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Welcome to the September Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's
guide to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the
environment.
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| Mammals | Go to subject web page |
Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone
D Smith The Yellowstone Wolf Project, has so far released thirty-one Canadian grey wolves into Yellowstone National Park. .... | 256 pages | Illus, maps | Lyons Press Hbk | 2005 | 159228700X | #153687A | £17.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1592288863 | #162054A | £12.99 BUY |
A Guide to the Identification of Prey Remains in Otter Spraints
JWH Conroy, J Watt, JB Webb and A Jones Fully illustrated key to fish bones found in otter spraints. .... | 52 pages | Illus | Mammal Society Pbk | 2005 | 0906282551 | #156807A | £3.50 BUY |
Mamiferos de Argentina - Sistematica y Distribucion
Edited by Ruben Barquez, Monica Diaz and Ricardo Ojeda This book constitutes an important and updated contribution to the knowledge of the mammals of Argentina, including a panorama of the systematics and distribution of all .... | 365 pages | SAREM NYP 10/2006 | #162063A | £35.00 BUY |
Ein Wildtier erobert den Siedlungsraum Sandra Gloor, Fabio Bontadina and Daniel Hegglin How do wild foxes survive in a large city? This book presents the results of a ten-year research project in the city of Zurich. .... | 189 pages | 143 colour photos, 20 diagrams | Paul Haupt Verlag Pbk | 2006 | 325807030X | #161770A | £26.50 BUY |
Water Vole Conservation Handbook
Rob Strachan Water voles are small burrowing rodents, which are associated with all kinds of water bodies. This handbook aims to improve the understanding and awareness of the .... | 73 pages | Col and b/w photos, illus, figs | Wild Cru Pbk | 2006 | #157383A | £30.00 BUY |
| Birds | Go to subject web page |
Kurt Radamaker and Gregory Kennedy | Lone Pine Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 9768200286 | #161280A | £8.50 BUY |
The Atlas of Chick Development
Ruth Bellairs and Mark Osmond The chick embryo has long occupied a special place among developmental biologists for both research and teaching. In recent years, its popularity has been extended to .... | 323 pages | 100 plates, 62 line illus | Academic Press Hbk | 2005 | 0120847914 | #161804A | £90.00 BUY |
The Avifauna of an Upland Seasonal Woodland in Central Kenya Ecology, Behavior, Breeding Lester L Short and Jennifer FM Horne | 276 pages | ZFMAK Pbk | 2006 | 3925382577 | #161049A | £78.00 BUY |
250 North American Birds in Song Les Beletsky Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds-including .... | 368 pages | colour illus | Chronicle Books Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1932855416 | #161688A | £35.00 BUY |
Edited by Anders Moller, Wolfgang Fiedler and P Berthold Temperature and other climate variables are currently changing at a dramatic rate. As observations have shown, these climatic changes have serious consequences for all .... | 259 pages | Figs, tabs | Academic Press Hbk | 2004 | 0120139359 | #153134A | £99.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0123736145 | #161790A | £28.99 BUY |
E Potter, J Parnell and R Teulings A total of 415 species are identified with information on range, feeding and nesting habits. Many good colour photographs. .... | 408 pages | Colour photos | North Carolina UP Hbk | 2006 | 0807829994 | #162068A | £18.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0807856711 | #162069A | £12.95 BUY |
Edited by Lei Fumin and Lu Taichun This monograph includes General Description of Birds, Endemism in Chinese Birds and Species Accounts. The species account section deals with 105 endemic species which .... | 640 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | 7030145127 | #162167A | £95.00 BUY |
Every bird family illustrated and explained Les Beletsky This stunning book captures the grace and beauty of the world's birds. In more than 500 pages, ornithologist Les Beletsky has gathered over 1,600 original paintings that reveal .... | 482 pages | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0007242360 | #160648A | £25.00 BUY |
Collins Guide to the Birds of Prey of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East
Benny Gensbol and Walther Thiede About the first edition: .... | 416 pages | photos, distribution maps, illus | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0007248148 | #161721A | £30.00 BUY |
Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Tim Gallagher The author takes up the chase of an extinct, or at least elusive bird, heading deep into the trackless Southern swamps and bayous to determine once and for all if the .... | 272 pages | Col photos, col illus, maps | Houghton Mifflin Hbk | 2005 | 0618456937 | #153920A | £17.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 061870941X | #161922A | £9.95 BUY |
Hawaii Audubon Society Field guide with detailed descriptions of native, introduced, and migratory birds that are found in Hawaii. Includes maps that show popular birding sites on the islands of .... | 144 pages | 150 col photos, tabs, maps | Hawaii Audubon Pbk | 2005 | 1889708003 | #161669A | £11.95 BUY |
David Ballance This new Somerset avifauna is the first since 1988. Written in clear, engaging language, it covers the birds of the post-1974 County from the earliest times to the end of 2004, .... | 372 pages | 40 colour plates, 2 maps | Isabelline Books Hbk | 2006 | 0955278708 | #162088A | £44.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0955278716 | #162089A | £24.00 BUY |
Proceedings of the Fourth Conference Working Group on Aquatic Birds of Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL), Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, August 3-7, 2003 Edited by Alan R Hanson and Joseph J Kerekes The importance of habitat conservation for the protection of birds has become widely acknowledged and accepted by natural resource managers and the general public. Papers .... | 335 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402051670 | #161694A | £96.00 BUY |
Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion A comprehensive resource for identifying North American Birds Peter Dunne In this book, bursting with more information than any field guide could hold, the well-known author and birder Pete Dunne introduces readers to the "Cape May School of .... | 736 pages | Houghton Mifflin Hbk | 2006 | 0618236481 | #161923A | £19.95 BUY |
The Race to Save Our Largest Bird from Extinction John Moir During the 1980's the condor population in America was down to only twenty-two individuals. A team of scientists pursued an unconventional and controversial means to .... | 256 pages | colour illus | Lyons Press Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1592289495 | #162056A | £18.95 BUY |
Le Roselin Cramoisi (Carpodacus e. erythrinus (Pallas, 1770)) Les Roselins, Leucostictes et espèces affines M Ruelle Taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of the common rosefinch. .... | 340 pages | 25 figures, 19 maps, 34 tables, 7 colour photos | Marcel Ruelle 2005 | #162079A | £40.00 BUY |
Richard Crossley, Kevin Karlson and Michael O'Brien Birders at all levels can learn how to identify shorebirds in North America quickly and simply. This guide includes more than 870 stunning colour photographs, starting with a .... | 496 pages | More than 870 colour photographs | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | 2006 | 0618432949 | #161489A | £17.95 BUY |
The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong Donald Kroodsma Listen to birds sing as you've never listened before, as the world-renowned birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma takes you on personal journeys of discovery and intrigue. Read .... | 448 pages | Houghton Mifflin Hbk | 2006 | 0618405682 | #161921A | £18.50 BUY |
Lang Elliott Birding by ear has become more popular than ever as a way of locating and identifying birds. World renowned for his extensive collection of bird song recordings, Lang Elliott .... | 128 pages | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0618663983 | #161924A | £12.95 BUY |
Waterbird Monitoring in the Bijagos Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau
A Talamelli Presents an overview of the inter-tidal area of the Bijagos Archipelago and its waterbirds, reviews past surveys and research programmes and their results, and provides .... | Wetlands International Pbk | 2005 | #160629A | £15.00 BUY |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Peter CH Pritchard Pritchard's monograph on the alligator snapping turtle, one of the world's most impressive, dangerous and celebrated turtles, was first published in 1989. This reprint .... | 140 pages | Krieger Hbk | 2006 | 1575242753 | #160941A | £31.50 BUY |
Frogs of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
James Menzies This is a book about the frogs of the New Guinea region, where they came from, how they live and why there are so many of them. .... | 210 pages | col illus, maps | Pensoft Hbk | 2006 | #155665A | £45.50 BUY |
Reptiles of the Solomon Islands
M McCoy This book provides comprehensive accounts of 85 reptiles, which represent all the currently known species occurring in this island archipelago. Most importantly, the .... | 212 pages | b/w drawings, map, 128 color photos on 64 color plates | Pensoft Hbk | 2006 | 9546422754 | #161732A | £39.50 BUY |
In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur Carl Safina Though nature is indifferent to the struggles of her creatures, the human effect on them is often premeditated. The distressing decline of sea turtles in Pacific waters and .... | 383 pages | colour photos, maps | Henry Holt Hbk | 2006 | 0805078916 | #161753A | £19.50 BUY |
| Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Atlas der Fische Sachsens: Rundmäuler, Fische, Krebse Geschichte, Verbreitung, Gefährdung, Schutz G Füllner, M Pfeifer and A Zarske Distribution atlas of fishes in Saxony, Germany. .... | 351 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | S„chsische Landesanstalt Hbk | 2005 | 3000168931 | #161402A | £31.50 BUY |
Behaviour and Physiology of Fish
Edited by KA Sloman, S Balshine and Rod W Wilson Traditionally, behaviour and physiology have been considered two separate fields of biology with the majority of available literature focusing on one or the other. Recently .... | 504 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2005 | 0123504481 | #161778A | £63.00 BUY |
KC Jayaram This book gives full descriptions of 197 species of catfishes found in the Indian region. .... | 383 pages | Plates, figs | Narendra Hbk | 2006 | 8185375844 | #161183A | £84.00 BUY |
Diversity, Biology and Conservation Edited by Steven J Cooke and David P Philipp Centrarchid fishes, also known as freshwater sunfishes, include such prominent species as the Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass and Bluegill. They are endemic to Eastern North .... | 416 pages | 285 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1405133422 | #160419A | £89.50 BUY |
Dynamics and Diversity in a Complex Ecosystem Edited by Peter F Sale Coral Reef Fishes is the successor of The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. This new edition includes provocative reviews covering the major areas of reef fish ecology. .... | 576 pages | illus | Academic Press Pbk | 2006 | 0123736099 | #161792A | £28.99 BUY |
North American Freshwater Fishes Evolution, Ecology, and Behaviour Edited by Richard L Mayden and Brooks M Burr *Only resource to include coverage of Canada, the continental United States, and parts of Mexico in one volume. .... | 1000 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0123694507 | #161795A | £57.99 BUY |
Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation Edited by Tony Pitcher et al Seamounts originate from volcanic islands that have sunk beneath the surface of the sea, mainly as a result of erosion, or geological disturbance. The ecological and .... | 384 pages | 235 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1405133430 | #158708A | £59.50 BUY |
T Hara and B Zielinski Fish sensory systems have been extensively studied not only because of a wide general interest in the behavioral and sensory physiology of this group, but also because fishes .... | 400 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 012350449X | #161779A | £63.00 BUY |
Subterranean Fishes of the World An account of the subterranean (hypogean) fishes described up to 2003 with a bibliography 1541-2004 Graham S Proudlove Subterranean fishes are found on every continent, in many different environments from shallow caves to deep phreatic groundwater. Over 125 species of obligate subterranean .... | 300 pages | 87 black and white figures, 20 colour plates | ISSB 2006 | 2952708401 | #162020A | £39.50 BUY |
Tigers Shark Attack: Beyond Fear
Visit a quiet community in Hawaii, where dealing with the ever-present threat of tiger shark attacks has become a way of life. Jagged, can-opener teeth, enough biting strength .... | Running time: 50 minutes | Discovery Books DVD | | #161777A | £29.95 BUY |
| Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
Arthropod Diversity and Conservation
Edited by DL Hawksworth and AT Bull Despite their enormous bulk and complexity of architecture, plants make up only around a quarter of a million of the 8 million or so species on Earth. The major components of .... | 550 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402052030 | #161960A | £92.50 BUY |
Bibliography of Hypotrichs and Euplotids (Ciliophora)
Helmut Berger The present bibliography of more than 6000 entries brings together "hypotrich" research from all over the world and covers the period of 1758 to present. It provides fast, .... | 425 pages | Verlag Helmut Berger 2006 | #161817A | £41.00 BUY |
Andrew Neild Incorporates biological and ecological data from every relevant publication and includes the first comprehensive revision of all the acraeines of any Neotropical country. A .... | 300 pages | 64 col plates | Meridian Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0952765713 | #054662A | £118.00 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 55 Weitere Neue Bockkafer aus der Athiopischen Region Karl Adlbauer | 21 pages | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545842 | #161915A | £4.95 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 56 Premiere Contribution a l'Etude des Prionus Fabricius de Chine: Description de Nouvelles Especes et Notes| Systematiques Alain Drumont and Ziro Komiya | 34 pages | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545850 | #161916A | £5.95 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 57 Two New Lepturinae from North Asia Mikhail Danilevsky | 6 pages | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545869 | #161917A | £4.95 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 58 New Records, Synonymies and a New Species of Clytini from South America Osvaldo Di Iorio | 28 pages | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545877 | #161918A | £4.95 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 59 A Revue of Genus Apatophysis Chevrolat, 1860 of Iran Mikhail Danilevsky | 11 pages | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545885 | #161919A | £4.95 BUY |
Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Complete Set
Edited by Berend Aukema and Christian Rieger With the publication of the fifth volume (Pentatomorpha II) in 2006, this series is now complete. .... | 5 volumes | NEV Pbk | 2006 | #035670A | £281.00 BUY |
An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date, Vol. 1|Chambered Nautiluses & Sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae) Edited by P Jereb and CFE Roper This is the first volume of the entirely rewritten, revised and updated version of the original FAO Catalogue of Cephalopods of the World (1984). The present Volume is a .... | 262 pages | line drawings, distribution maps, colour plates | FAO Pbk | 2005 | 9251053839 | #161749A | £44.50 BUY |
The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia
Günther Theischinger and John Hawking Dragonflies and damselflies are conspicuous insects - many are large and brightly coloured. Here for the first time is a comprehensive guide to the Australian dragonfly .... | 376 pages | Col illus | CSIRO Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0643090738 | #161073A | £26.95 BUY |
Hassan Amjad This book contains over 150 pages of information on many common dragonflies found in West Virginia. .... | 150 pages | colour illus | Lulu Press Pbk | 2006 | 1411681452 | #160992A | £43.00 BUY |
Ecology, Phenotypes and the Mendelian Genetics of Burnet Moths (Zygaena Fabricius, 1775) W Gerald Tremewan Describes in detail the toxic properties of burnet moths, their relationship with avian predators and their variation, both geographical and individual. .... | 390 pages | 194 figures, 163 in colour | Gem Publishing Hbk | 2006 | 0906802113 | #161780A | £99.00 BUY |
Entomological Research Progress and Prospects
Edited by Liu Tong-Xian and Le Kang This monograph includes 21 topics: 1. Insect Transposable Elements and Their Applications .... | 474 pages | Science Press Hbk | 2005 | 7030157761 | #161786A | £49.95 BUY |
Fauna Helvetica 14: Limoniidae
| CSCF Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 2884140263 | #156389A | £21.50 BUY |
Festschrift: 25 Jahre Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Protozoologie 1981-2006
K Hausmann Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the German Society for Protozoology. .... | 277 pages | Photos, figs | Schweizerbart'sche Hbk | 2006 | 3510652177 | #161748A | £25.50 BUY |
The Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark
Gunvor Brinck-Lindroth First comprehensive account of the flea fauna of Fennoscandia and Denmark. 89 species/subspecies are treated, of which 69 have been found in the region. .... | 220 pages | EJ Brill Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 9004151516 | #162007A | £77.00 BUY |
Guide to the Day-flying Moths of Britain
Lewington This 8-page chart shows 103 species of day-flying macro-moths, including a few very common species that are not strictly day-flying but are regularly disturbed from .... | 8 pages | FSC Unbound | 2006 | #162005A | £2.50 BUY |
Les Insectes du Quebec: Guide d'Identification
Yves Dubuc | 432 pages | Col illus | Editions Broquet Pbk | 2005 | 2890006778 | #158278A | £39.95 BUY |
Their Natural History and Diversity S Marshall A comprehensive reference on insects featuring an easy identification guide using 28 picture keys, 4000 colour photographs taken in the field, expert advice on observing .... | 718 pages | Col photos | Firefly Books Hbk | 2006 | 1552979008 | #162027A | £57.00 BUY |
Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Band K: Katalog (Faunistische Ubersicht)
Joachim Böhme Updated catalogue of all recorded beetle species from central Europe. .... | 528 pages | Spektrum Hbk | 2005 | 3827416787 | #162148A | £105.00 BUY |
A Monograph of the Nematodes in the Families Steinernematidae & Heterorhabditidae
KB Nguyen Morphology, taxonomy and systematics of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) in the families Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditiae and bacteria associated with these nematodes. .... | 450 pages | EJ Brill Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 9004152938 | #155580A | £109.00 BUY |
Monograph of the Spathidiida (Ciliophora, Haptoria)
Wilhelm Foissner and Kuidong Xu The spathidiids belong to the ciliate subclass Haptoria (Protozoa, Ciliophora), that is, they are predators using toxicysts to overwhelm the prey. Spathidiid ciliates prefer .... | 475 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1402042108 | #161819A | £138.50 BUY |
Monograph of the Urostyloidea (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)
H Berger The Urostyloidea are a large group of hypotrichs comprising limnetic, marine, and terrestrial species in well-known genera like Holosticha, Urostyla, and .... | 1304 pages | 2100 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1402052723 | #161821A | £307.50 BUY |
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Trichoptera Sakai, Osaka and Kutsugi, Shiga, Japan, 12-19 June 2003 Edited by Kazumi Tanida and Andrew Rossiter | 474 pages | illus | Tokai University Press Hbk | 2005 | 4486031903 | #160276A | £62.00 BUY |
The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tropical South East Asia
Tim R New and C Lienhard Synopsis of the Psocoptera in Southeast Asia up to 2005. Keys to families and genera facilitate recognition of all reported taxa from the region, and notes are given on .... | 200 pages | EJ Brill Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 9004149023 | #150143A | £72.00 BUY |
R Jocqué and AS Dippenaar-Schoeman Spiders are of major importance in ecosystems and are recognized as effective natural control agents in agroecology. Nearly 40,000 species of spiders have been described but .... | 336 pages | b/w illus, 32 photo plates | MRAC Hbk | 2006 | 9075894856 | #161698A | £37.00 BUY |
Families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded) S Almquist This series of books, planned to be published in 3 parts, covers the entire Swedish spider fauna of 735 so far known species. .... | 284 pages | ESLS Pbk | 2005 | #161949A | £55.50 BUY |
| Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
Australia's Mammal Extinctions A 50,000 Year History Chris Johnson Of the forty mammal species known to have vanished in the world in the last 200 years, almost half have been Australian. The continent has the worst record of mammal .... | CUP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521849187 | #161625A | £80.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521686601 | #161626A | £35.00 BUY |
Alan Tennyson In New Zealand's lush rainforests, isolated from the outside world for 80 million years, many extraordinary birds evolved. They included the giant moa, the beautiful huia, and .... | 160 pages | colour and b&w illus | Papa Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0909010218 | #161970A | £39.50 BUY |
First Floridians and Last Mastodons The Page-Ladson Site in the Aucilla River Edited by S David Webb This book presents the multidisciplinary results of an extensive underwater excavation in north Florida which yields the most complete results of interactions between early .... | 463 pages | 106 b/w illus, 37 col illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1402043252 | #162018A | £115.50 BUY |
Origins & Early Evolution of Birds Luis Chiappe The last few years have witnessed an unparalleled rate of discoveries of early birds and their dinosaurian predecessors. Written by a recognised authority in the field, 'The .... | 192 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0471247235 | #161977A | £41.50 BUY |
The Kosterfjord Experiment Max Wisshak Bioerosion is the major force driving the degradation of marine skeletal carbonates and limestone coasts. A wide spectrum of mechanical and/or chemical boring, scraping or .... | 202 pages | 45 b/w illus, 3 col illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540368485 | #162019A | £77.00 BUY |
The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain Christopher Stringer Homo Britannicus tells the epic history of life in Britain, from man's very first footsteps to the present day. Drawing on all the latest evidence and techniques of .... | 320 pages | Allen Lane Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0713997958 | #162149A | £25.00 BUY |
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric World
Edited by Douglas Palmer Family reference book, presenting a portrait of the Earth's prehistory. .... | 512 pages | colour illus | Chartwell Hbk | 2006 | 0785820868 | #161436A | £18.95 BUY |
Les Planches Inedites de Foraminiferes d'Alcide d'Orbigny A l'Aube de la Micropaleontologie Marie-Therese Venec-Peyre Alcide d'Orbigny's (1802-1857) first work devoted to foraminifera established the foundations of micropalaeontology, without any idea of its important implications in .... | 304 pages | 62 col plates, 7 illus | Paris MNHN Hbk | 2006 | 2856535755 | #161929A | £61.00 BUY |
Concepts, Problems, Prospects Edited by William Miller An up-to-date introduction, as well as overview to modern trace fossil research and covers nearly all of the essential aspects of modern ichnology. .... | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0444529497 | #162041A | £105.00 BUY |
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H: Brachiopoda, Volume 5, (Revised)
Edited by Roger L Kaesler This is the fifth volume published in an extensive six-volume revision of the phylum Brachiopoda. Included in this volume is the subphylum Rhynchonelliformea (part), .... | GSA Hbk | 2006 | 0813731356 | #162108A | £129.00 BUY |
Elena Marinova A comparative ethnobotanical study of vegetation history and development of prehistoric land use of Bulgaria .... | 164 pages | illus and tabs | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2006 | 3443643140 | #161847A | £55.00 BUY |
| Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Les Planches Inedites de Poisson et Autre Animaux Marins de l'Indo-Ouest Pacifique d'Isaac Johannes Lamotius Lipke Holthuis and Theodore Pietsch The archives of the world's libraries and museums are filled with little seen and under-appreciated treasures, but few objects are as exquisite and unknown as the .... | 292 pages | 93 col plates | Paris MNHN Hbk | 2006 | 2856535925 | #161930A | £61.00 BUY |
Edited by Andrzej Witkowski | 508 pages | Biopress Hbk | 2006 | 0948737751 | #161476A | £121.00 BUY |
Seahorses and Seadragons: Mysteries of the Oceans
C Wallis Explores the science and the mythology, the biology and behavior, and beauty and mystery of the unique seahorse. .... | 96 pages | 90 illus | Bunker Hill Publishing Hbk | 2006 | 159373039X | #152481A | £8.50 BUY |
Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, Volume 24
Edited by Bertrand Richer de Forges and Jean-Lou Justine Giant scavenging isopods, blind armoured shrimps, and a formidable assortment of galatheids: the present volume of 'Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos' contains this and a lot .... | 425 pages | 146 figs, 1 col plate | Paris MNHN Hbk | 2006 | 2856535852 | #161928A | £97.00 BUY |
Asia/Pacific Marine Life Identification Neville Coleman Basic identification features of every major group of sea creatures, from bacteria to marine mammals. Specifically designed for Project AWARE Marine Life Identification .... | 96 pages | Over 150 line drawings, 300 colour photos | Neville Coleman Hbk | | 0947325298 | #162101A | £29.50 BUY |
World of Water Wildlife Guide: Fiji Islands
Neville Coleman Comprehensive marine life guide to the Fiji Islands. Living examples of over 18 major wildlife groups- from algae to marine mammals. Simple layout, easy to read text with .... | 80 pages | 500 colour photos | Neville Coleman Pbk | | 094732531X | #162094A | £19.95 BUY |
World of Water Wildlife Guide: Great Barrier Reef Port Douglas, Cairns, Townsville, Whitsundays, Keppel Islands, Capricorns Neville Coleman A comprehensive marine life guide to the Great Barrier Reef. Living examples of over 18 major wildlife groups- from algae to marine mammals. Simple layout, easy to read text .... | 80 pages | 500 colour photos | Neville Coleman Pbk | | 0947325328 | #162093A | £19.95 BUY |
World of Water Wildlife Guide: Solomon Islands
Neville Coleman A comprehensive marine life guide to the Solomon Islands. Living examples of over 18 major wildlife groups- from algae to marine mammals. Simple layout, easy to read text .... | 80 pages | 500 colour photos | Neville Coleman Pbk | | 0947325336 | #162095A | £19.95 BUY |
World of Water Wildlife Guide: Tongan Islands
Neville Coleman Comprehensive marine life guide to the Tongan Islands. Living examples of over 18 major wildlife groups- from algae to marine mammals. Simple layout, easy to read text with .... | 80 pages | 500 colour photos | Neville Coleman Pbk | | 0947325352 | #162096A | £19.95 BUY |
World of Water Wildlife Guide: Vanuatu, South Pacific Efate, Espiritu Santo, Outer Islands Neville Coleman The first comprehensive marine life guide to the Vanuatu Islands. Living examples of over 18 major wildlife groups- from algae to marine mammals. Simple layout, easy to read .... | 80 pages | 500 colour photos | Neville Coleman Pbk | | 0947325301 | #162092A | £19.95 BUY |
| General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
Chris Weston Africa captures hearts and minds like no other continent. Its people, wildlife and habitats are often unique yet incredibly varied and nowhere is this diversity more .... | 192 pages | 230 colour photos | PIP Hbk | 2006 | 1861084420 | #162087A | £24.95 BUY |
Andy Rouse This book presents a fascinating and original collection of portraits from one of the world's top wildlife photographers. Andy Rouse unusually portrays personality, rather .... | 304 pages | David & Charles Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0715325582 | #162061A | £12.99 BUY |
Robert Bateman Text by Ramsay Derry with an introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. .... | 180 pages | 82 col plates, b/w illus & photos | Pomegranate Hbk | 2006 | 0764937650 | #162060A | £25.00 BUY |
Sean Dooley One man's quest to realise a boyhood dream and break a national record trying to see more than 700 birds in twelve months in Australia. .... | 336 pages | - | Allen & Unwin Pbk | 2005 | 1741145287 | #157465A | £15.99 BUY |
Building Countryside Paths and Tracks
Andy Radford Building Countryside Paths and Tracks aims to introduce the reader to the methods required to construct rights of way, from knowing how to navigate a path's definitive .... | 176 pages | 165 b/w photos & diags | Crowood Press Hbk | 2006 | 1861268521 | #162138A | £14.99 BUY |
Environmental and Resource Valuation with Revealed Preferences A Theoretical Guide to Empirical Models Nancy Bockstael and Kenneth McConnell Environmental and Resource Valuation with Revealed Preferences: A Theoretical Guide to Empirical Models provides a systematic review of those economic approaches for valuing .... | 384 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 0792365011 | #162038A | £69.00 BUY |
Craig B Smith Waves are hypnotic and beautiful. They can also be great fun. But Hurricanes Katrina and Rita taught us that they can be powerful and deadly while the 2004 tsunami proved that .... | 336 pages | Joseph Henry Press Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0309100623 | #161247A | £16.99 BUY |
Charles Darwin German translation of Darwin's "Voyage of the Beagle" with an introduction by Daniel Kehlmann. .... | 670 pages | - | Marebuchverlag Hbk | 2006 | 3936384959 | #161400A | £39.50 BUY |
The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee Margaret Mee Margaret Mee must rank as one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century. She was an intrepid explorer of the Brazilian rainforest and an outstanding botanical .... | 160 pages | 200 col drawings | Antique Collectors Hbk | 2006 | 1905377061 | #161969A | £19.95 BUY |
The Record of an Arduous Journey of Exploration and Research Through Frontier Territory of Burma and Tibet Frank Kingdom Ward In 1914, the renowned British plant-collector and explorer, Kingdom-Ward, undertook an expedition of some eight month's duration along Burma's eastern frontier and across the .... | 182 pages | Airlift Pbk | 2005 | 9745240621 | #161850A | £15.99 BUY |
Discovering Arabia's Forgotten Isle Douglas Botting The island of Socotra is a dot on the map where the Gulf of Aden meets the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. Socotra is a mysterious mountain land with Bedouin .... | 288 pages | b&w photos | Steve Savage Pbk | 2006 | 1904246214 | #161474A | £15.50 BUY |
Visionary for Peace Edited by R Braun, D Krieger, H Kroto, Hinde. R and S Milne Sir Joseph Rotblat (1908-2005), British physicist and one of the most prominent critics of the nuclear arms race, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 in conjunction with the .... | 265 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 3527406905 | #161972A | £24.95 BUY |
Mary Anning and the Primeval Monsters Patricia Pierce Mary Anning (1799-1847) was one of the pioneers of the emerging science of geology. When she was just 12, she discovered the first whole ichthyosaurus skeleton; later, aged 22, .... | 256 pages | Sutton Publishing Hbk | 2006 | 0750940395 | #161851A | £16.99 BUY |
From the Vernacular to the Technical Maurice Crosland Where do scientific terms come from? Why are they so similar in so many languages? How was the new nomenclature spread across the world? The Language of Science analyses the .... | 128 pages | Lutterworth Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0718830601 | #162181A | £10.00 BUY |
Mind, Matter and the Implicate Order
P Pylkkanen Quantum theory predicts experimental results brilliantly but simultaneously raises difficult conceptual issues. Paradoxes such as Schrodinger's cat, the EPR paradox, or .... | 290 pages | 20 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 3540238913 | #161996A | £46.00 BUY |
Photography as Eyewitness in Victorian Science J Tucker In Nature Exposed, Jennifer Tucker studies the intersecting trajectories of photography and modern science in late Victorian Britain. She examines the role of .... | 344 pages | Johns Hopkins UP Hbk | 2006 | 0801879914 | #161766A | £36.50 BUY |
The Nature of Cultural Heritage, and the Culture of Natural Heritage
Edited by David Lowenthal and Kenneth Olwig The idea that the heritage of nature is fundamentally cultural is provocative to many, but it is becoming increasingly accepted in the context of heritage preservation. It is .... | 104 pages | Routledge Hbk | 2006 | 0415377684 | #162072A | £55.00 BUY |
Scientific Inquiry and Nature of Science Implications for Teaching, Learning and Teacher Eduction Edited by Lawrence Flick and N Lederman This book synthesizes the most current literature and research on scientific inquiry and nature of science in K-12 instruction. It is unique in its presentation of the .... | 453 pages | Springer Pbk | 2006 | 1402051506 | #162045A | £54.00 BUY |
BBC Video By camouflaging a small remote-controlled camera variously as a boulder, a bamboo cane, a piece of trash, a snowball, and animal dung, the Spy In The. team are able to get a .... | BBC Video DVD | NYP 10/2006 | BBCDVD1996 | #162053A | £15.31 BUY |
Charles Darwin and Natural Selection David Quammen Evolution, during the early nineteenth century, was an idea in the air. Other thinkers had suggested it, but no one had proposed a cogent explanation for how evolution occurs. .... | 286 pages | Weidenfeld & Nicolson Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0297845691 | #162179A | £16.99 BUY |
Vitalizing Nature in the Enlightenment
Peter Hanns Reill This far-reaching study redraws the intellectual map of the Enlightenment and boldly reassesses the legacy of that highly influential period for us today. Peter Hanns Reill .... | 388 pages | - | California UP Hbk | 2005 | 0520241355 | #161743A | £35.95 BUY |
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Brampton Wood: A Natural History
Edited by T Collins, B Dickerson, PEG Walker and TCE Wells A substantial survey of the trees, wildlife and management history of an important 132 hectare parcel of ancient woodland in the old county of Huntingdonshire. .... | 182 pages | 24 col plates, 24 figs, 7 tabs | Huntingdonshire Fauna&Flora Hbk | 2005 | 0951442732 | #161397A | £33.50 BUY |
Estuaries and Coastal Lagoons of South-Western Australia Anne Brearley Ernest Hodgkin's Swanland is based on, and inspired by, the life and work of a man intrigued by the natural world. It is a synthesis of the results of many years of .... | 550 pages | Maps, figs, tabs | UWAP Hbk | 2005 | 1920694382 | #161211A | £50.95 BUY |
Edited by Friedhelm Krupp | 490 pages | colour plates, line drawings | Karger Libri Hbk | 2006 | 3929907755 | #154018A | £105.00 BUY |
The Islands that Changed the World Paul Stewart The Galapagos archipelago is made up of thirteen main islands and more than sixty other islets, rocks and reefs, scattered over four hundred kilometres of open ocean. Sitting .... | 240 pages | 135 colour photos | BBC Books Hbk | 2006 | 0563493569 | #159173A | £18.99 BUY |
Derek Ratcliffe Another volume in the widely-read New Naturalist series, this book is an in-depth study of the natural developments and history of Galloway and surrounding areas. .... | 384 pages | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0007174012 | #152946A | £45.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0007174020 | #152947A | £25.00 BUY |
Edited by Don Armitage Describes the history, flora, fauna, habitats and endangered species, both terrestrial and marine, of the largest island off the coast of the North Island of New Zealand. .... | 192 pages | Col photos, b/w photos, maps | Canterbury UP Pbk | 2004 | 1877257001 | #162172A | £49.50 BUY |
Guia de la Naturaleza en el Parque Regional del Sureste
Edited by Manuel Fernandez Guide to the flora and fauna of the Parque Regional del Sureste, Madrid. .... | 285 pages | Colour illus | Grupo Naumanni Hbk | 2005 | #159902A | £27.50 BUY |
Southern Ocean Sentinel Edited by Ken Green and Eric Woehler Heard Island lies undisturbed in the Southern Ocean, a sentinel for Australia's current studies on climate change, biological responses and commercial fisheries. There is a .... | 280 pages | Surrey Beatty Pbk | 2006 | 0949324981 | #162062A | £53.00 BUY |
Hostile Habitats: Scotland's Mountain Environment A Hillwalkers' Guide to Wildlife and the Landscape Edited by Nick Kempe and Mark Wrightham A guidebook to Scotland's mountain fauna, flora and landscape, written for hillwalkers. This guide takes an in-depth look at the upland environment of the hillwalker and .... | 256 pages | colour photos | Scot Mount Club Hbk | 2006 | 0907521932 | #161920A | £17.50 BUY |
Invertebrati di Una Foresta Della Pianura Padana: Bosco Della Fontana
Edited by P Cerretti et al Contributions range from a survey of the forest canopy and the study of dragonflies, beetles and butterflies included in the Habitats Directive, to the monitoring of .... | 303 pages | colour photos, maps, graphs | SIAP Pbk | 2004 | 8883143353 | #161794A | £22.95 BUY |
Chris Packham Bill Oddie showed you how to watch wildlife, now Chris Packham shows you where. In this tie-in to a new 40-part "BBC 2 series", "Nature's Calendar", Chris gives you insider .... | 256 pages | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0007246463 | #160646A | £17.99 BUY |
A New History of the Isle of Man, Volume 1: The Evolution of the Natural Landscapes
Edited by Richard Chiverrell and Geoffrey Thomas This volume provides a fascinating account of the natural forces which shaped the Island's landscape from its formation some 500 million years ago to the present nature .... | 480 pages | 145 b/w/ illus, 10 col illus | Liverpool UP Hbk | 2006 | 0853235775 | #161933A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0853235872 | #152729A | £25.00 BUY |
A Natural History Tui De Roy and Mark Jones Combines spectacular photography with natural history and personal experience to guide readers into "the land of the long white cloud." Second only to Hawaii in natural .... | 160 pages | colour photos | Firefly Books Hbk | 2006 | 1554071968 | #162168A | £24.95 BUY |
A Wetlands International and Ramsar Secretariat documentary on the consequences of large scale dam construction on biodiversity, hydrological regimes, livelihoods and .... | running time: 25 minutes | Wetlands International DVD | 2006 | 9058820297 | #161687A | £6.99 BUY |
The Rockies: A Natural History
Richard Cannings The Rocky Mountains are familiar to everyone in North America, yet few appreciate the true diversity of these mountains. This book covers the Rockies from sagebrush flats to .... | 288 pages | Col photos | Greystone Books Hbk | 2005 | 1553651146 | #161209A | £25.95 BUY |
Gill Gerlach, Justin Gerlach and Ron Gerlach A guide to the history, nature and conservation of the third largest island in Seychelles. .... | Seychelles NPT Pbk | | #162082A | £17.95 BUY |
A Natural History of the Islands and their People Catherine Cheung and Lyndon DeVantier Science editor: Kay Van Damme .... | 408 pages | 400 colour photos, illustrations and maps | Cheung DeVantier Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 9622177700 | #161475A | £39.50 BUY |
Rowley Taylor If a hole could be dug from London straight down through the centre of the earth, one would eventually emerge close to the small, remote, Antipodes Islands in the New Zealand .... | Heritage Expeditions | #161844A | £72.00 BUY |
The Vertebrates of Seychelles - a Field Guide
Justin Gerlach The only field guide to all the terrestrial vertebrates of the Seychelles islands (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals). .... | 79 pages | 31 colour plates | Seychelles NPT Pbk | | #162081A | £17.95 BUY |
Wildlife of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
David Hosking and Martin Withers The perfect companion for the safari enthusiast, this complete traveller's guide to the wildlife of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda features 475 species of bird, mammal, snake, .... | 256 pages | colour photos | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0007248199 | #161720A | £14.99 BUY |
Julian Fitter, Daniel Fitter and David Hosking The islands of the Galapagos, situated off the coast of Ecuador in South America, are home to some of the world's most fascinating wildlife and are visited by thousands of .... | 256 pages | colour photos | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0007248180 | #161715A | £14.99 BUY |
| Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
Aboriginal People and their Plants
Philip A Clarke This book will provide an overview of indigenous relationships to plants in Aboriginal Australia. The impetus for the book is largely drawn from the establishment of the new .... | 192 pages | 68 colour plates and 30 b&w photos | Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1877058513 | #160789A | £13.99 BUY |
Advances in Phycological Studies Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Dobrina Temniskova-Topalova Edited by N Ognjanova-Rumenova and K Manoylov The Festschrift to honour Prof. Dobrina Temniskova-Topalova's 70th birthday includes articles by some of her current and former students, colleagues, collaborators, and .... | 384 pages | photos, graphs, tables | Pensoft Hbk | 2006 | 9546422606 | #161854A | £70.00 BUY |
An information and identification system DL Jones, T Hopley et al Australian Orchid Genera: an information and identification system presents the current status of orchid taxonomy in the form of an illustrated interactive key. All 192 genera .... | CSIRO CD | 2006 | 0643093362 | #160627A | £62.50 BUY |
Y Crouzet and S Crouzet | 95 pages | Edisud 2005 | 2744904694 | #161946A | £16.50 BUY |
Collins Complete British Trees
Paul Sterry This easy-to-use guide covers the 360 species of tree that are found in Britain & Ireland. Each species is covered in detail with information on how to identify, whether .... | 288 pages | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0007211775 | #152949A | £14.99 BUY |
Costa Rica Native Ornamental Plants - Plantas Ornamentales Nativas de Costa Rica
B Hammel | 236 pages | Col photos | INBio Pbk | 2001 | 9968702420 | #128897A | £25.50 BUY Pbk | 2005 | 996892704X | #162009A | £22.95 BUY |
Decouvrez les Bananiers, Cannas, Alpinas Pas a Pas
Pierre Olivier Albano | 96 pages | Edisud Pbk | 2005 | 2744905283 | #161947A | £15.95 BUY |
Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna, Volume 3 Bladmossor: Sköldmossor - blåmossor, Bryophyta: Buxbaumia - Leucobryum Edited by Tomas Hallingbäck et al Covers all 262 species of Nordic mosses in the families Buxbaumiaceae, Diphysciaceae, Timmiaceae, Encalyptaceae, Funariaceae, Disceliaceae, Bryoiphiaceae, Ditrichaceae, .... | 416 pages | illus | ArtDatabanken Hbk | 2006 | 918850655X | #160624A | £48.50 BUY |
Etymological Dictionary of Grasses
Harold Trevor Clifford and Peter D Bostock The dictionary provides explanations of the meaning and origins of generic and specific names of grasses, one of the largest and economically most important plant families. .... | 330 pages | - | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 3540384324 | #161696A | £77.00 BUY |
Edited by A Akoegninou, WJ van der Burg and LJG van der Maesen This magnum opus describes the entire flora of this interesting region. .... | 1034 pages | 715 line drawings | Backhuys Hbk | 2006 | 9057821818 | #162011A | £116.00 BUY |
Flow Cytometry with Plant Cells Analysis of Genes, Chromosomes and Genomes Edited by J Dolezel, J Greilhuber and J Suda Targeted at beginners as well as experienced users of flow cytometry in plants, this handy reference explains the benefits and uses of flow cytometers in the study of plants .... | 340 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 3527314873 | #161978A | £100.00 BUY |
Forest Plants in the Forest and in the Garden
Elsa Pooley A beautifully illustrated guide to 107 plants and some of the butterflies, birds and mammals found in forests of South Africa. The text provides notes on the plants, .... | 72 pages | 170 colour photos | Natal Flora Publications Trust 2006 | 0620370122 | #161857A | £26.50 BUY |
Fungi non Delineati 24: Contribution to the Knowledge of Genus Agaricus
LA Parra A complete study of 12 rare or uncommon species of the genus Agaricus collected in Spain is given. For each species the following information is included: correct name, .... | 108 pages | 48 colour photos, 24 micrographies | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | | #162154A | £14.95 BUY |
Fungi non Delineati 25: Osservazioni sul genere Melanoleuca
R Fontenla, M Gottardi and R Para This contribution to the knowledge of the species Melanoleuca shows 27 taxa, of whith 19 are supplied with description, explanatory notes and colour photographs; the remaining 8 .... | 112 pages | 40 colour photos, 21 micrographies | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | | #162155A | £15.95 BUY |
Fungi non Delineati 26: Rare and Interesting Species of Psathyrella
E Arnolds 21 European species of Psathyrella are described: P. amarescens, P. purpureobadia, P. romagnesii, P. macrocystidiata, P. granulosa, P. sphaerocystis, P. leucotephra, P. .... | 76 pages | 8 colour plates, 23 micrographies | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | | #162157A | £12.50 BUY |
Fungi non Delineati 27: Macrobasidiomicetos Asociados a Eucalyptus en la Peninsula Iberica
M Lago-Alvarez and ML Castro Descriptions of 12 taxa "associated to Eucalyptus", which are spread out through native forest and plantations around the world. The following taxa are included: Descolea .... | 84 pages | 24 colour photos, 19 micrographies | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | | #162158A | £11.50 BUY |
G Eyssartier The authors describe and illustrate some poorly known taxa, Cortinarius imperialis, C. xanthochlorus, C. craticius, C. squamulifer, Psathyrella atrolaminata, P. .... | 55 pages | 16 colour photos, 11 micrographies | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | | #162159A | £9.95 BUY |
Fungi non Delineati 29: Cortinarius del Subgenero Phlegmacium Raros o Interesantes
JA Cadinanos Aguirre A full macroscopic and microscopic description and illustration of 40 taxons of rare Phlegmacium (genus Cortinarius) recorded on northern Spain, especially on .... | 89 pages | 54 colour photos, 40 micrographies | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | | #162160A | £16.95 BUY |
Fungi non Delineati 30: Indice 21-29
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Fungi non Delineati 31: Rare or Noteworthy Helotiales
A Raitviir | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | 2006 | #162162A | £12.50 BUY |
Fungi non Delineati 32: Notes sur quelques Especes Arctiques et Alpines
G Eyssartier and A Delannoy | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | 2006 | #162163A | £15.95 BUY |
Fungi non Delineati 33: Studies in Galerina - Galerinae Flandriae (2)
A de Haan and R Walleyn | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | 2006 | #162164A | £9.95 BUY |
MJ Priest The anamorphic fungal genus Septoria is one of the largest genera of plant pathogens, causing a range of disease symptoms including leaf and fruit spots in agricultural .... | 259 pages | 136 black and white plates | CSIRO Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0643093761 | #162026A | £57.50 BUY |
Guide to Great Lakes Coastal Plants
Ellen Weatherbee The coastal beaches are some of the most outstanding features of the vast northern Great Lakes region. Many of the plants grow nowhere else, and a number of protected plants are .... | 186 pages | Michigan UP Pbk | 2006 | 0472030159 | #161980A | £18.95 BUY |
MR Crosby and John J Engel | 368 pages | - | Hattori Botanical Lab Hbk | 2006 | 4938163144 | #160594A | £22.50 BUY |
Niall MacCoitir Describes plants in seasonal order instead of botanically, a fresh perspective that in many ways brings us back to the viewpoint of our ancestors. After describing the history .... | 240 pages | Collins Press Pbk | 2006 | 190517201X | #161981A | £34.00 BUY |
The Lichen Family Graphidaceae in Australia
Alan W Archer | 191 pages | 135 figures, 1 map | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2006 | 3443580734 | #161846A | £75.00 BUY |
Des Orchidees Hors du Common P Bertaux | 191 pages | 160 illus | Belin 2004 | 2701137020 | #161941A | £21.95 BUY |
Monograph of Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae)
Yvonne CF Su and Richard MK Saunders Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae) comprises 52 species of trees and treelets that are found from Myanmar to northern Australia. It is most diverse in New Guinea, where 20 species .... | 204 pages | 3 colour plates | ASPT 2006 | 0912861797 | #162049A | £35.50 BUY |
CGGJ Van Steenis The mountain flora of Java constitutes a unique natural heritage of Indonesia and indeed of the whole world. This is a re-issue of the 1972 edition, with paintings of 456 .... | 240 pages | EJ Brill Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 9004153470 | #162010A | £109.00 BUY |
Orchids of Sri Lanka: A Conservationist's Companion A Simplified Guide to Identification, Vol 1: The protected orchids and selected similar species Malik Fernando, Siril Wijesundara and Suranjan Fernando This guide seeks to provide an easy-to-use reference for identifying the native orchid species whose collection and trade are currently regulated by law in Sri Lanka. The .... | 147 pages | illus | IUCN Pbk | 2003 | 9558177245 | #160183A | £13.95 BUY |
Patterns and Processes of Plant Species Frequency and Life-history Traits
Christine Römermann | 117 pages | illus, tabs | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2006 | 3443643167 | #161848A | £44.00 BUY |
Physiology of Stressed Crops: Volume 4 Osmoregulation and Protection US Gupta To cope with the abiotic stress-induced osmotic problems, plants adapt by either increasing uptake of inorganic ions from the external solution, or by de novo synthesis .... | 242 pages | - | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | 2006 | 1578084407 | #160534A | £47.00 BUY |
Methods and Reviews Neil Willey Presents the most innovative recent methodological developments in phytoremediation research, and outlines a variety of the contexts in which phytoremediation has begun to .... | 516 pages | Humana Press Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1588295419 | #162171A | £82.00 BUY |
Edited by Valerie Mechin, Catherine Damerval, Michel Zivy and Hervé Thiellement Provides up-to-date methods and protocols for plant proteomics, each written by expert researchers from leading laboratories. Experimental methodologies are explained in clear .... | 416 pages | Humana Press Hbk | 2006 | 1588296350 | #162170A | £76.00 BUY |
Pamela C Ronald Provides key methods, approaches, and strategies to dissect the plant defense response. Addressing methods to identify and characterize plant resistance genes as well as .... | 283 pages | Humana Press Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 158829448X | #162169A | £61.00 BUY |
Origins, Processes, Consequences Paul A Keddy Plants make up 99 percent of the world's living matter, provide food and shelter, and control the Earth's climate. The study of plant ecology is therefore essential to .... | 662 pages | 335 line diags, 32 half-tones, 81 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521864801 | #161241A | £40.00 BUY |
Edited by S Astier, J Alboury, Y Maury and H Lecoq | 478 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | 2006 | 1578083168 | #160818A | £50.10 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1578085039 | #160819A | £30.80 BUY |
Revision of Harveya (Orobanchaceae) of Southern Africa
Christopher P Randle | 74 pages | ASPT NYP 10/2006 | 091286180* | #162050A | £10.95 BUY |
A Taxonomic Monograph of the Moss Genus Codriophorus P. Beauv. (Grimmiaceae)
Halina Bednarek-Ochyra | 276 pages | 106 figures | Polish Botany Institute 2006 | 8389648407 | #162145A | £40.50 BUY |
Michaela Kaschik | 89 figures, 15 tables | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2006 | 3443580726 | #161845A | £71.00 BUY |
Threatened Plants of Central and South Chile
Martin F Gardner et al Threatened Plants of Central and South Chile is the result of a three year intensive study by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the University of Valdivia of .... | 188 pages | Col photos, illus | Edinburgh RBG Pbk | | 1872291252 | #161629A | £20.00 BUY |
Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands Their Culture, Environment and Use Edited by Craig R Elevitch "This is an excellent publication for general reference and extension purposes throughout the humid tropics. It is indeed a 'royal' treat for those who like tropical .... | 816 pages | Traditional Tree Initiative Hbk | 2006 | 0970254458 | #161477A | £69.00 BUY |
Barbara Curtis The Tree Atlas of Namibia presents the distribution and estimated abundance of over 400 species of woody plants in Namibia. It is the culmination of six years of data .... | 674 pages | Distrib maps | NBRI Pbk | 2005 | 9991668063 | #161745A | £45.50 BUY |
Treelife Limitation at the Alpine Timberline Edited by Gerhard Wieser and Michael Tausz Emerging from decades of intensive research into alpine timberlines, Trees at their Upper Limit presents a complete modern synthesis of current knowledge on the .... | 240 pages | 3 col illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402050739 | #162037A | £77.00 BUY |
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Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 59
Edited by A Laskin, GM Gadd and S Sariaslani Published since 1959, Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in Microbiology. .... | 350 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2006 | 0120026619 | #161784A | £84.95 BUY |
Theory, Methods, and Applications Edited by Michael Crawford Anthropological genetics is a field that has been in existence since the 1960s and has been growing within medical schools and academic departments, such as anthropology and .... | 400 pages | 39 line diags, 9 half-tones, 25 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521838096 | #161621A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521546974 | #161622A | £35.00 BUY |
Normal and Pathological Processes in the Early Stages Ermanno Bonucci The topics falling under the heading biological calcification are exceedingly numerous and varied. They include systems as different as vertebrate skeletons and mollusks, in .... | 495 pages | 48 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 3540360123 | #162035A | £154.00 BUY |
Cell Communication in Nervous and Immune Systems
Edited by E Gundelfinger, C Seidenbecher and B Schraven At first glance, the nervous and immune systems appear very different. However, both systems have developed mechanisms for memory formation - though of quite different .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540368280 | #162036A | £115.50 BUY |
Comprehensive and Molecular Phytopathology
Edited by Timo Korpela This book offers a collection of information on successive steps of molecular `dialogue' between plants and pathogens. It additionally presents data that reflects intrinsic .... | 350 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0444521321 | #161789A | £95.00 BUY |
Understanding African Animal Behaviour Peter Apps and Richard Du Toit Illustrated guide to the behavioural traits of southern African mammals, arranged by characteristics such as feeding, communication, social living, courtship and many more. .... | 160 pages | Col photos | Struik Pbk | 2006 | 1770073922 | #161434A | £17.99 BUY |
Edited by Fred Rainey and Aharon Oren This latest volume in the Methods in Microbiology series provides an overview of the methods used for the isolation, cultivation and handling of a wide variety of .... | 550 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2006 | 0125215363 | #161782A | £84.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0125215371 | #161783A | £39.95 BUY |
Critical Concepts in Social and Cultural Theory Edited by Nanneke Redclift and Sahra Gibbon Scientific developments have always been central to conceptions of society at particular historical moments. However, the rise of molecular biology and the new genetic knowledge .... | 1712 pages | Routledge Hbk | 2006 | 0415342309 | #162075A | £495.00 BUY |
Life, Energy, and the Unity of Nature John Whitfield For centuries, scientists have dreamt of discovering an underlying unity to nature. Science now offers powerful explanations for both the dazzling diversity and striking .... | 280 pages | - | Joseph Henry Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0309096812 | #161244A | £16.99 BUY |
Molecular Biology and Genomics
C Mulhardt This lab book illustrates ways out of experimental dead ends and teaches a feeling for doing the right experiment at the right time." .... | 325 pages | 50 illus | Academic Press Pbk | 2006 | 0120885468 | #161785A | £27.99 BUY |
Gene Regulatory Networks in Development and Evolution Eric Davidson Gene regulatory networks are the most complex, extensive control systems found in nature. The interaction between biology and evolution has been the subject of great .... | 304 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2006 | 0120885638 | #161806A | £43.99 BUY |
Self-Awareness in Animals and Humans Developmental Perspectives ST Parker, ML Boccia and RW Mitchell ~Self-Awareness in Animals and Humans, a collection of ~original articles on self-awareness in monkeys, apes, ~humans, and other species, focuses on controversies .... | 465 pages | Illus | CUP Pbk | 2006 | 0521025915 | #161592A | £35.00 BUY |
Understanding Biology Using Peptides Proceedings of the 19th American Peptide Symposium Edited by Sylvie Blondelle Understanding Biology Using Peptides: Proceedings of the 19th American Peptide Symposium highlights many of the recent developments in peptide science, with a particular .... | 810 pages | 592 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0387265694 | #162033A | £154.00 BUY |
| Evolutionary Biology | Go to subject web page |
Creation, Evolution and Meaning
Robin Attfield This book presents the case for belief in both creation and evolution at the same time as rejecting creationism. Issues of meaning supply the context of inquiry; the book .... | 244 pages | Ashgate Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0754604748 | #162191A | £55.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0754604756 | #162192A | £16.99 BUY |
Survival of the Fittest Kim Sterelny Sterelny moves beyond caricature to expose the real differences between the conceptions of evolution of these two leading scientists. He shows that the conflict extends beyond .... | 204 pages | B/w illus | Icon Books Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1840467800 | #162152A | £7.99 BUY |
Stanley A Rice The "Encyclopedia of Evolution" contains more than 200 entries that span modern evolutionary science and the history of its development. This comprehensive volume .... | 528 pages | Facts on File Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0816055157 | #162030A | £52.50 BUY |
Science Versus the Intelligent Design Movement J Brockman Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin's theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only .... | 256 pages | Vintage Books Pbk | 2006 | 0307277224 | #161767A | £10.95 BUY |
New Approaches and Perspectives Edited by Katerina Harvati and Terry Harrison Recent years have witnessed exciting and important scientific breakthroughs in the study of Neanderthals and their place in human evolution which have transformed our .... | 315 pages | 72 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1402051204 | #162004A | £73.00 BUY |
Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology
Edited by Robin Dunbar and Louise Barrett A comprehensive overview of the latest developments in this fast-growing area of research. With contributions from over fifty experts in the field, the range and depth .... | 576 pages | 46 figures | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0198568304 | #162156A | £49.95 BUY |
The Key to Human Brain Evolution Stephen C Cunnane Evolution, in general, depends on a special combination of circumstances: part genetics, part time, and part environment. In the case of human brain evolution, the main .... | 343 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2005 | 9812561919 | #161744A | £22.00 BUY |
| Ecology | Go to subject web page |
A Kumar and LK Singh Collection of 45 research papers and case studies from India. .... | 306 pages | Tabs, figs, maps | Daya Hbk | 2006 | 8170354285 | #161757A | £47.50 BUY |
Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 37 Population Dynamics and Laboratory Ecology Edited by Hal Caswell and Robert Desharnais Population Dynamics and Laboratory Ecology highlights the contributions laboratory studies are making to our understanding of the dynamics of ecological and evolutionary .... | 368 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2005 | 0120139375 | #161808A | £99.95 BUY |
An Evolutionary Perspective on Behaviour Edited by Etienne Danchin, Luc-Alain Giraldeau and Frank Cézilly Why do birds have the freedom of the skies while mammals' feet are firmly planted on the ground? What makes one organism the hunter and another the hunted? Why do some .... | 688 pages | - | OUP Pbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0199206295 | #160373A | £28.99 BUY |
Maritime Canals as Invasion Corridors Stephan Gollasch, Bella S Galil and Andrew N Cohen Maritime canals dissolve natural barriers to the dispersal of marine organisms, thus providing novel opportunities for natural dispersal, as well as for shipping-mediated .... | 315 pages | 79 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402050461 | #161820A | £92.50 BUY |
Key Topics in Landscape Ecology Key Issues in Theory, Methodology, and Application Edited by Jianguo Wu and Richard Hobbs Landscape ecology is a relatively new area of study, which aims to understand the pattern of interaction of biological and cultural communities within a landscape. This .... | 37 line diags, 3 half-tones, 31 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0521850940 | #161628A | £70.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0521616441 | #161630A | £35.00 BUY |
Long-Term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska
RB Spies This comprehensive text is a major synthesis on ecological change in the Gulf of Alaska. It encompasses the structural and annual changes, forces of change, long-ecological .... | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0444529608 | #162058A | £62.00 BUY |
Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins Linking Ecological, Economic and Social Constraints T Tscharntke, C Leuschner, E Guhardja and M Zeller Tropical rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, causing unprecedented losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services. The stability of rainforest margin area has been .... | 280 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 3540302891 | #162017A | £77.00 BUY |
Principles and Applications Robert May and Angela McLean Robert May's seminal book has played a central role in the development of ecological science. Originally published in 1976, this influential text has overseen the transition .... | 320 pages | 86 illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0199209987 | #161968A | £60.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0199209995 | #161966A | £29.95 BUY |
| Habitats & Ecosystems | Go to subject web page |
Carbon Sequestration in Soils of Latin America
Edited by Rattan Lal et al The problem of quickly mounting CO2 emissions in the fast-developing Latin American region was addressed in a symposium held in Piracicaba, Brazil, in June 2004. .... | 554 pages | maps, plates, tables | Food Products Press Hbk | 2006 | 1560221364 | #161668A | £49.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1560221372 | #161667A | £35.95 BUY |
Chernobyl - What Have We Learned? The Successes and Failures to Mitigate Water Contamination Over 20 Years Edited by Y Onishi, O Voitsekhovich and M Zheleznyak Twenty million people have been exposed to Chernobyl radionuclides through the Dnieper River aquatic pathways. This book presents a 20-year historical overview and .... | 289 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1402053487 | #162022A | £73.00 BUY |
The Ecological Status of European Rivers Evaluation and Intercalibration of Assessment Methods Edited by MT Furse, D Hering, K Brabec, A Buffagni, L Sandin and PFM Verdonschot The monitoring of benthic diatoms, macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and fish will be the backbone of future water management in Europe. This book describes and compares the .... | 562 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402051603 | #161692A | £127.00 BUY |
Ecology of Lakes and Reservoirs
Edited by VB Sakhare 17 research papers and case studies from India. .... | 202 pages | Tabs, figs, maps | Daya Hbk | 2006 | 8170354501 | #161755A | £23.95 BUY |
Farming, Forestry and the Natural Heritage Towards a More Integrated Future Edited by R Davison and C Galbraith The influence of farming and forestry on Scotland's landscapes is seen as increasingly important, and new access rights have been put in place by the Land Reform (Scotland) .... | 320 pages | colour illus | Stationery Office (TSO) Hbk | 2006 | 0114973245 | #161740A | £37.00 BUY |
Managing the Grassland on St Briavels and Hewelsfield Commons GF Peterken Details the history, ecology, and management of native grassland in the parishes of Hewelsfield and St Briavels, Gloucester. .... | 44 pages | Col illus & photos | Parish Grassland Project Pbk | 2005 | 0955175704 | #161741A | £8.95 BUY |
Forest Diversity and Management
Edited by DL Hawksworth and AT Bull Natural forests with thousands of years of ecological continuity are unrivalled as the treasure store of terrestrial biodiversity on Earth. And while there is currently no .... | 550 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402052073 | #161961A | £92.50 BUY |
Forest Ecology and Conservation A Handbook of Techniques Adrian C Newton Forest conservation has become one of the most important environmental issues currently facing humanity, as a result of widespread deforestation and forest degradation. .... | 480 pages | 80 illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0198567448 | #156438A | £55.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0198567456 | #156442A | £27.50 BUY |
Theory, Reality and its Role in Technology Transfer Edited by M Gale *Selected and edited papers from the 10th North American Forest Soils Conference held in Saulte Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, July 20-24, 2003 .... | 340 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2005 | 0444516344 | #161768A | £190.00 BUY |
Exequiel Ezcurra 'Global Deserts Outlook' presents a panorama of the environmental status of the world's deserts: their location and extent, uniqueness and vulnerability, biodiversity, and .... | 168 pages | UNEP Hbk | 2006 | 9280727222 | #161754A | £50.00 BUY |
Murray Maclean In recent years there has been a much greater appreciation of the enormous contribution that hedges make to the countryside. Today, their beauty, their ability to provide wind .... | 200 pages | 20 col photos, 180 b/w photos | Crowood Press Hbk | 2006 | 1861268688 | #162137A | £19.95 BUY |
Jungles, Reserves, Wildlife: A History of Forests in Assam
Arupjyoti Saikia | 372 pages | Tabs | Wildlife Areas and Development 2005 | #158669A | £34.50 BUY |
Ecology, Resources, Environment Joseph L Awange and Obiero Ong'ang'a The book constitutes a pioneering and unique work on Lake Victoria. It is the world's second largest fresh-water lake and has existed for over 35,000 years, supporting the .... | 354 pages | 83 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540325743 | #161691A | £77.00 BUY |
Living Rivers: Trends and Challenges in Science and Management
Edited by RSEW Leuven, AMJ Ragas, AJM Smits and GVD Velde All over the world, sustainable river basin management is a leading principle of policy plans and legal instruments for water management (e.g. the European Water Framework .... | 372 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402047800 | #161693A | £107.50 BUY |
The Fall and Rise of an American Forest Lawrence S Earley Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Its .... | 336 pages | 34 illus, 1 map | North Carolina UP Hbk | 2004 | 0807828866 | #148007A | £20.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0807856991 | #162070A | £9.95 BUY |
Macrophytes in Aquatic Ecosystems From Biology to Management Edited by JM Caffrey, A Dutartre, J Haury, KM Murphy and M Wade Macrophytes and macrophytes ecology have gained an added importance with the introduction of, and legal requirement to implement, the European Water Framework .... | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402053894 | #161695A | £92.50 BUY |
Pascal Sengbusch A multivariate method for monitoring assessing threats to bogpine (pinus rotundata LINK) stands in bogs of the Black Forest (Southwestern Germany) .... | 139 pages | 40 illus | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2006 | 3443643132 | #161849A | £44.00 BUY |
Plantations and Protected Areas in Sustainable Forestry
Alaric Sample, William Price and Naureen Rana How do we protect forests of high conservation value, while meeting the growing demands for wood and wood fibre-based products? "Plantations and Protected Areas in Sustainable .... | 156 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2006 | 1560221380 | #162129A | £28.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1560221399 | #162128A | £14.50 BUY |
Priority Issues in the Mediterranean Environment (Revised Edition)
Edited by European Environment Agency The environment around the Mediterranean Sea region will not improve until there is the political will to enforce current and future environment legislation, says a new report, .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 9291678120 | #162109A | £12.50 BUY |
Basic Concepts and Future Challenges Edited by Giacomo Certini and Riccardo Scalenghe This book was born as an international tribute to Fiorenzo C. Ugolini, an outstanding soil scientist who recently retired from university teaching and research. It is a fully .... | 45 line diags, 21 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0521851734 | #161637A | £70.00 BUY |
An Ever Changing Environment P Hill-Cottingham Presenting a multi-disciplinary and contemporary review of the Somerset Wetlands, this illustrated book covers the area extending from Gordano to Ilchester and comprising its .... | 224 pages | Illus | Halsgrove / Westcountry Hbk | 2006 | 0861834321 | #161739A | £26.95 BUY |
Source Apportionment of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Inputs into the Aquatic Environment
Edited by European Environment Agency Eutrophication is the excessive enrichment of waters with nutrients and the associated adverse biological effects, and it is still one of the major environmental problems .... | EEA Pbk | 2005 | 9291677779 | #162121A | £12.50 BUY |
Sustainable Forestry in Southern Sweden The SUFOR Research Project Edited by Kristina Blennow and Mats Niklasson Forestry is one of the most important foundations of the Scandinavian economies. Sustainable Forestry in Southern Sweden: The SUFOR Research Project closely reviews the .... | 243 pages | - | Food Products Press Hbk | 2006 | 1560221321 | #160756A | £26.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 156022133X | #160754A | £15.95 BUY |
The State of the Environment in the Coastal Areas
Edited by European Environment Agency This report provides information on the state of the environment in the coastal areas of Europe, and provides evidence of the need for a more integrated, long-term approach. .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 9291678422 | #162107A | £12.50 BUY |
Reiner Finkeldey and Hans Heinrich Hattemer Tropical forests harbour much of the planet's genetic resources, and therefore their conservation and sustainable utilization are matters of global concern. Evolutionary .... | 316 pages | 44 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 3540373969 | #155169A | £100.00 BUY |
| Conservation & Biodiversity | Go to subject web page |
Biodiversity in Indian Scenarios
N Ramakrishnan 14 research papers with an emphasis on plant biodiversity of the South Indian mountain ranges. .... | 338 pages | Tabs, maps, figs | Daya Hbk | 2006 | 8170354439 | #161759A | £40.50 BUY |
A Comparison of the Conservation and Legal Status of the Fauna and Flora of Sri Lanka
Kumudini Ekaratne et al This publication sets out the current conservation as well as the legal status of a significant number of native faunal and floral species of Sri Lanka, at the national and .... | 165 pages | IUCN 2003 | 9558177180 | #160180A | £5.95 BUY |
Edited by Kevin Crooks and M Sanjayan One of the biggest threats to the survival of many plant and animal species is the destruction or fragmentation of their natural habitats. The conservation of landscape .... | 74 line diags, 18 half-tones, 24 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521857066 | #161635A | £90.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 052167381X | #161636A | £45.00 BUY |
Human Exploitation and Biodiversity Conservation
Edited by David L Hawksworth and Alan T Bull The sustainable use of biodiversity is one of the three key objectives of the 1992 "Convention on Biological Diversity". To achieve this, sound conservation practice has .... | 550 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402052820 | #161962A | £92.50 BUY |
Progress Towards Halting the Loss of Biodiversity by 2010
European Environment Agency The continuing loss of biological diversity and its components, genes, species and ecosystems, is an issue of global concern. Research has shown that both the diversity .... | 99 pages | Colour figures & illustrations | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 9291678465 | #161229A | £12.50 BUY |
| Environmental Science | Go to subject web page |
Lessons Learned and Future Prospects Edited by Gerald Visgilio and Diana Whitelaw This book is the result of a conference held biannually at the Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies at Connecticut College. It uses an .... | 335 pages | 53 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0387375619 | #162029A | £53.50 BUY |
John A Day Using a series of his awe-inspiring images, photographer and scientist John Day - who has a Ph.D. in cloud physics and is known round the world as "The Cloudman" - introduces .... | 205 pages | colour photos | Sterling Pbk | 2006 | 1402728131 | #162084A | £9.99 BUY |
Carbon Capture and its Storage An Integrated Assessment Edited by Simon Shackley and Clair Gough Climate change is arguably the most important isuue that the world currently faces. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) offers the possibility of significant reductions in the .... | 350 pages | Ashgate Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0754644995 | #162071A | £65.00 BUY |
Earth's Outer Shell Fred Mackenzie and Abraham Lerman Carbon and carbon dioxide always played an important role in the geobiosphere that is part of the Earth's outer shell and surface environment. The book's eleven chapters .... | 402 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 140204044X | #162014A | £100.00 BUY |
Life on the Two-way Street of Global Warming Dave Reay Climate change is one of the greatest threats that humankind faces in the 21st century. The next hundred years could see coastlines and islands submerged, and a surge in .... | 203 pages | - | Palgrave Hbk | 2005 | 1403945780 | #153570A | £16.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0230007546 | #161359A | £8.99 BUY |
Climate Change, Ozone Depletion and Air Pollution Legal Commentaries with Policy and Science Considerations Alexander Gillespie This book offers a principal collection of all of the material necessary to understand the legal debates on climate change, ozone depletion and air pollution within their .... | 408 pages | EJ Brill Hbk | 2006 | 9004145206 | #161338A | £78.00 BUY |
Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change Edited by Susanne C Moser and L Dilling The need for effective communication, public outreach, and education to increase support for policy, collective action and behavior change is ever present, and is perhaps most .... | 12 line diags, 2 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0521869234 | #161641A | £75.00 BUY |
Effectiveness of Packaging Waste Management Systems in Selected Countries: An EEA Pilot Study
Edited by European Environment Agency Packaging waste is an important and growing waste stream. The amended Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive has recently been adopted, and work is underway to develop EU .... | EEA Pbk | 2005 | 9291677620 | #162124A | £12.50 BUY |
Effectiveness of Urban Wastewater Treatment Policies in Selected Countries: An EEA Pilot Study
Edited by European Environment Agency Water pollution caused by wastewater persists despite three decades of effort to clean up European surface waters and despite the requirements of the Urban Waste Water .... | EEA Pbk | 2005 | 9291677639 | #162126A | £12.50 BUY |
Wayne R Ott, Anne C Steinemann and Lance A Wallace Providing the background necessary to measure, understand, and predict human exposure to environmental pollution, Exposure Analysis presents information on how, where, and how .... | 450 pages | Lewis Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1566706637 | #159451A | £74.99 BUY |
Principles of Air Quality Management
Roger D Griffin This reference bridges the gap between popular mainstream articles, highly technical publications, and research journals dealing with air quality. The second edition of .... | 384 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2006 | 084937099X | #159448A | £56.99 BUY |
Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems Antarctica as a Global Indicator Edited by D Bergstrom, P Convey and A Huiskers The Antarctic provides a suite of scenarios useful for investigating the range of climate change effects on terrestrial and limnetic biota. The international SCAR .... | 365 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1402052766 | #162031A | £62.00 BUY |
Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change
Mark Bush and John Flenley The goal of this book is to provide a current overview of the impacts of climate change on tropical forests, to investigate past, present, and future climatic influences on the .... | 440 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540239081 | #162013A | £100.00 BUY |
The Calendar of Climate Change Flipside Vision Ltd A 12-month wall calendar highlighting the effects of climate change on our surroundings. Each month's page shows two contrasting colour illustrations while facts sections .... | 12 pages | Col photos | Flipside Vision Ltd Calendar | 2006 | 0955295602 | #161287A | £10.20 BUY |
| Physical Sciences | Go to subject web page |
Structure and Processes of a Subduction Orogen Edited by O Oncken, G Chong, G Franz, P Giese, H-J Götze, V Ramos and M Strecker This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a complete subduction orogen, the Andes, considered to represent the "type" subduction belt on Earth. Integrating the .... | 570 pages | 287 col illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540243291 | #162016A | £115.50 BUY |
A Concise Overview Uwe Krey and Anthony Owen This concise treatment embraces, in four parts, all the main aspects of theoretical physics (I . Mechanics and Basic Relativity, II. Electrodynamics and Aspects of Optics, .... | 380 pages | 15 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 3540368043 | #161992A | £38.50 BUY |
The Best of All Possible Worlds Mathematics and Destiny Ivar Ekeland Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds. And pessimists fear that might really be the case. But what is the best of all possible worlds? How do we define .... | 208 pages | 17 halftones, 10 line drawings | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0226199940 | #161646A | £16.00 BUY |
CCD Astrophotography: High-Quality Imaging from the Suburbs
Adam Stuart This book details an approach to the problem of getting high-quality astronomical images under light-polluted conditions. The book is for amateur astronomers interested in CCD .... | 196 pages | Springer Pbk | 2006 | 0387262415 | #162102A | £19.50 BUY |
Coincidences, Chaos and All That Math Jazz Making Light of Weighty Ideas EB Burger and M Starbird By starting in the familiar world and using a few simple steps of imagination, Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird sneak up on weighty mathematical ideas. The spirals on a .... | 288 pages | illus | Norton Hbk | 2005 | 0393059456 | #161910A | £15.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0393329313 | #162166A | £10.99 BUY |
Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life
Paul Thomas, Christopher Chyba and Christopher McKay Nine years after the publication of Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life, one of the pioneering books in Astrobiology, this second edition revisits the role comets may .... | 346 pages | 65 illus., 13 in colour | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540330860 | #161373A | £54.00 BUY |
Complete Course in Astrobiology
Edited by Gerda Horneck and Petra Rettberg Table of Contents: .... | 350 pages | Wiley Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 3527406603 | #161971A | £50.00 BUY |
How the New Science of Information is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, From our Brains to Black Holes Charles Seife Information theory, once the province of philosophers and linguists, has emerged as the crucial science of our time, shedding new light on the mysteries of physics, the nature .... | 296 pages | illus | Viking Hbk | 2006 | 067003441X | #161746A | £16.95 BUY |
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to 5th edition, 2003-2005
Lutz D Schmadel This Addendum to the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, fifth edition, which is the official reference for the field of the IAU, contains all newly published names from the .... | 343 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540343601 | #161392A | £77.00 BUY |
Discovering Physical Geography
Alan F Arbogast Table of Contents: .... | 704 pages | Wiley Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 047143860X | #161976A | £34.95 BUY |
Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
D Ritchie and AE Gates The third edition of the Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes provides a single source on historical earthquakes and volcanic eruptions for the student and .... | 368 pages | B\w photos, illus, figs, maps | Facts on File Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0816063028 | #162034A | £52.50 BUY |
The Ionian Tradition of Scientific Philosophy Daniel W Graham Explaining the Cosmos is a major reinterpretation of Greek scientific thought before Socrates. Focusing on the scientific tradition of philosophy, Daniel Graham .... | 368 pages | Princeton UP Hbk | 2006 | 0691125406 | #161618A | £29.95 BUY |
D Lambert The new edition of The Field Guide to Geology features revised information that brings the previous edition up to date. Clear graphics and simple field-guide procedures .... | 256 pages | B/w illus, figs, tabs, maps | Facts on File Pbk | 1998 | 0816038236 | #134102A | £11.95 BUY Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0816065098 | #162032A | £27.95 BUY |
The Story of Apollo 11 David Harland The First Men on the Moon offers a lively definitive account of the Apollo 11 mission based on the in-flight transcripts post-flight debriefing, with illustrative contextual .... | 400 pages | 170 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0387341765 | #161990A | £19.50 BUY |
Edited by Hannu Karttunen et al Provides a comprehensive introduction to classical and modern astronomy and astrophysics. .... | 521 pages | Figs | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540341439 | #161467A | £46.00 BUY |
Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics
Carlo Giunti and Chung W Kim This book deals with neutrino physics and astrophysics - a field in which some of the most exciting recent developments in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology took .... | 436 pages | 179 line drawings | OUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0198508719 | #161967A | £39.95 BUY |
The Geology of England and Wales
Edited by PJ Brenchley and PF Rawson This second edition of The Geology of England and Wales is considerably expanded from its predecessor, reflecting the increase in our knowledge of the region, and .... | 592 pages | Geological Society Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1862391998 | #149890A | £122.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1862392005 | #162134A | £50.00 BUY |
Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life? Paul Davies The Goldilocks Enigma is Paul Davies' spectacular and eagerly awaited return to cosmology. Here he tackles all the 'big questions' and introduces the latest discoveries .... | 368 pages | Allen Lane Hbk | 2006 | 0713998832 | #162097A | £22.00 BUY |
Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
Martin V Zombeck Fully updated and including data from space-based observations, this Third Edition is a comprehensive compilation of the facts and figures relevant to astronomy and .... | 784 pages | 309 line diags, 29 half-tones, 247 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0521782422 | #161632A | £50.00 BUY |
A Short History of Mathematics David Berlinski From the Renaissance onwards, mathematics has had a near-mystical status. If the pragmatic Romans, and Christian Europe, did not share the Greeks' fascination with .... | 192 pages | Phoenix Hbk | 2006 | 0297848518 | #162177A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0753821834 | #162209A | £7.99 BUY |
Intelligent Life in the Universe Principles and Requirements behind its Emergence P Ulmschneider This book addresses all scientists and others interested in the origins, development and fate of intelligent species in the observable part of our universe. In particular, the .... | 310 pages | 156 illus, 37 in col | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 354032836X | #161370A | £54.00 BUY |
The Story of Radio Astronomy Gerrit Verschuur Hidden from human view, accessible only to sensitive receivers attached to huge radio telescopes, giant versions of backyard satellite dishes, the invisible universe beyond .... | 280 pages | 100 b/w illus, 10 col illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0387308164 | #162002A | £19.50 BUY |
Roscaly Lopes and John Spencer Written by experts in the field, many of whom took part in the Galileo mission, the book reviews the basics about Io and its unique space environment. Coverage includes all .... | 376 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540346813 | #161994A | £100.00 BUY |
Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetry Travel Robert Zimmerman Chronicles the history of space exploration. .... | 544 pages | Joseph Henry Press Hbk | 2006 | 0309085489 | #162099A | £18.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0309097398 | #162098A | £12.95 BUY |
Rodney Cotterill Using the cosmos as a backdrop, Rodney Cotterill delivers a fascinating journey of Nature's materials, from the atom to the living organism. This is a beautifully .... | 500 pages | 303 col figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0521451477 | #161638A | £35.00 BUY |
Mathematics for Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Edited by Y Takeuchi, Y Iwasa and Kazunori Sato Dynamical systems theory in mathematical biology has attracted much attention from many scientific directions. The purpose of this volume is to discuss the many rich and .... | 190 pages | 50 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 3540344276 | #162001A | £69.00 BUY |
Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies 2005: New Horizon of The International| Nuclear Astrophysics and Cosmology, Tokyo, Japan, 8-11 November, 2005 Edited by S Kubono, W Aoki, T Kajino, T Motobayashi and K Nomoto This symposium focuses on nuclear astrophysics and cosmology, as well as astronomy. Topics include: Big Bang cosmology and particle astrophysics; cosmic and galactic .... | 548 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 0735403422 | #161993A | £112.00 BUY |
Hugh M French Looks at the nature of geomorphic processes and landforms in high latitude environments and provides a guide to the recognition and interpretation of periglacial features in .... | 341 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs, maps | Wiley Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0470865881 | #161974A | £80.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 047086589X | #161975A | £27.50 BUY |
Ellis Miner, Randii Wessen and Jefferey Cuzzi This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the topic of planetary rings systems yet written. The book is written in a style and at a language level easily .... | 248 pages | Springer Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0387341773 | #161995A | £24.50 BUY |
Larry W Esposito A summary of the present understanding of planetary rings, including results from the Cassini space mission to Saturn. It covers all aspects of the subject with particular .... | 214 pages | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521362229 | #161734A | £60.00 BUY |
Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006
Tim Furniss and David J Shayler This flagship work charts a complete chronological log of orbital manned spaceflight. Included are the X-15 "astroflights" of the 1960s, and the two 1961 Mercury and Redstone .... | 500 pages | Springer Spiralbound | NYP 12/2006 | 0387341757 | #161989A | £20.00 BUY |
Satellite Monitoring of Volcanoes Spaceborne Images of the North Pacific Kenneson Dean and Jonathan Dehn Volcanoes have always been a fascinating subject to scientists and a favourite topic for the general public. This book is a visual learning experience as recorded on satellite .... | 500 pages | 200 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 3540241256 | #162012A | £65.50 BUY |
Laura Lovett Features photographs of the planet Saturn taken by the spacecraft Cassini. Accompanying the wealth of imagery are essays on historical observations of the ringed planet, the .... | 192 pages | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810930900 | #161544A | £24.95 BUY |
Space-Time, Relativity, and Cosmology
Jose Wudka Space-Time, Relativity and Cosmology provides a historical introduction to modern relativistic cosmology and traces its historical roots and evolution from antiquity to .... | 330 pages | - | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521822807 | #161733A | £30.00 BUY |
Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars Reading the Lines of Stellar Spectra Keith Robinson This is the first non-technical book on spectroscopy written specifically for practical amateur astronomers. It includes all the science necessary for a qualitative .... | 190 pages | 87 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0387367861 | #161998A | £19.00 BUY |
Springer Handbook of Acoustics
Edited by Thomas D Rossing This is an unparalleled modern handbook reflecting the richly interdisciplinary nature of acoustics edited by an acknowledged master in the field. The handbook reviews the .... | 1000 pages | 550 col illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 0387304460 | #161999A | Normally £154.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £130.50 |
New Images, Discoveries and Events Martin Ratcliffe The aim of this book (and subsequent volumes issued annually) is to provide an annual astronomy review suitable for the popular science level reader. It will be published .... | 255 pages | 100 b/w illus, 25 col illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 0387341781 | #161997A | £19.50 BUY |
Michael Carr Our knowledge of Mars has grown enormously over the last decade as a result of the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, and the two Mars Rover missions. This book .... | 328 pages | 40 line diags, 215 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521872014 | #161640A | £70.00 BUY |
Sustainable Development for Engineers A Handbook and Resource Guide Karel Mulder It is crucial that engineers - from students to those already practising - have a deep understanding of the environmental threats facing the world, if they are to become part .... | 288 pages | Greenleaf Hbk | 2006 | 1874719195 | #161853A | £28.95 BUY |
Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains A New Approach to Paleoseismology William Bull This book explores how landscapes respond to tectonic deformation. Including much previously unpublished research and theory, "Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains" uses .... | 320 pages | 200 illus | Blackwell Hbk | NYP 05/2007 | 1405154799 | #160884A | £39.99 BUY |
Transactions on Computational Systems Biology
Edited by C Priami, Tony Hu, Yi Pan and Tsau Young Lin The LNCS journal Transactions on Computational Systems Biology is devoted to inter- and multidisciplinary research in the fields of computer science and life sciences and .... | 129 pages | Springer Pbk | 2006 | 3540360484 | #161984A | £37.50 BUY |
A Hall and DV Ager Cornwall has long been one of the classic areas of British geology on account of the variety of its igneous and metamorphic rocks, and because of the wealth of its mineral .... | 50 pages | Maps | Geologists' Association Pbk | 2006 | 0900717572 | #162143A | £11.95 BUY |
The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies
Ronald Buta, Harold Corwin and Stephen Odewahn This atlas is a comprehensive illustration of the morphology of normal, nearby galaxies and how they are classified in the revised Hubble system developed in the 1950s by .... | 360 pages | 34 line diags, 720 half-tones, 30 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521820480 | #161649A | £70.00 BUY |
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2007 Organic Farm Management Handbook
N Lampkin, M Measures and S Padel | WIRS Pbk | 2006 | #161855A | £20.95 BUY |
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 91
Edited by Donald Sparks | 400 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0120008092 | #161787A | £94.95 BUY |
Ralf Buckley Adventure tourism is a new, rapidly growing area at both practical and academic levels. Written at an introductory level, Adventure Tourism provides a basic background and .... | 336 pages | CABI Pbk | 2006 | 184593122X | #162133A | £37.50 BUY |
Africa Environment Outlook 2 (AEO-2) Our Environment, Our Wealth UNEP The Africa Environment Outlook 2 is the second comprehensive integrated report on the African environment, produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for the .... | 576 pages | UNEP Pbk | 2006 | 9280726919 | #162175A | £52.50 BUY |
Principles, Processes, and Prospects Saroja Raman Agriculture is the most aggressively managed ecosystem. Agricultural Sustainability: Principles, Processes, and Prospects provides a comprehensive examination of all .... | 467 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1560223103 | #161664A | £89.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1560223111 | #161663A | £49.50 BUY |
Agriculture and Environment in EU-15: The IRENA Indicator Report
Edited by European Environment Agency This report provides an assessment of the progress made in the development and interpretation of the agri-environmental indicators identified in COM (2000) 20 during .... | EEA Pbk | 2005 | 9291677795 | #162122A | £12.50 BUY |
From Use to Management John J Pigram Australia's Water Resources seeks to explore the circumstances underpinning the profound reorientation of attitudes and relationships to water that has taken place in Australia .... | 256 pages | Illustrated | CSIRO Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0643093370 | #161071A | £46.95 BUY |
Continuity and Change in Canadian-American Environmental Relations Edited by Philippe Le Prestre and Peter Stoett The context in which environmental policy decision-making occurs has changed, resulting from widening environmental problems, increased demands from groups and citizens, .... | 306 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 0754641775 | #162187A | £55.00 BUY |
A Complete How-to Guide to Alternative Building Methods Clarke Snell and Tim Callahan This manual doesn't just talk about eco-friendly building techniques, but actually shows every step. More than 1,200 close-up photographs, along with in-depth descriptions, .... | 615 pages | 1500 colour photos | Lark Books Pbk | 2005 | 1579905323 | #162085A | £19.95 BUY |
The Territorial Impact of Common Agricultural Policy Mark Shucksmith Assesses the regional territorial impact of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Rural Development Policy (RDP), asking the question how far these are compatible .... | 240 pages | CABI Hbk | 2005 | 085199055X | #162083A | £45.00 BUY |
The World at the Crossroads Ervin Laszlo Ervin Laszlo provides a concise, yet encompassing overview of the present world situation, showing where we are, and how we got here. Where we are, Laszlo tells us, is .... | 176 pages | - | Piatkus Pbk | 2006 | 074992716X | #162015A | £9.99 BUY |
China and the Global Energy Crisis Development and Prospects for China's Oil and Natural Gas Tatsu Kambara and Christopher Howe 'This is a timely volume. Understanding the oil and gas industry that China has at home is an essential prerequisite to understanding Chinese foreign policy and the future role .... | 160 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845429664 | #161938A | £51.50 BUY |
China's Agricultural Development Challenges and Prospects Edited by Kiao-yuan Dong, Shunfeng Song and Xiabo Zhang This book identifies the main challenges Chinese agriculture is confronting and considers how these challenges might be met. The performance of China's agricultural .... | 324 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 0754646963 | #162188A | £65.00 BUY |
Climate Change and a European Low-Carbon Energy System
Edited by European Environment Agency This report presents an assessment of possible greenhouse gas emission reduction pathways made feasible by global action and a transition to a low-carbon energy system .... | EEA Pbk | 2005 | 9291677655 | #162127A | £12.50 BUY |
Tom Regan A multifaceted response to the question "do animals have rights?" from an intellectual leader in the animal rights movement, now available in paperback. .... | 224 pages | Illinois UP Hbk | 2001 | 025202611X | #126938A | £18.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0252074165 | #161539A | £12.95 BUY |
Environment, Labor, and the Mexican Revolution 1900-1938 Myrna Santiago An exploration of the social and environmental consequences of oil extraction in the tropical rainforest. Using northern Veracruz as a case study, the author argues that oil .... | 300 pages | 12 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0521863244 | #161609A | £50.00 BUY |
Economic Instruments of Pollution Control in an Imperfect World Theory and Implications for Carbon Dioxide Emissions Control in China Tingsong Jiang In this book, Tingsong Jiang extensively discusses the wider issues of economic instruments of pollution control as well as paying specific attention .... | 288 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2003 | 1843766256 | #161939A | £70.00 BUY |
Emerging Principles of International Environmental Law
Sumudu Atapattu This book is ideally suited for any law or environmental studies student, practitioner or law academic who is interested in the legal status of emerging principles in the .... | Transnational Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1571051821 | #161584A | £120.00 BUY |
Perspectives on the Power to Work Edited by Brendan Dooley How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth? The search for an answer to this question .... | 264 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 0754645142 | #162185A | £60.00 BUY |
Energy and Environment in the European Union Tracking Progress Towards Integration Edited by European Environment Agency Energy gives personal comfort and mobility to people. However, it also places considerable pressures on the environment, such as emissions of greenhouse gases and air .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 9291678775 | #162104A | £12.50 BUY |
Energy from the Desert, 2 Volume Set
Edited by Kosuke Kurokawa Volume 1: Feasibility of Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation Systems Volume 2: Practical Proposals for Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Systems .... | 2 volumes | Earthscan Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1844073807 | #162196A | £125.00 BUY |
Energy from the Desert, Volume 2 Practical Proposals for Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Systems Edited by Kosuke Kurokawa The world's deserts are sufficiently large that, in theory, covering a fraction of their landmass with PV systems could generate many times the current primary global energy .... | 224 pages | Figures, tables, maps, photographs | Earthscan Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1844073637 | #159721A | £75.00 BUY |
Edited by European Environment Agency Public concerns, evidence from research and increasing scientific knowledge are all driving widespread discussions on environment and health problems. The issue of .... | EEA Pbk | 2005 | 9291677817 | #162118A | £12.50 BUY |
In Theory and Practice N Hanley, JF Shogren and B White Environmental Economics: In Theory and Practice is an ideal text for students taking advanced courses in environmental and natural resource economics. This completely .... | 395 pages | Figs, tabs | Palgrave Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 033397137X | #161360A | £31.99 BUY |
Environmental Law in Development Lessons from the Indonesian Experience Edited by Michael Faure and Nicole Niessen This book asks whether environmental law and policy in developed countries can be successfully transferred to developing countries. It questions whether developing .... | 352 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1845425197 | #161937A | £75.00 BUY |
Edited by Hidefumi Imura and Miranda Schreurs Japanese environmental management style is in many ways distinct from that found in Europe or the USA. There is less emphasis on litigation, more emphasis on administrative .... | 424 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2005 | 1845423704 | #161935A | £83.00 BUY |
Law, Science, and Policy Robert V Percival et al For its Fifth Edition, Environmental Regulation: Law, Science, and Policy retains its distinctly accessible tone while incorporating important new material that reflects the .... | 1202 pages | Kluwer Law International Hbk | 2006 | 0735557853 | #162090A | £87.00 BUY |
Edited by European Environment Agency Protecting our environment is a key element in ensuring sustainable livelihoods for today's and future generations. Indeed, the most recent Eurobarometer surveys show that .... | 87 pages | Stationery Office (TSO) Pbk | 2005 | 9291677698 | #156534A | £12.95 BUY |
Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology
Edited by Giovanni Boniolo and Gabriele De Anna How can the discoveries made in the biological sciences play a role in a discussion on the foundation of ethics? This book responds to this question by examining how .... | 216 pages | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521856299 | #161607A | £45.00 BUY |
Limited Resources and Global Justice Wolfgang Sachs, Tilman Santarius et al In this hugely important intellectual, ethical and ultimately practical analysis from the internationally renowned Wuppertal Institute, the authors address the two problems .... | 288 pages | Zed Books Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1842777289 | #162077A | £60.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1842777297 | #162076A | £16.99 BUY |
Unlocking the Potential Jennifer Thomson Microbiologist Jennifer Thomson takes us through the issues and concerns surrounding the development of genetically modified crops and their impact on the environment. Explains .... | 208 pages | CSIRO Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0643091602 | #162028A | £20.95 BUY |
The Battle for the Future of Farming Anthony Weis The modern food economy is a paradox. Surplus 'food mountains' sit alongside global malnutrition and the developed world subsidizes its own agriculture while pressurizing .... | 256 pages | Zed Books Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1842777947 | #162074A | £50.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1842777955 | #162073A | £14.99 BUY |
Global Perspectives in Environmental Adult Education
Edited by Darlene Clover This book outlines theories and practices in environmental adult education that are emerging worldwide. The need for environmental adult education arises not from a deficit .... | 224 pages | Peter Lang Pbk | 2003 | 0820461989 | #161793A | £39.50 BUY |
Governing Global Desertification Linking Environmental Degradation, Poverty and Participation Edited by PM Johnson, K Mayrand and M Paquin Desertification affects 70 per cent of the world's arable lands in more than 100 countries. Inextricably linked to poverty, it is estimated that the livelihood of 250 .... | 312 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 075464359X | #162195A | £55.00 BUY |
Greenhouse Gas Emission Trends and Projections 2005
Edited by European Environment Agency Projections show that the pre-2004 EU Member States (EU-15) could cut their total emissions to 9.3% below 1990 levels by 2010 with a combination of existing domestic .... | EEA Pbk | 2005 | 9291677809 | #162120A | £12.50 BUY |
Handbook of Precision Agriculture Principles and Applications Edited by Ancha Srinivasan In most developing countries, farming is the best safety net against hunger and keeping production costs under control without sacrificing crop yield is essential for survival. .... | 684 pages | colour photos, illus | Haworth Press Hbk | 2006 | 1560229543 | #161662A | £128.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1560229551 | #161661A | £89.00 BUY |
Handbook on Urban Sustainability
Edited by Nolberto Munier Municipal authorities and agencies around the world are striving to place their cities on the road to sustainability. Cities, as very complex entities, offer a constant .... | 823 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1402053509 | #162021A | £191.50 BUY |
Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish G Bruce Knecht Hooked is a story about the poaching of the Patagonian toothfish (known to Americans as "Chilean Sea Bass") and is built around the pursuit of the illegal fishing .... | 278 pages | Rodale Press Hbk | 2006 | 1594861102 | #161658A | £15.95 BUY |
Household Consumption and the Environment
Edited by European Environment Agency A renewed policy focus on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) can be observed, both at the global level and in Europe. With an aim to provide input for European .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 929167768X | #162116A | £12.50 BUY |
How Much Bioenergy Can Europe Produce Without Harming the Environment?
Edited by European Environment Agency Increasing the use of renewable energies offers significant opportunities for Europe to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and secure its energy supply. However, the substantial .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 929167849X | #162106A | £12.50 BUY |
Integration of Environment into EU Agriculture Policy: The IRENA Indicator-Based Assessment Report
Edited by European Environment Agency This report aims to provide a fair reflection of the progress, the achievements and obstacles in the integration of environmental concerns into EU agriculture policy, based .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 9291677752 | #162111A | £12.50 BUY |
Case Studies from Australia, United States, Canada, China and India Fereidoun Ghassemi and Ian White Increasing demands for irrigation, domestic and industrial water have generated a massive growth world-wide in the number of large water infrastructure projects involving .... | 440 pages | 7 line diags, 143 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521869692 | #161642A | £90.00 BUY |
Principles and Practices Paul A Wojtkowski The essence of agroecology lies in harnessing and harmonizing the forces of nature for productive purpose. Introduction to Agroecology: Principles and Practices .... | 404 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1560223162 | #161660A | £99.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1560223170 | #161659A | £79.00 BUY |
Mark Rieger Combines an easy-to-use format with a complete review of essential facts about the world's top fruit crops, making this both an introductory textbook for students and a .... | 462 pages | 46 pages of colour photos | Haworth Press Pbk | 2006 | 156022259X | #162130A | £49.50 BUY |
Dealing with the Mass Extinction of Marine Life John Charles Kunich From coral reefs to recently discovered hydrothermal vents, the oceans contain vast numbers of endangered species. We are rapidly losing these unique, irreplaceable .... | 256 pages | Praeger Hbk | 2006 | 0275988783 | #161656A | £28.99 BUY |
Marine Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation The Application and Future Development of the IMO's Particularly Sensitive Sea Area Concept Julian P Roberts Despite the potential benefits that PSSA designation can deliver, recent practice both within the IMO and by individual member States, has considerably undermined confidence .... | 289 pages | 16 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 3540376976 | #162043A | £92.50 BUY |
Microirrigation for Crop Production Revision of Trickle Irrigation of Crop Production Edited by FR Lamm, JE Ayars and FS Nakayama *Presents a detailed explanation of system design, operation, and management specific to various types of MI systems .... | 500 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2006 | 0444506071 | #161773A | £100.00 BUY |
Modeling Theory in Science Education
Ibrahim A Halloun This book is the culmination of over twenty years of work toward a pedagogical theory that promotes experiential learning of model-laden theory and inquiry in science. It is .... | 252 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402021399 | #162046A | £66.00 BUY |
Brian Garvey Biology raises distinct questions of its own not only for philosophy of science, but for metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. This book provides a presentation of the key .... | 320 pages | Acumen Publishing Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1844650707 | #162065A | £50.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1844650715 | #162066A | £14.99 BUY |
An Atlas of Current Threats to People and the Environment Offers a holistic and well-researched analysis of today's global issues and their impact on human population and the environment. .... | 44 pages | UNEP Pbk | 2006 | 8277010389 | #162173A | £6.50 BUY |
Practical Wastewater Management
David L Russell Table of Contents: .... | 271 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0471780448 | #161973A | £52.95 BUY |
A Review of Research on Outdoor Learning
National Foundation for Educational Research There is growing concern that opportunities for outdoor learning by school students in England have decreased substantially in recent years. In response to this, and recent .... | FSC Pbk | 2004 | 1851538933 | #161603A | £8.00 BUY |
Robert Nola and Howard Sankey Robert Nola and Howard Sankey provide an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the major theories of scientific method and the demarcation of science of the past fifty .... | 240 pages | Acumen Publishing Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1844650847 | #162067A | £45.00 BUY |
Soil and Water Conservation Handbook Policies, Practices, Conditions, and Terms Paul W Unger The Soil and Water Conservation Handbook is a concise, compact encyclopedia of the policies, practices, conditions, and terms related to soil and/or water conservation. .... | 254 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1560223294 | #161665A | £35.95 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1560223308 | #161666A | £17.95 BUY |
Stakeholder Dialogues in Natural Resources Management Theory and Practice Edited by S Stoll-Kleemann and M Welp The book outlines an integrative theoretical framework and examines examples of stakeholder dialogues and public participation in three areas: science, policy and .... | 400 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 3540369163 | #162025A | £100.00 BUY |
Sustainability at the Cutting Edge
Peter Smith Introduces the latest technologies and techniques being developed to create optimum eco-efficiency in the built environment. Valuable reference for architects, engineers .... | 224 pages | 80 line illus | Elsevier Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0750683007 | #162059A | £27.99 BUY |
Sustainability, Civil Society and International Governance Local, North American and Global Contributions Edited by J Kirton and P Hajnal How can civil society and global governors come together in new ways to improve links among trade, environmental and social values? .... | 422 pages | Ashgate Hbk | 2006 | 0754638847 | #162197A | £60.00 BUY |
Sustainable Use and Management of Natural Resources
Edited by European Environment Agency This report focuses on our ability to continue to provide for our needs by drawing on the natural world. Given the broad coverage of the term 'natural resources', a decision .... | EEA Pbk | 2005 | 9291677701 | #162119A | £12.50 BUY |
Thermal Energy Storage for Sustainable Energy Consumption Fundamentals, Case Studies and Design. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study| Institute on Thermal Energy Storage for Sustainable Energy Consumption - Fundamentals, Case Studies and Design, Izmir, Turkey, 6-17 June, 2005 Edited by Halime O Paksoy We all share a small planet. Our growing thirst for energy already threatens the future of our earth. Fossil fuels - energy resources of today - are not evenly distributed on .... | 350 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 140205288X | #161987A | £123.00 BUY |
Tourism, Culture and Regeneration
Edited by MK Smith Using case studies of cultural regenration planning and management from Europe, North and South America, this book explores the role of culture and tourism in urban .... | 240 pages | CABI Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 184593130* | #162131A | £35.00 BUY |
Transport and Environment: Facing A Dilemma TERM 2005 Edited by European Environment Agency This report represents a summary of 10 selected issues from the EEA's TERM (transport and environment reporting mechanism) set of transport and environment integration .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 9291678112 | #162110A | £12.50 BUY |
The Political Life of Forests in New Mexico Jake Kosek Through lively, engaging narrative, Understories demonstrates how volatile politics of race, class, and nation animate the infamously violent struggles over forests in the .... | 376 pages | 36 illus | Duke UP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0822338327 | #161534A | £64.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0822338475 | #161535A | £14.99 BUY |
Using the Market for Cost-Effective Environmental Policy
Edited by European Environment Agency This report presents an assessment of the main and most recent developments in the use of market-based instruments in European environmental policy. The report covers a range .... | EEA Pbk | 2006 | 9291678104 | #162114A | £12.50 BUY |
WTO Negotiations and Agricultural Trade Liberalization The Effect of Developed Countries' Policies on Developing Countries Edited by E Diaz-Bonilla, SE Frandsen and S Robinson Based on original research by the Food and Resource Economic Institute in Denmark and the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC, this book addresses .... | 341 pages | - | CABI (Consignment) Hbk | 2006 | 1845930509 | #159130A | £65.00 BUY |
Hydrological Data and Internet Resources Evan K Nyer and Pedro Fierro The new edition contains more than 1100 tables and 500 figures providing data related to weather, surface water, ground water, water use, water quality, waste water, pollution, .... | 1896 pages | Lewis Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1566706459 | #159449A | £114.00 BUY |
Larbi Bouguerra This richly documented book asks the major questions about the enormously important political and geostrategic issue of water. Does water have a price? Is it a right or a .... | Zed Books Hbk | 2006 | 1842777041 | #161758A | £39.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 184277705X | #161756A | £12.99 BUY |
Proceedings of the Euromech Colloquium Edited by J Peinke, P Schaumann and S Barth This book comprises reports on basic research, as well as research related to the practical exploitation and application of wind energy. "Wind Energy" comprehensively .... | 280 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 3540338659 | #161988A | £77.00 BUY |
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Cluster and Classification Techniques for the Biosciences
Alan Fielding Recent advances in experimental methods have resulted in the generation of enormous volumes of data across the life sciences. Hence clustering and classification techniques .... | 220 pages | 62 line diags, 58 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521852811 | #161643A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521618002 | #161644A | £27.99 BUY |
Data Analysis and Graphics Using R: An Example-based Approach
J Maindonald Starting with an introduction to R, covering standard regression methods, then presenting more advanced topics, this book guides users through the practical and .... | 400 pages | 26 tabs, 58 figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521861160 | #161627A | £45.00 BUY |
Investigating Changes in Space and Time Jane Drummond and Roland Billen With the widespread use of PDAs, wireless internet, Internet-based GIS, 3G and 4G telecommunications, the technology supporting mobile GIS is rapidly gaining popularity .... | 250 pages | Lewis Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0849390923 | #159453A | £56.99 BUY |
Environmental Statistics in the Mediterranean Countries: Compedium 2005
Eurostat European Communities Commission Contains environmental statistics on the following topics: *State and use of natural resources (land and forest, water, biodiversity) .... | 111 pages | colour illus | Stationery Office (TSO) Pbk | 2006 | 9279015389 | #161762A | £26.50 BUY |
Introduction to Computational Genomics A Case Studies Approach Nello Cristianini and Hahn Matthew W Where did SARS come from? Have we inherited genes from Neanderthals? How do plants use their internal clock? The genomic revolution in biology enables us to answer such .... | 48 line diags, 3 half-tones, 12 tabs, 32 exs, 6 col figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521856035 | #161645A | £50.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521671914 | #161647A | £24.99 BUY |
An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
Ian Heywood, Sarah Cornelius and Steve Carver Offers an up-to-date introduction to the world of GIS. Fully revised and updated, it is designed to be easy to use for all students at all levels, from undergraduates to .... | 295 pages | Illus, figs, tabs, maps | Prentice-Hall Pbk | 2006 | 0131293176 | #161517A | £26.99 BUY |
An Introduction to Random Sets
Hung T Nguyen Random sets as models for set-valued observations, are a new type of data proving useful in areas such as survey sampling, biostatistics, and intelligent systems. This is the .... | 272 pages | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press) Hbk | 2006 | 158488519X | #162078A | £49.99 BUY |
Introduction to Variance Estimation
Kirk Wolter We live in the information age. Statistical surveys are used every day to determine or evaluate public policy and to make important business decisions. Correct methods for .... | 490 pages | 5 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 038732917X | #161982A | £50.00 BUY |
Landscape Pattern Analysis for Assessing Ecosystem Condition
GD Johnson and GP Patil One of our greatest current challenges is the preservation and remediation of ecosystem integrity. This requires monitoring and assessment over large geographic areas, .... | 150 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0387376844 | #161964A | £59.00 BUY |
Matched Sampling for Causal Effects
Donald B Rubin Matched sampling is often used to help assess the causal effect of some exposure or intervention, typically when randomized experiments are not available or cannot be .... | 504 pages | 108 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0521857627 | #161623A | £50.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0521674360 | #161624A | £22.99 BUY |
Pattern-Based Compression of Multi-Band Image Data for Landscape Analysis
Wayne L Myers and GP Patil This book describes an integrated approach to using remotely sensed data in conjunction with geographic information systems for landscape analysis. Remotely sensed data are .... | 190 pages | 69 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0387444343 | #161965A | £65.50 BUY |
Harald Moe Since the beginning of the 20th Century, the microscope has become the single most widely-used instrument in teaching and scientific research: it has an essential role in .... | 256 pages | Col Plates | Rhodos Hbk | 2004 | 8772457775 | #161204A | £84.00 BUY |
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A Quick Guide to Citation Styles - MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More Charles Lipson With his latest book, Cite Right, the author provides much-needed counsel in a concise and affordable handbook for students and researchers. Building on Doing .... | 208 pages | Chicago UP Hbk | 2006 | 0226484742 | #161648A | £16.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0226484750 | #161650A | £6.50 BUY |
A Journey Through Australian Natural History Danielle Clode Collecting curiosities was a gentlemanly occupation for wealthy and educated 18th-century Europeans. Few creatures aroused more curiosity than those from Australia. .... | 256 pages | 150 half-tones, 32 col plates | CUP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521866200 | #161631A | £35.00 BUY |
Planning, Proposing, and Presenting Science Effectively A Guide for Graduate Students and Researchers in the Behavioural Sciences and Biology Jack P Hailman and Karen B Strier This concise guide to planning, writing, and presenting research is intended for biology students of all levels, especially those in behavioral ecology, The reader is guided .... | 182 pages | - | CUP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521826470 | #161605A | £45.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521533880 | #161604A | £19.99 BUY |
A Manual for Clear Presentations Scott Morgan and Barrett Whitener A practical manual aimed at graduate students, junior researchers, nervous professionals, or clinicians who are preparing to present talks at meetings and academic .... | 136 pages | CUP Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0521866812 | #161616A | £40.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0521683459 | #161617A | £19.99 BUY |
The Student's Guide to Writing Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling John Peck and Martin Cuyle The new edition of this best-seller guides students through the process of improving their writing, showing them how to construct a sentence, a paragraph and an essay. The .... | 146 pages | - | Palgrave Pbk | 2005 | 1403997381 | #161336A | £9.99 BUY |