Bildbestimmungschlüssel für Kleinsäugerschädel aus Gewöllen

Joachim Jenrich, Paul-Walter Löhr and Franz Müller

Since birds lack teeth, they do not chew their food and swallow their prey whole. Indigestible parts such as feathers and bones are then regurgitated as pellets. With the ....

Building Babies

Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective

Edited by Kathryn BH Clancy, Katie Hinde and Julienne N Rutherford

The ontogeny of each individual contributes to the physical, physiological, cognitive, neurobiological, and behavioral capacity to manage the complex social relationships and ....

Capybara

Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species

Edited by JR Moreira, KMPMB Ferraz, EA Herrera and DW Macdonald

Capybaras are not merely unusual, they are extraordinary. It is widely known that they are the largest living rodent (c. 50kg), but it is less well known that their biology is ....

Horses of the World

Bob Langrish and Nicola Jane Swinney

The lives of humans and horses have been intricately linked for thousands of years, with equines depicted in cave paintings dating back to 5000BC. Horses have been developed by ....

In Defence of Dogs

Why Dogs Need Our Understanding

John Bradshaw

John Bradshaw, one of the world's leading dog experts, brings us a compelling insight into what dogs would ask us for, if only they knew how. The dog has been mankind's ....

The Macaque Connection

Cooperation and Conflict between Humans and Macaques

Edited by Sindhu Radhakrishna, Michael A Huffman and Anindya Sinha

Most successful among the non-human primates in terms of geographical distribution and adaptability to ecological habitats, macaques have existed for many thousands of years ....

Marsupials

Edited by Patricia Armati, CR Dickman and Ian Hume

This 2006 book examines the exciting discoveries in the study of marsupials of the last 20 years. These discoveries have led to significant developments in our understanding of ....

Seasonality in Primates

Studies of Living and Extinct Human and Non-Human Primates

Edited by Diane K Brockman and Carel P Van Schaik

The emergence of the genus Homo is widely linked to the colonization of 'new' highly seasonal savannah habitats. However, until recently, our understanding of the possible ....

Thylacine

The Tragic Tale of the Tasmanian Tiger

David Owen

Is it still out there? Thousands of Australians, including dedicated and serious scientists, claim to keep seeing it still. The world's largest marsupial predator was ....

The Truth About Wolves and Dogs

Dispelling the Myths of Dog Training

Toni Shelbourne

There are billions of dogs in the world, each with its own character and breed traits. Is it possible that all of these dogs have dominant personalities? Apply that concept to ....

Urban Mammals

A Concise Guide

David Wembridge

Channel 4's popular programme "Foxes Live - Wild in the City" is raising awareness of the wildlife living under our noses. Wherever you live, wildlife will move in alongside, ....

Birds of Paradise

Revealing the World's Most Extraordinary Birds

Edwin Scholes and Tim Laman

Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace once observed, "The bird of paradise really deserves its name and must be ranked as one of the most beautiful and most wonderful of ....

Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide (2-Volume Set)

Pamela C Rasmussen and John C Anderton

A fabulous new two-volume set, the most complete and up-to-date guide to the birds of the region. Includes much previously unpublished data on identification, distributions, ....

Birdwatching

Susanna Davidson

Part of the Naturetrail series, this title focuses on an in-depth explanation of the world of birds, including habitats and conservation, to provide a deeper understanding ....

The Boreal Owl

Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation of a Forest-Dwelling Predator

Erkki Korpimaki and Harri Hakkarainen

Widespread in North American forest regions including the Rocky Mountains, the boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) was once the most numerous predatory bird in Eurasian boreal ....

The Chicken Encyclopedia

An Illustrated Reference

Gail Damerow

From addled to wind egg, crossed beak to zygote, the terminology of everything chicken is demystified in "The Chicken Encyclopedia", a comprehensive A-to-Z reference volume ....

Eagle Days

Stuart Rae

This book is based on many years of experience with eagles. It was written by bringing together Stuart's diary and field notes, along with his photographs, thus providing a ....

Grouse of the World

Richard Sale and Roald Popatove

Grouse are a source of fascination for people, not least for their spectacular displays and ability to survive the Arctic winter. To survive the extreme cold the birds have ....

Nocturnal Birds of Southern Africa

John Carlyon

"Nocturnal Birds of Southern Africa" brings the largely unseen world of night birds to the reader in the pages of this photographic guide, the first to cover the full spectrum ....

Owls

Marianne Taylor

Everyone loves owls. This informative book, covering the northern hemisphere, will be divided in two between thematic sections covering owl biology and species accounts for ....

Owls of the World

A Photographic Guide

Heimo Mikkola

Having trouble separating your scops from your screech owls, Tengmalm's from tawny owl or collared and spotted owlets? Then this is the book for you. "Owls of the World" is ....

Passerine Migration

Stopovers and Flight

Nikita Chernetsov

Most birds cannot cover the distance between their breeding and winter quarters in one hop. They have to make multiple flights alternated with stopovers. Which factors govern ....

RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds

Simon Harrap

A compact and informative field guide which covers over 200 of the most common birds found in Britain and features concise descriptions of each bird's main characteristics ....

Vogelfedern an Flüssen und Seen

Finden und Bestimmen

Hans-Heiner Bergmann

Rivers and lakes are favorite resting places for birds. Consequently, there is a high chance to find feathers. This handy pocket book enables you to determine to which ....

Where to Find Birds in Far North New Zealand

A Site Guide

Detlef Davies

Detlef Davies is Regional Representative for the Far North branch of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and has travelled widely in the country but particularly in his ....

Killers in the Water

The New Super Sharks Terrorising the World's Oceans

Sue Blackhall

As we humans have explored the world's oceans and exploited them for tourism and recreation, we have found ourselves coming into contact with more and more sharks. And ....

The Complete Guide to Rearing The Rainbow Scarab and Other Dung Beetles

S Barney and O McMonigle

This guide to dung beetle husbandry is the sixth in the complete guide to rearing beetles series. The text covers background, captive husbandry, trapping and collecting, ....

The Exquisite Butterfly Companion

The Science and Beauty of 100 Butterflies

Hazel Davies

This exquisite set, created with the American Museum of Natural History, is the perfect gift for lovers of Lepidoptera! Tucked inside a case with an organza ribbon closure, ....

Field Guide to the Larvae and Exuviae of British Dragonflies

Damselflies (Zgypotera) and Dragonflies (Anisoptera)

Steve Cham

This publication combines the original volume 1 on dragonflies and volume 2 on damselflies, now both out of print. ....

Insects of Britain and Western Europe

Michael Chinery

Over 2000 of the most commonly observed and most distinctive insect species of Britain and western Europe, from all orders and most families, are illustrated in this essential ....

Life in a Gall

The Biology and Ecology of Insects That Live in Plant Galls

Rosalind Blanche

What are plant galls and how are they caused? This book introduces the Australian native insects that induce galls on plants and the plant species that host them. It explores ....

Microscopic Worlds, Volume 1: Bugs of the Ocean

Kerry Swanson

In this series of three books, the author escorts the reader on a fascinating and inspiring exploration of areas of the biological world unseen and unknown by most. In ....

Microscopic Worlds, Volume 2: Bugs of the Land

Kerry Swanson

In this series of three books, the author escorts the reader on a fascinating and inspiring exploration of areas of the biological world unseen and unknown by most. In ....

Revision and Cladistic Analysis of Pholcus and Closely Related Taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae)

BA Huber

The genus Pholcus Walckenaer and nine other pholcid genera are characterized by a simplified type of combhair on the fourth tarsi. This supposedly monophyletic group ....

The Complete Book of Dinosaurs

The Ultimate Reference to 355 Dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, Including More Than 900 Illustrations, Maps, Timelines and Photographs

Dougal Dixon

This is the ultimate reference to 355 dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, including more than 900 illustrations, maps, timelines and ....

Quartärpaläontologische Forschung in Weimar 1962-2011

Eine Bibliographie

Bärbel Fiedler

This bibliography, put together for the 50th anniversary of the Senckenberg Research Station of Quaternary Palaeontology, Weimar, traces the career of the internationally ....

Rereading the Fossil Record

The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline

David Sepkoski

Although fossils have provided some of the most important evidence for evolution, the discipline of paleontology has not always had a central place in evolutionary biology. ....

Stratigraphic Paleobiology

Understanding the Distribution of Fossil Taxa in Time and Space

Mark E Patzkowsky and Steven M Holland

Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils ....

Iconographia Diatomologica Volume 23: Lake Baikal:

Hotspot of Endemic Diatoms I

Edited by Horst Lange-Bertalot

Lake Baikal is the deepest lake on earth. The aim of this first of two scheduled volumes devoted to the diatom flora of the ancient Lake Baikal is to present a provisional ....

Meer und Museum, Band 23

Wale und Robben in der Ostsee

Edited by Harald Benke and Götz-Bodo Reinicke

This volume, a collaboration between the German Oceanographic Museum and the Danish whale researcher Dr. Carl Christian Kinze gives a comprehensive overview of the status ....

Acolytes of Nature

Defining Natural Science in Germany, 1770-1850

Denise Phillips

Although many of the practical and intellectual traditions that make up modern science date back centuries, the category of "science" itself is a relative novelty. In the ....

Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World

Parapegmata and Related Texts in Classical and Near-Eastern Societies

Daryn Lehoux

The focus of this book is the interplay between ancient astronomy, meteorology, physics and calendrics. It looks at a set of popular instruments and texts (parapegmata) used in ....

Bird, Bee and Bug Houses

30 Projects to Make Wildlife Feel at Home

Derek Jones

Create enticing habitats to attract birds and insects to a garden. This title presents 30 step-by-step, illustrated projects, with many suitable even for the novice. It ....

Boots, Bikes, and Bombers

Adventures of Alaska Conservationist Ginny Hill Wood

Edited by Karen Brewster

"Boots, Bikes, and Bombers" presents an intimate oral history of Ginny Hill Wood, a pioneering Alaska conservationist and outdoorswoman. Born in Washington in 1917, Wood ....

Buzzing!

Annelies Emmans Dean

"Buzzing!" is a potpourri of entertaining poems about insects and other small garden creatures. Each poem is accompanied by colour photographs and extra interesting ....

Captain Scott's Invaluable Assistant: Edgar Evans

Isobel Williams

Edgar Evans was described by Robert Falcon Scott as "a giant worker . . . an invaluable assistant." He explored more miles of Antarctica than any other member of the Terra Nova ....

Captain Scott's Last Expedition

Diaries, 26 November 1910-29 March 1912

Robert Falcon Scott

Scott of the Antarctic's amazing diary of the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition in which he perished along with Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans after ....

Cicerone Guide: Chamonix Mountain Adventures

Hilary Sharp

This inspirational guidebook is packed with suggestions for all sorts of mountain activities, from gentle family walks to an ascent of Mont Blanc and from graded cycling ....

Cicerone Guide: Map and Compass

The Art of Navigation

Pete Hawkins

Why learn to navigate? Are you new to walking and want to learn the fundamentals of navigation? Or have you been walking for a while but have realized that you are a ....

Cicerone Guide: The High Atlas

Treks and Climbs on Morocco's Biggest and Best Mountains

Hamish Brown

The High Atlas mountains of North Africa offer some of the finest trekking and climbing in the world, with hospitable guides, a good climate for much of the year and an almost ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking and Trekking in Iceland

100 Days in the Land of Fire and Ice

Paddy Dillon

This new Paddy Dillon guide to walking and trekking in Iceland offers routes throughout the country. Routes range from easy walks and challenging treks. Lots of tips for budget ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking on Rum and the Small Isles

Coastal and Wilderness Walking

Peter Edwards

The Small Isles are often called the hidden gems of the Western Isles, providing a walking paradise for those seeking wilderness and solitude, alongside the better-known ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking on Uist and Barra

40 Coastal, Moorland and Mountain Walks

Mike Townsend

This guide offers 40 varied and graded walking routes on the unique 100 km cluster of islands that make up Uist and Barra. From short, flat beach walks beside crystal clear ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking the Corbetts

Volume 1: South of the Great Glen

Brian Johnson

The Corbetts--Scotland's mountains between 2500 and 2999ft in height-- are less visited but in most cases more accessible than the ever-popular Munros, and frequently offer ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking the Italian Lakes

Garda, Maggiore, Como and Iseo

Gillian Price

This Cicerone guidebook by Italian walking expert Gillian Price offers readers 48 day routes, on little-known but well waymarked paths, in the picturesque Lakes region of ....

Colorful Realm

Japanese Bird-and-flower Paintings by Ito Jakuchu

Yukio Lippit

A much-anticipated harbinger of spring, the cherry blossom is also exemplary of the Japanese artistic aesthetic--a delight in simple, natural beauty and an attentiveness to ....

Cosmic Anger

Abdus Salam - The First Muslim Nobel Scientist

Gordon Fraser

This book presents a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim to win a Nobel Prize for Science (Physics 1979), who was nevertheless excommunicated and branded as a heretic in ....

A Cultural History of Heredity

Staffan Muller-Wille and Hans-Jorg Rheinberger

It was only around 1800 that heredity began to enter debates among physicians, breeders, and naturalists. Soon thereafter it evolved into one of the most fundamental concepts of ....

The Dinosaur Hunters

The Extraordinary Story of the Men and Women who Discovered Prehistoric Life

Lowell Dingus and Mark Norell

The "Dinosaur Hunters" tells the story of our discovery of dinosaurs, from the eighteenth-century interest in sea dragons to present day work with DNA, through the men ....

Discovering New World Orchids

Steve Manning and Jenny Rudolf

This book contains many well-documented stories--of the one-armed Roezl being trapped on an active volcano, of the fashion-concious Ruiz taking a silver chamber pot on his ....

Finding the Arctic

History and Culture Along a 2,500-Mile Snowmobile Journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay

Matthew Sturm

The history of the Arctic is rich, filled with fascinating and heroic stories of exploration, multicultural interactions, and humans facing nature at its most extreme. ....

Fresh Woods, Pastures New

Ian Niall and Barbara Greg

During an outbreak of meningitis in Glasgow in the 1920s Ian Niall was sent to live with his grandparents, then tenants of North Clutag Farm, Galloway, in south-west Scotland. ....

A Glorious Enterprise

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science

Robert McCracken Peck and Patricia Tyson Stroud

Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia stands today as the oldest natural history museum in the Western hemisphere. Early expeditions organized at ....

Hawking Incorporated

Stephen Hawking and the Anthropology of the Knowing Subject

Helene Mialet

These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, ....

The Image of Nature

How to Catch Light and Life

Wouter Pattyn

In "The Image of Nature", wildlife photographer Wouter Pattyn takes the reader on a voyage of discovery through nature at its most beautiful. Packed full of anecdotes and ....

In Search of Shortia

With Asa Gray in North Carolina 1879

John Marsh

This is the journal of John Howard Redfield's travels with Asa Gray, William Canby, Charles Sargent and M.E. Hyams in search of an elusive plant in North Carolina in 1879. ....

In Search of the South Pole

Huw Lewis-Jones and Kari Herbert

In 1911 the world was watching, waiting, hoping, attention focused on a desolate spot at the very end of the earth, as two men raced to conquer the South Pole. A hundred years ....

Inventing Chemistry

Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts

John C Powers

In "Inventing Chemistry", historian John C. Powers turns his attention to Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), a Dutch medical and chemical professor whose work reached a wide, ....

Knowing Nature

Art and Science in Philadelphia, 1740-1840

Edited by Amy RW Meyers and Lisa L Ford

Philadelphia developed the most active scientific community in early America, fostering an influential group of naturalist-artists, including William Bartram, Charles Willson ....

Life

Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom

Home sweet home. This is a remarkable photographic exploration of life on earth. In the year 2000, world-renowned wildlife photographer Frans Lanting set out on a personal ....

The Life of C. S. Rafinesque, A Man of Uncommon Zeal

Charles Boewe

Charles Boewe's study of Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783-1840) began more than 50 years ago. It was materially advanced by Boewe's ability to explore archival resources ....

Life of Earth

Portrait of a Beautiful, Middle-aged, Stressed-out World

Stanley A Rice

This is a unique and fascinating journey through the history of the Earth--from the evolution of life to the future of the human race. Unlike most books on the history of ....

The Lost Photographs Of Captain Scott

David M Wilson

Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded, based on Scott's diaries, ....

The Man Who Planted Trees

Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet

Jim Robbins

Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nurseryman with a penchant for hard living, had a vision: angels came to tell him that the earth was in trouble. Its trees ....

Medieval Pets

Kathleen F Walker-Meikle

Animals in the middle ages have often been discussed--but usually only as a source of food, as beasts of burden, or as aids for hunters. This book takes a completely ....

My Kumaon

Uncollected Writings

Jim Corbett

Hunter, naturalist, and conservationist, Jim Corbett is famous for slaying man-eating tigers and leopards in the Kumaon region of northern India. Frequently appealed to by ....

New Forest Walks

A Time Traveller's Guide

Andrew Walmsley

Explore the New Forest with this series of 16 walks through ancient landscapes where long-forgotten bumps, hollows and moss-clad earthen banks have stories to tell of Bronze ....

Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom

The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure 1913-1925

Helge Kragh

"Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom" is the first book that focuses in detail on the birth and development of Bohr's atomic theory and gives a comprehensive picture of it. At the ....

Painterly Plants

Clare Foster and Sabina Ruber

Flowers have long been a favorite subject among artists, and the development of many well-known horticultural varieties may be traced through their depiction on paper or ....

Photographing the Microworld

The World Through a Photographer's Eyes

Svetlana Belorustseva, Andrei Sochivko and David Hefford

"Photographing the Microworld" offers an extraordinary insight into the microworld through the lens of a camera, which has magnified the familiar and the unfamiliar living ....

The Plant Hunters

The Adventures of the World's Greatest Botanical Explorers

Carolyn Fry

"The Plant Hunters" tells the story of our fascination with plants and the discovery of new species. From ancient times, when Alexander the Great included naturalists in his ....

The Polar World

The Unique Vision of Sir Wally Herbert

Wally Herbert and Kari Herbert

This unique book captures the spirit of the polar world, as never seen before--through the yes of a man who was the bridge between the heroic age of exploration and modern ....

Ralph Steadman's Extinct Boids

Ralph Steadman

When the renowned cartoonist Ralph Steadman was asked to produce a piece for a recent exhibition of bird art, he got slightly carried away--it did, after all, make a nice ....

Sea Stories

Robert Adams

Over the past decade the renowned photographer Robert Adams (b. 1937) has turned his attention to the woods and shores near his home on the Oregon coast. "Sea Stories" is a ....

Sexual Selection

Natacha Merritt

Merritt's new book "Sexual Selection" is in many ways even more captivating. She applied her distinctive vision to a subtle and complex art, creating astonishing and ....

Usborne Spotter's Guide to Nature

Part of the Spotter's Guides series, this pocket-sized guide is suitable for enthusiasts keen to discover the many fascinating aspects of the natural world. Beautiful ....

What Did the Romans Know?

An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking

Daryn Lehoux

What did the Romans know about their world? Quite a lot, as Daryn Lehoux makes clear in this fascinating and much-needed contribution to the history and philosophy of ancient ....

Where the Wild Things Were

Travels of a Conservationist

Stanley Johnson

&b;Please note: not to be confused with the book by William Stolzenburg by ....

The Wisdom of John Muir

100+ Selections from the Letters, Journals, and Essays of the Great Naturalist

Anne Rowthorn and Bill McKibben

In a unique treatment that will appeal to world-wide fans of John Muir, Ann Rowthorn weaves the story of the great naturalist's life through an extraordinary new assemblage ....

The Woman Who Mapped Labrador

The Life and Expedition Diary of Mina Hubbard

Edited by Roberta Buchanan and Bryan Greene

In 1905 Mina Benson Hubbard became the first white woman to cross Labrador, completing the expedition that had led to her husband's death. "The Woman Who Mapped Labrador" ....

American Canopy

Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation

Eric Rutkow

Like many of us, historians have long been guilty of taking trees for granted. Yet the history of trees in America is no less remarkable than the history of the United States ....

Antarctica: Global Science from a Frozen Continent

Edited by David Walton

Antarctica is the coldest and driest continent on Earth--a place for adventure and a key area for global science. Research conducted there has received increasing international ....

Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape

Edited by FHA Aalen, Kevin Whelan and Matthew Stout

This is a major update of this bestselling work on the Irish landscape. When it appeared in 1997, it was instantly hailed as a pioneering volume in increasing appreciation of ....

East of the Cape

Conserving Eden

RM Cowling and Shirley M Pierce

This book describes the geography, natural history, and people of Eden, a district municipality in South Africa. It documents and explains how the integrity of Eden's ....

Exploring Britain's Coast

A Journey Around Britain's Remarkable Shoreline

"Exploring Britain's Coast" takes a voyage of discovery around the infinite variety of the country's coastline. Anyone who loves the sea and a trip to the coast will enjoy ....

The Highlands

Land and Light

Craig Aitchison

"The Highlands" is a celebration of Scotland's wild places, a stunning and spectacular new perspective on the untamed mountains, lochs and glens from landscape photographer ....

Montes de Málaga - Parque Natural

Birding and Wildlife Map / Mapa Ornitológico y de Fauna

Miguel Angel Farfán Aguilar and Jesús Duare Duarte

Trekking maps with recommended view points for wildlife watching. ....

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

Robert Macfarlane

In "The Old Ways" Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove--roads and sea paths that form part of a vast network ....

Patagonia, La Ultima Esperanza

Mary Heebner and Macduff Everton

In this spectacular collection of panoramic images, award-winning photographer Macduff Everton proves why Chile's Last Hope Province, in the extreme southern corner of ....

River in Ruin

The Story of the Carmel River

Ray A March

The thin ribbon of the Carmel River is just thirty-six miles long and no wider in most places than a child can throw a stone. It is the primary water supply for the ....

The Ruffled Edge

Notes from a Nature Warden

Pete Howard

These lively and vivid memoirs take the reader on an eye-opening journey through some of the most interesting and diverse habitats of Britain, recounting many truly exhilarating ....

Scotland's Heritage

A Photographic Journey

John Hannavy

"Scotland's Heritage" is a unique book. It combines John Hannavy's stunning and original photography of Scotland with an engaging narrative on the country's evolution from 4000 ....

Sierra Blanca (Marbella, Ojén, Istán)

Birding & Wildlife Map / Mapa Ornitológico y de Fauna

Miguel Angel Farfán Aguilar and Jesús Duarte Duarte

Trekking maps with recommended view points for wildlife watching. ....

Sierra Crestellina - Sierra de la Utrera

Birding Map / Mapa Ornitológico

Miguel Angel Farfán Aguilar and Jesús Duarte Duarte

Trekking maps with recommended view points for wildlife watching. ....

Sightlines

Kathleen Jamie

Five years after "Findings" broke the mould of nature writing, Sort of Books presents "Sightlines". The outer world flew open like a door, and I wondered--what is it that ....

Wild Animals of Singapore

A Photographic Guide to Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians and Freshwater Fishes

Edited by Nick Baker and Kevin Lim

Now available in updated edition, and fully updated throughout to 2012, this is the most important nature book in Singapore. It is the most comprehensive account of Singapore's ....

A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species, Volume 2

Peter O'Byrne

This sister volume to the 2001 book "South East Asian Orchid ....

Air Plants

Epiphytes and Aerial Gardens

David H Benzing

Often growing far above the ground, "air plants" (or epiphytes) defy many of our common perceptions about plants. The majority use their roots only for attachment in the crowns ....

Alice in the Land of Plants

Biology of Plants and their Importance for Planet Earth

Yiannis Manetas

Why is it that plants do not need to move? How does a nonmotile organism have sex or defend itself? Why are plants asymmetric and not of a fixed size? Why are some plants ....

Antiguan Shallow-water Seashells

Deng Yan Zhang

This book deals with the marine shells of the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean Sea, and contains information on 963 species in 452 genera and 154 families found by the author ....

Atlas of Soil Ascomycetes

J Guarro, J Gene, Stchigelm AM and MJ Figueras

This compendium includes almost all presently known species of ascomycetes that have been reported in soil and which sporulate in culture. They constitute a very broad ....

Australia's Poisonous Plants, Fungi and Cyanobacteria

A Guide to Species of Medical and Veterinary Importance

Ross McKenzie

"Australia's Poisonous Plants, Fungi and Cyanobacteria" is the first full-colour, comprehensive guide to the major natural threats to health in Australia affecting ....

Australian Planting Design

Paul Thompson

"Australian Planting Design" identifies and explores all aspects of developing better planting designs on any scale, raising awareness of the essential elements and ....

The Beauty of Houseplants

Tom Gough and David Longman

"The Beauty of Houseplants" is set apart from the normal houseplant care book by being a total delight to look at. The illustrations of over 70 houseplants are in themselves ....

Cacti and Succulents for Cold Climates

274 Outstanding Species for Challenging Conditions

Leo J Chance

There are many reasons to grow cacti and other succulents--they're drought-tolerant, low-maintenance, and they look great. But what about hardiness? For those who thought ....

Checklist of Macao Bryophytes

This Checklist documents 103 species of bryophytes occurred in Macao, of which liverworts contain 27 species in 22 genera and 14 families; hornworts 4 species in 3 ....

The Chemistry of Plants

Perfumes, Pigments, and Poisons

Margareta Sequin

This book is an introduction to organic chemistry and its compounds as related to plants. Chemistry tends to be seen as a field that is hard to comprehend and that has ....

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents

The Definitive Practical Reference on Identification, Care and Cultivation, with a Directory of 400 Varieties and 700 Photographs

Miles Anderson

Spiky, smooth, round, long or thin cacti and succulents come in all shapes and sizes. The purpose of this book is to help you know, enjoy and care for these striking ....

Cortinarioid Fungi of New Zealand

An Iconography and Key

Karl Soop

An iconography and key of this interesting and ecologically critical group, covering the native forest flora, in particular the Nothofagus habitat. This revision includes more ....

Cortinarius in Sweden

Karl Soop

A survey of this interesting and ecologically critical fungal genus, covering the Swedish flora but largely applicable to Europe as a whole. This new edition with a ....

Current Advances in Algal Taxonomy and its Applications

Phylogenetic, Ecological and Applied Perspective

Edited by Konrad Wolowski, Irena Kaczmarska, James M Ehrman and Agata Wojtal

This edited volume brings together papers on recent advances in algal research, specifically dealing with taxonomy, ecology and research applications. ....

David Austin's English Roses

David Austin

Like its highly-respected companion in the series, "Old Roses", this title draws the most useful information from David Austin's 'The Rose' and focuses on English Roses, ....

The English Roses

David Austin

Major developments in English roses have increased the number of varieties in the past five years since this first edition of The English Roses was published. This revised ....

The Essential Guide to Growing Orchids in the Tropics

Chia Tet Fatt and David Astley

"The Essential Guide to Growing Orchids in the Tropics" is the first book on orchid cultivation to be written specifically for growers in tropical countries and to include ....

Exploring Britain's Country Gardens

Celebrating Britain's Beautiful Country Gardens

AA Publishing

"Exploring Britain's Country Gardens" features 85 carefully selected gardens from the length and breadth of Britain. Each entry each illustrated with stunning photography and ....

Flora Helvetica: French Edition (2-Volume Set)

Flore Illustree de Suisse

Konrad Lauber, Gerhart Wagner and Andreas Gygax

Includes photos and decriptions of the 3000 species, sub-species and varieties of wild plants living in Switzerland; both ....

Flora Helvetica: German Edition

Konrad Lauber, Gerhart Wagner and Andreas Gygax

Includes photos and decriptions of the 3000 species, sub-species and varieties of wild plants living in Switzerland; both flowering plants and ferns. As well as indiginous ....

Flora of China Illustrations, Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae

Edited by Flora of China Editoria Committee

This volume accompanies text volume 19 published in 2011. ....

Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of Southeast India, Volume 3

Rosaceae - Asteraceae

T Pullaiah, K Sri Ramamurthy and S Karuppusamy

In the present volume systematic enumeration of families Rosaceae to Asteraceae is given. Families are arranged according to Bentham and Hooker's system with incorporation ....

Flora of India

Albert Byrd Graf

This book is designed to provide up-to-date texts for all interested students and teachers of all levels as well as general public who have interest in flora of India. ....

The Flora of North Stradbroke Island

KM Stephens and D Sharp

"The Flora of North Stradbroke Island" is the first comprehensive book documenting the Island's unique flora. It provides authoritative descriptions and a detailed ....

Flora of Peninsular Malaysia, Series II: Seed Plants, Volume 3

Edited by R Kiew, RCK Chung, LG Saw and E Soepadmo

The Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Series II provides revisions for seed plant families that occur in Peninsular Malaysia. Volume 3 includes revisions of one gymnosperm family ....

From Lumberjills to Wooden Wonders

Mikael Grut

Have you ever wondered how the Black Death affected forests and climate in Europe? Do you know which are the oldest trees, and which are the biggest? ....

A Gardener's Guide to Native Plants of Britain and Ireland

Rosemary FitzGerald

Britain and Ireland have fascinating and beautiful wild flowers, but many gardeners are unfamiliar with this precious resource. This guide is designed to introduce some of our ....

A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names

Their Meanings and Origins

AW Smith

First compact dictionary to combine definitions of botanical names in general usage with information on their derivation and guides to pronunciation. A monumental index provides ....

Garlic and Other Alliums

The Lore and The Science

Eric Block

The name "Allium" is said to come from the Greek word to avoid because of its offensive smell. The genus Allium includes more than 800 species of which only a few have been ....

The Geraniaceae Group, Geraniales Species Checklist Volume 3

Checklist of the Tropaeolaceae

RTF Clifton

An introduction to Tropaeolum based on Sparre, with some cultivation notes. ....

The Geraniaceae Group, Geraniales Species Checklist Volume 4

Geraniaceae Knuth Tribes 2-3-4-5

RTF Clifton

Compiled from botanical sources. Part 1: Geraniaceae Link (Biebersteinia, Rhyncotheca) and Vivianaceae Lefor (Viviania, Caesarea, Araeoandra, Cissarobryon); Part 2: Balbisia, ....

The Geraniaceae Group, Geraniales Species Checklist Volume 5

Part 2: Oxalidaceae, excluding Oxalis

Richard Clifton

From various sources, B&H Tribe VI Oxalideae now treated as Family Oxalidaceae, with brief look at new ideas of Oxalidales; checklists of genera included. Addendum treats ....

The Geraniaceae Group, Geraniales Species Checklist Volume 6

Balsaminaceae: Impatiens (Geraniaceae Benth. & Hooker)

Richard Clifton

Compiled by Richard Clifton from Index Kewensis base data. A few descriptions, synonyms to be done. Scientific adviser Dr. C. Grey-Wilson. ....

Growing Roses in Cold Climates

Richard Hass and Jerry C Olson

This thoroughly updated edition of the landmark volume "Growing Roses in Cold Climates" includes: ....

Growing Shrubs and Small Trees in Cold Climates

Debbie Lonnee and Nancy Rose

This completely updated edition of "Growing Shrubs and Small Trees in Cold Climates" now features: ....

The Hedgerow Handbook

Recipes, Remedies and Rituals

Adele Nozedar

If there's one distinctive feature of the British countryside, it has to be the hedgerow. In fact, hedgerows are such an established part of our landscape that ....

Heritage Trees of Wales

Archie Miles

"Heritage Trees of Wales" takes the reader on a journey through the ancient Welsh countryside to visit the country's most remarkable trees. Steeped in history, surrounded ....

How to Grow Fuchsias

A Practical Guide to Cultivating Fuchsias in Beds, Borders, Hedges and Cottage Gardens, Including Ideas for Planting in Pots and Baskets, and How to Make Trained Shapes

John Nicholass

Flowering from late spring until the first autumn frosts, fuchsias are among the most popular and versatile of garden plants. This book shows how to grow fuchsias in every ....

Huanduj

The Genus Brugmansia

Alister Hay

This book is a horticultural, botanical and ethnobotanical monograph of Brugmansia (Solanaceae), the most potent of South American entheogens (psychoactive plants used for ....

Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Volume 2

This book contains useful technical information and serves as an important reference needed by the herbal industry in the production of high quality products. The monograph ....

Marine Fungi

And Fungal-Like Organisms

Edited by E B Gareth Jones and Ka-Lai Pang

Marine fungi play a major role in marine and mangrove ecosystems. Understanding how higher fungi with their spectrum of cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzymes degrade wood ....

Marine Fungi of India

BD Borse, DJ Bhat, KN Borse, AR Tuwar and NS Pawar

This monograph provides the reader a comprehensive introduction to marine fungi ofthe world and the Indian coast. The book contains a detailed introduction, extensive ....

Medicinal Plants of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

Edited by Sasha Eisenman, Lena Struwe and David Zaurov

"Medicinal Plants of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan" is the first English-language book detailing medicinal plant diversity in the region. More than two ....

Medicinal Plants of Tripura

A Photo Descriptive Field Manual of 203 Medicinal Species

Deepa D Nair, AK Gupta, Himangshu Bikash Das and Atanu Chakraborti

This book is a photographic illustration of 203 medicinal species of Tripura which will not only help in identification of these species but also give a short idea about its ....

Microscopic Worlds, Volume 3: Bacteria, Fungi, Lichens and Plants

Kerry Swanson

In this series of three books, the author escorts the reader on a fascinating and inspiring exploration of areas of the biological world unseen and unknown by most. In ....

Modeling Physiology of Crop Development, Growth and Yield

Afshin Soltani and Thomas R Sinclair

Model studies focus experimental investigations to improve our understanding and performance of systems. Concentrating on crop modelling, this book provides an ....

The National Plant Collections Directory 2012

Over 640 specialist collections and where to visit them

National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens

The 2012 directory details all the current National Plant Collections, lists of collections by County, and lists Special Open Days. ....

Native Wildflowers and Other Ground Covers for Florida Landscapes

Craig N Huegel

Florida gardens and lawns are full of flowering plants and turfgrass, most commonly exotic species. Recently, however, statewide water restrictions and a rekindling of ....

The Orchid Grower's Manual

An Expert Guide to Orchids and their Cultivation

Brian Rittershausen and Wilma Rittershausen

This is an inspirational encyclopedia of orchids, with guidance on the best orchids to choose, and how to grow and care for them. It contains everything you need to know to ....

Orchids of the Northwest of European Russia (the Leningrad, Pskov and Novgorod regions)

PG Efimov

A colourful, bilingual atlas of the orchids of NW Russia and adjacent areas. ....

Las Orquideas Oncidiineas de Colombia / The Colombian Oncidiinae Orchids

Mariano Ospina H

A basic work towards the understanding of 440 species of one of the most attractive and taxonomically most complex subtribes of the orchid family. The author prefers to use the ....

Pest Repellent Plants

Organic Solutions to Garden and Household Pests

Penny Woodward

Apart from an A-Z of Pest-repellent Plants, this edition includes many other organic solutions, from traps and barriers to sprays, oils, dusting powders and washes. It helps ....

A Pictorial Guide to Himalayan Flowers of Nepal

Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale

Nepal is a haven for over 7000 species of flowering plants belonging to more than 200 families and 1500 genera. The country is also home to 283 species of endemic flowering ....

Plant Physics

Karl J Niklas and Hanns-Christof Spatz

From Galileo, who used the hollow stalks of grass to demonstrate the idea that peripherally located construction materials provide most of the resistance to bending ....

Plant Sciences Reviews 2011

Edited by David Hemming

"Plant Sciences Reviews 2011" provides scientists and students in the field with timely analysis on key topics in current research. Originally published online in CAB Reviews, ....

Plant and Vegetation Mapping

Franco Pedrotti

The book is concerned principally with geobotanical mapping. Geobotany is a broad science that deals with the study of species and of vegetation communities in relation ....

Plants and Planting Plans for a Bee Garden

How to Design Beauitful Borders That Will Attract Bees

Maureen Little

For many people gardening is predominantly about plants and choosing the right combination and balance to make beautiful borders. This book will help you achieve ....

Plants of the Chesapeake Bay

A Guide to Wildflowers, Grasses, Aquatic Vegetation, Trees, Shrubs, and Other Flora

Lytton John Musselman and David A Knepper

Buttonbush. Hercules' club. Panic grass. Tearthumb. Beach spurge. Sea rocket. Ladies' tresses. These name a few of the wild and wonderful plants found in this quick reference ....

Plants of the Victorian High Country

A Field Guide for Walkers

John Murphy and Bill Dowling

This book will allow anyone with little botanical knowledge to identify plants that they are most likely to encounter while walking in Victoria's High Country. The guide is ....

The Practical Encyclopedia of Garden Pests and Diseases

An Illustrated Guide to Common Problems and How to Deal with Them Successfully

Andrew Mikolajski

This is an illustrated guide to common problems and how to deal with them successfully. It is an illustrated identifier of common and rare garden pests and diseases, and a ....

Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding

George Acquaah

"Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding", 2nd Edition introduces both classical and molecular tools for plant breeding. Topics such as biotechnology in plant breeding, ....

Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Family Magnoliaceae

Edited by Xia Nianhe, Zeng Qingwen, Xu Fengxia and Wu Qigen

The family Magnoliaceae is one of the most primitive taxa of angiosperms (flowering plants). Knowledge of this family is essential for the researches on the origin, ....

Rhododendrons in India

Floral and Foliar Splendour of the Himalayan Flora

ARK Sastry and PK Hajra

The Genus Rhododendron is acclaimed in horticulture for its most elegant, bell-shaped flowers of varied colours. In India, Rhododendron species are found in the Himalayas ....

Sarah Raven's Wild Flowers

Sarah Raven and Jonathan Buckley

&b;Please note that this is a slightly smaller version of "Sarah Raven's Wild Flowers", ....

Smut Fungi of the World

Kálmán Vánky

This outstanding book is an essential tool in helping the scientific community to identify smut fungi everywhere. It includes keys to the genera and species and a host ....

Sturt Pea

A Most Splendid Plant

David Symon and Manfred Jusaitis

Sturt pea is one of the world's most striking and spectacular flowering plants. This richly illustrated book, full of interest for the general reader, covering: ....

Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews)

U Braun and RTA Cook

The "Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews)" is a fully revised, expanded new version of U. Braun's former monograph from 1987, which is out of print. The present ....

The Tree

Meaning and Myth

Frances Carey

Trees actual, mythical and metaphorical are at the heart of mankind's relationship to the natural world, a relationship that serves as a powerful index of both ecological and ....

Vascular Plants of the World (50-Volume Set)

De-Zhi Fu

This set of books records existing vascular plants of 1,282,280 species belonging to 819 families, 42,186 genera around the world, among them acceptable 283,341-356,015 species ....

The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus)

George Nakhutsrishvili

The book describes richness and diversity of Georgia's vegetation. Contrasting ecosystems coexist on the relatively small territory of the country and include ....

Waterlilies in India

Taxonomy and Cultivation of the Genus Nymphaea L. (Nymphaeaceae)

R Ansari and G Jeeja

The first comprehensive book on the Genus Nymphaea L., complete with nomenclature, descriptions, illustrations, colour photographs, key for identification and phylogeny ....

Weeds of the South-East

An Identification Guide for Australia

FJ Richardson, RG Richardson and RCH Shepherd

A comprehensive identification guide for weeds in the south-east region of Australia. This second edition has been fully updated and reorganised to recognise recent taxonomic ....

Wetland Plants of the Adirondacks, Volume 1

Herbaceous Plants and Aquatic Plants

Meiyin Wu and Dennis Kalma

Wetlands are increasingly viewed as valuable resources rather than wastelands and appreciated as reservoirs for species diversity. These two companion volumes provide the ....

Wetland Plants of the Adirondacks, Volume 2

Ferns, Woody Plants, and Graminoids

Meiyin Wu and Dennis Kalma

Wetlands are increasingly viewed as valuable resources rather than wastelands and appreciated as reservoirs for species diversity. These two companion volumes provide the ....

The Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland

The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora

Marjorie Blamey, Richard Fitter and Alastair Fitter

Fully illustrated and mapped guide to the British and Irish flora. Its restriction to the British Isles alone allows for more detail, more local information, easier ....

Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont

A Naturalist's Guide to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia

Timothy P Spira

This richly illustrated field guide serves as an introduction to the wildflowers and plant communities of the southern Appalachians and the rolling hills of the adjoining ....

Animal Science Reviews 2011

Edited by David Hemming

"Animal Science Reviews 2011" provides scientists and students in animal science with timely analysis on key topics in current research. Originally published online in CAB ....

Biochemistry (International Edition)

Mary K Campbell and Shawn O Farrell

Introduce your students to the latest developments in biotechnology and genomics with this new edition of Campbell and Farrell's best-selling text for the one-term course. ....

Biochemistry (International Edition)

Reginald H Garrett and Charles M Grisham

Continuing Garrett and Grisham's innovative conceptual and organizing "Essential Questions" framework, Biochemistry, 5th edition, International Edition guides students ....

Chemical Synthetic Biology

Edited by Pier Luigi Luisi and Cristiano Chiarabelli

Chemistry plays a very important role in the emerging field of synthetic biology. In particular, chemical synthetic biology is concerned with the synthesis of chemical ....

Comparative Physiology of Fasting, Starvation, and Food Limitation

Edited by Marshall D McCue

All animals face the possibility of food limitation and ultimately starvation-induced mortality. This book summarizes state of the art of starvation biology from the ....

Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (International Edition)

John McMurry

Retaining the concise, to-the-point presentation that has already helped thousands of students move beyond memorization to a true understanding of the beauty and logic of ....

Genetics of Populations

Philip W Hedrick

The Fourth Edition of "Genetics of Populations" is the most current, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the field for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, ....

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life

Charlotte Uhlenbroek

This is a thrilling face-to-face encounter with the intimate lives, elaborate displays and extraordinary behaviour of animals in the wild. Internationally renowned zoologist ....

Living in a Seasonal World

Thermoregulatory and Metabolic Adaptations

Edited by Thomas Ruf, Claudia Bieber, Walter Arnold and Eva Millesi

This book summarises the newest information on seasonal adaptation in animals. Topics include animal hibernation, daily torpor, thermoregulation, heat production, metabolic ....

Mathematics of Life

Unlocking the Secrets of Existence

Ian Stewart

Mathematicians and biologists confront nature's enigmas. A new partnership of biologists and mathematicians is picking apart the hidden complexity of animals and plants to throw ....

Molecular Cell Biology (International Edition)

H Lodish, A Berk, CA Kaiser, M Krieger, A Bretscher, H Ploegh et al

"Molecular Cell Biology" presents the key concepts in cell biology and their experimental underpinnings. The authors, all world-class researchers and teachers, ....

Non Coding RNAs in Plants

Edited by Volker A Erdmann and Jan Barciszewski

Small non coding RNAs (ncRNAs), also known as the secret regulators of the cells, have been discovered only 20 years ago, and it has been much more recently that the attention ....

Plant DNA Fingerprinting and Barcoding

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Nikolaus J Sucher, James Hennel and Maria C Carles

Molecular cloning and DNA-based analysis have become part of every molecular life science laboratory. The rapid adoption of DNA-based techniques has been facilitated by ....

Protein Families

Christine A Orengo

This reference describes approaches for recognizing and classifying proteins that have evolved from common ancestors. It discusses all the major resources for classifying ....

RNA Technologies and Their Applications

Edited by Volker A Erdmann and Jan Barciszewski

RNA technologies are the driving forces of modern medicine and biotechnology. They combine the fields of biochemistry, chemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, physics, ....

Systems Microbiology

Current Topics and Applications

Edited by Brian D Robertson and Brendan W Wren

Systems biology is the study of the dynamic interactions of more than one component in a biological system in order to understand and predict the behavior of the system as a ....

Thrive in Cell Biology

Qiuyu Wang and Chris Smith

The "Thrive in Bioscience" revision guides are written to help students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. Each title encourages the reader to follow four ....

Tropical Vertebrates in a Changing World

Edited by K-L Schuchmann

This book contains contributions of participants of the 6th International Tropical Zoology Symposium, titled "Tropical Vertebrates in a Changing World", which was held in ....

The Artful Species

Aesthetics, Art, and Evolution

Stephen Davies

"The Artful Species" explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic ....

Designing Human Practices

An Experiment with Synthetic Biology

Paul Rabinow and Gaymon Bennett

In 2006 anthropologists Paul Rabinow and Gaymon Bennett set out to rethink the role that human sciences play in biological research, creating the Human Practices division of the ....

Evolutionary Game Theory, Natural Selection, and Darwinian Dynamics

Thomas Vincent and Joel Brown

All of life is a game, and evolution by natural selection is no exception. The evolutionary game theory developed in this 2005 book provides the tools necessary for ....

Evolving Human Nutrition

Implications for Public Health

Stanley Ulijaszek, Neil Mann and Sarah Elton

While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the ....

Exploring Evolution

Micheal Park

The topic of evolution is both fascinating and controversial. Aimed at an educated reader who may know little about the topic and written in a clear, straightforward way, ....

The First Boat People

Steve Webb

"The First Boat People", first published in 2006, concerns how people travelled across the world to Australia in the Pleistocene. It traces movement from Africa to Australia, ....

Moral Origins

The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism and Shame

Christopher Boehm

This is the natural and cultural history of the evolution of our sense of ethics, by a leading anthropologist of human morality. Conventional wisdom holds that human morality ....

Origins of Altruism and Cooperation

Edited by Robert W Sussman and CRobert Cloninger

This book is derived from a conference held at Washington University, March, 2009. Authors include academics from around the world and across multiple disciplines - ....

Proving Darwin

Making Biology Mathematical

Gregory J Chaitin

Groundbreaking mathematician Gregory Chaitin gives us the first book to posit that we can prove how Darwin's theory of evolution works on a mathematical level. ....

Applied Population and Community Ecology

The Case of Feral Pigs in Australia

Jim Hone

This book evaluates theory in population and community ecology using a case study of feral pigs, birds, and plants in the high country of south-eastern Australia. In ....

Biological Control of Weeds in Australia

Edited by Mic Julien, Rachel McFadyen and Jim Cullen

Biological control of weeds has been practised for over 100 years and Australia has been a leader in this weed management technique. The classical example of control of prickly ....

Ecological Communities

Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs

Edited by Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P Craig and Peter W Price

To gain a more complete understanding of plant-based ecological community structure requires knowledge of the integration of direct and indirect effects in plant herbivore ....

Invasive Plant Ecology and Management

Linking Processes to Practice

Edited by Thomas A Monaco and Roger L Sheley

Bringing together ecology and management of invasive plants within natural and agricultural ecosystems, this book bridges the knowledge gap between the processes ....

Civilizing Nature

National Parks in Global Historical Perspective

Edited by Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Hohler and Patrick Kupper

National Parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1860s and ....

Developmental Dynamics of Virgin Forest Reserves in the Czech Republic, Volume 3 / Dynamika Vyvoje Pralesovitych Rezervací V Ceskeé Republice,

Volume 3| Sumava Mts. and Cesky les Mts. - Diana, Stozec, Boubin Virgin Forest, Milesice Virgin Forest / Sumava a Cesky les - Diana, Stozec, Boubinsky Prales, Milesicky Prales

T Vrska, P Samomil, P Unar, L Hort, D Adam, K Kral and D Janik

The third part in this series presents the results of research on primeval forests in the Czech Republic, here focusing on the reserves of Sumava and Cesky forests. ....

Global Change and the Function and Distribution of Wetlands

Edited by Beth A Middleton

The "Global Change Ecology and Wetlands" book series will highlight the latest research from the world leaders in the field of climate change in wetlands. "Global Change and ....

The Global Forest

40 Ways Trees Can Save Us

Diana Beresford-Kroeger

A world expert on how trees chemically affect our environment, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has woven together ecology, ancient myth, horticulture, spirituality, science and ....

A Million Wild Acres

200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest (30th Anniversary Edition)

Eric Rolls

A new edition of this classic, thirty years on. Here is a contentious story of men and their passion for land; of occupation and settlement; of destruction and growth. By ....

Soils

Basic Concepts and Future Challenges

Giacomo Certini and Riccardo Scalenghe

This 2006 book was born as an international tribute to Fiorenzo C. Ugolini, an outstanding soil scientist, now retired from university teaching and research. It is a ....

Two Billion Trees and Counting

The Legacy of Edmund Zavitz

John Bacher

Edmund Zavitz (1875-1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of ....

Urban Heat Islands

Consequences and Mitigation Measures

Hashem Akbari

Temperatures in cities are generally increasing and ambient temperatures result in increased system wired electricity use. Hashem Akbari explains how technologies that can ....

Wetland Environments

A Global Perspective

James Sandusky Aber, Firooza Pavri and Susan Ward Aber

Wetlands--swamp, marsh, bayou, tundra and bog--are places that are rarely visited and often misunderstood but they have, in fact, conspicuous roles in the physical, ....

Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine

Implications for Conservation

Edited by Romulo Romeu Nobrega Alves and Ierece Maria De Lucena Rosa

People have relied on medicinal products derived from natural sources for millennia, and animals have long been an important part of that repertoire; nearly all cultures, from ....

Biodiversity Monitoring in Australia

Edited by David B Lindenmayer and Philip Gibbons

Ecological and biodiversity-based monitoring has been marked by an appalling lack of effectiveness and lack of success in Australia for more than 40 years, despite the ....

Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia

Edited by D Gower, K Johnson, J Richardson, B Rosen, L Rüber and S Williams

The flora and fauna of Southeast Asia are exceptionally diverse. The region includes several terrestrial biodiversity hotspots and is the principal global hotspot for marine ....

Bird Communities of the Ecuadorian Choco

A Case Study in Conservation

O Jahn

This book presents a case study on bird conservation in the Ecuadorian Choco, which is a Pacific coastal region, extending through Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. ....

The Dawn of Green

Manchester, Thirlmere, and Modern Environmentalism

Harriet Ritvo

Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a ....

Earth

A Tenant's Manual

Frank HT Rhodes

In "Earth: A Tenant's Manual", the distinguished geologist Frank H. T. Rhodes, President Emeritus of Cornell University, provides a sweeping, accessible, and deeply informed ....

The Endangered Species Act and Federalism

Effective Conservation Through Greater State Commitment

Edited by Kaush Arha and Barton H Thompson

States today play a major role in implementing and enforcing environmental laws such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. A ....

New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume 3

Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi

Edited by Dennis P Gordon

The final volume in this series deals with the kingdoms of the Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, and Fungi. ....

Where the Wild Things Were

Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators

William Stolzenburg

&b;Please note: not to be confused with the book by ....

Wild Hope: On the Front Lines of Conservation Success

Andrew Balmford

Tropical deforestation. The collapse of fisheries. Unprecedented levels of species extinction. Faced with the plethora of gloom-and-doom headlines about the natural world, ....

Baroclinic Tides

Theoretical Modeling and Observational Evidence

Edited by Vasiliy Vlasenko, Nataliya Stashchuk and Kolumban Hutter

This book was first published in 2005. When an oceanic tidal wave that is primarily active on the water surface passes an ocean shelf or a region with a seamount, it is ....

A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment

Economics, Science and Policy

R Quentin Grafton, Harry W Nelson and Ross Lambie

"A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment" bridges the gap between the many disciplines encompassing climate change, environmental economics, environmental ....

The Great Disruption

How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy

Paul Gilding

Human civilisation and the economy have now grown so large that we have passed the limits of the planet to support any further growth in the current model. The science is ....

Oceanography and Marine Biology

An Introduction to Marine Science

David W Townsend

"Oceanography and Marine Biology" preserves the basic elements of the physical, chemical, and geological aspects of the marine sciences, and merges those fundamentals ....

Regional Environmental Changes in Siberia and Their Global Consequences

Edited by Pavel Y Groisman and Garik Gutman

This volume presents a state-of-the-art assessment of the Earth's climate system in Siberia and relationships between climate, ecosystems and people in that region. Changes ....

Responding to Climate Change

Global Experiences and the Korean Perspective

Edited by Chin Hee Hahn, Sang-Hyop Lee and Kyoung-Soo Yoon

This topical book explores the global experiences of "Responding to Climate Change", with perspectives from Australia, China, the European Union, Japan, the Republic of ....

Applied Geophysics in Periglacial Environments

Edited by Christian Hauck and Christof Kneisel

Many research problems in cryospheric science, such as global warming-induced permafrost degradation, require information about the subsurface, which can be imaged using ....

Astronomy with a Budget Telescope

Patrick Moore and John Watson

If you had purchased an inexpensive astronomical telescope a few years ago, disappointment would have been almost guaranteed. In current Internet age, times have ....

Digitized

The Science of Computers and How it Shapes Our World

Peter J Bentley

There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life. You are fluent in its terminology of email, WiFi, social networking, and encryption. You use its results when ....

Exploring the Universe

Brian Clegg

There are few topics more awe-inspiring than cosmology. What is the universe? How does it work? Where did it come from? These fundamental questions intrigue adults and ....

General, Organic, And Biological Chemistry (International Edition)

H Stephen Stoker

Emphasizing the applications of chemistry and minimizing complicated mathematics, "General, Organic, And Biological Chemistry, 6/e, International Edition" is written ....

How to Live Forever

And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Science

Alok Jha

How to clone a sheep. How to build a brain. How to boil a planet. How to save the world. From the microscopic to the cosmic, this book takes you on a glorious tour of the known ....

The Illustrated Guide to Rocks and Minerals

How to Find, Identify and Collect the World's Most Fascinating Specimens, Featuring Over 800 Stunning Photographs and Artworks

John Farndon

This title shows you how to find, identify and collect the world's most fascinating specimens, featuring over 800 stunning photographs and artworks. This is the ultimate ....

Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry

FA Bettelheim, Brown WH, MK Campbell, SO Farrell and O Torres

This bestselling text continues to lead the way with a strong focus on current issues, pedagogically rich framework, wide variety of medical and biological applications, ....

Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry

FA Bettelheim, WH Brown, MK Campbell, SO Farrell and O Torres

This innovative partial version of "Introduction to General, Organic, ....

An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment

Edited by Joseph Holden

This highly respected and best-selling textbook provides an engaging and comprehensive introduction to the major topics within physical geography. It focuses on understanding ....

Isotope Hydrology

PK Aggarwal, KO Frohlich, JR Gat and R Gonfiantini

The potential of using stable isotopes of water was recognized in the 1930s, but not fully explored until the 1950s. Improvements in measurement techniques have facilitated ....

It's Not Rocket Science

Discover the Surprisingly Simple Ideas Behind the Most Exciting Bits of Science

Ben Miller

Black holes. Global warming. The Hadron Collider. Ever had that sinking feeling that you really should know about these things, but somehow never quite grasped them? Don't ....

Like a Virgin

The Science of a Sexless Future

Aarathi Prasad

This adventurous romp into the frontiers of reproductive science will forever change the way you think about sex. Biologist and science writer Aarathi Prasad tackles ....

The Mysteries of Science

Lorena Farras

Science affects us every day and teaches us a lot about new events in the natural world. Time and time again scientists have suceeded in discovering amazing and incredible new ....

Organic Chemistry (International Edition)

William Brown, Christopher Foote, Brent L Iverson and Eric Anslyn

Providing a modern introduction to organic chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, health, and the biological sciences, "Organic Chemistry", 6e, International Edition is ....

Organic Chemistry (International Edition)

John McMurry

The most trusted and best-selling text for organic chemistry just got better! Updated with the latest developments, expanded with more end-of-chapter problems, reorganized to ....

Philip's Stargazing 2013

Month-by-Month Guide to the Northern Night Sky

Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest

This concise guide to the northern night sky helps starwatchers to see the year's most fascinating events, whether observing with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. The ....

The Quantum Universe

Everything That Can Happen Does Happen

Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw

"The Quantum Universe" brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science. But just what is ....

Science and the Written Word

Science, Technology, and Society

Lou Massa

In order to meet the growing scientific requirements of an increasingly complex society, it is essential for us to have an appreciation of the power and breadth of science. ....

Solved Problems in Geophysics

Elisa Buforn, Carmen Pro and Agustin Udias

Solving problems is an indispensable exercise for mastering the theory underlying the various branches of geophysics. This book is a collection of nearly 200 problems in ....

Space Chronicles

Facing the Ultimate Frontier

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has ....

The Star Atlas Companion

What You Need to Know About Constellations

Philip M Bagnall

Conventional star atlases are great for locating constellations and individual stars but "The Star Atlas Companion" goes one step further and describes the physical properties ....

The Story of Earth

The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet

Robert M Hazen

Earth evolves. From first atom to molecule, mineral to magma, granite crust to single cell to verdant living landscape, ours is a planet constantly in flux. In this radical ....

Treasures of the Southern Sky

Robert Gendler, Lars Lindberg Christensen and David Malin

This coffee-table book depicts famous features of the southern sky, such as the Magellanic Clouds and the Tarantula Nebula, as well as the brilliant star cluster Pismis ....

Vesuvius

Gillian Darley

Volcanoes continue to grab our imagination--and Vesuvius is the most famous of them all. There have been nearly thirty major eruptions since AD 79, but none has matched the ....

Why is the Penis Shaped Like That?

And Other Reflections on Being Human

Jesse Bering

Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does "free will" really exist? ....

2052

A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years

Jorgen Randers

Forty years ago, "The Limits to Growth" study addressed the grand question of how humans would adapt to the physical limitations of planet Earth. It predicted that during the ....

Beekeeping Equipment (Caveat Emptor)

A Monograph for the Initiated and Uninitiated

John D Yates

A second, updated edition of a monograph for the initiated and the uninitiated on the strengths and weaknesses of current bee hive design. The author, John Yates is a much ....

Beekeeping for All

Abbé Warré

This book describes the development, construction and operation of the "People's Hive" of Abbe Emile Warre. The original "L'Apiculture Pour Tous" ran to twelve editions in ....

Can Animals Be Moral?

Mark Rowlands

Can animals act for moral reasons? Philosophical tradition answers, almost univocally, "no." Recent work in cognitive ethology, however, points in the other direction. ....

Ciferae

A Bestiary in Five Fingers

Tom Tyler

The Greek philosopher Protagoras, in the opening words of his lost book Truth, famously asserted, "Man is the measure of all things." This contention--that humanity cannot know ....

Control of Varroa

A Guide for New Zealand Beekeepers

Mark Goodwin and Michelle Taylor

This revised edition is based on the original 2001 version of the manual and draws upon the authors seven years experience of managing varroa in New Zealand. Mark led the ....

Cooler, Smarter

Practical Steps for Low-carbon Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

How can each of us live "Cooler Smarter"? While the routine decisions that shape our days--what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to work--may seem small, ....

Disease Resistance in Wheat

Edited by Indu Sharma

Disease resistance is one of the major factors that can be improved to sustain yield potential in cultivated crops. This book looks at disease resistance in wheat, ....

Ecological Limits and Economic Development

Edited by Ramprasad Sengupta

This book presents a comprehensive coverage of the role of ecological constraints in limiting the availability of natural resources for economic development. It discusses in ....

The Economics of Fisheries Management

Trond Bjorndal and Gordon Munro

Over the past several decades there has been increasing interest in, and concern about, the economics of the world's capture fishery resources. Massive amounts of resource rent ....

Embedded Sustainability

The Next Big Competitive Advantage

Chris Laszlo and Nadya Zhexembayeva

We are in the midst of a sea-change. In years past, corporate social responsibility may have been seen as a feather in a corporation's cap but, today, ecological and social ....

Environmental Justice

Legal Theory and Practice

Barry E Hill

This revised and updated edition of "Environmental Justice" addresses the legal and social aspects of this important and rapidly evolving field, as well as its relation to ....

Environmental Policy in the European Union

Actors, Institutions and Processes

Edited by Andrew Jordan and Camilla Adelle

The European Union (EU) has a hugely important effect on the way in which environmental policies are framed and implemented in many different parts of the world, but especially ....

Essentials of Environmental Management

Paul Hyde and Paul Reeve

"Essentials of Environmental Management" provides a comprehensive introduction to the management of environmental issues. Clearly structured and illustrated, the book ....

Everyday Environmentalism

Creating an Urban Political Ecology

Alex Loftus

"Everyday Environmentalism" develops a conversation between marxist theories of everyday life and recent work in urban political ecology, arguing for a philosophy of praxis in ....

Farm Incomes, Wealth and Agricultural Policy

Berkeley Hill

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been supporting the incomes of the European Union's agricultural community for half a century. Despite this, there is still no ....

Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Bananas

Edited by Michael Pillay, George Ude and Chittaranjan Kole

This book is to gathers, in one volume, the latest information on the genomic researches of Musa. A group of leading experts in Musa genetics, genomics and breeding contributed ....

Globalization: Effects on Fisheries Resources

Edited by William W Taylor, Michael G Schechter and Lois G Wolfson

Globalization is a multidimensional issue, and its impacts on world resources cross and integrate environmental, economic, political and cultural boundaries. Over the last few ....

Green Energy from Solid Waste

A Practical Guide

Ramanathan Somasundaram

This book provides a clear understanding of the available technologies for waste-to-energy power generation plants. Filled with practical examples, illustrations, ....

A Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World

John Emsley

This book explains to the general reader the roles of chemistry in various areas of life ranging from the entirely personal to the worryingly global. These roles are currently ....

Herbs

A Global History

Gary Allen

You can't make pesto alla Genovese without basil or a Mojito without mint. You can use peppermint to settle an upset stomach, ease arthritis pain with stinging nettles, and ....

The Honey Bee Around and About

Celia F Davis

This is a companion volume to Celia's first book "The Honey Bee Inside Out" ....

Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

Edited by Ian Hannam and Du Qun

Dryland zones of western China cover approximately 40 percent of the country, and contain some of the most severely degraded land within the country and in the world. ....

Life, Fish and Mangroves

Resource Governance in Coastal Cambodia

Melissa Marschke

In "Life, Fish and Mangroves", Melissa Marschke explores the potential of resource governance, offering a case study of resource-dependent village life. Following six ....

Living Cruelty Free

Live A More Compassionate Lifestyle

Jennifer Thomson

"Living Cruelty Free" offers tips and advice on how we can be kinder to animals and each other and live a kinder life. ....

The Molecular Basis of Nutrient Use Efficiency in Crops

Malcolm J Hawkesford and Peter Barraclough

Efforts to increase efficient nutrient use by crops are of growing importance as the global demand for food, fibre and fuel increases and competition for resources ....

Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras

Essays on Animals and History

Harriet Ritvo

Over the past two decades, Harriet Ritvo has established herself as a leading scholar in animal studies and one of those most responsible for establishing this field of study as ....

The Olympic Games and the Environment

John Karamichas

This book examines the environmental credentials of Olympic Host cities and the opportunities afforded by hosting the Games towards the ecological modernization of the ....

A Practical Manual of Beekeeping

How to Keep Bees and Develop Your Full Potential as an Apiarist

David Cramp

A fascinating hobby; a remunerative business; or a globetrotting career? Which type of beekeeper do you want to be? It is entirely up to you: beekeeping can provide it all. ....

Pricing Water Resources and Water and Sanitation Services

OECD Publishing

In both OECD and non-OECD countries the water sector is facing the challenges of increased competition for water resources, deteriorating water quality, and the effects ....

Reflections on Beekeeping

W S Robson

This small book is not at all like other bee books. It is the distillation of the knowledge gained by Willie and his father Selby over very many years and that also that ....

Reshaping Environments

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World

Edited by Helena Bender

"Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World" draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban ....

Science and Policy in Natural Resource Management

Understanding System Complexity

Helen E Allison and Richard J Hobbs

This book was first published in 2006. Despite many well-intentioned policies and changes to management practices, the world's natural resources continue to decline. The ....

Soil Management

Building a Stable Base for Agriculture

Edited by Jerry L Hatfield and Thomas J Sauer

Degradation of soils continues at a pace that will eventually create a local, regional, or even global crisis when diminished soil resources collide with increasing climate ....

Sustainable Green Design and the Fire Service

A Fire Chief's Perspective

Ronald R Spadafora

'Going green' with new construction or adding green features to existing structures is excellent for the environment but it can pose challenges to the fire service. Written ....

Sustainable Livestock Management For Poverty Alleviation and Food Security

Katrien van't Hooft, Terry S Wollen and DP Bhandari

Good animal husbandry practices and animal health are vital for people living in poorer countries. This practical learning manual is a realistic guide for those who are ....

The Three Levels of Sustainability

Elena Cavagnaro and George Curiel

This book aims to provide the missing link in current debates around sustainability. The role of business, governments, NGOS and multilateral institutions are widely covered and ....

Toward Sustainable Communities

Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments

Mark Roseland

Sustainable communities are our greatest hope for meeting the intertwined ecological, economic and social challenges facing us. This completely revised fourth edition of the ....

Analysis of Generalized Linear Mixed Models in the Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences

EE Gbur, WW Stroup, KS McCarter, S Durham and LJ Young

"Generalized Linear Mixed Models in the Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences" provides readers with an understanding and appreciation for the design and analysis of ....

Citizen Science

Public Participation in Environmental Research

Richard Louv, Janis L Dickinson, Rick Bonney and John W Fitzpatrick

Citizen science enlists members of the public to make and record useful observations, such as counting birds in their backyards, watching for the first budding leaf in ....

A First Course in Systems Biology

Eberhard O Voit

"A First Course in Systems Biology" is a textbook designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Its main focus is the development of computational models and ....

Guidebook to R Graphics Using Microsoft Windows

Kunio Takezawa

Due to its flexibility and availability, R has become the computing software of choice for statistical computing and generating graphics across various fields of research. ....

Mass Spectrometry in Structural Biology and Biophysics

Architecture, Dynamics and Interaction of Biomolecules

Igor A Kaltashov, Stephen J Eyles, Dominic M Desiderio and Nico Nibbering

The use of mass spectrometry (MS) to study the architecture and dynamics of proteins is increasingly common within the biophysical community, and "Mass Spectrometry in ....

Molecular Cloning (3-Volume Set)

A Laboratory Manual

Michael R Green and Joseph Sambrook

"Molecular Cloning" has served as the foundation of technical expertise in labs worldwide for 30 years. No other manual has been so popular, or so influential. ....

Qualitative Research

The essential guide to theory and practice

Maggi Savin-Baden and Clair Howell Major

"Qualitative Research: The Essential Guide to Theory and Practice" provides a one-stop resource for all those approaching qualitative research for the first time, as well as ....

Reliability in Scientific Research

Improving the Dependability of Measurements, Calculations, Equipment, and Software

IR Walker

Covering many techniques widely used in research, this book will help researchers in the physical sciences and engineering solve troublesome--and potentially very time ....

Research Methodology

A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

Ranjit Kumar

Written specifically for students with no previous experience of research and "Research Methodology", the Third Edition of "Research Methodology" breaks the process of ....

Research Methods for Science

Michael P Marder

A unique introduction to the design, analysis, and presentation of scientific projects, this is an essential textbook for undergraduate majors in science and mathematics. The ....

A Student's Guide to Data and Error Analysis

Herman JC Berendsen

All students taking laboratory courses within the physical sciences and engineering will benefit from this 2011 book, whilst researchers will find it an invaluable reference. ....

Developing Research Proposals

Pam Denicolo and Lucinda Becker

Writing a research proposal is one of the most important tasks facing academics, researchers and postgraduate students. Yet there is a good deal of misinformation and a ....

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 2: Ba-Bl

Sudhir Chandra

Volume 2 of the projected 20-volume series dealing with commemorative names of plant genera, aimed for completion by 2014-2016. It is hoped to cover a total of 15,000 to ....

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 3: Bo-Bz

Sudhir Chandra

Volume 3 of the projected 20-volume series dealing with commemorative names of plant genera, aimed for completion by 2014-2016. It is hoped to cover a total of 15,000 to ....

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 4: Cabralea to Cleveamorpha

Sudhir Chandra

Volume 4 of the projected 20-volume series dealing with commemorative names of plant genera, aimed for completion by 2014-2016. It is hoped to cover a total of 15,000 to ....

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 5: Clevelandina to Czernya

Sudhir Chandra

Volume 5 of the projected 20-volume series dealing with commemorative names of plant genera, aimed for completion by 2014-2016. It is hoped to cover a total of 15,000 to ....

Great Jobs for Environmental Studies Majors

Julie DeGalan and Bryon Middlekauff

You've worked hard for that environmental studies degree. Now what? Sometimes the choice of careers can seem endless; the most difficult part of a job search is narrowing down ....

How to Prepare a Scientific Doctoral Dissertation Based on Research Articles

Björn Gustavii

The article-based thesis is becoming increasingly common, especially in the 'hard' sciences such as biology, medicine and technology, and is beginning to replace the ....

How to Succeed in College (While Really Trying)

A Professor's Inside Advice

Jon B Gould

After years of preparation and anticipation, many students arrive at college without any real knowledge of the ins and outs of college life. They've been focused on finding the ....

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper

Robert A Day and Barbara Gastel

An essential guide for succeeding in today's competitive environment, this book provides beginning scientists and experienced researchers with practical advice on writing about ....

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals of the World

An Expert Reference Guide to 840 Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals from Every Continent

Tom Jackson

This is an expert reference guide to 840 amphibians, reptiles and mammals from every continent. It is a comprehensive encyclopedia of over 840 animals from North and South ....

Lab Dynamics

Management Skills for Scientists

Carl M Cohen and Suzanne L Cohen

"Lab Dynamics" is a unique guide to the interpersonal side of scientific research and management. The book provides practical solutions to some of the toughest problems that ....

Paint Your Career Green

Get a Green Job Without Starting Over

Stan Schatt and Michele Lobl

"Paint Your Career Green" is the only book that offers practical advice on how readers can transition rapidly to green careers. It specifically reveals how readers can take ....

Patent Strategy for Researchers and Research Managers

H Jackson Knight

As individuals and companies realise the importance of their inventions, issues surrounding patent laws and practices are taking centre stage around the world. Patent ....

Philip's Pocket World Atlas

The new edition "Philip's Pocket World Atlas" contains 96 pages of maps that are politically coloured to emphasize countries, towns and cities, as well as major ....

Philip's World Atlas

This information-packed paperback atlas has been fully revised and updated. With 96 pages of authoritative world maps, a comprehensive index, 69 city maps, and a thematic ....

Publishing Journal Articles

Lucinda Becker and Pam Denicolo

- How do I go about writing a journal article? - How do I maximise my chances of getting it published in a top journal? ....

Reading, Writing and Reasoning

A Guide for Students

Gavin J Fairbairn and Christopher Winch

Many students find the 'step up' from school or college work to university study a challenge. The same is frequently true for those returning to study after time spent in ....

Stylish Academic Writing

Helen Sword

Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and ....