An Introduction to Marine Mammal Biology and Conservation

ECM Parsons

The charismatic mammals that live in the ocean are a constant source of interest, both for scientists and our society at large. Their biology, behavior, and conservation are of utmost importance, as a vast number of species are currently ... ....

Big Cat Studio

Bhagavan Antle

The feline form is accentuated against a blank studio setting in this stunning photographic collection. This title features sections on seven species of big cat: leopard, cheetah, lion, lynx, ocelot, panther and tiger. It raises awareness ... ....

Caribou Herds of Northwest Alaska, 1850-2000

Ernest S. Burch JR.

In his final major publication Ernest S. "Tiger" Burch, Jr. reconstructs the distribution of caribou herds in northwest Alaska using data and information from research conducted over the past several decades as well as sources ... ....

Death at Seaworld

Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity

David Kirby

Death at SeaWorld centres on the battle with the multimillion-dollar marine park industry over the controversial and even lethal ramifications of keeping killer whales in captivity. Following the story of marine biologist and an ... ....

Do Dogs Dream?

Nearly Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know

Stanley Coren

People have a great curiosity and many misunderstandings about how dogs think, act and perceive the world. They are also curious about the social and emotional lives of dogs. They wonder whether dogs dream, if they recognise themselves ... ....

Exploring the World of Cougars

Tracy C. Read

Powerful, sleek and designed to hunt and kill other animals, the cougar is a cat, right down to its remarkable sense of balance, retractable claws and single-minded approach to independent living. Wherever this solitary hunter lives ... ....

Fierce Beauty

Preserving the World of Wild Cats

Bhagavan Antle and Tim Flach

Fierce Beauty is a celebration of tigers, leopards, lions, ocelots, and other wild cats that inhabit The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS), a wildlife preserve in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Guide des Mammiferes d'Afrique

Plus de 300 Especes Illustrees

Jonathan Kingdon and Anne Saint Girons

French edition of the Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals.

Landscape and Urban Design for Bats and Biodiversity

Gary Grant, Kelly Gunnell, Carol Williams and Landscape Institute

Landscape and Urban Design for Bats and Biodiversity presents simple but effective measures designers, consultants, developers and planners can use to enhance biodiversity on sites of all sizes with a focus on bats.

Of Moose And Men

Nearly Everything You Wanted to Know About the World's Largest Deer

Jerry Haigh

Drawing on the author's personal experiences with both tame and wild moose, this handbook contains a wealth of information about this unique animal from all corners of the world. An overview of moose biology is featured, including the ... ....

Panda

An Intimate Portrait of One of the World's Most Elusive Creatures

Angel Heather

This is a charming portfolio of panda images from multi-award winning photographer and former president of the Royal Photographic Society, Heather Angel. Heather's passion for pandas is conveyed in beautiful colour photographs that ... ....

Porcupines

The Animal Answer Guide

Uldis Roze

Could a porcupine make a good pet? Do they ever stick themselves or other porcupines with their quills? In this latest addition to the Animal Answer Guide series, we learn about these mysterious animals' ...

Squirrels of the World

Richard W Thorington, John L Koprowski, Michael A Steele and James F Whatton

Squirrels of the World, written by scientists with more than 100 years of collective experience studying these popular mammals, is the first comprehensive examination of all 285 species of squirrels worldwide. The authors reveals ... ....

The British Museum Book of Cats

Juliet Clutton-Brock

Sometimes a friendly fireside companion, more often elusive and independent, the cat possesses an enigmatic appeal and unfathomable mystery, which have inspired writers poets, artists and craftsmen alike from the illuminations of the ... ....

The Rhino Keepers

Struggle for Survival

Clive Walker and Anton Walker

The Rhino Keepers follows the trail of blood that began when the first rhino was killed in the Cape of Good Hope in 1647. It is peppered with the histories of the hunters of the 18th and 19th centuries who counted their success ... ....

Watching Whales and Dolphins in Southern Africa

Noel Ashton and Belinda Ashton

Southern Africa has some of the best whale and dolphin watching opportunities in the world, with over half of the world’s species being found in our waters. Watching Whales and Dolphins in Southern Africa is an essential ... ....

A Guide to British Birds Box Set (4CD-set)

Stephen Moss

Contains 4 CDs from the 'birds' series covering Garden, Woodland, Water and Coastal species. Packed with useful information and helpful tips, A Guide to British Birds Box Set will appeal to any birdwatcher seeking clear ... ....

A Hostile Beauty

Life on Macquarie Island

Alistair Dermer and Danielle Wood

There are few places today that are truly wild. Macquarie Island is still one such place a small, wind-blasted rocky outcrop between Tasmania and Antarctica. In exquisite pictures and words, A Hostile Beauty tells the story of ... ....

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Malaysia and Singapore

Including Sabah and Sarawak

GWH Davidson and Yeap Chin Aik

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Malaysia (including the state of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo) is perfect for resident and visitor alike.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of New Zealand

Geoff Moon and Lynnette Moon

Initially published as the first New Zealand title in a successful international series, Geoff Moon's compact yet comprehensive guide to birds has gone on to become a bestseller in this country, with sales now exceeding 20,000 copies ... ....

Africa

Eye to Eye With the Unknown

David Attenborough and Michael Bright

Sir David Attenborough CBE and the award-winning BBC Natural History Unit embark on a landmark new series, painting a breathtaking portrait of Africa as never before caught on film. This lavish and unmissable companion to the BBC1 series ... ....

Animal Farm

Daniel Naude

For years Daniel Naude has traversed South Africa's countryside recording his travels as a way of understanding South Africa and its complexities. Among his most arresting subjects are animals, and the collection of images in this ... ....

Audubon's Aviary

the Original Watercolors for the Birds of America

Roberta Olson

A national treasure is celebrated in this landmark publication. The Birds of America is a monumental classic, but it has never been explored like this before. This important new volume presents all the dazzling watercolors that ... ....

Best Birdwatching Sites: North-East England

Cleveland, Co. Durham and Northumberland

Brian Unwin

This latest addition to the Best Birdwatching Sites series is the largest yet produced, reflecting the wealth of birding riches uncovered by author Brian Unwin in all parts of Northumberland, Co Durham and Cleveland. Readers will ... ....

Bhutan Birds

Yeshey Dorji

Bhutan is an ornithologistís paradise with over 640 bird species of which 16 species have been identified as being globally threatened, according to Bird Life International, the eastern and the central part of the kingdom like ... ....

Birds in Colombia

Murray Cooper and Benjamin Freeman

Exploring a wealth of incredible winged fauna, this fascinating compendium travels to the tropical setting of Colombia, where many different climates blend to encourage the development of habitats. The country's diverse landscapes ... ....

Birds of Russia and Adjacent Regions / Pritsy Rossii i Sopredel'nykh Regionov, Volume 1

History of study, Regional reviews, Gaviiformes, Podicipediformes, Procellariiformes

VD Ilyichev

Volume 1 gives an introduction to the series and deals with the Gaviiformes, Podicipediformes, and Procellariiformes.

Birds of Russia and Adjacent Regions / Pritsy Rossii i Sopredel'nykh Regionov, Volume 5

Charadriiformes

VD Ilyichev

Volume 5 deals with the Charadriiformes.

Birds of Russia and Adjacent Regions / Pritsy Rossii i Sopredel'nykh Regionov, Volume 6

Strigiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, Coraciiformes, Upupiformes, Piciformes

Tohru Nakashizuka

A richly illustrated guide to certain bird groups occurring in Russia and adjacent parts.

Birds of Russia and Adjacent Regions / Pritsy Rossii i Sopredel'nykh Regionov, Volume 7

Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, Phoenicopteriformes

SG Priklonskiy, VA Zubakin and EA Koblik

A richly illustrated synopsis on the Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes and Phoenicopteriformes birds encountered in Russia and adjacent countries, with accounts per species on biology, ecology, distribution, conservation status etc.

Birduder 344

A Life List Ordinary

Rob Sawyer

Birds have captivated Rob Sawyer for almost 50 years. In Birduder 344 he tells of the highs and lows of his normally hopeless, but highly enjoyable, birdwatching career, sharing his great love of birds, and most things that ... ....

Catching the Bug

A Sound Approach guide to the birds of Poole Harbour

Mark Constantine, Nick Hopper and The Sound Approach

A précis of the concerns, puzzles and conundrums set by the natural world to a group of amateur birders meeting over twenty years in a pub in Poole. Read how tens of thousands of birds secretly migrated through the area, and get ... ....

Chicken Nuggets

A Miscellany of Poultry Pickings

David Squire

Few farmyard and back-garden animals display such appealing and amusing characteristics as chickens. Some continually scratch the ground in search of insects, many just bustle and hustle, while others reveal self-importance through a ... ....

Colored Atlas of Aquatic Economic Plants and Animals in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Sun Xiaowen

Colored Atlas of Aquatic Economic Plants and Animals in NingXia Autonomous Region, China

Wu Xudong and Wang DengKe

Crow Planet

Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness

Lyanda Lynn Haupt

There are more crows now than ever. Their abundance is both an indicator of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. Crow Planet reminds us that we do not need to head to faraway places ... ....

Devon Bird Report 2010

Devon Birdwatching and Preservation Society

Contains: Review of the year, Weather Report, Systematic List, 2 articles, Ringing Report, Devon List and 1 map.

Eagles of Hornby Island

My Tree-Top Neighbours

The Eagles of Hornby Island begins in 1989 when the eagles first built their nest behind the author's house. The author's early observations of eagles nesting on his property led to the installation of a video camera on ... ....

Exploring the World of Owls

Tracy C. Read

The haunting sound of its distant hoot may be as close as many of us ever get to an owl. But there are roughly 200 owl species worldwide. These birds of prey display noticeable differences in size and markings, but they also share many ... ....

Field Guide to Wildlife of the Australian Snow-Country

Ken Green and William Osborne

Now completely updated to include the many changes that have occurred to the environment since the first edition was released in 1994, the second edition of Field Guide to Wildlife of the Australian Snow Country explores the ... ....

Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest

Nancy Overcott and Dana Gardner

No bird is common, if we use “common” to mean ordinary. But birds that are seen more commonly than others can seem less noteworthy than species that are rarely glimpsed. In this gathering of essays and illustrations celebrating ... ....

Flood Country

An Environmental History of the Murray-Darling Basin

Emily O'Gorman

Floods in the Murray-Darling Basin are crucial sources of water for people, animals and plants in this often dry region of inland eastern Australia. Even so, floods have often been experienced as natural disasters, which have led to major ... ....

Flora Zambesiaca, Volume 3, Part 4: Papilionoideae

Indigofereae

Jonathan Timberlake

This volume covers the tribe Indigofereae.

Flying Feathers of Formosa

Song Yizhang and Xiao Zunxian

Flying Feathers of Formosa contains 108 shots of 65 native and migratory bird species found in Taiwan (Formosa is the historic name for Taiwan), with each photo telling its own vivid story.

Guadalhorce River Mouth Nature Site: Birding Map

Miguel Angel Farfan Aguilar and Antonio-Roman Munoz Gallego

Unlike other Andalusian wetlands, the Guadalhorce River Mouth Nature Place is located within the urban footprint of the city of Malaga. This is unique since most wetlands in Andalusia are often found amidst agricultural surroundings. ....

Guide de Terrain des Arbres de la Foret Littorale du Sud Est de Madagascar

David Rabehevitra, Faly Randriatafika, Johny Rabenantoandro, Stephanie Channeliere and Stuart Cable

This book is a photographic field guide to 350 littoral forest tree species of the Tolagnaro region of South East Madagascar. It is aimed at non-specialists and includes simple keys, short descriptions and photographs. Each species is ... ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World: Special Volume

New Species and Global Index

Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David Christie and BirdLife International

With the release of the 16th volume of the Handbook of the Birds of the World, this project has now been brought to completion. In the 20 years that have past since this project started some new species have been discovered. ....

Hawk Ridge

Minnesota's Birds of Prey

Laura Erickson and Besty Bowen

Was Caesar like the eagle because of his aquiline (from aquila, “eagle” in Latin) nose, or does the eagle seem imperial because of his Caesar-like beak? Does the sharp vision of a ...

Inventarios Botanicos del Area de Bella Vista, Departamento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Una Base para la Conservacion

Arroyo P. Luzmila and Steven P. Churchill

An all plant inventory, this work provides information to assist the community of Bella Vista in their effort to developing a program of conservation and ecotourism. This is the first attempt to document plant diversity in the unique ... ....

New Zealand Forest Birds and Their World

Geoff Moon

Drawing on more than 70 years' worth of study in the field – representing literally thousands of hours spent poised behind a 300 mm lens – Forest Birds by Geoff Moon presents a visual and written portrait of the ... ....

Nocturnal Birds of Southern Africa

John Carlyon and Penny Meakin

Nocturnal Birds of Southern Africa brings the largely unseen world of night birds to the reader in the pages of this photographic guide, the first to cover the full spectrum of the owls, nightjars, night herons, thick-knees ... ....

Papua New Guinea Birds

Roy D MacKay

Originally published in 1987 Papua New Guinea Birds provides an overview of the birds of this region. This booklet is intended to stimulate the reader's curiosity to find out more about Papua New Guinea's birds and to ... ....

Parrots

The Animal Answer Guide

Matt Cameron

Have you ever wondered what parrots eat in the wild? Or why so many species live in the Amazon? How intelligent are parrots? What is the world's rarest parrot? Parrots: The Animal Answer Guide provides detailed ..

Parrots of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands

Biology, Ecology and Conservation

Mike Perrin

Parrots’ colour and charisma, coupled with the fact that they mimic human speech, make them fascinating to many people. They are ancient birds with unique bill and foot structures that enable them to forage on fruits in the canopy ... ....

Plant Life of a Desert Archipelago

Flora of the Sonoran Islands in the Gulf of California

Richard S. Felger, Benjamin Wilder and Humberto Romero-Mo

The desert islands of the Gulf of California are among the worldÆs best-preserved archipelagos. The diverse and unique flora, from the cardón forests of Cholludo to the agave-dominated slopes of San Esteban remain ... ....

Plants of Mindo / Plantas de Mindo

A Guide to the Cloud Forest of the Andean Choco / Una Guia del Bosque Nublado del Choco Andino

Tobias Policha

The Andean Choco of northwest Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. This guide illustrates almost 400 species, representing over 100 families of common plants. Ecological and ethnobotanical notes are included with ... ....

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Black-faced Spoonbill and Coastal Wetlands Conservation

Xue Meili

These are the proceedings of the “2011 International Symposium on Black-faced Spoonbill and Coastal Wetlands Conservation”, held at Taijiang National Park Headquarters at Qigu, Taiwan, on April 7 and 8.

Rainforest Country

An Intimate Portrait of Australia's Tropical Rainforest

Kaisa Breeden and Stanley Breeden

Australian Photography Magazine said the Breeden’s first book pushed ‘the boundaries of digital imaging’ while Discover Australia called it a ‘radical new photographic approach’ that captured ... ....

Savannas of Our Birth

People, Wildlife, and Change in East Africa

Robin S. Reid

This book tells the sweeping story of the role that East African savannas played in human evolution, how people, livestock, and wildlife interact in the region today, and how these relationships might shift as the climate warms, the world ... ....

Seeking Refuge

Birds and Landscapes of the Pacific Flyway

Robert M Wilson

Each fall and spring, millions of birds travel the Pacific Flyway, the westernmost of the four major North American bird migration routes. The landscapes they cross vary from wetlands to farmland to concrete, inhabited not only by wildlife ... ....

South Africa's Floral Kingdom

Gerald Hoberman

South Africa's forests, savannas, shrublands and grasslands are home to some 22,000 species of wildflowers, many of great beauty. Proteas with flower heads like painted cups or bristling pincushions jostle for space in the fynbos ... ....

The Armchair Birder Goes Coastal

The Secret Lives of Birds of the Southeastern Shore

John Yow

With his distinctively witty, anecdotal, and disarming voice, John Yow now journeys to the shore and shares his encounters with some of the most familiar and beloved coastal birds. Out of his travels - from North Carolina's Outer Banks .... ....

The Art of Audubon

Sixteen Frameable Prints

John James Audubon

The Birds of America by John James Audubon is one of the best known and most valuable natural history books ever published. The original Double Elephant Folio edition has 435 hand-coloured prints of engravings made from Audubon's ... ....

The Carolinian Florist Of Governor John Drayton of South Carolina, 1766-1822

With Water-color Illustrations from the Author's Original Manuscript and an Autobiographical Introduction

Margaret Babcock Meriwether

A remarkable regional botanical guide authored by South Carolina's fortieth governor in 1888 and published for the first time by the South Caroliniana Library in 1943.

The Centre Cannot Hold

David Gulden

Having spent the last 20 years in Africa photographing wildlife alongside the likes of Peter Beard, David Gulden has come to understand that his endeavour is more than one to create appealing artworks, but instead to create a document of ... ....

The Chicken

A Natural History

Joseph Barber

Topics include anatomy, developmental biology, ancestry, breeding and origins, and there is a comprehensive look at chicken behaviour. The book's final chapter is devoted to a beautiful visual study of the characteristics of particular ... ....

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

The Definitive Work on Bird Identification

Graham Pizzey, Frank Knight and Sarah Pizzey

The definitive and most respected guide to Australian bird identification, this book is a must for both experts and amateurs. First published in 1980, Graham Pizzey's Field Guide to the Birds of Australia combines a depth and ... ....

The Great Barrier Reef

Len Zell

The Great Barrier Reef really is like nowhere else on earth. For many of us, the thought of it conjures up images of beautiful azure waters teeming with colourful fish against a background of coral of every shape, colour and form ... ....

The History and Range Expansion of Peregrine Falcons in the Thule Area, Northwest Greenland

Kurt K Burnham, William A Burnham, Ian Newton, Jeff A Johnson and Andrew G Gosler

This book covers the discovery and history of the most northern breeding population of Peregrine Falcons in the world, near Thule Air Base in northwest Greenland (75.9–77.6° N). Although the region was explored by scientific ... ....

The Story of Life & the Environment

An African Perspective

Jo van As, Johann du Preez, Leslie Brown and Nico Smit

The Story of Life & the Environment: An African Perspective is about the fragile miracle of life. It's a celebration of the Earth's rich and wonderful diversity the species, populations, communities and ecosystems ... ....

The Ultimate Guide to Birds of the British Isles

Ultimate Guide

The definitive guide to birds of the British Isles, this practical volume is filled with facts and photos about a variety of birds, their anatomy, reproduction, and identification of different orders and families. A wonderful guidebook ... ....

Tibet Wild

A Naturalist's Journeys on the Roof of the World

George B Schaller

George Schaller has spent much of his life traversing wild and isolated places in his quest to understand and conserve threatened species - from mountain gorillas in the Virunga to snow leopards in the Himalaya. Throughout his career ... ....

Twelve Owls

Laura Erickson and Besty Bowen

Meet the saw-whet, the tiniest of Minnesota’s owls, a mere eight inches from the tip of its blunt tail to the top of its rounded head. The simplest way to find one is to listen for the scolding calls of a flock of agitated chickade ... ....

Useful Plants of Ecuador / Plantas Utiles del Ecuador

Applications, Challenges, and Perspectives / Aplicaciones, Retos y Perspectivas

Gabriela Granda, , Henrik Borgtoft Pedersen , Michael J. Koziol and Montserrat Rios

This book is a compendium of local knowledge of plants found in the diverse ecological regions of Ecuador, a country known for its unrivalled diversity of plant species, as well as for its numerous cultural groups. As such, it places its ... ....

Voices from the Forest

Tony Dold and Michelle Cocks

However disconnected modern people may feel from nature, the cultural legacy of South Africa's natural environment continues to leave its mark on its people. While the South African landscape has for centuries been moulded and manipulated ... ....

Water on Sand

Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa

Alan Mikhail

Making environmental history accessible to scholars of the Middle East and the history of the region accessible to environmental historians, Water on Sand opens up new fields of scholarly inquiry.

Wild Heart

The Possibility of Wilderness in Aotearoa New Zealand

Mick Abbott and Richard Reeve

Images of pristine forests, mountain ranges, untameable rivers and empty expanses of coastline are the key attraction in how we promote Aotearoa New Zealand internationally: '100% Pure' no less. Such wildness is at this nation's ....

Wildlife of Africa

Gerald Hoberman

This extraordinary volume of 301 full-colour photographs is arguably the finest selection of African wildlife images ever published in a single book by one photographer. It is the essence of some 25 years of patience, passion and the ... ....

Wildlife of Africa

Gerald Hoberman and Dave Gaynor

In producing this stunning visual portrait of wildlife in Africa, Gerald Hoberman has travelled to some of the continent’s remotest wilderness regions to capture the magnificence and diversity of its animal kingdom. He has crossed ... ....

Wildlife of Africa (Mini Edition)

Gerald Hoberman and Marc Hoberman

The essence of some twenty-five years of patience, passion, and the pursuit of excellence, Wildlife of Africa (Mini Edition) reflects Gerald Hoberman's quest to share his love of the wild with others and, by so doing, help to ... ....

A Field Guide to the Geckos of Northern Territory

Ted Johansen

A Field Guide to the Geckos of Northern Territory describes all known gecko species of the Northern Territory. It contains colour photographs, up-to-date distribution maps and typical habitat images. It provides simple keys for ... ....

A Field Guide to the Snakes of Southern Florida

Joshua David Holbrook

A Field Guide to the Snakes of Southern Florida offers an array of information about the many species of snakes that occur in the wilds, agricultural areas, and backyards of southern Florida. This guide will be very helpful for ... ....

A Guide to the Rock Rattlesnakes of the US

Michael Price

In the making for over 5 years. Every mountain range in the United States that Crotalus lepidus lepidus and Crotalus lepidus klauberi are found in is discussed and illustrated. The variation of this species is amazing ... ....

A Guide to the Snakes of Maharashtra, Goa & Karnataka

Neelimkumar Khaire

A Guide to the Snakes of Maharashtra, Goa & Karnataka contains information on 46 different species of snakes found in the states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. It describes the existing Marathi and English names of each ... ....

Amphibians & Reptiles of the Sierra Tarahumara of Chihuahua, Mexico

Anfibios y Reptiles de la Sierra Tarahumara de Chihuahua, Mexico

Julio A Lemos Espinal, Hobart M Smith and Alexander Cruz

This 448-page book is a summary of the current state of knowledge of the herpetofauna of the Sierra Tarahumara of Chihuahua, Mexico. Its purpose is to focus attention on one of the Mexican regions less known herpetologically, raising ... ....

Amphibians and Reptiles of Similipal Biosphere Reserve

Sushil K Dutta

This book is the first ever field guide for Orissa, India, covering 81 species of amphibians and reptiles found in Similipal Biosphere Reserve. The book contains 160 colour photographs of all the species of herpetofauna found in the ... ....

Amphibians and Reptiles of the state of Queretaro, Mexico

Anfibios y Reptiles del Estado de Queretaro, Mexico

James R Dixon and Julio A Lemos-Espinal

The most comprehensive text on the amphibians and reptiles of the state of Queretaro available.

An Annotated Checklist of Amphibia of India with Some insights into the Patterns of Species Discoveries, Distribution an

KP Dinesh, C Radhakrishnan, KV Gururaja and GK Bhatta

An annotated checklist of 284 species of amphibians of India accommodated under 50 genera and 14 families is provided. Synonyms, English names, type localities, deposition of Type specimens, Type specimen availability and distributional ... ....

And After That He Ate Them!

Leon Hills

And After That He Ate Them! arose from the desire of both the artist and Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) to raise awareness of the complex environment in which reptiles and amphibians live.

Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its Offshore Islands

Andre Koch

This book describes the amphibians and reptiles of Sulawesi and nearby islands.

Herpetofauna del Valle de Mexico

Diversidad y Conservacion

Aurelio Ramirez Bautista, Uriel Hernandez-Salinas, Uri Omar Garcia-Vazquez and Leyte-Manrique

Herpetofauna del Valle de México: Diversidad y Conservación provides information about the species richness and history of amphibians and reptiles in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. It contains information on ... ....

How Very, Very Nice!

Leon Hills

How Very, Very Nice! arose from the desire of both the artist and Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) to raise awareness of the complex environment in which reptiles and amphibians live.

Pictorial Guide to Frogs and Toads of the Western Ghats

KV Gururaja

The Pictorial Guide to Frogs and Toads of the Western Ghats is designed to help students researchers forest managers photographers and general public in identifying a species in the field along with its status ecology and distribution ... ....

Rattlesnakes of the United States and Canada

Manny Rubio

Packed with information on natural history, identification, venom toxicity, and more. Detailed accounts and range maps for each species and subspecies found in the US and Canada. Over 200 breathtaking photographs, maps, and images. ....

Sea Snakes and their Venoms

Sea Snakes and their Venoms is a comprehensive summary of Dr. Anthony T. Tu's life's work on the basic biology, use and distribution of sea snakes and the chemical composition and toxicology of their venoms. It contains ... ....

Studies on Little Known Amphibian Species of North East India

Rosamma Mathew and Nibedita Sen

Studies on Little Known Amphibian Species of North East India reports the results of three field surveys during 2005-2006 in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Tripura, and Manipur, India to collect and study amphibians. ....

Tadpoles of Africa

The biology and identification of all known tadpoles in sub-Saharan Africa

Alan Channing, Mark-Oliver Rodel and Jenny Channing

This book desrcribed all the tadpoles known from sub-Saharan Africa.

The Complete Ball Python

A Comprehensive Guide to Care, Breeding, and Genetic Mutations

Kevin McCurley

Amateur hobbyist or professional breeder, this is a must have book. A comprehensive guide with chapters discussing the ball python in nature, captivity, diet, selection, understanding the ball python, health concerns, breeding and egg ... ....

The Complete Carpet Python

A Comprehensive Guide to the Natural History, Care, and Breeding of the 'Morelia spilota' Complex

Nick Mutton and Justin Julander

This book offers the most thorough, up-to-date information available on the carpet python. Based on nearly four decades of combined experience by the authors in working with the carpet pythons, as well as contributions by other notable ... ....

The Complete North American Box Turtle

Carl J Franklin, David C Killpack and C Kenneth Dodd

A compilation of work of Carl Franklin and David Killpack. With over 30 years of field experience this book is an amazing resource for anyone interested in the natural history and husbandry of North American Box turtles.

The Diminutive Giant-Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake

Emmett HL Snellings

The diminutive dusky pygmy rattlesnake has been around for eons and is one of three species of pygmy rattlesnakes. Though they have been on earth for such a long time, until recent years they have not commanded much interest either among ... ....

The Family Xenosauridae in Mexico

La Familia Xenosauridae en Mexico

Julio A Lemos Espinal and Geoffrey R Smith

The Family Xenosauridae in Mexico is a detailed review of the current state of knowledge of the Mexican knob-scaled lizards. These lizards have a limited distribution that is restricted to several isolated localities in Mexico ... ....

The Pinta Tortoise

Globalization and the Extinction of Island Species

Peter CH Pritchard

This book reports on Peter Pritchard's expedition to Pinta Island, in the Galapagos Islands group, in 2002 to undertake a definitive search of live tortoises on the island.

Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins

A Natural History

Ronald Orenstein

Since this book was first published a decade ago, turtle, tortoise and terrapin species have continued to suffer from human intervention. Sought for food, as pets and for tortoiseshell they are under attack on land and sea and population ... ....

What Lizard Is That?

Introducing Australian Lizards

Gerry Swan and Steve Wilson

What Lizard Is That? – Introducing Australian Lizards is a broad introduction to Australia's diverse lizard fauna. It covers most groups of Australian lizards and includes general points on appearance, behaviour and .. ....

What Snake is That?

Introducing Australian Snakes

Gerry Swan and Steve Wilson

What Snake is That? – Introducing Australian Snakes covers all the groups of Australian snakes. Where identification features are of particular interest they are provided, and key pointers offer hints to general ... ....

100 Facts About Sharks

David O'Doherty

Leading sharkeologists David O'Doherty, Claudia O'Doherty and Mike Ahern bring you a hundred things you definitely didn't know about the oceans' most terrifying creatures. Would you ever have guessed, for example, that: ... ....

Great White Shark

Myth and Reality

Alexandrine Civard Racinais, Patrice Heraud and Maud Fontenoy

The 1975 film Jaws tragically and erroneously marked the great white shark as a savage man-eating monster. Three decades later conservationists are still trying to dispel that myth. Great White Shark returns the creature ... ....

James Prosek Ocean Fishes

Paintings of Saltwater Game Fish

James Prosek and Peter Matthiessen

The captivating watercolors of James Prosek, the artist the New York Times calls "the Audubon of the fishing world." In the tradition of his acclaimed Trout: An Illustrated History, renowned naturalist, artist ... ....

Ornamental Fish Farming

The Small, Medium and Large Scale Breeding and Marketing of Freshwater Tropical Fish and Goldfish

Brian Andrews

Ornamental Fish Farming is a vast compendium on commercially farming and marketing freshwater ornamental fish and provides a huge amount of essential information designed to be useful to and usable by readers at all levels of ability ... ....

Sturgeon Fishes

Developmental Biology and Aquaculture

Tatiana A Dettlaff, Anna S Ginsburg and Olga I Schmalhausen

This book is the first detailed description of the embryonic development of all important sturgeon species – from the egg, over the various larval stages to the grown up fish. Besides dealing with the typical issues of developmental ... ....

A Beginner's Guide to Diatoms

Jacob John

The study of diatoms has become more relevant today than before. Climate change, global warming, and water crisis impact upon aquatic biodiversity. Diatoms, one of the most ubiquitous aquatic life forms have emerged as the focus of attention ... ....

A Photographic Pocket Guide to Butterflies of Nepal

In Natural Environment

Colin Smith

Pocket guide illustrating 278 species in colour. Brief species accounts include altitude, flight season and habitat.

Assessment and Management of Biotoxin Risks in Bivalve Molluscs

Food and Agriculture Organization

With a view to aiding risk assessment, monitoring and surveillance programmes, Assessment and Management of Biotoxin Risks in Bivalve Molluscs provides a range of information about the various biotoxins globally recorded in ... ....

Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Sphaeriusidae to Silphidae

Andrew G Duff

Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Sphaeriusidae to Silphidae is a new identification guide to the adult Coleoptera of the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, and the British ... ....

Biota Taiwanica - Hexapoda: Lepidoptera, Calliduloidea, Callidulidae (Callidulinae)

Yen Shen-Horn and Wu Shipher

The project “Biota Taiwanica” was first launched in 2007 under the sponsorship of the National Science Council. The aim of the whole series is to present a contemporary account of Taiwan’s native fauna and flora for ... ....

Biota Taiwanica - Hexapoda: Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctidae (Eriopinae)

Yen Shen-Horn and Wu Shipher

The project “Biota Taiwanica” was first launched in 2007 under the sponsorship of the National Science Council. The aim of the whole series is to present a contemporary account of Taiwan’s native fauna and flora for ... ....

Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America (2-Volume Set)

Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Per??

Eugene V Coan and Paul Valentich-Scott

Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America is the most comprehensive book ever written on tropical Pacific Ocean bivalves.  

The culmination of a nine year study, it treats all bivalve mollusks living from northern ... ....

Butterflies of Suriname

A natural history

Hajo BPE Gernaat, Borgesius G Beckles and Tinde van Andel

Butterflies of Suriname: a natural history is the first book on Surinamese butterflies since 160 years and the results of six years of research by the authors. After introductory chapters on the plants, rainforest and the various ... ....

Butterflies of Yunnan, China

Liu Jiazhu

This is fantastic and unique picture album in which through colourful butterflies in different postures the harmonious beauty of nature and mankind is in full display. Every photo is a piece of art, it may not only arouse your interest ... ....

Butterflies of the World, Part 36: Papilionidae XIV: Hypermnestra, Luehdorfiini, Zerynthiini

Thomas Frankenbach

This volume deals with three trbies in the family Papilionidae: Hypermnestra, Luehdorfiini, Zerynthiini.

Butterflies of the World, Part 37: Treadaway, Nymphalidae XXI: Euploea of the Philippine Islands

Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach

This volume deals with the Euploea, a genus of milkweed butterflies, of the Philippine Islands.

Butterflies of the World, Supplement 19

Les Charaxes de la Faune Afrotropicale, Partie V

B Turlin

Fifth part in the supplements series dealing with the genus Charaxes.

Butterflies of the World, Supplement 20

Parnassiinae (Partim), Parnassiini (Partim), Luehdorfiini, Zerynthiini (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

This supplement deals with the Parnassiinae (in part), the Parnassiini (in part), the Luehdorfiini, and the Zerynthiini (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).

Butterflies of the World, Supplement 21

Aberrations et Formes Particulieres dans le Genre Charaxes en Region Afrotropicale

B Turlin

This supplement deals with aberrations and atypical morphs of the genus Charaxes in tropical areas of Africa.

Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America

Juan Jose Alvarado and Francisco Alonso Solis-Marin

For the first time, this unique book compiles the development of echinoderm research in Latin America. The book  is comprised of 16 chapters: one introductory, 14 in depth country chapters and a final biogeographic analysis. It draws ... ....

Exploring the World of Bees

Tracy C. Read

We watch bees buzzing from plant to plant in our gardens, yet apart from worrying about being stung, many of us don't give them another thought. But who are these flying insects, and what exactly are they doing in our backyards? ....

Fine Structure of the Feather Mite Falculifer rostratus (Buchholz 1869)

Gnathosoma, Digestive System and Supracoxal Glands

The authors present the first detailed and superbly illustrated study of the fine structure of the feather mite Falculifer rostratus. In particular its mouthparts are described and discussed under functional and comparative aspects. ....

Guide des Sauterelles, Grillons et Criquets d'Europe Occidentale

Inclus CD de Chants

Hans Bellmann and G? rard Christian Luquet

The second edition of the French version of the famous Bellmann guide has been thoroughly revised, and now includes many recent Orthoptera discoveries in France, like Aiolopus puissanti and Podisma amedegnatoae.

Handbook on Diversity in Some of the Indian Butterflies: Insecta: Lepidoptera

IJ Gupta and Mridula Majumdar

This handbook treats several common butterfly families found in India.

Illustrated Directory of Insects of the World

A Visual Reference Guide to 650 Arthropods, Including All the Common Insect Species Such as Beetles, Spiders, Butterflie

Martin Walters

This is an authoritative visual dictionary of every order of the insect world including beetles, cockroaches, flies, crickets, wasps, bees, moths and butterflies, as well as spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes and microscopic creatures. ....

Inside Butterflies

Hazel Davies

This title suitable for children aged 8 to 12 years old. Inside Butterflies will thrill young readers with close-up looks at their favourite insect. This beautiful book, created in partnership with the American Museum of .. ....

Jellyfish Blooms IV

Interactions with Humans and Fisheries

Jennifer Purcell, Hermes Mianzan and Jessica R Frost

Jellyfish generally are considered to be nuisances because they interfere with human activities by stinging swimmers, clogging power plant intakes and nets of fishermen, killing fish in aquaculture pens, and being both predators and ... ....

Keeping Bees in Towns and Cities

Luke Dixon

Luke Dixon argues the case for urban beekeeping and then tells the reader everything they need to know about how to do it. From siting hives and reassuring the neighbours, to combating interference from wind, artificial light and predators ... ....

Marine Shells of the Whitsunday Coast and Islands

Alan Jarrett

Marine shells of the Whitsunday Coast and Islands covers about 600 species of gastropods and 350 species of bivalves that are individually illustrated with high quality photographs accompanying the detailed descriptions.

Microbes and Evolution

The World That Darwin Never Saw

Roberto Kolter and Stanley Maloy

Inspired by a 2009 colloquium on microbial evolution convened at the Galapagos Islands, Microbes and Evolution continues to celebrate Charles Darwin and his landmark book ...

Monograph of the Little Slit Shells (2-Volume Set)

Daniel L Geiger

These two volumes are the culmination of 12 years of research and collecting to critically assess and document the world-wide biodiversity of the little slit shells or scissurellids. Some 9800 lots and 73,000 specimens were examined. ....

Spiny Lobsters

Through the Eyes of the Giant Packhorse

John Booth

Covering the remarkable life cycle of the largest spiny lobster in existence, this fascinating reference explores the packhorse lobster, one of the most primitive of all crayfish, found off the coasts of northern New Zealand and mideastern ... ....

The Biology and Ecology of Tintinnid Ciliates

Models for Marine Plankton

john R. Donald, David J. S. Montagnes, Sabine Agatha, Wayne Coats and Diane Stoecker

Planktonic protists both produce and consume most of the primary production in the world ocean. They not only play key roles in the oceans but also represent an astounding amount of diversity: ecological morphological and genetic.

The Biology of Hover Wasps

Stefano Turillazzi

This book represents the culmination of the author's lifetime work on a single fascinating group of insects, the hover wasps, Stenogastrinae. The author explores the biology of these little-known wasps at the threshold of sociality ... ....

The Insects

Structure and Function

RF Chapman, Stephen J Simpson and Angela E Douglas

The Insects has been the standard textbook in the field since the first edition published over forty years ago. Building on the strengths of Chapman's original text, this long-awaited 5th edition has been revised and expanded ... ....

The Management of Insects in Recreation and Tourism

Raynald Harvey Lemelin

Insects such as cockroaches, mosquitoes and bed-bugs are usually not highly sought amongst travellers or recreationists, yet each year, collectors, butterfly enthusiasts, dragonfly-hunters and apiarists collect, visit, document and raise ... ....

The New Australasian Goblin Spider Genus Prethopalpus (Araneae, Oonopidae)

Barbara C Baehr, Mark S Harvey, Matthias Burger and Marco Thoma

The new goblin spider genus Prethopalpus is restricted to the Australasian tropics, from the lower Himalayan Mountains in Nepal and India to the Malaysian Peninsula, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. Prethopalpus contains those ... ....

The Sea Shells of Greece

Athanasios Manousis

The Sea Shells of Greece describes some 1200 species from Greek waters through 1800 colour photos and 180 illustrations.

Top-Bar Beekeeping

Organic Practices for Honeybee Health

Les Crowder and Heather Harrell

In recent years beekeepers have had to face tremendous challenges, from pests such as varroa and tracheal mites and from the mysterious but even more devastating phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Yet in backyards and on ... ....

ZooKeys 202

Revision of the Afrotropical Oberthuerellinae (Cynipoidea, Liopteridae)

M Buffington and Simon van Noort

The Afrotropical Cynipoidea are taxonomically and biologically poorly known, a situation typical for wasp taxa from this region. We are systematically researching all Afrotropical cynipoids, and the present research on Oberthuerellinae ... ....

ZooKeys 206

Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species

Adriana Oliva and Andrew Short

The water scavenger beetle genus Berosus Leach is the largest of more than 170 genera in the superfamily Hydrophiloidea. Although it is better known that some aquatic beetle groups, many new species in the genus remain to be ... ....

ZooKeys 215

This volume contains five articles, one of them dealing with a newly discovered family of spiders, Trogloraptoridae, in the Pacific Northwest, which was featured on ...

Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

A Guide to Their Identification and Ecology

William S Johnson and Dennis M Allen

Zooplankton play a vital role in the ecology of estuaries and coastal waters. In this revised edition of Johnson and Allen's instant classic, we are offered a guided tour of zooplankton, including early developmental stages of ... ....

Australia's Fossil Heritage

A Catalogue of Important Australian Fossil Sites

The Australian herigate council

The National Heritage List was created in January 2004 to recognise, celebrate and protect places of outstanding heritage value to the nation. National heritage encompasses those places that reveal the richness of Australia's extraordinary ... ....

Biodiversity and Evolutionary Ecology of Extinct Organisms

Rituparna Bose

The increasing rate of species extinction in the present day will lead to a huge biodiversity crisis; eventually, this will lead to the paucity of non-renewable resources of energy making our Earth unsustainable in future.

Dinosaurs

The Encyclopedia

Donald F. Glut

Provides the definitive reference work on dinosaurian genera. This heavily illustrated volume contains many depictions of life models constructed by experts in vertebrate palaeontology restoration and based on the original fossil material ... ....

Dinosaurs under the Aurora

Roland A Gangloff

In 1961, while mapping rock exposures along the Colville River in Alaska, an oil company geologist would unknowingly find the evidence for a startling discovery. Long before the North Slope of Alaska was being exploited for its petroleum ... ....

Life Traces of the Georgia Coast

Revealing the Unseen Lives of Plants and Animals

Anthony J. Martin

Have you ever wondered what left behind those prints and tracks on the seashore, or what made those marks or dug those holes in the dunes? Life Traces of the Georgia Coast is an up-close look at these traces of life and ... ....

Life of Bone

Art Meets Science

Joni Brenner, Karel Nel and Gerhard Marx

Life of Bone brings into sharp relief, and interrogates, the abutting practices of the scientific and the artistic, practices which have co-existed since the beginning of our species. It is based on an exhibition, scheduled to ... ....

Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics

The global climate changes that led to the expansion and contraction of high latitude ice sheets during the Quaternary period were associated with equally dramatic changes in tropical environments. These included shifts in vegetation ... ....

Southern Hemisphere Palaeobiogeography of Triassic-Jurassic Marine Bivalves

Susana E Damborenea, Javier Echevarr?ía and Sonia Ros-Franch

Palaeobiogeography is a complex subject which processes information provided by both Biology and Earth Sciences. It is conceptually and philosophically equivalent to neobiogeography. Nevertheless, its methods are somewhat different, since ... ....

The Great Extinctions

What Causes Them and How They Shape Life

Norman MacLeod

What is extinction? What causes it? Can it be prevented? In The Great Extinctions leading palaeontologist Norman MacLeod reveals how, contrary to popular conception, species extinction is as natural a process as species evolution ... ....

The Last Lost World

Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene

The Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. It’s a time of ice ages, global migrations, and mass extinctions – of woolly rhinos, mammoths, giant ground sloths, and not least early species of Homo.

Visions of a Vanished World

The Extraordinary Fossils of the Hunsrate

Gabriel Kuhl, Christoph Bartels, Derek Briggs and JEs Rust

About four hundred million years ago earthquake activity and possibly major storms caused sudden movements of large quantities of muddy sentiment along the seafloor. Animal communities in the path of these sediment-laden flows were ... ....

A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, Crayfishes and Mussels of South-western Australia

David Morgan, Stephen Beatty, Michael W Klunzinger, Mark G Allen and Quinton F Burnham

Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, Crayfishes and Mussels of South-western Australia summarises all that is currently known about the iconic, yet often unnoticed species of fish, crayfish and mussels inhabiting the fresh waters ... ....

How to Snog a Hagfish!

Disgusting Things in the Sea

Jonathan Eyers

How to Snog a Hagfish! explores the most bizarre, the most disgusting and the most fascinating creatures that inhabit the oceans. When attacked, the hagfish (also known as the slime eel) ties itself in a knot that travels the length ... ....

National Geographic Field Guide to the Water's Edge

Beaches, Shorelines, and Riverbanks

Stephen Leatherman and Jack Williams

For beach lovers, curious naturalists, water-sports enthusiasts, amateur fishermen, and all those who live and play near the water's edge, this indispensable guide is the key to understanding North America's life and earth-forms ... ....

The Coral Reef

Angelo Mojetta

In the ideal catalogue of the natural wonders on Earth, a prominent position must be reserved for coral reefs. Warm, crystal-clear waters inviting exploration, exuberant life manifesting itself in a myriad of forms and colours these are ... ....

A History of the Electron

JJ Thomson and GP Thomson

Two landmarks in the history of physics are the discovery of the particulate nature of cathode rays (the electron) by J. J. Thomson in 1897 and the experimental demonstration by his son G. P. Thomson in 1927 that the electron exhibits ... ....

A Naturalist in Karbi Anglong

Anwaruddin Choudhury

A Naturalist in Karbi Anglong narates Anwaruddin Choudhury's travels and wildlife observations in different parts of Karbi Anglong during his tenure in the district as a civil servant. The book is profusely illustrated with ... ....

American Birding Sketchbook

Michael Warren

In this, Michael’s sixth book, he has brought together the material collected during years of travelling to all 50 American States. The earliest trips at the beginning of the 1970’s were to research work for an exhibition at ... ....

Artist Animal

Steve Baker

Animals have always been compelling subjects for artists, but the rise of animal advocacy and posthumanist thought has prompted a reconsideration of the relationship between artist and animal. In this book, Steve Baker examines the work of ... ....

Baroque Science

Ofer Gal and Rad D. Chen-Morris

In Baroque Science, Ofer Gal and Raz D. Chen-Morris present a radically new perspective on the study of early modern science. Instead of the triumph of reason and rationality and the celebration of the discoveries and breakthroughs ... ....

Bird Life and Bird Lore

With Illustrations

Reginald Bosworth Smith

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

"Birds have been to me the solace, the recreation, the passion of a lifetime." So wrote Reginald Bosworth Smith (1839–1908), former Classics ... ....

Birdie Bowers

Captain Scott's Marvel

Anne Strathie

Henry `Birdie' Bowers realised his life's ambition when he was selected for Captain Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the Antarctic, yet he also met his death on the journey. Born to a sea-faring father and adventurous mother on the Firth of Clyde ... ....

Chickens, Ducks and Geese

Madeleine Floyd

Another collection of exquisite watercolour paintings from well-loved artist Madeleine Floyd. In this follow-up to her bestselling book Birdsong, she turns her attention to the world of chickens, ducks and geese some familiar ... ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking in the South Wales Valleys

Valley, Ridge, Coastal & Heritage Routes

Mike Dunn

Walking in the South Wales Valleys is a handy guidebook to 30 day walks and 2 weekend backpacking routes (the Coed Morgannwg Way and Glamorgan Ridgeway). This compact and easily-accessible area is full of varied walking opportunities ... ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking on Gower

Exploring Coast and Inland Landscapes

Andrew Davies

This handy guidebook offer 30 circular day routes right across the popular holiday destination that is the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, taking in the wide variety of landscapes and ranging from 4km to 22km long. The peninsula ... ....

Dangerous Work

Diary of an Arctic Adventure

Arthur Conan Doyle

In February 1880, when Arthur Conan Doyle was only twenty years old, he embarked upon the first real outstanding adventure in my life, seven months as a ship's surgeon on an Arctic whaler. The voyage took the young Conan Doyle ... ....

Darwin

Portrait of a Genius

Paul Johnson

Charles Darwin is arguably the most influential scientist of all timme.

Digital Black & White Photography

David Taylor

This new series of "The Expanded Guides" focuses on photographic techniques to give you a comprehensive grounding in the subject and also takes you a step further to enable you to get much more from your photography.

Digital Flower Photography

Sue Bishop

Unlock the secrets of digital flower photography with this inspiring book. Author and acclaimed flower photographer Sue Bishop works through every step of the process - from buying the right equipment to composing the shot and enhancing ... ....

Digital Masters: Nature Photography

Documenting the Wild World

Ralph Lee Hopkins

The newest in the popular Digital Masters series is designed to develop and expand photographers' unique vision of the world's wildlife and wild places. It's a lavishly illustrated workbook that photographers will ... ....

Digital Photographer's Guide to B+W Landscape Photography

George Schaub

Digital technology has revolutionised photography – nowhere more dramatically than with black-and-white. Interest in the subject has reached an all-time high and this guide, by an esteemed photographer and editor of Shutterbug magazine ... ....

Donald Greig

Gerald Hoberman

This unique volume brings together two visual masters: Donald Greig, one of Africa's finest wildlife sculptors, and Gerald Hoberman, internationally renowned wildlife photographer, writer, and designer. The juxtaposition of Greig's ....

Empire Antarctica

Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins

Gavin Francis

It is said to be one of our oldest stories: a young man goes to a far-off land in search of a mythical and wondrous beast. For years, Gavin Francis yearned to go to the remotest place on our planet, to see one of the strangest beasts alive ... ....

Exclusive Safari Lodges of South Africa

Gerald Hoberman

Gerald Hoberman’s new coffee table book Exclusive Safari Lodges of Southern Africa features over 40 of South Africa’s finest exclusive safari lodges with their eclectic mix of fabulous interior designs and the abundant ... ....

Exotic Botanical Illustration

With the Eden Project

Rosie Martin and Meriel thurstan

An exciting approach to botanical illustration featuring exotic and extraordinary plant specimens.Striking plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables provide new challenges in colour, texture and form. Stunning finished paintings accompany ... ....

Explorers

The Most Exciting Voyages of Discovery - From the African Expeditions to the Lunar Landing

Andrea De Porti

One of the most exciting periods of exploration coincided with the invention of photography. As a result, the most important expeditions over the last 160 years were captured and preserved by incredibly dramatic images.

Favorite Wildflower Walks in Georgia

Hugh Nourse and Carol Nourse

Wildflower lovers across Georgia know Hugh and Carol Nourse through their popular slide lectures. Countless other enthusiasts have seen their glorious wildflower photographs in books and magazines. Here the Nourses draw on years of travel ... ....

Fire

Nature and Culture

Stephen J. Pyne

Fire has been an integral feature of our planet for over 400 million years. It has defined human culture from the beginning; it is something without which we cannot survive. While among the most destructive forces on Earth, fire displays ... ....

First Book of Indian Botany

Daniel Oliver

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Well known among his contemporaries for his unrivalled knowledge of aberrant plants, Daniel Oliver (1830–1916) ran the herbarium at Kew Gardens and held ... ....

Focus on Digital Landscape Photography

George Schaub and

This title will help photographers improve their picture taking by providing all the information they need in a clear, concise manner. It outlines only the crucial concepts and principles and applies them to real-world shooting scenarios ... ....

Gaia Calls

South Sea Voices, Dolphins, Sharks and Rainforests

Wade Doak

Gaia Calls reveals a life well lived by one of the world s leading marine explorers, Wade Doak. Starting out as a treasure hunter, Wade Doak takes us on a journey from his first discovery of the sunken treasure of the Elingamite ... ....

God-or Gorilla

Images of Evolution in the Jazz Age

Costance Areson Clark

As scholars debate the most appropriate way to teach evolutionary theory, Constance Areson Clark provides an intriguing reflection on similar debates in the not-too-distant past. Set against the backdrop of the Jazz Age ...

Grizzly Bears and Razor Clams

Walking America's Pacific Northwest Trail

Chris Townsend

Grizzly Bears and Razor Clams tells the story of Chris Townsend's walk along the 1200 mile Pacific Northwest Trail, which runs for 1200 miles from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean through the states of Montana, Idaho ... ....

International Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 5

This stunning paperback volume showcases the winners and best entries for the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition and accompanies a major exhibition at Kew Gardens in March 2012 and touring the UK, Australia and USA ... ....

Jewels Beyond the Plough

A Celebration of Britan's Grasslands

Richard Jefferson, John Davis and Chris Packham

With a foreword by Chris Packham, this book is a celebration of Britain’s wildflower grasslands. The illustrations capture the beauty of grassland landscapes with their rich flora and fauna. A quick glance shows the remarkable range ... ....

Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 6

AA Publishing

'Take a view', the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, is the brainchild of Charlie Waite, one of today's most respected landscape photographers. Together with AA Publishing, he created this prestigious competition ... ....

Landscape Photography

From Snapshots to Great Shots

Rob Sheppard

Now that you've bought that amazing new DSLR, you need a book that goes beyond the camera manual to capture stunning images. For photographers interested in landscape photography, this guide will help you conquer the fundamentals and ... ....

Landscape Photography

Art and Techniques

Neil Crighton

Every continent, country and region in the world has magnificent landscapes to photograph. Every season, climate and time of day has its own unique quality. This practical book describes how best to look at a scene and work with the elements ... ....

Lenses for Digital SLRs

Ross Hoddinott

This title guides reader through basic terminology. It contains chapters on a wide range of lenses in a concise, clear format for beginner to intermediate level photographers. The book comes with a handy pullout quick reference card. ....

Life in Colour

National Geographic Photographs

Annie Griffiths

A stunning, vibrant and energetic celebration of photography and colour from National Geographic. Edited by Annie Griffiths who worked with NG on the gorgeous Simply Beautiful (over 13,000 copies sold in the UK to date). ....

Lines for Birds

Poems & Paintings

Barry Hill and John Wolseley

Painter John Wolseley and poet Barry Hill follow flight paths and habitats of birds, from the Victorian Mallee to the forests of South East Asia, to Japan and the South of France. Sometimes, as the painter says, its almost as if I am ... ....

Mark Hearld's Work Book

Mark Hearld

The artist Mark Hearld finds his inspiration in the flora and fauna of the British countryside: a blue-eyed jay perched on an oak branch; two hares enjoying the spoils of an allotment; a mute swan standing at the frozen water's edge; ... ....

Mr JW Lewin, Painter and Naturalist

John William Lewin

In 1813, author, illustrator, printmaker and natural historian, John William Lewin created the first illustrated book ever published in Australia – Birds of New South Wales. Featuring more than 150 exquisite artworks ... ....

National Geographic Image Collection

This is National Geographic's  most expansive and sumptuous photography book ever, in a new mini edition, showcasing more than a century of world history, culture, and majesty chronicled and preserved in its ... ....

National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Photography

The Ultimate Field Guide to Photography is the penultimate source for people seeking real how-to advice from the editors and photographers of National Geographic. Each chapter is carefully designed to lead the amateur photographer ... ....

Natural Histories

Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library

Tom Baione

For the first time, Natural Histories allows readers a privileged glimpse of seldom seen, fully illustrated scientific tomes from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection – a collection ... ....

Night & Low Light Photography

David Taylor

Photographs captured in low light conditions, or even in the dark of night, can be powerfully dramatic, sensually moody, or vibrant and glistening with the illumination of stars, streetlamps, or other artificial lighting.

Nikon D3200

From Snapshots to Great Shots

Rob Sylvan

Now that you've bought that amazing Nikon D3200, you need a book that goes beyond a tour of the camera's features to show you exactly how to take great pictures. With Nikon D3200: From Snapshots to Great Shots, you get the perfect ... ....

Nikon D800 & D800E

The Expanded Guide

Jon Sparks

The D800 is the most exciting piece of equipment to emerge from Nikon since 2008. A pull-out reference card gives quick access to the camera's functions. UK author Jon Sparks gives an in-depth guide to using this impressive camera ... ....

On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and the Good Effects of Inte

Charles Darwin

This book is an exact facsimile copy of the sought after and very expensive first edition (1862) of Darwin's work on orchids. The hardback edition is limited to 1000 copies worldwide, all of which are numbered. The book has been ... ....

One-Shot Color Astronomical Imaging

In Less Time, For Less Money!

L.A. Kennedy

This book shows amateur astronomers how to use one-shot CCD cameras, and how to get the best out of equipment that exposes all three color images at once. Because this book is specifically devoted to one-shot imaging ...

Ordering Life

Karl Jordan and the Naturalist Tradition

Kristin Johnson

For centuries naturalists have endeavored to name, order, and explain biological diversity. Karl Jordan (1861-1959) dedicated his long life to this effort, describing thousands of new species in the process. Ordering Life explores ... ....

Pedder Dreaming

Olegas Truchanas and a lost Tasmanian Wilderness

NAtasha Cica

In 1972 Lake Pedder in Tasmania’s untamed south-west was flooded to build a dam. Wilderness photographer Olegas Truchanas, who had spent years campaigning passionately to save the magnificent fresh water lake, had finally lost. ....

Peter Heard's Paintings of a West Country Life

Peter Heard and Michael Woods

Peter Heard is perhaps England's most famous living naive artist.  Enjoy this collection of more than 120 of his remarkable and life-enhancing works celebrating the joys and quirks of a West Country life.

Photographing Waterdrops

Exploring Macro Worlds with Harold Davis

Harold Davis

Capturing the fleeting, dynamic world contained within the tiniest of water droplets is one of the most challenging photographic endeavors. Like many things, the challenge is worth the effort – when done with skill, these images .. ....

Photographing the Elements

Capturing Nature's Most Extreme Phenomena With Your Digital Camera

Mark Humpage

Blizzards, tornados, volcanic eruptions, and desert sandstorms? Forget about seeking shelter these are the prime times to grab your gear and get one-of-a-kind photographs of the most exotic and extraordinary subjects on earth.

Photography of Natural Things

A Nature & Environment Workshop for Film and Digital Photography

Freeman Patterson

Photography of Natural Things is Freeman Patterson's internationally acclaimed instructional book on photography and visual design. From a moon over a winter landscape to a starfish in an intertidal pool, or a bird in flight ... ....

Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4

A Photographer's Handbook

Steve Laskevitch

Adobe Certified Instructor Steve Laskevitch has leveraged his experience as a teacher and practitioner to create a guide that provides a clear and effective workflow for editing photographs in Photoshop CS6 and its companions Bridge ... ....

Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands

Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will

Judith Schalansky

Born on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall, as a child Judith Schalansky could travel only through the pages of an atlas. Now she has created her own, taking us across the oceans of the world to fifty remote islands. Perfect maps jostle with ... ....

Roots of Ecology

Antiquity to Haeckel

Frank N. Egerton and

Ecology is the centerpiece of many of the most important decisions that face humanity. Roots of Ecology documents the deep ancestry of this now enormously important science from the early ideas of Herodotos, Plato, and Pliny, up to ... ....

Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy

The Activist Who Saved Nature from the Conservationists

Dyana Z Furmansky, Bill McKibben and Roland C Clement

Rosalie Edge (1877-1962) was the first American woman to achieve national renown as a conservationist. Dyana Z. Furmansky draws on Edge's personal papers and on interviews with family members and associates to portray an implacable ... ....

Safari

A Photicular Book

Imagine a field guide to all the animals you'd encounter on an African safari, but instead of looking at a photograph of them in the book you're reading, you're actually seeing a small film clip on the page of the animal in ... ....

Science's First Mistake

Delusions in Pursuit of Theory

Ian Angell and Dionysios S Demetis

Taking examples from across the natural and social sciences, this ambitious book examines the deep-seated assumptions that underpin the discovery of knowledge, and claims that all scientific methods are delusions in pursuit of theory. ....

Serengeti Story

A scientist in paradise

Anthony Sinclair

Serengeti is arguably the most well-known and highly treasured conservation area in the world. In 1972 the United Nations meeting on National Parks and Protected Areas agreed to set up World Heritage Sites, now supervised by UNESCO, and ... ....

Songs About Birds

Ronnie Haar

Ronnie Haar is a singer songwriter with a passion for birdwatching and the rich tapestry of nature. His new collection of songs entitled Songs About Birds is an album of original songs inspired by birds and birdwatching.

Soundings

The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor

Hali Felt

Soundings is the story of the enigmatic, unknown woman behind one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century. Before Marie Tharp, geologist and gifted draftsperson, the whole world, including most of the scientific community ... ....

Stephen Hawking

His Life and Work

Kitty Ferguson

Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable figures of our time – a Cambridge genius who has earned international celebrity and become an inspiration to those who have witnessed his triumph over disability.

Storia Naturale

Generale E Particolare

Georges-Louis Leclerc De Buffon

First published in the mid-eighteenth century, this book brings together the original work by a great French scholar – Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon – founder of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

Success with Landscape Photography

Tom Till

Success with Landscape Photography is a comprehensive guide for all those wanting to capture beautiful, striking images. There is guidance on which type of camera to use, accessories such as zoom lenses and filters and the equipment ... ....

Success with Wildlife Photography

Steve Toon, and Ann Toon

This is a comprehensive guide for all those who aspire to capture striking and beautiful wildlife images. Aimed at the keen amateur or semi-pro – without excluding or patronising the novice - these books give clear guidance on which ... ....

Swell

A Year of Waves

Evan Slater and Peter Taras

Wave watchers around the world know that no two waves are the same. Yet each and every wave that rises, peaks, and crashes onto the beach is generated by a much larger force originating thousands of miles away. Surf journalist team ... ....

The Accidental Naturalist

My Misadventures with Animals

Ben Fogle

For as long as he can remember, Ben Fogle has been surrounded by creatures great and small. As a young boy his best friends were Liberty and Lexington, the family dogs. Then there was Milly the puma-sized cat, Jaws the goldfish and three ... ....

The Animal Kingdom (16-Volume Set)

Georges Cuvier and Edward Griffith

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), made a peer of France in 1819 in recognition of his work, was perhaps the most important European scientist of his day. ....

The Bear

History of a Fallen King

Michel Pastoureau

The oldest discovered statue, fashioned some fifteen to twenty thousand years ago, is of a bear. The lion was not always king. From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European ... ....

The Bird in Art

Caroline Bugler

There has until now been no proper study of the bird in art, despite our fascination with birds, and despite the wealth of complex meanings associated with them in different cultures. A number of pagan gods are linked with birds ... ....

The Birds of America

The Bien Choromolithographic Edition

John James Audubon and Joel Oppenheimer

John James Audubon’s Birds of America has been reproduced often, beginning with the double elephant folio printed in England by Havill. After Audubon’s death, his family arranged with the New York printer ...

The Book of Barely Imagined Beings

A 21st Century Bestiary

From Axolotl to Zebrafish, meet a world of barely imagined beings: real creatures that are often stranger and more astonishing than anything dreamt in the pages of a medieval bestiary. Ranging from the depths of the ocean to the most ... ....

The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas

The Natural History of the New World, Histoire Naturelle des Indes Occidentales

Francois-Marc Gagnon, Nancy Senior and Real Ouellet

Part art, part science, part anthropology, this ambitious project presents an early Canadian perspective on natural history that is as much artistic and fantastical as it is encyclopedic.

The Coming of Evolution

The Story of a Great Revolution in Science

John W Judd

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

John Wesley Judd (1840–1916) had a distinguished career, serving as both President of the Geological Society and Dean of the Royal College of Science. ....

The Earthquake Observers

Disaster Science from Lisbon to Richter

Deborah R. Coen

Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This knowledge rests not only on the recordings of seismographs, but also on the observations of eyewitnesses to destruction. ....

The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom

Charles Darwin

Darwin's impetus for the experiments of which the results are recorded in this book was 'a mere accidental observation; and indeed it required the accident to be repeated before my attention was thoroughly aroused to the remarkable fact that seedlings ....

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Charles Darwin and Francis Darwin

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

This second edition of The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was edited by his son Francis Darwin and published in 1890. As Sir Francis ... ....

The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms

With Observations on their Habits

Charles Darwin

This book, published in 1881, was the result of many years of experimentation and observation by Darwin in the open-air laboratory of his garden at Down House in Kent. As he wrote in his introduction, the subject of soil disturbance by worms ... ....

The Foundation of the Origin of Species

Two Essays Written in 1842 and 1844 by Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin and Francis Darwin

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

The development of Charles Darwin's views on evolution by natural selection has fascinated biologists since the 1859 publication of his landmark text ... ....

The Golden Age of Botanical Art

Martyn Rix

From some of the earliest attempts at art to the plant hunters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the images produced in the study of plants have held a fascination for all those who love nature. The Golden Age of Botanical Art ....

The Keen Countryman's Miscellany

Peter Holt

The Keen Countryman's Miscellany is a selection of entries on everything that the true countryman – or woman – would like to know. Here you will find all things rural, from profiles of great farmers through history ... ....

The Kindred of the Wild

A Book of Animal Life

Charles G.D. Roberts was a distinguished poet and novelist whose claim to fame rests on a series of very popular animal stories, a genre he pioneered and which gained him an international reputation. Roberts was one of a small group of ... ....

The Landscape Photography Field Guide

Capturing the Great Outdoors with Your Digital SLR Camera

Carl Heilman

Landscape photography remains one of the most popular genres for enthusiast and commercial photographers alike, but all of the books on the market are large in format and unsuited to use in the field. This latest addition to Ilex’s .... ....

The Last Viking

The Extraordinary Life of Roald Amundsen

Stephen Bown

One hundred years have passed since Robert Falcon Scott's beleagured expeditionary team arrived at the South Pole, only to find that they had been beaten by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. The most feted explorer of his generation ... ....

The Life of Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. His achievements in mathematics and physics marked the culmination of the movement that brought modern science into being. Richard Westfall's biography captures ... ....

The Malay Archipelago (2-Volume Set)

The Land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist who is best remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection. His extensive ... ....

The Odyssey of KP2

An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species

Terrie M Williams

When a two day-old Hawaiian monk seal pup is attacked and abandoned by his mother on a beach in Kauai, environmental officials must decide if they should save the newborn animal or allow nature to take its course. But as a member of the ... ....

The Origin of Species

By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

Charles Darwin

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

This sixth edition of The Origin of Species was published in 1876. It is the last edition on which Darwin himself worked before his death in 1882, and ... ....

The Power of Movement in Plants

Charles Darwin

Written in collaboration with his son Francis, a notable botanist, this 1880 book builds on Darwin's earlier investigations into climbing plants, orchids, insectivorous plants, flower variety, and the processes of fertilisation. ....

The Scientists

An Epic of Discovery

Andrew Robinson

This book tells the remarkable lives of the pioneers of science from Galileo and Newton, Faraday and Darwin, Pasteur and Marie Curie, to Einstein, Freud, Turing, and Crick and Watson. A series of seventy articles, written by an international ... ....

The Secrets of Alchemy

Lawrence M. Principe

Alchemy, the "Noble Art," conjures up scenes of mysterious, dimly lit laboratories populated with bearded old men stirring cauldrons. Though the history of alchemy is intricately linked to the history of chemistry, alchemy has ... ....

The Shadows / Las Sombras

Kate Breakey and Lia Purpura

Las sombras, the shadows, are literally that – shadows left behind when Kate Breakey places objects on photosensitive paper and shines light on them. And yet, in the inevitable reversal of photography, these shadows are full of light ... ....

The View from Lazy Point

A Natural Year in an Unnatural World

Safina Carl

Hailed as "a Thoreau for the twenty-first century", MacArthur Fellow Carl Safina takes us on a tour of the natural world in the course of a year spent divided between his home on the shore of eastern Long Island and on his travels ... ....

The Well-Read Cat

Michele Sacquin and Pierre Rosenberg

From medieval manuscript to Japanese prints, from Steinlen's splendid drawings to 17th century prints, the author introduces the reader to the hundreds of books and manuscripts (belonging to the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris ... ....

The Wood Fire Handbook

Vincent Thurkettle

This book covers everything you need to know about creating the perfect wood fire, indoors and out, including: the best woods to burn, how to split logs, how to store and season firewood, creating the perfect woodstore, how to lay and ... ....

Troubled Waters

Trailing the Albatross: An Artist's Journey

Bruce Pearson

This volume in the Wildlife Art Series showcases the paintings of Bruce Pearson, who has for many years painted albatrosses, often painting onboard ships.

Turtles in Our Wake

Sandra Clayton

Most people at some point long to escape – from the weather, the commute, the routine. Sailing off in a forty-foot boat called Voyager comes at a price, however. Indeed, for David and Sandra Clayton it meant selling their house and ... ....

Understanding Exposure

Andy Stansfield and

This title features expert advice from a professional UK photographer, useful hints & tips plus clear diagrams & charts. This new series of "The Expanded Guides" focuses on photographic techniques to give you a comprehensive ... ....

Understanding RAW Photography

David Taylor

This title explains the procedure from the start of a photo shoot through each stage of post-processing. In depth, jargon-busting text offers hints and tips on interpreting RAW images. It includes expert advice given by professional ... ....

Unlikely Friendships

50 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom

Jennifer Holland

It is exactly like "Isaiah" 11:6: "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid..." Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland ...

Wainwright Walks

Julia Bradbury and Derry Brabs

The companion to the BBC series Wainwright Walks, with Julia Bradbury following in the footsteps of famous fell-walker and guide writer AW Wainwright. The series includes beautiful aerial sequences of Lakeland icons Blencathra ... ....

Walking Home

A Journey in the Alaskan Wilderness

Lynn Schooler

In the spring of 2007, hard on the heels of the worst winter in the history of Juneau, Alaska, Lynn Schooler finds himself facing the far side of middle age and exhausted by labouring to handcraft a home as his marriage slips away. ....

What I Don't Know About Animals

Jenny Diski

What does Jenny Diski know about animals? She's really not sure. There is, however, one thing of which she is certain: our relationships with and attitudes to animals are really worth thinking about.

Wildlife Photography

From Snapshots to Great Shots

In Wildlife Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, author and wildlife photographer Laurie Excell shows you how to get the best shots of birds, bears, and bugs – whether you're on safari, on vacation, or on a nature ... ....

Zoonomia (2-Volume Set)

Or, the Laws of Organic Life

Erasmus Darwin

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) is remembered not only as the grandfather of Charles but as a pioneering scientist in his own right. A friend and correspondent ... ....

Altamaha

A River and Its Keeper

Dorinda G. Dallmeyer, Janisse Ray and James Holland

Formed by the confluence of the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers, the Altamaha is the largest free-flowing river on the East Coast and drains its third-largest watershed. It has been designated as one of the Nature Conservancy's seventy-five ... ....

Antarctic Peninsula

A Visitor's Guide

British Antarctic Survey

Antarctic Peninsula: A Visitor's Guide is the essential companion for anyone planning to visit this unique place. Focusing on the geography and physical phenomena of this remote region, it contains vital information visitors ... ....

Everglades National Park and the Surrounding Area

A Guide to Exploring the Great Outdoors

Roger L Hammer

Everglades National Park and the Surrounding Area leads you to 2.5 million acres of pristine and diverse landscapes and wildlife habitats-from dry, rocky pineland to open marshes. Discover the best scenic vistas, wildlife viewing ... ....

Heartbeats in the Muck

The History, Sea Life, and Environment of New York Harbor

John Waldman

Heartbeats in the Muck traces the incredible arc of New York Harbor's environmental history. Once a pristine estuary bristling with oysters and striped bass and visited by sharks, porpoises, and seals, the harbor has been marked by ... ....

In the Shadow of the Carmens

Afield with a Naturalist in the Northern Mexican Mountains

Bonnie Reynolds McKinney and David H. Riskind

Just across the Rio Grande from West Texas in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, the mountain ranges of the Maderas del Carmen rise majestically. Often called magical or mystical, they have stirred imagination for centuries. Stories of bandits ... ....

Land of Extremes

A Natural History of the Arctic North Slope of Alaska

Alexander Huryn and John Hobbie

This book is a comprehensive guide to the natural history of the North Slope, the only Arctic tundra in the United States. The first section provides detailed information on climate, geology, landforms, and ecology. The second provides a ... ....

Life Along the Delaware Bay

Cape May, Gateway to a Million Shorebirds

Lawrence Niles, Joanna Burger and Amanda Dey

The Delaware Bay is the second largest and most diverse bay on the East Coast. It has a rich cultural history, has played an important role in the region's commerce and tourism, and has spectacular and vital natural resources.

Lost Antarctica

Adventures in a Disappearing Land

James B McClintock

The bitter cold and three months a year without sunlight make Antarctica virtually uninhabitable for humans. Yet a world of extraordinary wildlife persists in these harsh conditions, including leopard seals, giant squid, 50-foot algae ... ....

Mahogany

The Costs of Luxury in Early America

Jennifer L. Anderson

In the mid-eighteenth century, colonial Americans became enamored with the rich colors and silky surface of mahogany. This exotic wood, imported from the West Indies and Central America, quickly displaced local furniture woods as the ... ....

National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States

National Geographic

More than 281 million people visited the national parks in 2011, a number that is predicted to grow in the next decade. National Geographic, associated with the parks since their founding has the unmatched expertise and authority for this ... ....

National Parks

A Family Guide to America's Parks, Momuments and Landmarks

Erin McHugh

From Yellowstone, the Statue of Liberty, Gettysburg National Battlefield to Mount Rushmore National Memorial, National Parks highlights the beauty and diversity of America's National Parks in a fun-filled, entertaining package. ....

Nature Next Door

Cities and Trees in the American Northeast

Ellen Stroud, and William Cronon

The once denuded north-eastern United States is now a region of trees. Nature Next Door argues that the growth of cities, the construction of parks, the transformation of farming, the boom in tourism, and changes in the timber ... ....

Of Men and Marshes

Paul L Errington

Standing with such environmental classics as Loren Eiseley’s The Immense Journey, his friend and mentor Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, and Joseph Wood Krutch’s The Voice of the Desert ... ....

Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites

Laurence Parent

Since it was first published in 1996, Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites has become Texans' one-stop source for information on great places to view scenic landscapes, tour historical sites, camp, fish ... ....

Pumpkin

The Curious History of an American Icon

Cindy Ott and William Cronon

Why do so many Americans drive for miles each autumn to buy a vegetable that they are unlikely to eat? While most people around the world eat pumpkin throughout the year, North Americans reserve it for holiday pies and other desserts that ... ....

Reconstructing the View

The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe

Stephen J. Pyne and Rebecca Senf

Using landscape photography to reflect on broader notions of culture, the passage of time, and the construction of perception, photographers Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe spent five years exploring the Grand Canyon for their most recent ... ....

Still the Same Hawk

Reflections on Nature and New York

John Waldman

A groundbreaking new book, Still the Same Hawk: Reflections on Nature and New York brings into conversation diverse and intriguing perspectives on the relationship between nature and America's most prominent city.

Temagami's Tangled Wild

Race, Gender and the Making of Canadian Nature

Jocelyn Thorpe

Canadian wilderness seems a self-evident entity, yet, as this volume shows in vivid historical detail, wilderness is not what it seems. In Temagami's Tangled Wild, Jocelyn Thorpe traces how struggles over meaning, racialized ... ....

The Death and Life of Monterey Bay

A Story of Revival

Stephen R. Palumbi and Carolyn Sotka

Monterey began as a natural paradise, but became the poster child for industrial devastation in John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row", and is now one of the most celebrated shorelines in the world. It is a remarkable story of life ... ....

The Emerald Horizon

The History of Nature in Iowa

Cornelia Mutel

In The Emerald Horizon, Cornelia Mutel combines lyrical writing with meticulous scientific research to portray the environmental past, present, and future of Iowa. In doing so, she ties all of Iowa's natural features into .. ....

The Entire Earth and Sky

The Views on Antarctica

Leslie Carol Roberts

More than a distant continent, Antarctica is a land of the imagination, shaping and shaped for centuries by explorers, adventurers, scientists, and dreamers. The Entire Earth and Sky conjures all these ideas and interweaves them ... ....

The Environmental Legacy of the UC Natural Reserve System

Peggy L. Fiedler, Susan Gee Rumsey and Kathleen M. Wong

The UC Natural Reserve System, established in 1965 to support field research, teaching, and public service in natural environments, has become a prototype of conservation and land stewardship looked to by natural resource managers through ... ....

The Fast-Changing Maritime Arctic

Defence and Security Challenges in a Warmer World

Barry Scott Zellen

In this timely new book, international scholars and military professionals come together to explore the strategic consequences of the thawing of the Arctic. Their analyses of efforts by governments and defence, security, and coast guard ... ....

The Nature of Borders

Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea

Lissa K. Wadewitz

For centuries, borders have been central to salmon management customs on the Salish Sea, but how those borders were drawn has had very different effects on the Northwest salmon fishery. Native peoples who fished the Salish Sea ...

The World of the Salt Marsh

Appreciating and Protecting the Tidal Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast

Charles Seabrook

A wide-ranging exploration of the southeastern coast - its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival.

50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants

The Prettiest Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, and Shrubs That Deer Don't Eat

Including bulbs, annuals, herbs and perennials to shrubs, ferns and grasses, this inspiring guide provides the most spectacular selection of deer-resistant plants. Offering a wonderful array of potential plant combinations, 50 Beautiful ... ....

A Celebration of Wattle

Australia's National Emblem

Maria Hitchcock

Wattle is the best known and most loved of Australia's native flora. However, few Australians are aware of the important part wattle has played in the nation's history and continues to play in bringing us together in good times ... ....

A Gardener's Guide to 500 Fuchsias

Varieties for Growing in Hanging Baskets and Pots, Hardy Fuschias, Species, Unusual Cultivars and Encliandras, with Over

This is an illustrated directory of 500 fuchsia varieties, including those suitable for growing as standards, trained structures and summer bedding, plus hardy fuchsias, container candidates and unusual types. All the most popular cultivars ... ....

A Gardener's Guide to Bulbs

Christine Skelmersdale

Bulbs are always a delight for gardeners, whether used to burst freely in drifts or caught to add colour and exuberance within a border or container. This book captures that sense of joy by celebrating the potential of bulbs throughout ... ....

A Glance at the Wildflowers of Iranian Mountains

Jalil Noroozi Eshlaghi

This is a book about some of the beautiful and showy wild flowers that can be found in the Iranian mountains. Each species is briefly described, with a minimum of botanical terms. General distribution, the distribution in Iran, habitat ... ....

A Guide to Bearded Irises

Cultivating the Rainbow for Beginners and Enthusiasts

Kelly D. Norris

In this comprehensive guide, iris expert Kelly Norris provides an accessible yet authoritative overview of these deservedly popular plants. Introductory chapters discuss how to grow bearded irises successfully; how to use them in the garden ... ....

A Monograph of Allantonectria, Nectria, and Pleonectria (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota) and their Pycnidial,

Y Hirooka, AY Rossman, GJ Samuels, C Lechat and P Chaverri

Although Nectria is the type genus of Nectriaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota), the systematics of the teleomorphic and anamorphic state of Nectria sensu Rossman has not been studied in detail.

A Peak District Anthology

A Literary Companion to Britain's First National Park

Roly Smith

This anthology brings together some of the finest writing about the Peak District through the ages, illustrated by period art works, engravings, vignettes and photographs. Compiled and introduced by Peak District expert Roly Smith ... ....

A Revision of Verrucaria s.l. (Verrucariaceae) in Poland

A taxonomic treatment of the genus Verrucaria s.l. in Poland is provided, based on a study of ca 1700 specimens from Polish and foreign herbaria. A total of 62 species belonging to seven genera currently separated within Verrucaria ....

A Year in the Life of Rutland

Derry Brabbs

This portrait of Rutland reveals the landscape, architecture, fauna and flora of an unspoilt and beguiling landlocked county throughout the seasons. Rutland's motto, multum in parvo (much in little) was certainly well chosen and its ... ....

African Ethnobotany in the Americas

Robert Voeks and John Rashford

Provides the first comprehensive examination of ethnobotanical knowledge and skills among the African Diaspora in the Americas. Leading scholars on the subject explore the complex relationship between plant use and meaning among ... ....

Agaves

Living Sculptures for Landscapes and Containers

Greg Starr

Greg Starr is widely acknowledged as an expert on agaves. An astute observer of agaves in the wild, he also has broad experience with their performance in cultivation. In vivid detail he profiles 75 species, cultivars, and hybrids best ... ....

An illustrated guide to the Cerrado arboretum of Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Minera

Guia ilustrado do arboreto do Cerrado da Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Minera

Joao Renato Stehmann and Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias

The species illustrated and described in this book are part of the arboretum collection of Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM), located in Araxá, Minas Gerais. Here we find many typical Cerrado species ... ....

Anglicanus Ortus

A Verse Herbal of the Twelfth Century

Wiston Black

Henry, archdeacon of Huntingdon, England (c 1088-c 1154) has been admired for centuries as the author of the monumental Historia Anglorum. The recent discovery of the Anglicanus Ortus opens a new window onto this important ... ....

Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 45

The Evolution of Plant Form

Barbara A Ambrose and Michael D Purugganan

The Evolution of Plant Form, an exciting volume in Wiley-Blackwell's Annual Plant Reviews, approaches the subject from a diversity of scientific perspectives, bringing together studies of genomics, palaeobotany ... ....

Australian Plants as Aboriginal Tools

Philip A. Clarke and

In Australia, the flora has had a broad impact on the lives of Aboriginal hunter-gatherers, having provided them with the essential materials for making their food, medicine, narcotics and stimulants. Plants were also ecologically important ... ....

Breeding New Plants and Flowers

Charles W. Welch

Breeding New Plants and Flowers encourages gardeners of all abilities to experiment with cross-breeding from good quality parent plants. This accessible book brings the skills of hybridizing within the scope of every gardener ... ....

Britain Begins

The last Ice Age, which came to an end about 12,000 years ago, swept the bands of hunter gatherers from the face of the land that was to become Britain and Ireland, but as the ice sheets retreated and the climate improved so human groups ... ....

Britain Begins

Barry Cunliffe

The last Ice Age, which came to an end about 12,000 years ago, swept the bands of hunter gatherers from the face of the land that was to become Britain and Ireland, but as the ice sheets retreated and the climate improved so human groups ... ....

Cacti and Succulents

Step by Step to Growing Success

Bill Keen

Cacti and succulents are ideal houseplants, needing little care and providing unusual and colourful displays. This book looks at the increasingly wide variety of plants now available, and assists the beginner to choose and cultivate many ... ....

Country

Jasper Conran

In Country, Jasper Conran uses his own experiences and the landscapes and homes that are familiar to him to portray a seductive way of life. The allure of the countryside has a universal aspiration. How do we achieve the dream? ....

Cyclamen

In Art, Science and the Garden

Brian Mattew

This book is a celebration of cyclamen, a genus of only 23 species popular amongst gardeners, growers, botanists and enthusiasts alike.

Cypripedium

Hardy Slipper Orchid Species and Hybrids and How to Grow Them

Werner Frosch

This is a photographic account of the hardy slipper orchid genus Cypripedium and its hybrids.

Dartington Hall

One Endless Garden

Carol Ballenger

The photographs in this book are the result of many years exploring this inspiring landscape and reflect the ethos of the place as embraced by the Elmhirsts, the founders of the modern Dartington.

England on Horseback

Zara Colchester, Charlotte Sainsbury-Plaice and Jeremy Irons

Travelling through England, and doing it on horseback, is to rediscover both the romance of the countryside and man's relationship with both his environment and his horse. With twelve carefully crafted rides to choose from, from Dorset ... ....

Eyots and Aits

Islands of the River Thames

Miranda Vickers

For 10,000 years the River Thames meandered from source to sea, periodically throwing up mudbanks or carving parallel channels on the bends and creating islands along much of its length. There are around 180 islands altogether, some ....

Flore des Bryophytes du Quebec-Labrador, Volume 1

Anthocerotes et Hepatiques

Jean Faubert

This is the first guide to the bryophytes of the Quebec-Labrador peninsula. Thes first volume focuses on hornworts and liverworts. For each family Flore des Bryophytes du Québec-Labrador, Volume 1 presents a description ... ....

Flower

Andrew Zuckerman and

In this follow-up to his previous beloved volumes on nature, Creature and Bird, photographer Andrew Zuckerman turns his focus to the most beautiful specimens of the planet kingdom, creating stunning close-up portraits of flowers ... ....

Flowers in the World's Most Beautiful Gardens

Alain Le Toquin and Yves-Marie Allain

Flowers in the World's Most Beautiful Gardens puts the spotlight on the star of the garden; the flower. Tracing the history of flower gardens from the Middle Ages to today, the book discusses the types of flowers commonly ... ....

Funga Nordica (2-Volume Set)

Agaricoid, Boletoid, Clavarioid, Cyphelloid and Gastroid Genera

Henning Knudsen and Jan Vesterholt

Written by 49 experts from 16 European countries, this enlarged and updated second edition of Funga Nordica now comprises descriptions and keys to 3054 species of basidiomycetes from northern Europe, distributed in 278 genera. ....

Garden Eco-Chic

Reusing Found Objects to Create Decks, Paths, Containers, Lanterns and More

Matthew Levesque

Finding new uses for what you already have or find discarded on the pavement or at the dump is truly living locally: from improvising rain chains from old keys to creating garden lights from discarded motel fixtures, this book provides ... ....

Gardens of Biodiversity

Conservation of Genetic Resources and Their Use in Traditional Food Production Systems by Small Farmers of the Southern

Caterina Batello

The southern Caucasus is an important centre of origin and diversity of many species and varieties that are basis for global food production. This great biodiversity is maintained by farmers, and their gardens are a healthy source of food ... ....

Gattungseponyme bei Flechten und Lichenicolen Pilzen

Hannes Hertel

This volume deals with eponyms used in the nomenclature of lichen species. In total 398 eponyms in the genera of lichens and lichenicolous fungi are presented in this volume, each with a quotation of its original description, the reference ... ....

Gentians of the Eastern United States

Jim Drake

This book by Jim Drake covers the family of Gentianaceae occurring within the Eastern United States. It is possibly the most comprehensive text covering the vast range of genera including within the Gentianaceae. Drake has attempted to provide ... ....

Geranium

Kasia Bobby

Reaktion's new Botanical series is the first of its kind, integrating horticultural and botanical writing with a broader account of the cultural and social impact of plants. In that sense, the South African geranium ... ....

Healing Herbs in the U.S.A.

Tatyana Shulkina

Written specifically for Russian speaking residents of the United States, Healing Herbs in the U.S.A. fills a long existing gap in the medical and pharmaceutical literature by providing practical and essential information about ... ....

Health and Wealth from Medicinal Aromatic Plants

E Marshall

The aim of this booklet is to raise awareness – among people and organizations that provide advisory, business and technical support services to resource poor small scale farmers and local communities in low and middle income countries ... ....

Heritage Trees of Panang

Simon Gardner, Pindar Sidisunthorn, Lai Ee May and Kanda Kumar

A celebration of 200 trees which form an integral part of the natural, cultural and urban heritage of Penang. This unique book covers a wide range of both forest and cultivated species, each with a special story to tell. Taken as a whole ... ....

Identification Guide to Mushrooms of Britain and Northern Europe

Josephine Bacon and Paul Sterry

A user-friendly introduction includes an overview of distribution, the anatomy of a mushroom, nomenclature and useful information on hunting for and cooking with mushrooms. The identification section then divides into three categories: ... ....

Indian Pandanaceae

An Overview

Altafhusain Nadaf and Rahul Zanan

The Indian screwpine family Pandanaceae represents the single genus Pandanus with five subgenera that are distributed in two hotspots of India – Western Ghats and North East Himalayan region. For the first time, Indian Pandanaceae ... ....

International Garden Photographer of the Year

Celebrating Five Years of Award-Winning Images

The International Garden Photographer of the Year competition was established in 2008, and is the world's premier competition specialising in garden, plant, flower and botanical photography. This book brings together the very best ... ....

Ireland's Hidden Depths

Paul Kay

Sherkin Island Marine Station has promoted the understanding and appreciation of Ireland's marine environment since 1975 and has published Ireland's Hidden Depths to showcase this truly captivating world.

Keys to the Seaweeds and Seagrasses of Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon

Paul W Gabrielson, Sandra C Lindstrom and Charles J O'Kelly

Keys to the Seaweeds and Seagrasses of Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon updates the earlier version by Gabrielson, Widdowson and Lindstrom in 2006. As with earlier editions, these new keys cover all species ... ....

Les Cortinaires du Dr Henry

Planches Inedites

Patrick Reumaux and Xavier Carteret

This book contains reproductions of hitherto unpublished mycological illustrations painted by Dr Robert Henry painted during his life. Approximately 220 species are illustrated.

Love Your Garden

Alan Titchmarsh

Much-loved broadcaster and bestselling author Alan Titchmarsh has returned to his gardening roots as presenter of ITV1's Love Your Garden. In this hugely popular show, Alan visits some of Britain's most beautiful domestic ... ....

Medicinal Plants and the Legacy of Richard E. Schultes

Proceedings of the Botany 2011 Symposium Honoring Dr. Richard E. Schultes

Bruce E Ponman and Rainer W Bussmann

Richard Evans Schultes has no doubt been one of the most important ethnobotanists of the 20the century. During decades of fieldwork, first in Mexico and then the Colombian Amazon, Schultes amassed a wealth of data later presented to the ... ....

Molecular Markers in Plants

Robert J. Henry

Molecular Markers in Plants surveys an array of technologies used in the molecular analysis of plants. The role molecular markers play in plant improvement has grown significantly as DNA sequencing and high-throughput technological ... ....

Molecular Plant Immunity

Provides an integrated look at both well-established and emerging concepts in plant disease resistance providing the most current information on this important vitally important topic within plant biology. Understanding the molecular basis of ... ....

Monograph of the genus Kumanoa (Rhodophyta, Batrachospermales)

Orlando Necchi and Morgan L Vis

Kumanoa is a primarily subtropical freshwater red algal genus occurring in biomes in North America, South America, Asia, Australasia and Oceania. A few taxa also inhabit temperate regions of North America and Europe. This revision ... ....

Mushrooms

Peter Marren

The first volume of the British Wildlife Collection, Mushrooms, is a remarkable insight into the natural and human world of British fungi by Peter Marren. Written in his own inimitable style, it is a refreshingly candid ... ....

Mycophilia

Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms

Eugenia Bone

Among the most primitive of organisms, mushrooms occur almost everywhere on earth; yet only a few of them are edible, and some are downright toxic. As Bone points out, there are fewer deaths annually from mushrooms than from shark bites. ....

National Geographic Guide to Medicinal Herbs

The World's Most Effective Healing Plants

Tieraona Low Dog, Rebecca L Johnson, Steven Foster, David Kiefer and Andrew Weil

For anyone who reaches for a bottle of herbal capsules and wonders what's really inside, here is an authoritative, beautiful, useful, and readable book highlighting the world's most important healing herbs and how they address ... ....

Natural Garden Style

Gardening Inspired by Nature

Nicola Browne and Noel Kingsbury

In a world dominated more and more by urban development, nature is increasingly seen as an inspiration for gardeners. Sustainability and biodiversity, currently high on the world's agenda, are important aspects of natural-style gardening ... ....

Northern Pike

Ecology, Conservation, and Management History

Harry Cory Wright

The northern pike – sometimes affectionately known as the “aquatic wolf” – is one of the most sought after and mythologized fishes in Minnesota, but until now there have been few books devoted to the history and ... ....

Oak

Peter Young

The reputation of the oak is based not on superlatives but on personality. In human terms, it is not a celebrity, but a reliable citizen. Its enduring legacy is evident in place- and surnames, in landmarks and buildings and as a sturdy ... ....

Ornamental Grasses

An Essential Guide

Cliff Plowes

Ornamental grasses have been used in gardens for hundreds of years yet still they have not fulfilled their potential. Many gardeners know little about their care, use and attractions. This lavish book contains the essential information ... ....

Out of Nature

Why Drugs from Plants Matter to the Future of Humanity

David A. Weintraub and Kara Rogers

About half of all species under threat of extinction in the world today are plants. The loss of plant biodiversity is disturbing for many reasons, but especially because it is a reflection of the growing disconnect between humans and nature ... ....

Plant Electrophysiology

Methods and Cell Electrophysiology

Alexander G. Volkov

This book, written by the leading scientists in the field of plant electrophysiology, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of single-cell electrophysiology and current methods in plant electrophysiology. The first part begins ... ....

Plant Electrophysiology

Signaling and Responses

Alexander G. Volkov

This book, written by the leading experts in the field of plant electrophysiology, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the current state of knowledge on electrical signaling and responses in plant physiology.

Plantas Utiles de Solola Guatemala

A. MacVean

Includes 74 species of plants arranged alphabetically by family. Each entry provides scientific name, family, common names, description of pates of the plant, distribution, uses, bibliography, and line drawing. Color photographs of many ... ....

Plants of Longevity

The Medicinal Flora of Vilcabamba

Rainer W Bussmann and Douglas Sharon

In Latin American countries, herbal medicine is deeply rooted and is practiced extensively by a broad cross-section of the larger society. Often it is an economically inevitable alternative to expensive Western medicine.

Plants of the Four Winds / Plantas de los Cuatros Vientos

The Magic and Medicinal Flora of Peru / Flora Magica y Medicinal del Peru'

Rainer Bussman and Douglas Sharon

Northern Peru occupies the middle sector of the "health axis" of the Central Andean cultural area stretching from Bolivia to Ecuador. Few other places on the planet boast a medicinal flora as rich as this region. Archeological ... ....

Plants, Poisons and Personalities

Sandy Primrose guides us through the horticultural year with a series of essays on the origins, history and unusual properties of dozens of plants, many of which we find in our gardens. Some have histories dating back thousands of years ... ....

Pomologia

Nei Paesi Bassi / Germania / Francia / Inghilterra Ed

Johann Hermann Knoop

Pomology is a strand of botany specialising in the study of types and varieties of fruit, together with their description and classification. In 1758, the Dutch scientist and mathematician Johann Hermann Knoop produced an extensive work ... ....

Portrait of the Shropshire Hills

Robin Jukes-Hughes and

The Shropshire Hills were designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1958, and remain to this day one of the most beautiful, tranquil and unspoilt parts of the country. They have been a popular holiday destination since Victorian ... ....

Practical Bamboos

The 50 Best Plants for Screens, Containers and More

Paul Whittaker and

Bamboos are unbeatable garden plants valued for their attractive culms, year-round foliage, and capacity to add serenity to any garden scene. But there are angels and devils in this huge plant group and careful selection is the key to ... ....

RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening

Christopher Brickell

This is fully revised and updated edition of the world's finest and most authoritative source of gardening advice, from the experts at the RHS. Marking 20 years since first publication, the updated edition of the ...

Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research, Volume 2

Celestino Santos-Buelga, Maria Teresa Escribano-Bailon and Vincenzo Lattanzio

Plant phenolics are secondary metabolites that constitute one of the most common and widespread groups of substances in plants. Polyphenols have a large and diverse array of beneficial effects on both plants and animals. For example they ... ....

Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research, Volume 3

Veronique Cheynier, Pascale Sarni-Manchado and Stephane Quideau

Plant polyphenols are secondary metabolites that constitute one of the most common and widespread groups of natural products. They express a large and diverse panel of biological activities including beneficial effects on both plants and ... ....

Richmond Park

John Karter and Alex Saberi

Sir David Attenborough has described Richmond Park as 'A very special place' – and with good reason. This vast oasis of green, just eight miles from the centre of London, is an ecological pearl in the midst of sprawling urban ... ....

Root Genomics and Soil Interactions

Martim Crespi

Fully integrated and comprehensive in its coverage, Root Genomics and Soil Interactions examines the use of genome-based technologies to understand root development and adaptability to biotic and abiotic stresses and changes in ... ....

Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Conifers (2-Volume Set)

A Comprehensive Guide to Cultivars and Species

Aris G Auders and Derek P Spicer

The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Conifers is a much needed reference book on conifer cultivars and species, both hardy and tropical. The two volumes of this extensive and lavishly illustrated 1500-page work feature ... ....

Scotland: The Wild Places

The Complete Collection

Colin Prior

This is the finest volume of Highland landscape photography ever produced – in a new, updated edition. This stunning volume contains Colin Prior's most distinctive panoramic images, from all across the Highlands, as well as ... ....

Snowdrops

Gunter Waldorf

Everything you need to know about the cultivation and propagation of snowdrops: tips, tools, and sources of supply Snowdrops: the harbinger of spring, delicate and charismatic. Over 300 varieties of snowdrops are portrayed here for the ... ....

Soil Conditions and Plant Growth

Peter Gregory and Stephen Nortcliff

Soil Conditions and Plant Growth looks at historical developments of soil / plant interactions and then covers in depth the following subjects: crop science and plant genetics, soil fertility and organic matter, nitrogen and ... ....

Solanaceae Family, Volume 1

Boriss Lariushin

Volume 1 of a two-volume work treating all Solanaceae of the world, providing descriptions, scientific information and colour photos.

Solanaceae Family, Volume 2

Boriss Lariushin

Volume 2 of a two-volume work treating all Solanaceae of the world, providing descriptions, scientific information and colour photos.

Strands

A Year of Discoveries on the Beach

Jean Sprackland

This is the ultimate beachcomber's book. A series of meditations prompted by walking on the wild estuarial beaches of Ainsdale Sands between Blackpool and Liverpool, Strands is about what is lost and buried then discovered ... ....

Systematics, Biodiversity and Ecology Of Lichens

Ingvar Karnefelt, Mark RD Seaward and Arne Thell

This volume focuses on the interaction of lichens with their substrate, environment and their biogeographic effects. In seventeen chapters thirty-eight authors present recent findings and developments in systematics, biodiversity ... ....

The 100 Most Beautiful Natural Swimming Pools

Jean Vanhoof

Presents the 20 most prestigious swimming ponds in Europe.

The Anxious Gardener's Book of Answers

Teri Chance Dunn

This book identifies the 100 most common gardening mistakes and gives you the information you need so that you'll never be stumped in your garden. Twenty-four chapters cover just about every possible kind of gardening disaster and ... ....

The Beauty of Trees

Michael Jordan

This illustrated tour of the world's most extraordinary trees provides an insight into some of the natural world's most astonishing structures. Through 100 photographs, The Beauty of Trees tells the story of our relationship ... ....

The Botanic Garden of Brussels (1826-1912)

Reflection of a Changing Nation

Denis Diagre-Vanderpelen

The importance of Botanic Gardens is often overlooked and books on their histories are rare. It is therefore with a certain amount of pride that the National Botanic Garden of Belgium presents a beautifully edited and thoroughly researched ... ....

The California Wildlife Habitat Garden

How to Attract Bees, Butterflies, Birds, and Other Animals

This attractive, practical guide explains how to transform backyard gardens into living ecosystems that are not only enjoyable retreats for humans, but also thriving sanctuaries for wildlife. Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs ... ....

The Curious History of the Bulb Vase

Patricia Coccoris and Brent Elliott

The Curious History of the Bulb Vase looks at the extensive range of bulb vases that appeared in Great Britain from the mid-18th century to date. Not only did they capture the imagination of Victorians, the sheer numbers produce ... ....

The Flora of Leicestershire and Rutland

Checklist and Rare Plant Register

Michael Jeeves

The first complete published listing of those flowering plants, ferns, clubmosses and horsetails recorded growing wild in the combined counties of Leicestershire and Rutland (Vice-County 55) since 1933. It includes the records of 1762 ... ....

The Genus Cladosporium

Uwe Braun, Konstanze Bensch, Johannes Z Groenewald and Pedro W Crous

A monographic revision of the hyphomycete genus Cladosporium s. lat. (Cladosporiaceae, Capnodiales) is presented. It includes a detailed historic overview of Cladosporium and allied genera, with notes on their phylogeny, systematics and ecology. ....

The Genus Inocybe in Bavaria

J Stangl

This new edition of Stangl’s excellent monograph on Inocybe was originally published by the Regensburg Botany Society in the journal Hoppea (vol.46). Although based on a life's work in Bavaria the book covers species found ... ....

The Green Road Into The Trees

An Exploration of England

Hugh Thomson

From the very centre of England – literally, as his village is furthest from the sea – Hugh Thomson travels to its outermost edges. The Green Road into the Trees is a journey made rich by the characters he meets along ... ....

The Joy of Foraging

Gary Lincoff's Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying a World of Wild Food

Gary Lincoff

Discover the edible riches your backyard, local parks, woods, and even roadside! In The Joy of Foraging, Gary Lincoff shows you how to find fiddlehead ferns, rose hips, beach plums, bee balm, and more, whether you are foraging ... ....

The Lavender Lover's Handbook

the 100 Most Beautiful and Fragrant Varieties for Growing, Crafting, and Cooking

Sarah Bader

The Lavender Lover's Handbook is essential for finding the best variety for your garden or container – providing you with a complete profile of the colour, fragrance, size and foliage of each plant. Whether you want to ... ....

The Life of a Leaf

Steven Vogel

In its essence, science is a way of looking at and thinking about the world. In The Life of a Leaf, Steven Vogel illuminates this approach, using the humble leaf as a model. Whether plant or person, every organism must contend with ... ....

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

Stefanie Poeggeler and Johannes Woestemeyer

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

The Mycota, Volume 9: Fungal Associations

Bertold Hock

This new edition of Fungal Associations focuses on mycorrhizas, lichens and fungal-bacterial symbioses. It has been completely revised, updated and expanded. Renowned experts present thorough reviews and discuss the most recent ... ....

The Plant Detectives

A Guide to the Changing Flora of the British Isles

Chris Myers

Plant Detectives is a brand new Channel 4 show that will bring botany to a whole new audience. This groundbreaking and informative programme will uncover the mysteries behind the dramatic changes in the distribution of wild plants ... ....

The Rose

Jennifer Potter

Ever since Sappho planted roses at the shrine of Aphrodite, no flower has captured the imagination in quite the same way. Wherever it has grown, human beings have projected on to it their dreams and aspirations. Celebrated as a sacred ... ....

The Soul of Scotland

Anam Na H-Alba

Max Milligan

With extraordinary images, The Soul of Scotland (Anam na H-Alba) presents a rich new portrait of a diverse and beautiful country, avoiding the cliched photographs of the same old castles and postcard views repeated in so many .. ....

The South Hams Coast

An Illustrated Guide with 18 Circular Walks

Gerry Miles

An ambitious project to develop a comprehensive illustrated guide to this treasured heritage coast and its wonderful river estuaries has resulted in a unique and extraordinary book, that for the first time combines an artist’s personal ... ....

The Telegraph Book of the Countryside

Hedgerows Heaped with May

Stephen Moss

An exploration of everything the countryside means to us, from a hundred years of the Telegraph's archive. The Telegraph is, as its former editor Max Hastings identified, more than any other national broadsheet the ... ....

The Ultimate Guide to Trees

Ultimate Guide

The definitive guide to trees, this practical volume is filled with facts and photos about an expansive variety of trees, their anatomy, reproduction, and identification of different orders and families. A wonderful guidebook for anyone ... ....

The Ultimate Guide to Wildlife of the British Isles

Ultimate Guide

A must-have for any fan of animals and the natural world, this practical volume is packed with facts and photographs about some of the most fascinating creatures in The British Isles. With sections on mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles ... ....

The Wainwright Companion

Clive Hutchby and Sean McMahon

The Wainwright Companion is a fully illustrated collection of fascinating facts, statistics, trivia and opinion based on A Wainwright's legendary guidebooks to the English Lake District. Which fell has most waterfalls? ....

The Weeder's Digest

Identifying and Enjoying Edible Weeds

Gail Harland

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not been discovered." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

This book is a practical and attractive guide to the many edible varieties of weed. It will appeal to gardeners, botanists, cooks ... ....

The Winter Whale

Jim Crumley

In late November, 1893, a humpback whale – as rare a sight in the North Sea then as it would be now – followed herring shoals into the Tay estuary, and travelled as far upstream as Dundee docks to linger in the home waters of ... ....

The Yorkshire Coast

Mark Denton and G. P. Taylor

Using a panoramic film camera, the author has captured the landmarks, hidden coves and seascapes of the Yorkshire coast from Staithes in the north to Spurn Head in the south, with detailed sections on Whitby, Robin Hood's Bay, Scarborough ... ....

Toutes les Fleurs de M? diterran? e

Les Fleurs, les Gramin? es, les Arbres et Arbustes

Marjorie Blamey and Christopher Grey-Wilson

Standard field guide to the flowers, fruit trees, grassses and ferns found in the Mediterranean Sea region.

Vegetation Ecology

Eddy van der Maarel and Janet Franklin

Vegetation Ecology, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive, integrated account of plant communities and their environments. Written by leading experts in their field from four continents, the second edition of this book: ...

Vertical Vegetables & Fruit

Creative Gardening Techniques for Growing Up in Small Spaces

Rhoda Massingham Hart

At last, here comes an innovative solution for urbanites, apartment dwellers, and anyone who wants to grow their own food in small spaces – growing up! Vertical Vegetables & Fruit shows how easy and fun small-footprint ... ....

Wildlife of the Farne Islands

A Guide to All the Major Breeding Species

Kaleel Zibe

Part extensive guide book to the Farne Islands wildlife, part gorgeous coffee table book for the sea-bird and seal aficionado, Wildlife of the Farne Islands has something for everyone interested in ... ....

Your Florida Guide to Shrubs

Selection, Establishment, and Maintenance

Edward F. Gilman, Robert J. Black and Sydney Park Brown

No other book offers such colorful, complete, and reliable information about all aspects of selecting, growing, and maintaining the shrubs and small trees that thrive in the Florida landscape. Written for everyone from the homeowner with .. ....

A Dictionary of Genetics

Robert C King, Pamela Mulligan and William Stansfield

This eighth edition of A Dictionary of Genetics contains over 7500 up-to-date and cross-referenced entries, including 540 that are newly written. The entries include the latest terminology, concepts, theories, and techniques ... ....

Algorithms in Structural Molecular Biology

Bruce R. Donald

Using the tools of information technology to understand the molecular machinery of the cell offers both challenges and opportunities to computational scientists. Over the past decade, novel algorithms have been developed both for analyzing ... ....

Animals as Domesticates

A World View Through History

Juliet Clutton-Brock

Drawing on the latest research in archaezoology, archaeology,and molecular biology, Animals as Domesticates traces tue history of the domestication of animals around the world. From the llamas of South America and the turkeys of ... ....

Behavioral Lateralization in Vertebrates

Two Sides of the Same Coin

Davide Csermely and Lucia Regolin

Functional lateralization in the human brain was first identified in the classic observations by Broca in the 19th century. Only one hundred years later, however, research on this topic began anew, discovering that humans share ... ....

Beneficial Microorganisms in Agriculture, Food and the Environment

Safety Assessment and Regulation

Ingvar Sundh, Andrea Wilcks and Mark Goettel

Microorganisms are widely used in various beneficial applications, including food, pest control, bioremediation, biodegradation, biofuel processes, and plant symbiosis and growth stimulation. his book provides an overview of the available ... ....

Biochemistry

A Short Course (International Edition)

Jeremy M Berg, John L Tymoczko and Lubert Styer

Derived from the best-selling classic text originated by Lubert Stryer and continued by John Tymoczko and Jeremy Berg, Biochemistry: A Short Course focuses on the major topics taught in a one-semester biochemistry course.

Biophysics

Searching for Principles

William Bialek

Interactions between the fields of physics and biology reach back over a century, and some of the most significant developments in biology – from the discovery of DNA's structure to imaging of the human brain – have involved ... ....

Cats are Not Peas

Laura L Gould

After she accidentally adopted a calico cat that turned out to be a male, Laura Gould was seized by curiosity. For there to be no male calicos at all would be understandable – it was their extreme rarity that was the puzzle.

Do Apes Read Minds?

Toward a New Folk Psychology

Kristin Andrews

By adulthood, most of us have become experts in human behavior, able to make sense of the myriad behaviors we find in environments ranging from the family home to the local mall and beyond. In philosophy of mind, our understanding of others ... ....

Drawing the Map of Life

Inside the Human Genome Project

Victor K. McElheny

Drawing the Map of Life takes the story of the Human Genome Project from its origins, through the race to its accomplishment, and on to today's vast efforts to exploit the complete, ordered sequence of the 3 billion ... ....

Engineering Complex Phenotypes in Industrial Strains

Ranjan Patnaik

Engineering Complex Phenotypes in Industrial Strains highlights current trends and developments in the area of engineering strains. The book details the current and future tools used in the production of bulk chemicals and biofuels ... ....

Exploring Personal Genomics

Joel T Dudley, Konrad J Karczewski and George Church

Rapid advances in high-throughput genome sequencing technologies foreshadow a near-future in which millions of individuals will gain affordable access to their complete genome sequence. This promises to give unprecedented insights into ... ....

Extremophiles

Sustainable Resources and Biotechnological Implications

Om V. Singh

Extremophiles are increasingly studied for their utility in clinical biotechnology, drug development, and environmental biotechnology. The first book to focus on the biotechnological implications of these microorganisms, Extremophiles in ... ....

Forensic Biomechanics

Jules Kieser, Michael Taylor and Debra Carr

Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to living organisms, and it is one of the most exciting and fastest growing research areas. In forensic science, it is biomechanics that explains trauma to the body at a crime scene ... ....

Genome Mapping and Genomics in Laboratory Animals

Paul Denny and Chittaranjan Kole

Mapping of animal genomes has generated huge databases and several new concepts and strategies, which are useful to elucidate origin, evolution and phylogeny. Genetic and physical maps of genomes further provide precise details on ... ....

Introduction to Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology

Christopher Jacobs

Introduction to Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology is designed for a one-semester course in the mechanics of the cell offered to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in biomedical engineering, bioengineering, and mechanical ... ....

Know Your Rare Breeds

Jack Byard

The UK is home to a wide variety of livestock breeds. Some of these can be seen throughout the country while others are extremely rare, victims of changes in farming methods, consumer tastes or simply unlucky circumstance.

Lipidomics

Technologies and Applications

Focusing on the practical applications, this user-oriented guide presents current technologies and strategies for systems-level lipid analysis, going beyond basic research to concentrate on commercial uses of lipidomics in biomarker and ... ....

Methodologies for Metabolomics

Experimental Strategies and Techniques

Norbert Lutz, Jonathan Sweedler and Ron Wevers

Metabolomics, the global characterisation of the small molecule complement involved in metabolism, has evolved into a powerful suite of approaches for understanding the global physiological and pathological processes occurring in biological ... ....

Microbial Biotechnology

Energy and Environment

Rajesh Arora

Human actions across the past few centuries have led to a depletion of the world's natural energy sources, as well as large scale environmental degradation. In the context of these current global issues, this book covers the latest ... ....

Parasitic Helminths

Targets, Screens, Drugs, and Vaccines

Conor R. Caffrey

This third volume in the successful Drug Discovery in Infectious Diseases'series is the first to deal with drug discovery in helminthic infections in human and animals. The result is a broad overview of different drug ... ....

Physical Biology of the Cell

Rob Phillips, Jane Kondev, Julie Theriot and Hernan Garcia

Physical Biology of the Cell is a textbook appropriate for a first course in physical biology or biophysics for either undergraduate or graduate students. It maps the huge and complex field of cell and molecular biology from the ... ....

Principles of Life

David M Hillis, David Sadava, HCraig Heller and Mary V Price

This book cuts through excessive detail and factual minutiae to focus on what matters most in biology today. Principles of Life explores the essential biological ideas in the context of research data offering an active-learning ... ....

Regenesis

How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves

George M Church and Ed Regis

Imagine a future in which human beings have become immune to all viruses, in which bacteria can custom-produce everyday items, like a drinking cup, or generate enough electricity to end oil dependency. Building a house would entail no ... ....

Sensory Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution

Martin Stevens

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment. Consequently, they have evolved a staggering array of sensory ... ....

Skulls

An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious Collection

Simon Winchester

From the introduction: "Skulls tells the story of the skull, in both the human and the animal world. Skulls – human in the main, but by no means exclusively – have exerted for scores of thousands of years an ... ....

Stress Response in Pathogenic Bacteria

S Kidd

The ability of pathogenic bacteria to adapt to various chemical, biochemical and physical conditions within the human host and their ability to respond to stresses generated in these environments is a central feature of infectious diseases ... ....

Systems Biology of Apoptosis

Inna N. Lavrik

Apoptosis is highly defined programmed cell death, which leads to the elimination of cells. Deregulation of programmed cell death is associated with serious diseases such as cancer, autoimmunity, AIDS and neurodegeneration.

The Book of Genes and Genomes

Huntington F. Willard and Susanne Haga

The Book of Genes & Genomes presents a concise overview of the advances in genetics and genomics and provides the unfamiliar reader with a succinct description of many of the applications and implications of this field. ....

The Evolution of Cells

Terry L. Smith

Some 3.8 billion years ago, in an era of churning seas and murky skies, a few chemicals combined under the right conditions, and life emerged on planet Earth. From that first cell, life progressed to a myriad of one-celled organisms, to ... ....

The Evolution of Vertebrate Blood Clotting

Russell F. Doolittle

llluminated by a great assortment of original illustrations, this remarkable book charts the step-by-step evolution of vertebrate blood coagulation. Intended for readers with a background in biological science, it is specifically targeted ... ....

The Molecules of Life

Physical and Chemical Principles

John Kuriyan, Boyana Konforti and David Wemmer

The field of biochemistry is entering an exciting era in which genomic information is being integrated into molecular-level descriptions of the physical processes that make life possible. The Molecules of Life is a new textbook ... ....

The Moral Lives of Animals

Dale Peterson

Wild elephants walking along a trail stop and spontaneously try to protect and assist a weak and dying fellow elephant. Laboratory rats, finding other rats caged nearby in distressing circumstances, proceed to rescue them.

The Photosynthetic Membrane

Molecular Mechanisms and Biophysics of Light Harvesting

Alexander V Ruban

The proteins that gather light for plant photosynthesis are embedded within cell membranes in a site called the thylakoid membrane (or the "photosynthetic membrane"). These proteins form the light harvesting antenna that feeds ... ....

Veterinary Treatment of Llamas and Alpacas

Graham R Duncanson

Llamas and alpacas are a globally expanding area of interest in the farming world. Kept as pets, stud animals, livestock guardians, and farmed for fibre and meat, national herds continue to grow and are an increasingly frequent ... ....

Zoology in the Middle East, Volume 56

Volume 56 contains 14 papers and 8 short communications. See the table of contents for more details.

A Companion to Paleoanthropology

David R Begun

A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings from leading scholars in the field that define our current knowledge of the major discoveries and developments in human origins and human evolution, tracing the ... ....

A Cooperative Species

Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution

Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this generous and civic-minded behavior is widespread and cannot be ... ....

Anthropological Approaches to Zooarchaeology

Colonialism, Complexity and Animal Transformations

Susan D. De France and

Animals in complex human societies are often both meal and symbol, related to everyday practice and ritual. People in such societies may be characterized as having unequal access to such resources, or else the meaning of animals may differ ... ....

Cultural Evolution

How Darwinian Theory Can Explain Human Culture and Synthesize the Social Sciences

Alex Mesoudi

Charles Darwin changed the course of scientific thinking by showing how evolution accounts for the stunning diversity and biological complexity of life on earth. Recently, there has also been increased interest in the social sciences in ... ....

Darwin's Unfinished Business

The Self-Organizing Intelligence of Nature

Simon G. Powell and

Darwin's theory of evolution is undoubtedly one of the most important scientific ideas of the modern age, explaining the existence of both life and consciousness without recourse to divine intervention. Yet how do we interpret evolution ... ....

Evolution

Making Sense of Life

Carl Zimmer and Douglas J Emlen

Science writer Carl Zimmer and evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen have teamed up to write a textbook intended for biology majors that will inspire students while delivering a solid foundation in evolutionary biology. Zimmer brings the ... ....

Evolution and the Mechanisms of Decision Making

Peter Hammerstein and Jeffrey R. Stevens

How do we make decisions? Conventional decision theory tells us only which behavioral choices we ought to make if we follow certain axioms. In real life, however, our choices are governed by cognitive mechanisms shaped over evolutionary time ... ....

Evolutionary Biology

Mechanisms and Trends

Pierre Pontarotti

The annual Evolutionary Biology Meetings in Marseilles serve to gather leading evolutionary biologists and other scientists using evolutionary biology concepts, e.g. for medical research. The aims of these meetings are to promote ... ....

Exploring Biological Anthropology

The Essentials

Craig Stanford, John Allen and Susan Ant??n

Over the past 40 years, the study of biological anthropology has rapidly evolved from focusing on just physical anthropology to including the study of the fossil record and the human skeleton, genetics of individuals and populations, our ... ....

Meeting at Grand Central

Understanding the Social and Evolutionary Roots of Cooperation

Lee Cronk and Beth L. Leech

From the family to the workplace to the marketplace, every facet of our lives is shaped by cooperative interactions. Yet everywhere we look, we are confronted by proof of how difficult cooperation can be – snarled traffic, polarized ... ....

Proving Darwin

Making Biology Mathematical

Gregory J Chaitin

Groundbreaking mathematician Gregory Chaitin gives us the first book to posit that we can prove how Darwin's theory of evolution works on a mathematical level.

For years it has been received wisdom among most scientists ... ....

Sex, Reproduction and Darwinism

Filomena de Sousa and Gonzalo Munevar

This collection of essays looks at sexuality and reproduction from an evolutionary perspective. Covering experimental discoveries as well as theoretical investigations, the volume explores the relationship between evolution and other are ... ....

Subversive Seduction

Darwin, Sexual Selection, and the Spanish Novel

Travis Landri

Male-male rivalry and female passive choice, the two principal tenets of Darwinian sexual selection, raise important ethical questions in ...

The 7 Sexes

Biology of Sex Determination

Elof Carlson

Few of us know much about the biology of sex determination, but what could be more interesting than to discover how we are shaped into males and females? In this book, Elof Carlson tells the incredible story of the difficult quest to understand ... ....

The Evolution of Emotional Communication

From Sounds in Nonhuman Mammals to Speech and Music in Man

Eckart Altenm??ller, Sabine Schmidt and Elke Zimmermann

Why do we think that we can understand animal voices – such as the aggressive barking of a pet dog, and the longing meows of the family cat? Why do we think of deep voices as dominant and high voices as submissive. Are there universal ... ....

The Evolution of the Human Placenta

Michael K. Power and Jay Schulkin

As the active interface of the most biologically intimate connection between two living organisms, a mother and her fetus, the placenta is crucial to human evolution and survival. Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin explore the more than ... ....

The Language of Life

How Communication Drives Evolution

James Lull and Eduardo Neiva

The Language of Life offers a fascinating and revolutionary new interpretation of the role of communication as the driving force behind evolution. Communication in its most basic form – the sending of signals and exchange ... ....

The Marvelous Learning Animal

What Makes Human Nature Unique

Arthur W Staats

This title offers an insightful exploration into how our ability to learn makes humans and human nature unique. What makes us human? In recent decades, researchers have focused on innate tendencies and inherited traits as explanations for ... ....

The Science of Love

Robin Dunbar

A scientific exploration of some of humanity's most puzzling questions: What is love? Why do we fall in (and out) of love? And why would we have evolved to feel something so weird, with so many downsides?  Whether you live for ... ....

Ecology (International Edition)

Concepts and Applications

Manuel C Molles

This introductory general ecology text features a strong emphasis on helping students grasp the main concepts of ecology while keeping the presentation more applied than theoretical. An evolutionary perspective forms the foundation of ... ....

Living in the Environment (International Edition)

Principles, Connections, and Solutions

GG Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolman

Sustainability is the integrating theme of this current and thought-provoking book. Living in the Environment, 17th edition, International Edition provides the basic scientific tools for understanding and thinking critically about ... ....

Observation and Ecology

Broadening the Scope of Science to Understand a Complex World

Rafe Sagarin and Anibal Pauchard

The need to understand and address large-scale environmental problems that are difficult to study in controlled environments – issues ranging from climate change to overfishing to invasive species – is driving the field of ... ....

A Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape Restoration

John Stanturf, Palle Madsen and David Lamb

While restoration ecology has traditionally aimed to re-create some putative more ‘natural’ ecological state, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged over the last decade as an approach aimed more at restoring natural ... ....

A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction

Carl Kurtz

Twenty-five years and many acres after planting his first patch of prairie flowers, naturalist and photographer Carl Kurtz is recognized by many as one of the deans of the great prairie revival. In A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction ....

A World of Rivers

Environmental Change on Ten of the World's Great Rivers

Ellen Wohl

This book explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the Murray-Darling in Australia and the Yellow River in China to Central Europe's Danube and the Mississippi ... ....

Century of Parks Canada

1911-2011

Claire Elizabeth Campbell

When Canada created a Dominion Parks Branch in 1911, it became the first country in the world to establish an agency devoted to managing its national parks. Over the past century this agency, now Parks Canada, has been at the centre of ... ....

Checking the Pulse of Lake Erie

M Munawar and R. Heath

In 1969, a prominent British newspaper published an article on the death of Lake “Eerie”. In fact, the article was an obituary of a grand and noble lady who fell into an unwanted and tragic relationship with abusive and ... ....

Desert Air

George Steinmetz

Desert Air is the first comprehensive photographic book on all of the world's extreme deserts (defined for the purposes of this book as those that receive no ore than 4 inches of precipitation per year), the most remote and ... ....

Ecological Restoration and Environmental Change

Renewing Damaged Ecosystems

Stuart K Allison

What is a natural habitat? Who can define what is natural when species and ecosystems constantly change over time, with or without human intervention? When a polluted river or degraded landscape is restored from its damaged state ... ....

Environmental Flows

Saving Rivers in the Third Millennium

Angela H Arthington

Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that depend upon them. It answers crucial questions about ... ....

Flammable Australia

Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World

Ross A. Bradstock, A Malcom Gill and Richard J. Williams

In Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World, leading researchers in fire ecology and management discuss how fire regimes have shaped and will continue to shape the distribution and abundance ... ....

Forest Landscape Restoration

Integrating Natural and Social Sciences

John Stanturf, David Lamb and Palle Madsen

Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or ... ....

Forest and Nature Governance

A Practice Based Approach

Bas Arts, Jelle Behagel, S? verine van Bommel, Jessica de Koning and Esther Turnhout

Problems such as deforestation, biodiversity loss and illegal logging have provoked various policy responses that are often referred to as forest and nature governance. In its broadest interpretation, governance is about the many ways in ... ....

Gila

The Life and Death of an American River

Gregory McNamee

For sixty million years, the Gila River, longer than the Hudson and the Delaware combined, has shaped the ecology of the Southwest from its source in New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River in Arizona.

Hell on Earth

The Wildfire Pandemic

David Porter

The world is burning, and it appears that we are to blame. Conditions that create large-scale fire disasters are occurring more frequently every year, spurred on by global warming. And the potential for damage, loss of life, and greater ... ....

Instituting Nature

Authority, Expertise, and Power in Mexican Forests

Andrew S. Mathews

Greater knowledge and transparency are often promoted as the keys to solving a wide array of governance problems. In Instituting Nature, Andrew Mathews describes Mexico's efforts over the past hundred years to manage its ... ....

Let Them Eat Shrimp

The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

Kennedy Warne

What's the connection between a plate of king prawns at your local restaurant and murdered fishermen in Honduras, impoverished women in Ecuador, and disastrous hurricanes along America's Gulf coast? Mangroves. Many people have never ... ....

Lore of the Land

John Seymour and

Originally printed in 1982 this thirtieth anniversary edition brings back into print this seminal work written by John Seymour, the key figure of the 20th Century self-sufficiency movement. Full of practical advice; from hanging a fence ... ....

Nevada's Changing Wildlife Habitat

An Ecological History

George E. Gruell and Sherman Swanson

For millennia the ecology of the Great Basin has evolved because of climate change and the impacts of human presence. Nevada’s Changing Wildlife Habitat is the first book to explain the transformations in the plants and animals ... ....

Parks, Peace & Partnerships

Michael S. Quinn, Len Broberg and Len Broberg

Today, over 3000 protected areas around the world contribute to the protection of biodiversity, peaceful relations between neighbouring countries, and the well-being of people living in and around the protected environs.

Rainforest of Tropical Australia

Ecosystem Guides

Damon Ramsey

This revised and expanded third edition helps you explore the beautiful rainforests that grow in Queensland, as well as across northern Australia, and onto many of the surrounding islands. Includes Mission Beach, the Atherton Tablelands ... ....

Restoration and Reclamation of Boreal Ecosystems

Attaining Sustainable Development

Dale Vitt and Jagtar Bhatti

Boreal ecosystems contain one-third of the world's forests and stored carbon, but these regions are under increasing threat from both natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Written by leaders from the forefront of private, public and ... ....

Rethinking Park Protection

Treading the Uncommon Ground of Environmental Beliefs

W LaPage

In today's society, hidden beliefs can subtly guide the management of parks, such as treating them as natural resources rather than national assets. Resulting management practices often lead to deferred maintenance on park infrastructure ... ....

State of Lake Superior

M Munawar and I. F. Munawar

The axe, the plough and the net that accompanied Europeans to North America wrought profound ecological changes in our Laurentian Great Lakes. Forests were harvested and prairies were ploughed. The offal appeared downstream and began the ... ....

The Benefits of Large Species Trees in Urban Landscapes

A Costing, Design and Management Guide

T Armour, M Job and R Canavan

The UK’s urban trees are special and have played an important role in combating the effects of growing urbanisation for many years. While all trees are beneficial to an urban environment, larger species are particularly significant ... ....

The Biggest Estate on Earth

How Aborigines Made Australia

Bill Gammage

Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park. With extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands and abundant wildlife, it evoked a country estate in England. Bill Gammage has discovered ... ....

The Earth's Last Wilderness

A Quest to Save Antarctica

Robert Swan and Gil Reavill

In 1985, when Robert Swan walked across Antarctica, the fragile polar environment was not high in his mind. But upon his return, the earth’s perilous state became personal: Robert’s ice-blue eyes were singed a pale gray ... ....

The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States

Chris Helzer

Most prairies exist today as fragmented landscapes, making thoughtful and vigilant management ever more important. Intended for landowners and managers dedicated to understanding and nurturing their prairies as well as farmers, ranchers ... ....

The Environmental Stewardship Toolkit

How to Build, Implement and Maintain an Environmental Plan for Grounds and Golf Courses

Anthony L. Williams

This work supplies the single source guide to the environmental management, resource management, community engagement, and documentation management of golf courses and grounds. With detailed coverage of site assessment, water quality and ... ....

The Human Shore

Seacoasts in History

John R. Gillis

Since before recorded history, people have congregated near water. But as growing populations around the globe continue to flow toward the coasts on an unprecedented scale and climate change raises water levels, our relationship to the ... ....

The Life and Death of the Australian Backyard

Tony Hall

A substantial backyard has long been considered an iconic feature of the Australian suburb. Nevertheless, during the 1990s, a dramatic change occurred: substantial backyards largely disappeared from new suburban houses in Australia. ....

Waterfront Regeneration

Experiences in City-building

Harry Smith and Maria Soledad Garcia Ferrari

Waterfront regeneration and development represents a unique opportunity to spatially and visually alter cities worldwide. However, its multi-faceted nature entails city-building with all its complexity including the full range of ... ....

Wilderness and Waterpower

How Banff National Park Became a Hydro-Electric Storage Reservoir

Christopher Armstrong and H.V. Nelles

This engaging book explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park. Todays conservationists and energy researchers will find much to think about in this tale of Albertas early need ... ....

World Heritage

Benefits Beyond Borders

Amareswar Galla

Published on the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this thematic collection of case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage sites and their Outstanding Universal Value in the context of sustainable .. ....

Biodiversity of Deserts

Greg Pyers

Biodiversity looks at the biodiversity of habitat types and ecosystems. It examines the threats and efforts to conserve biodiversity and identifies biodiversity hotspots. Scientists estimate that as many as 50 species become extinct every ... ....

Ecological Restoration

Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession

Andre F Clewell and James Aronson

Originally published in 2007, Ecological Restoration has become one of the seminal books in this quickly developing field. This completely revised and reorganised edition presents up-to-date developments and current trends in ... ....

Forest and Labor in Madagascar

From Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere

Protecting the unique plants and animals that live on Madagascar while fueling economic growth has been a priority for the Malagasy state, international donors, and conservation NGOs since the late 1980s.