Bears

A Brief History

Bernd Brunner

Examines the shared history of people and bears. Combining history, literature, and science, this book presents the interactions between the two species and explores how ....

Deer World

Dave Taylor

This exciting book by renowned wildlife photographer Dave Taylor features 375 images of North American deer species in their natural habitat. Included are the two deer species ....

A Guide to the Mammals of Japan

Edited by Hisashi Abe

In Japanese, with Latin names. Coverage of a total of 138 species, all well illustrated, and a table of keys to the families. ....

Leviathan

Philip Hoare

An extraordinary journey into the underwater world of the whale - to tie in with a BBC film-length documentary hosted also by the author. Moby Dick is a book made mythic by ....

Meerkat Manor

Flower of the Kalahari

Tim Clutton-Brock

Meerkat Manor, a television series now in its 3rd year (with 2 more seasons contracted) following the fortunes of a group of Meerkats has recently attracted sensational viewing ....

Myxomatosis

A History of Pest Control and the Rabbit

Peter WJ Bartrip

Myxomatosis, a viral disease of the European wild rabbit, reached Britain in 1953. Within a year it had killed tens of millions of rabbits from Kent to ....

Natural World: Snow Leopard - DVD

A secret cave deep within the mountains of Pakistan is one of the last refuges of the snow leopard - the rarest and most beautiful of all the big cats. Journalist Nisar Malik ....

Primate Reproductive Aging

Cross-Taxon Perspectives

Edited by S Atsalis, SW Margulis, PR Hof, PR Hof and CV Mobbs

Due to the unusually long post-reproductive lifespan characteristic of human females, primate reproductive aging receives a great deal of attention. Promoting and supporting ....

Whale Odyssey

A Humpback Whale's First Perilous Year

Michael Bright

The story of a humpback whale's first perilous year, based on scientific fact and observation. ....

The Whale's Companion

Edited by A Klepac

"The Whale's Companion" seeks to capture the idea of the whale in the human imagination through a collection of evocative writings and images from ancient times up to the ....

All the World's Birds

Buffon's Illustrated Natural History General and Particular of Birds

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Francois-Nicolas Martinet and David Sibley

Reproductions of 1,008 birds from all over the world in deluxe over sized volume. ....

Birds of Ireland

Facts, Folklore and History

Glynn Anderson

Focuses on our interaction with Irish birds, including species-by-species accounts, mythology and folklore. ....

Birds of Tiree and Coll

J Bowler and J Hunter

An up-to-date and user-friendly account of the status of all 271 bird species recorded on the wildlife rich islands of Tiree ....

The Birds of Turkey / Türkiye Kuslari

I Kiziroglu

Species descriptions and status given for all Turkish species, with distribution maps. Text in Turkish, English/German introduction. ....

Birdsongs of Papua New Guinea

Features 99 tracks of some of the most exotic birds on the planet. Dwarf Cassowary, 5 species of cuckoo, and 14 species of birds-of-paradise are just some of special birds ....

Checklist to the Birds of Colombia 2008 / Listado de Aves de Colombia 2008

P Salaman, T Donegan and D Caro

This excellent bilingual checklist confirms definitively that Colombia has more bird species than any other country in the world, with extensive information provided on 1870 ....

Consider the Birds

Colin Tudge

All animals are equal - but some, as George Orwell said, are more equal than others, and birds, most people would surely agree, are in the very first ....

Cranes

A Natural History of a Bird in Crisis

Janice Hughes

Long in neck, leg and wing, cranes are imposing wading birds that are among the largest and tallest of the world's bird families. Cranes are found on all continents except ....

The Discovery of New Zealand's Birds

G Watola

A detailed examination of the first historical record of every bird species recorded in New Zealand since 1769. ....

Feathered Dinosaurs

The Origin of Birds

John A Long and Peter Schouten

New fossil evidence makes clear that not all dinosaurs suffered extinction 65 million years ago. It's a revelation that has profoundly changed the way we perceive the natural ....

For the Birds

A Month-By-Month Guide to Attracting Birds to Your Backyard

Anne Schmauss, Mary Schmauss and Geni Krolick

In this accessible, easy-to-use guide, you'll learn how to attract beautiful wild birds to your own backyard, year-round. Told from a North American perspective, Authors Anne ....

Garden Birds and Wildlife

Mike Toms and Paul Sterry

Written by Dr. Paul Sterry, a leading wildlife author and Mike Toms of the B.T.O. (British Trust for Ornithology) "Garden Birds and Wildlife" is a truly unique, must-have ....

Illustrated Handbook of the Birds of Patagonia

Argentine Antarctica and Islands of the Southern Atlantic

CJ Kovacs, Ors Kovacs, Zsolt Kovacs and Carlos Mariano Kovacs

This magnificent work contains data collected during 30 years by the Kovacs family. It offers valuable information and describes in detail the behaviour, habitat, anatomy and ....

Ireland's Garden Birds

How to Attract, Identify and Care for Garden Birds

Oran O'Sullivan and Jim Wilson

Whether you are an avid gardener or just like feeding birds in your garden, this guide is an essential companion. This illustrated guide to Ireland s garden birds and wildlife ....

A Photographic Guide to Birds of China

Guo Dongsheng

The Red Data Book for Birds of Turkey

Ilhami Kiziroglu

Provides a full listing of species, with Red Data Book classification, status and regional distribution within the country. Species name given in Latin, English, German ....

The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State

Kevin J McGowan and Kimberley Corwin

Both an indispensable scientific work and a beautiful collection of art, The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State documents and illustrates the current ....

Agamid Lizards of the World, Volume 1: Asia / Agamen der Welt, Band 1 Asien

U Manthey

Presents the agamid lizards of southern Asia in two parts. Part 1 illustrates the subfamily Draconinae, which will be completed in Part 2 that will also cover the ....

Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia

John B Jensen, Carlos D Camp, Whit Gibbons and Matt J Elliott

This is the only comprehensive guide to the state's diverse herpetofauna.A hidden world of amphibians and reptiles awaits the outdoor adventurer in Georgia's streams, caves, ....

Geckos of Madagascar / Geckos von Madagascar

P Schönecker

Presents the geckos inhabiting the islands of Madagascar, the Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarenes. Without any doubt, members of the genera Phelsuma and Uroplatus are amongst ....

Varanoid Lizards of the World / Warane und Krustenechsen

HD Philippen

Covers Monitors, beaded lizards and the monotypic family of the earless monitor. These lizards exhibit an enormous extent of diversity as to colour patterns, body sizes, and ....

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Marine Fish of the World

Amy Jane Beer and Derek Hall

A visual directory of sea life featuring over 750 illustrations. ....

Fish Defenses, Volume 1: Immunology

Edited by Giacomo Zaccone, MJ Manning, CJ Secombes and BG Kapoor

The greatest complexity of the immune response is shown by vertebrates which are endowed with innate and acquired immunity. Immunological studies performed mostly in mammals ....

Oceanic Anglerfishes

Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea

Theodore W Pietsch

No environment on Earth imposes greater physical and biological constraints on life than the deep oceanic midwaters. Near-freezing temperatures, the absence of sunlight, ....

Physiology and Form of Fish Circulation

GH Satchell

This book provides a clear and concise account of the physiology and form of the fish circulatory system. Emphasis is primarily placed on the function of the system although ....

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 78

Note concernant une petite collection de lamiaires colliges en Côte d'Ivoire I

P Teocchi, E Jiroux, J Sudre and A Ture

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 79

Note concernant une petite collection de Lamiaires colliges en Côte d'Ivoire II

P Teocchi, E Jiroux, J Sudre and A Ture

Ecological Entomology

Insect Life in Odd Environments

TN Ananthakrishnan

Fauna of India and The adjacent Countries, Volume 3: Spider

(Arachnida : Araneae : Oxyopidae)

UA Gajbe

Food Exploitation by Social Insects

Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches

Stefan Jarau and Michael Hrncir

Integrating the immense, but scattered, published data with contributions from preeminent active researchers, this book presents the most up-to-date information on ....

Handbook on Hemipteran Pests in India

LK Ghosh

This book deals with details of 161 species belonging to 113 genera under 24 families of the order Hemiptera. ....

An Illustrated Bivalvia Mollusca Fauna of China Seas

X Fengshan

This book is divided into two parts. ....

The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Insects

Martin Walters

This beautifully illustrated book provides an overview of the world of insects. The encyclopedia of insect species is organized according to geographical region and then by ....

Insect Symbiosis, Volume 3

Kostas Bourtzis and Thomas A Miller

This volume summarizes the current knowledge of symbiotic organisms in the biology of insects. Research findings have significant and diverse ramifications, including for the ....

Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera

MT Goldsmith and F Marek

Putting the spotlight on the second most numerous order of insects living today, this book provides a summary of cutting-edge studies of the "Lepidoptera" as an organism in ....

Urban Ants of North America and Europe

Identification, Biology and Management

John Klotz, Laurel Hansen, Reiner Pospischil and Michael Rust

Ants that commonly invade homes, damage structures, inflict painful bites, or sting humans or their pets are considered pest ants. This illustrated identification guide ....

Antarctic Climate Evolution

Fabio Florindo and Martin J Siegert

This is the first book dedicated to the developing knowledge on how the world's largest ice sheet formed and changed over its 34 million years history. In explaining the story ....

Evolution and Geological Significance of Larger Benthic Foraminifera

Marcelle K BouDagher-Fadel

The overall aim of the book is to collect and add to the information published already on the larger benthic foraminifera and in cases their associated algae. Many decades of ....

An Illustrated Guide to the Fossils of the World

Steve Parker

A directory and identification aid to over 250 fossils, with 600 photographs and artworks. ....

Late Ordovician Orthide and Billingsellide Brachiopods from Anticosti Island, Eastern Canada

J Jin and R Zhan

This monographic study deals with a major marine faunal turnover during the Late Ordovician global greenhouse/icehouse episodes. The Late Ordovician was marked by one of ....

Plant-Arthropod Interactions in the Early Angiosperm History

Evidence from the Cretaceous of Israel

Edited by V Krassilov and A Rasnitsyn

Paleontologists just recently opened their eyes to the wealth of fossil documents relevant to plant - arthropod interaction and are busy now accumulating raw data. ....

A Sea without Fish

Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region

David L Meyer, Richard Arnold Davis and Steven M Holland

The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fossils found in limestones and shales that were ....

The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Natural World

Unlocking the Secrets of Our Planet

Michael J Benton

King Arthur and the Holy Grail, the lost tomb of Alexander the Great, ancient scripts, and the story of Atlantis: the human past is full of unsolved mysteries. The Seventy ....

Alien Ocean

Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas

Stefan Helmreich

"Alien Ocean "immerses readers in worlds being newly explored by marine biologists, worlds usually out of sight and reach: the deep sea, the microscopic realm, and oceans ....

Grundwasserfauna Deutschlands

Ein Bestimmungswerk

H Sauerbrey and I Zaehle

This publication was designed to aid non-specialists in identifying some 370 species belonging to the main groups of groundwater fauna that are known from Germany. ....

Seashore Life of India

BF Chhapgar

In Seashore Life of India , B.F. Chhapgar, renowned marine biologist, explores the habits and forms of the creatures that live, survive, and reproduce along the seashores ....

365 Ways to Save the Earth

Philippe Bourseiller

Within the last decade, concerns about environmental fragility and global warming have moved to the forefront of public consciousness and now play a significant role in our ....

Animal Life

The definite visual guide to animals and their Behaviour

Edited by Charlotte Uhlenbroek

A thrilling face-to-face encounter with the intimate lives, elaborate displays and extraordinary behavior of animals in their own environment. Internationally renowned ....

Bambi and Me

Johnny Kingdom

When a farmer on Exmoor found a frightened and badly injured red deer calf hanging by the leg from a barbed wire fence, he knew there was only one man he could call. Johnny ....

The Constant Fire

Beyond the Science Vs. Religion Debate

Adam Frank

Eloquent, urgent, and inspiring, "The Constant Fire "tackles the acrimonious debate between science and religion, taking us beyond its stagnant parameters into the wider ....

Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?

And 110 Other Questions

Mick O'Hare

Do spiders get thirsty? How long would it take a cow to fill the Grand Canyon with milk? How do they get the stripes on toothpaste? Plus 107 other questions answered."Do Polar ....

Ecology and Modern Scottish Literature

Louisa Gairn

This book presents a provocative and timely reconsideration of modern Scottish literature in the light of ecological thought. Louisa Gairn demonstrates how successive ....

Footprint

Our Landscape in Flux

Stuart Franklin

Provides a visual document of Europe in the midst of a growing environmental crisis. ....

A History of Arctic Exploration

Discovery, Adventure and Endurance at the Top of the World

Matti Lainema and Juha Nurminen

With the character of the Arctic in a dramatic state of flux, and arguments over sovereignty once again rising to the surface, it is timely that a ....

Liberty Hyde Bailey: Essential Agrarian and Environmental Writings

Edited by Zachary Michael Jack

For nearly a half century, Bailey dominated matters agricultural, environmental, and scientific in the United States. He worked both to improve the lives of rural folk and ....

Living Africa

S Bloom

A visual tribute to the essence and diversity of Africa celebrates its people, natural elements, and traditions, complementing vivid photography with stories about everyday ....

Marking the Mind

A History of Memory

K Danziger

Memory is one of the few psychological concepts with a truly ancient lineage. Presenting a history of the interrelated changes in memory tasks, memory technology and ideas about ....

Nano Nature

Richard Jones

An exploration of nature's hidden beauties, as revealed by the scanning electron microscope Nature is renowned for its staggering beauty. But it conceals a hidden world ....

National Audubon Society Guide to Nature Photography

Digital Edition - Over 200 New Photos

Tim Fitzharris

A professional course in digital nature photography. ....

Natural Lore

Think Books

From the beginning of time, we have sought to explain the world we live in, particularly by telling stories, writing verses, following superstitions and performing rituals. ....

The Naturalist's Bedside Book

Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Delightful collection of essays on the seasons of the British countryside. ....

A Naturalist's Year

Richard ffrench

Where do birds sleep at night? What is a bufophobe? Which animal can raid a bird's nest without leaving a single trace behind? Why should we love the villainous looking ....

Nature Photography: Insider Secrets From the World's Top Digital Photography Professionals

C Weston

Have you ever wondered what it is that professional photographers do day in and day out that enables them to take consistently compelling images? Or thought that unravelling ....

One Flew Into the Cuckoo's Egg (Autobiography)

Bill Oddie

National treasure Bill Oddie's unconventional autobiography, in which he shares his many highs as a comedian and wildlife presenter and explores the crippling lows he has ....

Pavlov's Dogs and Schrodinger's Cat

Tales from the Living Laboratory

Rom Harre

From the sheep, dog, and cockerel that were sent aloft in Montgolfier's balloon, to Galvani's frog's legs, Dolly the Sheep, the finches of the Galapagos, and even imaginary ....

Ray Mears Vanishing World

Raymond Mears

Ray Mears has travelled the world for much of his life learning and teaching wilderness skills. Now hereflects on his experiences in some of the most remote and beautiful ....

Rick Sammon's Exploring the Light

Making the Very Best In-Camera Exposures

Rick Sammon

This is the book on how to capture and control light to make the best digital photographs. ....

Spirit of the Wild

Steve Bloom

Steve Bloom's goal - to capture the spirit of the world's wildlife - is brilliantly realized in this book. ....

Treasures of the Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum, London is home to one of the world's most important and comprehensive collections of natural history specimens, literature and artworks. This ....

Vanishing Landscapes

Robert Adams, Edward Burtynsky, Thomas Struth, Jem Southam and John Berger

Landscapes will soon no longer exist the way we know them. Global warming melts the Antarctic ice, slash and burn reduces the forests, rivers die of industrial pollution, ....

Visions of Paradise

National Geographic

"Visions of Paradise" is a panoply of experiences from the most peripatetic photographers on Earth - the photographers of "National Geographic Magazine". After all ....

The Voyage of the Beagle

Darwin's Extraordinary Adventure Aboard Fitroy's Famous Survey Ship

James Taylor

A thoroughly engaging and highly informative read presenting one of the most remarkable journeys ever. ....

What on Earth Happened?

The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to The Present Day

C Lloyd

In "What on Earth Happened?", Christopher Lloyd tells our story from the very beginning of time to the present day, taking giant narrative leaps across millennia and ....

Where the Wild Things Were

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

William Stolzenburg

A provocative look at how the disappearance of the world's great predators has upset the delicate balance of the environment, and what their disappearance portends for the ....

Wild Tracks

A Guide to Nature's Footprints

Jim Arnosky

Acclaimed artist and naturalist Jim Arnosky has created a breathtaking and informative reference on the subject, filled with intricately drawn prints from creatures both wild ....

The Wildlife Pocket Companion

Malcolm Tait

This is a unique and hugely entertaining anthology of facts, amazing stories, snippets and lore about the birds, bugs and blooms of Britain. It includes hundreds of nuggets of ....

Antarctica

Roger Kirkwood

Antarctica is a beautiful place full of interesting wildlife, from birds like penguins and gulls to larger animals like seals and whales. It is also an important and delicate ....

The Arctic

The Complete Story

Richard Sale

Richard Sale is one of the world's leading Arctic scholars and explorers and a professional glaciologist. He has written widely on Polar history, exploration and ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Sao Tome and Principe

Kathleen Becker

With 75 per cent of its area covered by rainforest, So Tome & Principe (STP) is characterised by unspoilt, palm-fringed beaches, towering volcanic peaks, and a ....

California Indians and Their Environment

An Introduction

Kent Lightfoot and Otis Parrish

Capturing the vitality of California's unique indigenous cultures, this major new introduction incorporates the extensive research of the past thirty years into an ....

Costa Rica

A Journey Through Nature

Adrian Hepworth

A magnificent illustrated testimony to Costa Rica's fragile beauty. ....

Fauna of Goa

Zoological Survey of India

Faunal Diversity of Ashtamudi Wetlands, Kerala

M.B Raghunathan

Globetrotter Wildlife Guide Costa Rica

Rowland Mead

This exciting guide aims to inspire and help travellers to plan and enjoy tours in Costa Rica's finest wildlife reserves. In addition to offering advice on planning your trip ....

Ireland's Oceans: A Natural History

M Viney and E Viney

Illustrated in full colour, this opens windows to the ocean's life and promise. ....

Lost Worlds: Of the Guiana Highlands

Stewart McPherson

The tablelands of the Guiana Highlands are among the most spectacular yet least explored mountains of our world. Each is an immense sandstone plateau known locally as a `tepui' ....

The Malay Archipelago

Whitten Alfred Russell and Tony

Alfred Russel Wallace deserves equal billing with Charles Darwin for his independently drawn but parallel conclusions on the theory of evolution. Darwin himself called Wallace ....

The Mountains of California

John Muir and Edward Hoagland

A stirring tribute to one of Americaas most remote and beautiful places by one of the first modern preservationists This Penguin ClassicaMuiras first bookaputs a pioneering ....

The Natural History Of Ireland

Philip O'Sullivan Beare

An important source of the history of Ireland's natural environment and it political history. ....

The Periyar Inheritance

B Sahgal

The Periyar Tiger Reserve is one of India's most inspirational wildlife success stories. Protected for more than a century by far-sighted people who saw the connection between ....

Thames: Sacred River

P Ackroyd

Covers the history of the river of Thames. This book enables the reader to learn about the fishes that swim in the river and the boats that ply on its surface; about floods ....

Views From the Ridge

Exploring the Natural History of Trinidad & Tobago

Julian Kenny

The Islands of Trinidad & Tobago were once part of the South America continent, and are still only seven miles from the mainland at their nearest point. Ecologically, the ....

50 Favorite Plants for High-Impact Gardens

Tough-But-Beautiful Plants That Anyone Can Grow

Tracy DiSabato-Aust

Tracy DiSabato-Aust has taught thousands of readers how to design and maintain their gardens. Her first book - "The Well-Tended Perennial Garden" - is Timber's best-selling ....

Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 47

Edited by Michel Delseny

Edited by Jean-Claude Kader and Michel Delseny and supported by an international Editorial Board, "Advances in Botanical Research" publishes in-depth and up-to-date ....

Another World Lies Beyond

Creating Liu Fang Yuan, the Huntington Chinese Garden

T June Li

From the Lake of Reflected Fragrance to the Pavilion for Washing Away Thoughts to the Isle of Alighting Geese, this gorgeously illustrated volume explores the Huntington's ....

Biodiversity of Wild Triticeae (Poaceae) in Poland as an Expression of Tribe Microevolution

Edited by M Mizianty and F Ludwik

To-date, no comprehensive studies on this group of plants have been carried out in Poland. This book presents a summary of many years of broadly designed research, on the ....

The Botanical Gardens at the Huntington

Don Normark

The Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, are a remarkable showcase of exotic plants from all over the world, and this lavishly illustrated volume presents a ....

British Alpine Hawkweeds

David Tennant

The monograph covers every aspect presently known about alpine hawkweeds in Britain, including their identification, locations and conservation in an attempt to promote ....

Bryophyte Biology

Edited by A Jonathan Shaw and Bernard Goffinet

Bryophyte Biology provides an extensive overview of the hornworts, liverworts, and mosses; diverse groups of land plants that occupy a great variety of habitats throughout ....

Chinese Caterpillar Fungus

History, Resources and Scientific Research

This is the first monograph concerning Chinese caterpillar fungus - a kind of Chinese medicine. It describes all the aspects of Cordyceps Sinensis including basic biology, ....

Darwin's Garden

Edited by Michael Boulter and Leo Hollis

Five years after returning from his trip around the world on HMS Beagle, the young Charles Darwin became the owner of Down House in Kent, where he moved his growing ....

Extraordinary Leaves

Stephen Green-Armytage and Dennis Schrader

Leaves are everywhere, appearing in an astonishing variety of shapes, colours and textures. They are the unappreciated gifts of nature, worthy of far more extensive study ....

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Acanthaceae, Part 1 (2008)

Edited by HJ Beentje and SA Ghazanfar

A descriptive account of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop plants. At ....

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Aspleniaceae (2008)

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Scrophulariaceae (2008)

Flora of Turkey (11 Volume Set)

Peter Davis

This monumental series presents the richness and diversity of Turkish flora in nine volumes (1966-85), plus two supplements (1988;2001). It is a major contribution to the ....

Flowers of Crete

John Fielding and Nicholas Turland

This is a celebration of an exceptionally rich, yet threatened flora. The largest island in the Greek archipelago, Crete's enchanting landscapes range from rugged mountains to ....

Flowers of Trinidad & Tobago

Julian Kenny

Flowers of Trinidad and Tobago is a study of the rich flora of one Caribbean Country. Over 100 stunning photographs celebrate flowers that are rare, familiar, unique or ....

The Genus Echeveria

John Pilbeam

This is the culmination of 60 years of enthusiasm for, and study of this lovely genus of succulent plants by the author. It has taken 5 years from concept, encouraged and ....

The Genus Macaranga

A Prodromus

T Whitmore

Macaranga is a genus in the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises trees, treelets and some lianas, many of which are conspicuous large-leafed pioneers of disturbed habitats. Some ....

Glistening Carnivores

The Sticky-Leaved Insect-Eating Plants

Stewart McPherson

The seven genera of sticky-leaved insect-eating plants are uniquely beautiful and captivate the interest of all who behold them. Each produces shimmering leaves lined ....

Handbook of Phycological Methods, Volume 4

Ecological Field Methods - Macroalgae

Edited by MM Littler and DS Littler

This fourth volume of the Handbook of Phycological Methods, with its field-oriented perspective, is a comprehensive treatment of recently developed methodologies in the ....

Irish Florilegium

The Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland

EC Nelson and W Walsh

Available again, a lavish, large-format collection of plant watercolours from acclaimed botanical artist Wendy Walsh. ....

Island of Flowers

A Seasonal Guide to Wild Flowers of the Wight

Judith Hammer

This is a personal gathering of some 200 flowers and fruits. They are not grouped into families but roughly in order of flowering throughout the year. Their identification has ....

Louis XIV's Botanical Engravings

Alain Renaux

Louis XIV enjoyed visiting his fruit and vegetable gardens. Enriched with exotic plants by the numerous botanical expeditions that took place during the seventeenth century, ....

The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Illustrated Dictionary of Orchid Genera

Peggy Alrich and Wesley Higgins

The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Illustrated Dictionary of Orchid Genera is the most comprehensive account of orchid genera to date. Its concise entries provide details of ....

Plant Biology

Alison M Smith et al

"Plant Biology" is a major new textbook, written to guide and inform undergraduates and Masters students through their studies in plant science. In the course of nine chapters, ....

Plant Genetic Resources of Ethiopia

Edited by JMM Engels, JG Hawkes and M Worede

One of the world centres of crop evolution and origin, Ethiopia has long been recognized as an important area of diversity for several major and various minor crops. Based on an ....

Plant Genomes

Jean-Nicolas Volff

Recent major advances in the field of comparative genomics and cytogenomics of plants, particularly associated with the completion of ambitious genome projects, have uncovered ....

Plantes Utiles du Bas-Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo

Paul Latham and Augustin Konda ku Mbuta

This book is designed to encourage the planting and conservation of useful plants. It is translated from the original English edition. ....

Plants in Beijing

Wang Xiaoping

In this book 461 species of vascular plants in 321 genera, 99 families, which mostly naturally distributed in Beijing are recorded in both description and photograph. Each ....

Revision of Neosprucea (Salicaceae)

Mac H Alford

The neotropical genus Neosprucea (Salicaceae), formerly included in Flacourtiaceae, comprises nine species of trees. Its range extends from Panama to Guyana and to southern ....

Root Feeders

An Ecosystem Perspective

Scott N Johnson

Presents a comprehensive review of knowledge on root herbivores and illustrates their importance within ecosystems. Chapters discuss problems of visualizing the organisms in ....

The Scots Herbal

The Plant Lore of Scotland

Tess Darwin

Guide to the many ways in which wild plants have been used in Scotland from prehistoric times to the present day. ....

Teaching Plant Anatomy Through Creative Laboratory Exercises

RL Peterson, CA Peterson and LH Melville

This easy-to-follow, full-colour guide was created for instructors teaching plant structure at the high school, college, and university levels. It benefits from the ....

Wildflowers of the Western Plains

A Field Guide

Zoe Merriman Kirkpatrick, Benny J Simpson and David K Northington

Stretching from western Texas and eastern New Mexico up through Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, and into Canada, the vast western ....

Woody Starch Plants of China

Xie Bixi and Chen Xun

There are three parts in this book. The first part describes woody starch plants resources. Total 242 species in 21 families are mentioned. For each species the ....

Bioenergetics: its Thermodynamic Foundations

L Garby and PS Larsen

Bioenergetics is the name given to the collection of disciplines within biochemistry and physiology that aims at a description and understanding of the function of living ....

The Cyanobacteria

Molecular Biology, Genomics and Evolution

A Herrero and E Flores

Cyanobacteria are a fascinating and versatile group of bacteria of immense biological importance. Thought to be amongst the first organisms to colonize the earth, these ....

Giardia and Crytosporidium

From Molecules to Disease

Edited by M G Ortega-Pierres, S Caccio, Ronald Fayer, T Mank, H Smith and R Thompson

Giardia and Cryptosporidium are both parasites of considerable global interest due to the gastrointestinal problems the organisms can cause in humans as well as domestic and ....

Lignans

Chemical, Biological and Clinical Properties

DC Ayres and JD Loike

Lignans are widely occurring plant compounds and are closely related to lignin, which forms the woody component of trees and other plants. The lignans are characterised by ....

Mechanics and Physiology of Animal Swimming

Edited by L Maddock, Q Bone and JMV Rayner

Aquatic organisms swim in a variety of ways, from jet propulsion to ciliary action: they swim at a wide range of speeds and span a vast size range, from bacteria to protists, to ....

Principles of Animal Behavior

Lee Alan Dugatkin

This book covers the diverse forces that cause animals to act and respond to their environment in the way that they do. Learning and cultural transmission are balanced ....

Tinbergen's Legacy

Function and Mechanism in Behavioral Biology

Johan J Bolhuis and Simon M Verhulst

Nobel laureate Niko Tinbergen laid the foundations for the scientific study of animal behaviour with his work on causation, development, function and evolution. In this book, ....

99% Ape

How Evolution Adds Up

Jonathan Silvertown

We share 99 per cent of our genes with apes and even 66 per cent with a tasty grape. In "99% Ape: How Evolution Adds Up" leading experts provide a clear and accessible guide to ....

The Dominant Animal

Human Evolution and the Environment

Paul R Ehrlich and Anne H Ehrlich

In humanity's more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures wresting sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch ....

Evolutionary Essays

A Thermodynamic Interpretation of the Evolution

Sven Erik Jorgensen

Evolution is nature's most fascinating process, the possibility given sufficient time to combine simple inorganic compounds to more and more complex biochemical compounds, which ....

Biogeography of Mediterranean Invasions

Edited by RH Groves and F Di Castri

A unique documentation of the introduced floras and faunas in the five regions of Mediterranean climate which both increases our understanding of the ecology of ....

Biological Invasions in Marine Ecosystems

Ecological, Management, and Geographic Perspectives

Edited by Gil Rilov and Jeffrey A Crooks

Biological invasions are considered to be one of the greatest threats to the integrity of most ecosystems on earth. This volume explores the current state of marine ....

The Energetics and Stability of Real and Model Systems

John Moore and Peter de Ruiter

The central theme of this book is that patterns in the utilisation of energy result from the trophicinteractions among species, and that these patternsform the basis of ....

Population Biology

Concepts and Models

Alan Hastings

A well priced Springer textbook which provides an introduction to the biology and ecology of populations by emphasizing the roles of simple mathematical models in ....

Challenges to Marine Ecosystems

Proceedings of the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium

John Davenport, Gavin M Burnell and Tom Cross

This volume presents a representative sample of contributions to the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium held in September 2005 in Cork, Ireland. The theme of the ....

Fighting Fire with Fire

Peter Attiwill and Mark Adams

"Fighting Fire with Fire" discusses the role of fire in Australia's ecosystems, how we have to accept and live with fire, and how we can manage fire both for safety and for ....

Monitoring Ecological Impacts

Concepts and Practice in Flowing Waters

Barbara J Downes et al

Provides the tools needed to design assessment programs that can reliably monitor, detect and allow management of human impacts on the natural environment. Step-by-step ....

Nature of the Rainforest

Costa Rica and Beyond

Adrian Forsyth, Michael Fogden and Patricia Fogden

Nature of the Rainforest is a breathtaking tour of an environment that is the pinnacle of biodiversity and evolutionary sophistication by an award-winning author and two ....

The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis

New Developments in Aquatic Ecology

James H Thorp, Martin C Thoms and Michael D Delong

This book presents the most comprehensive model yet for describing the structure and functioning of running freshwater ecosystems. This 'riverine ecosystem synthesis' (RES) ....

Thomson's Wildlife on Site Handbook

A Practical Guide for Civil Engineers and Developers

Edited by Richard Arnold

Designed for civil engineers, developers and anyone else interested in wildlife, development and the law - this is the second edition of this practical handbook. It ....

Trees and Forests of America

Tim Palmer

"Trees & Forests of America" is an unprecedented collection of 200 stunning photographs by award-winning author Tim Palmer. Along with breath-taking images, his expressive text ....

Wilderness in Europe

What really goes on between the trees and the beasts

Frans Vera, Frans Buissink and Jaap Weidema

That the wilderness of the European lowlands once was one dense, endless forest is a myth, biologist en ecologist Frans Vera ....

Insect Conservation and Islands

Edited by T R New

A series of original papers and reviews dealing with the peculiarities of island insects and their conservation in many parts of the world. Contributions to this special issue ....

Threatened Plants of the Cayman Islands: The Red List

FJ Burton

The first Red List assessment of the entire Cayman Islands flora, covering all 415 species and varieties considered truly native to the Cayman Islands. A comprehensive ....

Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology, 2008

Richard S Ostfeld and William H Schlesinger

This is an important collection of review articles on the top science and developments in the fields of ecology and conservation biology. ....

Climate Change

Turning Up the Heat

AB Pittock

Debates about the reality of climate change and the measures to be taken. This book explains how our attitudes to risk and uncertainty influence our decision making and how ....

Climate Change in Asia

Perspectives on the Future Climate Regime

Yasuko Kameyama, Agus P Sari, Soejachmoen, Meokti H and Norichika Kanie

Looking beyond the Kyoto Protocol's first containment period, an intense and growing international debate over the future climate change regime has emerged. Countries in ....

The Discovery of Global Warming

Spencer R Weart

In 2001 an international panel of distinguished climate scientists announced that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last ten millennia, ....

Ecological Climatology

Concepts and Applications

Gordon Bonan

This book introduces an interdisciplinary framework to understand the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change. It reviews basic ....

Environmental Futures

The Practice of Environmental Scenario Analysis

Joseph Alcamo

As scientists and policymakers try to come to grips with problems such as climate change and risks to biodiversity, they turn more and more frequently to the method of scenario ....

Environmental Issues

An Introduction to Sustainability

Robert L McConnell and Daniel C Abel

For courses in Environmental Studies and Environmental Science as well as Education courses focusing on Math and Science. This issues workbook takes an interdisciplinary ....

Environmental Modeling and Software

Tony Jakeman, Alexey Voinov, Andrea Emilio Rizzoli and Serena Chen

This book presents the current state-of-the-art in environmental modelling and software and identifies the future challenges in the field. ....

Extrapolation Practice for Ecotoxicological Effect Characterization of Chemicals

Keith R Solomon, Theo CM Brock, Dick de Zwart, Scott Dyer and Leo Posthuma

A wide-ranging compilation of techniques, this book describes various methods of extrapolation in the framework of ecological risk assessment as well as identifies the ....

The Global Warming Survival Kit

The Must-have Guide to Overcoming Extreme Weather, Power Cuts, Food Shortages and Other Climate Change Disasters

Brian Clegg

Few now dispute that we face climate change. We need to plan for the worst. But good advice has been hard to come by - until now. "The Global Warming Survival Kit" takes you ....

A Guide to Practical Toxicology

Evaluation, Prediction and Risk

Adam Woolley

Toxicologists in both academia and industry will find this updated text a significant addition to their research library. ....

The International Handbook on Environmental Technology Management

Edited by Dora Marinova, David Annandale and John Phillimore

This important Handbook is the first comprehensive account that brings together recent developments in the three related fields of environmental technology, environmental ....

Introduction to Environmental Forensics

Brian L Murphy and Robert D Morrison

"Introduction to Environmental Forensics" helps readers unravel the complexities of environmental pollution cases. It outlines techniques for identifying the source of a ....

The Long Thaw

How Humans are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate

David Archer

If you think that global warming means slightly hotter weather and a modest rise in sea levels that will persist only so long as fossil fuels hold out (or until we decide to ....

Metal Contamination in Aquatic Environments

Science and Lateral Management

Samuel Luoma and Philip S Rainbow

Metal contamination is one of the most ubiquitous, persistent and complex environmental issues, encompassing legacies of the past (e.g. abandoned ....

New Source Review for Stationary Sources of Air Pollution

NRC

The Clean Air Act established a pair of programs - known as New Source Review (NSR) - that regulate large stationary sources of air pollution, such as factories and ....

Oil Spill Response

A Global Perspective

WF Davidson, K Lee and A Cogswell

International experts in the field of oil spill response, including reprsentatives from 26 NATO countries, participated in a workshop in Canada to discuss their experience in ....

Wild Land Fires and Air Pollution

Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Michael Arbaugh, Allen Robert Riebau and C Andersen

The interaction between smoke and air pollution creates a public health challenge. Fuels treatments proposed for National Forests are intended to reduce fuel accumulations and ....

Applied Geophysics in Periglacial Environments

Christian Hauck and Christof Kneisel

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

Beach and Dune Restoration

Karl F Nordstrom

This book analyzes the tradeoffs involved in restoring beaches and dunes on intensively developed coasts, the most effective approaches to use, and the ways to educate and ....

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils

John Farndon and Steve Parker

Reference to more than 700 minerals, rocks, plants and animal fossils, with over 2,000 illustrations. ....

The Concise Geologic Time Scale

Felix M Gradstein, Jim Ogg and Gabi Ogg

This concise handbook presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars and Venus. ....

Earth

A Journey Through Time

Nicolas Cheetham

From Earth we have looked deep into the universe, embarking on a journey of discovery that has revealed the cosmos to be richer than we could ever imagine. But what happens ....

Earth's Restless Surface

Deidre Janson-Smith and Gordon Cressey

This is a newly revised edition of the Natural History Museum's classic introduction to the processes and products of change to the Earth's surface. It explains in accessible ....

Environment

Critical Essays in Human Geography

Edited by Kay Anderson and Bruce Braun

Spanning cultural and political ecology, the political economy of the environment, humanistic landscape interpretation, cultural studies of nature, and science and ....

The Environmental Element in Space Law

Assessing the Present and Charting the Future

Lotta Viikari

While decades of space ventures have led to significant technological advances, space activities have also brought increasing environmental problems. This book examines the ....

Floating to Space

The Airship to Orbit Program with DVD

John M Powell

Challenging the reader to consider what is possible, this book reveals an entirely new concept for getting into space--Airship to Orbit (ATO). Photographs and details are ....

Global Sedimentology of the Ocean

An Interplay Between Geodynamics and Paleoenvironment

CM Robert

This book provides an update of synthetic information in marine sedimentology, associating generalities to case studies. New information is replaced in a context of ....

Hexaflexagons, Probability and the Tower of Hanoi

Martin Gardner's First Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games

Martin Gardner

Paradoxes and paper-folding, Moebius variations and mnemonics, fallacies, magic squares, topological curiosities, parlor tricks, and games ancient and modern, from Polyminoes, ....

An Introduction to Chemistry for Biology Students

George I Sackheim

Introduction to Chemistry for Biology Students, Ninth Edition is a unique workbook that uses a step-by-step approach to teach students the chemistry necessary for success in ....

Is Pluto a Planet?

A Historical Journey through the Solar System

David A Weintraub

With the discovery of 2003 UB313 - an outer solar system object believed to be slightly larger than Pluto - astronomers have again been thrown into an age-old debate about what ....

The Night Sky Companion

A Yearly Guide to Sky-Watching 2009-2010

Tammy Plotner

The Night Sky Companion is far more than just an observing guide. It is a year's journey into the science and facts of astronomy and space travel, along with some of its history ....

The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope

An Optical Guide

Bernard Pracejus

This is a very detailed colour atlas for ore/opaque minerals (ore microscopy) with the main emphasis on: name and synonyms, mineral group, chemical composition, information ....

Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube

Martin Gardner's Mathematical Diversions

Martin Gardner

Martin Gardner continues to delight, by introducing readers to the Generalized Ham Sandwich Theorem, origami, digital roots, magic squares, the mathematics of cooling ....

Origins of Life in the Universe

Robert Jastrow and MR Rampino

This concise and highly illustrated textbook traces the evolution of the Cosmos from the Big Bang to the development of intelligent life on Earth, conveying clear science in an ....

The Planets

A Journey Through the Solar System

Giles Sparrow

Spectacular images of our solar system and beyond. ....

Space

A History of Space Exploration in Photographs

Andrew Chaikin

From the earliest of times, humans have looked to the skies and dreamed of flying to the Moon and beyond. Galileo trained his first telescope on the heavens in 1609, but it ....

Space Enterprise

Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century

Phillip Harris

In Space Enterprise - Living and Working Offworld, Dr Philip Harris provides the vision and rationale as to why humanity is leaving its cradle, Earth, to use space resources, ....

The Stargazer's Guide

How to Read Our Night Sky

Emily Winterburn

Like the ocean, a starry sky has the capacity to fill us with wonder. A stargazer is anyone who's ever found themselves looking at the stars and wanting to know a bit more. ....

Stargazing Basics

Getting Started in Recreational Astronomy

Paul E Kinzer

How do I get started in astronomy? Should I buy binoculars or a telescope? What can I expect to see? This wonderful informal guide to astronomy has all the information an ....

The Story of Astronomy

Peter Aughton

From the ancient origins of astronomy to the Copernican revolution, and from Galileo to Hawking's research into black holes, "The Story of Astronomy" charts the discoveries of ....

Taming the Infinite

The Story of Mathematics

Ian Stewart

From ancient Babylon to the last great unsolved problems, Ian Stewart brings us his definitive history of mathematics. In his famous straightforward style, Professor ....

Traveler's Guide to the Solar System

P Barnes-Svarney and Gilbert Ford

What would it be like to walk on a Martian plain? Watch wild volcanoes on Jupiter? All it takes to find out is a touch of imagination and this entertaining guide to the solar ....

Universe

A Journey to the Edge of the Cosmos

Nicolas Cheetham

Using a wealth of high-resolution images collected by a fleet of telescopes, satellites and inter-planetary probes, "Universe" embarks on a voyage to the edge of the cosmos. ....

Year Million

Science at the Far Edge of Knowledge

Damien Broderick

A volume of specially commissioned essays by such journalists and scholars as Rudy Rucker, Jim Holt, and Gregory Benford considers the fate of the human race and/or ....

Assessing the Conservation Value of Freshwaters

Philip Boon and Catherine Pringle

Freshwater is a valuable resource for human populations, and has many uses such as water for drinking, hydroelectric power and recreation. This creates conflict between ....

Can We Afford the Future?

Deciphering Climate Economics

Frank Ackerman

In this book, Frank Ackerman offers a refreshing look at the economics of climate change, explaining how the arbitrary assumptions of conventional theories get in the way ....

The Complete Book of Garlic

A Guide for Gardeners, Growers, and Serious Cooks

Ted Jordan Meredith

An essential element in cuisines around the world, garlic enjoys near mythic status among cooks, chefs, foodies, and enthusiasts of natural remedies. Worldwide, garlic ....

Corporate Strategies and the Clean Development Mechanism

Developing Country Financing for Developed Country Commitments?

Soren Ender Lutken and Axel Michaelowa

This book assesses the organizational structure of projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, reaching fundamental conclusions that will be ....

The Crisis of Global Environmental Governance

Towards a New Political Economy of Sustainability

J Park

More than twenty years after the Bruntland Commission report, "Our Common Future", we have yet to secure the basis for a serious approach to global environmental governance. ....

Dead Pool

Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West

James Lawrence Powell

Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? In a provocative exploration of the past, present, and future of ....

Economics of the Environment

Theory and Policy

Horst Siebert

The book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. It offers a theoretical study of the allocation problem and describes different policy approaches to ....

Ecotourism

Principles and Practices

R Buckley

Ecotourism is a useful concept, but not a very well defined one; it has been debated in theory and attempted in practice for nearly two decades. Its key goal is to reduce the ....

Ecotourism and Sustainable Development

Who Owns Paradise?

Martha Honey

Around the world, ecotourism has been hailed as a panacea: a way to fund conservation and scientific research, protect fragile ecosystems, benefit communities, promote ....

Electricity Reform in Europe

Towards a Single Energy Market

JM Glachant and F Leveque

`The SESSA study on the Internal Energy Market was an important and influential contribution towards the Commission's proposal for a third package of proposals, ....

Employment and the Environment

A Reconciliation

Philip Lawn

Reconciles the conflict between the ecological sustainability and full employment objectives, discussing and analyzing the impact that achieving ecological sustainability ....

Energy Supply and Renewable Resources

Regina Anne Kelly and Tom Mast

This book offers an international, first-stop look at dependence on natural resources. Studies predict that world energy consumption will increase by 59 percent before the ....

Environmental Change and Human Security in the Arctic

Edited by G Hoogensen and D Bazely

Over centuries, Arctic peoples have learned to adapt and thrive in an uncertain, harsh environment. Presently change is occurring in this region at an unprecedented rate, ....

Ethics, CSR and Sustainability: An Aristotelian Vision, Mission, and Strategy for the Global Economy and a Sustainable Planet

Christos Papoutsy

Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, & Sustainability is a practical guide to business ethics, offering universal guidelines on strategies, choosing a professional ....

Groundwater Management in Large River Basins

Edited by M Dimkic et al

This book reviews the state-of-the-art of groundwater management in large river providing an innovative, informative and consistent approach with technical tools for ....

The Handbook of Environmental Policy Evaluation

Pieter Leroy and Ann Crabbe

Policy evaluation is an important and well-established part of the policy process, facilitating and feeding back to promote the ongoing effectiveness of policies that have ....

Handbook on Trade and the Environment

Kevin P Gallagher

In this comprehensive new reference work, Kevin Gallagher has compiled a fresh and broad ranging collection of expert voices commenting on the interdisciplinary field of trade ....

Innovation in Environmental Policy?

Integrating the Environment for Sustainability

Edited by Andrew J Jordan and Andrea Lenschow

`This collection brings together leading scholars in the field to explore the origins and applications of different instruments of environmental policy integration from a ....

Managing Without Growth

Slower by Design, Not Disaster

Peter Victor

Peter Victor challenges the priority that rich countries continue to give to economic growth as an over-arching objective of economic policy. This challenge is based on a ....

Markets for Carbon and Power Pricing in Europe

Theoretical Issues and Empirical Analyses

Edited by F Gulli

This book brings together contributions by leading experts in the field from every EU country. It begins with an overview of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) along with ....

Multiple Effect Distillation of Seawater Using Solar Energy

Ali M El-Nashar

This book describes the solar desalination test plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE and gives a summary of its first year performance and economics. The plant has been operating ....

Olives

Ioannis Nikolaos Therios

Deals with all aspects of olive culture, from its history, origins and traditional techniques to the latest horticultural procedures and basic physiology. ....

On Space and Time

Shahn Majid

What is the true nature of space and time? These concepts are at the heart of science, but they remain deeply wrapped in enigma. Their structure at both the smallest ....

Renewable Energy

A User's Guide

Andy McCrea

Every day there are news reports that highlight spiralling energy costs, accelerating energy consumption, serious concerns over fuel security and fears that oil production ....

The Rivers of Europe

Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger and Christopher T Robinson

The EU-Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a legislative framework to protect and improve the quality of all water resources including rivers. "Good status" of all European ....

Selling Solar

The Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies

Damian Miller

To solve the looming climate change crisis, the world will need to make a profound technological shift to cleaner sources of energy. One technology that has enormous ....

Strategic Rivalries in World Politics

Michael Colaresi

International conflict is neither random nor inexplicable. It is highly structured by antagonisms between a relatively small set of states that regard each other as rivals. ....

Strategic Sustainability

The State of the Art in Corporate Environmental Management Systems

R Sroufe

The last decade has seen increasing awareness of the importance of understanding corporate Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) and their relationships with ....

Sustainability Through Planning

J Prior

This report shows how the BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), EcoHomes and the Code for Sustainable Homes are being used by local authorities to deliver their ....

Sustainable Development in Western China

Managing People, Livestock and Grasslands in Pastoral Areas

CG Brown, SA Waldron and JW Longworth

Sustaining the livelihoods and resource base of poor households in the culturally sensitive, strategically important and extremely diverse pastoral region poses one of ....

Sustainable Land Management

Strategies to Cope with the Marginalisation of Agriculture

Edited by Floor Brouwer, S Dhillion, Anna Elgersma and T von Rheenen

In large parts of the world, the reduction in viability of agriculture and rural areas is an escalating problem. Driven by a range of factors, including insufficient economic ....

Sustainable Tourism III

Edited by CA Brebbia and FD Pineda

Tourism, internationally, is the largest economic sector both in terms of earnings and number of people employed. Understandably, the economic advantages have led to the ....

Wealth, Welfare and Sustainability

Advances in Measuring Sustainable Development

Kirk Hamilton and Giles Atkinson

This important book presents fresh thinking and new results on the measurement of sustainable development. ....

When Things Fell Apart

R Bates

In the later decades of the twentieth century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed, governments became predators, and citizens took up arms. In When Things ....

The Atlas of the Real World

Mapping the Way We Live

Daniel Dorling and Mark Newman

Here is our planet as you've never seen it before: 366 digitally modified maps - known as cartograms - depict the areas and countries of the world not by their physical size, ....

Statistical Modelling in R

Murray Aitkin, Brian Francis, John Hinde and Ross Darnell

R is now the most widely used statistical package/language in university statistics departments and many research organizations. Its great disadvantages are that for many ....

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals of the World

Tom Jackson

The astonishing biodiversity of the Earth's animals is captured in this visually stunning book. Packed full of fascinating facts and captivating illustrations, and ....