new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2008/10
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Welcome to the October Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's guide to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the environment.

New NHBS Subject Catalogue: Primatology
We have published the first in a new series of subject catalogues: The NHBS Primatology Catalogue presents a round-up of new and bestselling titles in primatology as a follow-up to our attendance at the International Primatological Society Congress in Edinburgh this August. The next subject catalogue on Botany is on schedule for mid-November. Please let us know if you would like to be notified when it is ready.

Handbook of the Birds of the World
It is always exciting to see another volume in this landmark series arrive at our warehouse. HBW Volume 13 has just been published. We are already looking forward to the first volume in another series, closely modelled on HBW: The Handbook of the Mammals of the World, will be launched with a volume on Carnivores in April.

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Mammals
 

The Eyes of the Jungle

Thorsten Milse and Uta Henschel

This book offers an exciting expedition to the Bandhagarh Tiger Reserve in the heart of India. The authors show you the elusive tigers of India as few people have ever seen ....

200 pages | 300 illustrations | C J Bucher Verlag

Hbk | 2008 | 3765816590 | #177218A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 1: Carnivores

Edited by Don E Wilson, Russel A Mittermeier and Toni Llobet

This eagerly anticipated first volume in the landmark series deals with the following families: ....

600 pages | Lynx

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 8496553493 | #174993A |

Normally £134.99

NHBS OFFER PRICE: £99.99

 

Horse

Elaine Walker

From Pegasus to Black Beauty, horses have held a unique place in human society and imagination. Elaine Walker tackles the long and multifaceted history of a creature ....

224 pages | 100 illus | Reaktion Books

Pbk | 2008 | 1861893957 | #175219A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Lagomorphs

VE Sokolov, EYu Ivanitskaya, VV Gruzdev and VG Heptner

This book is a continuation of the series of monographs on different orders of mammals found in Russia and adjacent regions. This volume is devoted to the description of the ....

410 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 1578085225 | #173028A | £66.90 Add to basket

 

Meerkats

Nigel Dennis and David Macdonald

Portfolio of photographs taken in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, accompanied by informative text documenting the life of these fascinating and intriguing animals in ....

104 pages | 120 col photos | A & C Black

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 1408112124 | #177511A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

A Prickly Affair: My Life with Hedgehogs

Obsession, Nostalgia and a Very British Animal

Hugh Warwick

Obsession, persecution and passion: the hedgehog may be small, but it attracts strong feelings. And Hugh Warwick is not immune. Travelling through fields in Devon and up to ....

288 pages | drawings | Allen Lane

Hbk | 2008 | 184614065X | #176208A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Primate Parasite Ecology

The Dynamics and Study of Host-Parasite Relationships

Michael Huffman and Colin Chapman

Anyone who has spent an extended period in the tropics has an idea, through caring for others or first-hand experience, just what it is like to be a primate parasite host. ....

528 pages | 48 halftones | CUP

Hbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0521872464 | #175530A | £69.99 Add to basket

 

The Soul of the Rhino

A Nepali Adventure with Kings and Elephant Drivers, Billionaires and Bureaucrats, Shamans and Scientists and the Indian Rhino

Hemanta R Mishra, Jim Ottaway and Bruce Babbitt

The story of a Nepalese who has spent his entire life safeguarding an endangered species ....

256 pages | 8-page b/w photo insert | Lyons Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1599211467 | #177690A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

The Sri Lankan Elephant

Its Evolution, Ecology and Conservation

Mangala de Silva and Padma K de Silva

Presents a synthesis of scientific information on the Asian elephant, analyses the threats faced by its Sri Lankan population and proposes conservation options. ....

278 pages | maps, colour photos, tables | WHT Publications

Hbk | 2007 | 9559114395 | #177354A | £32.99 Add to basket

 
Birds
 

Atlas of Breeding Birds in Bulgaria

Edited by Petar Iankov

The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Bulgaria is the first ever publication of its kind for this country and contains the most complete information about the breeding bird ....

680 pages | line drawings, distribution maps | BSPB

Hbk | 2007 | 9549142175 | #175691A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Birds in Cheshire and Wirral

A Breeding and Wintering Atlas

David Norman and Cheshire Mammal Group

The Birds of Cheshire and Wirral: A Breeding and Wintering Atlas provides a richly-illustrated showcase of the birdlife of Cheshire and Wirral. The book details the ....

704 pages | 300 colour illus | Liverpool UP

Hbk | 2008 | 1846311527 | #177507A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

The Birds of Alderney

Jeremy G Sanders

This is the first book ever published on the birds of the British Channel Island of Alderney. It covers more than 130 years of recording, from published and unpublished ....

318 pages | 102 illus | Sanders

Hbk | 2008 | 0946760616 | #177267A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

Birds of Australia

Don Hadden

Australian birds are unique. This book features photographs that showcase the birds in intimate environments - from sea and shore birds to night birds, honeyeaters and ....

69 pages | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 03/2009 | 1877069604 | #177559A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Birds of Australia and its Island Territories

A Checklist

Phil Gregory

A comprehensive checklist of all bird species found on mainland Australia, its islands and off-shore territories. Includes Families, species and significant subspecies with ....

41 pages | map | Sicklebill

Pbk | 2008 | 098048250X | #177566A | £6.50 Add to basket

 

The Birds of Borneo

Clive F Mann

A new annotated checklist to the third largest island in the world. Borneo boasts a wealth of biodiversity including over 630 species of bird, 11% of which are endemic. The ....

440 pages | 28 colour pages containing 68 colour plates | BOU

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0907446280 | #177561A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Birds of New Guinea and Associated Islands

A Checklist

Phil Gregory

A comprehensive checklist of all bird species found on mainland New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesian West Papua) and its offshore islands. Includes Families, species ....

44 pages | map | Sicklebill

Pbk | 2008 | 0980482518 | #177567A | £6.50 Add to basket

 

Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2009

Hilary Cromack and David Cromack

New edition of the indispensable annual pocketbook for birdwachers. ....

352 pages | Buckingham Press

Pbk | 2008 | 0955033977 | #177486A |

Normally £17.50

NHBS OFFER PRICE: £15.50

 

Birdwatchingwatching

One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds

Alex Horne

Alex Horne's dad has always been a 'twitcher' - a birdwatcher, constantly on the look-out for his next bird sighting. Alex wasn't so sure. But, determined to get to know ....

400 pages | Virgin Books

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 1905264526 | #177308A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

British Birds Video Guide

270 Species Edition

BirdGuides

For this new British Birds guide on DVD, the publishers have started from the ground up, selecting the very best footage from hundreds of hours of film, much of it recently ....

4 DVD Set | BirdGuides

DVD | | #177542A | £49.95 Add to basket

 

Call of the Eagle

Dave Walker

This is an account of one man's 30-year involvement with England's rarest bird, the golden eagle. Initially employed by the RSPB as a senior species protection warden at a ....

224 pages | 8 page colour photo section | Whittles

NYP 04/2009 | 1904445829 | #177750A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

The DVD-ROM Guide to British Birds, Concise Edition

BirdGuides

This DVD-ROM covers 130 species from Britain and Ireland. Perfect for beginners. ....

BirdGuides

DVD-ROM | | #177539A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

A Guide to Birdwatching in Skane

Southern Sweden

Edited by Arne Ohlsson

Skane, Sweden's most southerly region is shaped like a peninsula that protrudes into the Baltic Sea. Situated on the boundary between Central and Northern Europe, it offers a ....

191 pages | colour photos, maps | SkOF

Pbk | 2008 | 9186572423 | #177671A | £35.00 Add to basket

 

Important Bird Areas in Bulgaria and Natura 2000

Edited by Irina Kostadinova and Mladen Gramatikov

This volume in the BirdLife International series presents the network of 114 IBAs in Bulgaria. ....

640 pages | b&w photos, tables | BSPB

Pbk | 2007 | 9549142183 | #177649A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Mound-builders

Mallee Fowl, Brush Turkeys and Scrubfowl

Darryl N Jones and Ann Goth

The Megapodes are an ancient and remarkable group of birds that occur only in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the islands that surround them. Within this group, there are 22 ....

120 pages | CSIRO

Pbk | 2008 | 0643093451 | #177508A | £21.95 Add to basket

 

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Borneo, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan

Geoffrey Davison and Chew Yen Fook

The island of Borneo is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots and a birdwatcher's paradise. Around 600 species of bird have been recorded here, and some 430 are known to ....

144 pages | 280 col photos, 1 map | New Holland

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1847733484 | #177550A | £7.99 Add to basket

 

RSPB Pocket Birds

A Unique Photographic Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

Jonathan Elphick and John Woodward

Compact, portable and practical field guide to 320 species of British and European birds. Well illustrated with over 1350 colour photographs to aid identification. ....

224 pages | 1350 col photos, col illus, maps | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1405337427 | #177284A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

RSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch

Mark Ward

Find out how to identify birds and learn about their behaviour, from territorial disputes to courtship, with this pocket-sized guide. Discover which plants, feed and ....

72 pages | colour illus, foldout chart | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | 2007 | 1405318171 | #162739A | £5.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1405340886 | #177803A | £5.99 Add to basket

 

Superdove

How the Pigeon Took Manhattan ... and the World

Courtney Humphries

Why do we see pigeons as lowly urban pests and how did they become such common city dwellers? Courtney Humphries traces the natural history of the pigeon, recounting how ....

196 pages | illustrations | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2008 | 0061259160 | #177691A | £18.50 Add to basket

 

Survey of the Occurrence and Relative Abundance of Raptors in Guinea Subject to International Trade

G Rondeau, M, M Condee, B Ahon, O Diallo and Pouakouyou

In the last 10 years, Guinea has emerged as a significant exporter of live wild birds to the UK and the European Community. This trade has involved a significant number of birds ....

57 pages | Figs, tabs | JNCC

Pbk | 2008 | 1861076002 | #177237A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

While Flocks Last

Charlie Elder

A worrying number of Britain's birds are in population freefall. We have lost a staggering 60 per cent of our familiar house sparrows and starlings over the last 25 ....

288 pages | Bantam Press

Hbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0593061047 | #177564A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Wildfowl of the Northern Hemisphere

Ray Hutchins

Illustrated field guide, showing all 77 species of wildfowl found in the Northern Hemisphere, male and female, Whistling Ducks, Swans, Geese, Shelducks and Ducks, painted ....

192 pages | colour illus | Merlin Publications

Pbk | NYP 11/2008 | 0954307011 | #169661A | £14.99 Add to basket

 
Reptiles & Amphibians
 

Complete Suboc

A Comprehensive Guide to the Natural History, Care, and Breeding of the Trans-Pecos Ratsnake

D Rhoads

Written with a true completist approach, this book is a tour de force account of the elegant Trans-Pecos Ratsnake of the Chihuahuan Desert. With 288 color photos, 300 ....

300 pages | ECO Publishing

Hbk | 2008 | 0978897951 | #177072A | £46.00 Add to basket

 

Interactive Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of the British Isles

Edited by Tekla Boersma and Jan van der Voort

This CD-ROM contains information on reptiles and amphibians occurring in the British Isles. Some species are common and are widespread, others are only found locally. ....

Photos | ETI

CD | 2008 | 9075000955 | #177796A | £18.79 Add to basket

 

Der Moorfrosch / The Moor Frog

D Glandt and R Jehle

With 39 contributions from 16 countries, the present volume about the moor frog (Rana arvalis) offers the most voluminous collection published to date on a single European ....

496 pages | Figs | Laurenti

Hbk | 2008 | 3933066379 | #177299A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

New Holland Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe

Axel Kwet

This comprehensive photographic field guide covers nearly 200 species and subspecies of European reptiles and amphibians, including all those that occur in Britain. It is ....

252 pages | 400 colour photos | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1847734448 | #177560A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Spectacular Snakes of Australia

Michael Cermak

This book is of interest to herpetologists, hobby reptile keepers, naturalists, nature photographers and the general public.This book showcases snakes as beautiful creatures ....

120 pages | colour photographs | CSIRO

Pbk | NYP 11/2008 | 0643095942 | #177519A | £21.95 Add to basket

 
Fishes
 

Atlas of Fish Histology

F Genten, E Terwinghe and A Danguy

Presents more than 450 colour micrographs of histological sections of more than 40 fish species. It offers comprehensive coverage of normal fish histology and is the most ....

225 pages | 440 colour plates | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 1578085446 | #177335A | £81.20 Add to basket

 

Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean

Edited by Vasilis D Valavanis

Proper designation of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) is a highly important spatial measure in any management of fishery resources. EFH is defined as those waters and substrates ....

306 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402091400 | #177717A | £103.00 Add to basket

 

Fauna Sinica: Osteichthyes: Perciformes (V) Gobioidei

Edited by Wu Hanlin, Zhong Junsheng et al

This book in the Fauna Sinica series introduces 307 species (1 new species) of Gobioidei, which belong in 106 genera, 5 sub-families, 9 families. ....

951 pages | colour plates | Science Press

Hbk | 2008 | 7030213335 | #177453A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

Fish Spermatology

S M H Alavi, J Cosson, K Coward and G Rafiee

Aside from their immense importance in intensive commercial aquaculture, teleost fish are vital laboratory animals and are widely used by reproductive physiologists as model ....

484 pages | Illustrations, tabs | Alpha Science

Hbk | 2007 | 1842653695 | #177773A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Hypoxia

Edited by Jeffrey G Richards, Anthony P Farrell and Colin J Brauner

Periods of environmental hypoxia (Low Oxygen Availability) are extremely common in aquatic systems due to both natural causes such as diurnal oscillations in algal ....

330 pages | Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0123746329 | #177698A | £62.99 Add to basket

 

Spawning Migration of the European Eel

Reproduction Index, a Useful Tool for Conservation Management

Edited by Guido van den Thillart, Sylvie Dufour and J Cliff Rankin

The European eel Anguilla anguilla is a common fish species in West European countries supporting several thousands of small-scale fisheries. In June 2008, it has been listed ....

490 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402090943 | #176998A | £103.00 Add to basket

 
Invertebrates
 

An Annotated Checklist and Keys to the Species of Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea)

John BJ Wells

A checklist of the approximately 4300 species of Copepoda Harpacticoida is presented. It is prepared according to the ....

872 pages | Magnolia Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1869771095 | #174066A | £189.00 Add to basket

 

Bees of Surrey

David W Baldock

Surrey is probably the richest county in Britain for bees and this wonderful book covers all 222 different species recorded to date illustrating nearly 100 of them in a series ....

304 pages | 48 colour plates | Surrey WT

Hbk | 2008 | 0955618819 | #174027A | £19.50 Add to basket

 

British Butterflies

An Interactive Guide

Covers all 61 species that regularly occur in Britain and Ireland. ....

BirdGuides

DVD-ROM | 2008 | #177543A | £39.94 Add to basket

 

Les Cahiers Magellanes Hors-serie, Volume 27

Two new species of Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff from Mexico and Costa Rica

Vladislav Maly and Svatopluk Pokorny

8 pages | 2 col plates | Magellanes

Pbk | 2008 | 2353870244 | #176192A | £5.50 Add to basket

 

A Celebration of Butterflies

S Wood and S White

A diverse collection of butterfly paintings to celebrate forty years of Butterfly Conservation. The book includes work by 25 artists, and essays include: ....

Langford Press

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1904078311 | #176243A | £37.99 Add to basket

 

Collins Complete Guide to British Insects

A photographic guide to every common species

Michael Chinery

A photographic field guide to all the common and some unusual species of insects across Britain that the keen amateur naturalist is likely to spot. Over 1,500 species are ....

384 pages | colour photos | Harper Collins

Pbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0007298994 | #177530A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles

Bernard Skinner

With additional and updated text, the third edition of the renowned guide to British macro lepidoptera contains two new plates of additional species plus a further group of ....

320 pages | 50 col plates, illus | Apollo

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 8788757900 | #177716A | £66.00 Add to basket

 

The Dragonflies of Lesbos

John Bowers

This book starts with a brief discussion of dragonfly biology and ecology. Dragonfly habitats are listed with the species they contain. Each of the 43 species found on the ....

92 pages | 26 photo plates | John Bowers

Pbk | 2008 | 9609307035 | #177112A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 49: Diptera: Muscidae (I)

Edited by Fan Zide et al

The first of three volumes on the Muscidae. This volume includes a general account of the family, and the second part introduces 363 species and 4 subspecies belonging to 30 ....

1186 pages | colour plates | Science Press

Hbk | 2008 | 7030205669 | #177805A | £99.99 Add to basket

 

Insect Species Conservation

Tim New

Insects are the most diverse and abundant animals that share our world, and conservation initiatives are increasingly needed and being implemented globally, to safe guard the ....

250 pages | CUP

Hbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0521510775 | #177385A | £75.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 04/2009 | 052173276X | #175857A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Integrated Pest Management

Edward B Radcliffe, William D Hutchison and Rafael E Cancelado

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management. It uses natural predators, pest-resistant plants, and other methods ....

536 pages | 6 halftones 65 tables | CUP

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0521875951 | #177394A | £80.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0521699312 | #177395A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)

Helmut Berger

This book is the third of six volumes which review the Hypotricha, a major group of the spirotrichous ciliates. It is about the Amphisiellidae, the Trachelostylidae, and some ....

740 pages | 240 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402089163 | #177769A | £197.00 Add to basket

 

RES Handbook, Volume 5, Part 17c: True Weevils (Part II)

(Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Ceutorhynchinae)

MG Morris

This new Handbook by M.G. Morris to the True Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) covers the subfamily Ceutorhynchinae. It is intended to accompany Morris' earlier 'True Weevils ....

130 pages | line drawings, colour plates | FSC

Pbk | 2008 | 0901546879 | #172484A | £20.99 Add to basket

 

Revision du Genre Anubis Thomson, 1864

(Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae)

Joan Bantanachs, Eduard Vives and Pierre Juhel

Revision of the species, includes keys in French and English. ....

70 pages | 9 colour plates | Magellanes

Pbk | 2008 | #177271A | £35.50 Add to basket

 

Revision of the Genus Armiger

(Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)

Ziro Komiya and Alain Drumont

Revision of the genus, with keys in English and French. ....

54 pages | 4 colour plates | Magellanes

Pbk | 2008 | #177272A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

Species Review of the Genus Gnypeta Thomson From Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): Systematics, Bionomics and Distribution

J Klimaszewski, K Savard, G Pelletier and R Webster

Eighteen species are reported from Canada of which 6 are described as new to science, 3 species described from the Palaearctic region are reported in North America for the ....

84 pages | Figs | Pensoft

Pbk | 2008 | #177679A | £20.99 Add to basket

 

Tiger Moths and Woolly Bears

Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution of the Arctiidae

William E Conner

Moths of the family Arctiidae, with their brilliant coloration, spectacular courtship rituals, and bizarre defenses, are wonders of the natural world. Unpalatable by virtue ....

336 pages | 18 black and white and 21 colour illustrations | OUP

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0195327373 | #177353A | £32.99 Add to basket

 

A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volume 3

Buprestinae: Pterobothrini through Agrilinae: Rhaeboscelina

Charles L Bellamy

This third volume in the World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles contains the conclusion of Buprestinae (including the large genera ....

666 pages | - | Pensoft

Hbk | 2008 | 9546423203 | #173577A | £124.00 Add to basket

 

World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 9: Drosophilidae (Diptera)

Irina Brake and Gerhard Bächli

412 pages | Apollo

Hbk | 2008 | 8788757889 | #176425A | £99.99 Add to basket

 
Palaeontology
 

Dinosaurs

A Concise Natural History

David E Fastovsky and David B Weishampel

From the authors of "The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs" comes a new textbook designed to excite undergraduates about science by using the ever-popular animals-the ....

350 pages | CUP

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0521889960 | #177401A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 052171902X | #177402A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Fossils

The Key to the Past

Richard Fortey

This is a clear and authoritative introduction to fossils, their study and their use in reconstructing the history of life on Earth. Paleontologist Richard Fortey explains in ....

288 pages | colour illus | Natural History Museum

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0565092332 | #177382A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

From Fossils to Astrobiology

Records of Life on Earth and the search for Extraterrestrial Biosignatures

Edited by Joseph Seckbach and Maud Walsh

"From Fossils to Astrobiology" reviews developments in paleontology and gebiology that relate to the rapidly-developing field of Astrobiology, the study of life in the ....

548 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402088361 | #177741A | £158.00 Add to basket

 

Mesozoic Fishes 4: Homology and Phylogeny

Proceedings of the International Meeting Miraflores de la Sierra, 2005

Edited by Gloria Arratia, Hans-Peter Schultze and Mark VH Wilson

The fourth Symposium on "Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics, Homology and Nomenclature" was held in Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain from August 8 to 14, 2005. The results of ....

502 pages | Figs, tabs | Pfeil

Hbk | 2008 | 3899370805 | #176984A | £182.00 Add to basket

 

Polar Dinosaurs

Thomas Hewitt Rich

Australian dinosaurs described and placed among the far better known species from the western world. ....

48 pages | illustrations | Museum Victoria

Pbk | 2007 | 0975837028 | #177482A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Silurian Fossils of the Pentland Hills, Scotland

Edited by ENK Clarkson, DAT Harper, CM Taylor and LI Anderson

In the Pentland Hills, south-west of Edinburgh, diverse and abundant marine fossils of Silurian age are found. They are splendidly preserved as undistorted moulds, and occur ....

220 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1405177152 | #177628A | £14.99 Add to basket

 
Marine & Freshwater Biology
 

Adrift

Tales of Ocean Fragility

IUCN's marine team and colleagues, comprised of specialists from across the globe, have come ....

96 pages | IUCN

Pbk | NYP 12/2008 | 2831710707 | #177636A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

Aquaculture, Innovation and Social Transformation

Edited by Keith Culver and David Castle

"Aquaculture, Innovation and Social Transformation" presents and interprets Canadian and international perspectives on the debate over the future of aquaculture in Canada. ....

348 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402088345 | #177646A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

Coral Bleaching

Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences

Edited by Madeleine J H van Oppen and Janice M Lough

One of the most dire consequences of global climate change for coral reefs is the increased frequency and severity of mass coral bleaching events. ....

178 pages | 33 illustrations, 19 in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 3540697748 | #177657A | £58.00 Add to basket

 

Distribution and Ecological Preferences of European Freshwater Organisms, Volume 1: Trichoptera

W Graf, J Murphy, J Dahl, C Zamora-Munoz and MJ Lopez-Rodriguez

This book series provides comprehensive information on distribution and ecological preferences of European freshwater organisms. The first volume summarises the current ....

388 pages | Pensoft

Pbk | 2008 | 9546424412 | #177703A | £87.00 Add to basket

 

The Diver's Handbook

Alan Mountain

Large format handbook, packed with useful information and quality photos on all aspects of snorkelling and scuba diving, from training and equipment to photography and ....

160 pages | colour photos, illus | New Holland

Pbk | NYP 03/2009 | 1845379306 | #177723A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Marine Biology

Function, Biodiversity, Ecology

Jeffrey S Levinton

Jeffrey S. Levinton's highly acclaimed Marine Biology is regarded by many as the most authoritative text for undergraduate marine biology courses. Characterized by ....

515 pages | Col photos, b/w photos, col illus, b\w illus, figs, tabs, maps | OUP

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0195326946 | #177352A | £61.00 Add to basket

 

Marine Biology

Peter Castro and Michael E Huber

Introductory textbook. Covers the basics of marine biology with a global approach using examples from numerous regions and ecosystems worldwide. ....

459 pages | illus | McGraw Hill

Pbk | 2008 | 007128771X | #177748A | £47.99 Add to basket

 

Marine Pictolife

Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean

From the Bahamas to the Caribbean, without neglecting the Gulf of Mexico, Marine PICTOLIFE describes more than 280 marine species. With its completely waterproof, ....

64 pages | colour illus, colour photos, waterproof | Pictolife

Spiralbound | 2007 | 2952780900 | #177533A | £22.99 Add to basket

 

Meiobenthology

The Microscopic Fauna in Aquatic Sediments

Olav Giere

Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic sediments. ....

528 pages | 125 black & white illustrations, 20 tables, | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 3540686576 | #177651A | £75.50 Add to basket

 

Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Bd 6: Dinophyceae (Dinoflagellida)

J Popovsky and LA Pfiester

This volume is a compilation of Dinophyceae which are of interest to phycologists and protozoologists. Since it is very difficult to classify of the unicellular organisms as ....

272 pages | 256 figs. | Spektrum

Pbk | 2008 | 3827420989 | #177459A | £53.50 Add to basket

 
General Natural History
 

Animal Life

An Intimate Journey Into the Animal World

Heidi Koch, Hans-Jurgen Koch and Martin Rasper

Heidi and Hans-Jurgen Koch are among the world's best-known photographers of animals. For over 15 years they have regularly published in renowned international magazines, ....

240 pages | colour photos | Ullmann

Hbk | 2008 | 3833145935 | #177268A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Blood River

A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart

T Butcher

Ever since Stanley first charted its mighty river in the 1870s, the Congo has epitomised the dark and turbulent history of a failed continent - from colonial cruelty under the ....

272 pages | Illus | Vintage

Pbk | 2008 | 0099494280 | #176293A | £7.99 Add to basket

 

The Book of Islands

Philip Dodd and Ben Donald

"Islomania is a rare affliction of spirit. There are people who find islands somehow irresistible. The mere knowledge that they are in a little world surrounded by sea fills ....

512 pages | colour photos | Palazzo Editions

Hbk | 2008 | 0955304660 | #174820A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Chico, George, the Birds, and Me

The Mexican Travelogue of a Woman Naturalist, 1948-1949

Dorothy Chapman Saunders

When a mysterious manila envelope reached the hands of Henry "Milt" Reeves, no one could have anticipated the story that waited inside. Enclosed he found a manuscript written ....

256 pages | 20 colour photos, 16 b&w photos, 1 line art illustration, 1 map | Texas A&M UP

Hbk | 2008 | 1603440615 | #177510A | £24.50 Add to basket

 

The Dalarna Journey

Carl Linnaeus

A new edition of Linnaeus's Dalarna journal, together with Journeys to the Mines and Works. ....

360 pages | maps, pictures, drawings | Gullers Forlag

Hbk | 2008 | 9188238660 | #176231A | £61.00 Add to basket

 

Daring to Fly

The Wildlife Paintings of Colin Woolf

Joanne Woolf

This beautifully-produced, large-format, full-colour book focuses on the wildlife paintings and sketches of British watercolour artist Colin Woolf. The first section is ....

178 pages | 260 illustrations | Madwolf

Hbk | 2008 | 0955696801 | #177536A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Darwin's Sacred Cause

Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins

Adrian/Moore James A Desmond

This book, by Darwin's most celebrated modern biographers, gives a completely new explanation of why he came to his shattering theories about human origins. Until now, ....

512 pages | Allen Lane

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 1846140358 | #177311A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

David Attenborough's Life on Land - DVD Collection

A DVD Encyclopaedia

David Attenborough

Twenty years ago, David Attenborough started making a series of programmes about the different groups of living organisms that inhabit the lands of our planet - birds and ....

15 Disc DVD set, running time: 34 hours | BBC Video

DVD | 2008 | BBCDVD2537 | #172093A | £99.99 Add to basket

 

Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists

The Greek Tradition and its Many Heirs

Edited by Paul T Keyser and Georgia Irby-Massie

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists is the first comprehensive English language work to provide a survey of all ancient natural science, from its beginnings ....

848 pages | Routledge

Hbk | 2008 | 0415340209 | #177409A | £200.00 Add to basket

 

Everyday Practice of Science

Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic

Frederick Grinnell

This book presents an overview of the scientific process, or what the author calls everyday practice of science. All practitioners of science face common problems: what to ....

256 pages | Illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0195064577 | #177346A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Flower Hunters

Mary Gribbin and John Gribbin

The flower hunters were intrepid explorers - remarkable, eccentric men and women who scoured the world in search of extraordinary plants from the middle of the seventeenth ....

332 pages | plates | OUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0192807188 | #170833A | £16.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0199561826 | #177343A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

He Knew He Was Right

The Irrepressible Life of James Lovelock and Gaia

John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin

Jim Lovelock is an iconic figure in British science, a prophet whose prophecies are coming true. This is his definitive authorised biography. Lovelock is best known as the ....

256 pages | Allen Lane

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1846140161 | #177304A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The History of Natural History

An Annotated Bibliography

GDR Bridson

This annotated bibliography, the only one to encompass the entire subject area, provides a unique key to information sources for this wide-ranging subject. ....

771 pages | Illus | Linnean Society

Hbk | 2008 | #177546A | £121.00 Add to basket

 

Life in the Cape York Rainforest

Robert Heinsohn and Michael Cermak

This title is suitable for biologists and environmentalists with an interest in the Top End and New Guinea, tourists to Cape York, conservationists and policy makers and ....

112 pages | colour photographs, illustrations | CSIRO

Pbk | NYP 11/2008 | 0643095012 | #177520A | £21.95 Add to basket

 

The Natural History of Unicorns

Christopher Lavers

For two and a half thousand years, unicorns have inspired, enchanted and eluded humanity. The beast appears in Old Testament texts and Greek and Roman natural ....

280 pages | Granta

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 1847080626 | #177312A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

Nature Over Again

The Garden Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay

John Dixon-Hunt

Though Ian Hamilton Finlay's (1925-2006) work Little Sparta is, according to Sir Roy Strong, `the most important garden made in Britain since 1945', his influence - and work ....

224 pages | 130 col illus | Reaktion Books

Hbk | 2008 | 1861893930 | #175222A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Nature's Design

Exploring the mysteries of the natural world

Richard Thompson

Why do cows have four stomachs? Where - and how - do plants survive in conditions of extreme aridity? How do animals plan complex hunting strategies? How many elephants are ....

160 pages | Struik

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 1770077243 | #177537A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

A Passion for Nature

The Life of John Muir

Donald Worster

"I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer," John Muir wrote. "Civilization and fever and all the morbidness that has been hooted at me has not dimmed my glacial eye, ....

528 pages | 30 halftones & 5 maps | OUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0195166825 | #177340A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

Photography and Science

Kelly Wilder

How do we know what an amoeba looks like? How can doctors see the details of our skeletons and internal organs? What enables us to see an exploding star in another ....

144 pages | 80 illustrations | Reaktion Books

Pbk | NYP 11/2008 | 186189399X | #175221A | £15.95 Add to basket

 

Rainforest Safari

James Parry

Rainforests are special places. Strung around the globe across five continents, they are natural cathedrals on the grandest scale, their lush, humid precincts not only places of ....

256 pages | 250 colour photographs, maps | Carlton Books Ltd

Hbk | 2008 | 1847321240 | #177599A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

The Temple of Flora

Robert John Thornton and Werner Dressendorfer

The year 1799 witnessed the first installment of a work that has gone down in history as one of the most remarkable books of botanical plates ever published. Two centuries have ....

160 pages | illustrations | Taschen

Hbk | 2008 | 3822852732 | #177726A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

W.W.A. Phillips: A Naturalist's Life

Eileen Wynell-Mayow

Biography of the naturalist William Watt Addison Phillips (1892-1981). ....

84 pages | b&w photos | WHT Publications

Hbk | 2002 | 9559114298 | #177347A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

What I Require From Life

Writings on Science and Life From J.B.S. Haldane

Edited by Krishna Dronamraju

J. B. S. Haldane (1892-64) was one of the scientific giants of the 20th century. A polymath who made important contributions to sciences ranging from physiology to ....

256 pages | 1 b/w frontispiece | OUP

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0199237700 | #177281A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 Wall Calendar

The calendar shows 12 of the best photos from the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. ....

12 pages | colour photos | Wildlife Photographer

Calendar | 2008 | #177082A |

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio Eighteen

Edited by Rosamund Kidman Cox

The book showcases more than 120 stunning images from the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition - the most prestigious event of its kind. All the winning and ....

160 pages | colour photos | BBC Books

Hbk | 2008 | 1846075815 | #175081A |

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The World's Top Photographers' Workshops

Andy Steel

The latest in this series, "Travel and Nature" showcases work reflecting all aspects of the genre, including projects shot in rural and urban settings; landscape and macro ....

176 pages | 180 images | RotoVision

Hbk | 2008 | 2940378398 | #177366A | £24.99 Add to basket

 
Regional & Travel
 

The Bandhavgarh Inheritance

Bittu Sahgal

Bandhavgarh symbolises the timelessness of nature. Its 32 hillocks, grassy expanses and thick tiger forests are replete with history in the form of rock caves, ancient ....

162 pages | Illustrated | Sanctuary Asia

Hbk | 2008 | 8190317156 | #174026A | £68.99 Add to basket

 

Bradt Wildlife Guide: Central and Eastern European Wildlife

A Visitor's Guide

Gerard Gorman

The wildlife of central and eastern Europe is one of the unexpected attractions of a region best known for its cultural assets: relatively few visitors are aware of the ....

176 pages | colour photos, maps | Bradt

Pbk | 2008 | 1841622311 | #177328A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Bradt Wildlife Guide: Madagascar Wildlife

A Visitor's Guide

Nick Garbutt, Hilary Bradt and Derek Schuurman

Beautifully illustrated with full-colour photographs throughout, Madagascar Wildlife is a celebration of the unique fauna of a remarkable island. Featuring over 250 species - ....

171 pages | colour photos | Bradt

Pbk | 2008 | 1841622451 | #177330A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Bradt Wildlife Guide: Wildlife of the North Atlantic

A Cruising Guide

Tony Soper and Dan Powell

Illustrated throughout with watercolour paintings by renowned wildlife artist Dan Powell. This full-colour guide covers the surface wildlife that inhabits the waters of ....

176 pages | colour illustrations, map | Bradt

Pbk | 2008 | 1841622583 | #177320A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Bradt Wildlife Guides: Antarctica

A Guide to the Wildlife

Tony Soper and Dafila Scott

A superbly illustrated and attractive new edition of this traveller's companion to the wildlife of the Antarctic wilderness. Dafila Scott's illustrations provide the perfect ....

160 pages | Col & b/w illus, maps, photos | Bradt

Pbk | 2008 | 1841622389 | #177329A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Bradt Wildlife Guides: Chinese Wildlife

A Visitor's Guide

Martin Walters and Heather Angel

China is home to a remarkable variety of unusual wildlife, many of which are rare and threatened species under conservation. This new wildlife guide provides a colourful ....

208 pages | Colour photos, maps | Bradt

Pbk | 2008 | 1841622206 | #177331A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Bradt Wildlife Guides: East African Wildlife

Philip Briggs

The wildlife of east Africa is the major visitor attraction of this region, thanks to the legendary game reserves of Serengeti and the Maasai Mara. This new guide provides a ....

288 pages | col. photos, maps | Bradt

Pbk | 2008 | 1841622087 | #177332A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places

500 Ways to Discover the Wild

Christopher Somerville

Christopher Somerville takes us a journey of discovery through Britain and Ireland, spanning their length and breadth as he seeks out 500 of his favourite Wild Places in ....

544 pages | Allen Lane

Hbk | 2008 | 0713999675 | #176544A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Collins Gem Guide: Wild Animals

A Spotter's Guide to Britain and Europe's Most Common Species

John Burton

Featuring over 150 different species of the most common wild animals in the UK and Europe, this photographic guide contains essential information on appearance, habitat, ....

192 pages | Harper Collins

Pbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0007284101 | #177529A | £4.99 Add to basket

 

A History of Natural Resources in Asia

The Wealth of Nature

Greg Bankoff and Peter Boomgaard

Much has been written about the wealth of nations, the history of unequal distribution of wealth, and the creation of zones of affluence and deprivation, both within and ....

288 pages | Illustrations, maps | Palgrave

Hbk | 2007 | 1403977364 | #177297A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Journey Through the British Isles

HC Wright

Documents Harry Cory Wright's quest to capture the variety of natural landscapes that make up the modern British Isles. Each of his remarkable images is infused with the ....

192 pages | 120 col illus | Merrell Publishers

Pbk | NYP 03/2009 | 1858944805 | #177369A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

National Geographic Africa Adventure Atlas

National Geographic

The definitive trip-planning guide for Africa, this one-of-a-kind hardcover reference book is organized into 15 geographical regions with facts about each country, flora and ....

336 pages | 350 col photos, maps | National Geographic

Hbk | 2007 | 1597751464 | #177700A | £84.00 Add to basket

 

Pearls, Spices and Green Gold

An Illustrated History of Biodiversity Exploration in Sri Lanka

Rohan Pethiyagoda

The fascinating story of the discovery of Sri Lanka's biodiversity, from the beginnings of European colonization to the post-Independence era, is told through the lives of the ....

241 pages | colour illus | WHT Publications

Hbk | 2007 | 9559114387 | #177351A | £42.99 Add to basket

 

Saving San Rafael

Emily Y Horton

San Rafael is a spectacular sub-tropical Paraguayan wilderness in the heart of South America, and it is danger of extinction due to habitat degradation and deforestation. ....

50 pages | Col photos, map | GUYRA Paraguay

Hbk | 2008 | 9995384817 | #177810A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Touring the Natural Wonders of New Zealand

Over 45 Spectacular Routes

P Janssen and A Fear

Wild coasts, jaw-dropping cliffs and caves, tranquil bays, thermal hotspots and smoking volcanoes, towering alps and grinding glaciers, primeval forests, lakes and braided ....

160 pages | col illus, photos, maps | New Holland NZ

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1869662342 | #175842A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

The Wildlife of Southern Africa

The Larger Illustrated Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region

Edited by Vincent Carruthers

New, larger-format edtion of the popular title The Wildlife of Southern Africa: A field guide to the animals and plants of the region. ....

320 pages | illus | Struik

Pbk | 2008 | 1770071997 | #172130A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

The Yala Wildlife Reserves

Biodiversity and Ecology

Mangala de Silva and Padma Kumari de Silva

The wildlife reserve "Yala Protected Area Complex" is part of Sri Lanka's biodiversity hotspot. It contains both lowland tropical forest and important wetlands. Most of Sri ....

238 pages | colour photos, tables, diagrams | WHT Publications

Hbk | 2004 | 9559114336 | #177356A | £32.99 Add to basket

 

Yasuni Green Gold

The Amazon Fight to Keep Oil Underground

Troth Wells and Mauro Burzio

In the heart of the Amazon basin lies the Yasun National Park, the most biologically diverse forest on the planet. It is home to the Huaorani and some of the last indigenous ....

176 pages | 150 colour photographs | New Internationalist

Pbk | 2008 | 1906523010 | #177663A | £16.99 Add to basket

 
Botany & Plant Science
 

African Violets

In Search of the Wild Violets, a Monograph on the Genus Saintpaulia

Reinhild Raistrick

African violets are iconic, one of the most important of all plants in the nursery trade for pot-plants. Every year millions are sold in nurseries, super-markets, and flower ....

140 pages | Missouri BG

Hbk | 2007 | 0955422000 | #177609A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

Bolets de Catalunya: Volume 27

Societat Catalana de Micologia

Unbound | 2008 | #177360A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology

James D Mauseth

Provides a current, thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany. The topics and chapters are organized in a sequence that is easy to follow, beginning with the most ....

672 pages | illus | Jones & Bartlett

Hbk | 2008 | 0763753459 | #177730A | £38.99 Add to basket

 

Cell Biology of Plant Nematode Parasitism

Edited by R Howard Berg and Christopher G Taylor

Plant-parasitic nematodes are among the most destructive plant pathogens, causing enormous losses to agronomic crops worldwide. ....

270 pages | 55 illustrations, 8 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 3540852131 | #177695A | £87.00 Add to basket

 

Collins Flower Guide

David Streeter

This brand-new field guide to the flowers of northern Europe is the most complete single-volume guide ever published. Featuring all flowering plants, including grasses, ....

576 pages | 1400 col illus | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0007106211 | #113310A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Common Freshwater Algae of the United States

An illustrated Key to the Genera (Excluding the Diatoms)

Gary E Dillard

The second revised edition of this manual aims at providing students and less experienced professional aquatic biologists with a key to identify some to the more ....

188 pages | Line illus | Cramer

Pbk | 2008 | 3443500331 | #177057A | £43.00 Add to basket

 

The Complete Illustrated Handbook of Garden Pests and Diseases and How to Get Rid of Them

A Comprehensive Guide to Over 750 Garden Problems and How to Identify, Control and Treat Them Successfully

Andrew Mikolajski

The greatest deterrent to every would-be gardener is coping with weeds and dealing with plants that fail to thrive no matter how well nurtured they have been. This is a guide ....

264 pages | 925 colour photos | Southwater

Pbk | 2008 | 1844765725 | #177770A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

The Complete Practical Handbook of Garden Bulbs

How to Create a Spectacular Flowering Garden Throughout the Year in Lawns, Beds, Borders, Boxes, Containers and Hanging Baskets

Kathy Brown

Beautiful bulbs provide a display of spectacular colours and dramatic shapes throughout the seasons, from the best-loved and well-known daffodils and tulips to the exquisitely ....

264 pages | Over 850 col photos | Southwater

Pbk | 2008 | 1844765733 | #177760A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Dictionary of Indian Plant Gums, Resins, Dyes and Related Products

Chemistry, Botany and Utilization

MIH Farooql

Dictionary of Indian Plants Gums, Resins, Dyes and Related Products is essentially a document dealing with plants of Indian origin but those products from other countries, ....

352 pages | Col photos | Sidrah Publishers

Hbk | 2008 | 8190135228 | #174136A | £54.50 Add to basket

 

Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants

Edited by M Ajmal Khan and Darrell J Weber

The halophytes are highly specialized plants, which have greater tolerance to salt. They can germinate, grow and reproduce successfully in saline areas which would cause the ....

399 pages | Tables, graphs | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 1402040172 | #156782A | £118.50 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 1402092989 | #177733A | £51.99 Add to basket

 

Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants

Bradford Angier

This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K Foster revises Bradford Angier's ....

320 pages | 100+ col illus | Stackpole

Pbk | 2008 | 0811734935 | #177303A | £13.50 Add to basket

 

Flora Malesiana: Orchids of New Guinea, Volume 5: Genera Pachystoma to Zeuxine (excluding Dendrobiinae s.l.)

A Schuiteman and EF De Vogel

This CD-ROM treats 47 genera comprising almost 500 species. Among the major genera are Phreatia, Plocoglottis, Spathoglottis and Taeniophyllum. Not included are genera allied ....

colour photos and drawings | ETI

CD | 2008 | 9075000936 | #159626A | £43.42 Add to basket

 

Flora Neotropica, Volume 102: Metzgeriaceae (Hepaticae)

Denis Pinheiro da Costa

The author describes Metzgeria and its 57 species, and proposes 15 new synonyms. The volume includes illustrations and distribution maps. Metzgeria is the only genus of ....

170 pages | 80 figures | NYBG Press

Hbk | 2008 | 0893274925 | #170762A | £46.00 Add to basket

 

Flora dei Muschi d'Italia, Parte 2

Bryopsida

Carmela Cortini Pedrotti

432 pages | B/w illus | Antonio Delfino

Pbk | 2005 | 8872873703 | #177778A | £72.00 Add to basket

 

Flora of Hong Kong, Volume 2

Edited by Hong Kong Herbarium and South China Botanical Garden

The Flora of Hong Kong (Volume 2) treats the next 56 families (from Connaraceae to Apiaceae) of native, naturalized and cultivated species occuring in Hong Kong. A review ....

400 pages | colour photos, line drawings | AFCD

Hbk | 2008 | 9889825376 | #168133A | £18.50 Add to basket

 

Flora of Thailand, Volume 9 Part 2

Cannaceae, Caricaceae, Carlemanniaceae, Costaceae, Cunoniaceae, Heliconiaceae, Iridaceae, Lomandraceae, Marantaceae, Orobanchaceae, Plagiopteraceae, Plantaginaceae, Sabiaceae, Strelitziaceae, Typhaceae

188 pages | 8 colour plates | Forest Herbarium

Pbk | 2008 | #177806A | £51.50 Add to basket

 

Flora of Thailand, Volume 9 Part 3

Fagaceae

Forest Herbarium

Pbk | 2008 | #177807A | £69.99 Add to basket

 

Flora of Thailand, Volume 9 Part 4

Cucurbitaceae

136 pages | 12 coloured plates | Forest Herbarium

Pbk | 2008 | #177808A | £69.99 Add to basket

 

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Hymenophyllaceae (2008)

Edited by HJ Beentje and SA Ghazanfar

Being a descriptive account of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop ....

34 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2008 | 184246373X | #175681A | £20.99 Add to basket

 

Flora of the Guianas, Series A: 26: Gesneriaceae

MJ Jansen-Jacobs

136 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2008 | 1842463934 | #176025A | £43.99 Add to basket

 

Flore de la Suisse et des Territoires Limitrophes

Le Nouveau Binz

D Aeschimann and HM Burdet

Classic pocket identification guide to the vascular flora of Switzerland. ....

604 pages | Line illus | Paul Haupt Verlag

Pbk | 2008 | 3258074186 | #177532A | £32.50 Add to basket

 

Fuchsias

A Practical Guide to Cultivating Fuchsias, with Over 500 Beautiful Photographs and Illustrations

John Nicholass

Fuchsias, with their striking, exotic flowers, are among the most popular and versatile of garden plants. They come in an enormous range of colours - from white and pale pink ....

160 pages | col Illustrations | Lorenz Books

Hbk | 2008 | 1903141648 | #177759A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Gardens of Scotland 2008

A Directory of Scotland's Finest Gardens Opening for Scotland's Garden Scheme

"Gardens of Scotland", frequently called "The Yellow Book", is published annually and contains information about all of the gardens opening for the Scheme during the year, ....

160 pages | Scotland's Gardens Scheme

Pbk | 2008 | 0901549223 | #169222A | £6.50 Add to basket

 

Gardens of Wales

Stephen Anderton

Explore the gardens, discover their themes and meet the gardeners in the company of garden writer Stephen Anderton and photographer Charles Hawes. This book provides a ....

160 pages | over 100 photographs | Graffeg

Pbk | NYP 04/2009 | 190558220X | #175497A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Handbook of Maize

Its Biology

Edited by Jeff L Bennetzen and Sarah C Hake

Maize is one of the world's highest value crops, with a multibillion dollar annual contribution to agriculture. The great adaptability and high yield of maize as a food, ....

595 pages | 73 illustrations, 42 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0387794174 | #177642A | £101.50 Add to basket

 

Horticulture in Cold Arid Himalayas

Development and Perspective

Ghulam Hassan Dar and Masood Haq Wani

Provides an insight about the scope and perspectives of horticulture in fragile, inaccessible and harsh cold desert environment with special emphasis on fruits, ....

176 pages | Narosa

Hbk | 2006 | 8173197547 | #177774A | £39.95 Add to basket

 

An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs

A Comprehensive A-Z of Herbs and Their Uses

Jessica Houdret

The fragrant waft of herbs from a sunlit garden is a sensory experience to be relished. Since ancient times, cultures all over the world have prized herbs for their scents, ....

160 pages | 700 Colour Photographs | Southwater

Pbk | 2008 | 1844765466 | #176233A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica

Ryszard Ochyra, Halina Bednarek-Ochyra and Ronald Lewis Smith

Mosses are a major component of the vegetation in ice-free coastal regions of Antarctica. They play an important role in the colonisation of ice-free terrain, ....

273 pages | b&w illus, plates | CUP

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0521814022 | #177393A | £125.00 Add to basket

 

Irish Wild Plants

Myths Legends and Folklore

Niall MacCoitir and Grania Langrishe

In ancient Ireland it was believed there were 365 different parts to the body, and a different plant existed to cure the ailments of each part. After describing the history ....

240 pages | original watercolours | Collins Press

Pbk | 2008 | 1905172699 | #176240A | £26.50 Add to basket

 

Mangrove Guidebook for Southeast Asia

Wim Giesen, S Wulffraat, M Zieren and L Scholten

This book represents the first attempt at covering all mangrove plant species in Southeast Asia, and aims at providing those involved with the management and ....

769 pages | line drawings | Wetlands International

Pbk | 2006 | 9747946858 | #174471A | £31.99 Add to basket

 

The Moss Physcomitrella

Edited by Celia Knight, Pierre-Francois Perroud and David Cove

The moss Physcomitrella patens has rapidly become an experimental model of choice for many aspects of molecular, cell and developmental biology in plant sciences. With a ....

352 pages | 100 illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 1405181893 | #170312A | £99.50 Add to basket

 

Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume 10

Edited by Joseph Arditti, Tiiu Kull and Sek Man Wong

This is the 10th volume in a series which was initiated in 1977. Like previous volumes, it contains scientific peer reviewed reviews on topics dealing with orchids. ....

500 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402088019 | #177795A | £165.50 Add to basket

 

Orchids of Britain and Ireland

A Field and Site Guide

Anne Harrap and Simon Harrap

Orchids have long held a fascination, both for keen botanists and the general public. From the mania of Victorian collectors to the enthusiasm of modern photographers, this ....

480 pages | 370 col photos, maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2005 | 071366956X | #149253A | £29.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 04/2009 | 1408105713 | #177512A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Orchids of Western Australia

Steve Hopper and Andrew Brown

Written by three of Western Australias most prominent orchidologists and featuring over 200 hundred full-page, colour illustrations by renowned botanical artist Pat Dundas, ....

420 pages | UWAP

Hbk | | 0980296455 | #177208A | £67.50 Add to basket

 

The Organic Gardener

How to Create Vegetable, Fruit and Herb Gardens Using Completely Organic Techniques

Christine Lavelle

Whether starting an organic garden from scratch or applying organic principles to an existing garden, this book is filled with step-by-step information that will help you ....

160 pages | over 600 colour photos | Southwater

Pbk | NYP 12/2008 | 1844766365 | #177762A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Pachyforms 2: Bonsai Succulents

R Lime

This is the second volume of Pachyforms, a series that focuses on the cultivation of sculptural plants characterized by unusually thick or globose bodies. It is also the ....

387 pages | Advanced Visions Inc

Pbk | 2007 | 0974297135 | #177692A | £57.00 Add to basket

 

Petunia

Evolutionary, Developmental and Physiological Genetics

Edited by Tom Gerats and Judy Strommer

Petunia belongs to the family of the Solanaceae and as such is closely related to important crop species like tomato, potato, eggplant, pepper and tobacco. With around 35 ....

412 pages | 97 illustrations, 65 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0387847952 | #177793A | £52.99 Add to basket

 

Plant Hormones

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Sean Cutler and Dario Bonetta

The last ten years have witnessed a monumental increase in our understanding of plant hormones. A decade ago, scientists were forced to rely on vague ideas about hormone ....

150 pages | 27 illustrations | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 1934115320 | #177647A | £50.50 Add to basket

 

The Plant Life of Western Australia

South of the Tropics

Ludwig Diels

Translated from the German "Die Pflanzenwelt von West-Australien, suedlich des Wendekreises", originally published in 1906. ....

373 pages | 82 figures, 34 photos | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2007 | 3443010598 | #177801A | £42.00 Add to basket

 

Plant Pathology

Techniques and Protocols

Edited by Robert Burns

Plant diseases can have an enormous impact on our lives. In a world where total crop failure can quickly lead to human misery and starvation, accurate diagnostics play a key ....

230 pages | 42 illustrations | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 1588297993 | #177735A | £52.99 Add to basket

 

Plant-parasitic Nematodes of Coffee

Ricardo M Souza

This book provides an in-depth review of coffee-parasitic nematodes, which in some regions of the world have decimated plantations since late nineteenth century. ....

356 pages | Kluwer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402087195 | #177666A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds

Edited by MH Julien, R Sforza, MC Bon, HC Evans, PE Hatcher and BG Rector

The control of invasive plant species is a global challenge, and effective biological control is a long-term solution which reduces the need for environmentally damaging ....

768 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1845935063 | #177820A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Progress in Botany, Volume 70

Edited by U Lüttge, W Beyschlag, B Büdel and D Francis

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present ....

280 pages | 32 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 3540684204 | #177658A | £105.50 Add to basket

 

A Revision of the Lecanora Dispersa Complex in North America

Lucyna Sliwa

The Lecanora dispersa group in North America is revised based on about 1900 specimens from 25 herbaria. The following 19 species are recognized in the study area: Lecanora ....

70 pages | Polish Botany Institute

2007 | #177126A | £32.00 Add to basket

 

Salinity and Water Stress

Improving Crop Efficiency

M Ashraf, Munir Ozturk and HR Athar

Salinity and water stress limit crop productivity worldwide and generate substantial economic losses each year, yet innovative research on crop and natural resource ....

246 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 1402090641 | #177734A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

Structure and Function of Plants

Jennifer W MacAdam

Plant anatomy and physiology and a broad understanding of basic plant processes are of primary importance to a basic understanding of plant science. These areas serve as the ....

272 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0813827183 | #177585A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Taxonomic Revision of Hennediella Paris (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta)

Maria J Cano

The moss genus Hennediella is taxonomically revised. A key, descriptions, illustrations, distribution data, LM and SEM photographs of the 15 species recognized are provided. A ....

142 pages | figures | Cramer

Pbk | 2008 | 3443620361 | #177802A | £63.00 Add to basket

 

Twayblades and Adder's-mouth Orchids in Your Pocket

Paul M Brown

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

48 colour photos, 3 drawings | Iowa UP

Pbk | 2008 | 1587297027 | #177506A | £7.50 Add to basket

 

The Vegetation of Egypt

MA Zahran and AJ Willis

The position of Egypt - at the cross-roads between the Middle East and Africa - has attracted the attention of naturalists and explorers for many centuries. Yet while there ....

440 pages | 18 line drawings, 49 b/w illus | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402087551 | #177727A | £135.50 Add to basket

 

The Wildlife Garden Specialist

Edited by Alan Bridgewater and Gill Bridgewater

For many, one of the joys of having outdoor space is the wildlife it attracts. This book provides guidance and information for those who wish to ensure that their garden is as ....

80 pages | 300 colour artworks | New Holland

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1847733255 | #177538A | £4.99 Add to basket

 

Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States

A Field Botany Course on CD

B Kirchoff

This computer-based visual training program is designed to help users become experts in plant identification. ....

Missouri BG

CD | 2008 | 1930723628 | #177362A | £25.84 Add to basket

 

World Checklist of Myrtaceae

Rafale Govaerts et al

Myrtaceae is the ninth largest flowering plant family; it is economically important in the production of timber, gums, essential oils, fruits and spices, and contains many ....

470 pages | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2008 | 1842463918 | #117683A | £72.00 Add to basket

 
Animal & General Biology
 

Acanthamoeba: Biology and Pathogenesis

Naveed Khan

This book provides the first comprehensive review of Acanthamoeba research to be published. Everything that is known about Acanthamoeba is critically reviewed and ....

220 pages | Caister Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1904455433 | #177699A | £213.00 Add to basket

 

Animal Experimentation

A Guide to the Issue

Vaghan Monamy

Animal Experimentation is an important book for all those involved in the conduct, teaching, learning, regulation, support or critique of animal-based research. ....

110 pages | - | CUP

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0521878799 | #177397A | £39.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0521703484 | #177398A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Built by Animals

The Natural History of Animal Architecture

Mike Hansell

From termite mounds that in relative terms are three times as tall as a skyscraper, to the elaborate nests of social birds and the deadly traps of spiders, the constructions ....

268 pages | 25 line drawings/halftones | OUP

Hbk | 2007 | 0199205566 | #162416A | £16.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0199205574 | #177286A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Essential Forensic Biology

Animals, Plants and Microorganisms in Legal Investigations

A. Gunn

Fully revised and updated, this second edition of a highly successful text carefully guides the reader through the science of biology in legal investigations. Now in full ....

464 pages | - | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 047075804X | #177573A | £85.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0470758031 | #177574A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Foundations of Systems Biology

Using Cell Illustrator and Pathway Databases

M Nagasaki, A Saito, A Doi, H Matsuno and S Miyano

Navigating safely through a wealth of genome, protein and metabolite information, as well as a host of information processing tools, without getting lost is crucial for ....

170 pages | 145 illustrations in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1848820224 | #177751A | £20.99 Add to basket

 

Gene and Cell Therapy

Nancy Smyth Templeton

"Gene and Cell Therapy" provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the tools and state-of-the-art technologies that are currently available. Written by international ....

1160 pages | 325 black & white illustrations, 64 colour illustrations | CRC Press

Hbk | 2008 | 084938768X | #177421A | £121.00 Add to basket

 

Genome Mapping and Genomics in Domestic Animals

Edited by Noelle E Cockett and Chittaranjan Kole

Genomics research on animals has generated huge databases and several new concepts and strategies, which are used to elucidate origin, evolution and phylogeny of species. ....

280 pages | 49 illustrations, 12 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 3540738347 | #177645A | £128.00 Add to basket

 

Hemoparasites of the Reptilia

Color Atlas and Text

Sam R Telford

Compiling all of the published data as well as the author's 45 years of field research on the morphology of reptilian unicellular hemoparasites, this book covers plasmodiids, ....

488 pages | 83 black & white illustrations | CRC Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1420080407 | #177423A | £105.00 Add to basket

 

Life in the Universe

Expectations and Constraints

D Schulze-Makuch and LN Irwin

Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats -- the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations for life on other worlds. This class-tested ....

252 pages | 49 illustartions, 10 in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 3540768165 | #177662A | £31.99 Add to basket

 

Physical Biology of the Cell

Rob Phillips and Jane Kondev

Physical Biology of the Cell is a biophysics textbook that explores how the basic tools and insights of physics and mathematics can illuminate the study of molecular and cell ....

800 pages | Garland

Pbk | NYP 11/2008 | 0815341636 | #177420A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Prokaryotic Symbionts in Plants

Katharina Pawlowski

Endophytic prokaryotes can invade the tissue of the host plant without triggering defense reactions or disease symptoms. Instead, they promote the growth of the host ....

360 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 3540754598 | #177729A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

Systems Biology

A Textbook

E Klipp, W Liebermeister, C Wierling, C Lehrach, A Kowald and R Herwig

This advanced textbook is tailored to the needs of introductory course in Systems Biology. It has a companion website with solutions to questions in the book and several ....

444 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 3527318747 | #177581A | £55.00 Add to basket

 
Evolutionary Biology
 

Amino Acids and the Asymmetry of Life

Caught in the Act of Formation

Uwe Meierhenrich

How did life originate and why were left-handed molecules selected for its architecture? ....

300 pages | approx. 300p | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 3540768858 | #177472A | £55.99 Add to basket

 

Anatomical Imaging

Towards a New Morphology

Edited by H Endo and R Frey

This book presents selected works of contemporary evolutionary morphologists and includes such topics as broad scale reconstructions of the brain and ear of dinosaurs, ....

105 pages | 66 illustrations, 50 in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 4431769323 | #177792A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

The Cambridge Companion to Darwin

Edited by Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick

This volume provides the reader with clear introductions to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacies. A distinguished team of contributors examines ....

486 pages | - | CUP

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0521884756 | #177400A | £50.00 Add to basket

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The Cradle of Language

Edited by R Botha and C Knight

This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved ....

320 pages | Tabs, figs, maps | OUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0199545855 | #177350A | £65.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0199545863 | #177348A | £20.99 Add to basket

 

Darwin's Island

Steve Jones

The Origin of Species is the most famous book in science but its stature tends to obscure the genius of Charles Darwin's other works. The Beagle voyage, too, occupied ....

320 pages | 16pp of b/w pix | Little, Brown

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 140870000X | #177313A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection

Peter Godfrey-Smith

In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called "natural selection," a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued ....

224 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0199552045 | #177344A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

The Neural Crest and Neural Crest Cells in Vertebrate Development and Evolution

BK Hall

The evolution of the neural crest sheds light on many of the oldest unanswered questions in developmental biology, including the role of germ layers in early embryogenesis, the ....

575 pages | 149 illustrations, 16 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0387098453 | #177660A | £52.99 Add to basket

 

The Rise of Homo Sapiens

The Evolution of Modern Thinking

Frederick L Coolidge and Thomas Wynn

The Rise of Homo Sapiens: The Evolution of Human Thinking presents a provocative theory about the evolution of the modern mind based on archaeological evidence and the working ....

208 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 03/2009 | 1405152540 | #177572A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

The Rough Guide to Evolution

Mark Pallen

Have you ever wondered what Charles Darwin would have had on his iPod? Or exactly how Cartman from South Park fits into the Theory of Evolution? The Rough Guide to Evolution ....

336 pages | Allen Lane

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 1858289467 | #177309A | £10.99 Add to basket

 

Why Evolution is True

Jerry A Coyne

For all the discussion in the media about creationism and 'Intelligent Design', virtually nothing has been said about the evidence in question - the evidence for ....

256 pages | Illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0199230846 | #177342A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Your Body

The Fish That Evolved

Keith Dr Harrison

We know more about our bodies than ever before, but why are there so unanswered questions? Why do our elbows and knees bend in opposite directions? Why do men and women ....

288 pages | Illustrations | Blake Publishing

Hbk | 2007 | 184454379X | #177481A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Your Inner Fish

A Journey into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Neil Shubin

Your Inner Fish tells the extraordinary history of the human body. Why do we look the way we do? When did we first evolve the features that we have? Why are we still able ....

229 pages | Illustrations | Allen Lane

Hbk | 2008 | 0713999357 | #172402A | £19.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0141027584 | #177314A | £9.99 Add to basket

 
Ecology
 

Alien Invaders: Species That Threaten Our World

Jane Drake

From killer toads, feral felines, and brown tree snakes to multiple invaders in Lake Victoria and the Great Lakes, Alien Invaders focuses on wave after wave of invaders that ....

56 pages | Tundra Books

Hbk | 2008 | 0887767982 | #177463A | £15.50 Add to basket

 

Alien Reptiles and Amphibians

A Scientific Compendium and Analysis

Fred Kraus

The conservation threat posed by invasive alien species has become well-recognized over the past two decades, even as the problem continues to increase rapidly in scope. ....

580 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402089457 | #177696A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

Bioclimatology and Biogeography of Africa

Henry N Le Houerou

Covering an area of over 130 million km2 spanning the Mediterranean, equator and tropics, the African continent features a spectacular geographic diversity. ....

242 pages | 56 illustrations, 1 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 3540851917 | #177797A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

The Ecology of Tropical East Asia

Richard T Corlett

Tropical East Asia is home to one billion people and faces massive human impact from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than two-thirds of ....

288 pages | illus. | OUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0199532451 | #177319A | £65.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 04/2009 | 019953246X | #177318A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale

Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems

Edited by JE Petersen, VS Kennedy, WC Dennison and W.M Kemp

Enclosed ecosystem experiments have gained in popularity as research tools in ecological science, particularly in the study of coastal aquatic environments. These systems ....

218 pages | 391 illustrations, 148 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0387767665 | #177766A | £68.99 Add to basket

 

Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, and Aquatic Invasive Species

Special Report 291

National Research Council

TRB Special Report 291: Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, and Aquatic Invasive Species reviews existing research and efforts to date to reduce aquatic invasive species ....

148 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | NYP 12/2008 | 030911313X | #177610A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

Handbook of Alien Species in Europe

Edited by Wolfgang Nentwig

Biological invasions by alien (non-native) species are widely recognized as a significant component of human-caused global environmental change and the second most ....

350 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1402082797 | #174443A | £91.50 Add to basket

 

Integrated Pest Management, Volume 1: Innovation-Development Process

Edited by Rajinder Peshin and Ashok K Dhawan

The book covers the recognition of the problems of dysfunctional and indirect economic and environmental consequences of pesticide use in agriculture, through research, and ....

670 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1402089910 | #177739A | £138.50 Add to basket

 

Integrated Pest Management, Volume 2: Dissemination and Impact

Edited by Rajinder Peshin and Ashok K Dhawan

IPM - Innovation development process is incomplete without the diffusion and adoption of IPM methods by the end users, and through its consequences. ....

614 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1402089899 | #177740A | £150.50 Add to basket

 

Management of Invasive Weeds

Edited by Inderjit

Biological invasions are one of the major threats to our native biodiversity. The magnitude of biodiversity losses, land degradation and productivity losses of managed ....

275 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 1402092016 | #177697A | £86.00 Add to basket

 

Multitrophic Level Interactions

Edited by Teja Tscharntke and Bradford A Hawkins

The multitrophic level approach to ecology addresses the complexity of food webs much more realistically than the traditional focus on simple systems and interactions. Only ....

274 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP

Hbk | 2002 | 0521791103 | #123321A | £68.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 11/2008 | 0521084180 | #177732A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes

Multiple Use and Sustainable Management

Edited by R Lafortezza, J Chen, G Sanesi and T R Crow

Increasing evidence suggests that the composition and spatial configuration - the pattern - of forest landscapes affect many ecological processes, including the movement ....

426 pages | 11 illustrations in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402085036 | #177737A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

Salvage Logging and its Ecological Consequences

David B/Burton, Philip J/Franklin, Jerry F Lindenmayer

Salvage logging - removing trees from a forested area in the wake of a catastrophic event such as a wildfire or hurricane - is highly controversial. Policymakers and those ....

272 pages | Illustrations | Island Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1597264024 | #177497A | £46.95 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 1597264032 | #177498A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

Use of Microbes for Control and Eradication of Invasive Arthropods

Edited by Ann E Hajek, Travis R Glare and Maureen O'Callaghan

This book offers a diverse presentation about use of arthropod-specific pathogens for control and eradication of invasive arthropod species. Basic concepts supporting use of ....

368 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402085591 | #177794A | £95.00 Add to basket

 
Habitats & Ecosystems
 

Agroforestry in Europe

Edited by Antonio Rigueiro-Rodriguez, Jim McAdam and Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada

While recent EU Rural Development policy clearly recognises the economic, ecological, and social advantages of agroforestry systems, to date the implementation of such ....

452 pages | 14 illustrations in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402082711 | #177798A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

Alternative Protein Sources in Aquaculture Diets

Chhorn Lim and Cheng-Sheng Lee

A unique resource, this book describes the ingredients included in an aquaculture diet, species profiles, processing methods, impacts to environment and industry. ....

596 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1560221488 | #177425A | £67.99 Add to basket

 

Arctic and Alpine Biomes

Joyce Quinn

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: series covers the biomes at high altitudes and near the poles, including the arctic tundra biomes, the Mid-Latitude ....

224 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 031334017X | #174649A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

Coastal Zone Management

Edited by E Moksness

The coastal waters around the world cover a small percentage of the global surface, yet are highly productive, sustain a high biodiversity and are utilised at some point in the ....

448 pages | Illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 1405139501 | #176057A | £99.50 Add to basket

 

Desert Biomes

Joyce A Quinn

Volumes Focus On: - Tropical rainforests and tropical seasonal rainforests - The major types of temperate forests: boreal forests, broadleaf deciduous, mediterranean woodland, ....

224 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0313340161 | #174643A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

Ecological Effects of Water-level Fluctuations in Lakes

KM Wantzen, KO Rothhaupt et al

Most aquatic ecosystems have variable water levels. These water-level fluctuations (WLF) have multiple effects on the organisms above and below the waterline. Natural WLF ....

184 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402091915 | #177718A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

Ecology of Riparian Forests in Japan

Disturbance, Life History, and Regeneration

Edited by H Sakio and T Tamura

Riparian forests along streams and rivers are diverse in species, structure, and regeneration processes, and have important ecological functions in maintaining landscape ....

339 pages | 148 illustrations, 8 in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 4431767363 | #177799A | £67.99 Add to basket

 

Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea

Present Situation, Nutrient Transport Processes, Remedial Strategies

L Håkanson and AC Bryhn

For many years the reduction of eutrophication in the Baltic Sea has been a hot issue for mass-media, science, political parties and environmental action groups with manifold ....

264 pages | 91 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 3540709088 | #177683A | £79.00 Add to basket

 

Freshwater Aquatic Biomes

Richard A Roth

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: series covers the freshwater biomes that exist in wetlands, ponds and lakes, and rivers and streams, examining all ....

224 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0313340005 | #174645A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

Grassland Biomes

Susan Woodward

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World covers grasslands, those biomes the cover vast areas of the landmass of earth. It covers the two major types of ....

224 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0313339996 | #174647A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

A Guide to the Mangrove Flora of Sri Lanka

Padma K de Silva and Mangala de Silva

A photo identification guide to all 22 recorded species of mangrove in Sri Lanka. Includes keys, notes on the distribution, and ecology of mangroves, as well as ....

64 pages | colour photos, map | WHT Publications

Pbk | 2006 | 9559114379 | #177349A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Basin

National Research Council

The Klamath River basin, which spans parts of southern Oregon and northern California, has been the focus of a prominent conflict over competing uses for water. Management ....

272 pages | illustrations | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2008 | 030911506X | #177612A | £28.99 Add to basket

 

Hydrometry

A Comprehensive Introduction to the Measurement of Flow in Open Channels

Wubbo Boiten

"Hydrometry" presents a thorough introduction to the science of hydrometry: the measurement of flow in open channels. Dealing with both traditional techniques and ....

280 pages | 170 b/w illus, 45 tables | Taylor & Francis

Pbk | 2008 | 0415467632 | #177447A | £39.95 Add to basket

 

Introduction to Biomes

Susan Woodward

Volumes Focus On: - Tropical rainforests and tropical seasonal rainforests - The major types of temperate forests: boreal forests, broadleaf deciduous, mediterranean woodland, ....

224 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 031333997X | #174640A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

Large Scale Landscape Experiments

Lessons from Tumut

David Lindenmayer

Landscape change and habitat fragmentation are key factors impacting biodiversity worldwide. These processes have many facets, each of which is usually studied in ....

320 pages | 75 halftones | CUP

Hbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0521881560 | #177383A | £75.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0521707781 | #177384A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

The Mangroves

Biology and Biogeography

A B Das and Prasanna Mohanty

Gives an up-to-date overview of the biology of mangrove systems around the world with special references to the Indian sub-continent covering morphology, taxonomy, cell ....

450 pages | Photos, figs | Alpha Science

Hbk | 2008 | 1842654330 | #177775A | £59.95 Add to basket

 

Marine Biomes

Susan Woodward

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: covers the saltwater biomes that exist along coastline, on the continental shelf, and the open sea, examining all ....

224 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0313340013 | #174650A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

Natural Arsenic in Groundwaters of Latin America

Edited by Jochen Bundschuh, AB Mukherjee, J Matschullat and Prosun Bhattacharya

Groundwater resources naturally contain high levels of arsenic in many parts of the world. Over the last two decades, the As-containing groundwater in ....

636 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | 2008 | 0415407710 | #177448A | £109.00 Add to basket

 

Old Growth in a New World

A Pacific Northwest Icon Reexamined

Edited by Thomas A/Duncan, Sally L Spies

This title presents a provocative discussion of old-growth history and future management issues. Old-growth forests represent a lofty ideal as much as an ecosystem - an icon of ....

340 pages | Island Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1597264091 | #177500A | £46.95 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 1597264105 | #177501A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

Pine Wilt Disease

Edited by BG Zhao, K Futai, JR Sutherland and Y Takeuchi

Pine forests face a global threat of pine wilt disease, which is being spread by vector beetles carrying pathogenic nematodes from dead trees to healthy ones. Among the host ....

491 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 443175654X | #177515A | £197.00 Add to basket

 

Principles of Soil Conservation and Management

Humberto Blanco-Canqui and Rattan Lal

"Principles of Soil Management and Conservation" comprehensively reviews the state-of-knowledge on soil erosion and management. It discusses in detail soil ....

620 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 140208708X | #177643A | £138.50 Add to basket

 

Rainforest Restoration Manual

Based on the Rainforests of South-Eastern Australia

Bill Peel

Climate change, weeds and increasing pressure from Samba Deer represent some of the greatest threats to rainforest in south-eastern Australia. "The Rainforest Restoration ....

184 pages | illustrations | CSIRO

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0643094717 | #174337A | £27.50 Add to basket

 

Salt Intrusion, Tides and Mixing in Multi-channel Estuaries

Duc Nguyen Anh

Multi-channel estuaries, such as the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and the Scheldt in the Netherlands, have characteristics of both the river and the sea, forming a unique ....

174 pages | 40 colour illus, 27 tables | Taylor & Francis

Pbk | 2008 | 0415471222 | #177449A | £38.99 Add to basket

 

The Salton Sea Centennial Symposium

Proceedings of a Symposium Celebrating a Century of Symbiosis Among Agriculture, Wildlife and People, 1905-2005 held in San Diego, California, USA, March 2005

Edited by Stuart H Hurlbert

This volume deals with many aspects of the physical and chemical limnology of the Salton Sea, California's largest lake and a lake that may soon to be the object of a ....

195 pages | Illustrations, maps | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402088051 | #177652A | £87.00 Add to basket

 

Setting Conservation Targets for Managed Forest Landscapes

Marc-Andre Villard and Bengt Gunnar Jonsson

Forests host a disproportionate share of the world's biodiversity. They are increasingly being seen as a refuge for genetic diversity, native species, natural structures, and ....

408 pages | 45 halftones | CUP

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0521877091 | #177386A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0521700728 | #177387A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Soil Microbiology

Robert L Tate

The environmentally oriented specialities of microbiology are in the midst of a major paradigm shift from a focus on single or a few key microbial species to consideration of ....

500 pages | Illustrations | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 03/2009 | 047031110X | #177583A | £52.50 Add to basket

 

Sustainable Urban Design

An Environmental Approach

Edited by A Ritchie and R Thomas

By the end of the 21st Century it is thought that three-quarters of the world's population will be urban; our future is in cities. Making these cities healthy, vibrant ....

240 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | 2008 | 041544781X | #177429A | £85.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0415447828 | #177430A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Temperate Forest Biomes

Bernd Kuennecke

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World series covers the vast forest that cover much of North America and similar regions. The volume covers the three major ....

224 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | 2008 | 0313340188 | #174641A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

Transport Modelling for Environmental Engineers and Scientists

Mark Clark

Transport Modeling for Environmental Engineers and Scientists, Second Edition, builds on integrated transport courses in chemical engineering curricula, demonstrating the ....

528 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0470260726 | #177589A | £65.95 Add to basket

 

Tropical Forest Biomes

Barbara A Holzman

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World series covers the lush, beautiful - and rapidly shrinking - tropical forest biomes. The volume covers the two ....

224 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0313339988 | #174646A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

Urban Green Belts in the Twenty-first Century

Edited by Marco Amati

Green belts are among the oldest and most widely used policies for controlling sprawl. During the twentieth century they have been employed to contain the explosive growth of ....

260 pages | includes 29 tables & 66 b&w illustrations | Ashgate

Hbk | 2008 | 0754649598 | #174527A | £55.00 Add to basket

 
Conservation & Biodiversity
 

Biodiversity 101

Melina Laverty, Eleanor Sterling, Georgina Cullman and Amelia Chiles

What should you know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators believe that it is essential that everyone understand the ....

208 pages | Greenwood Press

Hbk | 2008 | 0313341206 | #177771A | £27.95 Add to basket

 

Biodiversity and Conservation - 5 Volume Set

Richard Ladle

Addressing the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of this rapidly growing subject, and its ever more complex and multidisciplinary corpus of scholarly ....

1685 pages | Routledge

Hbk | 2008 | 0415456541 | #177523A | £795.00 Add to basket

 

Broadscale Seabed Habitat Survey of a Sandbank to the East of the Isle of Man

A Mitchell, A Mellor, J Strong and M Service

An area of shallow sandbank in UK offshore waters to the east of the Isle of Man was identified by the JNCC to be considered as a potential offshore SAC (Special Area of ....

50 pages | Figs, tabs | JNCC

Pbk | 2008 | #177238A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Checklist of CITES Species 2008

UNEP-WCMC

The Checklist of CITES species provides the official alphabetical list of CITES species, their scientific synonyms, their common names in English, French and Spanish (to the ....

CITES

CD | 2008 | 2883230293 | #177804A | £11.74 Add to basket

 

Faunal Ecology and Conservation of the Great Indian Desert

Edited by C Sivaperuman, QH Baqri, G Ramaswamy and M Naseema

The Great Indian or Thar Desert is characterized by extremely harsh climatic conditions. Nevertheless, this unique region, consisting of very different habitats ranging from ....

222 pages | 41 illustrations, 1 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 3540874089 | #177800A | £103.00 Add to basket

 

Introduction to Conservation Genetics

Richard Frankham, Jonathan D Ballou and David A Briscoe

This impressive author team brings the wealth of advances in conservation genetics into the new edition of this introductory text, including new chapters on Population Genomics ....

617 pages | B\w illus, figs, tabs | CUP

Pbk | 2002 | 0521639859 | #125234A | £36.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0521702712 | #177392A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Quantitative Approaches for the Conservation of Vertebrate Diversity

MJ Conroy, JP Carroll, JC Senar and Ding Chang-Qing

The conservation of vertebrate populations is a large component of many conservation projects and courses. This book offers a readable and comprehensive guide to ....

344 pages | Wiley

NYP 01/2009 | 1405182288 | #177577A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Species Richness

Patterns in the Diversity of Life

Jonathan Adams

Patterns in the numbers of species have fascinated naturalists for centuries. Understanding the causes of latitudinal gradients in species richness and biodiversity ....

320 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 3540742778 | #177693A | £103.00 Add to basket

 

Tropical Fire Ecology

Climate Change, Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics

Mark A Cochrane

Fire Ecology of Tropical Ecosystems gives an extensive explanation of historic and current fire situations in the tropics, describing the fire ecology of tropical ....

500 pages | 20 black & white halftones, 50 colour illustrations | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 3540773800 | #177736A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

Vanishing Animals

The WWF List

Barbara Franco and Simona Giordano

A poignant chronicling of the vulnerability of the animal life supported by the world's ecosystems, this important book presents an overview of the principal animal species ....

304 pages | colour photos | White Star Ediz

Hbk | 2008 | 8854403970 | #177514A | £29.95 Add to basket

 
Environmental Science
 

Animal Hematotoxicology

GO Evans

Hematology data from in vivo toxicology studies remains one of the most predictive measures for human risk, as the same measurements made in pre-clinical toxicology ....

224 pages | Illus | CRC Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1420080091 | #177422A | £41.99 Add to basket

 

Artificial Intelligence Methods in the Environmental Sciences

Edited by Sue Ellen Haupt, Antonello Pasini and Caren Marzban

How can environmental scientists and engineers use the increasing amount of available data to enhance our understanding of planet Earth, its systems, and processes? This book ....

438 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1402091176 | #177761A | £79.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1402091184 | #177763A | £47.99 Add to basket

 

Beyond Environmentalism

The Foundations of a New Environmental Philosophy

Jeffrey E Foss

This is an accessible book that puts environmental thinking on a new footing by discussing the inconsistencies, both scientific and philosophical, of popular ....

338 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0470179414 | #177633A | £34.50 Add to basket

 

Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards

Edited by K Strelcova, C Matyas, A Kleidon, M Lapin, F Matejka, J. Holecy et al

Anthropogenic influences upon the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere and the risk of rapid climate change present the most serious threats to ecosystems and the ....

315 pages | 200 illustrations, 47 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1402088752 | #177682A | £103.00 Add to basket

 

Boreal Forest and Climate Change

Edited by Pertti Hari and Liisa Kulmala

An active co-operation between forest ecologists and physicist has continued for decades at the University of Helsinki. These scientists have the common vision that material and ....

582 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402087179 | #177684A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

Climatic Changes and Water Resources in the Middle East and North Africa

Edited by F Zereini and H Hötzl

"Climatic Changes and Water Resources in the Middle East and North Africa" is dedicated to high-priority topics related to the impact of climate change on water resources in a ....

552 pages | 213 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 3540850465 | #177689A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

The Complete Guide to Climate Change

Brian Dawson and Matt Spannagle

For anyone trying to separate the fact from the fiction, "The Complete Guide to Climate Change" is an indispensable resource. Taking you through the A to Z of the key ....

480 pages | illustrations, tables | Routledge

Hbk | 2008 | 0415477891 | #177414A | £60.00 Add to basket

 

Energy Demand and Climate Change

Issues and Resolutions

Franklin H Cocks

This scientifically sound, yet easily readable book provides the fundamentals necessary to understand today's energy and climate problems and provides possible answers based on ....

200 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 3527324461 | #177588A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

The Environment Equation

100 Factors that Can Add to or Subtract from Your Total Carbon Footprint

Alex Shimo-Barry

Can one person - you - really make a difference to the environment? Yes, if you know how. "The Environment Equation" shows you everything you need to know about making a ....

240 pages | Col photos | New Holland

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 1847734065 | #177368A | £5.99 Add to basket

 

Evapotranspiration Covers for Landfills and Waste Sites

Victor L Hauser

As technology and production escalate, the scourge of landfill waste increasingly threatens the environment. This book examines the evapotranspiration (ET) landfill ....

216 pages | Illus, tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1420086510 | #177431A | £62.99 Add to basket

 

Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events

Understanding the Contributions to Infectious Disease Emergence: Workshop Summary

DA Relman, MA Hamburg, ER Choffnes and A Mack

Long before the germ theory of disease was described, late in the nineteenth century, humans knew that climatic conditions influence the appearance and spread of epidemic ....

304 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2008 | 0309124026 | #177611A | £32.99 Add to basket

 

Global Warming and Climate Change - 2 Volume Set

Ten Years After Kyoto and Still Counting

Edited by VI Grover

This book combines philosophical approach to climate change with scientific facts, impact of climate change and/or Kyoto (non) implementation in different regions or ....

1200 pages | 2 Volumes | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2008 | 157808539X | #177336A | £72.80 Add to basket

 

Physical Oceanography with MATLAB

Reza Malek-Madani

"Physical Oceanography with MATLAB" provides an introduction to the fundamental analytical and computational tools necessary for modeling ocean currents, focusing on ....

512 pages | 80 black & white illustrations | Chapman & Hall (Thornes)

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 158488830X | #177434A | £41.99 Add to basket

 

Principles of Environmental Sciences

Edited by Jan J Boersema and Lucas Reijnders

International experts provide a comprehensive picture of the principles, concepts and methods that are applicable to problems originating from the interaction between the ....

555 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1402091575 | #177758A | £79.00 Add to basket

 

The Use and Fate of Pesticides in Vegetable-based Agro-ecosystems in Ghana

William Joseph Ntow

"The Use and Fate of Pesticides in Vegetable-based Agro-ecosystems in Ghana" reviews current knowledge on pesticides use in vegetable farming in Ghana and establishes the ....

120 pages | 20 b/w illustrations, 2 col illustrations | Taylor & Francis

Pbk | 2008 | 0415462746 | #177450A | £28.99 Add to basket

 

What is the Impact of E-waste

Cynthia A Billy

This book focuses a wide range of viewpoints onto this single controversial issue, providing in-depth discussions by leading advocates. Articles are printed in their ....

80 pages | Greenhaven Press

Pbk | 2008 | 0737741198 | #175417A | £25.50 Add to basket

 
Physical Sciences
 

50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know

Joanne Baker

In this, the second volume in an important new series presenting core concepts across a range of critical areas of human knowledge, author Joanne Baker unravels the ....

208 pages | 50 Black and white illustrations | Quercus Publishing

Hbk | 2007 | 1847240070 | #171105A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Antimatter

Frank Close

Antimatter explores a strange mirror world, where particles have identical yet opposite properties to those that make up the familiar matter we encounter everyday; where left ....

176 pages | Illus, figs | OUP

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0199550166 | #177341A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Biomolecular Simulations

Jordi Villa i Freixa and Michael A Johnston

"Biomolecular Simulation" presents descriptions of various biomolecular simulation techniques and sampling methods, and provides a thorough understanding of the ....

406 pages | 50 black & white illustrations | Chapman & Hall (Thornes)

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1584886919 | #177441A | £41.99 Add to basket

 

Choosing and Using a New CAT

Getting the Most From Your Schmidt Cassegrain or Any Catadioptric Telescope

Rod Mollise

"Choosing and Using the New CAT" will supersede the author's successful "Choosing and Using a Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope", which has enjoyed enthusiastic support from the ....

360 pages | 92 illustrations, 19 in colour | Springer

Pbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0387097716 | #177661A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

Cold Aqueous Planetary Geochemistry with Frezchem

From Modeling to the Search for Life at the Limits

Giles M Marion and Jeffrey S Kargel

This book explicitly investigates issues of astrobiological relevance in the context of cold aqueous planetary geochemistry. At the core of the technical chapters is the ....

261 pages | Illus | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540756787 | #177473A | £63.99 Add to basket

 

A Companion to Environmental Geography

Edited by N Castree, D Demeritt, D Liverman and B Rhoads

"A Companion to Environmental Geography" is the first book to comprehensively and systematically map the research frontier of 'human-environment geography' in an ....

576 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1405156228 | #176043A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

Design and Analysis of Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies

Shein-Chung Chow, Jen-Pei Liu and Jen-Pei Liu

Maintaining the same practical viewpoint as its bestselling predecessors, this third edition presents a comprehensive, unified summary of the vast and continually growing ....

632 pages | 55 b/w illustrations, 221 tables | Chapman & Hall (Thornes)

Hbk | 2008 | 1584886684 | #177435A | £52.99 Add to basket

 

Disaster and Development

Andrew Collins

This book provides accessible and up-to-date analyses of disasters and development linkages, addressing planning and response activities that accompany this field. Social, ....

284 pages | 27 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white halftones | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0415426677 | #177415A | £65.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0415426685 | #177416A | £18.50 Add to basket

 

Environmental Chemistry in Society

James M Beard

Designed to engage non-science undergraduates who possess little prior knowledge in chemistry, "Environmental Chemistry in Society" employs contemporary issues to ....

360 pages | 91 b/w illus, 2 colour illus | CRC Press

Pbk | 2008 | 1420080253 | #177440A | £36.99 Add to basket

 

Exploration Geophysics

Mamdouh R Gadallah and Ray Fisher

Many text books have been written on the subject "Exploration Geophysics". The majority of these texts focus on the theory and the mathematical treatment of the subject matter ....

262 pages | 110 illustrations, 10 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 3540851593 | #177754A | £79.00 Add to basket

 

Extra Solar Planets

The Detection, Formation, Evolution and Dynamics of Planetary Systems

Bonnie Steves and Martin Hendry

Expanding upon a series of lectures for graduate students and young researchers held in the summer of 2007, this book includes the contributions of recognized world leaders ....

352 pages | 100 b/w illus | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1420083449 | #177443A | £62.99 Add to basket

 

Eyes on the Skies

400 Years of Telescopic Discovery

Lars Christensen and Govert Schilling

Adopted as the official book of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009, this stunningly illustrated history of telescopic discovery spans the range from the first ....

132 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 3527408657 | #177590A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

From Here to Infinity

The Royal Observatory Greenwich Guide to Astronomy

John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin

At a time when public fascination with the planets of our solar system and the wider universe has never been greater, comes this definitive guide from expert authors John ....

256 pages | illus | National Maritime Museum

Pbk | 2008 | 0948065788 | #177565A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Geology and Geomorphology of Holocene Coastal Barriers of Brazil

Sergio F Dillenburg and Patrick A Hesp

This books presents the first comprehensive overview of the evolution, geology, geomorphology and dynamics of Holocene coastal barriers in Brazil. Following two ....

380 pages | 303 illustrations, 3 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 3540250085 | #165931A | £103.00 Add to basket

 

Hidden Universe

Lars L Christensen, Robert Fosbury and Robert L Hurt

Our eyes are the result of an evolutionary adaptation to the sun's light. Since the sun is a G dwarf and emits most of its light in only a small part of the electromagnetic ....

122 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 3527408665 | #177591A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

The History of Geoconservation

Edited by CV Burek and CD Prosser

In many parts of the world, the regeneration, economic growth and social changes that took place in the two decades that followed the Second World War, ....

312 pages | Figs, tabs, b/w photos | Geological Society

Hbk | 2008 | 1862392544 | #177273A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

How Things Work

The Physics of Everyday Life

Louis A Bloomfield

"How Things Work" uses familiar objects to introduce basic physics concepts, demonstrating the excitement and relevance to professionals in a variety of technical ....

576 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0470223995 | #177592A | £65.95 Add to basket

 

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

James R Milhelcic and Julie B Zimmerman

Civil engineers are introduced to chemistry and biology through a mass and energy balance approach with this book. It covers ABET required topics of emerging importance, ....

880 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0470165057 | #177635A | £38.95 Add to basket

 

Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation with R

Owen Jones, Robert Maillardet and Andrew Robinson

An introductory text, this book surveys a range of useful mathematical tools that either require or are illuminated by scientific computation. The focus is on the use of R, an ....

300 pages | Chapman & Hall (Thornes)

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 1420068725 | #177437A | £41.99 Add to basket

 

The Lightness of Being

Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces

Frank Wilczek

Physicist' understanding of the essential nature of reality changed radically over the past quarter century. Frank Wilczek has played a lead role in establishing the new ....

270 pages | illus | Basic Books

Hbk | 2008 | 0465003214 | #177285A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

Lightning: Principles, Instruments and Applications

Review of Modern Lightning Research

Edited by Hans Dieter Betz, Ulrich Schumann and Pierre Laroche

Lightning represents a natural phenomenon of historic interest; due to its complex aspects research continues in many countries and reveals amazing results. One focus of ....

655 pages | 280 illustrations, 53 in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402090781 | #177753A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

Meteors and How to Observe Them

Robert Lunsford

The focus of this book is to introduce the novice to the art of meteor observing. It explains in straightforward language how best to view meteor activity under a variety of ....

240 pages | 151 illustrations | Springer

Pbk | 2008 | 0387094601 | #177659A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

North West Irish Sea Mounds

Hard and Soft Substrata Habitats

A Mellor, A Mitchell, J Strong, L Rooney and M Service

A series of cruises attempting to characterise the primary biological features of this area were undertaken in November 2006 and January/February 2007. ....

76 pages | Figs, tabs | JNCC

Pbk | 2008 | #177455A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Origin and Evolution of Earth

Research Questions for a Changing Planet

National Research Council

Questions about the origin and nature of Earth and the life on it have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific endeavor. Deciphering the planet's history and ....

152 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0309117178 | #177602A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

The Oxford Companion to Cosmology

A Liddle

The Oxford Companion to Cosmology includes over 350 in-depth entries, extensively cross-referenced, describing the modern view of cosmology, including both theoretical ....

360 pages | Figs | OUP

Pbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0199560846 | #177079A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Pheromones: Principles and Practices

V Nandagopal et al

The dependence on synthetic pesticides has increased substantially after the advent of green revolution in India to sustain the increasing demand for food production for the ....

336 pages | Tabs, figs | AZRA

Hbk | 2008 | 8190094785 | #174754A | £98.00 Add to basket

 

Planets and Planetary Systems

Stephen Eales

Planets and Planetary Systems is a balanced introduction to the science of planets within our own solar system and those in other solar systems. This is an extremely fast ....

256 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0470016922 | #177626A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Practical Agricultural Chemistry

S Auld and D Edwardes Ker

This book is intended as a practical handbook in Agricultural Chemistry for students in Agriculture and other examination of similar types and standard. ....

288 pages | Biotech Books India

Hbk | 2007 | 8176221767 | #176639A | £30.50 Add to basket

 

The Sun and How to Observe It

Jamey L Jenkins

In Part 1, the book describes the very latest thinking on solar physics in (mostly non-mathematical) detail, incorporating the latest results from research concerning the ....

230 pages | 72 illustrations, 8 in colour | Springer

Pbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0387094970 | #177743A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Super Volcano

The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park

Greg Breining

Despite growing evidence of geothermal activity under Yellowstone, it look geologists a long time to realize there was a volcano beneath this wildlife preserve, and an even ....

256 pages | illustrations | Voyageur Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0760329257 | #177477A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Terraforming

The Creating of Habitable Worlds

Martin Beech

This book proposes a sound and realistic exploration on the topic of terraforming. Often used as the narrative premise in science fiction novels, terraforming is the process by ....

240 pages | 103 illustrations, 35 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0387097953 | #177681A | £23.99 Add to basket

 
Sustainable Development
 

Agricultural Law

Christopher P Rodgers

This unique book provides guidance on all aspects of the law governing agricultural property. It gives detailed coverage not only of farm tenancy law and land tenure, but ....

350 pages | Tottel Publishing

Pbk | 2008 | 1845920929 | #175711A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

Applied Groundwater Studies in Africa

Segun Adelana, Alan MacDonald, Tamiru Alemayehu and Callist Tindimugaya

Groundwater is Africa's most precious natural resource, providing reliable water supplies for many people. Further development of groundwater resources is fundamental to ....

474 pages | 100 b/w illus, 120 col illus | CRC Press

Hbk | 2008 | 0415452732 | #177445A | £59.95 Add to basket

 

Bring on the Apocalypse

Six Arguments for Global Justice

George Monbiot

In this explosive collection George Monbiot sets out exactly what he believes can and must be done and establishes how it can be achieved. "Bring on the Apocalypse" ....

242 pages | - | Atlantic Books

Pbk | 2008 | 1843546566 | #174054A | £11.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 1843548585 | #177563A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Cases in Environmental Politics

Stakeholders, Interests, and Policymaking

Norman Miller

Like Norman Miller's companion text, Environmental Politics, this casebook emphasizes the struggle for power among stakeholders in environmental politics and policymaking. ....

246 pages | Routledge

Hbk | 2008 | 0415961033 | #177410A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0415961041 | #177411A | £22.99 Add to basket

 

Desalination

A National Perspective

National Research Council

There has been an exponential increase in desalination capacity both globally and nationally since 1960, fuelled in part by growing concern for local water scarcity and ....

312 pages | National Academies Press

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0309119235 | #177607A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

Desalination Research Progress

Daniel J Delgado and Pablo Moreno

As freshwater resources continue to decline as the population grows and development activities continue, desalination has taken on a sense of urgency. Desalination refers ....

Nova Science

Hbk | 2008 | 1604565675 | #177279A | £106.00 Add to basket

 

Destination Conservation

Protecting Nature by Developing Tourism

IUCN

This book presents the lessons learned from 27 small scale projects that the IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands supported between 2004 and 2006. Their experiences ....

30 pages | Earthprint Limited

Pbk | 2007 | 9075909179 | #177493A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Ecopolis

Architecture and Cities for a Changing Climate

Paul F Downton

From 2008, for the first time in human history, half of the world's population now live in cities. Yet despite a wealth of literature on green architecture and planning, there ....

630 pages | 45 illustrations in colour | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402084951 | #177791A | £150.50 Add to basket

 

Environmental Law and Justice in Context

Jonas Ebbesson and Phoebe Okowa

This innovative collection of essays discusses the extent to which considerations of justice and fairness have permeated the legal debate on environmental protection. ....

496 pages | 1 halftone | CUP

Hbk | 2008 | 052187968X | #177780A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Environmental Organizations in Modern Germany

Hardy Survivors in the Twentieth Century and Beyond

William T Markham

German environmental organizations have doggedly pursued environmental protection through difficult times: hyperinflation and war, National Socialist rule, postwar ....

416 pages | 4 ills | Berghahn Books

Hbk | 2008 | 1845454472 | #177688A | £47.50 Add to basket

 

Environmental Politics

Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy

Norman Miller

The second edition of Environmental Politics: Stakeholders, Interests, and Policymaking shows students that environmental politics is fundamentally a clash of competing ....

275 pages | 25 illus | Routledge

Hbk | 2008 | 041596105X | #177412A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0415961068 | #177413A | £20.99 Add to basket

 

Environmental Problems of Central Asia and their Economic, Social and Security Impacts

Edited by Jiaguo Qi and Kyle T Evered

Over the last 60 years, we have recognized increasingly that our world is connected, and the impacts of environmental catastrophes and economic crises in one region of our world ....

400 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402089589 | #177767A | £126.50 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 1402089597 | #177768A | £55.99 Add to basket

 

Environmental and Material Flow Cost Accounting

Principles and Procedures

Christine Jasch

Recognizing the increasing importance of environmental issues, energy prices, material availability and efficiency and the difficulty of adequately managing these issues in ....

194 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402090277 | #177685A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

The Ethics of the Environment

Edited by Robin Attfield

This book brings together over thirty of the foremost contributions to environmental ethics, from pioneering papers to recent work at the cutting edge of thought in this ....

636 pages | Ashgate

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 0754627861 | #175471A | £160.00 Add to basket

 

European Forest Recreation and Tourism

A Handbook

Simon Bell, Murray Simpson, Ulrike Probstl, Tuija Sievanen and L Tyrvainen

This new handbook draws on an EU-wide project (Cost-33) which over the last four years has collected the expertise of more than 80 professionals and academics, from 24 ....

240 pages | Figs, tabs | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 0415443636 | #177426A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

The Face of Gaia

James Lovelock

Why would a ninety year old man choose to defy his most trusted physician? Because in an act of splendid generosity Sir Richard Branson offered him the chance to fly into space, ....

192 pages | Allen Lane

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 1846141850 | #177305A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Fishery Managers' Guidebook

Edited by S Garcia and K Cochrane

Fisheries management is a complex and evolving discipline and much is still being learnt about what it involves, what works and ....

328 pages | Illus | Blackwell

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 1405170859 | #176060A | £99.50 Add to basket

 

Food Policy

Integrating Health, Environment and Society

Tim Lang, David Barling and Martin Caraher

For over half a century, food policy has mapped a path for progress based upon a belief that the right mix of investment, scientific input, and human skills could unleash a ....

328 pages | 14 line drawings, and 20 tables | OUP

Pbk | NYP 03/2009 | 019856788X | #177283A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Green Building and Renovating

How to Live Well, be Green and Make a Difference

Tanya Ha

With her trademark style and authority, "Greeniology" author Tanya Ha provides pocket-sized guides based on her popular bestseller. Here are individual books on how to ....

96 pages | Melbourne UP

Pbk | 2007 | 052285446X | #177812A | £8.50 Add to basket

 

Green Your Home All in One For Dummies

Consumer Dummies

Green Your Home All-in-One For Dummies empowers readers to make ecologically-friendly improvements to each and every area of their home. This package is a real value and a ....

696 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0470407786 | #177781A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Groundwater for Sustainable Development

Problems, Perspectives and Challenges

Edited by Prosun Bhattacharya, A L Ramanathan, Jochen Bundschuh and Arun B Mukherjee

Groundwater is the most important source of domestic, industrial, and agricultural water and also a finite resource. Population growth has created an unprecedented demand for ....

484 pages | 185 b/w illus, 75 tables | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | 2008 | 0415407761 | #177446A | £99.00 Add to basket

 

Integrated Watershed Management

Principles and Practice

Isobel W Heathcote

It has been said that "water is the oil of the 21st century." Comprehensive in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, here is a guide to developing and implementing a ....

464 pages | Figs, tabs | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0470376252 | #177641A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Leading Edge Research in Solar Energy

Patrick N Rivers

Solar energy can be divided into direct and indirect categories. Most energy sources on Earth are forms of indirect solar energy. Coal, oil and natural gas derive from ancient ....

284 pages | tables & charts | Nova Science

Hbk | 2007 | 1600213367 | #177280A | £106.00 Add to basket

 

Making Fisheries Management Work

Implementation of Policies for Sustainable Fishing

Edited by Stig S Gezelius and Jesper Raakjaer

The state of the Northeast Atlantic fisheries in recent years has highlighted implementation as the Achilles heel of modern fisheries management: discards, unreported ....

237 pages | Springer

2008 | 140208627X | #177650A | £87.00 Add to basket

 

The Most Important Fish in the Sea

Menhaden and America

H Bruce Franklin

In this brilliant portrait of the oceans' unlikely hero, H. Bruce Franklin shows how menhaden have shaped America's national-and natural-history, and why reckless ....

280 pages | figures, maps | Island Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1597261246 | #165762A | £16.50 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 1597265071 | #177244A | £12.95 Add to basket

 

Mycorrhizae: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry

Edited by Zaki Anwar Siddiqui, Mohammed Sayeed Akhtar and Kazuyoshi Futai

Mycorrhizal fungi are microbial engines which improve plant vigor and soil quality. They play a crucial role in plant nutrient uptake, water relations, ecosystem establishment, ....

362 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402087691 | #177742A | £110.50 Add to basket

 

Outdoor Inquiries

Taking Science Investigations Outside the Classroom

Patricia McGlashan, Kristen Gasser and Peter Dow

This book takes you step by step through guiding intermediate and middle level students to new and deeper understandings of scientific content, thinking, and procedures. From ....

136 pages | illustrations | Elsevier Science

Pbk | 2007 | 0325011206 | #177779A | £10.95 Add to basket

 

Payment for Ecosystem Services

Pushpam Kumar and Roldan Muradian

The management of environmental services is an urgent requirement given the declining natural ecosystems worldwide. Transaction between provider and beneficiaries of ....

352 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0195698746 | #177355A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

People and Biodiversity Policies

Impacts, Issues, and Strategies for Policy Action

OECD

Biodiversity policies promote the protection, conservation, and sustainable use of biologically diverse ecosystems and habitats. In doing so, they create significant ....

200 pages | Brookings Institution

Pbk | 2008 | 9264034315 | #177370A | £31.99 Add to basket

 

River Futures

An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair

Edited by Gary J Brierley and Kirstie A Fryirs

Across much of the industrialized world, rivers that were physically transformed and ecologically ruined to facilitate industrial and agricultural development are now the ....

365 pages | Illustrations | Island Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1597261122 | #177504A | £57.95 Add to basket

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Shopping Our Way to Safety

How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves

Andrew Szasz

Many Americans today rightly fear that they are constantly exposed to dangerous toxins in their immediate environment: tap water is contaminated with chemicals; foods contain ....

320 pages | Illustrations | Minnesota UP

Hbk | 2007 | 0816635080 | #177489A | £15.50 Add to basket

 

Should Global Agriculture be Liberalized?

Theories, Models and Realities

Edited by Jean-Marc Boussard, Francoise Gerard and Marie-Gabrielle Piketty

According to standard economic theory and modelling, liberalizing agriculture will result in important welfare gains. Because of price volatility, an alternative model, ....

175 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Pbk | 2008 | 157808542X | #177333A | £22.10 Add to basket

 

Statistics for Environmental Science and Management

BFJ Manly

Presenting a nonmathematical approach to this topic, Statistics for Environmental Science and Management introduces frequently used statistical methods and practical ....

316 pages | Figs, tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | 2008 | 142006147X | #177439A | £36.99 Add to basket

 

Stuffed and Starved

Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System

Raj Patel

Today, in the West, we appear to have the world on our plates, regardless of source or season. But this apparent luxury of choice is only possible because rural communities ....

352 pages | Portobello

Hbk | 2007 | 1846270103 | #171066A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Sustainable Construction

Green Building Design and Delivery

Charles J Kibert

The green building movement has come a long way in a short time. Responding to this exponential growth, with its attendant technological as well as aesthetic developments, ....

448 pages | Wiley

Hbk | 2007 | 0470114215 | #177817A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies

Owen E Dell

A beautiful landscape reflects well on your house, making it a welcome part of a neighborhood or native terrain. And it dramatically increases your home's value. ....

384 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 047041149X | #177782A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Sustainable Olympic Games

Strategies for Design and Development

Adrian Pitts and Hanwen Liao

This book explains how a modern Olympic games can successfully develop a more sustainable design approach by learning from the lessons of the past and by taking ....

224 pages | Illus, figs | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | 2008 | 0415467616 | #177427A | £85.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0415467624 | #177428A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Tackling Marine Debris in the 21st Century

NRC

Marine debris from ships and other ocean-based sources-including trash and lost fishing gear-contributes to the spoiling of beaches, fouling of surface waters and the seafloor, ....

224 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0309126975 | #177491A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Tourism and National Parks

Warwick Frost and C Michael Hall

In 1872 Yellowstone National Park was established as a National Park. The name caught the public's imagination and by the close of the century, other National Parks had been ....

356 pages | Illustrations, tables | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 0415471567 | #177418A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

Transitioning to Sustainability Through Research and Development on Ecos

ystem Services and Biofuels: Workshop Summary

Patricia Koshel and Kathleen McAllister

The National Research Council's Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability hosted Transitioning to Sustainability through Research and Development on Ecosystem ....

130 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2008 | 0309119820 | #177608A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Urban Water Management in Arid and Semi-arid Climates

Larry Mays

The Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) is an emerging approach to managing the entire urban water cycle in an integrated way, which is key to achieving the ....

288 pages | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 0415453488 | #177451A | £49.95 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 11/2008 | 0415453496 | #177452A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

The Use of Nutrients in Crop Plants

Nand Kumar Fageria

"The Use of Nutrients in Crop Plants" presents a comprehensive review of essential crop nutrients. It provides information on nutrient uptake, discusses methods to improve crop ....

456 pages | Illus, tabs | CRC Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1420075101 | #177424A | £67.99 Add to basket

 

Vision 2050

Roadmap for a Sustainable Earth

H Komiyama and S Kraines

Hiroshi Komiyama's "Vision 2050" is a plan for paving a road to global sustainability. It lays out a path to a sustainable future for humanity that could realistically be ....

162 pages | 3 black & white halftones, 27 black & white line drawings | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 443109430X | #177764A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

Watersheds, Bays, and Bounded Seas

The Science and Management of Semi-enclosed Marine Systems

Edited by Edward R Urban, Bjorn Sundby, Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli and Jerry M Melillo

This is the most up-to-date guide to the management of coastal waters.Some of the world's most important bodies of water, from the Black Sea to the Bay of Bengal, are ....

288 pages | figures, tables, references, index | Island Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1597265020 | #177502A | £64.95 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 1597265039 | #177503A | £32.50 Add to basket

 

World Development Indicators 2008

World Bank

World Development Indicators is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over ....

432 pages | World Bank

Pbk | 2008 | 0821373862 | #177664A | £43.95 Add to basket

 

The World's Water

The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

P Gleick, H Cooley, M Cohen, M Morikawa, J Morrison and M Palaniappan

This title provides the latest information on the current global conflicts surrounding the world's most precious resource. Produced biennially, "The World's Water" provides a ....

300 pages | tables, figures, boxes | Island Press

Pbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1597265055 | #177499A | £25.50 Add to basket

 
Data Analysis
 

3D Geo-Information Sciences

Edited by Jiyeong Lee and Sisi Zlatanova

This book contains papers that focus explicitly on the last achievements (methods, algorithms, models, systems) with respect to the Third Dimension. Motivated by the rapid ....

436 pages | 245 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 3540873945 | #177755A | £103.00 Add to basket

 

Analysis of Variance Designs

A Conceptual and Computational Approach with SPSS and SAS

Glenn Gamst, Lawrence S Meyers and A J Guarino

Analysis of Variance Designs presents the foundations of experimental design: assumptions, statistical significance, strength of effect, and the partitioning of the ....

524 pages | diagrams | CUP

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0521874815 | #177404A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Bioinformatics

Applications in Life and Environmental Sciences

Edited by MH Fulekar

Bioinformatics (computational biology) is a relatively new field that applies computer science and information technology to biology. In recent years, the discipline of ....

246 pages | 106 illustrations, 26 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 1402088795 | #177648A | £79.00 Add to basket

 

Bioinformatics

Genomics and Post-Genomics

Frédéric Dardel and François Képès

This book is an excellent introductory text describing the use of bioinformatics to analyze genomic and post-genomic data. It has been translated from the original popular ....

252 pages | Wiley

Hbk | 2006 | 0470020016 | #160147A | £34.95 Add to basket

 

Biomolecular EPR Spectroscopy

Wilfred Raymond Hagen

This volume presents comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the theory of spectroscopy and its applications to biological systems. The underlying quantum mechanics is ....

312 pages | 80 black & white illustrations | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1420059572 | #177442A | £73.99 Add to basket

 

Biostatistics

A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences

Wayne W Daniel

Allied health professionals rely on Biostatistics for its high standards of statistical accuracy. It helps them develop a set of statistical tools that are relevant to their ....

960 pages | Figs, tabs | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 04/2009 | 0470105828 | #176918A | £52.50 Add to basket

 

Cell-Based Assays for High-Throughput Screening

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Paul A Clemons, Nicola J Tolliday and Bridget K Wagner

As the use of high-throughput screening expands and creates more interest in the academic community, the need for detailed reference materials becomes ever more ....

250 pages | 37 illustrations | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 1603275444 | #177644A | £50.50 Add to basket

 

Data Analysis

A Model Comparison Approach

M Judd Charles et al

This completely rewritten classic text features many new examples, insights and topics including mediational, categorical, and multilevel models. Substantially reorganized, ....

328 pages | Routledge

Hbk | 2008 | 0805833889 | #177419A | £32.50 Add to basket

 

Design of Comparative Experiments

RA Bailey

This book should be on the shelf of every practising statistician who designs experiments. Good design considers units and treatments first, and then allocates ....

344 pages | 175 line diagrams, 110 tables, 130 figures | CUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0521865069 | #177407A | £65.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521683572 | #177408A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Geoinformation Technologies for Geo-cultural Landscapes

European Perspectives

Andreas Vassilopoulos, Niki Evelpidou, Oliver Bender and Alenka Krek

The focal main objective of the book is to constitute a meaningful linkage among research problems, geoinformation methods and corresponding applications. The research ....

300 pages | Balkema

Hbk | 2008 | 0415468590 | #177433A | £68.00 Add to basket

 

Laboratory Manual for Environmental Science

TP Wagner and Robert M Sanford

One of the few lab books available in the field, "Environmental Science" is designed to provide environmental scientists with active learning situations that demonstrate the ....

224 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0470087676 | #177632A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

Mathematical Ecology of Populations and Ecosystems

John Pastor

Population ecologists study how births and deaths affect the dynamics of populations and communities while ecosystem ecologists study how species control the flux of energy and ....

344 pages | Wiley

Hbk | 2008 | 1405188111 | #177627A | £95.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 1405177950 | #175666A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Microarray Data

Statistical Analysis Using R

Shailaja R Deshmukh and Sudha G Purohit

Functional genomics, a branch of Bioinformatics, is essentially an interdisciplinary subject in which Biologists, Statisticians and Computer experts interact to analyze the ....

340 pages | Illustrations | Alpha Science

Hbk | 2007 | 1842654233 | #177776A | £37.50 Add to basket

 

Modelling Urban Development with Geographical Information Systems and Cellular Automata

Yan Liu

Urban development and the migration from rural to urban areas are significant global phenomena. Various models aim to address these issues, especially cellular automata ....

240 pages | 51 black & white illustrations | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 11/2008 | 1420059890 | #177432A | £62.99 Add to basket

 

Molecular Sequence Analysis

A Primer on Computational and Bioinformatic Approaches

Sudhir Kumar and Alan Filipski

Today, biological sequence data is available for biologists to translate analyses from datasets into knowledge that elucidates questions relating to evolution, biological ....

416 pages | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0471650994 | #177579A | £36.95 Add to basket

 

Principles of Modeling and Simulation

A Multidisciplinary Approach

Edited by J A Sokolowski and Catherine M Banks

This book provides an introduction to the theory and applications of modeling and simulation with a multidisciplinary perspective, and the authors offer a concise look at ....

288 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0470289430 | #177594A | £50.50 Add to basket

 

Probability Statistics with R

Ugarte Dolores

Comprehensive and engineering-oriented, "Probability and Statistics with R" provides a thorough treatment of probability statistics, clear and accessible real-world examples, ....

728 pages | 176 black & white illustrations, 141 black & white tables | CRC Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1584888911 | #177438A | £46.99 Add to basket

 

Statistics Using SPSS

An Integrative Approach

S Lawner Weinberg and S Knapp Abramowitz

This is an introductory applied statistics text that can be used for a one- or two-semester course at either the undergraduate or graduate level. Central features are ....

780 pages | CUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0521899222 | #177405A | £75.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521676371 | #177406A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Statistics and Data with R

An applied approach through examples

Yosef Cohen and Jeremiah Y Cohen

R, an Open Source software, has become the de facto statistical computing environment. It has an excellent collection of data manipulation and graphics capabilities. It is ....

632 pages | Wiley

Hbk | 2008 | 0470758058 | #177593A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Statistics for Aquaculture

Ram C Bhujel

Published in cooperation with the United States Aquaculture Society ....

224 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0813815878 | #177586A | £49.50 Add to basket

 

The Third Domain

Tim Friend

"The Third Domain" is the untold story of how the discovery of a new form of life - first ridiculed, then ignored for the past thirty years by mainstream scientists - is ....

312 pages | Illustrations | National Academies Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0309102375 | #177475A | £14.99 Add to basket

 
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The Aral Sea Encyclopedia

IS Zonn, M Glantz, A Kostianoy and AN Kosarev

The situation of the Aral Sea is known as one of the worst man-made environmental crises of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Many have seen the satellite photos ....

320 pages | 60 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 3540850864 | #177756A | £79.00 Add to basket

 

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers

Edited by T Hockey, V Trimble, T Williams, K Bracher, R Jarrell and JD Marche

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers is a unique and valuable resource for historians and astronomers alike. The two volumes include approximately 1550 ....

1341 pages | 325 illustrations | Springer

Pbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0387351337 | #177752A | £55.99 Add to basket

 

Creating Great Visitor Experiences

A Guidebook for Museums, Parks, Zoos, Gardens and Libraries

Stephanie Weaver

Museums, libraries, parks and other cultural institutions today face the daunting task of attracting visitors who have almost limitless choices for education and ....

200 pages | Left Coast Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1598741683 | #176434A | £34.99 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 1598741691 | #176433A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments

Danny B Draper and Peter A Richards

This dictionary contains a complete list of terms used in the universal management of urban trees. Many of the terms are from Arboricultural science, while others are derived ....

160 pages | colour illustrations | CSIRO

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0643096078 | #177521A | £27.50 Add to basket

 

The Dictionary of Genomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics - 3 Volume Set

G Kahl

Eagerly awaited, this new edition of a bestselling title is now neatly divided into three volumes. The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and expanded by around 30 ....

1700 pages | 3 volumes | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 3527320733 | #177576A |

Normally £340.00

NHBS OFFER PRICE: £285.00

 

The Oxford Dictionary of Zoology

Edited by Michael Allaby

This dictionary is the most comprehensive and up-to-date of its kind, containing over 5,250 entries on all aspects of zoology. Complemented with numerous illustrations, it ....

608 pages | - | OUP

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0199233403 | #176228A | £24.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0199233411 | #176227A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology - 4 Volume Set

Edited by Tadgh Begley

"The Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology" is an authoritative new work whose goal is to illuminate the crucial role of chemistry and chemical techniques in the life ....

3174 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0471754773 | #177587A |

Normally £737.00

NHBS OFFER PRICE: £632.00