Asian Elephant Conservation Corridors in China

Chen Mingyong

Bats

From Evolution to Conservation

John Altringham

Bats are highly charismatic and popular animals that are not only fascinating in their own right, but illustrate most of the topical and important concepts and issues in ....

Bears of the Last Frontier

Chris Morgan

Follow the epic journey of wildlife conservationist and bear biologist Chris Morgan as he travels by motorcycle across Alaska while filming the PBS Nature documentary Bears of ....

Big Cats

Facing Britain's Wild Predators

Rick Minter

Right across Britain, people are making remarkable claims - they are reporting large feral cats resembling panthers, pumas and lynx. Month after month the sightings continue ....

China's Giant Panda

Zhou Mengqi

The giant panda is a relic species endemic to China. It has a history of millions of years and is considered a "living fossil" with outstanding aesthetic, scientific and ....

Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia

Dugongs and Manatees

Helene Marsh, Thomas J O'Shea and John E Reynolds

Dugongs and manatees, the only fully aquatic herbivorous mammals, live in the coastal waters, rivers and lakes of more than 80 subtropical and tropical countries. Symbols of ....

Following the Last Wild Wolves

Ian McAllister

For seventeen years, Ian McAllister lived on the rugged north coast of British Columbia, one of the last places on the planet where wolves live relatively undisturbed by humans. ....

The Golden-Bristled Boar

The Last Ferocious Beast of the Forest

Jeffrey Greene

The wild boar appears to us as something straight out of a myth. But as Jeffrey Greene learned, these creatures are very real, living by night and, despite shrinking habitats ....

The Great Sperm Whale

A Natural History of the Ocean's Most Magnificent and Mysterious Creature

Richard Ellis

This study covers the full spectrum of the sperm whale's existence from its prehistoric past to its current endangered existence. Richard Ellis illuminates the iconic impact of ....

Secret World of Whales

Charles Siebert

The Secret World of Whales takes readers deep into the history of human encounters with whales. In conjunction with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Charles ....

Study on the Potential Tiger Habitat in the Changbaishan Area, China

Li Zhenxin and Fridolin Zimmermann

The tiger is a major flagship species, which plays an important role in Asia forest ecosystems. China has seen coordinated conservation efforts. This book is a joint ....

Wild Guide: Bats

Peter Aleshire

This title features fascinating information about how bats fly, what they eat, and where they live. It includes detailed species accounts for 20 species of North American bats. ....

Wild Horses of the West

History and Politics of America's Mustangs

J Edward De Steiguer

When the Spanish explorers brought horses to North America, the horses were, in a sense, returning home. Beginning with their origins fifty million years ago, the wild horse has ....

10 Years with Golden Eagles, and a few Bearded Vultures

Francesco Framarin

Summarises the author's encounters with Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos over ten years of dedicated observations, largely based on a single breeding territory in the Italian ....

Asian Raptors: Science and Conservation for Present and Future

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Asian Raptors

G Sundev et al

Contains extracts from the proceedings held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 23 - 27th June 2010. ....

Avian Architecture

How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build

Peter Goodfellow

Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. "Avian Architecture" describes how birds design, engineer, ....

Birds of the Great Andamanese

Names, Classification and Culture

Satish A Pande and Anvita Abbi

The first work on Great Andamanese ethno-ornithology, it looks into semantics, linguistics, cultural history, and ornithology. Starting with a brief history of ....

Birds: Magic Moments

Markus Varesvuo

The vibrant and exciting world of birds is shown in all its glory in this new book from renowned Finnish wildlife photographer Markus Varesvuo, who has trekked to remote and ....

Breeding Birds of the United Arab Emirates

Simon Aspinall

Covers all native bredding species, plus 'naturalised' breeding species. There are also sections on potential natural colonists and escapes and introduced species that are not ....

Captive Crane, its Breeding, Diet and Diseases in N-WFP, Pakistan

Farzana Perveen

Based on a field survey of egg hatching, diet and diseases among cranes hunted, caught and subsequently reared in the Northwest Frontier Province. ....

The Complete Garden Bird Book

How to Identify and Attract Birds to your Garden

Mark Golley, Stephen Moss and David Daly

One of the greatest pleasures of having a garden is being able to find and identify the great number of different bird species which may feed, bathe and nest there, or simply ....

Cooking for Birds

Mark Golley

This book offers some of the most popular and succesful bird food recipes, combined with a range of useful cookery tips and helpful hints on what to feed and when. ....

The Kittiwake

John Coulson

Returning to its breeding sites in the spring after a winter spent far out at sea, the Kittiwake is a familiar sight around the coasts of Britain and Europe. A pale, ....

New Zealand Bird Calls

Lynette Moon, Geoff Moon, John Kendrick and Karen Baird

New Zealand is known for its birds and the melodic quality of their song. This book and CD package contains a selection of 60 of the most popular, important or interesting bird ....

Newman's Birds by Colour

Southern Africa's Common Birds Arranged by Colour

Kenneth Newman

This new edition of Newman's Birds by Colour has been updated to reflect latest name changes and now includes distribution maps for each species. It offers a quick and easy ....

Seabird Islands

Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration

Edited by Christa P H Mulder, Wendy B Anderson, David R Towns and Peter Bellingham

Islands with large colonies of seabirds are found throughout the globe. Seabird islands provide nesting and roosting sites for birds that forage at sea, deposit marine ....

Systematic Notes on Asian Birds 2010

David Wells

Contains 10 contributions on the nomenclature, systematics and type specimens of Asian birds. Includes Jochen Marten's 75-page review of the leaf warbler genera Phylloscopus ....

Winged Sentinels

Birds and Climate Change

Janice Wormworth and Cagan H Sekercioglu

'The ability of the birds to show us the consequences of our own actions is among their most important and least appreciated attributes. Despite the free advice of the birds, ....

Cyclura

Natural History, Husbandry, and Conservation of West Indian Rock Iguanas

Jeffrey M Lemm and Allison Alberts

Rock iguanas of the West Indies are considered to be the most endangered group of lizards in the world. They are a flagship species in the Caribbean and on most islands ....

Florida's Frogs, Toads, and Other Amphibians

A Guide to Their Identification and Habits

Richard D Bartlett and Patricia Bartlett

This book provides a comprehensive, illustrated guide to the amphibians of Florida. It includes colour photos and distribution maps along with ....

Florida's Turtles, Lizards, and Crocodilians

A Guide to their Identification and Habits

Richard D Bartlett and Patricia Bartlett

This book provides a comprehensive, illustrated guide to the turtles, lizards and crocodilians of Florida. It includes colour photos and distribution maps along with ....

Frogs and Frogging in South Africa

Vincent Carruthers and Louis Du Preez

This book offers amateur froggers an accessible and practical introduction to frog identification. This edition of the highly popular guide has been expertly revised and ....

Biology and Conservation of the European Sturgeon Acipenser Sturio L. 1758

Edited by Patrick Williot et al

This book aims at synthesizing our current knowledge of Acipenser sturio and its management. This species, one of the most widespread sturgeon species all ....

Ecology and Conservation of Fishes

Harold M Tyus

Written as a stand-alone text for students, this book provides broad, comprehensive, and systematic coverage of all aquatic systems from the mountains to the ocean. It addresses ....

Ecology of Atlantic Salmon and Brown Trout

Bror Jonsson and Nina Jonsson

Destruction of habitat is the major cause for loss of biodiversity including variation in life history and habitat ecology. Each species and population adapts to its ....

An Entirely Synthetic Fish

How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World

Anders Halverson

This book renders an account of the rainbow trout and why it has become the most commonly stocked and controversial freshwater fish in the United States. Discovered in ....

The Fish on Your Plate

Why We Eat What We Eat from the Sea

Paul Greenberg

We eat more fish than ever before. But what's the story behind the fish on your plate? Where did it come from? Which fish can we buy without worrying? What's the difference ....

Homeostasis and Toxicology of Essential Metals

Edited by Anthony P Farrell, Colin J Brauner and Chris M Wood

This volume synthesizes the explosion of new information on the molecular, cellular, and organismal handling of metals in fish in the past 15 years. These elements are no longer ....

Homeostasis and Toxicology of Non-Essential Metals

Edited by Anthony P Farrell, Colin J Brauner and Chris M Wood

The metals featured in this volume are those about which there has been most public and scientific concern, and therefore are those most widely studied by fish researchers. ....

Larval Fish Nutrition

G Joan Holt

Successful nourishment of fish larvae is essential to the production of many preferred, high-quality species. "Larval Fish Nutrition" is the first comprehensive reference ....

Accrescimenti, Volume 2

Stadi di Accrescimento dei Molluschi Marini del Mediterraneo / Stages of growth of the marine molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea

Maria Scaperrotta, Stefano Bartolini and Cesare Bogi

This second volume contains more detailed photos of various molluscs found in the Mediterranean Sea, highlighting the differences and similarities between the different ....

Attracting Native Pollinators

The Xerces Society Guide to Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies

Eric Mader et al

The recent decline of the European honey bee and other pollinators in North America poses a serious challenge to maintaining our food supply and ecological health. ....

Butterflies of Alabama

Glimpses into Their Lives

Sara Bright and Paulette Haywood Ogard

A richly illustrated guide to the 84 known species of "true" butterflies (Papilionoidea) found within the state's borders. For over 14 years, authors made a close study of these ....

The Butterfly Isles

A Summer in Search of Our Emperors and Admirals

Patrick Barkham

Butterflies animate our summers but the 59 species found in the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk ....

Butterfly Landscapes of New Mexico

Steven J Cary

This book breaks new ground by organizing butterflies around elements of landscape and habitat. It helps butterfly enthusiasts find the more than 300 kinds of butterflies ....

Caracoles Marinas del Uruguay, Argentina, Brasil

Maria Gabriela Betancur Viglione

Contains information on the marine ecosystems and their conservation. Also details on the biology, distribution, reproduction and ecology of the species presented. ....

Cephalopods of the World

An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date, Vol 2: Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids

Edited by P Jereb and CFE Roper

This is the second volume of the entirely rewritten, revised and updated version of the original FAO Catalogue of Cephalopodos of the World (1984). It provides accounts for all ....

Checklisten der Fauna Oesterreichs, No. 5

Protura (Insecta), Opiliones (Arachnida), Pseudoscorpiones (Arachnida), Tipulidae (Insecta: Diptera)

Edited by Erhard Christian, Volker Mahnert, Christian Komposch and Peter Vogtenhuber

This checklist includes more than 330 Austrian arthropod species, covering insects as well as arachnids. It features the families Protura (Insecta), Opiliones (Arachnida), ....

Colombian Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

Enrique Y Daccarett and Victor S Rossio

This highly-illustrated book includes details of the marine molluscs found in the Caribbean waters around Colombia, one of the richest and most diverse areas in the ....

The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna: Fjärilar: Bronsmalar- Rullvingemalar Lepidoptera: Roesslerstammidae-Lyonetidae

BA Bengtsson

Covers 246 species. ....

The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna: Ryggsträngsdjur: Lansettfiskar-broskfiskar: Chordata: Branchiostomatidae-Chondrichtyes

Sven O Kullander, Thomas Stach, Tomas Cedhagen and Hans G Hansson

Covers 87 species. ....

The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna: Stjärnmaskar och slemmaskar Sipuncula & Nemertea

Malin Strand and Per Sundberg

The two groups Sipuncula (peanut worms) and Nemertea (ribbon worms) are not particularly closely related. What they do have in common is that they include almost exclusively ....

Identification Guide of Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Spain

Edited by Javier Oscoz, David Galicia and Rafael Miranda

This book is designed to facilitate the identification of the Spanish macroinvertebrates and the subsequent computing of biotic indices. ....

Insect Endocrinology

Edited by Lawrence I Gilbert

This volume includes classic and newly revised contributions in the fast-moving field of insect endocrinology. ....

Insect Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Edited by Lawrence I Gilbert

This volume contains ten fully revised or rewritten chapters from the original seven-volume work Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science as well as five ....

New Zealand Seashells Visual Guide

J Raven and S Bracegirdle

This guide contains photos of nearly 800 species and is complete with up-to-date names and identification details. ....

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Magellanes, No. 3

P Juhel et al

Four articles: les Callichromatini d'Afrique (P. Juhel), la faune des Philippines (E. Vives), les Parandrinae, Prioninae et Disteniinae d'Amazonie (A. Santos Silva & M.H. ....

Parasitic Nematodes

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Immunology

Edited by M Kennedy and W Harnett

Covering a wide range of rapidly-developing fields of research into parasitic nematodes, this comprehensive volume discusses the genetics, biochemistry and immunology of ....

A Photographic Guide to Insects of the New Forest and Surrounding Area

Paul D Brock

The New Forest National Park is one of Britain's richest areas for insects, with an estimated 63% of the UK species. This guide will appeal not only to experts and ....

Dans l'Epaisseur du Temps

Archéologues et Géologues Inventent la Préhistoire

Edited by Arnaud Hurel and Noël Coye

Around the year 1859 prehistory emerged across Europe as a new field. Major natural sciences (geology, paleontology ...) and human sciences (archeology, history, philology ....

Dinosaurs in Australia

Mesozoic Life from the Southern Continent

Benjamin J Kear and Robert J Hamilton-Bruce

Over the last few decades our understanding of what Australia was like during the Mesozoic Era has changed radically. A rush of new fossil discoveries, together with ....

Ostracods as Proxies for Quaternary Climate Change

Edited by David Horne et al

Our Future Earth

Curt Stager

Paleoclimatologist Curt Stager vividly describes how the decisions we make about the environment in the 21st century will affect the next 100,000 years of life on this ....

Planet Dinosaur

Ten years ago, Walking with Dinosaurs brought this species to life with ground-breaking CGI and new science. In this explosive new series, we will discover more monstrous, more ....

Diving and Snorkelling Guide to Tropical Marine Life of the Indo Pacific Region

Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner

This handy pocket guide enables divers and snorkelers to identify more than 270 of the most common species of marine life likely to be encountered in and around the coral ....

Field Guide to Sea Stars of the Pacific Northwest

Neil McDaniel

Sea stars are amongst the most common and conspicuous invertebrates that thrive in the rich waters of the Pacific Northwest, from northern California to southeast Alaska. ....

The Pollution Biology of Aquatic Oligochaetes

Pilar Rodriguez and Trefor B Reynoldson

In aquatic ecosystems, the oligochaetes are often a major component of the community. Their relevance in sediment quality assessment is largely related to their benthic and ....

Whelks to Whales

Coastal Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest

Rick M Harbo

Newly revised and updated in 2010 with additional photographs and up-to-date names, this full-colour field guide to the marine life of coastal British Columbia, Alaska, ....

Animal

David Burnie

This is the definitive visual guide to the world's wildlife. You can go on an amazing visual journey through the animal kingdom with "Animal" and find out all about over ....

Blind Descent

The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth

James M Tabor

The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made. This is the story of the men and ....

Creative Landscapes

Digital Photography Tips and Techniques

Harold Davis

Capture the beauty of the world around you with this professional advice Landscape photography inspires millions of photographers. If you're one of them, ....

Earth Now

American Photographers and the Environment

Katherine Ware

Since its invention, photography has been used to document and interpret the landscape. Survey photographers in the 1860s were the first environmental advocates, arguing for ....

Everyday Practice of Science

Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic

Frederick Grinnell

Scientific facts can be so complicated that only specialists in a field fully appreciate the details, but the nature of everyday practice that gives rise ....

Future Science

Essays from the Cutting Edge

Edited by Max Brockman

The next wave of science writing is here. Editor Max Brockman has talent-spotted 19 young scientists, working on leading-edge research across a wide range of fields. Nearly ....

Hebridean Memories

Seton Paul Gordon

One of Seton Gordon's greatest works concentrates on the Hebrides of Scotland in the post-First World War years as the islands tried to regain their composure and ....

John Hope (1725-1786)

Alan G. Morton's Memoir of a Scottish Botanist

Henry J Noltie and Alan G Morton

Born in Edinburgh, Hope studied Botany in Paris, before returning to Scotland to read medicine at the University of Glasgow. He was able to devote his wealth to medical and ....

Julia Bradbury's Canal Walks - DVD

In this series, seasoned stomper Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots once again to explore the canals of Britain and their towpath trails. These four walks follow a hidden ....

The Landscape Photography Workshop

Ross Hoddinott

Wow your friends and relatives with awe-inspiring landscape shots and discover how to take shots which will simply fly off the shelves with this workshop-in-a-book. Two of ....

The Narrative of the Beagle Voyage, 1831-1836

Daniel Brass and Katharine Anderson

HMS Beagle has entered the collective imagination as the ship that carried Charles Darwin to the Galapagos, triggering his later work on the theory of natural selection. ....

Otter Shores

David Bennett

The work of David Bennett represents an amazing insight into the secret lives of these wonderful mammals, who are without doubt masters of the water. ....

Sacred Britain

A Guide to Places That Stir the Soul

Martin Symington

Britain is packed with places to visit that can be called 'sacred'. Many are tourist sites, such as Iona, Lindisfarne and Stonehenge. Many more are out-of-the-way pilgrimage ....

Science Secrets

The Truth About Darwin's Finches, Einstein's Wife and Other Myths

Alberto A Martinez

Was Darwin really inspired by Galapagos finches? Did Einstein's wife secretly contribute to his theories? Did Franklin fly a kite in a thunderstorm? Did a falling apple lead ....

Skeleton Coast

Africa's Last Wilderness

Thorsten Milse

Namibia's Skeleton Coast is one of the most inhospitable regions in the world. Over the centuries, merciless storms, dense fog banks and strong currents have spelt doom for ....

African Safari

Into the Great Game Reserves

Peter Pickford and Beverly Pickford

Peter and Beverly Pickford's African Safari is an exploration of everything the word safari conjures up, from journeys on horseback or by dugout canoe to the quiet drifting ....

Bialowieza Site Guide

Where to Watch the Birds and Large Mammals of the Bialowieza Forest

Lukasz Mazurek and Tomasz Jezierczuk

A comprehensive and practical guidebook for the 39-square-mile Polish part of the ancient woodland that straddles the border of Poland and Belarus. It unveils the exact ....

Bradt Wildlife Guide: Galapagos Wildlife

A Visitor's Guide

David Horwell and Pete Oxford

Practical, highly illustrated volume in the Bradt Travel Guides series, written by two professional Galapgos guides. The book introduces the history and ecosystems of the ....

Bradt Wildlife Guide: Southern African Wildlife

A Visitors Guide

Mike Unwin

Covers all the major wildlife regions south of the Zambezi and Kunene rivers: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, southern Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. It provides ....

Brecon Beacons

Adam Burton

Covering a vast and varied landscape, the Brecon Beacons is one of Southern Britain's most spectacular National Parks. Encompassing three imposing mountain ranges, much of ....

Britain's Best Historic Sites

Tom Quinn

This book details over 80 of the most important and fascinating of Britain's historic remains from 8000BC to the 20th century. From excavations of everyday life found in ....

Conservation Song

A History of Peasant-state Relations and the Environment in Malawi, 1860-2000

Wapulumuka Mulwafu

Conservation Song explores ways in which colonial relations shaped meanings and conflicts over environmental control and management in Malawi. By focusing on soil ....

Field Guide to Jordan

Jarir Maani

A comprehensive guide with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of Jordan's diverse wonders. This compact book is for locals and visitors alike to identify, learn ....

Field Guide to the Cayuga Lake Region

Its Flora, Fauna, Geology, and History

James Dake

Six miles north of the city of Ithaca, high on the west side of Cayuga Lake, the longest of New York's fabled Finger Lakes, is Cayuga Nature Center. Originally built in 1939 as ....

Fire Season

Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout

Philip Connors

For nearly a decade, Philip Connors has spent half of each year in a 7'x7' fire lookout tower, 10,000-feet above the ground in one of the remotest territories of New Mexico. ....

Flora i Fauna de l'Espai Natural de l'Albera

Toni Llobet François, Joan Budó and Jenar Fèlix

This guide features around 700 species from the Albera area of north-east Catalonia. ....

Flora i Fauna del Parc Nacional d'Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici

Toni Llobet François

This guide features colour illustrations to around 600 species of flora and fauna from the area. ....

Flora i Fauna del Parc Natural Aiguamolls de l'Empordà

Toni Llobet François

This illustrated guide features a wide selection of animals and plants found in the Emporda Marshes, an oasis on Spain's busy Costa Brava. ....

Flora i Fauna del Parc Natural Els Ports

Toni Llobet François

Els Ports is a rugged limestone upland in southern Catalonia. This guide features 624 species of fauna and flora found in the area complete with colour illustrations. ....

Flora i Fauna del Parc Natural del Delta de l'Ebre

Toni Llobet François

This guide to the Ebre Delta features around 600 species, complete with colour illustrations. ....

Flora i Fauna dels Parcs Montnegre, Corredor, Serralada Litoral i Serralada de Marina

Toni LLobet François

This guide features 640 species of fauna and flora complete with colour illustrations. ....

Nature Tales

Encounters with Britain's Wildlife

Edited by Michael Allen and Sonya Patel Ellis

From Nick Baker diving with basking sharks off the Cornish coast to J A Baker's vivid descriptions of peregrines in the Essex countryside, from Gilbert White's observations ....

A Storied Wilderness

Rewilding the Apostle Islands

James W Feldman and William Cronon

The Apostle Islands are a solitary place of natural beauty, with red sandstone cliffs, secluded beaches, and a rich and unique forest surrounded by the cold, blue waters of ....

A Walk Through the Lowland Rain Forest of Sabah

Elaine JF Campbell

A Walk through the Lowland Rain Forest of Sabah takes you on a quick trip into one of nature's most wonderful monuments. The tropical lowland rain forest in Sabah (Borneo) is ....

The Wildlife of New England

A Viewer's Guide

John S Burk

This guide to discovering and viewing the wildlife of New England covers the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. It provides ....

20 Amazing Plants

And Their Practical Uses

Rachel Corby and Stephen Studd

This unique plant directory provides an in depth look at a small number of plants. It illustrates the abundance of resources a single plant can contain and how by choosing a ....

Atlas of Stem Anatomy in Herbs, Shrubs and Trees

Volume 1

Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Annett Borner and Ernst-Detlef Schulze

This work, published in two volumes, contains descriptions of the wood and bark anatomies of 3000 dicotyledonous plants, highlighting the anatomical and phylogenetic ....

Bark

A Field Guide to the Trees of the Northeast

Michael Wojtech

Many people know how to identify trees by their leaves, but what about when those leaves have fallen or are out of reach? With detailed information and illustrations covering ....

Biomonitoring, Ecology and Systematics of Lichens

Recognizing the Lichenological Legacy of Thomas H. Nash III on his 65th Birthday

Edited by Scott T Bates et al

This volume contains 33 peer-reviewed contributions by 70 authors, many leaders in their field, and is wide-ranging in its taxonomic scope. A total of 38 new taxa (35 species, 2 ....

The Book of Leaves

A Leaf-By-Leaf Guide to Six Hundred of the World's Great Trees

Allen J Coombes and Zsolt Debreczy

The Book of Leaves offers a visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most impressive and beautiful leaves from around the world. Each leaf is ....

The Classification of Flowering Plants: Volume 1, Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons

Alfred Barton Rendle

Alfred Barton Rendle was a renowned English botanist, keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum and botany editor for the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1911. The ....

Compendium of Chickpea and Lentil Diseases and Pests

Edited by Weidong Chen, Hari C Sharma and Fred J Muehlbauer

This compendium is a field guide on diagnosis and management of diseases, insect pests, and noninfectious disorders of chickpea and lentil. It covers diseases caused by fungi, ....

The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds

322 Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers, Fruits, Trees and Shrubs

Robert Gough and Cheryl Moore-Gough

"The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds" shows exactly how to collect, save, and cultivate the seeds from more than 300 vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers, trees, and shrubs. It's ....

Date Palm Biotechnology

Edited by S Mohan Jain, Jameel Al-Khayri and Dennis V Johnson

This reference book reflects research achievements in date palm biotechnology, documenting research events during the last four decades, current status, and future ....

The Downy Mildews - Biology, Mechanisms of Resistance and Population Ecology

Edited by A Lebeda, Gerald J Holmes, Brigitte Mauch-Mani and Michael J Jeger

This book is focused on the most recent and significant advances in research on downy mildews and related oomycete pathogens. The emphasis is on the biology of downy mildews, ....

Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants

Volume 2, Fruits

T K Lim

This volume covers edible fruits and seeds used fresh or processed, as vegetables, spices, stimulants, pulses, edible oils and beverages and encompasses species from the ....

Ethnobiology

Edited by E N Anderson, Deborah Pearsall, Eugene S Hunn and Nancy Turner

Ethnobiology is the study of relationships between particular ethnic groups, or cultures, and their plant and animal environments. This is the single authoritative ....

Flora of Peninsular Malaysia, Series II: Seed Plant, Volume 2

Edited by R Kiew et al

Volume 2 is devoted to two subfamilies of the Apocynaceae, namely, Apocynoideae with 21 genera and 55 species and Rauvolfioideae with 14 genera and 57 species. Both subfamilies ....

Flowers on the Tree of Life

Edited by Livia Wanntorp and Louis Ronse De Craene

Genetic and molecular studies have recently come to dominate botanical research at the expense of more traditional morphological approaches. This broad introduction to modern ....

Food from the Wild

Ian Burrows

A practical field guide to over 250 species of fruits, nuts and seeds, flowers, plant leaves, herbs, roots, seaweeds and fungi found in Britain and Northern Europe. It gives ....

Fungal Plant Pathogens

Charles R Lane, Paul Beales and Kelvin JD Hughes

Covering the key techniques used when working with fungal plant pathogens, this practical manual deals with the recognition of disease symptoms, detection and ....

Fungi in Biogeochemical Cycles

Edited by GM Gadd

Fungi play important roles in the cycling of elements in the biosphere but are frequently neglected within microbiological and geochemical research spheres. Symbiotic ....

The Garden Organic Book of Compost

Pauline Pears

In recent times, people have become much more ecologically aware and also keener to minimize their carbon footprint. This, coupled with the pressure from governments to ....

Handbook of Phycological Methods, Volume 2

Physiological and Biochemical Methods

Edited by JA Hellebust and JS Craigie

This 1979 volume of the Handbook of Phycological Methods was the first compilation of biochemical and physiological procedures selected specifically for the experimental ....

How to Attract Wildlife and Birds into the Garden

Christine Lavelle and Michael Lavelle

This is a practical gardener's guide for animal lovers, including planting advice, designs and 90 step-by-step projects, with 1700 photographs. Turn your ....

Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers 2004 - 2006

Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 152

Edited by Peter Goldblatt and Dale E Johnson

Lithops: Treasures of the Veld

Observations on the Genus Lithops N.E.Br.

Steven A Hammer

This second edition contains descriptions and pictures of all new taxa and cultivars since the first edition published in 1999. The author unfolds the history of these ....

Mechanical Integration in Plant Cells and Plants

Edited by Przemyslaw Wojtaszek

Chemical reactions and interactions between molecules are commonly considered the basis of life, and thus the biochemical nature of cells and organisms is relatively well ....

Monographic Plant Systematics

Fundamental Assessment of Plant Biodiversity

Edited by FT Stuessy and HW Lack

This book focuses on botanical monography, which is the cornerstone of all activities within plant systematics. Within the monograph is where the limits of species are ....

Nature Helps...

How Plants and Other Organisms Contribute to Solve Health Problems

Edited by Heinz Mehlhorn

This book summarizes examples of promising aspects in a broad spectrum of applications and shows how extracts derived from bacteria, marine organisms, plants or even animals ....

Phyllanthus Species

Scientific Evaluation and Medicinal Applications

Edited by Ramadasan Kuttan and KB Harikumar

This book begins with a historical introduction to the traditional medicinal uses of Phyllanthus, followed by all aspects on the scientific evaluation of the species for ....

Plant Responses to Drought and Salinity Stress

Developments in a Post-Genomic Era

Edited by Ismail Turkan

"Advances in Botanical Research" publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences. Currently in its 57th volume, the series features a ....

Rare and Precious Plants of Dongguan

Wang Faguo

Royal Horticultural Society Growing Vegetables and Herbs

Simple Steps for Success

Mitchell Beazley

There is nothing quite like the taste of fresh vegetables and herbs that you have grown yourself. The author Guy Barter is the Royal Horticultural Society's best vegetable ....

Sarah Raven's Wild Flowers

Sarah Raven

Sarah Raven will introduce you to 250 of the best and most beautiful British wild flowers you can see by simply walking out of your front door or by venturing further ....

Seaweeds of the British Isles, Volume 1 Part 1

Rhododphyta. Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales

Peter S Dixon and Linda M Irvine

The first of three parts comprising Volume 1, this book covers the orders Nemaliales and Gigartinales. A general introduction to the Rhodophyta deals with such topics as ....

Sedges: Carex

Robert H Mohlenbrock

Since the first edition of 1999, 34 additional species of plants have been recognized in Illinois. Some are from recent field work, some are from more thorough searches of ....

Seedlings

Biology of Plant Establishment

Stephen W Adkins, Ilse Kranner, Matthew Ian Daws and Wolfgang Stuppy

Seedling establishment is the most critical phase in plant development, making the seedling an important area in basic and applied research. This new graduate-level ....

Size- and Age-related Changes in Tree Structure and Function

Edited by Frederick C Meinzer, Barbara Lachenbruch and Todd E Dawson

During their ontogeny, trees undergo numerous changes in their physiological function, the structure and mechanical properties of their wood, and overall architecture and ....

Stapeliads

John Pilbeam

The culmination of some sixty years of growing and admiring cacti and succulent plants, with a particular love affair with this wonderful, compelling group, this book is what ....

A Systematic Vademecum to the Vascular Plants of Puerto Rico

Franklin S Axelrod

This is an annotated checklist of the vascular plants presently found growing in the wild on the island of Puerto Rico that will be an invaluable aid to botanists, ....

Where Our Food Comes From

Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine

Gary Paul Nabhan

The future of our food depends on tiny seeds in orchards and fields the world over. In 1943, one of the first to recognize this fact, the great botanist Nikolay Vavilov, lay ....

Animal Grief

How Animals Mourn for Each Other

David Alderton

Science is now providing some remarkable insights into animal behaviour, with crocodiles, for example, emerging as devoted parents, and elephants - like whales - able ....

Bacteria and Fungi from Fish and Other Aquatic Animals

A Practical Identification Manual

Nicky B Buller

This practical book provides an updated resource for the identification of bacteria found in animals inhabiting the aquatic environment. It contains expanded biochemical ....

Cell Biology of Bacteria

Lucy Shapiro

Often thought to lack significant internal organization by comparison with eukaryotic cells, prokaryotes have in fact been shown to possess distinct intracellular ....

Chemical Biology of the Tropics

Edited by Jorge M Vivanco and Tiffany Weir

The mystique of the rain forest has captured the imaginations of generations of young people, explorers, authors, and biologists. It is a delicate ecosystem whose myriad ....

Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

Edited by Muriel Gargaud et al

The interdisciplinary field of Astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.g. the prevalence of exoplanets, the diversity ....

Eukaryotic Microbes

Edited by Moselio Schaechter

This collection contains articles contributed by world-class scientists and leaders in the field of fungi and protists, including texts on yeasts, algal blooms, lichens, and ....

Fish Parasites

Pathobiology and Protection

Edited by Patrick TK Woo and Kurt Buchmann

Focusing on pathobiology and protective strategies against protozoan and metazoan parasites of fish, this book reviews the latest research on important parasites: those ....

Guide to the Human Genome

Stewart Scherer

Presenting the genes of the human genome in their biological context, this book provides easy access to information about human genes and their roles in specific processes. With ....

An Introduction to Animal Behavior

An Integrative Approach

Michael J Ryan and Walter Wilczynski

The study of animal behavior is one of the most integrative endeavors in biology - it encompasses how the behavior is acquired, how it works, why it has come to work as it ....

An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology

Randy J Nelson

Introduction to the study of the interaction between hormones and behaviour. Topics include: sex determination and differentiation; animal models and humans; male and ....

Means to an End

Apoptosis and Other Cell Death Mechanisms

Douglas R Green

This book provides a clear and comprehensive view of apoptosis and other cell death mechanisms. Taking a bottom-up approach, the author starts with the enzymes that perform ....

Metamorphosis

Unmasking the Mystery of How Life Transforms

Frank Ryan

In this enchanting work of scientific exploration, acclaimed science author Frank Ryan explains how metamorphosis - the intricate trick of nature by which caterpillars ....

Nuclear Organization and Function

Terri Grodzicker, David Spector, David Stewart and Bruce Stillman

This volume is based on presentations by the world-renowned investigators who gathered at the 75th annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology to discuss the ....

Principles of Life

David M Hillis, David Sadava, HCraig Heller and Mary V Price

This book cuts through excessive detail and factual minutiae to focus on what matters most in biology today. Principles of Life explores the essential biological ideas in the ....

Progress in Parasitology

Edited by Heinz Mehlhorn

Parasites threaten the health of animals and humans alike. Especially in times of increasing globalization and global warming, parasites can enlarge their 'kingdom' by ....

RNA Worlds

From Life's Origins to Diversity in Gene Regulation

Edited by John F Atkins, Raymond F Gesteland and Thomas R Cech

Once thought to be just a messenger that allows genetic information encoded in DNA to direct the formation of proteins, RNA (ribonucleic acid) is now known to be a highly ....

RNAi and Plant Gene Function Analysis

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Hiroaki Kodama and Atsushi Komamine

The use of RNAi technology is essential for most plant science researchers. As DNA sequence information increases, so the need for functional annotation of target genes ....

Speaking of Genetics

A Collection of Interviews

Jane Gitschier

These 22 interviews were conducted by University of California Professor Jane Gitschier for publication in the scientific journal PLoS Genetics over the past 5 years. Here ....

Symmetry Breaking in Biology

Edited by Rong Li and Bruce Bowerman

Symmetry breaking events are critical for the survival of living systems. They are required for cell division, development, and movement in all organisms from ....

Topics in Ecological and Environmental Microbiology

Edited by Tom Schmidt and Moselio Schaechter

This volume contains a collection of classic and cutting-edge reviews contributed by world-class scientists and leaders in the field. ....

World Animal Health 2010

OIE

This book presents a synthesis of animal health information from OIE Members as well as from non OIE Member countries. It provides a unique tool for all those involved in ....

Yeast Intermediary Metabolism

Dan Fraenkel

The intermediary metabolism of small molecules is a fundamental of cell function. The pathways and modes of obtaining energy, degradation and utilization of exogenous organic ....

Mating Males

An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction

Tim Glover

Examining mating from the male perspective, this book provides an overview of mammalian reproduction to illustrate the important role that male desire plays in the life of ....

The Theory of Evolution and its Impact

Edited by Aldo Fasolo

This volume addresses the impact of the evolutionary theory on different fields, from the history of science, to language and philosophical issues relating darwinism to ....

100 Alien Invaders

Animals and Plants That are Changing Our World

Gill Williams

This book exposes one of the greatest threats to the planet after climate change and overpopulation. Animals and plants are perfectly harmless in their native areas, but ....

Integral Ecology

Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World

Sean Esbjorn-Hargens and Michael E Zimmerman

Today there is a bewildering diversity of views on ecology and the natural environment. With more than a hundred ecological schools of thought and methodologies - and ....

Introduction to Restoration Ecology

Evelyn A Howell, John A Harrington and Stephen B Glass

Restoration ecology is a young field that integrates theory and knowledge from a range of disciplines, including the biological, physical, and social sciences as well as the ....

AntArctic

A Tribute to Life in the Polar Regions

Michael Poliza

Following his stunning photo-safari in Africa and an unprecedented helicopter voyage from Europe to Africa in Eyes over Africa, the award-winning photographer has ventured ....

Applied Urban Ecology

A Global Framework

Edited by Matthias Richter and Ulrike Weiland

Applied Urban Ecology: A Global Framework explores ways in which the environmental quality of urban areas can be improved starting with existing environmental conditions ....

Best Management Practices for Saline and Sodic Turfgrass Soils

Assessment and Reclamation

Robert N Carrow and Ronny R Duncan

A comprehensive, science-based approach to understanding the various salinity stresses on turfgrass, landscape plants, and soils, this book covers the causes, problems, and ....

British Columbia's Inland Rainforest

Ecology, Conservation and Management

S Stevenson, H Armleder, AC Arsenault, D Coxson and SC DeLong

The vast temperate rainforests of coastal British Columbia are world-renowned, but much less is known about the other rainforest located 500 kilometres inland along the western ....

Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems

Edited by B Mohan Kumar and P K Ramachandran Nair

Tree based production systems abound especially in the tropics. Despite the pervasiveness of such multipurpose 'trees-outside-forest' resources, they have not ....

Common Ground

The Sharing of Land and Landscapes for Sustainability

Mark Everard

The landscapes that humanity has inhabited throughout our evolutionary history have met our needs and also substantially shaped our progress. We too have substantially shaped ....

Danxiashan Global Geopark

Hua Peng and Franz Wolfgang Eder

This book presents of the most outstanding and beautiful red bed landscapes in the world, which in 2004 were included in UNESCO's 'Global Geoparks Network', Danxiashan. ....

The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia

William J McShea

Seasonally dry forests are the most widespread forest type remaining in South and Southeast Asia. For many endangered species, such as tigers, elephants, deer and ....

The Face of the Earth

Natural Landscapes, Science, and Culture

Sue Ellen Campbell et al

This lively book sweeps across dramatic and varied terrains - volcanoes and glaciers, billabongs and canyons, prairies and rain forests - to explore how humans have made ....

Life at Extremes

Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival

Edited by Elanor M Bell

From arid deserts to icy poles, outer space to the depths of the sea, this book studies the remarkable life forms that have made these inhospitable environments their home. ....

Limnology

JG Tundisi and Takako Matsumoto Tundisi

This major reference provides an in-depth and illustrated overview of the field of limnology, with a special focus on neotropical limnology (applicable in 38 countries in ....

Marine Protected Areas

A Multidisciplinary Approach

Edited by Joachim Claudet

Human-induced environmental disturbance - through fishery activities, coastal development, tourism and pollution - is a major challenge to the restoration and ....

The Pantanal

Ecology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Large Neotropical Seasonal Wetland

Edited by Wolfgang J Junk et al

The Pantanal, the floodplain of the Upper Paraguay River and its tributaries, is the largest contiguous wetland in the world. It harbors a great diversity of organisms and ....

Peatlands of the Western Guayana Highlands, Venezuela

Edited by Joseph Alfred Zinck and Otto Huber

This volume is composed of 10 chapters covering a variety of features including geology, geomorphology, vegetation and soils that characterize the biophysical environment of ....

Policies for Sustainably Managing Canada's Forests

Tenure, Stumpage, Fees and Forest Practices

Martin K Luckert

Three-quarters of Canada's forests are under provincial control, so provincial forest policies are crucial to long-term sustainability. With its up-to-date comparative ....

The Pond Book

A Guide to the Management and Creation of Ponds

P Williams et al

Excellent manual aimed at presenting the current pond management options and describing good practice techniques. Presents the reasons behind each recommendation clearly, ....

Prairie Directory of North America

The United States, Canada, and Mexico

Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L Schwartz

The first single, comprehensive source for locating North American public prairies, grasslands, and savannas, Prairie Directory of North America is a guide unlike any ....

Private, Common or Socialistic Forestry under Globalization?

Sustainability Transitions in Finland vs. Deforestation in Tropics

Matti Palo

While deforestation continues at an alarming rate around the world, discussions on the range of underlying causes continue. With a view to pushing forward these discussions, a ....

The River Returns

An Environmental History of the Bow

Christopher Armstrong, Matthew Evenden and HV Nelles

Millions of tourists and residents know the Bow River as it tumbles through Banff's spectacular scenery or carves an elegant arc through the city of Calgary. Fewer people ....

Silviculture in the Tropics

Edited by Sven Günter, Michael Weber, Bernd Stimm and Reinhard Mosandl

This book integrates the latest global developments in forestry science and practice and their relevance for the sustainable management of tropical forests. ....

This Shrinking Land

Climate Change and Britain's Coasts

Robert Duck

The oceans are the graveyards of the lands. Lands become eaten away by the action of the seas and it is no surprise to find that most of the world's shorelines are in a ....

Uncertain Path

A Search for the Future of National Parks

William C Tweed

In this provocative walking meditation, forest ranger and writer William Tweed takes us to California's spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for our national parks ....

World Soil Resources and Food Security

Edited by Rattan Lal and B A Stewart

This book provides current information regarding the world's soil resources available for food production; management and input requirements needed to achieve increased ....

Biodiversity Hotspots

Distribution and Protection of Conservation Priority Areas

Edited by Frank E Zachos and Jan Christian Habel

Biodiversity and its conservation are among the main global topics in science and politics and perhaps the major challenge for the present and coming generations. This ....

Biosphere Reserves in the Mountains of the World

Excellence in the Clouds?

As model regions for balancing ecological with economic and social needs, biosphere reserves, by involving local stakeholders, are intended to test and develop ....

Himalayan Biodiversity in the Changing World

Edited by Pavel Kindlmann

This book presents some results on selected taxa in the Himalayan region (mainly Nepal), pinpoints the threats to their survival and suggests ways to avoid their extinction. ....

Making Nature Whole

A History of Ecological Restoration

William R Jordan and George M Lubick

"Making Nature Whole" is a seminal volume that presents an in-depth history of the field of ecological restoration as it has developed over the last three decades. The authors ....

New Environmentalism

Challenges and Responses in Managing New Zealand's Environmental Diversity

CR de Freitas and Martin Perry

The book presents a New Zealand case study of new environmentalism to give a fresh perspective and original analytical framework to distinguish it from existing 'state of ....

Our Dying Planet

An Ecologist's View of the Crisis We Face

Peter F Sale

Coral reefs are on track to become the first ecosystem actually eliminated from the planet. So says leading ecologist Peter F. Sale in this crash course on the state of the ....

Rat Island

Predators in Paradise and the World's Greatest Wildlife Rescue

William Stolzenburg

Rat Island rises from the icy gray waters of the Bering Sea, a mass of volcanic rock covered with tundra, midway between Alaska and Siberia. Once a remote sanctuary for ....

Southeast Asian Biodiversity in Crisis

Navjot S Sodhi and Barry W Brook

The biodiversity of Southeast Asia is gravely imperilled by drivers including massive habitat modifications, forest fires and the overexploitation of wildlife. This book ....

The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2011

Edited by Richard S Ostfeld and William H Schlesinger

As in past installments of "The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology" series, this year's volume contains a diverse collection of timely reviews in conservation biology ....

Zoo Story

Life in the Garden of Captives

Thomas French

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas French investigates the life and death struggles of animals at Tampa Zoo, exposing the corporate greed that nearly destroyed ....

Adapting to a Changing Environment

Confronting the Consequences of Climate Change

Tim McClanahan and Joshua Cinner

For those who depend on the bounty of the sea for their livelihoods, climate change and its consequences (warming water, coral bleaching, rising sea levels) could spell ....

Caching the Carbon

The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage

Edited by James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle

Over the past decade, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has come to the fore as a way to manage carbon dioxide emissions contributing to climate change. This book examines its ....

Carbon Sinks and Climate Change

Forests in the Fight Against Global Warming

Colin AG Hunt

Reforestation and avoiding deforestation are methods of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this book, Colin Hunt deals ....

Climate

Global Change and Local Adaptation

Edited by Igor Linkov and Todd S Bridges

Rising sea levels and altered weather patterns are expected to significantly alter coastal and inland environments for humans, infrastructure and ecosystems. Potential ....

Climate Change

The Fork at the End of Now

Micha Tomkiewicz

There are many books on global warming written entirely from a layman's perspective, and there is a great deal of scientific literature on this subject. But few if any books ....

Climate Change - Past, Present, and Future

A Very Short Guide

Warren D Allmon, Trisha A Smrecak and Robert M Ross

Climate change will likely be the major environmental - and perhaps economic and social - issue of the twenty-first century. It is controversial, confusing, and hugely ....

Climate Change and Future Justice

Precaution, Compensation and Triage

Catriona McKinnon

Climate change creates unprecedented problems of intergenerational justice. What do members of the current generation owe to future generations in virtue of the ....

Climate Change and Society

John Urry

This book explores the significance of human behaviour to understanding the causes and impacts of changing climates and to assessing varied ways of responding to such changes. ....

Coping with Climate Change

Ramesha Chandrappa, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha and Sushil K Gupta

Diagnosis: Mercury

Money, Politics and Poison

Jane M Hightower

One morning in 2000, Dr. Jane Hightower walked into her surgery to find a patient with disturbing symptoms she couldn't explain. The woman was nauseated, tired, and had ....

Drought and Climate Change

A Rural Australian Perspective, Adaptation, and Social Impact

Daniela Anna Stehlik

Written with US drought researchers in mind, this text links Australia's drought experience with the predicted impact of climate change around the world by exploring how ....

The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life

Edited by Anthony Hawkins

The Second International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life took place in Ireland on August 15-20, 2010. The main emphasis of the conference will be on ....

Global Climate

The Oceanic Warm Pool

Dongliang Yuan, Jianping Li, Bo Qiu and Henry Hendon

The warm pool of the western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean is one of the most prominent features of global sea surface temperature distribution. Its variation is of ....

Hydrological, Socioeconomic and Ecological Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation in the Mediterranean Region

Edited by Sergio M Vicente-Serrano and Ricardo Machado Trigo

The Mediterranean basin represents one of the most important "hot spots" of climate change in the world, with recent trends towards a hotter and drier climate being related ....

Management of Indoor Air Quality

Edited by Marzenna R Dudzinska and Lucjan Pawlowski

Collection of 14 peer reviewed papers in Indoor Environment Engineering addressing a range of issues. It includes research on HVAC impact on aerosol levels, new ventilation ....

The Politics of Climate Change

Anthony Giddens

Climate change differs from any other problem that, as collective humanity, we face today. If it goes unchecked, the consequences are likely to be catastrophic for human ....

Technical Challenges of Multipollutant Air Quality Management

Edited by George M Hidy, Jeffrey R Brook, Kenneth L Demerjian and Luisa T Molina

Recent critiques of air quality management approaches currently employed in developed and many developing countries have suggested that efficiencies could be achieved if air ....

Temperature Adaptation in a Changing Climate

Nature at Risk

Edited by Karen K Tanino and Kenneth B Storey

Cold adaptation is a much neglected field in the minds of climate change researchers and policy makers. However, increasing fluctuations in temperature means that the risk of ....

Turned Out Nice

How the British Isles Will Change as the World Heats Up

Marek Kohn

This book is a precise and fiercely honest projection of what we know about climate change into the future of one small corner of the planet: the islands of Britain and ....

Arc Volcano of Japan

Generation of Continental Crust from the Mantle

Takeru Yanagi

The main focus of this book is to systematically examine why and how the Earth's continental crust forms, by evaluating magmatic processes at island arcs where new ....

Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries

Govert Schilling

This title offers a unique combination of informative text, magnificent illustrations and stylish design. It examines the 100 most important discoveries since the invention ....

Calderas and Ignimbrites of the Central Sector of the Mexican Volcanic Belt

Gerardo J Aguirre-Diaz

This book describes in detail the large range in textures and compositions of ignimbrites, provides a geologic map and stratigraphic type sections of the ignimbrites ....

Developments in Palygorskite-Sepiolite Research

A New Outlook on these Nanomaterials

Edited by Arieh Singer and Emilio Galan

The aim of this comprehenvise book is to present the most important results achieved in the research of the clay minerals palygorskite and sepiolite. Palygorskite and sepiolite ....

Drifting on Alien Winds

Exploring the Atmospheres and Weather of Other Worlds

Michael Carroll

Ever since the Montgolfier's hot air balloon carried a chicken, a goat, and a duck into the Parisian skies, scientists have dreamed of contraptions to explore the atmosphere. ....

The Dynamic Magnetosphere

Edited by William Liu and Masaki Fujimoto

The articles contained in this book describe the latest research results in solar wind-magnetosphere interaction, magnetospheric substorms, magnetosphere-ionosphere ....

Field Guide to Gemstones of the Pacific Northwest

Rick Hudson

This full-colour, laminated field guide is your introduction to the beauty and wonder of the gemstones found in the Pacific Northwest, a region famous for its variety and ....

Fireballs, Skyquakes and Hums: Probing the Mysteries of Light and Sound

Anthony Milne

This book guarantees a grand tour of the 'fireball' mystery and covers all aspects of science to help the reader understand the wide range of natural objects and unexplained ....

Geoinformatics

Cyberinfrastructure for the Solid Earth Sciences

Edited by GRandy Keller and Chaitanya Baru

Advanced information technology infrastructure is increasingly being employed in the Earth sciences to provide researchers with efficient access to massive central databases ....

The Geology of Thailand

Edited by M F Ridd, AJ Barber and M J Crow

This is the first volume in the English language to cover the entire range of the geology of Thailand since the joint Thai-US account by Brown et al. exactly 60 years ....

Growth and Collapse of the Tibetan Plateau

Edited by R Gloaguen and L Ratschbacher

Despite agreement on first-order features and mechanisms, critical aspects of the origin and evolution of the Tibetan Plateau, such as the exact timing and nature of collision, ....

How to Photograph the Moon and Planets with Your Digital Camera

Tony Buick

Although astronomical CCD cameras can be very costly, digital cameras -- the kind you use on holiday -- on the other hand, are relatively inexpensive. Moreover, their ....

Introducing Geomorphology

A Guide to Landforms and Processes

Adrian Harvey

Geomorphology is the study of the earth's landforms and the processes that made the landscape look the way it does today. What we see when we look at a scenic view is the ....

Mechanisms of Atmospheric Oxidation of the Oxygenates

Jack G Calvert et al

Prepared by an international team of eminent atmospheric scientists, Mechanisms of Atmospheric Oxidation of the Oxygenates is an authoritative source of information on the ....

Natural Processes and Human Impacts

Interactions between Humanity and the Environment

Sergey M Govorushko

This highly topical book comes at a time when the two-way relationship between humankind and the environment is moving inexorably to the top of the agenda. It covers both sides ....

Planet Earth

A Beginner's Guide

John Gribbin

In this incredible expedition into the origins, workings, and evolution of our home planet, John Gribbin does what he does best: takes four and a half billion years of ....

Practical Chemical Thermodynamics for Geoscientists

Bruce Fegley

This book covers classical chemical thermodynamics and focuses on applications to practical problems in the geosciences, environmental sciences, and planetary sciences. ....

Protection of Built Environment Against Earthquakes

Edited by Matjaz Dolsek

Current knowledge and state-of-the-art developments in topics related to the seismic performance and risk assessment of different types of structures and building stock are ....

The Agile City

Building Well-being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change

James S Russell

Journalist and urban analyst James Russell argues that we'll slow global warming more quickly - and blunt its effects - by retrofitting cities, suburbs, and towns. His book ....

Agricultural Seed Production

RAT George

A practical coverage of the principles of producing seeds for the main agricultural crops, this book emphasises producing optimal quality seed, and applies to small and ....

Atlas of Global Development

A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges

Edited by World Bank Group

The key development issues facing our world today are vividly illustrated in "The Atlas of Global Development". Based upon authoritative data from the World Bank's World ....

Bioenergy for Sustainable Development and International Competitiveness

The Role of Sugar Cane in Africa

Edited by Francis X Johnson and Vikram Seebaluck

Growing concerns about the impacts of climate change and dependence on fossil fuels have intensified interest in bioenergy from sugar cane and other crops, highlighting ....

Biotechnology Fundamentals

Firdos Alam Khan

This textbook discusses the fundamentals of biotechnology as well as the latest developments such as stem cell research, cloning, biofuel, transgenic plants, ....

Book of the Farm

Henry Stephens and Alex Langlands

The Book of the Farm, written by the 19th-century farming expert Henry Stephens, was the indispensable farming 'bible' referred to by the historians living and working on the ....

The Burden of Resources

Oil and Water in the Gulf Region and the Nile Basin

Edited by Sherif Elmusa

This collection of essays seeks to investigate questions of oil and water resources contestation, wars, and cooperation in the context of the Gulf region, especially Iraq, ....

The Changing Wealth of Nations

Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium

This ground-breaking report presents wealth accounts for 1995, 2000, and 2005, permitting the first longer-term assessment of global, regional, and country performance ....

Ecological Migration

Environmental Policy in China

Edited by Masayoshi Nakawo, Yuki Konagaya and Shinjilt

In the context of the current wave of global environmental concern, this book considers measures aimed at solving environmental problems, investigating the example of ....

Ecologies of Human Flourishing

Edited by Donald K Swearer

Prominent Buddhist scholar Donald Swearer posits that the future requires a radical shift toward living in recognition of the interdependence of all life forms and the ....

Ending Dirty Energy Policy

Prelude to Climate Change

Joseph P Tomain

Climate change presents the United States, and the world, with regulatory problems of a magnitude, complexity and scope unseen before. The United States, however, particularly ....

Environmental Change and Agricultural Sustainability in the Mekong Delta

Edited by Mart A Stewart and Peter A Coclanis

The Mekong Delta of Vietnam is one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world. The Mekong River fans out over an area of about 40,000 sq kilometers and over ....

Environmental Protection Strategies for Sustainable Development

Edited by Abdul Malik and Elisabeth Grohmann

The environment of our planet is degrading at an alarming rate because of non-sustainable urbanization, industrialization and agriculture. Unsustainable trends in ....

Food and Financial Crises

Impacts on Sub-Saharan Africa

Edited by DR Lee and MB Ndulo

Dramatic increases in food prices, as witnessed on a global scale in recent years, threaten the food security of hundreds of millions of the rural poor in Sub-Saharan ....

Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange

Fetishism in a Zero-Sum World

Alf Hornborg

In modern society, we tend to have faith in technology. But is our concept of `technology' itself a cultural illusion? This book challenges the idea that humanity as ....

Green Metropolis

Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability

David Owen

This book examines the environmental benefits of urban living through the author's experiences of living in New York City. His core thesis is that if Americans really want ....

Groundwater in the Arab Middle East

Wolfgang Wagner

The book gives an outline of prevailing hydrogeologic conditions in the Arab Middle East together with the geologic background. Emphasis is given to relationships between the ....

Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy

Edited by Madhu Khanna, Jurgen Scheffran and David Zilberman

Concerns about energy security, uncertainty about oil prices, declining oil reserves, and global climate change are fueling a shift towards bioenergy as a renewable ....

Handbook of Energy

Cutler J Cleveland and Christopher G Morris

This book provides a comprehensive, organized work of knowledge on all phases of energy and its role in society including the social, economic, political, historical, and ....

Harmony

A New Way of Looking at Our World

The Prince of Wales, Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly

A practical guide to what we have lost in the modern world, why we have lost it and how easily it is to rediscover. Harmony is a blueprint for a more balanced, sustainable ....

Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries

Edited by David Zilberman, Joachim Otte, David Roland-Holst and Dirk U Pfeiffer

This book provides an overview of the state of animal agriculture and present methodologies and proposals to develop policies that result in sustainable and ....

Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration

Integrating Science, Nature, and Culture

Edited by Dave Egan, Evan E Hjerpe and Jesse Abrams

This volume takes an interdisciplinary look at the myriad human aspects of ecological restoration. In twenty-six chapters written by experts from around the world, it ....

Lawyers, Swamps, and Money

U.S. Wetland Law, Policy, and Politics

Royal C Gardner

This book serves as a guide to the complex set of laws governing America's wetlands. After explaining the importance of these critical natural areas, the book examines the ....

Let the Water Do the Work

Induced Meandering, an Evolving Method for Restoring Incised Channels

Bill Zeedyk and Van Clothier

"Let the Water Do the Work" is an important contribution to riparian restoration. By 'thinking like a creek', one can harness the regenerative power of floods to reshape ....

Making Healthy Places

Designing and Building for Health, Well-being, and Sustainability

Edited by Andrew L Danneberg, Howard Frumkin and Richard J Jackson

The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats ....

Marine Environmental Governance

From International Law to Local Practice

Erika Techera

This volume considers the relationship between international environmental law and community-based management of marine areas. Focusing on small island states, in which ....

Natural Resources, Sustainability and Humanity

Edited by Angela Mendonca, Ana Cunha, Lurdes Carvalho and Ranjan Chakrabarti

In this book volume global issues like water and food scarcity, natural and environmental hazards, decreasing biodiversity etc are discussed by a number of eminent ....

The Nature Principle

Richard Louv

Louv discusses how we can create a healthier balance between technology and nature, so that we can experience the best of technology and nature in our lives. He shows us how ....

A New Environmental Ethics

The Next Millennium for Life on Earth

Holmes Rolston III

No one looking ahead at the middle of the last century could have foreseen the extent and the importance of the ensuing environmental crises. Now, more than a decade into the ....

Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems

K Giller and K Wilson

Nitrogen fixation by leguminous plant is especially important when farmers are trying to maximize fertilizer use for cost or environmental reasons. This second edition of this ....

No Impact Man

Saving the Planet One Family at a Time

Colin Beavan

In the growing debate over eco-friendly living, it seems that everything is as bad as everything else. Do you do more harm by living in the country or the city? Is it better ....

Oil in the Soil

The Politics of Paying to Preserve the Amazon

Pamela Martin

Paradise may have been found in the Western Amazon, but it is on the brink of destruction. Oil in the Soil analyzes the campaign to save the ....

Peak Water

Civilisation and the World's Water Crisis

Alexander Bell

Water is the source of life and the building block of all civilisation. The control of water has shaped politics, health, population growth, city planning, technology and ....

Peppers

Vegetable and Spice Capsicums

Paul Bosland and Eric Votava

Although thought of as a minor crop, peppers are a major world commodity due to their great versatility. They are used not only as vegetables in their own right but also as ....

A Perfect Moral Storm

The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change

Stephen M Gardiner

Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming catastrophe. In The Perfect Moral Storm, philosopher ....

Plant Evolution and the Origin of Crop Species

JF Hancock

The genetic variability that developed in plants during their evolution is the basis of their domestication and breeding into the crops grown today for food, fuel and other ....

Postcolonial Ecologies

Literatures of the Environment

Edited by Elizabeth M DeLoughrey and George Handley

This is the first edited collection to bring ecocritical studies into a necessary dialogue with postcolonial studies. By examining African, Caribbean, Pacific Island and ....

Potential Invasive Pests of Agricultural Crops

Edited by Jorge E Peña

Invasive arthropods cause significant damage in agricultural crops and natural environments across the globe. Potentially threatened regions need to be prepared to ....

Principles of Fruit and Nut Production

Preston K Andrews

Fruit and nuts are an important group of horticultural crops, which have attracted recent attention for the health benefits they afford consumers. ....

Realizing Africa's Rice Promise

Edited by MCS Wopereis et al

At a time when Africa's food security stands threatened, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research and recommendations for dealing with ....

Sustainability in America's Cities

Creating the Green Metropolis

Edited by Matthew I Slavin

This book highlights how America's largest cities are acting to develop sustainable solutions to conflicts between development and environment. It provides empirically ....

Sustainable Excellence

The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World

Aron Cramer and Zachary Karabell

Today's business landscape is changing in fundamental ways: Natural resources are growing ever more scarce and expensive. Technology and changing consumer expectations ....

Understanding Green Building Materials

Traci Rose Rider, Stacy Glass and Jessica McNaughton

From eco-friendly sheetrock to sustainable paint finishes, the green building movement is gaining momentum but with new products being introduced routinely, it is hard for ....

Urban Water Conflicts

UNESCO-IHP

Bernard Barraque

Urban water conflicts, manifested first in Europe in the 19th century and observed nowadays in various forms in developing countries, characterize complex socioeconomic ....

Water

Towards a Culture of Responsibility

Antoine Frerot

Clean, fresh drinking water is essential to human and animal life. It's equally important to the world economy: it functions as a universal solvent, makes possible ....

Water Matters

Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource

Edited by Tara Lohan

Who controls our water resources and how much water do we have left? Can we enact meaningful changes in our personal lives, our policies, and our laws to protect our ....

Water Security in the Mediterranean Region

Water Security, Management and Control

Edited by Andrea Scozzari and Bouabid El Mansouri

The role of water in our communities, from local to regional and right up to global levels, poses a series of key questions about climate change, about the anthropogenic ....

Water in the Mediterranean Basin

Edited by Huseyin Gokcekus, Turker Umut and James W LaMoreaux

The Mediterranean Region is distinguished for its special geographical, geoeconomical, geopolitical and environmental specialities. Being at the crossroads of three continents ....

What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism

John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff

There is a growing consensus that the planet is heading toward environmental catastrophe: climate change, ocean acidification, ozone depletion, global freshwater ....

Worldchanging

A User's Guide for the 21st Century

Edited by Alex Steffen

Written by a collaborative of leading thinkers across a diverse range of industries, "Worldchanging" demonstrates that the means for building a better future lie all around ....

The Young Activist's Guide to Building a Green Movement and Changing the World

Sharon J Smith

If you want to make a significant and sustainable impact on the health of our planet, this powerful and practical guide can help. Author and activist Sharon J. Smith shares ....

Bioinformatics Database Systems

Jason T L Wang and Katherine G Herbert

This book explains the world of database systems to bioinformatics and cheminformatics database users. It begins with a survey of popular databases, including primary genetic ....

A Computational Approach to Statistical Arguments in Ecology and Evolution

George Estabrook

Scientists need statistics. Increasingly this is accomplished using computational approaches. Freeing readers from the constraints, mysterious formulas and sophisticated ....

Guide to Process Based Modeling of Lakes and Coastal Seas

Anders Omstedt

Mounting concern about the influence of humans on climate and environmental conditions has increased the need for multi-disciplinary modelling efforts, including systems such ....

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation

Edited by Prasad Srinivasa Thenkabail, John G Lyon and Alfredo Huete

With contributions from international experts in hyperspectral data, this book demonstrates the experience, utility, methods and models needed to study terrestrial ....

Information and Living Systems

Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives

Edited by George Terzis and Robert Arp

Information shapes biological organization in fundamental ways and at every organizational level. Because organisms use information--including DNA codes, gene ....

Modeling and Simulation in Ecotoxicology with Applications in MATLAB and Simulink

Kenneth R Dixon

This book discusses the role of modeling and simulation in environmental toxicology, and describes toxicological processes from the level of the individual organism to ....

New Trends in the Physics and Mechanics of Biological Systems

Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School

Edited by Martine Ben Amar et al

In July 2009, many experts in the mathematical modelling of biological sciences gathered in Les Houches for a 4-week summer school on the mechanics and physics of biological ....

Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy

A How-To Manual

Barry G Hall

Helps the reader get started in creating phylogenetic trees from protein or nucleic acid sequence data. Although aimed at molecular and cell biologists, it also serves students ....

Practical Computing for Biologists

Steven HD Haddock and Casey W Dunn

Increasingly, scientists find themselves facing exponentially larger data sets and analyses without suitable tools to deal with them. Many biologists end up using ....

R Cookbook

Paul Teetor

With more than 200 practical recipes, this book helps you perform data analysis with R quickly and efficiently. The R language provides everything you need to do statistical ....

Encyclopedia of International Development

Edited by Tim Forsyth

International development is now a major global activity and the focus of the rapidly growing academic discipline of development studies. The Encyclopedia of International ....

How to Use Web 2.0 in Your Library

Phil Bradley

The Web 2.0 and social software explosion has the capability to transform the online profile of libraries and help reach out to tech-savvie young users to whom the library ....

Marketing and Public Relations for Museums, Galleries, Cultural and Heritage Attractions

Ylva French and Sue Runyard

Visitors to museums, galleries, heritage sites and other not for profit attractions receive their information in changing ways. Communications channels are shifting and ....

A Scientific Approach to Scientific Writing

John Blackwell and Jan Martin

This guide provides a framework, starting from simple statements, for writing papers for submission to peer-reviewed journals. It also describes how to address reviewers' ....

Supervising the Doctorate

A Guide to Success

S Delamont, P Atkinson and O Parry

Invaluable to academics in all disciplines. ....