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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.
Highlights from this Monthly Catalogue This month, we are particularly excited about the publication of two books which fill major gaps in the literature: Birds of Scotland Edited by Ron Forrester, Ian Andrews et al Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes by Maurice Kottelat and J Freyhof. New Subject Catalogue: Botany Our latest subject catalogue, which presents the best of the past few years of botany publishing, is now available. This catalogue can be viewed online, or downloaded as a pdf-file for printing. Other subject catalogues currently available: NHBS Field Ecology 2007 (pdf-file, 2.7MB) NHBS Ornithology Catalogue Summer 2007 (pdf-file, 1.5MB) Discounts for libraries, organisations and large orders Are you a librarian or responsible for book purchasing within your organisation, or are thinking of placing a large order? NHBS provides a specialised supply service for libraries, organisations and bulk purchasers - handling everything from researching hard to obtain titles to arranging documentation and shipment. We are usually able to offer competitive packages - please contact customer.services@nhbs.co.uk to discuss what we can offer. The NHBS Team View this Monthly Catalogue as a web page or save/print it as a .pdf document. |
Zoology:
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Mammals | Go to subject web page |
Apes of the Impenetrable Forest The Behavioral Ecology of Sympatric Chimpanzees and Gorillas Craig Stanford An account of a nine year project on the behavior and ecology of chimpanzees and mountain gorillas living in the same African forest. .... | 140 pages | b&w photos, diagrams | Prentice Hall Pbk | 2007 | 0132432609 | #169944A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Biology and Captive Management Stephen Jackson Comprehensive guide to the husbandry of Australian marsupials and other mammals, with a chapter on each group, including the platypus, the echidna, carnivorous marsupials, .... | 524 pages | Illus | CSIRO Hbk | 2004 | 0643066357 | #139955A | £124.95 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0643095071 | #170363A | £67.50 Add to basket |
The Behavioral Ecology of Callimicos and Tamarins in Northwestern Bolivia
Leila M Porter Results of a long-term study of these elusive small monkeys. .... | 172 pages | b&w photos, diagrams | Prentice Hall Pbk | 2007 | 0131914707 | #169943A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Behaviour and Ecology of Riparian Mammals
Edited by Nigel Dunstone and Martyn L Gorman The first book to provide an overview of freshwater amphibious mammals. It examines a range of species (otters, mink, watershrews, hippopotami, etc) and looks at their .... | 391 pages | 90 line illus, figs, 68 tabs, maps | CUP Hbk | 1998 | 0521631017 | #076945A | £75.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521038073 | #170438A | £34.99 Add to basket |
The Flying Lemur of South-East Asia Norman Lim Colugos are members of the Dermoptera order of mammals, there are two species living in the rainforests of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and parts of the Philippines .... | 80 pages | colour photos | Draco Publishing Pbk | 2007 | 9810564546 | #170323A | £24.95 Add to basket |
Cooperative Breeding in Mammals
Edited by Nancy G Solomon and Jeffrey A French Cooperative breeding refers to a social system in which individuals other than the parents provide care for the offspring. Since individuals delay breeding and invest in .... | 390 pages | Figs, 29 tabs | CUP Hbk | 1997 | 0521454913 | #051671A | £75.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521038286 | #170439A | £34.99 Add to basket |
The Evolution of Hemispheric Specilization in Primates
Edited by William Hopkins Hemispheric specialization, and lateralized sensory, cognitive or motor function of the left and right halves of the brain, commonly manifests in humans as right-handedness and .... | 400 pages | Illus | Academic Press Pbk | 2007 | 0123741971 | #170778A | £42.99 Add to basket |
Evolution of Thought: Evolutionary Origins of Great Ape Intelligence
Edited by Anne E Russon and David Begun Research on the evolution of higher intelligence rarely combines data from fields as diverse as paleontology and psychology. This book does just that, synthesizing the .... | 384 pages | B/w photos, Figs, 48 tables | CUP Pbk | 2007 | 0521039924 | #170528A | £34.99 Add to basket |
A Field Guide to the Terrestrial Mammals of Hong Kong
Ct Shek This new field guide covers 56 terrestrial mammals recorded for Hong Kong, including four newly discovered bat species. Each species is dealt with in detail over several .... | 408 pages | Draco Publishing Pbk | 2006 | #170433A | £39.50 Add to basket |
Jessica Groenendijk and Frank Hajek Reports the findings of 15 years of conservation efforts to save the Giant Otter (known locally as the "river wolf") in Peru. Richly illustrated, this book offers in-depth .... | 160 pages | colour photos | Frankfurt Zoological Society Hbk | 2006 | 9972258513 | #165188A | £29.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2006 | 9972258513 | #170319A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Ann Moyal Embraces the story of Koalas in Australian history of science and society, in an engaging and widely accessible historical narrative, extensively illustrated with key .... | 248 pages | CSIRO Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0643094016 | #169084A | £18.50 Add to basket |
The Common Dormouse: Real Rodent or Phantom of the Ancient World Sue Eden The dormouse is one of the least seen but most loved of British animals. They have always been portrayed as rare animals with specialised food requirements found only in .... | 144 pages | colour photos | Andreas Papadakis Publisher Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1901092798 | #170393A | £14.99 Add to basket |
A Comprehensive Guide to their Identification Thomas Jefferson, Marc Webber and Robert Pitman With coverage on all the marine mammals of the world, authors Jefferson, Webber, and Pitman have created a user-friendly guide to identify marine .... | 592 pages | Col photos, maps | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0123838533 | #170773A | £39.99 Add to basket |
Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation Junaidi Payne and Cede Prudente "Orang-utans" offers a unique insight into one of the most fascinating members of the great ape family. WWF Malaysia's Junaidi Payne provides an informative and compelling .... | 160 pages | 160 photos, 1 map | New Holland Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 1845379284 | #170610A | £24.99 Add to basket |
The Socioecology of Vervet and Patas Monkeys
Jill D Pruetz This field study is intended to introduce students to the habitat, behavior and social organization of the Vervet and Patas monkeys through observation of these primates and .... | 160 pages | Prentice Hall Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0131927876 | #170313A | £11.99 Add to basket |
A Broken Balance Rolf O Peterson A new edition of a classic: the compelling firsthand account of an ancient predator-prey relationship - the Isle Royale wolf and moose dynamic. .... | 192 pages | 106 colour photos | Michigan UP Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0472032615 | #170823A | £19.50 Add to basket |
Birds | Go to subject web page |
2003 Devon Barn Owl Survey Report Results From a County-Wide Survey the Barn Owl Trust with the Devon Bird Watching and Preservation Society DJ Ramsden and J Howells A repeated census of the county Barn Owl roost and nest sites ten years on from the first in 1993. The survey methods used rely on data already held by the Trust and so any .... | 20 pages | Barn Owl Trust Pbk | 2007 | 0952557819 | #170595A | £7.99 Add to basket |
2004 Cornwall Barn Owl Survey Report Results From a County-Wide Survey by the Barn Owl Trust Paul R French and David J Ramsden A repeated census of the county Barn Owl roost and nest sites ten years on from the first in 1994. .... | 20 pages | Col photos | Barn Owl Trust Pbk | 2007 | 0952557827 | #170594A | £7.99 Add to basket |
Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Penang
Kanda Kumar Lists all the current active bird species in the State of Penang with notes on their conservation status, synonyms of common names and Latin names. The book also lists .... | 48 pages | Maps | Malaysian Nature Society Pbk | 2006 | 9839681389 | #170244A | £5.50 Add to basket |
Atlas of the Birds of Delhi and Haryana
Bill Harvey, Nikhil Devasar and Bikram Grewal The Atlas records the distribution of birds in the neighbouring states of Delhi and Haryana in northern India and illustrates the seasonal occurence of the mapped species - .... | 352 pages | Col illus, maps | Rupa and Company Pbk | 2006 | 8129109549 | #170731A | £38.99 Add to basket |
An Avian Miscellany Graeme Gibson In this wonderfully varied anthology, the Canadian writer and birdwatcher Graeme Gibson made his selection of the most interesting writing on birds from all cultures and times, .... | 370 pages | Colour & b/w photos, illus | Bloomsbury Hbk | 2005 | 0747578125 | #152344A | £19.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0747591555 | #170502A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Malcolm Rymer A two-hour travelogue filmed over several seasons highlighting the places to visit and showing the birds which may be encountered. .... | Malcolm Rymer DVD | 2007 | #170754A | £23.44 Add to basket |
Birdlife of the Churchill Region Status, History, Biology Joseph R Jehl The Churchill, Manitoba region on Hudson Bay in Canada is a world famous destination for natural history studies and ecotourism. Detailed ornithological studies have been .... | 154 pages | Trafford Publishing Pbk | 2004 | 1412031079 | #170787A | £20.50 Add to basket |
Katrina Cook From the world's great collections of ornithological art, this giant book showcases 150 exquisite and vibrant images of nature's most beautiful birds. From intricately detailed .... | 224 pages | 150 col illus | Quercus Publishing Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1847241999 | #170736A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Edited by Ron Forrester, Ian Andrews et al The Birds of Scotland is the definitive book on the birds of Scotland. It is the third in a line of Scottish avifaunas, following in the footsteps of the Misses Baxter .... | 1632 pages | 2 volumes in slip case, 900 colour photos, 1500 charts and maps | SOC Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0951213903 | #168578A | £75.00 Add to basket |
Birdsounds of Northern Siberia
Christoph Zöckler Siberia is still surrounded by a veil of mystery. The vast area is little explored in terms of birds, yet home of many waders, thrushes and warblers (including the dazzling .... | 20 pages | Birdsounds Netherlands CD | 2007 | #170520A | £28.79 Add to basket |
Paul Doherty One site is featured for each month of the year and shows a typical birdwatching day at that time of the year and the birds you might see, e.g. .... | Running Time: 1 Hour 50 Minutes | Bird Images DVD | 2007 | #170751A | £15.22 Add to basket |
Birdwatching in Farmlands and Open Fields
Henry TH Lui This book focuses on over 70 bird species, with unequivocal photos showing their characteristics. Practical information such as birdwatching equipment and recommended .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2006 | 9889853973 | #170801A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Henry TH Lui Hong Kong, with internationally famous and important wetlands, is an excellent place for birdwatching. Every year thousands of waterbirds visit Hong Kong attracting birdwatchers .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2007 | 988971731X | #170798A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Henry TH Lui Forty bird species commonly seen in Hong Kong are described with various photos showing their characteristics. Over ten occasional bird species are also introduced. .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2005 | 9889853914 | #170807A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom and Peter J Grant Written by one Europe's leading ornithologists and illustrated by two of the world's finest bird illustrators - Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom (with a translation by .... | 392 pages | 3500 col illus, 700 maps | Harper Collins Hbk | 1999 | 0002197286 | #076053A | £24.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2001 | 0007113323 | #113220A | £16.99 Add to basket Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0007267266 | #165739A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Valerie Thom An ideal pocket guide to over 180 bird species commonly found throughout Scotland. Unlike many field guides, `Collins Scottish Birds' does not cover birds which only visit .... | 256 pages | colour illus | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0007270682 | #170492A | £9.99 Add to basket |
The Complete Back Garden Birdwatcher
Dominic Couzens and Steve Young This practical garden bird book covers Britain and Northern Europe. It is full of how-to tips and hints for getting the most out of garden birdwatching, as well as behaviour, .... | 176 pages | 100 col photos, 130 col illus | New Holland Hbk | 2005 | 1843309599 | #150672A | £16.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1845378865 | #170536A | £14.99 Add to basket |
La Señora de los Monos / The Mistress of the Monkeys P Tufiño SIMBIOE, an Ecuadorean NGO devoted to the conservation of the great biodiversity and the main natural areas of Ecuador, has been carrying out a five-year program for the .... | 251 pages | colour photos | SIMBIOE Hbk | 2007 | 9978455256 | #170409A | £45.50 Add to basket |
In the Wild and in Your Yard Larry Gates The hummingbird is one of the most attractive and popular birds in North America. Its small size, brilliant colouring, and ability to feed in flight make it a favourite .... | 144 pages | colour photos | Stackpole Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0811734218 | #170508A | £15.50 Add to basket |
Guide to the Birds of North America: CD ROM (Version 3.9)
Features 925 species seen in the U.S. and Canada. The CD-ROM includes over 2,700 colour photos, audio clips of over 700 species, range .... | - | Thayer CD | 2007 | #170305A | £81.08 Add to basket CD | 2007 | #170304A | £81.08 Add to basket |
Pete Cross The history of the legendary Cornish chough has been well documented. Few other animals have been so specifically associated with a particular region of the world, and the .... | 192 pages | Studio Cactus Pbk | 2007 | 1904239072 | #170291A | £6.99 Add to basket |
Where to Watch Birds in New Zealand More Than 30 of the Country's Best Birding Locations Kathy Ombler New Zealand's remarkable range of landscapes is home to an equally spectacular avian fauna. Not only are its endemic and native species at the top of any bird-watcher's .... | 208 pages | 33 maps, 30 col photos | New Holland Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1869661540 | #170608A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Die vergessene Echse W Völkl and D Alfermann Monography on the slow worm (Anguis fragilis), detailing habitat, biology and conservation of this lizard in Germany. .... | 160 pages | illus, 16 colour plates, 10 tables | Laurenti Pbk | 2007 | 3933066336 | #170392A | £25.50 Add to basket |
Evolution's Greatest Survivor Lynne Kelly An ancient animal whose ancestors have roamed the earth since the time of the dinosaurs, the crocodile has survived continental drift, ice ages and the loss of once-prolific .... | 224 pages | illus | Allen & Unwin Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 1741144981 | #170335A | £10.99 Add to basket |
David Attenborough Reptiles and amphibians ruled the world for nearly 200 million years and today there are still over 12,500 of them. Some are huge, the deadliest creatures on earth. Some are .... | 288 pages | illus | Random House Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0563539224 | #170560A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Anadromous Sturgeons: Habitats, Threats, and Management
Edited by Jean Munro et al Because of their threatened status, sturgeons have been the focus of broad scientific interest. This book provides new information on freshwater, estuarine, and marine .... | 420 pages | AFS Hbk | 2007 | 1888569913 | #170417A | £70.00 Add to basket |
Biology and Behavior Stephen Spotte The bluegill is arguably the most popular freshwater sportfish in North America - it has been introduced into every state but Alaska. Bluegills also have been exported worldwide .... | 214 pages | AFS 2007 | 188856993X | #170419A | £35.00 Add to basket |
Edited by Jacqueline F Webb, Richard R Fay and Arthur N Popper The study of how fish make and respond to sound has important implications for communication, physiology, behavior, and commercial techniques. Fish Bioacoustics, a new .... | 350 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0387730281 | #170625A | £76.50 Add to basket |
RE Jenkins and NM Burkhead Virginia's fishes are rich in diversity and reflect the long history and varied habitat of the state. Cold- and warmwater streams, estuaries, farm and mill ponds, lakes, .... | 1096 pages | 40 pp col plates, illus, keys, distribution maps | AFS Hbk | 1994 | 0913235873 | #033643A | £111.00 Add to basket |
Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes
Maurice Kottelat and J Freyhof This reference work covering 546 native and 33 introduced species is a very important contribution on the biodiversity of freshwater fish species in Europe. Much of the .... | 646 pages | 600 photos, illus, dist maps | Kottelat Hbk | 2007 | 2839902982 | #170366A | £59.99 Add to basket |
Revision of the Soleid Fish Genus Pardachirus
John E Randall and Jeffrey W Johnson | 22 pages | illus | Bishop Museum Pbk | 2007 | #170612A | £23.95 Add to basket |
Salmonid Field Protocols Handbook Techniques for Assessing Status and Trends in Salmon and Trout Populations DH Johnson et al This is the first publication to collect, standardize, and recommend a scientifically rigorous set of field protocols for monitoring and assessing salmon and trout .... | 478 pages | AFS 2007 | 1888569921 | #170364A | £35.00 Add to basket |
Ecology, Conservation & Folklore Peter S Maitland This book covers all the freshwater fish which are found in Scotland, including those which appear in fresh water from estuaries and the sea for short periods. It is the .... | 436 pages | Trafford Publishing Pbk | 2007 | 1425110649 | #170365A | £19.50 Add to basket |
Evolution, Ecology, and Management Edited by Carol Ann Woody The importance of sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka to commercial and subsistence fisheries around the Pacific Rim has led to over a century of research on their .... | 129 pages | 11 colour plates | AFS 2007 | 1888569883 | #170416A | £61.00 Add to basket |
Status, Distribution, and Conservation of Native Freshwater Fishes of Western North America A Symposium Proceedings Edited by Mark J Brouder and Julie A Scheurer Throughout the western United States, Canada, and northern Mexico during the past century, the status of many western native freshwater fish species has become .... | 208 pages | AFS Hbk | 2007 | 1888569891 | #170415A | £70.00 Add to basket |
Habitat and Fishery Management Guidelines Wild Trout Trust A practical manual on how to create ideal conditions for wild brown trout to flourish, builds on the highly acclaimed WTT Guidelines for Trout Habitat Restoration, produced in .... | 72 pages | colour | Wild Trout Trust Pbk | 2006 | #170699A | £18.50 Add to basket |
Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
Adaptations to Cave Life in Decapods from Oaxaca
Luis M Mejia-Ortiz This is a detailed study of shrimps and crayfish found in Cueva Gabriel and Cueva del Nacimiento del Rio San Antonio and nearby surface species. Includes detailed .... | 169 pages | AMCS Pbk | 2005 | #170461A | £24.95 Add to basket |
Fang Hong Jian Introduces 50 species of commonly seen insects in Hong Kong through authentic wildlife photography. Concise descriptions are provided along with characteristics, habits, .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2006 | 9889853981 | #170800A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Michael L Cox Bruchids (seed beetles) and Chrysomelids (leaf beetles) are an important and fascinating group. There are 15 species of Bruchids and 216 species of Chrysomelids in Britain and .... | 344 pages | colour plates, distribution maps | Pisces Pbk | 2007 | 1874357358 | #170453A | £24.99 Add to basket |
The Biology of European Orchard Bee Osmia Cornuta
M Krunic and L Stanisavljevic Data are presented on domestication of the solitary bee Osmia cornuta (Latr.), some attention being paid to Osmia rufa (L.) as well. Both species are more effective as .... | 137 pages | Col photos, tabs, maps | University of Belgrade Hbk | 2006 | #170421A | £46.50 Add to basket |
The Cicadas of Thailand, Volume 1: General and Particular Characteristics
Michel Boulard The Cicadas of Thailand, Volume 1, is the first of two volumes on Thai cicadas, the most fascinating and also least known representatives of a family of sonorous insects. .... | 142 pages | illus | White Lotus Pbk | 2006 | 9744800801 | #170458A | £24.95 Add to basket |
A Conchological Iconography: The Family Buccinidae, The Genus Neptunea
K Fraussen and Y Terryn A clear and detailed taxonomic review of this coldwater species by a specialist in the field, with fantastic colour plates. .... | 164 pages | figures, maps, 154 colour plates | ConchBooks Unbound | 2007 | #170466A | £133.00 Add to basket |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 45: Homoptera: Delphacidae
Ding Jinhua The planthopper family Delphacidae, with more than 2000 described species, is the largest of the 20 recognized families of the Fulgoroidea. .... | 776 pages | 20 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | 7030168763 | #170603A | £47.00 Add to basket |
Fauna of New Zealand, No 57: Apoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera)
Barry Donovan A total of 41 species of bees are known from the greater New Zealand biogeographical area of which 27 are endemic; and of these, 14 are newly described here. Another five .... | 295 pages | line drawings, colour photos | Manaaki Whenua Press Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0478093896 | #170382A | £48.50 Add to basket |
Fauna of New Zealand, No 58: Alysiinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Jocelyn Berry Alysiines are small braconid wasps that occur throughout the world. 21 species are recorded for New Zealand, 13 are described here for the first time; about three-quarters .... | 95 pages | Manaaki Whenua Press Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 047809390X | #170383A | £24.50 Add to basket |
Fauna of New Zealand, No 59: Erotylinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Erotylidae) Taxonomy and Biogeography Paul Skelley and Rich Leschen Erotylinae are also known commonly as the 'pleasing fungus beetles' for their often striking colours, though these do not occur in New Zealand species. The eight New .... | 60 pages | Manaaki Whenua Press Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0478093918 | #170387A | £16.50 Add to basket |
Fauna of Syrphidae from Mt. Qinling-Bashan in China (Insect: Diptera)
Huo Keke and Ren Guodong | 512 pages | 236 figures | Science Press Hbk | 2007 | 7802332303 | #170605A | £36.50 Add to basket |
Jean-Marie Philippe Comprehensive manual for beekeepers. Covers the history of beekeeping, biology, equipment, plants, commercial aspects and much more. Useful for all beekeepers around .... | 348 pages | Edisud Pbk | 2007 | 2744907057 | #170470A | £44.50 Add to basket |
Insect Portfolio: Hong Kong Insects 1
Yiu Vor Volume 1 and 2 introduces 24 orders, 118 families and almost 300 species of Hong Kong insects. All the high quality photographs .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2005 | 9889853957 | #170803A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Insect Portfolio: Hong Kong Insects 2
Yiu Vor Volume 1 and 2 introduces 24 orders, 118 families and almost 300 species of Hong Kong insects. All the high quality photographs were taken in the wild revealing the natural .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2005 | 9889853965 | #170802A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Patrice Leraut Covers the main insect groups of Europe and its neighbouring regions, with additional information about systematic biology and the collection and conservation of insects. .... | 528 pages | colour photos on 185 colour plates | Lynx Hbk | 2007 | 8496553272 | #170820A | £31.00 Add to basket |
Integrating New Technologies for Striga Control Towards Ending the Witch-Hunt Edited by Jonathan Gressel Witchweeds (Striga species) decimate agriculture in much of Africa and parts of Asia, attacking the major cereal grains and legumes, and halving the already very low yields .... | 340 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2007 | 9812707085 | #170689A | £45.99 Add to basket |
Lacewings in the Crop Environment
Edited by PK McEwan, TR New and AE Whittington Lacewings are predatory insects which attack and kill large numbers of insect pests. Lacewings in the Crop Environment addresses both the theoretical and practical aspects .... | 546 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | CUP Hbk | 2001 | 0521772176 | #117607A | £115.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521037298 | #170436A | £47.99 Add to basket |
Management of Nematode and Insect-Borne Diseases
G Saxena and KG Mukerji This book examines the various aspects of disease control from an international perspective. Leading academics and researchers around the world address the microbial .... | 300 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2007 | 1560221356 | #170426A | £37.99 Add to basket |
Medical Entomology for Students
MW Service Arthropod vectors of human infections, such as malaria, filariasis, West Nile virus, Lyme disease and typhus, are a continuing threat to human health. Medical Entomology for .... | 285 pages | Figs | CUP Pbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0521709288 | #170346A | £29.99 Add to basket |
KG Emiliyamma, C Radhakrishnan and Muhamed Jafer Palot Documents 137 species and subspecies of Odonata spread over 79 genera, 12 families and 31 subfamilies known to date from Kerala. In many of the scientific literature on .... | 204 pages | Figs, plates | Zoological Survey Pbk | 2007 | 8181711595 | #170574A | £32.50 Add to basket |
RES Handbook Volume 1 Part 16: Fleas (Siphonaptera)
Amoret P Whitaker The second edition of this RES Handbook is a fully updated new edition of Smit's classic guide to British fleas published in 1957. The text and keys have been updated to include .... | 178 pages | line drawings | FSC Pbk | 2007 | 0901546852 | #170465A | £18.99 Add to basket |
PM Sureshan The present paper is the result of a study on a collection of Pteromalidae deposited in the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, USA. The collections .... | 42 pages | Figs | Zoological Survey Pbk | 2007 | 8181711540 | #170576A | £12.50 Add to basket |
Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
Handbook of Paleoichthyology: Volume 1B ''Agnatha'' II: Thelodonti T Märss, S Turner and V Karatajute Talimaa The first volume published in this series that deals with agnathan vertebrates. It includes the group of agnathan vertebrates now considered to be closest to the .... | 143 pages | 141 figs | Pfeil Hbk | 2007 | 3899370813 | #170080A | £104.00 Add to basket |
The Emergence of Feathered Dinosaurs, Beaked Birds and Flowering Plants Edited by Mee Mann Chang, Pei-ji Chen, Yuan-Qing Wang and Yuan Wang No other single volume reference to the Jehol site and its fossils exists and nowhere is there such a collection of fine photos of the fossils concerned. This book has pieced .... | 208 pages | Illus, photos | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0123741734 | #170780A | £39.99 Add to basket |
Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography Biodiversity in Space and Time Paul Upchurch, Alistair McGowan and Claire Slater Biogeography represents one of the most complex and challenging aspects of macroevolutionary research, requiring input from both the earth and life sciences. .... | 384 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1420045512 | #169161A | £68.99 Add to basket |
Solitaire: The Dodo of Rodrigues Island
Alan Grihault About twenty-six million years ago a flock of birds parted and flew in different directions from one of the many islands that have since disappeared in the Indian Ocean. .... | 132 pages | Alan Grihault Pbk | 2007 | 999033630X | #170468A | £14.99 Add to basket |
Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About the Future Peter D Ward More than 200 million years ago, a cataclysmic event known as the Permian extinction destroyed more than 90 percent of all species and nearly 97 percent of all living .... | 242 pages | - | Harper Collins Hbk | 2007 | 006113791X | #170499A | £15.95 Add to basket |
Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Georges Dussart and David Ponsonby A superabundant biosphere, the ocean houses a vast array of life-forms a great many of which lie hidden in the deep. For centuries, naturalists have catalogued these species .... | 288 pages | illus | Ivy Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1905695500 | #170562A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Edited by HO Pörtner and Richard C Playle Summarises information on the adaptations exhibited by representatives of the main groups of polar animals, including marine invertebrates, fish, mammals and birds, at .... | 498 pages | 6 b/w photos, 75 line illus, 38 tabs | CUP Hbk | 1998 | 0521580781 | #071088A | £130.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521039681 | #170524A | £42.99 Add to basket |
Mangrove, Mudflat and Seagrass Bed Terence CW Fong, Vincent CS Lai and Henry TH Lui The authors recommend several accessible estuary sites and 76 species (including mangrove plants, molluscs and waterbirds etc) which are easily found in the estuaries of .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2005 | 9889853922 | #170806A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Rocky Shore and Boulder Shore Vincent CS Lai, Henry TH Lui and Terence CW Fong Hard shores are the dominant intertidal habitats in Hong Kong. They are also popular for coastal ecology study, as they demonstrate typical structures of intertidal communities .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2006 | 9889853906 | #170799A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Exploring Earth's Oceans Peter Batson How inappropriate it was to name our planet Earth, when quite clearly we should have called it Ocean. 1.36 billion cubic kilometres of water (326 million cubic miles) .... | 224 pages | 200 col photos | Quercus Publishing Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 184724050X | #170735A | £12.50 Add to basket |
Le Leman et sa vie Microscopique
Jean-Claude Druart and Gerard Balvay Studies the ecosystem of lake sediments and the myriad of organisms present here. .... | 128 pages | Col illus | Quae Pbk | 2007 | 2759200337 | #169020A | £49.99 Add to basket |
et de la Mer Rouge Marc Taquet and Alain Diringer An identification guide to 850 species of fish found in depths up to 60m in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Includes 1200 colour photos and an indentification key. Each .... | 528 pages | 1200 colour photos | Quae NYP 10/2007 | 2759200450 | #170390A | £43.00 Add to basket |
General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
100 Animals to See Before They Die
Nick Garbutt 100 Animals to See Before They Die is inspired by the Zoological Society of London's recently launched conservation project EDGE - Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally .... | 144 pages | illus | Bradt Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1841622362 | #170332A | £16.99 Add to basket |
The Art and Science of William Bartram
Judith Magee William Bartram's love of nature led him to explore the environs of the American Southeast between 1773 and 1777. Here he collected plants and seeds, kept a journal of .... | 264 pages | Col illus, col photos | Pennsylvania State UP Hbk | 2007 | 0271029145 | #169328A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Philip Ball Branching patterns, networks, and fractals form some of the most exquisite patterns in the natural world - from minute and delicate branching crystals and plants, to trees, .... | 176 pages | 20 b/w illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0199237980 | #170829A | £11.99 Add to basket |
The Domestication and Exploitation of Plants and Animals
Peter J Ucko and GW Dimbleby Originally published in 1969, this volume resulted from presentations at the Institute of Archaeology, London University, discussing the domestication and exploitation of .... | 607 pages | Aldine Transaction Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0202361691 | #170452A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802-1856 Ralph O'Connor At the turn of the nineteenth century, geology - and its claims that the earth had a long and colorful prehuman history - was widely dismissed as dangerous nonsense. But .... | 448 pages | 8 col plates, 89 halftones, 2 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0226616681 | #168348A | £25.99 Add to basket |
Floral Paintings of Popular Garden Flowers
James Andrews Nineteenth-century botanical illustration by the renowned Victorian artist James Andrews. .... | 200 pages | colour illus | Andreas Papadakis Publisher Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1901092690 | #170394A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Philip Ball Philip Ball explores the elusive rules that govern flow in nature - from the swirl of a wisp of smoke and eddies in rivers, to the huge persistant storm that is the Great Spot .... | 176 pages | 20 b/w illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0199237972 | #170832A | £11.99 Add to basket |
Mary Gribbin and John Gribbin The flower hunters were intrepid explorers - remarkable, eccentric men and women who scoured the world in search of extraordinary plants from the middle of the seventeenth .... | 320 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0192807188 | #170833A | £18.99 Add to basket |
Collector of Audubon's Western Birds and Mammals Barbara Mearns and Richard Mearns The first in-depth biography of J.K.Townsend (1809-1851), an ornithologist from Philadelphia who crossed the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River in 1834 and made two .... | 400 pages | 350 illus, 10 maps, 4 flow charts | Mearns Books Hbk | 2007 | 0955673909 | #170469A | £62.00 Add to basket |
A Repeat Photography of Landscape Change in the Canadian Rockies Cliff White and Ted Hart This is a unique collaboration between two observers who have, for more than twenty-five years, been examining landscape change in the Canadian Rockies - national park biologist .... | 200 pages | Col & b/w photos | Calgary UP Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1552382370 | #170732A | £38.50 Add to basket |
The Lost World of James Smithson Science, Revolution and the Birth of the Smithsonian Heather Ewing The first biography of James Smithson, the Englishman who bequeathed his fortune to establish Washington's Smithsonian Institute - the largest museum and research complex .... | 448 pages | illus | Bloomsbury Hbk | 2007 | 074757653X | #170424A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Revealing the Secrets of Professional Macro Photography Heather Angel The realm of macro photography is like no other, because it homes in on a small portion of what we normally see in the natural world. By focusing only on a part of a plant or .... | 114 pages | colour photos | Chris Weston Publishing Pbk | 2007 | 0955459516 | #170479A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Biology Beyond the Genome Denis Noble What is Life? Decades of research have resulted in the full mapping of the human genome - three billion pairs of code whose functions are only now being understood. The gene's .... | 153 pages | 7 figures | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0199295735 | #160448A | £12.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0199228361 | #170824A | £7.99 Add to basket |
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
Edited by Richard Dawkins Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that .... | 512 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0199216800 | #170827A | £18.99 Add to basket |
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
RP Feynman This collection of the best short works of rule-breaking genius Richard Feynman shows his passion for knowledge and sense of fun at their most infectious. The revealing and .... | 288 pages | Illus | Penguin Pbk | 2007 | 0141031433 | #170607A | £8.99 Add to basket |
Philip Ball Patterns are everywhere in nature - in the ranks of clouds in the sky, the stripes of an angelfish, the arrangement of petals in flowers, even the developing body parts of a .... | 272 pages | 20 b/w illus, col plates | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0199237964 | #170830A | £11.99 Add to basket |
Language as a Window into Human Nature Steven Pinker Steven Pinker uses language as a window into human nature: he analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and shows what that can tell us about ourselves. He .... | 512 pages | Allen Lane Hbk | 2007 | 0713997419 | #170514A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Adventures in a Changing World Bruce Parry Over several years, Parry spent a month living with fifteen different tribes in remote regions of the world. The result is an insight into wildly differing cultures that are .... | 320 pages | Illustrated | Michael Joseph Hbk | 2007 | 0718149181 | #170604A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Victorian Popularizers of Science Designing Nature for New Audiences Bernard Lightman The ideas of Charles Darwin and his fellow Victorian scientists have had an abiding effect on the modern world. But at the time The Origin of Species was published in 1859, .... | 528 pages | 68 halftones, 2 tabs | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0226481182 | #168327A | £25.99 Add to basket |
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character RP Feynman Richard Feynman - Nobel Laureate, teacher, icon and genius - possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled gift for telling the extraordinary stories of .... | 256 pages | Illus | Penguin Pbk | 2007 | 0141030887 | #170609A | £8.99 Add to basket |
A Miscellany of Recent Scientific Discoveries from Astronomy to Zoology Lewis Smith A leopard that changed its spots, a substance just one atom thick, an invisibility cloak, and a creature that sees with its feet. They all sound too far fetched to be true .... | 256 pages | Andreas Papadakis Publisher Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1901092836 | #170710A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Regional & Travel | Go to subject web page |
An Account of the Wild Mammals of the Kalam Area, Papua New Guinea Ian Saem Majnep and Ralph Bulmer This is a very special kind of animal book. The first author, Ian Saem Majnep, grew up on the edge of the cool upper montane forest, hunting, foraging and gardening and .... | 452 pages | 20 photos, 18 illus, 3 maps | Crawford House Publishing Pbk | 2007 | 1863332987 | #170495A | £38.50 Add to basket |
Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife
Bill Oddie Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife is a practical beginner's guide to enjoying the wildlife of Britain. Organised into a calendar of months, Bill tells you the best places .... | 192 pages | Col photos, map | Harper Collins Hbk | 2005 | 0007184557 | #149503A | £17.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0007236239 | #159015A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Journey of Discovery Series three of the popular BBC nature and history series in a 3 disc set. Coast takes viewers on an entertaining and ambitious exploration around Britain's unique coastline. .... | 3 DVD set, running time: approx. 480 mins | THE Distribution Ltd DVD | 2007 | #170430A | £29.99 Add to basket |
William Beinart and Lotte Hughes European imperialism was extraordinarily far-reaching: a key global historical process of the last 500 years. It locked disparate human societies together over a wider area .... | 320 pages | 13 figs, maps | OUP Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0199260311 | #169914A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Michael Poliza In 2006, to fulfill a long-held dream, widely acclaimed photographer Michael Poliza and friend Stefan Breuer undertook a helicopter journey across Africa. Skimming close to the .... | 408 pages | Col photos | TeNeues Publishing UK Ltd Hbk | 2007 | 3832792090 | #170756A | £70.00 Add to basket |
Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island
Edited by Peter Ryan This book provides a compact identification guide to the animals and plants of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago and Gough Island, with more than 400 colour photographs. .... | 162 pages | colour photos | Pisces Pbk | 2007 | 1874357331 | #170454A | £11.99 Add to basket |
Edited by Gerald Smart and Peter Brandon The South Downs are among the best loved landscapes in southern England. The beauty of their rolling chalk hills and steep escarpments, open river valleys, dramatic sea .... | 232 pages | Col plates, maps, figs | Packard Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 185341137X | #170649A | Normally £34.99 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £25.00 |
The Late Cenozoic of Patagonia and Tierra de Fuego
Edited by J Rabassa Focuses on the uninterrupted geological and Palaeontological record of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego since the Miocene-Pliocene boundary to the arrival of Man and Modern .... | 400 pages | Illus | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0444529543 | #170789A | £110.00 Add to basket |
Michael Palin's New Europe - DVD
Michael Palin Until the early 1990s, when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, travelling behind the iron curtain was never easy. In undertaking his new journey through Eastern Europe, .... | 3 DVD set | BBC Video DVD | NYP 10/2007 | BBCDVD2256 | #170352A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Duncan Souchon This book is a visual celebration that takes the reader on glorious visits to Africa's many significant mountains: the holy ones, the prominent and fabled ones, and those we .... | 192 pages | Struik Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1770072187 | #170611A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Alan Titchmarsh The Nature of Britain is a landmark BBC series; in each programme Alan Titchmarsh turns wildlife detective, taking us on a journey of discovery through eight different British .... | 3 DVD set | BBC Video DVD | NYP 11/2007 | BBCDVD2532 | #170351A | £29.99 Add to basket |
The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement Neil M Maher The Great Depression coincided with a wave of natural disasters, including the Dust Bowl and devastating floods of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Recovering from these .... | 320 pages | 22 halftones, 6 line illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0195306015 | #170822A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book
UR Bhuju, PR Shakya, TB Basnet and S Shrestha Nepal comprises of only 0.1% of land area on a global scale, but it possesses a disproportionately rich diversity of flora and fauna at genetic, species and ecosystem .... | 158 pages | Earthprint Limited Pbk | 2007 | 9291150339 | #170602A | £13.50 Add to basket |
Michael Palin Until the early 1990s, when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, travelling behind the iron curtain was never easy. In undertaking his new journey through Eastern Europe, .... | 288 pages | Orion Hbk | 2007 | 0297844490 | #170506A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Wildlife and Scenery of India and Nepal Guy Mountfort With its extremes of climate and geography, India supports an extraordinarily diverse range of wildlife and offers some of the most glorious scenery in the world. A truly .... | 208 pages | 400 col photos | New Holland Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1845379233 | #170537A | £19.99 Add to basket |
What if the Last Wilderness is above Our Heads? Richard Preston Hidden in unseen valleys of dense rainforest on the coast of California are the world's tallest and largest things - trees up to forty stories tall and as old as the Parthenon: .... | 256 pages | Allen Lane Hbk | 2007 | 1846140234 | #170513A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
Gerald T Kraft Lord Howe Island, an oceanic outcrop of volcanic origin situated between Australia and New Zealand, is fringed by the world's southernmost consolidated coral reef. The .... | 256 pages | illus | CSIRO Hbk | 2007 | 0643094326 | #169142A | £59.95 Add to basket |
Aromatic and Spicy Plants in Cyprus From Antiquity to the Present Day George Hadjikyriakou This book describes 206 woody, flowering, non-flowering and aromatic and spicy plants (189 species, 26 subspecies and a hybrid). These plants all contain or exude essential .... | 440 pages | Illus | Bank of Cyprus Hbk | 2007 | 9963428533 | #170175A | £31.50 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 9963428525 | #170555A | £26.99 Add to basket |
Around the World in 80 Gardens
Monty Don Accompanies a 10 part BBC2 television series for January 2008. The gardens chosen will include recognisable gardens of supreme beauty and interest as .... | 256 pages | illus | Weidenfeld & Nicolson Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0297844504 | #170333A | £19.99 Add to basket |
The Beautiful Plants of Seychelles
Adrian Skerrett and Judith Skerrett The Seychelles are home to an abundant tropical flora. Some of the plants are endemic and some are found throughout the tropics. This revised edition assembles a collection .... | 128 pages | 103 colour photos | Camerapix Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1904722326 | #170745A | £9.95 Add to basket |
The Narratives of Trees Richard Mabey Richard Mabey's new book is about beech trees - but also, of course, about numerous other issues, including global warming and the importance of trees in the landscape. .... | 304 pages | Chatto & Windus Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 1856197336 | #170621A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Carolus Clusius: Towards a Cultural History of a Renaissance Naturalist
Florike Egmond Carolus Clusius (1526- 1609) was one of the most eminent botanists of the European Renaissance, and his influence on tulip breeding and the bulb industry can still be felt .... | 296 pages | Edita RNAAS - KNAW Hbk | 2007 | 9069845067 | #170265A | £66.00 Add to basket |
A Catalogue of Type Specimens (Cormophyta) in the Herbaria of China (The Supplement II) Edited by Jin Shuying This new supplement includes 19 species in 10 families of bryophytes, 195 species in 15 families of ferns, 25 species in 2 families of gymnosperms, and 1250 species in .... | 204 pages | Science Press Hbk | 2007 | 7030190769 | #170545A | £24.50 Add to basket |
Cell Division Control in Plants
Edited by Desh Pal S Verma and Zonglie Hong The molecular mechanisms controlling cell cycle progression are highly conserved in eukaryotes. In addition to the basic protein machinery involved in cell cycle .... | 370 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 3540734864 | #170624A | £123.00 Add to basket |
Michael Scott Collins Scottish Wild Flowers is the ideal guide for both visitors and residents of Scotland who wish to learn about the fascinating wealth of wild flowers that can be .... | 256 pages | Harper Collins Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0007270690 | #170491A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Crete - A Unique Paradise of Flowers / Kreta - Ein einzigartiges Blumenparadies
Johannes Flohe This book is meant to be an album whose purpose is to present the exceptional variety and the outstanding beauty of the Cretan flora in pictures as well .... | 182 pages | colour photos | Johannes Flohe Hbk | 2006 | 3981007751 | #170512A | £21.95 Add to basket |
Epidemiology and Plant Ecology Principles and Applications Jos Frantzen The spatial aspects of epidemics have been a largely ignored feature of plant ecology, yet an understanding of the spatial dynamics of pathogens is essential to quantifying .... | 184 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2007 | 9812705775 | #170688A | £21.99 Add to basket |
Flora Neotropica, Volume 99: Piptocarpha (Compositae: Vernonieae) Gerald L Smith and Nancy C Coile Piptocarpha (Compositae: Vernonieae) treats 46 species within two subgenera, four sections, and seven series. This treatment includes full synonymy, typification, species .... | 94 pages | NYBG Press Hbk | 2007 | 0893274828 | #170757A | £35.50 Add to basket |
Flora of Ecuador, Volume 78: Gramineae (part 3) Subfam. Panicoideae
S Renvoize, Andrea S Vega and Zulma E Rugolo de Agrasar | 218 pages | line drawings | Botanical Institute, Goteborg Pbk | 2006 | 9185529001 | #169125A | £53.50 Add to basket |
Flora of Ecuador, Volume 79: Rubiaceae (part 5) Tribe 18. Psychotrieae (2)
Charlotte M Taylor and Daniela Zappi | 113 pages | line drawings | Botanical Institute, Goteborg Pbk | 2006 | 918552901X | #169126A | £33.00 Add to basket |
Flora of Ecuador, Volume 80: Sapotaceae
TD Pennington | 195 pages | line drawings | Botanical Institute, Goteborg Pbk | 2007 | 9185529028 | #169127A | £39.00 Add to basket |
Flora of Ecuador, Volume 81: Combretaceae
CA Stace | 63 pages | line drawings | Botanical Institute, Goteborg Pbk | 2007 | 9185529079 | #169128A | £20.95 Add to basket |
Freshwater Cyanoprokaryota of North-Eastern Australia, Volume 1: Oscillatoriales
GB McGregor Cyanoprokaryotes (also known as cyanobacteria or blue-green algae) can form a significant component of benthic, periphytic and floating microphytic assemblages across .... | 124 pages | ABRS Pbk | 2007 | 0642568537 | #170360A | £23.50 Add to basket |
Ecological diversity with emphasis on the taxonomy of Non-gilled Hymenomycetes from the Mbalmayo forest reserve Clovis Douanla-Meli | 410 pages | 172 figures | Cramer Pbk | 2007 | 3443591043 | #170752A | £88.00 Add to basket |
Guida illustrata alla Flora della val Rosandra (Trieste) Le guide de Dryades 4 - Serie Flore III (F-III) P Luigi Nimis, Poldini Livio and Martellos Stefano This book is a guide to all known vascular plants from Val Rosandra, one of the most interesting biotopes of the Trieste Karst in NE Italy (987 taxa). After a brief history .... | 478 pages | Goliardiche Editrice Hbk | 2006 | 8878730408 | #170587A | £120.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2006 | 8878730394 | #170586A | £83.00 Add to basket |
History of the Australian Vegetation Cretaceous to the Present Edited by RS Hill The Australian vegetation is the end result of a remarkable history of climate change, latitudinal change, continental isolation, soil evolution, interaction with an evolving .... | 360 pages | 40 b/w photos, 100 line diagrams, 17 tables | CUP Pbk | 2007 | 0521039576 | #170526A | £37.99 Add to basket |
Mabel WL Chu There are many outlying islands with undulating coastal lines around the Hong Kong waters. .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2005 | 9889853930 | #170805A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Mabel WL Chu Introduces more than 50 species of Hong Kongs' commonly seen poisonous plants in parks and in the wilderness. Half of them are horticultural species and the other half are .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2007 | 9889717387 | #170796A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Robert P Adams The Junipers of the World contains a synthesis of data on evolution by examining: .... | 282 pages | Trafford Publishing Pbk | 2004 | 141204250X | #170790A | £26.50 Add to basket |
Käävät - Puiden Sienet / Polypores, Lignicolous Fungi
Tuomo Niemelä In this identification book of poroid Basidiomycota (polypores), 230 species are reported to be found in Finland. In addition, 11 such species are highlighted which have .... | 320 pages | Col photos | FMNH Hbk | 2005 | 9521027444 | #170613A | £45.50 Add to basket |
Mosses, Lichens and Ferns of Northwest North America A Photographic Field Guide R Bovey, J Marsh and D Vitt The classic guide to the bryophytes of the West (originally published in 1988) is back in print. This book brings the small yet beautiful world of mosses, liverworts, lichens, .... | 296 pages | 391 col photos, 366 maps. | Lone Pine Pbk | 2007 | 1551055694 | #170811A | £25.95 Add to basket |
John Wright Mycologist John Wright explains the ins and outs of collecting, including relevant UK laws, conservation notes, practical tips and identification techniques. He takes us .... | 256 pages | Colour photos | Bloomsbury Hbk | 2007 | 0747589321 | #170370A | £12.99 Add to basket |
The Search for Order in the World of Plants Anna Pavord For centuries, some of the most brilliant minds in Europe searched for the rules of nature's game. In a world full of plagues and poisons, many medicines were made from .... | 471 pages | Illus | Bloomsbury Hbk | 2005 | 0747579520 | #152342A | £29.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0747582440 | #170501A | £16.99 Add to basket |
The Nature of Disease in Plants
Robert P Scheffer Discusses how plants get diseases, from the origins and evolution of parasites to how plant epidemics develop. The author argues that the conditions favouring disease are .... | 325 pages | Figs | CUP Hbk | 1997 | 052148247X | #061279A | £75.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521037948 | #170437A | £29.99 Add to basket |
New Atlas of Ferns & Allied Plants of Britain & Ireland
Edited by AC Wardlaw and A Leonard This spiral-bound handbook contains 93 distribution maps of the ferns and allied plants, including naturalised aliens and hybrids, of Britain and Ireland. The maps, which show .... | 98 pages | 93 dist maps | BPS Spiralbound | 2005 | 0950980676 | #170475A | £17.50 Add to basket |
Edited by Chen Hong-Hwa et al The diversity and specialization in orchid floral morphology have fascinated botanists and collectors for centuries. In the past 10 years, the orchid industry has been growing .... | 400 pages | World Scientific Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 9812706194 | #170690A | £45.99 Add to basket |
A Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park & Bold Park, Perth, Western Australia Russell L Barrett This field guide provides a comprehensive photographic guide to all plants known to occur in the bushlands of Kings Park and Bold Park, both native plants and naturalised .... | 416 pages | illus | Botanic Gardens & Park 2005 | 1876479078 | #170561A | £52.50 Add to basket |
Robert Edward Lee Phycology is the study of algae, the primary photosynthetic organisms in freshwater and marine food chains. As a food source for zooplankton and filter-feeding shellfish, the .... | 520 pages | 374 line diagrams, 144 b&w illus | CUP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0521864089 | #170338A | £80.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0521682770 | #170337A | £37.99 Add to basket |
Physiology and Behaviour of Plants
Peter Scott Physiology and Behaviour of Plants looks at plants and how they sense and respond to their environment. It takes the traditional plant physiology book into a new dimension .... | 464 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0470850248 | #170704A | £85.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0470850256 | #170705A | £32.50 Add to basket |
The Physiology of Fungal Nutrition
DH Jennings The nutrition of a vegetative fungal colony can be viewed as a web of interconnected processes. This volume provides a mechanistic basis to the subject of fungal nutrition, .... | 622 pages | 108 line illus, 99 tabs | CUP Hbk | 1995 | 0521355249 | #037115A | £110.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521038162 | #170434A | £55.00 Add to basket |
A Practical Guide Edited by Barbara BM Reed Plant Cryopreservation: A Practical Guide is a unique resource for plant scientists in many fields. This compilation provides over 100 ready-to-use protocols for plant types .... | 480 pages | 25 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0387722750 | #170647A | £92.50 Add to basket |
Structural and Molecular Genetic Aspects Galun Esra This book provides a fascinating account of the accumulated knowledge of the mechanisms by which plants regulate their patterning. This is an exciting subject based on a novel .... | 450 pages | World Scientific Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 9812704086 | #170691A | £51.00 Add to basket |
A Phylogenetic Approach Walter S Judd, CS Campbell, EA Kellogg, PF Stevens and MJ Donoghue A comprehensive introduction to vascular plant phylogeny, the Third Edition of Plant Systematics reflects changes in the circumscription of many orders and families to .... | 565 pages | 336 illus | WH Freeman Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0878934073 | #170695A | £63.99 Add to basket |
Ecological Limits and Climate Change RMM Crawford Margins are by their very nature environmentally unstable - does it therefore follow that plant populations adapted for life in such areas will prove to be pre-adapted to .... | 430 pages | figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 052162309X | #166751A | £39.99 Add to basket |
Revised Classification of the Onagraceae
Warren L Wagner, Peter C Hoch and Peter H Raven Recent molecular phylogenetic analyses in the plant family Onagraceae support the need for revisions in the family classification. In this paper, the authors briefly survey .... | 240 pages | ASPT Pbk | 2007 | 0912861835 | #170321A | £52.50 Add to basket |
GM Simpson Grasses are a principal source of food for mankind and play an important role in stabilizing the land surface of much of the globe. Understanding seed dormancy in the .... | 297 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | CUP Hbk | 1990 | 0521372887 | #007219A | £70.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521039304 | #170529A | £27.99 Add to basket |
Stress in Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi
Edited by Simon Avery, Malcolm Stratford and Pieter van West Yeasts and filamentous fungi need to cope with stress, whether growing in the laboratory or in the natural environment, whether victims or offenders in interactions with other .... | 450 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2007 | 012374184X | #170782A | £85.00 Add to basket |
The History, Lore, and Science of the Ultimate Mushroom Ian R Hall, Gordon Brown and Alessandra Zambonelli Whether the world's best truffles are found in Piedmont or Perigord inspires impassioned debate, but the effects of dwindling supply and insatiable demand for the elusive, .... | 224 pages | 160 col photos, 15 drawings, 12 tabs | Timber Press Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0881928607 | #167955A | £24.99 Add to basket |
A Traveller's Guide to the Wildflowers and Common Trees of East Africa
David J Allen A well illustrated pocket sized guide to flora and trees. Includes notes on identification, distribution, plant use, as well as English, African and scientific .... | 248 pages | 116 colour photos | Camerapix Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1904722288 | #170743A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium Harold Koopowitz Distinguished by a prominent pouchlike sac which resembles a ballroom slipper and is often decorated with warts, hairs, or stripes, the flowers of slipper orchids may be .... | 432 pages | 350 col photos, 9 col paintings | Timber Press Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 088192864X | #167944A | £44.99 Add to basket |
Vegetation Structure and Biodiversity in Mediterranean Ecosystems A comparative study between Lebanon and California Youssef Chahine Atallah | 99 pages | 27 figures, 9 maps | Gebrder Borntraeger Pbk | 2007 | 3443643183 | #170748A | £40.00 Add to basket |
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Restoring Wildflowers to the Countryside Charles Flower A traditional meadow full of wild flowers is a rare sight today, but it is not too late to restore them and to create new ones. .... | 256 pages | Col photos | Andreas Papadakis Publisher Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1901092828 | #170711A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Zwei Jahrhunderte Bestandesentwicklung von Moosen in der Schweiz
Edwin Urmi et al Retrospective monitoring of mosses in Switzerland over the past 200 years shows the changes in moss biodiversity. The authors used moss samples from herbaria; they show how .... | 139 pages | Paul Haupt Verlag Pbk | 2007 | 3258072183 | #170399A | £22.95 Add to basket |
Animal & General Biology | Go to subject web page |
My Genome: My Life Craig Venter In June 2000, for the first time in human history, scientists were able to unravel the mysteries contained within our genetic code. Craig Venter is the brilliant maverick who .... | 400 pages | - | Allen Lane Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0713997249 | #170606A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Immo E Scheffler This book is the eagerly awaited second edition of the best-selling Mitochondria, a book widely acknowledged as the first modern, truly comprehensive authored work on the .... | 488 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0470040734 | #170708A | £71.50 Add to basket |
Parasites and Infectious Disease Discovery by Serendipity and Otherwise Gerald Esch This series of entertaining essays provides a unique insight into some of the key discoveries that have shaped the field of parasitology. Based on interviews with 18 of .... | 366 pages | 20 half tones | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521858828 | #170718A | £60.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521675391 | #170720A | £23.99 Add to basket |
Physiology and Biochemistry of Cestodes
J Smyth The cestodes, or tapeworms, are a group of parasitic worms many species of which cause serious, often fatal, diseases in man and domestic animals throughout the world. This .... | 352 pages | CUP Hbk | 1989 | 0521355575 | #031487A | £80.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521038952 | #170525A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Strategies and Techniques to Promote Plant Growth Edited by Iqbal Ahmad, John Pichtel and Shamsul Hayat Here, an extremely experienced team of authors from five different continents provides a timely review of progress in the use and exploitation of soil bacteria to improve crop .... | 400 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 3527319018 | #170706A | £95.00 Add to basket |
Regulation of Tissue pH in Plants and Animals
Edited by S Egginton, EW Taylor and JA Raven The maintenance of a stable acid-base status within biological tissue is a fundamental homeostatic process in all organisms, necessary to preserve the metabolic function of .... | 391 pages | 72 line diagrams, 13 tables | CUP Pbk | 2007 | 052103938X | #170527A | £34.99 Add to basket |
The Long Debate About Animal Language Gregory Radick In the early 1890s the theory of evolution gained an unexpected ally: the Edison phonograph. An amateur scientist used the new machine to record monkey calls, play them .... | 544 pages | 39 halftones, 1 line drawing | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0226702243 | #168347A | £25.99 Add to basket |
Definitions and Perspectives Edited by Lilia Alberghina and Hans V Westerhoff For life to be understood and disease to become manageable, the wealth of postgenomic data now needs to be made dynamic. This development requires systems biology, .... | 408 pages | Illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540742697 | #170640A | £54.00 Add to basket |
Colin J Sanderson The rapid progress in genomics and related technologies has increased interest in genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This concise and highly readable book equips the .... | 200 pages | World Scientific Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 9812703756 | #170692A | £38.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 9812703764 | #170693A | £21.99 Add to basket |
Functional Explanation and Self-Reproducing Systems Peter McLaughlin This book offers an examination of functional explanation as it is used in biology and the social sciences, and focuses on the kinds of philosophical presuppositions that such .... | 271 pages | - | CUP Hbk | 2001 | 0521782333 | #118964A | £44.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521038855 | #170541A | £23.99 Add to basket |
Evolutionary Biology | Go to subject web page |
African Ecology and Human Evolution
Clark F Howell and Francois Bourliere Originally published in 1964, this volume summarizes the results of diverse research on Pleistocene environments and the cultural and biological evolution of man in Africa. The .... | 666 pages | B/w photos. figs, tabs | Routledge Hbk | 2004 | 0415329884 | #144762A | £120.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0202361365 | #170451A | £29.95 Add to basket |
Alternative Reproductive Tactics An Integrative Approach Edited by Rui Oliveira The study of alternative reproductive tactics (the behavioural strategies used by individuals to increase their reproductive success) is an evolutionary puzzle, and one .... | 544 pages | 87 line diagrams, illus | CUP Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0521832438 | #170343A | £80.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0521540062 | #170344A | £37.99 Add to basket |
Taphonomic Studies in Honor of C.K. (Bob) Brain Edited by Travis R Pickering, Kathy Diane Schick and Nicholas Toth Taphonomy, the study of the processes leading to the fossilization of organic remains, is one of the most important avenues of inquiry in human origins research. "Breathing .... | 350 pages | Illus | Stone Age Institute Press Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0979227615 | #170724A | £50.00 Add to basket |
Darwinism's Struggle for Survival Heredity and the Hypothesis of Natural Selection Jean Gayon Examines the different forms taken by the hypothesis of natural selection in the nineteenth century and the major difficulties which it encountered, and shows how these .... | 516 pages | Illus | CUP Hbk | 1998 | 0521562503 | #085654A | £80.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521039673 | #170543A | £44.99 Add to basket |
Ecology of African Pastoralist Societies
Katherine Homewood Homewood traces the origins and spread of pastoralism on the African continent before examining contemporary pastoralist environmentes and livelihoods. .... | 320 pages | James Currey Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0852559917 | #162631A | £50.00 Add to basket |
Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology Edited by Alessandro Minelli and Giuseppe Fusco Evolutionary developmental biology, or `evo-devo', is the study of the relationship between evolution and development. Dealing specifically with the generative mechanisms .... | 384 pages | 63 line diagrams, 12 half tones, 5 tabs, 75 figs | CUP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0521875005 | #170716A | £60.00 Add to basket |
Finding Time for the Old Stone Age A History of Palaeolithic Archaeology and Quaternary Geology in Britain, 1860-1960 Anne O'Connor Finding Time for the Old Stone Age explores a century of colourful debate over the age of our earliest ancestors. In the mid nineteenth century curious stone implements .... | 464 pages | 2 maps, illus | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0199215472 | #170405A | £75.00 Add to basket |
DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution Sean B Carroll DNA evidence not only solves crimes - if you know how to read it, it can also reveal the history of life on earth. This fast-paced book guides the general reader on a tour of .... | 288 pages | 50 b/w illus | Quercus Publishing Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 1847244769 | #170742A | £15.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0393330516 | #169021A | £9.99 Add to basket |
Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life
Edited by Ralph Pudritz, Paul Higgs and Jonathon Stone Several major breakthroughs in the last decade have helped contribute to the emerging field of astrobiology. Focusing on these developments, this fascinating book explores .... | 320 pages | 23 line diagrams, 61 half tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 052187548X | #170717A | £65.00 Add to basket |
A beginner's guide to molecular evolution Lindell Bromham The use of molecular data (of the type covered by this book) pervades many different whole organism courses, including those on evolution and ecology. This is the kind of .... | 272 pages | 108 figures | OUP Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0199290911 | #169565A | £25.99 Add to basket |
The Mechanism of Evolution Graham Bell Adaptation is caused by selection continually winnowing the genetic variation created by mutation. In the last decade, our knowledge of how selection operates on populations in .... | 699 pages | Figs, graphs | OUP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0198569726 | #168453A | £59.95 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0198569734 | #170834A | £37.50 Add to basket |
Ecology | Go to subject web page |
Edited by Charles D Amsler This is the first ever book devoted to the chemical ecology of algae. .... | 313 pages | 26 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540741801 | #170643A | £115.50 Add to basket |
Organisms in Extreme Environments David A Wharton We are fascinated by the seemingly impossible places in which organisms can live. There are frogs that freeze solid, worms that dry out and bacteria that survive temperatures .... | 307 pages | 41 b/w illus, 12 figs, 4 tabs | CUP Hbk | 2002 | 0521782120 | #123275A | £29.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521039908 | #170540A | £15.99 Add to basket |
Ants and their Insect Partners Bernhard Stadler and Tony Dixon With a focus on mutualisms between ants and aphids, coccids, membracids and lycaenids, this volume provides a detailed account of the many different facets of mutualisms. .... | 226 pages | 43 line diags, 14 b&w photos | CUP Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0521860350 | #170348A | £55.00 Add to basket |
Use of Landscape Sciences for the Assessment of Environmental Security
Edited by I Petrosillo, F Müller, KB Jones, G Zurlini, K Krauze, S Victorov et al Results of the NATO/CCMS Pilot Study on the Use of Landscape Sciences for Environmental Assessment, 2001-2006 .... | 497 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 1402065884 | #170645A | £138.50 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 1402065892 | #170646A | £61.50 Add to basket |
Habitats & Ecosystems | Go to subject web page |
Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes - 2005 Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on the Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes held in Olsztyn, Poland, 21-27 August 2005 Edited by Malgorzata Jankun et al Coregonids (whitefish, vendace, cisco, etc.) are cold-water adapted fishes common throughout the Holarctic in North America, Europe and Asia. They have evolved into a .... | 516 pages | illus | Schweizerbart'sche Pbk | 2007 | 3510470621 | #170376A | £109.00 Add to basket |
Edited by DN Thomas There is now an increased awareness of the importance of polar regions in the Earth system, as well as their vulnerability to anthropogenic derived change, including of .... | 416 pages | 51 line & 78 halftone illustrations | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0199298114 | #170059A | £60.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0199298130 | #170058A | £27.50 Add to basket |
An Introduction Eric Bird Coastal Geomorphology is a comprehensive and systematic introduction to this subject and demonstrates the dynamic nature of coastal landforms, providing a background for .... | 448 pages | illus | Wiley Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0470517298 | #170410A | £90.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0470517301 | #170411A | £34.95 Add to basket |
Regine HG Leung and Mabel WL Chu There are 63 plant species included in this book representing the most common plant species found in local shrubland, including herbs, grasses, sedges, herbaceous and woody .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2005 | 9889853949 | #170804A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Forests and Chases of England and Wales c.1500 to 1800 Towards a survey and analysis Edited by John Langton and Graham Jones Forests and chases were bounded areas where a legal regime separate from the Common Law protected royal and aristocratic hunting priveleges and commoners' rights. Their .... | 140 pages | b/w illustrations | Oxbow Pbk | 2005 | 095449752X | #159352A | £33.00 Add to basket |
Monitoring and Modelling Lakes and Coastal Environments
Edited by Pratap K Mohanty Lakes and coastal wetlands are transitional areas between dry terrestrial and permanent aquatic ecosystems and are recognized as highly productive, playing a vital role in the .... | 248 pages | 100 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1402066457 | #170633A | £77.00 Add to basket |
Conservation and Conflict Resolution Saleem H Ali Although the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a Kenyan environmentalist, few have considered whether environmental conservation can contribute to peace-building in .... | 432 pages | illus | MIT Press Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0262012359 | #170425A | £46.95 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0262511983 | #170418A | £18.95 Add to basket |
Planet Ocean: Photo Stories from the Defending Our Oceans Voyage
Sara Holden Three quarters of the planet is ocean and 80 per cent of all life lives here. They give us so much, yet we know relatively little about them. .... | 171 pages | New Internationalist Hbk | 2007 | 1904456790 | #170700A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat Stephen Darby and David Sear River restoration projects are designed to recreate functional characteristics within a context of physical stability. They tend to focus on the development and application of .... | 344 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 047086706X | #170412A | £95.00 Add to basket |
Samson NH So and Henry TH Lui This book offers a gateway for readers to admire the wonderful natural environment by introducing over 60 species of wetland creatures such as polychates, molluscs, .... | 80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery Pbk | 2007 | 988985399X | #170795A | £6.50 Add to basket |
Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2008
Edited by D Langdon Now in its 27th edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2008 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape .... | 480 pages | Spon Press (Routledge) Hbk | 2007 | 0415424445 | #170429A | £105.00 Add to basket |
Towards a European Forest Information System
Andreas Schuck et al Over the past two decades various European forest information projects have had the vision to build a distributed Europe forest information network, in which existing data .... | 160 pages | EJ Brill Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 9004161503 | #170558A | £57.50 Add to basket |
Soil Sustainability Over Millennia, Centuries and Decades DD Richter and D Markewitz Explores a legacy of soil change in southeastern North America, a region of global ecologic, agricultural, and forestry significance: from the acidic soils of primary .... | 255 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | CUP Hbk | 2001 | 0521771714 | #117605A | £69.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521039436 | #170535A | £23.99 Add to basket |
Conservation & Biodiversity | Go to subject web page |
The Pan-European Ecological Network Taking Stock Marie Bonnin et al The pace of biodiversity decline is quickening worldwide. Habitat break-up, pollution, over-use of natural areas and the creation of artificial landscapes increase the rate of .... | 114 pages | - | Council of Europe Pbk | 2007 | 9287161194 | #170821A | £22.50 Add to basket |
Edited by Markku Oksanen and Juhani Pietarinen This important collection focuses on the nature and importance of biodiversity. The concept is clarified and its intrinsic and instrumental value are discussed. Even though .... | 276 pages | illus | CUP Hbk | 2004 | 0521804302 | #143681A | £47.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521039142 | #170539A | £25.99 Add to basket |
Exotic Animals and their Protectors Jess Donahue and Erik Trump Since the 1960s, zoos and aquariums have been repeatedly challenged by animal rights activists, regulatory agencies, anti-tax advocates, and an assortment of litigators. .... | 236 pages | 210 illus | Northern Illinois UP Hbk | 2006 | 0875803644 | #170330A | £28.50 Add to basket |
Behaviour, Management and Welfare Geoff Hosey, Vicky Melfi and Sheila Pankhurst Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of zoo animals, and reveals how we can apply our ever-growing .... | 480 pages | 180 illus | OUP Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0199233063 | #168564A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Environmental Science | Go to subject web page |
Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology
JC King and J Turner Describes the climate in the Antarctic, the processes by which it is maintained, and reviews our current knowledge of the variability of Antarctic climate and the possible .... | 409 pages | 23 b/w photos, 170 line illus | CUP Pbk | 2007 | 0521039843 | #170532A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics An Introductory Text John Marshall and R Alan Plumb An introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students a good grasp of .... | 320 pages | Illus | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0125586914 | #170791A | £39.99 Add to basket |
Biomarker Guide, Volume 1: Biomarkers and Isotopes in the Environment and Human History
Kenneth E Peters, Clifford C Walters and J Michael Moldowan The second edition of The Biomarker Guide is a fully updated and expanded version of this essential reference. Now in two volumes, it provides a comprehensive account of the .... | 512 pages | 15 b/w photos, 372 line illus | CUP Pbk | 2007 | 0521786975 | #170533A | £42.99 Add to basket |
Biomarker Guide, Volume 2: Biomarkers and Isotopes in Petroleum Exploration and Earth History
Kenneth E Peters, Clifford C Walters and J Michael Moldowan The second edition of The Biomarker Guide is a fully updated and expanded version of this essential reference. Now in two volumes, it provides a comprehensive account of the .... | 680 pages | 15 b/w photos, 372 figs | CUP Pbk | 2007 | 0521039983 | #170534A | £39.99 Add to basket |
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
Chris Park This informative dictionary contains over 8,500 entries on all aspects of the environment and conservation. International in scope, it embraces a broad spectrum of .... | 528 pages | OUP Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0198609965 | #170835A | £10.99 Add to basket |
Energy Security and Climate Change
John M Deutch, Anne Lauvergeon and Widhyawan Prawiraatmadja Energy Security and Climate Change is both a careful analysis of global remedies and an appreciation of regional approaches that can be devised to meet common challenges. .... | 110 pages | Brookings Institution Pbk | 2007 | 0930503902 | #170727A | £8.99 Add to basket |
Understanding the Science of Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods, Heat Waves, Snow Storms, Global Warming and Other Atmospheric Disturbances H Michael Mogil A fascinating and easy-to-understand exploration of hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, heat waves, and more, complete with hundreds of full-colour photographs and descriptive .... | 304 pages | Black Dog Publishing Ltd Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1579127436 | #168856A | £15.95 Add to basket |
The Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Environment
Edited by Ebru Mehmetli and Bogdana Koumanova Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds of natural or anthropogenic origin that resist photolytic, chemical and biological degradation. They are .... | 445 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1402066406 | #170635A | £123.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1402066414 | #170636A | £54.00 Add to basket |
Views of a changing world Fred Pearce, Bjorn Lomborg, Mark Lynas, Guy Dauncey and Tim Flannery Natural disasters, climate change, the exploitation of the world's resources and human development are changing our planet at a relentless pace. Now, using one hundred and .... | 272 pages | colour illus | Harper Collins Hbk | 2006 | 0007233140 | #158136A | £29.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0007266804 | #169911A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Looking Beyond Kyoto Ernesto Zedillo In Global Warming: Looking Beyond Kyoto, some of the best-known and respected authorities in climate policy provide a comprehensive agenda for global collective .... | 240 pages | Brookings Institution Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0815797141 | #170725A | £36.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 081579715X | #170726A | £15.99 Add to basket |
Ilias Vardavas and Frederic Taylor Radiation theory and measurements are at the core of the climate change debate. Radiation and Climate describes in detail the basic physics used in the radiative .... | 512 pages | b&w illus | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0199227470 | #170406A | £65.00 Add to basket |
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Volume 193 Continuation of Residue Reviews Edited by LA Albert, O Hutzinger, JB Knaak, FL Mayer, DP Morgan, DL Park et al | 285 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387731628 | #170639A | £69.00 Add to basket |
Exploring the Ocean to Discover Climate Dallas Murphy In To Follow the Water, Dallas Murphy traces the history of man's interaction with the Gulf Stream from our first awareness of it right up until today's efforts to .... | 278 pages | b&w photos | Basic Books Hbk | 2007 | 158243350X | #170511A | £15.50 Add to basket |
Physical Sciences | Go to subject web page |
From the Big Bang to the Solar System Edited by JMT Thompson In this highly accessible book, leading scientists from around the world give a general overview of research advances in their subject areas within the field of Astronomy. They .... | 436 pages | Imperial College Press Hbk | 2005 | 1860945775 | #170670A | £71.00 Add to basket |
From Earthquakes to Global Warming PR Sammonds and JMT Thompson "Advances in Earth Science" outlines the latest developments and new research directions currently being made world-wide in the earth sciences. It contains invited and refereed .... | 450 pages | Imperial College Press Hbk | 2007 | 1860947611 | #170667A | £59.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 186094762X | #170671A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Advances in Geosciences, Volume 1: Solid Earth
Yun-Tai Chen Covers: Source Process of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake; Fuzzy Logic Model for Multi-Reservoir Operation; Test of Inner Core Super Rotation Using .... | 272 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2006 | 9812569855 | #170678A | £51.00 Add to basket |
Advances in Geosciences, Volume 2: Solar Terrestrial
Marc Duldig Covers: Solar Coronal Plumes: Theoretical Concepts and Results; Observational Study of Solar Magnetic Active Phenomena by Huairou Vector Magnetograph; Sector Boundary .... | 380 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2006 | 9812569847 | #170679A | £56.00 Add to basket |
Advances in Geosciences, Volume 3: Planetary Science
Anil Bhardwaj Covers: Review of Mariner 10 Observations: Mercury Surface Impact Processes; On the Dynamics of Charged Particles in the Magnetosphere of Mercury; Neutral Atom Emission .... | 416 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2006 | 9812569839 | #170681A | £59.00 Add to basket |
Advances in Geosciences, Volume 4: Hydrological Science
Namsik Park Covers: Simulation Korea Summer Monsoon Rainfall with NCAR Regional Climate Model; Urban Flood Analysis with Underground Space; Climate Variability and Drought in Rajasthan; .... | 312 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2006 | 9812569820 | #170682A | £58.00 Add to basket |
Advances in Geosciences, Volume 5: Oceans and Atmospheres
Hyo Choi Covers: Sabah Shoreline Management Plan; Potential for Sulfide Mineral Deposits in Australian Waters; Local to Long-Range Dust Transport over Central Eastern Australia; .... | 144 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2006 | 9812569812 | #170683A | £42.99 Add to basket |
Advances in Geosciences, Volume 6: Hydrological Science
Namsik Park Covers: Stochastic Generation of Multi-Site Rainfall Occurrences; Monte Carlo Simulation for Calculating Drought Characteristics; On Regional Estimation of Floods for Ungaged .... | 200 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2007 | 9812709851 | #170672A | £38.99 Add to basket |
Advances in Geosciences, Volume 7: Planetary Science
Anil Bhardwaj Covers: Some Similarities and Differences Between the Mars and Venus Solar Wind Interactions; Asteroid Compositions: Some Evidence from Polarimetry; Formation of .... | 200 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2007 | 981270986X | #170674A | £38.99 Add to basket |
Advances in Geosciences, Volume 8: Solar Terrestrial
Marc Duldig Covers: A New Perspective on the Relationship Between Substorms and Magnetic Storms; Comparative Measurements of Cosmic Radiation Monitors for Aircrew Exposure Assessment; .... | 250 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2007 | 9812709878 | #170675A | £41.99 Add to basket |
Advances in Geosciences, Volume 9: Solid Earth, Ocean Science and Atmospheric Science
Yun-Tai Chen Covers: Seismic Characteristics of Strong Deep Focal Earthquakes and Associated Phenomena in Northeastern Asia; Moho Depths in the Indian Ocean Based on the Inversion .... | 150 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2007 | 9812709886 | #170676A | £36.99 Add to basket |
Guidance on the use of green roofs, green walls and complementary features on buildings P Early, D Gedge, J Newton and S Wilson Green roofs and walls are widely used in many countries to provide a range of benefits for the built environment. Numerous studies have been carried out to monitor and assess .... | 213 pages | CIRIA Pbk | 2007 | 0860176444 | #170519A | £90.00 Add to basket |
The Universe, from the Beginning Stuart Clark Deep Space allows us to see, with our own eyes, the mysterious objects and phenomena that inhabit the far reaches of the cosmos and the earliest times of .... | 256 pages | 280 colour illus | Quercus Publishing Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 184724405X | #170721A | £24.99 Add to basket |
A Photographic Guide Charles J Byrne This book is a companion to Byrnes's award-winning Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon (Springer, 2005). It provides comprehensive coverage of the .... | 230 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387732055 | #170666A | £25.50 Add to basket |
Malcolm S Longair This second edition of Galaxy Formation is an up-to-date text on astrophysical cosmology, expounding the structure of the classical cosmological models from a .... | 772 pages | Springer Hbk | 1998 | 3540637850 | #115506A | £34.99 Add to basket Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 3540734775 | #170627A | £57.50 Add to basket |
A Visual Tour of the New Solar System David Brodie Ice, Rock, and Beauty is a book for anybody who lives in the solar neighborhood, and takes an interest in its significance to us as residents. .... | 160 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387731024 | #170665A | £25.50 Add to basket |
Introduction to High-Energy Astrophysics
Stephan Rosswog and Marcus Bruggen High-energy astrophysics covers cosmic phenomena that occur under the most extreme physical conditions. It explores the most violent events in the Universe: the explosion .... | 366 pages | illus | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521857694 | #170450A | £34.99 Add to basket |
An Introduction to Nuclear Astrophysics
Richard N Boyd Nuclear astrophysics is the study of how all naturally occurring elements formed and evolved into our present universe via nuclear processes, beginning with the Big Bang and .... | 416 pages | 52 col plates, 1 halftone, 92 line drawings | Chicago UP Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0226069710 | #168344A | £50.00 Add to basket |
Chemical Approach Edited by Piet Herdewijn and M.Volkan Kisakürek Dedicated to one of the great pioneers of this science, Leslie Orgel, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, this compilation of reviews and original manuscripts provides an .... | 308 pages | Wiley Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 3906390500 | #170703A | £60.00 Add to basket |
L Piccardi and WB Masse This book is the first peer-reviewed collection of papers focusing on the potential of myth storylines to yield data and lessons that are of value to the geological sciences. .... | 360 pages | illus | Geological Society Hbk | 2007 | 1862392161 | #170067A | £108.00 Add to basket |
Physics in Biology and Medicine
Paul Davidovits Physics for Biology and Medicine, Third Edition covers topics in physics as they apply to the life sciences, specifically medicine, physiology, nursing and other applied .... | 352 pages | Illus | Academic Press Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 0123694116 | #170784A | £25.99 Add to basket |
W Keel The formation of galaxies is one of the greatest puzzles in astronomy, the solution is shrouded in the depths of space and time, but has profound implications for the universe .... | 262 pages | Springer Hbk | 2007 | 3540725342 | #170623A | £54.00 Add to basket |
The Search for Extraterrestrials Intercepting Alien Signals Monte Ross Follow Monte Ross of the Laser Space Signal Observatory as he explores the challenges in searching for evidence of extraterrestrials, the programs that have failed, and those .... | 175 pages | Springer Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0387734538 | #170626A | £18.99 Add to basket |
Setting-up a Small Observatory From Concept to Construction David Arditti Every amateur astronomer who is considering a purpose-built observatory will find this book absolutely invaluable during both the planning and the construction stages. Drawing .... | 220 pages | Springer Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387345213 | #170664A | £18.99 Add to basket |
Solar System Astrophysics: Two Volume Set A Text for the Science of Planetary Systems Eugene F Milone and William Wilson Solar System Astrophysics: A Text for the Science of Planetary Systems covers the field of solar system astrophysics beginning with basic tools of spherical astronomy, .... | 1000 pages | Illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387731539 | #170630A | £84.50 Add to basket |
Partick Moore and HJP Arnold To mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, this landmark book brings together the words of Sir Patrick Moore and the favourite images of late space .... | 224 pages | Mitchell Beazley Hbk | 2007 | 1845333195 | #170151A | £24.99 Add to basket |
Tables of Gemstone Identification
R Dedeyne and I Quintens The most actual and updated tables for the determination of gemstones. .... | 312 pages | Glirico Hbk | 2007 | 9078768010 | #170282A | £83.00 Add to basket |
Tropical West Africa - Marine and Continental Changes during the late Quaternary
P Giresse West Africa and the eastern Atlantic stretching from Mauritania in the north to Namibia in the south offer a large latitudinal stretch incorporating nearly symmetrical climatic .... | 565 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0444529845 | #170788A | £150.00 Add to basket |
A Biography John Gribbin The Universe: A Biography makes cosmology accessible to everyone. John Gribbin navigates the latest frontiers of scientific discovery to tell us what we really know .... | 242 pages | Allen Lane Hbk | 2007 | 0713998571 | #162736A | £19.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 01/2008 | 0141021470 | #170515A | £7.99 Add to basket |
Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them
Peter Grego Venus and Mercury have always been regarded as difficult targets for amateurs, but advances in commercially-made instruments have brought them within range of only .... | 185 pages | Springer Pbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0387742859 | #170015A | £20.50 Add to basket |
Animals as Geomorphic Agents David R Butler Animals as geomorphic agents have primarily been considered curiosities in the literature of geomorphology. This book re-examines the distinct geomorphic influences of .... | 232 pages | 63 b/w photos, 3 line illus, 3 tabs | CUP Hbk | 1995 | 0521433436 | #041312A | £55.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521039320 | #170531A | £22.99 Add to basket |
Sustainable Development | Go to subject web page |
Paul Wojtkowski Agroecology is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design, development, and management of sustainable agricultural systems. Agroecological .... | 300 pages | Academic Press Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0123741173 | #170777A | £39.99 Add to basket |
An introduction for the biosciences Ben Mepham Bioethical issues remain front-page news, with debate continuing to rage over issues including genetic modification, animal cloning, and 'designer babies'. With public .... | 450 pages | 40 figures | OUP Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0199214301 | #169569A | £23.99 Add to basket |
How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being & Why No One Saw It Coming Paul Hawken Blessed Unrest tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media. Hawken, an environmentalist and author, has spent more than a .... | 352 pages | - | Viking Hbk | 2007 | 0670038520 | #170322A | £16.95 Add to basket |
Ecological Management of Agricultural Weeds
Matt Liebman, Charles L Mohler and Charles P Staver Provides principles and practices for ecologically based weed management in a wide range of temperate and tropical farming systems. .... | 532 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | CUP Hbk | 2001 | 0521560683 | #120036A | £90.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521037875 | #170435A | £44.99 Add to basket |
Eban S Goodstein Economics and the Environment examines a broad range of topics in environmental and natural resource economics. It presents in-depth treatment of important issues at .... | 528 pages | Wiley Pbk | 2007 | 0471763098 | #170414A | £28.95 Add to basket |
The Encyclopedia of Tourism and Recreation in Marine Environments
M Luck Marine tourism has become one of the fastest growing areas within the tourism industry. With the increased use of marine environments comes the need for informed planning and .... | 880 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1845933508 | #170088A | £99.00 Add to basket |
Energy, Resources, and the Long Term Future
John Scales Avery The world is rapidly approaching the end of the fossil fuel era. This timely book reviews the historical background for this crisis and provides a comprehensive .... | 340 pages | World Scientific Hbk | 2007 | 9812707646 | #170686A | £36.99 Add to basket |
Practical Experiences and Case Studies Edited by P Meire, M Coenen, C Lombardo, M Robba and R Sacile Water is essential for a wide range of human activities and it exists in relatively finite amounts. When dealing with water management, different issues should be combined: .... | 380 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1402065507 | #170637A | £123.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1402065515 | #170638A | £54.00 Add to basket |
The Gap Between Theory and Practice Edited by F Molle and J Berkhoff Much hope has been vested in pricing as a means of helping to regulate and rationalize water management, notably in the irrigation sector. The pricing of water has often been .... | 448 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1845932927 | #170622A | £85.00 Add to basket |
Towards Sustainable Electricity Walt Patterson Walt Patterson starts from a simple premise: that we are making a mess of energy, and this is endangering the planet. Using accessible, everyday language Patterson describes .... | 208 pages | Earthscan Hbk | 2007 | 1844074560 | #170728A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Major Accidents to the Environment A Practical Guide to the Seveso II-Directive and COMAH Regulations Ivan Vince The operator of a hazardous installation - any chemical, oil, gas, foodstuff or power facility, and many others - governed by the Seveso II/COMAH Directives is legally .... | 352 pages | Butterworth Heinemann Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0750683899 | #170785A | £59.99 Add to basket |
Molecular Marker Systems in Plant Breeding and Crop Improvement
Edited by Horst Lörz and Gerhard Wenzel Successful release of new and better crop varieties increasingly requires genomics and molecular biology. This volume presents basic information on plant molecular marker .... | 476 pages | 42 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540740066 | #170644A | £54.00 Add to basket |
New Frontiers in Marine Tourism Diving Experiences, Sustainability, Management Edited by Brian Garrod and Stefan Gossling This is the first book of this kind to address and analyse this burgeoning tourism sector comprehensively. By integrating aspects such as sustainability, safety, .... | 244 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2007 | 0080453570 | #170783A | £56.99 Add to basket |
The Science of Measuring the Effects of Fishing, 1855-1955 TD Smith Since the industrialization of fishing, fisheries scientists have been subject to intense economic and political pressures, which have affected the way the science has .... | 392 pages | Tabs, graphs, maps | CUP Hbk | 1994 | 052139032X | #031737A | £80.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521038960 | #170530A | £34.99 Add to basket |
Theory and Practice Edited by Michael Raviv and J Heinrich Lieth Plant production in hydroponics and soilless culture is rapidly expanding throughout the world, raising a great interest in the scientific community. For the first time in an .... | 500 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 12/2007 | 0444529756 | #170781A | £62.99 Add to basket |
Transboundary Policy Challenges In The Pacific Border Regions of North America Edited by James Loucky, Donald K Alper and JC Day "Transboundary Policy Challenges" responds to a growing interest in borderlands environmental policy by highlighting significant transboundary research and practices .... | 240 pages | Maps and Figs | Calgary UP Pbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1552382230 | #170733A | £19.50 Add to basket |
Where Global Sustainability Conventions Matter Anders Hjort-af-Ornas As this book demonstrates, it is essential to involve stakeholders in assessments of hydropower development. The author targets policy formation after the UNCED and UNSSD .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 3540744533 | #170634A | £77.00 Add to basket |
Water for Food, Water for Life A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Edited by David Molden This comprehensive assessment of the world's water, written by experts with research from over 700 leading specialists, critically evaluates current thinking on water and .... | 645 pages | Figs, tabs, col photos | Earthscan Pbk | 2007 | 1844073963 | #167334A | £34.95 Add to basket |
Julian Caldecott Forget oil. Water is the key resource for our future, and the future of the planet. All known forms of life depend on water. It is the single most important substance on .... | 204 pages | illus | Virgin Books Pbk | NYP 11/2007 | 0753513501 | #170559A | £12.99 Add to basket |
J Rushen, AM de Passille, MAG von Keyserlingk and DM Weary This book covers all aspects of research into the welfare of dairy, veal and beef cattle. Written by leading international research scientists in the field, it provides a .... | 310 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 10/2007 | 1402065574 | #170663A | £88.50 Add to basket |
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Advances in Land Remote Sensing System, Modelling, Inversion and Application Edited by Shunlin Liang This book collects the review papers from both technical sessions and three discussion panels of the 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in .... | 450 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2008 | 1402064497 | #170631A | £115.50 Add to basket |
A Soft Computing Approach Edited by S Bandyopadhyay Bioinformatics, a field devoted to the interpretation and analysis of biological data using computational techniques, has evolved tremendously in recent years due to the .... | 500 pages | World Scientific Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 9812707808 | #170687A | £53.00 Add to basket |
Method Express Edited by Paul Dear "Bioinformatics: Methods Express" is unique. It is a book on bioinformatics that makes sense to non-bioinformaticians. It allows researchers who are not bioinformatics .... | 300 pages | Scion Publishing Ltd Hbk | 2007 | 1904842232 | #170696A | £70.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 190484216X | #170504A | £39.99 Add to basket |
Mark Meerschaert Mathematical Modeling is a general introduction to an increasingly crucial topic for today's mathematicians. Unlike textbooks focused on one kind of mathematical model, .... | 365 pages | Academic Press Hbk | 2007 | 0123708575 | #170440A | £54.99 Add to basket |
Mathematical Modelling in Animal Nutrition
Edited by J France and E Kebreab Mathematical modelling is increasingly applicable to the practical sciences. Here, mathematical approaches are applied to the study of mechanisms of digestion and .... | 640 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 1845933540 | #169876A | £120.00 Add to basket |
Imaging Mummies and Fossils Rethy K Chhem and Don R Brothwell Paleoradiology is the use of X-rays and advanced medical imaging modalities in the evaluation of ancient human and animal skeletons as well as biological materials from .... | 240 pages | 390 illustr., 50 in colour | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2007 | 3540488324 | #170516A | £100.00 Add to basket |
Mark D LeBlanc and Betsey Dexter Dyer This book presents Perl programming with a uniquely interdisciplinary perspective for the bioinformatics classroom. The co-authors are a professor of computer science and a .... | 288 pages | 70 screen shots | OUP Hbk | 2007 | 0195327578 | #170401A | £60.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0195305892 | #170400A | £17.99 Add to basket |
The Poverty of the Linnaean Hierarchy A Philosophical Study of Biological Taxonomy Marc Ereshefsky Addresses the question of whether biologists should continue using the Linnaean hierarchy to classify organisms. Ereshefsky argues that biologists should abandon the .... | 316 pages | Figs | CUP Hbk | 2001 | 0521781701 | #111031A | £51.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521038839 | #170542A | £29.99 Add to basket |
Quantifying Behavior the JWatcher Way
Daniel T Blumstein and Janice C Daniel Quantifying Behavior the JWatcher Way provides detailed instructions for the freely distributed computer program JWatcher. This Macintosh/Windows application can be .... | 211 pages | WH Freeman Pbk | 2007 | 0878930477 | #170680A | £10.99 Add to basket |
Spatial Analysis in Epidemiology
Dirk U Pfeiffer This book provides a practical, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the use of spatial statistics in epidemiology - the study of the incidence and distribution of .... | 208 pages | 50 illus, including an 8 page colour plate section | OUP Hbk | NYP 02/2008 | 019850988X | #170819A | £65.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0198509898 | #170060A | £34.95 Add to basket |
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A Practical Guide to Successful University Lectures and Business Presentations Parham Aarabi This simple and clear guide to lecturing is an example-based account of effective strategies for exciting and successful lectures for academic and business lecturers. .... | 184 pages | 60 figs | CUP Hbk | 2007 | 0521876109 | #170723A | £37.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0521703522 | #170722A | £12.99 Add to basket |
Museums as Learning Institutions Edited by John H Falk, Lynn D Dierking and Susan Foutz The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage .... | 296 pages | AltaMira Press Hbk | 2007 | 0759109761 | #170615A | £53.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 075910977X | #170616A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Management Skills for Archivists and Records Managers
E Shepherd This book introduces the range of management skills employed by archivists and records managers, and shows how they may be applied, adding value both in terms of personal .... | 256 pages | Facet Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1856045846 | #161245A | £39.95 Add to basket |
Barry Lord This Manual is a practical guide to creating successful learning experiences in museums and related institutions such as public galleries, exhibition centers, science centers, .... | 324 pages | AltaMira Press Hbk | 2007 | 0759109702 | #170617A | £66.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0759109710 | #170618A | £25.99 Add to basket |
The Manual of Strategic Planning for Museums
Gail Dexter Lord and Kate Markert While some view strategic planning with trepidation, it is one of a museum's strongest tools for improving quality, motivating staff and Board members, adapting to .... | 170 pages | AltaMira Press Hbk | 2007 | 0759109680 | #170619A | £45.99 Add to basket Pbk | 2007 | 0759109699 | #170620A | £19.99 Add to basket |
Edited by Elizabeth Martin and Robert S Hine Fully revised and updated for the sixth edition, this market-leading dictionary is the perfect guide for anyone studying biology, either at school or university. With over .... | 704 pages | illus | OUP Pbk | NYP 02/2008 | 0199204624 | #170551A | £10.99 Add to basket |
Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Edited by Michael Allaby and Ailsa Allaby This leading dictionary - now in its third edition - offers wide-ranging and authoritative coverage of the earth sciences and related topics. In more than 6,250 .... | 608 pages | Illus | OUP Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0199211949 | #170836A | £11.99 Add to basket |
Recruiting, Training, and Retention of Science and Technology Librarians
Patricia A Kreitz and JoAnn DeVries As the baby-boom generation of science and technology librarians begins to retire, training and keeping sci-tech librarians will become even more crucial. .... | 270 pages | Haworth Press Hbk | 2007 | 0789035553 | #170427A | £32.99 Add to basket |