new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2006/06
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Mammals
 

The Abundant Herds: A Celebration of the Sanga-Nguni Cattle

L Voigt

A book that contributes to the recording and understanding of a significant aspect of South Africa's cultural heritage. It is a title about human creativity. Not the ....

144 pages | Col photos. b/w photos | Fernwood

Hbk | 2004 | 1874950695 | #146430A | £35.00 BUY

 

African Elephants

A Photographic Celebration

Nigel Dennis and Clive Walker

Selection of Nigel Dennis's best photos showing all the facets of elephant life, from the African bull in must and the matriarchal family down to the tiniest new born ....

112 pages | Col photos | Sunbird Publishing

Hbk | 2005 | 1919938370 | #160242A | £15.50 BUY

 

Bats in Forests

Conservation and Management

Edited by Michael J Lacki, John P Hayes and Allen Kurta

Although bats are often thought of as cave dwellers, many species depend on forests for all or part of the year. Of the 45 species of bats in North America, more than half ....

368 pages | 12 line drawings and 32 b&w photographs | Johns Hopkins UP

Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0801884993 | #160132A | £56.50 BUY

 

Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger

M Mittlebach and M Crewdson

A colourful, comical yet true account of the search for the near mythical Tasmanian Tiger. The last known Tasmanian Tiger died in Hobart Zoo in 1936. This sleek, ....

336 pages | Canongate

Pbk | 2006 | 1841957437 | #160253A | £10.99 BUY

 

Dogs and People in Social, Working, Economic or Symbolic Interaction

Edited by Lynn M Snyder and Elizabeth A Moore

Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference, Durham 2002. Archaeological emphasis. ....

160 pages | b/w illustrations throughout | Oxbow

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1842171240 | #160189A | £40.50 BUY

 

The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation

RL Reep and RK Bonde

Tells a tale of the mysterious manatee for professionals and interested lay people alike. This work attempts to humanize the sometimes difficult-to-grasp characteristics ....

224 pages | 40 figs | Florida University Presses

Hbk | 2006 | 081302949X | #160300A | £26.50 BUY

 

The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey

Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes and Humans

Chris Beard and Mark Klinger

Taking us back roughly 45 million years into the Eocene, "the dawn of recent life," Chris Beard, a world-renowned expert on the primate fossil record, offers a tantalizing ....

348 pages | B/w photos, 14 col illus, 22 b/w illus | California UP

Hbk | 2005 | 0520233697 | #147901A | £17.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0520249860 | #160431A | £10.50 BUY

 

Kingdon eGuide to African Mammals

First electronic field guide to cover all African land mammals. ....

PDA Solutions

PDA card | 2005 | #160308A | £68.04 BUY

 

Mammals of South America

Rexford D Lord

From marsupials to bats to carnivores to cetaceans, fully one-fourth of the world's mammals can be found on the South American continent. Rexford D. Lord provides the most ....

232 pages | 252 color photographs | Johns Hopkins UP

Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0801884942 | #160137A | £33.50 BUY

 

Pursuing Giraffe

A 1950s Adventure

Anne I Dagg

In the 1950s, Anne Innis Dagg was a young zoologist with a lifelong love of giraffe and a dream to study them in Africa. Based on extensive journals and letters home, Pursuing ....

210 pages | Wilfrid Laurier UP

Pbk | 2006 | 0889204632 | #160150A | £16.50 BUY

 

Squirrels

The Animal Answer Guide

Richard W Thorington and Katie Ferrell

Did you know that a groundhog is really a type of squirrel? That squirrels control their body temperature with their tails? That most squirrels have yellow-tinted eye lenses ....

224 pages | 38 color illustrations, 74 halftone, 4 line illustrations | Johns Hopkins UP

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0801884020 | #160127A | £30.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0801884039 | #160128A | £16.50 BUY

 

Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems

Edited by JA Estes, DP DeMaster, DF Doak, TM Williams and RL Brownell

This unprecedented volume presents a sweeping picture of what we know about the natural history, biology, and ecology of whales in the broad context of the dynamics of ocean ....

356 pages | 65 line illus, 20 tables | California UP

Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0520248848 | #160432A | £35.95 BUY

 
Birds
 

Awifauna Polski

Rozmieszczenie, liczebnosc i zmiany

L Tomialojc and T Stawarczyk

Avifauna of Poland: distribution, numbers and trends. ....

870 pages | 48 col photos, maps | Nasze Sudety

Pbk | 2003 | 839296261X | #157051A | £25.50 BUY

 

Birds of Western Ghats, Kokan and Malabar

S Pande et al

The Western Ghats of India, identified as a World Biodiversity hotspot by Birdlife International, is an ecological zone of global importance. Together with the adjacent ....

370 pages | 1700 col photos | OUP

Hbk | 2003 | 0195668782 | #159606A | £45.00 BUY

 

Birds of the World

Les Beletsky

This stunning collection of art and text captures the grace, beauty, and flamboyance of the world's birds. In more than 500 pages, ornithologist Les Beletsky has gathered over ....

448 pages | 1690 four-colour illustrations | Johns Hopkins UP

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0801884292 | #160129A | £33.50 BUY

 

The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife

Christopher W Leahy

First published more than twenty years ago, this volume has been fully revised and updated. It provides accounts of the basic elements of birdlife, as well as a wealth of ....

1039 pages | 35 illus | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2004 | 0691092974 | #144958A | £26.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0691113882 | #160398A | £12.95 BUY

 

Chants d'oiseaux du Quebec et de l'Est de l'Amerique du Nord

Alain Zouvi

Accompanies Roger Tory Petersen's Les Oiseaux du Quebec et de l'Est de l'Amerique du Nord, with songs of 267 species. ....

Broquet

CD | 2004 | 2890006212 | #158827A | £33.50 BUY

 

Cyprus Breeding Birds Atlas

D Whaley and J Dawes

The results of atlas surveys made in 1995-2002 covering mainly Paphos district: the only part of the island to hold all the endemic species and sub-species, plus other species ....

39 pages | Maps & b/w photos | David Whaley

Spiralbound | 2003 | 9963890601 | #159738A | £12.50 BUY

 

The International Politics of Bird Conservation

Biodiversity, Regionalism and Global Governance

Robert Boardman

Assesses international cooperation on migratory and endangered birds in different regions of the world. Robert Boardman illustrates that - although birds are protected in ....

288 pages | Edward Elgar

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1845424034 | #160124A | £75.00 BUY

 

Islands of Birds

A Guide to Orkney Birds

Erik Meek

A photo guide to the best birdwatching sites on Orkney. Includes lists of Orkney bird names, Orkney's breeding birds, and Orkney's non-breeding birds. ....

44 pages | colour photos | RSPB Orkney

Pbk | | #129487A | £4.00 BUY

 

Les Oiseaux du Quebec et de l'Est de l'Amerique du Nord

Roger Tory Peterson

Fully updated identification guide, with improved illustrations and revised maps. ....

480 pages | Col illus, maps | Broquet

Pbk | 2004 | 2890005941 | #153569A | £33.50 BUY

 

On Sparrows and Man

A Love-Hate Relationship

J Denis Summers-Smith

Of all the wild birds, none are more closely associated with man than the sparrows. In this book, his fifth on sparrows, Denis Summers-Smith sets out to explore this ....

112 pages | colour photos | Summers-Smith, Denis

Hbk | 2006 | 0952538326 | #159440A | £15.00 BUY

 

Ornitologia Italiana 3: Stercorariidae - Picidae

Pierandrea Brichetti and Giancarlo Fracasso

Third volume in a major Italian avifauna, which provides full information by species on biometry, identification, distribution, habitat, reproduction, migration and ....

440 pages | Col photos, b/w illus | Alberto Perdisa Editore

Hbk | 2006 | 8883722418 | #155979A | £50.95 BUY

 

Ptaki krukowate Polski \ Corvids of Poland

Edited by L Jerzak, BP Kavanagh and Tryjanowski

A considerable number of questions concerning corvid evolution, ecology and behaviour still remain unanswered. The range of many of the species has contracted significantly ....

679 pages | Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe

2005 | 8389290928 | #155989A | £35.00 BUY

 

Seabird Numbers and Breeding Success in Britain and Ireland, 2005

RA Mavor, M Parsons, M Heubeck and S Schmitt

This is the seventeenth annual report on the results of seabird monitoring at colonies throughout Britain and Ireland, produced ....

107 pages | Tabs, figs | JNCC

Pbk | 2006 | 1861075855 | #159211A | £12.00 BUY

 

To See Every Bird on Earth

A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession

Dan Koeppel

There are nearly 10,000 known species of bird on the planet and Richard Koeppel has seen over 7000 of them. But what drives a man to travel to sixty countries and spend a ....

278 pages | Illus | Michael Joseph

Hbk | 2005 | 071814760X | #154994A | £14.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0141019263 | #160136A | £8.99 BUY

 

Waterbirds of Bourgas Wetlands

Results and Evaluation of the Monthly Waterbird Monitoring 1996-2002

T Michev, L Profirov and M Dimitrov

This book reflects the results from six years of monthly monitoring of the waterbirds in the most important wetlands of Bulgaria - the Bourgas Lakes. The book is divided into ....

160 pages | Figs, Tabs, illus | Pensoft

Pbk | 2005 | 9546422363 | #154879A | £35.95 BUY

 

eBirds: Birds of Southern Africa v2 (For Pocket PC)

Superb new electronic field guide based on the best-selling 'Sasol Birds of Southern Africa field guide'. It is an ideal companion to the book and has electronic features ....

PDA Solutions

PDA card | 2005 | #160305A | £76.55 BUY

 
Reptiles & Amphibians
 

Biology of Amphibia

PR Yadav and DR Khanna

Introductory text which deals with the morphological, physiological and developmental aspects of amphibians. Amphibians are the first land vertebrates evolved from fishes. ....

394 pages | Figs | Discovery

Hbk | 2005 | 8171419321 | #156255A | £49.50 BUY

 

Taxonomy, Life History and Conservation of Giant Reptiles in West Kalimantan

MA Auliya

The aim of this work was to gather data on the abundance and densities of the three giant reptile species of South East Asia which are playing a mayor role in the ....

432 pages | 481 photos, 64 tabs, 167 figs | Natur und Tier-Verlag

Hbk | 2005 | 3937285520 | #160299A | £73.00 BUY

 

eSnakes of Southern Africa

J Marais

Superb new electronic field guide based on 'A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa' by Johan Marais. ....

PDA Solutions

PDA card | 2005 | #160306A | £68.04 BUY

 
Fishes
 

Target Organ Toxicity in Marine and Freshwater Teleosts

Daniel Schlenk and William H Benson

Addressing the numerous gaps in current information, Target Organ Toxicology in Marine and Freshwater Teleosts is an essential resource for researchers and professionals in ....

640 pages | Two Volume Set | Routledge

Hbk | 2001 | 0415239133 | #159907A | £114.00 BUY

 
Invertebrates
 

Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America, Volume 1: Amazon Fish Parasites

Vernon E Thatcher

This book covers the following Phyla and Classes: Protozoa (Myxozoa, Sporozoa), Plathelminthes (Trematoda, Monogenoidea, Cestoda), Nematoda, Acanthocephala, Crustacea ....

508 pages | Figs, b/w photos | Pensoft

Hbk | 2006 | 9546422584 | #155736A | £101.00 BUY

 

Bumblebees

John Feltwell

Over 160 colour photographs of bumblebees in the wild and in the garden capture the essence of bumblebees, showing them on a wide variety of familiar flowers. This is a ....

58 pages | 160 colour photographs, line drawings | Wildlife Matters

Pbk | 2006 | 0907970036 | #158928A | £9.99 BUY

 

Butterflies of Arizona

B Stewart, P Brodkin and H Brodkin

Discusses all 331 species of butterfly seen in Arizona. Opposite each photograph is essential information that includes key field marks, time of year the adult flies, ....

414 pages | Col illus | West Coast Lady Press

Pbk | 2001 | 0966307216 | #158718A | £28.50 BUY

 

California Agricultural Research Priorities

Pierce's Disease

Committee on California Agriculture and Natural Resources

The glassy-winged sharpshooter is one of the more recent invasive pests to afflict California agriculture. The insect transmits a bacterial pathogen that causes Pierce's ....

178 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2004 | 0309092892 | #160221A | £23.99 BUY

 

Caterpillars in the Field and Garden

A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America

Thomas J Allen, Jim P Brock and Jeffrey Glassberg

This is the most comprehensive guide to these creatures available. It contains all the information necessary to find and identify the caterpillars of North America - from ....

232 pages | 413 col maps, 496 colour photos | OUP

Pbk | 2005 | 0195149874 | #153382A | £17.99 BUY

 

Dragonfly Genera of the New World

An Illustrated and Annotated Key to the Anisoptera

Rosser W Garrison, Natalia von Ellenrieder and Jerry A Louton

Dragonfly Genera of the New World is a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive guide to the taxonomy and ecology of dragonflies in North, Middle, and South America. A ....

384 pages | 24 color illustrations, 31 halftones, 1,595 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UP

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0801884462 | #160131A | £60.00 BUY

 

Guide to Ladybirds of the British Isles

Ladybirds belong to the scientific family Coccinellidae. Ladybirds provide a natural form of pest control with most species feeding on aphids, making them a favourite ....

FSC

Unbound | 2006 | #160027A | £2.50 BUY

 

Heterocera Sumatrana, Red Journal Volume 12 Part 4

E Arenberger et al

224 pages | Col plates, col photos, illus | HSS Verlag

Pbk | 2004 | #147007A | £18.50 BUY

 

Heterocera Sumatrana, Red Journal Volume 12 Part 5

A Kallies et al

239 pages | Col plates, illus | HSS Verlag

Pbk | 2005 | #153814A | £16.95 BUY

 

Honey Bee Biology and Behaviour

DM Caron

Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping explains bee biology, what bees do, and provides the tools which make it possible for an individual to successfully manage bee colonies. The ....

363 pages | Wicwas

Hbk | 2000 | 1878075098 | #160330A | £46.50 BUY

 

The Incredible Shrinking Bee

Insects as Models for Microelectromechanical Devices

James V Lawry

Because vertebrate circulations do not work when shrunk to insect sizes, insects may help us design our smallest machines. Within small bodies, bees separate diffusing ....

276 pages | Imperial College Press

Hbk | 2006 | 1860945856 | #160192A | £39.00 BUY

 

The Life Histories of Asian Butterflies Volume 2

I Suguru and F Haruo

Completes the 2-volume series with 380 species. ....

711 pages | Col plates, maps | Tokai University Press

Hbk | 2000 | 4486014731 | #151603A | £399.00 BUY

 

Opisthobranchs of Bali and Indonesia

T Tonozuka

Contains excellent photographs of some 205 species. The scientific names, locations, size and depth are in English. The text is in Japanese. A section on nudibranch ....

168 pages | Colour photos | Wako Yosho-Hanbai K.K

Pbk | 2003 | 4484034093 | #157555A | £34.50 BUY

 

Review of the Sphecosoma Genus Group Using Adult Morphology (Lepidoptera :Arctiidae)

RB Simmons and SJ Weller

101 pages | 108 figs | Thomas Say Publications

Pbk | 2005 | 0938522736 | #158707A | £62.00 BUY

 

Die Schmetterlinge Baden-Wurttembergs - Band 10

Ergänzungsband

Edited by Gunter Ebert

Last volume to be published in this series. Contains updates, an index to all ten volumes, and the Red List of endangered butterflies and moths in the region. ....

426 pages | 83 colour photos, 46 b/w photos, drawings, dist maps, tables | Ulmer Verlag

Hbk | 2005 | 3800143836 | #160408A | £59.00 BUY

 

Die Schmetterlinge Baden-Wurttembergs - Band 9

Nachtfalter VII

Edited by Gunter Ebert

609 pages | 658 colour photos, diagrams, line drawings, distr. maps | Ulmer Verlag

Hbk | 2003 | 3800132796 | #160407A | £59.00 BUY

 

Six Legs Better

A Cultural History of Myrmecology

Charlotte Sleigh

Ants have long fascinated linguists, human sociologists, and even cyberneticians. At the end of the nineteenth century, ants seemed to be admirable models for human life and ....

336 pages | 3 halftones, 5 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UP

Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0801884454 | #160139A | £36.50 BUY

 

The State of Butterflies in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Jim Asher, Nick Bowles, David Redhead and Mike Wilkins

This book presents another milestone in our knowledge of butterflies in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. A detailed survey of butterflies across the three ....

80 pages | Colour photographs throughout | Pisces

Hbk | 2005 | 1874357293 | #160218A | £9.95 BUY

 

Ticks

Your Pets, Your Family and You

Alison Blackwell, George Hendry and Darrel Ho-Yen

This handy pocket guide, written in an accessible, jargon-free style, contains all the practical information you need to keep your family and your pets safe. ....

139 pages | B/w photos, illus | Mercat Press

Pbk | 2006 | 1841830844 | #153921A | £8.99 BUY

 

Veldgids Sprinkhanen en Krekels / A Field Guide to Grasshoppers and Crickets

R Kleukers

Includes detailed species information and introductory material on biology and ecology. ....

192 pages | Col photos | KNNV

Hbk | 2005 | 9050111939 | #159946A | £21.50 BUY

 
Palaeontology
 

Autour du Catastrophisme: Des Mythes et Legendes aux Science de la Vie et de la Terre

C Babin

Study of catastrophism in geology and palaeontology, including mythical events such as floods. The book investigates Cuvier's thesis that the Earth was created from a series ....

168 pages | Editions Vuibert

Pbk | 2005 | 2711753735 | #156955A | £21.50 BUY

 

Bernstein: Fossile Harze aus Aller Welt

Geschichte, Harze, Vorkommen, Gewinnung, und Inklusen

Gunter Krumbiegel

112 pages | Col figs | Quelle & Meyer Verlag

Pbk | 2005 | 3494014000 | #153662A | £22.95 BUY

 
Marine & Freshwater Biology
 

Aquatic Photosynthesis

P Falkowski and J Raven

Aquatic Photosynthesis is a comprehensive guide to understanding the evolution and ecology of photosynthesis in aquatic environments. This second edition, thoroughly ....

375 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691115508 | #160390A | £65.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691115516 | #146925A | £32.50 BUY

 

Atlantic Shorelines

Natural History and Ecology

Mark D Bertness

Atlantic Shorelines is an introduction to the natural history and ecology of shoreline communities on the East Coast of North America. Writing for a broad audience, ....

448 pages | 69 color plates, 327 line illus., 3 tables | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0691125538 | #160393A | £65.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0691125546 | #160392A | £29.95 BUY

 

The Biology of Aquatic Plants: Translated from the German "Biologie der Wassergewächse, 1886"

Heinrich Schenck

This is a new translation of a book written in 1886; the translation by D.H. Les, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolgy at the University of Connecticut. According ....

162 pages | Koeltz

Pbk | 2003 | 3906166112 | #156040A | £46.00 BUY

 

The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey

The Complete Series

Jacques Cousteau is television's most celebrated maker and presenter of documentaries about the underwater world. Setting the standard for such programs for decades to come, ....

3 disc set | THE Distribution Ltd

DVD | 2006 | #160207A | £25.52 BUY

 

Marine Plankton - A Practical Guide

GE Newell and RC Newell

Newell & Newell's "Marine Plankton" was first published in 1963, with the 5th edition published in 1977. With 56 black and white plates, this is a first-class reference work ....

CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation | Pisces Conservation

CD | 2006 | 1904690416 | #160099A | £19.50 BUY

 
General Natural History
 

Access for Countryside Walking: Politics, Provision and Need

G Kay

Research-based study of the context and contents of a neglected field. ....

259 pages | B/w illus | George Kay

Pbk | 2002 | 1904133045 | #159974A | £15.00 BUY

 

All Creatures

Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950

Robert E Kohler

We humans share Earth with 1.4 million known species and millions more species that are still unrecorded. Yet we know surprisingly little about the practical work that produced ....

380 pages | 55 halftones, 1 table | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0691125392 | #160404A | £22.95 BUY

 

Animals at Sea

Liza Verity

Animals of all kinds were often carried on ships, until they were finally banned in the 1970s due to fear of rabies. The most popular animals to accompany sailors were dogs and ....

112 pages | 12 colour illustrations and 38 b/w illustrations. | National Maritime Museum

Hbk | 2005 | 0948065567 | #160142A | £11.50 BUY

 

Disease and History: The Influence of Disease in Shaping the Great Events of History

FF Cartwright and MD Biddiss

Famine, pestilence and war, often feeding on each other, have wrought havoc upon mankind since earliest times. Not least of these is pestilence, and this fascinating and ....

280 pages | Illus | Sutton Publishing

Pbk | 2004 | 075093526X | #140630A | £8.99 BUY

 

Draughtsmen, Botanists and Nature

The Construction of Eighteenth-Century Botanical Illustrations

Kärin Nickelsen

This book is the first in-depth study of eighteenth-century botanical illustrations, and its findings offer a completely new insight into the working practices of the botanists ....

250 pages | - | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 140204819X | #160426A | £54.00 BUY

 

Gilbert White

A Biography of the Author of "The Natural History of Selborne"

Richard Mabey

When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history ....

256 pages | Profile Books

Pbk | 2006 | 1861978073 | #160174A | £8.99 BUY

 

Jean-Jacques Audubon (1785-1851): Biographie

Henri Gourdin

Biography of the great ornithological artist. ....

352 pages | 1 b/w illus | Actes Sud

Pbk | 2002 | 2742735453 | #157850A | £33.00 BUY

 

Lonely Planet Guide to Travel Photography

A Guide to Taking Better Pictures

Richard l'Anson

Ever wondered how to shoot a herd of galloping wildebeest, frame the Eiffel Tower at sunset, or capture the sparkle of a fireworks display? This guide provides inside tips ....

264 pages | Lonely Planet

Pbk | 2004 | 1741041848 | #156577A | £10.99 BUY

 

Rounding the Horn

A Story of Discovery and Adventure

Dallas Murphy

With the heart of a sailor and the narrative skill of a novelist, Dallas Murphy explores the enduring allure of the mythic Cape Horn. Located at the southernmost tip of the ....

384 pages | - | Phoenix

Pbk | 2005 | 0753818655 | #160148A | £8.99 BUY

 

Seen Unseen

Art, Science, and Intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble Telescope

Martin Kemp

Seen | Unseen is a deep, richly illustrated, and erudite analysis of the interconnections between science and the visual arts. Martin Kemp explores the responses ....

320 pages | 258 illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0199295727 | #160410A | £25.00 BUY

 

Sensuous Seas

Tales of a Marine Biologist

Eugene H Kaplan

Learning marine biology from a textbook is one thing. But take readers to the bottom of the sea in a submarine to discover living fossils or to coral reefs to observe a day in ....

288 pages | 150 line illus | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691125600 | #160405A | £15.95 BUY

 

Unforgettable Islands to Escape to Before You Die

Steve Davey and Marc Schlossman

Features highly individual destinations, ranging from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong Island and the Isle de la Cite in Paris to the arctic beauty of the Wrangell Islands in ....

256 pages | over 300 colour photographs | BBC Books

Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0563493518 | #159357A | £18.99 BUY

 

Visions of Nature

The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel

Olaf Breidbach

A famous biologist and scientist, Haeckel was also enormously influential in the art world, particularly the Art Nouveau and Surrealist movements, and his elaborate and ....

320 pages | 150 illustrations, 120 in colour | Prestel

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 3791336649 | #160197A | £55.00 BUY

 

What is Environmental History?

J Donald Hughes

What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked and thought in relationship to the rest of nature ....

144 pages | - | Polity Press

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0745631886 | #160427A | £50.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0745631894 | #160428A | £12.99 BUY

 

Where Mountains are Nameless

Passion and Politics in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Jonathan Waterman

The nineteen-million-acre Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) contains three to eight billion barrels of crude oil. Conservationists and developers have fought bitterly ....

288 pages | Illus | Norton

Hbk | 2005 | 0393052192 | #159929A | £18.99 BUY

 
Regional & Travel
 

Ancient Pinon-Juniper Woodlands

A Natural History Of Mesa Verde Country

Edited by ML Floyd

This book gathers together noted scientists and historians to celebrate the varied and unique woodland region surrounding Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, USA. ....

389 pages | b/w illus | Colorado UP

Hbk | 2003 | 087081740X | #157864A | £60.50 BUY

 

Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife

Bill Oddie

This companion to Bill Oddie's major new BBC TV series 'How to Watch Wildlife' is a practical beginner's guide to getting the most out of Britain's wildlife. Organised into ....

192 pages | Col photos, map | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2005 | 0007184557 | #149503A | £17.99 BUY

Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0007236239 | #159015A | £12.99 BUY

 

Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria: January-December 2004

A County Natural History Report

Mike Carrier

176 pages | Col photos | Cumbria Naturalists Union

Pbk | 2005 | #159873A | £8.50 BUY

 

David Bellamy's Pembrokeshire

D Bellamy

Internationally-respected water colourist David Bellamy was born and brought up in Pembrokeshire, but this is his first book on the area. It features over 100 colour ....

144 pages | Halsgrove / Westcountry

Hbk | 2004 | 1841143537 | #150205A | £33.50 BUY

 

Fauna of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra)

Zoological Survey of India

Catalogue of species found in this Indian National Park. ....

309 pages | 15 pp col photos, figs, tabs | Zoological Survey

Pbk | 2006 | 8181710835 | #159973A | £37.00 BUY

 

God's Wilds: John Muir's Vision of Nature

DC Williams

In "God's wilds" John Muir found beauty, inspiration, and the courage to battle governmental powers for the preservation of natural landscapes. In his writing and his ....

272 pages | B\w photos | Texas A&M UP

Hbk | 2002 | 1585441430 | #159951A | £27.95 BUY

 

Last Great Wilderness

The Campaign to Establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Roger Kaye

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the center of the conflict between America's demand for oil and nature at its most pristine. Three decades before the battle over oil ....

296 pages | Colour and b/w illus, maps | Alaska UP

Hbk | 2006 | 1889963836 | #158172A | £29.50 BUY

 

Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness

A Kerr

Five million acres of unprotected roadless forest remain in Oregon, stretching from the rain-drenched shores of the Pacific and Coast range, across the snow-covered Cascades to ....

235 pages | Col illus throughout | Timber Press

Pbk | 2004 | 0962487783 | #159899A | £17.50 BUY

 

Wild Dorset

The Year in Photographs

Colin Varndell

Wild Dorset, The Year in Photographs documents Dorset's landscape and natural history through the course of the year, beginning with a portrait of a tawny owl in January - ....

128 pages | illustrated in colour. | Dovecote Press

Hbk | 2004 | 1904349358 | #160160A | £19.95 BUY

 

The Wildlife of Mull and How to Find It

Jay Butler and Anna Levin

A guide to how, where and when to see the wildlife on the island of Mull, whether you are exploring by car or on foot. ....

32 pages | Brown and Whittaker

Pbk | 2003 | 0953277526 | #151716A | £3.95 BUY

 

eWildlife of Southern Africa

V Carruthers

Pocket PC version of the popular 'Wildlife of Southern Africa' field guide by Vincent Carruthers. ....

PDA Solutions

PDA card | 2005 | #160307A | £68.04 BUY

 
Botany & Plant Science
 

Blomstervandringar i Linnes Sallskap

Staffan Soderlund

Flower walks in the company of Linnaeus. ....

192 pages | Col plates | Carlsson bokf�rlag

Hbk | 2004 | 917203467X | #154565A | £34.00 BUY

 

Botanical Links in the Atlantic Arc

Edited by SJ Leach et al

Proceedings of an Anglo-Hiberno-French meeting arranged by the Botanical Society of the British Isles, 8th-12th May 2003, Camborne, Cornwall. ....

336 pages | colour photo section, b&w photos, maps, figs | BSBI

Hbk | 2006 | 090115833X | #160115A | £23.00 BUY

 

Change in the British Flora, 1987-2004

ME Braithwaite, RW Ellis and CD Preston

The Local Change report details the results of the Botanical Society of the British Isles' 1987-1988 Monitoring Scheme survey and its repeat in 2003-2004 as part of Local ....

382 pages | colour photos | BSBI

Pbk | 2006 | 0901158348 | #160114A | £12.00 BUY

 

Les Composés Phénoliques des Végétaux

Un exemple de métabolites secondaires d'importance économique

Jean-Jacques Macheix, Annie Fleuriet and Christian Jay-Allemand

Study of resinous constituents of plants. ....

208 pages | Col photos | PPUR

Pbk | 2005 | 2880746256 | #160126A | £48.50 BUY

 

EUCLID: Eucalypts of Southern Australia

MIH Brooker, AV Slee, JR Connors and SM Duffy

Euclid is the definitive electronic identification and information system for Australian eucalypts, which has now been expanded to include northern Australia. Covering the ....

CSIRO

Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0643093354 | #160107A | £83.50 BUY

 

Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States

Ron Russo

Oak apples, honeydew and ambrosia galls, witches' brooms, and fasciations - all are types of plant galls, a commonly observed, yet little-understood botanical phenomenon. ....

432 pages | 338 color illustrations, 89 line illustrations, 15 tables | California UP

Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0520248856 | #160413A | £38.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0520248864 | #160414A | £15.95 BUY

 

Flavonoids

Chemistry, Biochemistry and Applications

Edited by Oyvind M Andersen and Kenneth R Markham

Advances in the flavonoid field have been nothing short of spectacular over the last 20 years. While the medical field has noticed flavonoids for their potential antioxidant, ....

1256 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0849320216 | #159885A | £115.00 BUY

 

Flora Yunnanica, Volume 12: Spermatophyta

....

884 pages | 174 b/w plates | Science Press

Hbk | 2006 | #113799A | £70.00 BUY

 

Flora de Palmeras de Bolivia

M Ramirez

Based on fieldwork, a revision of dried specimens in both national and international herbaria, and also in comparison to recent and updated taxonomic treatments of palms. ....

262 pages | Herbario Nacional de Bolivia

2004 | #154785A | £49.95 BUY

 

Flora des Kantons Bern

Vom Jura zum Jungfraumassiv

K Lauber, G Wagner and Andreas Gygax

Completely revised field guide to this Swiss alpine region, covering both flowering and non-flowering plants. ....

1288 pages | 2100 col photos | Paul Haupt Verlag

Pbk | 2006 | 3258070520 | #160100A | £54.00 BUY

 

Floran i Habo Kommun

Gosta Borjeson

Guide to flora of a municipality near Lake Vattern, south of Stockholm, based on a 20-year research project. Includes searchable CD-ROM. ....

256 pages | Col photos, maps | SBT

Hbk | 2004 | 9197286370 | #153659A | £42.50 BUY

 

Flore du Luberon

Georges Guende

Flowers of a mountainous area of Provence, which has preserved a unique ecological balance. ....

104 pages | Col illus | Edisud

Pbk | 2004 | 2744904767 | #147139A | £16.50 BUY

 

Flore du Verdon

Parc Naturel Régional du Verdon

Accessible guide to 200 species of wildflower found in this French national park. ....

192 pages | 300 col photos | Edisud

Pbk | 2004 | 2744904678 | #146021A | £20.95 BUY

 

Fungi Down Under

The Fungimap Guide to Australian Fungi

P Grey and E Grey

A field guide to 100 species of fungi, covering all major groups of macrofungi. Each species account has comprehensive descriptions, comparison against look-alikes, and is ....

146 pages | Melbourne RBG

Pbk | 2005 | 0646446746 | #160118A | £23.50 BUY

 

The Genus Sclerocactus (Cactaceae)

F Hochstätter

The first of three volumes to be published on the Cacteae tribe, authored by an acknowledged expert. ....

336 pages | 450 col photos, maps, SEMs, drawings | Hochst�tter, Fritz

Hbk | 2005 | 3000161538 | #158872A | £128.00 BUY

 

A Guide to the Alpine and Subalpine Flora of Mt Jaya

R Johns, T Utteridge, H Hopkins and P Edwards

Based on five expeditions to the area by Kew and its Indonesian collaborators, and incorporating records from previous expeditions, A Guide to the Subalpine and Alpine ....

687 pages | 24 pages of colour plates | Kew RBG

Hbk | 2006 | 1842460579 | #153838A | £85.00 BUY

 

Heuchera, Tiarella and Heucherella

A Gardener's Guide

Charles Oliver and Martha Oliver

Native to the United States but now widespread in the UK, Heuchera (or `coral bells') thrive in all climates, even in shade, and produce stunning flowers in pink, coral, red ....

160 pages | colour photos | Batsford

Hbk | 2006 | 0713490098 | #160096A | £25.00 BUY

 

Himalayan Plants Illustrated

Toshio Yoshida

Illustrated guide to the plants of the Himalayas. Contains detailed descriptions in Japanese, and species names in Latin, maps, a bibliography, and an index of Latin names. ....

800 pages | colour photos | Yama-Kei Publishers

Hbk | 2005 | 4635580318 | #155531A | £112.00 BUY

 

Histopathology of Seed-Borne Infections

Dalbir Singh and SB Mathur

Histopathology of Seed-Borne Infections is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of seed infection and disease. It includes an up-to-date account on the ....

296 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2004 | 0849328233 | #159889A | £79.00 BUY

 

Hydroponics

A Practical Guide for the Soilless Grower

J Benton Jones

Revolutionary hydroponic/soilless advances are being achieved by efficiently improving results with the application of new concepts, methods, and equipment. The new edition of ....

288 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2004 | 0849331676 | #159901A | £49.99 BUY

 

Light and Plant Development

Edited by Garry C Whitelam and K Halliday

Regulatory light signals are detected by an array of specialised, information-transducing photoreceptors, including the phytochrome, cryptochrome and ....

320 pages | 105 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1405145382 | #159692A | £99.95 BUY

 

Molecular Biology of Weed Control

Jonathan Gressel

"Weeds are rarely considered a priority despite the fact that all active farmers know that the majority of their variable costs and time are devoted to eradicating them. Even ....

520 pages | Routledge

Hbk | 2002 | 0415266424 | #159892A | £79.00 BUY

 

Non-Geniculate Coralline Red Algae and the Paris Museum, Paris

Systematics and Scientific History

WJ Woelkerling and D Lamy

An analysis of type collections of non-geniculate coralline red algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) housed at the Museum national d'Histore naturelle (Paris) and the historical ....

767 pages | Paris MNHN

1998 | 2856535151 | #160291A | £95.00 BUY

 

Orchids of Asia

Teoh Eng Soon

Orchids of Asia is an orchid classic. First published some 25 years ago, this book continues to receive accolades from many readers, among them renowned Orchid Society ....

368 pages | 500 photos | Marshall Cavendish

Hbk | 2005 | 9812610154 | #160231A | £31.99 BUY

 

Parmelioid Lichens in India (A Revisionary Study)

PK Divakar and DK Upreti

Includes systematic accounts of 192 species belonging to 22 genera with coloured photographs, scanned pictures of TLC plates for secondary metabolites of each species, ....

488 pages | Vedams

Hbk | 2005 | 8121103894 | #156004A | £112.00 BUY

 

Plant Cell Separation and Adhesion

Edited by Jeremy Roberts and Zinnia Gonzalez-Carranza

Cell separation is an important process that occurs throughout the life cycle of a plant. It enables the radicle to emerge from the germinating seed, vascular tissue to ....

320 pages | - | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1405138920 | #159699A | £99.99 BUY

 

Plant Proteomics

Edited by Christine Finnie

The proteome comprises all protein species resulting from gene expression in a cell, organelle, tissue or organism. By definition, proteomics aims to identify and ....

272 pages | 37 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1405144297 | #159694A | £99.99 BUY

 

Plantes Toxiques: Vegetaux Dangereux Pour l'Homme et les Animaux

J Bruneton

Covers over 350 species. ....

564 pages | Illus | Editions Tec & Doc

Hbk | 2005 | 2743008067 | #156003A | £124.00 BUY

 

Plants of Haida Gwaii

Nancy J Turner

Haida Gwaii is the traditional name for that beautiful group of islands, sometimes called the Queen Charlottes, off the northern mainland coast of British Columbia. For ....

264 pages | 200 photos | Sono NIS Press

Hbk | 2004 | 1550391445 | #158773A | £36.50 BUY

 

Plants, People and Places

The Plant Lover's Companion

Julia Brittain

This is an A-Z of places associated with plants, plant hunters from yesterday and today, and from across the world. It takes an in-depth look at the plants themselves: where ....

192 pages | 50 b/w & 50 line illus | David & Charles

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0715324217 | #160435A | £9.99 BUY

 

A Pocket Guide: Gingers of Sarawak

Axel D Poulsen

Sarawak is one of the most exciting place to study the richness of plant life and home to more than 150 gingers, the majority of which are found only in Borneo. Several ....

102 pages | Col photos | Natural History Publications

Pbk | 2006 | 9838121126 | #158123A | £7.95 BUY

 

The RHS Garden Finder 2006-2007

More than 1,000 gardens to visit and enjoy

Edited by Charles Quest-Ritson

RHS Garden Finder 2006-2007 is the leading, fully updated RGS guide to gardens in the UK. Now in its 18th year, it tells readers what to see in more than 1000 gardens - ....

528 pages | - | Think Publishing

Pbk | 2006 | 1405307374 | #159793A | £12.99 BUY

 

Regulation and Transcription in Plants

Edited by Klaus D Grasser

Regulation of transcription represents a major, controlling step in plant gene expression, as it determines the tissue-specific and developmental stage-specific ....

352 pages | 36 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1405145285 | #159693A | £99.50 BUY

 

The Secret Life of Trees

How They Live and Why They Matter

Colin Tudge

Colin Tudge has a fine reputation as a natural history writer who can take complicated ideas and express them with clearness and passion. His new book on trees looks set to ....

452 pages | Illus | Allen Lane

Hbk | 2005 | 0713996986 | #155236A | £20.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0141012935 | #160135A | £8.99 BUY

 

Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination

Edited by Kent Bradford and Hiroyuki Nongaki

The formation, dispersal and germination of seeds are crucial stages in the life cycles of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants. The unique properties of seeds, particularly their ....

352 pages | 63 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1405139838 | #159695A | £99.99 BUY

 

Senescence Processes in Plants

Edited by Susheng Gan

Plants exhibit both mitotic and postmitotic senescence. Mitotic senescence occurs when meristem cells lose their ability to undergo mitotic cell division. Postmitotic ....

320 pages | 105 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1405139846 | #159698A | £99.99 BUY

 

Taxonomy and Ecology of African Plants, their Conservation and Sustainable Use

Edited by SA Ghazanfar and HJ Beentje

Based on the proceedings of the 17th AETFAT Congress held in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia, this book brings together sixty research papers in separate sections on taxonomy, ....

600 pages | Illus | Kew RBG

Hbk | 2005 | 184246115X | #153839A | £85.00 BUY

 

Transgenic Plants and Crops

GC Khachatourians, A McHughen, R Scorza and Wai-Kit Nip

With contributions from nearly 130 internationally renowned experts in the field, this reference details advances in transgenic plant construction and explores the social, ....

888 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2002 | 0824705459 | #159893A | £130.00 BUY

 

Tree Roots in the Built Environment

Research for Amenity Trees

J Roberts, N Jackson and M Smith

Widespread concerns about the effects of trenching by the utility services and especially the nationwide installation of cable communications have revealed that the ....

488 pages | Col & b/w illus | Stationery Office (TSO)

Pbk | 2005 | 0117536202 | #141698A | £58.00 BUY

 

The Vascular Plants of Western Riverside County, California

An Annotated Checklist

Fred M Roberts, Scott D White, Andrew C Sanders, David E Bramlet and S Boyd

Covers 1411 taxa. ....

192 pages | B/w line illus | F.M. Roberts Publications

Pbk | 2004 | 0964384728 | #155078A | £12.95 BUY

 

Wild Flowers of Crete

Vangelis Papiomitoglou

Crete separated from continental Greece about 5,000,000 years ago. This isolation, together with the existence of large mountain massifs which have functioned as ....

204 pages | colour illus | Mediterraneo Editions

Pbk | 2006 | 9608227771 | #160377A | £17.50 BUY

 
Animal & General Biology
 

Advances in Biopreservation

John G Baust

This is the first text of its kind to address the breadth of the field of biopreservation - the functional maintenance of biologically derived products. The book ....

650 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0849327725 | #159896A | £109.00 BUY

 

Bones

Structure and Mechanics

John D Currey

This is a comprehensive and accessible overview of what is known about the structure and mechanics of bone, bones, and teeth. In it, John Currey incorporates critical new ....

436 pages | B/w plates, figs, tabs | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2002 | 0691090963 | #127136A | £55.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0691128049 | #160401A | £26.95 BUY

 

Computational Maps in the Visual Cortex

R Miikkulainen, JA Bednar, Y Choe and J Sirosh

This book presents a unified computational approach to understanding the structure, development, and function of the visual cortex. It reviews the current theories of the ....

538 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 0387220240 | #160316A |

Normally £74.50

NHBS OFFER PRICE: £42.50

 

Electroreception

Edited by TH Bullock, CD Hopkins, AN Popper and RR Fay

Electroreception has become one of the most revealing areas in the study of the neural basis of behavior, and neurobiologists recognize it as a model sensory system for ....

472 pages | 67 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 0387231927 | #160067A | £92.50 BUY

 

Introduction to Genomics

Arthur Lesk

Introduction to Genomics is a fascinating insight into what can be revealed from the study of genomes: how organisms differ or match; how different organisms evolved; how ....

384 pages | 80 colour line illus, 60 colour half tone illus | OUP

Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0199296952 | #160375A | £24.99 BUY

 

Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction, Volume 3

Vijay Kumar Gupta

A compendium of original articles and review papers comprising of 21 chapters, bifurcated into two sections in the area of animal ecology and reproduction. Section I ....

443 pages | Figs, tabs | Daya

Hbk | 2006 | 8170354242 | #158706A | £47.50 BUY

 

Plasticity in the Visual System

From Genes to Circuits

Edited by Raphael Pinaud, Liisa A Tremere and Peter De Weerd

Mechanisms of neural plasticity enable the encoding and memorization of information based on sensory inputs and can be harnessed to partially restore function after CNS ....

364 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 0387281894 | #160317A | £80.50 BUY

 

Protein Geometry, Classification, Topology and Symmetry

A Computational Analysis of Structure

William R Taylor and Andras Aszodi

Using a geometric perspective, Protein Geometry, Classification, Topology, and Symmetry reviews and analyzes the structural principals of proteins with the goal of revealing ....

348 pages | IOP

Hbk | 2004 | 0750309857 | #159410A | £56.50 BUY

 

Tall Tales about the Mind and Brain

Separating fact from fiction

Edited by Sergio Della Sala

Does listening to Mozart make us more intelligent?; Is there such a thing as a gay gene?; Does the size of the brain matter?; Does the moon influence our behaviour?; Can ....

396 pages | 43 figures; 16 black & white photos | OUP

Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0198568762 | #160204A | £85.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0198568770 | #160203A | £29.95 BUY

 

Thinking With Animals

New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism

Edited by Lorraine Daston and Gregg Mitman

Provides a multidisciplinary and cross cultural discussion about how we describe, explain and come to a better understanding of the behaviour, minds and emotional lives ....

230 pages | b/w illus | Columbia UP

Hbk | 2005 | 0231130384 | #159972A | £32.00 BUY

 

Why Size Matters

From Bacteria to Blue Whales

John Tyler Bonner

John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative biologists, here offers a completely new perspective on the role of size in biology. In his hallmark friendly ....

176 pages | 35 line illus, 1 table | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0691128502 | #160387A | £10.95 BUY

 

Zoology in the Middle East Vol.1 (1986)- 21 (2001), 23 (2001)- 36 (2005)

R Kinzelbach

Set of all available volumes. ....

Max Kasparek

| #160275A |

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Evolutionary Biology
 

The Altruism Equation

Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness

Lee Dugatkin

In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This problem plagued Charles Darwin in the 1850s ....

224 pages | 3 line illus, 1 table | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691125902 | #160385A | £15.95 BUY

 

The Beginning of the Age of Mammals

Kenneth D Rose

In the tradition of G. G. Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the ....

440 pages | 282 figures, 26 color plates | Johns Hopkins UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0801884721 | #160138A | £100.00 BUY

 

The Blind Watchmaker

Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design

Richard Dawkins

20th anniversary edition of one of the most influential works on evolution written in the last hundred years, The Blind Watchmaker offers an inspiring and accessible ....

332 pages | Illus | Penguin

Pbk | 2006 | 0141026162 | #160134A | £8.99 BUY

 

Mismatch

Why our world no longer fits our bodies

Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson

Our bodies and body processes evolved to allow our ancestors the best chance of survival as hunter-gatherers in the Savannah. Our brains, on the other hand, have evolved ....

288 pages | B&W halftones and line drawings | OUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0192806831 | #160409A | £16.99 BUY

 

Nature: An Economic History

Geerat J Vermeij

From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This universal truth unites three bodies of ....

445 pages | - | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2004 | 0691115273 | #147935A | £22.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 069112793X | #160400A | £12.95 BUY

 

Negotiating Darwin

The Vatican Confronts Evolution, 1877-1902

Mariano Artigas, Thomas F Glick and Rafael A Martinez

Drawing on primary sources made available to scholars only after the archives of the Holy Office were unsealed in 1998, Negotiating Darwin chronicles how the Vatican ....

352 pages | 7 halftones | Johns Hopkins UP

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 080188389X | #160140A | £33.50 BUY

 

Primates and Philosophers

How Morality Evolved

Frans De Waal

In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a view of the natural world, emphasizing our ....

232 pages | 9 halftones, 3 tables | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691124477 | #160384A | £14.95 BUY

 
Ecology
 

American Perceptions of Immigrant and Invasive Species

Strangers on the Land

Peter Coates

Sometimes by accident and sometimes on purpose, humans have transported plants and animals to new habitats around the world. Arriving in ever-increasing numbers to ....

272 pages | 5 b&w photos | California UP

Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0520249305 | #160434A | £26.95 BUY

 

Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites

From Individuals to Communities

Robert Poulin

Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and ....

212 pages | Figs | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691120846 | #160389A | £65.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691120854 | #160388A | £26.95 BUY

 

How to Do Ecology

A Concise Handbook

R Karban

Most ecology books and courses focus on the facts and the concepts. While these are essential, many young ecologists need to figure out how to actually do research ....

168 pages | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691125767 | #157423A | £29.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691125775 | #157426A | £10.95 BUY

 

Mechanistic Home Range Analysis

Paul R Moorcroft and Mark A Lewis

Spatial patterns of movement are fundamental to the ecology of animal populations, influencing their social organization, mating systems, demography, and the spatial ....

168 pages | 20 color illus, 4 halftones, 57 line illus | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0691009279 | #160395A | £55.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0691009287 | #160394A | £26.95 BUY

 
Habitats & Ecosystems
 

The Becher Wetlands - A Ramsar Site

Evolution of Wetland Habitats and Vegetation Associations on a Holocene Coastal Plain, South-Western Australia

Christine Semeniuk

This book is a landmark study of the Holocene evolution and functioning of a suite of seasonal wetland basins in the temperate coastal zone of Western Australia. In 2001, a ....

695 pages | 9 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 1402046715 | #160425A | £161.00 BUY

 

Climate, Forest, Biodiversity and Desert

Edited by Prabhas Chandra Sinha

Protecting the forests and forestry around the world has become a big challenge today. This book cover the most vital and immediate concerns of today's environment and tries ....

342 pages | Tabs | SBS Publishers & Distributors

Hbk | 2006 | 8189741322 | #159992A | £48.00 BUY

 

The Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Marshes

Edited by S Fagherazzi et al

Located between sea and land, salt marshes are complex environments that provide critical ecosystem functions, such as production of organic material and nutrient ....

276 pages | Illus | AGU

Hbk | 2004 | 0875902731 | #154328A | £74.00 BUY

 

Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands

Edited by Darold P Batzer and Rebecca R Sharitz

Designed as a textbook, this volume is an important, up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible survey in ecology of freshwater and estuarine wetlands. Prominent wetland ....

640 pages | 98 line illus, 4 maps, 60 tables | California UP

Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0520247779 | #160433A | £38.95 BUY

 

Exploring Woodland: The Chilterns to The Welsh Borders

The Woodland Trust

"The Chilterns to the Welsh Borders" covers the magnificent beechwoods of east Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire before exploring north and west into ....

128 pages | Frances Lincoln

Pbk | 2006 | 0711226016 | #160198A | £7.99 BUY

 

Exploring Woodland: The Southwest of England

Edited by Lorraine Weeks and Graham Blight

"The South West of England" covers an amazing array of coastal and inland woodlands from the Forest of Savernake in Wiltshire down through Dorset, Somerset and Devon to Helston ....

128 pages | colour photos, maps | Frances Lincoln

Pbk | 2006 | 0711226024 | #160200A | £7.99 BUY

 

A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone

National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting

Committee on National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting

The coastal zone is of enormous importance to the well-being of the US. In order to understand and address the effects of natural and anthropogenic forces in the coastal ....

168 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2004 | 0309091764 | #160224A | £21.00 BUY

 

Marais et Estuaires du Littoral Français

F Verger

Guide to geomorphology, hydrology, sedimentology and wildlife of the coastal marshes and estuaries of France. ....

300 pages | Illus | Belin

Pbk | 2005 | 2701133394 | #157444A | £39.00 BUY

 

Perspectives pour une Géobiologie des Montagnes

Paul Ozenda

Study of northern hemisphere montane ecosystems and their vegetation. ....

202 pages | Col photos | PPUR

Pbk | 2002 | 2880744938 | #160125A | £38.50 BUY

 

Undoing the Damage

Silviculture for Ecologists and Environmental Scientists

Paul A Wojtkowski

As a natural science, silviculture has a large say in how humans interact with the terrestrial world. Although the perspective taken here that the production of wood is ....

322 pages | colour illus | Science Publishers/Enfield

2006 | 1578084261 | #160436A | £26.60 BUY

 

Wetland Soils

Genesis, Hydrology, Landscapes, and Classification

JL Richardson and MJ Vepraskas

Covering wetlands soils from Florida to Alaska, Wetland Soils: Genesis, Hydrology, Landscapes, and Classification provides information on all types of hydric soils. With ....

440 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2000 | 1566704847 | #159908A | £57.99 BUY

 
Conservation & Biodiversity
 

Captive Beauty: Zoo Portraits

Frank Noelker

The fifty colour photographs in Frank Noelker's "Captive Beauty" are not simple, uncomplicated shots of animals in zoo settings; and there is an ambivalence in them that ....

120 pages | Col photos | Illinois UP

Hbk | 2004 | 0252028996 | #143125A | £31.50 BUY

Pbk | 2004 | 0252071697 | #142902A | £15.60 BUY

 

Conservation of Wildlife Populations

Demography, Genetics, and Management

L Scott Mills

Conservation of Wildlife Populations provides an accessible introduction to the most relevant concepts and principles for solving real-world management problems in ....

320 pages | 117 illustrations | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1405121467 | #160391A | £32.50 BUY

 

Gaining Ground

In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability

Edited by David M Lavigne

Our planet is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. More species are being lost more rapidly than ever before. Many view it as the sixth mass extinction to hit planet Earth, ....

425 pages | figures, tables | IFAW

Pbk | 2006 | 0969817177 | #160406A | £30.00 BUY

 

Legitimacy in International Society: Japan's Reaction to Global Wildlife Preservation

Part of a series which addresses collective legitimization of emergent norms at international meetings and its effect on state behaviour. Drawing mainly on ....

240 pages | Figs, tabs | Palgrave

Hbk | 2004 | 1403917809 | #148983A | £55.00 BUY

 

Live Trapping of Small Mammals

A Practical Guide

J Gurnell and JR Flowerdew

Trapping small mammals is as much an art as a science. It relies on individual animals finding, exploring and entering traps set by the field worker, and activating the trap ....

24 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | Mammal Society

Pbk | 2006 | 0906282543 | #160250A | £5.00 BUY

 

Principe de Base de la Conservation de la Biodiversite

RB Primack and J Ratsirarson

Textbook on conservation biology which takes case studies principally from Madagascar, one of the hottest hotspots for biodiversity conservation. Integrates biological and ....

294 pages | Joel Ratsirarson

Pbk | 2005 | #156490A | £39.50 BUY

 

Report of the Animal Procedures Commitee for 2004

M Banner

The role of this House of Commons Committee is to give advice to the Secretary of State on the use of animals in scientific procedures, having regard both for the legitimate ....

32 pages | - | Stationery Office (TSO)

Pbk | 2005 | 0102935572 | #156507A | £9.50 BUY

 

Wild Profusion

Biodiversity Conservation in an Indonesian Archipelago

Celia Lowe

Wild Profusion tells the fascinating story of biodiversity conservation in Indonesia in the decade culminating in the great fires of 1997-98 - a time when the ....

216 pages | 10 halftones. 2 tables | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691124612 | #160403A | £32.50 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0691124620 | #160402A | £12.95 BUY

 
Environmental Science
 

Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution: Watershed Management & Pollution

WF Ritter

If you work in the water quality management field, you know the challenges of monitoring and controlling pollutants in our water supply. The increasing problem of agricultural ....

300 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2000 | 1566702224 | #159643A | £62.99 BUY

 

The Atlas of Climate Change

Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge

Kirstin Dow and Thomas E Downing

Today's headlines and recent events reflect the seriousness of climate change. Heat waves, droughts, and flooding are causing deaths among vulnerable populations, ....

128 pages | maps | Earthscan

Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0520250230 | #160430A | £14.99 BUY

 

Bioremediation of Recalcitrant Compounds

Edited by Jeffrey Talley

This authoritative text addresses the latest in bioremediation technologies for three difficult-to-treat contaminant groups: chlorinated solvents, PCBs, and PAHs - one of the ....

328 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2006 | 1566706564 | #159868A | £79.99 BUY

 

Ecological Risks Associated with the Destruction of Chemical Weapons

Proceedings of the NATO ARW on Ecological Risks Associated with the Destruction of Chemical Weapons

Edited by Vladimir M Kolodkin and Wolfgang Ruck

The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction provides for the elimination of chemical weapons ....

340 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 1402031351 | #160122A | £90.00 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 140203136X | #160121A | £41.00 BUY

 

Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast

D Archer

"Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast" is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global warming. Written in an accessible way, this important book examines ....

256 pages | 120 illus | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1405140399 | #160089A | £24.99 BUY

 

High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them

Jean-Francois Rischard

This text challenges us to take an alternative approach to the 20 biggest global problems of the 21st century. The author concludes that while our difficulties belong to ....

256 pages | Basic Books

Pbk | 2003 | 0465070108 | #158510A | £9.99 BUY

 

Implementing Climate and Global Change Research

A Review of the Final US Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan

108 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2005 | 0309088658 | #160278A | £20.00 BUY

 

International Perspectives on Natural Disasters: Occurrence, Mitigation, and Consequences

Edited by Joseph P Stoltman, John Lidstone and Lisa M DeChano

Natural disasters, response, recovery, and mitigation are important topics for policy makers, sustainable development specialists, technical experts and teachers. The ....

491 pages | Kluwer

Hbk | 2004 | 1402028504 | #158511A | £94.00 BUY

 

Modelling the Dispersion of Radionuclides in the Marine Environment

An Introduction

Raúl Periánez

This book is a practical guide to the subject of numerical modelling of radioactivity dispersion in the marine environment. Thus, the techniques and numerical procedures ....

202 pages | 71 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 3540248757 | #160123A | £77.00 BUY

 

Oxford Dictionary of Weather

Storm Dunlop

An authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of over 1,800 weather, forecasting, and climate terms with illustrative examples of specific events and extremes. Readers can ....

269 pages | B\w photos, figs, tabs, maps | OUP

Pbk | 2005 | 0198610491 | #151045A | £8.99 BUY

 

The Politics of Air Pollution

Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion

George A Gonzalez

Who has been at the political forefront of clean air policy development in the United States? In The Politics of Air Pollution, George A. Gonzalez argues that the answer is ....

144 pages | SUNY Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0791463354 | #160212A | £37.50 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 0791463362 | #160213A | £12.50 BUY

 

Sound Truths and Corporate Myths: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Riki Ott

561 pages | Col photos | Dragonfly Sisters Press

Pbk | 2004 | 0964522667 | #159927A | £17.50 BUY

 
Physical Sciences
 

Beyond Earth

The Future of Humans in Space

Edited by Bob Krone

This is a critical time for the space program, and for all of us. Even the significant steps that we have taken since the dawn of the space age in 1957, including orbital ....

296 pages | Apogee Books

Pbk | 2006 | 1894959418 | #160169A | £18.95 BUY

 

Biological Inorganic Chemistry

Emma Raven and John Burgess

The field of organic chemistry is often credited as being 'the chemistry of life', with organic compounds being the basis of biological systems - and of life itself. Yet ....

352 pages | 165 colour line illus | OUP

Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0199295948 | #159813A | £25.99 BUY

 

Chemistry for the Protection of the Environment 4

Edited by R Mournighan, MR Dudzinska, J Barich, MA Gonzalez and RK Black

This volume is the proceedings of the first CPE conference in the new millennium and the thirteenth in a well-established series of conferences on Chemistry for the Protection ....

288 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 0387230203 | #160068A | £79.00 BUY

 

Collins Need to Know: Stargazing

Peter Grego

Full colour charts, photographs and illustrations show the planetary motions and offer information on astrological events, while detailed diagrams help to explain the movement ....

192 pages | Harper Collins

Pbk | 2005 | 0007194250 | #160353A | £9.99 BUY

 

A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics

Chronology and Glossary with Data Tables

Kenneth R Lang

Astronomy and Astrophysics is a comprehensive, fundamental, up-to-date reference book. It is filled with vital information and basic facts for amateur astronomers and ....

396 pages | 45 illus | Springer

Pbk | NYP 07/2006 | 0387307346 | #160423A | £30.50 BUY

 

Dr Euler's Fabulous Formula

Cures Many Mathematical Ills

Paul J Nahin

In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex that it continues to inspire research, discussion, and ....

404 pages | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0691118221 | #160173A | £18.95 BUY

 

Earthquakes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Seismic Disruptions

J de Boer and D Sanders

On November 1, 1755 - All Saints' Day - a massive earthquake struck Europe's Iberian Peninsula and destroyed the city of Lisbon. Churches collapsed upon thousands of ....

278 pages | 30 illus, tabs, 15 halftones | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2004 | 0691050708 | #151706A | £15.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0691127867 | #160397A | £12.50 BUY

 

Fossicking for Queensland Agate

Paul Howard

From about the 1950s, there was a rapid growth in the popularity of lapidary as a hobby in Australia. This led to a desire for many rockhounds to travel to distant places to ....

132 pages | Col photos, figs | Queensland Agates

Pbk | 2005 | 0975733907 | #156034A | £25.95 BUY

 

Geo-Reise in die Alpen

Zur Geschichte der Erde, der Gesteine und Gebirge

E Fritsche and G Sulzenbacher

A set of illustrated A4 hole-punched sheets containing information on geological types and features of the Alps. ....

150 pages | Col illus | Folio Verlag

Unbound | 2003 | 385256218X | #159976A | £37.00 BUY

 

Geo-information for Disaster Management

Edited by Peter van Oosterom, Siyka Zlatanova and Elfriede M Fendel

Geo-information technology offers an opportunity to support disaster management: industrial accidents, road collisions, complex emergencies, earthquakes, fires, floods ....

1434 pages | 516 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 3540249885 | #160074A | £154.00 BUY

 

Geochemical and Hydrological Reactivity of Heavy Metals in Soils

Edited by H Magdi Selim and William L Kingery

Our technology-based society demands the use of enormous quantities of heavy metals. Yet society also demands the prevention, and the remediation, of soil contaminated with ....

376 pages | 154 b/w illus | Lewis

Hbk | 2003 | 1566706238 | #137157A | £114.00 BUY

 

Geochemistry of Marine Sediments

David J Burdige

The processes occurring in surface marine sediments have a profound effect on the local and global cycling of many elements. This graduate text presents the fundamentals of ....

630 pages | 33 halftones, 75 line illus, 33 tables | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 069109506X | #160396A | £55.00 BUY

 

Granite Landscapes of the World

Piotr Migon

Outcrops of granitic rocks cover a large proportion of the Earth's surface and host a range of spectacular landforms and landscapes, from extensive plains dotted by ....

412 pages | 4 pp colour plates, numerous halftones, tables and line drawings | OUP

Hbk | 2006 | 0199273685 | #159747A | £95.00 BUY

 

La Grotte d'Ifri N'Ammar, Tome 1: L'Iberomaurusien

J Moser

180 pages | Col & b/w illus | LINDEN SOFT Verlag e.K.

Pbk | 2003 | 3929290286 | #160042A | £40.50 BUY

 

Groundwater Geochemistry

Practical Guide to Modeling of Natural and Contaminated Aquatic Systems

Broder J Merkel and Britta Planer-Friedrich

Groundwater Chemistry - A practical guide to modeling of natural and contaminated aquatic systems was translated and updated from the German version published in 2002. ....

200 pages | 76 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 3540241957 | #160073A | £61.50 BUY

 

Guide de la Géologie en France

Christiane Sabouraud

Presents detailed information on some 2000 sites of geological interest in France. ....

816 pages | Col illus | Belin

Pbk | 2004 | 2701126800 | #154732A | £24.95 BUY

 

History, Historicity and Science

Joseph Margolis and Tom Rockmore

This fresh collection of essays questions how the historical process affects our ....

234 pages | Ashgate

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0754656497 | #160187A | £45.00 BUY

 

Humans as Geologic Agents

Edited by Judy Ehlen, William C Haneberg and Robert A Larson

Homo sapiens is the only known species to consciously effect change to the Earth's geologic environment. We reshape the Earth; intensify erosion; modify rivers; change ....

168 pages | GSA

2005 | 0813741165 | #160196A | £48.00 BUY

 

Hydrogeophysics

Edited by Yoram Rubin and Susan S Hubbard

This book is the first to cover the fundamentals of hydrogeophysics from both the hydrogeological and geophysical perspectives. Authored by leading experts and expert ....

523 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 1402031017 | #160120A | £61.50 BUY

 

Impact Tectonics

Edited by Christian Koeberl and Herbert Henkel

This volume is the 8th in a series of impact books resulting from the activities of the scientific program "Response of the Earth System to Impact Processes" (IMPACT), by the ....

552 pages | 187 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 3540241817 | #160072A | £100.00 BUY

 

Introducing Geology

A Guide to the World of Rocks

Graham Park

Explains what geology tells us about the world in which we live. This work is suitable to those whose interest has been piqued by media coverage of earthquakes, volcanoes, ....

160 pages | Colour illustrations throughout | Dunedin Academic Press

Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1903765641 | #160144A | £11.95 BUY

 

An Invitation to Astrophysics

Thanu Padmanabhan

This unique book provides a clear and lucid description of several aspects of astrophysics and cosmology in a language understandable to a physicist or beginner in ....

384 pages | World Scientific

Hbk | 2006 | 9812566384 | #160194A | £33.00 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 9812566872 | #160195A | £16.00 BUY

 

Is Pluto a Planet?

A Historical Journey through the Solar System

David A Weintraub

With the discovery of 2003 UB313 - an outer solar system object believed to be slightly larger than Pluto - astronomers have again been thrown into an age-old debate about what ....

336 pages | 65 halftones, 7 line illus, 1 table | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0691123489 | #160386A | £17.95 BUY

 

Marine Geochemistry

Edited by Horst D Schulz and Matthias Zabel

Since 1980 a considerable amount of scientific research dealing with geochemical processes in marine sediments has been carried out. This textbook summarizes the ....

574 pages | 303 illus., 49 in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 3540321438 | #160119A | £69.00 BUY

 

Mathematics in Nature

Modeling Patterns in the Natural World

John A Adam

From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spider webs, honeycombs, and the markings on animal coats, the visible world is full of patterns that can be described ....

360 pages | Col plates, tabs | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2004 | 0691114293 | #142045A | £26.95 BUY

Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0691127964 | #160399A | £15.95 BUY

 

Nature

Noel Castree

Exploring the shifting ways in which geographers have studied nature, this book emphasizes the relationships and differences between human geography, physical geography ....

280 pages | 5 illus., 4 tables, 21 b&w line drawings | Routledge

Pbk | 2005 | 0415339057 | #159520A | £17.50 BUY

 

Nature Not Mocked

Places, People and Science

Peter Day

We often forget that the science underpinning our contemporary civilization is not a marmoreal edifice. On the contrary, at each moment in its development over past ....

272 pages | Imperial College Press

Hbk | 2006 | 1860945767 | #160191A | £28.00 BUY

 

Not Even Wrong

The Failure of String Theory and the Continuing Challenge to Unify the Laws of Physics

Peter Woit

Not Even Wrong tells a fascinating and complex story about human beings and their attempts to come to grips with perhaps the most intellectually demanding puzzle there ....

304 pages | Jonathan Cape

Hbk | 2006 | 0224076051 | #160159A | £18.99 BUY

 

Origins

Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald W Goldsmith

Drawing on the cross-pollination of geology, biology, and astrophysics, this work describes various astronomical discoveries. ....

288 pages | 32 pages of colour illus | Norton

Pbk | 2006 | 0393327582 | #157184A | £11.99 BUY

 

Patrick Moore on the Moon

Patrick Moore

Sir Patrick Moore is the undisputed expert on the stars and planets. His first "Guide to the Moon" was published more than fifty years ago, and reprinted many times; amid all ....

264 pages | Cassell Illustrated

Pbk | 2006 | 1844035360 | #160350A | £14.99 BUY

 

Rare Earth Elements in Groundwater Flow Systems

Karen H Johannesson

Rare Earth Elements in Groundwater Flow Systems is the first volume of its kind entirely focused on the geochemistry of the lanthanide series elements in groundwater/aquifer ....

293 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 1402032331 | #160071A | £68.95 BUY

 

Sediment Quality Assessment and Management

Insight and Progress

Edited by M Munawar

362 pages | 111 Figs, 53 tabs | Backhuys

Pbk | 2003 | 8178982322 | #144732A | £71.00 BUY

 

Sediment Transport

A Geophysical Phenomenon

A Gyr and K Hoyer

This textbook discusses the fundamental principles of sediment transport in the geophysical context of rivers and is intended as both a course textbook and as a guide ....

270 pages | - | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 1402050151 | #160421A | £73.00 BUY

 

Sun, Earth and Sky

KR Lang

This Second Edition of Sun, Earth and Sky updates the popular text by providing comprehensive accounts of the most recent discoveries made by five modern solar ....

282 pages | 133 figs | Springer

Pbk | 1995 | 3540628088 | #095078A | £21.00 BUY

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0387304568 | #160422A | £36.00 BUY

 

A Traveller's Guide to Mars

The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet

W Hartmann

Presents Mars as a place of canyons and volcanoes, mesas and barren plains, not that dissimilar from parts of Earth. The author participated in the Mars Global Surveyor ....

450 pages | Col illus | Artisan

Pbk | 2003 | 0761126066 | #147996A | £15.50 BUY

 
Sustainable Development
 

Agronomic Handbook

Management of Crops, Soils and Their Fertility

J Benton Jones

Many agronomic reference books either focus on a single crop, several related crops, or specific soil topics but not on a full range of both crop and soil subjects. This unique ....

480 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2002 | 0849308976 | #159898A | £57.99 BUY

 

Assessing the National Streamflow Information Program

Committee on Review of the USGS National Streamflow Information Program

From warning the public of impending floods to settling legal arguments over water rights, the measurement of streamflow (streamgaging) plays a vital role in US society. ....

176 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2004 | 0309092108 | #160220A | £23.99 BUY

 

Biological Anthropology and Ethics

From Repatriation to Genetic Identity

Edited by Trudy R Turner

Biological anthropologists face an array of ethical issues as they engage in fieldwork around the world. In this volume human biologists, geneticists, paleontologists, and ....

327 pages | SUNY Press

Hbk | 2004 | 0791462951 | #160208A | £54.00 BUY

Pbk | 2004 | 079146296X | #160209A | £18.00 BUY

 

Biotic Stress and Yield Loss

Robert KD Peterson and Leon G Higley

Understanding biotic stress and plant yield allows for the practical development of economic decision making, an instrumental part of Integrated Pest Management. And ....

280 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2000 | 0849311454 | #159903A | £57.99 BUY

 

The China Syndrome

The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic

Karl Taro Greenfeld

Was the 2003 SARS outbreak a warning of deadly epidemics to come? Acclaimed author and journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld was on the spot when the disease was discovered. His ....

464 pages | Penguin

Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0141027533 | #160156A | £8.99 BUY

 

Confronting the Nation's Water Problems

The Role of Research

Committee on Assessment of Water Resources Research

In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water ....

324 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2004 | 0309092582 | #160222A | £31.99 BUY

 

Cooperative Research in the National Marine Fisheries Service

Committee on Cooperative Research in National Marine Fisheries Service

In recent years there has been growing interest in the US in having fisheries stakeholders involved in various aspects of fisheries data collection and ....

146 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2003 | 0309090741 | #160223A | £26.99 BUY

 

Culture and Development in a Globalizing World

Geographies, Actors and Paradigms

Edited by Sarah Radcliffe

As a set of institutions or meanings, culture has become a key ingredient in development projects which decide on the aspects of cultural, and social life that contribute to ....

280 pages | - | Routledge

Pbk | 2006 | 0415348773 | #159560A | £23.50 BUY

 

Environmental Planning in the Caribbean

Jonathan Pugh and Janet Henshall Momsen

Illustrated by case studies from both smaller nations, such as Carriacou, Barbados and St Lucia and larger countries, including Cuba, Mexico and Jamaica, this volume brings ....

216 pages | Ashgate

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0754643913 | #160145A | £55.00 BUY

 

Environmental Policymaking

Assessing the Use of Alternative Policy Instruments

Edited by Michael T Hatch

The methods employed in the pursuit of environmental protection are often highly contested, leading to alternative policy approaches. This book details the frequently ....

265 pages | SUNY Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0791463478 | #160214A | £53.25 BUY

Pbk | 2006 | 0791463486 | #160215A | £16.25 BUY

 

Environmental Valuation

Interregional and Intraregional Perspectives

John I Carruthers and Bill Mundy

Environmental quality is one of the most important issues faced by contemporary urban and regional policy. Amenities such as access to the natural environment, attractive ....

275 pages | Ashgate

Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0754644715 | #160146A | £60.00 BUY

 

Fisheries Management

Progress Toward Sustainability

Edited by Tim McClanahan and Juan Castilla

The world's stocks of wild fish continue to decline, making the task of finding innovative, sustainable and socially acceptable methods of fisheries management more ....

344 pages | 101 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1405139323 | #160417A | £99.50 BUY

 

From Disaster Response to Risk Management

Australia's National Drought Policy

Edited by Linda C Botterill and Donald A Wilhite

In 1992 Australia's Commonwealth and State governments announced the introduction of a National Drought Policy adopting an innovative risk management approach, which received ....

212 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 1402031238 | #160069A | £69.00 BUY

 

International Zapatismo: The Construction of Solidarity in the Age of Globalization

T Olesen

The Zapatista movement and its leader Subcomandante Marcos have attracted enormous political and scholarly attention ever since their uprising began in Chiapas, Mexico in ....

256 pages | Zed Books

Pbk | 2004 | 1842773879 | #146824A | £17.95 BUY

 

Managing Lakes and Reservoirs

NALM

Addresses the enormous amount of information on lake management that has developed in the decade since the publication of the manual's first two editions (Lake and Reservoir ....

382 pages | NALMS

Pbk | 2001 | #154670A | £53.00 BUY

 

Managing the Columbia River

Instream Flows, Water Withdrawals and Salmon Survival

Flows of the Columbia River, although modified substantially during the twentieth century, still vary considerably between seasons and between years. Lowest flows tend to ....

268 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2004 | 0309091551 | #160279A | £24.00 BUY

 

Marine Scientific Research

The Operation and Status of Research Vessels and Other Platforms in International Law

Florian HT Wegelein

The present analysis examines the legal framework for marine scientific research with a focus on research platforms. Oceanographers find themselves faced with a complex set of ....

434 pages | EJ Brill

Hbk | 2005 | 9004145214 | #160199A | £90.00 BUY

 

The New Imperial Order

Indigenous Responses to Globalization

Makere Stewart-Harawira

This book is concerned with the many ways in which globalization impacts upon indigenous peoples, and their response. It explores the global political economy and the ....

270 pages | - | Zed Books

Pbk | 2005 | 1842775294 | #159567A | £19.95 BUY

 

Ocean, Coast, Small Island and Wetland

Edited by Prabhas Chandra Sinha

The objective of this book is to provide readers/students with an integrated understanding of the global environmental regimes for the water resources of the world, ....

340 pages | - | SBS Publishers & Distributors

Hbk | 2006 | 8189741330 | #159994A | £48.00 BUY

 

SARS, Governance and the Globalization of Disease

D Fidler

This text provides a comprehensive analysis of the historic global SARS outbreak of 2003. Fidler constructs a political pathology of the SARS outbreak, analyzes the ....

240 pages | Palgrave

Hbk | 2004 | 140393326X | #149356A | £50.00 BUY

 

Sampling Methods Applied to Fisheries Science

A manual

Emygdio Landerset Cadima et al

The main objective of this manual is to present the basic and standard concepts of sampling methods applied to fisheries science. In order to ensure sound fisheries ....

96 pages | FAO

Pbk | 2005 | 9251053979 | #160205A | £10.50 BUY

 

Sustainability and Communities of Place

Edited by Carl A Maida

The concept of sustainability holds that the social, economic, and environmental factors within human communities must be viewed interactively and systematically. Sustainable ....

256 pages | Berghahn Books

Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845450167 | #159355A | £45.00 BUY

 

Using the Agricultural, Environmental, and Food Literature

Barbara S Hutchinson and Antoinette Paris-Greider

This reference provides the groundwork, tools, and terminology required when conducting specialized searches for information and resources pertaining to traditional and ....

536 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2002 | 0824708008 | #159895A | £74.99 BUY

 

Water Resources and International Law / Les ressources en eau et le droit international

Edited by L Boisson de Chazournes and SMA Salman

The regulation of shared water resources has emerged as one of the most fundamental elements for ensuring international stability and assisting in socio-economic and ....

848 pages | EJ Brill

Hbk | 2005 | 9004137025 | #160201A | £200.00 BUY

 

Who Owes Who?: 50 Questions About World Debt

D Millet and E Toussaint

Using 50 questions and answers, this book explains in a simple but precise manner how and why the debt impasse for developing countries has been arrived at. Illustrated with ....

256 pages | Figs, tabs | Zed Books

Pbk | 2004 | 1842774271 | #147376A | £12.99 BUY

 

Whose Trade Organization?: The Comprehensive Guide to the WTO

Lori Wallach and Patrick Woodall

This book explores the real record and legacy of the World Trade Organization. In its eight years of being the world's highest authority on global trade, the WTO has extended ....

320 pages | New Press

Pbk | 2004 | 1565848411 | #147385A | £14.95 BUY

 

Wildlife Tourism: Impacts, Management, and Planning

Edited by Karen Higginbottom

Wildlife tourism is big business worldwide, and is a valuable tool for nature conservation. This is a comprehensive volume on the subject, written by experts in the ....

200 pages | STCRC

Pbk | 2004 | 1863355456 | #158668A | £70.00 BUY

 

With Respect for Nature

Living as Part of the Natural World

JC Evans

We eat, inevitably, at the expense of other living creatures. How can we take the lives of plants and animals while maintaining a proper respect for both ecosystems and the ....

280 pages | SUNY Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0791464431 | #160210A | £46.00 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 079146444X | #160211A | £15.00 BUY

 

Worlds of Food

Place, Power, and Provenance in the Food Chain

Kevin Morgan, Terry Mardsen and Jonathan Murdoch

From farm to fork, the conventional food chain is under enormous pressure to respond to a whole series of new challenges - food scares in rich countries, food security concerns ....

240 pages | 7 figures, 5 tables | OUP

Hbk | 2006 | 0199271585 | #159748A | £45.00 BUY

 

Worlds on the Move: Globalisation, Migration and Cultural Security

Edited by Jonathan Friedman and Shalini Randeria

Diasporas have become a visible phenomenon of our world. Wherever we go in the major metropolitan world centres, we run into not only China and India "Towns", but we also ....

256 pages | Tauris

Hbk | 2004 | 1860649513 | #149358A | £55.00 BUY

 
Data Analysis
 

CRC Standard Probability and Statistics Tables and Formulae

Daniel Zwillinger and Stephen Kokoska

Whether you are a statistician, engineer, or businessperson, you need statistics. You want to be able to easily reference tables, find formulas, and know how to use them so ....

568 pages | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)

Hbk | 1999 | 1584880597 | #159414A | £32.99 BUY

 

Computational Intelligence in Bioengineering

Rezaul Begg and Marimuthu Palaniswami

In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in computational intelligence (CI) techniques as evidenced by numerous applications in various fields. Biomedical ....

300 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0849340802 | #159411A | £74.99 BUY

 

Environmental Applications of Geophysical Surveying Techniques

Paul J Gibson and Dorothy M George

The nature of the subsurface is important to humans for a number of reasons. We build our houses and infrastructure on the surface thus the structural integrity of the ....

317 pages | Nova Science

Hbk | 2004 | 1590337824 | #157139A | £88.00 BUY

 

Environmental Modelling

An Introduction

Jo Smith and Peter Smith

The global environment is a complex mix of interlinked processes, about which observation can tell us a great deal. But how can we use current observation to model ....

256 pages | - | OUP

Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0199272069 | #160376A | £24.99 BUY

 

GIS for Sustainable Development

Michele Campagna

GIS for Sustainable Development examines how GIS applications can improve collaboration in decision making among those involved in promoting sustainable development. This ....

560 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0849330513 | #159867A | £60.99 BUY

 

Handbook of Statistical Distributions with Applications

K Krishnamoorthy

In the area of applied statistics, scientists use statistical distributions to model a wide range of practical problems, from modeling the size grade distribution of onions to ....

376 pages | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)

Hbk | 2006 | 1584886358 | #159417A | £44.99 BUY

 

Introductory Statistical Inference

Nitis Mukhopadhyay

This gracefully organized text reveals the rigorous theory of probability and statistical inference in the style of a tutorial, using worked examples, exercises, ....

304 pages | St Lucie Press

Hbk | 2006 | 1574446134 | #159420A | £39.99 BUY

 

Measurement Error in Nonlinear Models

A Modern Perspective

RJ Carroll, David Ruppert, Leonard A Stefanski and Ciprian Crainiceanu

It's been over a decade since the first edition of Measurement Error in Nonlinear Models splashed onto the scene, and research in the field has certainly not cooled in the ....

480 pages | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)

Hbk | 2006 | 1584886331 | #159423A | £49.99 BUY

 

Protein Bioinformatics

Sequence, Structure and Function

Shoba Ranganathan

While there are many textbooks available that provide all the information bench scientists, researchers, and students need to carry out "wet" laboratory experiments, ....

206 pages | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)

Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1584884185 | #159409A | £39.99 BUY

 

Quantitative Methods and Applications in GIS

Fahui Wang

Quantitative Methods and Applications in GIS integrates GIS, spatial analysis, and quantitative methods to address various issues ....

304 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0849327954 | #159425A | £49.99 BUY

 

Remote Sensing of Sea Ice in the Northern Sea Route

Studies and Applications

Ola M Johannessen, Vitali Alexandrov and Leonid P Bobylev

Remote Sensing of Sea Ice in the Northern Sea Route: Studies and Applications initially provides a history of the Northern Sea Route as an important strategic transport route ....

543 pages | 160 illus., 30 in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 3540244484 | #160070A | £115.50 BUY

 

Statistical Methods for Biostatistics and Related Fields

Edited by Wolfgang Härdle, Yuichi Mori and Philippe Vieu

Biostatistics is one of the scientific fields for which the recent developments have been extremely important. It is also strongly related to other scientific disciplines ....

374 pages | 91 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 3540326901 | #160420A | £77.00 BUY

 

Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics

An Introduction

Warren J Ewens and Gregory Grant

Advances in computers and biotechnology have had a profound impact on biomedical research, and as a result complex data sets can now be generated to address extremely ....

588 pages | 30 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 0387400826 | #160219A | £69.00 BUY

 

Survey Sampling

Theory and Methods

Arijit Chaudhuri and Horst Stenger

Since publication of the first edition in 1992, the field of survey sampling has grown considerably. This new edition of Survey Sampling: Theory and Methods has been updated ....

416 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0824757548 | #159426A | £49.99 BUY

 
Reference
 

Joseph Banks and the British Museum

Neil Chambers

There has been an upsurge of interest in the British Museum's unrivalled collections and their place in eighteenth-century culture. Concentrating on the explorer and naturalist ....

256 pages | Pickering & Chatto

Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 185196858X | #160251A | £60.00 BUY

 

No Innocent Deposits: Forming Archives By Rethinking Appraisal

R Cox

Offers archivists rare insight into the fundamentals of appraisal, and historians and other users of archives the opportunity to appreciate the collections they all too often ....

304 pages | - | Scarecrow Press

Pbk | 2004 | 0810848961 | #156477A | £40.50 BUY

 

The Responsive Museum

Working with Audiences in the Twenty-First Century

Caroline Lang, John Reeve and Vicky Woollard

What is the relationship today between museums, galleries and learning? The Responsive Museum interrogates the thinking, policies and practices that underpin the educational ....

180 pages | Ashgate

Hbk | 2006 | 0754645606 | #160188A | £45.00 BUY

 

Writing Environments

Edited by Sidney I Dobrin and Christopher J Keller

Writing Environments addresses the intersections between writing and nature through interviews with some of America's leading environmental writers. Those interviewed ....

377 pages | SUNY Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0791463311 | #160216A | £54.00 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 079146332X | #160217A | £17.50 BUY