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Mammals
 

Animals of the Masai Mara

Adam Scott Kennedy and Vicki Kennedy

One of the greatest attractions of a trip to Kenya is the chance to see animals such as lions, cheetah, leopards, zebra, and giraffe up close and in their natural habitats. Animals of the Masai Mara is a lavish photographic guide that ....

144 pages | 140+ colour photos |

Paperback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780691156019 | #198788A | £17.95 Add to basket

 

Australia's Amazing Kangaroos

Their Conservation, Unique Biology and Coexistence with Humans

Ken Richardson

This book provides an authoritative source of information on kangaroos and their relatives. Topics include: species characteristics and biology, adaptations and function, and conservation. The book also discusses culling and the commercial ....

240 pages | colour photos, b/w illustrations, maps |

Paperback | NYP 07/2012 | 9780643097391 | #199115A | £46.95 Add to basket

 

Biology and Conservation of Martens, Sables, and Fishers

A New Synthesis

Keith B Aubry, William J Zielinski, Martin G Raphael, Gilbert Proulx and Steven W Buskirk

Mammals in the genus Martes are mid-sized carnivores of great importance to forest ecosystems. This book, the successor to Martens, Sables, and Fishers: Biology and Conservation, provides a scientific basis for management and ....

536 pages | 8 b/w photos, 31 maps, 49 tables |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780801450884 | #199070A | £46.50 Add to basket

 

Britain's Sea Mammals

Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, and Seals and Where to Find Them

Robert Still, Jon Dunn and Hugh Harrop

Britain's Sea Mammals is the essential field guide to all the sea mammals--whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals--found in coastal Britain. The book features more than 100 stunning photographs and close to 40 detailed and beautiful ....

120 pages | 100 colour photos, 40 colour illustrations, distribution maps |

Paperback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780691156606 | #198786A | £9.95 Add to basket

 

Gentle Giants

An Emotional Face to Face with Dolphins and Whales

Groc Isabelle

Take an intimate look at the marine creatures dearest to us: our fellow sea-born mammals-dolphins, porpoises, and whales. Joining superb nature writing with spectacular photography, Gentle Giants surveys 80 species, explores their mysterious ....

272 pages | colour photos |

Hardback | 05/2011 | 9788854405813 | #198737A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Gorilla

Tedd Gott and Kathryn Weir

Only coming to prominence in the mid-nineteenth century when English, French and American scientists encountered the animal for the first time, the gorilla's physical resemblance to humans immediately struck a chord, marking the beginning ....

224 pages | 60 colour & 40 b/w illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781780230290 | #199046A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Otter Country

In Search of the Wild Otter

Darlington Miriam

Over the course of a year, Miriam Darlington travelled around Britain in search of wild otters; from her home in Devon to the wilds of Scotland; to Cumbria, Wales, Northumberland, Cornwall, Somerset and the River Lea; to her childhood home near ....

368 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9781847084859 | #198835A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Phantoms of the Prairie

The Return of Cougars to the Midwest

Laundre John W

Last seen in the 1880s, cougars (also known as pumas or mountain lions) are making a return to the plains regions of the Midwest. Their comeback, heralded by wildlife enthusiasts, has brought concern and questions to many regarding the possibility ....

200 pages | 3 b/w photos, 14 maps |

Paperback | NYP 06/2012 | 9780299287542 | #198838A | £22.50 Add to basket

 

Primate Neuroethology

Platt Michael L and Ghazanfar Asif A

Why do people find monkeys and apes so compelling to watch? One clear answer is that they seem so similar to us - a window into our own minds and how we have evolved over millennia. As Charles Darwin wrote in his Notebook,

704 pages |

Paperback | NYP 07/2012 | 9780199929245 | #198887A | £59.99 Add to basket

 

Primate People

Saving Nonhuman Primates through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary

Lisa Kemmerer and Marc Bekoff

In the last 30 years the bushmeat trade has led to the slaughter of nearly 90 percent of West Africa's bonobos, perhaps our closest relatives, and has recently driven Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey to extinction. Earth was once

224 pages | 3 illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 07/2012 | 9781607811534 | #199071A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

Smithers' Mammals of Southern Africa

A Field Guide

Peter Apps

First published in 1986, Smithers' Mammals is an authoritative and popular guide to the mammals of Southern Africa. This revised and updated edition incorporates the latest information brought to light by molecular genetics, while ....

392 pages | 400 colour & b/w illustrations, colour distribution maps |

Paperback | 02/2012 | 9781770079137 | #198608A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Studies on Diversity, Distribution and Habitat Preference of Bat Species in Pune District, Maharashtra

VS Korad, MC Gaikwad and AL Koratkar

This volume described the bats found in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

52 pages | 18 colour plates, maps |

Paperback | 12/2010 | #198662A | £11.50 Add to basket

 

The Bat Workers' Manual

AJ Mitchell-Jones and AP McLeish

Detailed information on all aspects of bat surveying - an essential reference for anyone wishing to obtain a licence to carry out bat work in the UK. With excellent drawings by Tom McOwat. The manual incorporates required changes and includes ....

178 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations, tables |

Paperback | 07/2012 | 9781907807336 | #198731A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

The Biology and Conservation of Australasian Bats

Law Bradley, Peggy Eby, Daniel Lunney and Lindy Lumsden

This book follows the successful three day forum of the same name held in April 2007 at the Australian Museum. The forum was organised jointly by the Royal Zoological Society of NSW and the Australasian Bat Society. The collection of papers ....

498 pages | colour photos, b/w illustrations, maps |

Paperback | 12/2011 | 9780980327243 | #197306A | £69.99 Add to basket

 

The Black Rhinos of Namibia

Searching for Survivors in the African Desert

Rick Bass

Rick Bass first made a name for himself as a writer and seeker of rare, iconic animals, including the grizzlies and wolves of the American West. Now he's off on a new, far-flung adventure in the Namib of southwest Africa on the trail of a ....

288 pages |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780547055213 | #199075A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

The Evolution of Primate Societies

John C Mitani, Josep Call, Peter M Kappeler, Ryne A Palombit and Joan B Silk

In 1987, the University of Chicago Press published Primate Societies, the standard reference in the field of primate behavior for an entire generation of students and scientists. But in the twenty-five years since its publication,

728 pages | 157 b/w photos, 34 b/w illustrations, 44 tables |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780226531717 | #199041A | £93.50 Add to basket

Paperback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780226531724 | #199042A | £32.50 Add to basket

 

The Song of the Ape

Understanding the Languages of Chimpanzees

Andrew R Halloran

While working as a zookeeper with a group of captive chimpanzees living on an island, Andrew Halloran witnessed an event which would cause him to become obsessed with how chimpanzees communicate complex information and ideas to each other. ....

276 pages | 10 b/w photos |

Hardback | 03/2012 | 9780312563110 | #198607A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Wolves

Jack, Jr Ballard

Wolves presents readers with substantive yet easily digestible information on this most feared yet misunderstood predator. Where do wolves live? What enemies do they have? How do they communicate? What issues exist in the controversial relationship ....

96 pages | colour illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780762782352 | #197939A | £8.50 Add to basket

 
Birds
 

A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago

R ffrench

Revised edition of this classic field guide to the avifauna of these two Caribbean islands. Trinidad and Tobago are special in that nearly all the families of South American birds are well represented there. They can therefore offer the richness ....

464 pages | 29 colour plates, b/w photos, 9 colour illustrations, 39 b/w line drawings, maps |

Paperback | NYP 01/2013 | 9780801473647 | #198539A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Borneo

Shi Wong Tsu

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Borneo contains the author's high quality photographs, accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The introduction covers ....

160 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781906780685 | #198903A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Arctic Shorebirds in North America

A Decade of Monitoring

Bart Jonathan Robert and Johnston Victoria Helen

Each year shorebirds from North and South America migrate thousands of miles to spend the summer in the Arctic. There they feed in shoreline marshes and estuaries along some of the most productive and pristine coasts anywhere. With so much ....

320 pages | 66 b/w illustrations, 92 tables |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780520273108 | #198814A | £54.99 Add to basket

 

Avifauna of Kanha Tiger Reserve: Madhya Pradesh

Kailash Chandra, Anil Mahabal, Rajendra Prasad Gupta and DK Nema

The outcome of the project "Avifauna of Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh" undertaken by the Zoological Survey of India not only gives detailed information on birds of the tiger reserve, but also contribute to the knowledge for the ....

226 pages | plates, tables |

Paperback | 12/2006 | #198692A | £54.50 Add to basket

 

Birding Sweden, Take 1 (Region ALL)

Hawk Owl Winter - Swan Spring

Malcolm Rymer

Birding Sweden, Take 1 has been put together from material collected during several trips to Sweden, where the author visited various regions during different seasons.

runtime: 120 min, region ALL, aspect ratio: 16:9, PAL |

Paperback | 08/2012 | #198925A | £20.17 Add to basket

 

Birding Sweden, Take 2 (Region ALL)

Owls & Skuas and the Year of the Lemming

Malcolm Rymer

Birding Sweden, Take 2 has been put together from material collected during several trips to Sweden, where the author visited various regions during different seasons. The birding adventures continue in the uplands beyond Flatruet ....

runtime: 120 min, region ALL, aspect ratio: 16:9, PAL |

Paperback | 08/2012 | #198926A | £20.17 Add to basket

 

Birds of the Caatinga / Aves de Caatinga

Endrigo Edson

Birds of the Caatinga, Volume 6 in this ongoing series, displays 100 birds found in the Caatinga, an ecoregion in the northeastern part of Brazil covering between 700,000 km² and 1,000,000 km². The name Caating ....

224 pages | 100 colour photos, slipcase |

Hardback | 01/2011 | 9788598153120 | #198918A | £87.50 Add to basket

 

Birds of the Masai Mara

Kennedy Adam Scott

Birds of the Masai Mara is a remarkably beautiful photographic guide featuring the bird species likely to be encountered by visitors to the popular Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. With an eye-catching layout, easy-to-use format, ....

176 pages | 300+ colour photos |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780691155944 | #198787A | £17.95 Add to basket

 

Birds of the State of Rio de Janeiro / Aves Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Endrigo Edson and Alves Serpa Guilherme

Due to its high concentrarion of endemic and threatened species, the state of Rio de Janeiro stands out as one of the Atlantic forest regions that deserve high priority in terms of conservation. Among the more than 750 species that occur in the ....

172 pages | colour photos |

Hardback | 01/2010 | 9788598153094 | #198920A | £87.50 Add to basket

 

Birds of the State of Sao Paulo / Aves Estado de Sao Paulo

Endrigo Edson

This book covers more than 770 species, and pcitures 174 of them. A work that should be part of the library of all those who appreciate the beautiful and exciting southeastern Brazilian birds.

172 pages | 189 colour photos |

Hardback | 01/2010 | 9788598153087 | #198919A | £87.50 Add to basket

 

Birdwatcher's Walks in a Box

Year Round Birdwatching Expeditions on Pocketable Cards

Tipling David and Parslow John

This is Britain's only birdwatcher's walking guide on pocketable cards. This title consists of a box containing 60 walking cards filled with unique information on how to see local bird life on foot. Each has a different route fully ....

50 pages | colour illustrations, colour maps |

Unbound | 06/2011 | 9781903301616 | #198680A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Catalogue of Eggs (Aves) in the National Zoological Collection of the Zoological Survey of India Part I

Rengasamy Sakthivel, BB Dutta and DK Sanyal

This catalogue lists all the bird eggs deposited at the Zoological Suvery of India.

308 pages |

Unbound | 12/2011 | 9788181712806 | #198598A | £126.00 Add to basket

 

Coastal Birds of Tamil Nadu

C Venkatraman and V Gokula

Coastal birds are birds that exploit coastal habitats (marshes, swamps, beeches and open water along the coast) to perform any one or more of the behavioural activities like feeding, breeding and roosting. These are small to medium sized, ....

64 pages | 9 illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198600A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Encounters with the Dragon

A Photographer's Passion for the Drakensberg

Hone John

Encounters with the Dragon contains photographs taken by Hone over more than 30 years, showing the mountains in all their moods and seasons, colours and light effects. And linking the photographs is Hone's text, telling stories of ....

277 pages | colour photos |

Hardback | 01/2007 | 9781919688671 | #198741A | £69.99 Add to basket

 

Gifts of the Crow

How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans

John Marzluff and Tony Angell

Crows are mischievous, playful, social, and passionate. They have brains that are huge for their body size and exhibit an avian kind of eloquence. They mate for life and associate with relatives and neighbors for years. And because they often ....

287 pages | b/w illustrations |

Hardback | 06/2012 | 9781439198735 | #198761A | £21.99 Add to basket

 

Grasses of Coastal NSW

Harry Rose and Carol Rose

An easy-to-use reference to the grasses of coastal New South Wales, including the methods of identifying species. Beautiful colour photographs for each species. Contains notes on appearance and management.

180 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps |

Paperback | 05/2012 | 9781742562605 | #198698A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Land of Birds Colombia

Lucia Jaramillo de Olarte

Land of Birds Colombia covers more than 300 Colombian bird species in nine ecosystems, collected during more than 32 years of research.

300 pages | colour photos throughout |

Hardback | 01/2012 | #198923A | £175.00 Add to basket

 

Legumes and Herbs of Coastal NSW

Harry Rose, Carol Rose and Trevor Rose

This is an easy to use reference to the non-grass plants, including legumes, ferns, sedges, rushes and other herbs identified by flower colour. The book contains beautiful colour photographs for each species and notes on appearance and management ....

196 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps |

Spiralbound | 06/2011 | 9781742560656 | #198629A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

National Geographic Bird-watcher's Bible

A Complete Treasury

Jonathan Alderfer

A lighthearted and broadly cultural and visual approach to learning everything there is to know about birds, bird-watching, birds in history and the arts, and life on the wing. Short narrative pieces are interspersed with sidebars, quotes, ....

416 pages | 200 colour & b/w photos, 150 illustrations, 50 maps |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781426209642 | #198936A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Ostrich

Edgar Williams

In many senses the ostrich looms large – the tallest and heaviest of any living bird, a fully grown North African ostrich can reach 2.75 metres (9 feet) in height and weigh almost 160 kgs (350 pounds). It also lays the largest eggs ....

224 pages | 60 colour & 40 b/w illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781780230399 | #199048A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Raptors in Your Pocket

A Guide to Great Plains Birds of Prey

Gardner Dana

This addition to Iowa's successful series of laminated guides is a welcome aid to identifying the many challenging raptors of the Great Plains, from northern Minnesota to northern Texas. Illustrator Dana Gardner has created fourteen panel ....

105 colour illustrations |

Unbound | 04/2006 | 9780877459743 | #198841A | £8.95 Add to basket

 

Rare Breeding Birds in the UK In 2010

The July issue of British Birds contains the 37th report of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, which includes details of 94 species or distinctive races that bred (or showed signs of breeding) in the UK in 2010 - which turned out ....

colour photos |

Paperback | 07/2012 | #199157A | £6.50 Add to basket

 

Serengeti Spy

Views from a Hidden Camera on the Plains of East Africa

Anup Shah

In these terrific action photos of wildlife on the African savannah in the Serengeti and the Massai Mara, Anup Shah reveals these creatures as never seen before, using remote hidden cameras that have been planted across the plains. ....

204 pages | colour photos |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9781419702785 | #199022A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

The Black Grouse

Laurie Patrick

The Black Grouse is the first book to be written on this fascinating, severely declining species, the black grouse. Author Patrick Laurie's lively natural history is interwoven with his account of his on-going battle to reintroduce ....

224 pages | 34 colour & 54 b/w illustrations, 2 maps |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781906122430 | #198902A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Guide to Oklahoma Wildflowers

Folley Patricia

With its Rocky Mountain foothills, hardwood forests, many rivers and streams, low mountains, sand dunes, cypress swamps, and wide swaths of rangeland and pastureland, the Great Plains state of Oklahoma is one of only four with more than ten ....

312 pages | 415 colour photos, 1 colour map |

Paperback | 02/2012 | 9781609380465 | #198840A | £35.95 Add to basket

 

The Unfeathered Bird

van Grouw Katrina

There is more to a bird than simply feathers. And just because birds evolved from a single flying ancestor doesn't mean they are structurally all the same. With over 300 stunning drawings depicting 200 species,

304 pages | 385 colour illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780691151342 | #198784A | £34.95 Add to basket

 

The World's Rarest Birds

Hirschfeld Erik, Swash Andy and Still Robert

This illustrated book vividly depicts the most endangered birds in the world and provides the latest information on the threats each species faces and the measures being taken to save them. Today, 571 bird species are classified as critically ....

352 pages | 75 colour plates, 700+ colour photos |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780691155968 | #198783A | £34.95 Add to basket

 

Trees in Your Pocket

A Guide to Trees of the Upper Midwest

Rosburg Thomas

Valued for their lumber, their shade, and the beauty of their flowers and foliage as well as the nuts that nourish wildlife and humans alike, trees play important economic, ecological, and aesthetic roles in our lives. From honey and black ....

80 colour photos, 4 colour illustrations |

Unbound | NYP 10/2012 | 9781609381233 | #198844A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Vihrea Afrikka

Kasveja ja Kasvillisuutta (Green Africa Plants and Vegetation)

Niemela Tuomo

The most important vegetation types of Africa are introduced, with East Africa and southern Central Africa as examples. Selected important trees and other plant species are described and illustrated from each vegetation type.

320 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | 01/2011 | 9789521069598 | #198856A | £56.99 Add to basket

 

Where to Watch Birds in Prince Albert

Claassen Japie

This publication serves to be a guide to the birds of the Karoo, and more specifically Prince Albert and surrounds, for the enjoyment of every bird lover, novice or experienced. It provides clear instructions and maps so that visitors to the ....

51 pages | colour photos, maps |

Paperback | 01/2012 | #198822A | £4.99 Add to basket

 
Reptiles & Amphibians
 

An Annotated Checklist of Amphibia of India with Some Insights into the Patterns of Species Discoveries, Distribution

KP Dinesh, C Radhakrishnan, KV Gururaja and GK Bhatta

In the present work, the information on Indian amphibians from all the checklists and other relevant literature published so far, with regard to their available data from the Indian sub-continent, including the descriptions of new species ....

154 pages | 7 colour plates, 12 colour illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198672A | £54.50 Add to basket

 

Field Guide to Snakes of the Pilbara

Western Australia

Bush Brian and Maryan Brad

In the Pilbara there is a rich array of 46 species of snakes, on land and sea, with no fewer than eight of these being endemic to the region. This comprehensive, easy-to-use guide includes superb colour photographs and many drawings to aid ....

106 pages | colour photos, illustrations |

Paperback | 09/2011 | 9781920843670 | #198937A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Frogs and Toads in Your Pocket

A Guide to Amphibians of the Upper Midwest

VanDeWalle Terry and Collins Suzanne L

This colorful addition to Iowa’s series of laminated guides inform both amateur and professional herpetologists about all sixteen species of frogs and eight species of toads to be found in the Upper Midwest states of Minnesota, Wisconsin ....

24 colour photos, 4 colour illustrations |

Unbound | 10/2011 | 9781609380595 | #198846A | £8.95 Add to basket

 

Mini Encyclopedia of Bearded Dragons

expert Practical Guidance on Keeping Bearded Dragons and Other Dragon Lizards

Mattison Chris

Written in a very accessible and easy to understand style, the Mini Encyclopedia of Bearded Dragons is illustrated with a wealth of colour photographs and illustrations, which visually support the comprehensive text. Bearded Dragons ....

208 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | 03/2011 | 9781842862322 | #198938A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Rainbow Boas

Natural History and Captive Husbandry

Matz Gilbert, Bellosa Henry and Bisplinghof Hans

With a Preface by Prof. Gilbert Matz, a chapter on diseases by DVM Frank Mutschmann and a chapter presenting the colour morphs by John Berry.

223 pages | 222 colour photos |

Hardback | 06/2012 | 9783899734942 | #198888A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Sea Turtles of the Eastern Pacific

Advances in Research and Conservation

Jeffrey A Seminoff and Bryan P Wallace

Sea turtles are flagship species for the world's oceans. They traverse international boundaries during their migrations, serve as vehicles for marine nutrients to terrestrial habitats, and embody the often tenuous relationship between humans ....

400 pages | 24 plates with colour photos and colour maps; b/w photos, illustrations, and maps; tables |

Hardback | 06/2012 | 9780816511587 | #198764A | £67.50 Add to basket

 

Studies on Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) of North East India with Description of Three New Species

Rosamma Mathew and Nibedita Sen

Caecilians or limbless amphibians fall under the order Gymnophiona of the class amphibia. The mostly fossorial and tropical Ichthyophiidae and its sister Taxa Uraeotyphlidae are the only caecilian families restricted to Asia

56 pages | 45 colour plates, map, tables |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198661A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

The Sonoran Desert Tortoise

Natural History, Biology, and Conservation

Van Devender Thomas R

One of the most recognizable animals of the Southwest, the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) makes its home in both the Sonoran and Mohave Deserts, as well as in tropical areas to the south in Mexico. Called by Tohono O'odham ....

388 pages |

Paperback | 10/2006 | 9780816526062 | #198763A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Turtles in Your Pocket

A Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial Turtles of the Upper Midwest

VanDeWalle Terry and Collins Suzanne L

This colorful addition to Iowa’s series of laminated guides inform both amateur and professional herpetologists about all twenty species of turtles to be found in the Upper Midwest states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan ....

30 colour photos |

Unbound | 10/2011 | 9781609380618 | #198839A | £8.95 Add to basket

 
Fishes
 

A Guide to the Rockfishes, Thornyheads, and Scorpionfishes of the Northeast Pacific

Butler John, Love Milton S. and Laidig Thomas E.

Rockfishes and their close relatives are some of the most important fishes on the Pacific Coast. They occur on reefs, around sunken wrecks, and among kelp beds, and they often comprise more than 90 percent of all the fishes living in these ....

278 pages | 402 colour photos, 81 maps |

Paperback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780520270091 | #198808A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

A Review on the Identity of Threadfin Fishes (Perciformes: Polynemidae) of India

RP Barman and SS Mishra

Threadfin fishes occur in tropical and subtropical coastal waters and estuaries. There are also few freshwater species known to exist. They are mostly epibenthic forms found on sandy and muddy bottoms in depths less than 150 meters. These fishes ....

42 pages | 13 colour illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2010 | 9788181712721 | #198668A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

An Account of Additions to the Ichthyofauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Ramakrishna, Titus Immanuel et al

This volume lists additions to the ichthyofauna of Andaman and Nicobar islands.

140 pages | 84 colour plates |

Paperback | 12/2010 | 9788181712776 | #198667A | £75.99 Add to basket

 

Fishes of River Pennar and its Branches

TJ Indra, K Rema Devi and K Ilango

The river Pennar is one of the major rivers of South India and the third major river in Andhra Pradesh, after Godavari and Krishna. There is no published work on the fish fauna of this river system except the following works of general nature ....

52 pages |

Paperback | 12/2011 | 9788181712905 | #198603A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Shark

A Visual History

Richard Ellis

Richard Ellis sets about chronicling and debunking the myths of sharks throughout history. From 18th century art to the phenomena of JAWS, "the shark" has remained the indomitable aggressor of the deep, the last demon of humankind. ....

288 pages | photos |

Hardback | al/have | #199150A | £0.00 Add to basket

 

Studies on Snow Trout Schizothorax Richardsonii (Gray) in River Beas and its Tributaries (Himachal Pradesh), India

Indu Sharma and HS Mehta

This volume reports a study on the snow trout in the river Beas in Himachal Pradesh, India.

70 pages |

Paperback | 12/2010 | #198663A | £43.99 Add to basket

 

The Freshwater Fishes of Central Vietnam

Serov DS

A colourful field guide to nearly 200 species of freshwater fish of Annam, central Vietnam, with data on ecology, distribution and, if any, economic importance.

364 pages | colour photos |

Hardback | 06/2006 | 9785873172931 | #198943A | £63.99 Add to basket

 
Invertebrates
 

A Field Guide to the Ants of New England

Aaron M Ellison, Nicholas J Gotelli, Elizabeth J Farnsworth and Gary D Alpert

This book is the first user-friendly regional guide devoted to ants - the 'little things that run the world'. Lavishly illustrated with more than 500 line drawings, 300-plus photographs, and regional distribution maps

416 pages | 300+ colour photos, 500+ b/w line drawings, distribution maps |

Paperback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780300169300 | #199068A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

A Guide to Australia's Spiny Freshwater Crayfish

McCormack Robert B

Referred to as the 'Spiny Crayfishes' due to impressive arrays of spines on their hard armoured shells, Euastacus crayfish are the largest of the 10 genera of Australian freshwater crayfish. This book discusses all 50 species found in ....

248 pages | colour photos. b/w illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 07/2012 | 9780643103863 | #198849A | £56.50 Add to basket

 

A Morphotaxonomic Study of the Indian Species of Forcipomyia Meigen Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Pijush Kanti Saha et al

The Genus Forcipomyia Meigen of the Family Ceratopogonidae (Oder Diptera) is a large genus accommodating hairy biting midges extent in different parts of the world. An insect of this genus has such other characteristics as scale

92 pages | 48 illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198671A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Borneo

Phillipps Honor

A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Borneo contains the author's high quality photographs, accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The introduction ....

160 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781906780692 | #198904A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

A Photographic Monograph on Hong Kong Butterflies, Volume 1

Hong Kong Lepidopterists' Society

Volume 1 of this four-volume series treats 60 species. Each volume gives a detailed photographic record of the life history of Hong Kong Butterflies, their geographical distribution, and photographic records of known hosts.

161 pages | colour photos, b/w distribution maps |

Hardback | 01/2007 | #199108A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

A Photographic Monograph on Hong Kong Butterflies, Volume 2

Hong Kong Lepidopterists' Society

Volume 2 of this four-volume series. Each volume gives a detailed photographic record of the life history of Hong Kong Butterflies, their geographical distribution, and photographic records of known hosts.

161 pages | colour photos, b/w distribution maps |

Hardback | 01/2007 | #199109A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

A Photographic Monograph on Hong Kong Butterflies, Volume 3

Hong Kong Lepidopterists' Society

Volume 3 of this four-volume series. Each volume gives a detailed photographic record of the life history of Hong Kong Butterflies, their geographical distribution, and photographic records of known hosts.

160 pages | colour photos, b/w distribution maps |

Hardback | 01/2008 | #199110A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

A Photographic Monograph on Hong Kong Butterflies, Volume 4

The last volume of this four-volume series. Each volume gives a detailed photographic record of the life history of Hong Kong Butterflies, their geographical distribution, and photographic records of known hosts.

200 pages | colour photos, b/w distribution maps |

Hardback | 01/2011 | 9789628694365 | #199111A | £59.99 Add to basket

 

A Preliminary Study on the Mantid Fauna (Insecta: Mantodea) of Orissa, India

PM Sureshan

The present work is an attempt of inventorying the Mantid fauna of Orissa state based on the faunal exploration studies conducted by the Zoological Survey of India, Estuarine Biological Station, Gopalpur-on-sea during the years 2005 to 2007. ....

56 pages | 22 colour plates, 37 illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198670A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

An Annotated Checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India

MS Shishodia, Kailash Chandra and Sunil Kumar Gupta

This checklist focuses on the grasshoppers and crickets of India.

366 pages |

Paperback | 12/2010 | 9788181712707 | #198593A | £103.80 Add to basket

 

Annual Review of Entomology, Volume 57

Volume 57 contains 22 review articles. See the table of contents for details.

Hardback | 01/2012 | #198649A | £199.00 Add to basket

 

Athecate Hydroids and Their Medusae

Suitable for amateur and professsional naturalists, this new Synopsis provides a concise account of the morphology, habits and distribution of 113 species of athecate hydroids and their medusae recorded from the north-east Atlantic. ....

Paperback | 01/2012 | #199026A | £59.99 Add to basket

 

Brachyuran Crabs from the Collections of Marine Biological Centre

P Krishnamoorthy

Since the inception of the Marine Biological Station, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai in the year 1973, Brachyuran crabs were collected during faunistic surveys conducted along the East and West Coast of India, Andaman and Nicobar ....

46 pages |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198597A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Britain's Hoverflies

An Introduction to the Hoverflies of Britain and Ireland

Ball Stuart and Morris Roger

Britain's Hoverflies is a beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to all the genera of hoverflies found in Britain, focusing on the species most likely to be identified. Accessible and designed to appeal to a wide audience ....

240 pages | 500 colour photos, distribution maps |

Paperback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780691156590 | #198785A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

Catalogue of Extant Marine Porifera Type Specimens in the Zoological Survey of India

JG Patnayak

The Porifera collection of the Zoological Survey of India is unique, as it is the largest collection in Southeast Asia. This is the first effort to prepare a catalogue of the marine Porifera type holdings. This catalogue includes type specimens ....

219 pages | 139 colour plates |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198599A | £43.99 Add to basket

 

Collectanea Malacologica

Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Gerhard Falkner

Falkner M, Groh K and Speight MCD

With 25 original contributions by 27 international malakologists on systematics, nomenclature, distribution and preservation of worldwide Mollusca. Under the topics treated are: New Solenidae from Thailand, new Chondrinids from the Pyrenees ....

643 pages | 48 colour plates, illustrations, 23 maps, 14 tables |

Hardback | 01/2001 | 9783925919619 | #198827A | £81.50 Add to basket

 

Conchological Iconography: The Family Conilithidae and Conidae

The Conus of the East Pacific

MJ Tenorio, JK Tucker and HW Chaney

The 3rd Volume of the Conchological Iconography on Conidae s.l. The present work examines and revises the taxonomy of the cones that inhabit the eastern Pacific and is the first comprehensive survey of this group after 40 years (see Keen 1971). ....

200 pages | 88 colour plates |

Unbound | 12/2012 | #198723A | £101.00 Add to basket

 

Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae

Subfamilies Turbininae, genus Turbo

A Alf and K Kreiple

This supplement deals with the genus Turbo, which was excluded from Volume 17.

6 pages | 8 colour plates |

Unbound | 12/2011 | #198721A | £13.99 Add to basket

 

Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae

Subfamilies Turbininae (excl. genus Turbo) and Prisogasterinae

A Alf and K Kreiple

This volume treats 13 genera and 90 species.

82 pages | 142 colour plates, 95 illustrations |

Unbound | 12/2011 | #198720A | £115.00 Add to basket

 

Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Coprinae) of Rajasthan

Ram Sewak

The present study is based on the collection of the dung beetles collected from the thirty-two districts of Rajasthan by the differently parties of Desert Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India, Jodhpur from 1963 to 2005. The author also ....

106 pages | 18 illustrations, 1 map, tables |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198602A | £21.99 Add to basket

 

Encyclopedia of Hong Kong Butterflies

Butterfly Identification

Hong Kong Lepidopterists' Society

This book features a photographic collection of 249 species of Hong Kong butterflies, over 1200 photos of live butterflies, sections highlighting features of similar species, and identification keys.

277 pages | 1450+ colour photos |

Paperback | 07/2010 | #199112A | £43.99 Add to basket

 

Fauna Helvetica 25: Lepidoptera Checklist

SwissLepTeam

A systematic and biogeographical list of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) of Switzerland comprising 3851 species is presented. Of those 183 species have been erroneously reported from Switzerland, so that the number of currently accepted ....

350 pages | 47 colour plates |

Paperback | 01/2010 | 9782884140379 | #198873A | £98.50 Add to basket

 

Fauna Helvetica 26: Apidae 6

Amiet Felix, Herrmann Mike, Muller Andreas and Neumeyer Raine

The 6th part concerning the bees of Switzerland treats the genus Andrena, Melitturga, Panurginus et Panurgus. It is the last part of this serie on wild bees. Typical features, biology, a determination key with species from neighboring regions ....

318 pages | 130 distribution maps |

Paperback | 01/2010 | 9782884140393 | #198874A | £88.99 Add to basket

 

Fauna of New Zealand, No 68: Simuliidae (Insecta: Diptera)

Douglas A Craig, Ruth EG Craig and Trevor K Crosby

Known in New Zealand as 'sandflies' or 'te namu' and elsewhere in the world mainly as 'black flies', Simuliidae are iconic New Zealand insects. Virtually every New Zealander has been bitten by female simuliids

336 pages | colour photos, b/w illustrations |

Paperback | 06/2012 | 9780478347340 | #199029A | £79.99 Add to basket

 

Faune de France, Volume 94: Coleopteres Carabidae de France, Volume 1

Coulon Jacques, Pupier Rene, Queinnec Eric, Ollivier Eric and Richoux Philippe

This book complements volumes 39 and 40 of Faune de France and revises the family of ground beetles, or Carabidae, as found in France. It is published in two volumes and this first volume deals with the subfamilies Paussinae ....

352 pages | 12 plates with colour photos, 70 plates with illustrations |

Paperback | 01/2011 | 9782903052331 | #198882A | £57.99 Add to basket

 

Faune de France, Volume 95: Coleopteres Carabidae de France, Volume 2

Coulon Jacques, Pupier Rene, Queinnec Eric, Ollivier Eric and Richoux Philippe

This book complements volumes 39 and 40 of Faune de France and revises the family of ground beetles, or Carabidae, as found in France. It is published in two volumes and this second volume deals with the subfamilies Harpalinae and ....

337 pages | 16 plates with photos, 52 plates with illustrations |

Paperback | 01/2011 | 9782903052348 | #198883A | £57.99 Add to basket

 

Faune de France, Volumes 94 and 95: Coleopteres Carabidae de France (2-Volume Set)

Coulon Jacques, Pupier Rene, Queinnec Eric, Ollivier Eric and Richoux Philippe

This book complements volumes 39 and 40 of Faune de France and revises the family of ground beetles, or Carabidae, as found in France. These two volumes can be purchased together at a lower price, or are available individually as ....

689 pages | plates with colour photos and illustrations |

Paperback | 01/2011 | #198884A | £82.99 Add to basket

 

Fibigeriana, Volume 1

The Vartian Collection. Part I. Noctuoidea

Lodl M, Gaal-Haszler S, Jovanovic-Kruspel S, Ronkay G, Ronkay L and Varga Z

Eva Vartian is one of the most outstanding lepidopterologists of the 20th century. Her collection is above all renowned because of its species richness and the excellent setting quality of the materials, the majority of which was collected ....

304 pages | 152 plates with colour photos, colour & b/w photos |

Hardback | NYP 06/2012 | 9789638801494 | #198892A | £136.00 Add to basket

 

Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the World

Part Muricinae

Merle D, Garrigues B and Pointier J-P

The first part in a series of books covering the different subfamilies of the gastropod family Muricidae. This volume deals with fossil and recent Muricinae.

652 pages | 182 colour plates, 81 colour illustrations |

Hardback | 01/2011 | 9783939767329 | #198870A | £133.00 Add to basket

 

Hymenoptera and Conservation

Tim R New

Hymenoptera, the bees, wasps and ants, are one of the largest insect orders, and have massive ecological importance as pollinators and as predators or parasitoids of other insects. These roles have brought them forcefully to human notice, ....

232 pages | illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780470671801 | #199080A | £59.99 Add to basket

 

Land Snails on the Solomon Islands, Volume 2

Camaenidae

Andre GJ Delsaerdt

Land Snails on the Solomon Islands, Volume 2 deals with land snail family Camaenidae. Based on fieldwork it documents some 70 species. It also critically reviews all literature on Camaenida on the Solomon Islands. The book follows the ....

178 pages | 14 plates with colour photos; colour & b/w photos, illustrations, and maps |

Hardback | 01/2012 | 9788886070287 | #198911A | £99.99 Add to basket

 

Leech

Robert GW Kirk and Neil Pemberton

The leech is one of nature's most tenacious yet mysterious animals. Possessing a hold on the human body and culture, few creatures feature so unexpectedly yet consistently in human history. Popularly thought to be a formidable bloodsucking ....

224 pages | 60 colour & 40 b/w illustrations |

Paperback | 10/2012 | 9781780230337 | #199047A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Motyli a Housenky Strední Evropy: Nocní Motyli I

Butterflies and Caterpillars in Central Europe: Moths I

Macek Jan, Dvorak Josef, Traxler Ladislav and Cervenka Vaclav

Volume 1 in a four-part series dealing with the butterflies and caterpillars of Central Europe, focusing on moths. In addition to describing and picturing larval and adult stages, and in some cases the pupae as well, this work provides basic ....

340 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps |

Paperback | 01/2007 | 9788020015211 | #198939A | £54.99 Add to basket

 

Motyli a Housenky Strední Evropy: Nocní Motyli II

M? rovit?í (Butterflies and Caterpillars of Central Europe: Moths II - Noctuidae)

Macek Jan, Dvorak Josef, Traxler Ladislav and Cervenka Vaclav

Volume 2 deals with the family Noctuidae, or owlet moths. It covers all species occurring or established in Central Europe, with particular attention to those of the Czech Republic. The description of each species includes a distribution maps ....

490 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps |

Paperback | 01/2009 | 9788020016676 | #198940A | £58.99 Add to basket

 

Motyli a Housenky Strední Evropy: Nocní Motyli III

P?í? alkovit?í (Butterflies and Caterpillars of Central Europe: Moths III - Geometridae)

Macek Jan, Traxler Ladislav and Prochazka Josef

Volume 3 in this series on the butterflies and caterpillars of Central Europe focuses on the family Geometridae. The entry for each species contains a brief description of the adult and the caterpillar (phenological stages, host plants, and possible ....

424 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps |

Paperback | 01/2012 | 9788020020093 | #198942A | £54.99 Add to basket

 

Moths of Great Britain and Ireland

A Field Guide to All the Macromoths

Clancy Sean, Top-Jensen Morten and Fibiger Michael

This field guide contains all the 874 species of macromoth to have occurred naturally in Britain and Ireland. They are listed in a new systematic order and classified using the most recent hierachy and nomenclature that have now been widely ....

640 pages | 60 colour plates, 1200 colour photos |

Paperback | NYP 06/2012 | #198736A | £53.99 Add to basket

 

Moths of Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve

Wang Min and Kishida Yasunori

A summary of a ten-year survey in the reserve, illustrating over 1200 species belonging to 27 families in full colour.

373 pages | 71 colour plates |

Hardback | 07/2011 | 9783937783512 | #198852A | £99.00 Add to basket

 

Nematodes Associated with Insect Pests and Soil of Teak and Sal Forests of Dehra Dun (Uttarakhand) India

Anjum Nasreen Rizvi

This volume describes nematodes associated with insect pests and soil of teak and sal forests of Dehra Dun (Uttarakhand) India.

142 pages |

Paperback | 12/2010 | 9788181712622 | #198655A | £86.50 Add to basket

 

Nomenclator of Bivalve Families

With a Classification of Bivalve Families

Bouchet Ph, Rocroi J-P, Bieler R, Carter JG and Coan EV

A vademecum for suprageneric names in recent and fossil bivalves.

184 pages |

Paperback | 01/2010 | #198826A | £59.99 Add to basket

 

On Taxonomy and Ecology of Earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) from Uncultivated and Waste Disposal Sites of West Bengal

A Chowdhury, AK Hazra and AP Nandi

This volume describes earthworms from waste disposal sites of West Bengal.

198 pages | 21 colour plates, map, tables |

Paperback | 12/2011 | 9788181712844 | #198656A | £86.50 Add to basket

 

Photographic Handbook of Hong Kong Butterflies

Hong Kong Lepidopterists' Society

This handbook records a total of 312 photos covering 242 species of locally found butterflies. Three new local records, Aeromachus jhora, Zizula hylax, and Ideo leuconoe are included in the fourth edition. Note that ....

100 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | 05/2010 | #199113A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

Plants For Bees

A comprehensive guide to the plants that benefit the bees of the British Isles

WDJ Kirk, FN Howes and Kate Humble

Plants for Bees is a beautiful and immensely practical book that aims to improve our understanding of the different types of bees we have in the UK, the threats to them and how we can plant bee-friendly gardens to help them survive and ....

300 pages | colour photos |

Hardback | /NULL | #199007A | £38.50 Add to basket

 

Records of the Zoological Survey of India (Occasional Paper No. 300)

Ashok K Singh and VB Singh

This volume contains three papers dealing with grasshopper genetics.

72 pages | 54 b/w illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198596A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Revision of Indian Species of the Families Platycnemididae and Coenagrionidae (Insecta : Odonata : Zygoptera)

Taxonomy and Zoogeography

Tridib Ranjan Mitra and R Babu

This volume presents a revision of several Indian families of dragonflies and damselflies.

104 pages | 87 b/w illustrations, 2 maps |

Paperback | 12/2011 | 9788181712585 | #198657A | £48.99 Add to basket

 

Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae and Muscidae (Diptera) of the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal, India

Shuvra Kanti Sinha

Sarcophagid, Calliphorid and Muscid flies are of great importance in medical, veterinary, forensic and agricultural sciences. Very little information is available on these flies from Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve. Nandi (1977) reported 5 ....

46 pages | 36 illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198658A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Some Phasmida (Stick and Leaf Insects) of India

SK Mandal and K Yadav

A short booklet dealing with several species of stick insects found in India.

64 pages | 9 illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2010 | 9788181712677 | #198594A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Spiders of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh: Arachnida: Araneae

Pawan U Gajbe

This volume describes the spiders found in Jabalpur in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

162 pages | illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2004 | 9788181710413 | #198659A | £82.20 Add to basket

 

Status and Taxonomic Revision of Butterflies of Subfamily Parnassinae from Indian Himalayas Along With Notes on its Phyl

Avtar Kaur Sidhu, HS Rose and Jagvir Grewal

Biodiversity is the concentration of life and its components, involving millions of species on planet earth. The growing concern over threat to the global biodiversity from habitat destruction and global warming has led a realization about the ....

102 pages | 51 colour plates, illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2010 | #198660A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Subterranean Arachnids of the Western Italian Alps / Aracnidi Sotterranei delle Alpi Occidentali Italiane

(Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpiones)

Marco Isaia, Mauro Paschetta, Enrico Lana, Paolo Pantini, Axel L Schoenhofer, Erhard Christian and

This work illustrates in detail the subterranean arachnological fauna (mites and scorpions excluded) of the Western Italian Alps. For each taxon we provide the information useful for the identification, the chorotype, the map and the list of ....

325 pages | colour & b/w photos |

Hardback | 01/2011 | 9788897189084 | #199155A | £63.99 Add to basket

 

Synoptic List of Protozoa from India and their Assessment of Taxonomic Diversity

Part I. Parasitic Protozoa

NC Nandi and AK Das

This volume focuses on parasitic protozoa found in India.

456 pages | tables |

Paperback | 12/2010 | 9788181712608 | #198595A | £86.50 Add to basket

 

The Criconematidae of the World

Identification of the Family Criconematidae (Nematoda)

Geraert Etienne

This book contains full descriptions of all the ring nematodes (484 species) reported from everywhere in the world that belong to the family Criconematidae, order Tylenchida. They are plant parasites living in het soil and so they have an ....

615 pages | b/w photos, b/w line drawings |

Paperback | 01/2011 | 9789038216331 | #198962A | £39.50 Add to basket

 

The Diversity of Collembola (Hexapoda) from East and North-East India with Some Notes on their Ecology

GP Mandal and AK Hazra

This volume deals with Collembola (springtails) from East and North-east India.

206 pages | 78 illustrations, tables |

Paperback | 12/2009 | 9788181712257 | #198665A | £54.50 Add to basket

 

The Dolichodoridae of the World

Identification of the family Dolichodoridae

Geraert Etienne

This book contains full descriptions of all the stunt, sting and awl nematodes (433 species) reported from everywhere in the world that were considered by Decraemer & Hunt (2006) to belong to the family Dolichodoridae, order Tylenchida. ....

520 pages | b/w photos, b/w line drawings |

Paperback | / | #198963A | £1.20 Add to basket

 

The Macrolepidoptera of Germany

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge Deutschlands

Segerer Andreas H and Hausmann Axel

This book presents a complete systematic, annotated checklist of the butterflies and larger moths of Germany (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Macroheterocera), up-to-date with taxonomy and faunistics, including immigrants, vagrants ....

308 pages | 183 plates with 6171 colour photos |

Hardback | 01/2011 | 9789638801487 | #198891A | £122.00 Add to basket

 

The Parnassiinae of the World, Volume 1

Simo, Tenedius, Charltonius and Imperator-groups

Weiss Jean-Claude

This is the first part of a superb monograph on these much exciting lepidoptera. The large size, the numerous colour illustrations (many typical specimens from the Kurt Eisner collection), the good maps illustrating the distribution of ....

48 pages | 80 colour photos, 10 maps |

Paperback | 01/1991 | #198877A | £92.50 Add to basket

 

The Parnassiinae of the World, Volume 2

Szechenyii-, acco-, delphius-groups

Weiss Jean-Claude

The second volume covers the Szechenyii, Acco, and Delphius groups. Contains 201 colour photos (165 of spread specimens).

87 pages | 201 colour photos, 17 maps |

Paperback | 01/1992 | #198878A | £133.00 Add to basket

 

The Parnassiinae of the World, Volume 3

Hardwickii-, Orleans-, Ariadne-, Eversmanni-, Mnemosyne groups

Weiss Jean-Claude

Volume 3 focuses on the Hardwickii, Orleans, Ariadne, Eversmanni, and Mnemosyne groups.

99 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | 01/1999 | 9780953224029 | #198879A | £134.00 Add to basket

 

The Parnassiinae of the World, Volume 4

The Apollo group

Weiss Jean-Claude

All the taxa known at the time of the publication are fully cited and studied. Twenty-three large distributions maps in colours help to understand the subspecies. Many specimens are represented, this part shows 394 specimens. Diagrams and ....

164 pages | colour photos, 23 colour distribution maps |

Paperback | 01/2005 | #198880A | £253.00 Add to basket

 

The Parnassiinae of the World, Volume 5

Errata and Addendum to Vols. 1 to 4.

Rose Klaus and Weiss Jean-Claude

Since the publication of the first part of The Parnassiinae of the World in 1991, knowledge of the Parnassius has made great progress. New species and many sub-species have been discovered. This has led to an extension of the areas ....

119 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps |

Paperback | 01/2011 | 9783937783543 | #198876A | £145.00 Add to basket

 

The Video Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Ireland (Region 2)

BirdGuides and Baker Nick

The Video Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Ireland has been painstakingly filmed during the past three years using the most up-to-date digital cameras to present close-up footage of all of the butterflies found in Britain and ....

2 discs, runtime: 3 hours, region 2 |

Paperback | 06/2012 | #198909A | £25.00 Add to basket

Paperback | 06/2012 | #198910A | £39.95 Add to basket

 

Walking Sideways

The Remarkable World of Crabs

Judith S Weis

The world's nearly 7000 species of crabs are immediately recognizable by their claws, sideways movement, stalked eyes, and thick outer shells. These common crustaceans are found internationally, thriving in various habitats from the edge ....

256 pages | 28 colour & 41 b/w photos, 5 b/w illustrations, 2 tables |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780801450501 | #199069A | £18.50 Add to basket

 

ZooKeys 167

Systematics, conservation and morphology of the spider genus Tayshaneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) in Central Texas Caves

Joel Ledford et al

The spider genus Tayshaneta is revised based on results from a three gene phylogenetic analysis (Ledford et al. 2011) and a comprehensive morphological survey using scanning electron (SEM) and compound light microscopy. The morphology and ....

102 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour illustrations, colour maps, tables |

Paperback | 01/2012 | 9789546426253 | #198715A | £44.00 Add to basket

 

ZooKeys 176

Advances in Terrestrial Isopod Biology

Jasna Strus, Stefano Taiti and Spyros Sfenthourakis

Terrestrial isopods (woodlice) are the only group of crustaceans fully adapted to life on land and with about 3700 species known at present represent the largest suborder of Isopoda. They occur in almost any kind of terrestrial habitat, from ....

296 pages | colour & b/w photos, b/w illustrations, b/w maps, tables |

Paperback | 03/2012 | 9789546426307 | #198718A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

ZooKeys 179

Biodiversity and Ecology of the Coleoptera of New Brunswick, Canada

Robert Anderson and Jan Klimaszewski

New taxonomic, distribution and habitat data are presented for Canadian species in various families of Coleoptera. Distributional records are presented mostly from New Brunswick but also Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. ....

406 pages | colour maps, tables |

Paperback | 04/2012 | 9789546426314 | #198717A | £104.00 Add to basket

 

ZooKeys 186

Biosystematics and Ecology of Canadian Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) II

Jan Klimaszewski and Robert Anderson

New taxonomic, distribution and habitat data are presented for Canadian species of the family Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Distributional records are presented mostly from New Brunswick, Ontario and Yukon Territory For New Brunswick, ....

347 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour distribution maps, tables |

Paperback | 04/2012 | 9789546426321 | #198714A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

ZooKeys 188

Review of the Eustrophinae (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae) of America north of Mexico

Darren A Pollock

The Nearctic fauna (north of Mexico) of Eustrophinae is reviewed, and consists of the following five genera and 12 species: Pseudoholostrophus (Pseudoholostrophus) impressicollis (LeConte)

153 pages | colour photos, b/w distribution maps |

Paperback | 05/2012 | 9789546426338 | #198716A | £51.50 Add to basket

 

ZooKeys 189

Biological diversity of the Minnesota caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera)

David C Houghton

The caddisfly fauna of Minnesota contains at least 277 species within 21 families and 75 genera. These species are based on examination of 312,884 specimens from 2166 collections of 937 Minnesota aquatic habitats from 1890 to 2007. ....

389 pages | colour photos, b/w illustrations, b/w distribution maps |

Paperback | 05/2012 | 9789546426345 | #198719A | £99.00 Add to basket

 
Palaeontology
 

A History of Polish Birds

Bochenski Zygmunt, Bochenski Zbigniew M and Tomek Teresa

A History of Polish Birds is the first book to summarize our knowledge of bird remains from all fossil and subfossil sites in Poland, compare it with books and papers on the fauna of Poland published since the 16th century ....

226 pages | illustrations |

Paperback | 01/2012 | 9788361358442 | #198798A | £45.50 Add to basket

 

Studies on Fossil Tetrapods

Special Papers in Palaeontology, Number 86

Paul M. Barrett and Andrew R Milner

This collection of papers honours Dr Angela C Milner and her contribution to vertebrate palaeontology, with articles authored by many of her colleagues and former students. These articles encompass studies on the earliest four-legged vertebrates ....

280 pages |

Paperback | 11/2011 | 9781444361896 | #199120A | £65.99 Add to basket

 

Tabulate corals from the Givetian and Frasnian of the southern region of the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland)

Special Papers in Palaeontology, Number 87

Mikolaj Zapalski

The Holy Cross Mountains of Poland yield an abundance of marine Devonian fossils that have been studied and described since the mid-nineteenth century. Reef-formers are a major part of the overall fauna, and the stromatoporoids and the ....

100 pages |

Paperback | 05/2012 | 9781444367126 | #199119A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

The Dawn of the Deed

The Prehistoric Origins of Sex

John A Long

We all know about the birds and the bees, but what about the ancient placoderm fishes and the dinosaurs? The history of sex is as old as life itself - and as complicated and mysterious. And despite centuries of study there is always ....

288 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780226492544 | #199036A | £21.99 Add to basket

 

The Phylogeny of Post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Echinodermata, Neoasteroidea)

Special Papers in Palaeontology, Number 85

Andrew Gale

The evolutionary relationships between different genera of asteroid echinoderms (starfish) have been interpreted by study of the skeletal morphologies and homologies of 24 extant taxa. It appears that the initial diversification of the ....

112 pages |

Paperback | 05/2011 | 9781444350296 | #199121A | £47.99 Add to basket

 
Marine & Freshwater Biology
 

A Compendium on the Faunal Resources of Narmada River Basin in Madhya Pradesh

Kailash Chandra, RM Sharma and Praveen Ojha

This volume provides an overview of the fauna found in the Narmada river basin in Madhya Pradesh, India.

176 pages | 118 colour plates |

Paperback | 12/2010 | #198669A | £54.50 Add to basket

 

Coral Reef Ecosystem of Andaman Islands

Remote Sensing and Rapid Site Assessment Survey

JR Turner et al

Appearing as solitary forms in the fossil record more than 400 million years ago, corals are extremely ancient animals that evolved into modern reef-building forms over the last 25 million years. Large wave resistant structures of reef have ....

132 pages | 98 illustrations, tables |

Paperback | 12/2009 | #198601A | £75.99 Add to basket

 

Intertidal Macrofauna of Subarnarekha Estuary (Balasore: Orissa)

Santanu Mitra, A Mishra and JG Pattanayak

This volume describes the intertidal macrofauna found in the Subarnarekha estuary, India.

136 pages | 23 colour plates, 1 colour and 1 b/w illustration, tables |

Paperback | 12/2010 | 9788181712592 | #198652A | £48.99 Add to basket

 
General Natural History
 

52 Weekends in the Country

Brigid Benson and Craig Easton

From the romance of sunset picnics in a Welsh landscape, to the thrill of wild camping in the far-flung corner of a Scottish national nature reserve, writer Brigid Benson and photographer Craig Easton have created 52 weekends that will inspire ....

320 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | NYP 07/2012 | 9780753522172 | #199019A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

A Banksia Album

200 Years of Botanical Illustration

George Alex

With their bold flowering and fruiting spikes, banksias remain a favourite among artists and gardeners alike. A Banksia Album features over 90 stunning full-colour reproductions of watercolours, pencil and sepia-wash drawings, colour ....

132 pages | 90+ colour illustrations |

Paperback | 01/2011 | 9780642277398 | #198894A | £46.99 Add to basket

 

Art for the Love of Sark

A Contemporary Portrait of a Changing Island

Renate Zoller

Art for the Love of Sark is published to highlight the beauty and fragility of Sark's unique ecosystem and way of life. This book is a selection of the finest quality reproductions of original artwork produced by award winning ....

colour & b/w illustrations |

Paperback | 07/2012 | 9781902471099 | #199023A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Battle for the President's Elephants

Life, Lunacy and Elation in the African Bush

Pincott Sharon

Searching for something more than her high-flying IT-executive life was offering, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged First World existence to start a new life with The Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe--the country's flagship clan of ....

240 pages |

Paperback | NYP 07/2012 | 9781431403592 | #198738A | £16.95 Add to basket

 

Bee

Rose-Lynn Fisher and Verlyn Klinkenborg

Of the ten million or so different species of insects on our planet, none is more fascinating than the honeybee. One of the oldest forms of animal life still in existence from the Neolithic Age, bees have been worshipped and mythologized since ....

128 pages | 60 b/w photos |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781616890766 | #199118A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Behind the Dolphin Smile

One Man's Campaign to Protect the World's Dolphins

Richard O'Barry, Keith Coulbourn and Susan Casey

Behind the Dolphin Smile is the heart-felt true story of an animal lover who dedicated his life to studying and training dolphins, but in the process discovered that he ultimately needed to set them free. Ric O'Barry shares his ....

312 pages |

Paperback | 04/2012 | 9781608871056 | #199152A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

David Nash at Kew Gardens

Michelle Payne

This book marks the major exhibition David Nash at Kew Gardens opening in June 2012 through to April 2013. One of the UK's most prolific creators of ecological art, David Nash will produce and exhibit his work across the Gardens,

96 pages | 100+ colour photos |

Paperback | 06/2012 | 9781842464625 | #199049A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Discovery of Australia's Fishes

A History of Australian Ichthyology to 1930

Saunders Brian

This book traces the discovery of Australia's fishes from the earliest days of taxonomy to the first part of the 20th century. It provides a unique insight into the diverse pathways by which Australia's fish were discovered and

520 pages | colour plates, illustrations |

Hardback | 05/2012 | 9780643106703 | #198851A | £98.50 Add to basket

 

Ivory, Apes and Peacocks

Animals, adventure and discovery in the wild places of Africa

Root Alan

Alan Root is one of Africa's most bitten people. In the course of his adventures he has been mauled by a leopard, a silverback gorilla and a hippo, and almost lost his life to a deadly puff-adder, which claimed one of his fingers.

320 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780701186036 | #198832A | £19.99 Add to basket

Paperback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780701186043 | #198833A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Mark Carwardine's Ultimate Wildlife Experiences

Mark Carwardine and Stephen Fry

Twenty of the world's top wildlife experiences, from rubbing shoulders with mountain gorillas (Uganda) to being hugged by manatees (Florida), brought to you by one of the world's leading authorities on wildlife. With stunning photographs ....

132 pages | colour photos, colour maps |

Hardback | 03/2012 | 9780954092658 | #198605A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

More than Human

Tim Flach and Lewis Blackwell

Award-winning photographer Tim Flach has spent years inquiring into the essential bond we have with animals. Now he presents the culmination of a career-long endeavor, an extraordinary body of work in which each image is more striking and powerful ....

312 pages | 150 colour photos |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781419705526 | #199117A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

On This Earth, a Shadow Falls

Nick Brandt, Jane Goodall, Alice Sebold, Peter Singer and Vicki Goldberg

In 2001, Nick Brandt embarked on an ambitious photographic project, a trilogy of books memorializing the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa. Focusing on some of the world's last great populations of large mammals - elephant

192 pages | b/w photos throughout |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9781419705076 | #199116A | £99.99 Add to basket

 

Photographing Trees

Edward Parker

Photographing Trees by renowned wildlife photographer Edward Parker is suitable for all photographers regardless of equipment and experience. This inspiring yet simple guide shows you how to get the very best from your camera whether ....

128 pages | 120 colour photos |

Paperback | 06/2012 | 9781842464762 | #199025A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Swimming with Dolphins, Tracking Gorillas

How to have the world's best wildlife encounters

Wood Ian and Scott Jonathan

Encounters with wildlife are more accessible than ever, with a bewildering array of adventures on offer. This inspiring guide presents a range of ideas, from meeting the world's iconic wildlife to more unusual encounters, highlighting the ....

184 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781841624044 | #198908A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

The Beekeeper and the Bee

Paintings, drawings and the voices of Somerset beekeepers

Kate Lynch and Martha Kearney

Kate Lynch has spent over two years shadowing Somerset beekeepers. This books accompanies her exhibition, which consists of 40 paintings and large charcoal drawings of beekeepers at work through the seasons - from the first opening of ....

80 pages | 30 colour & 10 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | 06/2012 | 9780954439446 | #199009A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

The Case of the Poisonous Socks

Tales from Chemistry

William H Brock

In 1868, The Times reported that poisons contained in dyes were affecting the public's health. A doctor informed a London magistrate that brilliantly coloured socks had caused severe "constitutional and local complaint" to several of his patients. ....

362 pages | 51 b/w illustrations |

Paperback | 09/2011 | 9781849733243 | #194240A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Wavewatcher's Companion

Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Gavin Pretor-Pinney started wondering about waves when he found himself in a glider 'surfing' a gigantic Australian cloud called the Morning Glory; its similarity to an ocean wave was startling. So he embarked on a global journey of ....

336 pages | 8 colour plates, b/w photos, b/w illustrations |

Hardback | 06/2010 | 9780747589761 | #184793A | £14.99 Add to basket

Paperback | 06/2011 | 9781408809761 | #198635A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

The Wild Flowers of Loophead, County Clare, Ireland

Carmel T Madigan

Loophead is a remote and rugged headland which extends into the Atlantic. The landscape is windswept and there are few trees. This study made over a number of years offers more than just detailed descriptions, Carmel's love of colour and ....

148 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations |

Paperback | 01/2012 | 9780957212701 | #199104A | £22.50 Add to basket

 

The Winter Hare

Andrew Haslen

A collection of work by Andrew Haslen covering a two-year period when he raised three orphan hares. It forms a fascinating collage of sketches, studies and paintings inspired by them and the wild hares around him. Also included are pictures ....

176 pages | colour illustrations |

Hardback | 04/2012 | 9781904078463 | #199151A | £37.99 Add to basket

 

Travels on My Elephant

Mark Shand

With the help of a Maratha nobleman, Mark Shand bought an Indian elephant, Tara, whom he rode over 600 miles to the world's oldest elephant market, the Sonepur Mela. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, he learned the skills of elephant driving ....

256 pages |

Paperback | 04/2012 | 9781906011697 | #198614A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Wild Flowers

A Sketchbook by Charles and John Raven

HJ Noltie

Wild Flowers reproduces for the first time, in colour, a selection of 137 drawings from a remarkable collection of 3860 watercolours that depict almost every member of the British flora. The drawings were made between 1930 and 1955 ....

216 pages | colour illustrations |

Hardback | 05/2012 | 9781906129859 | #198961A | £24.99 Add to basket

 
Regional & Travel
 

A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia

Burton Robert and Croxall John

South Georgia is rich in wildlife and spectacular scenery, and it is a prime destination spot on most Antarctic tours. This beautifully illustrated field guide depicts the birds, mammals, insects, flowering plants, and other vegetation found ....

200 pages | 368 colour illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780691156613 | #198789A | £17.95 Add to basket

 

Secrets of the Ice

Antarctica's Clues to Climate, the Universe, and the Limits of Life

Veronika Meduna

Antarctica is the only continent without permanent human habitation, yet it may hold the key to our survival. More than just a frontier for exploration, Antarctica is now understood to be a crucial part of a global climate and environment. ....

232 pages | 158 colour & 5 b/w illustrations, 3 maps |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780300187007 | #199051A | £29.95 Add to basket

 
Botany & Plant Science
 

Research Materials of Pteridophytes in China, Volume 1

China Scientific Book Services

This collected work contains 48 papers published in Chinese journals in recent years. It may be used as research materials in the field.

Hardback | se/sans | #199004A | £2413.20 Add to basket

 

Aphyllophoroid Fungi of Finland

A check-list with ecology, distribution, and threat categories

Kotiranta Heikki, Saarenoksa Reima and Kytovuori Ilkka

In this book the known 980 aphyllophoroid fungi, including the 89 new taxa for Finland, are listed with Finnish and Swedish common names, IUCN threat categories, habitats, life strategies, literature and distribution maps with abundances.

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223 pages | b/w distribution maps |

Paperback | 01/2009 | 9789521053108 | #198857A | £32.50 Add to basket

 

Arthropod Pests of Horticultural Crops in Tropical Asia

R Muniappan, BM Shepard and GR Carner

Agriculture plays a pivotal role in the economy of tropical Asia, but arthropod pests are major constraints to production. This book consolidates the research on pests of South and Southeast Asia, providing useful data for the establishment of ....

208 pages |

Hardback | NYP 07/2012 | 9781845939519 | #198625A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Banksias

George Alex, Collins Kevin and Collins Kathy

Banksias are iconic, rugged Australian plants that have been important in the lives of peoples for thousands of years. Today, Banksias provide food, timber, beauty, wonder, inspiration and income. They help appreciating the wildness of Australia ....

376 pages | photos, tables |

Paperback | 01/2009 | 9781876473587 | #198900A | £53.99 Add to basket

 

Catalogue of Lichens and Allied Fungi of Murmansk Region, Russia

Ahti Teuvo, Urbanavichus Gennadii and Urbanavichene Irina

A new, annotated catalogue of lichens, lichenicolous fungi and some allied fungi of the Murmansk Region has been prepared on the basis of the authors' own collections in different parts of the area, herbarium collections mainly preserve ....

80 pages |

Paperback | 01/2008 | 9789521049217 | #198858A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Die Grosspilze Baden-Wurttembergs, Volume 5

St? nderpilze: Bl? tterpilze III

German J Krieglsteiner and Andreas Gminder

The fifth volume in this series treats another range of Agaricales (gilled mushrooms or Blaetterpilze in German). Emphasis is placed on the distribution, the ecological and sociological behavior in relation to climatic and edaphic conditions ....

672 pages | 472 colour photos, 394 distribution maps |

Hardback | 01/2010 | 9783800135721 | #198984A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Edible Wild Plants

Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate

John Kallas

Edible Wild Plants provides what you really need to know to have your own wild food adventures. Whether a beginner or advanced wild food aficionado, gardener, chef, botanist, nutritionist, scientist, or a dieter with special needs, ....

416 pages |

Paperback | 06/2010 | 9781423601500 | #198983A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America

Davis R. Michael, Sommer Robert and Menge John A.

California and the Western States are rich in abundant and diverse species of mushrooms. Amateur mushroom collectors and mycologists alike will find over 300 species of the region’s most common, distinctive, and ecologically important ....

472 pages | illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780520271074 | #198804A | £48.95 Add to basket

Paperback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780520271081 | #198805A | £18.95 Add to basket

 

Field Guide to Sphagnum Mosses in Bogs

O'Reilly and Trat

Produced in association with the Moors For The Future partnership, IUCN and the Heather Trust, this new fold-out chart fulfils the need for a straightforward photographic identification guide to the more important Sphagnum mosses found growing ....

8 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations, 1 b/w line drawing |

Unbound | 12/2012 | 9781851532766 | #198604A | £2.99 Add to basket

 

Freshwater Red Algae (Rhodophyta)

Identification guide to European taxa, particularly to those in Finland

Eloranta Pertti and Kwandrans Janina

The freshwater red algae are a threatened algal group in many European countries. It is often overlooked by ecologists and taxonomists due to rarity and also to taxonomic difficulties and lack of suitable identification keys. Besides a glossary ....

103 pages | colour photos, b/w line drawings, distribution maps |

Paperback | 01/2007 | 9789521039461 | #198860A | £34.50 Add to basket

 

Gardener's Guide to Tropical Plants

Cool Ways to Add Hot Colors, Bold Foliage, and Striking Textures

Nellie Neal

Now gardeners can bring an exotic flair to their gardens by introducing the color, textures, and fabulous foliage of tropical plants. Not just for hot climates anymore, bromeliads, orchids, bananas, palms, birds of paradise, elephant ears, canna, ....

272 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | 04/2012 | 9781591865322 | #198606A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Gardening and Planting by the Moon 2013

Higher Yields in Vegetables and Flowers, Better Flavours, Stronger Displays, Heightened Colour

Nick Kollerstrom

Here we re-learn that the rhythms of the moon affect both crops and livestock. The gardeners at RHS Wisley have proved the benefits of the lunar effect under controlled research conditions. Increased yields of 20-30% are routinely touted. ....

144 pages |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780572039981 | #199073A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Green Universe

A Microscopic Voyage into the Plant Cell

Stephen Blackmore

From the smallest moss to the tallest giant redwood, the swathe of bluebells in a spring woodland to the colours of a New England fall, their diversity, success and ubiquity is plain. Yet few of us are conscious of the microscopic, universal ....

252 pages | colour photos |

Hardback | NYP 06/2012 | 9781906506216 | #198725A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Hemp

Industrial Production and Uses

P Bouloc, S Allegret and L Arnaud

Hemp production for industrial purposes continues to grow worldwide, and is currently being used for many applications including house insulation, paper making, animal bedding, fabric, rope making and also as a biofuel. This book brings together in ....

304 pages |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781845937935 | #198644A | £85.00 Add to basket

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781845937928 | #198645A | £39.95 Add to basket

 

How To Grow a Planet (Region 2 & 4)

Stewart Iain

We might think humans are the most powerful living thing on Earth, but it's plants that time and again have set the agenda for life. All animals rely on plants for their survival. This is not an accident - they are the most powerful evolutionary ....

runtime: 176 min, regions 2 & 4, aspect ratio: 16:9, rating: E |

Paperback | 04/2012 | #198881A | £20.41 Add to basket

 

Kingdom of Plants with David Attenborough (Region 2)

David Attenborough

In this sensational series, shot over the course of a year, Sir David Attenborough explores the lives of plants and their fascinating world, from the most bizarre to the most beautiful. Using beautifully shot footage to illustrate his own ....

3 discs, runtime: 150 min, region 2, aspect ratio: 16:9, rating: E |

Paperback | NYP 07/2012 | #198927A | £19.00 Add to basket

Paperback | NYP 07/2012 | #198928A | £19.00 Add to basket

 

Latin for Gardeners

Over 3,000 Plant names Explained and Explored

Lorraine Harrison

Since Latin became the standard language for plant naming in the eighteenth century, it has been intrinsically linked with botany. And while mastery of the classical language may not be a prerequisite for tending perennials, all gardeners ....

224 pages | 200 colour plates |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780226009193 | #199038A | £21.99 Add to basket

 

Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine

Plants and Modern Medicine

Kathleen Hefferon

Are herbal medicines effective? Are organic foods really better for you? Will the cure to cancer eventually come from a newly discovered plant which dwells in the Amazon basin? Will medicines ever become affordable and available to the neediest ....

240 pages | 61 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780199873975 | #199106A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Lichens and Allied Fungi of the Eastern Leningrad Region

Kuznetsova Ekaterina, Ahti Teuvo and Himelbrant Dmitry

An annotated catalogue of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the Eastern Leningrad Region, Russia, is presented. It is based on our field trips, revision of herbarium specimens in herbaria in Russia, Finland and Sweden and ....

62 pages |

Paperback | 01/2007 | 9789521040832 | #198859A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Medicinal Plants in Australia, Volume 1

Bush Pharmacy

Williams Cheryll J

The discovery of the pharmacy of the Australian bush began when humankind first set foot on the continent. Later, the first European visitors found a plethora of plants new to science, with a resultant fervour for unique and unusual finds ....

640 pages | colour illustrations |

Hardback | 08/2010 | 9781877058790 | #198895A | £52.99 Add to basket

 

Medicinal Plants in Australia, Volume 2

Gums, Resins, Tannin and Essential Oils

Williams Cheryll J

It has taken centuries to truly appreciate the healing attributes of much of the Australian flora. This book is about the influential role the early discoveries had on medicinal practice in Australia, and the new role these traditional medicines ....

344 pages | 650+ colour plates |

Paperback | 02/2011 | 9781877058943 | #198896A | £45.99 Add to basket

 

Medicinal Plants in Australia, Volume 3

Plants, Potions and Poisons

Williams Cheryll J

The Australian flora was largely unknown to the early explorers. Much of it was simply unfathomable, which made comparisons with more familiar plants somewhat risky. Plants defend themselves against predators, including man. There are obvious ....

480 pages | 900 colour plates |

Hardback | NYP 07/2012 | 9781921719165 | #198897A | £56.99 Add to basket

 

National Vegetation Classification

Users' Handbook

John S Rodwell

This handbook provides a general introduction to the National Vegetation Classification (NVC). It details the methodology for sampling and describing vegetation in the field, explains how such information can be used to identify plant communities ....

68 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations |

Paperback | 06/2012 | 9781907807329 | #198730A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Native Plants of Northern Taiwan

Chen Wen-Pin

As the first illustrated handbook comprehensively introducing the native plants of Northern Taiwan in recent years, this book has been compiled using the most recent botanical research findings, and serves as a detailed guide to more than ....

519 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | 01/2011 | 9789574454372 | #199005A | £128.00 Add to basket

 

Phloem

Molecular Cell Biology, Systemic Communication, Biotic Interactions

Gary A Thompson and Aart JE van Bel

Phloem: Molecular Cell Biology, Systemic Communication, Biotic Interactions is a timely collection of research on the cellular and molecular biology of this plant vascular tissue. Recent advances in phloem research have revealed ....

416 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780470958605 | #199142A | £120.00 Add to basket

 

Photographic Guide to Wild Flowers of Lebanon, Volume 1

Ahmad Houri and Nisrine Machaka Houri

This book covers 240 different wild flowers commonly found in Lebanon. As Lebanon is estimate to have more than 3000 different species, it is not intended to be exhaustive, but to cover the more common and easily identifiable species. ....

248 pages | 240 colour photos |

Paperback | 12/2001 | #198582A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Photographic Guide to Wild Flowers of Lebanon, Volume 2

Ahmad Houri and Nisrine Machaka Houri

This compact colour-coded field guide contains a wealth of information about flowers, and covers another 15% of Lebanon's documented plant species. Information about significant flower characteristics such as toxicity, edibility, endemism ....

424 pages | 401 colour photos |

Paperback | 12/2008 | 9789953012216 | #198584A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

RHS Plant Finder 2012-2013

Janet Cubey and Judith Merrick

The RHS Plant Finder is Britain's most essential gardening annual. Listing over 70,000 accurately named plants, it is the ultimate guide to plants and where to find them. Contact details, websites and opening times are included for over 540 nurseries. ....

926 pages |

Paperback | /3 | #199102A | £2.40 Add to basket

 

RHS Pruning Plant by Plant

How to Prune more than 200 Popular Plants

RHS

With pruning advice for 180 trees, shrubs and climbers plus 20 popular fruit crops, RHS Pruning Plant by Plant is the only pruning guide in this handy size to tell and show you exactly what you need to do plant by plant.

480 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781405391726 | #199074A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Rare and Threatened Bryophytes of Ireland

Neil Lockhart, Nick Hodgetts and David Holyoak

Rare and Threatened Bryophytes of Ireland gives a detailed review of the distribution, ecology and conservation status of threatened mosses and liverworts (bryophytes) in Ireland. Identification notes are provided for all of the species ....

656 pages | 600 colour photos, colour distribution maps |

Hardback | 01/2012 | 9781905989355 | #199095A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World

Carlos Aedo

The genus Geranium is represented in the New World by 137 species assigned to three subgenera: subg. Geranium with 127 species (eight introduced), subg. Erodioidea with three native species, and subg. Robertium ....

550 pages | colour illustrations |

Hardback | 06/2012 | 9780912861951 | #199072A | £135.00 Add to basket

 

Seedswap

The gardener's guide to saving and swapping seeds

Jeffery Josie

In Seedswap, Josie Jeffrey shares her passionate expertise in an introduction to seed-swapping, sowing practical information in the context of an exciting global movement. A succinct look at the history of seed-saving is followed by ....

128 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9781908005564 | #198834A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Suomen Jakalaopas

Lichen Flora of Finland

Stenroos Soili, Ahti Teuvo, Lohtander Katileena and Myllys Leena

The Lichen flora of Finland presents all the macrolichens and some of the most common crustose lichens known from Finland. The total number of species, subspecies or varieties treated is 481. In the introductory section topics such ....

534 pages | illustrations |

Paperback | 01/2011 | 9789521068041 | #198855A | £67.99 Add to basket

 

Techniques and Tips for Gardeners

Matthew Biggs, John Cushnie, Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank

GQT Techniques and Tips brings together the wisdom--and wit--of four of the "Gardeners' Question Time" panellists, providing novice gardeners and experienced amateurs alike with advice on everything from planting to pruning

320 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | / | #198681A | £1.00 Add to basket

 

The Evolutionary Relevance of Vegetative Long-shoot/short-shoot Differentiation in Gymnospermous Tree Species

Durken Veit Martin

This well illustrated monograph treats the correlation of deciduousness (shedding leaves at a certain season) and long-shoot/short-shoot differentiation focused on gymnospermous tree species. The vast majority of gymnosperms are evergreen ....

93 pages | 41 illustrations, 12 tables |

Paperback | 01/2012 | 9783510480326 | #198935A | £99.99 Add to basket

 

The Spontaneous Flora of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Hoste I

This volume contains 23 contributions and short notes dealing with the botanical and mycological diversity of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium. Almost all contributions have been written by people working at the Botanic Garden. Although ....

216 pages |

Paperback | 01/2011 | 9789072619860 | #198755A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

The Yellow Book 2012

NGS Gardens Open for Charity

Published annually in February by The National Gardens Scheme (NGS), The Yellow Book has detailed listings of thousands of gardens open for visiting, and is packed with photographs of gardens and informed comment.

744 pages | colour illustrations |

Paperback | 02/2012 | 9781905942152 | #198650A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Trevor Beer's Nature Watch, Volume 3

Trevor Beer

Trevor Beer's love of wildlife becomes obvious when you read his articles and books, and look closely at his superb drawings and paintings. Trevor began writing in the 1960s for the North Devon Snail, a local magazine, and moved on to new ....

128 pages | 4 plates with colour photographs, b/w illustrations |

Paperback | 02/2012 | 9781906551315 | #198674A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Waxcap Mushrooms of Eastern North America

Bessette Alan E, Roody William C, Sturgeon Walter E and bessette Arleen R

Members of the Hygrophoraceae family, commonly known as waxcaps, have long attracted the attention of mycologists and nature lovers. As a group, they are beautiful mushrooms. Those in the genus Hygrocybe are particularly colorful and eye-catching ....

168 pages | 167 & 3 b/w photos |

Hardback | 09/2011 | 9780815632689 | #198848A | £84.50 Add to basket

 

Wild Hares and Hummingbirds

The Natural History of an English Village

Moss Stephen

Stephen Moss lives in one of the longest villages in England--Mark, on the Somerset Levels: a watery wonderland steeped in history. This ancient country parish has been reclaimed from the sea over many centuries and today the landscape bears ....

256 pages |

Paperback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780099552468 | #198747A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Wildflower Meadows

Survivors from a Golden Age

Margaret Pilkington and John Pilkington

This book is a celebration of meadows and their wildflowers. Once common-place and familiar to all, not many now remain and their typical flowers are rapidly becoming a folk memory. Stylised meadow flowers, evoking a by-gone era of rural idyll ....

216 pages | colour photos |

Paperback | 05/2012 | 9781906506261 | #198726A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Wildpflanzen von Teneriffa: Identifikationsfuhrer

Illustrierte Karte und Buch

Lucas de Saa and Lazaro Sanchez-Pinto

Tenerife, with a surface area of some 2050 square kilometers, is the largest of the Canary Islands. The abundance of microclimates, and, consequently, natural habitats, is clearly reflected in the island vegetation, composed of rich and varied ....

20 pages | colour illustrations, colour map |

Paperback | 12/1996 | 9788492063147 | #199011A | £17.40 Add to basket

 
Animal & General Biology
 

A Guide to Basic Health and Disease in Birds

Their Management, Care and Well-Being

Cannon Michael J

A Guide to Basic Health and Disease in Birds covers all aspects of avian health and husbandry. The contents include information on a variety of topics of interest to the aviculturist - Why do birds get sick?, signs of illness, how to ....

111 pages | colour photos, b/w illustrations, tables |

Paperback | 01/2002 | 9780957702455 | #198922A | £32.50 Add to basket

 

BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pet and Wildlife Nursing

Molly Varga, Rachel Lumbis and Lucy Gott

This new manual will guide readers through a logical sequence from the initial phone call (including initial contact advice), through to consultation, admittance, hospitalization, and intervention. It will cover commonly kept species. ....

252 pages |

Paperback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781905319350 | #199079A | £67.99 Add to basket

 

Beyond the Brain

How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds

Louise Barrett

When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations - that they use the same psychological mechanisms that we do.

304 pages | 15 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | 04/2011 | 9780691126449 | #198616A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

Cholesterol Regulation of Ion Channels and Receptors

Irena Levitan, Francisco Barrantes and Michael Edidin

Drawing together and analyzing all the latest research findings, this book explores the role of cholesterol in the regulation of ion channels and receptors, including its pathological effects. It is the first book to comprehensively describe ....

302 pages |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780470874325 | #199137A | £83.50 Add to basket

 

Do Species Exist?

Principles Of Taxonomic Classification

Werner Kunz

A readily comprehensible guide for biologists, field taxonomists and interested laymen to one of the oldest problems in biology: the species problem. Written by a geneticist with extensive experience in field taxonomy, this practical book ....

280 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9783527332076 | #199141A | £64.99 Add to basket

 

Ending the Mendel-Fisher Controversy

Daniel J Fairbanks, Allan Franklin, AWF Edwards and Teddy Seidenfeld

In 1865, Gregor Mendel presented Experiments in Plant-Hybridization, the results of his eight-year study of the principles of inheritance through experimentation with pea plants. Overlooked in its day, Mendel's work would later ....

368 pages |

Hardback | 04/2008 | 9780822943198 | #198933A | £62.95 Add to basket

Paperback | 04/2008 | 9780822959861 | #198934A | £25.50 Add to basket

 

Forebrain Evolution in Fishes

20th Annual Karger Workshop, Washington, D.C., November 13, 2008

RG Northcutt, MF Wullimann and MS Northcutt

A Special Topic Issue of Brain, Behavior and Evolution 2009, Vol. 74, No. 1. Much of the remarkable progress made recently in the understanding of forebrain organization and evolution in fishes is due to new molecular markers revealing ....

86 pages | 5 colour & 22 b/w illustrations, 2 tables |

Paperback | 09/2009 | 9783805592840 | #198615A | £47.00 Add to basket

 

Lysophospholipid Receptors

Signaling and Biochemistry

Jerold Chun

This state-of-the-art reference addresses lysophospholipids, a special kind of fat that has been found to have a growing number of receptors within the cell and has important, natural roles in the body including normal reproduction, development ....

750 pages |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780470569054 | #199148A | £100.50 Add to basket

 

Microcalorimetry of Macromolecules

The Physical Basis of Biological Structures

Peter L Privalov

Many scientists working in biology are unfamiliar with the basics of thermodynamics and its role in determining molecular structures. Yet measuring the heat of structural change a molecule undergoes under various conditions yields information ....

404 pages |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781118104514 | #199138A | £89.99 Add to basket

 

Molecular Genetics of Bacteria

Larry Snyder, JE Peters, Tina M Henkin and Wendy Champness

Advanced level textbook for students of molecular biology and biochemistry. The text presents the latest research on the subject in a clearly written and well-illustrated style. It provides descriptive background information, detailed experimental ....

750 pages | illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781555816278 | #199093A | £99.95 Add to basket

 

Our Genes, Our Choices

How Genotype and Gene Interactions Affect Behavior

David Goldman

Are people free to make choices, or do genes determine behavior? Paradoxically, the answer to both questions is "yes," because of neurogenetic individuality, a new theory with profound implications.

256 pages |

Hardback | /2 | #198587A | £1.20 Add to basket

 

Strange Mates

The Weird and Wonderful World of Animal Attraction

Lewis George

Think you know all about the birds and bees? The mating rituals of some creatures are frankly bizarre, frequently disturbing and endlessly fascinating. After reading this book, you'll look at courtship and sex in a completely different ....

128 pages |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781907708398 | #198901A | £6.99 Add to basket

 

Studies in Viral Ecology (2-Volume Set)

Christon J Hurst

This book explains the ecology of viruses by examining their interactive dynamics with their hosting species (this 2-volume set covers animals as well as microbes and plants), including the types of transmission cycles that viruses have evolved ....

832 pages | 2-volume set |

Hardback | 11/2011 | 9781118024584 | #193987A | £167.00 Add to basket

 

Synthetic Biology

Industrial and Environmental Applications

Markus Schmidt

This is the only book to focus on industrial and environmental applications of synthetic biology, covering 17 of the most promising uses in the areas of biofuel, bioremediation and biomaterials. The contributions are written by experts from a ....

266 pages |

Hardback | NYP 07/2012 | 9783527331833 | #199123A | £64.99 Add to basket

 

Systems Chemical Biology

Integrating Chemistry and Biology Through Cheminformatics Approaches

Andreas Bender, Rajarshi Guha and Josef Scheiber

This book will provide a descriptive outline of both the fundamental and the applied aspects of systems chemical biology approaches, focused primarily on the drug discovery context. It will cover a broad range of aspects related to prediction ....

300 pages |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780470554470 | #199146A | £66.95 Add to basket

 

The Calculus of Selfishness

Karl Sigmund

How does cooperation emerge among selfish individuals? When do people share resources, punish those they consider unfair, and engage in joint enterprises? These questions fascinate philosophers, biologists, and economists alike,

192 pages | 51 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | 12/2009 | 9780691142753 | #198617A | £26.95 Add to basket

 

Toxicology and Epigenetics (2-Volume Set)

Saura C Sahu

Epigenetics is the study of both heritable and non-heritable changes in the regulation of gene activity and expression that occur without an alteration in the DNA sequence. This dynamic and rapidly developing discipline is making its impact ....

672 pages |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781119976097 | #199144A | £190.00 Add to basket

 

Veterinary Molecular Biology

Peter Chantler

This groundbreaking textbook is the first to bring biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology and genetics together in one single volume, with the veterinary student in mind. Providing the scientific framework on which clinical skills are ....

328 pages | colour & b/w photos, 250+ b/w illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781405145527 | #199139A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Veterinary Toxicology

Basic and Clinical Principles

Ramesh C Gupta

Veterinary Toxicology is a unique single reference that teaches the basic principles of veterinary toxicology to any student at the DVM, MS or PhD level and will continue to serve as a clinical reference for practicing veterinary toxicologists ....

1248 pages | 150 illustrations |

Hardback | 04/2012 | 9780123859266 | #198585A | £95.00 Add to basket

 
Evolutionary Biology
 

A Short History of Progress

Wright Ronald

Palaeolithic hunters who learnt how to kill two mammoths instead of one had made progress. Those who learnt how to kill 200 by driving a whole herd over a cliff had made too much.Many of the great ruins that grace the deserts and jungles of ....

160 pages |

Paperback | 09/2006 | 9781841958309 | #198782A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Evolution's Wedge

Competition and the Origins of Diversity

Pfennig David W and Pfennig Karin S

Evolutionary biology has long sought to explain how new traits and new species arise. Darwin maintained that competition is key to understanding this biodiversity and held that selection acting to minimize competition causes competitors to be ....

320 pages | 72 b/w illustrations, 7 tables |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780520274181 | #198810A | £51.99 Add to basket

 

Evolution's Witness

How Eyes Evolved

Ivan R Schwab

With predation and carnivory as catalysts, the first known eye appeared in a trilobite during the Cambrian explosion approximately 543 million years ago. This period was a crucible of evolution and teemed with anatomic creativity although the ....

416 pages |

Hardback | 01/2012 | 9780195369748 | #199006A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Evolutionaries

Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea

Phipps Carter

When it comes to evolution, we’ve all heard about fossils and fruit flies, Darwin and Dawkins. But the idea of evolution is far more profound - and far-reaching. Today, a movement of visionary scientists, philosophers, and spiritual ....

416 pages |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780061916137 | #198948A | £10.99 Add to basket

 

Evolving

The Human Effect and Why It Matters

Daniel J Fairbanks

In this persuasive, elegantly written book, research geneticist Daniel J. Fairbanks argues that understanding evolution has never mattered more in human history. Fairbanks not only uses evidence from archaeology, geography, anatomy, biochemistry ....

352 pages |

Paperback | NYP 06/2012 | 9781616145651 | #198930A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Forces of Nature

Our Quest to Conquer the Planet

Barry Vain

This title offers a fascinating exploration of the precarious balance between human civilisation and the natural environment. As long as the human species has existed, men and women have had to contend with the unpredictability of nature. ....

340 pages |

Hardback | 05/2012 | 9781616146016 | #198610A | £22.95 Add to basket

 

Homo Mysterious

Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature

David P Barash

For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are ....

384 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780199751945 | #199028A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

The Fate of the Species

Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop it

Fred Guterl

The sixth "mass extinction event" in the history of planet Earth is currently under way, with over two hundred species dying off every day. The cause of this seismic event is also the source of the single biggest threat to human life ....

224 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9781608192588 | #198678A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

The Relics of Eden

The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA

Daniel J Fairbanks

Since the publication in 1859 of Darwin's Origin of Species, debate over the theory of evolution has been continuous and often impassioned. In recent years, opponents of 'Darwin's dangerous idea' have mounted history

281 pages |

Paperback | 03/2010 | 9781616141608 | #198932A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Why Humans Like to Cry

The Evolutionary Origins of Tragedy

Michael R Trimble

Human beings are the only species to have evolved the trait of emotional crying. We weep at tragedies in our lives and in those of others - remarkably even when they are fictional characters in film, opera, music, novels, and theatre. Why have ....

256 pages | 15 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780199693184 | #197731A | £16.99 Add to basket

 
Ecology
 

Forensic Ecology

From Crime Scene to Court

Julie Roberts and Nicholas Marquez-Grant

The analysis of plants, insects, soil and other particulates from scenes of crime can be vital in proving or excluding contact between a suspect and a scene, targeting search areas, and establishing a time and place of death.

256 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9781119974192 | #199091A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

Life Everlasting

The Animal Way of Death

Heinrich Bernd

When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his "green burial" at Bernd Heinrich's hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him.

256 pages |

Hardback | 06/2012 | 9780547752662 | #198760A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

Nature All Around Us

A Guide to Urban Ecology

Beatrix Beisner, Christian Messier and Luc-Alain Giraldeau

It's easy to stand in awe of a city's impressive skyline, marveling at its buildings reaching for the clouds and its vast network of roadways and train lines crisscrossing in every direction. It can often seem like everything in a city ....

184 pages | 1 b/w photo, 78 b/w illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780226922751 | #199037A | £11.50 Add to basket

 
Habitats & Ecosystems
 

Atlantic Hazel

Scotland's Special Woodlands

Sandy Coppins and Brian Coppins

The Atlantic hazelwoods are one of Scotland's most ancient woodlands. They are older by far than the Atlantic oakwoods of Scotland, and older than some of the Caledonian pinewoods. Together with birch, hazel was one of the earliest woody ....

108 pages | colour photos, b/w illustrations, colour tables |

Paperback | 03/2012 | 9780957203402 | #199153A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Ecology and Management of Forest Soils

Richard Fisher and Dan Binkley

This book is about the soil that supports the world's forests. It provides the key features for an overview of each topic, informative examples/case studies, and an overall context for helping readers think clearly about forest soils ....

360 pages | illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780470979464 | #199085A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Hydropedology

Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology

Henry Lin

Hydropedology is a microcosm for what is happening in Soil Science. Once a staid discipline found in schools of agriculture devoted to increasing crop yield, soil science is transforming itself into an interdisciplinary mulch with great significance ....

760 pages | 10 colour & 100 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 07/2012 | 9780123869418 | #198588A | £76.00 Add to basket

 

Managing Deadwood in Forests and Woodlands

Practice Guide

Jonathan W Humphrey and Sallie Bailey

Deadwood is a vital component of a properly functioning forest ecosystem. It plays an important role in sustaining biodiversity and in delivering ecosystem services such as soil formation and nutrient cycling. In the UK up to a fifth of woodland ....

24 pages | colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations, tables |

Paperback | 05/2012 | 9780855388577 | #199103A | £5.99 Add to basket

 

Prairie

A North American Guide

Winckler Suzanne

North America's grasslands once stretched from southern Canada to northern Mexico, and across this considerable space different prairie types evolved to express the sum of their particular longitude and latitude, soils, landforms, and ....

136 pages | 11 maps |

Paperback | 04/2004 | 9780877458838 | #198847A | £15.95 Add to basket

 

Strategic Environmental Assessment in Development Practice

A Review of Recent Experience

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The principles of sustainable development play an integral role in making development assistance work at the level of policies, plans and programmes. In response to the Paris Declaration call to '... develop and apply common approaches ....

124 pages |

Paperback | 02/2012 | 9789264166738 | #199168A | £31.99 Add to basket

 

Stream and Watershed Restoration

A Guide to Restoring Riverine Processes and Habitats

Philip Roni and Tim Beechie

This book was born out of the clear need for a comprehensive resource for developing successful stream and watershed restoration plans and projects. It provides a systematic and adaptable approach for planning, prioritizing, implementing, and ....

344 pages | illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 12/2012 | 9781405199568 | #199082A | £44.99 Add to basket

Hardback | NYP 12/2012 | 9781405199551 | #199083A | £94.99 Add to basket

 

The Woodland Heritage Manual

Ian D Rotherham, Melvyn Jones, Lindy Smith and Christine Handley

This is a black-and-white reprint by Wildtrack Publishing, with no changes compared to the previous edition. Ancient woodlands and trees (wooded landscapes) are irreplaceable. Shaped and influenced by human activities for centuries ....

212 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations |

Paperback | 08/2011 | 9781904098232 | #198732A | £24.99 Add to basket

 
Conservation & Biodiversity
 

2020 VISION

One Vision to Rebuild Our Natural Home

20 photographers, 20 locations - one vision to rebuild our natural home, 2020 VISION is an all-media enterprise about why wild nature really matters. It's also the biggest photography-based project ever staged in Britain.

272 pages |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780749573591 | #198734A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

A World in One Cubic Foot

Portraits of Biodiversity

David Liittschwager and EO Wilson

Twelve inches by twelve inches by twelve inches, the cubic foot is a relatively tiny unit of measure compared to the whole world. With every step, we disturb and move through cubic foot after cubic foot. But behold the cubic foot in nature ....

224 pages | 985 colour photos |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780226481234 | #199034A | £28.99 Add to basket

 

Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation

Exploring the Evidence for a Link

Dilys Roe, Joanna Elliott, Chris Sandbrook and Matthe Walpole

Biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation are both important societal goals demanding increasing international attention. While they may seem to be unrelated, the international policy frameworks that guide action to address them make ....

359 pages |

Paperback | NYP 12/2012 | 9780470674789 | #199081A | £44.99 Add to basket

Hardback | NYP 12/2012 | 9780470674796 | #199084A | £79.99 Add to basket

 

Biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon

Assessment and priority actions for conservation, sustainable use and benefit sharing

Ribeiro Capobianco Joao Paulo

This work contains 27 thematic documents in the field of botany, zoology, ecology, ethnography, anthropology, sociology and economics. There are descriptions and recommendations for 385 priority areas for birds, aquatic biota, mammals, invertebrates ....

536 pages | colour illustrations |

Paperback | 01/2004 | 9788585994280 | #198850A | £46.99 Add to basket

 

Ecology, Conservation, and Restoration of Tidal Marshes

The San Francisco Estuary

Palaima Arnas

Once estuaries extended almost unbroken around the perimeter of the San Francisco Bay. They were the source of great productivity. These estuaries represented the sieve through which freshwater, terrestrial sediments, detritus and all sorts of ....

312 pages | 16 b/w illustrations, 8 maps, 13 tables |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780520274297 | #198807A | £51.99 Add to basket

 

Evolution Lost

Status and Trends of the World's Vertebrates

JEM Baillie, J Griffiths, ST Turvey, J Loh and B Collen

Extinction rates are now fast outpacing speciation rates, resulting in the loss of entire groups of species that have evolved on this planet for millions of years. Within the next century we stand to lose what could amount

72 pages | colour illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2010 | 9780900881404 | #198727A | £19.99 Add to basket

Hardback | 12/2010 | 9780900881411 | #198728A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Mammalian and Avian Faunal Diversity in Damodar Valley Under DVC Project Area

Rina Chakraborty

This volume describes the mammalian and avian diversity in the area of the Damodar Valley under the Damodar Valley Corporation a(DVC) Project. This covers nearly 24,235 km2 across Hazaribagh, Koderma, Giridih, Dhanbad, Dumka, Bokaro, Chatra ....

38 pages | 28 illustrations |

Paperback | 12/2011 | 9788181712899 | #198654A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

The Case of the Green Turtle

An Uncensored History of a Conservation Icon

Alison Rieser

The journals of early maritime explorers traversing the Atlantic Ocean often describe swarms of sea turtles, once a plentiful source of food. Many populations had been decimated by the 1950s, when Archie Carr and others raised public awareness ....

352 pages |

Hardback | NYP 07/2012 | 9781421405797 | #199027A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

Threatened Birds of India

Their Conservation Requirements

Rahmani Asad R

Identification, protection, and monitoring of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) is a major global conservation programme initiated by BirdLife International, and recognized and appreciated by many governments, NGOs, and conservationists. This book ....

870 pages | 645 colour photos, 155 maps |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9780198085973 | #198743A | £99.99 Add to basket

 

Underwater Eden

Saving the Last Coral Wilderness on Earth

Gregory S Stone and David Obura

"It was the first time I'd seen what the ocean may have looked like thousands of years ago." That's conservation scientist Gregory S. Stone talking about his initial dive among the corals and sea life surrounding the Phoenix

160 pages | 91 colour plates, 2 tables |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780226775609 | #199035A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Urban Bird Ecology and Conservation

Lepczyk Christopher A and Warren Paige S

Birds in urban ecosystems are now at the forefront of ornithological research. In this volume an international team of leading researchers in urban bird ecology and conservation reports on findings from Europe, the United States, and Mexico. ....

336 pages | 4 b/w photos, 58 b/w illustrations, 50 tables |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780520273092 | #198815A | £48.95 Add to basket

 

Wild Mammals in Captivity

Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management

Devra G Kleiman, Katerina V Thompson and Charlotte Kirk Baer

Zoos, aquaria, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on Wild Mammals in Captivity as the essential reference for their work. Now the book ....

569 pages | 139 b/w illustrations, 67 tables |

Paperback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780226440101 | #199033A | £41.99 Add to basket

 
Environmental Science
 

Asserting Native Resilience

Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Face the Climate Crisis

Zoltan Grossman and Alan Parker

Indigenous nations are on the front line of the climate crisis. With cultures and economies among the most vulnerable to climate-related catastrophes, Native peoples are developing twenty-first century responses to climate change that serve a ....

240 pages |

Paperback | 06/2012 | 9780870716638 | #199024A | £22.50 Add to basket

 

Bring Me Sunshine

A Windswept, Rain-Soaked, Sun-Kissed, Snow-Capped Guide To Our Weather

Connelly Charlie

We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds and on occasion delights us. Our national conversation is dominated by the weather, but how much do we really know about it? In Bring Me Sunshine, Charlie Connelly ....

320 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9781408703243 | #198836A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Environmental Chemistry of Explosives and Propellant Compounds in Soils and Marine Systems

Distributed Source Characterization and Remedial Technologies

Chappell Mark, Price Cynthia and George Robert

The purpose of this book is to present the latest knowledge regarding the environmental chemistry and fate of explosive and propellant compounds. This book is largely based on a symposium organized for the 22-25 March 2009 American Chemical Society ....

448 pages |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780841226326 | #198767A | £105.00 Add to basket

 

Geological Storage of CO2

Modeling Approaches for Large-Scale Simulation

Michael A Celia and Jan Martin Nordbotten

Despite the large research effort in both public and commercial companies, no textbook has yet been written on this subject. This book aims to provide an overview to the topic of Carbon Capture and Storage (CSS), while at the same time focusing on ....

256 pages |

Hardback | 01/2012 | 9780470889466 | #194003A | £53.50 Add to basket

 

Instrumentation and Metrology in Oceanography

M Le Menn

After a definition of quantities measured and of quantities inferred from them by calculations, this book details the functioning of sensors and instruments used to assess the useful parameters in oceanography: temperature, conductivity, ....

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781848213791 | #199143A | £96.95 Add to basket

 

Poisoning by Plants, Mycotoxins, and Related Toxins

F Riet-Correa, James Alan Pfister, A L Schild and Terrie L Wierenga

This comprehensive collection of up-to-the-minute research in the field of poisonous plants investigates the effects of toxins on animals and humans. It covers the effects of poisonous plants on the liver, the reproductive system, and the nervous ....

744 pages | illustrations |

Hardback | 05/2011 | 9781845938338 | #198647A | £125.00 Add to basket

 

Slow Death by Rubber Duck

The Secret Danger of Everyday Things

Smith Rick and Lourie Bruce

Pollution is not only an abstract, distant problem seen in belching smokestacks and contaminated waterways; it's also personal. Some of the most dangerous pollutants come from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces--shampoos and to ....

352 pages |

Paperback | 01/2011 | 9781582437026 | #198871A | £14.99 Add to basket

Hardback | 01/2010 | 9781582435671 | #198872A | £16.50 Add to basket

 

The Flooded Earth

Our Future in a World without Ice Caps

Peter D Ward

Sea level rise will happen no matter what we do. Even if we stopped all carbon dioxide emissions today, the seas would rise one meter by 2050 and three meters by 2100. This-not drought, species extinction, or excessive heat waves-will be the ....

272 pages | 6 b/w maps |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780465029051 | #199101A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

The Wrath of Capital

Neoliberalism and Climate Change Politics

Parr Adrian

While climate change has become the dominant concern of the twenty-first century, global powers refuse to implement the changes required to reverse these trends. Rather, they have neoliberalized nature and climate change politics and discourse ....

224 pages |

Hardback | NYP 12/2012 | 9780231158282 | #198803A | £20.50 Add to basket

 
Physical Sciences
 

A More Perfect Heaven

How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos

Dava Sobel

During the 1530s, rumours of a potentially revolutionary theory of how the heavens worked emanating from a small city in Poland began to spread throughout Europe. The architect of this theory was a Polish cleric named Nicolaus Copernicus. ....

273 pages | b/w illustrations |

Hardback | 09/2011 | 9781408818008 | #196080A | £14.99 Add to basket

Paperback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781408822388 | #199032A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Astronomy For Dummies

Stephen P Maran

Do you know the difference between a red giant and a white dwarf? From asteroids to black holes, this easy-to-understand guide takes you on a grand tour of the universe. Featuring updated star maps, charts, and an insert with gorgeous full-colour ....

384 pages | colour illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 11/2012 | 9781118376973 | #199100A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Chasing Venus

The Race to Measure the Heavens

Andrea Wulf

On a summer's day in June 1761, astronomers all over the world cast their eyes to the sky to witness a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. It was one of the most important collaborations of scientific ....

336 pages |

Hardback | 05/2012 | 9780434021086 | #198947A | £15.50 Add to basket

 

Coal Geology

Larry Thomas

This book bridges the gap between academic aspects of coal geology (petrology and sedimentation) and the practical role of geology in the coal industry. It examines historical and stratigraphical geology, together with mining, environmental ....

440 pages | illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9781119990444 | #199087A | £89.99 Add to basket

 

Everything You Need to Know About The Universe

From the Big Bang to the Big Crunch, in a Nutshell

Christopher Cooper

From planet Earth to the furthest reaches of the known universe, this book lives up to its promise. In these pages you'll find everything you need to know (and more) about this fascinating subject. Starting with the planets and stars visible ....

224 pages | colour illustrations |

Paperback | 04/2012 | 9781907554414 | #198945A | £12.50 Add to basket

 

Exploring Quantum Mechanics

A Collection of 700+ Solved Problems for Students, Lecturers, and Researchers

Galitski Victor, Karnakov Boris, Kogan Vladimir and Galitski, Jr Victor

It is notoriously difficult to come up with a new quantum-mechanical problem that would be solvable with a pencil and paper within a finite amount of time and that would provide a useful insight into the fascinating world of quantum physics. ....

912 pages |

Paperback | NYP 07/2012 | 9780199232727 | #198768A | £44.99 Add to basket

Hardback | NYP 07/2012 | 9780199232710 | #198769A | £89.99 Add to basket

 

Higgs

The Invention and Discovery of the 'God Particle'

Jim Baggott and Steven Weinberg

The hunt for the Higgs particle has involved the biggest, most expensive experiment ever. So what is this particle called the Higgs boson? Why does it matter so much? What does this new particle tells us about the Universe? And was finding it ....

304 pages | illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780199603497 | #199158A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Our Magnetic Earth

The Science of Geomagnetism

Ronald T Merrill

For the general public, magnetism often seems more the province of new age quacks, movie mad scientists, and grade-school teachers than an area of actual, ongoing scientific inquiry. But as Ronald Merrill reveals in

272 pages | 26 b/w photos, 7 b/w illustrations |

Paperback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780226006598 | #199043A | £10.99 Add to basket

 

Phase Transitions

Ricard V Sole

Phase transitions - changes between different states of organization in a complex system--have long helped to explain physics concepts, such as why water freezes into a solid or boils to become a gas. How might phase transitions shed light ....

264 pages | 6 b/w photos, 67 b/w illustrations, 1 table |

Paperback | 07/2011 | 9780691150758 | #198619A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

The Emergence Life on Earth

A Historical and Scientific Overview

Iris Fry

How did life emerge on Earth? Is there life on other worlds? These questions, until recently confined to the pages of speculative essays and tabloid headlines, are now the subject of legitimate scientific research. This book presents a unique ....

327 pages | b/w illustrations |

Paperback | 07/2002 | 9780813527406 | #198706A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

The Geologic Time Scale 2012 (2-Volume Set)

Felix M Gradstein, James G Ogg, Mark Schmitz and Gabi Ogg

The "Geologic Time Scale 2012" is the framework for deciphering the history of our planet Earth. The authors have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives to create an international geologic time scale for many years ....

1152 pages | colour illustrations, colour maps |

Paperback | NYP 05/2012 | 9780444594259 | #198586A | £69.99 Add to basket

 

The Life of Super-Earths

How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet

Dimitar D Sasselov

This is the unification of astronomy and biology and the answer to three of our biggest questions: Are we alone? Where did life come from? And - most importantly - where is life going? Are we all there is in the universe? We may be closer to ....

240 pages |

Hardback | 02/2012 | 9780465021932 | #198946A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

This is Improbable

Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens, and Other WTF Research

Abrahams Marc

Marc Abrahams, the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, offers an addictive, wryly funny expose of the oddest, most imaginative, and just plain improbable research from around the globe. He looks into why books on ethics are more likely to get ....

304 pages |

Paperback | NYP 09/2012 | 9781851689316 | #198837A | £10.99 Add to basket

 
Sustainable Development
 

A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy

Juliet Christian-Smith, Peter H Gleick, Heather Cooley, Lucy Allen, Amy Vanderwarker and Kat Berry

As is becoming clearer and clearer, pressures on water resources in the United States are growing, with no foreseeable end in sight. Yet these pressures are not due to a national water scarcity. While the Southwest faces the problems of drought ....

336 pages |

Hardback | NYP 06/2012 | 9780199859443 | #198988A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Awakening Inquiry: Observing and Recording Nature

Lesson Plans for Grades K-8

Karen Dvornich, Diane Petersen and Ken Clarkson

After years of taking students into the field on research projects, two common problems surfaced time and time again. Students lacked 'naturalist' skills that included how to observe; record observations in ways meaningful to them

165 pages | illustrations |

Spiralbound | 01/2010 | 9781450746922 | #198991A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

British Standard (BS 5837:2012): Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction - Recommendations

This British Standard supersedes BS 5837:2005, which is now withdrawn. Trees are important elements of green infrastructure, contributing to urban cooling through evapotranspiration and providing micro-climatic effects that

50 pages |

Hardback | 04/2012 | 9780580699177 | #198781A | £178.00 Add to basket

 

Campbell's Atlas of Oil and Gas Depletion

Campbell CJ

Campbell's Atlas of Oil and Gas Depletion, Second Edition, is the product of a half-century of critical analysis and updating of data on the status of oil and gas depletion by country, region and the world as a whole.

507 pages | 371 colour & 77 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781461435754 | #198744A | £224.50 Add to basket

 

Crop Plant Anatomy

Ratikanta Maiti, Satya Prakash, D Rajkumar and AV Ramaswamy

Divided into four sections covering anatomy in relation to crop management, anatomical descriptions of the major crop plants, anatomical changes in adaptation to environments and the link between anatomy and productivity, this book provides ....

320 pages | 234 illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781780640198 | #198643A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Discovering Nature with Young Children

Ingrid Chalufour and Karen Worth

Field-tested across the country, this comprehensive curriculum expands and extends the role science has traditionally played in the early childhood classroom. The first in a new series, Discovering Nature with Young Children explores ....

224 pages |

Paperback | 09/2003 | 9781929610396 | #198995A | £30.50 Add to basket

 

Fungi and Lignocellulosic Biomass

Christian P Kubicek

Fungi and Lignocellulosic Biomass offers a comprehensive review of the use of fungi in efficient and cost-effective conversion of cellulosic biomass into fuel. Complete, up-to-date coverage ranges from the biochemical basis of cellular ....

304 pages |

Hardback | NYP 08/2012 | 9780470960097 | #199145A | £130.00 Add to basket

 

Green Marketing Management

Robert Dahlstrom

Green Marketing Management helps individuals make informed decisions about choices that impact the environment. This insightful new book provides a thorough introduction to the emerging field of green marketing management, including ....

360 pages |

Paperback | 07/2010 | 9780324789140 | #198970A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds

Kenneth N Brooks, Peter F Ffolliott and Joseph A Magner

This new edition is a major revision of the popular introductory reference on hydrology and watershed management principles, methods, and applications. The book's content and scope have been improved and condensed, with updated chapters on ....

540 pages | illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780470963050 | #199088A | £64.99 Add to basket

 

In Pursuit of Giants

One Man's Global Search for the Last of the Great Fish

Rigney Matt

Much has changed in the 49 years Rigney has been sportfishing off the New England coast. The numbers of giant marlin, swordfish, bluefin tuna, and other game fish have fallen internationally, and most surviving big fish are smaller than when ....

352 pages |

Hardback | 06/2012 | 9780670023356 | #198944A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

Inspiring Sustainable Behaviour

19 Ways to Ask for Change

Oliver Payne

What is the answer to inspiring sustainable behaviour? It starts with a question--or nineteen. With this simple and inspiring guide you'll learn how to ask for persistent, pervasive, and near-costless change by uncovering our hidden quirks ....

180 pages |

Hardback | 04/2012 | 9781849714006 | #198612A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Nature and Young Children

Encouraging Creative Play and Learning in Natural Environments

Ruth Wilson

Now in its second edition, Nature and Young Children promotes the holistic development of children by connecting them with nature. It offers advice and guidance on how to set up indoor and outdoor nature play spaces

118 pages | illustrations |

Paperback | / | 9780415526746 | #198996A | £21.99 Add to basket

Hardback | / | 9780415526739 | #198997A | £89.99 Add to basket

 

Nature at Your Doorstep

Real World Investigations for Primary Students

Carole G Basile, Fred Collins and Jennifer Gillespie-Malone

Using the scientific method as a tool for learning and discovery, children explore such topics as birds, habitats, and biodiversity and are led into the study of all major areas of ecology. Students formulate hypotheses, collect observational ....

190 pages |

Paperback | 03/1997 | 9781563084553 | #198994A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

Peeking at Peak Oil

Aleklett Kjell and Qvennerstedt Olle

The term "Peak Oil" was born in January 2001 when Colin Campbell formed the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO). Now, Peak Oil is used thousands of times a day by journalists, politicians, industry leaders

325 pages | 110 colour & 1 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | 06/2012 | 9781461434238 | #198929A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Perspectives on the Ideas of Gregory Bateson

Ecological Intelligence, and Educational Reforms

CA Bowers

It is widely acknowledged that Gregory Bateson's ideas have been influential in a number of fields. Unfortunately, the importance of his ideas for understanding why public schools and universities continue to perpetuate ecologically unsustainable ....

208 pages |

Paperback | /NULL | 9780966037005 | #198638A | £24.50 Add to basket

 

Plant Pest Risk Analysis

Concepts and Application

C Devorshak

This text provides instruction on the concepts and application of risk analysis in the field of regulatory plant protection, covering topics such as the background on why and how risk analysis is conducted and specific methods for implementing risk ....

296 pages |

Hardback | NYP 09/2012 | 9781780640365 | #198622A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Recovering a Lost River

Removing Dams, Rewilding Salmon, Revitalizing Communities

Steven Hawley

In the Pacific Northwest, the Snake River and its wilderness tributaries were-as recently as a half century ago-some of the world's greatest salmon rivers. Now, due to four federal dams, the salmon population has dropped close to extinction. ....

256 pages | illustrations |

Paperback | 03/2012 | 9780807004739 | #198611A | £13.99 Add to basket

 

Talking Green

Ward Colin

Colin Ward was the historian of unofficial uses of the landscape. The ten essays in Talking Green cover environmental pollution, urban life, allotments, the uses of nature, land settlement, regionalism, squatting, small-holding, ....

160 pages |

Paperback | NYP 08/2012 | 9781907869518 | #198905A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

The Evolution of Cultural Entities

Michael Wheeler, John Ziman and Margaret A Boden

Ever since Darwin, scholars have noted that cultural entities such as languages, laws, firms and theories seem to 'evolve' through sequences of variation, selection and replication, in many ways just like living organisms. These essays ....

221 pages | 3 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | 10/2002 | 9780197262627 | #198713A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

The Law of Green and Social Procurement in Europe

Roberto Caranta and Martin Trybus

The main objective of public procurement regulation is to provide a government with the supplies and works it needs to operate. This primary objective is connected to the principle of value for money, and for the European Union, with the aim ....

330 pages |

Paperback | 09/2010 | 9788757423259 | #198972A | £38.99 Add to basket

 

The Thinking Beekeeper

A Guide to Natural Beekeeping in Top Bar Hives

Christy Hemenway

What's the buzz about the growing popularity of backyard beekeeping? Providing habitat for bees, pollinating your garden and producing honey for your family are some of the compelling reasons for taking up this exciting hobby.

288 pages |

Paperback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780865717206 | #198399A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation) (England) Regulations 2012

UK Government

Statutory instruments 605 2012 with correction slip included. The new regulations are applicable from 6th April 2012. This pamphlet substantially revokes and replaces the 1999 regulations and 2008 amendments relating to tree preservation orders ....

24 pages |

Paperback | 03/2012 | 9780111521090 | #198759A | £5.75 Add to basket

 

The World According to Monsanto

Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of our Food Supply

Marie-Monique Robin

The result of a remarkable three-year-long investigation that took award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin across four continents (North and South America, Europe, and Asia), The World According to Monsanto tells the ....

372 pages | - |

Paperback | 01/2012 | 9781595587091 | #198640A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Tropical Fruits, Volume 2

RE Paull

Volume 2 of this revised edition of Tropical Fruits examines the more specialist tropical fruits such as guava, durian, mangosteen, passion fruits and palm fruits. With growing interest in the cultivation, production, study, sales and ....

376 pages |

Paperback | NYP 10/2012 | 9781845937898 | #198623A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Virtue Ethics and the Environment

Cafaro Philip and Sandler Ronald

Environmental virtue ethics has become a vital part of the environmental philosophy landscape. Whether as an alternative or a complement to other theoretical approaches, environmental virtue ethics clarifies our environmental choices and ....

206 pages | 2 illustrations |

Hardback | 09/2010 | 9789400702264 | #198750A | £62.99 Add to basket

 

Windfarm Visualisation

Perspective or Perception?

Alan M MacDonald

As windfarms proliferate across the UK, visualisation as a means of predicting the scale and impacts of wind turbines has become a highly controversial subject. The purpose of any visualisation is to inform so that judgements can be made by ....

128 pages |

Hardback | 06/2012 | 9781849950534 | #199114A | £74.99 Add to basket

 
Data Analysis
 

Comprehensive Sampling and Sample Preparation (4-Volume Set)

Analytical Techniques for Scientists

Janusz Pawliszyn

Although there is widespread information on sampling and sample preparation, it is not collected together in a comprehensive and accessible way. Approximately 30,000 new journal articles are published in this area each year, spread over a wide range ....

3200 pages | 600 colour & 1200 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 06/2012 | 9780123813732 | #198589A | £970.00 Add to basket

 

Encyclopedia of Environmetrics (6-Volume Set)

Abdel H El-Shaarawi and Walter W Piegorsch

This is an expanded and revised edition of an essential reference work for university libraries, research laboratories, government institutions and consultancies concerned with the environmental sciences. The Encyclopedia offers comprehensive ....

3360 pages | illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780470973882 | #199094A | £1280.00 Add to basket

 

Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing

Eni G Njoku and Tom G Farr

Remote sensing has revolutionized the scientific study of the Earth by enabling measurements of more detailed and hitherto unexplored phenomena with spatially-extensive and global perspectives. Various disciplines and industries have benefited from ....

1000 pages | 350 b/w & col illus |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780387366982 | #189645A | £315.50 Add to basket

 

Fundamentals of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging

Douglas B Murphy and Michael W Davidson

This book provides a coherent introduction to the principles and applications of the integrated electron microscope system. It is divided into three sections covering optical principles in diffraction and image formation, basic modes of light ....

544 pages | illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 10/2012 | 9780471692140 | #199092A | £66.95 Add to basket

 

Methods and Applications of Statistics in the Atmospheric and Earth Sciences

N Balakrishnan

Presenting a concise, well-rounded focus on the statistical concepts and applications that are essential for understanding gathered data in the earth and atmospheric sciences. Containing contributions from over 100 leading academics, research ....

352 pages |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780470503447 | #199147A | £130.00 Add to basket

 

The Ultimate Guide to Your Microscope

Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone

Looking at little things - things too small to see with the naked eye - can be big fun. It's certainly smart science, and award-winning authors Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone are here to show kids the basics of creating

144 pages | illustrations |

Paperback | 03/2008 | 9781402743290 | #199030A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Video Surveillance of Nesting Birds

Christine Ann Ribic, Frank Richard Thompson and Pamela Jo Pietz

Declining bird populations, especially those that breed in North American grasslands, have stimulated extensive research on factors that affect nest failure and reduced reproductive success. Until now, this research has been hampered by the ....

224 pages | 16 b/w photos , 29 b/w illustrations, 43 tables |

Hardback | 06/2012 | 9780520273139 | #198813A | £44.95 Add to basket

 
Reference
 

Special Libraries as Knowledge Management Centres

Eva Semertzaki

Focuses on the role of special libraries as knowledge management centres in their organisations. It describes the work of a special library and pinpoints that the special library is the nucleus of collecting and organising knowledge which is used ....

314 pages | no illustrations |

Paperback | 06/2011 | 9781843346135 | #192551A | £86.00 Add to basket

 

What Editors Want

An Author's Guide to Scientific Journal Publishing

Philippa J Benson and Susan C Silver

Research publications have always been key to building a successful career in science, yet little if any formal guidance is offered to young scientists on how to get research papers peer reviewed, accepted, and published by leading scientific ....

176 pages | 14 b/w photos, 3 b/w illustrations |

Hardback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780226043135 | #199039A | £35.50 Add to basket

Paperback | NYP 11/2012 | 9780226043142 | #199040A | £12.99 Add to basket