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Welcome to the July Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's guide
to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the
environment.
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Zoology:
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Mammals | Go to subject web page |
JRB Alfred, AK Das and AK Sanyal Indian mammals comprise 401 species under 180 genera, 45 families and 13 orders, including 45 endemic species. .... | 238 pages | colour photos, tables | Zoological Survey Hbk | 2006 | 8181710940 | #160302A | £68.00 BUY |
Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife Keltie Thomas Bears are respected and admired, yet also feared. These mighty animals have virtually no enemies except for humans. Over the last 150 years, as civilization has expanded into .... | 64 pages | 50 colour photographs, maps | Firefly Books Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1552979210 | #160670A | £6.95 BUY |
Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants
Edited by Murray E Fowler and Susan K Mikota "Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants" serves as a comprehensive text on elephant medicine and surgery. Based on the expertise of 36 scientists and clinical .... | 576 pages | 229 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0813806763 | #160896A | £99.50 BUY |
E Do Linh San Study of the biology, ecology, and distribution of the badger. .... | 208 pages | 80 col photos | Delachaux et Niestle Pbk | 2006 | 2603013327 | #160910A | £32.50 BUY |
A Complete Guide to the Natural History, Biology, and Management of Southwestern Mule Deer and White-Tailed Deer Jim Heffelfinger Wildlife biologist Jim Heffelfinger has combed the scientific literature, researched the historical archives, rousted researchers out of retirement, and badgered other .... | 312 pages | photos, figures, tables | Texas A&M UP Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1585445150 | #160477A | £17.50 BUY |
The Dormouse Conservation Handbook
Paul Bright, Pat Morris and Tony Mitchell-Jones This considerably expanded second edition of the Dormouse Conservation Handbook draws together much information on the species that has been gathered since the first edition .... | 73 pages | Figs, tabs | English Nature Pbk | 2006 | 1857162196 | #160461A | £5.50 BUY |
Steve Bloom A photographic journey into the world of the elephant, from the wildest outreaches of Botswana to the teeming cities of India. .... | 224 pages | 114 colour photos | Thames & Hudson Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 050051321X | #160456A | £24.95 BUY |
Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa
Chris Stuart and Tilde Stuart Omits the smaller, seldom-seen mammals of the continent in favour of devoting more space to the larger species. Each species is .... | 319 pages | 400 colour photos, maps | Struik Pbk | 2000 | 1868725340 | #149423A | £17.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1770073930 | #160777A | £17.99 BUY |
Gir Forest and the Saga of the Asiatic Lion
Sudipta Mitra India holds the unique distinction of having a combination of tigers and lions since the prehistoric epoch. The Asiatic lion is on the verge of extinction and is enlisted in the .... | 254 pages | Maps, col plates | Indus International Hbk | 2005 | 8173871833 | #160310A | £21.50 BUY |
Wild Horses in the Great Basin Paula Morin Horses have been part of the American West since the first Spanish explorers brought their European-bred steeds onto the new continent. Soon thereafter, some of these .... | 392 pages | - | Nevada UP Hbk | 2006 | 087417631X | #160479A | £34.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0874176735 | #160480A | £17.50 BUY |
Moving Portraits of Serenity Joanne Ehrich, Deborah Tabart and Jack Hanna Koalas are among the most beloved and popular animals in the world. The book features texts by editor Joanne Ehrich, a Foreword by Deborah Tabart, Executive Director of the .... | 260 pages | colour photos | AtlasBooks Hbk | 2006 | 0976469804 | #160813A | £32.50 BUY |
Quel Avenir Pour Les Grands Mammiferes Sauvages de Montagne Face a Des Activites Humaines Croissantes? Gilbert Massol | 112 pages | Col photos | Gilbert Massol Pbk | 2005 | #159959A | £19.95 BUY |
A Guide to North American Species Mark Elbroch This guide brings together clear track and trail illustrations, range maps, and full-color photographs showing feeding signs, scat, tunnels, burrows, bedding areas, .... | 786 pages | 1058 colour photos | Stackpole Pbk | 2003 | 0811726266 | #160799A | £27.50 BUY |
Edited by Paul F Whitehead and Clifford J Jolly Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoidea) are the most successful and diverse group of living nonhuman primates in terms of the number of species, behavioural repertoires and .... | 528 pages | 5 b/w photos, 65 line illus, 58 tabs | CUP Hbk | 2000 | 0521571243 | #100678A | £110.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521028094 | #160612A | £29.99 BUY |
Group Techniques of Ecological Adaptation Hans Kummer Originally published by Aldine in 1971, this book by Hans Kummer, one of the world's leading primate ethologists, examines the patterns of social interaction among primates. .... | 160 pages | - | Transaction Books Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0202309045 | #160478A | £19.50 BUY |
Edited by CJ Campbell et al Primates in Perspective is the first edited volume to offer a comprehensive overview of primatology since 1987. Forty-four original essays--by fifty-nine leading researchers in .... | 736 pages | 94 halftones, maps & line illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195171349 | #160937A | £49.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0195171330 | #160229A | £31.99 BUY |
Julie Delfour General study of the rat. .... | 192 pages | 110 col illus | Delachaux et Niestle Hbk | 2005 | 2603013874 | #160906A | £32.50 BUY |
The Changing Fortunes of Whales and Dolphins Sarah Lazarus This book explores the fates of whales and dolphins and how they became intertwined with human history. The story begins over 1000 years ago when hunters first took up harpoons .... | 208 pages | illus | Natural History Museum Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0565091921 | #160933A | £12.99 BUY |
Glimpses of Fernie, Stahr, Easy, Dakota, and Other Real Bears in the Modern World Douglas H Chadwick Chadwick joins a crew of dedicated wildlife managers working to educate grizzlies about where they should and shouldn't go in the populated areas of northwestern Montana. With .... | 176 pages | 14 b/w photos, 2 maps | Sierra Club Hbk | 2003 | 1578051002 | #141091A | £16.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1578051347 | #160905A | £10.50 BUY |
North Atlantic Right Whales at the Crossroads Edited by Scott D Kraus and Rosalind Rolland In 1980 a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished at the sight of 25 right whales. It was, one scientist later recalled, "like .... | 514 pages | 34 color illustrations, 116 halftones, 48 line illustrations, 21 tables | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0674023277 | #160706A | £35.95 BUY |
Validation of Threatened Mammals of India
JRB Alfred and MS Pradhan Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. .... | 567 pages | Figs, tabs, maps | Zoological Survey Hbk | 2006 | 8181710851 | #160599A | £89.00 BUY |
J Frank Dobie In The Voice of the Coyote, J. Frank Dobie melds natural history with tales and lore in articulating the complex and often contentious relationship between coyotes and .... | 406 pages | Illus | Nebraska UP Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0803266596 | #160489A | £12.99 BUY |
Phoebe Carter and Sara Churchfield The water shrew is one of our least known but most intriguing mammals. The Water Shrew Handbook is the first guide to British water shrews and covers their biology, .... | Mammal Society Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | #160778A | £3.50 BUY |
Trevor Day Whale watching is one of the fastest-growing tourist activities in the world, attracting over four million people every year. This sumptuously illustrated book brings the .... | 160 pages | colour illus | Natural History Museum Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 056509212X | #160932A | £12.99 BUY |
Birds | Go to subject web page |
Atlas: Birds of Moscow City and the Moscow Region
MV Kalyakin and OV Voltzit The Atlas is a complete collection of distribution maps of all 273 breeding, migrant, nomadic and wintering bird species recorded in Moscow City and the Moscow Region during .... | 372 pages | More than 900 colour photos, dist maps, illus | Pensoft Hbk | 2006 | 9546422622 | #160458A | £65.00 BUY |
Best Birdwatching Sites in Norfolk
Neil Glenn Excellent site guide to one of the UK's most populat birdwatching counties. Each site is described and OS map references and site facilities are readily accessible. The main .... | 256 pages | B/w illus, maps | Buckingham Press Pbk | 2006 | 0955033918 | #159323A | £16.95 BUY |
Dave Gosney This DVD tells the story of a birdwatching expedition to Morocco from the marshes in the north to the deserts in the east and covering the Atlas mountains in between. It is full .... | BirdGuides DVD | 2005 | #160633A | £11.02 BUY |
Dave Gosney Sun, sand and...superb birdwatching. Away from the big towns and coastal resorts, Spain has some of the finest wilderness areas in Europe and this film evocatively captures the .... | BirdGuides DVD | | #160634A | £11.02 BUY |
Dave Gosney This DVD tells the story of Dave Gosney's first American birding expedition, to Texas where the coastal trees and bushes were dripping with gorgeous migrants, the estuaries .... | BirdGuides DVD | | #160632A | £11.02 BUY |
Clay Sutton and Patricia Sutton Geography, topography, weather patterns, and unique natural features make Cape May, New Jersey, one of the most important birding sites in North America. Throughout the year, .... | 432 pages | 50 colour photos, 20 maps | Stackpole Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0811731340 | #160794A | £16.50 BUY |
MP3 Sound Collection Peter Boesman This MP3-CD contains 1047 recordings in MP3 format of over 1000 Brazilian bird species. .... | 10 hours playing time | Birdsounds Netherlands CD | 2006 | #160526A | £46.50 BUY |
Bill Pranty and Kurt Radamaker Two renowned Florida birders share their expertise and passion in this field guide to more than 300 species of birds found in the Sunshine State. Each account features .... | 384 pages | Lone Pine Pbk | 2006 | 9768200065 | #160662A | £17.95 BUY |
John Parrish, Giff Beaton and Gregory Kennedy Full of interesting facts and useful information, Birds of Georgia is a field guide geared to both the casual backyard observer and the experienced naturalist. The book .... | 384 pages | Lone Pine Pbk | 2006 | 9768200057 | #160661A | £17.95 BUY |
MP3 Sound Collection Peter Boesman This MP3-CD contains 723 recordings in MP3 format of over 650 Mexican bird species. .... | 6 hours playing time | Birdsounds Netherlands CD | 2006 | #160528A | £46.50 BUY |
MP3 Sound Collection Peter Boesman This MP3-CD contains 1052 recordings in MP3 format of over 950 Venezuelan bird species. .... | 8 hours of playing time | Birdsounds Netherlands CD | 2006 | #160527A | £46.50 BUY |
Brian Bell and Gregory Kennedy This field guide features 318 of Washington's most abundant or notable bird species. Each account includes a full-color and detailed illustration, along with information .... | 384 pages | Lone Pine Pbk | 2006 | 1551054302 | #160660A | £17.95 BUY |
Tim Dean and Jeremy Roberts Details no fewer than fifty gentle walks in Cumbria with excellent birdwatching. Walks can be planned using the seasonal occurrence chart. .... | 128 pages | Carnegie Publishing Pbk | 2002 | 1859360742 | #160495A | £9.50 BUY |
Readers Digest Aspects of bird behaviour are explained and explored, as well as practical facts about the habits and habitats of the 217 species commonly found in Britain. There are also .... | 472 pages | colour illus, dist maps | Readers Digest Pbk | 1969 | 0276427459 | #160674A | £14.99 BUY |
Breeding Waders in Europe 2000
Edited by Ole Thorup An extensive overview of the present status of breeding waders in Europe. Within the Wader Study Group's project "Breeding Waders in Europe 2000", updated population .... | 142 pages | Tabs, 1 map | Wader Study Group Pbk | 2006 | #160815A | £43.00 BUY |
Description, Moeurs, Observation, Protection, Mythologie R-J Monneret Study of the biology and life history of the peregrine falcon, based on 40 years of systematic observation. .... | 224 pages | Col illus, maps | Delachaux et Niestle Pbk | 2005 | 2603013793 | #160902A | £32.50 BUY |
Field Guide to the Birds of North America
Edited by Jon L Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer A bestseller with more than a quarter of a million copies sold, this completely revised and updated edition is the most authoritative, sought-after guide to birds of North .... | 504 pages | 4000 colour illus and maps | National Geographic Pbk | 2003 | 0792268776 | #137917A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0792253140 | #160898A | £14.99 BUY |
Guia de Campo / Field Guide Osvaldo Vidal O. This field guide is an essential book for in situ identification of the incredible plant diversity and adaptive morphology of the flora found in this Biosphere Region in .... | 284 pages | colour photos | Fantastico Sur Pbk | 2006 | 9568007156 | #160108A | £16.50 BUY |
Robert Burton Explores a wide range of bird behaviour including courtship, territorial behaviour, singing, nesting, foraging, flying, feeding, and migration. The emphasis is on leisurely .... | 144 pages | 125 col illus, 80 col photos | New Holland Hbk | 2005 | 1843309386 | #149526A | £16.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1845375971 | #160784A | £9.99 BUY |
How to Attract, Identify and Watch the Birds in Your Garden Stephen Moss Published in association with the Wildlife Trusts, this book contains practical advice and key information, ranging from planning and maintaining a bird-friendly garden, .... | 160 pages | 130 col photos, 250 col illus | New Holland Hbk | 2003 | 1843301245 | #128678A | £16.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 184537598X | #160781A | £12.99 BUY |
Die Greifvögel Europas, Nordafrikas und Vorderasiens Biologie, Bestandsverhältnisse, Bestandsgefährdung Theodor Mebs Guide to the raptors of Europe, Northern Africa and Asia. .... | 495 pages | Kosmos Hbk | 2006 | 3440095851 | #160554A | £42.95 BUY |
Chuck Hagner and Tom Vezo Common, numerous, and often easy to observe, ducks and geese are nonetheless sometimes difficult to identify. This straightforward introduction to ducks and geese will help .... | 128 pages | 105 colour photos | Stackpole Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0811733440 | #160798A | £13.50 BUY |
A Guide to the Birds of the South-Eastern States Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi John H Rappole No other region in America offers such a stunning abundance of birdlife (including an overwhelming number of exotic species) as the southeastern United States. A Guide to .... | 336 pages | 420 colour photos, 379 dist maps | Florida University Presses Pbk | 2006 | 0813028612 | #160483A | £18.50 BUY |
Guide to the Threatened Birds of Taiwan
Woei-horng Fang This book follows the most recent IUCN threatened species criteria and deals with two categories of threatened species in Taiwan. First there are the globally threatened .... | 162 pages | Owl Publishing House | #160467A | £16.50 BUY |
Description, Moeurs, Observation, Reintroduction, Mythologie J-F Terrasse Study of the bearded vulture, a rare raptor theatened with extinction throughout Europe. .... | 208 pages | Col illus | Delachaux et Niestle Pbk | 2005 | 2603013785 | #160904A | £32.50 BUY |
M Fogden and P Fogden Features 44 of the 45 species of hummers that inhabit Costa Rica. (The Plain-capped starthroat, the missing species, lives only in the highest treetops. The authors have .... | 153 pages | Lyons Press Hbk | 2006 | 1554071631 | #158871A | £33.50 BUY |
Illustrated Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe
Paul Sterry, Andrew Cleave, Andy Clements and Peter Goodfellow Identification guide to more than 500 bird species of Britain and Europe, includes a CD with more than 500 bird calls. Each species entry includes at least one full colour .... | 256 pages | 700 watercolour paintings, 450 dist maps | AA Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0749546662 | #157288A | £25.00 BUY |
Modeling Approaches in Avian Conservation and the Role of Field Biologists
Steven R Beissinger et al | 56 pages | AOU Pbk | 2006 | #160540A | £9.50 BUY |
Oiseaux Remarquables de Provence Ecologie, Statut et Conservation M Lasceve, C Crocq and B Kabouche With 237 species of breeding birds and hundreds of wintering and migrating birds, the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, which includes the Camargue, is France's richest. .... | 320 pages | 200 photos, dist maps | Delachaux et Niestle Hbk | 2006 | 2603013912 | #160894A | £50.50 BUY |
Owls (Strigiformes) - Annotated and Illustrated Checklist
Friedhelm Weick This outstanding resource for both professional and amateur ornithologists is the first systematic owl checklist for over 50 years to include subspecies and synonyms and .... | 350 pages | 86 illus., 23 in colour | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 3540352341 | #160645A | Normally £92.50 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £74.00 |
Stories of the Blue Meanie Jim Enderson A superb success as a bird, combining great speed, aeronautical grace, and fearlessness...inhabitant of wild places, inaccessible cliffs, and .... | 254 pages | b/w illus | Texas UP Hbk | | 0292705905 | #159334A | £49.00 BUY Pbk | 2005 | 0292706243 | #159333A | £14.95 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India Including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Pakistan and Bangladesh Amano Samarpan A photographic guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent. Includes brief descriptions of the birds with distribution notes. Bird names are given in English, .... | 160 pages | colour photos | Wisdom Tree Pbk | 2006 | 8183280293 | #160598A | £12.95 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the West Indies
Mike Flieg and Allan Sander Provides comprehensive coverage of 252 species of birds that inhabit the islands of the West Indies, with detailed descriptions and a colour photograph for each species. .... | 144 pages | 300 col photos | New Holland Pbk | 2000 | 1859745091 | #107826A | £7.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1845375912 | #160785A | £7.99 BUY |
Stephen Moss Why is the Red-backed Shrike nicknamed "the butcher bird"? When and why do the Birds of Paradise of New Guinea turn themselves upside down while hanging on a twig? Which birds .... | 208 pages | 240 colour illus | New Holland Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1845374223 | #160693A | £19.99 BUY |
Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife Linda Kenyon About a third of the world bird species make their homes in rainforests, which offer moderate temperatures, protective shelter and ample food supply. Unfortunately the .... | 64 pages | 50 colour photographs, maps | Firefly Books Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1554071526 | #160669A | £6.95 BUY |
Spatial Analysis in Raptor Ecology and Conservation
R Rodriguez-Estrella This book contains a series of GIS modeling state-of-the-art applications in raptor ecology and conservation. Ricardo Rodriguez-Estrella and Luis A. Bojorquez-Tapia compile .... | CIBNOR 2004 | #160769A | £86.00 BUY |
The Ultimate Birdfeeder Handbook
John A Burton and Steve Young Provides all the information needed to successfully attract and feed birds in your outdoor space - whatever the size. This book is packed with information on the different .... | 128 pages | 90 col photos, 90 col illus | New Holland Hbk | 2005 | 1843309564 | #150662A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1845372514 | #160783A | £12.99 BUY |
Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Alligator and Crocodile Rescue Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife Trish Snyder Crocodilians is the scientific name for crocodiles, alligators, gharials and caimans. Collectively they are walking, breathing link to the dinosaurs that roamed the Earth 240 .... | 64 pages | 50 colour photographs, maps | Firefly Books Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1552979199 | #160671A | £6.95 BUY |
Amphibians of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia A Field Identification Guide Charlotte C Cockran and Chris Thoms Frogs, toads and salamanders are important indicators of the quality of the environment, and they're cute little critters too. Newly revised and updated, this innovative field .... | 176 pages | Col photos, b/w illus, maps | Lone Pine Pbk | 2006 | 155105566X | #160658A | £15.50 BUY |
Important characteristics in identifying crocodilian species Karlheinz Fuchs Amended and revised translation of "Die Krokodilhaut". .... | 175 pages | b&w photos | Chimaira Hbk | 2006 | 3899734556 | #160556A | £27.50 BUY |
A Conservation Companion Karan Bahadur Shah and Sagendra Tiwari This publication on the amphibians and reptiles of Nepal is intended as a reference book and field guide for the general public as well as for specialists, researchers and .... | 237 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | IUCN Nepal Pbk | 2004 | 9993386030 | #160759A | £72.00 BUY |
Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern Africa
Warren Schmidt What is the difference between a crocodile and an alligator? Can tortoises predict rain? Is the tiny Thread Snake really a worm? This book answers these and many other .... | 128 pages | 130 col photos | New Holland Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1770073426 | #160787A | £14.99 BUY |
Sardinien: Die Insel der Europäischen Schildkröten
Wolfgang Wegehaupt Describes the tortoises and their natural habitat on the island of Sardinia. .... | 191 pages | Col photos | Wegehaupt Verlag Hbk | 2004 | 3980977412 | #154831A | £28.95 BUY |
Sea Turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States
Carol Ruckdeschel and C Robert Shoop Written by two of the Southeast's foremost authorities on sea turtle conservation, this is an accessible, fully illustrated guide to the species that frequent the Atlantic and .... | 152 pages | colour photos, figures | Georgia UP Pbk | 2006 | 0820326143 | #160475A | £15.50 BUY |
Turtles of the World, Volume 4: East and South Asia
H Vetter This volume is a portrayal of the chelonians of East and South Asia. Most members of the families Geomydidae and Trionychidae inhabit the geographic range covered in this book - .... | 160 pages | 750 Col photos | Chimaira Hbk | 2006 | 3936027927 | #160298A | £39.95 BUY |
Venomous Snakes of Asia / Giftschlangen Asiens
Gernot Vogel Describes 165 species of the Elapidae and Viperidae of Asia, covering the geographical region from Pakistan to Chain, and from .... | 144 pages | 600 col photos, distrib maps | Chimaira Hbk | 2006 | 3936027935 | #160297A | £45.95 BUY |
Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Illustrated in the Gyotaku Method by Boshu Nagase Mitsuo Fukuchi and Harvey J Marchant This introduction gives a short account, including diagrams, of the evolution of the Antarctic fish fauna following the formation of the Southern Ocean resulting from the .... | 136 pages | 55 colour illus | Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1877058467 | #160663A | £25.00 BUY |
Revision of the Torrent Loaches of Borneo (Balitoridae: Gastromyzon, Neogastromyzon) Tan Heok Hui The systematics of the genera Gastromyzon, Hypergastromyzon and Neogastromyzon of the family Balitoridae, all of which are endemic to Borneo, are revised. These genera .... | 245 pages | Natural History Publications Hbk | 2006 | 9838121053 | #160827A | £50.00 BUY |
Cuttlefishes and Squids of the World
Edited by Takashi Okutani This illustrated handbook describes 408 species of cuttlefishes and squids from the world's oceans. .... | 253 pages | illus | Wako Yosho-Hanbai K.K 2005 | 4425882318 | #160866A | £137.00 BUY |
Otoliths of Common Australian Temperate Fish A photographic atlas Dianne Furlani et al Otoliths have a characteristic shape for each species of fish. Being bony, otoliths are not easily digested and as a result, they can show which fish make up the diet of .... | 192 pages | colour illus | CSIRO Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0643092552 | #160481A | £75.50 BUY |
South Africa's Great White Shark
Thomas P Peschak and Michael C Scholl Provides information on one of the world's most awe-inspiring predators for cage divers, marine biologists, tour guides and photographers. .... | 96 pages | 68 col photos | New Holland Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1770073825 | #160561A | £9.99 BUY |
Erich Ritter Not many inhabitants of the sea instill so much fear and fascination. Shark expert Erich Ritter has spent thousands of hours face-to-face with sharks. From his observations he .... | 280 pages | Krieger Hbk | 2006 | 1575242699 | #158077A | £44.95 BUY |
Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Volume 35, Part 1, 2 and 3: Fishes 3 Volume Set Douglass F Hoese, John Paxton and Gerry Allen Fishes are the largest and most diverse group of vertebrate animals, with an estimated 25,000 extant species (Nelson 1994), about equal to the number of all other vertebrates .... | 2200 pages | ABRS Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0643093346 | #160943A | £312.50 BUY |
Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
Bolton's Catalogue of the Ants of the World 1758-2005 Barry Bolton, Gary Alpert, Philip S Ward and Piotr Naskrecki Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World, published in 1995, was the first attempt in more than one hundred years to collect all taxonomic decisions .... | Harvard UP CD | NYP 11/2006 | 0674021517 | #160708A | £32.95 BUY |
Butterflies of British Columbia
John Acorn Award-winning science writer, naturalist and entomologist John Acorn has an approach to butterflies that lets you enjoy them without harming them. His book identifies every .... | 360 pages | Lone Pine Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1551051133 | #160659A | £19.50 BUY |
Butterflies of South West Scotland An Atlas of their Distribution Keith Futter et al During 1995-2004, a detailed survey of butterflies was undertaken in South West Scotland as part of a national survey throughout Britain and Ireland. This book summarises the .... | 160 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | Argyll Publishing Hbk | 2006 | 190283195X | #159779A | £12.99 BUY |
The Caribbean Land Snail Family Annulariidae A revision of the higher taxa and a catalog of the species C Thomas Watters | 584 pages | 10 figs, 56 distribution maps | Backhuys Hbk | 2006 | 9057821559 | #160841A | £64.00 BUY |
Discover Butterflies in Britain
David E Newland The aim of this book is to help readers discover butterflies. It has detailed descriptions and photographs of 66 good places to find butterflies. They have been .... | 224 pages | Col illus | Wild Guides Hbk | 2006 | 1903657121 | #160502A | £19.95 BUY |
Edible Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology
Edited by JM Lawrence Sea urchins are a major component of the world ocean. They are important ecologically and often greatly affect marine communities. They have an excellent fossil record and .... | 419 pages | B/w plates, figs, tabs | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0444529403 | #160737A | £105.00 BUY |
The Fauna of the Desert Insects of Xinjiang and Its Formation and Evolution
Huang Rexin | 232 pages | 62 plates | CSBS Pbk | 2005 | 780727008X | #158279A | £35.50 BUY |
Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Right and Other Bugdacious Tales
Tom Turpin If you want to get downright buggy, pick up this wonderful collection of insect tales from the "Bug Bowl" guru, Tom Turpin. After you're through, you'll know more about the .... | 248 pages | - | Purdue UP Pbk | 2006 | 1557534179 | #160476A | £10.50 BUY |
Handbuch der Zoologie, Band 4/38: Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 1 Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim) Edited by Rolf G Beutel and Richard AB Leschen First of four volumes in this series dealing with the Coleoptera. .... | 567 pages | figures and tables | De Gruyter Hbk | 2005 | 3110171309 | #160749A | £195.00 BUY |
The Biology of Opiliones Edited by Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Glauco Machado and Gonzalo Giribet This is the first comprehensive treatment of a major order of arachnids featuring more than 6,000 species worldwide, familiar in North America as daddy-longlegs but known .... | 516 pages | 64 halftones, 52 line illustrations, 20 tables | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0674023439 | #160709A | £80.95 BUY |
The Physical Colors of Insects Serge Berthier Butterflies and coleoptera are the most beautifully colored insects we can find. This book wants to understand the origin of these brilliant colors from a physics .... | 290 pages | 100 illus., 40 in colour | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0387341196 | #160545A | £84.50 BUY |
The Larger Moths of Warwickshire
David CG Brown Warwickshire boasts a list of almost 600 species of moth. Its central location means that the ranges of some northern and southern species overlap and county contains a wide .... | 382 pages | 24 colour plates, distribution maps, figures, tables | Atropos Hbk | 2006 | 0955108616 | #160775A | £40.50 BUY |
Molecular Model Systems in the Lepidoptera
Edited by MR Goldsmith and AS Wilkins This book presents a diverse collection of chapters on basic research at the molecular level using Lepidoptera as model systems. This volume, however, is more than just a .... | 542 pages | 22 b/w photos, 58 line illus, 22 tabs | CUP Hbk | 1995 | 0521402492 | #030842A | £120.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521028272 | #160611A | £45.00 BUY |
Discover the World of Mini Beasts! Nick Baker Lavishly illustrated guide to the fascinating lives of insects, spiders, snails and other invertebrates, offering practical tips for a close exploration and appreciation of .... | 144 pages | 100 col photos, 200 col illus | New Holland Hbk | 2002 | 1859748953 | #117362A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1843301490 | #160780A | £12.99 BUY |
A Pocket Guide to the Bumblebees of Britain and Ireland
Bryan J Pinchen An illustrated identification guide to the bumblebees of Britain and Ireland. .... | 64 pages | 39 col illus, 14 b/w illus | Forficula Books Pbk | 2006 | 095493492X | #156410A | £6.50 BUY |
A Pocket Guide to the Grasshoppers, Crickets and Allied Insects of Britain and Ireland
Bryan J Pinchen An illustrated identification guide to the grasshoppers, crickets and allied insects of Britain and Ireland. .... | 108 pages | 77 colour illus, 21 b&w illus | Forficula Books Pbk | 2006 | 0954934938 | #160672A | £10.50 BUY |
and their worldwide kin Ray Forster and Lyn Forster Spiders colonised the Earth long before Gondwanaland began to drift into separate continents. New Zealand spiders have links with spiders worldwide. The authors of this .... | 312 pages | Col and b/w photos, illus | Otago UP Hbk | 2005 | 1877372137 | #160814A | £37.50 BUY Pbk | 1999 | 1877133795 | #101139A | Normally £63.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £29.99 |
A Systematic Catalogue of Eight Scale Insect Families (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World Aclerdidae, Asterolecaniidae, Beesoniidae, Carayonemidae, Conchaspididae, Dactylopiidae, Kerriidae and Lecanodiaspididae Yair Ben-Dov A synthesis and catalogue of all the information published on eight families of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) worldwide from 1758 to the present. Data is provided on .... | 400 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0444528369 | #160742A | £100.00 BUY |
Termites of Northern Australia
A Andersen, P Jacklyn, T Dawes Gromadzki and I Morris Termite mounds are a distinctive feature of northern Australia, and the role of termites is crucial to ecosystems in this part of the world. More than 100 species of termites .... | 44 pages | colour photos | Barker Souvenirs Pbk | 2005 | 0957723091 | #158714A | £9.50 BUY |
Terrestrial and Freshwater Mollusca of the Seychelles Islands
Justin Gerlach Contents: History of collecting in Seychelles .... | 117 pages | figures, tables, colour plates | Backhuys Pbk | 2006 | 9057821761 | #160851A | £28.50 BUY |
Katsushi Sakai In this work, the composition of the family Upogebidae is reassessed and the classification of its included taxa is critically reviewed. The material examined mainly .... | 186 pages | EJ Brill Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 9004151508 | #160676A | £74.00 BUY |
Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
Life in the Triassic Nicholas C Fraser During the Triassic, the Earth took its first steps toward the creation of modern terrestrial ecosystems. This exciting period is brought vividly to life in the words of .... | 328 pages | 139 colour illus, 52 b&w illus | Indiana UP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0253346525 | #160876A | £29.00 BUY |
Fossilium Catalogus Animalia, Volume 139 Lower Cretaceous Ammonites I.: Perisphinctaceae 1. Himalayitidae, Olcostephanidae, Holcodiscidae, Neocomitidae, Oosterellidae Jaap Klein | 484 pages | Backhuys Pbk | 2005 | 9057820005 | #160846A | £119.00 BUY |
Fossilium Catalogus Animalia, Volume 140 Catalogus Plagiaulacidorum cum figuris (Multituberculata suprajarassica et subcretacea) Gerhard Hahn and Renate Hahn | 348 pages | figures | Backhuys Pbk | 2006 | 905782177X | #160847A | £98.00 BUY |
Fossilium Catalogus Animalia, Volume 141 Lower Cretaceous Ammonites II: Perispinctaceae 2 Part 1: Polyptychitidae / Endomocerataceae: Jaap Klein and Jean Vermeulen | 301 pages | Backhuys Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 9057821796 | #160849A | £91.00 BUY |
Fossilium Catalogus Plantae, Volume 107 Index of Angiosperm leaf species names A-B, 1823-2000 J van der Burgh During work on leaf impressions/compressions the need of an index of names and descriptions of angiosperm leaf species became evident. It also was of value to know .... | 144 pages | Backhuys Pbk | 2005 | 9057821613 | #160854A | £56.50 BUY |
R Chapman Fully illustrated and fully identified fossils from the Barton Beds, Dorset. The book also contains background information, the geology and stratigraphy of the Barton .... | 40 pages | 130 illus | Dorset Geologists Association Pbk | 2004 | 0954435419 | #160596A | £5.95 BUY |
Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs Edited by Kenneth Carpenter "Horns and Beaks" completes Ken Carpenter's series on the major dinosaur types. As with his volumes on armoured, carnivorous, and sauropodomorph dinosaurs, this book collects .... | 352 pages | 127 b&w illus, 20 tables | Indiana UP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 025334817X | #160878A | £29.00 BUY |
T Märss, MVH Wilson and R Thorsteinsson "Special Papers in Palaeontology", published by The Palaeontological Association, is a series of substantial separate works conforming to the style of the Palaeontology .... | 144 pages | Blackwell Pbk | 2006 | 0901702994 | #160883A | £54.00 BUY |
Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 51
Edited by David Sims and Alan Southward | 344 pages | 34 line illus, 3 halftones | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0120261529 | #160695A | £99.00 BUY |
Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae
Edited by CM Young, MA Sewall and ME Rice The most comprehensive guide to larval form and anatomy ever produced. Each chapter provides a referenced overview of life cycles, reproduction, embryology, larval life, .... | 626 pages | Col plates, b\w plates, illus, figs, tabs | Academic Press Hbk | 2001 | 0127731415 | #124694A | £69.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0123736080 | #160696A | £37.99 BUY |
Biodiversity, Ecophysiology and Conservation of Freshwater Animals
Edited by Jagdish Ojha This volume includes invited papers contributed in the National Symposium on Perspectives of Biodiversity, Ecophysiology and Conservation of Freshwater Animals, .... | 237 pages | Figs, Tabs | Narendra Hbk | 2005 | 8185375798 | #159966A | £53.00 BUY |
The World's Best Pelagic Dives Edited by Jack Jackson Features the best places in the world's oceans and seas to dive with pelagic species, i.e. the big, fast creatures of the open waters. The book is divided into four sections .... | 160 pages | 180 col photos | New Holland Hbk | 2006 | 1845371801 | #160782A | £29.99 BUY |
Do you know what lies at the bottom of the ocean? Representing the majority of our planet's surface, extreme pressure and perpetual darkness mean that the ocean depths .... | Running time: 120 mins | BBC Video DVD | NYP 08/2006 | BBCDVD1967 | #160496A | £13.61 BUY |
Understanding Ecology Fieldwork 1: Rocky Shore Communities
Cremona Includes large annotated images of four communities at different levels of the shore (splash zone, upper, middle and lower shore) and has a quick photographic guide to the .... | FSC Unbound | 2005 | #160581A | £3.25 BUY |
General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning Ian Wilmut and Roger Highfield This book provides a timely and important discussion of the potential value of cloning and of the ethical choices that this radical new technology has raised, including the .... | 336 pages | 8 colour illus | Little, Brown Hbk | 2006 | 0316733202 | #160442A | £12.99 BUY |
A Meeting of Science and Religion EO Wilson In this daring work, E.O. Wilson proposes an alliance between science and religion to save Earth's vanishing biodiversity. The book is written in the form of a letter to a .... | 160 pages | 25 line drawings | Norton Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0393062171 | #160868A | £13.99 BUY |
Ross Hoddinott Macro photography is one of the most popular photographic disciplines. Spectacular images are within the grasp of every photographer, and you don't need to invest in kit .... | 176 pages | 200 colour photographs | GMCP Hbk | 2006 | 1861084528 | #160653A | £19.95 BUY |
A Facsimile Edition Emily Dickinson In a letter from 1845, the 14-year-old Emily Dickinson asked her friend Abiah Root if she had started collecting flowers and plants for a herbarium: "it would be such a .... | 208 pages | 68 colour illustrations | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0674023021 | #160703A | £80.95 BUY |
Ernst Mayr at 100: Ornithologist and Naturalist
Walter J Bock and M Ross Lein Includes a complete bibliography of Mayr's works and a DVD with a biography and an interview with Mayr. .... | 109 pages | AOU Pbk | 2005 | #160539A | £18.95 BUY |
M Cawardine A beautiful and fascinating portrait of the world's most extreme wildlife, from the sexiest beast to the smelliest plant. .... | 320 pages | Photos | Harper Collins Hbk | 2005 | 0007207689 | #152969A | £30.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 000724648X | #160647A | £14.99 BUY |
Richard Mabey "The Frampton Flora" documents a beautiful collection of Victorian botanical paintings discovered in the attic of Frampton Court in Gloucestershire over a century after they .... | 192 pages | Quercus Publishing Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 190520468X | #160931A | £14.99 BUY |
The Dynamics of the Human Ecological Condition Edited by Y Haila and C Dyke How Nature Speaks illustrates the convergence of complexity theory in the biophysical and social sciences and the implications of the sciences of complexity for .... | 344 pages | - | Duke UP Hbk | 2006 | 0822337258 | #160490A | £61.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0822336960 | #160491A | £14.99 BUY |
Michael Frayn What would that universe be like if human being were not here to observe it? Would there be still be numbers, or scientific laws? Would the universe even be vast, without our .... | 704 pages | - | Faber & Faber Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0571232175 | #160447A | £20.00 BUY |
Gale E Christianson Quarrelsome and quirky, a disheveled recluse who ate little, slept less, and yet had an iron constitution, Isaac Newton rose from a virtually illiterate family to become one of .... | 160 pages | 7 halftones | OUP Hbk | 2005 | 019530070X | #160473A | £10.99 BUY |
A Life Abraham Pais The late Abraham Pais wrote the definitive biography of Albert Einstein, "Subtle is the Lord" which won an American Book Award. As a distinguished physicist and Einstein's .... | 368 pages | - | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195166736 | #160451A | £17.99 BUY |
John James Audubon and the Birds of America A Visionary Achievement in Ornithology Illustration Lee A Vedder John James Audubon's sumptuous four-volume edition of "Birds of America", published between 1827 and 1838, contains 435 hand-colored life-size prints of 1,065 individual .... | 104 pages | 47 colour illus | Huntingdon Library Pub Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0873282175 | #160901A | £15.95 BUY |
Biology Beyond the Genome Denis Noble What is Life? Decades of research have resulted in the full mapping of the human genome - three billion pairs of code whose functions are only now being understood. The gene's .... | 176 pages | 7 figures | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0199295735 | #160448A | £12.99 BUY |
Naturalist's Guide to Observing Nature
Kurt Rinehart This remarkable handbook takes a step back from the sea of information to take a fresh look at the fundamentals of observing nature. Advocating a holistic approach, it shows .... | 208 pages | illus | Stackpole Pbk | 2006 | 0811732681 | #160802A | £9.50 BUY |
Guide d'Observation et d'Identification Vincent Albouy and Jean Chevallier Guide to noctural wildlife identification, covering flowers, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals. Fine illustrations by Jean Chevallier, one of .... | 224 pages | 300 col illus | Delachaux et Niestle Pbk | 2006 | 2603013726 | #160897A | £31.00 BUY |
A Life of Thomas Bewick Jennifer Uglow At the end of the eighteenth-century Britain fell in love with nature. Two books marked this moment - Gilbert White's "Natural History of Selborne" and Thomas Bewick's "History .... | 392 pages | Faber & Faber Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0571223745 | #160809A | £20.00 BUY |
Philip Plisson and Christian Buchet A lavish, large-format collection of all-new photographs by the immensely popular marine photographer, Philip Plisson. Marine expert Christian Buchet's accompanying text .... | 412 pages | 183 colour illus | Thames & Hudson Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0500543240 | #160463A | £39.95 BUY |
A Global History of Exploration Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Explorers forged the infrastructure of global history, first by finding the routes of migration that sundered human cultures, then - after millennia of divergence - by .... | 496 pages | 55 maps, 16 colour plates, 44 b&w illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0199295905 | #160472A | £25.00 BUY |
Photoshop for Nature Photographers: A Workshop in a Book
Ellen Anon and Tim Grey This is the first book to teach nature photographers practical Photoshop skills that will solve their most common problems. Authors Anon and Grey provide a real-world .... | 336 pages | Sybex Pbk | 2005 | 0782144276 | #160650A | £34.99 BUY |
Piedras, Fosiles, Plantas, Insectos, Peces, Pajaros ... Naturalistas Aragoneses
Vicente Martinez Tejero | 208 pages | colour plates | Ibercaja Obra Social Cultural Hbk | 2005 | 8483242087 | #160245A | £19.95 BUY |
Alastair Fothergill Foreword by Sir David Attenborough .... | 312 pages | 300 col photos, running time 11hrs | BBC Books Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0563522127 | #158373A | £25.00 BUY DVD | NYP 11/2006 | BBCDVD1883 | #160500A | £34.03 BUY |
Frank Kingdon-Ward Reprint of the account of a 1933 expedition to the south-eastern corner of Tibet. This book was originally published by Jonathan Cape in 1934. .... | 317 pages | b&w photos, 2 fold-out maps | Orchid Press Pbk | 2006 | 9745240877 | #159795A | £18.50 BUY |
An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution David Quammen A fresh look at Darwin's most radical idea, and the mysteriously slow process by which he revealed it. .... | 192 pages | - | Norton Hbk | 2006 | 0393059812 | #160439A | £14.99 BUY |
The Science of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Michael Hanlon Ever wondered what the end of the Universe might actually look like? Why the number 42 is so significant? Or whether time travel really would put a stop to history as we know .... | 208 pages | Palgrave Pbk | 2006 | 0230008909 | #160654A | £8.99 BUY |
Steve Bloom Steve Bloom's goal - to capture the spirit of the world's wildlife - is brilliantly realized in this book. .... | 128 pages | over 60 colour photos | Thames & Hudson Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0500513201 | #160462A | £18.95 BUY |
The Unseen Powers of Animals John Downer From the producer of the ground-breaking series Supersense comes this breath-taking follow-up. Combining state-of-the-art filming techniques with the latest research into .... | 192 pages | Col illus | BBC Books Hbk | 1999 | 0563384921 | #094282A | £18.99 BUY DVD | NYP 08/2006 | BBCDVD1990 | #160497A | £15.31 BUY |
Smell your way across an ocean as a salmon does. See, through the multi-aspected eye of a fly, what a human hand looks like when it is about to strike. Amazing effects reveal .... | Runng time: 210 mins | BBC Video DVD | NYP 08/2006 | #160498A | £15.31 BUY |
An Illustrated History of Science John Langone Theories for Everything highlights the rich, compelling stories behind science's greatest discoveries and the minds and methods that made them possible. Authoritative, .... | 408 pages | 220 colour photos and illus | National Geographic Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0792239121 | #160899A | £25.00 BUY |
What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Science in the Age of Certainty
Edited by John Brockman "What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?" This was the question posed by John Brockman to a group of leading scientists and thinkers via his Edge.org .... | 266 pages | Free Press Pbk | 2006 | 1416522611 | #160600A | £7.99 BUY |
Colin Prior This major collection of panoramic photographs by award-winning photographer Colin Prior records the breathtaking scenery of the world's last wilderness areas. It follows the .... | 224 pages | Col photos | Constable Robinson Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1845293509 | #160767A | £30.00 BUY |
Regional & Travel | Go to subject web page |
African Adventurer's Guide to Namibia
Willie Olivier Namibia is a country of scenic marvels, from one of the last remaining true wilderness areas, the Skeleton Coast and Kaokoveld in the north, to the Fish River Canyon, in the .... | 304 pages | Maps | Struik Pbk | 1999 | 1868728587 | #086946A | £27.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 177007287X | #160779A | £12.99 BUY |
A Photographer's Journey Robin Taylor It is impossible to encompass the huge continent of Africa in just one book but African Odyssey gives the reader a superb flavour of what Africa has to offer in the the way of .... | 211 pages | colour photos | Fountain Press Hbk | 2006 | 0863433693 | #160441A | £29.95 BUY |
Mike Lucas This visually stunning book portrays a continent that is gaining increasing interest among people around the world as public awareness of environmental issues grows. A .... | 160 pages | 300 col photos, 1 col map & thumbnails | New Holland Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1845377001 | #160788A | £29.99 BUY |
Elements of the North Norfolk Coast
David North and Martin Hayward Smith The story of this coast is one of stunning wildlife, dramatic landscapes and a history spanning millennia. For anyone with an interest in North Norfolk this book, six years in .... | 176 pages | Col photos | Birdseyeview Books Hbk | 2004 | 095479270X | #160820A | £27.95 BUY |
Fauna of Arunachal Pradesh: Part 2
Zoological Survey of India A collection of articles on arthropod genera. .... | 518 pages | Tabs, figs | Zoological Survey Hbk | 2006 | 8181710878 | #160301A | £91.00 BUY |
FSC This unique fold-out chart is aimed at Pennine Way walkers who wish to find out a little more about the wildlife and landscapes of the areas through which they are walking. It .... | FSC Unbound | 2006 | #160623A | £3.25 BUY |
Garruragan: Yindjibarndi Fauna
Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation This book describes and tells stories about animals in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, in Yindjibarndi and English, and gives animals their Yindjibarndi, English .... | 89 pages | colour photos | Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corp. Pbk | 2005 | 1875946543 | #159999A | £21.95 BUY |
The Sounds of 100 Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Insects Lang Elliott From the howl of the timber wolf to the chatter of cicadas, the natural world is alive with sound. In this newest audio guide from Lang Elliott and NatureSound Studio, the .... | 106 pages | colour photos | Stackpole Pbk | 2005 | 0811731901 | #160801A | £15.50 BUY |
The Nature Conservancy's Guide to Indiana Preserves
The Nature Conservancy in Indiana From the majestic dunes of northwest Indiana to the lush cypress sloughs at the convergence of the Ohio and Wabash Rivers - and all places in between - Indiana boasts a .... | 336 pages | 268 photos, 55 maps | Indiana UP Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0253218594 | #160877A | £18.99 BUY |
David Wall and Philip Temple Photographer David Wall captures all aspects of the New Zealand landscape. .... | 144 pages | 150 col photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1869661265 | #160792A | £24.99 BUY |
An Environmental History of China Mark Elvin Elvin chronicles the spread of the Chinese style of farming that eliminated the habitat of the elephants which once populated the country. He also describes the destruction of .... | 564 pages | Tabs, maps | Yale UP Hbk | 2004 | 0300101112 | #144975A | £25.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0300119933 | #160657A | £14.99 BUY |
Balade sur deux jeunes iles du plus vieux continent Lucienne Wilme Brief overview of the habitats and fauna, including a list of endemic species and a bird list. .... | 57 pages | Col photos | Ecofac Pbk | 2000 | #160227A | £18.95 BUY |
Himraj Dang Sariska is a prominent national park not far from Delhi and Jaipur. The dry deciduous Aravalli forests of Sariska support a number of large mammals including the celebrated .... | 112 pages | Col plates, maps | Indus International Pbk | 2005 | 8173871779 | #159961A | £8.50 BUY |
Stories of Wildlife Rescue Lynn Marie Cuny From the author of Through Animals' Eyes come more true stories from the rare perspective of someone who not only cares for the animals she treats, but also has never .... | 144 pages | - | North Texas UP Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1574412167 | #160484A | £15.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1574412175 | #160485A | £8.50 BUY |
Cederberg to Sea K Di Plessis and V Cowling Guide to the West Coast of South Africa, which is also a celebration of its varied landscapes and of its people. .... | 208 pages | 220 col photos | Struik Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1770071881 | #160776A | £14.99 BUY |
Journeys to the North Pole Francis Latreille Latreille has participated in expeditions to the North Pole for 20 years. He introduces its inhabitants and environments, and documents the effects of climate change. His .... | 232 pages | 215 col photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0810930943 | #160928A | £24.95 BUY |
Discovering the Natural History of a World Heritage Area Neville Peat and Brian Patrick This is a paperback edition of this book, which was shortlisted for the Montana NZ Book Awards in 1997. It is a major work of regional natural history introducing a New Zealand .... | 144 pages | colour illustrations | Otago UP Pbk | 2006 | 1877372277 | #159871A | £20.00 BUY |
Peter Cramb and Margaret Cramb Describes a series of walks in Dorset memorable for their wild flowers. .... | 112 pages | colour photos, colour illus, maps | P & M Cramb Pbk | 2006 | 0953774627 | #160823A | £7.95 BUY |
John Bowler A photographic guide to selected wildlife of the Seychelles, covering the birds, mammals, reptiles and invertebrates most likely to be encountered by a visitor. The 51 .... | 192 pages | 51 col plates | Wild Guides NYP 08/2006 | #154250A | £17.95 BUY |
Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 43
Edited by JA Callow | 304 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2006 | 0120059436 | #160694A | £109.95 BUY |
Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 44: Developmental Genetics of the Flower
Edited by JA Callow Contents: 1. Angiosperm floral evolution: morphological developmental framework .... | 608 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0120059444 | #160699A | £109.95 BUY |
African Traditional Plant Knowledge Today An ethnobotanical study of the Digo at the Kenya Coast Mohamed Pakia The book is an unusually exploration of the ethnobotanical study, through interdisciplinary approach, that combines linguistics, botany and anthropological .... | 224 pages | - | Lit Verlag Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 3825890562 | #160530A | £24.50 BUY |
Cultivation, Research Findings, Products, Formulations, Extraction and Processing H Panda This book highlights commercial and utilization aspects along with technical details to guide and encourage new entrepreneurs. It is a useful text for farmers, students of .... | 496 pages | - | Asia Pacific Business Press Pbk | 2004 | 8178330245 | #158638A | £50.00 BUY |
Evolution, Structure, and Environmental Modifications Fritz H Schweingruber, Annett Börner and Ernst-Detlef Schulze This atlas gives a unique assemblage of microscopic slides of wood anatomy and of the respective species in nature and demonstrates the reaction of stem anatomy to .... | 229 pages | 710 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540325239 | #160921A | £54.00 BUY |
Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast
Ted Eubanks, Robert A Behrstock and Ron J Weeks In the last thirty years, the Upper Texas Coast has become a "must go" destination for birders around the globe. This book will serve as an essential companion to the .... | 316 pages | 50 colour photos, 3 maps, 16 tables | Texas A&M UP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 158544510X | #160482A | £31.50 BUY |
The Botanical Diary of Eleanor Vachell
Edited by M Forty and T Rich Eleanor Vachell was an outstanding amateur botanist from Cardiff. Her botanical diary tells the stories of her botanical adventures with her friends and many of the other .... | 228 pages | 4 colour illus | Wales National Museum (Botany) Pbk | 2006 | 0720005655 | #160529A | £22.95 BUY |
Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions and Applications Edited by B Grimm, RJ Porra, W Rüdiger and H Scheer Chlorophylls are the most obvious natural pigments on Earth where they can be observed even from satellites in outer space: they also sustain life on Earth through their .... | 450 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402045158 | #160922A | £176.00 BUY |
Biology, Ecology, Pathology and Conservation Bryan G Bowes Trees are one of the dominant features of our existence on earth and play a fundamental role in the environment. This book aims to give the reader an overview and understanding .... | 320 pages | Manson Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1840760850 | #160893A | £60.00 BUY |
The Commercial Woods of Africa A descriptive full-color guide Peter Phongphaew This guide profiles 90 African woods. Each entry contains the common trade name of the wood, its botanical name, the family name, and other local and vernacular names. Also .... | 206 pages | colour photos | Linden Publishing Co Inc Hbk | 2003 | 0941936821 | #160585A | £43.50 BUY |
RJ Chinnock This book is the result of thirty years research by Dr R.J.(Bob) Chinnock, the world authority in the family Myoporaceae, in which he has produced a new classification of .... | 704 pages | 335 colour plates, 300 maps, 325 line drawings | Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1877058165 | #160664A | £39.99 BUY |
Estudios Botanicos de la Region de Madidi Special Issue of the journal Ecologia en Bolivia 40(3) Edited by PM Jorgensen, MJ Macia, TJ Killeen and SG Beck Sixteen articles focus on the vegetation of the National Park Madidi in northern Bolivia. The vegetation is described in general terms, with analysis for soil types and .... | 452 pages | Illus | Missouri BG Pbk | 2005 | #160684A | £18.50 BUY |
Field Guide Edible Mushrooms of Britain and Europe
Peter Jordan The fields, woods and gardens of Britain and Europe are home to a wide range of edible mushrooms, a number of which are not simply good but truly excellent to eat. .... | 160 pages | 200 colour photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1845374193 | #160692A | £14.99 BUY |
The Fifth Kingdom: V. 4.4 2006 All About Fungi Bryce Kendrick The Fifth Kingdom - CD-ROM combines the full text of the Mycology Textbook The Fifth Kingdom (25 chapters) with 1500 colour illustrations, animations, and videos. .... | 373 pages | Illus throughout | Mycologue CD | 2003 | #160240A | £78.00 BUY |
Flora Yunnanica, Volume 10: Spermatophyta
This volume includes 9 families, 173 genera, 883 species of Spermatophyta. .... | 929 pages | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | #147194A | £84.00 BUY |
Flora of the USSR, Index to Volumes 1-30 Index of the English translation series and the Russian original edition Edited by BK Shiskin and EG Bobrov This volume will be a valuable help to all users of "Flora SSSR". It combines the index of the Russian original edition with a brand new index of the English translation series .... | 678 pages | 2 maps | Gantner Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 3906166511 | #160628A | £111.00 BUY |
The Gardens at San Lorenzo in Piacenza, 1656-1665
Ada V Segre This fascinating two-volume set includes a photographic reproduction of an anonymous seventeenth-century Italian gardener's notebook from Dumbarton Oaks's Rare Books .... | 194 pages | 64 black and white images; 7 one-page folded inserts | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0884023028 | #160711A | £61.95 BUY |
Guide des Algues des Mers d'Europe
J Cabioc'h, J-Y Floc'h, A Le Toquin, C-F Bourdouresque, A Meinesz and M Verlaque Describes 230 species of algae found in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. .... | 272 pages | 220 col photos | Delachaux et Niestle Hbk | 2006 | 260301384X | #160900A | £45.50 BUY |
A Guide to Fruits and Seed Dispersal
Anne Bebbington and John Bebbington This guide is designed to help you understand what seeds and fruits are, how they are formed and particularly how they are dispersed. Seeds, or fruits containing seeds, are .... | FSC Unbound | 2002 | #160770A | £2.50 BUY |
Edited by Jawaid Khan and Jeanne Dijkstra The Handbook of Plant Virology is a comprehensive guide to the terms and expressions commonly used in the study of plant virology, complete with descriptions of plant virus .... | 452 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2006 | 1560229780 | #160618A | £89.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1560229799 | #160617A | £49.50 BUY |
Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants
Richard Shih, Lewis S Nelson and Michael Balick Plant poisoning is an important problem in the United States, and exposures to plants accounts for approximately 10% of the annual calls to the nation's Poison Control .... | 320 pages | 268 illus., 232 in colour | Springer Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0387312684 | #159603A | £30.50 BUY |
Integrative Plant Biochemistry
Edited by John Romeo The publication of this volume marks the 40th anniversary of the Recent Advances in Phytochemistry series which has essentially documented a history of the origins of .... | 346 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 008045125X | #160735A | £135.00 BUY |
The International Clematis Register and Checklist 2002: Second Supplement
Victoria Matthews | 36 pages | - | RHS Pbk | 2006 | 1902896645 | #160412A | £9.95 BUY |
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature 2005 (Vienna Code) Adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2005 Edited by J McNeill, FR Barrie et al The latest edition of the botanical 'bible' for taxonomists. Includes important changes, additions and clarifications. .... | 568 pages | Gantner Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 3906166481 | #160879A | £36.00 BUY |
Inventaire illustré des plantes vasculaires du département de l'Aveyron Christian Bernard | 255 pages | colour photos | Rouergue Hbk | 2005 | 2841566587 | #158771A | £42.95 BUY |
The Complete Guide Tim Matson The guru of earth ponds explains how to site, design, shape, and plant these beloved fixtures of rural landscapes-and make them fit your property and your life. In the .... | 304 pages | 100 col photos | Chelsea Green Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1933392029 | #160855A | £21.95 BUY |
Los Poliporos (Basidiomycetes) de los Bosques Andino Patagonicos de Argentina Polypores (Basidiomycetes) from the Patagonian Andes Forests of Argentina Mario Rajchenberg | 300 pages | 68 figures | Cramer Pbk | 2006 | 3443591035 | #160682A | £87.00 BUY |
A Field and Garden Guide Ivan Holliday Melaleucas are hardy and adaptable native plants in Australia, and there are species for every situation. Melaleucas features detailed descriptions, distribution and line .... | 328 pages | colour photos | Reed New Holland Pbk | 2004 | 1876334983 | #160457A | £39.00 BUY |
Microalgal Biology, Evolution and Ecology Volume dedicated to Professor Frank E. Round Edited by Richard M Crawford, Brian Moss, David G Mann and Hans R Preisig | 391 pages | 466 figures, 35 tables, 17 plates | Gebrder Borntraeger Pbk | 2006 | 3443510523 | #160535A | £124.00 BUY |
Monitoring of Harmful Algae Blooms
L Pettersson, D Durand, O Johannessen and D Pozdnyakov Sometimes known as `Red Tides', some of the wide variety of phytoplankton species in the World's oceans produce toxins which can harm marine life. In certain circumstances, .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 3540228926 | #158684A | £77.00 BUY |
Monograph of the genus Hemileia (Uredinales)
Anja Ritschel | 132 pages | 39 figures, 1 table, 8 plates | Cramer Pbk | 2005 | 3443591027 | #160681A | £45.50 BUY |
National Register of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
IUCN Nepal The National Register of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (NRMAP) was put together in the year 2000 to assist His Majesty's Government of Nepal in building up a national register .... | 202 pages | colour photos | IUCN Nepal Pbk | 2004 | 9993386006 | #160163A | £34.50 BUY |
The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies
BH Danser First published in 1928 in the Bulletin de Jardin de Botanique, Buitenzorg, this vital work has been inaccessible to many enthusiasts of the genus due to the rarity of the .... | 206 pages | - | Natural History Publications Hbk | 2006 | 9838121150 | #160825A | £32.50 BUY |
Gregory Long and Anne Skillion The institution's remarkable history and unparalleled collections are presented in one magnificent volume. .... | 248 pages | 280 col illus | Abrams Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0810957442 | #160930A | £29.95 BUY |
Oak: The Frame of Civilization
William B Logan The oak tree is found throughout the temperate zones of the world; knowing how to use it has made an astonishing difference to human history. Acorn-eating has sustained humans .... | 320 pages | Illus | Norton Hbk | 2005 | 0393047733 | #155305A | £16.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0393327787 | #160869A | £10.99 BUY |
Robert Henry The conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources is of increasing importance globally. "Plant Conservation Genetics" addresses this issue by providing an .... | 224 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2006 | 1560229969 | #160619A | £35.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1560229977 | #160620A | £24.95 BUY |
Plant Genome: Biodiversity and Evolution, Volume 1, Part C: Phanerogams (Angiosperm-Dicotyledons)
Edited by AK Sharma and A Sharma | 566 pages | - | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | 2006 | 1578084199 | #160531A | £73.40 BUY |
Les Plantes et les Medicaments
L Girre Describes and illustrates 230 plants used in therapies and cures. .... | 256 pages | 350 col photos | Delachaux et Niestle Hbk | 2006 | 2603013777 | #160892A | £31.00 BUY |
Plants of Coastal British Columbia Including Washington, Oregon and Alaska J Pojar and A MacKinnon Easy-to-use guide features plants commonly found along the BC coast including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mnosses and lichens. .... | 528 pages | 1100 col photos. | Lone Pine Pbk | 2005 | 1551055325 | #160649A | £17.50 BUY |
Red List of Plants and Fungi in Poland
Edited by Z Mirek, W Zarzycki, Z Wojewoda and Zbigniew Szelag Contains the following lists: .... | 99 pages | - | Polish Botany Institute Pbk | 2006 | 8389648385 | #160440A | £29.95 BUY |
Revision of the Genus Asterella P. Beauv. in Eurasia
David G Long | 299 pages | 50 figures, 10 tables | Gebrder Borntraeger Pbk | 2006 | 3443620353 | #160683A | £80.00 BUY |
Sulfur Transport and Assimilation in Plants in the Post Genomic Era
Edited by K Saito et al | 270 pages | 97 figures, 24 tables | Backhuys Hbk | 2005 | 9057821664 | #160830A | £78.00 BUY |
Systematics of Claytonia (Portulaceae)
John M Miller and Kenton L Chambers Claytonia (Portulacaceae) comprises 27 species, including 14 subspecies, of fibrous-rooted annuals as well as tuberous, stoloniferous, rhizomatous, and caudicose .... | 236 pages | colour frontispiece | ASPT Hbk | 2006 | 0912861789 | #160675A | £43.00 BUY |
Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values Thomas SC Li Presents information critical to assessing the medicinal potential of Taiwanese herbs. This book focuses on documentation of the chemical components present and their .... | 379 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2006 | 0849392497 | #160591A | £109.00 BUY |
Douglas W Darnowski Triggerplants are not only found in Australia, but they reach their greatest diversity there. A few species have ranges which extend to India, China, or Japan, with several .... | 96 pages | 75 colour plates | Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd Pbk | 2004 | 1877058033 | #160791A | £11.99 BUY |
P Martin Brown In more than 100 years of orchid research in Florida, Wild Orchids of Florida is the first field guide to be published for this orchid-rich state. Providing more than 400 .... | 409 pages | Florida University Presses Pbk | 2002 | 0813024390 | #160945A | £18.95 BUY |
Wild Orchids of the Pacific Northwest And Canadian Rockies
P Martin Brown Native orchid expert and author Paul Martin Brown continues his successful series on the wild orchids of North America with Wild Orchids of the Pacific Northwest and Canadian .... | 287 pages | 85 illus, 69 maps | Florida University Presses Pbk | 2006 | 0813029007 | #160946A | £22.50 BUY |
Animal & General Biology | Go to subject web page |
A Guide to North American Species Mark Elbroch This reference and guidebook offers illustrations, descriptions, and measurements for the skulls of some 275 animal species found throughout North America. The skull -- the .... | 448 pages | 100 colour photos, 400 b&w photos | Stackpole Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0811733092 | #160800A | £27.50 BUY |
Evolution, Physiology and Molecular Biology Roger Garrett and Hans-Peter Klenk Introduced by Crafoord Prize winner Carl Woese, this volume combines reviews of the major developments in archaeal research over the past 10-15 years with more specialized .... | 600 pages | 151 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1405144041 | #160886A | £95.00 BUY |
Principles of Control David Morgan The Cell Cycle: Principles of Control provides an engaging insight into the process of cell division, bringing to the student a much-needed synthesis of a subject entering a .... | 280 pages | Col illus | OUP Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0199206104 | #160865A | £27.99 BUY |
How Genes Drive Development Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Coming to Life is a remarkable journey through developmental biology to reveal the current state of knowledge of the microscopic world of cells, in particular in relation .... | 224 pages | 55 illus | Yale UP Hbk | 2006 | 030012080X | #160655A | £18.99 BUY |
Experimental Explorations of Animal Intelligence Edited by Edward A Wasserman and Thomas R Zentall In 1978, Hulse, Fowler and Honig published Cognitive Processes in Animal Behavior, an edited volume that was a landmark in the scientific study of animal intelligence. It .... | 720 pages | 52 halftones, 261 line illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195167651 | #160537A | £73.00 BUY |
The Complexity of the Microbial World Special Issue of Complexus 2004/2005, Vol. 2, No. 2 Edited by A Bairoch and J Schrenzel Small-sized organisms provide ideal conditions to investigate the complexity of living organisms and to study life processes. The assumption that single-cell organisms, with .... | 42 pages | 8 figures | Karger Pbk | 2005 | 3805580797 | #160665A | £12.95 BUY |
Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain Antonio Damasio In the centuries since Descartes famously proclaimed, 'I think, therefore I am,' science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person's true being. Even modern .... | 336 pages | - | Vintage Pbk | 2006 | 0099501643 | #160449A | £8.99 BUY |
A Laboratory Manual Gerry DeIuliis and Dino Pulera With illustrations on three main vertebrates - spiny dogfish, mudpuppy, and cat - Dissection of Vertebrates is the first book of its kind to include high-quality, .... | 304 pages | Academic Press Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0120887762 | #160744A | £28.99 BUY |
Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA and Genomics Sandy Primrose and Richard Twyman Reflects the rapid progress in recombinant DNA technology over the last few years, its biological background and applications. The authors carefully weave their expertise on .... | 512 pages | 400 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 140515666X | #160885A | £39.99 BUY |
Homosexual Behaviour in Animals An evolutionary perspective Edited by Volker Sommer and Paul Vasey Homosexual behaviour is widespread throughout the animal kingdom. Homosexual Behaviour in Animals seeks to examine the evolutionary aspects of same-sex sexual .... | 392 pages | 47 line diagrams, 20 half-tones, 25 tables | CUP Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0521864461 | #160812A | £70.00 BUY |
Intraspecific Genetic Diversity Monitoring, Conservation, and Management Yuri P Altukhov The unique treatise of Yuri P. Altukhov is based on several decades of research on natural communities, modelling them in experiments and with computer analysis. Essential .... | 438 pages | 136 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540254900 | #160927A | £154.00 BUY |
Matthew Avison In the post-genomic age, much biomedical research looks at when, where, and at what level genes are expressed. "Measuring Gene Expression" is an all-in-one introduction to .... | 328 pages | Taylor & Francis Pbk | 2006 | 0415374723 | #159430A | £30.00 BUY |
The Prokaryotes: A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria 7 Volume Set Edited by MM Dworkin, S Falkow, E Rosenberg, K-H Schleifer and E Stackebrandt Complete set of 7 volumes of the third edition of this indispensable reference. .... | 7000 pages | - | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0387254994 | #160549A | Normally £3069.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £2384.50 |
Edited by David O Norris Comprehensive and comparative, this thoroughly updated text explores the intricate mechanisms that control human physiology and behavior as well as that of other .... | 536 pages | B/w illus | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0120887681 | #160748A | £45.99 BUY |
and Other Curious Truths About Animals Augustus Brown South American rats settle arguments by boxing. Tuna fish sunbathe and herring communicate with each other by breaking wind. Llamas hum to each other, elephants .... | 320 pages | Bantam Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0593056930 | #160810A | £9.99 BUY |
Evolutionary Biology | Go to subject web page |
Apes, Monkeys, Children, and the Growth of Mind
JC Gomez In this fascinating introduction to the study of primate minds, Juan Carlos Gomez identifies evolutionary resemblances - and differences - between human children and .... | 352 pages | 17 line illus | Harvard UP Hbk | 2004 | 0674011457 | #150386A | £29.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0674022394 | #160712A | £12.95 BUY |
The Impact of Sex, Symbiosis, and Modularity on the Gradualist Framework of Evolution Richard A Watson No biological concept has had greater impact on the way we view ourselves and the world around us than the theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin's masterful .... | 400 pages | 75 illus | MIT Press Hbk | 2006 | 026223243X | #160714A | £32.95 BUY |
Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology Second Edition Edited by E Sober These essays by leading scientists and philosophers address conceptual issues that arise in the theory and practice of evolutionary biology. The third edition of this widely .... | 496 pages | 29 illus | MIT Press Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0262195496 | #160716A | £51.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0262693380 | #160715A | £27.95 BUY |
Evolution and the Levels of Selection
Samir Okasha Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? Samir Okasha provides a comprehensive analysis of the debate in .... | 240 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0199267979 | #160864A | £30.00 BUY |
Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioural, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life of Life Eva Jablonka and Marion J Lamb Ideas about heredity and evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. New findings in molecular biology challenge the gene-centered version of Darwinian theory according .... | 462 pages | 63 illus | MIT Press Hbk | 2005 | 0262101076 | #151931A | £22.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0262600692 | #160717A | £11.95 BUY |
Exploring the Equations of Life Martin A Nowak At a time of unprecedented expansion in the life sciences, evolution is the one theory that transcends all of biology. Any observation of a living system must ultimately be .... | 384 pages | 145 colour line illus | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0674023382 | #160702A | £22.95 BUY |
The Diversity of Protein Functions Joram Piatigorsky "Gene sharing" means that the different functions of a protein may share the same gene--that is, a protein produced by a gene evolved to fulfill a specialized function .... | 268 pages | 30 colour illustrations, 11 line illustrations | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0674023412 | #160707A | £38.95 BUY |
Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Edited by Brian K Hall and Wendy M Olson The new field of evolutionary developmental biology is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary biology. The fundamental principle of evolutionary developmental biology .... | 476 pages | 29 illus, 7 tabs | Harvard UP Hbk | 2003 | 0674009045 | #137894A | £40.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0674022408 | #160713A | £19.95 BUY |
A Guide to Twenty Species of Extinct Humans Esteban Sarmiento and Ian Tattersall This book tells the story of human evolution, the epic of Homo sapiens and its colorful precursors and relatives. The story begins in Africa, six to seven million .... | 256 pages | 40 colour illus., 20 maps | Yale UP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0300100477 | #160685A | £25.00 BUY |
Evolutionary and Life History Richard G Bribiescas Males account for roughly 50 percent of the global population, but in America and other places, they account for over 85 percent of violent crime. A graph of relative risk of .... | 320 pages | 2 halftones, 5 line illustrations | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0674022939 | #160704A | £18.95 BUY |
Resolving Darwin's Dilemma Marc W Kirschner and John C Gerhart In the 150 years since Darwin, the field of evolutionary biology has left a glaring gap in understanding how animals developed their astounding variety and complexity. The .... | 314 pages | 40 b/w illus | Yale UP Hbk | 2005 | 0300108656 | #154418A | £19.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0300119771 | #160688A | £11.99 BUY |
How Design Emerges from Life Itself J Scott Turner Most people, when they contemplate the living world, conclude that it is a designed place. So it is jarring when biologists come along and say this is all wrong. What most .... | 288 pages | 39 halftones | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0674023536 | #160701A | £18.95 BUY |
Ecology | Go to subject web page |
Biogeography in a Changing World
Malte C Ebach and Raymond S Tangney This is the first volume to fully investigate this rapidly emerging subdiscipline. In addition to providing a critique and an historical perspective, Biogeography in a .... | 224 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0849380383 | #159446A | £49.99 BUY |
An Australian Perspective Peter Attiwill and Barbara Wilson First text to deal comprehensively with ecological principles and practice in plant and animal ecology in an Australian context. Structured so that it will be applicable to .... | 648 pages | Photos, figs, tabs | OUP Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0195550420 | #160867A | £44.99 BUY |
Julie Lockwood, Martha Hoopes and Michael Marchetti This book provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research findings associated with each stage .... | 288 pages | 107 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1405114185 | #160890A | £32.50 BUY |
An Inventory and Assessment of Invasive Alien Plant Species of Nepal
S Tiwari, B Adhikari, M Siwakoti and K Subedi | 115 pages | colour photos, maps | IUCN Nepal Pbk | 2005 | 9993386065 | #160829A | £37.00 BUY |
Natural Regulation of Animal Populations
Ian A McLaren Originally published in 1971 by Atherton Press. Surveying an area dense with conflicting observations and ideas, this volume vividly depicts the current state of knowledge as .... | 195 pages | - | Transaction Books Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0202308766 | #160486A | £19.50 BUY |
The Process and the Response Edward Johnson and Kiyoko Miyanishi The media coverage of natural disasters (hurricanes, fires, floods, ice storms, etc.) indicates the prevalence of natural disasters in most, if not all, ecosystems. In order .... | 550 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0120887789 | #160740A | £39.99 BUY |
Habitats & Ecosystems | Go to subject web page |
Benguela: Predicting a Large Marine Ecosystem
Edited by Vere Shannon et al This is a book which examines much of what we know and also what we don't know about the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem and its inherent variability. Building on recent .... | 438 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0444527591 | #160697A | £73.00 BUY |
Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone Managing Environmental Quality in Rapidly Developing Regions Edited by GS Kleppel, M Richard DeVoe and Mac V Rawson Coastal ecosystems make up some of the most important, yet most endangered, regions in the world. The protection of the unique processes that take place in these ecosystems .... | 264 pages | 26 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 038728432X | #160916A | £46.00 BUY |
Conservation and Management of Forest Genetic Resources in Europe
Edited by Thomas Geburek and Jozef Turok 27 contributed papers on the following subjects: Forest biodiversity - the policy, legal and economic aspects; Genetics in forest tree populations; Genetic techniques and their .... | 700 pages | Arbora Publishers Hbk | 2005 | 8096708813 | #143476A | £78.00 BUY |
Anton McLachlan and AC Brown The Ecology of Sandy Shores provides the students and researchers with a one-volume resource for understanding the conservation and management of the sandy shore ecosystem. .... | 464 pages | 200 illus | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0123725690 | #160746A | £45.99 BUY |
Environmental Services of Agroforestry Systems
Florencia Montagnini Deforestation and the rampant use of fossil fuels are major contributors to increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and are enormous influences on global warming. Agroforestry .... | 126 pages | - | Food Products Press Pbk | 2006 | 1560221313 | #160761A | £24.95 BUY |
Monitoring and Modeling the Physical System Jack Hardisty Estuaries represent one of the most complex and fascinating of the natural environments, where constantly changing water depths generate rapidly reversing currents and transport .... | 144 pages | 203 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1405146427 | #160880A | £24.99 BUY |
A Handbook for Practitioners Robert W Matthews and Ewan D Mackie New edition of the standard for tree and timber measurement procedures used in the British forest industry. .... | 330 pages | Figs, tabs | Forestry Commission Pbk | 2006 | 0855386215 | #160550A | £24.00 BUY |
Geological Approaches to Coral Reef Ecology
Edited by Richard B Aronson Coral reefs around the world are sustaining massive damage at an alarming rate. Geological Approaches to Coral Reef Ecology provides a uniquely historical .... | 565 pages | 108 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0387335382 | #160909A | £100.00 BUY |
Linking Landscapes and Communities Mark A Benedict and Edward T McMahon Imagine a land conservation and management approach that connects environmental, social, and economic health. Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities by .... | 288 pages | - | Island Press Hbk | 2006 | 1597260274 | #160488A | £41.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1559635584 | #160487A | £24.50 BUY |
A Guide to Carbon and Nutrient Turnover Edited by Ryszard Laskowski and Bjorn Berg Litter Decomposition describes one of the most important processes in the biosphere - the decay of organic matter. It focuses on the decomposition process of .... | 448 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2005 | 0120139383 | #160739A | £99.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 012373617X | #160738A | £34.99 BUY |
Ecology, Silviculture, and Restoration Edited by Shibu Jose, Eric J Jokela and Deborah L Miller The longleaf pine ecosystem, once one of the most extensive ecosystems in North America, is now among the most threatened. Over the past few centuries, land clearing, logging, .... | 438 pages | 136 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 0387296557 | #160914A | £77.00 BUY |
Le Monde des Tourbieres et des Marais de France, Suisse, Belgique et Luxembourg Olivier Manneville A study of bog and marsh ecosystems, presenting some 200 sites of interest. .... | 320 pages | Photos, line illus, col maps | Delachaux et Niestle Hbk | 2005 | 2603013904 | #160895A | £53.00 BUY |
Utilization of its Products Edited by VN Vorob'ev This monograph studies for the first time the biological principles of the comprehensive utilization of pine forests. In the context of the immense usefulness of the raw .... | 284 pages | - | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1578083966 | #160816A | £53.20 BUY |
Sara Oldfield From the secret forests and exotic mammals of Madagascar to the multi-coloured bird and butterfly life of Central America, this stunning book, published in association with .... | 160 pages | 200 col photos, 1 map | New Holland Hbk | 2002 | 1843300117 | #127559A | £24.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1843301474 | #160691A | £14.99 BUY |
A Photographic Journey Thomas Marent Rainforests are the most complex, productive, dynamic and diverse places on Earth. In this stunning volume these largely unexplored ecosystems are revealed through the .... | 360 pages | Col photos | Dorling Kindersley Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 140531530X | #160501A | Normally £25.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £19.99 |
A Review of the Status and Threats to Wetlands in Nepal
IUCN has been working to raise awareness of the values of wetland ecosystems, the threats to wetlands, wetland dependent peoples and species, and to build capacity for .... | 78 pages | IUCN Nepal 2004 | 9993376094 | #160161A | £37.00 BUY |
An Ecological Perspective Edited by Zoe Cardon and Julie Whitbeck Contents: 1 Introduction; .... | 208 pages | 31 illus, 5 halftones | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0120887754 | #160747A | £37.99 BUY |
West and Central Asia Edited by MA Khan, B Boer, GS Kust and HJ Barth Sabkha Ecosystems Volume 1: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries was published in 2002. It was the first comprehensive volume dealing with the subject of .... | 270 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1402050712 | #160920A | £100.00 BUY |
Soil Respiration and the Environment
Yigi Luo and Xuhui Zhou The global environment is constantly changing and our planet is getting warmer at an unprecedented rate. The study of the carbon cycle, and soil respiration, is a very .... | 328 pages | 99 line illus | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0120887827 | #160741A | £39.99 BUY |
Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World
Edited by Josep J Canadell, Diane E Pataki and Louis F Pitelka Over 100 authors present 25 contributions on the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems including: .... | 310 pages | 100 illus., 25 in colour | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 3540327290 | #160644A | £61.50 BUY |
Urban Outreach Strategies for Protected Area Agencies Edited by Ted Trzyna Almost half the world's people live in cities and this proportion is steadily growing. Protected areas provide important benefits to cities; conversely, conservationists .... | 168 pages | IUCN 2004 | 1880028115 | #159932A | £20.00 BUY |
La Vida en los Desiertos Mexicanos
Hector M Hernandez Presents an overview of the different living systems, primarily from the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts. It deals with the main ecological and climatic aspects of these areas, .... | 188 pages | Col photos, tabs, maps | UNAM Pbk | 2006 | 9681680367 | #160725A | £19.95 BUY |
Wetland Archaeology and Environments Regional Issues, Global Perspectives Edited by MC Lillie and S Ellis For the past thirty years or so, wetlands have been at the forefront of developments in understanding past cultural activity and associated landscapes. The exceptional .... | 352 pages | 127 b/w illus, 13 tables | Oxbow Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1842171542 | #152515A | £22.95 BUY |
Wetlands and Natural Resource Management
Edited by JTA Verhoeven, B Beltman, R Bobbink and DF Whigham Together with its companion volume Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration, this volume gives a broad and well-integrated overview of recent .... | 350 pages | 91 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 3540331867 | #160907A | £92.50 BUY |
Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration
Edited by R Bobbink, B Beltman, JTA Verhoeven and DF Whigham Together with its companion volume Wetlands and Natural Resource Management, this volume gives a broad and well-integrated overview of recent major scientific results in .... | 300 pages | 68 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 3540331883 | #160908A | £84.50 BUY |
Conservation & Biodiversity | Go to subject web page |
Biodiversity and Conservation of The Meliau Range A Rain Forest in Sabah's Ultramafic Belt Edited by Arthur YC Chung The Meliau Range in Sabah, which represents one of Borneo's most important ultramafic biomes, is located in central Sabah, just north of Telupid, within the Ulu Tungud Forest .... | 87 pages | Natural History Publications Pbk | 2006 | 9838121169 | #160826A | £15.50 BUY |
Stephen M Meyer With the extinction rate at 3000 species a year and accelerating, we can now predict that as many as half of the Earth's species will disappear within the next 100 years. .... | 96 pages | - | MIT Press Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 026213473X | #160718A | £9.95 BUY |
Fundamentals of Conservation Biology
Malcolm L Hunter and James P Gibbs The conservation of biodiversity is one of the most important issues facing ecologists today. In the new edition of this highly successful book, Malcolm Hunter and new .... | 520 pages | 210 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 140513545X | #160887A | £34.99 BUY |
Animals on the Brink of Extinction and How to Turn the Tide Many scientists believe that we are on the brink of a new mass extinction, with at least a million species in danger of not making it through to the end of the century. One .... | 160 pages | Think Publishing Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1845250273 | #160494A | £12.99 BUY |
Bhujangararo Dharmaji et al In 1992, at the Rio Earth Summit the international community responded to pressing global environmental problems and adopted the United Nations Framework Convention on .... | IUCN 2006 | 9558177369 | #160524A | £6.50 BUY |
New York City Zoos and Aquarium
Joan Scheier Situated within the five boroughs of New York City are five zoos and one aquarium. New York City Zoos and Aquarium chronicles the establishment of the Central Park .... | 128 pages | b/w photos | Arcadia Publishing Pbk | 2005 | 0738539422 | #160564A | £14.50 BUY |
Non-Native Species in UK Overseas Territories: A Review
K Varnham Non-native species are a major cause of the loss of biodiversity globally and their impacts are especially severe on the island ecosystems and species typical of our .... | 35 pages | Figs, tabs | JNCC Pbk | 2006 | #159330A | £10.00 BUY |
Problem-Solving in Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management
James P Gibbs, Malcolm L Hunter and Eleanor J Sterling This set of exercises has been created expressly for students and teachers of conservation biology and wildlife management who want to have an impact beyond the .... | 215 pages | Illus, tabs | Blackwell Science Pbk | 1998 | 0632043725 | #083795A | £20.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1405152877 | #160888A | £19.99 BUY |
Wolves and Men in America Jon T Coleman Over a continent and three centuries, American livestock owners destroyed wolves to protect the beasts that supplied them with food, clothing, mobility, and wealth. The .... | 304 pages | 16 illus, 5 figs, 3 maps | Yale UP Hbk | 2004 | 0300103905 | #150218A | £17.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0300119720 | #160690A | £10.99 BUY |
HW Pepper, M Holland and R Trout A wildlife fence is a barrier that prevents or guides the movement of animals from one area to another. This guide covers all types of fencing that may be used to control .... | 60 pages | - | CIRIA Pbk | 2006 | 0860176460 | #160464A | £80.00 BUY |
Edinburgh Zoo Into the 21st Century John Lloyd "Wonders Never Cease" gives the reader an insight into the many species of animals living at Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park, as well as an account of the .... | Edinburgh Zoo 2006 | #160565A | £18.50 BUY |
Environmental Science | Go to subject web page |
Protecting our Global Environment Donald K Kaufman and Cecilia M Franz Written for use in introductory environmental science college courses, or in general ecology courses with an environmental emphasis, The Biosphere: Protecting Our Global .... | Kendall Hunt Pbk | 2006 | 0757519083 | #160832A | £86.00 BUY |
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Edited by Thomas E Lovejoy and Lee Hannah Comprehensive assessment of the state of knowledge on climate change and biodiversity, an essential reference, and now available in paperback. .... | 418 pages | 41 col & 107 b/w illus | Yale UP Hbk | 2005 | 0300104251 | #149246A | £45.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0300119801 | #160656A | £22.50 BUY |
Global Inequality, North-South Politics, and Climate Policy J Timmons Roberts and Bradley C Parks The global debate over who should take action to address climate change is extremely precarious, as diametrically opposed perceptions of climate justice threaten the .... | 384 pages | 12 illus | MIT Press Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0262182564 | #160720A | £41.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0262681617 | #160719A | £16.95 BUY |
The Cryosphere and Global Environmental Change
Olav Slaymaker and Richard Kelly The cryosphere is an essential member of the globe's environmental systems, with a unique sensitivity to climate change at all spatial and temporal scales. This is the .... | 280 pages | 172 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 140512976X | #160881A | £27.50 BUY |
Ecological Geography of the Sea
Alan R Longhurst Revised and updated to reflect the latest in oceanographic research. .... | 552 pages | 4 col plates, figs, maps | Academic Press Pbk | 2001 | 0124555594 | #121296A | £27.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0124555217 | #160745A | £27.99 BUY |
Environmental Bioremediation Technologies
Edited by SN Singh and RD Tripathi The rapid expansion and increasing sophistication of various industries in the past century has remarkably increased the amount and complexity of toxic waste effluents, .... | 320 pages | - | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 3540347909 | #160643A | £100.00 BUY |
Environmental Science and Technology
Stanley E Manahan Written by a leading expert, Environmental Science and Technology: A Sustainable Approach to Green Science and Technology, Second Edition provides a general overview of .... | 384 pages | Figs, tabs | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0849395127 | #159447A | £39.99 BUY |
Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change
Neil W Adger, Jouni Paavola, Saleemul Huq and MJ Mace As a global society, we need to take action not only to prevent the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change but also to adapt to the unavoidable effects of .... | 312 pages | 17 illus | MIT Press Hbk | 2006 | 0262012278 | #160730A | £39.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0262511932 | #160731A | £16.95 BUY |
The new politics to stop the planet burning George Monbiot Combining his unique knowledge of political campaigning and environmental science, Monbiot analyses the potential of energy efficiency, renewable resources, carbon burial, .... | 200 pages | - | Allen Lane Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0713999233 | #160465A | £17.99 BUY |
Numerical Simulations in the Environmental and Earth Sciences Proceedings of the Second UNAM-CRAY Supercomputing Conference Edited by Fernando Garcia Garcia, Agustin Fernandez-Eguiarte and Roman Alverez The progress of numerical modelling in atmospheric, oceanic and geophysical sciences was the topic of an international conference held by the National Autonomous University of .... | 304 pages | 121 illus, 19 tabs | CUP Hbk | 1997 | 0521580471 | #067107A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521026040 | #160615A | £23.99 BUY |
The Rough Guide to Climate Change
Robert Henson "The Rough Guide to Climate Change" is a complete guide to one of the most pressing problems facing humanity. From the current situation and background science to the .... | 336 pages | Illus | Rough Guides Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1843537117 | #160466A | £9.99 BUY |
JE Simpson The sea breeze affects our lives in many ways; it controls our local weather, not only on the coast but also in many districts inland. Air pollution and smog, also the .... | 240 pages | Illus | CUP Hbk | 1994 | 0521452112 | #032332A | £50.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0521025958 | #160613A | £19.99 BUY |
Physical Sciences | Go to subject web page |
The Amateur Astronomer's Introduction to the Celestial Sphere
William Millar This introduction to the night sky is for amateur astronomers who desire a deeper understanding of the principles and observations of naked-eye astronomy. It covers .... | 316 pages | - | CUP Pbk | 2006 | 052167123X | #160608A | £24.99 BUY |
Apollo 11: First Men on the Moon
Robert Godwin Contains information about man's first landing on the moon, including 48 pages of colour images from the mission. .... | 96 pages | Apogee Books Pbk | 2005 | 1894959272 | #160752A | £6.95 BUY |
S Maran From asteroids to black holes, from quasars to white dwarfs, this new edition of Astronomy For Dummies takes backyard stargazers on a grand tour of the universe. .... | 334 pages | Wiley Pbk | 2005 | 0764584650 | #160757A | £13.99 BUY |
Tips and Tools for Observing the Night Sky Robert Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson Why use the traditional approach to study the stars when you can turn computers, handheld devices, and telescopes into out-of-this-world stargazing tools? Whether you're .... | 352 pages | O'Reilly Pbk | 2005 | 0596100604 | #160755A | £17.50 BUY |
Edited by Hermann Bothe, Stuart Ferguson and William E Newton All organisms require nitrogen to live and grow. The movement of nitrogen between the atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere in different forms is described by the nitrogen .... | 300 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0444528571 | #160743A | £68.99 BUY |
The Waltz of the Planets Alessandra Celletti and Ettore Perozzi A key issue for appreciating and exploiting the wealth of astronomical data and images gathered during the space age; this book reinforces public awareness of modern celestial .... | 240 pages | 20 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 038730777X | #160640A | £19.50 BUY |
The Search for the Age of the Earth Patrick N Wyse Jackson The debate over the age of the Earth has been ongoing for over two thousand years, and has pitted physicists and astronomers against biologists, religious philosophers against .... | 24 line diagrams, 31 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0521813328 | #160614A | £19.99 BUY |
From Myths to the Accelerating Universe: A History of Cosmology Helge Kragh This book is a historical account of how natural philosophers and scientists have endeavoured to understand the universe at large, first in a mythical and later in a .... | 352 pages | 44 line drawings, 7 haltones | OUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0199209162 | #160543A | £35.00 BUY |
A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology Malcolm S Longair The twentieth-century witnessed the development of astrophysics and cosmology from subjects which scarcely existed to two of the most exciting and demanding areas of .... | 565 pages | - | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521474361 | #160606A | £35.00 BUY |
A Geochemical Approach Hugh R Rollinson "Early Earth Systems" provides a complete history of the Earth from its beginnings to the end of the Archaean. This journey through the Earth's early history begins with the .... | 320 pages | 120 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1405122552 | #160882A | £34.99 BUY |
The Forces that Have Shaped Our Planet David Sington and Simon Lamb Earth Story unravels the secrets of our planet and brings it alive. The series took three years to make, cost œ3 million and was filmed all over the world, from the craters .... | 240 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps, running time: 400 mins | BBC Books Hbk | 1998 | 0563387998 | #066490A | £19.99 BUY DVD | NYP 08/2006 | BBCDVD1988 | #160499A | £17.01 BUY Pbk | 2003 | 0563487070 | #135912A | £12.99 BUY |
Einstein, Bohr and the Quantum Dilemma From Quantum Theory to Quantum Information Andrew Whitaker Quantum theory, the most successful physical theory of all time, provoked intense debate between the twentieth century's two greatest physicists, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. .... | 480 pages | - | CUP Pbk | 2006 | 0521671027 | #160605A | £27.99 BUY |
Stephen Marshak An introduction to geology that weaves the theory of plate tectonics and the concept of Earth systems science into its narrative from the beginning. .... | 603 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs | Norton Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0393928152 | #160871A | £40.99 BUY |
A Unified Approach Kenneth A De Jong This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the field of evolutionary computation that takes an integrated approach. Evolutionary computation, the use of .... | 250 pages | 95 illus | MIT Press Hbk | 2006 | 0262041944 | #160875A | £32.95 BUY |
A History of Physics Roger G Newton Science is about 6000 years old while physics emerged as a distinct branch some 2500 years ago. As scientists discovered virtually countless facts about the world during .... | 364 pages | 17 figures | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0674023374 | #160700A | £19.95 BUY |
Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics
R Zimmerman Since the publication of the first edition in 1969, "Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics" has been widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive book in its field. Out .... | 608 pages | 250 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0632057599 | #122326A | £39.99 BUY |
15 Years of Discovery Lars Lindberg Christensen and Robert A Fosbury Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery forms a key element of the European Space Agency's 15th anniversary celebration activities for the 1990 launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space .... | 124 pages | 108 colour illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 0387285997 | #160536A | £19.95 BUY |
Meteors and Meteorites: Origins and Observations
M Beech The earth is bombarded both day and night by meteoroids and meteorites. These wayward bodies - small fragments derived from ageing comets and the collisions between asteroids .... | 160 pages | 120 b/w photos | Crowood Press Pbk | 2006 | 1861268254 | #160750A | £14.99 BUY |
Thierry Legault and Serge Brunier New Atlas of the Moon examines Earth's only satellite in strikingly intricate detail. Comprehensive and lushly illustrated, this book allows amateur stargazers to find .... | 128 pages | 260 b&w photos | Firefly Books Spiralbound | NYP 11/2006 | 1554071739 | #160666A | £35.00 BUY |
D Scott Birney The long-awaited second edition of this well-received textbook gives a thorough introduction to observational astronomy. Starting with the basics of positional .... | 322 pages | - | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521853702 | #160609A | £30.00 BUY |
How the Planets, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Began Steve Eales In the last decade, there has been a revolution in observational astronomy, which has meant that we are very close to answering three of the four big `origin questions', of .... | 275 pages | 54 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1846284015 | #160641A | £19.50 BUY |
The Future Jonathon Porritt "Planet Earth" is the most spectacular look at our planet that has ever been broadcast. It has made millions of viewers aware of the breathtaking beauty and variety of life on .... | BBC Books Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0563539054 | #160553A | £7.99 BUY |
Anthony Leggett Is the universe infinite, or does it have an edge beyond which there is, quite literally, nothing? Do we live in the only possible universe? Why does it have one time .... | 192 pages | 9 line drawings | OUP Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0199211248 | #160544A | £19.99 BUY |
Searching for Water in the Universe
Therese Encrenaz A journey through the universe in search of water, demonstrating clearly why it has been an essential factor in the emergence and continuation of life on earth. Therese Encrenaz .... | 199 pages | 210 illus., 100 in colour | Springer Pbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0387341749 | #160642A | £19.50 BUY |
Sustainable Development | Go to subject web page |
Analyzing International Environmental Regimes From Case Study to Database Helmut Breitmeier, Oran R Young and Michael Zürn Regime theory has become an increasingly influential approach to the analysis of international relations, particularly in the areas of international political economy .... | 336 pages | 13 illus | MIT Press Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0262026023 | #160726A | £43.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0262524619 | #160727A | £17.95 BUY |
Aspects of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the Southern Ocean
Rachel Jane Baird Overfishing threatens the viability of high seas living resources. Furthermore, controls to prevent overfishing are inadequate. Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing .... | 260 pages | - | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 140205338X | #160636A | £65.50 BUY |
Frank H Netter | 640 pages | Col illus | Elsevier Pbk | R/P 08/2006 | 1416033858 | #160808A | £44.99 BUY |
Biodiversity in Agricultural Production Systems
Gero Benckiser and Sylvia Schnell While modern science has always recognized the central role that biodiversity plays in the ecological processes that maintain the Earth's equilibrium, our increasing knowledge .... | 456 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2006 | 1574445898 | #159444A | £79.99 BUY |
Jane Wilson-Haworth What is the commonest ailment of travellers? What is the commonest cause of death in travellers abroad? These and all other significant topics are covered in this .... | 352 pages | Cadogan Guides Pbk | 2006 | 186011332X | #160493A | £9.99 BUY |
A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy Alfred W Crosby When the hearth fires started burning in the Palaeolithic, our ancestors broadened the exploitation of food and initiated an avalanche of change. Cooking is not often .... | 208 pages | 10 illustrations, map | Norton Hbk | 2006 | 0393059359 | #159713A | £14.99 BUY |
Code Green: Experiences of a Lifetime
Kerry Lorimer Code Green is an alert to the need for change in the way we travel. It draws together almost 100 responsible travel experiences from across the planet, from budget .... | 224 pages | Lonely Planet Pbk | 2006 | 1741047919 | #160492A | £14.99 BUY |
100 Energy-saving Tips for the Home Jon Clift and Amanda Cuthbert We're all using more and more energy: charging up our mobiles and laptops, keeping our rooms so hot that we walk around in short sleeves in the winter, or leaving lights on .... | 96 pages | Col illus | Green Books Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1903998883 | #160850A | £4.95 BUY |
Environmental Education: Follow Up to Learning the Sustainability Lesson Fifth Report of Session 2004-05. Volume 2. Oral and Written Evidence House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee | 279 pages | - | Stationery Office (TSO) Pbk | 2005 | 021502348X | #160294A | £27.95 BUY |
Environmental Justice and Environmentalism The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement Edited by Ronald Sandler and Phaedra C Pezzullo Although the environmental movement and the environmental justice movement would seem to be natural allies, their relationship over the years has often been characterized by .... | 352 pages | 3 illus | MIT Press Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0262195526 | #160721A | £39.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0262693402 | #160722A | £16.95 BUY |
Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature Essays on Conservation-Based Agriculture Edited by Daniel Imhoff and Jo Ann Baumgarner "Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature" addresses an urgent and complex issue facing communities and cultures throughout the world: the need for heightened land stewardship .... | 198 pages | - | California UP Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0970950039 | #160903A | £10.95 BUY |
The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods Jeffrey M Smith In this powerful sequel to Seeds of Deception, Jeffrey Smith shatters the biotech industry's claim that genetically modified (GM) foods are safe. Nearly forty health .... | 160 pages | Green Books Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0972966528 | #160860A | £15.95 BUY |
Global Environmental Assessments Information and Influence Edited by Ronald B Mitchell, William C Clark, David W Cash and Nancy M Dickson Knowledge about environmental problems has expanded rapidly in recent decades, as have the number and variety of processes for making large-scale scientific assessments of .... | 352 pages | 11 illus | MIT Press Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0262134683 | #160729A | £39.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0262633361 | #160728A | £17.95 BUY |
Over 500 Daily Ways to Save the Planet Edited by Emma Jones and Jo Bourne If you care about the environment and aren't sure how to make a positive difference, look no further. Go Make A Difference is full of fascinating facts, thought-provoking .... | 288 pages | Col illus | Green Books Pbk | 2006 | 1845250214 | #160852A | £7.99 BUY |
How to Design and Build your own Eco-home Jon Broome Whether you want a turf roof, solar-powered hot water, or a super-insulated (and cost-efficient) house, you need to know the essential elements of the self-build .... | 256 pages | 100 col photos, 50 line drawings | Green Books Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1903998735 | #160845A | £25.00 BUY |
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
Edited by Bjorn Lomborg Edited by Bjorn Lomborg, this abridged version of the highly acclaimed Global Crises, Global Solutions provides a serious yet accessible springboard for debate and .... | 208 pages | tables | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521866790 | #160679A | £25.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0521685710 | #160680A | £9.99 BUY |
Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance Synergy and Conflict Among International and EU Policies Edited by Sebastian Oberthür and Thomas Gehring This is the first large-scale, systematic investigation of how interaction among international institutions affects global environmental governance, with a conceptual .... | 424 pages | 23 illus | MIT Press Hbk | 2006 | 026205115X | #160874A | £43.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0262651106 | #160873A | £18.95 BUY |
The Knowledge Base for Fisheries Management
Edited by Lorenzo Motos and Douglas Wilson Fisheries are in a state of crisis throughout the world. While there has been some success, truly effective fisheries management seems beyond our grasp. The knowledge .... | 400 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 0444528504 | #160736A | £100.00 BUY |
Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems
Edited by DI Jarvis, C Padoch and D Cooper Takes a global look at the latest tools farmers use to create, nurture, and preserve the evolutionary and adaptive potential of a wide range of plants, animals, and other .... | 480 pages | 34 illus, 55 tabs | Columbia UP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 023113648X | #160926A | £48.50 BUY |
James Warren Despite targets to cut carbon dioxide emissions, and the prospect of petroleum resources becoming increasingly scarce, road transport energy use is at an all-time peak in many .... | 160 pages | OUP Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0199215774 | #160652A | £24.99 BUY |
Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves A History of American Environmental Policy Richard NL Andrews In this book Richard N. L. Andrews looks at American environmental policy over the past four hundred years, shows how it affects environmental issues and public policy .... | 544 pages | 34 illus | Yale UP Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 030011124X | #160689A | £25.00 BUY |
Model Plants and Crop Improvement
Robert Koebner and RJ Varshney Provides a critical assessment of the potential of the model plant species for crop improvement. This volume presents the summary for studying the development of plant .... | 344 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0849330637 | #159438A | £85.00 BUY |
Modeling Crop Production Systems Principles and Application Phool Singh The use of simulation models is a necessity and also an aid in the decision-making process in sustainable agricultural systems. Organizing the experimental knowledge of .... | 510 pages | - | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1578084180 | #160817A | £33.30 BUY |
National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection The Pollution Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of UK pollution control legislation in force, or pending, as at December 2005, covering industrial pollution .... | 364 pages | - | NSCA Pbk | 2006 | 0903474603 | #160469A | £67.00 BUY |
From 1970 to 2040 Edited by David G Victor, Amy M Jaffe and Mark H Hayes By most estimates, global consumption of natural gas - a cleaner-burning alternative to coal and oil - will double by 2030. However, in North America, Europe, China, and South .... | 534 pages | - | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521865034 | #160610A | £60.00 BUY |
Edited by Clive Litchfield The Organic Directory is the only UK directory of organic goods, with over 2,000 listings of retailers, producers, wholesalers and manufacturers. This new edition is .... | 320 pages | Green Books Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1903998832 | #160848A | £8.95 BUY |
Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops
Franc Bavec and Martina Bavec Considering more than 30 disregarded, neglected, and new crops, Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops explores their production in environmental-friendly cropping .... | 264 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2006 | 1574446177 | #159445A | £79.99 BUY |
Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool your Home James Kachadorian For the past ten years The Passive Solar House has offered proven techniques for building homes that heat and cool themselves, using readily available materials and .... | 224 pages | B/w illus | Chelsea Green Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1933392037 | #160853A | £27.50 BUY |
NK Fageria, VC Baligar and RB Clark This single volume explores the theoretical and the practical aspects of crop physiological processes around the world. .... | 345 pages | - | Food Products Press Hbk | 2006 | 1560222883 | #160762A | £49.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1560222891 | #160763A | £35.95 BUY |
Principle and Practice in Confronting Environmental Risk Kerry H Whiteside The precautionary principle--which holds that action to address threats of serious or irreversible environmental harm should be taken even in the absence of scientific .... | 208 pages | - | MIT Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0262232553 | #160723A | £32.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0262731797 | #160724A | £12.95 BUY |
The Privatization of the Oceans
Rognvaldur Hannesson Rich with detail and provocatively argued, this study of the development of property rights in the world's fisheries tells the story of one industry's evolution and provides .... | 202 pages | 17 illus | MIT Press Hbk | 2004 | 0262083345 | #149015A | £22.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0262582651 | #160872A | £12.95 BUY |
Trophic and Guild Interactions in Biological Control
Edited by Jacques Brodeur and Guy Boivin This volume explores modern concepts of trophic and guild interactions among natural enemies in natural and agricultural ecosystems - a field that has become a hot topic in .... | 245 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1402047665 | #160924A | £76.00 BUY |
The Trends That are Shaping Our Future Worldwatch Institute This report tracks and analyzes 44 trends that are shaping our future, and includes graphs and charts to provide a visual comparison over time. Categories of trends .... | 160 pages | Norton Pbk | 2006 | 0393328724 | #160774A | £9.99 BUY |
The Analysis of Scarcity, Policies, and Projects Ronald C Griffin Economics brings powerful insights to water management, but most water professionals receive limited training in it. This text offers a comprehensive development of water .... | 432 pages | 55 illus | MIT Press Hbk | 2006 | 026207267X | #160732A | £32.95 BUY |
Data Analysis | Go to subject web page |
Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R
Emmanuel Paradis This book integrates a wide variety of data analysis methods into a single and flexible interface: the R language, an open source language is available for a wide range of .... | 216 pages | 50 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0387329145 | #160639A | £30.50 BUY |
Discrete Inverse and State Estimation Problems With Geophysical Fluid Applications Carl Wunsch The problems of making inferences about the natural world from noisy observations and imperfect theories occur in almost all scientific disciplines. This book addresses these .... | 384 pages | - | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521854245 | #160607A | £70.00 BUY |
Microarray Technology Through Applications
Federico Falciani Microarray Technology Through Applications provides the reader with an understanding, from an applications perspective, of the diverse range of concepts required to master .... | 300 pages | Taylor & Francis Pbk | 2006 | 0415378532 | #159431A | £37.00 BUY |
NMR for Physical and Biological Scientists
Thomas Pochapsky and Susan Pochapsky Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy is a dynamic way for scientists of all kinds to investigate the physical, chemical, and biological properties of matter. Its many .... | 450 pages | Garland Hbk | 2006 | 0815341032 | #159432A | £50.00 BUY |
A Phylogenetic Classification Guillaume Lecointre and Hervé Le Guyader Did you know that you are more closely related to a mushroom than to a daisy? That crocodiles are closer to birds than to lizards? That dinosaurs are still among us? That .... | 560 pages | 1500 line drawings | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0674021835 | #160705A | £25.95 BUY |
Stan Metzenberg A basic guide to working with and cloning DNA, starting with laboratory supplies, reagents, stock solutions, buffers, and record keeping. It then goes on to give advice .... | 250 pages | Taylor & Francis Pbk | 2006 | 0415374642 | #159433A | £32.99 BUY |
Reference | Go to subject web page |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Soil Science
A Canarache, II Vintila and I Munteanu This dictionary includes some 9200 terms, each with a definition and often and additional descriptive text in English, the terms being translated in French, German and .... | 950 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0444824782 | #084558A | £62.99 BUY |
Libro de as Matas y os Animals Dizionario Aragones d'Espezies Animals y Bechetals / Diccionario Aragones de Especies Animales y Vegetales Rafel Vidaller Tricas Dictionary in Aragonese; includes an index of Latin species names, and an index of common names. Some distribution maps and a bibliography are also provided. .... | 395 pages | b&w photos, dist maps | Huesca Pbk | 2004 | 8489862354 | #159897A | £20.95 BUY |
Preservation Management for Libraries, Archives and Museums
GE Gorman and Sydney J Shep Memory Institutions such as libraries, archives, galleries and museums all share concerns about preserving heritage, both material and documentary cultural artefacts in .... | 304 pages | - | Facet Hbk | NYP 08/2006 | 1856045749 | #160822A | £44.95 BUY |
Robert Goldbort This exceptional book encompasses the entire range of writing skills that today's experimental scientist may need to employ. Detailed chapters cover every type of science .... | 336 pages | 12 b/w illus | Yale UP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0300115512 | #160687A | £35.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0300117930 | #160686A | £12.50 BUY |