new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2007/08
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Welcome to the August Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's guide to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the environment.

Major title new in stock at NHBS
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman - a powerful look at the future of our planet without humans; now available from NHBS at a special price of œ15.99 (RRP œ19.99)
More highlights can be found on the NHBS homepage.

Summer Clearance Sale
Our annual clearance sale is in full swing; we have many books at substantially reduced prices on offer, and most items are only available in single copies.

European Society of Evolutionary Biology Congress
We had a great time attending the 11th ESEB Congress in Uppsala, Sweden, last month, meeting many interesting people from around the world in Linnaeus' beautiful hometown. Click here to view a list of all the books we offered at our stand.

There are two more opportunities to meet the NHBS team at conferences this year, and we would be delighted to meet you at our stand!

New subject catalogues available
The first two of our new subject catalogues are now available online and as a pdf-file for printing:
NHBS Field Ecology 2007 (pdf-file, 2.7MB)
NHBS Ornithology Catalogue Summer 2007 (pdf-file, 1.5MB)
From our complete catalogue of well over 100,000 titles, we have selected a few hundred essential titles for any ecology or ornithlogy library. More subject catalogues are in preparation.

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Mammals
 

Bears

A Year in the Life

Matthias Breiter

A fascinating journey through an entire year in the life of North America's great bears - the black bear, the brown bear and the polar bear. Beginning in February when the ....

176 pages | 125 colour photos | A & C Black

Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0713687126 | #169804A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

The Bonobos

Ecology, Behavior, Genetics, and Conservation

Edited by Takeshi Furuichi, Jo Thompson and Barbara Fruth

Among all great ape species, the bonobo is still the least studied in both captivity and the wild. Nevertheless we have observed a considerable increase in knowledge across ....

280 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0387747850 | #170142A | £88.50 Add to basket

 

Costa Rica Mammals / Mamiferos de Costa Rica

Eduardo Carrillo, Grace Wong and Joel C Saénz

This field guide (Spanish-English) includes a description of 100 of Costa Rica's best known species of mammals. Some are very well known, some are rare and others are in ....

250 pages | Col illus, distribution maps, figs | INBio

Pbk | 2002 | 9968702617 | #160081A | £19.50 Add to basket

 

Demografia, Distribucion, Genetica y Conservacion del Oso Pardo Cantrabico

Edited by Ministerio de Medio Ambiente

Deals with the status of the Brown Bear in Spain. ....

138 pages | OAPN

Hbk | 2007 | 8480146966 | #170250A | £38.00 Add to basket

 

Fauna d'Italia, Volume 38: Mammalia III: Carnivora - Artiodactyla

Luigi Boitani, Sandro Lovari and Augusto Vigna Taglianti

Contents: Ordine Carnivora, Famiglia Canidae, Famiglia Ursidae, Famiglia Mustelidae, Famiglia ....

434 pages | 109 illus | Calderini

2004 | 8850648790 | #169766A | £42.50 Add to basket

 

Great Whales

John Bannister

This book provides a detailed account of these huge mammals. It includes the history of people's association with these fascinating creatures, at first through legend, then ....

160 pages | CSIRO

Pbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0643093737 | #169086A | £18.50 Add to basket

 

Investigacion, Conservacion y Manejo de Vicunas

Edited by Bibiana Vila

Presents the results of a 5-year project on the sustainable handling of wild vicunas living at high altitudes in the Andes. ....

205 pages | Figs, tabs, b/w photos | Dra Bibiana Vila

Pbk | 2006 | 9872288801 | #169851A | £33.50 Add to basket

 

Mountain Goats

Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of an Alpine Ungulate

Marco Festa-Bianchet and Steve D Cote

Mountain goats have been among the least studied of North American ungulates, leaving wildlife managers with little information on which to base harvest strategies or ....

264 pages | Island Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 159726170X | #170294A | £57.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1597261718 | #170293A | £28.95 Add to basket

 

Neotropical Tent-roosting Bats / Murciélagos neotropicales que acampan en hojas

Field Guide / Guía de campo

Bernal Rodriguez Herrera, RA Medellín and RM Timm

This is an important contribution to our understanding of the interactions between bats and plants, the complexity of biological relations among organisms, and the astounding ....

184 pages | INBio

Pbk | 2007 | 9968927287 | #170055A | £18.50 Add to basket

 

Strategies of Sex and Survival Hamadryas Baboons

Through a Female Lens

Larissa Swedell

Reference on the behavior, ecology, and reproduction of wild hamadryas baboons. This book rectifies the male-biased view of hamadryas baboon behavior that has persisted over ....

261 pages | B/w photos, tabs, figs | Prentice Hall

Pbk | 2006 | 0131845489 | #169939A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Suburban Howls

Tracking the Eastern Coyote in Urban Massachusetts

Jonathan Way

The coyote is a remarkable animal, being one of the only carnivores to actually increase its range and distribution in the past one hundred years. Coyotes have taken over as ....

338 pages | Dog Ear

Pbk | 2007 | 1598583670 | #169819A | £15.95 Add to basket

 

Whales and Dolphins of Great Britain

Where to Go and What to See

Dylan Walker and Alex Wilson

The first comprehensive guide to the whales, dolphins and porpoises of Great Britain with stunning colour photography. Section one introduces the 17 most commonly sighted ....

96 pages | Cetacea Publishing

Pbk | 2007 | 0955614406 | #169861A | £11.95 Add to basket

 
Birds
 

Arctic Flight

Adventures Amongst Northern Birds

James McCallum

Arctic Flight is a collection of sketches, paintings made by James McCallum during trips to see the birdlife of Northern and Arctic regions. There are main chapters on Finnish ....

180 pages | Col illus & col paintings | Langford Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1904078265 | #169829A | £37.99 Add to basket

 

Beginners Guide to Bird Songs of North America

John Neville and Mel Coulson

Beginner's Guide to Bird Songs of North America comprises an introduction and eight lessons. Each of the first seven lessons, has a self testing quiz with answers in the ....

3 CD set | Neville Recording

CD | 2007 | 0978179722 | #170100A | £24.66 Add to basket

 

Bird Song & Lemur Calls in Madagascar

58 birds, 6 lemurs, 1 Flying Fox, 1 Leaf-litter Frog (sounds like a bird calling) and an ambient 4 minutes in the Berenty reserve early morning. ....

Mandarin Productions

CD | 2007 | #169827A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Bird Songs of the Scottish Highlands and Islands 2(CD) set

John Neville

The Scottish Highlands and Islands production includes common and rare species, recorded through the twelve months of the year. It starts with a Dipper and ends with the Tawny ....

Running Time: 111.46 Minutes | Neville Recording

CD | | 0978179714 | #168892A | £18.74 Add to basket

 

Birder's Pocket Logbook

An ideal tool for keeping your personal records, and for sending your records to your county recorder. ....

160 pages | - | Papworth

Hbk | 2007 | 1906247161 | #170075A | £8.50 Add to basket

 

The Birds and Wildlife of Paxton Pits 2006

Edited by Julian Hughes and Mark Ward

Contains details of all the wildlife seen here from September 2005 to August 2006, including the first ever arctic skua, hawfinch and roseate tern. Raven, golden oriole ....

66 pages | Figs, illus, graphs, maps | Trevor Gunton

Spiralbound | 2006 | #169221A | £5.95 Add to basket

 

Birds by Colour

Marc Duquet

Bird identification can be very confusing for the beginner, and because many species are multicoloured, birds are not the most obvious group of animals for an identification ....

196 pages | Col illus | Christopher Helm

Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0713689943 | #169880A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Birds of Perak

Peninsular Malaysia and Where to See Them

This book provides 19 sites covering 5 main habitats; a checklist of birds for each site; Access maps; 124 bird photographs; Bonus VCD (version 2.0) on 254 species of birds ....

150 pages | Tabs, maps, col photos | Malaysian Nature Society

Pbk | 2006 | 9834311605 | #170247A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Birds of Texas

Keith Arnold and Gregory Kennedy

401 species of birds are grouped and colour coded here for quick identifcation. ....

480 pages | Col illus, distribution maps | Lone Pine

Pbk | 2007 | 9768200189 | #161281A | £14.95 Add to basket

 

Birdwatching on the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Heritage Coast

Edited by Tom Cadwallender

Site guide to the best birdwatching areas of the Northumberland coast. Includes an introduction, a glossary, maps and colour photos of birds and locations. ....

24 pages | colour photos | Northumberland County Council

Pbk | 2007 | 1873402252 | #170285A | £2.99 Add to basket

 

Directory of Important Bird Areas in Malaysia

Key Sites for Conservation

Yeap Chin Aik, Anthony C Sebastian and G.W.H. Davison

This book provides a guide on how and where priority for conservation actions in Malaysia can be placed, and why. Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) has identified 55 ....

330 pages | Col photos, maps, tabs, figs | Malaysian Nature Society

Pbk | 2007 | 9839681397 | #168652A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

Discovering Birds

Brisbane and Surrounds

Michael Morcombe

Finally, a book that supremely captures the birds that inhabit Brisbane and the surrounding regions - written by Michael Morcombe, expert author of Field Guide to ....

128 pages | Steve Parish Publishing

Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1741932947 | #170214A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

The Ecology and Conservation of Asian Hornbills

Farmers of the Forest

Margaret F Kinnaird and Timothy G O'Brien

This book offers the most up-to-date information on the evolution, reproduction, feeding ecology, and movement patterns of 31 species of Asian hornbills. The authors address ....

352 pages | 15 col plates, 91 halftones, 27 line drawings, 32 tabs | Chicago UP

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0226437124 | #168332A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Essentials of Avian Medicine

Edited by Brian Coles

Essentials of Avian Medicine and Surgery is designed as a concise quick reference for the busy practitioner and animal nurse. Eminently practical, this classic avian text is ....

392 pages | 110 illus | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1405157550 | #170185A | £39.50 Add to basket

 

Flights of Fancy

Birds in Myth, Legend and Superstition

Peter Tate

Did you know that Barnacle geese were once classified as fish? That both the Cherokees and the ancient Greeks were convinced that cranes regularly fought battles with pygmies? ....

192 pages | Random House

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1905211619 | #169832A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Images From Birding

Michael Warren

A collection of paintings and sketches that document and describe many memorable observations, mostly form the last twenty years of birding around the British Isles and ....

168 pages | Col illus & col paintings | Langford Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1904078249 | #169828A | £37.99 Add to basket

 

Kukila, Volume 13

Edited by Richard Noske

Kukila volume 13 provides all the latest news on birds in Indonesia, with articles on Nusa Tenggara, Gunung Leuser National Park and the Sulawesi Woodcock, a summary of ....

107 pages | Col plates, tabs, figs | Indonesian OS

Pbk | 2006 | #153670A | £11.95 Add to basket

 

Proceedings of the 11th Pan-African Ornithological Congress, Djerba, Tunisia, 20-25 November 2004

Edited by Adrian Craig

Features a selection of over 60 research papers and close on 100 abstracts presented at the conference, in which 23 African and 14 other countries were represented. ....

438 pages | NISC

Pbk | 2007 | #169777A | £27.95 Add to basket

 

Speciation in Birds

Trevor Price

This major new title is a comprehensive review of speciation and its consequences in birds. The book covers a broad range of areas, from genetics to biogeography and from ....

512 pages | 120 illus, 4 in colour | Roberts and Company Publishers

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0974707783 | #170171A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds

Christidis. Les and Walter E Boles

Lists all species of birds that have been recorded from the Australian mainland, Tasmania, island territories and surrounding waters. ....

248 pages | CSIRO

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0643065113 | #170240A | £28.95 Add to basket

 

Terrestrial Vertebrates of Tidal Marshes: Evolution, Ecology, and

Conservation

Edited by RG Greenberg, JE Maldonado, S Droege and McDonald MV

Collection of 20 papers presented at the Patuxent Wildlife Visitors Center, Maryland, in October 2002. The papers cover the following subjects: ....

339 pages | diagrams, tables, illus | Cooper OS

Pbk | 2006 | 0943610702 | #169183A | £17.95 Add to basket

 

Le Vautour Fauve

Bertrand Eliotout

Griffon Vulture. ....

192 pages | Col photos, illus, maps | Delachaux et Niestle

Pbk | 2007 | 2603014366 | #169773A | £22.95 Add to basket

 
Reptiles & Amphibians
 

Anfibios y Reptiles del Uruguay

Federico Achaval and Alejandro Olomos

Contains all the species registered in Uruguay. Descriptions, distribution maps and status of each species are provided along with photographs of more than 120 species to ....

160 pages | Col photos, dist maps | Biophoto

Pbk | 2007 | 9974395313 | #169574A | £25.95 Add to basket

 

Fauna Helvetica 17: Amphibienlarven - Bestimmung

Identification guide to the larvae of amphibians. ....

CSCF

Hbk | 2007 | 2884140298 | #169842A | £9.95 Add to basket

 

Fauna Helvetica 18: Larves d'Amphibiens - Détermination

Identification guide to the larvae of amphibians ....

CSCF

Hbk | 2007 | 2884140301 | #169843A | £9.95 Add to basket

 

Fauna Helvetica 19: Larve Degli Anfibi - Determinazione

Identification guide to the larvae of amphibians. ....

CSCF

Hbk | 2007 | 288414031X | #169844A | £9.95 Add to basket

 

A Field Guide to Australian Reptiles

Stephen Swanson

This visually splendid, fact-packed Field Guide to Australian Reptiles is perfect for both amateur reptile enthusiasts and experienced herpetologists. With full-colour ....

448 pages | 520 col photos, distribution maps | Steve Parish Publishing

Pbk | 2007 | 1740217446 | #170213A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Guia de Campo de los Anfibios de Honduras

James R McCranie and Franklin E Castaneda

This book covers the 124 species of amphibians known to occur in Honduras. This diverse amphibianfauna represents 38 genera and 10 families. Each species account includes: ....

320 pages | 80 col plates, distrib maps | Bibliomania

Hbk | 2007 | 1932871111 | #168588A | £21.50 Add to basket

 

Ranas de Vidrio de Costa Rica / Glass Frogs of Costa Rica

B Kubicki

This field guide represents the first in-depth book ever written about this group of amazing little frogs. The first part presents general information about glass frogs and ....

304 pages | INBio

2007 | 9968927252 | #169898A | £25.50 Add to basket

 

Sound Guide of the Amphibians of Cuba / Guia Sonora de los Anfibios de Cuba

Edited by Roberto Alonso, Ariel Rodriguez and Rafael Marquez

First sound guide of Cuban amphibians with individual recordings and pictures of 56 species, and seven soundscapes that illustrate the acoustical richness of Cuban nights. ....

28 pages | audio CD and booklet | ALOSA

CD | 2007 | 8461164172 | #169812A | £17.57 Add to basket

 

Turtles of the Southeast

Kurt Buhlmann, Tracey Tuberville and Whit Gibbons

Seventy-five percent of the turtle species in the United States can be found in the Southeast. In fact, the region is second only to parts of Asia in its number of native ....

264 pages | Georgia UP

Pbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0820329029 | #170292A | £15.50 Add to basket

 
Fishes
 

Advances in Fisheries Science

50 Years After Beverton and Holt

Edited by A Payne, J Cotter and T Potter

This landmark book looks in detail at advances made in fisheries science since the publication in 1957 of On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations (Beveton and ....

416 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1405170832 | #170194A | £99.50 Add to basket

 

Fish Conservation

A Guide to Understanding and Restoring Global Aquatic Biodiversity and Fishery Resources

Gene Helfman

Fish Conservation offers, for the first time in a single volume, a readable reference with a global approach to marine and freshwater fish diversity and fishery ....

688 pages | Island Press

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1559635959 | #170301A | £108.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1559635967 | #170302A | £54.50 Add to basket

 

Fish Histology

Female Reproductive Systems

Donald B McMillan

Fish - including cyclostomes, elasmobranchs, and teleosts - display a wide variety of ways of coping with the stringent conditions they encounter in the aquatic environment. ....

598 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402054157 | #169991A | £130.50 Add to basket

 

Fisheries Buybacks

Edited by Rita Curtis and Dale Squires

Fisheries buybacks are an important strategy being implemented globally in the efforts to produce a more sustainable and profitable fisheries industry. Fisheries Buybacks ....

288 pages | 97 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | 2007 | 0813825466 | #170197A | £89.50 Add to basket

 

Sharks of the Pacific Northwest

Including Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska

Alessandro De Maddalena, Antonella Preti and Tarik Polansky

Those who think of sharks as something only found in tropical waters will be surprised to learn that there are 18 species of sharks in the cool waters of the Pacific ....

144 pages | Col photos, illus | Harbour Publishing

Pbk | 2007 | 1550174185 | #170218A | £17.50 Add to basket

 
Invertebrates
 

Bees: Biology & Management

Peter G Kevan

Covers all aspects of bee biology: anatomy, physiology, behaviour, diversity and ecology. This book was developed from an apiculture course taught at the University of ....

345 pages | b&w illus | Enviroquest

Pbk | 2007 | 0968012345 | #166013A | £47.95 Add to basket

 

Beetles of the World, Volume 30: Dynastidae Australiens et Oceaniens

RP Dechambre

Most of the specimens are illustrated in colour. Includes distribution maps. ....

132 pages | 4 colour plates | FFSSN

2005 | #169759A | £199.00 Add to basket

 

Diversity in the Rainforest

John Banks

Presents over 220 species of the brilliantly-coloured rainforest butterflies of Peru, filmed without any artificial lighting in the Tambopata Reserve, one of the world's ....

50 mins running time | Cinebutterflies

DVD | NYP 09/2007 | #170211A | £29.36 Add to basket

 

Esperiana, Volume 13: The Thyatiridae of Eurasia

Including the Sundaland and New Guinea (Lepidoptera)

GM Laszlo, G Ronkay, L Ronkay and T Witt

A full revision of the moth family resulting from a ten-year study. ....

685 pages | colour plates | Hermann H. Hacker - Esperiana

Hbk | 2007 | 3938249064 | #165813A | £167.00 Add to basket

 

Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 1: Siphonaptera

Wu Houyong et al

2174 pages | 2 Volume Set | Science Press

Hbk | 2007 | 7030157400 | #170084A | £137.00 Add to basket

 

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 42: Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica

Liu Ruiyu and Ren Xianqiu

633 pages | Science Press

Hbk | 2007 | 703018811X | #170081A | £68.00 Add to basket

 

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 44: Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonoidea

Edited by Li Xinzheng and Liu Ruiyu

381 pages | Science Press

Hbk | 2007 | 703018534X | #170082A | £49.00 Add to basket

 

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 46: Sipuncula Echiura

Zhou Hong, Li Fenglu and Wang Wei

206 pages | Science Press

Hbk | 2007 | 7030186931 | #170083A | £35.50 Add to basket

 

Fauna d'Italia, Volume 41: Coleoptera: Aphodiidae, Aphodiinae

Giovanni Dellacasa and Marco Dellacasa

Contents: Paleontologia; Posizione sistematica e distribuzione geografica; Morfologia; Bionomia; ....

484 pages | 1226 illus | Calderini

2006 | 8850652038 | #169767A | £43.00 Add to basket

 

Fauna of New Zealand: No 56: Tyrophagus

(Acari: Astigmata: Acaridae)

Qing-Hai Fan and Zhi-Qiang Zhang

The genus Tyrophagus comprises a group of primarily fungivorous mites, including the mould mites, commonly found in stored food products and decaying organic matter. They ....

291 pages | 35 plates, 173 figures | Manaaki Whenua Press

Pbk | 2007 | 0478093861 | #169822A | £57.50 Add to basket

 

Forest Entomology in West Tropical Africa: Forest Insects of Ghana

Michael R Wagner, Joseph R Cobbinah and Paul P Bosu

The forests of West Africa are complex, beautiful and under continued threat of over exploitation. This monograph, in its second edition, remains the only comprehensive ....

230 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 140206506X | #170021A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

Insects as Natural Enemies

A Practical Perspective

Edited by Mark A Jervis

Over the past three decades there has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical studies on insect natural enemies. The appeal of insect predators, and ....

748 pages | Springer

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402065876 | #170035A | £73.00 Add to basket

 

Juwelenschwingen / Gossamer Wings

Geheimnisvolle Libellen / Mysterious Dragonflies

Dagmar Hilfert-Rüppell and Georg Rüppel

Beautifully detailed digital photography, offering an intimate window on the fascinating world of damselflies and dragonflies. The authors have studied the odonata for more than ....

168 pages | 264 photos and illus | Splendens

Hbk | 2007 | 3000203893 | #169663A | £27.50 Add to basket

 

Manual Para el Manejo de Mariposarios

Jose Ramirez Montero

Deals with the rearing and handling of butterflies for zoos and tropical gardens. Out of the 164 species of Costa Rican butterflies, 25 are treated in detail. ....

204 pages | 400 colour photos, distribution maps | INBio

2007 | 9968927260 | #169899A | £30.50 Add to basket

 

Ostracodology - Linking Bio- and Geosciences

Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Ostracoda, Berlin, 2005

Edited by Renate Matzke-Karasz, Koen Martens and Michael Schudack

Ostracods, small aquatic Crustacea, occur in almost every marine, brackish and freshwater habitat. Their calcified bivalved carapaces readily fossilize and their ....

274 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402064179 | #169993A | £92.50 Add to basket

 

A Photographic Guide to the Grasshoppers & Crickets of Britain and Ireland

Martin Evans and Roger Edmondson

A field guide to the grasshoppers and crickets found in Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The book includes photographs and life histories of all the ....

183 pages | Colour photos, distribution maps | WGUK

Hbk | 2007 | 0954950615 | #169967A | £23.95 Add to basket

 

Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea

The Illustrated Handbook

Mary Lyn Rusmore-Villaume

Descriptions of over five hundred species, indicating geographic range, size, color, and other details. The book is organized by taxonomy, divided between gastropods and ....

272 pages | American UP (Cairo)

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 9774160967 | #169796A | £16.95 Add to basket

 

Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos, Volume 10: Antarctic Echinoidea

An Interactive Database

Bruno David, T Choné, R Mooi and C de Ridder

This book is intended to synthesize what is currently known, and simultaneously propose a partial revision of Antarctic echinoid systematics. These efforts are complemented by ....

274 pages | 150 figs, 11 plates | Koeltz

Hbk | 2005 | 3906166333 | #170267A | £67.00 Add to basket

 

Watching British Dragonflies

Steve Dudley, Caroline Dudley and Andrew Mackay

Watching British Dragonflies is a totally new style of field guide to help you find and identify all the regularly occuring dragonflies in Britain and Northern Ireland. ....

341 pages | 48 pages of colour illustrations, maps | Subbuteo

Pbk | 2007 | 0856611123 | #118377A | £27.50 Add to basket

 
Palaeontology
 

Dynamics of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa during the Holocene

Past - Present - Future

Edited by J Runge

This book consists of scientific papers resulting from an international workshop: `Environmental and Cultural Change in West- and Central Africa' organized by the German ....

326 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0415426170 | #169927A | £74.50 Add to basket

 

Evolution and Palaeobiology of Early Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs

Edited by Paul M Barrett and David J Batten

Presents an analysis of Sauropoda which includes many of the most familiar dinosaurs, such as Apatosaurus (formerly 'Brontosaurus'), Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus (the latter ....

288 pages | Figs, tabs | Blackwell

Pbk | 2007 | 1405169338 | #170168A | £75.00 Add to basket

 
General Natural History
 

Beneath the Surface

David Miller

A unique portrait of the rarely glimpsed world beneath Britain's lakes, rivers and seas. ....

Langford Press

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1904078257 | #170268A | £37.99 Add to basket

 

Bird on a Wire: The Life and Art of Guy Taplin

Ian Collins

In any game of word association the term "bird sculptor" is most likely to prompt the name Guy Taplin. But Britain's most successful avian image-maker is also in a field of ....

220 pages | 120 col photos | David Messum Fine Art

Hbk | 2007 | 1905883102 | #169878A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Het Boeck der Natuere van Gods Schepping 1575-1715

Nederlandse Geleerden en de Wonderen

Eric Jorink

510 pages | Illus | Primavera Pers

Pbk | 2006 | 9059970276 | #169678A | £40.00 Add to basket

 

The Essential Wildlife Photography Manual

Successful Digital and Film Techniques for Creative Photography

Chris Weston

This is an invaluable manual for wildlife photographers keen to improve and update their work with the newest techniques and digital equipment. "The Essential Wildlife ....

176 pages | Col photos | RotoVision

Hbk | 2005 | 2880468086 | #151712A | £19.99 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 2940378185 | #169918A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

A Guinea Pig's History of Biology

The plants and animals who taught us the facts of life

Jim Endersby

Over the last century we have gone from ignorance as to why some diseases run in families to the availability of simple genetic tests that can be bought on the internet. ....

499 pages | - | William Heinemann

Hbk | 2007 | 0434012599 | #169677A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Mountains

Exploring Britain's High Places

Griff Rhys Jones

With names like Snowdon, Ben Nevis or Scarfell Pike, Britain's high places are at once romantic and rooted in the nation's sense of identity. In Mountain, Griff Rhys Jones ....

256 pages | illus | Michael Joseph

Hbk | 2007 | 0718149890 | #169811A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Natural World of Lewis and Clark

David A Dalton

On their journey westward, Lewis and Clark demonstrated an amazing ability to identify the new plants and animals they encountered, and their observations enriched science's ....

280 pages | illus | Missouri UP

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0826217664 | #169797A | £19.50 Add to basket

 

Science Without Laws

Model Systems, Cases, Exemplary Narratives

Edited by ANH Creager, E Lunbeck and M Norton Wise

Physicists regularly invoke universal laws, like those of motion and electromagnetism, to explain events. Biological and medical scientists have no such laws. How then do they ....

312 pages | 14 Illus | Duke UP

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0822340461 | #170134A | £52.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0822340682 | #170133A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Science vs Religion?

Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution

Steve Fuller

For centuries, science and religion have been portrayed as diametrically opposed. In this provocative new book, Steve Fuller examines the apparent clash between science and ....

240 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0745641210 | #170163A | £50.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0745641229 | #170162A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Unifying Scientific Theories

Physical Concepts and Mathematical Structures

Margaret Morrison

This book is about the methods used for unifying different scientific theories under one all-embracing theory. The process has characterized much of the history of science and ....

280 pages | 9 line diagrams | CUP

Hbk | 2000 | 0521652162 | #169849A | £55.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0521037603 | #169850A | £25.99 Add to basket

 
Regional & Travel
 

Ancient Australian Landscapes

CR Twidale

Some parts of the Australian landscape are more than 100 million years old. The dinosaurs roamed a land in which Kakadu, the Macdonnell and Flinders ranges, the Arcoona ....

144 pages | 120 colour plates and 100 b&w illus | Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd

Hbk | 2007 | 1877058440 | #170051A | £16.50 Add to basket

 

Bradt Travel Guide: Peruvian Wildlife

Gerard Cheshire, Huw Lloyd and Barry Walker

This full-colou guide to the wildlife of the High Andes in Peru will appeal to the ardent wildlife enthuiast. Some of the hotspots covered are Machu Picchu, Cusco and the ....

144 pages | Col photos | Bradt

Pbk | 2007 | 1841621676 | #170229A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Bradt Travel Guide: Sri Lankan Wildlife

Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

In this addition to Bradt's popular wildlife guides, naturalist and wildlife photographer Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne sets out to show visitors the incredible ....

144 pages | Col photos | Bradt

Pbk | 2007 | 1841621749 | #170230A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Discover Bukit Gasing

A Guide to Common Trees and Plants

Handy photo identification guide. Includes location and trail maps to Bukit Gasing, a nature reserve in proximity to Kuala Lumpur. ....

33 pages | Col photos, maps | Malaysian Nature Society

Pbk | 2005 | 9834254709 | #170276A | £2.99 Add to basket

 

The Ends of the Earth

An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic

Edited by Elizabeth Kolbert and Francis Spufford

2-volume hardcover box set, featuring a selection of the greatest writing about the Arctic and the Antarctic. Contributors include Roald Amundsen, Tim Flannery, Jon ....

288 pages | Granta

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1862079773 | #170251A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Fauna of Arabia, Volume 23

Corals, Polychaetes, Crustaceans, Arachnids, Insects, Vertebrates

Edited by Friedhelm Krupp

Contains 14 papers on marine and terrestrial invertebrates and vertebrates, ranging from corals to reptiles. ....

468 pages | Col plates, figs, tabs, line illus | Karger Libri

Hbk | 2007 | 392990778X | #158216A | £99.95 Add to basket

 

Gonarezhou

A Place for Elephants

Colin Saunders

This is a captivating story about a remote area of wildest Africa, still undeveloped, and mercifully untamed. The Gonarezhou is the kingdom of giant elephants, and hosts of ....

386 pages | Col & b/w photos, maps, illus | Colin Saunders

Pbk | 2006 | 0797430628 | #164836A | £38.50 Add to basket

 

Medieval Landscapes

Edited by Mark Gardiner and Stephen Rippon

The medieval period was at the centre of WG Hoskins concerns. The essays here demonstrate how researchers have moved beyond issues describing and 'reading' the ....

256 pages | 67 illus | Windgather Press

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1905119186 | #169902A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

The Medieval Park

New Perspectives

Edited by Robert Liddiard

The park - a feature of the landscape we always associate with the hunting of deer - played an important role in the psyche of Britain's medieval aristocracy. This ....

256 pages | 69 illus | Windgather Press

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 190511916X | #169906A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Nature Guide to the Aran Islands

Con O'Rourke

This is a comprehensive account of the wildlife of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay by an author intimately familiar with the landscape. It summarizes the key facts from the ....

170 pages | Col photos, maps | Lilliput Press

Pbk | 2006 | 1843510782 | #169676A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Nature and the Environment in Pre-Columbian American Life

Stacy Kowto

Prehistoric North Americans lived on, in, and surrounded by nature. As a result, everything they were resulted from this co-existence. From interpersonal relations to ....

232 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0313334722 | #169882A | £27.95 Add to basket

 

Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century American Life

Brian Black

Americans during the twentieth-century became more disconnected from the environment and nature than ever before. More Americans lived in cities rather than on farms; they ....

264 pages | 38 photos | Greenwood Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0313332002 | #169884A | £27.95 Add to basket

 

Nature and the Environment in the 19th Century American Life

Brian Black

The nineteenth-century saw a significant transformation in the United States. In one short century, the nation had seen the populating of the Great Plains and West, the ....

264 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | 2006 | 0313332010 | #169883A | £27.95 Add to basket

 

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 8: Environment

Edited by Charles Reagan Wilson

From semitropical coastal areas to high mountain terrain, from swampy lowlands to modern cities, the environment holds a fundamental importance in shaping the character of the ....

336 pages | Illus | North Carolina UP

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0807831700 | #169873A | £25.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0807858560 | #169875A | £12.95 Add to basket

 

New Zealand's Wilderness Heritage

Les Molloy

This book is a celebration of the extraordinary wilderness legacy that sits at the heart of New Zealand's sense of place. The book also offers a far sighted vision of how best ....

320 pages | 300 col photos | Potton

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1877333638 | #170132A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Palms

Sentinels for Amazon Conservation

M Goulding and N Smith

The Amazon is a land of palm abundance. Palms are the cornerstones of many environments in the Amazon, especially in wetlands, and are intricately woven into the cultural ....

356 pages | 300 colour photos | Missouri BG

Pbk | 2007 | 9972297403 | #170271A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

Post-Medieval Landscapes

PS Barnwell and M Palmer

'The formation of the landscape archaeological record is primarily a product of the post-medieval period' (Tom Williamson). This book reflects some of the most recent work ....

256 pages | 70 illus | Windgather Press

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1905119194 | #169903A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Prehistoric and Roman Landscapes

Edited by Andrew Fleming and Richard Hingley

As the essays in this book demonstrate, Prehistoric and Romano-British landscape studies have come a long way since Hoskins, whose work reflected the prevailing 'Celtic' ....

256 pages | 51 illus | Windgather Press

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1905119178 | #169900A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Priests and Programmers

Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali

J. Stephen Lansing

For the Balinese, the whole of nature is a perpetual resource: through centuries of carefully directed labor, the engineered landscape of the island's rice terraces has ....

216 pages | Figs, tabs | Princeton UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0691130663 | #169833A | £11.50 Add to basket

 

Rural England

What's Happening Month by Month

Jill Mason

An informative and entertaining celebration of the diversity of the English countryside today. Each month of the year, Jill Mason brings aspects of rural England to life for ....

224 pages | 200 colour photos | Merlin Unwin

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1873674953 | #170252A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Saudi Arabia

An Environmental Overview

Peter Vincent

This volume contains the very first comprehensive overview of Saudi Arabia's environment. It is a unique and authoritative text on the geological and environmental ....

350 pages | 100 b/w illus, 8 col plates | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | 2007 | 0415413877 | #169956A | £89.00 Add to basket

 

Terrestrial and Freshwater Vertebrates of the Seychelles Islands

Edited by Justin Gerlach

Describes and illustrates the vertebrates from land and freshwater, with 18 colour plates. ....

156 pages | 2 figs, 18 col plates | Backhuys

Pbk | 2007 | 9057821850 | #169463A | £27.95 Add to basket

 

Wild Kruger

Adrian Bailey and Robyn Keene-Young

Adrian Bailey shows off the wildlife and scenery of the Kruger Park at its best. Containing 160 of his best photographs, this is a journey through the Park from the ....

96 pages | 160 col photos | Sunbird Publishing

Hbk | 2007 | 1919938540 | #170232A | £17.50 Add to basket

 

Wild Mynd

Birds and Wildlife of the Long Mynd

Leo Smith, Peter Carty and Caroline Uff

The Long Mynd is the centrepiece of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). With its rich and varied flora and fauna, the Long Mynd's national ....

190 pages | Col photos, b/w illus, map | Hobby Publications

Pbk | 2007 | #170173A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Windshield Wilderness

Cars, Roads and Nature in Washington's National Parks

David Louter

Explores the relationship between automobiles and national parks, and how together they have shaped our ideas of wilderness. This book argues that National parks did not ....

240 pages | Illus | Washington UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0295986069 | #168599A | £24.99 Add to basket

 
Botany & Plant Science
 

The 33 Threatened Fungi in Europe

Anders Dahlberg and Hjalmar Croneborg

Although Europe has a high diversity of fungi and many species are threatened, no fungal species are yet included in the appendices of the Bern Convention or the EU Habitats ....

131 pages | Council of Europe

Pbk | 2006 | 9287159289 | #169784A | £14.50 Add to basket

 

Advances in Molecular Breeding toward Drought and Salt Tolerant Crops

Edited by Matthew A Jenks, Paul M Hasegawa and S. Mohan Jain

Plant stress caused by drought and salinity are among the major constraints on crop production and food security worldwide. Breeding programs to improve crop yield in dry ....

824 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402055773 | #170029A | £146.00 Add to basket

 

Amazon River Fruits

Flavors for Conservation

Nigel Smith, R Vasquez and WH Wust

The western Amazon may well be the single richest edible fruit region in the world, and most of this flavorful biodiversity is found in wetlands. Some of wetland fruits are ....

272 pages | colour photos | Missouri BG

Pbk | 2007 | 997229742X | #170270A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

Apomixis

Evolution, Mechanisms and Perspectives

Edited by Elvira Hörandl, Uueli Grossniklaus, PJ van Dijk and TS Sharbel

Apomixis (asexual reproduction without fertilisation) is no longer regarded as a 'blind alley' of evolution, but rather as an alternative mechanism to the predominant sexual ....

424 pages | b&w and colour illus | Gantner

Hbk | 2007 | 3906166600 | #170259A | £81.00 Add to basket

 

Botrytis: Biology, Pathology and Control

Edited by Y Elad, B Williamson, P Tudzynski and N Delen

This book is the result of intensive work of 43 authors, all of whom are leading scientists in the Botrytis sciences. Each chapter describes a particular aspect of ....

428 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2004 | 1402026242 | #150028A | £120.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402065868 | #170034A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Curtis's Botanical Calendar 2008

The Curtis's Botanical Calendar for 2008 features 4 colour paintings by Lilian Snelling, 2 by Christabel King, and further beautiful flower portraits by, amongst others, Pauline ....

colour illus | Kew RBG

Calendar | 2007 | #170281A | £6.94 Add to basket

 

Diatom Monographs, Volume 8: The Paleoecology of Lake Zeribar and Surrounding Areas, Western Iran, During the last 48,000 Years

Edited by K Wasylikova and A Witkowski

370 pages | figures, 39 photo plates | Gantner

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 3906166554 | #168469A | £91.00 Add to basket

 

Digital Seed Atlas of the Netherlands / Digitale Zadenatlas van Nederland

RTJ Cappers, RM Bekker and JEA Jans

With over 4000 colour photographs, this atlas represents 1828 taxa and includes the wild plants of the Netherlands, the adventitious plants and the cultivated plants that have ....

502 pages | 4000 full colour photos | Barkhuis

Hbk | 2006 | 9077922113 | #170203A | £142.00 Add to basket

 

Exploring the Plantlife of the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Edited by Tom Cadwallender

A guide to the best sites for exploring the vegetation of the Northumberland coast. Includes site maps and colour photos of the most commonly found plants. An introductory ....

24 pages | colour photos, maps | Northumberland County Council

Pbk | 2006 | 187340221X | #170287A | £2.99 Add to basket

 

Fern Books

In English Published Before 1900

Nigel Hall and Martin Rickard

Bibliography includes every edition, printing and reissue that could be documented is listed - extending into the 1900s. ....

98 pages | Col & b/w photos | BPS

Pbk | 2006 | 0950980692 | #169179A | £18.50 Add to basket

 

A Field Guide to the Plants of Costa Rica

Margaret Gargiullo, Barbara Magnuson and Larry Kimball

At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and ....

512 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0195188241 | #169893A | £36.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 019518825X | #169891A | £19.85 Add to basket

 

Flora Fungorom Sinicorum, Volume 19

Uredinales (II)

Zhuang Jianyun

324 pages | Science Press

Hbk | 2003 | #170094A | £34.00 Add to basket

 

Flora Fungorom Sinicorum, Volume 32

Cordyceps

Science Press

Hbk | 2007 | 7030170350 | #170085A | £29.50 Add to basket

 

Flora Fungorom Sinicorum, Volume 34

Phomopsis

Science Press

Hbk | 2007 | 7030189132 | #170087A | £32.00 Add to basket

 

Flora Zambesiaca, Volume 3, Part 3: Papilionoideae

Edited by RK Brummitt et al

Covers the following subtribes: 1. Swartzieae ....

258 pages | 36 line illus | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842461958 | #170277A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Flower Breeding and Genetics

Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century

Edited by Neil O Anderson

Flowers are essential crops which beautify interiorscapes, outdoor landscapes and enhance human health. Floriculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors of commercial ....

822 pages | - | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 1402044275 | #158978A | £191.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402065698 | #170032A | £77.00 Add to basket

 

Flowers of Cuba

Angela Leiva

A clear, concise and attractive guide to Cuba's most popular flowers, both native and cultivated, and an essential pocket companion to the exploration of Cuban gardens, parks ....

120 pages | Photos | Macmillan Caribbean

Pbk | 2007 | 1405029048 | #169866A | £7.50 Add to basket

 

Flowers of the Moon

Sebastian Schutyser

The first sighting of the Rwenzori Mountain Range by non-Africans was made by Sir Henry Morton Stanley in 1876. Previous to his well-documented report, there were only rumours ....

144 pages | 80 b/w illus | 5 Continents

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 8874394233 | #170093A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Flowers of the Trans-Caucasus and Adjacent Areas

Including Armenia, Eastern Turkey, Southern Georgia, Azerbaijan and Northern Iran

Eleonora Gabrielian and Ori Fragman-Sapir

623 different plant species are described. Most of them are typical to the Transcaucasus region, while some are rare or unique. All of the species are decribed and photographed. ....

416 pages | 650 photos | Gantner

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 3906166341 | #170261A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Fruits and Plains

The Horticultural Transformation of America

Philip J Pauly

The engineering of plants has a long history on this continent. Fields, forests, orchards, and prairies are the result of repeated campaigns by amateurs, tradesmen, and ....

312 pages | 34 halftones, 3 line illus, 11 maps | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0674026632 | #168537A | £25.95 Add to basket

 

Gleason's Plants of Michigan

A Field Guide

Henry A Gleason and Richard K Rabeler

Gleason's Plants of Michigan is a major revision and expansion of "The Plants of Michigan" by Henry A. Gleason - the 1918 classic field guide to the flowering plants and ....

400 pages | Michigan UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0472032461 | #169790A | £15.95 Add to basket

 

Guide to Cultivated Plants

Edited by ATG Elzebroek and K Wind

Representing almost 80 years of combined experience, Guide to Cultivated Plants includes concise textual descriptions and attractive full colour illustrations of over 300 crop ....

496 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 1845933567 | #169753A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

Handbook of Forensic Botany

Jane H Bock and David O Norris

This book introduces the forensic scientist to the practice of forensic botany by providing technique instructions, reference photos and analysis of digested plant ....

300 pages | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 1588291235 | #168676A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

A Handbook of the British Seaweeds

Lily Newton

Lily Newton's 'Handbook of the British Seaweeds' is a thorough account of the salt and brackish water algae, from the smallest parasitic species to the great kelps, which will ....

CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation. | Pisces Conservation

CD | 2007 | 190469053X | #169783A | £34.02 Add to basket

 

Herbal Plants of Jamaica

Monica Warner

Jamaican society has retained a particularly vibrant tradition of folk herbal (bush) medicine. The cache of native plants and practices used by the island's original ....

184 pages | Macmillan Caribbean

Pbk | 2007 | 1405065664 | #169867A | £8.25 Add to basket

 

The Intelligence of Flowers

Maurice Maeterlinck

This title features a new translation of one of Maeterlinck's four great nature essays. ....

98 pages | SUNY Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0791472736 | #170130A | £21.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0791472744 | #170129A | £7.25 Add to basket

 

Iron Nutrition in Plants and Rhizospheric Microorganisms

Edited by J Abadia and L.L Barton

This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to provide a comprehensive review on the status of iron nutrition in plants. International scientists discuss research on ....

477 pages | Springer

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402066236 | #170037A | £42.25 Add to basket

 

Jardines Botanicos de Espana y Portugal

Edited by VVAA

This guide provides data on 15 Spanish gardens and 9 Portuguese. ....

480 pages | Col photos | Alcala Universidad

Pbk | 2007 | 8481387347 | #170206A | £49.00 Add to basket

 

Manual of Grasses for North America

Edited by Mary E Barkworth et al

Designed as a successor to the classic volume by Hitchcock and Chase, this book reflects current taxonomic thought and includes keys, illustrations, and distribution maps for ....

640 pages | illus | Utah State University Press

Pbk | 2007 | 0874216869 | #170280A | £81.00 Add to basket

 

Monkey Puzzle Man

Archibald Menzies, Plant Hunter

James McCarthy

Archibald Menzies was one of a legion of intrepid Scots plant collectors in the 18th and 19th centuries who roamed the world, and by a combination of toughness and knowledge, ....

240 pages | B/w & col illus | Whittles

Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1904445616 | #169897A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Mushroom Picker's Foolproof Field Guide

The Expert Guide to Identifying, Picking and Using Wild Mushrooms

Peter Jordan

Discover the delicacies that hide in your garden, local woodlands or fields with this fully-illustrated A-Z guide. Learn the identifying features and habits of the most ....

128 pages | Southwater

Pbk | 2004 | 1842158171 | #169859A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Native Trees of the Southeast

An Identification Guide

L.Katherine Kirkman, Claud L Brown and Donald J Leopold

The diversity of woody plants in the Southeast is unparalleled in North America. "Native Trees of the Southeast" is a practical, compact field guide for the identification of ....

370 pages | Col photos, distribution maps, illus | Timber Press

Pbk | 2007 | 0881928283 | #169712A | £20.95 Add to basket

 

Nordic Macromycetes, Volume 2

Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales

Edited by L Hansen and H Knudsen

Approximately 1800 species are included. ....

474 pages | 1020 illus | Nordsvamp

NYP 02/2008 | #167588A | £83.00 Add to basket

 

Plant Associations

An Introduction to British Wild Plants and their Environmental and Human Associations

Clem Maidment

The presence of particular plant species can be used to assess the origin of a wood or a hedge, to indicate human intervention or to illustrate whether a soil is acidic, basic, ....

112 pages | colour photos | Greenditch Press

Pbk | 2007 | 0955494702 | #169074A | £14.95 Add to basket

 

Plant Biochemistry

Caroline Bowsher, Martin Steer and Alyson Tobin

Plant Biochemistry takes a systematic approach and gives a broad overview of plant biochemistry. Biochemistry is placed within the context of the life of the growing plant ....

350 pages | Garland

Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0815341210 | #169926A | £41.99 Add to basket

 

Plant Conservation and Biodiversity

Edited by David L Hawksworth and Alan T Bull

This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation addressing aspects of the conservation and biodiversity of plants. Plants ....

424 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402064438 | #169994A | £92.50 Add to basket

 

Plant Desiccation Tolerance

Matthew Jenks and Andrew Wood

Plant desiccation tolerance is of great basic and applied scientific interest. Understanding plant responses and adaptations to severe desiccation is key to applying ....

300 pages | 50 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0813812631 | #166644A | £110.00 Add to basket

 

Plant Names

A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature

Edited by P Lumley, R Spencer and R Cross

The book is a plain English guide to the use of plant names and the conventions for writing them as governed by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the ....

160 pages | Illus | CABI

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1845933745 | #170231A | £17.50 Add to basket

 

Plant Pathology

Concepts and Laboratory Exercises

Edited by Robert N Trigiano, Mark T Windham and Alan S Windham

Including contributions from specialists with extensive experience in the field, this second edition features new chapters on pathogenic prokaryotes, soilborne pathogens, and ....

413 pages | B/w photos, illus | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1420046691 | #169925A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Plant Secondary Metabolites

Harinder P.S Makkar, P Sidhuraju and Klaus Becker

Plant Secondary Metabolites provides reliable assays that will equip researchers to meet the unprecedented challenge of fulfilling the huge demand for feed driven by increasing ....

130 pages | Illus | Humana Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1588299937 | #169995A | £59.00 Add to basket

 

Plants Visited by Bees and Other Useful Plants of Umalila, Southern Tanzania

Paul Latham

This book provides information on 188 plants in Umalila in Mbeya district. A forage chart indicates the months when bees collect pollen and/or nectar. The plants are listed ....

216 pages | Col photos | Mystole

Pbk | 2007 | 0955420830 | #169610A | £35.00 Add to basket

 

Root Development

Edited by Tom Beeckman

The development of a plant's roots is of fundamental importance to the success of a plant, its growth and level of yield, particularly important in commercially exploited ....

352 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1405161507 | #170191A | £99.99 Add to basket

 

Science and the Garden

The Scientific Basis of Horticultural Practice

Edited by D Vince-Prue, D Ingram and PJ Gregory

Why are plants green? Why cut beneath a leaf node when taking cuttings? Why do plants need so much water? "Science and the Garden" takes the 'Why' of gardening and provides ....

332 pages | Col photos, b/w photos, illus, figs, tabs | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1405160632 | #170190A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Sex in Fungi

Molecular Determination and Evolutionary Implications

Edited by Joseph Heitman, Jim Kronstad, John Taylor and Lorna Casselton

Drawing on the great advances made over the past 10 years, this volume provides illuminating insights into the molecular details of cell-type specification, mating-type ....

552 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1555814212 | #170181A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

The Structure and Function of Plastids

Edited by Robert R Wise and J Kenneth Hoober

The Structure and Function of Plastids is Volume 23 in the Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Series. This volume provides a comprehensive look at the biology of ....

575 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 1402040601 | #156646A | £192.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402065701 | #170033A | £77.00 Add to basket

 

Suttons Seeds

A History 1806-2006

Earley Local History Group

The world famous seed company, Suttons, started 200 years ago at 13 King Street, Reading. For 170 years they contributed greatly to the economic and social life of the ....

246 pages | Illus, photos | Earley Local History Group

Pbk | 2006 | 0954004124 | #169180A | £21.95 Add to basket

 

Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 6

Edited by E Soepadmo et al

The Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak is an account of the families of trees that occur in these two botanically rich Malaysian states situated in the island of Borneo. The Flora ....

335 pages | FRIM

Hbk | 2007 | 9832181895 | #170065A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Trees of Cuba

Angela Leiva

A clear, concise and attractive guide to Cuba's most popular trees, both native and cultivated, and an essential pocket companion to the exploration of Cuban gardens, parks ....

112 pages | Photos | Macmillan Caribbean

Pbk | 2007 | 1405029056 | #169868A | £7.50 Add to basket

 

Vanishing Beauty: Native Costa Rican Orchids, Volume 1

Acianthera - Kegeliella

Franco Pupulin

First of three volumes that illustrated in full detail the 180 genera of Costa Rican Orchids, with 1000 photographs of the collections at the Jardin Botanico Lankester ....

421 pages | 450 illus | UCR

Hbk | 2005 | 9977678863 | #168483A | £231.00 Add to basket

 

Vegetables II

Fabaceae, Liliaceae, Solanaceae and Umbelliferae

Edited by Jaime Prohens-Tomas and Fernando Nuez

This first volume of the Handbook of Plant Breeding book series is devoted to vegetable crops breeding. Each chapter is dedicated to a major vegetable crop. Each chapter ....

405 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387741089 | #170014A | £88.50 Add to basket

 

The Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

Edited by Laislav Mucina and Michael C Rutherford

An up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the vegetation of South Africa and the two small neighbouring countries of Lesotho and Swaziland. This account is based on ....

816 pages | colour photos, maps | NBI

Hbk | 2006 | 1919976213 | #169769A | £91.00 Add to basket

 

Vertical Gardens

Bringing the City to Life

Anna Lambertini

Bringing nature into urban environments has always been a challenge for metropolitan areas. One of the most spectacular solutions to this problem is the vertical garden. ....

240 pages | 250 col illus | Thames & Hudson

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0500513694 | #169877A | £39.95 Add to basket

 

Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook

Edited by RK Jorst

Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook, 7th Edition, should be useful to anyone with a keen interest in gardening including but not limited to botanical gardeners, landscape ....

1032 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 1402045840 | #162538A |

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Wild Food

Raymond Mears and Gordon C Hillman

In Wild Foods Ray Mears and Gordon Hillman lead us into the wildest parts of Britain to demonstrate the huge variety of indigenous foods that can be found. One of the most ....

320 pages | Hodder

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0340827904 | #169860A | £19.99 Add to basket

 
Animal & General Biology
 

Animal Diversity

Cleveland P Hickman, Larry S Roberts and Allan Larson

Undergraduate textbook, emphasising the diversity, evolutionary relationships, functional adaptations, and environmental interactions of the animal kingdom. ....

460 pages | Col photos and illus | McGraw Hill

Pbk | 2007 | 0071106707 | #169968A | £40.99 Add to basket

 

Animal Parents

Clive Roots

"Animal Parents" examines how animals care for their young to ensure their survival, care that is as varied as is animal life on earth. The book provides a thorough guide on ....

248 pages | Col & b/w illus | Greenwood Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0313339864 | #170073A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

Aquaculture Biosecurity

Prevention, Control, and Eradication of Aquatic Animal Disease

A David Scarfe, Cheng-Sheng Lee and Patricia O'Bryen

Aquaculture loses millions of dollars in revenue annually due to aquatic animal diseases. Disease outbreaks continue to threaten profitable and viable aquaculture ....

182 pages | Figs, tabs | Blackwell

Hbk | 2006 | 0813805392 | #169798A | £69.50 Add to basket

 

Bacterial Pathogenomics

Mark Pallen

This landmark volume details the momentous breakthroughs in the fast-changing field of bacterial pathogenomics. Half of the chapters review the impact of genomics on ....

472 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | 2007 | 1555814514 | #170180A | £94.00 Add to basket

 

Biophysical Chemistry

James Allen

This text presents physical chemistry through the use of biological and biochemical topics, examples and applications to biochemistry. It lays out the necessary calculus in ....

496 pages | 307 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1405124369 | #170179A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11

Edited by J.L Hurst, R.J Beynon, S.C Roberts and T Wyatt

This volume presents the proceedings of "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11", hosted by the University of Liverpool and held July 25 - 28, 2006 at the University of Chester in ....

400 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387739440 | #170012A | £104.00 Add to basket

 

Domestication

Clive Roots

We share the earth with a wide variety of animal species, each of which brings something special to the diversity of the planet. By knowing more about how animals behave and ....

232 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0313339872 | #170074A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

Environmental Microbiology

Eugene L Madsen

This well-referenced, inquiry-driven text presents an up-to-date and comprehensive understanding of the emerging field of environmental microbiology. ....

568 pages | 177 line illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1405136472 | #170178A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Evolutionary Biology of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens

Edited by Fernando Baquero, Cesar Nombela, Gail Cassell and Jose Gutierrez-Fuentes

This volume was inspired by the 2004 Fundacion Lilly conference that focused on the series of successive events characterizing the emergence, development, spread, ....

692 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 155581414X | #170182A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

Fundamentals of Biochemical Calculations

Krish Moorthy

Drawing attention to the widely applicable Ratio method for performing biochemical calculations, this fully updated text encourages scientists to learn, rather than ....

192 pages | CRC Press

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1420053574 | #169928A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Fundamentals of Brain Development

Integrating Nature and Nurture

Joan Stiles

In a remarkable synthesis of the research of the last two decades, a leading developmental neuroscientist provides psychologists with a sophisticated introduction to ....

328 pages | 48 line illus, 11 halftones, 7 tabs | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0674026748 | #168539A | £32.95 Add to basket

 

Hand-Rearing Birds

Edited by Laurie Gage and Rebecca Duerr

Hand-Rearing Birds will provide the reader with a guide to the best methods of hand rearing all major species of birds. The book is broken into two sections. The first ....

456 pages | 182 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0813806666 | #170187A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

A Guide for Students

Helen Kreuzer and Adrianne Massey

The new edition of the best-selling student edition (formerly Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology) provides students with background information and classroom activities ....

424 pages | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1555814727 | #170184A | £46.99 Add to basket

 

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

A Guide for Teachers

Helen Kreuzer and Adrianne Massey

The new edition of this best-selling title (formerly Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology) provides instructors with foundational information in cell and molecular biology to help ....

608 pages | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1555814719 | #170183A | £54.00 Add to basket

 

Taste

Philip Newland

Chapters cover different approaches to taste research including genes and receptors, taste coding in the periphery and its modulation, taste coding in the central nervous ....

300 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0415436397 | #170063A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia

Edited by Gary West, Darryl Heard and Nigel Caulkett

Comprehensive reference for the growing fields of zoo, wildlife, and exotic animal veterinary medicine. This book covers key aspects of immobilization and anesthesia from ....

736 pages | 271 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0813825660 | #170186A | £79.50 Add to basket

 
Evolutionary Biology
 

Bones and Ochre

The Curious Afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland

Marianne Sommer

Marianne Sommer unravels a riveting tale about a set of ancient human bones and their curious afterlife as a scientific object. ....

356 pages | 14 halftones, 1 line illus, 1 tab | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0674024990 | #168536A | £25.95 Add to basket

 

The Creation-Evolution Debate

Historical Perspectives

Edward J Larson

Few issues have strained Americans' professed tradition of tolerance more than evolution. this volume reviews the key aspects, modern and historical, of the ....

88 pages | Georgia UP

Hbk | 2007 | 0820329126 | #170057A | £15.50 Add to basket

 

Evolution

Nicholas H Barton, DEG Briggs, JA Eisen, D Goldstein and NH Patel

This extensively illustrated, full-color textbook is divided into five sections: ....

800 pages | Scion Publishing Ltd

Hbk | 2007 | 0879696842 | #168900A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Evolution and the Big Questions

Sex, Race, Religion, and Other Matters

David Stamos

This provocative text considers whether evolutionary explanations can be used to clarify some of life's biggest questions. It offers a lively, informative, and timely look at a ....

200 pages | illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 1405149027 | #166710A | £44.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 02/2008 | 1405149035 | #166711A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Excavating Victorians

Virginia Zimmerman

This book describes how the Victorians reacted to the new sciences of geology and archaeology. ....

240 pages | 2 b/w photos, 12 figs | SUNY Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0791472795 | #170131A | £35.99 Add to basket

 

Foundations of Systematics and Biogeography

David M Williams and Malte C Ebach

This volume draws attention to the seminal studies and important advances that have shaped systematic and biogeographic thinking and continue to ....

200 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 0387727280 | #170007A | £48.50 Add to basket

 

A New Human

The Strange Story of the 'Hobbit'

MJ Morwood

In October 2004, a team of Australian and Indonesian anthropologists led by Mike Morwood and Raden Pandji Soejono stunned the world with their announcement of the discovery of ....

272 pages | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2007 | 0060899085 | #169826A | £15.50 Add to basket

 

Pigs and Humans

10,000 Years of Interaction

Edited by Umberto Albarella, Keith Dobney, Anton Ervynck and Peter Rowley-Conwy

Pigs are one of the most iconic but also paradoxical animals ever to have developed a relationship with humans. This relationship has been a long and varied one: from noble ....

500 pages | 93 line illus, 57 photos | OUP

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0199207046 | #169913A | £85.00 Add to basket

 
Ecology
 

Essentials of Ecology

Colin R Townsend, John L Harper and Michael Begon

Essentials of Ecology presents introductory ecology in an accessible, state-of-the-art format designed to cultivate the novice student's understanding of, and fascination ....

530 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1405156589 | #170169A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

An Introduction to Molecular Ecology

Trevor Beebee and Graham Rowe

How do we know whether a particular species is monogamous or promiscuous? How can we monitor the illegal trafficking of wildlife? How can we differentiate between the many ....

384 pages | 110 Line illus | OUP

Pbk | 2004 | 0199248575 | #143094A | £27.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0199292051 | #169112A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

Managing and Controlling Invasive Rhododendron

Practice Guide

Colin Edwards

Sets out the sequence of events required to plan and manage the control of invasive Rhododendron ponticum. In addition to providing guidance on planning, and a decision ....

36 pages | Forestry Commission (Two Ten)

Pbk | 2006 | 0855387041 | #170066A | £7.50 Add to basket

 

Sustainability and Diversity of Forest Ecosystems

An Interdisciplinary Approach

Edited by Tohru Nakashizuka

Biodiversity is decreasing at the fastest rate in the history of the earth, largely as a result of human activity. The sustainable use of ecosystems allowing maintenance of ....

90 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 4431732373 | #170026A | £45.99 Add to basket

 
Habitats & Ecosystems
 

The Alsea Watershed

Hydrological and Biological Responses to Forest Practices

Edited by John D Stednick

The Alsea Watershed Study, established in 1959 and reactivated in 1989 as the New Alsea Watershed Study, evaluated the effects of timber harvesting on water resources and ....

410 pages | 130 figs | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387943854 | #170140A | £73.00 Add to basket

 

Aquaculture Genome Technologies

Edited by John Liu

Genomics is a rapidly growing scientific field with applications ranging from improved disease resistance to increased rate of growth. Aquaculture Genome Technologies ....

584 pages | 123 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | 2007 | 0813802032 | #170195A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Deserts and Desert Environments

Julie Laity

"Deserts and Desert Environments" focuses on geomorphic systems, providing a comprehensive introduction to the physical, biological, temporal, and human components ....

256 pages | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 02/2008 | 157718033X | #170165A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Designing Cities for People

Social, Environmental and Psychological Sustainability

Edited by Gordana Fontana-Giusti

Designing Cities for People" presents a unique approach to sustainable urban design, proposing innovative new methodologies and strategies based on studies of pedestrian ....

240 pages | Figs, tabs, boxes, maps, photos | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1844074919 | #170161A | £49.95 Add to basket

 

Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes

Edited by Simon Bell

Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes is a definitive guide to the design and management of forest landscapes, covering the theory and principles of forest design as ....

288 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0419256806 | #169932A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Dungeness and Romney Marsh

Barrier Dynamics and Marshland Evolution

Edited by Anthony J Long, Martyn P Waller and Andrew J Plater

The Romney Marsh/Dungeness Foreland depositional complex comprises an extensive tract of marshland and associated sand and gravel barrier deposits, located in the eastern ....

240 pages | 135 b/w illus, 29 tabs | Oxbow

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1842172883 | #169908A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Ecology of Baltic Coastal Waters

Edited by Ulrich Schiewer

This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the enormous ecological diversity of Baltic coastal ecosystems. A short introduction into the Baltic Sea as a ....

450 pages | 108 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 3540735232 | #170135A | £123.00 Add to basket

 

Ecology, Planning, and Management of Urban Forests

An International Perspective

Edited by Margaret M Carreiro, Yong-Chang Song and Jianguo Wu

Urban forests play a fundamentally important role in building ecological cities. They improve the environmental quality of the urban environment and the aesthetics of urban ....

250 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387714243 | #169979A | £44.50 Add to basket

 

Emulating Natural Forest Landscape Disturbances

Concepts and Applications

Edited by Ajith H Perera, Lisa J Buse and M G Weber

Representing a range of geographic perspectives from across Canada and the United States, this book looks at the escalating public debate on the viability of natural ....

352 pages | 101 illus | Columbia UP

Hbk | 2004 | 0231129165 | #144949A | £53.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0231129173 | #168980A | £20.50 Add to basket

 

The Environment in Asia and Pacific Harbours

Edited by E Wolanski

Worldwide, urbanization has already reached unprecedented levels in the estuarine and coastal zone. This is particularly the case in the Asia Pacific region where mega-cities ....

498 pages | with CD-ROM | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 140203654X | #156262A | £123.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 1402065663 | #170024A | £57.50 Add to basket

 

Environmental Site Assessment, Phase 1

Fundamentals, Guidelines and Regulations

Kathleen Hess-Kosa

With background material on environmental contamination, media, and costs, Environmental Site Assessment Phase I: Fundamentals, Guidelines, and Regulations, Third Edition ....

296 pages | - | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0849379660 | #169950A | £62.99 Add to basket

 

The Evolution of Competitive Strategies in Global Forestry Industries

Comparative Perspectives

Edited by J-A Lamberg, J Näsi, J Ojala and P Sajasalo

This book presents an analysis of the evolution of competitive strategies within the forestry industry. Although the discussion takes place in a relatively narrow field of ....

317 pages | Figs, tabs | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 1402040156 | #156788A | £77.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 1402065671 | #170025A | £38.50 Add to basket

 

Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador

Edited by E Beck, J Bendix, I Kottke, F Makeschin and R Mosandl

A tropical mountain ecosystem in one of the "hottest" biodiversity hotspots worldwide was investigated by some 30 research teams of numerous disciplines in the natural and ....

540 pages | 148 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 3540735259 | #170137A | £138.50 Add to basket

 

A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920

TC Smout, Alan R MacDonald and Fiona Watson

Explores the changing relationship between trees and people from the time of Scotland's first settlement. Separate chapters contain case studies of management at Strathcarron, ....

352 pages | Photos | Edinburgh UP

Hbk | 2004 | 0748612416 | #148014A | £24.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0748632948 | #169858A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Old Fields

Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland

Edited by Viki A Cramer and Richard J Hobbs

Land abandonment is increasing as human influence on the globe intensifies and various ecological, social, and economic factors conspire to force the cessation of agriculture ....

352 pages | Island Press

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1597260746 | #170299A | £51.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1597260754 | #170300A | £25.95 Add to basket

 

Resource and Market Projections for Forest Policy Development

Twenty-five Years of Experience with the US RPA Timber Assessment

Edited by Darius M Adams and Richard W Haynes

Long-range models that include product and resource detail are essential to meaningful analysis of both industry and resource sustainability. Taking this as it's central ....

370 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402063083 | #170030A | £104.00 Add to basket

 

The Riverscape and the River

Sylvia Haslam

The study of water in the landscape is a new and rapidly expanding field. Dr Haslam examines how the quantity, function and ecology of water changes as it moves from ....

358 pages | 92 line diagrams, 75 half-tones, 43 tables, 167 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0521839785 | #166752A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Soil Biological Fertility

A Key to Sustainable Land Use in Agriculture

Edited by Lynette K Abbott and Daniel V Murphy

Presents a comprehensive scientific overview of the components and processes that underpin the biological characteristics of soil fertility. It demonstrates the ....

276 pages | Kluwer

Hbk | 2003 | 1402017561 | #144747A | £133.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 140206618X | #170036A | £54.00 Add to basket

 

Species and System Selection for Sustainable Aquaculture

Edited by Pingsun Leung, Cheng-Sheng Lee and Patricia O'Bryen

As aquaculture production continues to grow and develop there is a continuous search for new species to culture to be able to fully exploit new national and international ....

624 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | 2007 | 0813826918 | #170196A | £99.50 Add to basket

 

Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences

Edited by Vasilios Lykousis, Dimitris Sakellariou and Jacques Locat

This book provides a world-wide perspective of submarine mass movements and their consequences. This has been made possible by assembling excellent contributions from ....

500 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402065116 | #170031A | £130.50 Add to basket

 

Suserup Skov

Structures and processes in a temperate, deciduous forest reserve

Katrine Hahn and Jens Emborg

Suserup Skov in Denmark is a well-preserved beech-dominated forest reserve with continuity in tree cover at least back to 4200 BC, indicating it to be a direct ....

200 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | 2007 | 1405156031 | #169808A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Urban Sustainability Through Environmental Design

Approaches to Time, People and Place Responsive Urban Spaces

Edited by Sergio Porta, Kevin Thwaites, Ombretta Romice and Mark Greaves

What can architects and urban designers do to make urban open spaces, streets and squares, more responsive, lively and safe? Innovations in everyday professional practice ....

192 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 041539547X | #169937A | £85.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 041538480X | #169940A | £26.99 Add to basket

 

Wetlands

Monitoring, Modelling and Management

Edited by Tomasz Okruszko, Edward Maltby et al

Proceedings of the International Conference W3M "Wetlands: Modelling, Monitoring, Management", Wierzba, Poland, 22-25 September 2005. ....

347 pages | diagrams | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | 2007 | 0415408202 | #167395A | £79.00 Add to basket

 

The Wetlands Handbook, Volumes 1 and 2

Edited by E Maltby

A major 2 volume reference work providing a comprehensive and functional account of wetlands in the wider global environment. It brings together an international team of ....

1280 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0632052554 | #119318A | £235.00 Add to basket

 
Conservation & Biodiversity
 

Conservation of Rare or Little-Known Species

Biological, Social, and Economic Considerations

Martin G Raphael and Randy Molina

Some ecosystem management plans established by US state and federal agencies have begun to shift their focus away from single-species conservation to a broader goal of ....

400 pages | Island Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1597261653 | #170296A | £57.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1597261661 | #170295A | £28.95 Add to basket

 

Ecological Restoration

Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession

Andre F Clewell and James Aronson

The field of ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoreticians from a ....

275 pages | Island Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1597261688 | #170297A | £38.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1597261696 | #170298A | £19.50 Add to basket

 

Monitoring Nature Conservation in Cultural Habitats

A Practical Guide and Case Studies

Edited by C Hurford and M Schneider

Over the past 50 years, changing management practices have led to large-scale habitat degradation and loss in Europe. Monitoring has an important role to play in restoring ....

394 pages | 145 illus in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 1402037562 | #153606A | £80.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 1402065655 | #170023A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Science and Culture for Members Only

The Amsterdam Zoo Artis in the Nineteenth Century

Donna C Mehos

The Amsterdam zoo Artis was recognized as the preeminent cultural center of the city for much of the nineteenth century. Donna Mehos here examines the exclusive nature ....

208 pages | b&w illus | Amsterdam UP

Pbk | 2006 | 9053567399 | #169579A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Tropical Conservation Biology

Navjot S Sodhi, Barry W Brook and Corey JA Bradshaw

This introductory textbook examines diminishing terrestrial and aquatic habitats in the tropics, covering a broad range of topics including the fate of the coral reefs; the ....

336 pages | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1405150734 | #170176A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Understanding Biodiversity

David Zeigler

The idea of "biodiversity" has become increasingly important for those who wish to preserve and protect the varieties of life on Earth. While most works on biodiversity ....

192 pages | Praeger

Hbk | 2007 | 0275994597 | #169889A | £25.95 Add to basket

 
Environmental Science
 

Acid Rain in the Adirondacks

An Environmental History

Jerry Jenkins, Karen Roy, Charles Driscol and Christopher Buerkett

Acid rain has changed the face of the Adirondacks, created political tensions between the Northeast and the Midwest, and served as both a harbinger of global climate change ....

256 pages | 20 col illus, 290 charts/graphs, 64 maps | Cornell UP

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0801446511 | #170127A | £32.95 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0801474248 | #170128A | £14.95 Add to basket

 

Climate Change and Adaptation

Edited by Neil Leary, Cecilia Conde, Jyoti Kulkarni, Anthony Nyong and Juan Pulhun

While climate change mitigation is vital, it is clear that the world must also begin to adapt but how best can this be achieved? ....

544 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1844074706 | #170112A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia

Edited by Rattan Lal, M Suleimenov, BA Stewart, DO Hansen and P Doraiswamy

This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial carbon sequestration in Central Asia. The themes treated include: biophysical environments, water resources, ....

504 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0415422353 | #169949A | £89.00 Add to basket

 

Climate Change and Vulnerability

Edited by Neil Leary, Cecilia Conde, Jyoti Kulkarni, Anthony Nyong and Juan Pulhun

Many parts of the developing world are subject to variable and extreme climate, the impacts of which impede development and point to the need to improve the understanding ....

544 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1844074692 | #170111A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Climate Change and Vulnerability / Climate Change and Adaptation Two-Volume Set

Edited by Neil Leary, Cecilia Conde, Jyoti Kulkarni, Anthony Nyong and Juan Pulhun

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in its 2001 report that much of the developing world is highly vulnerable to adverse impacts from climate ....

1088 pages | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1844074803 | #170113A | £130.00 Add to basket

 

Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations

Edward A Page

Global climate change raises important questions of international and intergenerational justice. In this important new book, the author places research on the origins and ....

224 pages | Edward Elgar

Hbk | 2006 | 184376184X | #157632A | £72.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 1847204961 | #170201A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

Climate Strategy - Between Ambition and Realism

This seminal and challenging analysis of the current global climate change suggests three courses of action: adaptation to the changed climate, selection of worldwide ....

97 pages | Amsterdam UP

Pbk | 2007 | 9053561684 | #170139A | £18.95 Add to basket

 

Climate Variability and the Global Harvest

Impacts of El Niño and Other Oscillations on Agro-Ecosystems

Cynthia Rosenzweig and Daniel Hillel

The Earth's climate is constantly changing. Some of the changes are progressive, while others fluctuate at various time scales. The El Ni~o-la Ni~a cycle is one such ....

224 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0195137639 | #169894A | £38.99 Add to basket

 

The Dictionary of Environmental Science and Engineering

James R Pfafflin, Joseph M Lynch and Edward N Zeigler

Environmental science and engineering is a truly interdisciplinary field. From its origins in public health practice, concern for the well-being of our environment has ....

224 pages | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0415771943 | #169947A | £60.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0415771951 | #169948A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Dictionary of Toxinology

Peter J Gosling

With over 7000 terms covering plant and animal induced toxins, this is an up-to-date, concise, and authoritative guide to terms used in the field. Each definition includes ....

356 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0849373948 | #169931A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Ecotoxicology

A Comprehensive Treatment

Michael C Newman and William H Clements

A presentation that unifies the field, this book brings together concepts and information about containment effects at all levels of the biological hierarchy. ....

920 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0849333571 | #169930A | £79.99 Add to basket

 

Health and Safety, Environment and Quality Audits

A Risk-Based Approach

Stephen Asbury and Peter Ashwell

Auditing is an essential tool for managing compliance with essential health and safety, environmental safety and quality standards. Increasingly these three areas are audited ....

230 pages | Figs, tabs | Butterworth Heinemann

Pbk | 2007 | 0750680261 | #169459A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Heat

How to stop the planet burning

George Monbiot

Combining his unique knowledge of political campaigning and environmental science, Monbiot analyses the potential of energy efficiency, renewable resources, carbon burial, ....

277 pages | - | Allen Lane

Hbk | 2006 | 0713999233 | #160465A | £17.99 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0141026626 | #170217A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Hell and High Water

Global Warming - The Solution and the Politics - and What We Should Do

Joseph J Romm

A critique of American environmental and energy policy and a passionate call to action by a writer with a unique command of the science and politics of climate change. ....

304 pages | illus | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2006 | 006117212X | #169774A | £16.95 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0061172138 | #169775A | £9.50 Add to basket

 

Nature Climate Variability and Global Warming

Edited by Rick W Battarbee and Heather Binney

A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that greenhouse-gas pollution is largely responsible for global warming. Yet, it is also true that the climate system varies ....

320 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 1405159057 | #170166A | £55.00 Add to basket

 

A New Focus on Groundwater-Seawater Interactions

Edited by W Sanford, C Langevin, M Polemio and P Povinec

Water and chemical fluxes across the sea floor provide an important linkage between terrestrial and marine environments. Oceanographers recognize that these fluxes may act ....

344 pages | IAHS

2007 | 190150204X | #170208A | £94.00 Add to basket

 

PCBs: Human and Environmental Disposition and Toxicology

Edited by Larry G Hansen and Larry W Robertson

Though polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been banned in the United States for more than thirty years, the toxic effects of their presence in local environments continue to ....

240 pages | 78 line drawings | Illinois UP

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0252032543 | #170143A | £42.99 Add to basket

 

Pollution of Lakes and Rivers

A Paleoenvironmental Perspective

John P Smol

A new edition of this textbook which examines present-day water quality problems from an international perspective. It explains simply and effectively how lake sediments can be ....

288 pages | B/w photos, figs | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1405159138 | #170164A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Technology Transfer For the Ozone Layer

Lessons For Climate Change

SO Andersen, K Madhava Sarma and KN Taddonio

Technology transfer - the development of practical applications and commercialization of research for positive environmental outcomes - is the crux of many of the 230 ....

496 pages | Graphs, Tabs, Figs, plates | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1844074730 | #170108A | £49.95 Add to basket

 

Tropical Cyclones

Climatology and Impacts in the South Pacific

James P Terry

This book describes the behaviour of tropical cyclones in the South Pacific and investigates the broad range of disturbance effects these violent storms have on the ....

220 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0387715428 | #169980A | £59.00 Add to basket

 

Valuation of Ecological Resources

Integration of Ecology and Socioeconomics in Environmental Decision Making

Ralph Stahl et al

Understanding different environmental management options is critical to performing accurate assessments and making sound decisions. This text examines various alternatives ....

296 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 142006262X | #169953A | £74.99 Add to basket

 
Physical Sciences
 

Babylon to Voyager and Beyond

A History of Planetary Astronomy

David Leverington

Babylon to Voyager and Beyond covers planetary research from the time of the Babylonians and Ancient Greeks through those of Kepler, Galileo and Newton to the modern era of ....

568 pages | CUP

Hbk | 2003 | 0521808405 | #169835A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0521004616 | #169834A | £31.99 Add to basket

 

Dynamic Sun

BN Dwivedi

Dynamic Sun presents a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the Sun, from its deep core to the outer corona, and the solar wind. Each chapter is written by leading ....

462 pages | CUP

Hbk | 2003 | 0521810574 | #169836A | £80.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0521038081 | #169837A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Engineering Geology for Underground Rocks

Suping Peng and Jincai Zhang

Engineering geology for underground rocks is a sub-discipline of engineering geology for describing and solving geological engineering problems encountered in underground ....

319 pages | 191 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540732942 | #170000A | £77.00 Add to basket

 

Fundamental Astronomy

Edited by Hannu Karttunen et al

"Fundamental Astronomy" gives a well-balanced and comprehensive introduction to the topics of classical and modern astronomy. While emphasizing both the astronomical ....

510 pages | Figs, col plates, 449 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540341439 | #161467A | £46.00 Add to basket

 

The Galaxies of the Local Group

Sidney van den Bergh

The Local Group is a small cluster of galaxies of which thirty-five members are currently known, including the Milky Way. With characteristic clarity of expression, ....

344 pages | 84 line diags, 19 half-tones, 82 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 2000 | 0521651816 | #162480A | £70.00 Add to basket

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Geology and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets

Edited by K.E Fishbaugh, D.J Des Marais, O Korablev, P Lognonne and F Raulin

Given the fundamental importance of and universal interest in whether extraterrestrial life has developed or could eventually develop in our solar system and beyond, it is ....

306 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0387742875 | #170041A | £94.00 Add to basket

 

In the Shadow of the Moon

A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969

Francis French and Colin Burgess

"In the Shadow of the Moon" tells the story of the most exciting and challenging years in space flight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their ....

448 pages | 25 photos | Nebraska UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0803211287 | #170144A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Modelling Land-Use Change

Progress and Applications

Edited by Eric Koomen, John Stillwell, Aldrik Bakema and Henk J Scholten

The use of land changes over time as both natural and man-made environments are influenced by the pressures associated with the processes of development. The demand for ....

410 pages | Figs, tabs, col plates | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402056478 | #164988A | £115.50 Add to basket

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My Heavens!

The Adventures of a Lonely Stargazer Building an Over-the-Top Observatory

Gordon Rogers

Perhaps you are already a stargazer using a small telescope you bring out to your back yard on clear nights. Perhaps you have a larger telescope that is mounted outside and ....

220 pages | Springer

Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387737812 | #170027A | £20.50 Add to basket

 

Robotic Exploration of the Solar System

Part I: The Golden Age 1957-1982

Paolo Ulivi and David M Harland

Paolo Ulivi and David Harland have written nothing less than a detailed history of unmanned missions exploring our Solar System. ....

400 pages | Springer

Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0387493263 | #169972A | £24.50 Add to basket

 

Rosetta

Mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Edited by C.T Russell

Comets consist of the most primitive, i.e. unprocessed, material in the solar system. To understand the earliest epoch of solar system formation, we must investigate the nature ....

840 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0387726721 | #170006A | £147.50 Add to basket

 

Stellar Rotation

Jean-Louis Tassoul

Understanding how stars rotate is central to modeling their structure, formation and evolution, as well as understanding how they interact with their environment and ....

272 pages | 66 line diags, 9 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 2000 | 0521772184 | #162478A | £70.00 Add to basket

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Sustainable Development
 

Agrogeology

The Use of Rocks for Crops

Peter van Straaten

Agrogeology is the study of minerals of importance to farming and horticulture, especially with regards to soil fertility and fertilizer components. This book provides ....

426 pages | colour photos, b&w illus | Enviroquest

Pbk | 2007 | 0968012353 | #166014A | £56.50 Add to basket

 

The Big Earth Book

Big Issues, Big Ideas, Big Solutions

James Bruges

We all know the Earth is in crisis. We should know that it is big enough to sustain us if we can only mobilise politicians and economists to change course now. This book ....

320 pages | 100 col illus | Sawday

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1901970876 | #170199A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Biotechnology and Plant Disease Management

ZK Punja, S De Boer and HI Sanfacon

As agricultural production increases to meet the demands of a growing world population, so has the pace of biotechnology research to combat plant disease. Diseases can be ....

624 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1845932889 | #169175A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

Breeding Major Food Staples

Edited by Manjit Kang and PM Priyadarshan

As the world's population increases the need to produce greater quantities of major staple crops such as wheat, rice, maize, potato, cassava, soybean, sweet potato, barley, ....

456 pages | 64 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0813818354 | #170192A | £89.95 Add to basket

 

Carbon Inventory Methods

Handbook for Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Carbon Mitigation and Roundwood Production Projects

N H Ravindranath and Madelene Ostwald

Carbon inventory requiring estimation of carbon dioxide emissions and removals in land-use categories for national greenhouse gas inventory and changes in stocks of ....

339 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1402065469 | #170022A | £115.50 Add to basket

 

Changing Institutional Landscapes for Implementing Wind Power

A Geographical Comparison of Institutional Capacity Building: The Netherlands, England and North Rhine-Westphalia

Sylvia Breukers

348 pages | Amsterdam UP

Pbk | 2006 | 9056294547 | #170141A | £38.00 Add to basket

 

Community-Based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries

Edited by B van Koppen, M Giordano and J Butterworth

The lack of sufficient access to clean water is a common problem faced by communities, efforts to alleviate poverty and gender inequality and improve economic growth in ....

336 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1845933265 | #170204A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Dairy Goats

Feeding and Nutrition

Edited by A Cannas and G Pulina

Dairy goats have long been considered an important source of income for rural populations, providing the opportunity for profitable and sustainable diversity for ....

320 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1845933486 | #169680A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

The Eco House Manual

Nigel Griffiths

This manual covers every aspect of domestic renovation from heating and electrical systems through to building materials and outdoor space. Whether you want to work out ....

176 pages | Col photos | RICS

Hbk | 2007 | 1844254054 | #170157A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

Ecotourism

An Introduction

David A Fennell

During its formative years, ecotourism was widely embraced as the antithesis of mass tourism because of its promise of achieving sustainability through conservation ....

236 pages | 25 b/w photos, illus, 30 figs, 20 tabs | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0415429307 | #169919A | £90.00 Add to basket

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Environment and Tourism

Andrew Holden

This second edition of "Environment and Tourism" reflects changes in the relationship between tourism, society and the natural environment in the first decade of the new ....

225 pages | 15 b/w photos, 10 line illus | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0415399548 | #169921A | £65.00 Add to basket

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Essential Skills for Science and Technology

Peter Zeegers

The essential guide for any student studying science or technology. This book introduces the core academic skills students in this area need to learn & apply to succeed at ....

208 pages | OUP

Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0195558316 | #169890A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management

Michael King

This second edition represents a culmination of many years' experience by the author Mike King and is an enlarged and fully updated version of this most popular fisheries ....

382 pages | Figs, tabs | Blackwell

Pbk | 2007 | 140515831X | #164632A | £49.50 Add to basket

 

Food, Energy, and Society

Edited by David Pimental and Marcia Pimental

This updated third edition of Food, Energy, and Society provides a detailed evaluation of the link between two of the greatest problems faced today: uncontrolled population ....

424 pages | Figs, tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1420046675 | #169952A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

Fundamentals of Hydrology

Tim Davie

Water is essential to sustain life on planet Earth, and an understanding of water quantity and quality issues is vital for anyone involved in environmental management. ....

169 pages | Col photos, b/w photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0415399866 | #169923A | £65.00 Add to basket

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The Future Control of Food

A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security

Edited by Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte

This practical book is the first wide-ranging guide to the key issues of intellectual property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity and food security. Proceeding from an ....

224 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1844074307 | #170160A | £65.00 Add to basket

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Genomics and Society

Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions

Edited by George Gaskell and Martin Bauer

From the mid 1990s to the present day, agricultural biotechnology - GM crops and foods - has been the focus of debate and conflict in many European countries. Contrasting views ....

256 pages | - | Earthscan

Hbk | 2006 | 1844071138 | #157800A | £55.00 Add to basket

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Genomics-Assisted Crop Improvement, Volume 1: Genomics Approaches and Platforms

Edited by Rajeev Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa

Genomics research has great potential to revolutionize the discipline of plant breeding in order to realize the future needs of an ever growing human population. Several ....

388 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 140206294X | #170017A | £119.00 Add to basket

 

Genomics-Assisted Crop Improvement, Volume 2: Genomics Applications in Crops

Edited by Rajeev Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa

Genomics research has great potential to revolutionize the discipline of plant breeding in order to realize the future needs of an ever growing human population. Several ....

498 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402062966 | #170018A | £134.50 Add to basket

 

The Globalization of Environmental Crisis

Edited by Jan Oosthoek and Barry K Gills

Previously published as a special issue of "Globalizations", this collection of essays addresses what is arguably the most pressing and urgent issue of our day - the ....

240 pages | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0415448271 | #169917A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Greening Brazil

Environmental Activism in State and Society

Kathryn Hochstetler and Margaret E Keck

"Greening Brazil" challenges the claim that environmentalism came to Brazil from abroad. Political scientists Kathryn Hochstetler and Margaret E Keck retell the story of ....

320 pages | Duke UP

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0822340488 | #170138A | £55.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 0822340313 | #170136A | £13.99 Add to basket

 

Ignoring the Apocalypse

Why Planning to Prevent Environmental Catastrophe Goes Astray

David Howard Davis

Environmentalists often predict an Apocalypse is coming. The earth will heat up like a greenhouse. We will run out of energy. Overpopulation will lead to starvation and war. ....

228 pages | Praeger

Hbk | 2007 | 0275996638 | #169888A | £27.95 Add to basket

 

It's Easy Being Green

101 Ways to Save the Planet

Mark Mann

As more and more of us become aware of climate change we are beginning to look for lifestyle changes that will provide us with a more eco-friendly existence. ....

128 pages | Summersdale

Pbk | 2007 | 184024576X | #169820A | £3.99 Add to basket

 

Jevon's Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements

John M Polimeni, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro and Blake Alcott

'Jevons' Paradox', which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads ....

192 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1844074625 | #170115A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Lentil

An Ancient Crop for Modern Times

Edited by Shyam S Yadav, David McNeil and Philip C Stevenson

The lentil is one of the first foods to have been cultivated and has maintained excellent socio-economic value for over 8,000 years. The ancient crop is now a crop for ....

448 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402063121 | #170019A | £127.00 Add to basket

 

Management Control Systems

Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives

Kenneth A Merchant and Wim A Van der Stede

With its unique range of case studies, real life examples and comprehensive coverage of the latest management control-related tools and techniques, Management Control Systems ....

850 pages | Figs, tabs | Prentice-Hall

Pbk | 2007 | 0273708015 | #169472A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Natural Groundwater Quality

Edited by WM Edmunds and P Shand

The European Water Framework Directive forms the basic legislation for the protection of the European aquatic environment. The Groundwater Directive (GD) was adopted in 2006 to ....

352 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1405156759 | #170167A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Plant-Associated Bacteria

Edited by Samuel S Gnanamanickam

This volume is developed on the broad theme of plant-associated bacteria. It is envisioned as a resource volume for researchers working with beneficial and harmful ....

695 pages | - | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 1402045360 | #158316A | £150.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402045379 | #170028A | £61.50 Add to basket

 

Pollution of the Sea - Prevention and Compensation

Edited by Jürgen Basedow and Ulrich Magnus

The International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs hosted a global conference addressing marine pollution. At this meeting, academics and practitioners ....

183 pages | Springer

Pbk | 2007 | 3540733957 | #170001A | £61.50 Add to basket

 

Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics

Edited by Randall W Myster

Post-agricultural studies have been central to the development of both the science of plant ecology and ecology in general. The study of old field succession allows us to ....

400 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0387336419 | #169970A | £92.50 Add to basket

 

Promise, Trust and Evolution

Managing the Commons of South Asia

Edited by Narpat Jodha, Rucha Ghate and Pranab Mukhopadhyay

From land management to water rights, this volume looks at the current status of Common Property Resources, or CPRs, in South Asia. Developed countries, have managed to ....

368 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0199213836 | #169916A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Protocols for Micropropagation of Woody Trees and Fruits

Edited by S.Mohan Jain and H Häggman

Micropropagation has become a reliable and routine approach for large-scale rapid plant multiplication, which is based on plant cell, tissue and organ culture on well defined ....

572 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402063512 | #170020A | £146.00 Add to basket

 

Quantification and Reduction of Predictive Uncertainty for Sustainable Water Resouces Managements

Edited by E Boegh, H Kunstmann, T Wagener, A Hall, L Bastidas, S Franks et al

The atmosphere is the primary driving force for all hydrological processes, yet the availability of spatially and temporally reliable hydrometeorological information ....

508 pages | IAHS

2007 | #170209A | £128.00 Add to basket

 

Residential Landscape Sustainability

A Checklist Tool

Carl Smith, Andy Clayden and Nigel Dunnett

This guide shows environmental design professionals and developers how to create less environmentally damaging housing. It focuses on new residential developments though most ....

208 pages | 23 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1405158735 | #170188A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

The Science of Water

Concepts and Applications

Frank R Spellman

Hailed on its first publication as a masterful account of the state of water science, this second edition of a bestseller puts the spotlight on the critical importance of ....

464 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1420055445 | #169954A | £56.99 Add to basket

 

Sharing Power

A Global Guide to Collaborative Management of Natural Resources

Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Michel Pimbert, M Taghi Farvar and A Kothari

The collaborative or 'co-management' of natural resources - whether between states and local communities or amongst and within communities themselves - is a process of ....

502 pages | Photos, Figs, Tabs | Earthscan

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1844074978 | #170106A | £49.95 Add to basket

 

State of the World 2008

Towards a Sustainable Global Economy

Worldwatch Institute

In this 25th edition of State of the World - long established as the most authoritative and accessible annual guide to our progress towards a sustainable future - the studies ....

288 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1844074986 | #170158A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

The Sustainability Handbook

The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic and Environmental Responsibility

William R Blackburn

"The Sustainability Handbook" covers all the challenges, complexities and benefits of sustainability for businesses, governments and organizations. It provides a blueprint ....

812 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1844074951 | #170105A | £49.95 Add to basket

 

Sustainable Automobile Transport

Shaping Climate Change Policy

Lisa Ryan and Hal Turton

Transport, and in particular road transport, represents a significant global threat to long-term sustainable development, and is one of the fastest-growing consumers of final ....

304 pages | Edward Elgar

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1847204511 | #170202A | £84.00 Add to basket

 

Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration

Liveable Places from Problem Spaces

Edited by Tim Dixon, Mike Raco, Philip Catney and David N Lerner

Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration presents a comprehensive account of UK policies, processes and practices in brownfield regeneration and takes an integrated and ....

400 pages | 85 illus | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1405144033 | #170189A | £49.50 Add to basket

 

Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics

Edited by Lucas Bretschger and Sjak Smulders

30 years after the publication of the famous symposium issue of the Review of Economic Studies, which started the neoclassical literature on growth theory and resource ....

200 pages | 20 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402062923 | #169992A | £96.00 Add to basket

 

Taking Action, Saving Lives

Our Duties to Protect Environmental and Public Health

Kristin Shrader-Frechette

Pollution annually kills hundreds of thousands of people. In a brilliant, disturbing, yet readable book, Shrader-Frechette shows why this environmental epidemic continues. ....

256 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 019532546X | #169895A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Transport Revolutions

Making the Movement of People and Freight Work

Richard Glibert and Anthony Perl

The lives of people around the world, particularly in developed countries, depend on the movement of people and goods at low prices. This book sets out the challenges we are ....

304 pages | Figs, tabs, maps, photos | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1844072487 | #170114A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

An Unexpected Ecosystem

The Amazon as Revealed by Fisheries

Ronaldo Barthem and Michael Goulding

The Amazon has the richest freshwater fish fauna in the world, and its evolution is closely linked to the rainforest and the vast floating meadows of the floodplains. ....

241 pages | 200 colour photos and illus | Missouri BG

Pbk | 2007 | 9972291243 | #170273A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

Visions of Sustainability

Cities and Regions

H Frey and P Yaneske

The destructive environmental impact of exorbitant levels of resource consumption, pollution and waste production, specifically in developed countries and cities, is no ....

160 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0415426472 | #169935A | £80.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0415426480 | #169936A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

The World Without Us

Alan Weisman

In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us. ....

324 pages | B/w photos, maps, illus | Virgin Books

Hbk | 2007 | 1905264038 | #169973A |

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Data Analysis
 

Applied Environmental Systems Modeling

Venkatesh Uddameri

This book aims to introduce essential concepts of pollutant fate and transport using hands-on model building approach. ....

500 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1578085160 | #169871A | £49.30 Add to basket

 

Correlated Data Analysis

Modeling, Analytics, and Applications

Peter X.-K. Song

This book presents some recent developments in correlated data analysis. It utilizes the class of dispersion models as marginal components in the formulation of joint models for ....

352 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 0387713921 | #169978A | £54.00 Add to basket

 

Imaging in Molecular Dynamics

Technology and Applications

Benjamin J Whitaker

Charged particle imaging has revolutionized experimental studies of photodissociation and bimolecular collisions. Written in a tutorial style by some of the key practitioners ....

266 pages | 100 line diagrams | CUP

Hbk | 2003 | 0521810590 | #169854A | £75.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0521038324 | #169855A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

Information Criteria and Statistical Modeling

Sadanori Konishi and Genshiro Kitagawa

The Akaike information criterion (AIC) derived as an estimator of the Kullback-Leibler information discrepancy provides a useful tool for evaluating statistical models, and ....

290 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 0387718869 | #170002A | £47.50 Add to basket

 

Introduction to Bayesian Statistics

Karl-Rudolf Koch

The Introduction to Bayesian Statistics (2nd edition) presents Bayes' theorem, the estimation of unknown parameters, the determination of confidence regions and the ....

249 pages | Illus | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 354072723X | #169996A | £69.00 Add to basket

 

Introduction to Bioinformatics

Arthur M Lesk

Life in a post-genomic age has the promise to revolutionize our understanding of how our genes shape who we are, how our genome evolved, and how we function. There are new ....

432 pages | 78 figures | OUP

Pbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0199208042 | #169114A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

An Introduction to Generalized Linear Models

Annette J Dobson

Popular for its accessible, concise, and clear introduction to this key statistical methodology, An Introduction to Generalized Linear Models, Third Edition provides a ....

225 pages | Figs, tabs | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)

Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1584889500 | #169955A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Laboratory Biosecurity Handbook

Reynolds M Salerno and Jennifer Gaudioso

By achieving a delicate balance between systems and practices, proper laboratory biosecurity reduces the risk of legitimate bioscience facilities becoming sources of ....

188 pages | Figs, tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0849364752 | #169802A | £56.99 Add to basket

 

Life Distributions

Structure of Nonparametric, Semiparametric, and Parametric Families

Albert W Marshall and Ingram Olkin

For over 200 years, practitioners have been developing parametric families of probability distributions for data analysis. More recently, an active development of ....

788 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 0387203338 | #169969A | £54.00 Add to basket

 

MATLAB Recipes for Earth Sciences

Martin H Trauth

MATLAB is used in a wide range of applications in geosciences, such as image processing in remote sensing, generation and processing of digital elevation models and the ....

288 pages | 95 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540727485 | #169997A | £38.50 Add to basket

 

Mathematical Biology

An Introduction with Maple and Matlab

RW Shonkwiler

A greatly expanded and updated edition of the popular Introduction to the Mathematics of Biology (Yeargers, Shonkwiler and Herod, Birkh~user 1996), this textbook aims to present ....

430 pages | Figs, tabs | Birkhauser

Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0387709835 | #170072A | £30.50 Add to basket

 

Mathematics of Evolution and Phylogeny

Edited by Olivier Gascuel

Contributed chapters authored by renowned scientists and covering recent results in the highly topical area of mathematics in evolution and phylogeny. Each chapter is a ....

416 pages | Figs, tabs | OUP

Hbk | 2005 | 0198566107 | #151040A | £48.99 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0199231346 | #169818A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

Multiple Testing Procedures with Applications to Genomics

Sandrine Dudoit and Mark J van der Laan

This book establishes the theoretical foundations of a general methodology for multiple hypothesis testing and discusses its software implementation in R and SAS. The methods ....

585 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 0387493166 | #169971A | £54.00 Add to basket

 

Permutation Methods

A Distance Function Approach

Paul W Mielke Jr. and Kenneth J Berry

Most commonly-used parametric and permutation statistical tests, such as the matched-pairs t test and analysis of variance, are based on non-metric squared distance ....

450 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 0387698116 | #169977A | £54.00 Add to basket

 

Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy

A How-To Manual

Barry G Hall

The Third Edition helps the reader get started in creating phylogenetic trees from protein or nucleic acid sequence data. Although aimed at molecular and cell biologists, ....

233 pages | 139 illus | Sinauer

Pbk | 2007 | 0878933107 | #170234A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Practical Systems Biology

Alistair Hetherington and Claire Grierson

Systems biology is the study of organisms as interacting networks of genes, proteins and reactions. Practical Systems Biology provides a detailed overview of the different ....

300 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 041540780X | #169929A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring and Change Detection

Edited by Manfred Owe and Christopher Neale

Remote sensing technology has evolved into an integral research tool for the natural sciences. Disciplines such as climatology, hydrology, and studies of the terrestrial ....

288 pages | IAHS

2007 | 1901502244 | #170207A | £81.00 Add to basket

 

Spatial Data Modelling for 3D GIS

Alias Abdul-Rahman and Morakot Pilouk

This book covers fundamental aspects of spatial data modelling specifically on the aspect of three-dimensional (3D) modelling and structuring. Realisation of "true" 3D GIS ....

288 pages | 158 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 3540741666 | #170039A | £77.00 Add to basket

 

Statistical Analysis of Extreme Values

With Applications to Insurance, Finance, Hydrology and Other Fields

Rolf-Dieter Reiss and Michael Thomas

The statistical analysis of extreme data is important for various disciplines, including hydrology, insurance, finance, engineering and environmental sciences. This book ....

511 pages | 130 illus | Birkhauser

Pbk | 2007 | 3764372303 | #169975A | £45.99 Add to basket

 

Statistics for Terrified Biologists

Helmut Van Emden

Written in a lively and engaging style, this textbook makes basic statistical methods and applications accessible to undergraduate biology and environmental science students. ....

256 pages | Blackwell

Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1405149566 | #170170A | £16.99 Add to basket

 
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Dictionary of DNA and Genome Technology

Paul Singleton

A one-of-a-kind dictionary giving clear, concise explanations of terms, techniques and tests used in DNA technology today. ....

336 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1405156074 | #170177A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

The Europa Regional Surveys of the World 2008, 9 Volume Set

This nine volume set covers each of the major world regions. As well as covering the region as a whole, each volume provides a vast range of background information, ....

Routledge

Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1857434420 | #169958A | £3125.00 Add to basket

 

Planning and Implementing Electronic Records Management

Kelvin Smith

Provides straightforward, practical guidence on how to prepare for and enable electronic records management. He sets out and explains the issues organisations need to consider ....

192 pages | Facet

Hbk | NYP 09/2007 | 185604615X | #169713A | £39.95 Add to basket