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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. Discounts for libraries, organisations and large orders Are you a librarian or responsible for book purchasing within your organisation, or are thinking of placing a large order? NHBS provides a specialised supply service for libraries, organisations and bulk purchasers - handling everything from researching hard to obtain titles to arranging documentation and shipment. We are usually able to offer competitive packages - please contact customer.services@nhbs.co.uk to discuss what we can offer. The NHBS Team View this Monthly Catalogue as a web page or save/print it as a .pdf document. |
Zoology:
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Mammals | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Bertrand Eliotout Griffon Vulture. .... | 192 pages | Col photos, illus, maps | Delachaux et Niestle Pbk | 2007 | 2603014366 | #169773A | £22.95 Add to basket |
Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Normally £230.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £191.50 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 Pbk | 2007 | 0521037433 | #169847A | £29.99 Add to basket |
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 |
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 |
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 Pbk | NYP 09/2007 | 1402064845 | #169865A | £38.50 Add to basket |
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 |
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 |
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 Pbk | 2007 | 0521037697 | #169848A | £23.99 Add to basket |
Sustainable Development | Go to subject web page |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0415429315 | #169920A | £25.99 Add to basket |
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 Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0415399556 | #169922A | £22.99 Add to basket |
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 |
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 |
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 Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0415399874 | #169924A | £22.99 Add to basket |
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 Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1844074293 | #170159A | £18.99 Add to basket |
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 Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1844071146 | #170110A | £24.95 Add to basket |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Normally £19.99 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £15.99 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |