A Fairytale in Question

Historical Interactions Between Humans and Wolves

Patrick Masius and Jana Sprenger

International in range and chronological in organisation, A Fairytale in Question aims to grasp the maincurrents of thought about interactions with the wolf in modern history. It focuses on perceptions, interactions and dependencies ... ....

Are Dolphins Really Smart?

The Mammal Behind the Myth

Justin Gregg

How intelligent are dolphins? ls their communication system really as complex as human language? And are they as friendly and peaceful as they are made out to be? The Westem world has had an enduring love affair with ...

Deer: Artists' Impressions

Graham Downing, Ashley Boon, Ben Hoskyns, Ian K MacGillivray and HRH The Prince Of Wales

A collection of paintings, engravings and illustrations of deer.

Florida Field Guide, Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles

Florida has many unique and wonderful areas for viewing wildlife. Rainforest Publications has developed these guides for the beach walker, fisherman, diver, or kayaking. All guides cover the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of Florida ... ....

Horses in Australia

An Illustrated History

Nicolas Brasch

This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the horse in Australia past and present. From Cobb & Co to Black Caviar, from the walers of World War I to The Man from Snowy River, it showcases our best historical and contemporary images ... ....

In the Company of Bears

What Black Bears Taught Me About Intelligence and Intuition

Benjamin Kilham

In In the Company of Bears, Ben Kilham invites us into the world he has come to know best: the world of black bears. For decades, Kilham has studied wild black bears in a vast tract of Northern New Hampshire woodlands. At times ... ....

Mamíferos do Rio Grande do Sul

Marcelo de Moraes Weber, Cassiano Roman and Nilton Carlos Caceres

Study of the mammals of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It contains photographs taken in the natural environment as well as information about the habitats where the species are found.

Mamíferos no Nordeste Brasileiro

Especies Continentais

Marco Antonio de Freitas

Guide to the mammals of northeastern Brazil.

Tasmanian Tiger

Precious Little Remains

David Maynard and Tammy Gordon

Produced by the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania, Australia, to coincide with their new exhibit, this book examines the tragic consequences of European settlement on this now extinct mammal, through objects, photographs and ... ....

The Utah Prairie Dog

Life Among the Red Rocks

Theodore G Manno, Elaine Miller Bond and John L Hoogland

A prairie dog town is a busy place. As author and field researcher Theodore Manno explains, a prairie dog's life can be full of mischief, romantic trysts, antipredator behavior, fighting, kissing, and infanticide that can all be witnessed ... ....

Birds of Costa Rica

Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean

This is the one compact, portable, and user-friendly field guide the novice or experienced birder needs to identify birds in the field in the diverse habitats found in Costa Rica. It features descriptions and illustrations of all 903 species ... ....

Des Oiseaux dans les Montagnes Neuchateloises et Voisines

A study of the birds found in the Swiss canton of Neuchatel and environs.

Ecology and Conservation of North American Sea Ducks

Jean-Pierre L Savard, Dirk V Derksen, Dan Esler and John M Eadie

Sea duck research and management is important for understanding marine bird ecology and conservation as well as the health of marine ecosystems. Ecology and Conservation of North American Sea Ducks is a synthesis of all that has ... ....

Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia

Miles McMullan, Thomas M Donegan, Alonso Quevedo, Trevor Ellery, Avery Bartels and Paul Salaman

In 2013 Colombia became the first country to reach a landmark 1900 species of birds – almost 20% of the entire world's avian diversity. Every year the figure increases. With this book, the authors have tried to strip ... ....

Fieldbook of the Birds of Ecuador

Including the Galapagos Islands

Miles McMullan, Lelis Navarrete and Robert S Ridgely

Fieldbook of the Birds of Ecuador is the first book to cover both Ecuador and the Galápagos islands, and includes 50 mainland species not included in previous guides for Ecuador. Plates are arranged to show illustrations ... ....

Florida Field Guide, Sea and Shore Birds

Florida has many unique and wonderful areas for viewing wildlife. Rainforest Publications has developed these guides for the beach walker, fisherman, diver, or kayaking. All guides cover the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of Florida ... ....

Inside a Bald Eagle's Nest

A Photographic Journey Through the American Bald Eagle Nesting Season

Tina Ruark Gorrow

Take a photographic journey of American Bald Eagles during nesting season. Through 160 breathtaking images captured in eagles' natural habitats, this factual account offers a rare glimpse into the behaviors and activities of America's ... ....

Land of Birds

An Illustrated Tribute to the Birds of New Zealand

Niels Meyer-Westfeld

Land of Birds is a stunning new book of New Zealand bird illustrations. Using the structure of a naturalist's journal, Niels Meyer-Westfeld has created a very personal and sensitive tribute to this country's remarkable ... ....

Oiseaux des Alpes

Ou, Quand et Comment les Observer

Bruno Caula, Pier Luigi Beraudo, Massimo Pettavino and Dominique Le Bouteiller

A guide the avifaune of the Alps, describing 130 species. Richly illustrated with over 700 colour photos. Each entry includes a small colour distribution map, and several schematics showing size relative to a human being, wingspan, habitat ... ....

Phenological Synchrony and Bird Migration

Changing Climate and Seasonal Resources in North America

Eric Matthew Wood and Jherime L Kellermann

Current rates of climate change are faster than birds can evolve, leading to serious mismatch of migration and seasonal or phenological timing. The result is a concomitant decline of migratory bird species. The editors of ...

The Birds of Pandemonium

Life Among the Exotic & the Endangered

Michele Raffin

Each morning at first light, Michele Raffin awakens to the bewitching music that heralds another day at Pandemonium Aviaries – a symphony that swells from the most vocal of over 350 avian throats representing over 40 species. ....

The Lanner Falcon

Giovanni Leonardi, Marco Preziosi and Alan C Kemp

The Lanner Falcon provides a worldwide review of the ecology, behaviour, morphology and breeding biology of the Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus). From historical sources to the most recent ornithological literature, a ... ....

The Thing with Feathers

The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal about Being Human

Noah Strycker

An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world – and deep connection with humanity. Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own ... ....

Winged Wonders of Rashtrapati Bhavan

Thomas Mathew and Omita Paul

From the preface: "Dr. Thomas Mathew has over twelve months captured on camera and docurnented one hundred and eleven species of birds that inhabit or visit the Rashtrapati Bhavan Estate, the official home of the President ... ....

A Guide to Australian Lizards in Captivity

Danny Brown

A Guide to Australian Lizards in Captivity provides the most comprehensive and detailed account of Australian lizard species on all aspects of captive husbandry relating to all species of Australian lizards-geckos, skinks, dragons ... ....

A Guide to Health and Disease in Reptiles and Amphibians

Brendan Carmel and Robert Johnson

This 176-page title is the only pet owner/breeder reference on health and diseases in reptiles and amphibians in captivity, published in Australia. Written by practising exotic veterinarians, Dr Brendan Carmel and Dr Robert Johnson, all ... ....

Common Amphibians of Kerala

Frogs and Toads

PS Sivaprasad

From the preface: "Common Amphibians is a comprehensive guide with descriptions, copiously illustrated with photographs and meticulously referenced. This book presents illustrated descriptions of the amphibians ... ....

Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Reptiles and Frogs

Leonard Cronin

An indispensable guide to Australia's fascinating reptiles and frogs, packed with information about their behavior, development, food, and habitat. Each entry fully describes the species and its way of life. Colorfully illustrated ... ....

Gekkota: Catalog of Recent Species

Harold F De Lisle, Roman A Nazarov, Lynn RG Raw and Jan Grathwohl

Gekkota: Catalog of recent species brings together the latest information on the nomenclature of all known Gekkotan species. It details original descriptions, type species of genera as well as the types and their repositaries ... ....

Indian Snakes

A Field Guide

Neelimkumar Khaire

This field guide features 68 species of snakes found in India. Along with colour photographs and informative text, the book also covers important topics such as snake-bites and their prevention, the signs and symptoms of venomous snake-bite ... ....

Repteis do Nordeste Brasileiro

Mata Atlantica, Caatinga, Cerrado, Zona Costeira, Amazonia

Marco Antonio de Freitas

Guide to the reptiles of northeastern Brazil.

Tuatara: Biology and Conservation of a Venerable Survivor

Alison Cree

Pick up virtually any textbook on vertebrate evolution and you will find mention of the curious reptile known as tuatara (Sphenodon). The special evolutionary status of tuatara as the last of the rhynchocephalians – one of the four ... ....

Age Determination of Elasmobranch, with Special Reference to Mediterranean Species

A Technical Manual

Age information is an essential component in growth rate, mortality rate and productivity calculations, hence it is classified among the most influential of biological variables. In the case of bony fishes, age determination methods based .... ....

Fish Pheromones and Related Cues

PW Sorensen and Brian D Wisenden

Organisms release pheromones into their environments to allow them to communicate with other members of their species. Pheromones are of increasing interest in both basic and applied aspects of fish biology.

Florida Field Guide, Reef Fish

Alina Suarez

Florida has many unique and wonderful areas for viewing wildlife. Rainforest Publications has developed these guides for the beach walker, fisherman, diver, or kayaking. All guides cover the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of Florida ... ....

Florida Field Guide, Sport Fish

Alina Suarez

Florida has many unique and wonderful areas for viewing wildlife. Rainforest Publications has developed these guides for the beach walker, fisherman, diver, or kayaking. All guides cover the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of Florida ... ....

Immunobiology of the Shark

Sylvia L Smith, Robert M Sim and Martin F Flajnik

Sharks belong to the oldest vertebrate species that possess immune systems similar to that of mammals, thus it is a great model species to study the fundamentals of the mammalian immune system. Analysis of sharks might also reveal insights ... ....

Lampreys: Biology, Conservation and Control, Volume 1

Margaret F Docker

Lampreys: Biology, Conservation and Control, Volume 1 provides the most comprehensive review of lamprey biology since Hardisty and Potter's five-volume The Biology of Lampreys published more than 30 years ago. ....

Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 61: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae [Chinese]

Yang Xingke

A total of 36 genera and 379 species (subspecies) from China are described or redescribed.

Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 62: Hemiptera: Miridae (II): Orthotylinae [Chinese]

Liu Guoqing

This volume comprises of 2 sections. In the first section is a brief account on research history, general morphology, classification systems, faunistics, biology and the phylogenetic relationships of generic level the subfamily Orthotylinae ... ....

Flies and Midges: A Family Album / Fliegen und Muecken: Ein Familienalbum

Marion Kotrba

Flies and Midges: A Family Album contains a compilation of photographs showing representatives of 92 families of two-winged insects. Of these, the first 22 belong to the craneflies and midges ("Nematocera", pages 8-51) ... ....

Freshwater Mussels of Florida

James D Williams, Robert S Butler, Gary L Warren and Nathan A Johnson

An exhaustive guide to all aspects of the freshwater mussel fauna in Florida, Freshwater Mussels of Florida covers the ecology, biology, distribution, and conservation of the many species of bivalve mollusks in the Sunshine State ... ....

Guía Variabilidad Intraespecífica de las Conchas del Genero Iberus Montfort, 1810 del Sur de la Península Iberica

Jose Lietor

The genus Iberus is one of the most beautiful genera in the Helicidae. Although the shells are large, determination of the highly variable species is quite difficult. This iconography figures the 16 nominal species of mainland ... ....

Host Plants of World Agrilus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

A Critical Review

Eduard Jendek and Janka Polakova

The genus Agrilus is a remarkable phenomenon in the insect world representing one of the most successful groups of insect, which is projected into enormous species diversity, likely the highest in the Animal Kingdom. To date ... ....

I Lepidotteri del Parco Naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo

Giorgio Baldizzone, Carlo Cabella, Faustino Fiori and Pier Giuseppe Varalda

The Natural Park of Capanne di Marcarolo is located in Southern Piedmont, spreading in the Ligurian–Piedmontese Apennine. It corresponds to the SCI and SPA IT 1180026 and is characterized by peculiar geological and climatic conditions ... ....

Living Lights

The Glowworms of Australia and New Zealand

Cathie Plowman, David Merritt and Janet Fenton

Charismatic, alluring, magical... glowworms bring people much joy and happiness. Author Cathie Plowman and university researcher Dr David Merritt have written so that the general reader can better understand the tiny creatures that produce ... ....

On the Margins

The Fen Raft Spiders of Redgrove and Lopham Fen

Helen Smith, Sheila Tilmouth and Mark Cocker

An exciting collaboration between a conservationist and an artist who bring both the species and the book’s content to life.

Return of the Phasmid

Australia's Rarest Insect Fights Back from the Brink of Extinction

Rick Wilkinson and Jane Goodall

The story of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, made extinct from Lord Howe Island by an invasion of rats in the 1920s and its astonishing rediscovery decades later by rock climbers scaling a mid-ocean volcanic spire. Details the recovery ... ....

Scottish Beekeeping Handbook

A Nicholas Cowan

Useful to beginners, Scottish Beekeeping Handbook is concerned almost exclusively with the management of hives for honey production and the creation of new colonies of bees. The author, who has upwards of 35 years beekeeping experience ... ....

Studies on Odonata and Lepidoptera Fauna of Foothills of Aravalli Range, Rajasthan

Gaurav Sharma

This contribution collects several studies conducted on the Odonata and Lepidoptera fauna found in the foothills of the Aravalli Range, Rajasthan, India.

The Beginner's Bee Book

Ted Hooper

If you have ever had the ambition to keep your own bees and generate your own distinctive honey this is The Beginner's Bee Book you will want to get. Written originally by Ted Hooper, author of The Bee Friendly Garden, and ... ....

The Pratylenchidea of the World

Identification of the Family Pratylenchidae (Nematoda: Tylenchida)

Etienne Geraert

The Pratylenchidea of the World contains full descriptions of all the root-lesion or meadow nematodes, burrowing nematodes, rice root nematodes and false root-knot nematodes reported from everywhere in the world that were considered ... ....

ZooKeys 430

A Synopsis of the Tribe Lachnophorini, With a New Genus of Neotropical Distribution and a Revision of the Neotropical Ge

Terry L Erwin and Laura S Zamorano

A synopsis of the Tribe Lachnophorini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres is provided: 15 Western Hemisphere genera (mostly Neotropical) and three Eastern Hemisphere genera (Paleotropical and Australian) including ... ....

ZooKeys 436

The Genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)

Charles L Staines and Carlos García-Robledo

The species of the Neotropical genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 are revised. We present a key to the known larvae of Cephaloleia (8 species), a key to the 95 species known to occur in Mexico, Central America and the ... ....

Archaeological Human Remains

Global Perspectives

Barra O'Donnabhain and Maria Cecilia Lozana Cerna

Archaeological Human Remains addresses the directions that studies of archaeological human remains have taken in a number of different countries, where attitudes range from widespread support to prohibition. Overlooked in many ... ....

Cushion Peatlands in the High Andes of Northwestern Argentina as Archives for Palaeoenvironmental Research

Klaus Schittek

High-Andean cushion peatlands contain valuable climate information for palaeoenvironmental research. They respond very sensitively to environmental changes and therefore are ideal to apply methods such as geochemical, macrofossil and ... ....

Dressing for Dinner

Butchery and Bone Deposition at Late Neolithic Toumba Kremastis-Koiladas, Northern Greece

Vasiliki Tzevelekidi

Excavations at Late Neolithic Toumba Kremastis Koiladas, near the modern town of Kozani in north-western Greece, have yielded one of the largest faunal assemblages of this period from Greece (and probably also from Europe). This assemblage ... ....

Fossil Primates

Susan Cachel

Reconstructing the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates, Fossil Primates is intended as an exposition of non-human primate evolution that includes information about evolutionary theory and processes, paleobiology ...

Triprojectate Pollen Occurrences in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin and the Group's Global Relationships

Dennis R Braman

The author writes: "My research is different from other palaeontologists working at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. I study part of a living life cycle; organic-walled microfossils like plant spores and pollen, fungal spores ...

ZooKeys 432

Review of Taxonomy, Geographic Distribution, and Paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria)

Alexander V Averianov

Azhdarchidae is the last group of pterosaurs, flourished and distributed world-wide during the Cretaceous. It includes the largest flying creatures, such as Quetzalcoatlus, Hatzegopteryx, and Arambourgiania. The mode of life of these ... ....

Iconographia Diatomologica, Volume 25: The Genus Didymosphenia

A Critical Evaluation of Established and Description of 11 New Taxa

Horst Lange-Bertalot

For the first time specimens of the type material of Echinella geminata Lyngbye 1819 are documented with light- and scanning- electron-microscopical photographs. This is the reference point for various other presented morphodemes ... ....

Marine Benthic Dinoflagellates

Unveiling Their Worldwide Biodiversity

Mona Hoppenrath, Shauna A Murray, Nicolas Chomerat and Takeo Horiguchi

Marine Benthic Dinoflagellates presents the first summary of our knowledge of benthic dinoflagellate species. Dinoflagellates are important primary producers and symbionts, but, at the same time, also consumers and ...

Under the Sea Wind

Rachel Louise Carson

Rachel Carson's classic trilogy comprises three volumes: The Sea Around Us (1950), Under the Sea-Wind (1941) and The Edge of the Sea (1955).

A Geological Manual: 1831 Edition

Henry Thomas de la Beche

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche (1796–1855) served as president of the Geological Society from 1847 to 1849, having contributing greatly to the development ... ....

A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa

James Backhouse

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. James Backhouse (1794-1869) came from a family of accomplished naturalists and horticulturalists. As a Quaker, he spent several years in Australia ...

A Natural History of Nevis, and the Rest of the English Leeward Charibee Islands in America

With Many Other Observations on Nature and Art

William Smith

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. During his five years in the 1730s as rector of St John's parish on the Caribbean island of Nevis, William Smith collected a number of remarkable ...

An Account of the Foxglove, and Some of its Medical Uses

With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases

William Withering

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. In 1775, the physician and botanist William Withering (1741–99) was informed of a folk cure for dropsy that had as its active ingredient the ...

An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Earth

And Terrestrial Bodyes, Especially Minerals

John Woodward

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. For the physician and natural historian John Woodward (c.1655–1728), fossils were the key to unlocking the mystery of the Earth's past, which ... ....

Animal Heroes

True Stories of Extraordinary Creatures

Ben Holt

Some of the most extraordinary true tales of bravery across the natural world, from domestic pets to wild animals. Have you ever been astonished by an instance of animal agility, intelligence, or bravery? No matter how cute and cuddly our ... ....

Back to the Garden

Nature and the Mediterranean World from Prehistory to the Present

James HS McGregor

The garden was the cultural foundation of the early Mediterranean peoples; they acknowledged their reliance on and kinship to the land, and they understood nature through the lens of their diversely cultivated landscape. Their image of ... ....

Cultural Severance and the Environment

The Ending of Traditional and Customary Practice on Commons and Landscapes Managed in Common

Ian D Rotheram

This major book explores commons, lands and rights of usage in common, traditional and customary practices, and the cultural nature of 'landscapes'. Importantly, it addresses now critical matters of 'cultural severance' ... ....

Durer

Giulia Bartrum and Albrecht Durer

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) is arguably the first truly international artist, a celebrity both during his own lifetime and since. A major artist of the northern Renaissance, he was praised by his contemporaries and described shortly ... ....

Facts and Arguments for Darwin

With Additions by the Author

Fritz Mueller and William Sweetland Dallas

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Known for developing the concept of Müllerian mimicry, whereby poisonous species with a common predator display similar warning signals ...

First Big Book of Bugs

Catherine D Hughes

The experts at National Geographic present a delightful reference that introduces young children to bugs of all kinds: big and small, jumping and crawling, colorful and creepy. This charming book explores backyard favorites, such as ... ....

Forest, Steppe and Tundra

Studies in Animal Environment

Maud Doria Haviland

Maud Doria Haviland (1889 – 1941) was a British naturalist who was particularly influential in the field of ornithology. In Forest, Steppe and Tundra, which was first published in 1926, Haviland provides an account of the ... ....

Four Revolutions in the Earth Sciences

From Heresy to Truth

James Lawrence Powell

Over the course of the twentieth century, scientists came to accept four counter-intuitive yet fundamental facts about the Earth: deep time, continental drift, meteorite impact, and global warming. When first suggested, each proposition ... ....

House Guests, House Pests

A Natural History of Animals in the Home

Richard Jones

Today we live in snug, well-furnished houses surrounded by the trappings of a civilised life. But we are not alone – we suffer a constant stream of unwanted visitors. Our houses, our food, our belongings, our very existence are ... ....

Ice Ship

The Epic Voyages of the Polar Adventurer Fram

Charles W Johnson

In the golden age of polar exploration (from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s), many an expedition set out to answer the big question – was the Arctic a continent, an open ocean beyond a barrier of ice, or an ocean covered with ice ... ....

In the Country

David Gentleman

David Gentleman's new book records in words and pictures his observations gathered over 35 years of inhabiting a 16th century end-of-terrace house on the edge of a small rural village in mid-Suffolk. It has provided a place where he ... ....

Islands Beyond the Horizon

The Life of Twenty of the World's Most Remote Places

Roger Lovegrove

Islands have an irresistible attraction and an enduring appeal. Naturalist Roger Lovegrove has visited many of the most remote islands in the world, and in this book he takes the reader to twenty that fascinate him the most.

Italian Historical Rural Landscapes

Cultural Values for the Environment and Rural Development

Mauro Agnoletti

Sustainable development and rural policies have pursued strategies where farming has been often regarded as a factor deteriorating the ecosystem. But the current economic, social and environmental problems of the Earth probably call for ... ....

Jean Galbraith

Writer in a Valley

Meredith Fletcher

This is the compelling story of Jean Galbraith (1906-1999), one of Australia's most influential botanists and writers on nature, plants, and gardens. As a garden writer, Galbraith was particularly notable for spreading knowledge of ... ....

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1713-92

Botanical and Horticultural Interests and Legacy

Charlotte Phillips and Nora Shane

In 1754, Bute bought a house on Kew Green in London and built an extension to accommodate his botanical library. The house had a private gate into the grounds of Kew Palace where he helped Princess Augusta to create Kew Gardens.

Life on Air

Sir David Attenborough

A lot has changed since his first television documentary, and in this updated edition of Life on Air Sir David tells us of his experiences of filming in the 21st century. Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known ... ....

Lonely Planet the World

A Traveller's Guide to the Planet

Lonely Planet Publications

Every country in the world, in one guidebook: Lonely Planet delivers the first guide to The World. We've taken the highlights from the world's best guidebooks and put them together into one 960-page whopper to create the ultimate ... ....

Mineralogie Des Volcans

Ou, Description De Toutes Les Substances Produites Ou Rejetees Par Les Feux Souterrains

Barthelemy Faujas-de-Saint-Fond

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Abandoning a promising career in the law, Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819) enjoyed the encouragement of the eminent scientist ...

Nature's Conscience

The Life and Legacy of Derek Ratcliffe

Des Thompson, Hilary H Birks, John Birks and Sir John Lawton

Derek Ratcliffe (1929–2005) was one of Britain's greatest naturalists. Nature's Conscience is written by friends and colleagues and explores the breadth, qualities, and legacy of Derek's work. It is far more than ... ....

Nature's Oracle

A Life of W.D. Hamilton

Ullica Segerstrale

W.D. Hamilton (1936-2000) was responsible for a revolution in thinking about evolutionary biology – a revolution that changed our understanding of life itself. He played a central role in the realization that what matters ... ....

Observations of Comets from BC 611 to AD 1640

Extracted from the Chinese Annals, Translated with Introductory Remarks

John Williams

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Long before their western counterparts, Chinese astronomers developed remarkably accurate methods for making their measurements, recording detailed observations ... ....

Pierre Bernard Milius, Last Commander of the Baudin Expedition

The Journal 1800-1804

Pierre Bernard Milius, Kate Pratt and Anthony J Brown

Pierre Bernard Milius owes his fame to the Nicolas Baudin expedition of 1800–1804. On 19 October 1800, Baudin and his large group of scientists left Le Havre in two ships, the Géographe and the Naturaliste to survey the coast ... ....

Revealed Biodiversity

An Economic History of the Human Impact

Eric L Jones

Revealed Biodiversity: An Economic History of the Human Impact aims to show that for several centuries environmental conditions have been substantially the product of economic fluctuations. It contests the notion of perpetual ... ....

Shackleton: A Life in Poetry

Jim Mayer

Sir Ernest Shackleton, known as a tough polar explorer and inspirational leader, also held the words of poets close to his heart. 'Poetry was his other world and he explored it as eagerly as he did the great Antarctic spaces,' ... ....

Skiing into Modernity

A Cultural and Environmental History

Andrew Denning

Examines the relationship between skiers and the Alpine environment since the late nineteenth century. It argues that skiing and winter tourism modernized the Alps in both material and perceptual terms while the Alpine landscape itself ... ....

The Basic World of Environmental History

Mauro Agnoletti and Simone Neri Serneri

The Basic World of Environmental History is an introductory instrument to the main themes of environmental history, illustrating its development over time, methodological implications, results achieved and those still under ... ....

The Dodo and its Kindred

Or the History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodr

Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Well versed in natural history, particularly geology and ornithology, Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811–53) became fascinated by the dodo and mankind's ... ....

The Pantanal of Jose Medeiros / O Pantanal de Jose Medeiros / El Pantanal de Jose Medeiros

Jose Medeiros and Maria Teresa Carrion Carracedo

Photographer José Medeiros recorded aspects of the Brazilian Pantanal culture over 11 years, with a lot of patience, persistence and great sensitivity. Among the thousands of images resulting from this record, we selected 135 photographs ... ....

The Social Metabolism

A Socio-Ecological Theory of Historical Change

Manuel Gonzalez de Molina and Victor M Toledo

Over this last decade, the concept of Social Metabolism has gained prestige as a theoretical instrument for the required analysis, to such an extent that there are now dozens of researchers, hundreds of articles and several books that had ... ....

The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic

The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910

Jean-Baptiste Charcot and Philip Walsh

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This 1911 publication, translated from the French, vividly describes the varied hardships and satisfactions of Antarctic exploration and scientific research ... ....

The Yellow River

The Problem of Water in Modern China

David A Pietz

Flowing through the heart of the North China Plain home to 200 million people the Yellow River sustains one of China's core regions. Yet this vital water supply has become highly vulnerable in recent decades, with potentially serious ... ....

Zoology: An Elementary Text-Book

AE Shipley and EW MacBride

First published in 1904 as the second edition of a 1901 original, Zoology: An Elementary Text-Book provides a beginner's guide to zoology, from simple life forms to more sophisticated vertebrates. At the end of the sections ... ....

A Natural History of the Intermountain West

Its Ecological and Evolutionary Story

Gwendolyn L Waring

A Natural History of the Intermountain West was written to inform people about the wild world around us, with the idea that we all crave a connection to the natural world to ground us and give us a sense of place. It is also a ... ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Gabon

Annelies Hickendorff

Pristine rainforests, an astonishing range of wildlife and 855 km coastline of idyllic sandy beaches; little-visited Gabon offers adventurers and nature-lovers a glimpse of a world of breath-taking natural beauty. Home to an astonishing ... ....

Costa Rica Cloud Forest and Highland Birds

Mark Wainwright

This guide shows 166 of the 870 bird species recorded for Costa Rica. It includes almost all species found above 1450 m (many of which also occur at lower elevations). Letters after the English name represet distribution within Costa Rica ... ....

Creatures of India

Guide to Animals in India with Up-to-date Systematics

Felix Bast

This book is focused on animal taxa commonly seen in the Indian subcontinent. This book is all about animals; its incredible diversity presented in a systematic, legible and straight forward manner. A number of activities for the readers ... ....

Crossbill Guide: Canary Islands, Volume 2: Tenerife and La Gomera, Spain

Dirk Hilbers and Kees Woutersen

The second title in the Crossbill Guides series to cover the Canary Islands, volume 2 deals with Tenerife and La Gomera. The flora and fauna of these two volcanic islands is unique and encompasses a large number of endemic species ... ....

Die Freiberge

In Herzen des Jura

Ambroise Marchand

In the northern Cuxland, where the rivers Elbe and Weser flow into the North Sea, is one of the most unique landscapes on earth: the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Wadden Sea. Hundreds of thousands of birds live here, seals frolic on the ... ....

Ecological Status of Sharavathi Valley Wildlife Sanctuary

Sameer Ali

This document is the first in the Sahyadri Conservation Series, focusing on the Sharavathi Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. It documents the species diversity, composition, and community and population ecology along with habitat conditions ... ....

FRIM A Year of Colours / FRIM Setahun Dalam Warna

M And Latif, Y Noor Azlin, N Norhayati, NM Nik Zanariah, Y Norsham, MN Nur Supardi, CL Naimah and Az

FRIM A Year of Colours is about the colourful plants and animals at FRIM. Dates of flushing, flowering or fruiting of various plants were given. Species, distribution and conservation status of forest and ornamental trees were ... ....

Fauna of Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve

K Venkataraman

Protected Areas play a vital role in conservation and management of biodiversity. The newly formed state of Uttarakhand has a strong network of Protected Areas (PAs): One World Heritage Site (Nanda Devi); One Biosphere Reserve ...

Honduras Natural: Weekly Planner / Agenda Semanal

Robert J Gallardo

This weekly planner allows you to fill in dates yourself and therefore doesn't expire. It is enriched by the photography of Robert Gallardo, with a photo facing each week page. In the back is an adddress book and several blank lined ... ....

Ice, Fire, and Nutcrackers

A Rocky Mountain Ecology

George Constantz

Why do quaking aspens grow in prominent clumps rather than randomly scattered across the landscape? Why and how does a rufous hummingbird drop its metabolism to one-hundredth of its normal rate? Why do bull elk grow those enormous antlers ... ....

Images of Nature

A Journey Through Britain's Inspirational Landscapes

Images of Nature is a comprehensively illustrated book that describes the history of attitudes to nature from prehistoric times to the present. Landscapes far and wide are photographed and combined with extracts from poetry and ... ....

Moment and Memory

Photographs from the New Zealand Landscape

Craig Potton

Craig Potton rose to prominence as a photographer in the late 1980s, with a distinct and original view of the landscape of New Zealand. He has become one of New Zealand’s most distinguished landscape photographers, famous for his ... ....

New Zealand

The Essential Landscape

Rob Brown

Photographer and writer Rob Brown has been tramping in some of the most remote areas of New Zealand for over two decades. An essential addition to his pack on these trips is his full range of camera gear, which has enabled him to capture ... ....

Rough Guide: The Philippines

Simon Foster and Kiki Deere

The new-look Rough Guide: The Philippines – now in full colour throughout – is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most exciting countries. You can discover its dazzling beaches, rice terraces and ... ....

The Island of Elba: Guide to the Nature, Histories and Itineraries

Marco Lambertini

This is a new generation guidebook, useful and motivating, with many illustrations and valuable information to help discover and personally experience the nature and culture of the island of elba. When and where to walk through ... ....

The Sacred Uttarakhand

Ethno-Biological Study Surrounding Sacred Natural Sites in Uttarakhand

Chandra Singh Negi

This book is divided into 10 chapters. Chapter 1 attempts to bring forth the salient ethics of conservation inherent in the major religions of the world. Chapter 2 delves into the institution of sacred – starting with the concept of ... ....

Amino Acids in Higher Plants

JPF D'Mello

Amino acids play a role in the defence mechanisms and stress responses of plants, as well as in food quality and safety for humans and animals. Recent advances in the field make a comprehensive overview of the information a necessity ... ....

An Illustrated Guide to the Orchids of Bhutan

Dhan Bahadur Gurung and Henry J Noltie

From the preface: "[...] a really splendid work on that most spectacular group, the orchids, also the product of local expertise. D.B. Gurung has shown great dedication over a long period and has had to overcome numerous ...

Atlas of British & Irish Bryophytes (2-Volume Set)

TL Blockeel, Samuel DS Bosanquet, MD Hill and Christopher D Preston

Bryophytes are a species-rich group in Britain and Ireland and one which includes numerous species which are rare in mainland Europe. They are attractive plants and some of them play a major ecological role in the environment.

Australian Garden Rescue

Restoring a Damaged Garden

Mary Horsfall

Whether you have a garden suffering from lack of attention, damaged from weather events or suffering pest attacks, Australian Garden Rescue will guide you through practical solutions, helpful tips and preventative tactics to ... ....

Biological Systems, Biodiversity, and Stability of Plant Communities

Larissa I Weisfeld, Anatoly I Opalko, Nina A Bome and Sarra A Bekuzarova

Biological Systems, Biodiversity, and Stability of Plant Communities discusses theoretical approaches to the taxonomy of biological systems and theory and mathematical approaches to the problem of plant diversity, cultivation ... ....

Botanicals: Methods and Technologies for Quality & Authenticity

Kurt Reynertson and Khalid Mahmood

The international trade in plants is growing steadily as the worldwide demand for natural and botanical raw materials increases. Customers value natural products and botanicals as "green" alternatives. In order to build assurance ... ....

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding ... ....

Bryophytes of Andhra Pradesh

S Sandhya Rani, M Sowghandika, KS Nagesh, B Susheela and T Pullaiah

Bryophytes of Andhra Pradesh is the result of extensive field trips and laboratory students undertaken on bryophytes of Andhra Pradesh. The information of such a work usually gets limited to various periodicals/journals and ... ....

Common Trees of Kerala

N Sasidharan and RV Varma

From the preface: "[...] Common Trees of Kerala deaks with 164 tree species which are found in homesteads, avenues, parks, gardens, orchards, and plantations. The correct scientific names are provided ...

Die Pflanzenwelt der Eifel

26 Faszinierende Entdeckungstouren auf Rundwanderwegen

Hermann Bothe

The Eifel region offers an exceptionally rich flora and is characterized by a wide variety of different habitats, from calcareous grasslands and daffodils meadows to heavy metal flora and the moors of the volcanic Eifel. This book introduces and ... ....

Eucalypt Flowers

John Wrigley

Whether small shrub-­like mallees or forest giants, eucalypts are a defining feature of the Australian landscape – the essence of 'the bush'. Their striking forms and beautiful foliage and flowers have inspired a host of ... ....

Flora do Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca e seu entorno

Rafaela Campostrini Forzza

Flora of the Ibitipoca State Park, a forested park in the municipality of Lima Duarte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has an area of 1488 hectares and is situated 3 kilometres from the district of Conceição do Ibitipoca. The park ... ....

Flora of Sakhalin

Andreeva Valentina, Natalia Surmach, Natalia Tsarenko, Mikhail Vodopyanov and Marina Batrukova

From the introduction: "Sakhalin is the largest Russian islands, separated from the Japanese island of Hokkaido by the La Perouse Strait and extending for almost 1000 km to the north along the eastern coast of Asia.

Foliicolous Fungal Flora of Idukki District in Kerala State

VB Hosagoudar, CK Biju and DK Agarwal

The work on Foliicolous Fungal Flora of Idukki District in Kerala State was initiated as part of the project "Long term environmental and ecological impacts of multipurpose river valley projects with special reference to ... ....

Folk Medicine of the Nilgiri Hills in Southern India

S Rajan and M Sethuraman

From the preface: "In contemporary times, natural drugs of plant origin still form a major part of native medical systems in developing countries. There is also a resurgence of interest in herbal drugs all over the world.

Fossil Fungi

Thomas N Taylor, Michael Krings and Edith Taylor

Fungi are ubiquitous in the world and responsible for driving the evolution and governing the sustainability of ecosystems now and in the past. Fossil Fungi is the first encyclopedic book devoted exclusively to fossil fungi and ... ....

Further Flowers of Sahyadri

Field Guide to Additional 1200 Flowers of North Western Ghats of India

Shrikant Ingalhalikar

From the preface: "Flowers of Sahyadri received a good response from amateurs and professionals. Landscape designers, ecologists, foresters and a number of flower-spotters communicated the usefulness of the field ... ....

Gymnosperms of India

A Check List

NP Singh and RC Srivastava

The word 'gymnosperm' derived from the Greek word gymnospermos meaning naked seeds, after the unenclosed condition of their seeds otherwise known as ovules in their unfertilized state. Gymnosperms are that group of seed plants which ... ....

Handbook on Mangroves and Mangrove Associates of Kerala

P Sujanapal, N Sasidharan and Oommen V Oommen

From the foreword: "[...] The Kerala State Biodiversity Board has launched a series of handbooks / field guides on the flora and fauna of the state, as part of its public awareness generation programmes. Many a times in ...

Healing Roots

Anthropology in Life and Medicine

Julie Laplante

Umhloyane, also known as Artemisia afra, is one of the oldest and best-documented indigenous medicines in South Africa. This bush, which grows wild throughout the sub-Saharan region, smells and tastes like "medicine," ... ....

Little Book of Australian Orchids

National Library of Australia (NLA)

Orchid and flower art enthusiasts will love the last addition to the National Library of Australia's popular Little Books series. Little Book of Australian Orchids is a delightful pairing of orchid images, from the ... ....

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the Middle-East

Zohara Yaniv and Nativ Dudai

Plants have been known and cultivated for their therapeutic properties in the Middle-East throughout recorded history and most likely beyond that. With the progress of science, they continue to be cultivated and collected for both traditional ... ....

Mushrooms of Kerala

C Mohanan and Oommen V Oommen

From the foreword: "[...] Mushrooms of Kerala is at complete mushroom field guide and reference book and includes descriptions of about 70 species of mushrooms of Kerala, each one iliustrated with photographs plus ... ....

New Flora of Vermont

Arthur Gilman

Gilman's book strikes out anew, reflecting modern taxonomic advances and increased floristic knowledge, with some 225 new plants added. New Flora of Vermont's standard and straightforward format is ideal for anyone wishing ... ....

Noms et Usages de Plantes, Animaux et Champignons Chez les Mbuun, Mpiin, Ngong, Nsong et Hungan en RD Congo

Joseph Koni Muluwa and M Devos

Nsong, Ngong, Mpiin, Mbuun and Hungan are Bantu languages spoken in and around the city of Kikwit in Badundu province, DR Congo. These minority languages have been gradually abandoned by speakers, who instead favour the country’s ... ....

Norges Torvmoser

Kjell Ivar Flatberg

This book discusses 55 different species and sub-species of peat mosses in Norway, with color photos and maps showing their distribution. Biology, reproduction, distribution and ecology are also discussed at length.

Orchids of Himachal Pradesh

SP Vij, Jagdeep Verma and C Sathish Kumar

Orchids of Himachal Pradesh describes in detail with colour pictures, drawings and paintings 84 species and 1 variety in 44 genera of orchids native to the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh (30° 22' - 33° 12' ... ....

Orchids, Botanical Jewels of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica

Anton Weissenhofer, Werner Huber, Anton Weber, Wolfgang Wanek, Christian Gegenbauer and Dem Rakosy

Orchids, Botanical Jewels of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica offers an insight into the general biology and flower morphology of orchids, as well as their pollination mechanisms, systematics, habitat adaptation and cultivation ... ....

Patagonian Mountain Flower Holidays

Hilary Little

This companion volume to Martin Sheader's Flowers of the Patagonian Mountains is essential for anyone who wishes to explore this plantsman's paradise. Hilary Little has visited Patagonia many times and has an extensive knowledge ... ....

Photobiology: The Science of Light and Life

Lars Olof Bjorn

The new edition of this authoritative text provides an interdisciplinary treatise of all aspects of the interactions between light and the living world. It starts with a description of the physics of light, and how to deal with it in ... ....

Plant Image Analysis

Fundamentals and Applications

S Dutta Gupta and Yasuomi Ibaraki

The application of imaging techniques in plant and agricultural sciences had previously been confined to images obtained through remote sensing techniques. Technological advancements now allow image analysis for the nondestructive and ... ....

Plant Phenology as Biomonitor for Climate Change

A Modelling and Mapping Approach

Gunther Schmidt, Simon Schoenrock and Winfried Schroeder

The investigations refer to the development of plant phenology since the 1960s in Germany. Spatiotemporal trends were assessed by means of regression kriging. It could be shown that there already is a distinct shift of phenological onset ... ....

Plants in North-East Highlands

Timing of Blaeberry Growth, Tree Regeneration, Land Use, Plant Orientation

Adam Watson

The author noted when blaeberry buds on Scottish alpine land began growth in spring and compared this with climatic data. He mapped natural tree regeneration on Deeside and Donside. The author criticises invalid claims about land use in ... ....

Rotalgen des Suesswassers in Deutschland und in Angrenzenden Gebieten [Freshwater Red Algae of Germany and Adjacent Area

Johanna Knappe and Klaus Huth

Despite their ecological importance in local watercourses and great diversity, knowledge of the freshwater red algae is not yet widespread or well-documented.

Seeds of Hope

Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants

Jane Goodall, Gail Hudson, Michael Pollan and Edita Brychta

In her wise and elegant new book, Jane Goodall blends her experience in nature with her enthusiasm for botany to give readers a deeper understanding of the world around us. Long before her work with chimpanzees, Goodall's passion for ... ....

Stapeliads (Refreshed)

A Gallery of 714 Pictures of all 59 Genera of this Popular Group of Succulent Plants

John Pilbeam

This second edition has come about because the first edition (2010) is sold out. It has enabled inclusion of many new photos as well as sharpening the details of occurrence of some species and improving many of the existing photos. ....

The Agronomy and Economy of Turmeric and Ginger

The Invaluable Medicinal Spice Crops

KP Prabhakaran Nair

Turmeric has been used as a medicine, a condiment, and a dye since at least 600 B.C., while ginger has been used extensively throughout history for its medicinal purposes. The Agronomy and Economy of Turmeric and Ginger brings together ... ....

The Allure of Orchids

Mark A Clements

For many lovers of flowers, orchids have a particular allure. Popular among gardeners, florists and nature lovers, orchids come in a huge array of shapes, sizes, and colours, and have some of the most intriguing names of any flower species ... ....

The Apple Book

Rosie Sanders and Harry Baker

Rosie Sanders, often described as the best painter of the world's most famous fruit, has devoted years to researching The Apple Book and submitting the apples to hour upon hour of meticulous observation. In 144 sensuously detailed ... ....

The Ultramafic Flora of Sabah

An Introduction to the Plant Diversity on Ultramafic Soils

Anthony van der Ent, Rimi Repin, John B Sugau and Wong Khoon Meng

With over 3500 km² of ultramafic rock outcrops in Sabah (4.6% of the total landmass of the state), Malaysia has one of the largest surface expressions of ultramafic rock, and one of the most species-rich floras occupying these ... ....

Veldgids Nederlandse Flora

Henk Eggelte

This illustrated flora allows the reader, without much advance knowledge to rapidly and conveniently identify over 2000 Dutch plant species. The identification keys, compared to other floras, are compact and clear. Which traits are crucial ... ....

Advances in Microbial Ecology, Volume 2

M Alexander

This is a reprint of the original 1978 edition. The substantial and impressive changes in microbial ecology can scarcely be chronicled in a meaningful fashion, and a review series such as Advances in Microbial Ecology can thus ... ....

Animal Signaling and Function

An Integrative Approach

Duncan J Irschick, Mark Briffa and Jeffrey Podos

The diversity of animal signals has been widely documented, and the generality of animal signals also tantalizingly suggests that there are common mechanisms that have selected for their origin. However, while much progress has been made ... ....

BSAVA Guide to Procedures in Small Animal Practice

Nick Bexfield and Karla Lee

The BSAVA Guide to Procedures in Small Animal Practice provides practical, step-by-step guidance on how to perform the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures commonly performed in small animal veterinary practice. In addition ... ....

Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life (International Edition)

Trudy McKee

Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life, International Fifth Edition is an intermediate, one-semester text written for students on degree pathways in Chemistry, Biology and other Health and Life Sciences. Aimed at students with ... ....

Birds, Bees and Educated Fleas

An A-Z Guide to the Sexual Predilections of Animals from Aardvarks to Zebras

Bruce Montague

'Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it...' So wrote Cole Porter in his famous song from 1928, Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love. To which Bruce Montague, author of this enlightening and amusing collection ... ....

DNA Recombination

Stephen Kowalczykowski, Neil Hunter and Wolf-Dietrich Heyer

Recombination mechanisms allow cells to break and reattach DNA sequences. They are important for repair of damaged DNA. They also help generate additional genetic diversity in sperm and eggs cells by mixing DNA sequences from maternal ... ....

Forensic Biology

Richard Li

Written for scientists, professionals, and students within the fields of forensic science and molecular biology, this second edition textbook addresses the full scope of forensic biology, including DNA analysis and serology and includes ... ....

Genetics: From Genes to Genomes

Leland Hartwell, Leroy Hood, Janice A Fischer, Charles Aquadro, Michael L Goldberg and An Reynolds

Genetics: From Genes to Genomes is a cutting-edge, introductory genetics text authored by an unparalleled author team, including Nobel Prize winner, Leland Hartwell. The 5th edition continues to build upon the integration of ... ....

Human Anatomy: A Very Short Introduction

Leslie Klenerman

A vast subject that includes a strange vocabulary and an apparent mass of facts, human anatomy can at first appear confusing and off-putting. But the basic construction of the human body – the skeleton, the organs of the chest and ... ....

Microbiology For Dummies

Jennifer Stearns and Michael Surette

Microbiology is the study of life itself, down to the smallest particle. Did you know that your body contains more bacteria cells than human cells? It's true. Microbes are essential to our everyday lives, from the food we eat to the ... ....

Microbiology: Principles and Explorations

Jacquelyn G Black

Microbiology: Principles and Explorations has been a best-selling textbook for several editions due to the author's engaging writing style where her passion for the subject shines through the narrative. The text's student ... ....

Molecular Origins of Brain and Body Geometry

Plato's Concept of Reality is Reversed

Antonio Lima-de-Faria

New concepts arise in science when apparently unrelated fields of knowledge are put together in a coherent way. The recent results in molecular biology allow to explain the emergence of body patterns in animals that before could not be ... ....

Next Generation Sequencing Technologies and Challenges in Sequence Assembly

Sara El-Matwally, Osama M Ouda and Mohamed Helmy

The introduction of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies resulted in a major transformation in the way scientists extract genetic information from biological systems, revealing limitless insight about the genome, transcriptome ... ....

Arrival of the Fittest

Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle

Andreas Wagner

Darwin's theory of natural selection explains how useful adaptations are preserved over time. But the biggest mystery about evolution eluded him. As genetics pioneer Hugo de Vries put it, "natural selection may explain the survival ... ....

Bioarchaeology: Interpreting Behavior from the Human Skeleton

Clark Spencer Larsen

Now including numerous full colour figures, this updated and revised edition of Larsen's classic text provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of bioarchaeology. Reflecting the enormous advances made in the field over ... ....

Genotype-by-Environment Interactions and Sexual Selection

John Hunt and David J Hosken

Sexual selection is recognized as being responsible for some of the most extravagant morphologies and behaviors in the natural world, as well as a driver of some of the most rapid evolution. While Charles Darwin's theory is now a ... ....

Human Footprints: Fossilised Locomotion?

Matthew R Bennett and Sarita A Morse

Human footprints provide some of the most emotive and tangible evidence of our ancestors. They provide evidence of stature, presence, behaviour and in the case of early hominin footprints, evidence with respect to the evolution of human ... ....

Kennewick Man

The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton

Douglas W Owsley and Richard L Jantz

Almost from the day of its accidental discovery along the banks of the Columbia River in Washington State in July 1996, the ancient skeleton of Kennewick Man has garnered significant attention from scientific and Native American communities ... ....

Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory

Nathan Goodale and Jr.,William Andrefsky

Stone tool analysis relies on a strong background in analytical and methodological techniques. However, lithic technological analysis has not been well integrated with a theoretically informed approach to understanding how humans procure ... ....

Neanderthal Man

In Search of Lost Genomes

Svante Paabo

What can we learn from the genomes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes tells the story of geneticist Svante Pääbo's mission to answer this question, and recounts his ... ....

Paleoamerican Odyssey

Kelly E Graf, Caroline V Ketron and Michael R Waters

As research continues on the earliest migration of modern humans into North and South America, the current state of knowledge about these first Americans is continually evolving. Especially with recent advances in human genomic studies ... ....

Survival of the Nicest

How Altruism Made Us Human and Why It Pays to Get Along

Stefan Klein

This revelatory tour de force by an acclaimed and internationally bestselling science writer upends our understanding of survival of the fittest and invites us all to think and act more altruistically The future belongs to the altruists. ....

The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict

William Rice and Sergey Gavrilets

Battles between the sexes occur at the genetic level when traits that would be advantageous for one sex are disadvantageous for the other. The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict discusses the basis for this sexual conflict ... ....

Wiley Blackwell Student Dictionary of Human Evolution

Bernard Wood

The scope and volume of evidence and range of methods used to analyze the fossil record have increased exponentially in the last fifty years. Comprised of approximately 1,500 entries produced without jargon for those new to the subject ... ....

Ecosystem Services

From Concept to Practice

Jetske A Bouma and Pieter JH van Beukering

Despite the growing popularity of the concept of ecosystem services, policy makers and practitioners continue to struggle with the challenge of translating it into practice. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary perspectives ...

Handbook on Invasive Plants of Kerala

KV Sankaran, TA Suresh, TV Sajeev and KP Laladhas

From the preface: "[...] This handbook deals wilh 82 species of terrestrial and semi-aquatic plants. For each plant, the scientific names, synonyms, common names, family name, ecology, distribution and the taxonomic characteristics ... ....

Urban Wildlife

Theory and Practice

Robert McCleery, Christopher Moorman and M Nils Peterson

In the past, wildlife living in urban areas were ignored by wildlife professionals and urban planners because cities were perceived as places for people and not for wild animals. Paradoxically, though, many species of wildlife thrive in ... ....

Advances in River Sediment Research

Shoji Fukuoka, Hajime Nakagawa, Tetsuya Sumi and Hao Zhang

Sediments, which constitute the surface of the Earth, start their journey to rivers with the energy obtained from rainfalls, floods and other natural processes. Due to transport of sediments, rivers develop with various appearances and ... ....

Animals' Influence on the Landscape and Ecological Importance

Natives, Newcomers, Homecomers

Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier

Originally published in German in 2002. In its first English-language edition, Animals' Influence on the Landscape and Ecological Importance introduces the many-faceted interactions of animal populations with their habitats. ....

Beyond the Lens of Conservation

Malagasy and Swiss Imaginations of One Another

Eva Keller

The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica. Does such a cooperation ... ....

Biomes of Brazil / Biomas do Brasil

Challenges and Alternatives / Desafios e Alternativas

Sueli Furlan, Helena Ribeiro, Renato Tagnin and Ignacy Sachs

Survey of Brazil's seven biomes, with coverage of their ecology, biodiversity and conservation priorities.

Ecosystem Services

Concept, Methods and Case Studies

Karsten Grunewald and Olaf Bastian

Nature provides us with many services seemingly for free: recharged groundwater, fertile soil and plant biomass created by photosynthesis. We human beings draw extensive benefits from these "ecosystem services," or ES – ... ....

Forest Biodiversity in India

VK Bahuguna and Renu Singh

From the preface: "This book is about the biodiversity of forests, the variety of genes, species, and forest ecosystems. which underpins a wide range of goods and services crucial for human survival and well-being.

Forest Context and Policies in Portugal

Present and Future Challenges

Fernando Reboredo

Forest Context and Policies in Portugal provides an up-to-date analysis of the Portuguese forests and forestry sector, including its history, its total economic value, current threats and opportunities and future challenges ... ....

Forest Ecology in India

OP Chaubey, Archana Sharma and Ram Prakash

Natural vegetation in India is predominantly one or the other type of forest. Ecological conditions favoring forest growth are availability of moisture, soil and favorable temperature and diminished biotic interferences. The present book ... ....

Forest Vision

Transforming the Forestry Commission

Roderick Leslie

Roderick Leslie joined the Forestry Commission (FC) in 1976 and subsequently occupied a variety of senior roles in forest policy and practice including a spell as Chief Executive of Forest Enterprise England. During this time the FC undertook ... ....

Grassland Ecosystems of Central Indian Himalaya

Structure and Function

Rajendra Dobhal

With increasing migratory and sedentary livestock population and unplanned grazing, the Himalayan grasslands have been facing acute threat of degradation. Unfortunate is the fact that grasslands have long been an abandoned and low priority ... ....

Nature's Spectacle

The World's First National Parks and Protected Places

John Sheail

National parks have always been an emotive and iconic symbol, ever since the first parks of the modern era were created in the mid-nineteenth century. Nature's Spectacle, based on original research, delves deeply into their ... ....

Pantanal: Wild / Selvagem / Salvaje

Mike Bueno and Martha Baptista

Pantanal: Wild / Selvagem / Salvaje is the result of a relentless pursuit of nature photographer Mike Bueno to gather shots of spectacular wildlife in the Brazilian Pantanal of Mato Grosso, predominantly in Poconé ... ....

Remote Sensing of Wetlands

Applications and Advances

Ralph W Tiner, Victor V Klemas and Megan W Lang

Remote Sensing of Wetlands provides a thorough introduction to the use of remotely sensed data for wetland classification and mapping, as well as information on the latest technological advancements detailed by top scientists in ... ....

Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere

Marco Tedesco

The cryosphere, that region of the world where water is temporarily or permanently frozen, plays a crucial role on our planet. Recent developments in remote sensing techniques, and the acquisition of new data sets, have resulted in significant ... ....

Soil: Reflections on the Basis of Our Existence

Hakan Wallander

Håkan Wallander is a professor in Soil Biology and the reader is guided through the fascinating world below ground. Soil: Reflections on the Basis of Our Existence has a free form and the author mixes scientific facts with ... ....

Sustainable London?

The Future of a Global City

Rob Imrie, Loretta Lees, Ben Rogers and Yvonne Rydin

London is one of the most dense, vibrant, and influential urban centers in the world, and Sustainable London? takes a close look at how it is addressing one of the key questions of our time: environmental sustainability.

The National Park to Come

Margret Grebowicz

The National Park to Come examines the sense of "the national" that our national parks construct and the kind of citizen they produce in the process. Who is the visitor in these spaces? Who is the national and who the ... ....

Vulnerability of Land Systems in Asia

Ademola K Braimoh and He Qing Huang

Vulnerability of Land Systems in Asia provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of land systems vulnerability assessment in Asia – fundamental to the understanding of the link between global change, environmental ... ....

What Nature Does for Britain

Tony Juniper

From the peat bogs and woodlands that help to secure our water supply, to the bees and soils that produce most of the food we eat, Britain is rich in 'natural capital'. Yet we take supplies of clean water and secure food for granted ... ....

Wildland Recreation

Ecology and Management

William E Hammitt, David N Cole and Christopher Monz

This text will be a revision of the current textbook titled, Wildland Recreation; Ecology and Management. It will include new chapters and revision of the wildland recreation/ecology literature. As such, it will examine the effects ... ....

Biodiversity Potentials of the Himalaya

Lalit M Tewari, YPS Pangtey and Geeta Tewari

The survival of biodiversity is now under severe threat due to over exploitation of natural resources, increasing human population, habitat fragmentation and other developmental activities leading to apparent environmental degradation. ....

Conservation and Development in Cambodia

Exploring Frontiers of Change in Nature, State and Society

Sarah Milne and Sango Mahanty

Written by leading authorities from Australasia, Europe and North America, Conservation and Development in Cambodia examines the dynamic conflicts and synergies between nature conservation and human development in contemporary ... ....

In Wolf Country

The Power and Politics of Reintroduction

Jim Yuskavitch

In Wolf Country tells the story of the first groups of wolves that emigrated from reintroduced areas in Idaho to re-colonize their former habitat in the Pacific Northwest, how government officials prepared for their arrival, and ... ....

Si le Chant des Baleines s'Eteignait

Menaces sur les Mammiferes Marins

Jean-Pierre Sylvestre

Who has not been spellbound by the singing of whales responding to each other through the vastness of the oceans, by the sight of dolphins playing in front of the bow of a boat or the soulful eyes of baby seals on the ice?

Wild Within

How Rescuing Owls Inspired a Family

Melissa Hart

In this delightful memoir, a woman at loose ends finds true love while rescuing destitute birds and is inspired to adopt a child. Tender, witty, and rewarding, Wild Within is a story about overcoming fear (of beaks, talons, and ... ....

Chemistry of the Climate System

Detlev Mueller

Climate change is a major challenge facing the modern world. The chemistry of air and it's influence on the climate system forms the main focus of Chemistry of the Climate System. The book presents a problem-based approach to ... ....

Climate Change Impacts on Ocean and Coastal Law

U.S. and International Perspectives

Randall S Abate

Climate Change Impacts on Ocean and Coastal Law effectively brings together the two worlds of climate change and ocean and coastal management. It raises important questions about whether and how ocean and coastal law will respond ... ....

Climate Change and Poverty

A New Agenda for Developed Nations

Tony Fitzpatrick

Climate change is the main challenge facing developed countries in the twenty-first century. To what extent does this agenda converge with issues of poverty and social exclusion? Climate change and poverty offers a timely new perspective ... ....

Dark Winter

How the Sun Is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell

John L Casey

Climate change has been a perplexing problem for years. In Dark Winter, author John L. Casey, a former White House national space policy advisor, NASA headquarters consultant, and space shuttle engineer tells the truth about ... ....

Don't Even Think About It

Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change

George Marshall

Most of us recognize that climate change is real, and yet we do nothing to stop it. What is this psychological mechanism that allows us to know something is true but act as if it is not? George Marshall's search for the answers bring ... ....

Governing the Air

The Dynamics of Science, Policy, and Citizen Interaction

Rolf Lidskog and Goran Sundqvist

Governing the Air looks at the regulation of air pollution not as a static procedure of enactment and agreement but as a dynamic process that reflects the shifting interrelationships of science, policy, and citizens.

Handbook of Sea Level Research

Ian Shennan, Anthony J Long and Benjamin P Horton

Measuring sea-level change – be that rise or fall – is one of the most pressing scientific goals of our time and requires robust scientific approaches and techniques. This Handbook aims to provide a practical guide to readers ... ....

How to Change Minds about Our Changing Climate

Let Science Do the Talking the Next Time Someone Tries to Tell You

Seth B Darling, Douglas L Sisterson and Sarah M Sisterson

Have you ever heard someone say that climate change is simply the result of natural cycles? Or that there can't be global warming because it still gets so cold out? While the claims climate-change deniers make can seem, on their ... ....

Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse

Vivek V Ranade and Vinay M Bhandari

Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse is an accessible reference to assist you when handling wastewater treatment and recycling. It features an instructive compilation of methodologies, including advanced ... ....

Knowledge Systems and Change in Climate Governance

Comparing India and South Africa

Babette Never

The success of international efforts to manage climate change depends on the participation of emerging economies. Knowledge Systems and Change in Climate Governance uses a comparative study of two of the most important, India and ... ....

Marine Pollution

What Everyone Needs to Know

Judith S Weis

An overview of the issues surrounding marine pollution, including topics like how it originates, marine debris, oil, and climate change.

Responding to Climate Change

Lessons from an Australian Hotspot

Paul W Burton

South East Queensland has been one of the fastest growing regions of Australia, both in terms of its rapidly growing population and an ever-expanding built environment. It is also one of the most vulnerable regions likely to suffer from ... ....

Toward Resilience

A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

Marilise Turnbull, Charlotte Sterrett and Amy Hilleboe

Toward Resilience is an introductory resource for development and humanitarian practitioners working with populations at risk of the impacts of climate change and other hazards. It is aimed at program management and technical ... ....

Wild Oceans

John Kerr

John Kerr revisits the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami 10 years on to unearth what the science behind the most deadly natural disaster to date really shows. He explores human behavior on ocean health, the increase in storm surges and their devastating ... ....

2015 Guide to the Night Sky

A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies above Britain and Ireland

Royal Observatory Greenwich, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion

A comprehensive month-by-month handbook to the stars and constellations visible from Britain and Ireland in 2015. This practical guidebook is both an easy introduction to astronomy and a useful reference for seasoned stargazers.

Comets And Their Origin

The Tools To Decipher A Comet

Uwe J Meierhenrich, Michael F A'Hearn and Gerhard A Schwehm

Divided into two parts, the first four chapters of Comets And Their Origin refer to comets and their formation in general, describing cometary missions, comet remote observations, astrochemistry, artificial comets, and the ... ....

Cosmigraphics: Picturing Space Through Time

Michael Benson

In Cosmigraphics, Michael Benson, author of ground-breaking books of space photography, turns his attention to the history of the visual description and mapping of the universe. This is a story that begins in myth and ends with ... ....

Discovery: Champion of the Space Shuttle Fleet

Valerie Neal

Discovery: Champion of the Space Shuttle Fleet places Space Shuttle Discovery within the history of the space shuttle program and provides an introduction to space shuttle technology with a focus on the orbiter itself.

Environmental Hydrology

Andy D Ward, Stanley W Trimble, Suzette R Burckhard and John G Lyon

This text provides a qualitative understanding of hydrologic processes and introduces new methods for quantifying hydrologic parameters and processes. This new edition is fully revised, and contains new and expanded end-of-chapter problems ... ....

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) in the Permo-Carboniferous

From Icehouse to Greenhouse

Kate Horan, Simon Crowhurst and Phil Stone

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) in the Permo-Carboniferous focuses on the sedimentology of the Hells Kitchen Member of the Port Sussex Formation in East Falkland (Las Malvinas). This member comprises deposits documenting the ... ....

Faulting, Fracturing and Igneous Intrusion in the Earth's Crust

D Healy, RWH Butler, ZK Shipton and RH Sibson

Geologists have long-grappled with understanding the mechanical origins of rock deformation. Stress regimes control the nucleation, growth and reactivation of faults and fractures; induce seismic activity; affect the transport of magma ... ....

Five Billion Years of Solitude

The Search for Life Among the Stars

Lee Billings

For 4.6 billion years our living planet has been alone in a vast and silent universe. But soon, Earth's isolation could come to an end. Over the past two decades, astronomers have discovered thousands of planets orbiting other stars. ....

Hawaiian Volcanoes

From Source to Surface

Rebecca Carey

Hawaiian Volcanoes: From Source to Surface is the outcome of an AGU Chapman Conference held on the Island of Hawai'i in August 2012. As such, Hawaiian Volcanoes contains a diversity of research results that highlight ... ....

How to Find the Apollo Landing Sites

Everything You Need to Know

James Chen and Adam Chen

How to Find the Apollo Landing Sites is for anyone who wants to be able to connect the history of lunar exploration to the Moon visible above. It addresses what Apollo equipment and experiments were left behind and what the Apollo ... ....

Metamorphic Rocks in the Field

Kurt Hollocher

Metamorphic Rocks in the Field is an illustrative introduction to metamorphic rocks as seen in the field, designed for advanced high school to graduate-level earth science and geology students to jump-start their observational ... ....

Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Rocky Mountains

Garrett Romaine

Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Rocky Mountains is a field guide to more than 130 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout the Rocky Mountains. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and ... ....

The Edge of the Sky

All You Need to Know About the All-There-is

Roberto Trotta

From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe to its ultimate destiny, The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cosmology ... ....

Tomography of the Earth's Crust: From Geophysical Sounding to Real-Time Monitoring

Geotechnologien Science Report No. 21

Michael Weber and Ute Muench

The research work on the topic of Tomography of the Earth's Crust: From Geophysical Sounding to Real-Time Monitoring has focused on the development of cross-scale multiparameter methods and their technological application to ... ....

Volcanoes of the Azores

Ulrich Kueppers and Christoph Beier

The Azores archipelago consists of nine islands that emerge from the Azores Plateau in the Central Northern Atlantic, situated within the triple junction of the American, Eurasian and African lithosphere plates. Subaerial volcanic activity ... ....

You Are Here

Around the World in 92 Minutes

Chris Hadfield

In You Are Here, bestselling author and celebrated astronaut Chris Hadfield creates a virtual orbit of Earth, giving us the really big picture: this is our home, from space. The millions of us who followed Hadfield's news-making ... ....

A Piece of the Sun

The Quest for Fusion Energy

Daniel Clery

Our rapidly industrializing world has an insatiable hunger for energy and conventional sources are struggling to meet demand. Oil is running out, coal is damaging our climate, many nations are abandoning nuclear, yet solar, wind, and ... ....

Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems

Stephen R Gliessman

This new edition of the bestselling textbook for courses in agroecology or sustainable agriculture updates the issues facing the sustainability of food systems, especially the strong movement from the "second green revolution" ... ....

Bio Design

Nature, Science, Creativity

William Myers

Designers and artists have always looked to nature for inspiration and materials, but only recently have they been able to alter and incorporate living organisms in their work. In a world with finite resources and a growing population ... ....

Bioprocessing of Renewable Resources to Commodity Bioproducts

Virendra S Bisaria and Akihiko Kondo

Bioprocessing of Renewable Resources to Commodity Bioproducts provides the vision of a successful biorefinery – the lignocelluloic biomass needs to be efficiently converted to its constituent monomers, comprising mainly of ... ....

Canada's Water, Yours to Protect

A Primer on Planning Together

Sandra E Smith

Canada's Water, Yours to Protect brings a different voice to the important discussion of freshwater protection. While it acknowledges the problems besetting water resources and the role of government, this book is about the ... ....

Challenges: Sustainable Land Management - Climate Change

Miodrag Zlatic and Stanimir Kostadinov

This book gathers a selection of peer-reviewed contributions presented and discussed at the LANDCON 1209 Conference held  in Djerdap National Park in the town Donji Milanovac, Serbia from September 17-21, 2012.

Chasing the Red Queen

The Coevolution of Pests and Poisons

Andy Dyer

Chasing the Red Queen presents key concepts for students to understand chemical resistance in agriculture and apply that knowledge to achieving global food security. In the race to feed the world's seven billion people, we ... ....

Climate Dynamics in Horticultural Science (2-Volume Set)

ML Choudhary, VB Patel, Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui and S Sheraz Mahdi

Climate change and increased climate variability in terms of rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and increasing extreme weather events, such as severe drought and devastating floods, pose a threat to the production of agricultural ... ....

Climate Dynamics in Horticultural Science, Volume 1

Principles and Applications

ML Choudhary, VB Patel, Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui and S Sheraz Mahdi

Climate change and increased climate variability in terms of rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and increasing extreme weather events, such as severe drought and devastating floods, pose a threat to the production of agricultural ... ....

Climate Dynamics in Horticultural Science, Volume 2

Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation

ML Choudhary, VB Patel, Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui and S Sheraz Mahdi

Climate change and increased climate variability in terms of rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and increasing extreme weather events, such as severe drought and devastating floods, pose a threat to the production of agricultural ... ....

Coffee

Gavin Fridell

In a world of high finance, unprecedented technological change, and cyber billionaires, it is easy to forget that a major source of global wealth is, literally, right under our noses. Coffee is one of the most valuable Southern exports ... ....

Community Well-Being in Biocultural Landscapes

Are We Living Well?

Bas Verschuuren, Suneetha M Subramanian and Wim Hiemstra

Community Well-Being in Biocultural Landscapes provides an introduction to the concept of human well-being as it relates to international rural development and conservation policy and practice. It demonstrates that well-being is ... ....

Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region

Hydropower, Livelihoods and Governance

Francois Molle, Tira Foran and Mira Kakonen

The catchment area of the Mekong River and its tributaries extends from China, through Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and to Vietnam. The water resources of the Mekong region – from the Irrawaddy and Nu-Salween in the west ... ....

Defending Beef

The Case for Sustainable Meat Production

Nicolette Hahn Niman

For decades it has been nearly universal dogma among environmentalists that livestock – goats, sheep, and others, but especially cattle – are Public Enemy Number One. They erode soils, pollute air and water, damage riparian ... ....

Desert Water

The Future of Utah's Water Resources

Hal Crimmel

Hal Crimmel has brought scientific research together with the experienced voices of environmental social scientists, humanists, and activists to provide a broad perspective on Utah water issues. The matters discussed are relevant beyond ... ....

Diamonds

Ian Smillie

Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world's largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail jewellery sector. But behind the ... ....

Elements of Physical Hydrology

George M Hornberger, Patricia L Wiberg, Jeffrey P Raffensperger and Paolo D'Odorico

Among the many diverse aspects of environmental science, none is more critical to the future of society and nature than water. Understanding the role of water on Earth and making good decisions regarding water conservation and hydrological ... ....

Engaging with Animals

Interpretations of a Shared Existence

Georgette Leah Burns and Mandy Paterson

Humans and nonhuman animals engage with each other in a multitude of fascinating ways. They have always done so, motivated by both necessity and choice. Yet, as human population numbers increase and our impact on the planet expands, this ... ....

Environmental Governance of the Great Seas

Law and Effect

Joseph FC DiMento and Alexis Jaclyn Hickman

The great seas contain immense resources and provide invaluable services to humankind, yet their environmental conditions are threatened world-wide. The authors of this comprehensive study provide a rich assessment of the seas and the effects ... ....

Fracking: Risks and Rewards

Barbara Hadley, Tom Rennell and Derek Austin

A game-changing energy revolution or a risk-filled dash for gas? Fracking, the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing to extract shale gas, has become one of the most divisive issues of the 21st century. Following what appears ... ....

Green Grabbing

A New Appropriation of Nature

James Fairhead, Melissa Leach and Ian Scoones

Across the world, ecosystems are for sale. 'Green grabbing' – the appropriation of land and resources for environmental ends – is an emerging process of deep and growing significance. A vigorous debate on 'land grabbing ... ....

International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment

Tony Fitzpatrick

The International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment reviews debates concerning poverty, inequalities, social distribution, social rights, taxation, healthcare, education, water and energy policies to examine the relevance ... ....

Nature and Farming

Sustaining Native Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes

David Norton and Nick Reid

Conserving and enhancing native biodiversity on farms brings many benefits as well as providing many challenges. Nature and Farming explains why it is important to sustain native plants and animals in agricultural landscapes ... ....

Only for Them

A Manifesto for Animality Through Philosophy and Politics

Leonardo Caffo

Year after year, day after day, minute after minute, billions of non-human animals are slaughtered for several purposes and aims (food, clothing, entertainment, research). An analogous situation whose objects were humans instead of animals ... ....

Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation

Simple to Advanced and Experimental Techniques for Indoor and Outdoor Cultivation

Tradd Cotter

What would it take to grow mushrooms in space? How can mushroom cultivation help us manage, or at least make use of, invasive species such as kudzu and water hyacinth and thereby reduce dependence on herbicides? Is it possible to develop ... ....

Poor People's Energy Outlook 2014

Key Messages on Energy for Poverty Alleviation

Practical Action

Energy poverty is a crippling component of the poverty trap that consigns victims to lives of drudgery and subsistence. Accordingly, we have recently seen the rise of concern for energy access on the international stage. However, at the ... ....

Scaling Up Multiple Use Water Services

Accountability in the Water Sector

Barbara van Koppen, Stef Smits, Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio and John Thomas

Scaling Up Multiple Use Water Services argues that by designing cost-effective multi-purpose infrastructure, MUS can have a positive impact on people's health and livelihoods. Scaling Up Multiple Use Water Services ... ....

Sustainable Agroecosystems in Climate Change Mitigation

Maren Oelbermann

One of the challenges under current land management practices is to increase food and soil security to meet projected trends in food production, while maintaining the resilience to climate change.

Sustainable Economic Development

Resources, Environment and Institutions

Arsenio Molina Balisacan, Ujjayant Chakravorty and Majah-Leah V Ravago

Sustainable Economic Development presents 27 articles that lay the foundations of sustainable development in a way that facilitates effective policy design. The editors mix broad thematic papers with focused micro-papers, balancing ... ....

Sustainable Futures

Linking Population, Resources and the Environment

Jenny Goldie and Katharine Betts

Sustainable Futures: Linking Population, Resources and the Environment explores the links between population growth, diminishing resources and environmental challenges, and the implications for Australia's future.

The Animal Mind

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Animal Cognition

Kristin Andrews

The study of animal cognition raises profound questions about the minds of animals and philosophy of mind itself. Aristotle argued that humans are the only animal to laugh, but in recent experiments rats have also been shown to laugh. ....

The Biological Mind

A Philosophical Introduction

Justin Garson

For some, biology explains all there is to know about the mind. Yet many big questions remain: is the mind shaped by genes or the environment? If mental traits are the result of adaptations built up over thousands of years, as evolutionary ... ....

The Complete Manual of Small-Scale Food Processing

Peter Fellows

Small-scale food processing is important worldwide. For individual processors, it is highly accessible as a start-up business, especially for women; farmers and fishermen can readily diversify into processing to increase their incomes ... ....

The Habitats Directive in its EU Environmental Context

European Nature's Best Hope?

Charles-Hubert Born, An Cliquet, Hendrik Schoukens, Delphine Misonne and Geert Van Hoorick

The Habitats Directive in its EU Environmental Context analyses the Habitats Directive: one of the most prominent piece of EU environmental legislation of the past decades. Seen by some as the cornerstone of Europe's nature ... ....

The Manual of Biocontrol Agents

A World Compendium

Roma L Gwynn

This edition of The Manual of Biocontrol Agents has been substantially revised and updated to reflect the growth and maturity of the global biocontrol industry. It contains up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive information on ... ....

The Science of Water

Concepts and Applications

Frank R Spellman

The Science of Water: Concepts and Applications, Third Edition contains a wealth of scientific information and is based on real-world experience. Building on the second edition, this text applies the latest data and research in ... ....

Threatened Island Nations

Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate

Michael B Gerrard and Gregory E Wannier

Rising seas are endangering the habitability and very existence of several small island nations, mostly in the Pacific and Indian oceans. This is the first book to focus on the myriad legal issues posed by this tragic situation: ... ....

Towards Sustainable Road Transport

Ronald M Dell, Patrick T Moseley and David AJ Rand

Increasing pressure on global reserves of petroleum at a time of growing demand for personal transport in developing countries, together with concerns over atmospheric pollution and carbon dioxide emissions, are leading to a requirement ... ....

Understanding Energy and Energy Policy

Lisa M Glidden and Timothy F Braun

This is a one-stop resource for understanding the complexities of energy policy and the science behind the utilization of energy sources. The multidisciplinary perspective presented in Understanding Energy and Energy Policy is ... ....

War and the Environment

New Approaches to Protecting the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict

Rosemary Rayfuse and Marie Jacobsson

The chapters in War and the Environment have their origins in papers presented at a Workshop held at Lund University in Sweden. The Workshop gathered together experts from Europe, the United States and Australia, including leading ... ....

Water Quality Management

Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives

Asit K Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Rafael Izquierdo

The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world ... ....

Great Maps

The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained

Jerry Brotton

Great Maps takes a close look at the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth. Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "land ... ....

Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis for the Life Sciences

Claus Thorn Ekstrom and Helle Sorensen

Developed from the authors' courses at the University of Copenhagen, this text provides a computational toolbox that enables readers to perform actual analysis on real data sets and gain the confidence and skills to undertake progress ... ....

Multistate Analysis of Life Histories with R

Frans Willekens

Multistate Analysis of Life Histories with R provides an introduction to multistate event history analysis. It is an extension of survival analysis, in which a single terminal event (endpoint) is considered and the time-to-event ... ....

Systems Biology

Constraint-Based Reconstruction and Analysis

Bernhard Palsson

Recent technological advances have enabled comprehensive determination of the molecular composition of living cells. The chemical interactions between many of these molecules are known, giving rise to genome-scale reconstructed biochemical ... ....

The Naming of the Shrew

A Curious History of Latin Names

John Wright

Latin names – frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel – have been annoying the layman since they first became formalised as scientific terms in the eighteenth century.

Africa South of the Sahara 2015

Europa Publications

The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data.

DNA Banking for the 21st Century

Wendy L Applequist and Lisa M Campbell

DNA Banking for the 21st Century represents the proceedings of the U.S. Workshop on DNA Banking, funded by the National Science Foundation and held in St. Louis in January 2013. Twelve contributed chapters address the management ... ....

Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2015

Europa Publications

Europa's comprehensive survey of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. General Survey Leading authorities on the region analyze topics of regional importance.

Getting Published

Academic Publishing Success

Gina Wisker

Getting Published provides a complete guide for all who need to write effectively and share their work with others through academic publication. Getting Published focuses on how to develop a successful academic writing ... ....

Rare Books and Special Collections

Sidney E Berger

From cuneiform, coins, and codices to prints, drawings, photographs, and maps, departments of rare books and special collections are the premier repositories of significant printed and manuscript works and artifacts. Entrusted with the ... ....

Regarding the Dead

Human Remains in the British Museum

Alexandra Fletcher, Daniel Antoine and JD Hill

A key publication on the British Museum's approach to the ethical issues surrounding the inclusion of human remains in museum collections and possible solutions to the dilemmas relating to their curation, storage, access management ... ....

South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2015

Europa Publications

Published annually, this 23rd edition brings together a unique combination of the latest data on, and detailed analysis of, a vast region. Scrupulously updated by Europa’s experienced editors, the volume also includes contributions ... ....

South Asia 2015

Europa Publications

Exhaustively researched and updated, South Asia 2015 is an in-depth library of information on the countries and territories of this vast world region. General Survey Essays by specialists examine issues ...

The Europa Regional Surveys of the World 2015 (9-Volume Set)

Europa Publications

Europa’s Regional Surveys of the World Set 2015 is a timely and authoritative reference source, vast in its scope. The set consists of nine volumes, covering all the world regions, from South Asia to North America.

The Far East and Australasia 2015

Europa Publications

This comprehensive survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with 22 Pacific islands, fully revised to reflect current economic and political developments, is an essential resource for the ... ....

The Middle East and North Africa 2015

Europa Publications

Now in its sixty-first edition, this title continues to provide the most up-to-date geo-political and economic information for this important world area.

The PhD Experience

An Insider's Guide

Evelyn Barron

Written by a PhD student with insights from fellow students, this clear and concise book covers every aspect of the realities of the PhD experience for prospective and current PhD students. It gives an honest inside view on the day to day ... ....

The PhD Viva

How to Prepare for Your Oral Examination

Peter Smith

For PhD and other doctorate degree students as they approach their viva, The PhD Viva helps candidates to understand the viva process and to prepare and present their work in the best possible manner. With concrete guidance ... ....

The USA and Canada 2015

Europa Publications

Combining impartial analysis with reliable facts and figures, this fully revised and updated 17th edition provides up-to-date commentary on these vast North American nations.

Western Europe 2015

Europa Publications

The definitive survey of the countries and territories of Western Europe, comprising expert analysis and commentary, up-to-date economic and socio-political data and extensive directory information.