The Biology of the Xenarthra

Sergio F Vizcaino and WJ Loughry

The Xenarthra are an order of the mammals consisting of the armadillos, anteaters, and sloths. "The Biology of the Xenarthra" is the first authoratative study of the Xenarthra ....

Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition

Adam Miklosi

This is the first book to collate and synthesise the recent burgeoning primary research literature on dog behaviour, evolution and cognition. The author presents a new ....

Dolphin Mysteries

Unlocking the Secrets of Communication

Kathleen M Dudzinski, Toni Frohoff and Mark Bekoff

Dolphins have fascinated humans for millennia, giving rise to an abundance of stories and myths about them, yet the actual details of their lives in the sea have remained ....

The Elephant's Secret Sense

The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa

Caitlin O'Connell

In The Elephant's Secret Sense, the internationally renowned field scientist Caitlin O'Connell tells the fascinating story of her unexpected discovery of a ....

A Field Guide to the Mammals of China

Edited by Pan Qinghua, Wang Yingxiang and Yan Kun

This monograph introduces 346 species of mammals in China. For each species, the Chinese name, the alias, Latin name, English name, classification, geography distribution, ....

Llamas and Alpacas

A Guide to Management

Gina Bromage

As well as being adorable animals with a thick, warm fleece, llamas and alpacas are also intelligent, discerning, curious and sociable. In addition, they are docile, gentle and ....

A Photographic Guide to Mammals of North America and the Middle East

Chris Stuart and Mathilde Stuart

This is the first photographic field guide to the larger mammals of one of the most fascinating regions in the world. Stunning colour photography depicts more than 100 ....

The Polecat Survey of Britain 2004-2006: A Report on the Polecat's Distribution, Status and Conservation

Vincent Wildlife Trust

This report confirms that the polecat's recovery in Britain is continuing; it is now widely re-established across Wales, the Midlands and central southern England. Over the ....

Stalked by a Mountain Lion

True Stories and Hard Lessons

Jo Deurbrock and Dean Miller

The mountain lion is considered one of the most beautiful, majestic, and solitary animals in the world. However, during the past decade, mountain lion attacks on humans ....

Watching Giants

The Secret Lives of Whales

Elin Kelsey and Doc White

Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, "Watching Giants" opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that ....

The Axe Estuary & Seaton Bay Bird Report 2007

Edited by Gavin Haig

4th annual Bird Report for the Axe Estuary. ....

Beautiful Bird Songs from Around the World

Cheryl Tipp

This CD showcases some of the most exquisite sounds that can be heard in the natural world, from the rich, melodious songs of the Blackbird, Pied Butcherbird and Nightingale ....

Birding Colorado

More Than 90 Prime Locations; 179 Sites

Hugh Kingery

From the prairies to the peaks, Colorado attracts an intriguing mix of birds, from Mountain Plovers to Rosy Finches and Lazuli Buntings to Black Swifts. "Birding Colorado" ....

Birding Florida

Brian Rapoza

This long-awaited new volume in the acclaimed "Falcon Guide Birding" series provides detailed information - including maps, descriptions, and photographs - on 120 prime ....

The Calls of Duck and Geese

Kevin Colver and Lang Elliott

Features sounds of 50 North American waterfowl species. A full-colour photograph complements each bird's description. Learn the songs and calls of 50 waterfowl species ....

Condors in Canyon Country

The Return of the California Condor to the Grand Canyon Region

Sophie Osborn

Ten thousand years ago, the California condor's shadow raced across the rock faces of canyon walls throughout the Southwest, but, over time, the majestic condor disappeared ....

Frontiers in Birding

Edited by Martin Garner

Here's a book to inspire any birdwatcher. It covers many subjects at the cutting edge of what is being discovered about birds, written by Martin Garner and a team of British ....

Great Birds of Britain and Europe

200 Star Species

Jonathan Elphick and David Tipling

Concentrating on 200 really special birds of Britain and continental Europe, from Swans to Buntings, "Great Birds of Britain and Europe" is a marvellous celebration of the ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volumes 1-13

Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot, Jordi Sartagal and David A Christie

As each new volume in this landmark series appears, all existing volumes plus the new one are customarily offered at a special ....

The North Carolina Birding Trail

Piedmont Trail Guide

North Carolina harbors an incredible diversity of habitats that provide food and shelter for more than 440 bird species throughout the year. The NC Briding Trail is a driving ....

The Peregrines of Derby Cathedral

Chris Packham

In the autumn of 2004, Derby Cathedral became host to two adult Peregrine Falcons. They first nested in Derby Cathedral in 2006 and raised three chicks there. Two more were ....

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

Peter Davidson

After decades of war, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have once again opened their doors to visitors. They are becoming increasingly popular with all kinds of tourists, not least ....

Seabird Numbers and Breeding Success in Britain and Ireland, 2006

RA Mavor, M Heubeck, S Schmitt and M Parsons

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

Svensk Ringmärkningsatlas, Volume 2: Skogshöns - hackspettar

Swedish Bird Ringing Atlas: Grouses - Woodpeckers

Thord Fransson, Henrik Osterblom and Susanna Hall-Karlsson

Second of three planned volumes. This volume deals with species from Grouse to Woodpecker, and includes recoveries of birds ringed in Sweden. ....

Waterbirds in China

Edited by Ding Ping and Chen Shuihua

This colour book induces 257 species of waterbirds in China. It is in Chinese with scientific names. ....

Abelardo y las Tortugas Marinas

Pedro Nunez

Marine turtles are remainders of dinosaurs, living fossils that have remained unchanged up until today. Yet we humans are destroying them, jeopardizing nature's integrity, ....

Atlante degli Anfibi D'Abruzzo

Describes the Amphibians distributed in the region of Abruzzo. ....

Atlante dei Rettili d'Abruzzo

Edited by Luciano Di Tizio et al

This book is about 22 species of reptiles in sea and earth environments in the region of Abruzzo. ....

Diamonds in the Marsh

A Natural History of the Diamondback Terrapin

Barbara Brennessel

The diamondback terrapin is named for the beautiful concentric rings on its shell. Its habitat ranges from Cape Cod to Corpus Christi, Texas, with seven subspecies identified ....

Frog

The Amphibian World Revealed

Thomas Marent

This title helps the reader to discover the diversity and beauty of frogs with Thomas Marent. Stunning original images by Thomas Marent, photographer and author of ....

Malformed Frogs

The Collapse of Aquatic Ecosystems

Michael J Lannoo

The widespread appearance of frogs with deformed bodies has generated much press coverage over the past decade. Frogs with extra limbs or digits, missing limbs or ....

Fish and Diadromy in Europe

Ecology, Conservation, Management

Sylvie Dufour, Etienne Prevost, Eric Rochard and Patrick Williot

Most of the diadromous fish of the world have decreased in distribution and abundance since the beginning of the twentieth century. They are now threatened, and important ....

500 Insects

A Visual Reference

Stephen A Marshall

Insects account for more than half of the approximately 1.7 million named species of all living things. The number of insect species yet undiscovered runs into many further ....

Atlas of the Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Britain and Ireland

RS George and Paul Harding

Fleas (Siphonaptera) are wingless insects that are usually found in the nests, or on the bodies, of a wide range of mammals and birds. Some 60 species of flea occur in Britain ....

Butterflies of India

Thomas Gay, Isaac David Kehimkar and Jagdish Punetha

Butterflies of India introduces us to the fascinating world of butterflies and discusses nearly 100 species commonly found in India. Butterflies from seven groups - ....

Dragonflies and Pest Management

TV Sathe

The book contains four chapters. The first chapter deals with biodiversity of dragonflies to be utilized in biological pest control under which 15 new species of ....

Fauna of Poland: Characteristics and Checklist of Species, Volume II

Arthropoda pro parte, Insecta pro parte (Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera excluduntur) Entognatha

Edited by W Bogdanowicz et al

The monograph, "Fauna of Poland - characteristics and checklist of species", aims to be a source of comprehensive information on Polish faunal biodiversity, its value, and the ....

Freshwater Mussel Ecology

A Multifactor Approach to Distribution and Abundance

David L Strayer

Pearly mussels (Unionoidea) live in lakes, rivers, and streams around the world. These bivalves play important roles in freshwater ecosystems and were once both culturally and ....

Pictorial Handbook on Flower Visiting Flies (Diptera : Insecta) of Kolkata and Surroundings

B Mitra et al

"Handbook on Flower - visiting Diptera" focuses on the association between the flies and the flowers of the trees, shrubs, herbs, gardens, and medicinal plants. The very reason ....

RES Handbook, Volume 10, Part 15: British Lonchaeidae

Diptera: Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptratae

Iain MacGowan and Graham Rotheray

This Handbook is the first full review of the British Lonchaeidae (Diptera) since Collin (1953). Since then the number of species recognised as British has grown from 28 to 46. ....

Revision of the Nearctic Species of the Genus Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Subgenera P.(Polypedilum) Kieffer and P.(Uresipedilum) Oyewo and Saether

D Maschwitz and E Cook

British Fossils

Peter Doyle

The fossil-bearing rocks of the British Isles represent life from the last 2,900 million years and the UK is seen by many as the cradle of modern geology. Using the geological ....

The Fossil Detectives

Time Travel Around Britain

Hermione Cockburn and Douglas Palmer

Fossils provide us with a tantalizing glimpse of Britain's prehistoric past and hold the key to unlocking the secrets of life's history and evolution. Since the appearance of ....

Deep-Water Coral Reefs

Unique Biodiversity Hot-spots

Martin Hovland

Deep-water coral reefs are found along large sections of the outer continental shelves and slopes of Europe, from North Cape to the Gulf of Cadiz, and because they also occur ....

Neptune's Ark

From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas

David Rains Wallace

Neptune's Ark illuminates the dramatic saga of evolution spanning 500 million years of marine life along the magnificent Pacific coast of western North America. In an engaging ....

Taxonomy and Ecology of Ciliated Protozoa From Marginal Marine Environments of East Coast of India

C Kalavati and AV Raman

This book emphasizes the cilioprotists, the fifth largest group of protists, and represents a valuable contribution to our basic knowledge of the ecology and taxonomy of ....

Texas Coral Reefs

Jesse Cancelmo and Sylvia A Earle

Just one hundred and ten miles south of the Texas-Louisiana border, beneath the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, lie two coral reefs, together called the Flower Garden Banks. ....

The Age of Everything

How Science Explores the Past

Matthew Hedman

Taking advantage of recent advances throughout the sciences, Matthew Hedman brings the distant past closer to us than it has ever been. Here, he shows how scientists have ....

Botanical Illustration

Valerie Oxley

Offers an introduction to the marrying of art and science in the aesthetic and accurate portrayal of plant material. This book deals with the practical art and the related ....

The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 6: The Modern Biological and Earth Sciences

Peter J Bowler and John V Pickstone

This book in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of the life and earth sciences since 1800. It provides comprehensive and ....

Close Up Photography for Gardeners and Nature Lovers

A Guide to Digital Macro Techniques

Alan Detrick

Gardeners and nature lovers delight in taking pictures-especially close-ups of flowers, butterflies, and insects. And though advances in digital camera technology have made ....

Clouds

Eric M Wilcox

Blue skies are usually thought of as a picture of contentment - but it's clouds that really capture our imaginations, with the familiar shapes and breathtaking vistas of ....

Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Earth

James F Luhr

This book offers a breathtaking and inspirational exploration of planet Earth. From the fiery mass of the Earth's core to the tip of the highest ice-capped mountain, explore ....

The Norman Maclean Reader

Edited by OA Weltzien

In his eighty-eight years, Norman Maclean (1902-90) played many parts: fisherman, logger, firefighter, scholar, teacher. But it was a role he took up late in life, that ....

Notes from Walnut Tree Farm

Roger Deakin

For the last six years of his life, Roger Deakin kept notebooks in which he wrote his daily thoughts, impressions, feelings and observations. Discursive, personal and often ....

Paintings from a Near Horizon

Lars Jonsson

Lars Jonsson, artist, author and ornithologist, was born in 1952. His artistry is characterised by a passion for birds and their habitats, and interest which he has had ....

The Poincare Conjecture

In Search of the Shape of the Universe

Donal O'Shea

Tells the story behind one of the world's most confounding mathemarical theories. ....

The Re-emergence of Emergence

The Emergentist Hypothesis from Science to Religion

Philip Clayton and Paul Davies

Much of the modern period was dominated by a 'reductionist' theory of science. On this view, to explain any event in the world is to reduce it down to fundamental particles, ....

The Scientific Life

A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation

Steven Shapin

Who are scientists? What kind of people are they? What capacities and virtues are thought to stand behind their considerable authority? They are ....

Superstition

Belief in the Age of Science

Robert L Park

From uttering a prayer before boarding a plane, to exploring past lives through hypnosis, has superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture? Robert Park, the ....

The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments

George Johnson

From the universally praised "New York Times" science writer George Johnson ('He provides some of the best science writing I have come across in a long time' - Paul ....

When Science and Christianity Meet

Edited by DC Lindberg

Providing historical contexts for the science and religion debate, this work explores key interactions between Christianity and science from the middle ages through to the ....

Amazon

An extraordinary journey down the greatest river on Earth

Bruce Parry

Explorer Bruce Parry is embarking on yet another epic journey: down the Amazon - the world's greatest river, its largest forest, the most bio-diverse habitat on the planet ....

Big Game in Alaska

A History of Wildlife and People

Morgan Sherwood

The development of Alaskan wildlife management is an engrossing saga, and Morgan Sherwood's vivid writing brings to life the people and politics that shaped its course. ....

Carnivores of British Columbia

David F Hatler, David W Nagorsen and Alison M Beal

Carnivores are mammals that hunt and eat other animals, mostly herbivorous mammals. Humans share a long history with carnivores. We fear carnivores as predators, revile ....

Emerald City

An Environmental History of Seattle

Matthew Klingle

At the foot of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains on the forested shores of Puget Sound, Seattle is set in a location of spectacular natural beauty. This book explores the role ....

Explore Wild Essex

A Guide to the Nature Reserves and Country Parks Essex and East London

Edited by Tony Gunton

Although it has been renamed Explore Wild Essex, this book is really an updated and thoroughly revised edition of Wild Essex, published in 2000. ....

Irish Houses and Gardens

From the Archives of Country Life

Sean O'Reilly

For over one hundred years, "Country Life" has been publishing definitive articles on the country houses of Great Britain and Ireland illustrated with specially commissioned ....

River of No Return

Laura McPhee, Robert Hass and Joanne Luktish

The idea of the American wilderness has long captivated artists fascinated by the ways in which its unspoiled natural beauty embodies the nation's identity. This lavishly ....

Serengeti III

Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics

Edited by ARE Sinclair and C Packer

Serengeti National Park is one of the world's most diverse ecosystems, a natural laboratory for ecology, evolution, and conservation, with a history that dates back at ....

The Vanishing Present

Wisconsin's Changing Lands, Waters, and Wildlife

Donald Waller, Thomas Rooney, Nina Leopold Bradley and Steve Carpenter

Straddling temperate forests and grassland biomes and stretching along the coastline of two Great Lakes, Wisconsin contains tallgrass prairie and oak savanna, broadleaf and ....

Wainwright Walks Series One and Two - DVD Box Set

Julia Bradbury

Julia Bradbury follows in the footsteps of Alfred Wainwright in this wonderful series featuring stunning aerial footage. Using Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland ....

Bamboo and Rattan in the World

Jiang Zehui

This monograph deals systematically with the distribution, classification, cultivation, processing and use of bamboo and rattan in the world. The book is divided into two ....

The Biodynamic Sowing and Planting Calendar 2009

Maria Thun and Matthias Thun

This is the original biodynamic sowing and planting calendar, now in its 47th year. This useful guide shows the optimum days for sowing, pruning, and harvesting various ....

British Oaks

A Concise Guide

Michael Tyler and Bob Farley

For decades the oak has been one of Britain's most loved and revered trees. Notwithstanding this, there has been a dearth of comprehensive publications about them ....

Burdock

Janet Malcolm

Over the course of three summers in New England, Malcolm gathered leaves of the burdock plant, a "large rank weed" with medicinal properties "that grows along roadsides and in ....

Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas of California and Nevada

Stephen Ingram

California and Nevada are known for their astonishing array of plant life, and few components of this diverse flora are more intriguing than the cacti, agaves, and yuccas. ....

Citrus

A History

Pierre Laszlo

Walk into your local grocery store and down the produce aisle, and you'll find a dazzling array of citrus, from navel oranges and clementines to grapefruit and key ....

The Edible Mushroom Book

A Guide to Foraging and Cooking

Anna Del Conte and Thomas Laessoe

From common puffballs to golden wax caps, morels to chanterelles, find out how to forage, prepare and cook delicious mushrooms that are wild, fresh and free. Superb ....

Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman

Helen Pickering and Annette Patzelt

Designed for outdoor enthusiasts, the Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman will also be valued by those with more specialised botanical interests. The short introduction ....

Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3

Peter Sell and Gina Murrell

Planned in five volumes, this critical flora provides a definitive account of the native species, naturalised species, frequent garden escapes and casuals found in the British ....

Flowering Plants in West Africa

Margaret Steentoft

This volume is an account of the flowering plant flora of West Africa south of the Sahara (Gambia-Nigeria inclusive) with the emphasis upon species of ecological or ....

Flowers and Herbs of Early America

Lawrence D Griffith and Barbara Temple Lombardi

Hounds-tongue, Ragged robin, Costmary, and Pennyroyal all-heal. These plants, whose very names conjure up a bygone world, were among the great variety of flowers and herbs grown ....

Fungi Europaei, Volume 1: Agaricus

Allopsalliota

Luis Alberto Parra Sanchez

Garden Plants for Scotland

Kenneth Cox and Raoul Curtis-Machin

Scotland is one of the best places in the world to garden. Its maritime climate, ample rainfall, and the rarity of severe droughts and really hot weather mean that huge ....

The Garden Primer

B Damrosch

Now revised to reflect the latest research on plants, soils, tools, and techniques, this comprehensive, entertaining, down-to-earth gardening reference includes updated and ....

The Garden Succulents Primer

Gideon Smith and Ben-Erik Van Wyk

Succulents and rock garden plants have become popular for their ease of cultivation, diversity of form, and striking colors. Their natural drought tolerance makes them ....

Gardening for Birdwatchers

Mike Toms, Ian Wilson and Barley Wilson

This new book brings together the expertise of garden designers Ian and Barley Wilson (Natural Gardens) with that of the British Trust for Ornithology to produce the ....

Genera Palmarum

Evolution and Classification of the Palms

John Dransfield and NW Uhl

A completely rewritten edition of the acclaimed standard reference work for the palm family, a group of plants of immense economic and horticultural significance. In the new ....

Genetics and Genomics of Rosaceae

Kevin M Folta

The Rosaceae Family is represented by approximately 3,000 species of diverse plants, primarily confined to temperate climates. The family has a rich ....

Growing Citrus

The Essential Gardener's Guide

Martin Page

The unique foliage, aromatic flowers, and dramatic colors of citrus add an exotic touch to the garden, terrace, deck, or balcony. The delicious and nutritious fruits they ....

Growing Trees from Seed

A Practical Guide to Growing Trees, Vines and Shrubs

Henry Kock, Paul L Aird, John Ambrose and Gerald E Waldron

Thanks to this book, any gardener can now grow trees from seeds within as little as ten years. The secrets are to know what seeds to collect and how to prepare and plant them. ....

Guide to Lichens of Heaths and Moors

Frank Dobson

This fold-out chart covers 62 of the species found on heaths and moors, organised into species that grow on the ground, among grasses and mosses, on heather, and on small ....

Huntleyas and Related Orchids

Patricia A Harding

Revered by avid orchid collectors for its delightful, star-shaped flowers, "Huntleya" is a small group of orchids found mostly on the floor of the cloud forest. Besides their ....

The Iris Family

Natural History and Classification

Peter Goldblatt and John C Manning

Irises and their relatives are lily-like plants related to the orchid and narcissus families, with whom they share a propensity for large, brightly colored, attractive ....

The Living Wisdom of Trees

Natural History, Folklore, Symbolism, Healing

Fred Hageneder

The Living Wisdom of Trees is a richly illustrated guide to the human significance of 55 trees, looking in particular at their botanical characteristics, their place in ....

Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa

The Essential Guide

Henry Oakeley

This long awaited successor to `Lycaste Species. The Essential Guide' (1993), contains descriptions and photographs with bibliographical, geographical, habitat, cultural and ....

Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction

Edited by SCH Barrett

The first volume to address the study of evolutionary transitions in plants, Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction brings together compelling work ....

Managing the Wet Garden

Plants That Flourish in Problem Places

John Simmons

Water is usually a gardener's friend, bringing lush plant growth and the sensory delights of fountains, streams, and ponds. But even gardeners can have too much of a ....

Meeresalgen

Ein Farbbildfuehrer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Gruen- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere

Wolfram Braune

Colour identification guide to the most common green, red and brown algae of the world's oceans. ....

Mind-Altering and Poisonous Plants of the World

Michael Wink and Ben-Erik Van Wyk

Written by respected professors of botany and pharmaceutical biology, this is the definitive account of plants and mushrooms used for poison darts, traditional medicine, ....

Modern Methods in Orchid Conservation

Edited by HW Pritchard

The subject matter of this text is conference based and deals with the physiology, ecology and management of orchid conservation. It offers information not only to the ....

Mycorrhiza

Structure, Function, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Edited by A Varma and B Hock

This third updated and revised edition emphasises strongly on genetics and molecular biology. It contains new chapters, which are written by the leading experts in their ....

The Mycota, Volume 6: Human and Animal Relationships

Edited by DH Howard and JD Miller

Pathogenic fungi are widely distributed and can infect many organisms, particularly humans, but also other vertebrates and insects. Due to a growing number of fungal ....

The New Encyclopedia of Daylilies

More Than 1700 Outstanding Cultivars

Ted L Petit and John P Peat

It's no exaggeration to say that daylilies are the premier flowering perennial. From a handful of wild species belonging to the genus "Hemerocallis," breeders have produced ....

Norsk Lavflora

H Holien

Photographic identification guide to the lichens of Norway. ....

The North American Biodynamic Sowing and Planting Calendar 2009

Maria Thun and Matthias Thun

This is the 2009 calendar adapted for North American (Eastern Standard Time) dates and times. This useful guide shows the optimum days for sowing, pruning, and harvesting ....

Orchids of Russia and Adjacent Countries

(within the borders of the former USSR)

MG Vakhrameeva, IV Tatarenko, TI Varlygina, GK Torosyan and MN Zagulski

This will be the first complete scientific treatment of the orchid flora of the former USSR. The authors studied orchids for more than 30 years, in different climatic zones, ....

The Organic Gardener's Year

A Seasonal Guide to Growing What You Eat

Graham Clarke

An indispensable guide for the aspiring organic gardener - season by season. Whether planting on a windowsill or in a garden, this easy-to-navigate reference is full of ....

Plant Taxonomy

The Systematic Evaluation of Comparative Data

TF Stuessy

The field of plant taxonomy has transformed rapidly over the past fifteen years, especially with regard to improvements in cladistic analysis and the use of new ....

Plant-Driven Design

Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit

Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden

For too long, garden design has given pride of place to architecture, artifice, and arbitrary principles. The results? Soulless landscapes where plants play subordinate ....

Plants

Their Use, Management, Cultivation and Biology - A Comprehensive Guide

Bob Watson

This wide-ranging and fascinating book is packed full with both biological information about plants as well as practical and instructional advice about how to grow and nurture ....

Poisonous Plants

A Cultural and Social History

Robert Bevan-Jones

This book brings together a wealth of documentary and archaeo-botanical sources to discuss the cultural, social (and anti-social) role of the fifty most significant ....

Pollen Terminology

An Illustrated Handbook

Michael Hesse, Heidemarie Halbritter, Reinhard Zetter and Martina Weber

Palynology is important in basic as well as in manifold applied sciences, as e.g. biology, medicine, forensics, earth history, climatology and food production. This ....

Preliminary List of the Compositae in Northeastern Brazil / Lista Preiminar da Familia Compositae na Regiao Nordeste do Brasil

DJ Nicholas Hind and Elaine B Miranda

A checklist of 486 species, in 143 genera, with entries listed alphabetically and sorted by state, collector and number. The list brings together the results of an examination ....

Progress in Research on Phytophthora Diseases of Forest Trees

C Brasier, T Jung and W Osswald

Phytophthora (Greek for `plant destroyer') is one of the world's most destructive genera of plant pathogens. In the early 1990s concern about the increasing impact of invasive ....

RHS New Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques

The Essential Practical Guide

"The RHS New Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques" is the new definitive guide explaining all the essential techniques you are ever likely to need. It reflects modern ....

Synopsis Fungorum, Volume 24: A Manual and Source Book on the Boletes and their Allies

Roy Watling

79 genera accepted in Boletales and their type species are described with information of their ecology, distribution and nomenclature and illustrated when appropriate. Generic ....

Taxonomic Literature: Supplement VII (Authors F-Frer)

Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 149

Laurence J Dorr and Dan H Nicolson

Taxonomy of Wild Tomatoes and their Relatives

Iris E Peralta, David M Spooner and Sandra Knapp

Solanum sect. Lycopersicoides, sect. Juglandfolia, sect. Lycopersicon; Solanaceae. ....

Timber Press Pocket Guide to Water Garden Plants

Greg Speichert and Sue Speichert

Water is a soothing and delightful addition to any garden, and water features - streams, waterfalls, and bog gardens - continue to be popular design elements in the modern ....

Trees for All Seasons

Broadleaved Evergreens for Temperate Climates

Sean Hogan

It's simple: broadleaved evergreens are trees that don't lose their leaves. And despite their versatility and beauty, they are often underused. Why? Most people, including ....

Tropicalismo!

100 Plants That Sizzle

Pam Baggett

Does your garden lack zing? Are your borders a bore? Spice them up with a touch of the tropics Tropical plants bring sizzle to every garden. Bananas in Maine, cannas in ....

Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden

Lee Reich

Lee Reich provides a valuable guide to uncommon fruits and berries, which add an adventurous flavor to any garden. Though names like jujube, juneberry, maypop, and ....

Weeds of California and Other Western States (2-Volume Set)

Joseph M DiTomaso

This encyclopedic yet easy-to-use guide is the most comprehensive guide to weed identification in the West ever published. Covering 262 individual entries, including a ....

When Perennials Bloom

An Almanac for Planning and Planting

Tomasz Anisko

Large plantings of perennial flowers can cost tens of thousands of dollars in large gardens or public parks. Even smaller-scale designers and landscapers can't afford to ....

Wild Plants of Guangzhou

Edited by Xing Fuwu et al

This book introduces 1810 species of wild plants (mainly Tracheophyte) in Guangzhou. The 1810 species are in 220 families, 855 genera. ....

Wildflowers of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island in Color

William K Chapman, Valerie A Chapman, Alan E Bessette and Arleen Bessette

This field guide will give nature enthusiasts instant access to the diverse and beautiful flora of these New England states. Combining 400 color photographs with ....

William Robinson

The Wild Gardener

Richard Bisgrove

In this book Richard Bisgrove, author of the bestselling Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll, analyses William Robinson and his remarkable contribution to gardening. ....

Woody Cut Stems for Growers and Florists

Production and Post-Harvest Handling of Branches for Flowers, Fruit, and Foliage

Lane Greer and John Dole

Woody cut stems are the focus of a burgeoning, worldwide business. Until now, professional growers have lacked a resource that addresses how to choose, cultivate, and ....

Aquatic Animal Health Code 2008

OIE

The aim of this book is to assure the sanitary safety of international trade in aquatic animals (fish, molluscs and crustaceans) and their products. This is achieved through ....

The Better to Eat You with

Fear in the Animal World

Joel Berger

At dawn on a brutally cold January morning in 1998, Joel Berger crouched in the icy grandeur of the Teton Range. It had been three years since wolves were reintroduced to ....

Exploring Animal Social Networks

Darren P Croft, Richard James and Jens Krause

Social network analysis is used widely in the social sciences to study interactions among people, groups, and organizations, yet until now there has been no book that shows ....

Genomes and What to Make of Them

Barry Barnes and John Dupre

The announcement in 2003 that the Human Genome Project had completed its map of the entire human genome was heralded as a stunning scientific breakthrough: our first full ....

A Life Decoded

My Genome: My Life

J Craig Venter

In June 2000, for the first time in human history, scientists were able to unravel the mysteries contained within our genetic code. Craig Venter is the brilliant maverick who ....

Orientation and Navigation in Vertebrates

Andrii Rozhok

This book reviews all major models and hypotheses concerning the mechanisms supposed to underlie the process of navigation in vertebrates. It covers data on all major model ....

Phylogenomics

Edited by William J Murphy

The past decade has seen the emergence of a new field of scientific inquiry at the intersection of phylogenetics and genomics: phylogenomics. ....

Ardipithecus Kadabba

Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia

Edited by Yohannes Haile-Selassie and Giday WoldeGabriel

The second volume in a series dedicated to fossil discoveries made in the Afar region of Ethiopia, this work contains the definitive description of the geological context and ....

The Brain That Changes Itself

Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Norman Doidge

Meet the ninety year old doctor, who, with the aid of a few simple exercises, is still practising medicine. His is just one of the incredible stories brain expert Norman ....

Life Explained

Michel Morange, Matthew Cobb and Malcolm DeBevoise

Fifty years ago Francis Crick and James D. Watson proposed the double helix model for the DNA molecule. They believed they had, as Crick put it, discovered the "secret of ....

On the Origin of Species

The Illustrated Edition

Charles Darwin and David Quammen

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races ....

The People's Peking Man

Popular Science and Human Identity in Twentieth-century China

Sigrid Schmalzer

In the 1920s an international team of scientists and miners unearthed the richest evidence of human evolution the world had ever seen: Peking Man. After the communist ....

Strickberger's Evolution

Brian K Hall and Benedikt Hallgrimsson

Thoroughly updated and reorganized, Strickberger's Evolution, Fourth Edition, presents an overview of prevailing evidence and theories about evolution by discussing how the ....

Baboon Metaphysics

The Evolution of a Social Mind

Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarth

In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, "He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke." Fifteen years ago, following the extraordinary success ....

Ecology

A Pocket Guide

Ernest Callenbach

Offering essential environmental wisdom for the twenty first century, this lively, compact book explains more than 60 basic ecological concepts in an easy-to-use A-to-Z ....

Evolutionary Biogeography

An Integrative Approach with Case Studies

Juan J Morrone

Emphasizing basic concepts, methods, and empirical examples, Juan J. Morrone provides an introduction to evolutionary biogeography, which uses distributional, phylogenetic, ....

Introduction to Fire in California

David Carle

What is fire? How are wildfires ignited? How do California's weather and topography influence fire? How did the California Indians use fire? In the spirit of his highly ....

A Mechanistic Approach to Plankton Ecology

Thomas Kiorboe

The three main missions of any organism - growing, reproducing, and surviving - depend on encounters with food and mates, and on avoiding encounters with predators. Through ....

Plant Invasions

Human Perception, Ecological Impacts and Management

Barbara Tokarska-Guzik, John H Brock, Giuseppe Brundu, Lois Child et al

Contributed volume of key presentations from a series of biennial International Conferences on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions (EMAPi). ....

A Practical Guide to Ecological Modelling

Using R as a Simulation Platform

Karline Soetaert and Peter MJ Herman

Mathematical modelling is an essential tool in present-day ecological research. Yet for many ecologists it is still problematic to apply modelling in their research. In our ....

Design for Ecological Democracy

RT Hester

This book shows how to combine the forces of ecological science and participatory democracy to design urban landscapes that enable us to act as communities, are resilient ....

Digital Soil Mapping with Limited Data

AE Hartemink, Alex McBratney and Mendonca-Santos, Maria De Lourdes

There has been considerable expansion in the use of digital soil mapping technologies and development of methodologies that improve digital soil mapping at all scales and ....

Dirt

The Erosion of Civilizations

David R Montgomery

An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea ....

The Ecosystem Approach

Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sustainability

David Waltner-Toews, James J Kay and Nina-Marie Lister

Is sustainable development a workable solution for today's environmental problems? Is it scientifically defensible? Best known for applying ecological theory to the engineering ....

Forest Policies and Social Change in England

Sylvie Nail

Forestry has been witness to some dramatic changes in recent years, with several Western countries now moving away from the traditional model of regarding forests merely as ....

Glacier

A Natural History Guide

David Rockwell

Glacier National Park is one of the most magnificent of North America's national parks. It encompasses the dramatic landscapes where the vast waters of the Pacific Ocean, the ....

Lake Taihu, China

Dynamics and Environmental Change

Boqiang Qin

There are many shallow lakes in the world. Many of them play an important socio-economic role as contributors to the drinking water supply, in flood attenuation, fisheries and ....

The 1972 World Heritage Convention

A Commentary

F Lenzerini

The World Heritage Convention (WHC) is the most comprehensive and widely ratified among UNESCO treaties on the protection of cultural and natural heritage. The Convention ....

Diccionario de la Biodiversidad

Edited by Maarten Kappelle

This is an essential tool for Spanish-speaking users to consult about various aspects involving biodiversity. It is illustrated with over one thousand color images, including ....

Dry Stone Walling

Techniques in Action

Andy Radford

Dry stone walls are a distinguishing and attractive feature of upland Britain. Yet there are many in a state of disrepair. Shot in the beautiful landscape of north Wales, this ....

Medicine of Australian Mammals

Larry Vogelnest and Rupert Woods

This book is the first comprehensive text on the medicine of Australian mammals. It presents the most up-to-date information available on the medical management of all taxa ....

Atlantic Ocean

The Illustrated History of the Ocean That Changed the World

MW Sandler

Since 300 B.C.E., the Atlantic has served as the corridor for fundamental exchanges of peoples and technologies and as a pathway for the transfer of ideas and cultures. This, ....

CO2 Rising

The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge

Tyler Volk

The most colossal environmental disturbance in human history is under way. Ever-rising levels of the potent greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) are altering the cycles of ....

Carbon and Nitrogen in the Terrestrial Environment

R Nieder and DK Benbi

Carbon and Nitrogen in the Terrestrial Environment is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary description of C and N fluxes between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere; ....

Chasing Science at Sea

Racing Hurricanes, Stalking Sharks, and Living Undersea with Ocean Experts

Ellen Prager

To the average office-dweller, marine scientists seem to have the good life: cruising at sea for weeks at a time, swimming in warm coastal waters, living ....

Climate Change

George Pataki and Thomas Visack

Climate change is now near-universally recognized as a serious challenge. Statements from political leaders, industry CEOs, environmental groups, and major evangelical ....

Climate Change and Forests

Emerging Policy and Market Opportunities

Charlotte Streck, Robert O'Sullivan and Toby Janson-Smith

Once the province of think tanks, academics, and global agencies such as the UN, climate change has finally penetrated the world's consciousness. To date, international ....

Ecological Economics (Four Volume Set)

Edited by Charles Perrings

The field of ecological economics developed in the late 1980s at the intersection of the social and natural sciences, with roots in political economy, ecology and biology, and ....

Global Climatology and Ecodynamics

Anthropogenic Driven Changes to Planet Earth

Arthur P Cracknell, Vladimir F Krapivin and Costas Varotsos

The exclusive role of natural ecosystems is a key factor in the maintenance of the biospheric equilibrium. The current global crisis is largely caused by their dramatic ....

Micrometeorology

Micrometeorological Methods

Thomas Foken

The atmospheric processes in mana (TM)s direct environment a" in the lower 100 a" 1000 metres of the atmosphere and in areas of only several kilometres extent form the core of ....

Ocean

Reflections on a Century of Exploration

Wolf H Berger

The past one hundred years of ocean science have been distinguished by dramatic milestones, remarkable discoveries, and major revelations. This book is a clear and ....

Since Records Began

What is Really Happening with Britain's Weather

Paul Simons

A complete guide to the record-breaking weather in the British Isles, written by The Times weather correspondent This book is the first to bring together all the extreme ....

Sustainable Use and Development of Watersheds

I Ethem Gonenc, Angheluta Vadineanu, John P Wolflin and Rosemarie C Russo

This book is a result of the NATO-SPS (NFA) Workshop held in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2007. The main goal of the Workshop was to provide knowledge and build the ....

The Truth About Climate Change DVD

David Attenborough

David Attenborough's engaging BBC documentary details the plight of our world at the hands of our ever-changing climate. Attenborough takes a look at some recent examples of ....

What About China?

Answers to This and Other Awkward Questions About Climate Change

Alastair Sawday and Lyn Hemming

This book challenges the climate change sceptics. 'What's the point in me doing anything about climate change when China is opening two new power stations a week?' All of us are ....

Advanced Biological Treatment Processes

Lawrence K Wang, Nazih K Shammas and Yung-Tse Hung

Volume 9: Advanced Biological Treatment Processes in the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series provides critical insight into ....

The Atom and the Apple

Twelve Tales from Contemporary Physics

Sebastien Balibar

Where is mankind located in the Universe? What goes on inside atoms? Was Einstein always right? Will we find extraterrestrial life in the near future? And what should be done ....

The Backyard Astronomer's Guide

Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer

The newest edition of The Backyard Astronomer's Guide includes the latest data and answers the questions most often asked by home astronomers, from beginners to ....

Earthrise

How Man First Saw the Earth

Robert Poole

"Earthrise" tells the remarkable story of the first photographs of Earth from space and the totally unexpected impact of those images. The Apollo "Earthrise" and "Blue Marble" ....

The Essential Einstein

His Greatest Works

Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking

Albert Einstein changed the way physicists view the universe - and transformed the way we all see the world. Just over one hundred years ago, his Theory of Relativity stunned ....

Fearless Symmetry

Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers

Avner Ash and Robert Gross

Mathematicians solve equations, or try to. But sometimes the solutions are not as interesting as the beautiful symmetric patterns that lead to them. Written in a friendly ....

Formal Methods in Systems Biology

First International Workshop, FMSB 2008, Cambridge, UK, June 4-5, 2008, Proceedings

Jasmin Fisher

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Formal Methods in Systems Biology, FMSB 2008, held in Cambridge, UK, in June, 2008. The ....

Geochemical Kinetics

Youxue Zhang

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of geochemical kinetics - the application of chemical kinetics to geological problems, both theoretical and practical. ....

Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes

Edited by David J Nash and Sue J McLaren

This volume offers a state-of-the-art review of terrestrial geochemical sedimentology by internationally recognised experts in the field, integrating their most current research ....

Hubble

The Mirror on the Universe

Robin Kerrod and Carole Stott

High above the Earth's hazy atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope has literally opened up a new window on the Universe and is returning images and data that are amazing and ....

Minerals of Britain and Ireland

AG Tindle

"Minerals of Britain and Ireland" is a completely comprehensive treatment of the minerals found in Britain, Ireland and the surrounding islands. Beautifully illustrated ....

Minerals of the World

Walter Schumann

It's the classic work: revised and updated! Identify over 500 of the most collectible minerals quickly and easily with this fully photographed field guide. And this new ....

The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green and Imre Leader

In "The Princeton Companion to Mathematics", Timothy Gowers - a recipient of the Fields Medal, the most esteemed prize in mathematics - presents a unique reference for anyone ....

Revolutionaries of the Cosmos

The Astro-Physicists

Ian Glass

This book contains short biographies of Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble - eight astronomers who broke with traditions and defined ....

Shrouds of the Night

Masks of the Milky Way and the Awesome New View of Galaxies

David Block and Kenneth Freeman

The Milky Way has captivated the mind of multitudes ever since the beginning of time. Particularly striking are its apparent dusty gaping voids. With the advent of ....

Three Steps to the Universe

From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter

David Garfinkle and Richard Garfinkle

If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of? And if we can't see black holes, how can we be confident they exist? Gravitational physicist David ....

To Mars and Beyond

The Politics of Human Space Exploration

JM Logsdon and A Dupas

Traces the history of space exploration and concludes with an analysis of the political obstacles that would have to be overcome in order to sustain an international space ....

50 Ways to F**k the Planet

Mark Townsend and David Glick

In a world where we're bombarded with advice on going green, authors Mark Townsend and David Glick take a refreshing line and tell us how NOT to go green. Indeed, they're here ....

Accounting for Mother Nature

Changing Demands for Her Bounty

Terry L Anderson, Laura E Huggins and Thomas Michael Power

In the face of growing pressure on our natural landscapes and increasingly bitter conflict over their management and use, simply defending the status quo is not enough. ....

Ban the Plastic Bag

A Community Action Plan for a Carrier Bag Free World

Rebecca Hoskins

Every year 17 billion carrier bags are given away free in the UK - that means an average of 300 carrier bags for every man, woman and child in Britain. Plastics do not ....

The Big Earth Book

Ideas and Solutions for a Planet in Crisis

James Bruges

We all know the Earth is in crisis. We should know that it is big enough to sustain us if we can only mobilise politicians and economists to change course now. This book ....

Blubberland

The Dangers of Happiness

E Farrelly

A leading critic examines the connections between obesity and architecture, unchecked sprawl and unchecked appetites, and other forms of insatiability that are hurting our ....

Breathing Space

How Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscapes

Gregg Mitman

Allergy is the sixth leading cause of chronic illness in the United States. More than fifty million Americans suffer from allergies, and they spend an estimated $18 billion ....

China and International Environmental Liability

Legal Remedies for Transboundary Pollution

Edited by M Faure and S Ying

`Few countries are likely to have a more important global environmental role in coming years than the People's Republic of China. Professors Faure and Song have ....

Conflict Over Environmental Regulation in the United States

Origins, Outcomes, and Comparisons with the EU and Other Regions

Frank T Manheim

The crisis of the Santa Barbara offshore oil spill in 1969 led to the passage of radically new environmental laws that made the United States an international leader in ....

Confronting the Coffee Crisis

Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America

Christopher M Bacon, V Ernesto Mendez, Stephen R Gliessman et al

Combining interdisciplinary research with case-study analysis at scales ranging from the local to the global, "Confronting the Coffee Crisis" reveals the promise and the perils ....

Design on the Edge

The Making of a High-Performance Building

David W Orr

This work tells the story of the building of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center at Oberlin College, Ohio, in the context of ecological design, institutional learning, and the ....

Dry Spring

The Coming Water Crisis of North America

Chris Wood

Between global warming and ever-increasing consumption, the world is fast running out of water. And while water's scarcity will challenge the success of North America's ....

Environmental Crime

A Liberman et al

In this exciting addition to Aspen's Elective Series, Kathleen Brickey, a leading criminal law and white collar crime specialist and author of numerous scholarly ....

Financing Energy Efficiency

Lessons from Brazil, China, India, and Beyond

Robert P Taylor, Chandrasekar Govindarajalu, Jeremy Levin et al

While energy efficiency projects could partly meet new energy demand more cheaply than new supplies, weak economic institutions in developing and transitional economies impede ....

Focus on the Fringe

Sustainable Development in East Asian Cities

Dan Biller and Teresa Serra

This study focuses on the recent transformation of the urban fringe in East Asia, drawing on examples from China, Vietnam and the Philippines. It identifies the key ....

Global Catastrophes and Trends

The Next Fifty Years

Vaclav Smil

Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a "fatal discontinuity," a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as a persistent, ....

Global Development 2.0

Can Philanthropists, the Public, and the Poor Make Poverty History?

Lael Brainard and Derek Chollet

The fight against global poverty has quickly become one of the hottest tickets on the global agenda - with rock stars, world leaders, and multibillionaires calling attention ....

Green Imperative

In Celebration of 40 Years of "Resurgence" Magazine

Lorna Howarth, Satish Kumar and Sophie Poklewski

To celebrate forty years of publishing "Resurgence" - the magazine at the heart of earth, art and spirit - and forty years of the environmental movement, authors and ....

Heat, Power and Light

Revolutions in Energy Services

Roger Fouquet

What happens when a radically-new fuel or technology transforms the energy system? How does the energy system evolve at different stages of economic development? What are the ....

The Hedgerow Harvest

Traditional Recipes From Nature's Storehouse

Jan Orchard

A collection of recipes and ideas for using the abundance of produce to be found in hedgerows, woodlands and meadows. It is suitable for various cooks and country lovers. ....

Hot, Flat and Crowded

Why the World Needs a Disruptive Green Revolution

Thomas L Friedman

Thomas L. Friedman's bestseller "The World Is Flat" has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of ....

Implementation of Environmental Policies in Developing Countries

A Case of Protected Areas and Tourism in Brazil

Jose de Oliveira and Antonio Puppim de

Environmental policy implementation in developing countries faces a number of institutional obstacles. Using the case of protected areas and tourism development in ....

International Environmental Politics

Edited by Ronald K Mitchell

International Environmental Politics provides graduate students with a sophisticated overview of this increasingly important field, outlining the causes of international ....

International Environmental Politics (Four Volume Set)

Edited by Ronald B Mitchell

International environmental politics is an important component of both current scholarship in, and the curricula of, departments of international relations, ....

Living with Fire

Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-First Century

Sara E Jensen and Guy R McPherson

Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. But, as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives ....

Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes

Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

Edited by Leslie Marie Lipper, Takumi Sakuyama, Randy Stringer and David Zilberman

In recent years, development policy has responded to an increasing concern about natural resource degradation by setting up innovative payment for environmental services (PES) ....

The Pocket Guide to Wild Food

Paul Peacock

This handy sized reference book, ideal for popping in your pocket prior to a walk, helps you identify the most common wild food showing you what plant is at its peak for ....

The Politics of Wilderness Preservation

Craig W Allin

Craig W. Allin explores here the history of wilderness preservation politics in the USA. ....

Pollution Control Handbook 2008

Loveday Murley

The Pollution Control Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of environmental and pollution control legislation in force, or expected, as at the end of 2007. It covers ....

Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water

National Research Council

Growing demands for water in many parts of the nation are fueling the search for new approaches to sustainable water management, including how best to store water. Society ....

Strategic Environmental Assessment for Policies

An Instrument for Good Goverance

Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sanchez-Triana

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is the key tool for integrating environmental considerations into policies, programs and plans. This book focuses on SEA applied to ....

Sustainability by Design

A Subversive Strategy for Transforming Our Consumer Culture

John R Ehrenfeld

The developed world, increasingly aware of 'inconvenient truths' about global warming and sustainability, is turning its attention to possible remedies - eco-efficiency, ....

Sustainable Land Management Sourcebook

World Bank

"The Sustainable Land Management Sourcebook" is a resource of good practice information on land and natural resource management issues that will be of operational relevance to ....

Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

Mathematical Models and Methods

Michel De Lara and Luc Doyen

The book Sustainable Management of Natural Resource: Mathematical Modeling exhibits and develops quantitative and formal links between sustainable ....

Swimming Upstream

Collaborative Approaches to Watershed Management

Paul A Sabatier, Will Focht, Mark Lubell, Zev M Trachtenberg and A Vedlitz

In recent years, water resource management in the United States has begun a shift away from top-down, government agency-directed decision processes toward a collaborative ....

The Tourism Society's Dictionary for the Tourism Industry

Verite Reily Collins

A handy reference covering everyday terms used within the tourism, travel, leisure and airline sectors. ....

Transitions

Pathways Towards Sustainable Urban Development in Australia

Edited by Peter Newton

Formidable challenges confront Australia and its human settlements: the mega-metro regions, major and provincial cities, coastal, rural and remote towns. The key drivers ....

Undermining Science

Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration

Seth Shulman

This vitally important expose shows how the Bush administration has systematically misled Americans on a wide range of scientific issues affecting public health, foreign ....

Wastewater Treatment in Constructed Wetlands with Horizontal Sub-surface Flow

Jan Vymazal and Lenka Kropfelova

Constructed wetlands with horizontal sub-surface flow (HF CWs) have been used for wastewater treatment for more than four decades. HF CWs are used around the world for ....

Water

The Essence of Life

Mark Niemeyer

"Water" is the illustrated story of the most extraordinary molecule known to humankind - one that has determined our beginnings, sustains our present and holds the key to our ....

Water

Life in Every Drop

Julian Caldecott

All known forms of life depend on water. Covering 71 per cent of the Earth's surface, water seems to be plentiful. But there are 1.2 billion people who currently live without ....

Bioinformatics for Systems Biology

Stephen A Krawetz

The biological sciences are now in the midst of a true life sciences revolution akin to what physics experienced just after the turn of the last century. We are now in a phase ....

Ecological Models and Data in R

Benjamin M Bolker

"Ecological Models and Data in R" is the first truly practical introduction to modern statistical methods for ecology. In step-by-step detail, this book teaches ecology ....

Handbook of Biological Nonlinear Optical Microscopy

Barry R Masters and Peter TC So

The Handbook of Biomedical Nonlinear Optical Microscopies provides comprehensive treatment of the theories, techniques, and biomedical applications of nonlinear optics ....

Handbook of Geographic Information Science

John Wilson and AStewart Fotheringham

This Handbook is an essential reference and a guide to the rapidly expanding field of Geographic Information Science. Designed to suit those who want an in-depth treatment of ....

A Handbook of Statistical Analysis Using SAS

Brian S Everitt

Presenting an accessible and comprehensive introduction to statistical analysis, the third edition of "A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SAS" has been updated to ....

Modelling With Data

Modern Statistical Computing With C

Ben Klemens

Modeling with Data fully explains how to execute computationally intensive analyses on very large data sets, showing readers how to determine the best methods for solving a ....

A Practical Handbook for Multivariate Methods

Peter Henderson and Richard Seaby

A Practical Handbook for Multivariate Methods is invaluable for anyone approaching multivariate statistics. All of the main multivariate techniques used in: ....

Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Monitoring and Prediction of Disasters

Shailesh Nayak and Sisi Zlatanova

Lessons learned in the last several years have given clear indications that the prediction and efficient monitoring of disasters is one of the critical factors in ....

SAS for Mixed Models

Ramon Littell et al

This indispensable, up-to-date guide to mixed models using SAS is completely revised and updated for SAS 9. Discover the latest capabilities available for a variety of ....

The Sage Handbook of Remote Sensing

Edited by Giles Foody et al

Recent developments in remote sensing technology have greatly extended the range of data available to those studying the Earth from a distance. A remote sensing analyst can now ....

The Elements of Library Research

What Every Student Needs to Know

Mary W George

To do solid academic research, college students need to look beyond the computer search engine. This short, practical book introduces students to the important components of ....

Fostering Active Prolonged Engagement

The Art of Creating APE Exhibits

T Humphrey and JP Gutwill

A must for exhibit developers, researchers, educators, and other museum professionals looking for ways to engage visitors more deeply with interactive science exhibits, this ....

Getting it Published

A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books

William Germano

Since 2001 William Germano's Getting It Published has helped thousands of scholars develop a compelling book proposal, find the right academic publisher, evaluate a ....

Museum Careers

A Practical Guide for Novices and Students

N Elizabeth Schlatter

This concise volume is the place to start for anyone considering a career in museums. Expert curator Elizabeth Schlatter outlines the nature of the profession, the types of ....

On Being a Scientist

Responsible Conduct in Research

Edited by NAS, NAE and IOM

The third edition of On Being a Scientist reflects developments since the publication of the oroginal edition in 1989 and a second edition in 1995. A continuing ....