Monitoring Tigers and their Prey

The Right Way

Trust for Environmental Education (TREE)

Reliably estimating the population of wild tigers is crucial to their conservation. Since tiger numbers are generally closely linked to the availability of prey, monitoring ....

Mountain Gorillas

Biology, Conservation and Coexistence

Gene Eckhart and Annette Lanjouw

Tucked into one of the most beautiful and conflicted regions of the world are the last of the mountain gorillas. These apes have survived centuries of human encroachment into ....

Prairie Dogs

Communication and Community in an Animal Society

Constantine N Slobodchikoff, Bianca S Perla and Jennifer Verdolin

Constantine Slobodchikoff and colleagues synthesize the results of their long-running study of Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni), one of the keystone species of the ....

The Professional Handbook of the Donkey

Elisabeth D Svendsen

Compiled for the Donkey Sanctuary, this book is the most comprehensive veterinary volume available for their care and breeding. ....

Aves / Birds Torres del Paine

Guia de Campo / Field Guide

Enrique Couve and Claudio Vidal

Comprehensive and up-to-date field guide of all the resident, migratory and accidental species occurring in this important World Biosphere Reserve, situated on the Chilean ....

Avian Influenza

David E Swayne

"Avian Influenza" provides the first comprehensive guide covering the full spectrum of this complex and increasingly high-profile disease, its history and its treatment and ....

Bird Conservation and Agriculture

The Bird Life of Farmland, Grassland and Heathland

Jeremy D Wilson, Andrew D Evans and Philip V Grice

Writing for researchers, professionals and graduate students, the authors summarize the collapse of populations of many farmland bird species in the 20th century, one of the ....

Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea

John Ash and John Atkins

Ethiopia and Eritrea have a fascinating and unique avifauna. Poorly known in comparison to many parts of Africa, knowledge on bird distribution in the two countries is ....

Birds of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Daniel D Gibson and G Vernon Byrd

The Aleutian Islands provide nesting sites for millions of seabirds and landfall for a broad spectrum of intercontinental and transoceanic migrants. ....

Birds of the Western Palearctic

A Photographic Guide

Hadoram Shirihai and Lars Svensson

This unique and spectacular book is the most complete and comprehensive photographic guide to the avifauna of the Western Palearctic. Written by two of the world's most ....

British Birds Video Guide

130 Species Edition

BirdGuides

2-DVD set presenting a lifetime of birding expertise in an extended version of BirdGuides' popular video guide format. Featuring fabulous footage of the 130 species ....

California Condors in the 21st Century

Edited by Allan Mee and Linnea S Hall

The California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) has long remained an enigma, disappearing for 15 years before reintroductions began in 1992. Here, the authors ....

Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

Krys Kazmierczak

Illustrations by Ber van PerloThis guide covers all 1300 species of birds found on the Indian subcontinent in a format which is both authoritative and which can be carried ....

Guia de Campo: Aves Da Amazonia Brasileira / Birds of Amazonian Brazil

Tomas Sigrist

This book composes a complementary volume of the set 'Avis Brasilis Field Guides'. This second volume brings together the constituent species of the Brazilian Amazonian ....

Manual Ilustrado de las Aves de la Patagonia

Antartida Argentina e Islas del Atlantico Sur

CJ Kovacs, O Kovacs, Z Kovacs and CM Kovacs

This magnificent work contains data collected during 30 years by the Kovacs family. It offers valuable information and describes ....

Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere

Richard Chandler

Waders are a very popular group among birders of all standards, though their identification is often a challenge. Covering all the species of the northern ....

State of North America's Birds of Prey

Edited by Keith L Bildstein, Jeff P. Smith, Ernesto Ruelas Inzuna and Richard R Veit

This newest issue in the Series in Ornithology is a symposium volume focusing on population studies of migrating raptors, with papers by a slate of well-known experts on ....

Waterfowl in Your Pocket

A Guide to Water Birds of the Midwest

Dana Gardner

"Waterfowl in Your Pocket" is a welcome aid to identifying the many colorful and intriguing water birds of the midwestern states, from the Great Lakes west to the ....

Where to Watch Birds in Devon and Cornwall

including the Isles of Scilly and Lundy

David Norman and Vic Tucker

Whether local or visiting, expert or novice, Where to watch birds in Devon and Cornwall is the essential guide for any active birdwatcher in these counties. All significant ....

The Book of Honu

Enjoying and Learning About Hawai'i's Sea Turtles

Peter Bennett and Ursula Keuper-Bennett

This is the first guide to finding and observing Hawaiian green turtles, or honu. It describes an exciting journey of discovery undertaken by two avid sports divers, Peter ....

Frogs and Toads of the Southeast

Mike Dorcas and Whit Gibbons

This book covers bog frogs, spring peepers, and more.With more than forty native and ....

Herpetology

An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles

Laurie J Vitt and Janalee P Caldwell

This third edition, now fully revised and updated by two of Dr. Zug's colleagues, provides herpetology students and amateur reptile and amphibian keepers with the latest ....

Reptiles and Amphibians of the Southern Pine Woods

Steven B Reichling

Moving beyond mere species identification, this innovative guide to the reptiles and amphibians of the southeastern pine forests emphasizes their interdependent ecologies ....

Fish Reproductive Biology and Recruitment

T Jakobsen, M J Fogarty and B A Megrey

The reproductive success and recruitment of young fish into the exploitable population is the single most important factor for determining annual abundance levels of fishes in ....

Ane's Encyclopedic Dictionary of General and Applied Entomology

Manjit S Dhooria

"Encyclopedic Dictionary of General and Applied Entomology" has been written keeping in view the fact that different terminology employed in teaching and researchers on ....

Forensic Entomology

The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations

Edited by Jason H Byrd and James L Castner

Providing valuable information and instructions on what to search for when recovering entomological evidence and how to handle items found at a crime scene, "Forensic ....

Guide to Myriapodology of Indian Sub-continent

V Khanna

Myriapods are the most common and familiar creatures on the earth known by their multilegged appearance. They occur commonly around the human habitats, in gardens and ....

A Guide to the Adult Caddisflies or Sedge Flies (Trichoptera)

Peter Barnard and Emma Ross

Adult caddisflies, also known as sedge flies, are well known to fly fishermen, who imitate them with artificial flies. Moth recorders are also familiar with the group, ....

Kaufman Field Guide to the Butterflies of North America

Jim P Brock

User-friendly butterfly guide, shows more than 2,300 images of butterflies in natural poses. ....

Organization of Insect Societies

From Genome to Sociocomplexity

Edited by Jurgen Gadau and Jennifer Fewell

In this landmark volume, an international group of scientists has synthesized their collective expertise and insight into a newly unified vision of insect societies and ....

Wanzen, Band 4

Pentatomomorpha II

Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber and Jurgen Deckert

Cydnidae (Erdwanzen) Thyreocoridae ....

A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volume 5

Appendices, Bibliography, Indices

C Bellamy

The final volume in the World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles concludes with two appendix chapters, one listing unknown/nomina ....

The World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures

Dougal Dixon

Ever since giant fossils were discovered in the western world more than 200 years ago, dinosaurs or 'terrible lizards' as they were named, have captured the public ....

Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee

James D Williams, Arthur E Bogan and Jeffrey T Garner

This is a comprehensive accounting of the richest mussel fauna in the U.S.Alabama rivers and waterways are home to the largest and most diverse population of freshwater mussel ....

The Great Minnesota Fish Book

Tom Dickson

Fishing is one of Minnesota's consummate pastimes. The North Star state boasts the highest number of anglers per capita in the nation and the most fishing lakes. Minnesota ....

Tuna

A Love Story

Richard Ellis

The author of "The Book of Sharks," "Imagining Atlantis," and "Encyclopedia of the Sea" turns his gaze to the tuna - one of the biggest, fastest, and most highly evolved marine ....

All About Garden Wildlife

David Chandler

"All About Garden Wildlife" is the perfect children's guide to the fascinating world of wildlife found in gardens. Leading natural historian David Chandler provides a clear and ....

Charles Darwin

The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man

Tim M Berra

Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth (12th February 2009), this compact biography reveals the great scientist as husband, father, ....

Charles Darwin's Shorter Publications, 1829-1883

John van Wyhe

Charles Darwin's words first appeared in print as a student at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1829, and in almost every subsequent year of his life he published essays, ....

Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters

Edited by Frederick Burkhardt

Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story, and a turning point in the making of the modern world. ....

Equus

Tim Flach

"From the outset I felt quite strongly that I wanted to celebrate the horse in its own right." --Tim Flach, photographer. No animal has captured the human imagination quite ....

Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die

Diving Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations

Chris Santella

The earth's oceans hold many surprises -- be they microscopic invertebrates off Papua New Guinea or great white sharks off Baja California. ....

Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs

The Question of Alien Minds

David McFarland

When we interact with animals, we intuitively read thoughts and feelings into their expressions and actions - it is easy to suppose that they have minds like ours. And as ....

It's a Long Way from Llano

James G Teer

Wildlife management around the world has changed drastically in the last fifty years, and veteran biologist James G. Teer was a trailblazer for much of that time. In this ....

Living at Micro Scale

The Unexpected Physics of Being Small

David B Dusenbery

Kermit the Frog famously said that it isn't easy being green, and in Living at Micro Scale David Dusenbery shows that it isn't easy being small-existing at the size of, say, ....

Die Ornithologen Mitteleuropas

1747 bemerkenswerte Biographien vom Mittelalter bis zum Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts

Ludwig Gebhardt

Biographical dictionary of 1747 European ornithologists, spanning the Middle Ages until 1980. One-volume reprint of the four volumes published between 1964 and 1980. ....

What Matters

The World's Preeminent Photojournalists and Thinkers Depict Essential Issues of Our Time

Edited by David Elliot Cohen

Photography has the ability to reveal truths, expose lies, advance public discourse and inspire people to demand change. Socially conscious pioneers with cameras have ....

Winging the Bornean Skies

A Photographic Journey among the Birds of Brunei, Sabah & Sarawak

Mark Hessels

This book is not simply an identification guide. It does include many stunning pictures that will also help the novice with their identification efforts, but really the ....

African Air

George Steinmetz

Flying hundreds, sometime thousands, of feet above ground strapped into a motorized paraglider that is little more than a parachute with a small motor, National Geographic ....

Evaluación Rápida de la Biodiversidad de los Ecosistemas Acuáticos de la Cuenca Alta del Río Paragua, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela

Edited by Josefa Celsa Señaris, Carlos A Lasso and Ana Liz Flores

Although the upper basin of Venezuela's Paragua River is in almost pristine condition, little is known about the region's biological diversity. ....

In the Shadow of Bennachie

A Field Archaeology of Donside, Aberdeenshire

RCAHMS

The craggy silhouette of the Mither Tap o'Bennachie is not simply a landmark - it is a witness to thousands of years of human settlement in north-eastern Scotland. ....

Rapid Biological Assessment of the Ajenjua Bepo and Mamang River Forest Reserves, Eastern Region, Ghana

Edited by Jennifer McCullough, Peter Hoke, Piotr Nasrecki and Yaw Osei-Owusu

A team of biodiversity scientists surveyed the Ghanaian Ajenjua Bepo and Mamang River Forest Reserves in 2006 to gather information about their biological value. ....

Wild France

The Wildlife and Landscapes of France

Lionel Harvest

France boasts an amazing diversity of habitats and wildlife, from Ibex and Chamois scaling the cliff faces of the Alps and colonies of Puffins and Gannets on the rugged ....

Wild Life in Alaska

Memoirs of an Alaskan Pioneer Biologist

Will Troyer

Will Troyer vividly recounts in "Wild Life in Alaska" both the harrowing adventures and the moving experiences that have marked his career as a wildlife biologist. ....

Biology of Fungal Pathogens

Volume 4: Fungal Diseases of Cereals DVD

Edited by Joseph-Alexander Verreet and Holger Klink

In-depth understanding of the conditions under which pathogens, in particular parasitic fungi, live and develop is a prerequisite for effective crop protection. ....

Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume 5

Federico Sanchez, Carmen Quinto, Isabel Lopez-Lara and Otto Geiger

This 744 page book provides the papers from the scientists who presented their research results at the 12th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions held ....

City of Trees

The Complete Field Guide to the Trees of Washington, D.C.

Melanie Choukas-Bradley

Washington, D.C., boasts more than three hundred species of trees from America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and "City of Trees" has been the authoritative guide for locating, ....

Discovering Wild Plant Names

John E Stevens

Many wild plant names originate from early Greek, Latin or Old English and through the ages their original meanings have become misunderstood or unknown. ....

Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America

JA Duke

The greatest diversity of plants in the world occurs in tropical Latin America, which is home to nearly 100,000 of the world's 300,000 known species. Despite this diversity, ....

The Ferns and Fern Allies of Pennsylvania

Thomas R/Travis Holly J Lord

Three hundred million years ago, ferns dominated the earth's surface, forming extensive marshes and forests with heights of over twenty-five meters. Today, ferns and their ....

Field Guide to Tidal Wetland Plants of the Northeastern United States an

d Neighboring Canada

Ralph W Tiner

A revised and expanded edition of an authoritative guide to coastal wetland plants of the Northeast. First published in 1987, Ralph W. Tiner's "A Field Guide to Coastal ....

Funga Nordica

L Hansen and H Knudsen

New edition of the "Nordic Macromycetes, Volume 2". This edition includes 2675 species of agarics from northern Europe. ....

Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part 2)

Edited by Alec M Pridgeon, Phillip J Cribb, Mark W Chase and Finn Rasmussen

The Genera Orchidacearum series represents a robust and natural classification of the orchids, something that has eluded plant scientists and orchid enthusiasts for years. ....

Grass-pinks and Companion Orchids in Your Pocket

A Guide to the Native Calopogon, Bletia, Arethusa, Pogonia, Cleistes, Eu

Paul Martin Brown

Native orchids are increasingly threatened by pressure from population growth and development but, nonetheless, still present a welcome surprise to observant hikers in ....

Herbs of Siddha Medicine, Volume 1

The First 3D Book on Herbs

J Raamachandran

Photo identification guide to 100 herbs found in the Tamil Naadu state in Southeast India. Each species account includes a description and methods of use. ....

The Mango

Botany, Production and Uses

Edited by RE Litz

The mango is one of the oldest cultivated fruit crops, having been grown in India for at least 4000 years. Mango is the most important fruit crop of Asia and its annual ....

Philip's Mini Guide to Trees

Chris Humphries, Bob Press and David Sutton

"Philip's Mini Guide to Trees" is arranged into family groups, so that related species are found together. Following a brief introduction to trees, their structure, leaf shape ....

Plant Physiological Ecology

Hans Lambers, F Stuart Chapin and Thijs Pons

The growth, reproduction, and geographical distribution of plants are profoundly influenced by their physiological ecology: the interaction with the surrounding ....

Propitious Esculent

The Potato in World History

John Reader

A highly readable exploration of the biology, history and social influence of our most humble and versatile foodstuff. Baked, roasted, boiled, mashed, steamed, french-fried ....

Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky

Thomas G/White, Deborah/Evans, Marc Barnes

"Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky" provides an introduction to Kentucky's signature rare plants with 220 full-colour photographs by naturalist and award-winning photographer ....

Remarkable Plants of Texas

Uncommon Accounts of Our Common Natives

Matt Warnock Turner

With some 6,000 species of plants, Texas has extraordinary botanical wealth and diversity. Learning to identify plants is the first step in understanding their vital ....

Reviews in Plant Cytogenetics

M J Puertas and T Naranjo

Chromosomes represent the main focus of cytogenetics. One of the main challenges of modern-day cytogenetics is to unravel the relation between the genomic content and ....

Sappi Tree Spotting: Cape

Rina Grant and Val Thomas

Beginner's identification guide in the popular Sappi series. ....

Venus's Flytrap

Miraculum Naturae

Tim S Bailey

This book enlightens the reader with what's needed to know, and more, to grow this remarkable plant. Set forth in straightforward, easy-to-understand language, are the ....

Deadly Companions

How Microbes Shaped our History

Dorothy H Crawford

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread ....

Endocrinology of Social Relationships

Peter T Ellison and Peter B Gray

In social relationships - whether between mates, parents and offspring, or friends - we find much of life's meaning. But in these relationships, so critical to our well-being, ....

Kingdoms and Domains

Illustrated Phyla of Life

Lynn Margulis

Featuring a new foreword by E.O. Wilson of Harvard University, new structure and entries based on the latest developments in evolutionary science, and new elements of special ....

Practical Skills in Biology

Allan Jones, Rob Reed and Jonathan Weyers

"Practical Skills in Biology" is an indispensable book for undergraduate students in the life sciences. The book provides useful support at all stages of a degree course and ....

Principles and Practices of Plant Genomics, Volume 2: Molecular Breeding

Edited by Chittaranjan Kole and Albert G Abbott

The Question of Animal Culture

Edited by Kevin N Laland and Bennett G Galef

Fifty years ago, a troop of Japanese macaques was observed washing sandy sweet potatoes in a stream, sending ripples through the fields of ethology, comparative psychology, and ....

The Social Behaviour of Older Animals

Anne Innis Dagg

How do young and old social animals view each other? Are aged animals perceived by others as weaker? Or wiser? What is the relationship between age and power among social ....

Freaks of Nature and What They Tell Us About Evolution and Development

Mark S Blumberg

Two-legged goats, conjoined twins, 'Cyclops' infants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, double-headed snakes, and Laloo, a man with a partially formed twin ....

Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

Robin Dunbar

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is the definitive, comprehensive, and authoritative text on this burgeoning field. With contributions from over fifty experts ....

The Timetree of Life

Edited by S Blair Hedges and Sudhir Kumar

The evolutionary history of life includes two primary components: phylogeny and timescale. Phylogeny refers to the branching order (relationships) of species or other ....

Ecology and Economy in Stone Age and Bronze Age Scania

Edited by Karl-Göran Sjögren

The book presents research on past vegetation, landscape and land-use in a rural district in western Scania, southern Sweden. The investigations were part of the West ....

Ecology and Evolution of the Grass-Endophyte Symbiosis

Gregory P Cheplick and Stanley Faeth

Endophytic fungi are common and diverse in plants. Yet the nature of their interactions with host plants, and how these interactions cascade upward to communities and ....

The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone

Sixteen Years of Integrated Field Studies

Edited by Robert A Garrott, Patrick J White and Fred GR Watson

This book represents the results of a comprehensive study of the ecological processes of the central Yellowstone ecosystem carried out over the past 15 years by an integrated ....

The Evolution of American Ecology, 1890-2000

Sharon E Kingsland

In the 1890s, several initiatives in American botany converged. The creation of new institutions, such as the New York Botanical Garden, coincided with radical reforms in ....

Coastal Wetlands

An Integrated Ecosystem Approach

Edited by Gerardo ME Perillo, Eric Wolanski, Donald R Cahoon and Mark M Brinson

Coastal wetlands are under a great deal of pressure from the dual forces of rising sea level and the intervention of human populations both along the estuary and in the river ....

Forest Management and Planning

Peter Bettinger, Jacek Siry and Kevin Boston

This book provides a focused understanding of contemporary forest management issues through real life examples to engage students. The methodology for the development of ....

Forests and Chases of England and Wales c.1500 to c.1850

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 ....

Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources

A Photographic Guide

NJ McKenzie, MJ Grundy, R Webster and AJ Ringrose-Voase

"Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources" provides guidelines to promote the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil ....

Best Practices for Wildlife Control Operators

Paul D Curtis and Jill Shultz

"Best Practices for Wildlife Control Operators" is the only manual of this scope written with the needs of the private contractor in mind. This practical how-to training manual ....

DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism

Classic Texts

Edited by Thomas R Dunlap

No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" and its assault on insecticides. This ....

Systemic Management

Sustainable Human Interactions with Ecosystems and the Biosphere

Charles Fowler

Systemic Management describes a holistic, objective and universally applicable form of management, providing a framework for addressing environmental challenges such as global ....

Wildlife Biodiversity Conservation

Mallapureddi Reddy

Contributed papers presented in the National Seminar commemorating the celebration at Pondicherry University. ....

Wildlife and Society

The Science of Human Dimensions

Edited by M J Manfredo, J J Vaske, Brown P J, D J Decker and E A Duke

This is a comprehensive approach to the human dimensions of fish and wildlife management.As human populations around the world continue to expand, reconciling nature ....

Astrobiology of Earth

The Emergence, Evolution and Future of Life on a Planet in Turmoil

J Gale

The study of life in our universe has been given the name 'astrobiology'. It is a relatively new subject, but not a new discipline since it brings together several mature ....

Bioavailability, Bioaccessibility and Mobility of Environmental Contaminants

JR Dean

This book covers all aspects of bioavailability, as related to environmental contaminants. After a discussion of the definition of bioavailability and its context, ....

Computational Toxicology

Risk Assessment for Pharmaceutical and Environmental Chemicals

Sean Ekins

This is a comprehensive analysis of state-of-the-art molecular modeling approaches and strategies applied to risk assessment for pharmaceutical and environmental chemicals. ....

Environmental Science

Earth as a Living Planet

Daniel B Botkin and Edward A Keller

This introduction to the subject contains five integrating themes: the global scale of environmental issues; the importance of urban environments; sustainability; human ....

An Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry

S Libes

This text emphasises the interaction of humans with the oceans, as well as the central role which the ocean plays in the global biogeochemical cycling of materials on Earth. ....

Geomorphology of the Eastern Cape

South Africa

Edited by Colin A Lewis

Written by nine leading researchers, primarily from University Geography and Geology departments in the region, collates the past 100 years of scientific work into ....

The Hunt for Planet X

New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto

Govert Schilling

Ever since the serendipitous discovery of planet Uranus in 1871, astronomers have been hunting for new worlds in the outer regions of our solar system. This exciting and ....

The Moon that Wasn't

The Saga of Venus' Spurious Satellite

H Kragh

This book details the history of one of astronomy's many spurious objects, the satellite of Venus. First spotted in 1645, the non-existing moon was observed more than a dozen ....

Solar System Moons

Discovery and Mythology

J Blunck

Starting from Mars outward this concise handbook provides thorough information on the satellites of the planets in the solar system. ....

Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific

Patrick D Nunn

Over the years, geologists have amassed data that point to the undeniable fact of islands having disappeared in the Pacific, a phenomenon that the oral traditions of many ....

Beyond the Carbon Economy

Energy Law in Transition

Don Zillman et al

The present energy economy, with its heavy dependence on fossil fuels, is not sustainable over the medium to long term for many interconnected reasons. Climate change ....

Botanical Pesticides for Pest Management

Edited by DA Dodia

This book has been mainly written for the research workers and students of various Universities, who are interested to use eco-friendly indigenous plant materials in pest ....

Diseases of Horticultural Crops: Nematode Problems and their Management

P Parvatha Reddy

Nematodes continue to threaten horticultural crops throughout the world, particularly in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Estimated overall average annual yield loss of the ....

Environmental Impact of Genetically Modified Crops

Edited by N Ferry and AMR Gatehouse

The genetic modification of crops continues to be the subject of intense debate, and opinions are often strongly polarised. "Environmental Impact of Genetically Modified ....

Grapes

G L Creasy and Leroy L Creasy

Grapes are one of the world's most widely planted horticultural crops, used to make a variety of fresh, dried and processed products. ....

The Green Guide for Business

The Ultimate Environment Handbook for Business of All Sizes

Edited by Roger East

Finally - a truly useful environment guide for businesses of all shapes and sizes.Everyone wants to go green these days, but for businesses that's easier said than ....

Health Benefits of Organic Food

Effects of the Environment

Edited by D I Givens, S Baxter, A M Minihane and E Shaw

Public concern over impacts of chemicals in plant and animal production on health and the environment has led to increased demand for organic produce, which is usually ....

ISO 14000, Environmental Management CD

ISO has just launched an updated CD-ROM collection of its ISO 14000 family of environmental management standards that includes new or updated standards for use in ....

The Integrated Use of Management System Standards

The integrated use of management system standards distils the experience and expertise of an ISO task force comprising 16 members drawn from business organizations ....

Oceans Governance in the Twenty-First Century

Managing the Blue Planet

M Haward and J Vince

This book analyses the development of national, regional and international initiatives and arrangements directed towards governance of the world's seas and oceans. It examines ....

Political Economy of the Environment

S Dietz, J Michie and C Oughton

Climate change and environmental policy in general was one of the key issues discussed at the historic G8 summit in Gleneagles in the summer of 2005. This book draws together ....

The Power of Place

Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape

Harm de Blij

In recent years, a spate of books and articles have argued that the world today is so mobile, so interconnected and so integrated that it is, in one prominent assessment, ....

River Tourism

Edited by B Prideaux and M Cooper

Rivers constitute a major tourism resource, providing spectacular settings, recreation facilities, a means of transport, a sense of heritage and adventure, and links with the ....

Tourism, Recreation and Sustainability

Linking Culture and the Environment

Edited by S F McCool and R N Moisey

This text presents analytical frameworks for examining the concept of sustainability in tourism and recreation within the context of sustainable development. It also includes ....

Tropical Root and Tuber Crops

Cassava, Sweet Potato, Yams and Aroids

V Lebot

Most of the world's poorest smallholders depend on tropical roots and tubers crops as their principal source of food and nutrition. These species provide large quantities of ....

Biomeasurement

Understanding, Analysing and Communicating Data in the Biosciences

Dawn Hawkins

Biomeasurement offers a refreshing, student-focused introduction to the use of statistics in the study of the biosciences. Emphasising why statistical techniques are ....

Digital Airborne Camera

Introduction and Technology

Rainer Sandau

Digital airborne cameras are now penetrating the fields of photogrammetry and remote sensing. Due to the last decade's results in research and development in the fields of ....

Radar Imaging of the Ocean Waves

Kanevsky Mikhail B

This book is dedicated to studying the ocean with radar tools, in particular, with space radars. Being intended mainly for the scientists preoccupied with the problem (as well ....

The Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors

This dictionary provides scientists, science writers, and all who work in scientific publishing with a clear style guide for the presentation of scientific information. In ....