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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.
Major titles new in stock at NHBS Bat Surveys: Good Practice Guidelines (distributed by NHBS for the Bat Conservation Trust) Birds and Wind Farms: Risk Assessment and Mitigation More highlights can be found on the NHBS homepage. Summer Clearance Sale Summer seems to have arrived at last and we are launching our annual clearance sale very soon. We will have many books at substantially reduced prices on offer; most items are only available in single copies. Please watch our homepage and your email inbox for details. New subject catalogues available The first two of our new subject catalogues are now available online and as a pdf-file for printing: NHBS Field Ecology 2007 (pdf-file, 2.7MB) NHBS Ornithology Catalogue Summer 2007 (pdf-file, 1.5MB) From our complete catalogue of well over 100,000 titles, we have selected a few hundred essential titles for any ecology or ornithology library. More subject catalogues are in preparation. Conferences 2007 NHBS will be selling books at the following conferences this year, and we would be delighted to meet you at our stand!
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Zoology:
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Mammals | Go to subject web page |
Good Practice Guidelines Bat Conservation Trust To conserve bats effectively, and to meet national and international statutory obligations and agreements, there is a clear need for quality controls and appropriate .... | 82 pages | Tabs, figs | Bat Conservation Trust Pbk | 2007 | 1872745997 | #169330A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Intertwined Fates of Whales and Fishermen Tora Johnson More than 15 percent of the critically endangered right whales and threatened humpback whales in the western Atlantic Ocean become entangled in fishing gear each year. In an .... | 320 pages | Florida University Presses Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0813032156 | #168885A | £17.50 Add to basket |
Ecology and Conservation Gary W Barrett and George A Feldhamer No group of mammals has more species than Rodentia. With close to 2300 recognized species throughout the world, Rodents comprise about forty-two percent of all living .... | 270 pages | 70 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0387336656 | #168683A | £47.50 Add to basket |
Yann Arthus-Bertrand A compact edition of Arthus-Bertrand's classic equestrian anthology. .... | 336 pages | 205 col illus | Thames & Hudson Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0500543534 | #169408A | £16.95 Add to basket |
John O Whitaker and Russell E Mumford This highly anticipated new edition of Mammals of Indiana, first published by Indiana University Press in 1982, places strong emphasis on ecology with descriptions of .... | 776 pages | 168 b/w photos, 33 col photos, 71 maps | Indiana UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0253349710 | #168270A | £47.99 Add to basket |
Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats
Edited by Alfred L Gardner The vast terrain between Panama and Tierra del Fuego contains some of the world's richest mammalian fauna, but until now it has lacked a comprehensive systematic .... | 912 pages | 283 maps | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0226282406 | #168297A | £44.99 Add to basket |
The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal Susan Perry With their tonsured heads, white faces, and striking cowls, the monkeys might vaguely resemble the Capuchin monks for whom they were named. How they act is something else .... | 352 pages | 16 col illus, 15 halftones | Harvard UP Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0674026640 | #168535A | £29.95 Add to basket |
North Atlantic Coast: Marine Mammal Behaviors
Uko Gorter Depicts and explains specific behavior and interesting features for humpback whales (front side), and Atlantic white-sided dolphins, on the back. Behaviors like lobtailing, .... | 2 pages | A4 laminated guide, col illus | HML Enterprises Unbound | 2007 | 1888538554 | #169559A | £4.99 Add to basket |
North Atlantic Coast: Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles North Carolina, USA to Newfoundland, Canada
Uko Gorter This new laminated field guide is the perfect companion for whale watching along the Atlantic Coast, from Cape Hateras, North Carolina, to the shores of New England, and all .... | 2 pages | A4 laminated guide, col illus | HML Enterprises Unbound | 2007 | 1888538910 | #169558A | £4.99 Add to basket |
Whales and Dolphins of the North American Pacific Including Seals and Other Marine Mammals Graeme Cresswell, Dylan Walker and Todd Pusser The first comprehensive photographic guide to the marine mammals of the North American Pacific - covering the waters between Baja California in Mexico and South East Alaska. .... | 216 pages | Col photos, col dist maps | Wild Guides Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1903657058 | #126073A | £17.95 Add to basket |
Birds | Go to subject web page |
Atlas des Oiseaux de Normandie en Hiver
Le Groupe Ornithologique Normand An atlas presenting the 210 species of birds observed between December 11 and January 21, during winters 1998-1999 to 2001-2002. .... | 248 pages | Illus & photos | GON Hbk | 2005 | #168343A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario, 2001-2005
MD Cadman, PFJ Eagles and FM Helleiner This atlas contains distribution data for more than 300 species. Each species account is accompanied by a colour photo, and a comprehensive description of Distribution and .... | 617 pages | Illus, figs, tabs, maps | Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | #168446A | £99.00 Add to basket |
BBi: British Birds Interactive DVD-ROM 1907 - 2007 In celebration of one hundred years of British Birds, the entire contents of the journal from 1907 to 2007 has been digitised and made available on this DVD-ROM. It .... | BirdGuides DVD-ROM | NYP 08/2007 | #169546A | £98.99 Add to basket |
A Bad Birdwatcher's Companion - Audiobook
Simon Barnes Simon Barnes is one of Britain's leading bird writers and humourists. His weekly column in The Times, his essays for the .... | 4 CD-Set, running time: 5 hours | Naxos CD | 2007 | 9626344466 | #169136A | £16.99 Add to basket |
Best Birdwatching Sites in Cornwall & The Scilly Isles
Sara McMahon and Nigel Hudson Cornwall rightly enjoys a top reputation as a birding county, both for migrants and a staggering number of rarities. Sara McMahon of the county's bird club provides detailed .... | Buckingham Press Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | #169196A | £16.95 Add to basket |
Best Birdwatching Sites in North Wales
Alan Davies and Owen Roberts Features around 60 sites from South Stack on Anglesey to Gresford Flash near Wrexham, together with detailed maps and access information, disabled access, public transport .... | Maps | Buckingham Press Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | #169195A | £15.95 Add to basket |
The Bird Songs of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
Andreas Schulze and Karl-Heinz Dingler 2-CD-set with 2817 MP3 recordings of 819 bird species. A 64-page booklet lists the species in English, French, German, and Latin. .... | over 19 hours of recording time on 2 MP3 discs | Musikverlag Edition AMPLE CD | 2007 | 3938147016 | #169046A | £55.23 Add to basket |
Tim Davis and Tim Jones Situated 10 miles off the North Devon coast and lying across the enterance to the Bristol Channel, Lundy rivals Fair Isle and the Isles of Scilly as one of THE places to .... | 300 pages | 100 line drawings, 20 photos, map | Birds of Lundy Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 095400888X | #169223A | £34.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0954008871 | #168905A | £18.95 Add to basket |
Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 2008
Hilary Cromack and David Cromack Includes 400-plus nature reserves: Nationwide tide-table information to April 2009; Checklist of British Birds plus diary and notebook pages; Details of artists, .... | Buckingham Press Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | #169193A | Normally £16.75 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £15.25 |
Catalogo Ornitologico del Parque Natural Lagunas
Manuel Lopez | 278 pages | Illus | Inst Est Albacetenses Pbk | 2006 | 8495394901 | #168419A | £16.50 Add to basket |
Mark Cocker Rooks and jackdaws are both members of the same bird family. To ornithologists the group is known as the corvids, to the layperson they are 'crows'. But to Mark Cocker these two .... | 224 pages | Jonathan Cape Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0224076019 | #169110A | £16.99 Add to basket |
A Leito, J Kespaik, I Ojaste and J Truu The book presents the most notable results of the studies of Eurasian Cranes in Estonia. The book consists of eight topical chapters, a short introduction and conclusions, and .... | 184 pages | 186 illustrations | Estonian University Pbk | 2006 | 9985830695 | #166421A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die Birding Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations Chris Santella Santella presents some of the greatest bird-watching venues in the United States and around the world through interviews with prominent birders, from tour leaders and .... | 224 pages | colour photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1584796294 | #169746A | £14.95 Add to basket |
A Seasonal Guide to Enjoying the Birds in Your Garden Roy Beddard Gives birdwatchers and gardeners insights into how to attract resident and visiting birds to the garden. This illustrated book combines advice about how to maintain your .... | 128 pages | Col photos | New Holland Pbk | 2007 | 1845378938 | #169225A | £9.99 Add to basket |
50 Tips From North America's Top Birders Edited by Lisa White In these 50 light and fun original essays, the biggest names in birding dispense advice to birders of every level, on topics ranging from feeding birds and cleaning binoculars .... | 288 pages | 25 b/w line illus | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | 2007 | 0618756426 | #169503A | £7.50 Add to basket |
The Migration Ecology of Birds
Ian Newton This book presents an up-to-date, detailed and thorough review of the most fascinating ecological findings of bird migration. It deals with all aspects of this absorbing .... | 938 pages | Tabs, maps, figs | Academic Press Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0125173679 | #169548A | £42.99 Add to basket |
Fred S Guthery Offers new experiences and perspectives based on the latest research, from the past fifteen years of observation, and provides information about all the areas that bobwhite .... | 213 pages | 22 b/w photos, 7 line illus | Texas A&M UP Pbk | 2006 | 158544538X | #169754A | £12.50 Add to basket |
Oology and Ralph's Talking Eggs Bird Conservation Comes Out of its Shell Carrol L Henderson Before modern binoculars and cameras made it possible to observe birds closely in the wild, many people collected eggs as a way of learning about birds. Serious collectors .... | 200 pages | 244 illus | Texas UP Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0292714513 | #169752A | £16.99 Add to basket |
Peter Scott's Coloured Key to the Wildfowl of the World
Peter Scott In this Key there is a coloured picture of every kind of duck, goose or swan so far known to exist in the world - 245 kinds. The object of the book is to enable anyone, .... | 96 pages | Col & b/w illus | Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Pbk | 2006 | 0900806354 | #169449A | £9.95 Add to basket |
Protecting Birds From Powerlines
D Haas, M Nipkow, G Fiedler, R Schneider, W Haas and B Schürenberg Collision of birds with the cables of powerlines and electrocution of birds sitting on power poles are important factors increasing mortality of some threatened species. The .... | 68 pages | colour photos, diagrams | Council of Europe Pbk | 2005 | 9287156301 | #169637A | £11.50 Add to basket |
M Wagner and J Scheuer The first comprehensive description of birdlife in this region to be published. .... | 420 pages | 92 diagrams, 46 tabs, 63 col photos, 59 dist maps | Echinomedia Hbk | 2006 | 3980762971 | #169622A | £34.50 Add to basket |
Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Amphibiens et Reptiles de Lorraine
Michael Renner and Stephane Vitzthum Richly illustrated photo guide to all amphibians and reptiles of the Lorraine. Covers 18 species of amphibians and 9 species of reptiles. Other chapters deal with biology, .... | 271 pages | 400 colour photos, 35 distribution maps | Serpenoise Hbk | 2007 | 2876927365 | #169140A | £32.50 Add to basket |
Biology of the Snapping Turtle
Edited by Anthony C Steyermark, Michael S Finkler and Ronald J Brooks The name "snapping turtle" conjures up images of prehistoric-looking beasts that lurk in the dark waters of local swimming holes. Beyond its status as childhood legend, Chelydra .... | 352 pages | 11 halftones, 55 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0801887240 | #168563A | £50.00 Add to basket |
Evolution in the Mud John C Murphy "Homalopsine Snakes" is a review of the aquatic rear-fanged snakes that inhabit freshwater, brackish water, and marine environments from Pakistan's Indus River eastward .... | 260 pages | Krieger Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1575242591 | #169284A | £47.95 Add to basket |
Jacques Fretey | 190 pages | 324 col photos, maps | Editions Plume Verte Hbk | 2005 | 2951566824 | #162553A | £55.50 Add to basket |
Cynthia Berger Feared and reviled by many, venomous snakes are woefully misunderstood. This illustrated guide to 20 North American species clears up many of the misconceptions about the .... | 128 pages | Illus | Stackpole Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0811734129 | #169605A | £12.50 Add to basket |
Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Especies Nativas para Piscicultura no Brasil
Bernardo Baldisserotto and Levy de Carvalho Gomes | 472 pages | Editora da UFSM 2005 | 857391064X | #164847A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Tim M Berra With more than 29,000 species, fishes are the most diverse group of vertebrates on the planet. Of that number, more than 12,000 species are found in freshwater ecosystems, .... | 604 pages | Illus, tabs, maps | Academic Press Hbk | 2001 | 0120931567 | #119787A | £41.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0226044424 | #168302A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
Aquatic Biodiversity of Latin America, Volume 4: Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta)
A Borkent and GR Spinelli This book brings together, for the first time, all known information on the 51 genera and 1095 described Neotropical species of biting midges. An overview of the group .... | 198 pages | illus | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 9546423017 | #168898A | £53.50 Add to basket |
Messages from Psyche Philip Howse People have always marvelled at the colours, patterns, and designs on the wings of butterflies and moths, but there has been little attempt to decode them or understand .... | colour photos | Andreas Papadakis Publisher Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1901092801 | #169742A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest
William Neill and Doug Hepburn A field guide to the 118 most commonly encountered butterflies in the Pacific Northwest - defined here as Washington, Oregon, and contiguous parts of California, Nevada, Idaho, .... | 208 pages | 312 col photos, 1 map | Mountain Press Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0878425373 | #169218A | £20.50 Add to basket |
New Insights and Fresh Perspectives Edited by Neil H Landman, Richard A Davis and Royal H Mapes This book brings together an international group of scientists focusing on present-day and fossil cephalopods, ranging broadly from Paleozoic ammonoids to today's octopods. It .... | 400 pages | 194 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1402064616 | #169344A | £123.00 Add to basket |
Dragonflies of the Yungas (Odonata) A Field Guide to the Species from Argentina N Ellenrieder and RW Garrison The Yungas are highly biodiverse cloud forests extending from Venezuela south through NW Argentina, and are considered one of the biodiversity 'hot spots' in South America. This .... | 168 pages | colour photos, drawings | Pensoft Pbk | 2007 | #169623A | £25.50 Add to basket |
Concepts and Applications Martin R Speight, Mark D Hunter and Allan D Watt Provides a sound background on insect evolutionary ecology, population dynamics and environmental interactions. These concepts are subsequently applied to a number of .... | 350 pages | Col plates, b/w photos, illus, figs, tabs | Blackwell Science NYP 01/2008 | 1405131144 | #162105A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Die Erebien der Schweiz (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae, Genus Erebia)
Peter Sonderegger | 712 pages | 115 maps, 73 tabs, line illus, col photos | Peter Sonderegger Hbk | 2005 | #161249A | £116.00 Add to basket |
Die Fauna des Marinen Miozans von Kevelaer (Niederrhein) Band 4 Gastropoda ab Mitridae & Turridae Gunter Wienrich | 315 pages | 66 plates | Wageningen AU Pbk | 2007 | 9057821699 | #169466A | £86.00 Add to basket |
Guide to the British Stonefly (Plecoptera) Families: Adults and Larvae
David Pryce, Craig Macadam and Steve Brooks This introductory AIDGAP field guide to stoneflies includes identification keys for the identification of both stonefly larvae and adults to family level. .... | FSC Pbk | 2007 | #169756A | £3.50 Add to basket |
Guide to the Hawkmoths of the British Isles
Bebbington and Lewington Hawkmoths, the subject of this AIDGAP fold-out chart, are some of the most colourful and conspicuous moths in the British Isles. .... | laminated fold-out chart | FSC Unbound | 2007 | #169755A | £2.50 Add to basket |
The Butterflies of Great Britain Rosemary Powell A set of twelve cards featuring 58 resident and commonly occurring migrant species. Illustrations and ID advice is provided by acclaimed wildlife artist Rosemary Powell. .... | Colour illustrations | Buckingham Press Unbound | 2007 | #169194A | £5.95 Add to basket |
Amazing Images of Fascinating Creatures Michael Chinery Insects are endlessly fascinating creatures. The images in this book afford the reader a rare and intimate glimpse of their almost alien world and include information on all .... | 288 pages | colour photos | Cassell Illustrated Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1844035530 | #169735A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Insects and Ecosystem Function
Edited by WW Weisser and E Siemann In the past two decades, an increasing number of ecologists have started to investigate the importance of biodiversity for ecological processes such as energy flow and nutrient .... | 413 pages | 50 figs | Springer Hbk | 2004 | 3540216723 | #147888A | £123.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540740031 | #169731A | £45.99 Add to basket |
An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America
Edited by RW Merritt, KW Cummins and MB Berg The 4th edition of this book combines the most up to date taxonomic treatment of North American aquatic insects. Almost all aquatic and semi-aquatic insect nymphs and larvae .... | 862 pages | B/w figs, tabs | Kendall Hunt Pbk | 2007 | 0757541283 | #169292A | £79.00 Add to basket |
Ostracoda (Myodocopina) from O`ahu and French Frigate Shoals, Hawaiian Islands
Louis S Kornicker, Elizabeth Harrison-Nelson and SL Coles Eleven species (10 new) of myodocopid Ostracoda are described from O'ahu, Hawai'i. Five species were collected in Kane'he Bay and 8 in the vicinity of Waikiki, but only 2 .... | 128 pages | Bishop Museum Press Pbk | 2007 | 1581780737 | #169666A | £21.95 Add to basket |
Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Biology of Tephritoid Flies (Diptera: Tephritoidea) Proceedings of the 3rd Tephritoid Taxonomist's Meeting, Geneva, 19-24 July 2004 Edited by Bernhard Merz As a result of the '3rd Tephritoid Taxonomist's Meeting' 11 scientific papers are presented in this volume. They treat taxonomy, phylogeny, biology, morphology, and .... | 274 pages | Tabs, figs, illus | Geneva MHN Pbk | 2006 | 2881390129 | #168132A | £60.00 Add to basket |
Physiological Systems in Insects
Marc J Klowden As the largest living group on earth, insects can provide us with insight into adaptation, evolution, and survival. The 2nd edition of this standard text for insect .... | 688 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0123694930 | #169547A | £39.99 Add to basket |
Pratylenchus (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae) Diagnosis, Biology, Pathogenicity and Management Pablo Castillo and Nicola Vovlas Root-lesion nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus are recognized worldwide as one of the major constraints of crop of primary economic importance. Pratylenchus spp. comprises .... | 550 pages | EJ Brill Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 9004155643 | #169687A | £109.00 Add to basket |
Prime Butterflies Areas in Bulgaria
S Abadjiev and S Beshkov Studies of butterflies in Bulgaria have been carried out for more than 150 years. While the species distribution was more or less known, their conservation was not a special .... | 268 pages | colour photos, maps | Pensoft Hbk | 2007 | 9546423041 | #169621A | £35.50 Add to basket |
Lang Elliott and Wil Hershberger The Songs of Insects is a celebration of the chirps, trills, and scrapes of seventy-seven common species of crickets, katydids, locusts, and cicadas native to .... | 228 pages | 200 col photos | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | 2007 | 0618663975 | #169502A | £11.95 Add to basket |
Specialization, Speciation, and Radiation The Evolutionary Biology of Herbivorous Insects Kelley Tilmon The intimate associations between plants and the insects that eat them have helped define and shape both groups for millions of years. This pioneering volume is a .... | 392 pages | 50 line illus, 26 tabs | California UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0520251326 | #168995A | £38.95 Add to basket |
R Jocqué and AS Dippenaar-Schoeman Spiders are of major importance in ecosystems and are recognized as effective natural control agents in agroecology. Nearly 40,000 species of spiders have been described but .... | 336 pages | b/w illus, 32 photo plates | MRAC Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | #169162A | £37.00 Add to basket |
Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous George Poinar and Roberta Poinar Millions of years ago in the Cretaceous period, the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex - with its dagger-like teeth for tearing its prey to ribbons - was undoubtedly the fiercest .... | 312 pages | 61 col illus, 39 line illus | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0691124310 | #168792A | £18.95 Add to basket |
The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Stephen Jay Gould The Burgess Shale is a small quarry in the Canadian Rockies, which formed over 500 million years ago. It contains more varieties of fossilized life than any other deposit .... | 347 pages | Illus | Norton Pbk | 2007 | 039330700X | #169608A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Henk Vallenduuk and Henk Moller Pilot To most people midges are a nuisance-annoying creatures that can spoil a quiet evening or stick to the windscreen of your car in such numbers that you can't see through it. .... | 172 pages | Col illus | KNNV Pbk | 2007 | 9050112595 | #169169A | £69.00 Add to basket |
Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico
John Wesley Tunnell Mexican and US experts assess the current state of these fragile systems and offer a framework for their restoration. Beginning with a history of the research done in this .... | 256 pages | 181 col photos | Texas A&M UP Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1585446173 | #169275A | £30.95 Add to basket |
The Great Barrier Reef from Beginning to End J.E.N Veron Like many coral specialists fifteen years ago, J. E. N. Veron thought Australia's Great Barrier Reef was impervious to climate change. "Owned by a prosperous country and .... | 282 pages | 48 col illus, 37 halftones | Belknap Press Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0674026799 | #168534A | £22.95 Add to basket |
Sea of Cortez Marine Invertebrates A Guide for the Pacific Coast, Mexico to Ecuador A Kerstitch This new, updated edition describes with text and photos 303 species of invertebrates that are found in the Sea of Cortez and as far south as Peru. Includes size, habitat and .... | 120 pages | 283 col photos, line illus | Sea Challengers Pbk | 2007 | #157029A | £23.95 Add to basket |
(Anniversary Edition) Jack Jackson Fully revised and updated, this award-winning book vividly portrays the full spectrum of the diving experience. Its authors share the adrenaline rush of observing great white .... | 168 pages | 330 col images, maps | New Holland Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 184537908X | #169237A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Wild Seas, Secret Shores of Africa
Thomas P Peschak This book is an underwater journey around the African coast, richly portrayed in more than 145 photographs that draw us into a breathtakingly beautiful and sometimes strange .... | 184 pages | 145 Photos | Struik Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1770075909 | #169231A | £16.99 Add to basket |
General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
My Quest for the Ice-age Equator Paul Colinvaux A memoir of a life in science by ecologist Paul Colinvaux takes his readers from the Alaskan tundra to steamy Amazon jungles, from the Galapagos Islands (before tourists had .... | 384 pages | Illus | Yale UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 030011544X | #168614A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Journals and Correspondence of Naturalist R.C.L. Perkins in Hawai'i, 1892-1901 Edited by Neal L Evenhuis British naturalist Robert Cyril Layton Perkins was one of the last to see some of the great Hawaiian forest birds alive. The journals and correspondence of Perkins during his .... | 412 pages | Bishop Museum Press Hbk | 2007 | 1581780613 | #169664A | £25.95 Add to basket |
A Naturalist on a Caribbean Island Herbert A Raffaele "Birds, Beasts and Bureaucrats" is a rollicking adventure to remote islets, hidden caves, and tropical forests tracing a young naturalist's steps to study and conserve the .... | 256 pages | Illus | Cold Tree Press Pbk | 2007 | 1583851119 | #169201A | £14.50 Add to basket |
The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology
Edited by David L Hull The philosophy of biology is one of the most exciting new areas in the field of philosophy and one that is attracting much attention from working scientists. This .... | 552 pages | CUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521851289 | #169252A | £50.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521616719 | #169253A | £19.99 Add to basket |
An Appeal to Save Life on Earth 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 .... | 173 pages | 22 line drawings | Norton Hbk | 2006 | 0393062171 | #160868A | £13.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0393330486 | #169566A | £8.99 Add to basket |
The Art and the Science John Gerlach Digital Nature Photography is a how-to guide for photographers who want to take their work to the next level. Written by professionals with over 20 years experience, the .... | 218 pages | Illus | Elsevier Science Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0240808568 | #169618A | £14.99 Add to basket |
From Aristotle to Darwin Edited by Robert Huxley This book tells the story of the development of ideas about natural history as seen through the lives, observations and discoveries of nearly forty great naturalists, from .... | 304 pages | 198 illus | Thames & Hudson Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0500251398 | #169410A | £24.95 Add to basket |
Simon Barnes Barnes takes us on a journey through a year - with sparrows and flying squirrels, blackbirds and elephants, badgers, butterflies and mosquitoes, as his companions. And .... | Short Books Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1904977979 | #169141A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Exploring His Remarkable Life and Voyages Daniel O'Sullivan Captain James Cook was the greatest explorer of his age, perhaps of any age. He was a leader of men, a master voyager who journeyed to unknown places, a seeker of knowledge .... | 272 pages | Tauris Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1845114833 | #165290A | £19.50 Add to basket |
Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation Biology Frederick R Davis Archie Carr played a leading part in finding a new and critical role for natural history and systematics in a post-1950s world dominated by the glamorous science of molecular .... | 336 pages | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0195310772 | #169147A | £17.99 Add to basket |
The Art of Carl Brenders Carl Brenders 'It has been said that art begins where nature ends. In the case of the work of Carl Brenders, art and nature blend in a seamless continuum.' These are the words of Robert .... | 192 pages | Col illus | Langford Press Hbk | 2007 | 1904078222 | #169329A | £37.99 Add to basket |
The Essential Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould, Paul McGarr and Steven Rose Gould's written legacy is prodigious - the unbroken series of 300 essays published in "Natural History" magazine, a clutch of books culminating in the monumental 1400 page .... | 645 pages | - | Jonathan Cape Hbk | 2006 | 0224076078 | #157739A | £24.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0099488671 | #169117A | £9.99 Add to basket |
A Biography Douglas Carlson Beginning with his 1934 Field Guide to the Birds, Roger Tory Peterson introduced literally millions of people to the pleasures of observing birds in the wild. His field .... | 304 pages | 15 b&w illus | Texas UP Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 029271680X | #169751A | £13.99 Add to basket |
A Selection of Highlights from the History of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-2005
Frederick Seitz This work relates selected events in the history of the National Academy focusing on the terms of the various presidents from the first, Alexander D. Bache, the great grandson .... | 112 pages | America UP Hbk | 2007 | 0761835865 | #168161A | £30.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0761835873 | #168160A | £13.99 Add to basket |
Adventures of a Pioneer Naturalist in Alaska Dean Littlepage In 1741, a Russian expedition ship captained by Vitus Bering carried the first scientist to set foot anywhere on the western half of North America. Georg Steller would introduce .... | 237 pages | b&w illus | Mountaineers Books Pbk | 2006 | 1594850577 | #168238A | £11.95 Add to basket |
Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable Edited by John Brockman The history of science is replete with ideas that were considered socially, morally or emotionally dangerous in their time. The Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are .... | 352 pages | Pocket Books Pbk | 2007 | 1416526854 | #169451A | £8.99 Add to basket |
Benoit Nacci and Patrice Milleron Over thousands of years, the landscapes, cities and monuments immortalised here by a team of superb photographers have become cherished as the wonders of the world. Many of .... | 384 pages | 200 col photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0810994496 | #169405A | £25.95 Add to basket |
The First Solo Journey Along Africa's Mighty River Mike Boon When the stresses of a corporate environment got too much, Mike Boon decided to tackle the 3000 kilometres of the uncompromising Zambezi River, single-handedly, in a kayak. He .... | 192 pages | 1 map, col images | Struik Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1770074848 | #169241A | £16.99 Add to basket |
Regional & Travel | Go to subject web page |
Diversity and Unity Danielle de Lame and Morgan de Dapper The book presents the acts of the international conference jointly organized by the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences & the Royal Museum for Central Africa, in September .... | 360 pages | Figs, photos, tabs | MRAC Pbk | 2007 | 9075894961 | #169308A | £26.95 Add to basket |
Anup Shah and Manoj Shah "African Odyssey: 365 Days" follows the movements of the great wildebeest herds as they migrate across the Serengeti during the course of a year. Spurred on by the dry season, .... | 744 pages | 365 col photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0810993961 | #169404A | £19.95 Add to basket |
Botswana: Photo Safari Companion
Alain Pons and Christine Baillet Botswana is a landlocked country at the very heart of Southern Africa. The terrain is predominately flat to gently rolling tablelands while the Kalahari Dessert covers much .... | 68 pages | Col photos, maps | Evans Mitchell Books Pbk | 2006 | 1901268225 | #168500A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Ecologia e História Natural da Mata Atlântica
Athayde Tonhasca Jr | 198 pages | Figs, tabs | Editora Interciencia Pbk | 2005 | 8571931305 | #163904A | £73.00 Add to basket |
An Environmental History of Seattle Matthew Klingle At the foot of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains on the forested shores of Puget Sound, Seattle is set in a location of spectacular natural beauty. This book explores the role .... | 384 pages | 46 illus | Yale UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0300116411 | #168618A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Formation and Future of the Upper Texas Coast A Geologist Answers Questions About Sand, Storms, and Living by the Sea John B Anderson With strong personal and professional ties to the Gulf of Mexico, marine geologist John B. Anderson has spent two decades studying the Texas coastline and continental shelf. In .... | 200 pages | 101 col photos | Texas A&M UP Pbk | 2007 | 1585445614 | #169274A | £15.50 Add to basket |
BBC A sumptuous series that tells the story of the most extraordinary river in the world - the Ganges. Human life and nature bustle along her river banks, in a kaleidoscope of .... | Contains 2 Discs | BBC Video DVD | NYP 09/2007 | BBCDVD2147 | #168875A | £15.99 Add to basket |
Archie Miles Britain has 80% of northern Europe's most ancient trees and a remarkable array of woodland types, in particular the huge variety of manifestations and combinations of our .... | colour photos | Ebury Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0091901669 | #169736A | £24.99 Add to basket |
The Magnificent Natural Heritage of South Africa
Johann Knobel and George Bredenkamp Johann Knobel has spent the last 20 years photographing each individual biome within South Africa, each of which has its own unique flora and fauna and character. South .... | 160 pages | Col photos, maps | Sunbird Publishing Hbk | 2006 | 1919938389 | #169603A | £23.50 Add to basket |
Mountain Islands and Desert Seas A Natural History of the US-Mexican Borderlands FR Gehlbach Welcome reprint of a classic of North American natural history writing. `... among the best of natural history accounts.' The Auk. .... | 298 pages | Col & b/w photos, line illus, maps | Texas A&M UP Pbk | R/P 08/2007 | 0890965668 | #002721A | £15.50 Add to basket |
A Visual Celebration Jean du Plessis All the mysterious aspects of this stark and compelling land are dramatically depicted in an astounding collection of photographs - from the fragility of the mist-enshrouded .... | 160 pages | Struik Hbk | 2007 | 1770073620 | #169236A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Mary Gillham An account, intended for the non-specialist visitor to Lundy, providing details of the vegetation, animal life and rock types of this three-mile-long granite outpost off the .... | 176 pages | Col & b/w photos, maps | Halsgrove / Westcountry Pbk | 2007 | 1841145890 | #169197A | £13.50 Add to basket |
Nature's Last Frontier Tomas Eloy Martinez and Marcos Zimmerman Comprising most of the southern tip of the continent of South America, Patagonia is one of the world's last true wildernesses. It is so empty, so vast, that no-one could hope .... | 160 pages | 90 col images | New Holland Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1847730779 | #169226A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Melissa Shales Focuses on the beautiful state of Kerala on the tropical Malabar Coast of southwest India. Featuring stunning high mountains, gorges and deep-cut valleys, the book also .... | 128 pages | 180 col photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1845377648 | #169227A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Melissa Shales The largest state in India in terms of its area, Rajasthan is a fascinating region, explored in full in this beautifully illustrated book. Photographs and informative text .... | 128 pages | 180 col photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 184537763X | #169228A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne Capturing the diversity of Sri Lanka's magnificent scenery, from jungle to rolling hills, spectacular waterfalls to palm-lined sandy beaches, this pictorial tribute also .... | 128 pages | 140 col photos, 2 col maps | New Holland Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1845372522 | #169269A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Guide de Decouverte des Fonds Azureens Jean Monot Fiftythree sites are described. .... | 112 pages | Col photos | Edisud Pbk | 2007 | 2744906735 | #167927A | £19.95 Add to basket |
An Environmental History Christopher V Hill This work is a chronological study of South Asia that emphasizes the effect of humans on their environment, and in return the influence of nature on the evolution of human .... | 300 pages | ABC-Clio Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1851099255 | #165296A | £54.50 Add to basket |
Southern Africa - Living Landscapes
David Rogers Southern Africa is region of spectacular landscapes - from the rolling dunes of Namibia, endless vistas of Botswana and majestic power of Victoria Falls to the towering .... | 172 pages | 250 photos | Struik Hbk | 2007 | 1770073566 | #169242A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Christopher Scarlett and Gerald Cubitt Provides a fully updated coverage of recent political events. Indonesia is an increasingly popular tourist destination. Year after year, millions of tourists arrive .... | 176 pages | 200 col & 25 b/w photos | New Holland Pbk | 2007 | 1843301733 | #140367A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Top Dive Sites of the Caribbean (Anniversary Edition) Lawson Wood Now fully updated, "Top Dive Sites of the Caribbean" explores the superb marine habitats, islands and reefs of one of the world's most fascinating diving destinations. .... | 160 pages | 300 col images, maps | New Holland Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1845379098 | #169238A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Vanishing World: The Endangered Arctic
Mireille De La Lez and Frederik Granath Published to coincide with the International Polar Year, "Vanishing World" is an unprecedented visual record of life in the Arctic. Five years in the making, this book .... | 264 pages | 130 col photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 081099464X | #169402A | £19.95 Add to basket |
Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley and Le Duc Minh A country uncommonly rich in plants, animals, and natural habitats, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shelters a significant portion of the world's biological diversity, .... | 423 pages | 76 col illus, figs, maps | Yale UP Hbk | 2006 | 0300106084 | #158406A | £24.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 030012693X | #168570A | £11.99 Add to basket |
John MacKinnon and Nigel Hicks In this revised and updated new edition, author John Mackinnon looks at the many landscapes and ecosystems found across this huge country, and examines the vast range of .... | 176 pages | 220 col images, 4 col maps | New Holland Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1845379209 | #169210A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Wildlife and Scenery of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah Junaidi Payne Malaysia is one of the world's greatest ecotourism destinations, renowned for both the beauty of its many varied landscapes and for the great diversity of its wildlife. From .... | 176 pages | 220 col images, 4 col maps | New Holland Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1845379195 | #169209A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
1001 Gardens You Must See Before You Die
Edited by Rae Spencer-Jones Features a showcase of the best examples of man's artistic taming of nature from the world's most outstanding landscape gardeners. This book covers everything from the .... | 960 pages | 800 col photos | Cassell Illustrated Pbk | 2007 | 1844034984 | #169078A | £19.99 Add to basket |
How to Plan, Create and Sustain a Low-Maintenance Garden Brenda Little With a little preparation and a few minutes a day, new or experienced gardeners can have a colorful flower garden and a bounty of vegetables with this fun and handy manual. .... | 203 pages | Col illus | Silverleaf Press Pbk | 2007 | 1933317795 | #169181A | £10.95 Add to basket |
Atlas Ilustrado de Arboles de Espana
This book is a practical identification guide to the main arboreal species of the Iberian Peninsula, Baleric and Canary Islands. .... | 252 pages | Photos | Susaeta Ediciones S.A. Hbk | 2006 | 8430558446 | #168422A | £17.95 Add to basket |
Atlas Ilustrado de Plantas en Maceta
Jorge Echagüe Provides advise on how to obtain beautiful flowerpots for your terrace/balcony. The book teaches which species are more suitable for a terrace, which adapt better to a certain .... | 256 pages | Col illus | Susaeta Ediciones S.A. Hbk | 2006 | 8430557873 | #168423A | £17.95 Add to basket |
Bacillariophyceae from Karstic Wetlands in Mexico Dedicated to Dr. Arturo Gómez-Pompa Eberto Novelo, Rosaluz Tavera and Claudia Ibarra This publication describes the diatom flora of freshwater environments from karstic wetlands from El Eden Ecological Reserve, Mexico. Environmental parameters and latitude .... | 136 pages | 3 figures, 21 plates | Gebrder Borntraeger Pbk | 2007 | 3443570453 | #169570A | £48.50 Add to basket |
A Living History Brian Johnson and Scot Medbury A comprehensive and practical guide to the world's foremost botanic gardens. This visually stunning book unearths the fascinating history of the botanic garden, from the .... | 295 pages | Colour & b/w photos, col illus | Black Dog Publishing Ltd Hbk | 2007 | 1904772722 | #169080A | £39.95 Add to basket |
A Natural History of the World's Oldest Trees Ronald M Lanner Brings together for the first time the captivating facts about bristlecone and foxtail pines - trees that thrive in a harsh environment and live thousands of years - with a .... | 110 pages | 27 col photos, 1 map | Mountain Press Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0878425381 | #169219A | £15.95 Add to basket |
Checklist of Polish Larger Ascomycetes
MA Chmiel | 152 pages | Polish Botany Institute Pbk | 2007 | 8389648466 | #169087A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Science, Commerce and Politicas in the Early Modern World Edited by Londa Schiebinger and Claudia Swan Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of scholarly essays offers a lively challenge .... | 352 pages | 54 b/w illus | Pennsylvania UP Hbk | 2005 | 0812238273 | #148878A | £38.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0812220099 | #169106A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae, Part 13
R Agerer et al | Col plates | Einhorn Unbound | 2006 | #164006A | £84.00 Add to basket |
The Complete Garden Wildlife Book
Mark Golley This book combines full identification and behavioural features of over 250 species common to Britain and Europe, including birds, mammals, amphibians, wasps and bees, .... | 176 pages | 250 illus | New Holland Pbk | 2007 | 1845377427 | #169634A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Anabelle Maffioli and Julio C Sanchez Laminated fold out pocket guide with illustrations of medicinal plants commonly found in Costa Rica. Descriptions of common uses in both English and Spanish are given. .... | 12 pages | 12 page concertina style, col illus laminated guide | HML Enterprises Unbound | 2007 | 1888538732 | #169555A | £5.25 Add to basket |
Enrique Leal C Laminated fold out pocket guide with illustrations of tropical fruits found in the forest and at the fruit stand. .... | 13 pages | 13 page concertina style, col illus laminated guide | HML Enterprises Unbound | 2007 | 1888538872 | #169557A | £5.25 Add to basket |
Edited by Edna Graneli and Jefferson T Turner Harmful algal blooms are one of the consequences of the human impact on aquatic ecosystems, particularly the process of eutrophication. They can cause a variety of .... | 413 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540322094 | #158257A | £100.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540740090 | #169733A | £40.50 Add to basket |
A Field Guide to the Ferns, Clubmosses, Quillworts and Horsetails of the British Isles J Merryweather and M Hill The third edition of this popular AIDGAP field guide to the ferns, clubmosses, quillworts and horsetails of the British Isles is now available. .... | 88 pages | 29 col photos, line illus, maps | FSC Pbk | 2007 | #169757A | £6.95 Add to basket |
Field Guide to Eucalypts: Volume 1 South-Eastern Australia MIH Brooker and DA Kleinig The genus Eucalyptus includes about 900 species and subspecies, with almost a third occurring in south-eastern Australia in the crescent from the top of Spencer Gulf .... | 356 pages | Col photos, maps, figs | Bloomings Books Hbk | 2006 | 1876473525 | #169540A | £49.95 Add to basket |
A Nikel | Polish Botany Institute Pbk | 2006 | 8389648229 | #169553A | £29.50 Add to basket |
Flora of China, Volume 13: Clusiaceae-Araliaceae
Flora of China Editorial Committee Among the 33 plant families described in this volume are Clusiaceae, the mangosteen and St. John's-wort family, harvested for its wood, resin, fruits, seeds, and horticultural .... | 548 pages | Missouri BG Hbk | 2007 | 1930723598 | #039107A | £99.00 Add to basket |
Robert B Kaul, David Sutherland and Steven Rolfsmeier All of the nearly 2,000 species that grow outside cultivation in Nebraska are described, as are their habitats and ranges. About two-thirds are native to Nebraska, and the .... | 966 pages | 18 colour plates, 16 pages of line drawings, distribution maps | Missouri BG Pbk | 2006 | 1561610089 | #169124A | £43.50 Add to basket |
Flora of Pakistan, Volume 215: Liliaceae
SI Ali A family consisting of 11 genera and about 550 species, distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, this volume of Flora of Pakistan covers the 7 genera and 47 species .... | 108 pages | Missouri BG Pbk | 2007 | #158020A | £19.50 Add to basket |
Flore Pratique du Maroc, Volume 2: Angiospermae (Leguminosae - Lentibulariaceae)
Edited by M Fennane, Ouyahya, A Ibn Tattou and J El Oualdi | 636 pages | Institute Scientifique Hbk | 2007 | #169121A | £85.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | #169122A | £61.00 Add to basket |
Fluorescing World of Plant Secreting Cells
VV Roshchina Summarizes information on autofluorescence of plant secretory cells as a phenomenon and the possibilities of the practical use of light emission by cell biologists, .... | 300 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1578085152 | #169688A | £49.30 Add to basket |
Edible, Inedible, Incredible Rob Kesseler and Wolfgang Stuppy A fascinating exploration of fruit, through a series of extraordinary images and informative text. .... | colour photos | Andreas Papadakis Publisher Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1901092747 | #169740A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Robert L Zimdahl This book addresses herbicides and their use as an important aspect of modern weed management,and strives to place them in an ecological framework. Many weed scientists .... | 612 pages | B/w photos, illus, figs, tabs | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0123725186 | #169544A | £45.99 Add to basket |
Ecoguide John Manning and Colin Paterson-Jones The Cape Fold Mountains, which lie at the southern tip of Africa as ranges paralleling the western and southern Cape coastlines, together with the valleys between, and the .... | 184 pages | 400 photos, distribution maps | Briza Pbk | 2007 | 1875093664 | #166158A | £18.95 Add to basket |
Handbook of Plant Science, 2 Volume Set
Keith Roberts Plant Science, like the biological sciences in general, has undergone seismic shifts in the last thirty or so years. Of course science is always changing and metamorphosing, .... | 1618 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0470057238 | #169311A | £295.00 Add to basket |
Basilius Besler The first facsimile edition of this classic, originally published in 1613, consists of 3 volumes in the format of 43.5 x 52.00 cm containing the facsimile of the original work .... | 286 pages | 367 colour plates | Gantner Hbk | 2007 | #169495A | £6499.00 Add to basket |
Andrew Eburne and Richard S Taylor Provides an account of the different elements of gardens of all ages and explains their meaning and their history. Among the many subjects covered are: garden design, plant .... | 272 pages | Ebury Press Hbk | 2006 | 0091909007 | #169139A | £24.99 Add to basket |
An Illustrated Guide to the Coprophilous Ascomycetes of Australia
A Bell This publication includes the observations and annotated notes on the coprophilous ascomycetes of Australia made by the late Major Harry Dade, together with the further .... | 173 pages | 115 plates | CBS Spiralbound | 2005 | 9070351580 | #166779A | £80.99 Add to basket |
Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics Domestication, Utilization and Commercialization FK Akinnifesi, RRB Leakey, Z Tchoundjeu, P Matakala and FR Kwesiga It has been recognized that an important factor in improving the viability of rural livelihoods in developing countries is the promotion of sustainable agriculture. As .... | 464 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1845931106 | #169173A | £75.00 Add to basket |
Integrated Management and Biocontrol of Vegetable and Grain Crops Nematodes
Edited by A Ciancio and K.G Mukerji The second volume of the IMPD series describes aspects related to most important phytoparasitic nematodes, considering the integration of biological control methods with .... | 360 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1402060629 | #168637A | £104.00 Add to basket |
Steven A Frowine Some of the most intriguing orchids are those classified as miniatures plants that range from just an inch or two in height to a maximum of 12 inches. Steven Frowine profiles .... | 272 pages | 338 col photos | Timber Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0881928364 | #167943A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Native Orchids of China in Colour
Chen Singchi, Tsi Zhanhuo and Luo Yibo Distributed by Elsevier Science on behalf of Science Press. Available internationally for the first time, this book is a definitive illustrated work on Chinese wild orchids. .... | 416 pages | 600 col plates | Science Press Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 7030069633 | #169545A | £54.99 Add to basket |
Stephen G Pallardy Woody plants such as trees have a significant economic and climatic influence on global economies and ecologies. This .... | 480 pages | Figs, tabs | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0120887657 | #169543A | £45.99 Add to basket |
Edited by Jozef Samaj and Jay Thelen Proteomics is the large-scale functional analysis of proteins extracted from intact organisms, tissues, individual cells, or cell compartments, at defined timepoints during .... | 365 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 3540726160 | #169389A | £115.50 Add to basket |
Edited by Simon Gilroy and Patrick Masson Tropisms, the defined vectorial stimuli, such as gravity, light, touch, humidity gradients, ions, oxygen, and temperature, which provide guidance for plant organ growth, .... | 256 pages | 50 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0813823234 | #166096A | £99.50 Add to basket |
Postharvest Pathogens and Disease Management
P Narayanasamy Postharvest diseases caused by microbial pathogens account for millions of dollars in losses of both durable and perishable produce products every year. Moreover, with .... | 578 pages | Tabs, figs | Wiley Hbk | 2006 | 0471743038 | #169361A | £69.50 Add to basket |
Preliminary List of the Cyperaceae in Northeastern Brazil
Edited by AC Araujo, E Cesar and D Simpson Between 2002 and 2004, 1392 Cyperaceae specimens were examined and the information repatriated. This checklist records 191 species in 24 genera, with entries listed .... | 56 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | 2007 | 1842462040 | #164967A | £24.99 Add to basket |
A Field Guide Jackie M Poole et al Since 1987, when Texas Parks and Wildlife Department botanists published their first in-house summary of Texas' threatened plants, more than 225 species have been identified .... | 656 pages | 247 col photos | Texas A&M UP Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1585445576 | #169272A | £21.50 Add to basket |
The Royal Horticultural Society Pests and Diseases
Pippa Greenwood and Andrew Halstead Tackle pests and diseases fast with this handy gardener's guide. Learn to identify, treat and prevent plant problems with the help of the experts at the RHS. A detailed A-Z .... | 224 pages | illus | Dorling Kindersley Pbk | 2007 | 1405319690 | #169076A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Gardening In Tune with Nature Pam Lewis Provides information on how modifying garden habits can benefit local wildlife. This book, an account of the process, is both sharply observed and full of valuable .... | 160 pages | 100 photos | Frances Lincoln Pbk | 2007 | 0711227594 | #169143A | £16.99 Add to basket |
Timber Press Pocket Guide to Hostas
Diana Grenfell and Michael Shadrack Boasting diverse leaf shape, size, color, and texture, it is no wonder that hostas continue to reign as the most popular perennial plants in North America. Not only are .... | 208 pages | 302 col photos, 2 maps | Timber Press Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 088192847X | #167960A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Stirling Macoboy and Tommy Cairns Stirling Macoboy's book has become a classic among rose lovers, not just for its beautiful pictures and comprehensive coverage, but also thanks to its author's .... | 488 pages | 2000 col photos | Abrams Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0810994100 | #169406A | £39.95 Add to basket |
Flowering Shrubs for Every Season Michael Dirr With their abundance of flower, handsome foliage, robust constitution, and frequently stunning fruits, viburnums are among the most beautiful and versatile hardy shrubs .... | 288 pages | 424 col photos, 7 col plates | Timber Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0881928534 | #167937A | £24.99 Add to basket |
World Checklist and Bibliography of Campanulaceae
Thomas G Lammers The bellflower Family Campanulaceae is found throughout the world, and includes a large number of species important in ornamental horticulture. For the past quarter century, .... | 675 pages | Kew RBG Pbk | 2007 | 1842461869 | #117682A | £90.00 Add to basket |
Animal & General Biology | Go to subject web page |
Area-wide Integrated Control of Insect Pests Proceedings of the 2nd FAO/IAEA International Conference Edited by M Vreysen "If major advances are to be made in coping with most of the major arthropod pest problems, then the tactics and strategies for managing such insects, ticks and mites .... | 800 pages | 31 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1402060580 | #168630A | £132.00 Add to basket |
Edited by Christian Dahmann Drosophila is a comprehensive collection of methods and protocols for Drosophila, one of the oldest and most commonly used model organisms in modern biology. The text presents a .... | 410 pages | Illus | Humana Press Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1588298175 | #169341A | £61.00 Add to basket |
Field and Laboratory Exercises in Animal Behavior
Chadwick Tillberg, Michael Breed and Sarah Hinners Animal behavior is one of the most engaging and intuitively attractive areas of biological science, and a laboratory in conjunction with a behavior course can play a .... | 130 pages | Academic Press Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0123725828 | #169549A | £18.99 Add to basket |
Concepts and Applications of DNA Technology Jeremy W Dale and Malcolm von Schantz Rapid advances in a collection of techniques referred to as gene technology, genetic engineering, recombinant DNA technology and gene cloning have pushed molecular biology .... | 416 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0470017333 | #169313A | £80.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0470017341 | #169314A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Genomics and Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes
Edited by Laura A Katz and Debashish Bhattacharya This book synthesizes the rapidly emerging fields of eukaryotic diversity and genome evolution. Eukaryotes, cells with nuclei, evolved as microbes and have existed on Earth .... | 256 pages | 12 halftones, 35 line drawings | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0198569742 | #157498A | £55.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0199229058 | #169102A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Tools for the New Biology Daniel C Liebler Daniel C. Liebler masterfully introduces the science of proteomics by spelling out the basics of how one analyzes proteins and proteomes, and just how these approaches are .... | 220 pages | Humana Press Hbk | 2007 | 1588297780 | #168195A | £23.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 1588298965 | #168196A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Fundamentals of Applied Microbiology Alexander Glazer and Hiroshi Nikaido Knowledge in microbiology is growing exponentially through the determination of genomic sequences of hundreds of microorganisms and the invention of new technologies such as .... | 608 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521842107 | #169248A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Edited by Christiane Dahl and Cornelius G Friedrich In nature, sulfur occurs in many different oxidation states and is one of the most versatile elements in life. It is an integral part of many important cell constituents, .... | 320 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 3540726799 | #169340A | £107.50 Add to basket |
Physiology and Biology of Extremophiles
Edited by Charles Gerday Ever since extremophiles were discovered in 1965 in the near-boiling water of the Octopus Spring geyser at Yellowstone National Park, they have forever changed our .... | 472 pages | Blackwell Hbk | 2007 | 1555814220 | #164610A | £80.00 Add to basket |
Kinetic Pathways to Crystallization and Disease James D Gunton, Andrey Shiryayev and Daniel L Pagan The quest to understand the condensation of proteins from solutions is a rapidly evolving field. The purpose of this book is to bring to an interdisciplinary audience .... | 296 pages | 112 line diagrams, col plates, tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521851211 | #169255A | £70.00 Add to basket |
Reporter Genes: A Practical Guide
Edited by Don Anson Reporter genes have played, and continue to play, a vital role in many areas of biological research by providing a ready means for qualitative and quantitative .... | 176 pages | Illus | Humana Press Hbk | 2007 | 158829739X | #169339A | £61.50 Add to basket |
Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity
Edited by David L Hawksworth and Alan T Bull This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address the conservation and biodiversity of vertebrates - .... | 498 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402063199 | #169343A | £92.50 Add to basket |
Evolutionary Biology | Go to subject web page |
The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought Roots of Evo-Devo Ron Amundson In this book Ron Amundson examines two hundred years of scientific views on the evolution-development relationship from the perspective of evolutionary developmental .... | 294 pages | illus | CUP Hbk | 2005 | 0521806992 | #156049A | £44.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521703972 | #169254A | £15.99 Add to basket |
The Evolution of an Idea Edited by JD Watson For the first time ever in one volume, here are four of the most influential works of Charles Darwin, reprinted in their entirety, each illuminated by commentary from eminent .... | 1276 pages | Running Press Hbk | 2005 | 0762421363 | #155951A | £19.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0762430516 | #169489A | £11.99 Add to basket |
The Elegance of Evolution: Natural History Through Spectacular Skeletons
Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu and Patrick Gries Spectacular, mysterious, elegant and disturbing - the compelling beauty of vertebrate skeletons is revealed as never before in this astonishing collection of photographs, .... | 288 pages | 187 illus | Thames & Hudson Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0500513708 | #169409A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Reflections in Natural History Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould reexamines Darwin's theory in light of the findings of modern evolutionary biology and shows the ways in which biological theories have been concocted .... | 285 pages | Illus | Norton Pbk | 2007 | 0393308189 | #169606A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Evolution and Religious Creation Myths How Scientists Respond Paul F Lurquin and Linda Stone Polls show that 45% of the American public believes that humans were created about 10,000 years ago and that evolution is a fictitious myth. Another 25% believes that .... | 240 pages | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0195315383 | #169146A | £17.99 Add to basket |
An Integrative Approach to the Hominin Record Edited by Wil Roebroeks The human brain and its one hundred billion neurons compose the most complex organ in the body and harness more than 20 per cent of all the energy we produce. Why do we have .... | 280 pages | 57 illus | Amsterdam UP Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 9087280149 | #168312A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia Edited by W.Henry Gilbert and Berhane Asfaw This volume, the first in a series devoted to the paleoanthropological resources of the Middle Awash Valley of Ethiopia, includes Homo erectus, a close relative of Homo .... | 496 pages | 166 b/w photos, 71 line illus, 51 tabs | California UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0520251202 | #168994A | £44.95 Add to basket |
The Radiation Of Darwin's Finches Peter R Grant and B Rosemary Grant Charles Darwin's experiences in the Galapagos Islands in 1835 helped to guide his thoughts toward a revolutionary theory: that species were not fixed but diversified from .... | 256 pages | 120 col illus | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0691133603 | #168964A | £19.95 Add to basket |
Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology
Joel Irish and Greg Nelson Bringing together a variety of today's most accomplished dental researchers, Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology covers a range of topics germane to the study of .... | 456 pages | 61 line diagrams, 27 half-tones, 46 tables, 88 figures | CUP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0521870615 | #166753A | £70.00 Add to basket |
David Attenborough 1975 series of 7 programmes which relate masterpieces of the world's tribal art to the people and places that produced. .... | 3-DVD set | BBC Video DVD | NYP 08/2007 | BBCDVD2401 | #169571A | £19.99 Add to basket |
James R Flynn Professor James Flynn is one of the most creative and influential psychologists in the field of intelligence. The 'Flynn Effect' refers to the massive increase in IQ test .... | 225 pages | Tabs, figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521880076 | #169247A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Ecology | Go to subject web page |
Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids From Theoretical Approaches to Field Applications Edited by E Wajnberg, C Bernstein and Jacques van Alphen Written by a team of leading international specialists, Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids examines the optimal behaviors that parasitoids exhibit in order to maximize .... | 396 pages | 45 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 140516347X | #166707A | £44.95 Add to basket |
Distributions, Barriers and Islands Edited by Willem Renema Biogeography considers the distribution of biological units over a wide range of scales. The units range from genotypes, populations and species to families and higher taxa. .... | 420 pages | 122 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402063733 | #169345A | £119.00 Add to basket |
John Gray and Michael Elliott Marine sediments provide the largest habitat on planet earth yet knowledge of the structure and function of their flora and fauna continues to be poorly described in .... | 256 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0198569017 | #169104A | £65.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0198569025 | #169103A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Edited by Matt Carlson et al U.S. National Park Service photo identification guide describing non-native plant species in Alaska. .... | 294 pages | Col illus, dist maps | US GPO Spiralbound | 2005 | 0160729963 | #165427A | £48.00 Add to basket |
Sean Connell and Bronwyn Gillanders Examines the ecological issues of marine ecosystems in unprecedented scope and depth. With contributions from an impressive group of Australian and New Zealand authors, the .... | 670 pages | OUP Pbk | 2007 | 0195553020 | #169145A | £33.99 Add to basket |
Habitats & Ecosystems | Go to subject web page |
Ecological Dynamics and Social Change Edited by Michael J Sheridan and Celia Nyamweru African sacred groves are often described as the remains of primeval forests, ethnographic curiosities, and cultural relics from a static pre-colonial past. This book .... | 240 pages | 15 figs, 11 tabs, 3 photos | James Currey Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1847014011 | #168569A | £44.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1847014003 | #168568A | £16.95 Add to basket |
A Guide to Ripples, Dunes, and Other Natural Features of the Seashore William Neal, Orrin Pilkey and Joseph Kelley At first glance, the beach may appear to be an endless, flat, monotone landscape. Upon closer inspection, though, the beach reveals that it has myriad treasures for the .... | 272 pages | 174 b/w photos, 34 figs | Mountain Press Pbk | 2007 | 0878425349 | #169301A | £13.95 Add to basket |
Biology of Hawaiian Streams and Estuaries
Edited by Neal L Evenhuis and J Fitzsimmons Proceedings of the Symposium on the Biology of Hawaiian Streams and Estuaries. Hilo, Hawai'i, 26-27 April 2005. Provides an overview of the current knowledge about the .... | 334 pages | Bishop Museum Press Pbk | 2007 | 1581780532 | #169665A | £43.50 Add to basket |
Ecology and Conservation Edited by ML Martinez and NP Psuty Brings together coastal dune specialists from tropical and temperate latitudes, to cover a wide range of topics, including: geomorphology, community dynamics, ecophysiology, .... | 360 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | 2004 | 3540408290 | #144194A | £107.50 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540740015 | #169730A | £42.50 Add to basket |
Ecosystem-Based Estuary Management A Case Study of Narragansett Bay Edited by Alan Desbonnet, Ames Borden Colt and Barry A Costa-Pierce This book addresses the broad problem of coastal nutrient pollution. In the U.S., approximately two-thirds of the coastal rivers and bays are moderately to severely .... | 325 pages | 120 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0387352988 | #160917A | £54.00 Add to basket |
Eric Wolanski This book focuses on the principal components of an estuary. Although each chapter contains rigorous specialist knowledge, it is presented in an accessible way that .... | 178 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0444530665 | #169552A | £51.99 Add to basket |
Landscape Ecology in the Dutch Context Nature, Town and Infrastructure TM de Jong, JNM Dekker and R Posthoorn This book is the result of three symposia of the Dutch Society for Landscape Ecology. The first symposium in 2005 was about the National Ecological Network in the Netherlands .... | 688 pages | B/w & col illus | KNNV Hbk | 2007 | 9050112579 | #169167A | £69.00 Add to basket |
Manual de Gestion de los Habitats de Pino Silvestre en Castilla y Leon
Jose Maria De Gonzalez Molina | 124 pages | 17 figs, 46 tabs, 20 photographs | Junta Castilla y Le¢n Pbk | 2006 | 8497180313 | #168417A | £10.50 Add to basket |
A Journey to Lake Baikal Peter Thomson "Absoliutno blagopoluchnoe ozero Baikal!" the Russian scientist looking out over the great lake says. "Lake Baikal is Perfect!" And humans can never harm it. .... | 336 pages | 60 halftones | OUP Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0195170512 | #169091A | £17.99 Add to basket |
Britain's Coastal Catastrophe Richard Girling We have a special relationship with the sea. It is the single most powerful driver of our economy, our lifestyle and our politics. It affects what we eat, how we use the .... | 368 pages | Eden Project Books Hbk | 2007 | 1903919770 | #169212A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy
Robert L Deal, Rachel White and Gary L Benson Internationally recognized forestry experts explore a broad range of topics on sustainable forestry at local and global levels in the United States and around the .... | 340 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2007 | 1560221658 | #169683A | £40.99 Add to basket |
Urban Design With Nature Douglas Farr This book provides clear direction for urban designers, urban planners, and architects to design cities and developments that are sustainable and reduce environmental harms. .... | 256 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 047177751X | #169316A | £42.50 Add to basket |
Western North American Juniperus Communities A Dynamic Vegetation Type Edited by Oscar Van Auken In North America Juniperus woodlands occupy approximately 55 million hectares, an area larger than the state of Texas. Various species of Juniperus have been increasing in .... | 400 pages | 75 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0387340025 | #160913A | £100.00 Add to basket |
Conservation & Biodiversity | Go to subject web page |
Allee Effects in Ecology and Conservation
Franck Courchamp, Ludek Berec and Joanna Gascoigne Allee effects are (broadly) defined as a decline in individual fitness at low population size or density. They can result in critical population thresholds below which .... | 256 pages | 76 line illus and 20 halftones | OUP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0198570309 | #169113A | £44.95 Add to basket |
Principles, Methods and Applications Andreas Kontoleon, Unai Pascual and Timothy Swanson Human induced biodiversity loss is greater now than at any time in human history, with extinctions occurring at rates hundreds of times higher than background extinction .... | 632 pages | Tabs, figs, maps, illus | CUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521866839 | #169251A | £65.00 Add to basket |
Conserving European Biodiversity in the Context of Climate Change
Michael B Usher Climate change is likely to have major environmental effects on natural habitats in the next fifty years. Conservation of biological diversity will have to be modified .... | 54 pages | Council of Europe Pbk | 2007 | 9287162638 | #169632A | £9.95 Add to basket |
Herpetological History of the Zoo and Aquarium World
James B Murphy Dr. Murphy follows the changes in zoo and aquarium communities by looking at the development and expansion of the discipline, the evolution of ideas which led to greater .... | 344 pages | Krieger Hbk | 2007 | 1575242850 | #169283A | £52.50 Add to basket |
Houston Wilderness The Houston metroplex and 24 surrounding counties possess striking natural beauty, unique biodiversity, and globally important ecological resources. .... | 124 pages | 158 col photos | Texas A&M UP Pbk | 2007 | 1585446181 | #169276A | £14.95 Add to basket |
Management Planning for Nature Conservation A Theoretical Basis & Practical Guide Edited by Mike Alexander Combining key theories with real practice, this book fills a gap which has often hindered in-depth understanding of the planning process. The book provides historical .... | 255 pages | Springer Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1402065809 | #169728A | £30.99 Add to basket |
Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the Twentieth Century Tina Loo If Canadian conservationists had had their way at the turn of the twentieth century, their country would be the place Americans looked to when they sang yearningly of a home .... | 280 pages | UBC Press Hbk | 2006 | 0774812893 | #169189A | £54.50 Add to basket |
Environmental Science | Go to subject web page |
Advanced Environmental Monitoring
Edited by Young J Kim and Ulrich Platt When dealing with increasing environmental concerns associated with water, air and soil pollution, as well as climate change induced by human activities, accurate assessment of .... | 350 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402063636 | #169326A | £115.50 Add to basket |
Edited by CA Borrego and CA Brebbia Constitutes the proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring, and Management of Air Pollution. This title contains the developments in .... | 597 pages | Tabs, figs | WIT Press Hbk | 2007 | 1845640675 | #167429A | £251.00 Add to basket |
Environmental Contamination, Climate Change, and Human Impact R Bargagli The image of Antarctica as a symbol of the last great wilderness and pristine environment has changed considerably in the last two decades. Environmental problems .... | 380 pages | 50 illus | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 3540220917 | #150180A | £107.50 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540740058 | #169732A | £42.50 Add to basket |
Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World Edited by Joseph E Aldy and Robert N Stavins With increasing greenhouse gas emissions, we are embarked on an unprecedented experiment with an uncertain outcome for the future of the planet. The Kyoto Protocol serves as an .... | 400 pages | 6 line diagrams, 13 tabs, figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521871638 | #166329A | £50.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521692172 | #166330A | £18.99 Add to basket |
Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge Kirstin Dow and Thomas E Downing Today's headlines and recent events reflect the seriousness of climate change. Heat waves, droughts, and flooding are causing deaths among vulnerable populations, .... | 112 pages | maps, colour illus | Earthscan Pbk | 2006 | 1844073769 | #160430A | £12.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1844075222 | #168872A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Atmospheric Dynamics of a Cold Region The Mackenzie GEWEX Study Experience, Volume 1 Edited by Ming-ko Woo This book presents decade-long advances in atmospheric research in the Mackenzie River Basin in northern Canada, which encompasses environments representative of most cold .... | 485 pages | 100 Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 3540739351 | #169387A | £115.50 Add to basket |
Atmospheric and Oceanic Mesoscale Processes
Edited by Maithili Sharan and Sethu Raman Understanding, modeling and prediction of mesoscale processes in the atmosphere, ocean and environmental systems have gained importance in the last decade or so. This is .... | 430 pages | Birkhauser Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3764384921 | #169321A | £45.99 Add to basket |
A New Theory of Climate Change H Svensmark and N Calder Scientists agree that over the last century the earth has become warmer. But do we really know why this has happened? A deftly written and enjoyable read, "The Chilling .... | 256 pages | Icon Books Pbk | 2007 | 1840468157 | #169429A | £9.99 Add to basket |
A Multidisciplinary Approach William J Burroughs Providing a concise, up-to-date presentation of current knowledge of climate change and its implications for society as a whole, this new edition has been thoroughly updated .... | 360 pages | Figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0521870151 | #169257A | £70.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0521690331 | #169258A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics A Global Perspective on Mid-Holocene Transitions Edited by Daniel H Sandweiss, Kirk Maasch and David G Anderson The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, climatic conditions changed .... | 513 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0120883902 | #169564A | £51.99 Add to basket |
Climate Change and Energy Pathways for the Mediterranean Workshop Proceedings, Cyprus Edited by EJ Moniz Reflecting the success of the first workshop of the Cyprus Institute entitled Climate Change and Energy Pathways for the Mediterranean held in Cyprus in 2005, these .... | 290 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1402048580 | #169701A | £69.00 Add to basket |
Edited by Mannava VK Sivakumar and Ndegwa Ndiang'ui In many parts of the world, climatic variations are recognized as one of the major factors contributing to land degradation impacting on agricultural systems performance .... | 610 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 3540724370 | #169338A | £130.50 Add to basket |
Climate, Environment and Society in the Pacific During the Last Millenium
Patrick D Nunn The nature of global change in the Pacific Basin is poorly known compared to other parts of the world. Climate, Environment, and Society in the Pacific during the Last .... | 300 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0444528164 | #169616A | £83.00 Add to basket |
The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming Bjorn Lomborg Global warming has become one of the permanent concerns of our time, with ever stronger calls to combat it via drastic programs, like the Kyoto Protocol. In this highly .... | 256 pages | Cyan Communications Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0462099121 | #169450A | £19.99 Add to basket |
An Integrated Approach Douglas Paton This book will fill the gaps that hamper the effective utilization of the resilience and sustainability concepts within emergency planning: one concerns the lack of a .... | 344 pages | Tabs, illus | Charles C Thomas Hbk | 2006 | 0398076634 | #168833A | £68.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2006 | 0398076642 | #168832A | £48.00 Add to basket |
An Interdisciplinary Anthology Edited by Glenn Adelson, James Engell, Brent Ranalli and K.P Van Anglen This major anthology is the first to apply a fully interdisciplinary approach to environmental studies. A comprehensive guide to environmental literacy, the book .... | 864 pages | 127 b/w illus | Yale UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 030012614X | #168616A | £39.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0300110774 | #168617A | £24.99 Add to basket |
A Guide and Record Book - Climate Change Edition Christopher C Burt Burt, an amateur meteorologist and publisher of the Compass American Guidebook series, explores extreme weather phenomena in digestible mini-essays complemented by sidebars on .... | 320 pages | 110 col photos | Norton Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 039333015X | #169568A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Daniel Vallero Fundamentals of Air Pollution is an important and widely used textbook in the environmental science and engineering community. Written shortly after the passage of .... | 936 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0123736153 | #167491A | £49.99 Add to basket |
The Global Warming Survival Kit The Must-have Guide to Overcoming Extreme Weather, Power Cuts, Food Shortages and Other Climate Change Disasters Brian Clegg Climate change is upon us. Make no mistake: disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are the tip of a rapidly melting iceberg. While we must still press our governments to take .... | 224 pages | Doubleday Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0385612605 | #169216A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5, Part 5R Water Pollution: Fuel Oxygenates Edited by Damia Barcelo The state-of-the-art on fuel oxygenates, and in particular of MTBE in groundwater, is presented in this book. Historically, oxygenates like MTBE were developed in the 1970s .... | 350 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 3540726403 | #169324A | £150.00 Add to basket |
An Introduction to Ocean Turbulence
Stephen Thorpe This textbook provides an introduction to turbulent motion occurring naturally in the ocean on scales ranging from millimetres to hundreds of kilometres. It describes .... | 232 pages | 60 line diagrams | CUP Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0521859484 | #169261A | £70.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0521676800 | #169262A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Tim Herd A magical, illustrated tour of nature's wondrous, almost supernatural sky, "Kaleidoscope Sky" reveals the beauty - and the science - behind Earth's rarest, most unusual .... | 240 pages | 160 col & b/w illus | Abrams Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 081099397X | #169403A | £9.95 Add to basket |
Multiple Stressors: A Challenge for the Future
Edited by Carmel Mothersill, Irma Mosse and Colin Seymour Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Multipollution Exposure and Risk Assessment - A Challenge for the Future, Minsk, Belarus, 1-5 October 2006 .... | 370 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1402063334 | #169335A | £123.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1402063342 | #169336A | £54.00 Add to basket |
The Practicalities of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Edited by P Rooney, P Nolan, D Hill, F Maxwell, P Anderson, E Williams, P Legg et al Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (14-16 November 2006) .... | 116 pages | IEEM Pbk | 2007 | #169482A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Edited by Luyt J de Kok and Ewald Schnug Proceedings of the International Symposium, June 4-6, Braunschweig Germany .... | 300 pages | Figs, tabs | Backhuys Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 9057821931 | #169455A | £81.00 Add to basket |
Regional Climate Variability and its Impacts in the Mediterranean Area
Edited by A Mellouki and A.R Ravishankara Global change due to natural processes and anthropogenic activity as well as the natural variability of the climate system will impact all areas of the globe. However, the .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402064276 | #169333A | £107.50 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402064284 | #169334A | £45.99 Add to basket |
An Earth Science Approach to Rural Science Francisco J Tapiador This handbook presents the foundations of modern rural analysis. The first part of the book presents a comprehensive description of the elements of rural analysis, providing .... | 420 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 3540733426 | #169390A | £77.00 Add to basket |
Stable Isotopes as Indicators of Ecological Change
Edited by Todd Dawson and Rolf Siegwolf The 20th century has experienced environmental changes that appear to be unprecedented in their rate and magnitude during the Earth's history. .... | 350 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0123736277 | #169550A | £48.99 Add to basket |
The Victims of Man-Made Catastrophes Anders Wikjman Natural disasters have killed more than two million people over the past twenty years - 98 percent of the victims have been in low-income countries. Thousands more in these .... | 160 pages | Practical Action Publishing Pbk | 2007 | 1853396494 | #168846A | £12.95 Add to basket |
S.K. Agarwal Water is one of the most important resources which human beings has exploited than any other resource for the sustenance of their life. Most of the water on this planet is .... | 395 pages | APH Hbk | 2005 | 8176488321 | #167159A | £52.50 Add to basket |
Physical Sciences | Go to subject web page |
Edited by Patrick Moore This fully updated 2008 edition features a range of specially commissioned articles by some of the world's top astronomers, an authoritative collection of charts and .... | 304 pages | Macmillan Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0230700667 | #169717A | £15.99 Add to basket |
Advances in Earthquake Prediction Seismic Research and Risk Mitigation Ragnar Stefansson The special natural conditions in Iceland as well as high level technology, was the basis for multidisciplinary and multinational cooperation for studying crustal, .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 3540475699 | #168861A | £77.00 Add to basket |
Data for Astronomy, Space Sciences, Geodesy, Surveying, Navigation and Other Applications The Astronomical Almanac contains a wide variety of both technical and general astronomical information. The book is a worldwide resource for fundamental astronomical .... | 550 pages | Stationery Office (TSO) Hbk | 2007 | 0118873415 | #169432A | £37.99 Add to basket |
Edited by Zhang Wentang Biostratigraphic data are basic to geological and palaeontological research. This book presents up-to-date material and research achievements in biostratigraphy in recent .... | 776 pages | Science Press Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 7030113144 | #169554A | £100.00 Add to basket |
Convection in Astrophysics (IAU S239)
Edited by Friedrich Kupka, Ian Roxburgh and Kwing Lam Chan Convection is ubiquitous throughout the Universe, and during the last three decades it has become the largest factor of uncertainty in theoretical models of stars and in the .... | 550 pages | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 052186349X | #169501A | £62.00 Add to basket |
Supernova, Gamma-ray Bursts and Adventures in Hyperspace J C Wheeler From supernovae and gamma-ray bursts to the accelerating Universe, this is an exploration of the intellectual threads that lead to some of the most exciting ideas in .... | 250 pages | 15 line diagrams, 33 b/w photos | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521857147 | #169396A | £24.99 Add to basket |
And other Cosmic Quandaries Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith Readers of his essays in "Natural History" magazine recognise Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with clarity and enthusiasm. .... | 320 pages | Norton Hbk | 2006 | 0393062244 | #161067A | £15.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0393330168 | #169567A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Application to Design Charles K Erdey Learn to design code-compliant, earthquake-resistant structures with this practical guide .... | 448 pages | Wiley Hbk | 2007 | 0470048433 | #168808A | £70.00 Add to basket |
240 Million Years in the Making Andrew Cooper Woodbury, Bicton, East Budleigh and Aylesbeare commons are just a few of the areas that form the beautiful and historically important East Devon Pebblebed Heaths. In this .... | 96 pages | Col illus | Impress Books Hbk | 2007 | 0955623901 | #169412A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Einstein: A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion The Essential Works of the World's Greatest Physicist Stephen Hawking From the work that "made" modern scientific thought and his important discoveries, to his later musings on his landmark findings and his philosophical essays on Zionism and .... | 360 pages | Running Press Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0762430036 | #169488A | £17.99 Add to basket |
A New History of the Cosmos Beyond The Big Bang PJ Steinhardt and N Turok This is the first serious challenge to the widely accepted 'Big Bang' model of the universe. According to 'Big Bang' theory, space and time sprang into existence fifteen .... | 304 pages | Weidenfeld & Nicolson Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0297845543 | #169434A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Story of a Riddle that Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Years Simon Singh This is the extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat's Last Theorem is the most .... | 362 pages | B/w photos | Harper Perennial Pbk | 2007 | 000724181X | #169452A | £5.99 Add to basket |
Geology Underfoot in Northern Arizona
Lon Abbott and Terri Cook From the plunging depths of the Grand Canyon to jagged volcanic peaks, from Sedona's vibrant red rocks to the tapered slot of Antelope Canyon, Geology Underfoot in Northern .... | 330 pages | 100 b/w figs, 23 maps | Mountain Press Pbk | 2007 | 0878425284 | #169245A | £11.95 Add to basket |
W.David Woods Out of the technological battlefield of World War II came a team of gifted German engineers and designers who developed the vengeance weapon, the V-2, which evolved into .... | 300 pages | Springer Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0387716750 | #168719A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 F French and C Burgess It was a time of bold new technology, historic moments, and international jousting on the final frontier. But it was also a time of human drama, of moments less public but no .... | 402 pages | Nevada UP Hbk | 2007 | 0803211465 | #169443A | £16.99 Add to basket |
An Introduction to Modern Cosmology
Andrew Liddle A concise, accessible introduction to this exciting and dynamic subject. .... | 129 pages | col and b/w illus | Wiley Pbk | 2003 | 0470848359 | #169426A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Introductory Mathematical Analysis
Joseph Kyle and Christopher Sangwin A straightforward, accessible but rigorous introduction to the central concepts in real analysis. .... | 300 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0199299757 | #169099A | £55.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0199299749 | #169098A | £19.50 Add to basket |
Managing Critical Infrastructure Risks
Edited by Igor Linkov, Richard J Wenning and Gregory A Kiker The increasing complexity of societal change in response to the new global economy requires an enhanced capacity for scientific assessment and monitoring, particularly of .... | 444 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1402063830 | #169331A | £123.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1402063849 | #169332A | £54.00 Add to basket |
Mass Movements in Great Britain
RG Cooper In this volume, the causes of mass movements, and their manifestations, are recorded in a series of detailed site reports. The book also includes, in Chapter 1, a version of .... | 348 pages | Figs, tabs, b/w photos, illus, maps | JNCC Hbk | 2007 | 1861074816 | #097570A | Normally £45.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £37.50 |
Metamorphic Rocks: A Classification and Glossary of Terms
Edited by Douglas Fettes and Jacqueline Desmons Many common terms in metamorphic petrology vary in their usage and meaning between countries. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on the .... | 264 pages | 10 line diagrams, 9 tabs | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521868106 | #169260A | £44.99 Add to basket |
English Edition Edited by Zhu Xun Provides detailed information about China's mineral resources, and the history and the present situation of China's mineral research, industrial sectors and the government's .... | 776 pages | Science Press Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 7030102037 | #169560A | £86.00 Add to basket |
The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter
Helen R Quinn and Yossi Nir In the first fractions of a second after the big bang lingers a question at the heart of our very existence: why does the universe contain matter but almost no antimatter? The .... | 312 pages | 12 halftones | Princeton UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0691133093 | #168791A | £18.95 Add to basket |
A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics David Toomey In reading H.G. Wells' classic "The Time Machine", we keep its subject and all other whirring, light-flashing, time-travel devices safely in the realm of fiction. But for .... | 320 pages | 15 Illus | Norton Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0393060136 | #169613A | £16.99 Add to basket |
Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest A month-by-month guide to the night sky, written by the internationally known astronomy writers and broadcasters Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest. .... | 64 pages | Philip's Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0540090271 | #169620A | £6.99 Add to basket |
The Emerging Science of Astrobiology Edited by Woodruff T Sullivan and John Baross Astrobiology involves the study of the origin and history of life on Earth, planets and moons where life may have arisen, and the search for extraterrestrial life. It combines .... | 656 pages | 150 line diags, 100 half tones, 60 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521824214 | #169266A | £80.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521531020 | #169267A | £39.99 Add to basket |
A Practical Introduction to the Simulation of Molecular Systems
Martin J Field Molecular simulation is a powerful tool in materials science, physics, chemistry and biomolecular fields. This updated edition provides a pragmatic introduction to a wide .... | 344 pages | 47 figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521852528 | #169259A | £65.00 Add to basket |
A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos Seth Lloyd A hugely important book about one of the hottest topics in science - the extent to which the universe functions as a giant computer. .... | 256 pages | Random House Pbk | 2007 | 0099455374 | #169439A | £8.99 Add to basket |
A Geological Field Guide Julian Hill and David Buist Provides a full introduction, ten detailed walks and two car excursions. .... | 90 pages | Figs, b/w photos | Buteshire Natural History Soc Pbk | 2006 | 0905812190 | #165638A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Face to Face with the Mountains of Fire Alain Gerente and John P Lockwood The most active - and the most visited - volcano on earth is Kilauea in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, seen by 3 million people every year. Along with its counterpart .... | 144 pages | 126 col illus | Thames & Hudson Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0500543402 | #169411A | £18.95 Add to basket |
A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe Roger Penrose One of todays most accomplished scientists presents the only comprehensive and comprehensible account of the physics of the universe. Penrose examines the mathematical .... | 1136 pages | Vintage Books Pbk | 2007 | 0679776311 | #169438A | £16.95 Add to basket |
Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel Roger D Launius and Howard E McCurdy One day humankind may find a planet that appears to be much like the Earth. This discovery can reignite the lure of interplanetary travel. Will we be up to the task? .... | 296 pages | 2 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0801887089 | #168559A | £23.50 Add to basket |
R Feynman Drawn from his landmark text, "Lectures on Physics", this book reveals Feynman's distinctive style while introducing the essentials of physics. The topics explored .... | 128 pages | Boxed set and 6 audio cassettes | Penguin/DK Customer Service Pbk | 1998 | 0140276661 | #169507A | £8.99 Add to basket |
Modern High-dimensional Cosmology PS Wesson Albert Einstein, together with Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein, realized that extra dimensions can be used to unify the different fields of physics, as well as unifying the .... | 250 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2007 | 9812706321 | #169468A | £30.99 Add to basket |
Statistical Principles and Techniques in Scientific and Social Investigations
Wojtek Krzanowski Provides a survey of the logic and reasoning underpinning statistical analysis, as well as giving a broad-brush overview of the various statistical techniques that play a major .... | 256 pages | Illus | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0199213100 | #169101A | £70.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0199213097 | #169100A | £34.95 Add to basket |
Tsunamis on the Pacific Coast of Canada: 1700 - 2005
FE Stephenson et al Tsunamis are among the world's most dangerous and destructive natural phenomena. The catastrophic tsunami of December 26, 2004 claimed over 300000 lives. These numerous .... | 225 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1402039905 | #165858A | £77.00 Add to basket |
Frank Close What is 'the void'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - 'nothing' - exist? This little book explores the science and the history of the elusive .... | 176 pages | Line illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0199225907 | #169105A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Sustainable Development | Go to subject web page |
Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability Considerations for the Future Edited by Manjit S Kang As world population continues to increase, the need grows for a safe, sustainable supply of food. Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability: Considerations for the Future .... | 236 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2007 | 1560221704 | #165986A | £43.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 1560221712 | #165987A | £35.99 Add to basket |
Global Potential and Implications for Energy and Agriculture Worldwatch Institute The world is on the verge of an unprecedented increase in the production and use of biofuels for transport. The combination of rising oil prices, issues of security, .... | 336 pages | Earthscan Hbk | 2007 | 1844074226 | #169224A | £49.95 Add to basket |
A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology
Edited by Sahotra Sarkar and Anya Plutynski This companion provides a concise overview of philosophical issues raised by all areas of contemporary biology. .... | 608 pages | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1405125721 | #166712A | £85.00 Add to basket |
Crop Wild Relative Conservation and Use
Edited by N Maxted, BV Ford-Lloyd and SP Kell Crop wild relatives (CWR) are species closely related to crop plants which can contribute beneficial traits, such as pest or disease resistance and yield improvement. .... | 720 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1845930991 | #169171A | £120.00 Add to basket |
Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services A Case Study of the Panama Canal Watershed Edited by Bradford S Gentry, Q Nowcomer, SC Anisfeld and MA Fotos Provides an integrated, interdisciplinary methodological approach for evaluating market opportunities for watershed services, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity protection. .... | 426 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1560221739 | #169148A | £81.00 Add to basket |
Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs Geography, Geology, Hydrology and Paleolimnology Edited by RW Fairbridge and RW Herschy Lakes and reservoirs hold about 90% of the world's surface fresh water, but overuse, water withdrawal and pollution of these bodies puts some one billion people at risk. .... | 800 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1402056168 | #166359A | Normally £307.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £245.50 |
General Energetics of Complex Systems Vaclav Smil Energy in Nature and Society is a systematic and exhaustive analysis of all the major energy sources, storages, flows, and conversions that have shaped the evolution of the .... | 512 pages | 136 illus | MIT Press Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0262195658 | #168487A | £48.95 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0262693569 | #168486A | £20.95 Add to basket |
Jeroen CJM van den Bergh, Kenneth Button and Peter Nijkamp This insightful volume presents a multidisciplinary perspective on environmental planning. Drawing on the most important works in the environmental and social sciences, .... | 640 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1847208630 | #163758A | £95.00 Add to basket |
Learning from the Past for the Future Peter Knoepfel There is no doubt that environmental policies, unlike the bulk of most other public policies, have developed enormously from the beginning of the eighties up until the .... | 506 pages | 41 illus | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 3540731482 | #169327A | £115.50 Add to basket |
Bas Pedroli, Anne van Doorn and Geert de Blust Landscape is one of the most fascinating assets of Europe. Its great diversity reflects a multitude of historical layers in an intricate spatial pattern. It means that, even in .... | 432 pages | Col illus | KNNV Hbk | 2007 | 9050112587 | #169168A | £49.50 Add to basket |
Transgenics for Crop Biodiversity Jonathan Gressel As the world's population rises to an expected ten billion in the next few generations, the challenges of feeding humanity and maintaining an ecological balance will .... | 368 pages | 10 halftones, 34 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0801887194 | #168565A | £43.50 Add to basket |
Globalization and the Least Developed Countries Potentials and Pitfalls D Bigman One of the most notable changes in the world economy during the past three decades has been the diverging trends in the growth of the developing countries. Compared to East .... | 224 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1845933087 | #169172A | £75.00 Add to basket |
Arjen Y Hoekstra and Ashok K Chapagain Globalization of Water is a first-of-its-kind review of the critical relationship between globalization and sustainable water management. It explores the impact of .... | 208 pages | 27 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1405163356 | #166706A | £35.00 Add to basket |
The Handbook of Environment and Society
Jules Pretty et al The Handbook of Environment and Society focuses on the interactions between people, societies and economies, and the state of nature and the environment. .... | 640 pages | Sage Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 141291843X | #169317A | £99.00 Add to basket |
Momentum, Impact, and Our Global Environment Walter K Dodds For the first time in history, humans have exceeded the sustaining capacity of Earth's global ecosystems. Our expanding footprint has tremendous momentum. The insidious .... | 256 pages | Columbia UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0231139667 | #168978A | £51.50 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0231139675 | #168977A | £22.50 Add to basket |
Integrated and Participatory Water Resources Management: Practice
R Soncini-Sessa, F Cellina, E Weber and F Pianosi A participatory and integrated procedure for the planning of water resources is presented and illustrated through its application to a real-world case study: the .... | 451 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2007 | 0444530126 | #169563A | £90.00 Add to basket |
Integrated and Participatory Water Resources Management: Theory
R Soncini-Sessa, A Castelletti and E Weber Covering the more recent advances in Modelling, Planning, Management and Negotiations for Integrated Water Resource Management, this text brings together knowledge and .... | 791 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2007 | 0444530134 | #169561A | £90.00 Add to basket |
Introduction to the History of Crop Development Theories, Methods, Achievements, Institutions, and Persons Rolf HJ Schlegel A comprehensive resource explaining the development of crop improvement methods over the centuries. This extensive history of development is examined in detail, including .... | 300 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2007 | 1560221461 | #164776A | £77.00 Add to basket |
Labelling Strategies in Environmental Policy
Edited by Mario Teisl Eco-labelling programmes have been in existence for many years but their recent growth now extends to many products and services. The academic literature has grown in response .... | 550 pages | Ashgate Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0754627306 | #167081A | £140.00 Add to basket |
Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture
Edited by Mannava V.K Sivakumar and Raymond P Motha In many parts of the world, weather and climate are one of the biggest production risks and uncertainty factors impacting on agricultural systems performance and management. .... | 550 pages | 135 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 3540727442 | #169322A | £100.00 Add to basket |
Knowledge e-Networking and the Value Chain Edited by N Choucri et al Focuses on three interdependent challenges related to managing transitions toward sustainable development, namely (a) mapping sustainability for global knowledge .... | 515 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 140206070X | #169699A | £107.50 Add to basket |
Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management Developing Critical Insights J Higham and M Luck Marine environments have long been places of exploration, subsistence, transport and trade, but it is only recently that marine tourism has extended beyond coastal resorts .... | 416 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1845933451 | #169679A | £75.00 Add to basket |
The Meaning of the 21st Century A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future James Martin We live at a turning point in human history. Ahead is a century of massive change. Either we learn to manage this change, or we allow it to control us and face devastating .... | 576 pages | Eden Project Books Pbk | 2007 | 190391986X | #169211A | £8.99 Add to basket |
A White Paper on Energy Department for Trade and Industry Energy is essential in almost every aspect of our lives and for the success of the economy. 'Meeting the Energy Challenge: A White Paper on Energy (Cm. 7124)' sets out the .... | 342 pages | Figs, tabs | Stationery Office (TSO) Pbk | 2007 | 0101712421 | #169133A | £39.99 Add to basket |
From Basic Science to Disease Biology Edited by Krishnarao Appasani MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are RNA molecules, conserved by evolution, that regulate gene expressions and their recent discovery is revolutionising both basic biomedical research .... | 576 pages | 106 line diagrams, 16 col plates, tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0521865980 | #169256A | £100.00 Add to basket |
Transport Strategies for Sustainable Development in Megacities F Moavenzadeh and MJ Markow Explores how the issues of transportation strategy and environmental sustainability interact in the context of megacities, especially those megacities in the developing .... | 280 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1402067011 | #169700A | £63.00 Add to basket |
A Transition Theory Perspective GA Wilson In a time of great agricultural and rural change, the notion of 'multifunctionality' has remained under-theorized and poorly linked to wider debates in the social sciences. This .... | 368 pages | CABI Hbk | 2007 | 1845932560 | #169681A | £65.00 Add to basket |
National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection NSCA's annual Pollution Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of UK pollution control legislation and related issues, with individual chapters covering Industrial .... | 380 pages | NSCA Pbk | 2007 | 0903474611 | #168689A | £69.00 Add to basket |
Perspectives on Education and the Environment, Health and Sustainability Edited by A Reid, BB Jensen, J Nikel and V Simovska This ground-breaking collection brings together a diverse range of perspectives on the philosophy, design and experience of participatory approaches within education and the .... | 275 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1402064152 | #169337A | £100.00 Add to basket |
Pest Management and Phytosanitary Trade Barriers
N Heather and G Hallman A significant amount of the world's economy is based upon the international trade of agricultural produce. For the producing countries, a growing concern is the potential .... | 272 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1845933435 | #169174A | £65.00 Add to basket |
Shallow Lakes in a Changing World Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Shallow Lakes, held at Dalfsen, The Netherlands, 5-9 June 2005 Edited by RD Gulati, E Lammens, N DePauw and E Van Donk Since the late 1980s, shallow lakes in Europe and North America have been receiving concerted attention from limnologists, fishery biologists and lake managers. These .... | 456 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402063989 | #169342A | £107.50 Add to basket |
Green Building Design and Delivery Charles J Kibert Focusing on green building as it applies to larger commercial, institutional buildings, Sustainable Construction provides a complete introduction to the design and construction .... | 448 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0471661139 | #169315A | £38.99 Add to basket |
Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies Proceedings of the Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, 11-13 June 2007, Coventry, United Kingdom Tarun R. Naik The construction materials industry is a major user of the world's resources. While enormous progress has been made towards sustainability, the scope and opportunities for .... | 802 pages | Taylor & Francis Pbk | 2007 | 0415446899 | #167162A | £119.00 Add to basket |
The Role of Whole Life Costs and Values N Mithraratne, B Vale and R Vale Achieving a sustainable building is not just a matter of design and construction: what happens once the building is occupied is absolutely critical. This book shows how the .... | 224 pages | Elsevier Science Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0750680636 | #169619A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Tourism Management: Analysis, Behaviour and Strategy
A Woodside and D Martin Planning and implementing successful tourism programmes requires in depth predictions of tourist behaviour. However, the actions of tourists are not always based upon conscious .... | 592 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1845933230 | #169170A | £85.00 Add to basket |
Wastewater Reuse - Risk Assessment, Decision-Making and Environmental Security
Edited by Mohammed K Zaidi This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Wastewater Reuse - Risk Assessment, Decision-Making and Environmental Security", held in Istanbul .... | 446 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402060254 | #168361A | £123.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 1402060262 | #168362A | £54.00 Add to basket |
Richard Hough Published in association with the "Guardian", "You Can Save the Planet" leads readers minute by minute through an average day. From dressing and eating to using email and .... | 176 pages | A & C Black Pbk | 2007 | 071368688X | #169307A | £8.99 Add to basket |
Data Analysis | Go to subject web page |
Clodoveu Augusto Jr Davis and Antonio MV Monteiro The GeoInfo series of scientific conferences is an annual forum for exploring research, development and innovative applications in geographic information science and related .... | 315 pages | 134 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 3540734139 | #169388A | £100.00 Add to basket |
Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis
W Hardle and L Simar Focussing on applications this book presents the tools and concepts of multivariate data analysis in a way that is understandable for non-mathematicians and practitioners who .... | 458 pages | 133 illus | Springer Pbk | 2007 | 3540722432 | #169573A | £54.00 Add to basket |
Jim Albert There has been a dramatic growth in the development and application of Bayesian inferential methods. Some of this growth is due to the availability of powerful .... | 280 pages | Springer Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0387713840 | #168718A | £30.50 Add to basket |
Bioinformatics for Geneticists A Bioinformatics Primer for the Analysis of Genetic Data Edited by Michael R Barnes A fully revised version of the successful First Edition, this one-stop reference book enables all geneticists to improve the efficiency of their research. .... | 554 pages | Tabs, figs | Wiley Pbk | 2007 | 0470026200 | #169176A | £44.99 Add to basket |
A Textbook Volkhard Helms This first textbook of its kind provides an ideal introduction to the field for students of biology and bioinformatics. Carefully designed study exercises - with corresponding .... | 350 pages | Wiley Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3527315551 | #169312A | £39.95 Add to basket |
Encyclopedia of Geographical Information Systems, Science and Services
Edited by S Shekhar and H Xiong Features an alphabetically arranged comprehensive and authoritative treatment of this subject matter. Authored by world experts and peer-reviewed for accuracy and currency, .... | 1000 pages | 200 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 038730858X | #162536A | Normally £237.50 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £207.00 |
Using MATLAB E Holzbecher The book has two aims: to introduce basic concepts of environmental modelling and to facilitate the application of the concepts using modern numerical tools such as MATLAB. .... | 315 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 3540729364 | #169325A | £77.00 Add to basket |
A First Course in Statistical Programming with R
W John Braun and Duncan J Murdoch This is the only introduction you'll need to start programming in R, the open-source language that is free to download, and lets you adapt the source code for your own .... | 224 pages | 39 line diagrams | CUP Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521872650 | #169263A | £60.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0521694248 | #169264A | £23.99 Add to basket |
GIS for Environmental Management
Robert Scally Scally, a journalist who specializes in simplifying technical topics for general readers, describes a selection of projects that showcase how geographic information .... | 187 pages | Figs, maps, col photos | ESRI Press Pbk | 2006 | 1589481429 | #167229A | £20.99 Add to basket |
Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing
Victor Mesev In an age of unprecedented proliferation of data from disparate sources the urgency is to create efficient methodologies that can optimise data combinations and at the same .... | 312 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0470864095 | #169309A | £75.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0470864109 | #167371A | £32.50 Add to basket |
Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS
Jochen Albrecht This text is the applied primer on key concepts and techniques in GIS. It comprises thirty-five, 2,000-word encyclopaedic dictionary entries, each with graphic .... | 120 pages | Sage Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1412910161 | #167413A | £16.99 Add to basket |
Cartography in Culture and Society Norman J W Thrower In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth .... | 324 pages | Figs | Chicago UP Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0226799743 | #168303A | £15.99 Add to basket |
Principles and Applications E De Hoffmann and V Stroobant Provides an overview of the principles, theories and key applications of mass spectrometry. This book describes various instrumental aspects of mass spectrometry: .... | 504 pages | Wiley Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0470033118 | #169470A | £34.95 Add to basket |
Methods for Computational Gene Prediction
William H Majoros Inferring the precise locations and splicing patterns of genes in DNA is a difficult but important task, with broad applications to biomedicine. The mathematical and statistical .... | 456 pages | 139 line diagrams, 30 tabs, 139 figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521877512 | #169249A | £70.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2007 | 0521706947 | #169250A | £29.99 Add to basket |
geoENV VI - Geostatistics for Environmental Applications Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications Edited by A Soares, MJ Pereira and R Dimitrakopoulos This volume contains approximately 40 selected full-text contributions from the Sixth European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications, geoENV IV, held in .... | 476 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1402064470 | #169323A | £115.50 Add to basket |
Reference | Go to subject web page |
Archives and the Digital Library
William E Landis and Robin L Chandler Technological advances and innovative perspectives constantly evolve the notion of what makes up a digital library. This book provides a snapshot of the current state of .... | 282 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2007 | 0789034379 | #169686A | £46.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0789034387 | #169685A | £35.99 Add to basket |
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society
Paul Robbins Where does the environment leave off and society begin? When expanding production and consumption drives greenhouse gas emissions that warm the planet, which in turn .... | 2736 pages | Sage Hbk | NYP 08/2007 | 1412927617 | #169318A | £404.00 Add to basket |
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, 26 Volume Set
Inc John Wiley and Sons The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences volumes 1-26 comprises the original 20 volumes of ELS (published in 2002) plus six supplementary volumes (published in 2007). Volumes 21-26 .... | Col illus, tabs | Wiley Hbk | 2007 | 0470066512 | #169310A | £4145.00 Add to basket |