The Badger

Michael Woods

Useful booklet giving basic information on Britain's best known member of the weasel family, covering natural history, behaviour, ecology, and conservation. ....

Der Braunbar

Die Ruckkehr eines Grossraubtiers

Maya Honeisen, Joanna Schoenenberger and Yannick Andrea

This book offers a contribution to the debate on the (re)introduction of the brown bear into the wild areas of Europe and the conflicts this has caused. Illustrated with over ....

Primate Locomotion

Edited by Kristiaan D'Aout and Evie E Vereecke

Primate locomotion has typically been studied from two points of view. Laboratory-based researchers have focused on aspects like biomechanics and energetics, whereas ....

Primates of the World

The Amazing Diversity of Our Closest Relatives

Ian Redmond and Jane Goodall

Covering nearly 300 species, this comprehensive illustrated guide takes a close look at every branch of the primate family around the world, from tiny nocturnal mouse lemurs in ....

Soul of a Lion

One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees

Barbara Bennett and Mariete Van Der Merwe

This book chronicles the story of the volunteers and creatures of the Harnas Wildlife Foundation in Namibia where former cattle farmers have sold land to buy and care for ....

Squirrels

J Holm

All information about squirrels is given; their physical differences, their food preferences, whether they hibernate, how they communicate, squirrels in your garden. ....

Tigers

A Celebration of Life

Andy Rouse

Award-winning, inspirational wildlife photographer Andy Rouse has self-published this fine study to coincide with the International Year of the Tiger. It is intended to raise ....

Aerial Surveys of Aggregations of Seaducks, Divers and Grebes in UK Inshore Areas Outside the Breeding Season in 2007/08

M Lewis, LJ Wilson, I Sohle, BJ Dean, A Webb and JB Reid

Aerial surveys are only a component of the winter survey programme because in some cases, aerial survey methods may miss some species, e.g. species that avoid aircraft, or ....

Bird Life of Mountain and Upland

D Ratcliffe

Written for the amateur ornithologist, this book describes the bird life of the various upland regions of the British Isles from an ecological standpoint. It relates ....

Birdwatching in the Philippines, Volume 2

Carlos M Libosada and Ivan Sarenas

As with the first volume, this second volume is a celebration of the country's diverse and unique bird assemblages. Its special focus is avian endemism in the Philippines and ....

Do Hummingbirds Hum?

Fascinating Answers to Questions About Hummingbirds

George C West and Carol A Butler

Imagine a creature the size of your thumb, weighing less than a penny, but consuming half of its weight in food each day... ....

Global Birding

Traveling the World in Search of Birds

Les Beletsky

This book contains information and images on the most exciting birds and birding locations in the world along with practical tips on each locality. ....

Important Bird Areas of the Americas

Priority Sites for Biodiversity Conservation

Edited by C Devenish, DF Diaz Fernandez, RP Clay, IJ Davidson and IY Zabala

This directory provides a concise summary of the 2345 Important Bird Areas described to date in the Americas. The inventory ....

Kingfisher

David Chandler and Ian Llewellyn

Usually encountered as a flash of blue or orange seen from the riverbank, most people are aware of the Kingfisher, but few are familiar with the intricacies of its day-to-day ....

Multi-ethnic Bird Guide of the Subantarctic Forests of South America

Ricardo Rozzi

In this unique book Ricardo Rozzi and his collaborators present a cultural ethnography and an illustrated guide to the forest birds of southern Chile and Argentina. Included ....

National Geographic Bird Coloration

Geoffrey E Hill

This volume's gorgeous pictures and lively explanations will captivate beginners as well as serious birders. Author and noted ornithologist Geoff Hill takes readers on an ....

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Britain and Northern Europe

Peter Goodfellow and Paul Sterry

Featuring 280 species that the amateur naturalist might expect to see in the field or garden, this user-friendly introduction covers geography, climate, habits, taxonomy and ....

Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Malaysia and Singapore

GWH Davidson, Yeap Chin Aik, David Bakewell, David Lai and Cede Prudente

High quality photographs from some of Malaysia's top nature photographers are accompanied in this title by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, ....

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America

Roger Tory Peterson

The new, fourth edition of this classic field guide covers nearly 600 species. It also allows access to 35 easy-to-use video podcasts which are available as downloads. ....

Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America

R Peterson

The new sixth edition of this guide contains clear, succinct accounts of more than 500 species with all-new range maps, updated text and 40 new paintings. ....

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Bali, Java and Sumatra

Tony Tilford and Alain Compost

The Indonesian islands of Bali, Java and Sumatra are home to a staggering array of birds. They are part of one of the world's biodiversity hot-spots and act as a magnet ....

Photographic Guide to Birds of Costa Rica

Michael Fogden, Patricia Fogden and Susan Fogden

Portable, introductory guide to the avifauna of Costa Rica. Each entry includes a full-colour photograph and key identification features. ....

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Thailand

Michael Webster and Chew Yen Fook

Over 250 species are included in this useful guide, each description supported by a clear colour photograph. Thumbnail silhouettes, identifying visually the different ....

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Philippines

Tim Fisher and Nigel Hicks

This pocket-sized, easy-to-use bird identification guide - fully revised and complete with new species listings - is a must for any birdwatcher visiting the Philippines. From ....

Pot Plant Owl

Allan Eccles and Tracy Eccles

The true story of a pair of Spotted Eagle Owls that nested in a pot plant on a balcony in bustling Johannesburg. It is both a visual and personal recording of Allan and Tracy ....

Sovy Slovenska vo fotografii

Owls of Slovakia in pictures

Stanislav Harvancik

Comprehensive photographic study of Slovakian owls, with detailed background information. Accompanying CD has 77 voice variants of 13 species. ....

A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsula Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand

PP Van Dijk, J Nabhitabhata, MJ Cox and K Thirakhupt

This pocket-sized guide covers more than 220 species and sub-species of snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles and tortoises found in the Malaysian Peninsula, Singapore and ....

Auf Schlangenspuren und Krotenpfaden

Amphibien und Reptilien der Schweiz

Andreas Meyer, Silvia Zumbach, Benedikt Schmidt and Jean-Claude Monney

This book contains 300 colour photos of the reptiles and amphibians found in Switzerland. ....

Snakes and Lizards in Your Pocket

A Guide to Reptiles of the Upper Midwest

Terry Van de Walle and Suzanne L Collins

From the rare and docile massasauga, which relies on camouflage to remain unnoticed, to the more familiar bull-snake, which defends itself by hissing loudly and vibrating its ....

Taschenlexikon der Amphibien und Reptilien Europas

Alle Arten von den Kanarischen Inseln bis zum Ural

Dieter Glandt

This book covers all 260 species of reptiles and amphibians found from the Urals through to the Canary Islands complete with colour photos and distribution maps. ....

Freshwater Fish of the Northeast

Matt Patterson and David A Patterson

A vividly illustrated guide to more than 60 freshwater fish from the ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams of New England and New York. Most anglers and locals are well aware ....

Freshwater Fishes of Iraq

Brian W Coad

The fauna comprises 44 native and 9 exotic freshwater species. This essential new work covers the species (the freshwater species and those of marine origin) in detail with ....

Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers

Supplement

HB Johnston

Johnston's Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers (Cambridge, 1956) presented a complete list of all species recorded from Africa up to the end of 1953. A bibliography ....

Aphid Biodiversity Under Environmental Change

Patterns and Processes

Edited by Pavel Kindlmann, Katerina Houdkova and AFG Dixon

This book presents completely novel, yet unpublished findings on aphid population dynamics and ecology in the context of recent environmental changes and closely related ....

Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America, Volume 6

The Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Brazil

Anthony J Shelley, Luis M Hernandez, Marilza Maia-Herzog et al

This second volume on blackflies (Simuliidae) in the ABLA series concentrates on the 80 species present in Brazil. This modern morphological overview within the framework of ....

Axioidea and Callianassoidea of the World

Decapoda Callianassidea

Katsushi Sakai

The present section, Callianassida Dana, 1852, has recently been separated from the Thalassinida Dana, 1852; together these two sections constitute the infraorder ....

Butterflies of Britain and Ireland

A Field and Site Guide

Michael Easterbrook

Britain and Ireland host only a modest 58 species of resident butterflies, with a few more recorded as vagrants. This superb monograph covers every species in detail. The ....

The Butterflies of Greece

Lazaros N Pamperis

Presents the richness of the butterflies' fauna of Greece as a result of 25 years of detailed research and photography by Lazaros Pamperis. All 235 butterflies were ....

The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs

Robert T Dillon

This book, first published in 2000, provides a comprehensive review of the ecology of freshwater bivalves and gastropods worldwide. It deals with the ecology of these species ....

Insect Pests of Cereals and their Management

S Aggarwal

This book has been designed keeping in mind the need for a manual which provides farmers with the wherewithal to bring insect pests of their cereal crops under management. It ....

Insectopedia

Hugh Raffles

A stunningly original exploration of the beautiful, ancient, successful, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with which we share ....

Libellules du Poitou-Charentes

Poitou-Charentes Nature

This work addresses the current state of our knowledge on the distribution, life cycles and conservation status of the 73 species of dragonflies still present or those few ....

Mononchida

The Predatory Soil Nematodes

W Ahmad and MS Jairajpuri

A unique treatise on the morphology and taxonomy of the order Mononchida. The mononchs represent a group of predatory nematodes that are natural enemies of other soil ....

A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia

Part 1

Mark R Golding

The first volume in this series covers Stigmoderini. ....

The Plant Bugs or Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Cuba

Luis M Hernández and Thomas J Henry

Treats 105 species in 57 genera. 12 new species are described and 4 removed from the list. All genera and species are diagnosed, male genitalia are illustrated and a colour ....

Why Do Bees Buzz?

Fascinating Answers to Questions About Bees

Elizabeth Capaldi Evans and Carol A Butler

Why do bees buzz? How do they breathe? What is a 'waggle dance'? And just what happens if they run out of honey? Twenty-five thousand species of bees certainly create a loud ....

Ammoniti Liassici dell'Appenino Centrale

F Venturi and Ricardo Ferri

A Catalogue of the Collection of Cambrian and Silurian Fossils Contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge

J W Salter, Adam Sedgwick and John Morris

John William Salter (1820-1869) was an English naturalist and geologist, best known for his work as palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain. This is a ....

The Dawn Angiosperms

Xin Wang

This book reflects the newest progress in research on the origin of angiosperms. It emphasizes the early Cretaceous and Jurassic materials, rather than later ones, as they ....

Fundamentals of Tree-ring Research

James H Speer

Tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree-ring growth patterns. As author James Speer notes, trees are remarkable ....

Palaeontology Invertebrate

Henry Woods

Originally published in 1946, this is the eighth edition of a book that was first published in 1893. It deals, specifically, with the fossils of the Invertebrata. The ....

Plant Life Through the Ages

A Geological and Botanical Retrospect

AC Seward

Published in 1931 to complement Seward's magisterial four-volume textbook Fossil Plants, this book is a digest of his earlier detailed study, written for a non-specialist ....

Quaternary Climates, Environments and Magnetism

Edited by Barbara Maher and Roy Thompson

Presents an up-to-date account of the rich variety of uses of magnetic measurements in the environmental geosciences. ....

Citizens of the Sea

Wondrous Creatures from the Census of Marine Life

Nancy Knowlton

This book describes the ocean and its incredible biodiversity using the theme of champions - mixing obvious categories (like the largest, the smallest, and the ....

Weedy Aquatic Plants

Their Utility, Menace and Management

OP Gupta

Bears in Space

.. and 500 Other Amazing Animal Facts

Marianne Taylor

This book is an accessible yet richly informative compendium of surprising, amusing and intriguing facts about the animal world that range from the obscure to the surreal and ....

Botanical Sketchbook

Mary Ann Scott

A sketchbook can be many things: to some it is a record of a landscape or people in a cafe prior to painting them; to others it is a visual memory of a traveller's journey, ....

The Darwinian Tourist

Viewing the World Through Evolutionary Eyes

Christopher Wills

In this book, the author takes the reader on a series of adventures. From the underwater life of Indonesia's Lambeh Strait to a little valley in northern Israel, to an ....

Eisner's World

Life through Many Lenses

Thomas Eisner

This book features 118 of the author's photos, selected for their innate natural drama, sheer beauty and imaginative appeal. ....

The End of Discovery

Are We Approaching the Boundaries of the Knowable?

Russell Stannard

It is generally thought that science, by its very nature, must always progress. But this is not necessarily so. One day, fundamental science may come to an end. Limitations as ....

First Life

David Attenborough

Spanning billions of years, Attenborough's narrative brings the reader face to face with the first animals that ever existed. By using the latest technology, we are finally able ....

How Long Things Live

and How They Live as Long as They Do

Anthony Fredericks

This fact-filled science book explains how and why some 99 animals and plants live as long, or a briefly, as they do. ....

My Natural History

The Animal Kingdom and How It Shaped Me

Simon Barnes

"The animal kingdom came to my rescue. It always has done. I suspect it always will. It rescued me at Sunnyhill Primary School, it rescued me in my adolescence, it has rescued ....

National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Travel Photography

This book gathers how-to information from the best photographers to create and comprehensive and useful guide for the amateur photographer. ....

Nature's End

History and the Environment

Edited by Sverker Sorlin and Paul Warde

This book provides fifteen essays from historians, geographers, anthropologists and natural scientists on key themes and methods in the field of Environmental History. ....

Richard Owen

Biology without Darwin

Nicolaas Rupke

In the mid-1850s, no scientist in the British Empire was more visible than Richard Owen. Mentioned in the same breath as Newton and championed as Britain's answer to France's ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Cape Verde Islands

A Irwin and C Wilson

Cape Verde is a destination on the up: construction is rocketing, international flight numbers are soaring, and visitor arrivals are rising year on year. The fourth edition of ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Cayman Islands

Tricia Hayne

This latest edition of "Cayman Islands" provides in-depth coverage of each of the country's three distinctive islands. Renowned for some of the world's best diving and ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Estonia

Neil Taylor

Bradt's Estonia remains the only English-language guidebook to this Baltic destination and this sixth edition reveals more of the country than any previous guide. Readers now ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Jan Mayen, Franz Josef Land

Andreas Umbreit

The fourth edition of this critically acclaimed guide introduces travellers to the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, the neighbouring Norwegian island of Jan ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Tanzania

Philip Briggs

Whether you need advice on removing ticks or tips on photographing wildebeest, the sixth edition of this comprehensive guide has the latest information. Tanzania is home to ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Zanzibar

C McIntyre and S McIntyre

While researching this latest edition of their Zanzibar guide, Chris and Susie McIntyre have personally visited each of the almost 250 properties featured. Zanzibar is ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Zimbabwe

Paul Murray

Wildlife enthusiasts and curious tourists will always be drawn to Zimbabwe. With some of the finest national parks in Africa, the country is blessed with stunning landscapes and ....

National Geographic Complete National Parks of the United States

Mel White

This is a comprehensive guide to every site and swath of landscape in the US National Park system, from coast-to-coast and world famous National Parks to lesser known sites ....

National Geographic Treasures of Alaska

The Last Great American Wilderness

Jeff Rennicke

This new look at Alaska as the destination for wilderness experience in America celebrates the many lives and unique landscapes that make up the vast and storied land. ....

The Singapore Red Data Book

Threatened Plants and Animals of Singapore

Edited by PKL Ng, HC Ho and GWH Davison

This is a new updated edition of the important study that first came out in 1994. In fact, this new book is totally re-done with all-new content and attractive colour ....

Wild Sabah

The Magnificent Wildlife and Rainforests of Malaysian Borneo

Junaida Payne and Cede Prudente

Wild Sabah is a magnificent photographic evocation of the natural splendours of the state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo. From the peaks of Mount Kinabalu, the highest ....

Wild Wonders of Europe

Peter Cairns, Florian Möllers, Staffan Widstrand and Bridget Wijnberg

The result of one of the largest photography projects ever undertaken, "Wild Wonders of Europe" presents an astonishing view of the continent's flora and fauna. Organized by ....

Active Transport in Plants

M Amin

Advances in Botanical Research

Edited by Jean-Claude Kader and Michel Delseny

"Advances in Botanical Research" publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences. Currently in its 53rd volume, the series features a ....

Advances in Fungal Biotechnology

M Rai

In the past two decades, fungal biotechnology has progressed with fast pace. Advances in Fungal Biotechnology is an important publication representing these advances and ....

Advances in Horticulture Science Research

C Arora

This book, designed as a manual for horticulturists, brings within purview the contemporary advances in horticulture research. The emphasis is on understanding how ....

Algae: Volume 1, Myxophyceae, Peridinieae, Bacillarieae, Chlorphyceae

GS West

George Stephen West (1876-1919) was a prominent British botanist specialising in freshwater algae. In 1906 he became a lecturer in botany at the University of Birmingham ....

The Aliveness of Plants

The Darwins at the Dawn of Plant Science

PG Ayres

The Darwin family was instrumental in the history of botany. For Erasmus (1731-1802), it was a hobby, for Charles (1809-1882) an inspiration, and for Francis (1848-1925), a ....

Atlante Fotografico dei Funghi d'Italia, Volume 3

G Consiglio and C Papetti

Describes a further 500 species. ....

Atlas de la Flore Sauvage du Departement du Val-de-Marne

S Filoche and F Perriat

Atlas of Gymnosperms Woods of China

Jiang Xiaomei

The gymnosperms are arborescent, and have 13 families with about 75 genera and 850 species which are widely distributed in five continents. Totally, 10 families with 34 ....

Australian Botanist's Companion

Alex S George

Those who work with - or are just interested in - Australian plants continually need information about plant names, collectors, institutions and societies, place names, the ....

Bibliography of Medicinal Plants of India: Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology

MR Gurudeva, SN Yoganarasimhan and Divyachandra Prakashana

Bulbophyllums: The Incomplete Guide, From A to WHY?

Bill Thoms

The author claims this book to be a whimsical look at growing the largest genus of the orchid family. He is well qualified to pass on knowledge with over 40 years experience ....

The Complete Guide to Fruit Growing

Peter Blackburne-Maze

Growing fruit in the garden has never been so popular - or so easy. This book takes a fresh look at many of the established favorites and the new varieties now available and ....

The Complete Guide to Vegetable Growing

Peter Blackburne-Maze

Growing vegetables has always been a popular part of gardening, and even in the smallest plot a surprisingly large number of different varieties can be grown. This practical ....

Desert Plants of Egypt's Wadi El Gemal National Park

Tamer Mahmoud

The vegetation in Wadi El Gemal National Park in Egypt's Eastern Desert is more diverse than might first be expected, but even more surprising is the relationship that the ....

Dictionary of Plant Breeding

Ludwig

Plant breeding has moved from the mainly agronomic focus to a research area embracing several disciplines. Until recently, the progress of the science was hampered by the ....

Dynamics of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

HP Singh, ST Pandey and B Singh

A rare treasure of information on biodiversity, cultivation, and uses of medicinal and aromatic plants. The book covers important aspect on current status of development of ....

English Naturalists from Neckam to Ray

A Study of the Making of the Modern World

Charles E Raven

C. E. Raven (1885-1964) was an academic theologian elected Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge in 1932, who developed an interest in natural history and ....

Ethnobotany in the New Europe

People, Health and Wild Plant Resources

Edited by Manuel Pardo de Santayana, Andrea Pieroni and Rajindra K Puri

The study of European wild food plants and herbal medicines is an old discipline that has been invigorated by a new generation of researchers pursuing ....

Ethnobotany: The Renaissance of Traditional Herbal Medicine

Ramesh Bhandari

European Species of Hypocrea, Part 1: The Green-spored Species

John Littner Clark

Experimental Seed Science and Technology

R Umarani, R Jerlin and N Natarajan

A Field Guide to Coastal Flowers of the Pacific Northwest

Phillipa Hudson

An essential portable guide to the most popular coastal flowers on the West Coast. ....

Field Guide to the Plants of East Sabah

Rogier de Kok and Tim Utteridge

This field guide deals with the seed plants of the lowlands of East Sabah, Malaysia, and features the 84 most commonly encountered families in the lowland rainforest of Danum ....

Field Manual on Herbarium Techniques

HB Singh and B Subramaniam

This book will be useful to the persons working as herbarium curators, teachers, scientists, foresters, research scholars, students, and those who are interested in ....

A Fifth Checklist of Tennessee Vascular Plants

Edward W Chester et al

Draws upon previous works and adds the results of the authors' combined field experiences of more than a century. More than 170 state records have been reported since ....

Figues de Tous Pays

Peter Bauwens

Reveals the rich history and botanical characteristics of the fig, as well as providing information on cultivation in various environments. ....

Flora Mesoamericana, Volume 4 (Part 1): Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae

Edited by G Davidse et al

Includes 33 families of dicotyledons with 329 genera and 2146 species. ....

Flora Vascolare Spontanea di Trieste

F Martini

This is the first overall study of the flora of the urban territory of Trieste. Deals with 1013 species, which makes approximately 1/3 of the territory of Friuli Venezia ....

Flora de la República de Cuba, Series A: Plantas Vasculares, Fasicúlo 15

R Echevarria Cruz, SA Graham, G Gonzalez Gutierrez, C Beurton et al

Deals with Alismataceae/ Alstroemeriaceae/ Amaryllidaceae/ Brassicaceae/ Ceratophyllaceae/ Cymodoceaceae/ Hydrocharitaceae/ Hypoxidaceae/ Limnocharitaceae/ ....

Flora de la República de Cuba, Series A: Plantas Vasculares, Fasicúlo 16

Celastraceae, Clethraceae, Cyrillaceae, Icacinaceae, Smilaceae

R Echevarria Cruz, SA Graham, G Gonzalez Gutierrez, C Beurton et al

The Flora of Eastern Himalaya, Vol. I: Results of the Botanical Expedition to Eastern Himalaya Organized by the University of Tokyo 1960 and 1963

H Hara et al

This volume report includes the scientific results hitherto obtained from the Botanical Expeditions to Eastern Himalaya by the University of Tokyo in 1960 and 1963. The main ....

The Flora of Eastern Himalaya, Vol. II: Results of the Botanical Expedition to Eastern Himalaya Organized by the University of Tokyo 1967 and 1969

H Hara et al

This volume comprises the results obtained from the Third Botanical Expedition to Eastern Himalaya (Bhutan, Nepal) in 1967 and the Fourth Expedition (Nepal, Sikkim) in ....

Flora of Eastern Himalaya, Vol.III: Results of the Botanical Expeditions to Eastern Himalaya in 1972 Organized by the University of Tokyo

H Hara

This volume includes results of taxonomic studies mainly based on the collections by the fifth botanical expedition to Eastern Himalaya in 1972 organized by the University of ....

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 84: Orchidaceae

Masdevallia and Affiliates

Calaway H Dodson and Carlyle A Luer

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 85: Moraceae (Ficus)

Cornelius C Berg

Flora of Peninsular Malaysia

Ferns and Lycophytes

Edited by BS Parris and R Kiew

Provides revisions for lycopyhyte and fern families that occur in Peninsular Malaysia. It includes an overview of the orders, families and genera together with a key to ....

Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges, Volume 1

Orchids, Irises, Lilies, Grass-trees, Mat-rushes and other Petaloid Monocotyledons

Enid Mayfield

This area of south-eastern Australia has a rich and exceptionally diverse Flora with over 130 orchid species represented in this volume. ....

Flore du Gabon, Volume 38: Alismataceae, Apiaceae, Goodeniaceae, Sphenocleaceae, Taccaceae

Hernandiaceae, Huaceae, Iridaceae, Oxalidaceae, Smilacaceae,

Edited by MSM Sosef et al

The Flore du Gabon series provides access to the information on the botanical wealth of this central African country, reputedly harbouring the richest lowland rain forest in ....

Flore du Gabon, Volume 39: Begoniaceae

Edited by MSM Sosef et al

Flore du Gabon, Volume 40: Apodanthaceae, Typhaceae

Edited by MSM Sosef et al

Flowers of the Norfolk Broads

Simon Harrap

Describes and illustrates in detail over 100 of the most characteristic and charismatic plants of the Norfolk Broads. After an introduction covering the variety of Broadland ....

Frontiers in Fungal Ecology, Diversity and Metabolites

Edited by KR Sridhar

In view of tremendous developments in the field of mycology, the present treatise emphasizes various aspects of contemporary issues in mycology. It comprises 22 chapters ....

Fungal Biodiversity

PW Crous, GJM Verkley, JZ Groenewald and RA Samson

This book is the first in the new "CBS Laboratory Manual Series", and focuses on techniques for isolation, cultivation, molecular and morphological study of fungi and ....

The Gramineae

A Study of Cereal, Bamboo and Grass

Agnes Arber

Agnes Arber (1879-1960) was a prominent British botanist specialising in plant morphology and comparative anatomy. In 1946 she became the first female botanist to be ....

Guia de Campo para Plantas Aquáticas e Palustres do Estado de Sao Paulo

Maria do Carmen E Amaral, Volker Bittrich et al

Field Guide to aquatic and wetland plants of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. ....

Guide alla Flora - IV

La Diversita Vegetale del Carso Fra Triests e Gorizia

Livio Poldini

The author presents in this atlas the results of about 40 years of research on the environment of the Altopiano Giuliano. The focus is on biodiversity. 2318 taxa covered. ....

Guide des Arbres Remarquables de France

Association ARBRES

Details, department by department, the most important, historically interesting or otherwise remarkable trees of France, as identified by a large network of local ....

A Guide to Medicinal Plants

An Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach

Hwee-Ling Koh, Chay-Hoon Tan and Tung-Kian Chua

This book presents up-to-date information on a total of 75 native and non-native medicinal plants growing in Singapore. Comprehensive and useful ....

A Guide to Native Plants of the New York City Region

Margaret B Gargiullo

This unique book presents a detailed look at the full scope of flora that is native to the New York City region and available for propagation. Geared specifically for ....

A Handbook of the World's Conifers

Aljos Farjon

Conifers are known to everyone as a conspicuous kind of evergreen trees or shrubs that feature prominently in gardens and parks as well as in many managed forests in the cool ....

Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution

A Chapter in the History of Botany, 1470-1670

Agnes Arber

Agnes Arber (1879-1960) was a prominent British botanist specialising in plant morphology and the history of botany. In 1946 she became the first female botanist to be ....

Highlights of the Didymellaceae: A Polyphasic Approach to Characterise Phoma and Related Pleosporalean Genera

M Aveskamp et al

Fungal taxonomists routinely encounter problems when dealing with asexual fungal species due to poly- and paraphyletic generic phylogenies, and unclear species boundaries. These ....

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Wild Flowers and Trees of the British Isles

Martin Walters, Mick Lavelle and Tony Russell

Covers 650 native and introduced species. ....

Interactive Keys to Vascular Plant Families of the World

Bruce Barnes

Covers 519 families: 41 pteridophytic, 15 gymno- and 463 angiospermous. ....

A Key to Pacific Grasses

WD Clayton and N Snow

The Pacific Ocean is the most expansive geographical feature on Earth. Included in its domain are thousands of atolls, smaller islands and, depending on how its boundaries are ....

The Kingdom Fungi

An Introduction to Mushrooms, Molds, and Lichens

Steven L Stephenson

The ubiquitous fungi are little known and vastly underappreciated. Yet, without them we wouldn't have bread, alcohol, cheese, tofu, or the unique flavors of mushrooms, morels, ....

Die Laubmoosflora des Baltischen Bernsteinwaldes

Jan-Peter Frahm, Gerald Hirsch and Stephan Hirsch

Describes 50 species of moss found in Baltic amber, a medium formed 45 million years ago. The book is written as a flora, with identification keys, descriptions and ....

Lichenicolous Fungi of Poland: A Catalogue and Key to Species

Krystyna Czyzewska and Martin Kukwa

Magnificent Chinese and American Redwoods

Edited by Momei Chen

Brings together 5 old and three new articles in English, with Chinese translations. ....

Mangroves to Mallee

The Complete Guide to Vegetation of South Australia

Todd Berkinshaw

This in-depth guide explores the identification, protection and restoration of native vegetation communities and plant species of South Australia's southern agricultural ....

Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh, Vol. 3

Hydrocharitaceae-Poaceae

Edited by HJ Chodhery et al

This Flora deals with 26 Families and includes an index to botanical names. ....

Methods of Plant Breeding

HK Hayes, FR Immer and D Clyde Smith

Middle Miocene Flora and Vegetation of the Legnica and Ruja Lignite Deposits, Lower Silesia, Poland

E Worobiec and G Worobiec

Missouri Botanical Garden Climatron

A Celebration of 50 Years

Eric Mumford

The Climatron is perhaps the most iconic and famed building at the Missouri Botanical Garden, noted as the first geodesic dome to be used as a greenhouse when constructed in ....

Monocotyledons

A Morphological Study

Agnes Arber

Agnes Arber (1879-1960) was a prominent British botanist specialising in plant morphology, who focused her research on the monocotyledon group of flowering plants. She ....

Monograph of Cedrela

TD Pennington and AN Muellner

This work supplies the scientific information vital to support the conservation and sustainable use of this important source of timber. Cedrela has had over 250 years of ....

Monograph of Mitrephora (Annonaceae)

Aruna D Weerasooriya and Richard MK Saunders

A Naturalist's Guide to the Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Britain and Northern Europe

Josephine Bacon, Paul Sterry and Andrew Merrick

This is an easy-to-use identification guide to 280 species of mushroom and toadstool most commonly found in Britain, Ireland, and other parts of Northern Europe. The ....

A Naturalist's Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe

Andrew Cleave and Paul Sterry

Featuring 280 species that the amateur naturalist might expect to see in the field or garden, this user-friendly introduction covers geography, climate, habits, taxonomy and ....

Nature and Prevention of Plant Diseases

KS Chester

North American Boletes

A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms

Alan E Bessette, William C Roody and Arleen Rainis Bessette

A guide to this highly prized group of mushrooms known for their beautiful colours, distinctive features, relative abundance and edibility. The book features species ....

Oil Yielding Plants

M Ahmedullah and M Sanjappa

The book deals with wild-, fuel- (edible and non-edible), commercial- and medicinal oil yielding plants, which are explained with the scientific and common names (Sanskrit, ....

Oilseeds: Properties, Processing, Products and Procedures

G Nagaraj

The book serves as a major source of information on all the cultivated oilseeds and major tree borne and minor oilseeds grown globally. Composition, characteristics, ....

Old Roses and English Roses

David Austin

Garden Art Press published David Austin's "The Rose", covering roses of all types and ages from the earliest known forms to modern roses of today. This handy pocket sized ....

Peonies of the World

Taxonomy and Phytogeography

Hong De-Yuan

This book includes a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Paeonia based on extensive field observations, population sampling, examination of a large quantity of ....

Photosynthesis and Productivity in Different Environments

JP Cooper

First published in 1975, this volume provides a unique comparative treatment of annual and seasonal photosynthetic production in both terrestrial and aquatic environments on a ....

A Phylogenetic Re-Evaluation of Dothideomycetes

CL Schoch, JW Spatafora et al

This volume deals with 10 contributions: A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes / Phylogenetic lineages in the Capnodiales / A molecular phylogenetic ....

Physiology of High and Saline Plants

TN Kataria

The halophytes are highly specialized plants, which have greater tolerance to salt. They can germinate, grow and reproduce successfully in saline areas which would cause the ....

Die Pilzflora von Greiz

Dietmar Keil

Guide to mushrooms of the Greiz area of Thuringia, Germany. ....

Plant Cell Biology

V Batra

This book has been aimed as an introductory manual on the subject of plant cell biology, seeking to acquaint botany students with the fundamental principles and applications of ....

Plant Hormones: Action and Application

R Ranjan, SS Purohit and V Prasad

1. Plant hormones: an introduction. 2. Auxin. 3. Gibberellins. 4. Cytokinins. 5. Ethylene. 6. Abscisic acid. 7. Non-traditional plant growth regulators. 8. ....

Plant List for Northwest Corfu

Lance Chilton

This booklet lists plant species recorded from northwest Corfu between 1987-2008, plus recent literature records, with lists of birds, reptiles, butterflies and spiders. ....

Plant Propagation and Conservation

A Colour Atlas

Bryan G Bowes

While scientific and socio-political communities around the world are aware of the natural and economic importance of biodiversity, we are faced with an ....

Les Plantes Ligneuses du Rwanda

Flore, Ecologie et Usages

U Bloesch, G Troupin and N Derungs

Guide to woody plants of Uganda. A total of 888 species, including subspecies and varieties, belonging to 98 families and 377 genera, are described. Over 540 woody plants ....

Plantes de l'Himalaya et des Montagnes de Chine

Cedric Basset

Guide to the identification of 830 trees, shrubs and flowers classified alphabetically by family. ....

The Plants in Qingliangfeng Natural Reserve

Jin Xiaofeng

The book introduces 217 species of vascular plant which contains illustrations and colour plates. ....

Plants of Deep South Texas

A Field Guide to the Woody and Flowering Species

Alfred Richardson and Ken King

Covering the almost three million acres of southernmost Texas known as the Lower Rio Grande Valley, this user-friendly guide is an essential reference for nature ....

Plants that Poison

A New Zealand Guide

H E Connor and John Fountain

Written by a leading authority on poisonous plants and an expert in human poisonings, Plants that Poison: a New Zealand guide is a guide to a selection of plants and ....

RHS Plant Finder 2010-2011

Edited by Royal Horticultural Society

The 2010-11 edition of this directory features over 4,000 new entries with contact details and maps for over 750 nurseries. ....

Recent Advances in Plant Biotechnology and its Applications

Prof. Dr. Karl-Hermann Neumann Commemorative Volume

A Kumar and SK Sopory

The present book is divided into five sections. The first section deals with the methodology and bioresource generation, techniques related to genetic engineering and ....

Researches in Plant Biology

DL Pachauri

Schimmelpilze und deren Bestimmung (Moulds and their Identification)

LE Petrini and O Petrini

Seychelles Lichen Guide

F Schumm and A Aptroot

Offers an introduction to tropical lichens. The title modestly refers to the Seychelles only, but in fact species from La Reunion, Philippines, Cambodia and Thailand have also ....

Silviculture and Uses

N Kaushik and S Kumar

Soil, Plant, Water and Fertilizer Analysis

PK Gupta

This manuscript is a compilation of some tested and widely used analytical method of characterizing soil, plant, water and fertilizers. The text presented in the book is ....

Systematics and Conservation of African Plants

Proceedings of the 18th AETFAT Congress, Yaounde, Cameroon

Edited by Xander van der Burgt

This book is based on the proceedings of the 18th AETFAT Congress held in Yaounde, Cameroon and includes 100 research papers in separate sections on taxonomy, ....

Taxonomisk Litteratur och Biogeografi av Skandinaviska Rödalgar och Brunalger

A Athanasiadis

A bibliography and biogeography of Scandinavian Rhodophyta and Phaeophyta, with a single page English summary. ....

The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names

Siegmund Seybold, Nils Bodeker, Erich Gotz and Walter Von Erhardt

"The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names" is the only reference available in English with the current names of thousands of plants found in gardens and the wild. Based in ....

Tropical Trees as Living Systems

Edited by PB Tomlinson and Martin B Zimmerman

When this book was first published in 1978, tropical forests were unquestionably the largest scientifically unexplored region of the world, and being rapidly depleted by ....

Water Plants

A Study of Aquatic Angiosperms

Agnes Arber

Agnes Arber (1879-1960) was a prominent British botanist specialising in plant morphology and comparative anatomy. In 1946, she became the first female botanist to be ....

Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington

Jennifer Guard

This field guide provides information about the plants of the wetland ecosystems of Washington and Oregon. Grouped by habitat, the guide describes wooded wetland, wetland ....

What Shrub Is That?

Over 1250 Shrubs Described

S Macoboy

Every illustration is accompanied by informative text that details how you can grow that particular shrub to perfection. Symbols instantly point to the aspect and climate ....

Wicked Plants

The A-Z of Plants That Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend

Amy Stewart

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glinting red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a climbing plant that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. ....

Wildflowers of Fogo Island and Change Island

Todd Boland

Introduces readers to the wide variety of mostly native plants found on Fogo and Change Islands, off the northeast coast of Newfoundland. However, the title could encompass all ....

Woodland and Bog Rein Orchids in Your Pocket

A Guide to Native Platanthera Species of the Continental United States and Canada

Paul Martin Brown

Native orchids are increasingly threatened by pressure from population growth and development but, nonetheless, still present a welcome surprise to observant hikers in ....

Behavioural Neurobiology

An Integrative Approach

Gunther Zupanc

Animals often exhibit intriguing and captivating patterns of behavior, from migration and homing, to communication. But how is this behavior controlled? Behavioral ....

Biomolecular Demographics and Systematics

Organization and Mapping of Biomolecular Population

Sung-Hou Kim and Gregory E Sims

Molecular systematics - the organising and mapping of molecules - would have been very difficult a decade ago. It became possible because of the meeting of two factors - the ....

Ecological Developmental Biology

Integrating Epigenetics, Medicine, and Evolution

Scott F Gilbert and David Epel

This book examines the relationship between the embryo and its environment and demonstrates how development in nature is different from development in the laboratory. ....

Great Migrations

Epic Animal Journeys

Karen Kostyal

This book - the companion to the National Geographic Channel TV series - considers the phenomenon of animal migration through hundreds of colour photos and stills from the ....

Medicine and Surgery of Camelids

Murray E Fowler

This is the classic comprehensive reference on llamas, alpacas, vicunas, guanacos, and camels. With information on topics ranging from nutrition and management to infectious ....

A Primer of Genome Science

Greg Gibson and Spencer Muse

An accessible introduction to the field of genome science, the book explains bioinformatic principles and experimental strategies alongside experimental methods. ....

Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species

C Darwin

Facsimile edition of his botanical classic. 1877: ª ....

The Earth in Transition

Patterns and Processes of Biotic Impoverishment

Edited by GM Woodwell

Life occurs, as far as we know, only as part of the earthly biosphere. Yet the earth's biotic resources are experiencing a spreading crisis that is leading not only to the ....

Evolutionary Biology of Colonising Species

P Parsons

In The Evolutionary Biology of Colonizing Species, Professor Parsons draws extensively on his own research of over 20 years to show that the fields of ecology, genetics, and ....

Evolutionary Worlds without End

Henry Plotkin

Diversity and complexity are the hallmarks of living forms. Yet science aims for general causal explanations of its observations. So how can these be reconciled within the ....

Advances in Parasitology, Volume 71

D Rollinson and SI Hay

Contents ....

Code of Conduct on Horticulture and Invasive Alien Plants

Vernon Heywood and Sarah Brunel

Many of the plants used in agriculture, horticulture and forestry in Europe are not native to the continent. A small percentage of these plants, introduced on purpose, ....

Marine Bioinvasions of Hawaii

The Introduced and Cryptogenic Marine and Estuarine Animals and Plants of the Hawaiian Archipelago

James T Carlton and Lucius G Eldredge

This is the first comprehensive monograph of the introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine organisms of the Hawaiian Archipelago, from the island of Hawaii to Kure and ....

Advances in Agroforestry

LK Jha

Degraded Forests in Eastern Africa

Management and Restoration

Edited by John Hall, Timm Tennigkeit, Frans Bongers, Clemens Fehr and Juergen Huss

Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss in soil fertility, ....

The Dry Forests and Woodlands of Africa

Managing for Products and Services

Edited by Emmanuel N Chidumayo and Davison J Gumbo

The dry forests and woodlands of Sub-Saharan Africa are major ecosystems, with a broad range of strong economic and cultural incentives for keeping them intact. However, few ....

Ecosystem Functioning

Kurt Jax

In the face of decreasing biodiversity and ongoing global changes, maintaining ecosystem functioning is seen both as a means to preserve biological diversity as well as for ....

Forecasting Forest Futures

A Hybrid Modelling Approach to the Assessment of Sustainability of Forest Ecosystems and their Values

Hamish Kimmins, Juan A Blanco, Brad Seely, Clive Welham and Kim Scoullar

Modelling is an important tool for understanding the complexity of forest ecosystems and the variety of interactions of ecosystem components, processes and values. This book ....

Les Forets Inondees: Tresors du Delta Interieur du Niger au Mali

Edited by AJ Beintema, J van der Kamp and B Kone

This report describes the background and history of the flood forests of the Inner Niger delta, their importance for people and nature, and their fish and bird populations. It ....

Ontario's Old-Growth Forests

Michael Henry and Peter Quinby

Who would have thought that dwarf cedar trees growing on the Niagara Escarpment could live to be nearly 2000 years old? Or that the small bonsai cedars lining the shorelines ....

Spatial Pattern Dynamics in Aquatic Ecosystem Modelling

Hong Li

This thesis focuses on the simulation of spatial patterns in aquatic ecosystems. Various modelling approaches are explored to reveal processes and factors contributing to the ....

Trace Elements in Soils

Edited by Peter Hooda

Written as an authoritative guide for analytical chemists, geochemists, soil scientists, agricultural chemists and environmental scientists at postgraduate level and beyond, ....

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests

Science for Conservation and Management

Edited by L A Bruijnzeel, Fred Scatena and LS Hamilton

This volume represents a uniquely comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on tropical montane cloud forests. 74 chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics including ....

Tropical Mountain Forest

Patterns and Processes in a Biodiversity Hotspot

Edited by S Robbert Gradstein, Jurgen Homeier and Dirk Gansert

Tropical mountain forests are very rich in species and are generally considered as hotspots of biodiversity. They are also of great ecological importance as sources of ....

Urban Ecology

Edited by Kevin Gaston

This book provides an overview of the essentials of urban ecology. It covers the vital background concepts of the urbanisation process and the effect that it can have on ....

Biodiversity of Desert National Park Rajasthan

V Singh and M Singh

The present book on the Biodiversity of Desert National Park deals with 245 species of higher plants and 270 species of animals. Besides geographical position and topography, ....

Rare

Portraits of American's Endangered Species

Joel Sartore

This title presents an exquisite collection of stark and haunting studio images of the most endangered or imperiled plants and animals of North America. The author, a renowned ....

Sacred Natural Sites

Conserving Nature and Culture

Edited by Bas Verschuuren, Robert Wild, Jeffrey A McNeely and Gonzalo Oviedo

Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places. Some of the most prominent examples include Uluru (Ayer's Rock, Australia), Mount Fuji (Japan), Sagarmatha ....

Clouds, Rain and Rainmaking

BJ Mason

Cloud physics, which is the scientific study of the formation and constitution of clouds and the development inside them of snow, rain, hail and lightning, has become ....

Environmental Chemistry

Stanley E Manahan

Completely revised, this ninth edition retains the organizational structure that has made past editions so popular while updating coverage of principles, tools and ....

Forests, Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

Edited by Denis Loustau

The results presented in this book summarize the main findings of the CARBOFOR project, which brought together 52 scientists from 14 research units to investigate the effects ....

An Approach to Medium-term Coastal Morphological Modelling

Giles Lesser

This book documents the development and validation of a novel three-dimensional sediment transport and morphological numerical model suitable for coastal regions. It discusses ....

Catalogue of the Type Fossils in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge

Henry Woods

The collections of fossils housed in this museum, now known as the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, are of international importance. The original collection was begun in ....

Earth's Magnetosphere

Created by the Low Latitude Boundary Layer

Walter J Heikkila

After four decades of debate about the mechanism of the interaction of the solar wind with the magenetosphere, the author believes it is time to get back to basics. Starting ....

Environmental Chemistry

A Global Perspective

Gary W Van Loon and Stephen J Duffy

Covers topics that deal with the chemistry of the atmosphere (air), the hydrosphere (water), and the terrestrial environment (soil). The book emphasizes the chemical ....

Geochemical and Biogeochemical Reaction Modeling

Craig M Bethke

This book provides a comprehensive overview of reaction processes in the Earth's crust and on its surface, both in the laboratory and in the field. A clear exposition of the ....

Kansas Geology

An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils

Edited by Rex Buchanan

What are the state's outstanding landforms, and where are they found? How were Kansas rocks and minerals formed? Why is Kansas world famous among fossil collectors? How does ....

Mesozoic and Cenozoic Carbonate Systems of the Mediterranean and the Middle East

Stratigraphic and Diagenetic Reference Models

Edited by FSPVan Buchem, KD Gerdes and M Esteban

This volume contains a collection of stratigraphic and diagenetic case studies of Mesozoic and Cenozoic carbonate sequences from the Tethyan realm. High levels of ....

Meteorite Craters and Impact Structures of the Earth

Paul Hodge

All 139 sites throughout the world at which evidence of meteorite impacts can be seen are described. ....

Non-Marine Organic Geochemistry

Frederick M Swain

This book was originally published in 1970. Writing from the viewpoint of a geologist rather than a chemist, the author outlines the geologically important organic compounds ....

The Planet in a Pebble

A Journey into Earth's Deep History

Jan Zalasiewicz

This book is a narrative of the Earth's long and dramatic history, as gleaned from a single pebble. It begins as the pebble-particles form amid unimaginable violence in the ....

River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics

RCEM 2009

Edited by Carlos Vionnet, Marcelo H Garcia, GME Perillo and EM Latrubesse

This two-volume set features around 150 contributions examining the intersection between basic research, engineering and environmental applications stemming from the studies of ....

The Scientific Exploration of Mars

Fredric W Taylor and Daniel McCleese

What do we know about Mars? What remains to be understood? Is there evidence of life there? Will humans ever travel there? The dream of exploring Mars has been around since ....

A Spectroscopic Atlas of Bright Stars

Jack Martin

A Spectroscopic Atlas of the Stars: A Pocket Field Guide is a standard reference book for all amateur astronomers interested in practical spectroscopy or spectrography. For ....

Starlight

Keith Robinson

This is a book about the physics of stars and starlight. The story of starlight is truly fascinating. Astronomers analyze and interpret the light from stars using photometry and ....

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 105

Edited by Donald L Sparks

Contents ....

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 106

Edited by Donald L Sparks

Contents ....

Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes

Edited by Jay Cheng

This book examines the theories of biological processes, biomass materials and logistics, and conversion technologies for bioenergy products such as biogas, ethanol, ....

Biotechnology and Plant Pathology: Current Trends

VK Jain

Considering the rapid pace with which biotechnology has been advancing in its progress, it comes as no surprise that plant pathology today has undergone vast changes. The study ....

Chinese Economic Development and the Environment

Shunsuke Managi and Shinji Kaneko

Over the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse. However, as the world's largest producer of CO2 emissions, the scale and seriousness of China's ....

Desalination Technology

Health and Environmental Impacts

Edited by J Cotruvo, N Voutchkov, S Lattemann, D Cunliffe, P Payment and J Fawell

New and improved desalination technologies have significantly broadened opportunities to access major quantities of safe water in many parts of the world. Created in ....

Development of an Environmental Impact Assessment and Decision Support System for Seawater Desalination Plants

Sabine Latteman

This book contains a comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of the potential environmental impacts of desalination plants, with emphasis on the marine environment, ....

Do-It-Yourself Home Energy Audits

101 Simple Solutions to Lower Energy Costs, Increase Your Home's Efficiency, and Save the Environment

David F Findley

Reduce your utility bill and your carbon footprint. This new "TAB Green Guru Guide" offers complete details on assessing home energy efficiency, and offers 101 energy- and ....

Food Security in Africa

Market and Trade Policy for Staple Foods in Eastern and Southern Africa

Edited by Alexander Sarris and Jamie Morrison

Drawing on insights from theoretical applications, empirically based approaches and case study experience, this book contributes to the improved design and use of trade and ....

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Sugarcane

Edited by Robert J Henry and Chittaranjan Kole

The fast-growing sugarcane plant is a major source of sugar (sucrose) in tropical and sub-tropical regions. The high productivity of the plant also makes it a key target for ....

Global Warming

Addressing Competitiveness and Carbon Leakage

Trevor Houser

For the foreseeable future, the international climate regime will include some countries that execute emissions commitments on an economy-wide basis and ....

Governance and Complexity in Water Management

Creating Cooperation Through Boundary Spanning Strategies

Edited by Hans Bressers and Kris Lulofs

The premise of this book is that careful reconsideration of strategies to achieve water management ambitions, together with more in-depth knowledge on the theories and ....

Governance for the Environment

A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Policy Integration

Edited by Alessandra Goria, Alessandra Sgobbi and Ingmar von Homeyer

The integration of environmental concerns into other policy areas is widely recognized as a key element to achieve sustainable development. It also represents a challenge for ....

Green Energy

Sustainable Electricity Supply with Low Environmental Impact

Eric Jeffs

This book addresses the question of how to build an electricity supply system that meets the demands of a growing population without accelerating global warming or damaging the ....

Modelling the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources

CFai Fung, Ana Lopez and Mark New

This book is novel in that it shows how to carry out the end-to-end approach to adaptation and management to climate change, explaining assumptions and limitations at ....

On the Verge

The Human Destruction of the Earth and What We Can Do About it

Thom Hartmann

Coruscating critique of the environmental consequences of political choices. ....

Sustainable Cities

Diversity, Economic Growth and Social Cohesion

Edited by Maddy Janssens, Dino Pinelli, Dafne C Reymen and Sandra Wallman

This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. ....

Sustainable Groundwater Resources in Africa

Water Supply and Sanitation Environment

Edited by Yongxin Xu and Eberhard Braune

This volume disseminates research investigations for achieving sustainable groundwater supplies in challenging local community environments across the African continent. It ....

Tourism and the Environment

Edited by Susanne Becken

This volume is a unique collection of 33 important academic articles made in the field of tourism and the environment between 1977 and 2008. The articles together represent a ....

Troubled Waters

Ocean Science and Governance

Geoffrey Holland and David Pugh

Bringing together 30 international experts, this volume examines how governments use science to establish ocean policies, with chapters ranging from the history of ocean ....

True Green Life

In 100 Everyday Ways

Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin

This practical book presents tips for transforming everything from vacations to health to celebrations. ....

Vulnerable Places, Vulnerable People

Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment

Edited by JA Cook, O Cylke, DF Larson, JD Nash and P Stedman-Edwards

While some argue that trade liberalization has raised incomes and led to environmental protection in developing countries, others claim that it generates neither poverty ....

The Wild Life

A Year of Living on Wild Food

John Lewis-Stempel

Walking around his Herefordshire farm one October, John Lewis-Stempel saw a trout flash in the brook, mushrooms sprinkle the fields, a squirrel eat hazelnuts, and thought: ....

Written in Water

Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource

Irena Salina

This book comprises a collection of essays authored by notable personalities in the field of water solutions and innovations - a broad range of people from varied ....

Biological Data Interpretation of the Reef East of Shetland Isles Area of Search

R Foster-Smith, A Benson and J Foster-Smith

The available data provided with the contract and previously reviewed by British Geological Survey (BGS) was studied and this indicated that further analysis might ....

Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology

Otto Wildi

Evolving from years of teaching experience by one of the top experts in vegetation ecology, "Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology" aims to explain the background and basics ....

Differential Equations and Mathematical Biology

DS Jones and BD Sleeman

The conjoining of mathematics and biology has brought about significant advances in both areas, with mathematics providing a tool for modelling and understanding biological ....

GIS, Environmental Modelling and Engineering

Allan Brimicombe

This book focuses on using GIS and external models to solve real environmental problems, promoting the critical thinking needed for the effective applications of these systems ....

Image Analysis, Classification and Change Detection in Remote Sensing

With Algorithms for ENVI/IDL

Morton J Canty

Introducing advanced undergraduate and graduate level techniques used in the processing of multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing imagery, Image Analysis, ....

Modeling Complex Ecological Dynamics

Edited by Fred Jopp, Hauke Reuter and Broder Breckling

Model development is of vital importance for understanding and management of ecological processes. Identifying the complex relationships between ecological patterns and ....

Sampling of Populations (Set: Book and Solutions Manual)

Methods and Applications

Paul S Levy and Stanley Lemeshow

This set features "Sampling of Populations: Methods and Applications, Fourth Edition" by Paul S. Levy and Stanley Lemeshow (978-0-470-04007-2) and the accompanying "Solutions ....

ZooKeys 36

The Spider Family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneoidea): A Relimitation and Revision at the Generic Level

Michael G Rix and Mark S Harvey

Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms

Edited by Eric Bird

As compared with the previous online-only version, "The World's Coastal Landforms" features dramatically enlarged and updated coverage - growing from 200 to more than 250 ....