A Catalogue of Chromosome Numbers of Indian Mammals

Part 1: Orders Carnivora and Chiroptera, Part 2: Orders: Cetacea, Insectivora, Lagomorpha, Pholidota, Primates, Probosci

Ashok K Singh, R Banerjee and RK Kacker

A number of mammalian species occurring in the Indian subcontinent have been studied for their chromosomes during the past 3-4 decades. However, a systematic compilation of accumulated information in the form of a compendium for research ...

A Naturalist's Guide to the Mammals of India

Chris R Shepherd and Bikram Grewal

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 mammal species most commonly seen in India is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from India's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species ...

Bat Walks in Derbyshire

Steven Roe

This publication has been created to encourage the general public to discover the world of bats in Derbyshire for themselves, to share good batwatching sites with other bat workers and conservationists visiting the area and to allow new ...

Being a Dog

Following the Dog into a World of Smell

Alexandra Horowitz

Alexandra Horowitz, the author of the lively, highly informative New York Times bestselling blockbuster Inside of a Dog, explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ the nose and how we humans can put our under-used ...

Census Survey and Populations Ecology of Bonnet Macaque Macaca radiata (E. Geoffroy) in South Asia

GU Kurup

Populations of the commoner species of non-human primates like, Rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta, Bonnet macaque Macaca radiata, and Hanuman langur Presbytis entellus living in a feral condition, and also as ...

Deer and People

Karis Baker, Ruth Carden and Richard Madgwick

Deer have been central to human cultures throughout time and space: whether as staples to hunter-gatherers, icons of Empire, or the focus of sport. Their social and economic importance has seen some species transported across continents ...

Die Kleine Wildnis: Einblicke in die Lebensgemeinschaft der Kleinen Raubsauger und ihrer Beutetiere in Mitteleuropa

Helen Muri

Small mammals (e.g. martens, weasels, mice and shrews) are of utmost importance to ecosystems, in particular as an important food source for birds of prey and predatory mammals. The author explains both the peculiarities and strategies ...

For the Love of Lemurs

My Life in the Wilds of Madagascar

Patricia Chapple Wright

In 1986, primatologist, Patricia Chapple Wright, was given a seemingly impossible task:to travel to the rainforests of Madagascar and find the greater bamboo lemur, a species that hadn't been seen in the wild for thirty years. Not only did Wright ...

Kalahari Cheetahs

Adaptations to an Arid Region

Gus Mills and Margaret Mills

The cheetah, the fastest terrestrial animal, has widespread appeal amongst wildlife biologists and enthusiasts alike. However, like all all large carnivores, it is increasingly threatened by habitat loss and its status is now classified ...

Killers in Eden

The Story of a Rare Partnership Between Men and Killer Whales

Danielle Clode

For a century, the killer whales of Twofold Bay herded baleen whales towards the harpoons of local whalers, helping them hunt and sharing the rewards. It was a life of industry, adventure and a strange and rare partnership between whales ...

Mammals of the North Woods

A Handy Field Reference to All 68 of Our Northern Mammals

Roger A Powell

From the massive moose to the miniscule mole, 68 species of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan mammals are described in vivid detail by mammalogist Roger Powell of Ely, Minnesota. Roger is a Professor Emeritus of North Carolina State University ...

Marder, Iltis, Nerz und Wiesel: Kleine Tiere, grosse Jaeger [Martens, Polecats, Minks And Weasels: Small Animals, Big Hu

Paul Marchesi, Claude Mermod and Hans C Salzmann

Martens, polecats, minks and weasels are nimble animals and agile hunters. They are – with the possible exception of the stone marten, which often resides in residential areas and causes trouble there – difficult to ...

Neotropical and Caribbean Aquatic Mammals

Perspectives from Archaeology and Conservation Biology

A Sebastian Munoz, Christopher Markus Gotz and Elizabeth Ramos Roca

The relationships between humans and aquatic mammals in the Neotropics has been important since archaic times in the American continent, but also varied across time and space, a fact taken on by this publication.

Population and Habitat of Amur Leopard in China [English / Chinese]

Jiang Guangshun

The Amur leopard may well be one of the world's rarest big cats. Although the Amur leopard is critically endangered, its status has been unknown to most people, and our understanding of the habitat and living conditions of the population ...

Przewalski's Horses in Eurasia

Pluralism in International Reintroduction Biology

Michael L Zukosky

Przewalski's Horses in Eurasia draws on more than two years of ethnographic research to examine the reintroduction of Prezewalski's horses – a highly endangered breed that is a genetically distinct and distant relation ...

The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Marsupials of the World

Donald W Duszynski

The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Marsupials of the World contains the most up-to-date information on the former order marsupial that is now partitioned by mammalogists into seven separate orders that ...

The Law of the Whale Hunt

Dispute Resolution, Property Law, and American Whalers, 1780-1880

Robert Deal

Whale oil lit the cities and greased the machines of the Industrial Revolution. In light of its importance, competition between whalers was high. Far from courts and law enforcement, competing crews of American whalers not known for their ...

The Mammals of India

A Systematic & Cartographic Review

Anwaruddin Choudhury and Colin P Groves

The Mammals of India: A Systematic & Cartographic Review is a major definitive work on the mammals of India. The range of all the species have been mapped in full colour. The style of presentation of the range maps is different ...

The Wild Mammals of Missouri

Charles W Schwartz, Elizabeth R Schwartz, Debby K Fantz and Victoria L Jackson

Since its initial publication in 1959, The Wild Mammals of Missouri by Charles W. Schwartz and Dr. Elizabeth R. Schwartz has become the definitive guide to the identification of these animals, and it continues to be a source of ...

Tracking the Tiger

Bob Rupani and Dhritiman Mukherjee

The tiger is one of the world's most spectacular, iconic and endangered species, and fortunately conservation efforts are on to protect it. Saving the tiger also means protecting the forests of India along with all the other wild animals ...

Whitetail Deer

Jack Ballard

Whitetail Deer presents readers with substantive yet easily digestible information on this medium-size animal. Where do they live? How do they communicate? Whitetail Deer contains all the information you need to become ...

Wild Pony Whispering

The Real Life Story of How an Orphaned Exmoor Pony Foal Helped Us to to Tame and Understand the Wild Ponies of Exmoor

Dawn Westcott

This is Dawn Westcott's real-life story of Monsieur Chapeau, a wild, orphaned Exmoor pony foal found severely malnourished with pneumonia on the moors of Exmoor and how he survived and thrived beyond all expectations – bringing ...

A Field Guide to the Scarcer Breeding Birds of the New Forest

James Whitaker

This field guide is the first of a series, for the field naturalist and photographer, both beginner and experienced. It shows where breeding birds occur and also the steps which should be taken to avoid unnecessary or unlawful disturbances ...

A Guide to the Birds of North Andros Island

Joseph T Steensma, Nicholas Morken, Lawrence Wiedman and Luanettee Colebrooke

This is the most thorough guide to finding birds on the largest and most biologically diverse island in the Bahamas. Joe Steensma and Nick Morken, the leading experts of the birds of North Andros Island, offer bird-adventurers insights ...

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Borneo

Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan

Wong Tsu Shi

Now fully revised, this easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Borneo (covering Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan) is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from one ...

A Rage for Falcons

An Alliance Between Man and Bird

Stephen J Bodio, Jonathan Wilde and Helen Macdonald

Thus begins the tale by Stephen Bodio, a lover of birds and nature, of the incredible connection between man and birds of prey. Falconry can be traced back over four thousand years and, as Bodio says, "it is amazing that the practice ...

Aves Marinas: Una Guia de Identificacion [Seabirds: An Identification Guide]

Peter Harrison, MJ Forest Fortes and Roger Tory Peterson

A concise and superbly illustrated account of the seabirds of the world. It is unique in that every major colour and plumage phase of the nearly three hundred species of seabirds is depicted.

Aves Pantanal Sul: Guia Fotografico do Passo do Lontra [Birds of South Pantanal: Field Guide to Passo do Lontra]

Marcelo Silva Oliveira

Aves Pantanal Sul: Guia Fotográfico do Passo do Lontra offers more than a field guide, it reveals an extraordinary region in Brazil for birdwatching. The guide encourages and disseminates the practice of bird watching to ...

BirdFlyway: Un Viaje en Familia por La Ruta de las Aves [A Family Trip on

Antonio Sandoval Rey

How do you like to fly? On your own or with companions? They say the best trips are those during which you discover something new about who you are and who you’d like to be. BirdFlyway is one of the most extraordinary ...

Birds of Arid and Semi-Arid Tracts

Ajit Kumar Mukherjee

A consolidated account on birds of the arid and semi-arid areas of northwestern India has been in some demand among naturalists for the past few decades. Birds of such arid areas are not restricted only to the boundries of India but are ...

Birds of the Pacific Northwest

A Photographic Guide

Tom Aversa, Richard Cannings and Hal Opperman

Discover more than four hundred bird species in Birds of the Pacific Northwest-the quintessential regional guide for birding devotees at any level. Join renowned bird experts Tom Aversa, Richard Cannings, and Hal Opperman as the ...

Chicago Birds

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The Windy City isn't just a hub for commercial airlines: over 8 million birds migrate through town each autumn and spring. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes an eco-regional ...

Denver Birds

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh

Denver is the permanent or migratory home of over 300 species of birds. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map featuring prominent bird-viewing areas. Laminated for durability ...

Dictionnaire des Oiseaux de France [Dictionary of the Birds of France]

Gilles Bentz

Featuring clear and concise text, this is a valuable booklet to get to know the birds of France.

Ecology and Conservation of Birds in Urban Environments

Enrique Murgui and Marcus Hedblom

Ecology and Conservation of Birds in Urban Environments provides syntheses of ecological theories and overarching patterns of urban bird ecology that have only recently become available. The numerous habitats represented in this ...

Garden Birds and Other Wildlife

Kate Risely and Clare Simm

Gardens are great places for watching wildlife and for learning more about the birds and other creatures within them. This new book brings together the latest information on garden birds, much of it drawn from the British Trust for Ornithology ...

Gartenvogel: Erleben, Beobachten, Schutzen - Mit 44 Vogelportraets [Garden Birds: Experiencing, Observing, Protecting

Daniela Strauss

Garden birds fascinate us throughout the year. In the spring, we welcome the returning migratory birds, in summer we intently watch the hatching and breeding season, in autumn the garden offers a lot of food for birds, and in winter we ...

Green Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe

Jim JM Flegg and Martin Woodcock

With their diversity of form, colour, behaviour and song, birds are an endless source of fascination, but telling apart the different thrushes, finches, wagtails, warblers, tits and terns often stumps novices. The Green Guide to Birds makes ...

Hawai'i's Kolea

The Amazing Transpacific Life of the Pacific Golden-Plover

Oscar W Johnson and Susan Scott

Oscar "Wally" Johnson, the undisputed world expert on Pacific Golden-Plovers, and Susan Scott, a popular-science writer, have combined their knowledge and enthusiasm to create a book for everyone who admires the exceptional bird ...

Identification of Some Small Mammal Species Through Owl Pellet Analysis

SS Talmale and MS Pradhan

Contributions on owl pellet analysis and identification of small mammals on the basis of key bone pieces collected from the pellets have been made by various workers. In India, most of the work has been concentrated on feeding habit ...

Illinois Birds

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The Prairie State's diverse habitats are the permanent or migratory home of 440 species of birds, including the state bird – the northern cardinal. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species ...

Iowa Birds

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The Hawkeye State is the permanent or migratory home of 425 species of birds, including the state bird – the American goldfinch. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes an ...

Kansas Birds

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

Kansas is the permanent or migratory home of 472 species of birds, including the state bird – the western meadowlark. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map featuring ...

Kentucky Birds

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The Bluegrass State is the permanent or migratory home of 368 species of birds, including the state bird – the northern cardinal. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes an ...

Louisiana Birds

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

Louisiana is the permanent or migratory home of 471 species of birds, including the state bird, the brown pelican. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map featuring prominent ...

Magyarorszag Ragadozo Madarai [Birds of Prey of Hungary]

Papp Gabor, Kovacs Andras and Turny Zoltan

A photographic identification guide to the birds of prey found in Hungary.

Make Your Own Bird Food

Simple Recipes to Entice Birds to Your Garden

Mark Golley

Birds are the life and soul of any garden, whatever its size or location, and one thing can be guaranteed: if food is on offer, birds will visit. With this in mind, Make Your Own Bird Food brings you some of the most popular and successful ...

Maryland & DC Birds

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

Maryland & DC are the permanent or migratory home of 443 species of birds, including Maryland's state bird – the Baltimore oriole. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes ...

Our Love of Loons

Stan Tekiela

Stunningly beautiful and very unique, loons have captured our hearts. We await their spring return and delight in hearing their calls across our northern lakes. Acclaimed naturalist and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela shares his up-close ...

Panama Birds

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The isthmus of Panama – where North and South America meet – is the permanent or migratory home of more bird species than all of North America – a total of 985 species! This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over ...

Puerto Rico Birds

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is the permanent or migratory home of over 350 species of birds, 17 of which are endemic. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map featuring ...

Reducing Avian Collisions with Power Lines

The State of the Art in 2012

Reducing Avian Collisions with Power Lines (Collision Manual) was first published by the Avian Power Line Interaction Committee (APLIC) and Edison Electric Institute (EEI) in 1994 under the title ...

Siberia's Sprite

A History of Fascination and Desire

Andy Stoddart

Through a unique combination of rarity value, great aesthetic appeal and enduring scientific interest, the Pallas's Warbler has for more than two centuries exercised the most remarkable hold on our collective imagination.

Siegertypen: Uberlebensstrategien der Greifvogel [Winners: Survival Strategies of Raptors]

Dietmar Nill, Thorsten Prohl and Bernhard Ziegler

The fascinating skills and survival strategies of raptors are the focus of this extraordinary photographic volume. Dietmar Nill and Bernhard Ziegler showcase amazing scenes, which one gets only with great patience and the right equipment ...

Something About Emus

Indigenous Knowledge of Emus from Western Arnhem Land

Murray Garde

The emu is an iconic Australian bird of significance to all Australians, but especially so to indigenous Australians who have had a special relationship with this curious animal for thousands of years. In this bilingual, highly illustrated ...

Southern Illinois Birds

An Annotated List and Site Guide

W Douglas Robinson

Designed to help bird watchers in the field and at home discover the significance of their observations, Southern Illinois Birds documents current knowledge of the birds of southern Illinois by surveying both the published literature ...

Stable Isotopes to Trace Migratory Birds and to Identify Harmful Diseases

An Introductory Guide

Gerrit J Viljoen, AG Luckins and I Naletoski

Stable Isotopes to Trace Migratory Birds and to Identify Harmful Diseases discusses the potentials of the approaches as mentioned below to monitor avian influenza viruses (AIVs) in wild migratory waterfowl (WMW). Molecular diagnosis ...

The 100 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia

Yong Ding Li and Albert Low

Southeast Asia has a vast diversity of birdlife, comprising roughly one fifth of the world's 10,000 living species, and of which over 850 are endemic, making the region a richly rewarding destination for birdwatchers. This fully illustrated ...

The Golden Eagle and Sea Eagle

J Whitaker

It is fair to say that the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and the White-tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) have always commanded a special interest for British field ornithologists. The majesty of these splendid ...

Warblers in Your Pocket

A Guide to the Wood-Warblers of the Upper Midwest

Dana Gardner and Holly Carver

Robins may be the official harbingers of spring, but the arrival of the wood-warbler signifies the real beginning of the season. These brightly colored songsters, most of whom have migrated extremely long distances to reach their summer ...

Zum Einfluss von Kitesurfen auf Wasser- und Watvogel: Eine Ubersicht [On The Influence of Kitesurfing on Water and

Thorsten Kruger

Kitesurfing is a relatively new recreational activity that emerged internationally at the end of the 1990s and has been applied at many European spots in the early 2000s for the first time. Very soon it became obvious that kitesurfing ...

Amphibians and Reptiles of Bangladesh

A Field Guide

Md Kamrul Hasan, M Monirul H Khan and Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz

Amphibians and reptiles are often dubbed as the 'neglected elders, because they were the earliest vertebrates to colonize on land from water and gave rise to birds and mammals, but they are not sufficiently studied and conserved in ...

Amphibians and Reptiles of The US-Mexico Border States / Anfibios y Reptiles de Los Estados de la Frontera Mexico-

Julio A Lemos-Espinal

In the first bilingual work on the reptiles and amphibians of the US–Mexico border, top herpetologists come together to describe the herpetofauna of the states of this region, which includes more than 600 species of toads, frogs ...

Amphibians of Costa Rica

A Field Guide

Twan Leenders

Amphibians of Costa Rica is the first in-depth field guide to all 206 species of amphibians known to occur in Costa Rica or within walking distance of its borders. A diminutive nation with abundant natural wealth, the country is ...

Aposematic Poison Frogs (Dendrobatidae) of the Andean Countries

Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela

Ted R Kahn, Enrique La Marca, Stefan Lotters, Jason L Brown, Evan Twomey and Adolfo Amezquita

Aposematic Poison Frogs (Dendrobatidae) of the Andean Countries describes species occurring in Andean countries in full colour. Students and professionals from over eight countries and dozens of institutions and universities ...

Catalogue of the Protozoans Occurring in Reptiles from India

Fatik Baran Mandal, NC Nandi and AK Mandal

This list names and unnames protozoan species in two parts – a systematic list of protozoans in reptilian hosts and vice versa.

Herpetology

F Harvey Pough, Robin M Andrews, Martha L Crump, Alan H Savitzky, Kentwood D Wells and Ma Brandley

Herpetology, Fourth Edition presents a functional understanding of amphibians and reptiles – what they do and how they do it, and how those attributes are related to their ecology and evolutionary history.

Illustrated Guide to the Snakes of the Western Ghats, India

TSN Murthy

From the introduction: "The snake fauna of the Western Ghats is amazingly rich in number and diversified, with as many as 91 species out of the nearly 240 species occuring in the Republic of India. Due to the current interest ...

Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles

Juliana Sterli, Marcelo de la Fuente and Ignacio Maniel

The extended continental South American turtle record (Norian to Lujanian) allows us to follow the evolution of this reptile clade from its origins. Several significant stem turtle taxa such as Palaeochersis talampayensis and ...

Snakes of the Southeast

Whit Gibbons and Mike Dorcas

Fifty-three kinds of snakes can be found in the Southeast, almost half of all species native to North America. Filled with more than 300 color photographs and written by two renowned herpetologists, this new edition is the most comprehensive ...

A Sujtasos Kusz [The Rifle Minnow]

Wilhelm Sandor

A monograph on the rifle minnow, Alburnoides bipunctatus, a showy, small fish found in clear, fast flowing waters.

A Torpeharcsa [The Catfish]

Wilhelm Sandor

This is a monograph on the catfish. North America's largest catfish family (Fam. Ictaluriadae) contains seven living genera including 48 species: Ictalurus (7 species), Ameiurus (7 species), Noturus (29 species) ...

Atlas of Chinese Goldfish [Chinese]

Wang Hongyuan

This hardcover reference book contains a comprehensive colour photo compilation of all types of Chinese goldfish known to the China Fisheries Society Aquarium Fish Committee. Complete with a list naming each rare and common goldfish variety ...

Atlas of the Fishes and their Biology in Daya Bay [English / Chinese]

Xu Gongzhao, Zheng Wenlian and Huang Guocai

Located to the east of the Pearl River mouth, Daya Bay is one of the largest bays in Guangdong Province, with an area of 600 km². It remains a clean bay with pure and fresh water until now. Fishes play an extremely significant ...

Biology and Ecology of Venomous Stingrays

Ramasamy Santhanam

This comprehensive book on the venomous stingrays of the world seas and freshwater systems provides first-hand information on the diversity, biology, and ecology of venomous stingrays of freshwater, brackish, and marine ecosystems.

Chinese Goldfish [English / Chinese / Japanese]

Zhang Keqing

Goldfish are native to China and are also its national fish. Goldfish have the reputation of being auspicious, beautiful, noble and lovely fish. They are also a component of commercial culture and symbolize luck and happiness. Each year ...

Contribution to the Fish Fauna of India (Including Adjacent Countries) Order Mastacembeliformes

GM Yazdani

This volume describes the members of the order Mastacembeliformes, an group of spiny eels, as found in India.

Electricity in Fish Research and Management

Theory and Practice

WRC Beaumont

Electricity in Fish Research and Management, 2nd Edition provides a comprehensive discussion of the uses of both electricity and electrical principles in fishery management and research. It covers electric fishing (including theory, equipment ...

Electrophysiology and Fish Behavior

Kamakhya Pada Biswas

Electrophysiology and Fish Behavior encompasses 19 chapters, focusing on two main parts, namely electrophysiology and fish behavior. In the first part, the history and behavior of electric fishes is traced out together ...

Endemic Freshwater Fishes of India

AK Karmakar and A Das

This volume describes all endemic freshwater fish species of India.

Fish Diversity in the Selected Streams of Chakrata and Shiwalik Hills (District Dehradun, Uttaranchal) India

Devi Prasad Uniyal and Arun Kumar

This contribution summarises fish diversity in selected streams of Chakrata and Shiwalik Hills, District Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.

Fishes From Nansha Islands to South China Coastal Waters, Volume 1 [English / Chinese]

Chen Qingchao

Nansha Islands, China's only sea region close to the equator, is abundant in Indo-Malay tropical fauna with high biodiversity. Fishes living in the vast sea regions of Nansha Islands northward to Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands ...

Fishes From Nansha Islands to South China Coastal Waters, Volume 2 [English / Chinese]

Chen Qingchao

Fishes from Nansha Islands to South China Coastal Waters II reports 236 species of fishes. The appendix of book II incorporates a careful revision of some species in book I and lists of both book I and II facilitate reader access ...

Magyarorszag Halai [Fishes of Hungary]

Pinter Karoly

The author began to systematically carry out observations in the waters on Hungary in the mid-1970s, and put together domestic and international literature data as well. The manuscript was completed in 1985 and published in 1992. A lot of ...

Monogeneans of Chinese Marine Fishes [English / Chinese]

ZJ Ying

The book describes 198 species, of which 30 are new to science. It comprises of following chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Monocotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 3. Capsalidae Barid , 1853 4. Dionchidae Bychowsky, 1957 ...

New Zealand's Great White Shark

How Science is Revealing Their Secrets

Alison Ballance

Great white sharks are one of the world's most impressive and familiar predators – but until recently we knew surprisingly little about them. New Zealand's Great White Shark changes all that, opening a window into ...

Ornamental Fish in Taiwan [English / Chinese]

Pan Hongzhi

This book covers the following groups: 1. Adrianichthyidae 2. Aplocheilidae 3. Atherinidae 4. Belontiidae 5. Callichthyidae 6. Centrachidae 7. Chandidae 8. Characidae 9. Cichlidae 1 ...

Paddlefish Aquaculture

Steven D Mims and William L Shelton

Paddlefish have become of increasing interest to the aquaculture community in recent years, particularly as a potential new source of seafood and caviar. Native to North America, paddlefish show great promise both domestically and internationally ...

Reef Fishes of South-East Asia

Including Marine Invertebrates and Corals

Elizabeth Wood and Michael Aw

Visitors to South-East Asia are usually astonished at the profusion of marine life that exists in this biodiversity hot-spot. Reef Fishes of South-East Asia is a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to this rich diversity. Covering the waters ...

Saskatchewan Fishes

A Folding Pocket Guide to All Known Native and Introduced Species

Christopher Somers and Matthew Morris

Saskatchewan's 100,000 lakes and rivers are home to at least 58 native fish species from 15 different families, and humans have introduced at least 9 more species. This beautifully illustrated guide is a quick-reference tool to identify ...

The Fishes of Pennsylvania

Jr.,Jay R Stauffer, Robert W Criswell, Douglas P Fischer and Nevin Welte

The "Fishes of Pennsylvania" is certainly not a new subject. Edward D. Cope (1881) and Tarleton H. Bean (1892) authored early inclusive accounts of the fishes from Pennsylvania. Henry W. Fowler authored multiple reports and ...

The Fourth Asian Fisheries Forum

Zhou Yingqi

The Fourth Asian Forum (FAFF) was held from 16-20 Oct 1995 in Beijing, China. Oral papers and posters were presents, of which 181 are contained in the Proceedings of the FAFF. Some not included were either withdrawn (for technical reasons ...

Welcher Fisch ist das? Die Susswasserfische Mitteleuropas [What Fish is That?: The Freshwater Fish of Central Europe]

Matthias Bergbauer

200 excellent colour photos show the 100 most common freshwater fish of Central Europe in their natural habitat. The pictures are accompanied by concise information on morphology, behaviour, range and directions for species conservation.

Wild Salmonids in the Urbanizing Pacific Northwest

J Alan Yeakley, Robert M Hughes and Kathleen G Maas-Hebner

Wild salmon, trout, char, grayling, and whitefish (collectively salmonids) have been a significant local food and cultural resource for Pacific Northwest peoples for millennia. The location, size, and distribution of urban areas along ...

A Check-List of Hover-Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Eastern Himalayas

Bulganin Mitra, M Mukherjee and D Banerjee

Knowledge of the syrphid fauna of the Eastern Himalayan Region is poor. The literature on the flower flies of this region is diffuse and scattered in the state fauna series of the Zoological Survey of India. The present check-list is ...

A Collection of Cumacea from the South West and South East Coasts of India

A Radha Devi and CV Kurian

The Cumacea, an order of small marine crustaceans of the superorder Peracarida, dealt with in this paper are mostly from collections obtained from Karwar, Calicut, Cochin, Purakkad, Quilon, Vizhinjom, Cape Comorin, Tuticorin and ...

A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of India

Peter Smetacek

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 butterfly species most commonly seen in India is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from India's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed ...

A Passion for Butterflies

The Life and Travels of a Butterfly Artist

Ian D Loe and Sir Ghillean T Prance

A magnificent synthesis of outstanding entomological art and a life spent pursuing butterflies across the world. This finely produced, large-folio publication is limited to 255 signed and numbered copies. The quality of butterfly painting ...

A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia: Part 1, Stigmoderini

Mark R Golding

Part one of this ongoing series of guides on beetles focuses on the tribe Stigmoderini.

A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia: Part 2, Cicindelidae

Mark R Golding

Part two of this ongoing series of guides on beetles focuses on the subfamily Cicindelidae. or tiger beetles.

A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia: Part 3, Chalcophorinae

Mark R Golding

Part three of this ongoing series of guides on beetles focuses on the subfamily Chalcophorinae.

A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia: Part 4, Bolboceratinae

Mark R Golding

Part four of this ongoing series of guides on beetles focuses on the subfamily Bolboceratinae.

A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia: Part 5, Cetoniidae

Mark R Golding

Part five of this ongoing series of guides on beetles focuses on the Cetoniidae or flower chafers.

Bee Time

Lessons from the Hive

Mark L Winston

Being among bees is a full-body experience, Mark Winston writes – from the low hum of tens of thousands of insects and the pungent smell of honey and beeswax, to the sight of workers flying back and forth between flowers and the ...

Biology of Oysters

Brian Bayne

Biology of Oysters is a definitive and comprehensive resource that offers deep insight into the scientific structure of oysters. Written by an expert in the field of shellfish research, this book presents more than 50 years of ...

Bogarak a Pannon Regioban [Beetles of the Pannonian Region]

Otto Merkl and Karoly Vig

All superfamilies and families (114) found in the Pannonian biogeographical region are reviewed in detail. Nearly 700 original photographs and paintings About 1800 species mentioned and treated ...

Bombyces and Sphinges of the Alps and their Larvae, Pupae and Cocoons / Bombici e Sfingi delle Alpi: E Loro Larva, Pupe

Paolo Paolucci

This guide covers around 16 families of moths, traditionally gathered under general names of Bombyces and Sphinges. About 350 species of alpine moths are illustrated with more than 2,000 color original drawings showing the adults, larvae ...

Caracoles y Babosas de la Peninsula Iberica y Baleares [Snails and Slugs of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic

Jordi Cadevall and Albert Orozco

The most comprehensive and updated study on snails and slugs in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with the participation of 23 experts and scientists, 21 photographers and various European natural science museums.

Caryophyllidean Cestode Fauna of India

M Hafeezullah

This volume describes caryophyllidean tapeworms found in freshwater from India.

Catalogue des Colopteres du Maroc, Volume 1: Coleoptera, Bruchidae [Catalogue of Coleoptera of Morocco, Volume 1:

Rafael Yus Ramos and Harold Labrique

This book includes 12 plates showing 80 imagos (the last stage during metamorphosis) in colour. The comprehensive index lists all families, subfamilies, tribes, genera, and sub-genera covered in the catalog.

Commercial and Medicinal Important Molluscs of Sundarbans

Anirudha Dey

This is the first comprehensive report regarding the commercial and medicinal important molluscs of the Sundarbans. It deals with 16 species of molluscs, of which 6 species are from freshwater and 10 species are from estuarine and marine ...

Conservation of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly in Australia

Donald PA Sands and Tim R New

This survey of one the longest insect conservation campaigns in Australia deals with recovery of one of the most iconic endemic butterflies, the Richmond birdwing, threatened by clearance and fragmentation of subtropical rainforest in ...

Contribution to the Knowledge of Indian Marine Molluscs, Part 4: Family Tellinidae

A Dey

The objective of this paper is to update our knowledge on tellinids of lndia. The present account deals with the species inhabiting the Indian sea and estuaries. lt includes their up-to-date nomenclature, synonymy, distinctive features ...

Das Geheime Leben der Insekten: Luftakrobaten und Kletterkunstler in Unseren Garten [The Secret Life of Insects:

Monique Berger and Michel Gaudichon

Your garden is a jungle of spiders and insects such as butterflies, bumblebees and wild bees, who lead a secretive life here. Immerse yourself in their world, take a look behind the scenes of insects hotels and plaster cracks, experience ...

Diversity of Bee-flies (Bombyliidae: Diptera) in India

Dhriti Banerjee and Bulganin Mitra

The bee-flies or Bombyliidae constitute one of the large and diverse families of brachycerous diptera. In general, the bombyliids are colourful flies with dense pubescence and marbled wings, and occur over a wide variety of habitats.

Echinodermata of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal

An Annotated List

DRK Sastry

Accounts on the echinoderms of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands off the coast of India are widely scattered in the literature and not easily available. As a result, researchers, conservation and management personnel as well as others ...

Fauna Sinica Invertebrata, Volume 55: Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae [Chinese]

Li Fenglan and Lin Minyu

This volume deals with the species of Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of China seas based mainly on the colletions of the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in the past years. A total of 128 species are recorded and described ...

Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 63: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae (I) [Chinese]

Ren Guodong

The beetle tribe Blaptini Leach, 1815, belongs to the Tenebrionidae, Polyphaga, Coleoptera, and is an important genus of ornamental and pharmaceutical insect. In this volume of Fauna Sinica, Chinese Blaptini is fairly completely ...

For the Love of Rhinoceros and Stag Beetles [English / Chinese]

Jonathan Ting Lai and Ko Hsin-Ping

For the Love of Rhinoceros and Stag Beetles is the number one reference in the world for the keeping and breeding of Dynastines (rhinoceros beetles), Lucanids (stag beetles), Cetoniines (flower beetles), Rutelines (metallic beetles ...

Geographical Distribution and Zoogeography of Odonata (Insecta) of Meghalaya, India

Tridib Ranjan Mitra

The first record of Odonata from the Indian state of Meghalaya was made by Selys and Hagen in 1853 (Lahiri 1987). Lahiri (op. cit) compiled as well as studied the available materials from the state and reported 147 species and subspecies ...

History of Bee-Keeping in Britain

H Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser, a past President of the British Beekeepers Association has written a most interesting account of the development of beekeeping in Great Britain. Through these pages past beekeepers come to life as the real people who have ...

Hyppivat ja Hohtavat: Suomen Sepat, Sepikat, Rikkasepat ja Jalokuoriaiset [Jumpers and Glowers: Finnish Click Beetles

Kari Heliovaara, Ilpo Mannerkoski, Jyrki Muona, Juha Siitonen and Hans Silverberg

This is the first time the Finnish beetle fauna of click beetles, false click beetles (Eucnemidae), false metallic wood-boring beetles (Throscidae), and bright metallic jewel beetles (Buprestidae) are presented in book form. This book ...

Illinois Butterflies & Moths

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

Illinois' state butterfly – the Monarch – is one of over 480 species of butterflies and moths found in this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes information ...

Indiana Butterflies & Moths

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The huge, stunning, green luna moth, is one of over 600 species of butterflies and moths found in the diverse ecosystems of this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes information ...

Kansas Butterflies & Moths

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The sky blue spring azure – one of the earliest spring butterflies, is one of over 380 species of butterflies and moths found in the diverse ecosystems of this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar ...

Key to the Genera of Pteromalidae of India and the Adjacent Countries (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

PM Sureshan and TC Narendran

From the introduction: "The family Pteromalidae is one of the largest and taxonomically difficult families of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) to deal with. They are distributed in all biogeographical areas of the world and ...

Maine Butterflies & Moths

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The gorgeous rosy maple moth is one of over 500 species of butterflies and moths found in this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes information on their life cycle and ...

Marine Protists

Diversity and Dynamics

Susumu Ohtsuka, Toshinobu Suzaki, Takeo Horiguchi, Noritoshi Suzuki and Fabrice Not

This comprehensive book provides a unique overview of advances in the biology and ecology of marine protists. Nowadays marine protistology is a hot spot in science to disclose life phenomena using the latest techniques. Although many ...

Massachusetts Butterflies & Moths

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The unusual American snout butterfly is one of over 1,200 species of butterflies and moths found in this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes information on their life cycles ...

Mealybugs of the Indian Agriculture and Horticulture

M Mani and C Shivaraju

Mealybugs and Their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops is a compilation of information on all basic aspects of mealybugs, as well as management strategies for mealybug species affecting different crop plants in ...

Minnesota Butterflies & Moths

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

Minnesota's state insect – the monarch butterfly – is one of over 880 species of butterflies and moths found in this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes ...

Mites: Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour

Life at a Microscale

David Evans Walter and Heather Coreen Proctor

What creatures live in the dark depths of the ocean, in the lungs of birds, in the canopies of rainforests and in the pillow beneath your head? MITES. Wherever biologists have peered, from forest floors to facial pores, they have found these tiny ..

Monografie Donacilla cornea [German]

Werner Huber

A monographic treatment of Donacilla cornea with a focus on the amazing variability of this bivalve species.

Mononchida (Nematoda) of West Bengal, India

Taxonomy and Ecology

Tiasi Jana, Amalendu Chartterjee and Buddhadeb Manna

Mononchida are a group of predatory nematodes. Knowledge on their taxonomy rapidly became available during the 1970s as a result of the work of nematologist communities around the world. This contribution lays out the taxonomy and ecology ...

Processionary Moths and Climate Change

An Update

Alain Roques

Because of its peculiar biology, its negative impacts on forestry, and its urticating larvae affecting human and animal health, pine processionary moth has largely been studied in many European countries during the last century.

Quantitative and Qualitative Studies on Plant and Soil Nematodes Associated with Crops of Economic Importance in Rajasth

Padma Bohra

This volume reports the results of quantitative and qualitative studies on plant and soil nematodes associated with crops of economic importance in Rajasthan, India.

SOS Abeilles: 100 Problemes et Solutions [SOS Bees: 100 Problems and Solutions]

James E Tew, Denis Richard and Arnaud Asselin

Identify problems early and treat them quickly to keep bees healthy and hives clean. This practical guide provides the necessary help to solve the 100 most commonly encountered problems and provides concrete solutions. Issues addressed ...

Spiders of Western Canada

John Hancock and Kathleen Hancock

Spiders are creepy, weird creatures that inspire fear and fascination in everyone from the very young to adults. Some are beneficial yet we're still terrified of them. Some are harmless and others can poison much larger species with ...

Studies on Freshwater Prawns of Family Atyidae and Palaemonidae from Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur districts, Tamil Nadu,

N Mariappan and Richard J

During research work from 1990 to 1997 on freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae and Palaemonidae from Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India, one new species of the genus Caridina H. Milne Edwards was discovered ...

Studies on Oriental Dermaptera Preserved in the B.P. Museum, Hawaii, U.S.A.

GK Srivastava

A total of 90 species belonging to 40 genera are dealt with in this paper of which 40 are from China, 32 from Thailand, 28 from Vietnam, 17 from Laos, 4 from Hong Kong, 3 from India and 1 from Cambodia. Out of these altogether 16 species ...

Studies on Symbiotic Flagellates from some Indian Termites

Patralekha Mukherjee and PK Maiti

The present paper deals with a taxonomic study of the symbiotic flagellates from some wood-inhabiting termites of the families Kalotermitidae and Rhinotermitidae from different parts of India. Altogether 48 species of flagellates recovered ...

Studies on Taxonomy, Biology, and Ecology of Grasshoppers Infesting Field Crops and Vegetables with Notes on Nymphal Tax

SK Mondal, Ashis Kumar Hazra and SK Tandon

The short horned grasshoppers belong to the superfamiiy Acridoidea under the Order Orthoptera. The Acrididae and Pyrgomorphidae are exclusively herbivorous occuring abundantly and are most injurious to agricultural crops, vegetables and ...

Taxonomic Revision and Distribution of Family Lycaenidae (Papilionoidea: Lepidoptera) from Indian Himalaya

Avtar Kaur Sidhu and Charn Kumar

This monograph presents a thorough taxonomic revision of the Family Lycaenidae (Papilionoidea: Lepidoptera) from the Indian Himalayas.

Termite Fauna of North Eastern India

Geeta Bose

As many as 76 species of termites belonging to 27 genera of families Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Stylotermitidae, Indotermitidae and Termitidae, have been revealed through studies of these insects. This comprises 25 percent of the ...

Terrestrial Molluscs in Yunnan [Chinese]

Chen Yuanxiao

Terrestrial Molluscs in Yunnan describes the terrestrial molluscs from Yunnan province, Southwest China. A total of 125 species (1 new) belonging to 55 genera, 19 families, and 3 orders are described. Their Chinese name, Latin name ...

The Enigma That Was Thomas William Cowan

RJ Hawker

Thomas William Cowan was head of the beekeeping establishment in Britain for the first fifty years of its existence, and had a substantial influence on the manner in which honey bees are domestically kept today. In this volume Bob Hawker ...

The Ixodid Ticks of Zambia (Acarina: Ixodidae)

A Study of Distribution, Ecology, and Host Relationships

SK Tandon

Ticks in Zambia are known to infest a large variety of domestic and wild animals causing severe economic losses to the animal industry because they harbour and transmit fatal diseases which lower the productivity in the affected animals.

The Recent Molluscan Fauna of Äle Clipperton (Tropical Eastern Pacific)

Kirstie L Kaiser

Scientific expeditions to Île Clipperton, an uninhabited 6 km² coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America, were undertaken in 1994, 1998, 2005 and 2007 to investigate community composition ...

The Secret Life of Flies

Erica McAlister

Enter a hidden world of snail killers, silly names and crazy sex in The Secret Life of Flies. Entomolologist Erica McAlister dispels many common misconceptions and reveals how truly amazing, exotic and important these creatures ...

Welches Insekt ist das?: 170 Insekten Einfach Bestimmen [Which Insect is That? Easily Identifying 170 Insects]

Heiko Bellmann

The practical and competent nature guide for on the road - recommended by NABU, the German Nature Conservation Society. - Detailed: reliable identification of 170 familiar domestic insects. - Thorough: all the characteristics ...

Wetland Mosquito Fauna of Tamil Nadu

K Ilango

The wetlands of India are exceptionally diverse comprising 2167 natural habitats and 65,253 artificial sites, which constitute 0.47% of the land surface area. In Tamil Nadu, the wetland ecosystems comprise more than 30 natural habitats ...

ZooKeys 521: A Revision of the Australian Digger Wasps in the Genus Sphex (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)

Thorleif H D rfel and Michael Ohl

Digger wasps of the genus Sphex (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) occur on all continents, though their species diversity is greatest in the Australian and Oceanian region. Females are gregarious and construct ground nests that are then ...

Atlas of Taphonomic Illustrations

1001+ Images of Fossil and Recent Mammal Bone Modification

Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo and Peter Andrews

The aim of Atlas of Taphonomic Illustrations is to provide images of taphonomic modifications, making it as comprehensive as possible with evidence presently available. This volume is intended both as a field guide for identifying ...

Dinosaurs from China [English]

Dong Zhiming

Dinosaurs from China introduces the history of dinosaur studies in China, then chronicles, in geological sequence and by geographical area, all the discoveries made by Chinese palaeontologists, including the animals that were ...

Discrete Biochronological Time Scales

Jean Guex, Federico Galster and Oyvind Hammer

The object of Discrete Biochronological Time Scales is to explain how to create a synthesis of complex biostratigraphic data, and how to extract from such a synthesis a relative time scale based exclusively on the fossil content ...

Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida

Christian F Kammerer, Kenneth D Angielczyk and Jorg Frobisch

Non-mammalian synapsids were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates from the Late Carboniferous to the Middle Triassic and play a key role in understanding the origin and evolution of mammals. Despite these facts and the outstanding fossil ...

Fossils: A Photographic Field Guide

Chris Pellant and Helen Pellant

This title offers a new, reformatted and updated edition of this popular title which is suitable for experts and armchair enthusiasts alike. Fossils: A Photographic Field Guide will appeal to anyone interested in uncovering the many mysteries ...

Heyuan Dinosaurs [English / Chinese]

Huang Dong

Heyuan Dinosaurs uses photos as its main thread. It records the whole process of the discovery of the Heyuan dinosaurs. The picture album employs detailed information and concise language to transcribe the history of Heyuan dinosaurs ...

Klima und Mensch: Eine 12.000-Jahrige Geschichte [Climate and Man: A 12,000-Year Story]

Heinz Wanner

During the Holocene, the current warm period, the climate has repeatedly influenced human history and social developments significantly. The well-known climatologist Heinz Wanner describes the basic processes in the climate ...

Oviraptorid Dinosaurs from Southern China [English / Chinese]

Lu Junchang

Heyuannia huangi Lu, 2003 from the Late Cretaceous of Southern China is described in detail. The revised diagnosis of Heyuannia huangi includes the following characters: quadratojugal articular surface of the quadrate ...

Papers from the 2005 Heyuan International Dinosaur Symposium

Lu Junchuang

Heyuan Basin is one of ten basins in Guangdong Province, China, and occupies about 725 km², consisting of the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene deposits. The Heyuan Basin has produced not only Hyyuannia, the first derived ...

Research Papers on Dinosaur in China (2)

China Scientific Book Services (CSBS)

This collection contains the following 18 articles: 1.  Ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Zhutian Formation in the Nanxiong basin, Guangdong, China and general observations on large Chinese ...

Shantungosaurus giganteus [English / Chinese]

Hu Chengzhi

In August 1964, a comprehensive research party of the Bureau of Petroleum Geology, Ministry of Geology, China, discovered a new fossiliferous site and collected some fossil remains from the Cretaceous beds in Zhucheng County, Shandong ...

The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events, Volume 1: Precambrian and Paleozoic

M Gabriela M íngano and Luis A Buatois

The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events: Volume 1: Precambrian and Paleozoic addresses major evolutionary changes that took place during the Ediacaran and the Paleozoic. These include discussions on the nature of ...

The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events, Volume 2: Mesozoic and Cenozoic

M Gabriela M íngano and Luis A Buatois

The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events, Volume 2: Mesozoic and Cenozoic addresses major evolutionary changes that took place during the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic. These include discussions on major evolutionary ...

The Tyrannosaur Chronicles

The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs

David Hone

Tyrannosaurus is by some margin the most famous dinosaur in the world, adored by children and adults alike, and it is often the only one that many people can name. An impressive beast, it topped 10 tons, was more than 15 m long ...

Weird Dinosaurs

How New Fossil Discoveries are Changing the Face of Palaeontology

John Pickrell

We're in a golden age of dinosaur discovery and the new species being unearthed are fiercer, stranger and more diverse than anyone imagined. From the high plains of the Gobi Desert to the jungles of Madagascar and the Australian outback ...

Ethnobiology of Corals and Coral Reefs

Nemer E Narchi and Lisa L Price

Ethnobiology of Corals and Coral Reefs explores the ethnobiology of corals by examining the various ways in which humans, past and present, have exploited and taken care of coral and coralline habitats. This book will bring the ...

Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Volume 1

Water Quality, Sediments, Sediment Contaminants, Oil and Gas Seeps, Coastal Habitats, Offshore Plankton and Benthos, and

C Herb Ward

The Gulf of Mexico is an open and dynamic marine ecosystem rich in natural resources but heavily impacted by human activities, including agricultural, industrial, commercial and coastal development. Nutrients and pollutants from coastal ...

Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Volume 2

Fish Resources, Fisheries, Sea Turtles, Avian Resources, Marine Mammals, Diseases and Mortalities

C Herb Ward

The Gulf of Mexico is an open and dynamic marine ecosystem rich in natural resources but heavily impacted by human activities, including agricultural, industrial, commercial and coastal development. Nutrients and pollutants from coastal ...

Hydrography in Relation to Benthic Macro-Invertebrates in Mir-Alam Lake, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

G Anitha, SVA Chandrasekhar and MS Kodarkar

The last half of the 20th century has been witness to two phenomena of great ecological consequence: first, unprecedented population growth and second, industrialization. These two have had immediate adverse impact on fresh water ecosystems ...

Zooplankton Diversity in Floodplain Lakes of Assam

Sumita Sharma and BK Sharma

Floodplain lakes form an integral component of major river systems of the world. In India, they are mainly distributed in Eastern Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Northeastern India. Although limnological investigations in India begin ...

A Century of Parasitology

Discoveries, Ideas and Lessons Learned by Scientists Who Published in the Journal of Parasitology, 1914-2014

Jr.,John Janovy and Gerald W Esch

Reviews key areas in ecological, medical and molecular parasitology - Features essays from some of the world's leading parasitologists - Each topic is set in context by featuring a key paper from the Journal of Parasitology ...

Aconcagua: Summit of South America

Harry Kikstra

Of the seven continental summits, Aconcagua (at 6962 m / 22,840 ft) lies second only to Everest. Yet it is surprisingly free of snow and ice, and experienced hikers can reach the roof of the Americas without technical expertise.

An Adventurous Life of Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky, Described by Himself [Russian]

VA Krivokhatsky

Memoirs of Victor Motschulsky (1910-1871), a famous Russian officer who travelled all over the world and, as an amateur, collected and described hundreds of species, mainly beetles, but also some more insect and other terrestrial arthropods ...

Anthology of Flowers

Jane Field-Lewis and Richard Maxted

Inspired by classic illustrated botanical volumes, this is a modern celebration of wild, garden and exotic flowers. A single photographic image captures the intricate detail, form, texture and colour of each flower. The hauntingly beautiful ...

Arctic Son

Fulfilling the Dream

Jean Aspen

The chronicle of a family's first year alone in Alaskan wilderness, here is a poetic exploration into what we value in life. In 1992 Jean Aspen took her husband, Tom, and their young son to live in Alaska's interior mountains where ...

Being a Beast

Charles HW Foster

Charles Foster wanted to know what it was like to be a beast: a badger, an otter, a deer, a fox, a swift. What it was really like. And through knowing what it was like he wanted to get down and grapple with the beast in us all.

Brilliant Birds

An amazing collection of more than 300 of the most colourful, beautiful and bizarre birds on earth. From novel nesters to soaring sensations, birds from around the globe are grouped to show off the features that make them special.

British Wildlife

An amazing visual collection of the colourful, curious and varied wildlife that calls Britain 'home'. From familiar friends to the rare and elusive, from foxes to fungi and fish to flowers, the British Isles are bursting with ...

British Wildlife Photography Awards, Collection 7

This superb collection of imagery showcases the very best of the BritishWildlife Photography Awards, an annual competition celebrating thebreathtaking diversity of the natural history of the British Isles.The photographs within the book ...

Call of the Wild

A Celebration of British Landscapes

Roly Smith and Sir Chris Bonington

Where in the crowded British Isles would you look for wildernesss? Surprisingly, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland have a variety of wild landscapes unrivalled anywhere in the world. Call of the Wild was published to celebrate ...

Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations

Liviu Giosan, Dorian Q Fuller, Kathleen Nicoll, Rowan K Flad and Peter D Clift

Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations brings together a collection of studies on the history of complex interrelationships between humans and their environment by integrating Earth science with archeology and anthropology.

Denali / Mount McKinley

Summit of North America

Harry Kikstra

At 6194 m (20,320 ft) Denali (Mt McKinley) is the highest mountain in North America. Its arctic latitude makes for extreme weather conditions and its remote location in the Alaskan wilderness means that climbing teams must be self-reliant ...

Driven Wild

How the Fight Against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement

Paul S Sutter and William Cronon

In its infancy, the movement to protect wilderness areas in the United States was motivated less by perceived threats from industrial and agricultural activities than by concern over the impacts of automobile owners seeking recreational ...

Environment, Society and the Black Death

An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Late-Medieval Crisis in Sweden

Per Lageras

In the mid-fourteenth century the Black Death ravaged Europe, leading to dramatic population drop and social upheavals. Recurring plague outbreaks together with social factors pushed Europe into a deep crisis that lasted for more than ...

Everest: Summit of the World

Harry Kikstra

At 8848 m (29,028 ft) Mount Everest has the world's highest summit. Trying to reach it means facing extreme conditions and the utmost physical demands. The author explains how to plan and prepare, and how to deal with altitude sickness ..

Explore Mount Kilimanjaro

Marangu, Machame, Lemosho and Rongai

Jacquetta Megarry

At 5895 metres (nearly 4 miles) above sea level, the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point on earth that a walker can reach. Success is not guaranteed, because each person's response to rapid altitude gain is different.

Explore the Great Wall

Jacquetta Megarry

The Great Wall of China is the largest construction on earth, yet myths about it are more widely known than facts. The best way to appreciate the Great Wall is to explore it on foot. This richly illustrated book focuses on especially rewarding ...

Explore the Inca Trail

Jacquetta Megarry and Roy Davies

The third edition of this popular guidebook contains everything the walker needs to plan and enjoy hiking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu in Peru, with three routes taking from 2-7 days. It includes advice on how to prevent and manage altitude ...

Explore the Tour of Mont Blanc

Gareth McCormack

The Tour of Mont Blanc is Europe's most popular long-distance walk, encircling the highest mountain in the Alps (and arguably in the continent). This classic alpine route runs for 170 km (106 miles) and can be completed in 11 days.

From Moa to Dinosaurs

Explore & Discover Ancient New Zealand

Gillian Candler and Ned Barraud

From Moa to Dinosaurs, the fifth title in the acclaimed Explore & Discover series for children, looks back in time to reveal what lived in ancient New Zealand. The book begins with a glimpse of the animals that live ...

Great Expeditions

Celebrating 40 Official and Amateur Journeys Around the World in Rare Artworks and Photographs, Classic Texts and Travel

Beau Riffenburgh

Discover some of the great archival treasures of the Royal Geographical Society. Some of the greatest expeditions are described and illustrated with maps, photographs and illustrations by official artists and photographers, and members ...

Industrial Scars

Photographs of the Hidden Costs of Consumption

J Henry Fair, Bill McKibben and Lewis Smith

Industrial Scars is the work of environmentalist and photographer, J Henry Fair, who brings our attention to the tragic effects created by the human impact on our planet. Each of Fair's striking images are accompanied by ...

Invisible Country

Southwest Australia: Understanding a Landscape

Bill Bunbury

When Europeans first settled in Australia, the land withheld many of its secrets from these new arrivals. There were broad rivers, wide plains and tall forests, all of which, to European eyes, suggested promising sites for settlement.

Is No Problem...

Simon Davey

"Don't worry... Is no problem!" – the laid-back reply often voiced by local reps eager to help when the author was seeking advice on his travels around the world as a natural history tour guide. Yet, inevitably, the ...

Kilimanjaro: Summit of Africa

Jacquetta Megarry

At 5895 m (19340 ft) Mount Kilimanjaro is the summit of Africa, yet accessible to hikers who are determined and well-prepared. The author explains how to plan and prepare, and how to deal with altitude sickness. She describes the ascent ...

Les Requins: Les Connaitre pour les Comprendre [Sharks: Knowing Them in Order to Understand Them]

Bernard Seret and Julien SSo

It has only been twenty years that sharks have been a real object of scientific research. No less than 16% of species known to date have been discovered during the past fifteen years. And the census is far from over! This cartoon describes ...

Living Fossils

Clues to the Past

Caroline Arnold and Andrew Plant

Living fossils are modern-day animals that very closely resemble their ancient relatives. Meet the coelacanth, horseshoe crab, dragonfly, tuatara, nautilus, and Hula painted frog. All are living fossils. Why have they changed so little ...

Minh Hausler: The Fusion of Flora and Art

Minh H ñusler

"Ikebana" means living flowers. This literal meaning discloses a form of artistic expression in which the natural beauty of the flowers and blossoms unfolds in conversation with the artist's powerful formal language.

Mountain Men

Stories from the Tasmanian High Country

Simon Cubit and Nic Haygarth

Mountain Men tells the stories of ten men who lived, worked and played in the Tasmanian high country from 1870 to 1990. Hunters, mineral prospectors, guides, rangers and tourism operators, horse riders and walkers, they all play ...

Now You See Them, Now You Don't

Poems About Creatures That Hide

David L Harrison and Giles Laroche

Animals and insects use camouflage to hide from hunters or to ambush prey. Stealth is a very useful technique when it comes to survival. In this fun and informative collection of poems, we meet animals such as the polar bear and the octopus ...

Opening Space Research

Dreams, Technology, and Scientific Discovery

George H Ludwig

Opening Space Research: Dreams, Technology, and Scientific Discovery is George Ludwig's account of the early development of space-based electromagnetic physics, with a focus on the first U.S. space launches and the discovery ...

Os Mastodontes de Barriga Cheia e Outras Historias: Cronicas de Biologia e Conservacao da Natureza

Fernando Fernandez

Os Mastodontes de Barriga Cheia e Outras Histórias is the highly anticipated new book of popular science author Fernando Fernandez, author of the surprise hit ...

Pantanal: Aves e Cores [Pantanal: Birds and Colours]

Marcelo Silva Oliveira, Fl ívio Augusto Teixeira de Barros and Thomas Thauan Kill

With texts by researcher Thauan Kill Thomaz and images recorded through the lens of photographer and environmentalist Marcelo Silva de Oliveira, Pantanal: Aves e Cores invites the reader to a journey through the colours and wealth ...

Paper Zoo

500 Years of Animals in Art

Charlotte Sleigh

The Paper Zoo traces the varied and vital role of natural history illustration in science and art since the fifteenth century. Sumptuous images from giants of the genre – such as the birds of John J. Audubon, or the insects ...

Pop-Up Planet

From the Highest Mountain to the Deepest Ocean

Camilla de la Bedoyere

Go on a pop-up journey through the habitats of the world, from the tip of the highest mountain down to the bottom of the deepest ocean. This new book combines a non-fiction element with gorgeous illustrations and fascinating pop-up scenes ...

Sacred Ibis

The Ornithology of Canon Henry Baker Tristram, DD, FRS

William G Hale

Henry Baker Tristram was a surprising and remarkable man: explorer, ornithologist, and priest. With his wild beard (for which he required special permission from his bishop) he undertook expeditions to the Sahara and Palestine at a time ...

Sand County Revisited: Stories from the Leopold Shack

Estella B Leopold

In 1949, Oxford University Press published ecologist and writer Aldo Leopold's (1887-1948) classic work, A Sand County Almanac. The book, which has sold over two million copies worldwide, develops Leopold's @land ethic@, calling for a responsible ...

Selfie mit Lowenzahn: Entdecke die Natur mit Smartphone und Tablet [Selfie with Dandelions: Discover Nature with

Frauke Hohberger and Rita Luder

Cameras help you see, while the recording function lets you listen to playbacks – this will make children stroll attentively through flowering meadows and dense forests, or sit quietly on rocks and discover nature.

Settle to Carlisle Way

Walk the Famous Railway

Vivienne Crow and WR Mitchell

The Settle to Carlisle Way is a newly developed route that runs from station to station, mostly within sight of the famous railway. It goes for 97 miles (156 km) northward from Settle, soon enjoying great views of the Three Peaks as it ...

Sharks: Get Up Close to Nature's Fiercest Predators

Ben Hubbard

Sharks are the most awe-inspiring creatures on Earth. Killer machines built of tonnes of solid muscle with thousands of teeth and a bite that can crush any sea (or land) animal, these animals are nature's top predators of the sea.

South Downs Way

Fiona Barltrop

This popular National Trail follows undulating terrain from the cathedral city of Winchester to the chalk cliffs at Eastbourne. The book has background on geology, scenery and wildlife, with detailed route description and over 80 photographs ...

Spontaneous Urban Plants

Weeds in NYC

David Seiter

Although we tend to think of our cities as concrete jungles, our post-new urban environment is awash in plant life. Wild urban plants have taken root along roadsides and chain-link fences, between cracks of pavement, and within vacant ...

Tewkesbury Walks

An Exploration of Biogeography and Evolution

Bernard Michaux

Tewkesbury Walks is composed of eight chapters, each of which are organised as walks around the Tewkesbury (UK) countryside, which move from the specific to increasingly broader ideas. So, the MS starts with an individual's ...

The Book of Tides

A Journey Through the Coastal Waters of Our Island

William Thomson

This is a book for those who want to understand better how the waters surrounding us affect our daily lives, how it imperceptibly but crucially shapes our actions, and has shaped our landscape for millenia. It's for anyone who knows ...

The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century

Yota Batsaki, Sarah Burke Cahalan and Anatole Tchikine

The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century brings together an international body of scholars working on eighteenth-century botany within the context of imperial expansion. The eighteenth century saw widespread exploration ...

The Drone Camera Handbook

A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Aerial Photography and Filmmaking

Ivo Marloh, Michael Sanderson and Roger A Deakins

Photography drones, quadcopters or unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are currently changing film and photography forever, and amateurs and professionals alike are scrambling to get to grips with this new and fast-evolving technology.

The Edge of Evolution

Animality, Inhumanity, & Doctor Moreau

Ronald Edwards

The Edge of Evolution presents a re-reading of H. G. Wells' novel The Island of Doctor Moreau as a key to addressing the controversies of our own humanity. Ron Edwards is a broadly-experienced researcher and teacher ...

The History of the State Darwin Museum in Photographs: Album / Istoriia Darvinovskogo Muzeia v Fotografiiakh: Al'bom

Anna Iosifovna Kliukina

This album contains photos from the history of the State Darwin Museum, a natural history museum in Moscow, and gives a brief history of the formation of its collections. The book introduces the reader to the founder of the museum ...

The January Man

A Year of Walking Britain

Christopher Somerville

"In January 2006, a month or two after my father died, I thought I saw him again – a momentary impression of an old man, a little stooped, setting off for a walk in his characteristic fawn corduroys and shabby quilted jacket.

The Man Who Ate the Zoo

Frank Buckland, Forgotten Hero of Natural History

Richard Girling

Frank Buckland was an extraordinary man – a surgeon, a natural historian, a sell-out lecturer, a bestselling writer, a museum curator... and a conservationist, before the concept even existed. Eccentric, revolutionary, popular ...

The Mystery of John Colter

The Man Who Discovered Yellowstone

Ronald M Anglin and Larry E Morris

From the first account of "Colter's Run," published in 1810, fascination with John Colter, one of America's most famous and yet least known frontiersmen and discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never waned. Unlike other ...

The Natural History Diaries of Willoughby Verner

Willoughby Verner

Willoughby Verner is undoubtedly best known for his classic work My Life Among the Wild Birds in Spain which was publishedin 1909. He enjoyed the reputation of being a committed “hunter-naturalist” as well as a hardened ...

The Nature of Autumn

Jim Crumley

In autumn nature stages some of its most enchantingly beautiful displays; yet it's also a period for reflection, melancholy even, as the days shorten and winter's chill approaches. Taking in September to November, Jim Crumley tells ...

The Pacific Raincoast

Environment and Culture of an American Eden

Robert Bunting

The Pacific Northwest has always invoked images of lush forested landscapes and travelog vistas. More recently, such images have been marred by much-publicized controversies pitting spotted owls and salmon against logging interests and ...

The People and the Bay

A Social and Environmental History of Hamilton Harbour

Nancy B Bouchier, Ken Cruikshank and Graeme Wynn

The People and the Bay explores the complicated relationship between Hamilton Harbour and the people who came to reside on its shores. From the time of European settlement through to Hamilton's rise as an industrial city ...

The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium

An Essay in Natural History

Juan Pimentel and Peter Mason

One animal left India in 1515, caged in the hold of a Portuguese ship, and sailed around Africa to Lisbon – the first of its species to see Europe for more than a thousand years. The other crossed the Atlantic from South America to ...

The Speyside Way

Jacquetta Megarry and Jim Strachan

The Speyside Way runs for 80 miles (129 km) from the fishing port of Buckie to Aviemore in the foothills of the Cairngorms. Following the lovely valley of the River Spey, you walk through countryside rich in malt whisky and wildlife ...

The Valley of Mutum: Atlantic Forest Birds / Vale do Mutum: Aves da Mata Atlantica [English / Portuguese]

Tavinho Moura and Marcio Borges

Composer, singer, instrumentalist and passionate photographer, Tavinho Moura spent three years makeing about 50 trips to record the biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest. "I was able to work in a wide area and live the excitement of ...

The West Highland Way

Jacquetta Megarry

The West Highland Way is Scotland's most popular long-distance walk, running 96 miles (155 km) from Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, through its first National Park, across the western Highlands to the foot of its highest mountain ...

The Wicklow Way

Jacquetta Megarry and Sandra Bardwell

The Wicklow Way is Ireland's first and most popular Waymarked Way, running between Marlay Park (Dublin) and Clonegal, 82 miles (132 km) to the south. It offers varied and scenic walking on the flanks of the Wicklow mountains with ...

Theodor Cantor: Zoology of Chusan (China)

Theodore Cantor (1809-1860), discoverer of the king cobra, authored major early works on the vertebrates – especially the amphibians and reptiles – of China, India, and the Malay Peninsula. He was a Danish physician and naturalist ...

Trek to Everest

Max Landsberg and Jacquetta Megarry

The world's highest mountain has lured visitors from all over the world ever since its discovery. Attempting its summit is dangerous and requires special skills and experience, but the trek to its Base Camp in Nepal can be completed ...

Welche Tierspur ist das?: 106 Tierspuren Einfach Bestimmen [Which Animal Track is That?: Easily Identifying 106 Animal

Klaus Richarz and Alfred Limbrunner

The practical and competent nature guide for on the road - recommended by NABU, the German Nature Conservation Society. - Detailed: reliable identification of 106 familiar animal tracks and traces - Thorough: all the characteristics ...

White Eskimo

Knud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey into the Heart of the Arctic

Stephen R Bown

Among the explorers made famous for revealing hitherto impenetrable cultures – T. E. Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger in the Middle East, Richard Burton in Africa – Knud Rasmussen stands out not only for his physical bravery but ...

William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship

The Roots on Enviromentalism in Nineteenth-Century Culture

Scott Hess

In William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship, Scott Hess explores Wordsworth's defining role in establishing what he designates as "the ecology of authorship" a primarily middle-class, nineteenth-century ...

Wondrous Truths

The Improbable Triumph of Modern Science

JD Trout

A fresh, daring, and genuine alternative to the traditional story of scientific progress. Explaining the world around us, and the life within it, is one of the most uniquely human drives, and the most celebrated activity of ...

iExplore - Ocean Monsters

Nicola Davies

iExplore: Ocean Monsters is packed with fascinating information about the biggest, fiercest and strangest sea creatures, and is sure to inspire a sense of wonder and awe in nature. This book also brilliantly harnesses the wonder ...

A Century of Maritime Science

The St. Andrews Biological Station

Jennifer Hubbard, David Wildish and Robert L Stephenson

Located on the Bay of Fundy, the St. Andrews Biological Station is Canada's oldest permanent marine research institution. A Century of Maritime Science reviews the fisheries, environmental, oceanographic, and aquaculture ...

Alaska: A Visual Tour of America's Great Land

Bob Devine

An amazing tour through its history, culture and landscape, Alaska's stunning imagery and informative text makes it the perfect book for those who dream of visiting the 49th state and those who want to celebrate its singular beauty ...

Big Sur Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

One of the most varied and spectacular natural areas in California, Big Sur's pristine beaches and rich forests are teeming with unique wildlife including sea otters, elephant seals, California condors and hundreds of species of butterfly ...

Birds of Golden Gate Park

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The Golden Gate Park National Recreation Area is the permanent or migratory home of over 250 species of birds. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map of the park.

Bradt Travel Guide: Chile: Carretera Austral

A Guide to One of the World's Most Scenic Road Trips

Hugh Sinclair, Warren Houlbrooke and Douglas R Tompkins

This is the first guidebook focussed entirely on the magnificent and historic road uniting northern and southern Patagonia. The few hardy travellers that embark on this journey struggle to find even basic information about the region.

Bradt Travel Guide: The Ivory Coast

Tom Sykes

This is the only English-language guidebook to focus solely on Ivory Coast, a country of crimson savannas, sublime mountains and cream-hued beaches that is becoming popular for ecotourism and wildlife, surfing and off-the-beaten track ..

Dead in Good Company

A Celebration of Mount Auburn Cemetery

John Harrison and Kim Nagy

A series of essays on birds and wildlife at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Illustrated with colour phots on the numerous birds and mammals observed at the oldest landscaped cemetery in the United States.

East Devon & the Jurassic Coast - Slow Travel

Local, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special Places

Hilary Bradt and Janice Booth

East Devon & the Jurassic Coast – Slow Travel is the most comprehensive – and only standalone-guide available to this region. Publication is timed to coincide with the opening of the Seaton Jurassic Visitor ...

Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World & Weather

Continuity and Change on the Bering Sea Coast

Ann Fienup-Riordan and Alice Rearden

Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather is a result of nearly ten years of gatherings among Yup'ik elders to document the qanruyutet (words of wisdom) that guide their interactions with the environment. In an effort to ...

Ghosts of Gondwana

The History of Life in New Zealand

George W Gibbs

Have you ever wondered why New Zealand's plants and animals are so different from those in other countries? Why kakapo is the only parrot in the world that cannot fly, or why the kiwi lives here and nowhere else? New Zealand is an ...

Idaho Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state fish – the cutthroat trout – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Gem State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species ...

Illinois Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state mammal – the white-tailed deer – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Prairie State This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique ...

Indiana Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The familiar raccoon is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Hoosier State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals, birds ...

Iowa Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

Iowa has seven national wildlife refuges and one wetland management district totaling 110,000 acres. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and ...

Kansas Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state mammal – the bison – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout Kansas. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals ...

Kentucky Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The ubiquitous gray squirrel is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout Kentucky. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals, birds, reptiles ...

Louisiana Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

With more than 900 vertebrate species recorded in the state, Louisiana is a wildlife watching mecca. Louisiana Wildlife offers beautiful illustrations of over 140 familiar species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, butterflies ...

Maine Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state mammal – the moose – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found thoughout Maine. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals ...

Maryland & DC Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

With habitats from tidal marshes, to grasslands to old growth forests, Maryland is home to a wide range of species. Maryland's state reptile – the diamondback terrapin – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting ...

Massachusetts Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state insect – the ladybug – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Bay State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of ...

Michigan Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state reptile – the painted turtle – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Great Lakes state. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and ...

Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

Simon Winchester

The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing Company. It is the stuff of the towering Captain Cook and his wide-ranging network of exploring voyages, Robert Louis Stevenson and Admiral Halsey.

Peak District - Slow Travel

Local, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special Places

Helen Moat

Bradt's Peak District – Slow Travel brings a new perspective to this much-loved area. Slow down and let expert local author Helen Moat guide you to not just all the well-known places, but away from the crowds to uncover ...

Shropshire - Slow Travel

Local, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special Places

Marie Kreft

With no directly competing titles, Bradt's Shropshire – Slow Travel fills a much-needed gap in the market for a guide to an area that, of all of the UK's regions, is perhaps most synonymous with 'Slow'.

South Africa Wildlife

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

Eco-tourists, adventurers, and nature lovers will find African Wildlife to be the ideal pocket-sized, folding guide to refer to while driving or trekking through this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar ...

The Everglades Handbook

Understanding the Ecosystem

Thomas E Lodge and Nathaniel P Reed

The fourth edition presents expanded treatment of subjects where our knowledge of the Everglades and its restoration has greatly improved. This more detailed coverage includes: - Computer modeling and its applications to the Everglades ...

The South Pole: Nature and Culture

Elizabeth Leane

The Geographic South Pole is a place of paradox. It is a point around which the earth quite literally pivots; yet it has a habit of falling off the edge of our maps. An invisible spot on a high, featureless ice plateau, the Pole has no ...

The Story of Alderley

Living with the Edge

AJNW Prag

In 1953 the schoolboy Alan Garner rediscovered a wooden shovel originally found in the Alderley copper mines in 1875. In 1991 he presented it to the Manchester Museum in the University of Manchester: this – and the discovery of a ...

Visitors Guide to Mammals of Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone

Ang Rita Sherpa 'Khunde'

The Sagarmatha National Park is a protected area in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal that is dominated by Mount Everest. This visitor's guide introduces the mammals visitors to the park might encounter.

Why the Porcupine Is Not a Bird

Explorations in the Folk Zoology of an Eastern Indonesian People

Gregory Forth

Why the Porcupine Is Not a Bird is a comprehensive analysis of knowledge of animals among the Nage people of central Flores in Indonesia. Gregory Forth sheds light on the ongoing anthropological debate surrounding the categorization ...

A Koros-Maros Nemzeti Park Novenyvilaga [The Flora of Koros-Maros National Park]

Jakab Gusztav

Körös-Maros National Park, one of the 10 national parks in Hungary, located in Békés county, hides a valuable richness of plant species. This richly illustrated book shows 112 protected or endangered plant species ...

A Naturalist's Guide to the Trees & Shrubs of India

Pradeep Sachdeva

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 tree and shrub species most commonly seen in India is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from India's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed ...

A-Z of Tree Terms

A Companion to British Arboriculture

Philip John Wilson

This book is for everyone in Britain with a serious interest in trees. This second edition is almost half as long again as the first, containing well over 4000 terms. It contains more entries for air quality, alien invasive species ...

Album of Pteridophytes: Sporophyte & Prothallus [English / Chinese]

Yu Jiao, Hui Wang and Shou-Zhou Zhang

Pteridophytes (lycophytes and ferns) are a unique group in the plant world. They have independent prothallus and sporophytic stages in their life-cycles. Prothallus has significant differences with its sporophyte in morphological structure ...

Archaeology of African Plant Use

Dorian Q Fuller, Chris J Stevens, Sam Nixon and Mary-Anne Murray

The first major synthesis of African archaeobotany in decades, Archaeology of African Plant Use focuses on Paleolithic archaeobotany and the relationship between agriculture and social complexity. It explores the effects that plants ...

Atlas of Wood, Bark and Pith Anatomy of Eastern Mediterranean Trees and Shrubs

with a Special Focus on Cyprus

Alan Crivellaro and Fritz Hans Schweingruber

Atlas of Wood, Bark and Pith Anatomy of Eastern Mediterranean Trees and Shrubs presents anatomical descriptions of the xylem, bark and pith of 264 species belonging to 71 families. It highlights the anatomical diversity of trees ...

Azarbaycanin Bitki Alami: Ali Bitkiler - Embryophyta [Flora of Azerbaijan: Higher Plants - Embryophyta]

Aydin Asgarov

The book covers the rich and diverse flora of Azerbaijan. Since 1970, findings by botanists and the author's own research, have identified more than 900 new taxa and 250 new genera.  This book includes wild flora prevalent in ...

Baume und Ihre Bewohner: Der Naturfuhrer zum Reichen Leben an Baumen und Strauchern [Trees and their Tenants

Margot Spohn and Roland Spohn

From root to branch tip, every tree and every bush offers a rich habitat for fungi, plants, butterflies, beetles, birds, small mammals and many others. Some of them turn out to be enemies, others friends, and often guests and hosts benefit ...

Catalogue of Brazilian Plants Collected by Prince Maximilian of Wied

Pedro Luis Rodrigues de Moraes

The Catalogue of Brazilian Plants Collected by Prince Maximilian of Wied gives information on over 1274 plant species. It is a compilation of all available literature and herbarium data, fleshed out with the results of a search ...

Cellular Slime Molds

John Tyler Bonner

A reprint of a classical work in the Princeton Legacy Library. Originally published in 1967. Professor Bonner has rewritten more than half of this standard treatise to take account of the great amount of recent research ...

Common Rangeland Plants of West Central Texas

George Clendenin

Well-managed ranch lands or rangeland in Texas capture the rain that permeates our soils, sustains creeks and rivers, and replenishes aquifers, which, in turn, water our cities. The stewardship of the region is the focus of ...

Distribution, Ecology and Status of 51 Macromycetes in Europe

Results of the ECCF Mapping Programme

A Fraiture and P Otto

The European Council for the Conservation of Fungi (ECCF) mapping project was launched with the goal of producing European distribution maps of 51 species of macromycetes, and to bring together information on the ecology and status of each ...

Economic Botany

A Comprehensive Study

SL Kochhar

Economic Botany offers an up-to-date account of important crops grown worldwide. It provides detailed discussion on the history of plant exploration, migration, domestication and distribution, and crop improvement. The text starts ...

Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants, Volume 9: Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs

Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs

TK Lim

Volume 9 is part of a multicompendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants, on plants with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae (tabular) and 32 selected species in Alismataceae, Amaryllis ...

Endemic Vascular Plants of India

P Singh, K Karthigeyan, P Lakshminarasimhan, SS Dash, BS Kholia and RC Srivastava

About 25% of vascular plants of India are found nowhere else or are otherwise endemic to India. These living natural treasures are an important part of our heritage. The book Endemic Vascular Plants of India enumerates 4381 taxa ...

Ethnobotany of India, Volume 1

Eastern Ghats and Deccan

T Pullaiah, KV Krishnamurthy and Bir Bahadur

Ethnobotany of India: Volume 1: Eastern Ghats and Adjacent Deccan, the first of a five-volume set, provides an informative overview of human-plant interrelationships in this southern area of India. The volume looks at the ethnic ...

Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2

Western Ghats and West Coast of Peninsular India

T Pullaiah, KV Krishnamurthy and Bir Bahadur

This is the second of a five-volume set. This series of volumes on the ethnobotany of different regions of India melds important knowledge in one place. India is one of the most important regions of the old world and has culturally rich ...

Ethnobotany of India, Volume 3

North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands

T Pullaiah, KV Krishnamurthy and Bir Bahadur

Ethnobotany of India: Volume 3: North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the third of a five-volume set of Ethnobotany of India. Bringing together in one place the important information on the ethnobotany of the North ...

Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5

Western and Central Himalayas

T Pullaiah, KV Krishnamurthy and Bir Bahadur

Ethnobotany of India: Volume 5: Western and Central Himalayas is the last of the 5-volume set, an informative book series on the ethnobotanical aspects of India. Each volume looks at the important ethnic plants of the ...

Fleurs et Insectes: Decouvrir 80 Plantes et Leurs Hotes [Flowers and Insects: Discover 80 Plants and Their Hosts]

Margot Spohn and Roland Spohn

A hive of activity can be found near each plant: all kinds of insects, small animals or microorganisms took up residence or are visiting plants, from the top of flowers to the tips of roots. How do plants and animals build their relationships ...

Flora Escursionistica dell'Italia, Prima Parte: Italia Centrale: Testo per la Determinazione delle Specie Vegetali per

[Excursion Flora of Italy, Volume 1: Central Italy: Text for Determination of Plant Species of the Autochthonous Exotic

Alfred Meyer

This in-depth flora covers 5431 plant taxa, 231 plant families, and 719 cultivated and ornamental plants, including rapidly spreading exotic plant species. It contains 12,541 synonyms of valid species names and vernacular names in Italian ...

Flora of Cold Deserts of Western Himalaya, India, Volume 2

SK Murti

Cold deserts are fragile ecosystems in the rain shadow regions of the Trans-Himalayan zone characterized by extreme low temperature, great diurnal fluctuations, scanty and erratic rainfail, and heavy snowfall. It covers only about 2% of ...

Flora of West Bengal, Volume 3

Apiaceae to Boraginaceae

Vinay Ranjan, P Lakshminarasimhan, SS Dash and HJ Chowdhery

The second part of flora deals with the families Apiaceae to Boraginaceae. See the table of contents for a complete listing.

Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, Volume 3: Loganiaceae - Asteraceae

Shahina A Ghazanfar

The third part of the Flora of the Sultanate of Oman finishes the treatment of the dicots. It contains descriptions of 23 families and 376 taxa in the subclass Asteridae. For each family, identification keys are present for ...

Garden Plants: Flowers & Trees in India

Premananda Das, Rupinder Khullar and Reeta Khullar

This book describes the flowers and trees typically found in Indian gardens.

Geholze von A-Z: 1500 Baume und Straucher [Woody Plants from A to Z: 1500 Trees and Shrubs]

Andreas Bartels

There is a wide variety of trees and shrubs for the garden. This valuable reference book helps in giving an overview and selecting the right plant for each garden situation. There are 1500 deciduous trees and conifers described that thrive ...

Genetic Diversity and Erosion in Plants, Volume 2

Case Histories

MR Ahuja and Shri Mohan Jain

Genetic erosion is the loss of genetic diversity within a species. It can happen very quickly, due to catastrophic events, or changes in land use leading to habitat loss. But it can also occur more gradually and remain unnoticed for a ...

Global Vegetation Dynamics

Concepts and Applications in the MC1 Model

Dominique Bachelet and David Turner

Global Vegetation Dynamics: Concepts and Applications in the MC1 Model describes the creation the mid 1990s, architecture, uses, and limitations of the MC1 dynamic global vegetation model (DGVM) that is being used by an increasing ...

Green Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe

Gordon Dickson and Catherine Slade

A huge array of mushrooms and toadstools grow in our woodlands and fields, from the deadly poisonous to the delicious delicacy, and correct identification is crucial. The Green Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools makes identifying them ...

Guizhou Moraceae Plants Resources Atlas and Utilization Status [Chinese]

Xie Hua and Sun Chao

This book collates information on previously acquired plant specimens and research contributions to form the basis for a scientific classification and identification system of plants from Guizhou province, southwestern China. These plants ...

Handbook of Cucurbits

Growth, Cultural Practices, and Physiology

Mohammad Pessarakli

The Handbook of Cucurbits: Growth, Cultural Practices, and Physiology contains information on cultural practices, nutrition, and physiological processes of cucurbits under both normal and stressful conditions. It presents the ...

Higher Plants of China in Colour (9-Volume Set) [English / Chinese]

Higher Plants of China in Colour contains nearly 20,000, presenting the cream of wild higher plants and important cultivated plants in China, the species of which number more than 10,000. Each of the species is concisely introduced ...

Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 1: Bryophytes [English / Chinese]

Li Zhang and Qin Zuo

This volume describes 614 species of bryophytes distributed in China, including 130 species of liverworts, 477 species of mosses and 7 species of hornworts. Each species is illustrated by one or two close-up images taken in the wild and ...

Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 2: Pteridophytes - Gymnosperms [English / Chinese]

Zhang Xianchun

Volume 2 covers 40 pteridophyte families, and 11 gymnosperm families. The set of pictorial books is another monumental work on plant taxonomy, after Iconographia Cormophytorum Sinicorum, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae ...

Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 3: Angiosperms: Casuarinaceae - Hernandiaceae [English / Chinese]

Wentsai Wang and Bing Liu

Volume 3 is the first one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Casuarinaceae to Hernandiaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).

Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 4: Angiosperms: Papaveraceae - Dichapetalaceae [English / Chinese]

Yu Shengxiang

Volume 4 is the second one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Papaveraceae to Dichapetalaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).

Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 5: Angiosperms: Euphorbiaceae - Cornaceae [English / Chinese]

Liu Bo

Volume 5 is the third one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Euphorbiaceae to Cornaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).

Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 6: Angiosperms: Diapensiaceae - Solanaceae [English / Chinese]

Li Zhenyu

Volume 6 is the fourth one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Diapensiaceae to Solanaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).

Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 7: Angiosperms: Scrophulariaceae - Compositae [English / Chinese]

Chen Yousheng

Volume 7 is the fifth one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Scrophulariaceae to Compositae (see table of contents for the complete listing).

Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 8: Angiosperms: Typhaceae - Velloziaceae [English / Chinese]

Zhang Shuren

Volume 8 is the sixth one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Typhaceae to Velloziaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).

Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 9: Angiosperms: Taccaceae - Orchidaceae [English / Chinese]

Xiaohua Jin

Volume 9 is the seventh and final one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Taccaceae to Orchidaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).

Identifying Fungi

A Clinical Laboratory Handbook

Guy St-Germain

Diseases caused by fungi have become a significant medical problem and are increasing at an alarming rate. The number of fungal species reported to cause disease is greater than ever some of these species had previously been considered ...

Illinois Trees & Wildflowers

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state flower, the violet, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Illinois. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and ...

Indiana Trees & Wildflowers

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state tree, the tulip-poplar, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Indiana. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and ...

Iowa Trees & Wildflowers

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state flower, the Prairie rose, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Iowa. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and ...

Kansas Trees & Wildflowers

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The appropriately-selected state flower, the sunflower is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Sunflower State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and ...

Kentucky Trees & Wildflowers

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state flower, the goldenrod, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Bluegrass State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees ...

Le Jardin des Plantes Remedes de Grand-Mere [Plant Remedies from Grandmother's Garden]

Alexandre Bezin

Nature can help relieve many ills, and prevent other and can easily accompany conventional treatment when it becomes necessary.

Les Plantes des Montagnes [Mountain Plants]

Jean David

A small field guide to mountain plants of France.

Louisiana Trees & Wildflowers

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state flower, the magnolia, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Louisiana. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and ...

Maine Trees & Wildflowers

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state tree, the eastern white pine, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Pine Tree State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of ...

Maryland & DC Trees & Wildflowers

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

Maryland's state flower, the black-eyed Susan, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout the region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species ...

Massachusetts Trees & Wildflowers

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

Not surprisingly, the 'Mayflower' (or Trailing Arbutus) is the state flower of Massachusetts. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers and also includes ....

Mauvaises Herbes, Je Vous Aime!: Du Bon Usage des Plantes Sauvages au Jardin et a la Ville [Weeds, I Love You!

Brunhilde Bross-Burkhardt

With the help of this practical guide, you can transform the weeds in your garden into allies. For the first time, a guide presents weeds in a beneficial light. It advocates a soft control of these plants rather than mere eradication ...

Medicinal Orchids of Asia

Eng Soon Teoh

This unique book brings together a wealth of data on the botanical, ethno-medicinal and pharmacological aspects of over 500 species of Asian medicinal orchids. It starts off by explaining the role and limitations of complimentary and herbal ...

Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants

Ethnobotany and Food Composition Tables

Maria de Cortes Sanchez-Mata and Javier Tardio

Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants is the result of collaboration between botanists and food chemists, with the purpose of improving the knowledge of the main wild species of traditional use as foods in the Mediterranean area ...

Michigan Trees & Wildflowers

A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants

James R Kavanagh and Raymond Leung

The state tree, the white pine, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Michigan. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and ...

Mycology Guide

Key Terms and Concepts

Natalia Vargas, Martha Cardenas, Pedro Jimenez, Robert K Noyd and Silvia Restrepo

Keep this easy-to-use set of mycology reference cards nearby as a helpful study aid and diagnostic tool. Mycology Guide: Key Terms and Concepts presents updated illustrated classifications of the major fungi phyla covering ...

Orchid: A Cultural History

Jim Endersby

At once delicate, exotic, and elegant, orchids are beloved for their singular, instantly recognizable beauty. Found in nearly every climate, the many species of orchids have carried symbolic weight in countless cultures over time.

Orquideas Colombianas: Ilustraciones de Helmuth Schmidt-Mumm [Colombian Orchids: The Illustrations of Helmuth Schmidt

Helmuth Schmidt-Mumm, Duque Mejia and Eduardo Luis

The coloured full-page plates cover 127 pages of this book. They have been reproduced from Helmut Schmidt-Mumm's orchid drawings done before 1960. Information is given on 'origin, altura, habitat'.

Orquideas del Valle de Aburra, Medellin, Colombia [Orchids of Aburr í Valley, Medellin, Colombia]

Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia (SCO)

The Valle de Aburrá is a subregion of the central south of the departamento de Antioquia, Colombia, in the middle of the central Cordillera de los Andes, altitudes between 1300 and 2800 m above sea level. This books is well illustrated ...

Palmeiras Nativas do Brasil [Native Palms of Brazil]

Ricardo Lopes, Maria do Socorro Padilha de Oliveria, Marcelo Mattos Cavallari and Lia Barbieri

Palm trees are among the most important group of plants to humans. They provide food, material for construction, various utensils, luxury jewelry, oil for medicinal use and energy, lubricants and many other industrial products. In addition ...

Pareys Buch der Pilze [Parey's Book of Mushrooms]

Marcel Bon

More than 2,400 detailed drawings help in the straightforward and reliable identification of more than 1,500 species of fungi. Precise descriptions of characteristics, occurrence, food value and the level of danger of European culinary ...

Pawpaw: In Search of America's Forgotten Fruit

Andrew Moore and Michael W Twitty

The largest edible fruit native to the United States tastes like a cross between a banana and a mango. It grows wild in twenty-six states, gracing Eastern forests each fall with sweet-smelling, tropical-flavored abundance. Historically ...

Pflanzenparasitische Kleinpilze: Bestimmungsbuch fur Brand-, Rost-, Mehltau-, Flagellatenpilze Und Wucherlingsverwandte

[Small Plant Parasitic Fungi: Identification Guide to the Ustilaginomycotina, Rust Fungi, Erysiphales, Chytridiomycota

Friedemann Klenke and Markus Scholler

This is a comprehensive work to the species of small mushrooms from the German-speaking countries in central Europe. A general part is followed by an extensive special part with identification keys. Starting from the respective host plant ...

Plant Ecology

Origins, Processes, Consequences

Paul A Keddy

Presenting a global and interdisciplinary approach to plant ecology, this much-awaited new edition of Plants and Vegetation integrates classical themes with the latest ideas, models, and data. Keddy draws on extensive teaching experience ...

Plantes Medicinales Caribeennes, Tome 1 [Medicinal Plants of the Caribbean, Volume 1]

Jean-Louis Longuefosse

Plantes Médicinales Caribéennes is the first illustrated book that deals with this flora, bridging popular knowledge and scientific research. Presented in three volumes, it describes 300 medicinal plants and their ...

Plantes Medicinales Caribeennes, Tome 2 [Medicinal Plants of the Caribbean, Volume 2]

Jean-Louis Longuefosse

Plantes Médicinales Caribéennes is the first illustrated book that deals with this flora, bridging popular knowledge and scientific research. Presented in three volumes, it describes 300 medicinal plants and their ...

Plantes Medicinales Caribeennes, Tome 3 [Medicinal Plants of the Caribbean, Volume 3]

Jean-Louis Longuefosse

Plantes Médicinales Caribéennes is the first illustrated book that deals with this flora, bridging popular knowledge and scientific research. Presented in three volumes, it describes 300 medicinal plants and their ...

Pollen Microscopy

Norman Chapman

Pollen is fascinating material for anyone interested in looking down a microscope, or discovering where their bees have been foraging. The variety of sizes and shapes give clues as to the ingenious ways plants utilise the weather and insects ...

RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants

Christopher Brickell

The RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants remains the ultimate plant guide for gardeners. The most definitive work of garden reference has been completely revised and refreshed for this 4th edition, bringing it up-to-date with ...

RHS Practical Latin for Gardeners

More Than 1,500 Essential Plant Names and the Secrets They Contain

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and James Armitage

RHS Practical Latin for Gardeners is a unique guide to plant binomials based on the bestselling RHS Latin for Gardeners. It contains 1,500 of the most useful and most widespread Latin names, organized into thematic chapters including ...

River Algae

Jr.,Orlando Necchi

The content is focused on benthic communities showing how they play an in important role in the river ecosystems. Provides also information on taxonomy of river-inhabiting algal groups, including phylogeny, distribution, collection ...

Russulales 2010

Proceedings of the Congress held in Massembre (Belgium) 7-12 September 2010

A Fraiture

This volume contains the proceedings of the international congress Russulales 2010, held in Massembre (Heer-Agimont, Belgium) from 7-12 September 2010. The congress was organised by the "Association des Mycologues Francophones de Belgique' ...

Science and Technology of Wood

Structure, Properties, Utilization

George Tsoumis

The field of science and technology of wood is very broad. Separate books exist that cover subjects dealt with in only chapters or parts of this book. For example, there are books dealing with anatomical structure, wood—water relations ...

Sedges: Carex

Robert H Mohlenbrock

Since the first edition of 1999, 34 additional species of plants have been recognized in Illinois. Some are from recent field work, some are from more thorough searches of herbaria, and others are due to different taxonomic philosophies.

Stem Anatomical Features of Dicotyledons

Xylem, Phloem, Cortex and Periderm Characteristics for Ecological and Taxonomical Analyses

Alan Crivellaro, Fritz Hans Schweingruber and Tommaso Anfodillo

Classification of wood anatomical features has a long tradition. Nevertheless, a comprehensive list of stem anatomical features of plants from diverse environments (e.g. from swamps to deserts) is still lacking. The present key has been ...

Taming the Wild Grape

Botany and Horticulture in the Vitaceae

Jean M Gerrath, Usher Posluszny and Louis H Melville

Taming the Wild Grape places grapes in the context of their family, the Vitaceae. It begins by focusing on the relationship of the family to other angiosperms and the interrelationships and characteristics of its genera.

The Mycota, Volume 14: Evolution of Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms

Stefanie Poggeler and Johannes Wostemeyer

Based on sequence analyses of many different genes, the past decade has provided us with a profound knowledge of fungal systematics and phylogeny. In addition, a number of sequences of complete fungal genomes have been identified and ...

The New Wild Garden

Natural-Style Planting and Practicalities

Ian Hodgson

The New Wild Garden combines new approaches to a more naturalistic design with the practical side of growing wildflowers and shows how to incorporate wildflowers, real meadows and a looser prarie-style planting into gardens and ...

The Onion

NK Krishna Kumar, Jai Gopal and VA Parathasarathy

The name “Onion” originated from the Latin name Unio, meaning oneness or unity, or a kind of single onion. A native of Central Asia, onion is now grown in more than 140 countries under temperate to tropical conditions. In India ...

The Plant Lover's Guide to Clematis

Linda Beutler

With their sumptuous colours and generous display of flowers, clematis are unrivaled among climbing (and sometimes shrubby) plants. Whether you favor the spectacular large-flowered hybrids or the elegant small-flowered hybrids and species ...

The Plant Lover's Guide to Magnolias

Andrew Bunting

Magnolias are the most magnificent flowering woody plants for temperate gardens and landscapes. Presented here are an expert's 146 top choices, from large shrubs to towering trees, along with essential information about how to care for ...

The Plant Lover's Guide to Primulas

Jodie Mitchell and Lynne Lawson

Primulas are so much more than just brightly colored bedding plants. The older varieties of polyanthus are perfect for spring mixed borders, and the long-stemmed candelabra primulas add beauty to waterside and bog gardens. Then there are ...

The Rose

The History of the World's Favourite Flower in 40 Captivating Roses with Classic Texts and Rare Beautiful Prints

Brent Elliott

This remarkable book reveals the history of the rose through the tale of 40 of the most popular and interesting species and hybrids. Arranged chronologically in the order in which a particular rose arrived in European gardens ...

The Wondrous World of Weeds

Pat Collins

In The Wondrous World of Weeds you will discover that the perceived weeds that grow around us hold special significance and wonderful medicinal values.

Trees: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Structure

Roland Ennos

Trees are vital components of the landscape and have been exploited by humans since the beginning of our history. They cover huge areas of the globe, from the rainforests of the central tropics to the conifer forests of the subarctic ...

Tropicales de Salon: Origine & Diversite des Gesneriacees [Tropicales de Salon: Origins and Diversity of Gesneriads]

This brochure, limited to 5000 copies, was put together for the exhibition "Tropicales de Salon". The exhibition is dedicated to a family of plants named Gesneriads, in honour of Conrad Gessner, a Zurich naturalist of international ...

Using Cones to Identify the Indigenous Cycads of South Africa

Cornia Hugo

South Africa is considered a critical centre of cycad diversity. Of the 37 cycad species occurring in South Arica, 29 species are endemic to the country, i.e. they occur nowhere else in the world. Five of South Africa's cycad species ...

Von Baum zu Baum: Ein Fuhrer zu Besonderen Baumen Zurichs [From Tree to Tree: A Guide to Special Trees in Zurich]

Walburga Liebst and Lorenz Andreas Fischer

The approximately 80,000 trees in the streets, parks and the Old and New Botanical Garden make the Swiss city of Zürich a green city where it is good living, working and studying. Zürich trees are not only beautiful but are also ...

Welche Beeren und Wildkrauter sind Das?: 130 Essbare Pflanzen und Beeren Einfach Bestimmen [Which Berries and Herbs are

Eva-Maria Dreyer

The practical and competent nature guide for on the road – recommended by NABU, the German Nature Conservation Society. - Detailed: reliable identification of 106 familiar animal tracks and traces - Thorough: all the ...

Welche Blume ist Das?: 170 Wildblumen Einfach Bestimmen [Which Flower is That?: Easily Identifying 170 Wild Flowers]

Eva-Maria Dreyer and Wolfgang Dreyer

The practical and competent nature guide for on the road – recommended by NABU, the German Nature Conservation Society. - Detailed: reliable identification of 106 familiar animal tracks and traces - Thorough: all the ...

Wood Anatomy of Eastern Mediterranean Species

Unal Akkemik and Barbaros Yaman

The eastern Mediterranean Basin has a rich woody flora including Mediterranean-type vegetation and locally mesomorphic woody taxa. The wood anatomy of these taxa is crucially important to understand their nature and formation. Wood anatomy ...

Wood: Chemistry - Ultrastructure - Reactions

Dietrich Fengel and Gerd Wegener

Paperback reprint of the 1984 hardback. Wood is an ancient raw material, but in many respects it is also very modern. As the world supply of raw materials continues to dwindle, interest in renewable natural resources has increased remarkably ...

Uj Magyar Fuveszkonyv: Magyarorszag Hajtasos Novenyei: Hatarozokulcsok [New Hungarian Herbal: The Vascular Plants

Kiraly Gergely

Aggtelek National Park is a national park in Northern Hungary. The Aggtelek National Park Directorate care has published this new Hungarian herbal to the vascular plants found in the park. The material resulted from a collaboration of ...

Uj Magyar Foveszkonyv: Magyarorszag Hajtasos Novenyei: Abrak [New Hungarian Herbal: The Vascular Plants of Hungary

Gergely Kiraly, Viktor Virok and Attila Molnar V

Aggtelek National Park is a national park in Northern Hungary. The Aggtelek National Park Directorate care has published this new Hungarian herbal to the vascular plants found in the park. The material resulted from a collaboration of ...

Biology: The Dynamic Science

Peter J Russell, Paul E Hertz and Beverly McMillan

Russell/Hertz/McMillan, Biology: The Dynamic Science 4e and MindTap teach Biology the way scientists practice it by emphasizing and applying science as a process. You learn not only what scientists know, but how they know it ...

Culture of Animal Cells

A Manual of Basic Technique and Specialized Applications

R Ian Freshney

Since the publication of the sixth edition of this benchmark text, numerous advances in the field have been made – particularly in stem cells, 3D culture, scale-up, STR profiling, and culture of specialized cells.

Dendrites

Greg Stuart, Nelson Spruston and Michael Hausser

Dendrites are complex neuronal structures that receive and integrate synaptic input from other nerve cells. They therefore play a critical role in brain function. Although dendrites were discovered over a century ago, due to the development ...

Ehrlich's Geomicrobiology

Henry Lutz Ehrlich, Dianne K Newman and Andreas Kappler

Advances in geomicrobiology have progressed at an accelerated pace in recent years. Ehrlich's Geomicrobiology, Sixth Edition surveys various aspects of the field, including the microbial role in elemental cycling and in the ...

Encyclopedia of Cell Biology

Ralph A Bradshaw and Philip A Stahl

The Encyclopedia of Cell Biology offers a broad overview of cell biology, offering reputable, foundational content for researchers and students across the biological and medical sciences. This important work includes 285 articles ...

Environmental Microbiology for Engineers

Volodymyr Ivanov

Updated edition includes a new chapter and enhanced study material The second edition of Environmental Microbiology for Engineers explores the role that microorganisms play in the engineered protection and enhancement ...

Food Safety Risks from Wildlife

Challenges in Agriculture, Conservation, and Public Health

Michele Jay-Russell and Michael P Doyle

Foodborne illnesses caused by zoonotic pathogens associated with wildlife hosts are an emerging microbial food safety concern. Transmission of foodborne pathogens can occur through ingestion, or improper handling, of contaminated game ...

Genetic Diversity and Erosion in Plants, Volume 1

Indicators and Prevention

MR Ahuja and Shri Mohan Jain

Genetic erosion is the loss of genetic diversity within a species. It can happen very quickly, due to catastrophic events, or changes in land use leading to habitat loss. But it can also occur more gradually and remain unnoticed for a ...

Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind

Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less

Guy Claxton

'Learning to loaf' – Hare Brain, Tortoise Minds explores the ways of knowing that require more time, the ways we have unlearned or ignore, but that are crucial to our complete mental development. The human brain-mind ...

Immunity

William E Paul

This significant book conveys Dr. William E. Paul's enduring enthusiasm for the field of immunology, the incredible accomplishments of the past half-century, and the future's untapped promises. The immune system has ...

Inside the Cell

The Dark Side of Forensic DNA

Erin E Murphy

Josiah Sutton was convicted of rape. He was five inches shorter and 65 pounds lighter than the suspect described by the victim, but at trial a lab analyst testified that his DNA was found at the crime scene. His case looked like many others ...

Intelligence in the Flesh

Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than it Thinks

Guy Claxton

If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you'd better think again – or rather not "think" at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws ...

Introduction to Modern Virology

Nigel J Dimmock, Andrew J Easton and Keith N Leppard

Praised forits clarity of presentation and accessibility, Introduction to Modern Virology has been a successful student text for over 30 years. It provides a broad introduction to virology, which includes the nature of viruses ...

Microbes de l'Enfer [Microbes from Hell]

Patrick Forterre

At the close of the 1970s, the two-domain classification scheme long used by most biologists – prokaryotes versus eukaryotes – was upended by the discovery of an entirely new group of organisms: archaea. Initially thought to ...

Microbes from Hell

Patrick Forterre and Teresa Lavender Fagan

At the close of the 1970s, the two-domain classification scheme long used by most biologists – prokaryotes versus eukaryotes – was upended by the discovery of an entirely new group of organisms: archaea. Initially thought to ...

Mobile DNA III

Nancy L Craig, Michael Chandler, Martin Gellert, Alan M Lambowitz, Phoebe A Rice and Suz Sandmeyer

This new edition of the bestselling series on movable genetic elements highlights the many exciting advances in the field over the last decade, including conservative site-specific recombination, programmed rearrangements, DNA-only ...

Music as Biology

The Tones We Like and Why

Dale Purves

The universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians, and ordinary listeners. Why do human beings worldwide find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only ...

Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the Shrimp

The Fastest Impulse Conduction in the Animal Kingdom

Ke Xu and Susumu Terakawa

In 1961, neurobiologists found that the conduction velocity of the nerve impulse in the giant nerve fiber of the Penaeus shrimp abdominal nerve cord was over 200 m/s, the highest speed of information transmission ever observed in the animal ...

Neurobiology: A Functional Approach

Georg F Striedter

Focusing on the problems that brains help organisms solve, Neurobiology: A Functional Approach asks not only how the nervous system works but also why it works as it does. This text introduces readers to neurobiology through ...

Neurogenesis

Fred H Gage, Gerd Kempermann and Hongjun Song

In discrete locations of the adult brain, new neurons are born from stem cells that differentiate, migrate, and integrate into the existing neural network. This process is implicated in normal brain functions such as memory formation and ...

Principles of Molecular Virology

Alan J Cann

Principles of Molecular Virology, Sixth Edition, provides an easily accessible introduction to modern virology, presenting principles in a clear and concise manner. This fully updated edition explores and explains the fundamental ...

Principles of Virology (2-Volume Set)

S Jane Flint, Lynn W Enquist, Vincent R Racaniello, Glenn F Rall and Anna Marie Skalka

These books teach virology by stressing principles: the rules for reproduction that EVERY virus must follow. While noting the differences by which some viruses accomplish each step, the textbook reveals unity from this diversity.

The Telomerase Revolution

The Enzyme That Holds the Key to Human Ageing... and Will Soon Lead to Longer, Healthier Lives

Michael Fossel

Science is on the cusp of a revolutionary breakthrough. We now understand more about ageing – and how to prevent and reverse it – than ever before. Twenty years ago, there was still considerable debate of the nature of human ...

A New History of Life

The Radical New Discoveries About the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth

Peter Ward and Joe Kirschvink

An estimated 4.6 billion years ago, the Earth and Moon were formed in a violent impact. On this, many agree, and even more that a long time after that, life began. However, few know that the first life on the Earth may not have emerged ...

Chordate Origins and Evolution

The Molecular Evolutionary Road to Vertebrates

Noriyuki Satoh

Chordate Origins and Evolution: The Molecular Evolutionary Road to Vertebrates focuses on echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, and others), hemichordates (acorn worms, etc.), cephalochordates (lancelets), urochordates or tunicate ...

Do Elephants Have Knees?

And Other Darwinian Stories of Origins

Jr.,Charles R Ault

Thinking whimsically makes serious science accessible. That's a message that should be taken to heart by all readers who want to learn about evolution. Do Elephants Have Knees? invites readers into serious appreciation of ...

Events of Increased Biodiversity

Evolutionary Radiations in the Fossil Record

Pascal Neige

The fossil record offers a surprising image: that of evolutionary radiations characterized by intense increases in cash or by the sudden diversification of a single species group, while others stagnate or die out. In a modern ...

Evolutionary Games in Natural, Social, and Virtual Worlds

Daniel Friedman and Barry Sinervo

Over the last 25 years, evolutionary game theory has grown with theoretical contributions from the disciplines of mathematics, economics, computer science and biology. It is now ripe for applications.

Evolutionary Psychology

The New Science of the Mind

David M Buss

This book examines human psychology and behavior through the lens of modern evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, 5th edition, provides students with the conceptual tools of evolutionary ...

Evolutionary Theory

A Hierarchical Perspective

Niles Eldredge, Telmo Pievani, Emanuele Serrelli and Ilya Temkin

The natural world is infinitely complex and hierarchically structured, with smaller units forming the components of progressively larger systems: molecules make up cells, cells comprise tissues and organs that are, in turn, parts of individual ...

Making Faces

The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Face

Adam S Wilkins and Sarah Kennedy

Humans possess the most expressive faces in the animal kingdom. Adam Wilkins presents evidence ranging from the fossil record to recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology to reconstruct the fascinating story ...

Origins: The Search for Our Prehistoric Past

Frank HT Rhodes

"Fossils are the fragments from which, piece by laborious piece, the great mosaic of the history of life has been constructed. Here and there, we can supplement these meager scraps by the use of biochemical markers or geochemical ...

Photosynthesis in Bryophytes and Early Land Plants

David T Hanson and Steven K Rice

Bryophytes, which are important constituents of ecosystems globally and often dominate carbon and water dynamics at high latitudes and elevations, were also among the pioneers of terrestrial photosynthesis. Consequently, in addition to ...

Population Wars

A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence

Greg Graffin and Caroline Greeven

From the very beginning, life on Earth has been defined by war. Today, those first wars continue to be fought around and literally inside us, influencing our individual behavior and that of civilization as a whole. War between populations ...

Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation

Speciation and Morphogenesis

Lynn Margulis and Rene Fester

Originally published in hardback in 1991, this book is a departure from mainstream biology. The idea of symbiosis – as in the genetic and metabolic interactions of the bacterial communities that became the earliest eukaryotes and ...

The Origins of Fairness

How Evolution Explains Our Moral Nature

Nicolas Baumard

In order to describe the logic of morality, "contractualist" philosophers have studied how individuals behave when they choose to follow their moral intuitions. These individuals, contractualists note, often act as if they have ...

Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand

Michael Heads

Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. It is an integrative field of inquiry that unites concepts and information from ecology, evolutionary biology, and ...

Contemporary Ecology Research in China

Wenhua Li

The Chinese government is increasingly focusing on ecological construction and has subscribed to a national "Ecological Civilization Construction". Ecological research and protection practice develop so fast and achieve a lot ...

Foundations of Restoration Ecology

Margaret A Palmer, Joy B Zedler, Donald A Falk and Karen Holl

The practice of ecological restoration, firmly grounded in the science of restoration ecology, provides governments, organizations, and landowners a means to halt degradation and restore function and resilience to ecosystems stressed by ...

Lake Invaders

Invasive Species and the Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes

William Rapai

There are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes. Some, such as green algae, the Asian tapeworm, and the suckermouth minnow, have had little or no impact so far. But a handful of others – sea lamprey, alewife, round goby ...

Soundscape Ecology

Principles, Patterns, Methods and Applications

Almo Farina

Soundscape Ecology represents a new branch of ecology and it is the result of the integration of different disciplines like Landscape ecology, Bioacoustics, Acoustic ecology, Biosemiotics, etc. The soundscape that is the object ...

A Kiskunsagi Nemzeti Park Igazgatosag Negyven Eve [Forty Years of The Kiskunsag National Park Directorate]

Ivanyosi Szabo Andras

In 2015, Kiskunság National Park, a national park located in Danube–Tisza Interfluve mainly in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary, celebrated its 40th anniversary. It was created in 1975 and declared a biosphere reserve ...

Afforestation, Reforestation and Forest Restoration in Arid and Semi-arid Tropics

A Manual of Technology & Management

Panna Ram Siyag

This groundbreaking work offers a practical manual for implementing afforestation and reforestation programs in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The comprehensive text covers both the technical and managerial aspects of afforestation ...

Analyzing Natural Systems

Analysis for Regional Residuals - Environmental Quality Management

Daniel J Basta and Blair T Bower

This report was undertaken on local, regional, state and federal levels in the United States to analyse the impact residuals have on environmental quality and to emphasise the need for Residuals-Environmental quality management (REQM).

Die Ausgewechselte Landschaft: Vom Umgang der Schweiz mit Ihrer wichtigsten Naturlichen Ressource [The Substitued Lands

Klaus C Ewald and Gregor Klaus

Die Ausgewechselte Landschaft in an impressive and never before seen way documents the development of the Swiss landscape during the last two centuries. Landscape changes and its causes are discussed by means of consolidated findings ...

Forest Dreams, Forest Nightmares

The Paradox of Old Growth in the Inland West

Nancy Langston and William Cronon

Across the inland West, forests that once seemed like paradise have turned into an ecological nightmare. Fires, insect epidemics, and disease now threaten millions of acres of once-bountiful forests. Yet no one can agree what went wrong.

Forest Landscapes and Global Change

Challenges for Research and Management

Jo úo Azevedo, Ajith H Perera and M Alice Pinto

Climate change, urban sprawl, abandonment of agriculture, intensification of forestry and agriculture, changes in energy generation and use, expansion of infrastructure networks, habitat destruction and degradation, and other drivers of ...

Forest Resources Management in Indonesia (1968-2004)

A Political Ecology Approach

Herman Hidayat

Forest Resources Management in Indonesia (1968-2004) explores the forestry sector and its context, investigating the management of forest resources in Indonesia. It covers topics including forest fires, deforestation, water pollution ...

Gebirgsnadelwalder: Praxisorientierter Leitfaden fur eine Standortgerechte Waldbehandlung [Coniferous Mountain Forests

Ernst Ott, Monika Frehner, Hans-Ulrich Frey and Peter Urs Luscher

This book aims to provide an understanding of the complex processes in mountainous forests and to explain their care in a simple and understandable form. It also shows the pleasure and joy in observing and monitoring them. With the help ...

Geodiversity of Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein / Geodiversitat von Vorarlberg und Liechtenstein

Arie C Seijmonsbergen, Matheus GG De Jong, Leo WS de Graaff and Niels S Anders

The geodiversity of Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein is large. Small and large landforms tell the story of how these mountain landscapes have emerged. They are witnesses to of a dramatic change in climate since the last ice age. The authors ...

Guide des Parcs de Berne: Visite Guidee de 38 Jardins, Parcs et Espaces Verts [Field Guide to the Parks of Bern:

Experience Berns many green sides: this handy guide will take you on a journey through the most beautiful gardens, parks and green spaces of the city and its surroundings. The Guide des Parcs de Berne describes 38 places in vivid ...

Impact of Some Heavy Metals and Microbial Flora on Soil Microfauna in Reclaimed Wetland Embankment of Kolkata

Ashis Kumar Hazra, Gurupada Mandal and Dhrubajyoti Pahari

Several authors have studied the impact of heavy metals on microfauna and microflora. From this literature it was assumed that the research soil biology has tried to assess the impact of different biotic and abiotic factors on the distribution ...

Jack Ward Thomas

The Journals of a Forest Service Chief

Jack Ward Thomas and Harold K Steen

Jack Ward Thomas, an eminent wildlife biologist and U.S. Forest Service career scientist, was drafted in the late 1980s to head teams of scientists developingstrategies for managing the habitat of the northern spotted owl. That assignment ...

Mapping Wilderness

Concepts, Techniques and Applications

Stephen J Carver and Steffen Fritz

Wilderness mapping may sound like a bit of an esoteric topic, but when you think carefully about it, it is a fundamental theme within environmental science and management. Wilderness is in many ways the pristine resource. It is where we ...

Marine Ecosystems

Diversity and Functions

Andre Monaco and Patrick Prouzet

Marine ecosystems are rich in biodiversity, habitat diversity, structures and food webs. From pelagic and benthic ecosystems, to coral reefs and seagrass beds, and oases formed by hydrothermal vents. Appropriate observation ...

Novel Methods for Monitoring and Managing Land and Water Resources in Siberia

Lothar Mueller, Askhad K Sheudshen and Frank Eulenstein

Novel Methods for Monitoring and Managing Land and Water Resources in Siberia presents an analysis of land and water resources in Siberia, initially characterizing the landscapes, their ecosystems, crucial processes, human impacts ...

Parkfuhrer Bern: Ein Wegweiser zu 38 Garten, Parks und Grunraumen [Field Guide to the Parks of Bern: A Guide to 38

Experience Berns many green sides: this handy guide will take you on a journey through the most beautiful gardens, parks and green spaces of the city and its surroundings. The Parkführer Bern describes 38 places in vivid ...

Prescribed Burning in Russia and Neighbouring Temperate-Boreal Russia

Johann Georg Goldammer

This volume consists of 5 parts covering: - Use of prescribed fire in forestry in Russia, - Description of the first phase of a long-term fire experiment in Siberia - Fire history and research in Mongolia - Use of ...

Soil Health, Soil Biology, Soilborne Diseases and Sustainable Agriculture

A Guide

Graham Stirling, Helen Hayden, Tony Pattison and Marcelle Stirling

Our capacity to maintain world food production depends heavily on the thin layer of soil covering the Earth's surface. The health of this soil determines whether crops can grow successfully, whether a farm business is profitable and ...

Soil Water Measurement in the Field

A Practical Handbook

J David Cooper

Soil Water Measurement in the Field is written for all those involved in measurement of soil water phenomena, whether they be environmental scientists, field technicians, agronomists, meteorologists, hydrogeologists, foresters ...

Sredniaia Aziia i Evraziiskaia Step' v Drevnosti [Middle Asia and the Eurasian Steppes in Antiquity]

Igor' Vasil'evich P'iankov

This book includes works of IV Pyankova, published at different times in different Russian and foreign publications – magazines, anthologies, and collective works. Many of these publications are now available in almost their ...

Stromend Landschap: Vloeiweidenstelsels in Nederland en Belgie [Flowing Landscape: Water Meadow Systems in the

GJ Baaijens, E Brinckmann, P Dauvellier and PC van der Molen

Water meadow systems have put their mark on the Dutch landscape. For centuries farmers have watered their meadows with stream water to increase their harvests. Only with the advent of artificial fertilisers did this practice end.

The Brazilian Amazon

Politics, Science and International Relations in the History of the Forest

Joana Bezerra

The aim of The Brazilian Amazon: Politics, Science and International Relations in the History of the Forest is to analyse the current development scenario in the Amazon, using Terra Preta de Índio as a case study.

The Long-Term Adequacy of World Timber Supply

Roger A Sedjo and Kenneth S Lyon

Projecting modest future growth for both prices and harvest levels, this study, first published in 1990, provides theoretical and empirical justification for challenging the conventional wisdom that real timber prices will rise for the indefinite ...

The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

The First 200 Years

Jennie Churchill

There is much more to the Garden than the living collection on open air display. This beautiful hardcover book provides a fascinating insight into the rich and colourful history of the Garden through intriguing stories and over 200 images ...

Tropical Peatland Ecosystems

Mitsuru Osaki and Nobuyuki Tsuji

Tropical Peatland Ecosystems is an excellent resource for scientists, political decision makers, and students interested in the impact of peatlands on climate change and ecosystem function, containing a plethora of recent research ...

Un Tejido Magico: El Bosque Tropical de Isla Barro Colorado [A Magic Web: The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado Island]

Christian Ziegler, Jr.,Egbert Giles Leigh and Maria Marta Kandler

Barro Colorado Island is the crown jewel of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and the most thoroughly studied tropical rainforest on Earth. This book reveals the extreme interconnections of life in a tropical forest, with lavish ...

Vegetation Fires and Global Change

Challenges for Concerted International Action - A White Paper directed to the United Nations and International Organiz

Johann Georg Goldammer

This White Paper is a global state-of-the-art analysis of the role of vegetation fires in the Earth System and is published as a collective achievement of the world’s most renowned scientists and research groups working in fire science ...

Waldreservate: 50 Jahre Naturliche Waldentwicklung in der Schweiz [Forest Reserves: 50 Years of Natural Forest Developm

Peter Brang, Caroline Heiri and Harald Bugmann

Natural forest reserves are protected areas in which man uses no wood and nature can simply be nature. The forest ecosystem can develop unaffected by man – and as a result show a striking dynamics. Understanding this is of central ...

Wasserfalle: Okologische und Sozio-Kulturelle Leistungen eines Bedrohten Naturmonumentes [Waterfalls: Ecological and

Raimund Rodewald and Bruno Baur

This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to study the importance of waterfalls and their environmental and socio-cultural qualities. It shows which plant and animal species occur in the spray areas of waterfalls. Touristical and ...

Wildfire Investigation

Guidelines for Practitioners

Cornelis de Ronde and Johann Georg Goldammer

This book is a publication of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC). It aims at sharing experiences of wildfire investigation in South Africa over two decades with other regions and countries of the world. The guidelines are a contribution ...

Wildnis Schaffen: Eine Transnationale Geschichte des Schweizerischen Nationalparks [Wilderness Creation: A Transnational

Patrick Kupper

When Swiss naturalista founded its national park in the early 20th century, they had a vision: sealed off from human influence, nature should restore to own original nature. This intention was radically different from the US national park ...

Zeitspuren im Entlebuch: Waldentwicklung und Landschaftswandel im 20. Jahrhundert [Traces of Time in Entlebuch:

Peter Hahn

The forest is considered a largely static landscape element. Viewed over a period of a hundred years, though, it is easy to determine striking changes. In Entlebuch, a municipality in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland, extensive ...

Animals in Human Society

Amazing Creatures Who Share Our Planet

Daniel Moorehead

Including the work of 12 authors from institutions such as Colorado State University, Frostburg State University, Michigan State University, Salisbury University, Texas Woman's University, University of Birmingham, University of California ...

Biocultural Diversity in Europe

Mauro Agnoletti and Francesca Emanueli

Biocultural Diversity in Europe collects a selection of the papers presented at the meeting held in the context of the Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity (JP-BiCuD). Recognizing the inextricable ...

Biodiversity

Dan Cogalniceanu and David Duthie

From the foreword: "The word biodiversity, an abbreviation of biological diversity, emerged first as a purely scientific term in the late 1980s, but became the key term of an international environmental law signed at the Rio Earth ...

Biodiversity of Protected Areas of Bangladesh (3-Volume Set)

Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz, Md Kamrul Hasan and M Monirul H Khan

Each volume of this series covers both floral and faunal diversity of a particular Protected Area of Bangladesh. The main objective of this series of books is to photographically document the biodiversity in these Protected Areas.

Core Standardized Methods For Rapid Biological Field Assessment

Trond Halvor Larsen

Reliable, standardized and replicable methodologies for quickly assessing key ecosystem values in the field are essential for conservation planning and decision-making at the local to regional scale at which most threats occur. Rapid biological ...

Creer la Nature: Guide Pratique de Promotion de la Biodiversite en Suisse [Creating Nature: A Practical Guide for

Gregor Klaus and Nicolas Gattlen

Pushed back, isolated, destroyed: In Switzerland, too, biodiversity is on the decline. To retain the remaining diversity, it needs not only government action, but the commitment of each individual. Every action counts!

Evidenzbasierter Artenschutz: Begriffe, Konzepte, Methoden [Evidence-Based Wildlife Conservation: Terms, Concepts

Ulrich Hofer

Evidence-based means "on the basis of scientific findings" and is the antidote to a way of working that is based on user experience and what we is generally call "common sense". In applied species conservation, evidence ...

Forderung der Biodiversitat im Siedlungsgebiet: Gute Beispiele und Erfolgsfaktoren [Promoting Biodiversity in Urban

Manuela Di Giulio

Settlements are increasing in surface area worldwide and are becoming increasingly important for the preservation and promotion of biodiversity. In the future, settlements must be upgraded to offer habitat to a large variety of plants and ...

Half-Earth

Our Planet's Fight for Life

Edward O Wilson

History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth, a brave work that becomes a radical redefinition of human history. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species ...

Handbuch Zoo: Moderne Tiergartenbiologie [Zoo Handbook: Modern Zoo Biology]

Jorg Meier

Oases in the city, ambassadors for nature and environmental protection, partners in conservation programmes, places of learning and recreation – Nowadays more than ever zoos have to fulfill important and versatile functions.

Indigenous Peoples' Governance of Land and Protected Territories in the Arctic

Thora Martina Herrmann and Thibault Martin

Indigenous Peoples' Governance of Land and Protected Territories in the Arctic addresses critical questions and analyses key issues regarding Indigenous/Aboriginal Peoples and governance of land and protected areas in the ...

Invasive Species in the New Caledonian Archipelago: A Major Economic and Environmental Hazard / Les Especes Envahissant

Marie-Laure Beauvais, Alain Coleno and Herve Jourdan

Caledonian biodiversity, recognized as one of the most exceptional with its high rate of endemism, is being threatened by the introduction of new species. It is therefore important to protect the Caledonian ecosystem, which is both rich ...

Mehr Platz fur Weniger Tiere!: Geschichte des Tierparks Bern [More Space for Fewer Animals!: The Story of Tierpark Bern

Sebastian Bentz

What would be the federal capital of Switzerland be without their Tierpark Bern? Since its foundation in 1935, it brings together wild animals and humans. With roughly three million visitors a year ...

Natur Schaffen: Ein Praktischer Ratgeber zur Forderung der Biodiversitat in der Schweiz [Creating Nature: A Practical

Gregor Klaus and Nicolas Gattlen

Pushed back, isolated, destroyed: In Switzerland, too, biodiversity is on the decline. To retain the remaining diversity, it needs not only government action, but the commitment of each individual. Every action counts!

Natura 2000 Fajok es Elohelyek Magyarorszagon [Natura 2000 Species and Habitats in Hungary]

Haraszthy Laszlo

Natura 2000 areas are designated to preserve species and habitats listed in the EU Birds and Habitats Directives annexes. The goals of this volume is to present the animal species and habitats present in Hungary, explain the threats to ...

Naturschutzgenetik: Ein Handbuch fur die Praxis [Conservation Genetics: A Practical Guide]

Rolf Holderegger and Gernot Segelbacher

Conservation genetics is a relatively new branch of ecology which has rapidly gained in importance for nature and wildlife conservation. This discipline reveals genetic structures within populations and how these change over the population ...

The Animal Trade

Clive JC Phillips

Trade is an inevitable part of human activity and evolution, but when it involves animals there are important ethical issues that have to be considered. Animal trade is often for economic reasons only, and may be hard to justify ethically ...

The Oyster War

The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America

Summer Brennan

It all began simply enough. In 1976 the Point Reyes Wilderness Act granted the highest protection in America to more than 33,000 acres of California forest, grassland and shoreline – including Drakes Estero, an estuary of stunning ...

The Paradox of Preservation

Wilderness and Working Landscapes at Point Reyes National Seashore

Laura Alice Watt and David Lowenthal

Point Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape, with dairy and beef ranching, fishing, and oyster farming; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore. The Paradox of Preservation ...

Tropical Conservation

Perspectives on Local and Global Priorities

A Alonso Aguirre and Raman Sukumar

Tropical Conservation: Perspectives on Local and Global Priorities is intended to be a key resource on the biodiversity conservation crisis in the tropics and subtropics for university professors, university students, researchers ...

Une Promesse de Nature: Du Zoo au Bioparc, une Revolution [A Promise of Nature: From the Zoo to the Biopark

Pierre Gay

While showing animals in the former Falun quarries, the father of Pierre Gay hit upon an idea. Gradually, the Zoo of Doué-la-Fontaine expanded, becoming a biopark: a forum to facilitate the immersion of visitors in animal enclosures ...

Wilde Apen: Van Dood Land naar Levende Natuur [Wild Primates: From Dead Lands to Living Nature]

Frank Berendse

Alot of conservation efforts are being made on European hamsters, otters and storks, but who care for yellow-wort, hare's ear (a mushroom) or migrant hawker? It's high time to take the next step in our civilsation, from being ...

Wildlife and Wind Farms - Conflicts and Solutions, Volume 1

Onshore: Potential Effects

Martin Perrow

Wind farms are an essential component of global renewable energy policy and the action to limit the effects of climate change. There is, however, considerable concern over the impacts of wind farms on wildlife, leading to a wide range of ...

Wildlife and Wind Farms - Conflicts and Solutions, Volume 2

Onshore: Monitoring and Mitigation

Martin Perrow

Wind farms are an essential component of global renewable energy policy and the action to limit the effects of climate change. There is, however, considerable concern over the impacts of wind farms on wildlife, leading to a wide range of ...

An Introduction to the Meteorology and Climate of the Tropics

Jim FP Galvin

What do we mean by the tropics? The weather and the climates it produces across the tropical zone are significantly different from those experienced by the people living in higher latitudes, so forecasters across Europe and much of North ...

Assessing Surprises and Nonlinearities in Greenhouse Warming

Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Workshop

Joel Darmstadter and Michael A Toman

In 1992, Resources for the Future conducted a workshop concerning the issues of global climate change. Assessing Surprises and Non-Linearities in Greenhouse Warming, originally published in 1993, is a collection of the revised versions of ...

Climate Change

Observed Impacts on Planet Earth

Trevor M Letcher

Earth's climate is always changing. As the debate over the Earth's climate has grown, the term "climate change" has come to refer primarily to changes we've seen over recent years and those that are predicted to be ...

Climate Change and Mycotoxins

Luis M Botana and Maria J Sainz

Climate Change and Mycotoxins highlights the importance of the continuous study of climate change impacts on mycotoxigenic fungi and their toxins in food and feed crops. Changing climate conditions across every geographical zone ...

Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources

Mauri Pelto

Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources presents the impact of climate change on Mount Baker glaciers, USA, and the rivers surrounding them. Glaciers are natural reservoirs that yield their ...

Climate Shock

The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet

Gernot Wagner and Martin L Weitzman

If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming ...

Climate and Environmental Change in China: 1951-2012

Dahe Qin, Yongjian Ding and Mu Mu

Through numerous color figures and tables, Climate and Environmental Change in China: 1951-2012 presents the most up-to-date knowledge on climate and environmental change in China. It documents the evidence and attribution of ...

Climatological Atlas of Tibet Autonomous Region (1971-2000) [Chinese]

Zhang Hezhen

The Climatological Atlas of Tibet Autonomous Region (1971-2000) mainly includes data on basic climatology, physical climatology, climate change maps, and graphs with climate data, pictures in altogether 212 illustrations.

DDT and the American Century

Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World

David Kinkela

Praised for its ability to kill insects effectively and cheaply and reviled as an ecological hazard, DDT continues to engender passion across the political spectrum as one of the world's most controversial chemical pesticides.

Hurricane!: Coping with Disaster: Progress and Challenges Since Galveston, 1900

Robert Simpson

Hurricane research implicates something more than science. It is the key to saving lives and mitigating economic damage. From the Galveston catastrophe of 1900, where more than 8,000 people died, to the economic devastation wrought by Hurricane ...

Ionospheric Space Weather

Longitude and Hemispheric Dependences and Lower Atmosphere Forcing

Timothy Fuller-Rowell, Endawoke Yizengaw, Patricia H Doherty and Sunanda Basu

Ionospheric Space Weather is the outcome of an American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on longitude and hemispheric dependence of ionospheric space weather, including the impact of waves propagating from the lower atmosphere ...

Natural Hazard Uncertainty Assessment

Modeling and Decision Support

Karin Riley, Peter Webley and Matthew Thompson

Uncertainties are pervasive in natural hazards, and it is crucial to develop robust and meaningful approaches to characterize and communicate uncertainties to inform modeling efforts. In Natural Hazard Uncertainty Assessment ...

Ocean Geography of China [Chinese]

Wang Ying

This is a new edition of a 1996 book on oceanography of the seas around China. Its contents are more systematic and comprehensive. The book contains substantial new information on marine life, the China National Offshore integrated management ...

Terrestrial Water Cycle and Climate Change

Natural and Human-Induced Impacts

Qiuhong Tang and Taikan Oki

The Terrestrial Water Cycle: Natural and Human-Induced Impacts is a comprehensive volume that investigates the changes in the terrestrial water cycle and the natural and anthropogenic factors that cause these changes.

The Climate of the Arctic

Rajmund Przybylak

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the current state of knowledge related to the climate of the Arctic, using the latest meteorological data. All meteorological elements are described in detail and an up-to-date review of the ...

The Economics of Managing Chlorofluorocarbons

Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Issues

John H Cumberland, James R Hibbs and Irving Hoch

Chlorofluorocarbons are known to be effective spray can propellants, solvents and refrigerators and were often used in deodorants, refrigerators and other goods. However, it was not known at the beginning of their use, the complex reaction ...

The UK Pesticide Guide 2016

Martin A Lainsbury

The UK Pesticide Guide is a unique and authoritative source of information on pesticides and adjuvants. The 2016 edition has three new active ingredient profiles included for the first time. The additions include ...

Tibet Climate [English / Chinese]

Song Shanrun

Tibet Climate gives an overview of the data that the 39 meteorological stations in Tibet have been gathering for almost 50 years from 1961-2010. Based on the information from these automatic weather stations, meteorological data from Tibet ...

Toxic Tourism

Rhetorics of Pollution, Travel, and Environmental Justice

Phaedra Carmen Pezzullo

Tourism is at once both a beloved pastime and a denigrated form of popular culture. Romanticized for its promise of pleasure, tourism is also potentially toxic, enabling the deadly exploitation of the cultures and environments visited.

Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World

Bill Nye and Corey S Powell

Just as World War II called an earlier generation to greatness, so the climate crisis is calling today's rising youth to action: to create a better future. In Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World ...

What We're Fighting for Now Is Each Other

Dispatches from the Front Lines of Climate Justice

Wendell Holmes Stephenson

An urgent, on-the-ground look at some of the "new American radicals" who have laid everything on the line to build a stronger climate justice movement. The science is clear: catastrophic climate change, by any humane ...

13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything

John Gribbin

The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behaviour of very large things; quantum theory the behaviour of very small things. In this landmark book, John Gribbin ...

A Continent on the Move

New Zealand Geoscience Revealed

Ian J Graham

This award-winning book explores the dynamic worlds of New Zealand and the submerged realm of Zealandia, their natural geological wonders, bounties and dangers. In acknowledging the achievements of New Zealand's geoscientists, from ...

Atmospheres in the Solar System

Comparative Aeronomy

Michael Mendillo, Andrew Nagy and Jr.,JH Waite

Atmospheres are crucial components of our universe. They are the only observable regions of stars and giant planets, both within and beyond our solar system. Some terrestrial-size bodies (Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan and Triton) have permanent ...

Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes

Earth and Other Planets

Andreas Keiling, Eric Donovan, Frances Bagenal and Tomas Karlsson

Many of the most basic aspects of the aurora remain unexplained. While in the past terrestrial and planetary auroras have been largely treated in separate books, Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes: Earth and Other Planets ...

Cosmosapiens: Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe

John Hands

Specialist scientific fields are developing at incredibly swift speeds, but what can they really tell us about how the universe began, and how we humans evolved to play such a dominant role on Earth? John Hands's extraordinarily ambitious ...

Curious Tales from Chemistry

The Last Alchemist in Paris and Other Episodes

Lars Ohrstrom

This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science – and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. Lars Ohrstrom introduces us to a variety of ...

Deep-Sea Mineral Resources in French Polynesia / Les Ressources Minerales Profondes en Polynesie Francaise

Pierre-Yves Le Meur, Pierre Cochonat, Carine David, Vincent Geronimi and Sarah Samadi

French Polynesia has an enormous exclusive economic zone, half of the vast French maritime area which is the second largest in the world. Substantial issues surround the conservation of the oceans and sustainable exploitation of marine ..

Ductile Shear Zones

From Micro- to Macro-Scales

Soumyajit Mukherjee and Kieran F Mulchrone

The elucidation of the mechanisms and kinematics of shear zone deformation, at both local and regional scales, is the subject of a great deal of interest to scientists in the hydrocarbon industry, in seismology, and in structural geology ...

Dynamics of the Earth's Radiation Belts and Inner Magnetosphere

Danny Summers, Ian R Mann, Daniel N Baker and Michael G Schulz

Dynamics of the Earth's Radiation Belts and Inner Magnetosphere draws together current knowledge of the radiation belts prior to the launch of Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RPSP) and other imminent space missions, making this ...