An Indomitable Beast

The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar

Alan Rabinowitz

The jaguar is one of the most mysterious and least-known big cats of the world. The largest cat in the Americas, it has survived an onslaught of environmental and human threats partly because of an evolutionary history unique among wild ... ....

Australia's War Against Rabbits

The Story of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease

Brian Douglas Cooke

The management of wild rabbits is a vexing problem worldwide. In countries such as Australia and New Zealand, wild rabbits are regarded as serious pests to agriculture and the environment, while in many European countries they are considered ... ....

Bats: A World of Science and Mystery

Melville Brock Fenton and Nancy B Simmons

There are more than 1300 species of bats – or almost a quarter of the world's mammal species. But before you shrink in fear from these furry "creatures of the night," consider the bat's fundamental role in our ... ....

Camelid Infectious Disorders

Ulrich Wernery, Jorg Kinne and Rolf Karl Schuster

This revised third edition of Camelid Infectious Disorders provides an up-to-date reference book covering all infectious diseases in camelids. Camelid Infectious Disorders is divided into chapters on bacteria ... ....

Citizen Canine

Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs

David Grimm

Dogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens? Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't ... ....

Free-Ranging Domestic Cats

Behavior, Ecology, and Management

Stephen Spotte

With eradication of feral and stray cats now a top conservation priority, renewed effort and urgency must be directed toward understanding their behavior, reproductive biology, space use, intraspecies interaction, dietary requirements ... ....

Hedgehog

Hugh Warwick

The hedgehog has long had a close connection with people. It has been an animal of fascination, endearment and cultural significance since the ancient Egyptians. The Romans regarded it as a weather prophet, and modern gardeners depend on ... ....

Hedgehogs

Pat A Morris and Guy Troughton

In his refreshingly lighthearted style, Pat Morris presents scientific and down-to-earth information about one of Britain's best-loved wild creatures, the bumbling and endearing hedgehog. Dr Morris's book, in its various editions ... ....

Kujira iruka No Nazo 99 [Mysteries of 99 Whales and Dolphins]

Mizuguchi Hiroya

Richly illustrated with photographs, this book looks at questions and mysteries surrounding 99 whales and dolphins.

Leopard

Desmond Morris

The leopard is the ultimate cat. It makes the lion and the tiger appear overblown and all the other members of the cat family look puny. Whereas lions hunt in the open and then share their kill, the leopard is solitary, stealthy and ... ....

Marine Mammals of Sri Lanka

Field Guide for Identification

Howard Martenstyn

A handy laminated field guide for quick identification of marine mammals at sea or strandings; each of thirty marine mammal species are described one per a page.

Monkey Planet (Region 2)

George McGavin

Monkey Planet is a stunning visual experience that explores the amazing world of primates and reveals just what makes our animal family so special. Zoologist Dr George McGavin presents a three-hour exploration of the ...

Out of the Blue

A Guide to the Marine Mammals of Sri Lanka, Southern India and the Maldives

Howard Martenstyn

An in-depth study of marine mammals in Sri Lankan and adjacent waters bursting with stunning photography and illustrations.

Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Cetaceans

Walter MX Zimmer

Passive acoustic monitoring is increasingly used by the scientific community to study, survey and census marine mammals, especially cetaceans, many of which are easier to hear than to see. PAM is also used to support efforts to mitigate ... ....

Rastros de Mamiferos Silvestres Brasileiros

Um Guia de Campo

Marlise Becker and Julio C Dalponte

Identification guide to the tracks of wild Brazilian mammals.

The Wild Cat Book

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cats

Fiona Sunquist and Mel Sunquist

From the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, to the prophet Muhammad's favorite cat, Muezza, and our contemporary obsession with online cat videos, felines have long held a place of honor in their human counterparts' homes and ... ....

The Woolly Monkey

Behavior, Ecology, Systematics, and Captive Research

Thomas Defler and Pablo R Stevenson

Woolly monkeys are large, attractive and widespread primates found throughout many parts of the Amazon basin. It is only in the last twenty-five years or so that long-term studies of woollies in their forest habitat have been successful ... ....

Touching the Wild

Living with the Mule Deer of Deadman Gulch

Joe Hutto

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, writer, and naturalist Joe Hutto has done it again. Touching the Wild is the enchanting story about one man who has lived with a herd of mule deer in the Wind River mountains of Wyoming for almost ... ....

Walrus

John Miller and Louise Miller

From Lewis Carroll's poem The Walrus and the Carpenter to the Beatles's I am the Walrus, walruses have played an enigmatic role in popular culture. With their prominent tusks and distinctive whiskers, these ... ....

A Checklist of the Birds of Nicaragua

Bill Volkert

Completely revised and updated, this checklist includes 749 species, with the most recent records as of September 2013. This is the first checklist of the birds for Nicaragua written for an English-speaking audience and includes space for ... ....

A Conspiracy of Ravens

A Compendium of Collective Nouns for Birds

Bill Oddie and Thomas Bewick

'A murder of crows', 'a charm of goldfinches', 'an ostentation of peacocks': collective nouns for British birds have existed since at least the mid-fifteenth century. They are thought to originate in texts about ... ....

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of China

Southeast China, including Shanghai

Liu Yang, Yu Yat-tung and Yong Ding Li

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Southeast China is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from the region's top nature photographers are accompanied by ... ....

Australian High Country Raptors

Jerry Olsen

Australian High Country Raptors covers raptor species that regularly breed in the high country above 600 metres, from Goulburn in New South Wales down to the hills outside Melbourne, Victoria. Author Jerry Olsen explores the ... ....

Birds of the Curonian Spit

Krister Castren

The Spit is a long, narrow peninsula between the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon in Lithuania, 100 km long and only 0,4 to 3,5 km wide. It is one of the best migrant bird high-ways in Northern Europe but due to Soviet occupation until ... ....

Birdwatcher's Digest Easy Birdhouses & Feeders

Simple Projects to Attract & Retain the Birds You Want

Michael Berger

Discover tested, reliable (and easy) plans for building houses and feeders that attract the most popular backyard birds in North America. DIY birdhouses and feeders are inexpensive and relatively easy to make, even if you don't ... ....

Guide des Rapaces Diurnes du Monde

338 Especes Decrites et Illustrees

James Ferguson-Lees, David A Christie, Kim Franklin, D Mead, Philip Burton and Alan Harris

This is the French translation of Raptors of the World: A Field Guide. The first ever raptor world field guide, which uses all of the plates from the author's 2001 Raptors of the World handbook. There is a concise, revised text to all 338 species ... ....

HBW And Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist Of The Birds Of The World, Volume 1

Non-Passerines

Josep Del Hoyo, Nigel J Collar, David A Christie, Andrew Elliott and Lincoln DC Fishpool

The first ever Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World is really two works in one. It is a complete checklist whose taxonomy incorporates the most up-to-date information and an exhaustive methodology ...

Important Bird Areas of Maharashtra

Priority Sites for Conservation

Asad R Rahmani, M Zafar-ul Islam and Raju Kasambe

This volume is part of a series of books on important bird areas (IBAs) of specific states, which is an extension of Important Bird Areas in India: Priority Sites for Conservation (2004) that described 466 IBAs for India.

Mirando Aves en Nicaragua [English / Spanish]

Elisabet Jane, Santiago Guallar and Tony Bonney

Nicaragua holds a large biodiversity which comprises nearly 800 bird species (resident and migratory). Mirando Aves en Nicaragua shows photographs and basic information on the most frequently seen species (as well as on some not ... ....

Natural Environment of Genal Valley, Andalucia: Birding Map

Miguel Angel Farfan Aguilar and Juan Luis Munoz Roldan

They valley of Genal is a comarca (in Spain, a comarca is a traditional/small region) in the Serranía de Ronda (Ronda Mountain Range); the Serraníade Ronda is in the western region of the province of Málaga.

Nest: The Art of Birds

Janine Burke

We tend to take birds for granted, in the landscape or in our neighbourhoods. The presence of birds communicates the health of a place. When they're gone, it's as though there's a hole in the sky, in the air, an absence of ... ....

North American Songbirds

Identify the Most Common Songbirds and Hear Their Calls on Your Smartphone

Noble S Proctor

Printed descriptions in traditional bird books only go so far, with just text and a bit of educated guessing to help you figure out which bird you've heard. That's where North American Songbirds, written by nationally ... ....

Outwitting Squirrels

101 Cunning Strategems to Reduce Dramatically the Egregious Misappropriation of Seed from Your Birdfeeder by Squirrels

Bill Adler

Bird-loving Americans share a common problem: squirrels! These fast, greedy, incredibly crafty, fluffy-tailed rodents pillage birdfeeders before owners' very eyes. For 25 years, Outwitting Squirrels has been leading the ... ....

Ronda, Andalucia: Birding Map

The city of Ronda is located in the northwestern part of the providence of Málaga, Spain. On the map, twelve trails have been marked out that permit one to traverse the city of Ronda and its surroundings and get to know the enormous ... ....

SASOL Birds of Southern Africa

The Region's Most Comprehensively Illustrated Guide

Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton and Peter Ryan

SASOL Birds of Southern Africa remains the region's most comprehensively illustrated and trusted field guide. The fourth edition has been improved by the addition of group introductions, calendar bars showing species' ... ....

The American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New Jersey

Rick Wright and Brian Small

From High Point State Park to Cape May Point, New Jersey is home to an amazing diversity of bird species. More than 375 types of birds nest in the dozens of state parks, forests, and natural areas created by local, state, and national ... ....

The Birds of Clackmannanshire

Neil Bielby, Keith Broomfield and John Grainger

The Birds of Clackmannanshire, published by the Central Scotland Branch of the SOC, is the culmination of several years of dedicated fieldwork by numerous volunteers mapping the breeding and wintering distribution of the ... ....

The Birds of New Guinea

Thane K Pratt, Bruce M Beehler, John C Anderton and Szabolcs Kokay

This is the completely revised edition of the essential field guide to the birds of New Guinea. The world's largest tropical island, New Guinea boasts a spectacular avifauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots ... ....

The Cockatoos

A Complete Guide to the 21 Species

Edward John Mulawka

This reference book on the Cockatoo family provides a comprehensive physical description of the various species of this exotic parrot, the habitat they favor, and their distribution and behaviors both in the wild and in captivity.

The Passenger Pigeon

Errol Fuller

At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger Pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally in the billions. The flocks were so large and so dense that they blackened the skies, even blotting out the ... ....

The State of Nepal's Birds 2010

Indicators of Our Changing World

Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN), Carol Inskipp, Hem Sagar Baral and Tim Inskipp

From the preface: "The State of Nepal’s Birds 2010 (BCN and DNPWC 2011) aims to raise awareness amongst policymakers, the general public and conservation organisations of the plight of Nepal's birds and ... ....

The Teal

Johan Elmburg and Matthieu Guillemain

Small, noisy and colourful, the Teal is a familiar duck throughout the wetlands and waterways Europe and Asia. Once hunted extensively for the pot, its numbers have recovered and it is now one of our commonest species of waterfowl. ....

The World Atlas Of Birds

Sir Peter Markham Scott, C Hilary Fry and Jim JM Flegg

Illustrated with full colour portraits of 500 birds, maps of their habitats and in-depth diagrams, this book provides a colourful, informative and scientific description of the array of birds that exist on the planet.

Threatened Birds of Uttarakhand

Asad R Rahmani

Identification, protection, and monitoring of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) is a major global conservation programme initiated by BirdLife International, and recognized and appreciated by many governments, NGOs, and conservationists. ....

Tous les Oiseaux de France

de Belgique, de Suisse et du Luxembourg

Frederic Jiguet and Aurelien Audevard

Tous les Oiseaux de France contains over 650 bird species seen in France in 1500 colour photos. Breeding, wintering, migratory, common, rare and exceptional species are described precisely. Information on song, habitat and distribution ... ....

Where to Watch Birds in Nicaragua

Bill Volkert

Where to Watch Birds in Nicaragua includes detailed information on the best birding sites in the country. Included are directions to each site, information about accommodations, contact information, trail maps and a complete list ... ....

A Field Guide to the Snakes of Borneo

Rob Stuebing, Robert F Inger and Bjorn Lardner

Borneo has long been famous for its wildlife, primarily its spectacular birds and mammals. The interest in its other vertebrate fauna, including snakes, has surged over the past decade with the increase in dedicated professional and amateur ... ....

Amphibian Biology, Volume 11, Part 4

Status of Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Eastern Hemisphere: Southern Europe & Turkey

Harold Heatwole and John W Wilkinson

Amphibian species around the world are unusually vulnerable to a variety of threats, by no means all of which are properly understood. Volume 11 in this major series will be published in parts devoted to the causes of amphibian decline ... ....

Amphibians of the Eastern Europe, Part 2

Order Ecaudata

Yevgen Pysanets

Amphibians of the Eastern Europe, Part 2 is concerned with the distribution, abundance, behavior, life history and modern taxonomic of the ecaudate amphibians of Eastern Europe. It is based on an extensive and comprehensive analysis ... ....

Das Pantherchameleon

Furcifer pardalis

David Helldrung

A guide to the biology and keeping of the Panther chameleon, Furcifer pardalis.

Der Blauschwanz-Taggecko

Phelsuma cepediana

Oliver Puerkel

The Blue-tailed Day Gecko is one of the many success stories of the terrarium. Starting from a few imported species, breeders were able to establish a stable population of animals for terrariums.

Der Dunkle Tigerpython

Python bivittatus bivittatus

Moritz Von Zeddelmann

A guide to the biology and keeping of Burmese pythons, Python bivittatus bivittatus.

Der Grosse Raue Knopfschwanzgecko

Nephrurus amyae

Andreas Laube and Christian Langner

A handbook to the biology and keeping of rough knob-tailed geckos, Nephrurus amyae.

Die Spaltenschildkrote

Malacochersus tornieri

Manfred Rogner

Only about 15-20 cm tall, this is a highly sought after terrarium tortoise, whose most striking feature is certainly its "flat" shape, as it has a carapace height of about 4 cm. In Die Spaltenschildkröte expert ... ....

Mexikanischer und Mittel-Amerikanischer Krallengecko

Coleonyx elegans und C. mitratus

Thomas Hofmann and Michael Kreuzer

A guide to the biology and keeping of the Yucatán Banded Gecko, Coleonyx elegans, and the Central American Banded Gecko, C. mitratus.

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards

Justin L Rheubert, Dustin S Siegel and Stanley E Trauth

This is a systematic and authoritative treatise on the reproduction and phylogenetics of lizards. Edited by an experienced team with over 400 publications, Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards covers the topics of ... ....

Salamanders of the Old World

The Salamanders of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa

Max Sparreboom

Published in cooperation between KNNV and Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Salamanders of the Old World is a new in-depth reference work covering all the salamander species of Europe, Asia, and North Africa. A marvellous addition ... ....

Coldwater Fishes of India

An Atlas

W Vishwanath, PC Mahanta, N Anganthoibi and Debajit Sarma

From the preface: "[...] Coldwater Fishes of India: An Atlas is an attempt to provide correct images of fishes with correct nomenclatural status and systematic position of the coldwater fishes of India so as to ...

Diskusfische

Bernd Degen

A guide to the biology and keeping of discus, sometimes referred to as pompadour fish. They belong to the cichlid genus Symphysodon, native to the Amazon River basin.

Shinkai Zame O Oe [Hunt for the Deep Sea Shark]

Akira Tanaka

Tying in with a television documentary, this is a short introduction to the bizarre and mysterious world of deep sea sharks.

60 Cypriot Spiders

An Introduction to the Spiders of Cyprus and their Relatives

Duncan McCowan

60 Cypriot Spiders is the first book ever published on the spider fauna of Cyprus. From the great number of spider species inhabiting the island the author has selected those spiders that are more likely to be met in the field ... ....

Agrilus de Guyane (II)

Gianfranco Curletti and Stephane Brule

A second volume dedicated to the agrilus beetles of French Guiana.

An Introduction to Phytoplanktons

Diversity and Ecology

Ruma Pal and Avik Kumar Choudhury

An Introduction to Phytoplanktons: Diversity and Ecology is very useful as it covers wide aspects of phytoplankton study including the general idea about cyanobacteria and algal kingdom. It contains different topics related to ... ....

Are Neonicotinoids Killing Bees?

A Review of Research into the Effects of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Bees, with Recommendations for Action

Jennifer Hopwood, Mace Vaughan, Matthew Shepherd, David Biddinger, Eric Mader and Sc Hoffman Black

A possible link between neonicotinoids and honey bee die-offs has led to controversy across the United States and Europe. Beekeepers and environmentalists have expressed growing concern about the impact of neonicotinoids, concern based on ... ....

BB's Butterflies

A Celebration of One Man's Passion for the Purple Emperor

Bryan Holden and Matthew Oates

Denys "BB" Watkins-Pitchford's fascination for the ‘elusive’ Purple Emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) took hold when he was very young. He finally came ‘face to antennae with iris’ ... ....

Beyond the Birds and the Bees

Effects of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Agriculturally Important Beneficial Insects

Jennifer Hopwood, Scott Hoffman Black, Mace Vaughan and Eric Lee-Maeder

Beyond the Birds and the Bees moves the spotlight from the risks neonicotinoids pose to bees to the impacts of neonicotinoids to invertebrates such as earthworms or lady beetles. Beyond the Birds and the Bees provides a ... ....

Bug Music

How Insects Gave Us Rhythm and Noise

David Rotherberg

In the spring of 2013 the cicadas will return on their seventeen year cycle – the longest gestation period of any animal. Their deafening sound upon their arrival is familiar to most Americans. Cicadas are famous throughout the world ... ....

Cetoniimania, Volume 6 [English / French]

JP Legrand, S Jakl, G Flutsch and O Montreuil

8 papers on the cetonia beetles of Asia, Madagascar and Africa.

Comparative Functional Morphology of Vein Joints in Odonata

Esther Appel and Stanislav N Gorb

The authors present a thorough study on the distribution of resilin-bearing wing vein joints in wings of Odonata. 22 species of 20 different families of dragonflies and damselflies, showing various wing morphologies and flight kinematics ... ....

Die Nachtfalter Deutschlands

Ein Feldfuehrer

Axel Steiner, Ulrich Ratzel, Morten Top-Jensen and Michael Fibiger

This is the first field guide to show all German nocturnal Macrolepidoptera pictured in their natural habitat. Die Nachtfalter Deutschlands also includes a representative selection of images of caterpillars. For all species that ... ....

Faune des Carabus de la Peninsule Iberique

Alain Mollard

In the making for 15 years, this update to the work of Jacques Forel and Jacques Leplat is finally available. The result is a fully illustrated catalog of the Carabus of the Iberian Peninsula, including the Balearic and Canary Islands. ....

Freshwater Mussels of the Pacific Northwest

Ethan Jay Nedeau, Allan K Smith, Jen Stone and Sarina Jepsen

Freshwater Mussels of the Pacific Northwest provides an introduction to the freshwater mussel species that occur in western North America, focusing primarily on the Pacific Northwest. This expanded edition includes updated information ... ....

Keys to the Tropical Fruit Flies of South-East Asia (Tephritidae: Dacinae)

Richard AI Drew and Meredith C Romig

A companion volume to Tropical Fruit Flies of South-East Asia (Tephritidae: Dacinae), Keys to the Tropical Fruit Flies of South-East Asia (Tephritidae: Dacinae) provides fully-illustrated keys for the identification of all ...

Krivousye Krokhotki-Moli (Lepidoptera, Bucculatricidae) Fauny Rossii i Sopredel'nykh Territorii [Bucculatricid moths

SV Baryshnikova

The book focuses on the moth family Bucculatricidae, a little-studied family of mining moths, which contains several species that are serious pests of agriculture and forestry. It represents the first fundamental domestic summary of this group of ... ....

Lagartas do Cerrado

Guia de Campo

Ivone Rezende Diniz, Laura Braga, Cíntia Lepesqueur, Neuza Silva and Helena Morais

Fiend guide to caterpillars of the Cerrado region of Brazil (an area of tropical savanna in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais).

Latin-Chinese-English Names of Chinese Insects

Hua Lizhong

Contains over 70,000 insect names.

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Magellanes, No. 13

GL Tavakilian, Carolus Holzschuh and P Juhel

12 papers on the longicorn beetles of Asia, Africa and America.

Managing Alternative Pollinators

A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists

Eric Mader, Marla Spivak, Elaine Evans and Mace Vaughan

Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists is a first-of-its-kind, step-by-step, full-color guide for rearing and managing bumble bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees and other bee species ... ....

Mangrove Molluscs of Dongzhaigang, Hainan [Chinese]

Wang Wenqin

Mangrove Molluscs of Dongzhaigang, Hainan, in seven chapters, introduces molluscs living in mangrove environment from Hainan Island, China. The book deals with their species description, living environement, culture, protection ... ....

Molluscan Communities of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Areas

Their Ecology and Biodiversity

Edward J Petuch and Robert F Myers

Taking a novel community-driven approach, Molluscan Communities of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Areas represents the first comprehensive overview of the ecology and biodiversity of the Phylum Mollusca in the area of southern Florida ... ....

Mosquito Eradication

The Story of Killing Campto

Brian H Kay and Richard C Russell

In 1998, the Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito Aedes camptorhynchus ('Campto') was accidentally transported from Australia to Hawke's Bay in New Zealand, from where it dispersed to another 10 localities mainly on the North ... ....

Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidae Part 2

Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist

Vladimir S Kononenko and Amnuay Pinratana

This addendum to the first part of volume 3 covers the families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae and Noctuidae. For each species synonymy, distribution and bionomy are given. A checklist of species is included.

Papillons de France

Guide Determination des Papillons Diurnes

Tristan Lafranchis

This field guide has been designed to aid in identifying all butterflies found in France and features: - one species per page, with isolated pictures for clarity, and a rich and varied iconography, - distinctive characters point ... ....

Planet of the Bugs

Evolution and the Rise of Insects

Scott R Shaw

Dinosaurs, however toothy, did not rule the earth – and neither do humans. But what were and are the true potentates of our planet? Insects, says Scott Richard Shaw – millions and millions of insects. Starting in the shallow ... ....

Slugs of Britain and Ireland

Identification Understanding and Control

Ben Rowson, James Turner, Roy Anderson and Bill Symondson

Slugs have a notorious reputation as plant pests but many species have more varied ecological roles. The British and Irish slug fauna has changed rapidly over recent years as exotic species join our native wildlife. While researching for ... ....

Stag Beetles of China, Volume 1

Huang Hao and Chen Chang Chin

Stag Beetles of China, Volume 1 is devoted to the general Lucanus, Eolucanus, and Noseolucanus in China.

Stag Beetles of China, Volume 2

Huang Hao and Chen Chang Chin

The first part of the book is the supplement of Lucanus and Eolucanus, so that the total species in the two genera reach 57 (50 species were introduced in Volume 1). The second part of the book introduces a new species of Prismognathus ... ....

The Butterflies of Iran and Iraq

Vadim V Tshikolovets, Alireza Naderi and Wolfgang Eckweiler

The tenth volume of the series about the unique nature of Iran and Iraq. Isolated Mountain Ranges with snowy peaks and desert plateaus, forests of various types and semi-desert savannah produced a specific and unrepeatable butterfly ... ....

The Genus Melitaea Fabricius, 1807

(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae) Taxonomy and Systematics with Special Reference to the Male Genitalia

Harry van Oorschot and John G Coutsis

The Genus Melitaea Fabricius, 1807 is the result of almost three decades of work of two older European lepidopterists. Harry is known as one of the authors of the famous "Tagfalter der Turkei," as well as many other .. ....

The Insects

An Outline of Entomology

Penny J Gullan and Peter S Cranston

The Insects by Gullan and Cranston was published in its first edition in 1994. It quickly became established as the World’s major general textbook of entomology. This edition replaces the ...

Vyznachnyk Nazemnykh Moliuskiv Ukrainy [Guide to the Land Snails of the Ukraine]

Nina V'aceslavivna Gural-Sverlova and Roman Ivanovic Gural

The book contains descriptions of 211 species of land gastropoda, belonging to 98 genera in 33 families. Most of these taxa are well known in the Ukraine. Each chapter also contains information concerning the distribution and ecology of ... ....

A History of Life in 100 Fossils

Paul D Taylor and Aaron O'Dea

This is the epic story of life on Earth, uniquely retold through some of the most significant fossils ever found. A History of Life in 100 Fossils travels through 3.5 billion years of Earth's history and across all seven continents ... ....

Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary

Raymond S Bradley

Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary, Third Edition, provides a thorough overview of the methods of paleoclimatic reconstruction and of the historical changes in climate during the past three million years ... ....

Terrestrial Conservation Lagerstetten

Windows into the Evolution of Life on Land

Nicholas C Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues

Evolutionary biologists have long been concerned by the incompleteness of the fossil record. Although our knowledge of the diversity of life in 'deep time' has improved, many lineages of extant animals and plants still have only ... ....

The Ebbsfleet Elephant

Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe in Advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4

Francis F Wenban-Smith

This is the final volume in the monograph series resulting from archaeological excavations in the Ebbsfleet Valley (Kent, UK) in advance of the High Speed 1 railway and the Ebbsfleet International station. It provides the full account of ... ....

Zetsumetsu Dobutsu Chosa Fairu [Extinct Animal Research File]

Satonaka Yuho and Imaizumi Tadaaki

This pictorial book investigates the causes of animal extinctions in recent and prehistoric times.

Bibliotheca Diatomologica, Volume 61: Diatoms of the United States, Volume 1

Taxonomy, Ultrastructure and Descriptions of New Species and Other Rarely Reported Taxa from Lake Sediments in the Weste

John Patrick Kociolek, Berengere Laslandes, Danuta Bennett, Evan Thomas, Mariska Brady and Graeff

In this study nearly 50 species of diatoms new to science, collected from lake sediments across the western USA, are presented for the first time. A total of thirty-eight raphid species are described (across eighteen genera), while one ... ....

Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific

Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner

This is an English translation of the originally German Riff-F�hrer Indischer Ozean und Westpazifik.

20 Ways to Draw a Cat and 44 Other Awesome Animals

A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and Doodlers

Julia Kuo

This inspiring sketchbook is part of the new 20 Ways series from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustration fun. Each spread features 20 inspiring illustrations ... ....

20 Ways to Draw a Tulip and 44 Other Fabulous Flowers

A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and Doodlers

Lisa Congdon

The best way to learn to draw is to DRAW! And this exciting little sketchbook is going to help you do just that. From cover to cover, this book is filled with 900 inspiring, modern drawings of tulips, roses, dahlias, snap dragons, zinnia ... ....

A Brush with Nature

25 Years of Personal Reflections on Nature

Richard Mabey

Described as 'Britain's greatest living nature writer', Richard Mabey has revealed his passion for the natural world in eloquent stories for BBC Wildlife Magazine. This definitive collection brings together his favourite ... ....

ABC Oceans

American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)

ABC Oceans introduces children to both the alphabet and creatures of the sea. Featuring extra-large letters, fun facts and bright, eye-catching photos on every page. It is suitable for children aged 2 to 5.

Animal Architecture

Ingo Arndt, Jim Brandenburg and Jurgen Tautz

In Animal Architecture, Ingo Arndt explores marvels of nature with spectacular imagery, showcasing the complex and elegant structures that animals create both for shelter and for capturing prey. Arndt's photographs display wonders such as ... ....

Animals

What a treat for animal- and art-loving kids. Inside this menagerie, they'll find wildlife and house pets, big beasts (like an elephant), and colorful birds to sketch. Some of the special creatures include a pouncing cat, a baby chimpanzee ... ....

Arctic Zoology (2-Volume Set)

Thomas Pennant

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. In the 'Advertisement' to this 1784 two-volume work, Thomas Pennant (1726-98), zoologist and traveller, explains that his original intention ...

Arctic Zoology, Volume 1: Class I. Quadrupeds

Thomas Pennant

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. In the 'Advertisement' to this 1784 two-volume work, Thomas Pennant (1726-98), zoologist and traveller, explains that his original intention ...

Arctic Zoology, Volume 2: Class II. Birds

Thomas Pennant

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. In the 'Advertisement' to this 1784 two-volume work, Thomas Pennant (1726-98), zoologist and traveller, explains that his original intention ...

Bear in the Back Seat II

Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Kim DeLozier and Carolyn Jourdan

This is the second volume in a bestselling series of true stories from "[a]n extraordinary landscape populated with befuddled bears, hormonally-crazed elk, homicidal wild boars, hopelessly timid wolves, and nine million tourists ... ....

Beyond the Surface

Leporello

Nicolas Andre

Beyond the Surface takes you on a journey from the earth's deepest recesses to its highest peaks, applauding the achievements of those who have explored its limits throughout centuries. From Empedocles to Edmund Hillary ... ....

Big Noisy Book of Animals

Britta Teckentrup and Harriet Blackford

Animals come in all shapes and sizes, from small and fluffy to huge and scaly. In Big Noisy Book of Animals, discover hundreds of amazing facts about animals from all over the globe. With fun text and hundreds of bright, colourful ... ....

Bugs & Slugs

QED Readers Level 2

Sally Hewitt

What is the difference between a slug and a snail? What helps an earthworm to move along? What does a caterpillar turn into? With fun photographs and fascinating facts, meet all kinds of creepy-crawly characters.

Burning Table Mountain

An Environmental History of Fire on the Cape Peninsula

Simon Pooley

This is an environmental history of humans and wildfire on the Cape Peninsula, from the practices of Khoikhoi herders to the conflagrations of January 2000. The region's unique, famously diverse fynbos vegetation has been transformed ... ....

Camouflage

QED Readers Level 2

Terry Jennnings

What does camouflage mean? Why do tigers have stripes? Why does a chameleon change colour? With fun photographs and fascinating facts, learn all about animal camouflage.

Chinese Art and the Reeves Collection

Images of Nature

Judith Magee

Chinese Art and the Reeves Collection is a selection of some of the finest examples of Chinese natural history drawings in the Natural History Museum's collections, many of which have never been published before.

Chris Packham: 100 Things That Caught My Eye

Chris Packham

Wildlife television presenter and award winning photographer Chris Packham has travelled the world in his quest for the ultimate image. In Chris Packham: 100 Things That Caught My Eye readers are offered a rare glimpse ... ....

Close Up Photography in Nature

John Gerlach and Barbara Gerlach

Capturing the grandeur of landscapes or mood of a certain natural light is challenging but often the simple details of a texture or color evade photographers most of all. In Close Up Photography in Nature, best selling authors ... ....

Could an Octopus Climb a Sky Scraper?

Aleksei Bitskoff and Camilla de la Bedoyere

Could An Octopus Climb A Skyscraper? will be sure to keep young readers entertained whilst also helping them to understand and retain animal facts. By imagining animals in everyday scenarios, readers can learn about their size ... ....

Darren Almond. Full Moon

Hans Werner Holzwarth

In Full Moon, the conceptual meets the poetic: British artist Darren Almond catches natural archetypes and silent landscapes in night photographs made under a full moon, with the shutter kept open for over a quarter of an hour. ....

Dinosaur Explorer

QED Readers Level 2

Dougal Dixon

Which Dinosaur was as big as a house? Why did Gllimimus need such long neck? Which dinosaur was the fiercest? With illustrations and fascinating facts, learn all about prehistoric creatures in Dinosaur Explorer.

Elephant

Suzi Eszterhas

Follow one newborn elephant calf from her birth on the African savannah, to her first days with the herd, feeding, playing in the waterholes and meeting other young elephants. Then see the young elephant developing and growing, until she ... ....

Exploration: A Very Short Introduction

Stewart A Weaver

This clear, succinct, and elegant contribution to the Very Short Introduction series surveys the history of global exploration and assesses the motives, for good and ill, of those who undertook it. Stewart Weaver traces the history ... ....

Extreme Survivors

American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)

From boiling heat to bone-chilling cold, from the driest deserts to the darkest caves, from the tallest mountains to the deepest seas: these animals survive in the most extreme environments imaginable. Meet these incredible creatures ... ....

Flora Illustrata

Great Works from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden

Susan M Fraser and Vanessa Bezemer Sellers

The renowned LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden counts among its holdings many of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical and horticultural works ever created. More than eight centuries of knowledge, from the ... ....

Flowers

Steve Harpster

With just their pencils, kids can grow a blossoming garden on the page! It's so simple: budding artists just trace the colorful numbered lines. Kids will happily draw bluebells and chrysanthemums, daffodils and sunflowers, geraniums ... ....

From Tadpole to Frog

QED Readers Level 2

Sally Hewitt

What are frogs' eggs called? What do tadpoles eat? What is a froglet? With fun photographs and fascinating facts, in From Tadpole to Frog learn all about the life cycle of a frog.

Global Crisis

War, Climate Change & Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century

Geoffrey Parker

Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses – the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were unprecedented in both frequency and extent. The effects of what historians call the ...

Guess Who is in the Grass

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 Sand

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 ... ....

Hidden Kingdoms (Region 2 & 4)

Stephen Fry

Hidden Kingdoms is an innovative new series from the BBC's Natural History unit. For the first time it takes the viewer into a unique and unexplored miniature world, immersing you into the action-packed lives of the planet's ... ....

How Agriculture Made Canada

Farming in the Nineteenth Century

Peter A Russell

Nineteenth-century farm families needed land for the next generation. Their quest shaped agricultural settlement across Canada. This overview of rural history in Quebec, Ontario, and the Prairies provides a new perspective on the ways in ... ....

How to Paint a Dinosaur

Deborah Donnelly

Introducing the third title in this How to Paint... series. Artist Deborah Donnelly takes us through a page by page guide in creating a masterpiece, in this instance, a dinosaur! This brightly illustrated book ... ....

Isaac Newton's Scientific Method

Turning Data into Evidence About Gravity and Cosmology

William L Harper

Isaac Newton's Scientific Method examines Newton's argument for universal gravity and his application of it to resolve the problem of deciding between geocentric and heliocentric world systems by measuring masses of the ... ....

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian Life in Science

Daniel P Todes

This is a definitive, deeply researched biography of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) and is the first scholarly biography to be published in any language. Ivan Pavlov: A Russian Life in Science is Todes's magnum opus ... ....

Kupe and the Corals / Kupe' e te To'a

Jacqueline L Padilla-Gamino and Marj Leggitt

Kupe and the Corals is the story of Kupe, a young boy who undertakes an amazing voyage of discovery to learn about corals and the importance of coral reefs to all of the many animals that depend upon them. One night while he is ... ....

Let's Look for Butterflies

A Spot & Learn, Stick & Play Book

Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington

Let's Look for Butterflies is the perfect introduction for children to British butterflies. It features all the most common British butterflies to find and tick off; an array of fascinating facts; features on the life cycle ... ....

Let's Look for Garden Birds

A Spot & Learn, Stick & Play Book

Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington

Let's Look for Garden Birds is the perfect introduction for children to the birds in your garden. It features the most common garden birds to find and tick off; an array of fascinating facts; features on what birds eat and ... ....

Let's Look for Garden Wildlife

A Spot & Learn, Stick & Play Book

Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington

Let's Look for Garden Wildlife is the perfect introduction for children to garden wildlife. It features over 35 garden creatures to find and tick off; an array of fascinating facts; features on night-times animals and ... ....

Let's Look for Wild Flowers

A Spot & Learn, Stick & Play Book

Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington

Let's Look for Wild Flowers is the perfect introduction for children to wild flowers. It features otver 35 wild flowers to find and tick off; an array of fascinating facts; features on what flowers to see when and a guide to ... ....

Lord of the Forest

Caroline Pitcher and Jackie Morris

Everything in the forest is new and exciting for little Tiger – grass growing long after rain, snakes slithering, Monkey whooping to his tribe. But every time Tiger tells his mother what he hears, she says, "When you don't ... ....

Mono Lake

From Dead Sea to Environmental Treasure

Abraham Hoffman

Mono Lake is one of the largest lakes in California, and Californians have been using it, enjoying it, and abusing it since nomadic northern Paiutes began hunting the lake's vast bird populations. Controversy between environmentalists ... ....

My Father in his Suitcase

In Search Of E.J.H. Corner, The Relentless Botanist

John K Corner and Douglas Hurd

John (Kay) Corner left home in 1960, aged 19. He would never see his father, E. J. H. Corner, again. Edred John Henry Corner was one of the most colourful and productive biologists and mycologists of the 20th century.

One Hundred and Four Horses

A Memoir of Farm and Family, Africa and Exile

Mandy Retzlaff

'A letter is handed to you. In broken English, it tells you that you must now vacate your farm; that this is no longer your home, for it now belongs to the crowd on your doorstep. Then the drums begin to beat.

Only Planet

A Flight-Free Adventure Around the World

Ed Gillespie

In an inspirational tale of global adventure Ed Gillespie takes anything but a plane to circumnavigate the world. Cargo ships to camels, hitch-hiking to hovercrafts. Playing table tennis with heavyweight Ukrainian boxers. Border arrests ... ....

Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences

Mark Siddall and Megan Gavin

Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences is the ultimate guide to surviving in the natural world. Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences offers a unique look at how and where poisons and venoms naturally ... ....

Prehistoric Copper Mining in Europe

5500-500 BC

William O'Brien

Prehistoric Copper Mining in Europe examines prehistoric copper mining in Europe, from the first use of the metal eight thousand years ago in the Balkans to its widespread adoption during the Bronze Age. The history of research ... ....

Ring of Bright Water (Centenary Edition)

Gavin Maxwell, Kate Humble and Mark Adlington

Ring of Bright Water is an autobiographical work by Gavin Maxwell. A fictional film of the same name was made from it. Maxwell's book describes how he brought a smooth-coated Otter back from Iraq and raised it in ...

Rivers, Memory, and Nation-Building

A History of the Volga and Mississippi Rivers

Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted

Rivers figure prominently in a nation's historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting ... ....

Running Wild

Mike Tomkies

You thought he was retired, even dead? No, he is back! At the age of 86, Mike Tomkies is back doing what he does best – observing our rarest and most dramatic wildlife, unsuspected and from close quarters, and writing about it with ... ....

Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer

Michael Smith

Ernest Shackleton is one of history's great explorers, an extraordinary character who pioneered the path to the South Pole over 100 years ago and became a dominant figure in Antarctic discovery. A charismatic personality, his incredible ... ....

Sharks

Sally Morgan

Did you know that there are over 360 different species of shark? That shark pups are able to look after themselves as soon as they are born? That sharks will sink if they stop swimming? Or that the great white shark has 3000 teeth? ....

Sharks

Steve Harpster

Look out – sharks! And they're coming to a page near YOU. Just grab a pencil, follow the blue, black, and gray lines, and watch them come alive. There's a bonnethead and bluntnose; a stingray and a mako; and a leopard shark ... ....

Solitudes I & II (2-Volume Set)

Vincent Munier and Matthieu Ricard

These two books showcase Vincent Munier’s photographic work in two original formats: a vertical tome and a horizontal one. Mysterious shadows and delicate portraits, silhouettes moving in the mist and hidden beasts punctuating ... ....

Somerset Coast Path

National Trail Guide

Damian Hall

Exmoor's soaring, pony-dotted plateaus; otherworldly rock formations; plunging sea cliffs; the bulbous Quantocks; bird-crowded lowlands of international importance; gracefully fading Victorian seaside resorts; remote bays and ... ....

Spot the Shark in the Ocean

Stella Maidment and Joelle Dreidemy

Go deep sea diving in the ocean and see what you can spot with this great new Spot the...book! Look for hidden objects as you work your way through every spread, taking in all the sights. The wonderfully detailed illustrations ... ....

Spot the Snail in the Garden

Stella Maidment

See what you can spot in the garden with this great new Spot the...book! Look for hidden objects as you work your way through every spread, taking in all the sights. The wonderfully detailed illustrations create busy scenes which ... ....

Sustainability: A History

Jeremy L Caradonna

The word is nearly ubiquitous: at the grocery store we shop for "sustainable foods" that were produced from "sustainable agriculture"; groups ranging from small advocacy organizations to city and state governments to ... ....

The Bet

Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble Over Earth's Future

Paul Sabin

In 1980, the iconoclastic economist Julian Simon challenged celebrity biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet. Their wager on the future prices of five metals captured the public's imagination as a test of coming prosperity or doom.

The Book of Trees

Visualizing Branches of Knowledge

Manuel Lima

The critically acclaimed bestseller Visual Complexity was the first in-depth examination of the burgeoning field of information visualization. Particularly noteworthy are the numerous historical examples of past efforts to make sense ... ....

The Ends of the Earth

Roger Willemsen

An author, foreign correspondent, academic, and television personality, Roger Willemsen is a familiar figure in Germany; The Ends of the Earth offers English-language readers a chance to engage with his uniquely astute and ... ....

The Ice Bear

Jackie Morris

Long, long ago, in the icy lands of the far north, Raven the mischief-maker takes a bear-child from his mother. A hunter and his wife find the child and, wrapping him in sealskin, they sing him songs of the ice, the wind and the great ... ....

The Light in High Places

A Naturalist Looks at Wyoming Wilderness - Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Cowboys, and Other Rare Species

Joe Hutto

Hutto is living in a tent at twelve thousand feet, where blizzards occur in July and where human wants become irrelevant and human needs can become a matter of life and death – to study the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.

The Medieval English Landscape, 1000-1540

Graeme J White

The landscape of medieval England was the product of a multitude of hands. While the power to shape the landscape inevitably lay with the Crown, the nobility and the religious houses, this study also highlights the contribution of the ... ....

The Mediterranean World

An Environmental History

Neil Roberts

Neil Roberts' exciting new book explores the changing relations between the natural world and human cultures around the Mediterranean Sea since the end of the last ice age. He shows how human agency interacting with a dynamic environment ... ....

The Modern Flower Painter

A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour

Anna Mason

Anna Mason's exceptional floral artwork has won awards from the Royal Horticultural Society, International Artist magazine and seen her elected to the prestigious Society of Botanical Artists. In The Modern Flower Painter ... ....

The Nature Magpie

A Cornucopia of Facts, Anecdotes, Folklore and Literature from the Natural World

Daniel Allen

Join naturalists, novelists and poets as they explore the most isolated parts of the planet, see London Zoo through the eyes of its earliest visitors, consider the regional accents of animals, and discover which plants can be used to ... ....

The Once and Future Great Lakes Country

An Ecological History

John L Riley and Ramsay Cook

North America's Great Lakes country has experienced centuries of upheaval. Its landscapes are utterly changed from what they were five hundred years ago. The region's superabundant fish and wildlife and its magnificent forests and ... ....

The Wild City Book

Fun Things to do Outdoors in Towns and Cities

Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield

Do you live in a city? Then The Wild City Book is for you! It's all about having fun outdoors in the wild spaces near where you live – hunting for wildlife clues, watching wild creatures, making wild art, playing wild ... ....

Tiger

Suzi Eszterhas

"The cubs are wobbly on their feet, but they are curious about the world outside their den." Follow three tiger cubs from birth to adulthood, photographed close-up in the wild by award-winning photographer Suzi Eszterhas ... ....

To the Ends of the Earth

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Ranulph Fiennes has entered the public imagination as the intrepid explorer par excellance. Taunted by his wife over the challenge of the never-before attempted circumpolar navigation of the globe, he set off in 1979 on a gruelling 52,000 mile ... ....

Trees, Woods and Forests

A Social and Cultural History

Charles Watkins

Throughout human history our relationship with trees, woods and forests has remained central to the development of our technology, culture and expansion as a species. In this engaging book, Charles Watkins examines and challenges our historical ... ....

Triassic Terrors

Isaac Lenkiewicz and Nick Crumpton

Written by the Flying Eye Scribes and Cambridge palaeontologist Nick Crumpton, and masterfully illustrated by artist Isaac Lenkiewicz, Triassic Terrors introduces children to a fascinating period of life on earth when ... ....

Watercolour Flower Portraits

Billy Showell

Billy Showell's exquisite and technically brilliant watercolour flower portraits are beautifully presented in this highly informative, lavishly illustrated book. Packed with information on drawing and painting techniques, colour mixing ... ....

Whales

Sally Morgan

Discover how whales interact, hunt and communicate in this interesting and insightful addition to the Animal Lives series. Sections on the different species of whale, looking after the young and echolocation are peppered with ... ....

Wildlife Photographer of the Year Desk Diary 2015

The Natural History Museum (London - UK)

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is the international showcase for the very best photography featuring natural subjects. The Museum's 2015 week-toview diaries feature stunning photographs of the natural world from ... ....

Wildlife Photographer of the Year Pocket Diary 2015

The Natural History Museum (London - UK)

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is the international showcase for the very best photography featuring natural subjects. The Natural History Museum's 2015 week-to-view diary features stunning photographs of the natural ... ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Liberia

Anne Kennedy

Liberia has once again emerged as the adventurer's choice destination after decades of instability. Founded by freed American slaves in 1822, Africa's oldest republic is now embracing tourism. Whether tracking down the last of the ... ....

Bradt Travel Guide: The Gambia

Philip Briggs

Small in size but rich in African character, The Gambia and its resort-dotted coastline offer perhaps the closest English-speaking ‘winter sun’ destination from Europe. The interior, dominated by the lush jungle-fringed Gambia ... ....

Britain's Habitats

A Guide to the Wildlife Habitats of Britain and Ireland

Sophie Lake and Durwyn Liley

A photographic guide to habitats, this lavishly illustrated book provides a comprehensive overview of the natural history and conservation landscape of Britain and Ireland. In essence a field guide, Britain's Habitats leads ... ....

California Coastal Access Guide

California Coastal Commission

From the majestic redwoods and rocky shores in the north to the palm trees and wide, sandy beaches in the south, the California coast, is an area of unsurpassed beauty and diversity. This thoroughly revised and expanded 7th edition of the ... ....

Crossbill Guide: Canary Islands, Volume 1: Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, Spain

Dirk Hilbers and Kees Woutersen

This new title in the Crossbill Guides series covers the two eastern Canary Islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. With their unique insular nature and geology and colourful underwater life they are areas attractive to nature ... ....

Crossbill Guide: Iceland

Andy Jones and Dirk Hilbers

Iceland is famous for its stunning landscapes, unique geology, and rich birdlife. There are few places on Earth where volcanism has resulted in such a multitude of different landscapes, and where such vast numbers of birds are easy to ... ....

Habitat: Grasslands

Lynn Merrick

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: Heathland

Lynn Merrick

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: Ponds

Lynn Merrick

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: Seashore

Lynn Merrick

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. ....

Histoires d'Arbres Remarquables

Georges Feterman

Today in France, more than 350 trees are earmarked as natural monuments and the author here presents 55 of them in amazing portraits that reveal the human stories intertwined with those venerable trees. Photographs illustrate each portrait ... ....

L'Arbre et la Montagne

Daniele Chappaz and Daniel Grevoz

To trees, mountains are a challenging environment. Their conquest of peaks encounters obstacles, not in the least in the shape of altitude. Other drawbacks, such as their immobility, leave no ways of escape, forcing trees to undergo the ... ....

Raoul & the Kermadecs

New Zealand's Northernmost Islands

Steven Gentry

'In the midst of a prodigious ocean', as one European explorer described them, the Kermadec Islands lie 1000 kilometres north of New Zealand and form its northern bastion. They are the result of the collision between two of the ... ....

The Coral Triangle

The Amazing Undersea World of Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Island

Ken Kassem and Eric Madeja

Published in association with WWF-Malaysia, this important book describes the uniqueness of the Coral Triangle region's marine biodiversity, its conservation importance and the stories, successes and struggles of the drive to maintain ... ....

The Lake's Apprentice

Annamaria Weldon

How do we describe a place? In The Lake's Apprentice, author and poet Annamaria Weldon offers an intimate portrait of the chain of lakes on Australia's southwest coast that includes Lake Yalgorup, between Mandurah and ... ....

The Natural Beauty of Dorset

Colin Varndell and Suzy Varndell

The Natural Beauty of Dorset is an eclectic mix of everything Dorset, based around the county's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is packed with information about this stunning county: its geology, its natural history ... ....

The Northumberland Coast

Joe Cornish

In The Northumberland Coast acclaimed photographer Joe Cornish records his visual impressions of a landscape that has enchanted him: its vast sandy bays and some of the most beautiful beaches in England, great castles such as ... ....

Toms River

A Story of Science and Salvation

Dan Fagin

The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping ... ....

Wild Dunedin

The Natural History of New Zealand's Wildlife Capital

Neville Peat and Brian Patrick

Dunedin city and its environs are home to an amazing range of habitats and landscapes, of plants, animals, birds, insects and geological features. From the ocean, with its albatrosses and penguins, to the high alpine zone of inland range ... ....

Zooburbia: Meditations on the Wild Animals Among Us

Tai Moses

To be alienated from animals is to live a life that is not quite whole, contends nature writer Tai Moses in Zooburbia. Urban and suburban residents share our environments with many types of wildlife: squirrels, birds, spiders ... ....

A Guide to Dendrobium of Borneo

Jeffrey J Wood

Dendrobium, with approximately 1580 species, is one of the most diverse genera in the orchid family and the second biggest orchid genus in Southeast Asia after Bulbophyllum. Its natural range extends from Japan south ... ....

Actualizacion del Catalogo de la Flora Vascular Silvestre de Burgos

Estado de Conocimiento en el Invierno-Primavera 2013-2014

Juan Antonio Alejandre Saenz, Javier Benito Ayuso and Javier María García-Lopez

This checklist is an update to the 2006 Atlas de la Flora Vascular de la provincia de Burgos, and is an effort to update the state of knowledge for the flora of this Castilian province.

African Natural Plant Products, Volume 2

Discoveries and Challenges in Chemistry, Health, and Nutrition

H Rodolfo Juliani, James E Simon and Chi-Tang Ho

The American Chemical Society Symposium book African Natural Plant Products was originally conceived as a vehicle to present scientific discoveries, challenges, and to create a dialogue focused on African natural products, an area still ... ....

Australian Subtropical Fungi

Sapphire McMullan-Fisher, Patrick Leonard and Frances Guard

Australian Subtropical Fungi brings together some of the astounding fungi from the forests, woodlands, bush and gardens of the Australian subtropics. This convenient field guide describes 115 fungi, many for the first time. ....

Bluetenoekologie, Band 2

Flora und Sex in Garten

Hans-Joachim Fluegel and Michael Schwerdtfeger

Volume 2 of this current overview of the ecology of blooming flowers describes their relationships in our world from the perspective of the plant.

Catalogo de la Flora Vascular de Cantabria

Juan Antonio Duran Gomez

Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Cantabria is the first modern collection of all vascular plants found in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Northern Spain. The floristic list consists of 2321 taxa (including subspecies) ... ....

Compendium of Rhododendron and Azalea Diseases and Pests

Robert G Linderman and D Michael Benson

This comprehensive book does more than provide the most current disease and pest information for commercial and non-commercial growers throughout the world. It provides it in a simple, easy-to-use format that helps readers quickly recognise ... ....

Deep-Rooted Wisdom

Skills and Stories from Generations of Gardeners

Augustus Jenkins Farmer and Felder Rushing

Augustus Jenkins Farmer (aka Jenks) started gardening in the third grade in a corner of the family farm filled with rocks, scrap metal, and crinum and spider lilies. He was free to dig, transplant, and design in any way he wanted by making ... ....

Flora Capensis, Volume 1: Ranunculaceae to Connaraceae

Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria and Port Natal, and Neighbouring Territories

William T Thiselton-Dyer

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This seminal publication began life as a collaborative effort between the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey (1811-66) and his German counterpart ...

Flora Capensis, Volume 2: Leguminosae to Loranthaceae

Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria and Port Natal, and Neighbouring Territories

William T Thiselton-Dyer

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This seminal publication began life as a collaborative effort between the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey (1811-66) and his German counterpart ...

Flora Capensis, Volume 3: Rubiaceae to Campanulaceae

Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria and Port Natal, and Neighbouring Territories

William T Thiselton-Dyer

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This seminal publication began life as a collaborative effort between the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey (1811-66) and his German counterpart ...

Flora Capensis, Volume 4, Part 1: Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae

Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria and Port Natal, and Neighbouring Territories

William T Thiselton-Dyer

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This seminal publication began life as a collaborative effort between the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey (1811-66) and his German counterpart ...

Flora Capensis, Volume 4, Part 2: Hydrophyllaceae to Pedalineae

Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria and Port Natal, and Neighbouring Territories

William T Thiselton-Dyer

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This seminal publication began life as a collaborative effort between the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey (1811-66) and his German counterpart ...

Flora Capensis, Volume 5 Part 3: Hydrocharideae to Scitamineae

Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria and Port Natal, and Neighbouring Territories

William T Thiselton-Dyer

This seminal publication began life as a collaborative effort between the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey (1811-66) and his German counterpart Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812-81). Relying on many contributors of specimens and descriptions ... ....

Flora Capensis, Volume 5, Part 1: Acanthaceae to Proteaceae

Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria and Port Natal, and Neighbouring Territories

William T Thiselton-Dyer

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This seminal publication began life as a collaborative effort between the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey (1811-66) and his German counterpart ...

Flora Capensis, Volume 5, Part 2: Thymelaeaceae to Ceratophylleae

Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria and Port Natal, and Neighbouring Territories

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This seminal publication began life as a collaborative effort between the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey (1811-66) and his German counterpart ...

Flora Capensis, Volume 6: Haemodoraceae to Liliaceae

Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria and Port Natal, and Neighbouring Territories

William T Thiselton-Dyer

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This seminal publication began life as a collaborative effort between the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey (1811-66) and his German counterpart ...

Flore du Cameroun: Volume 40

Synopsis des Especes Vegetales Vasculaires Endemiques et Rares du Cameroun: Check-liste pour la Gestion Durable et l

Jean Michel Onana

With introductory chapters on the past and present ecological and human footprint factors which influence the geographic range of plant species and the state of conservation of biodiversity. Diversity, phytogeography, distribution, ecology ... ....

Flore en Ville: Sites et Especes d'Interet en Ville de Geneve

F Monbrial, B Baumler, Philippe Clerc, C Habashi, H Hinden, C Lambelet-Haueter and P Martin

Under the Geneva strategic program: A Sustainable City (Objective 5 - Biodiversity), the Conservatoire and Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève publish Flore en Ville: Sites et Espèces d'Intérêt en ... ....

Florida's Edible Wild Plants

A Guide to Collecting and Cooking

Peggy Sias Lantz

Living off the land is a romantic idea, but in practice it can be confusing. So instead we buy nuts someone else picked for us, berries packaged hundreds of miles away, and greens that may or may not contain contaminants.

Flowers of the Patagonian Mountains

Martin Sheader, Peter Erskine, Christopher Brickell, Austin Little, Hilary Little and Ann Sheader

Detailed photographic and descriptive identifications of some 731 plant species that can be found in the Patagonian Andes and adjacent steppe, with a particular emphasis on those plants found in the alpine zone. The main focus is on small ... ....

Fungi From Different Substrates

JK Misra, Jalpa P Tewari, Sunil Kumar Deshmukh and Csaba Valvolgyi

Fungi From Different Substrates is comprised of more than a dozen chapters on fungi from different substrates including fossilized leaves. It discusses association of fungi occurring on important plants, some animals, and saprophytic ... ....

Good Garden Bugs

Everything You Need to Know About Beneficial Insects

Margaret Gardiner

Aphids, ants, grubs, and earwigs are not only creepy-crawlies but they can wreak havoc on your garden and new plants. But fear not! You don't need dangerous chemicals in fertilizers and pesticides to enjoy a lively, healthy garden. ....

Grasses of the NSW Tablelands

Harry Rose, Carol Rose, Claire Edwards and Jeanne Kidson

An easy-to-use reference to the grasses of the NSW tablelands, including the methods of identifying species. Beautiful colour photographs for each species. Notes on appearance and management. A great glovebox guide.

Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to Varieties, Cultivation and Care

With Step-by-step Instructions and Over 160 Superb Photographs

Jo Chatterton

This is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care, with step-by-step instructions and over 160 superb photographs. It is a fascinating guide to the history, uses, botany, classification and cultivation of grasses, including ... ....

Guía Imprescindible de las Flores del Prepirineo y Tierras Vecinas

Javier Puente Cabeza and Jose Luis Benito Alonso

This field guide contains more than 530 colour photos of 338 of the most important species of flora found in the sub-Pyrenees in Navarre, Aragon and Catalonia and contains 316 species entries spread over 12 habitats.

Guide Delachaux des Arbres d'Europe

Owen Johnson and David More

French translation of the Collins Tree Guide.

Guide Essentiel des Fleurs du Parc National d'Ordesa et du Mont-Perdu

Jose Luis Benito Alonso and David Gat

Guide Essentiel des Fleurs du Parc National d’Ordesa et du Mont-Perdu is illustrated with more than 275 full-colour plates. It shows 174 singular flowers that are present in Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park ... ....

Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology

Mohammad Pessarakli

Continuous discoveries in plant and crop physiology have resulted in an abundance of new information since the publication of the second edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, necessitating a new edition to cover the latest ... ....

Haynes Garden Wildlife Manual

How to Attract Wildlife to Your Garden

Gerald Cheshire

Haynes Garden Wildlife Manual is the definitive guide to providing your garden with microhabitats and wildlife, showing that with a little thought and effort you can improve your own piece of the environment, however small. ....

Hemp Bound

Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Next Agricultural Revolution

Doug Fine

The stat sheet on hemp sounds almost too good to be true: its fibres are among the planet's strongest, its seed oil the most nutritious, and its potential as an energy source vast and untapped. Its one downside? For nearly a century ... ....

Histoires d'Arbres

Des Sciences aux Contes

Philippe Domont and Edith Montelle

Oak, linden, pine, sycamore, cedar trees ... Histoires d'Arbres invites you to discover eighteen trees that are part of our immediate environment, from forest species to more urban species. Forestry and storyteller combine ... ....

Horticultural Reviews, Volume 40

Jules Janick

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals ... ....

Horticultural Reviews, Volume 41

Jules Janick

This latest volume in the Horticultural Reviews series presents the most recent analyses of innovations in horticultural science and technology. Covering both basic and applied research, Volume 41 incorporates a wide variety of ... ....

Katalog Tipovykh Obraztsov Sosudistykh Rastenii Sibiri i Rossiiskogo Dal'nego Vostoka, Khraniashchikhsia v Gerbarii

[Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Vascular Plants from Siberia and the Russian Far East Kept in the Herbarium of

IV Sokolova

This is first part of a catalog of type specimens of vascular plants of Siberia and the Russian Far East, held in the Herbarium of the Botanical Institute, Komarov RAS (LE). It contains information about a total of 1085 Sporophytes ... ....

Marine Algae

Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Environmental Assessment, and Biotechnology

Leonel Pereira, Joana Patricio and Joao Magalhaes Neto

Marine Algae is divided into three thematic areas. The first covers a revision of the taxonomy of algae, based on the algae portal, as well as the general aspects of biology and the methodologies used in this branch of marine biology ... ....

More Thorny Problems

Helen Yemm

For more than a decade, Helen has been fielding letters from anxious readers, and this is a new compilation of the myriad queries she has received and answered over that time. Her weekly Thorny Problems column is light-hearted ... ....

Orquídeas de Aragon

Conchita Munoz Ortega

Orquídeas de Aragón contains more than 250 colour photos illustrating the 88 orchid species found in Aragón, an autonomous community in northeastern Spain.

Orquídeas de Mato Grosso

Genus Catasetum L.C. Rich ex Kunth

Adarilda Petini-Benelli

Presents 26 species and some natural hybrids.

Plant Breeding

Jack Brown, Peter Caligari and Hugo Campos

While retaining the current blend of theory and practical application, this second edition of Plant Breeding is a completely revised and updated new edition of a popular book. This expanded edition has the additional benefit of ... ....

The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas

Jr.,George M Diggs and Barney L Lipscomb

Texas has a surprising number of native ferns and lycophytes – 127 in all, the most of any state in the continental U.S.A. This is particularly unexpected given that most people associate ferns and related plants with humid, even ... ....

The Genus Erythronium

Chris Clennett

Erythronium, a genus of 29 species of bulbous perennials are among of the most striking spring flowering woodland plants with their slender pendent flowers, mottled arum-like leaves. Originating in North America, Europe and Japan ... ....

The Mythology of Plants

Botanical Lore from Ancient Greece and Rome

Annette Giesecke

This is a fascinating exploration of the role of the botanical in ancient Greek and Roman myth and classical literature. This engaging book focuses on the perennially fascinating topic of plants in Greek and Roman myth. The author, an authority ... ....

The Plant Lover's Guide to Sedums

Brent Horvath

The fleshy-leaved sedums are succulents that are valued for their drought tolerance and highly decorative flowers and foliage. They perform well in a variety of garden situations including herbaceous borders, rock gardens and green roofs ... ....

The Plant Lover's Guide to Snowdrops

Naomi Slade

Snowdrops with their pure white flowers, intricate markings and understated elegance have become highly collectable winter garden favourites. In this Plant's Lovers Guide, award-winning horticultural journalist and expert author ... ....

The Wild Orchids of Taiwan

An Illustrated Guide

Wei-Min Lin and Yi-Fu Wang

Taiwan is an island of sanctuary for a great diversity of orchids, not just the endemic species but many others found in neighboring countries. In this book the authors describe and illustrate all 428 native orchid taxa recorded up to the ... ....

Understanding the Flowering Plants

A Practical Guide for Botanical Illustrators

Anne Bebbington

To study a plant in detail is to make a fascinating journey of discovery. Even plants we think we know well will often surprise us as we look at the intricacy of their structure and how they are put together. This fascinating guide explains ... ....

What Shrub Is That?

Over 1250 Shrubs Described

Stirling Macoboy

From the international bestselling author of What Flower Is That? and What Tree Is That? comes the newly updated title What Shrub Is That? More than 1250 popular shrubs are described in detail, including their ... ....

Wild Flowers of Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (Spanish Pyrenees)

Jose Luis Benito Alonso and Jose Vicente Ferrandez Palacio

Wild Flowers of Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (Spanish Pyrenees) is illustrated with more than 275 full-colour plates. It shows 174 singular flowers that are present in Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (Spanish Pyrennees) ... ....

Wild Fruit

A Field Guide to Britain and Europe

Alain Geneve and Marie-Jeanne Geneve

Wild Fruit is an authoritative field guide to fruit commonly found in the wild which will allow walkers and foragers to accurately identify not just edible but also ornamental fruit. Non-technical language and detailed plant ... ....

Zander: Dictionary of Plant Names / Handworterbuch der Pflanzennamen / Dictionnaire des Noms de Plantes

Walter Erhardt, Erich Goetz, Nils Baedeker and Siegmund Seybold

Robert Zander first published his 'Concise Dictionary of Plant Names' in 1927. This latest edition is a comprehensive dictionary of plant names, providing an authority on current nomenclature and correct classification for vascular ... ....

Animal Diversity (International Edition)

Jr.,Cleveland P Hickman, Larry S Roberts, Susan L Keen, Allan Larson and David Eisenhour

Animal Diversity provides a concise introduction to the field of animal biology. Readers discover general principles of evolution, ecology, classification, systematics, and animal body plans. After these introductory chapter ... ....

Aquatic Animal Health Code

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

Also available in French or Spanish, please contact customer services for more information. The aim of the Aquatic Code is to contribute to improving the health and welfare of aquatic animals ...

Behavioral Genetics of the Mouse, Volume 2

Genetic Mouse Models of Neurobehavioral Disorders

Susanna Pietropaolo, Frans Sluyter and Wim E Crusio

The second volume of Behavioral Genetics of the Mouse provides a comprehensive overview of the major genetically modified mouse lines used to model human neurobehavioral disorders; from disorders of perception, of autonomous and ... ....

Brain Structure and Its Origins

In Development and in Evolution of Behavior and the Mind

Gerald A Schneider

This introduction to the structure of the central nervous system demonstrates that the best way to learn how the brain is put together is to understand something about why. It explains why the brain is put together as it is by describing ... ....

Environmental Microbiology

Ian L Pepper, Charles P Gerba and Terry J Gentry

Designed for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and environmental professionals, Environmental Microbiology builds upon the tremendous success of the previous editions with a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion ... ....

Evolution of Visual and Non-visual Pigments

DM Hunt, MW Hankins, Shaun P Collin and N Justin Marshall

Research on the evolution of visual and non-visual pigments is both exciting and timely. There is an explosion of interest in visual pigments across both invertebrates and vertebrates and the discovery of non-visual pigments involved in ... ....

Foundations of Wildlife Diseases

Richard G Botzler and Richard N Brown

Foundations of Wildlife Diseases is a comprehensive overview of the basic principles governing the study of wildlife diseases. The authors integrate theoretical foundations with a thorough examination of the factors that can affect ... ....

Genes: A Very Short Introduction

Jonathan MW Slack

In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development. Explaining the nature of genetic variation in the human population, how hereditary factors ... ....

Genetics: Analysis and Principles

Robert J Brooker

Genetics: Analysis and Principles is a one-semester, introductory genetics textbook that takes an experimental approach to understanding genetics. By weaving one or two experiments into the narrative of each chapter, students ... ....

Junqueira's Basic Histology: Text and Atlas

Anthony L Mescher

The histology text the medical field turns to first – authoritative, concise, beautifully illustrated, and completely up-to-date. It offers more than 600 full-color illustrations. For more than three decades ...

Life's Blueprint

The Science and Art of Embryo Creation

Benny Shilo

In the span of just three decades, scientific understanding of the formation of embryos has undergone a major revolution. The implications of these new research findings have an immediate bearing on human health and future therapies, yet ... ....

Microbial Life of the Deep Biosphere

Jens Kallmeyer and Dirk Wagner

Over the last two decades, exploration of the deep subsurface biosphere has developed into a major research area. New findings constantly challenge our concepts of global biogeochemical cycles and the ultimate limits to life.

Polarized Light and Polarization Vision in Animal Sciences

Gabor Horvath

Polarized Light and Polarization Vision in Animal Sciences covers advances made since the 2004 Springer volume Polarized Light in Animal Vision edited by Horvath and Varju, but also provides reviews and synopses of some areas. Part I examines ... ....

Proteins: Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Gary Walsh

Proteins: Biochemistry and Biotechnology is a definitive source of information for all those interested in this area, providing a broad overview of the various medical, diagnostic and industrial uses of proteins. It is an invaluable ... ....

Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves

George M Church and Ed Regis

Imagine a future in which human beings have become immune to all viruses, in which bacteria can custom-produce everyday items, like a drinking cup, or generate enough electricity to end oil dependency. Building a house would entail no ... ....

Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2-Volume Set)

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

Also available in French, Spanish, Chinese (2012 edition only), or Russian, please contact customer services for more information. The 2014 edition of the Terrestrial Code is a two-volume ... ....

The Retina and Circadian Rhythms

Gianluca Tosini, P Michael Iuvone, Douglas G McMahon and Shaun P Collin

Daily rhythms are a ubiquitous feature of living systems. Generally, these rhythms are not just passive consequences of cyclic fluctuations in the environment, but instead originate within the organism. In mammals, including humans ... ....

Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia

Gary West, Darryl Heard and Nigel Caulkett

Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia, Second Edition is a fully updated and revised version of the first comprehensive reference on anesthetic techniques in captive and free-ranging wildlife. Now including expanded ... ....

Darwin's Dice

The Idea of Chance in the Thought of Charles Darwin

Curtis Johnson

For evolutionary biologists, the concept of chance has always played a significant role in the formation of evolutionary theory. As far back as Greek antiquity, chance and "luck" were understood to be key factors in the evolution ... ....

Into the Ocean

Vikings, Irish, and Environmental Change in Iceland and the North

Kristjan Ahronson

That Gaelic monasticism flourished in the early medieval period is well established. The "Irish School" penetrated large areas of Europe and contemporary authors describe North Atlantic travels and settlements. Across Scotland ... ....

Mutation-Driven Evolution

Masatoshi Nei

The purpose of Mutation-Driven Evolution is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat ... ....

Neanderthal Biology, Archaeology, and Ecology

S Churchill

Neandertal Biology, Archeology, and Ecology synthesizes the current knowledge about our sister species the Neandertals, combining data from a variety of disciplines to reach a cohesive theory behind Neandertal low population density ... ....

Origin of Modern Humans and the Impact of Chronometric Dating

Martin J Aitken, Chris Stringer and Paul Mellars

This volume of papers delivered to The Royal Society in February of 1992 explores the debate over the "single center" hypothesis of human origins versus "multi-regional evolution." Over the last five years there has been ... ....

The Artful Species

Aesthetics, Art, and Evolution

Stephen Davies

The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic sensibilities hundreds of thousands of years ago and the art ... ....

The Cave of Fontechevade

Recent Excavations and Their Paleoanthropological Implications

Philip G Chase, Andre Debenath, Harold L Dibble and Shannon P McPherson

Summary of the discoveries made during the course of excavations at the Paleolithic cave site of Fontechevade, France, between 1994 and 1998. The excavation team address major problems raised by earlier excavations at the site from 1937 ... ....

The Third Chimpanzee [For Young Readers]

The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

Jared Diamond

At some point during the last 100 000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behaviour that distinguished us from other animals, eventually creating language, art, religion, bicycles, spacecraft and nuclear weapons *all within a ... ....

WTF, Evolution?!

A Theory of Unintelligible Design

Mara Grunbaum

We all have our off days. Why should Evolution be any different? Maybe Evolution got carried away with an idea that was just a little too crazy – like having the Regal Horned Lizard defend itself by shooting three-foot streams of ... ....

Exoticos Invasores

Bioinvasores Selvagens Introduzidos no Estado do Rio de Janeiro e suas Implicacoes

Savio Freire Bruno and Vanessa Trally Bard

A study of the impact of invasive species in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.

Phylogeography of California

An Introduction

Kristina A Schierenbeck

Phylogeography of California examines the evolution of ancient, recent, native, and migratory taxa to elucidate major and minor evolutionary events that shaped the distribution, radiation, and speciation of the biota of California ... ....

Project Planning and Management for Ecological Restoration

John Rieger, John Stanley and Ray Traynor

Project Planning and Management for Ecological Restoration addresses a problem that is the reason many current restoration projects are not as effective or successful as they could be: a lack of understanding of the principles of ... ....

The Ecology of Tropical East Asia

Richard T Corlett

New to this edition: - Geographical coverage enlarged to provide a more comprehensive book and expand the potential readership - Many new illustrations throughout and the addition of a new colour plate section ...

Agua, Biodiversidade e Cultura do Pantanal

Estudos Ecologicos e Etnobiologicos no Sistema de Baias Chacorore - Sinha Mariana

Carolina Joana da Silva and Jane Simoni

The Pantanal is one of the world's largest tropical wetland areas. It is located mostly in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso but extends into Bolivia and Paraguay. About 80% of the Pantanal floodplains are submerged during the rainy ... ....

Chemistry of Europe's Agricultural Soils, Part A + B (2-Volume Set)

Clemens Reimann, Manfred Birke, Alecos Demetriades, Peter Filzmoser and Patrick DT O'Connor

During 2008 and until early 2009, a total of 2108 samples of agricultural (ploughed land, 0–20 cm) and 2023 samples of grazing land (0–10 cm) soil were collected at a density of 1 site/2500 km2 each from 33 European countries ... ....

Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems

Long-Term Effects of Climate and Nutrient Loading on Trophic Organization

Robert J Livingston

Based upon a four-decade longitudinal study of river-estuarine systems in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico, Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems provides a detailed comparative analysis of the long-term data with specific reference ... ....

Concrete Jungle

New York City and Our Last Best Hope for a Sustainable Future

Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein

Cities need healthy chunks of the world's ecosystems to persist if they are to survive; yet cities, like parasites, grow and prosper by local destruction of these very ecosystems. In this absorbing and wide-ranging book, the authors ... ....

Continuous Cover Management of Woodlands

A Brief Introduction

D Rodney Helliwell

The principal management system used in woodlands in most countries during the last few centuries, involves the periodic cutting of all trees in a defined area, by coppicing or clear felling. In contrast, continuous cover forestry aims to ... ....

Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia

Theory and Practice

Mandy Elliott

The sixth edition of Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia: Theory and Practice has been revised in the context of reviewing EIA practice around Australia and updates a number of case studies throughout the text to complete ... ....

Forests and Globalization

Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development

John Innes and William Nikolakis

The overarching contribution of Forests and Globalization is a review and assessment of the current and future impacts of globalization on the world's forests. Four key themes are addressed: the effect of globalization on ... ....

Forests in Our Changing World

New Principles for Conservation and Management

Joe Landsberg and Richard Waring

Scientists tell us that climate change is upon us and the physical world is changing quickly with serious implications for biodiversity and human well-being. Forests cover vast regions of the globe and serve as a first line of defence against ... ....

Islands: Nature and Culture

Stephen A Royle

Islands are contradictory places: they can be remote, mysterious spots, or lively centres of holiday revelry. They are associated alternately with escape, imprisonment, holiday and exile, and their exotic, otherworldly beauty has inspired ... ....

Lake Kinneret

Ecology and Management

Tamar Zohary, Assaf Sukenik, Tom Berman and Aminadav Nishri

This condensed volume summarizes updated knowledge on the warm-monomictic subtropical Lake Kinneret, including its geophysical setting, the dynamics of physical, chemical and biological processes and the major natural and anthropogenic ... ....

Large-Scale Forest Restoration

David Lamb and Margaret D Chapman

Landscapes are being degraded and simplified across the globe. Large-Scale Forest Restoration explores how reforestation and restoration might be carried out to increase landscape heterogeneity, improve ecological functioning ... ....

Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems

Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change

Christian Messier, Klaus J Puettmann and K David Coates

Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest ... ....

Multiaged Silviculture

Managing for Complex Forest Stand Structures

Kevin O'Hara

Multiaged Silviculture presents the latest scientific and management information on multiaged silviculture, an emerging strategy for managing forestry systems worldwide. Over recent decades, forest science and management have ... ....

Natural Resource Administration

Wildlife, Fisheries, Forests and Parks

Donald W Sparling

Natural Resource Administration presents a clear perspective on natural resource administration in North America, how it developed, how it is currently structured, and where it might be heading. Intertwined areas of natural resource ... ....

The Desert

Land of Lost Borders

Michael Welland

Lands of extremes, contrasts and constant change, deserts cover a quarter of our planet's land area and are home to some half a billion people. 'The desert' as an idea has long captured the Western imagination, but too often ... ....

The End of Tradition?

Ian D Rotherham, Mauro Agnoletti and Christine Handley

The threats from global cultural change and abandonment of traditional landscape management increased in the last half of the twentieth century and ten years into the twenty-first century show no signs of slowing down. Their impacts on ... ....

Urban Pollution

Cultural Meanings, Social Practices

Eveline Durr and Rivke Jaffe

Re-examining Mary Douglas' work on pollution and concepts of purity, Urban Pollution explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ethnographic ... ....

Applied Ecology and Human Dimensions in Biological Conservation

Luciano M Verdade, Maria Carolina Lyra-Jorge and Carlos I Pina

Applied Ecology and Human Dimensions in Biological Conservation provides both the conceptual basis and technological tools that are necessary to identify and solve problems related to biodiversity governance. The authors discuss ... ....

Dodging Extinction

Power, Food, Money, and the Future of Life on Earth

Anthony D Barnosky

Paleobiologist Anthony D. Barnosky weaves together evidence from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and to offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it. Writing from the front lines of extinction ... ....

Endangered & Extinct Species

Acred Cara

Edudcational material aimed at 16-18-year-old students.

Integrative Observations and Assessments

Shin-ichi Nakano, Tetsukazu Yahara and Tohru Nakashizuka

Integrative Observations and Assessments focuses on new trends in monitoring biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the most rapidly changing areas in the world. It provides reviews of the challenges in studying the ... ....

Predator Paradox

Ending the War with Wolves, Bears, Cougars, and Coyotes

John A Shivik

The longest armed conflict carried out by the United States government, beginning in 1914, is our war with mammalian predators. The death toll is tremendous: federal agents kill ninety thousand wolves, bears, coyotes, and cougars every ... ....

Reproductive Biology and Integrated Conservation Science

William V Holt, Janine L Brown, Pierre Comizzoli and Richard Black

Reproductive biology is more than the development of techniques for helping with too little or too much breeding. While some of the relevant techniques are useful for individual species, technical developments have to be backed up by ... ....

Sanidad Animal Mundial 2013 (2-Volume Set)

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

World Animal Health with its two volumes, presents a synthesis of animal health information from OIE Members as well as from non-OIE member countries. It provides a unique tool for all those involved in animal production, wildlife diseases ... ....

Sante Animale Mondiale 2013 (2-Volume Set)

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

World Animal Health with its two volumes, presents a synthesis of animal health information from OIE Members as well as from non-OIE member countries. It provides a unique tool for all those involved in animal production, wildlife diseases ... ....

Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management

John M Fryxell, Anthony RE Sinclair and Graeme Caughley

There are several important areas of wildlife research and management that are inadequately covered in the second edition of Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management. As a result, the authors have chosen to add four brand ... ....

World Animal Health 2013 (2-Volume Set)

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

World Animal Health with its two volumes, presents a synthesis of animal health information from OIE Members as well as from non-OIE member countries. It provides a unique tool for all those involved in animal production, wildlife diseases ... ....

Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction

Mark A Maslin

In the new edition of Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction (previously titled Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction), Mark Maslin explores all of the key debates. Examining the most recent scientific research, he looks what climate change ... ....

Discovering The Deep

A Photographic Atlas of the Seafloor and Ocean Crust

Jeffrey A Karson, Deborah S Kelley, Danial J Fornari, Michael R Perfit and Timothy M Shank

Beautifully illustrated in full colour, Discovering The Deep: A Photographic Atlas of the Seafloor and Ocean Crust reveals all the key features of last frontier of Earth: the deep seas. Online visual and teaching resources ... ....

Governing Climate Change

Harriet Bulkeley and Peter Newell

Governing Climate Change provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and market actors to multilateral development banks, donors ... ....

Heavy Metals in Water

Presence, Removal and Safety

Sanjay K Sharma

Contamination of drinking water is a worldwide problem, and ongoing work is taking place across the globe to address the issues affecting this precious commodity. Focussing on the presence of heavy metals in water ...

History and Climate Change

A Eurocentric Perspective

Neville Brown

History and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early to modern times. It draws upon demographic, economic, urban, religious and military perspectives. ....

Impacts of Oil Spill Disasters on Marine Habitats and Fisheries in North America

J Brian Alford, Mark S Peterson and Christopher C Green

Impacts of Oil Spill Disasters on Marine Habitats and Fisheries in North America comes at a historic time in our changing world. Aquatic sciences are heavily entrenched in understanding the fate of marine ecosystems in the face ... ....

Ocean Worlds

The Story of Seas on Earth and other Planets

Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams

Oceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet. They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth, but they are very important, not only in hosting life, including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend, but ... ....

Poison Spring

The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA

EG Vallianatos and McKay Jenkins

Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food.

Real-time Monitoring for Climate Change, Water Supply and Sanitation

David T Allen and David R Shennard

Real-Time Monitoring for Climate Change, Water Supply and Sanitation is the first in a series of books that pulls together the final outcomes and recommendations from the PREPARED project that originated from the WSSTP ... ....

Recycling our Future

A Global Strategy

Ranjit S Baxi

Every day every one of us contributes to the waste problem but, despite being a part of our lives, waste is poorly understood, even by those who should know better. We live in a throw-away society and yet what is discarded is a vital raw ... ....

The Attacking Ocean

The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels

Brian M Fagan

The past fifteen thousand years – the entire span of human civilization – have witnessed dramatic sea level changes, which began with rapid global warming at the end of the Ice Age, when sea levels were more than 700 feet below ... ....

The Impact of Melting Ice on the Ecosystems in Greenland Sea

Correlations and Predictions on Ice Cover, Phytoplankton Biomass, AOD and NAO

Bo Qu

Arctic marine ecosystems are largely impacted by changes associated with global warming. The sea ice in Greenland Sea plays an important role in regional and global climate system. The Impact of Melting Ice on the Ecosystems in Greenland ... ....

The Mediterranean Sea

Temporal Variability and Spatial Patterns

Gian Luca Eusebi Borzelli, Miroslav Gacic, Piero Lionello and Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

Surface, intermediate, and deep-water processes and their interaction in time and space drive the major ocean circulation of the Mediterranean Sea. All major forcing mechanisms, such as surface wind forcing, buoyancy fluxes, lateral mass ... ....

The Pacific Arctic Region

Ecosystem Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing Environment

Jacqueline M Grebmeier and Wieslaw Maslowski

The Pacific Arctic region is experiencing rapid sea ice retreat, seawater warming, ocean acidification and biological response. Physical and biogeochemical modeling indicates the potential for step-function changes to the overall marine ... ....

35 Seasons of U.S. Antarctic Meteorites (1976-2010)

A Pictorial Guide To The Collection

Kevin Righter

The US Antarctic meteorite collection exists due to a cooperative program involving the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Smithsonian Institution (SI).

Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton De La Fournaise and Karthala

Patrick Bachelery, Jean-Francois Lenat, Andrea Di Muro and Laurent Michon

Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala are both shield volcanoes in the southwest Indian Ocean. Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton De La Fournaise and Karthala summarizes the work done on these very active basaltic ... ....

Berliner Hoehlenkundliche Berichte, Volume 49: The Unknown North of Laos, Part 5: 2012-2013

Karst and Caves of the Provinces Luang Nam Tha, Luang Prabang and Houaphan

Joerg Dreybrodt and Michael Laumanns

Before the publication of Dreybrodt & Laumanns (2005a), which summarises the exploration conducted between 2000 and 2005, northern Laos (except of the Vang Vieng area) was virtually unknown to speleologists. Only a few reconnaissance projects ... ....

Berliner Hoehlenkundliche Berichte, Volume 50: Resources on the Speleology of Uttarakhand State (formerly Uttaranchal),

SFM Breitenbach and Herbert Daniel Gebauer

This volume has in-depth descriptions of over 350 cave/karst sites and also includes the historical surveys of the British expeditions in the 1940s led by E.A.Glennie. Too many caves are unmapped yet. Consequently, this publication is a ... ....

Berliner Hoehlenkundliche Berichte, Volume 51: Karst and Caves of Myanmar

Expeditions to the Shan States 2011-2013

Joerg Dreybrodt and Michael Laumanns

Until 2009 Myanmar was still one of the “blank spots” on the speleological world map. Since then the country has made remarkable progress with regard to access to foreigners and also in political liberalism. However, there is ... ....

Berliner Hoehlenkundliche Berichte, Volume 52: Resources on the Speleology of Meghalaya State, India, Part 5: Syndai,

Herbert Daniel Gebauer

This volume describes the south-western corner of the Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, NE India. Nearly 100 karst sites and caves are described in detail, the longest of which is Krem Lashing (Jaintia Hills District) at 3086 m. Many caves ... ....

Berliner Hoehlenkundliche Berichte, Volume 53: Caves of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Exploration, Science and History

Jean G Shaw

In trying to organize a bibliography of the caves in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under their various names, the author came across several problems. Many cave names were similar but not exactly the same and a few had changed to ... ....

Berliner Hoehlenkundliche Berichte, Volume 54: Caves and Karst of Peninsular Malaysia: A Register

Liz Price

The only and most comprehensive cave registry of the mainland part of Malaysia. Lists more than 900 caves, with records starting in the 19th century. Includes geographical, geological as well as biospeleological chapters. In-depth bibliography ... ....

Deadliest Volcanoes

200 Years After Tambora

John Kerr

A volcanic eruption is an awesome sight. Thunderous noise. The earth shaking. Plumes of ash and smoke spewing into the atmosphere, and lava pouring from the crater. But when a volcano erupts, it's best to get away, and fast. Volcanoes ... ....

Earth's Deep History

How It Was Discovered and Why It Matters

Martin JS Rudwick

Earth has been witness to mammoths and dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or splitting apart, comets and asteroids crashing catastrophically to the surface, as well as the birth of humans who are curious understand it all. ....

Geology of the Alps

O Adrian Pfiffner

The Alps, with their outstanding outcrop conditions, represent a superb natural laboratory for many geological processes, and have played a crucial role in the history of geology. Geology of the Alps gives an up-to-date and ... ....

Introducing Astronomy

A Guide to the Universe

Iain Nicolson

We live on a small planet that revolves round an unexceptional star – the Sun – which is one of the hundred billion stars that populate our galaxy. Of the many billions of galaxies that lie within range of our most powerful ... ....

Introducing the Planets and their Moons

Peter Cattermole

The solar system, of which Earth is but a small part, is an amazing collection of bodies, ranging in size from the Sun, through the giant planet Jupiter, to specks of dust left over from the primordial nebula from which the system emerges ... ....

Is That a Fact?

Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life

Joe Schwarcz

Eat this and live to be a hundred. Don't, and you'll die next month. Today, hyperbole dominates the media, which makes separating science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid and what's best for ... ....

Minerals: A Very Short Introduction

David Vaughan

The Earth contains a vast array of minerals, many with highly complex arrangements of atoms of several elements. In this Very Short Introduction David Vaughan explores the structure of minerals, the conditions under which they ... ....

Physical Geology

The Science of Earth

Charles Fletcher

Physical Geology: The Science of Earth, 2nd Edition provides students with a variety of ways to learn the content of physical geology and offer them an opportunity to learn through multiple intelligences. Throughout the text ... ....

Revealing the Heart of the Galaxy

The Milky Way and its Black Hole

Robert H Sanders

Written in an informal and engaging style, Revealing the Heart of the Galaxy traces the discoveries that led to our understanding of the size and structure of the Milky Way, and the conclusive evidence for a massive black hole ... ....

Scientific Astrophotography

How Amateurs Can Generate and Use Professional Imaging Data

Gerald R Hubbell

Scientific Astrophotography is intended for those amateur astronomers who are looking for new challenges, once they have mastered visual observing and the basic imaging of various astronomical objects. It will also be a useful ... ....

The Accidental Universe

The World You Thought You Knew

Alan Lightman

In The Accidental Universe, physicist and novelist Alan Lightman explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by discoveries in science, focusing most intently on the human condition and the needs of humankind. ....

The Asteroid Threat

Defending Our Planet from Deadly Near-Earth Objects

William E Burrows

The explosion of a large meteor over Chelyabinsk, Siberia, in February 2013 is just the latest reminder that planet Earth is vulnerable to damaging and potentially catastrophic collisions with space debris of various kinds.

The Beauty of Physics

Patterns, Principles, & Perspectives

ARP Rau

The beauty of physics lies in its coherence in terms of a few fundamental concepts and principles. Even physicists have occasion to marvel at the overarching reach of basic principles and their ability to account for features stretching ... ....

The Galapagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences

Karen S Harpp, Eric Mittelstaedt, Noemi d'Ozouville, David W Graham, Peter Grant and Randa Keynes

The Galápagos Islands are renown for their unique flora and fauna, inspiring Charles Darwin in the elaboration of his theory of evolution. Yet in his Voyage of the Beagle, published in 1839, Darwin also remarked on the ... ....

The Lost Elements

The Periodic Table's Shadow Side

Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa and Mary Virginia Orna

In the mid-nineteenth century, chemists came to the conclusion that elements should be organized by their atomic weights. However, the atomic weights of various elements were calculated erroneously, and chemists also observed some anomalies ... ....

The Making of Europe

A Geological History

Graham Park

The continent of Europe, as a recognisable geographic entity, attained roughly its present shape around 20 million years ago. Even since then, the European coastline has undergone significant changes, due mainly to sea-level movements. ....

The Natural History of the Earth

Debating Long-Term Change in the Geosphere and Biosphere

Richard J Huggett

Using a broad selection of classic and current sources, The Natural History of the Earth probes selected discussions within biology, climatology, geology, and geomorphology and explores a selection of debates about Earth and life ... ....

The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue

Maurice A Finocchiaro

The publication in 1632 of Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican marked a crucial moment in the 'scientific revolution' and helped Galileo become the 'father of modern science ... ....

Trap Magmatism and Ore Formation in the Siberian Noril'sk Region, Volume 2: Atlas of Magmatic Rocks

VV Ryabov, AY Shevko and MP Gora

The basis of this investigation is the petrographic and geochemical understanding of principal igneous rock types of the Noril'sk region, in order to demonstrate that these data provide unique and self-evident solutions to the problems ... ....

Tsunami: Nature and Culture

Richard Hamblyn

Tsunamis – ferociously dangerous sea waves – have caused widespread destruction to countries, populations and natural landscapes since antiquity. Crashing upon land with the entire weight of an ocean behind them, tsunamis cause ... ....

A Little Piece of England

A tale of Self-Sufficiency

John Jackson and Val Biro

A Little Piece of England is an amusing account of how John Jackson, with his wife and three children, built up a smallholding in a sliver of countryside in rural Kent, and by trial and much error, came to make themselves self-sufficient ... ....

Adventures in the Anthropocene

A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made

Gaia Vince

We live in epoch-making times. Literally. The changes we humans have made in recent decades have altered our world beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.5 billion-year history – we have become a force on a par with earth-shattering ... ....

After Sustainability

Denial, Hope, Retrieval

John Foster

Dangerous climate change is coming. Some people still deny that it is happening. Others refuse to recognise that it is now too late to prevent it. But both these reactions spring from the same source: our pathological attachment to ... ....

Allocating the Earth

A Distributional Framework for Protecting Capabilities in Environmental Law and Policy

Breena Holland

Allocating the Earth advances a new distributional framework to guide the evaluation and design of environmental policies. Drawing on capabilities theory, especially as articulated in Martha Nussbaum's capabilities approach ... ....

Controversies in Science and Technology

From Sustainability to Surveillance

Daniel Lee Kleinman, Karen A Cloud-Hansen and Jo Handelsman

When it comes to any current scientific debate, there are more than two sides to every story. Controversies in Science and Technology analyzes controversial topics in science and technology-infrastructure, ecosystem management ... ....

Dirty Teaching

A Beginner's Guide to Learning Outdoors

Julia Robertson

Juliet Robertson offers tips and tricks to help any teacher develop variety in their teaching. One of the keys to a happy and creative classroom is getting out of it and Dirty Teaching will give you the confidence to do it. ....

EU Environmental Law, Governance and Decision-Making

Maria Lee

A vast and diverse body of EU law addresses an enormous range of environmental matters. EU Environmental Law, Governance and Decision-Making examines a number of areas of substantive EU environmental law, focusing on the striking ... ....

EcoJustice Education

Toward Diverse, Democratic, and Sustainable Communities

Rebecca A Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson and John Lupinacci

EcoJustice Education offers a powerful model for cultural ecological analysis and a pedagogy of responsibility, providing teachers and teacher educators with the information and classroom practices they need to help develop ... ....

Energy Poverty

Global Challenges and Local Solutions

Antoine Halff, Benjamin K Sovacool and Jon Rozhon

This edited volume looks at energy poverty, an issue whose pivotal role in the fight for human development is only now being recognised by policymakers. Nearly one quarter of humanity still lacks access to electricity. Close to one third ... ....

Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia

Bioregionalism, Permaculture, and Ecovillages

Joshua Lockyer and James R Veteto

In order to move global society towards a sustainable "ecotopia," solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards ... ....

Governance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation

Interaction and Co-Evolution

Serge M Garcia, Jake Rice and Anthony Charles

Governance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation arose from IUCN-CEM-FEG workshop and deals with ocean fisheries management and related marine ecosystems, biodiversity and conservation, focusing on their interaction ... ....

Hope on Earth

A Conversation

Paul R Ehrlich and Michael C Tobias

Hope on Earth is the thought-provoking result of a lively and wide-ranging conversation between two of the world's leading interdisciplinary environmental scientists: Paul R. Ehrlich, whose book The Population Bomb ... ....

Human Diseases from Wildlife

Michael R Conover and Rosanna M Vail

People who handle wildlife, including field workers, wildlife professionals, trappers, and hunters, want to know about potential diseases, risks, and how to protect themselves from zoonotic disease. Human Diseases from Wildlife ... ....

Human Ecology

Markus Nauser and Dieter Steiner

We face an environmental catastrophe of global proportions. The ecological rationality of modern society, and of science in particular, is in question. Science still responds to crises at the level of technocratic expertise, and still ... ....

Sharing Nature

Nature Awareness Activities for All Ages

Joseph Cornell

Sharing Nature with Children, selling more than half a million copies, sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education. Now that classic has been rewritten, with newly added activities and games and combined ...

Sustainable Development

An Appraisal of the Gulf Region

Paul Sillitoe

With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world's resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue ... ....

The Devouring Dragon

How China's Rise Threatens Our Natural World

Craig Simons

China is transforming our natural world at an alarming rate. It is the world's largest market for endangered wildlife, poached from India and Africa. It is the top importer of tropical timber, harvested illegally in Indonesia.

The Energy of Slaves

Oil and the New Servitude

Andrew Nikiforuk

Ancient civilizations relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe emperors, and build cities. Nineteenth-century slaveholders viewed critics as hostilely as oil companies and governments now regard ... ....

The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

A Commentary

Jorge E Vinuales

The international community has long grappled with the issue of safeguarding the environment and encouraging sustainable development, often with little result. The 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development was an emphatic attempt ... ....

The Snail Darter and the Dam

How Pork-Barrel Politics Endangered a Fish and Killed a River

Zygmunt JB Plater

Even today, thirty years after the legal battles to save the endangered snail darter, the little fish that blocked completion of a TVA dam is still invoked as an icon of leftist extremism and governmental foolishness. In this eye-opening ... ....

The War on Science

Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada

Chris Turner

In this arresting and passionately argued indictment, award-winning journalist Chris Turner contends that Stephen Harper's attack on basic science, science communication, environmental regulations, and the environmental NGO community ... ....

The Welfare of Animals Used in Research

Practice and Ethics

Robert C Hubrecht

The Welfare of Animals Used in Research: Practice and Ethics gives a complete and balanced overview of the issues surrounding the use of animals in scientific research. The focus of The Welfare of Animals Used in Research ... ....

This Changes Everything

Capitalism vs. the Climate

Naomi Klein

With strong first-hand reporting and an original, provocative thesis, Klein returns with a must-read on how the climate crisis must spur transformational political change. We seem to have given up on any serious effort to prevent ... ....

Understanding Sustainable Development

John Blewitt

This new and expanded edition builds upon the first edition's powerful multi-perspective approach and breath of coverage. A truly comprehensive introduction to sustainable development, it is designed specifically to allow access to ... ....

Barcoding Nature

Shifting Cultures of Taxonomy in an Age of Biodiversity Loss

Claire Waterton, Rebecca Ellis and Brian Wynne

DNA Barcoding has been promoted since 2003 as a new, fast, digital genomics-based means of identifying natural species based on the idea that a small standard fragment of any organism's genome (a so-called 'micro-genome') ... ....

Ecological Modelling and Engineering of Lakes and Wetlands

Sven Erik Jorgensen, Ni-Bin Chang and Fu-Liu Xu

Ecological modelling has developed rapidly in recent decades, with the focus primarily on the restoration of lakes and wetlands. Ecological Modelling and Engineering in Lakes and Wetlands presents the progress being made in modelling for ... ....

Imaging Life

Biological Systems from Atoms to Tissues

Gary C Howard, William E Brown and Manfried Auer

Imaging Life provides an overview of a variety of approaches to biological image analysis, which allow for the study of living organisms at all levels of complexity and organization. These organisms range from individual ... ....

Managing Data Using Excel

Mark Gardener

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool that can transform the way you use data. Managing Data Using Excel explains in comprehensive and user-friendly detail how to manage, make sense of, explore and share data, giving scientists ... ....

Polarisation: Applications in Remote Sensing

Shane R Cloude

In Polarisation: Applications in Remote Sensing S.R. Cloude introduces, for the first time, the topics of radar polarimetry and interferometry. This topic was first developed in 1997 and has since developed into a major topic ... ....

Visual Complexity

Mapping Patterns of Information

Manuel Lima

Networks are all around us. Our brain is a network of cells and cells themselves are networks of molecules. Societies are networks of people and on a larger scale, food webs and ecosystems are networks of species. Networks are not just ... ....

Museums of the World (2-Volume Set)

Museums of the World covers in its 21st edition about 55 000 museums in 202 countries, listed alphabetically by country and place, and within places by name. A separate chapter records ca. 500 museum organizations in 132 countries ... ....