled Deadly guide for Steve Backshall fans everywhere.

Deadly Factbook 3: Reptiles and Amphibians

Steve Backshall

Packed with fascinating facts and drawing on Steve's own amazing experiences, Deadly Factbook 3: Reptiles and Amphibians is the third Deadly factbook for Steve Backshall fans everywhere. Illustrated throughout ... ....

Deadly Factbook 4: Fish, Squid and Jellyfish

Steve Backshall

Did you know that catfish have more than 100 000 taste buds on their body? Or that a bull shark has an even stronger bite than a Great White? Follow in the footsteps of the Deadly team and discover the secrets of the animal kingdom as the ... ....

Dinopedia

Rupert Matthews

Uncover the deadliest of Dinosaurs in this action-packed book and poster pack Dinopedia. You'll come across astounding dinosaur facts and fascinating details of archaeological digs. Learn about the life and habits of dinosaurs ... ....

Dolphins

Penny Arlon

Discover More: Dolphins dives into the ocean for an up-to-date introduction to these highly intelligent creatures. Learn about the anatomy, life cycle, and feeding habits of dolphins, written for the newest science readers. ....

Elephants

Sally Morgan

What is the difference between the African and the African forest elephant? How much milk do the young calves drink? How do elephants communicate? Find out the answers to these questions and learn many more fascinating facts about these ... ....

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (100th Anniversary Edition)

Alfred Lansing

Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England in August 1914. In January 1915, after battling its way for six weeks through a thousand ... ....

Everything Dinosaurs

National Geographic Kids

In National Geographic Kids Everything Dinosaurs, kids will explore the fascinating world of dinosaurs, meeting prehistoric creatures as tall as houses, and others that were as tiny as chickens. Kids become dino experts as ... ....

Exploring Nature: Big Cats

Examine the Fearsome Feline World of Lions, Tigers, Cheetahs and Leopards, in More Than 190 Pictures

Rhonda Klevansky

Exploring Nature: Big Cats examines the fearsome feline world of lions, tigers, cheetahs and leopards, in more than 190 pictures. It is an exciting, authoritative insight into every aspect of lion, leopard, tiger, puma, jaguar ... ....

Exploring Nature: Butterflies & Moths

A Comprehensive Guide to the Brief but Brilliant Lives of These Fascinating Creatures, with Over 200 Pictures

John Farndon

This is a comprehensive guide to the brief but brilliant lives of these fascinating creatures, with over 200 pictures. It covers all aspects of butterfly and moth life, packed with amazing-but-true information. It features close-up images ... ....

Extracted: How the Quest for Mineral Wealth is Plundering the Planet

Ugo Bardi and Jorgen Randers

As we dig, drill, and excavate to unearth the planet's mineral bounty, the resources we exploit from ores, veins, seams, and wells are gradually becoming exhausted. Mineral treasures that took millions, or even billions, of years to ... ....

Fly

David Hawcock and Lee Montgmery

Using clear graphics, die-cuts, fold-outs and lift-the-flaps, this book create a vivid picture of the life and habitat of a fly. When you have read the book, you can turn it into a fly, suitable for hanging - and bouncing!

Frogs

Elizabeth Carney

What was that? That's the roaring burp of a bullfrog! See that? That's the slick, shiny skin of colorful little rainforest frogs! Alive with froggy facts, Frogs has the coolest photos to bring kids deep into the swampy ... ....

Ghosts of the Forest

Action. Danger. Adventure.

Steve Backshall

In Ghosts of the Forest Saker and Sinter have split up. Sinter is nursing in the shanties of Ho Chi Minh city. Saker is with the peace-loving Penan helping them protect the orang utans and save their own forest homes, as ... ....

Giraffes

Sally Morgan

Do all giraffes have the same pattern on their fur? How long is a giraffe's tongue? What is necking and why do giraffes do it? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in this beautifully designed book, part of the ... ....

Guess Who is in the Snow

Camilla de la Bedoyere

Guess who I am? Each book encourages children to work out who each animal is, with the help of written questions and clues, and visual hints such as a furry pattern peeking out from behind a bush. By lifting the flap the answer is revealed ... ....

Guess Who is in the Trees

Camilla de la Bedoyere

Guess who I am? Each book encourages children to work out who each animal is, with the help of written questions and clues, and visual hints such as a furry pattern peeking out from behind a bush. By lifting the flap the answer is revealed ... ....

Historical Perspectives of Fisheries Exploitation in the Indo-Pacific

Joseph Christensen and Malcolm Tull

The waters of the Indo-Pacific were at the centre of the global expansion of marine capture fisheries in the twentieth century, yet surprisingly little has been written about this subject from a historical perspective.

How to Draw Flowers and Plants

An Art School In a Book

Mark Bergin

This comprehensive drawing handbook covers all aspects of drawing a range of flowers and plants, including essential concepts such as light, tone and composition. With its clear step-by-step labelled drawings ...

Incredible Science - Discovery Edition

Belinda Gallagher

Explore the extremes of the scientific world with this remarkable guide. Produced in assocation with Discovery Channel, this title focuses on the key discoveries and incredible inventions that have changed our lives. From 3-D laser images ... ....

Joe Dowden's Complete Guide to Painting Water in Watercolour

Joe Francis Dowden

Joe Francis Dowden is the master of painting extraordinarily realistic water, and here he shares his tips and techniques in a complete guide to painting this vital element in watercolour. There is expert guidance on painting what you see ... ....

Landscapes and Birds of Scotland

An Artist's View

Leo Du Feu

Landscapes and Birds of Scotland: An Artist's View is a journey through Scotland's lowlands, highlands and islands, beautifully wrought by artist Leo du Feu. Leo's three passions – birds, art and the outdoors ... ....

Le Grand Livre de la Photo de Nature

Erwan Balanca

Learn to photograph wildlife with help of the advice of an experienced photographer. Erwan Balan‡a has lived close to nature for nearly 20 years in order to capture the most authentic details, and has become a authority in the world of ... ....

Let's Look in Ponds & Rivers

Andrea Pinnington and Caz Buckingham

Let's Look in Woods & Forests

A Spot & Learn, Stick & Play book

Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington

On the off chance that you are going down to the woods today, be sure to take this guide. Let's Look in Woods & Forests is full of plants and animals to find fascinating facts and some fabulous stickers to use on the ... ....

Limber

Angela Pelster

"What a strange and unexpected treasure chest this is, filled with all manner of quirky revelations, all about the mundane sublime and the ineffable extraordinary. Most extraordinary of all, perhaps, through, is the haunting perfect ... ....

Lions

Sally Morgan

Did you know that a lion's tongue feels like sandpaper? That there is an entire subspecies of lion living in a single forest in India? Or that a lion's roar can be heard up to eight kilometers away? Packed with stunning imagery ... ....

Mountain Flower Walks: The Pyrenees and the Picos de Europa

Margaret Taylor and Henry Taylor

The latest in the Mountain Flower Walks series published by the Alpine Garden Society is a guide to the best places to see plants in the Pyrenees and the Picos de Europa. The area is visited every year by plant enthusiasts from ... ....

Natural Histories

Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library

Tom Baione

For the first time, Natural Histories allows readers a privileged glimpse of seldom seen, fully illustrated scientific tomes from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection – a collection ... ....

New Life Stories

More Stories from the Prize-Winning Radio 4 Series

Sir David Attenborough

A personal view of the natural world New Life Stories is the second installment of Sir David's look back at the wildlife that has captured his imagination and enthusiasm over his distinguished career. It is a fascinating ... ....

Phototips: Composing Nature

Heinrich Van de Berg

Phototips: Composing Nature is the second in the Phototips series of books, aimed at photographers who want to hone their photography skills and produce breathtaking images. The Van den Bergs take you with them into the ... ....

Planet Earth: Continents * Oceans * Climate * Geology

With 19 Easy-to-do Experiments and 250 Exciting Pictures

John Farndon

Exploring Science: Planet Earth: Continents * Oceans * Climate * Geology comes with 19 easy-to-do experiments and 250 exciting pictures. It is packed with facts on the birth of our planet and the forces that shape the land. ....

Remaking Boston

An Environmental History of the City and Its Surroundings

Anthony N Penna and Conrad Edick Wright

Since its settlement in 1630, Boston, its harbor, and outlying regions have witnessed a monumental transformation at the hands of humans and by nature. Remaking Boston chronicles many of the events that altered the physical ... ....

River City and Valley Life

An Environmental History of the Sacramento Region

Christopher J Castaneda and Lee MA Simpson

Often referred to as "the Big Tomato," Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, seventeen contributors reveal the major ... ....

Searching for Pekpek

Cassowaries and Conservation in the New Guinea Rainforest

Andrew L Mack

Andrew Mack immersed himself in a vast expanse of roadless, old growth rainforest of Papua New Guinea in 1987. He and his co-investigator Debra Wright, built a research station by hand and lived there for years. Their mission ...

Small and Tall Tales of Extinct Animals

Damien Laverdunt, Helene Rajcak, Jen Craddock and Cecile Colin

Hundreds of years ago, Earth was home to some strange animals. There was the giant beaver taller than a human; the Sicilian dwarf elephant; the three-metre-tall elephant bird; the giant lemur nicknamed the tratratratra; the world-famous ... ....

Space Has No Frontier

The Terrestrial Life and Times of Bernard Lovell

John Bromely-Davenport

The extraordinary life of Bernard Lovell began before the First World War and his story encompasses many of the great events of last hundred years: the Second World War, the invention of radio astronomy, the space race, the Moon landings ... ....

Speaking for Nature

The Literary Naturalists, from Transcendentalism to the Birth of the American Environmental Movement

Paul Brooks

These narrative portraits of America's great literary naturalists offer a 200-year history of wildlife conservation. Profiles of those who led the fight to protect the environment and safeguard our natural heritage include ...

Spider

David Hawcock and Lee Montgmery

Using clear graphics, die-cuts, fold-outs and lift-the-flaps, this book create a vivid picture of the life and habitat of a spider. When you have read the book, you can turn it into a spider, suitable for hanging – and bouncing! ....

The American Environment

Nature, History, and the American People

Stephen L Danver

The physical environment – the biological world, the weather, the presence or absence of resources – plays an important role in nearly every event in history. The American Environment is based on the belief that it ... ....

The Art of Thomas Bewick

Diana Donald

The Art of Thomas Bewick is the first book to interpret the art of the wood engraver Thomas Bewick (1753 – 1828) and set it in the context of history, revealing the connections between Bewick's political and religious ... ....

The Auricula

The Story of a Florist's Flower

Rowland H Biffen

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The plant geneticist Sir Rowland Biffen (1874-1949), who is best remembered for his work on the improvement of English wheat varieties using Mendelian ... ....

The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Man-Nature Nexus Torn

Philip Gain

The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in southeastern Bangladesh have lost their majestic look. The hills are barren today. The forest resources have decreased to such great extent that official logging that the Bangladesh Forest Industry ... ....

The Dark Wild

Piers Torday

Twelve-year-old Kester thought he had discovered the last wild animals in the land. He thought his adventure was over. He was wrong. Below the sparkling city of Premium, deep underground, a dark wild remains: animals who believe the time ... ....

The History of Animals Rewritten

Michael Sells

Could greater publicity for Dolly the Sheep's unheralded predecessors, Molly and Morag, have kick-started an era of dangerous cloning? How might a differing itinerary for Darwin's travels have altered, halted or even further advanced ... ....

The History of Logging in North Borneo

Ross Ibbotson

The History of Logging in North Borneo gives a very comprehensive account of the history of logging in the Malaysian state of Sabah (earlier known as North Borneo), covering every aspect of the industry from its very beginnings ... ....

The Kids' Book of Garden Birds

Supriya Sahai

The Kids' Book of Garden Birds introduces children to some of Britain's best loved birds. With its lively and annotated illustrations, it is an ideal companion for young bird enthusiasts, and perfect for beginners. ....

The Land Between the Lakes

A Geography of the Forgotten Future

Ronald A Foresta

Between Barkley and Kentucky Lakes – two great, artificial bodies of water in western Tennessee and western Kentucky – lies a wooded land that looks from above like the flattened thumb of a green giant. Once a land of marginal ... ....

The Land Where Lemons Grow

The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit

Helena Attlee

Travellers have always been thrilled by the sight of citrus in Italy, where dark leaves and bright fruit seem to charge the landscape, making the trees symbols of a sun-soaked, poetic vision of the country. Citrus also holds a special place ... ....

The Last Hours on Everest

The Gripping Story of Malvory & Irvine's Fatal Ascent

Graham Hoyland

On the 6th June, 1924, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine disappeared into the mists of history. George Mallory's body was discovered high on Everest in 1999. Sandy Irvine's body is still believed to be on the mountain having been ... ....

The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life

Gordon Lindsay Campbell

The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars ... ....

The Poetic Species

A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass

Edward O Wilson and Robert Hass

In this shimmering conversation (the outgrowth of an event co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and Poets House), Edward O. Wilson, renowned scientist and proponent of "consilience" or the unity of knowledge ... ....

The Social Lives of Forests

Past, Present, and Future of Woodland Resurgence

Susanna B Hecht, Kathleen D Morrison and Christine Padoch

Forests are in decline, and the threats these outposts of nature face – including deforestation, degradation, and fragmentation – are the result of human culture. Or are they? The Social Lives of Forests calls these ... ....

The Story of the Blue Planet

Andri Snaer Magnason, Aslaug Jonsdottir and Julian Meldon D'Arcy

Originally published in Icelandic in 1999 under the title Sagan af Bláa Hnettinum. Brimir and Hulda are best friends, living on a beautiful blue planet where there are no grown-ups, life is wild and free, and ...

The Year Without Summer

1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History

William K Klingaman and Nicholas P Klingaman

1816 was a remarkable year - mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost and snowfall ...

Things Natural, Wild, and Free

The Life of Aldo Leopold

Marybeth Lorbiecki

As a child, Aldo Leopold was always looking for adventures in nature. This led Leopold to become a forester, wildlife scientist, author and ultimately one of the most well-known conservationists in American history. Award-winning author ... ....

Trains of Discovery

Railroads and the Legacy of Our National Parks

Alfred Runte

A thoroughly revised and expanded successor to Alfred Runte's Trains of Discovery: Western Railroads and the National Parks, the new edition now includes protected landscapes and historical sites east of the Mississippi made ... ....

Ultimate Bugopedia

The Most Complete Bug Reference Ever

Darlyne Murawski and Nancy Honovich

Welcome to the hidden world of the most popular bugs on Earth. Opening the beautiful and accessible pages of Ultimate Bugopedia is like turning over a series of stones under which you'll find a fascinating array of the world ... ....

War & Peat

Ian D Rotherham and Christine Handley

The themes of War & Peat were addressed at a major international conference in 2013, and the expanded papers are presented here as chapters with an introduction by Ian D. Rotherham. The papers are grouped around several themes ... ....

Wasp

David Hawcock and Lee Montgmery

Using clear graphics, die-cuts, fold-outs and lift-the-flaps, this book create a vivid picture of the life and habitat of a wasp. When you have read the book, you can turn it into a wasp, suitable for hanging – and bouncing!

Waterways and Canal-building in Medieval England

John Blair

A book centring on late Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman canals may come as a surprise; it is generally assumed that no such things existed. Persuasive evidence has, however, been unearthed independently by several scholars, and has stimulated ... ....

Whatever You Do, Don't Run

True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide

Peter Allison

Whatever You Do, Don't Run is a hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: "only food runs!" In the tradition of Bill Bryson, a new writer brings us the lively adventures ... ....

Wild Science - Discovery Edition

Belinda Gallagher

Dive into the explosive world of extreme science with this remarkable guide. Produced in association with Discovery Channel, this book takes you on a detailed journey through the most extreme and potentially deadly chemical reactions in ... ....

Wildlife Through the Year

Tim Sharrock and Bill Oddie

Already the author of a dozen books, renowned ornithologist and naturalist Dr Tim Sharrock has been observing and writing about wildlife for over 60 years. From his adopted county of Bedfordshire, his travels have taken him all over the ... ....

Wolves - Life in the Wild

Examine the Wonderful World of Wolves, Jackals, Coyotes, Foxes and Other Wild Dogs, Shown in 190 Exciting Images

Jen Green

Exploring Nature: Wolves - Life in the Wild lets you examine the wonderful world of wolves, jackals, coyotes, foxes and other wild dogs, shown in 190 exciting images. It offers in-depth coverage of all aspects of the lives ... ....

Bradt Wildlife Guide: Madagascar Wildlife

Daniel Austin

Beautifully illustrated with full-colour photographs throughout, Madagascar Wildlife is a celebration of the unique fauna of a remarkable island. Featuring over 250 species – from lemurs to millipedes ....

Eyes or No Eyes

A Tribute to Nancy T. Burbidge

National Parks Association of the ACT (NPA ACT)

Please note: This is a limited edition of 100 copies printed in brown ink on off-white paper. The National Parks Association of the Australian Capital Territory (NPA ACT) was formed in 1960 at the instigation ...

Fauna of Karnataka

A comprehensive fauna of this Indian state is home to around 4500 flowering plant, 600 bird species, 160 reptile, and 160 mammal species, plus a variety of other animal species.

Habitat: Gardens

The Gatekeeper Habitat series illustrate the common indigenous wildlife of specific habitats and include both plants and animals, 46 species each. They are wipe-clean laminated sheets measuring 39 × 24 cm, folded into 3. ....

Habitat: Woodlands

The Gatekeeper Habitat series illustrate the common indigenous wildlife of specific habitats and include both plants and animals, 46 species each. They are wipe-clean laminated sheets measuring 39 ×24 cm, folded into 3. ....

Journeys through India's Last Wild Places

Sunjoy Monga and Vickram Crishna

Journeys through India's Last Wild Places is a celebration and a requiem. It describes experiences of nature's untrammelled joys, countered by some sad tales. There are snapshots (of both the textual and visual kind) of ... ....

La Faune Sauvage de Seine-et-Marne

Mieux la Connaitre pour Mieux la Preserver

Olivier Renault

This book on the wildlife of the French department Seine-et-Marne is the second volume of the Atlas de la Biodiversite of Seine-et-Marne. It embodies the work of five years of faunal inventories and scientific analysis.

Les Milieux Naturels et les Continuites Ecologiques de Seine-et-Marne

Laurent Azuelos and Olivier Renault

In 2005, the Département de Seine-et-Marne, located in the Île-de-France region, France, embarked on a major research programme to document and value its biodiversity. Conducted in close collaboration with the Conservatoire ... ....

Meadowland: The Private Life of an English Field

John Lewis-Stempel

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

Mother of Life, the River Ayeyarwady

Shingo Onishi, U Hla Thaung and U Saw Hla Chit

The river Ayeyarwady is located in Myanmar. Its rich waters create a diverse ecosystem and topography, and as such people and animals have been coexisting peacefully along the river for a long time. This book shows the remarkable scenery ... ....

Nightwalk: A Journey to the Heart of Nature

Chris Yates

This title was originally announced with the working title "Crystal Woods". Chris Yates, one of Britain's most insightful and lyrical writers, raises his gaze from his beloved rivers and ... ....

Pocket Guide to Tracks and Signs

Gerard Gorman

A sign-by-sign guide which is essential for anyone hoping to detect hidden wildlife in Britain and the rest of Europe. There are chapters on feeding signs, homes, droppings, pellets, tracks, and so on, with each divided into simple sections ... ....

Sanctuary Asia's Wild Maharashtra

Bittu Sahgal and Lakshmy Raman

Maharashtra is a Universe unto itself. Appropriately named (Maha – Great, Rashtra – Nation) its territory extends across just under 308 000 sq.km. and encompasses some of India's most diverse and beautiful ... ....

Seltene Nutztiere der Alpen [Rare Alpine Farm Animals]

7000 Jahre Gepraegte Kulturlandschaft

Guenter Jaritz

This copiously illustrated standard work deals for the first time with all indigenous farm animals of the Alpine arc. The author spent two years travelling around the various Alpine regions, seeking out the original distribution areas ... ....

The Philippines

The Most Beautiful Places

Nigel Hicks

From rugged volcanic mountain landscapes, down through rich farmlands, to dazzlingly white sand beaches, and finally onto stunning submarine coral reefs, the Philippines archipelago has a fantastic range of beautiful places.

Verdon d'Autres Visages

Davis Allemand, Stephanie Allemand and Jean-Claude Barbier

A photographic study of the Parc Naturel Régional du Verdon. The Verdon Gorge, in south-eastern France (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), is a beautiful river canyon.

Vertebrate Fauna of Hadagarh Wildlife Sanctuary

Hemanta K Sahu

Hadagarh Wildlife Sanctuary is in the Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts of Odisha, formerly Orissa, state. Including a buffer zone, it covers 411 square kilometers.

Wetland Faunal Diversity of West Bengal

NC Nandi, Asok Kumar Das and Anirudha Dey

This book is the first comprehensive account of wetland faunal resources of West Bengal primarily meant for inventory of wetland faunal elements occurring in freshwater, brackishwater and costal ecosystems of the State. This document ... ....

Wings over the Aegean / Schwingen ueber der Agais

Nature in Lesvos / Die Natur auf Lesbos

Ioannis Schinezos, Pagano Roberta and Hans-Peter Schaub

Wings over the Aegean / Schwingen über der Ägäis combines at the same time useful contents and excellent photographs about the Greek Island of Lesvos. It offers comprehensive information on the natural aspects of ... ....

Etonnantes Plantes de Montagne

Francois Couplan

This book offers a detailed look at the often surprising vegetation of European mountains.

A Field Guide to Edible Fruits and Berries of the Pacific Northwest

Richard Hebda

If wild berry foragers followed vague advice such as "berries of red and you'll soon be dead" or "berries of blue will do harm to you" imagine how many of nature's delicacies would be passed by! On the other hand .. ....

A Garden of Marvels

How We Discovered That Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants

Ruth Kassinger

In the tradition of The Botany of Desire and Wicked Plants, a witty and engaging history of the first botanists interwoven with stories of today's extraordinary plants found in the garden and the lab.

A Golden Weed

Tobacco and Environment in the Piedmont South

Drew A Swanson

Drew A. Swanson has written an "environmental" history about a crop of great historical and economic significance: American tobacco. A preferred agricultural product for much of the South, the tobacco plant would ultimately ... ....

A Polyphasic Taxonomy of Daldinia (Xylariaceae)

Marc Stadler, Thomas Laessoe, Jacques Fournier, Cony Decock, Beata Schmieschek and Hans-Vol Tichy

The present study presents a monograph of Daldinia, employing a polyphasic approach. Several thousand herbarium specimens, and several hundreds of freshly collected and cultured specimens of Daldinia and allied Xylariaceae .. ....

Anatomy of the Monocotyledons Volume 10: Orchidaceae

William Louis Stern, Mary Gregory, David F Cutler and Alec M Pridgeon

For many years orchids have been among the most popular of ornamental plants, with thousands of species and hybrids cultivated worldwide for the diversity, beauty, and intricacy of their flowers.

Atlas Florae Europaeae, Volume 16 [English]

Arto Kurtto, Alexander N Sennikov and Raino Lampinen

The present volume of the Atlas Florae Europaeae (AFE) is the fourth of the no fewer than five devoted to the large, diversified family Rosaceae. Originally it was intended to include the traditional subfamilies Maloideae and ... ....

Atlas de la Flore Sauvage de Seine-et-Marne

Sebastien Filoche, Fabrice Perriat, Jacques Moret and Frederic Hendoux

The Atlas de la Flore Sauvage de Seine-et-Marne is part of the departmental policy on sensitive natural areas and part of an extensive program to document and value biodiversity in the department of Seine-et-Marne, located in the ... ....

Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life

The Plants and Places that Inspired the Classic Children's Tales

Marta McDowell

Marta McDowell combines the skills of a historian, biographer and gardener as she explores Beatrix Potter's passion for plants. Her book combines rich visuals with quotations from the writer's works, letters and diaries, to ... ....

Belles et Sauvages

Clin d'Oeil Nature: Les Orchidees Francaises

Lorraine Bennery and Olivier Hirschy

From lovers of nature to hardcore scientists; the orchid family fascinates us all in more ways than one. Discover the wide variety of French species in this book with sublime images. Far from being a new identification guide ...

Biodiversity of Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Plants of Uttar Pradesh

DC Saini, SK Singh and Kamlesh Rai

Biodiversity of aquatic and semi-aquatic plants constitutes an integral component of any aquatic ecosystem. They serve as a source of food and shelter for the aquatic fauna, thus forming the base of aquatic wildlife conservation practice ... ....

Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Mushrooms

John Harris

Pocket Guide to Mushrooms covers 80 of the most common mushrooms found in the UK and also in northern and central Europe, each mushroom is identified and presented with expert photography in this informative yet highly portable ... ....

Chamomile: Medicinal, Biochemical, and Agricultural Aspects

Moumita Das

Chamomile: Medicinal, Biochemical, and Agricultural Aspects is a ready reference on German Chamomile (henceforth called Chamomile), a medicinal and aromatic plant of European origin, which is extensively used for its medicinal ... ....

Color Atlas of Air-Borne Pollens and Plants in China

Qiao Bingshan

The first edition contained more than 200 species (belonging to 63 families, 148 genera) of common airborne pollens and their plant sources from all over China. This second edition adds another 300 species. Compared to similar atlases ... ....

Common Woody Plants and Cacti of South Texas

A Field Guide

Richard B Taylor

Woody plants and cacti are vital staple foods for cattle, deer, and other wildlife in drought-prone South Texas. Ranchers, hunters, and land managers who need to identify these plants relied on ...

Fantastic Ferns of Dehradun and Mussoorie Hills

RS Rawat

Fantastic Ferns of Dehra Dun and Mussoorie Hills is intended for nature-loving passersby and tourists who are looking to expand their knowledge and understanding the most vivid fern flora of the region (in the northern Indian ... ....

Fleurs des Vignes et Fleurs des Bles en Aquitaine

Yannig Bernard, Erick Dronnet, Frank Jouandoudet and Michel Queral

Fleurs des Vignes et Fleurs des Blés en Aquitaine introduces more than 120 plant species found in the agricultural areas of Aquitaine, France, to a wider audience. They are remarkable for their close correlation with human ... ....

Flora Algarum Marinarum Sinicarum, Tomus 3 [Chinese]

Phaeophyta (No. 1)

Luan Rixiao

This volume deals with part of the Phaeophyta and covers 6 families, 26 genera and 115 species.

Flora Belarusi: Sosudistye Rasteniia, Tom 2 : Liliopsida [Flora of Belarus: Vascular Plants, Volume 2: Liliopsida]

VI Parfenov

The second volume of the Flora of Belarus contains a complete summary of vascular plants, mostly from monocot families. Specifically, it deals with the Liliopsida (Acoraceae, Alismataceae, Araceae, Butomaceae, Commelinaceae, Hydrocharitaceae ... ....

Flora del Valle de Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Volume 102: Bacillariophyta

Eberto Novelo

Volume 102 covers the Bacillariophyta, which contains 2 subdivisions, 3 classes, 47 orders, 66 families, 294 genera, and approximately 8640 species worldwide. Of those 1288 species are found in Mexico, and 207 species are found in the ... ....

Flora del Valle de Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Volume 103: Talinaceae

Gilberto Ocampo-Acosta

Volume 103 covers the Talinaceae, which contains 3 genera and 28 species worldwide. Of those, only the species Talinum fruticosum is found in the whole of Mexico, including the Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Valley of ... ....

Flora del Valle de Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Volume 104: Bignoniaceae

Esteban Martínez and Clara Hilda Ramos

Volume 104 covers the Bignoniaceae, which is represented in Mexico by 27 genera and 80 species. Of those, 14 genera and 17 species are found in the Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Valley of central Mexico.

Flora del Valle de Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Volume 105: Phytolacaceae

Lorena Villanueva-Almanza

Volume 105 covers the Phytolacaceae, which is represented in Mexico by 8 genera and 15 species. Of those, 4 genera and 6 species are found in the Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Valley of central Mexico.

Flora del Valle de Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Volume 106: Hydrangeacae

Emmanuel Perez-Calix

Volume 106 covers the Hydrangeacae, which is represented in Mexico by 6 genera and 25 species. Of those, 2 genera and 2 species are found in the Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Valley of central Mexico.

Flora del Valle de Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Volume 107: Fabaceae Tribu Aeschynomeneae

A Rosa Olvera-Luna, Susana Gama-Lopez and Alfonso Delgado-Salinas

Volume 107 covers the Fabaceae, specifically the tribe Aeschynomeneae, which is represented in Mexico by 11 genera and 62 species. Of those, 4 genera and 11 species are found in the Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Valley of central ... ....

Flora del Valle de Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Volume 108: Zygophyllaceae

Rosalinda Medina-Lemos

Volume 108 covers the Zygophyllaceae, which is represented in Mexico by 6 genera approximately 18 species. Of those, 3 genera and 6 species are found in the Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Valley of central Mexico.

Flora del Valle de Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Volume 109: Mimosaceae Tribu Ingeae

Gloria Andrade M, Rosaura Grether, Hector M Hernandez, Rosalinda Medina-Lemos, Lourdes Rico and

Volume 109 covers the Mimosaceae, specifically the tribe Ingeae, which is represented in Mexico by 16 genera and approximately 136 species. Of those, 9 genera and 19 species are found in the Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Valley ... ....

Flora del Valle de Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Volume 110: Boraginaceae

Erika M Lira-Charco and Helga Ochoterena

Volume 110 covers the Boraginaceae, which is represented in Mexico by 40 genera and 273 species. Of those, 10 genera and 34 species are found in the Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Valley of central Mexico.

Flora of Rajiv Gandhi National Park, Karnataka

R Manikandan and P Lakshminarasimhan

From the preface: "The Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park is located at the foot-hills of the Brahrnagiri Hill Range in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. The Western Ghats is the largest centre of endemism in India ... ....

Flora of the Himalayas

With special reference to Kumaon, Garhwal, Nepal, and Tibet

ET Atkinson

The author has enumerated plants of the Garhwal and Kumaon region of the Himalayas. Vernacular names, availability, altitude etc. have also been provided in the book.

Flowering Plants of Sholas and Grasslands of the Nilgiris

N Krishna Kumar, PS Udayan, SP Subramani and R Anandalakshmi

Flowering Plants of Sholas and Grasslands of the Nilgiris is a compendium that provides the basic information about the sholas and all known flowering plants occuring in sholas and grasslands. It is a total collection of 641 ... ....

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Eucalypts

Robert J Henry

Eucalypts are used for the production of paper products, firewood, charcoal, potential feedstocks for bioenergy and biomaterials, as ornamentals and landscape trees and in land rehabilitation. Eucalypt breeding is at an early stage with ... ....

Grasses

Stephen Harris

Grasses cover approximately one-quarter of the planet's land surface; four species – wheat, rice, maize and sugar – provide 60 per cent of human calorie intake. Almost all of us at some point play on, relax on, plant ... ....

Grasses of North-West Rajasthan

Suman Chandra Sharma and Chandan Singh Purohit

Enumerates 149 species in 63 genera of Poaceae. The book is an attempt to compile available information on morpho-taxonomy and economic and medicinal aspects of grasses. Contains keys for the identification of grasses in the field and in ... ....

Ireland's Generous Nature

The Past and Present Uses of Wild Plants in Ireland

Peter Wyse Jackson

Peter Wyse Jackson's Ireland's Generous Nature is the first ever comprehensive account of the historical and present-day uses of wild plant species in Ireland. It records a wealth of traditional knowledge about Irish ... ....

Konspekt Lishainikov Azerbaidzhana [Synopsis of Lichens of Azerbaijan]

VS Novruzov

Compiled on the basis of material obtained as a result of years of research and synthesis of literature data. It includes 824 species. among them 12 species are described for the first time for the lichen flora of the Caucasus ...

Las Orquídeas del Occidente de Mexico, Volumen I

Jorge Roberto Gonzalez Tamayo and Lizbeth Hernandez Hernandez

The first volume in a projected six-part series. This volume covers Cypropedium L., Habenaria Willd., Platanthera nom. L. C. Richard, Coenoemersa. All species are illustrated, and include descriptions, distribution ... ....

Les Epices de A - Z

Histoire - Utilisation - Recettes

Bettina Matthaei and Claude Checconi

Les Épices de A à Z is a practical guide to spice identification and use: - Identify 70 spices, their main properties and characteristics - Learn how to use and maintain optimal levels of spice ...

Lichens of Maharashtra

Urmila Makhija, Gayatri Chitale and Archana Dube

Lichens are nature’s most fascinating and remarkable alliances and the first recognized symbionts, combining the growth of fungi and algae in an intimate biological union. Such an association, morphologically appearing and ... ....

Mangroves of India

Their Biology and Uses

JR Bhatt, Ramakrishna, M Sanjappa, OK Remadevi, BP Nilaratna and K Venkataraman

A study of the 39 true mangrove species, and the 86 mangrove-associated species found in India.

Model Systems to Study the Excretory Function of Higher Plants

Victoria V Roshchina

The secretory activity of plants is a manifestation of the fundamental property of all living organisms: the ability to exchange substances and energy with the environment.

Nematode-Trapping Fungi

Ke-Qin Zhang and KD Hyde

These chapters provide up-to-date information on nematophagous fungi, particularly those of the Orbiliaceae in Ascomycota, whose asexual states produce nematode-trapping devices. The authors consider fungal-nematode interactions ... ....

Orchid Cultivation and Management

Recent Advances

Ajai Kumar Tiwari and Ramesh Kumar

Orchids are widely considered to be the most highly evolved of all flowering plants. They are amongst the most beautiful flowers of the entire plant kingdom, combining exotic looks with a diverse set of characteristics. Orchid plants are ... ....

Palms

HP Singh, George V Thomas and V Krishnakumar

From the foreword: "This book provides a comprehensive coverage of palms giving details such as origin and distribution, morphology, medicinal properties and various value added products of commercially important palms ...

Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice

Marjorie Shaffer

As Mark Pendergrast, author of Uncommon Grounds, said, "After reading Marjorie Shaffer's Pepper, you'll reconsider the significance of that grinder or shaker on your dining room table. The pursuit of this wizened berry with the bite changed history ... ....

Pharmacognosy of Negative Listed Plants [of India]

AND Selvam

From the preface: "The worldwide recognition of traditional systems of medicine and awareness among people has prompted the demand for vegetable crude drugs in recent years. These are mostly obtained from the wild, which ...

Plant Behaviour and Intelligence

Anthony Trewavas

Plant Behaviour and Intelligence provides a convincing argument for the view that whole cells and whole plants growing in competitive wild conditions show aspects of plant behaviour that can be accurately described as ...

Plant Graphics

Sandu Cultural Media

With recognition of their forms hard-wired into our brains, they provide comfort, a reminder of our shared connection to the natural world and a balm to the austerity of urban living. Some reinforce a company's green ethic or product ... ....

Pollination Biology and Reproductive Ecology of Major Mangrove Species of Gujarat

CN Pandey and Richa Pandey

Mangroves are unique trees which have adapted to survive in coastal marshy lands with high salinity and anaerobic conditions. The present study tried to investigate the pollination ecology of three selected mangrove species viz.

Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.): A Multipurpose Wonder Plant (4-Volume Set)

Virendra Singh

This collection contains all 4 volumes published so far on the seabuckthorn. These volumes contain papers by experts from all over the world Efforts have been made to cover all the aspects of this plant with latest information on the ... ....

Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.): A Multipurpose Wonder Plant, Volume 4: Emerging Trends in Research and Technologies

Virendra Singh

Contains papers by experts from all over the world. Efforts have been made to cover all the aspects of this plant with latest information on the subject.

Seeds of Hope

Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants

Jane Goodall

In her wise and elegant new book, Jane Goodall blends her experience in nature with her enthusiasm for botany to give readers a deeper understanding of the world around us. Long before her work with chimpanzees, Goodall's passion for ... ....

Species Catalogue of China, Volume 1: Plants: Bryophytes [Chinese]

Yu Jia and Si He

This book collects bryophytes 3021 species belonging to 591 genera 150 families. The Latin name, Chinese name, primordium synonym, living environment and distribution are provided to each species.

Synopsis Fungorum, Volume 31

Poroid Fungi of Europe

396 species described.

The Bryoflora of the Southernmost Western Ghats, India

AED Daniels and P Daniel

The Bryoflora of the Southernmost Western Ghats, India presents an original account of the bryophytes of the Southernmost Western Ghats and has 240 species with 145 mosses, 90 liverworts and 5 hornworts supported by 138 figures ... ....

The Manual of Seed-Saving

Harvesting, Storing and Sowing Techniques for Vegetables, Herbs and Fruits

Andrea Heistinger

This comprehensive guide to saving vegetable seeds contains the kind of high-level, technical information needed by market gardeners and self- sufficiency practitioners to refine their seed saving techniques. With rising seed prices and ... ....

The True History of Chocolate

Sophie D Coe and Michael D Coe

Chocolate, the food of the Gods, has had a long and eventful history. Its story is expertly told here by the doyen of Maya studies, Michael Coe, and his late wife, Sophie. The True History of Chocolate begins 3000 years ago in the ... ....

The Wildflowers of Ireland

A Field Guide

Zoe Devlin

Discover the fascinating world of Ireland's diverse and astonishing collection of native wildflowers: from the insect-eating Sundew to the humble Harebell, this superbly illustrated guide features over 530 of the wildflowers of Ireland ... ....

Trees of Hyderabad

A Pictorial Guide

PV Prasanna, N Chandra Mohan Reddy, M Venkat Ramana and P Venu

In India urban green spaces are considered as a part of cultural, economic and ecological traditions. They include a diverse range of species that are unique to the local environment and socio-cultural mores. They not only contribute to ... ....

Wild Flowers of Eastern Andalucía

A Field Guide to the Flowering Plants of Almería and the Sierra De Los Filabres Region

Sarah Ball

Southern Spain has a particularly rich and varied flora. This photographic field guide describes a representative selection of the most frequent and characteristic flowering plants to be found in this part of south-east Spain, many of which ... ....

Biology for a Changing World with Core Physiology

Michele Shuster, Janet Vigna and Matthew Tontonoz

From the groundbreaking partnership of W. H. Freeman and Scientific American comes this one-of-a-kind introduction to the science of biology and its impact on the way we live. Biology for a Changing World explores the core ideas ... ....

Cilia and Flagella: Ciliates and Flagellates

Ultrastructure and Cell Biology, Function and Systematics, Symbiosis and Biodiversity

Klaus Hausmann and Renate Radek

Cilia and Flagella: Ciliates and Flagellates presents a contemporary and imaginative synopsis of diverse biological aspects of cilia/flagella and ciliates/flagellates. It comprises contributions by a dozen of renowned experts ... ....

Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives - And Our Lives Change Our Genes

Sharon Moalem

Conventional wisdom dictates that our genetic destiny is fixed at conception. But Dr. Moalem's groundbreaking book shows us that the human genome is far more fluid and fascinating than your ninth grade biology teacher ever imagined. ....

Kant's Theory of Biology

Ina Goy and Eric Watkins

During the last twenty years, Kant's theory of biology has increasingly attracted the attention of scholars and developed into a field which is growing rapidly in importance within Kant studies.

Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

Also available in Spanish, please contact customer services for more information. The purpose of this Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (Aquatic Manual) is to provide a uniform approach ...

Study Guide for Principles of Life

David M Hillis, David E Sadava and Richard W Hill

This study guide provides extra study support for students using Principles of Life, 2nd edition by Hillis, Sadava and Hill.

A Rough Ride to the Future

The Next Evolution of Gaia

James Lovelock

In A Rough Ride to the Future, James Lovelock – the great scientific visionary of our age – presents a radical vision of humanity's future as the thinking brain of our Earth-system. James Lovelock, who has been ... ....

Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About Human Nature

Jeffrey Moussaief Masson

Orcas (or killer whales) are one of the planet's supreme predators. Alongside humans, they have the most complex brains to be found in nature. But while one of these two species has killed 200 million members of its own kind in the ... ....

Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why

Scott Weems

Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funny – and why? In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter ... ....

Handbook of Paleoanthropology (3-Volume Set)

Winfried Henke and Ian Tattersall

Vol I: Principles, Methods and Approaches; Vol II: Primate Evolution and Human Origins; Vol III: Phylogeny of Hominids. Guided by an editorial team of global stature, the contributions reflect the best of today's scholarship ... ....

The Anthropology of Climate Change

An Historical Reader

Michael R Dove

This timely anthology The Anthropology of Climate Change brings together for the first time the most important ancient, medieval, Enlightenment, and modern scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the ... ....

The Depths

The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic

Jonathan Rottenberg

Nearly every depressed person is assured by doctors, well-meaning friends and family, the media, and ubiquitous advertisements that the underlying problem is a chemical imbalance. Such a simple defect should be fixable, yet despite all ... ....

Animal Movement Across Scales

Lars-Anders Hansson

This is a broad, cross-taxonomic approach to animal movement across both temporal and spatial scales which addresses how and why animals move, and in what ways they differ in their locomotion and navigation performance.

Ecoregions: The Ecosystem Geography of the Oceans and Continents

Robert G Bailey

Global warming and human-driven impacts are changing the World's ecological zones. Ecoregions applies the principles described in Bailey's Ecosystem Geography: From Ecoregions to Sites, 2nd ed. to describe and ...

Environment and Ecology in the Mediterranean Region

Recep Efe, Munir Ozturk and Shahina A Ghazanfar

The Mediterranean Basin with its mountainous shores, high biodiversity and spectacular scenery is located at the intersection of Africa and Eurasia. All through the 8000 years of human development it has experienced tremendous ...

Environment and Ecology in the Mediterranean Region II

Recep Efe and Munir Ozturk

The environment in ecological systems includes both physical parameters and biotic attributes, and is a holocoenotic, dynamically interlinked system. Its investigation requires a dialectical approach which examines the different parts ... ....

Pocket Guide to Balsam Bashing

And How to Tackle Other Invasive Non-Native Species

Theo Pike

In recent years, we've all become more familiar with the idea of invasive species. Plants and animals as varied as giant hogweed, the mink and oak processionary moths regularly make headlines because of the health, environmental ... ....

A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction

Carl Kurtz

Thirty-five years and many acres after planting his first patch of prairie flowers, Carl Kurtz is considered one of the deans of the great tallgrass prairie revival. The Prairie Enthusiast called the 2001 edition of his book a ... ....

Antarctic Lakes

Johanna Laybourn-Parry

Antarctic Lakes draws together current knowledge on Antarctic lakes describing the formation, chemistry, biology and ecology of these pristine, delicate aquatic environments.

Australian Freshwater Ecology

Processes and Management

Andrew Boulton, Margaret A Brock, Belinda J Robson, Darren S Ryder, Jane M Chambers and Jenn Davis

As pressures on Australia's inland waters intensify from population growth, expanding resource development and climate change, there is an urgent need to manage and protect these special areas. Understanding their ecology underpins ... ....

Democratizing Forest Governance in India

Sharachchandra Lele and Ajit Menon

The forest sector in India is currently going through an unprecedented churning. Every dimension of forest-related decision-making, including rights of local communities, conversion of forests to non-forest uses and setting aside forests ... ....

Ecological Urbanism

The Nature of the City

Susannah Hagan

Ecological Urbanism: The Nature of the City asks the questions that are important inside and outside the built environment professions: what are climate change, urbanisation and ecology doing to the theory and practice of urban ... ....

Glimpses of Forestry Research in the Indian Himalayan Region

Special Issue in the International Year of Forest 2011

GCS Negi and PP Dhyani

This special volume dedicated for the International Year of Forests-2011, contains articles and research papers on wide ranging and emerging areas of forestry and forest ecology contributed by leading researchers from various institutes ... ....

Global Forest Fragmentation

Chris J Kettle and Lian Pin Koh

Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation. ....

Marine Protected Areas Network in the South China Sea

Charting a Course for Future Cooperation

Vu Hai Dang

The once pristine and rich marine environment of the South China Sea is degrading at an alarming rate due to the rapid socioeconomic development of the region. Despite this, and due mainly to complicated sovereignty and maritime disputes ... ....

Meander Scars

Reflections on Healing the Willamette River

Abby P Metzger

Abby Phillips Metzger's book of personal stories recounts a forgotten Oregon river, the Willamette, as it was before white settlement. Once a rich network of channels and sloughs, the Willamette today bears the scars of development ... ....

Perspectives on the Restoration of the Mississippi Delta

The Once and Future Delta

John Day, George Paul Kemp, Angelina Freeman and David P Muth

Human impacts and emerging mega-trends such as climate change and energy scarcity will impact natural resource management in this century. This is especially true for deltas because of their ecological and economic importance and their ... ....

Residual Vegetation in Boreal Forest Fires

Ajith H Perera and Lisa J Buse

Residual Vegetation in Boreal Forest Fires will draw attention to the residuals in pan-boreal forest fires and synthesize the state of knowledge. It will do so by: (a) Examining the concept of fire residuals from different perspectives ... ....

Studies on the Status of Coral Reefs and Some Associated Organisms in Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve

K Venkataraman and Ch Satyanarayana

The concept of Gulf of Mannar biosphere reserve provides a useful framework to guide and reinforce projects to enhance people's livelihoods and ensure environmental sustainability. The international recognition by UNESCO helps in ... ....

The Plough that Broke the Steppes

Agriculture and Environment on Russia's Grasslands, 1700-1914

David Moon

This is the first environmental history of Russia's steppes. From the early-eighteenth century, settlers moved to the semi-arid but fertile grasslands from wetter, forested regions in central and northern Russia and Ukraine, and from ... ....

Trees Beyond the Wood

An Exploration of Concepts of Woods, Forests and Trees

Ian D Rotherham, Christine Handley, Mauro Agnoletti and Tomasz Samojlik

Trees Beyond the Wood was written for a conference organised to celebrate twenty years of work since the first major conference on the theme of ancient trees and woodlands held in Sheffield, UK. It was held almost ten years after ... ....

A Window on Eternity

A Biologist's Walk Through Gorongosa National Park

Edward O Wilson and Piotr Naskrecki

A Window on Eternity is a stunning book of splendid prose and gorgeous photography about one of the biologically richest places in Africa and perhaps in the world. Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique was nearly destroyed in a ... ....

Animaux Disparus

Histoire et Archives Photographiques

Errol Fuller

This is a French translation of Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record.

Biodiversity Conservation in Nepal

A Success Story

Krishna Prasad Acharya and Maheshwor Dhakal

In the last three active decades on biodiversity conservation, Nepal has set up various institutions to deal with conservation, many policies were implemented and a strong legislation is in effect. Despite this, it has still not been able ... ....

Elephant Treaties

The Colonial Legacy of the Biodiversity Crisis

Rachelle Adam

Based on a legal history of international biodiversity treaties from the late nineteenth century to the present, in Elephant Treaties Rachelle Adam argues that today's biodiversity crisis is rooted in European colonial history ... ....

Essentials of Conservation Biology

Richard B Primack

Essentials of Conservation Biology has established itself as an engrossing book from which to learn or teach. Combining theory and research and with examples from current literature, the book explain the links between conservation ... ....

How Can Research Help Deliver a 'Coherent & Resilient Ecological Network'?

David J Baker and Robert J Fuller

Lawton et al. (2010) reviewed the status of England's ecological network and concluded that we require 'More, bigger, better, and joined'. Here we comment on some of the key research questions emerging from this ... ....

Keeping the Wild

Against the Domestication of Earth

George Wuerthner, Eileen Crist and Tom Butler

Is it time to embrace the so-called "Anthropocene" – the age of human dominion – and to abandon tried-and-true conservation tools such as parks and wilderness areas? Is the future of Earth to be fully domesticated ... ....

Marine Biodiversity Conservation

A Practical Approach

Keith Hiscock

Effective marine biodiversity conservation is dependent upon a clear scientific rationale for practical interventions. Marine Biodiversity Conservation is intended to provide knowledge and tools for marine conservation practitioners ... ....

New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity (3-Volume Set)

Dennis P Gordon

To date, only New Zealand has compiled a checklist of its entire living and fossil biota. Approximately 52% of this country’s species are endemic – found only in New Zealand’s freshwater, marine, and land environments. ....

On the Other Side of Sorrow

Nature and People in the Scottish Highlands

James Hunter

Caring for the environment, developing rural communities and ensuring the survival of minority cultures are all laudable objectives, but they can conflict, and nowhere more so than the Scottish Highlands. As environmentalists strive to ... ....

Rare and Endangered Plants in China [Chinese]

State Forestry Administration

Covers 360 taxonomic groups.

The Hunt for the Golden Mole

All Creatures Great and Small, and Why They Matter

Richard Girling

This story is a quest for an animal so rare that a sighting has never been recorded. The Somali golden mole was first described in 1964. It is mentioned in a number of textbooks, but the sole evidence for its existence is a tiny fragment ... ....

The Kingdom of Rarities

Eric Dinerstein

The Kingdom of Rarities presents a new context for understanding rarity and its implications, both for our understanding of how the natural world works and for what it can teach us about protecting biodiversity during a time of ... ....

The State of Wildlife in North-East India 1996-2011

A Compilation of News from the Protected Area Update

Pankaj Sekhsaria

For over a decade and a half, the Protected Area Update (PAU) has religiously presented a consolidated account of India's wildlife and protected area (PA) network. Published six times a year, it carries in a tightly edited format ... ....

Wildlife Disease Risk Analysis: Manual of Procedures & Guidelines (2-Volume Set)

Richard M Jakob-Hoff, Stuart C MacDiarmid, Caroline Lees, Philip S Miller, Dominic Travis and Kock

This two-volume set consist of a 250-page manual and a 25-page guidelines that are only sold together. The Manual of Procedures has been co-written by 22 specialists in the fields of wildlife disease ecology, epidemiology ... ....

Zoo Tails

Oliver Graham-Jones and Desmond Morris

One puff adder, one antelope, one crocodile This was the list of sick animals presented to Oliver Graham-Jones on his first day as a new vet at London Zoo in 1951. And his time at the zoo didn't get any less strange or ...

Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

The Search for Legal Remedies

Randall Abate, Elizabeth Ann Kronk and Stacy Leeds

This timely volume explores the ways in which indigenous peoples across the world are challenged by climate change impacts, and discusses the legal resources available to confront those challenges. Indigenous peoples occupy a unique niche ... ....

Climate Changed

A Personal Journey Through the Science

Philippe Squarzoni

Based on the analysis of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), but seen through the perspective of everyman journalist Philippe Squarzoni, this graphic novel explains how our environment functions; outlines the consequences ... ....

Dendroclimatic Studies at the North American Tree Line

Rosanne D'Arrigo, Nicole Davi, Gordon Jacoby, Rob Wilson and Greg Wiles

A top priority in climate research is obtaining broad-extent and long-term data to support analyses of historical patterns and trends, and for model development and evaluation. Along with directly measured climate data from the present ... ....

Encyclopedia of Natural Resources, Volume 1: Land

Yeqiao Wang

The volumes of this encyclopedia will provide a suite of the most current state-of-the-art, comprehensive, and authoritative references that cover a broader spectrum of topics under the general subject areas of land, air and water. ....

Encyclopedia of Natural Resources, Volume 2: Water and Air

Yeqiao Wang

Encyclopedia of Natural Resources, Volume 2: Water and Air includes entries in topical areas such as Fresh Water Resources; Ice and Snow; Marine Resources, Fishery Resources, Marine Coastal Resources; Marine Resources ... ....

Global Catastrophes: A Very Short Introduction

Bill McGuire

Life on earth will come to an end. It's just a matter of when. In this Very Short Introduction, Bill McGuire explores the many potential catastrophes facing our planet and our species in the future.

Living Landscapes, Connected Communities

Culture, Environment and Change Across Asia

Justine Vaz, Narumol Aphinives and Tatsuya Tanami

Living Landscapes, Connected Communities contains contributions from almost 50 authors from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines Across Asia, people are coming to terms with the impacts of globalization ... ....

Meiobenthos in the Subequatorial Pacific Abyss

A Proxy in Anthropogenic Impact Evaluation

Teresa Radziejewska

Against the backdrop of the environmental setting of the subequatorial NE Pacific abyssal plain, Meiobenthos in the Subequatorial Pacific Abyss will characterise the meiobenthos as an ecological category in the deep sea and ... ....

Occurrence, Fate and Impact of Atmospheric Pollutants on Environmental and Human Health

Laura L McConnell

A discussion of atmospheric and environmental pollutants, stemming from a 2012 meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Plastic Purge

How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of Your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles!

Michael Sanclements

Plastic is everywhere we look. Our computers and children's toys are made out of it, and our water and slices of American cheese are packaged in it. But why is there so much and what is it doing to our bodies? Is it possible to use ... ....

Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Microphysics of Clouds

Vitaly I Khvorostyanov and Judith A Curry

Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Microphysics of Clouds presents a unified theoretical foundation that provides the basis for incorporating cloud microphysical processes in cloud and climate models. In particular, the book ... ....

Understanding the Sea

Boman F Chhapgar

The sea is not just a huge body of salt water. It is acted upon by various physical and chemical factors. These combines to form a complex web which takes scientists many years to unravel. Understanding the Sea covers a wide range ... ....

Waking the Frog

Solutions for Our Climate Change Paralysis

Tom Rand

Venture capitalist, entrepreneur, engineer, and philosopher Tom Rand explains why climate disruption might just be our very own pot of hot water. Are we the frog paralyzed in our inaction? In a highly readable account, Rand looks to ... ....

Discovering the Universe

Neil F Comins and William J Kaufmann III

Neil Comins' Discovering the Universe is highly acclaimed for bringing the excitement of scientific discovery to the one-term astronomy module. Vivid writing and images, conceptual and mathematical support, and a focus on ... ....

Earth Resources and Environmental Impacts

Kieran D O'Hara

Earth Resources and Environmental Impacts uses everyday examples and current issues to help readers understand how mineral, water and energy resources – and the impacts of their use and extraction – affect their daily ... ....

Earth System History

Steven M Stanley and John A Luczaj

Earth System History remains the only text for the historical geology module written from a truly integrated earth systems perspective, combining the physical and biological history of Earth. The thoroughly updated new edition ... ....

Environmental Geology

An Earth Systems Science Approach

Dorothy J Merritts, Kirsten Menking and Andrew De Wet

Emphasizing the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this highly anticipated new edition of Merritt's classic text provides a balanced approach to environmental issues and ... ....

Fundamental and Applied Karstology

Eric Gilli

Karst landscapes are home to 25% of the world's drinking water supplies, and in many countries water supply is highly dependent on karst aquifers. Their unique structures, containing many voids, are a particular problem for building ... ....

Geochemical Atlas of China

Xie Xuejing, Ren Tianxiang and Sun Huanzhen

The Regional Geochemistry National Reconnaissance program (RGNR), initiated in 1979, has now covered about 7.7 million km² (about 80% of China' territory). By stream sampling and analysis of 39 elements, it makes great ... ....

Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth

Greg Matloff, C Bangs and Les Johnson

What was our planet like in years past? How has our civilization affected Earth and its ecology? Harvesting Space for a Greener Planet begins by discussing these questions, and then generates a scenario for the restoration ... ....

Is There Life On Mars?

The 20 Big Universe Questions

Stuart Clark

Is There Life On Mars? will help you start to answer 20 of the most perplexing and fascinating questions about the universe, such as: Why do the planets stay in orbit? Was Einstein right? What is Dark Matter? Are we made from ... ....

Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You

A Lively Tour Through the Dark Side of the Natural World

It may be a wonderful world, but as Dan Riskin (cohost of Discovery Canada's Daily Planet) explains, it's also a dangerous, disturbing, and disgusting one. At every turn, it seems, living things are trying to eat us ... ....

Natural History Museum Alive

The Stories Behind The Museum's Great Extinct Creatures

Amabel Adcock and Sir David Attenborough

This beautifully illustrated book Natural History Museum Alive explores the incredible array of extinct creatures chosen by David Attenborough in his acclaimed film Natural History Museum Alive 3D.

Observing the Moon

The Modern Astronomer's Guide

Gerald R North

Written by an experienced and well-known lunar observer, this is a hands-on primer for the aspiring observer of the Moon. Whether you are a novice or are already experienced in practical astronomy you will find plenty in ...

Philip's Astronomy Starter Pack

Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion

Philip's Astronomy Starter Pack is an exciting new starter pack suitable for use in the Northern Hemisphere, containing three essential items to introduce the beginner to the fascinating hobby of astronomy ...

Planetary Habitability

Pamela Gales Conrad

Planetary Habitability presents a new perspective on the search for life on other planets and approaches habitability holistically, utilizing a complete range of environmental data including physical features as well as chemical ... ....

Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You

A Guide to the Universe

Marcus Chown

The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einstein's general theory of relativity. Together, they explain virtually everything about the world we live in. But, almost a century after their advent, most people ... ....

Shaping a Nation

A Geology of Australia

Richard Blewett

Shaping a Nation: A Geology of Australia is the story of a continent's geological evolution as seen through the lens of human impacts. Exploring the geology, resources and landscapes of Australia, the book reveals how these ... ....

Stratotype Aquitanien [French]

Laurent Londeix

From his castle in La Brède, Montesquieu had no idea that in 1857 Karl Mayer would designate a portion of those lands as an international reference of a geological stage. Thus was born the Aquitanian stratotype, which is now ... ....

Teach Yourself Geology - A Complete Introduction

David Rothery

Teach Yourself Geology - A Complete Introduction uses a structure that mirrors many university courses on Geology.

Teide Volcano

Geology and Eruptions of a Highly Differentiated Oceanic Stratovolcano

Juan Carlos Carracedo and Valentin Troll

Teide Volcano has many different meanings: For the Guanche aborigines, who endured several of its eruptions, it was Echeide (Hell). Early navigators had in Teide, a lifesaving widely visible landmark that was towering over the clouds. ....

The Compatibility Gene

How Our Bodies Fight Disease, Attract Others, and Define Our Selves

Daniel M Davis

The Compatibility Gene is a scientific adventure story set in a new field of genetic discovery – that of the crucial genes that define our relationships, our health and our individuality. Here, Daniel M Davis, one of the ... ....

The Next Tsunami

Living on a Restless Coast

Bonnie Henderson

On a March evening in 1964, ten-year-old Tom Horning awoke near midnight to find his yard transformed. A tsunami triggered by Alaska's momentous Good Friday earthquake had wreaked havoc in his Seaside, Oregon, neighborhood.

The Scientific Exploration of Venus

Fredric W Taylor

Venus is the brightest 'star' in the night sky and it has been observed since ancient times. Often dubbed Earth's 'twin', it is the planet most similar to the Earth in size, mass and composition. There the similarity ... ....

An Experimental Study on Adhesive or Anti-Adhesive, Bio-Inspired Experimental Nanomaterials

Emiliano Lepore

Adhesive abilities of insects, spiders and reptiles have inspired researchers for a long time. All these organisms show outstanding performance, particularly for force, adhesion and climbing abilities, relative to their size and weight. ....

Arthropod Management in Vineyards

Pests, Approaches, and Future Directions

Noubar J Bostanian, Charles Vincent and Rufus Isaacs

In recent decades, viticulture has undergone a tremendous growth worldwide. Vineyard pest management is a dynamic and evolving field, and the contributed chapters in Arthropod Management in Vineyards ...

Can Green Sustain Growth?

From the Religion to the Reality of Sustainable Prosperity

John Zysman and Mark Huberty

Geen growth has proven to be politically popular, but economically elusive. Can Green Sustain Growth? asks how we can move from theoretical support to implementation, and argues that this leap will require radical experimentation ... ....

Carson's Silent Spring

A Reader's Guide

Joni Seager

Silent Spring is a watershed moment in the history of environmentalism. The 1962 work by Rachel Carson is credited with launching the modern environmental movement. It provoked the ban on DDT in the US ten years later and it has been an inspiration ... ....

Cheaponomics: The High Costs of Low Prices

Michael Carolan

Do you really think you are getting a good deal when given that free mobile phone for switching service providers, if a multinational retailer undercuts its competitors or by the fact that food is relatively cheaper today in many countries ... ....

Community Based Water Management and Social Capital

Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Ibnu Syabri, Ismu Rini Dwi Ari and Hayeong Jeong

Community Based Water Management and Social Capital provides scientific understanding of community based water management and how to secure responsible management to satisfy quality and quantity requirements. It shows how community ... ....

Contesting the Arctic

Rethinking Politics in the Circumpolar North

Philip E Steinberg, Jeremy Tasch, Hannes Gerhardt and Rob Shields

As climate change makes the Arctic a region of key political interest, so questions of sovereignty are once more drawing international attention. The promise of new sources of mineral wealth and energy, and of new transportation routes ... ....

Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

Alan Weisman

In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanity's constant pressures. Behind that groundbreaking thought experiment was his hope ... ....

Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth

Tom Butler, George Wuerthner and Richard Heinberg

Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth takes an unflinching look at the environmental devastation created by our thirst for energy – including supposedly "clean" renewable sources.

Environmental Debt

The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy

Amy Larkin

Economists predict that the damage from Hurricane Sandy will total over 100 billion dollars, largely covered by taxpayers. And that does not include long-term effects such as depressed coastal real estate values.

Fisheries Management of Mexican and Central American Estuaries

Felipe Amzezcua and Brian Bellgraph

The tropical estuarine systems of Mexico and Central America are an important part of the region's coastlines; for example Mexico alone possesses more than 770 thousand hectares of mangroves, as well as the largest estuarine mangrove ... ....

Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America

Wenonah Hauter

Wenonah Hauter runs an organic family farm in Northern Virginia that provides healthy vegetables to over five hundred families. Despite this, as one of the nation's leading healthy food advocates, Hauter believes that the local food ... ....

Future Earth

Advancing Civic Understanding of the Anthropocene

Diana Dalbotten

Earth now is dominated by both biogeophysical and anthropogenic processes, as represented in these two images from a simulation of aerosols. Dust (red) from the Sahara sweeps west across the Atlantic Ocean. Sea salt (blue) rises into the ... ....

Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge

Case Studies and Conflicting Interests

Tania Bubela and E Richard Gold

This fascinating study describes efforts to define and protect traditional knowledge and the associated issues of access to genetic resources, from the negotiation of the Convention on Biological Diversity to The Declaration on the Right ... ....

Groundswell: The Case for Fracking

Ezra Levant

In Groundswell, Ezra Levant examines the fracking revolution. With natural gas in abundance, prices fall and the stranglehold by energy companies like Russia's Gazprom loosens. OPEC, environmentalists, and communities through ... ....

International Law and the Protection of Forests

Catherine MacKenzie

Forests are central to international security, peace, and justice, as they provide livelihoods for millions of impoverished people in developing countries. Threat's to the world's forests may result in a reduction in basic ... ....

Living Pathways

Meditations on Sustainable Cultures and Cosmologies in Asia

M Nadarajah and Sundari Ramakrishna

Globalisation and technological progress have ushered us into a new era of development. Never before has the promise of the 'Good Life' in a hedonistic, consumerist utopia, been within reach for so many. Yet a significant portion ... ....

Planet Heart

How an Unhealthy Environment Leads to Heart Disease

Francois Reeves

We've all heard the risk factors for cardiovascular disease: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, stress, and a sedentary lifestyle. But what about our environment? Despite almost 500 recent studies that show the ... ....

Plant Evolution and the Origin of Crop Species

James F Hancock

The genetic variability that developed in plants during their evolution is the basis of their domestication and breeding into the crops grown today for food, fuel and other industrial uses. This third edition brings the subject up to date ... ....

Reclaiming Food Security

Michael Carolan

In this challenging work, the author argues that the goal of any food system should not simply be to provide the cheapest calories possible. A secure food system is one that affords people and nations – in both the present and future ... ....

Seven Modern Plagues

And How We are Causing Them

Mark Jerome Walters

Every time we sneeze, there seems to be a new form of flu: bird flu, swine flu, Spanish flu, Hong Kong flu, H5N1, and most recently, H5N7. While these diseases appear to emerge from thin air, in fact, human activity is driving them. ....

Society and the Environment

Michael Carolan

Talking about global environmental issues need not be an exercise in gloom, doom, and individual sacrifice – as Michael Carolan ably demonstrates in this introduction to environmental sociology.

State of the World 2014

Governing for Sustainability

The Worldwatch Institute and David W Orr

Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.'s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments' progress has been lacklustre ... ....

Sustainable Development

Asia-Pacific Perspectives

Pak Sum Low

The Asia-Pacific region is experiencing especially rapid development and population increase, and issues of global change and sustainable development are likely to be of particular importance in the coming decades. This book presents ... ....

Sustainable Transportation in the National Parks

From Acadia to Zion

Robert Manning, Steven Lawson, Peter Newman, Jeffrey Hallo and Christopher Monz

Transportation and national parks are intimately linked. The inherent complexities of this intersection demand a systematic and informed management approach that extends beyond park boundaries, considers how transportation affects the ... ....

Teach a Woman to Fish

Overcoming Poverty Around the Globe

Ritu Sharma

As the old axiom goes: "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime." But teach a woman to fish, and everyone eats for a lifetime. In this firsthand account, Ritu Sharma shares how women ... ....

The Answer Is Still No

Voices of Pipeline Resistance

Paul Bowles and Henry Veltmeyer

The Answer Is Still No is an important, urgent book that compiles interviews with people who live along the route of the proposed Enbridge pipeline in Northern British Columbia. The oil pipeline and supertankers – linking ... ....

The David Suzuki Reader

A Lifetime of Ideas from a Leading Activist and Thinker

David Suzuki

In this revised and expanded edition of his collected writings, David Suzuki continues to explore the themes that have informed his work for more than four decades – the interconnectedness of all things, our misguided elevation of ... ....

The Price of Fish

A New Approach to Wicked Economics and Better Decisions

Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris

Now, more than at any other time in our history, the world is faced with a series of vicious and apparently insurmountable difficulties, chief among them unstable financial markets, rapidly diminishing resources and an eco-system that is ... ....

The Real Cost of Cheap Food

Michael Carolan

This challenging but accessible book critically examines the dominant food regime on its own terms, by seriously asking whether we can afford cheap food and exploring what exactly cheap food affords us. Detailing the numerous ways that ... ....

Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation

Laura Diaz Anadon, Matthew Bunn and Venky Narayanamurti

One of the greatest challenges facing human civilization is the provision of secure, affordable energy without causing catastrophic environmental damage. As the world's largest economy, and as a world leader in energy technologies ... ....

Twilight of Abundance

Why the 21st Century Will Be Nasty, Brutish, and Short

David Archibald

Baby boomers enjoyed the most benign period in human history: fifty years of relative peace, cheap energy, plentiful grain supply, and a warming climate due to the highest solar activity for 8,000 years. The party is over – prepare ... ....

Applied Meta-Analysis with R

Ding-Geng Chen and Karl E Peace

In biostatistical research and courses, practitioners and students often lack a thorough understanding of how to apply statistical methods to synthesize biomedical and clinical trial data. Filling this knowledge gap ...

Programming Graphical User Interfaces in R

Michael F Lawrence and John Verzani

Programming Graphical User Interfaces with R introduces each of the major R packages for GUI programming: RGtk2, qtbase, Tcl/Tk, and gWidgets. With examples woven through the text as well as stand-alone demonstrations of simple yet reasonable ... ....

Spatial Analysis

A Guide For Ecologists

Mark RT Dale and Marie-Jose Fortin

Nowadays, ecologists worldwide recognize the use of spatial analysis as essential. However, because of the fast-growing range of methods available, even an expert might occasionally find it challenging to choose the most appropriate one. ....

Student Solutions Manual for The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences

Brigitte Baldi and David S Moore

Provides step-by-step solutions along with summaries of the key concepts needed to solve the problems in the main text ...

The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences

Brigitte Baldi and David S Moore

This remarkably engaging text gives biology students an introduction to statistics. Based on a growing interest in statistics across the life science fields, The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences was developed from ... ....

A Catalogue of Amphibia in the Collection of the Western Ghat Regional Centre Zoological Survey of India Calicut Kerala

C Radhakrishnan and KP Dinesh

The Western Ghats Regional Centre (WGRC) at Calicut, Kerala, India, is one among the sixteen Regional Centres of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and is engaged in survey and docurnentation of the fauna of Western Ghats, one of the ... ....

In Defense of Disciplines

Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the Research University

Jerry A Jacobs

Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis ... ....