Behavioral Genetics of the Mouse

Genetics of Behavioral Phenotypes

Wim E Crusio, Frans Sluyter, Robert T Gerlai and Gerlai Pietropaolo

The first volume in the new Cambridge Handbooks in Behavioral Genetics series, Behavioral Genetics of the Mouse provides baseline information on normal behaviors, essential in both the design of experiments using genetic ... ....

Camels in Asia and North Africa

Interdisciplinary perspectives on their past and present significance

Eva-Maria Knoll, Pamela Burger and Richard W Bulliet

The history of humanity is closely linked to camels, for without these remarkable animals we would never have occupied the arid regions of Asia and North Africa, and would be unable to cope with the challenges of increasing desertification ... ....

Das Mauswiesel in der Kulturlandschaft Sudwestdeutschlands

Abundanz, Reviersysteme und Habitatnutzung

Bettina Schmitt

Das Mauswiesel in der Kulturlandschaft Suedwestdeutschlands is the first study done on the least weasel (Mustela nivalis) in Germany. Through a combination of telemetry and live trapping over several years this study ... ....

Die Fransenfledermaus in der Westfaelischen Bucht

Carsten Trappmann

North Rhine-Westphalia is a hotspot for the Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri. This book is based on a comprehensive population-wide study and details habitat and conservation requirements.

Die Wildkatze in der Eifel

Habitate, Ressourcen, Streifgebiete

Meike Hoetzel, Nina Klar, Silke Schroeder, Caroline Steffen and Christine Thiel

The Eifel, a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium, is home to a thriving population of wild cats...

Fifth Otter Survey of England 2009-2010

Technical Report

Andrew Crawford

The fifth national otter survey of England has for the first time achieved comprehensive coverage of the whole country. Two field survey techniques were used in parallel — full surveys for sites investigated in previous national surveys ... ....

Fourth Otter Survey of England 2000-2002

Andrew Crawford

The fourth national otter survey of England was carried out from january 2000 to February 2002. Signs of otters were found at 34 per cent of the 3327 sites visited. The results are expressed as the percentage of survey sites found to have ... ....

Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volumes 1 to 3

Don E Wilson and Russell A Mittermeier

This is a set of the first three volumes in the Handbook of the Mammals of the World Series.

Volume 1, Carnivores, deals with the following families: African Palm Civet; Cats; Linsangs; Civets, Genets and Oyans; Hyenas ... ....

Hearing by Bats

Arthur N Popper and Richard R Fay

This is a paperback reprint of a book first published in 1995. To auditory researchers, echolocating mammals are the most intriguing of all vertebrate groups. Among the echolocators, bats are the most intensively studied species ... ....

In Search of the African Lion

Roger de la Harpe and Pat de la Harpe

The African lion (Panthera leo), long celebrated as the king of beasts, faces unprecedented challenges in the wild today. Loss of habitat through the expansion of human activity increasingly restricts the lion to game reserves and ... ....

Pathology of the Developing Mouse

A Systematic Approach

Brad Bolon

A concise treatment of abnormal development, Pathology of the Developing Mouse includes basic biological data concerning mouse reproduction and development, both before and early after birth. It includes guidelines for performing ... ....

Polar Bears

The Natural History of a Threatened Species

Ian Stirling

No animal is more symbolic of the Arctic than the Polar Bear. In the short space of 150,000 years, it has undergone behavioural and physiological changes to evolve from a grizzly bear into the most specialised predator of the Arctic seas ... ....

Primate Sexuality

Comparative Studies of the Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and Human Beings

Alan F Dixson

This book provides an authoritative and comprehensive synthesis of current research on the evolution and physiological control of sexual behaviour in the primates--prosimians, monkeys, apes, and human beings. This new edition has been ... ....

The Natural History of Canadian Mammals

Donna Naughton, Paul Geraghty, Julius Csotonyi and Brenda Carter

A Northern pocket gopher can dig an amazing half a metre of tunnel through compacted clay soil in just 15 minutes. North American beavers, along with humans, are the only mammals whose impact on their environment is so massive that it ... ....

Whales (Tohora)

The Whales and Dolphins of New Zealand

Barbara Todd

For centuries whales have captured our imaginations and ignited our emotions. We have revered and mythologised them, hunted them to the brink of extinction and passionately protected them. But how much do we really know about whales? ....

A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of China

Zheng Guangmei

This checklist of the birds of China gives scientific species names and vernacular names in both English and Chinese. For each entry, the distribution over different Chinese provinces in mentioned in both English and Chinese, with ... ....

An Eternity of Eagles

The Human History of the Most Fascinating Bird in the World

Stephen J Bodio and Annie Proulx

From one of the foremost authors and naturalists in the USA comes a compulsively readable natural and social history of the most fascinating bird in the world – the eagle – with an introduction by Annie Proulx.

Atlas of Breeding Waders in the Russian Arctic

Elena G Lappo

A colourful atlas of all 51 wader species breeding the Russian Arctic, accompanied by their distribution maps, as well as data on their biology, ecology and conservation status.

Backyard Birds of the Piedmont

Suzanne L Walls

Backyard Birds of the Piedmont presents facts and a cheerful discussion about their lives to beginning readers of all ages. Using simple, easy-to-understand terms and high-quality photography, Backyard Birds of the Piedmont ... ....

Birding and Nature Trails in Sierra Morena, Andalusia

4. Sierra Morena and Cordobesa

Rafael Romero Porrino

Hard by the famous City of the Mosque, rightfully regarded as one of Spain´s sightseeing highlights, lies an area that is less well known but just as valuable in its own way: the Córdoba portion of the Sierra Morena mountains ... ....

Birding in the Doon Valley

Dehradun, Mussoorie, Asan, Rajaji NP, Deolsari, Dhanaulti & Nearby Areas

Suniti Bhushan Datta, Nikhil Devasar and Santanu Sarkar

Birding in the Doon Valley is a world-class guidebook for northern India, covering Dehradun, Mussoorie, Asan, Rajaji NP, Deolsari, Dhanaulti & nearby areas. With 15 original colour-coded birding maps, a species guide to 200 ... ....

Birds Songs of Forest

Hannu Jannes and Owen Roberts

In the forest a birdwatcher's ears are often more useful than their eyes for locating the various species of woodpeckers, owls, finches and many other families which inhabit this sometimes impenetrable habitat. This easy-to-use package ... ....

Birds Songs of Wetlands

Hannu Jannes and Owen Roberts

In marshland and beside lakes and rivers a birdwatcher's ears are often more useful than their eyes for locating the various species of warblers, crakes, waders, wildfowl and many other families which inhabit these sometimes impenetrable ... ....

Birds of Virginia

Todd Telander

Birds of Virginia highlights 180 bird species. Anatomically correct illustrations and detailed descriptions about each bird's prominent physical attributes and natural habitat makes it easy to identify birds in your backyard ... ....

British Bird Report on Rare Birds in Great Britain in 2011

Nigel Hudson and British Birds Rarities Committee

The 54th annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee presents details of rare birds recorded in Britain in 2011, which was an exceptional one for rare birds, perhaps surpassed only by 2008 for the range of taxa recorded.

Buller's Birds of New Zealand

The complete work of JG Keulemans

Geoff Norman and Stephen Fry

Buller’s Birds of New Zealand includes the complete set of 95 artworks from both editions of A History of the Birds of New Zealand by Walter Buller and the subsequent supplement, specially photographed and reproduced ... ....

Collins British Bird Guide

Lars Svensson

Experience the joy of discovering the natural world around you with this beautiful pocket guide to British birds, an inspiration and treat designed to enthral all nature lovers.

Der Kosmos-Vogelfuehrer (Grosse Ausgabe)

Alle Arten Europas, Nordafrikas und Vorderasiens

Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstroem and Peter J Grant

This is the german translation of the second edition of Collins Bird Guide and is also published in an enlarged format.

El Libro de las Rapaces

Marcos Lacasa

El Libro de las Rapaces is a work intended for all audiences. In its 23 chapters it gives the reader information from leading experts on European raptors that has never before been told.

Facing Extinction

The World's Rarest Birds and the Race to Save Them

Paul Donald, Nigel Collar, Stuart Marsden and Deborah J Pain

Almost two hundred species of birds have become extinct in the past 400 years, and a similar number today are in imminent danger of following them. The world's conservationists are leading the fight to prevent the demise of these ... ....

Shorebirds of New Zealand

Sharing the Margins

Keith Woodley

Shorebirds of New Zealand is a beautiful, informative and lyrical account of the many shorebirds found here – those living and breeding in the same area year after year, those that migrate within New Zealand, and those ... ....

The Birds of Africa, Volume 1

Ostriches and Birds of Prey

Leslie H Brown, Emil K Urban, Kenneth B Newman, Martin Woodcock and Peter Hayman

Christopher Helm has announced it will be reprinting The Birds of Africa, Volume 1: Ostriches and Birds of Prey, which was originally published in 1986 and has been out of print for years.

The Birds of Africa, Volume 2

Game Birds to Pigeons

Emil K Urban, C Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith, Martin Woodcock and Ian Willis

Christopher Helm has announced it will be reprinting The Birds of Africa, Volume 2: Game Birds to Pigeons, which was originally published in 1986.

The Birds of Africa, Volume 3

Parrots to Woodpeckers

C Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith, Emil K Urban, Martin Woodcock and Ian Willis

Christopher Helm has announced it will be reprinting The Birds of Africa, Volume 3: Parrots to Woodpeckers, which was originally published in 1988.

The Birds of Africa, Volume 4

Broadbills to Chats

Stuart Keith, Emil K Urban, C Hilary Fry, Martin Woodcock and Ian Willis

Christopher Helm has announced it will be reprinting The Birds of Africa, Volume 4: Broadbills to Chats, which was originally published in 1992 and has been out of print for years.

The Birds of Africa, Volume 5

Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers

Emil K Urban, C Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith, Martin Woodcock and Ian Willis

hristopher Helm has announced it will be reprinting The Birds of Africa, Volume 5: Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers, which was originally published in 1997.

The Birds of Africa, Volume 7

Sparrows to Buntings

C Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith, Martin Woodcock and Ian Willis

Christopher Helm has announced it will be reprinting The Birds of Africa, Volume 7: Sparrows to Buntings, which was originally published in 1986 and has been out of print for years.

The Global Pigeon

Colin Jerolmack

The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance – if they notice it at all. ....

The Mandarin Duck

Christopher Lever

The Mandarin duck is a small and (in the case of the males) spectacularly colourful species of waterfowl. Widely kept in aviaries around the world, populations often escaped to form wild colonies. One of the largest and best-studied is ... ....

The Snowy Owl

Eugene Potapov, Richard Sale and Jackie Garner

The snowy owl – possibly the world's sexiest bird – needs little introduction. This massive white owl breeds throughout the Arctic, wherever there are voles or lemmings to hunt, from Scandinavia through northern Russia to ... ....

Voegel Beobachten in Sueddeutschland

Die Besten Beobachtungsgebiete Zwischen Mosel und Watzmann

Christian Wagner and Christoph Moning

Guide to 74 birding sites in Southern Germany. The third edition features new areas and described routes include GPS coordinates.

Waterbird Population Estimates

Summary Report

Taej Mundkur and Szabolcs Nagy

This booklet aims to present the current knowledge of the population estimates, trends and conservation status of waterbird populations in different parts of the world in 2012. It is a summary version of the fifth edition of the ... ....

Wetland Birds of Tamil Nadu

A Pictorial Field Guide

Robert B Grubh and Shailaja R Grubh

Wetland Birds of Tamil Nadu is an authentic pictorial field guide, written by a leading ornithologist to assist birdwatchers in identifying 149 species of wetland birds, including rare ones, seen in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring ... ....

A Contribution to the Herpetology of Northern Pakistan

Rafaqat Masroor and Wolfgang Boehme

"Masroor's book exceeds the scope of a field guide and turns it into a sound handbook on the herpetology of northern Pakistan" - Professor Wolfgang Böhme, from the Foreword

Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume III

Jeanette Wyneken, Kenneth J Lohmann and John A Musick

Serving as a companion to Volumes I and II, this updated edition includes recent advances in sea turtle research as well as brand new topics not previously covered. Written by eminent scientists, Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume III ... ....

Biology of the Reptilia, Volume 14, Development A

Carl Gans, Frank Billet and Paul FA Maderson

NHBS has obtained some remaindered unsold stock of this out-of-print volume, which was originally published in 1985. Biology of the Reptilia, Volume 14, Development A is the first in a two-volume set that deals exclusively ... ....

Biology of the Reptilia, Volume 15, Development B

Carl Gans and Frank Billet

NHBS has obtained some remaindered unsold stock of this out-of-print volume, which was originally published in 1985.

Field Guide to the Frogs of Queensland

Eric Vanderduys

Frogs are remarkably variable creatures. Many species adopt different colours or patterns by day or night. In some cases, males are different from females, and many species can change their appearance remarkably when breeding.

Snake Scale Microstructure

Phylogenetic Significance and Functional Adaptations

Christine V. Schmidt and Stanislav N. Gorb

This study investigates whether micromorphological features of the oberhautchen of snake scales show adaptations to the animals' life habit. For the first time, the ventral scale microstructure of 41 snakes belonging to three different ... ....

The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic, Volume 2

Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Snakes of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, with a

Roberto Sindaco, Alberto Venchi and Cristina Grieco

The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic, Volume 2 contains a checklist to 190 snake species found in the Western Palearctic. In 342 colour photos it illustrates 160 species. Furthermore, 184 colour distribution maps are included ... ....

A DNA Sequence-Based Approach to the Identification of Shark and Ray Species

Gavin JP Naylor, Janine Nicole Caira, Jensen Kirsten, KAM Rosana, William Toby White and PR Last

In an effort to provide a framework for the accurate identification of elasmobranchs, driven in large part by the needs of parasitological studies, a comprehensive survey of DNA sequences derived from the mitochondrial NADH2 gene was ... ....

Stoere

Eine Einfuehrung in Biologie - Systematik - Wirtschaftliche Bedeutung - Krankheiten - Wiedereinbuergerung

Frank Kirschbaum

The meat and eggs of sturgeon have long been important natural products to people. This book presents the basic biological knowledge is presented for each of the 27 species of sturgeon. Professor Kirschbaum is an ichthyologist who ... ....

Swordfish

A Biography of the Ocean Gladiator

Richard Ellis

A perfect fish in the evolutionary sense, the broadbill swordfish derives its name from its distinctive bill – much longer and wider than the bill of any other billfish – which is flattened into the sword we all recognize. ....

The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna, Ryggstrangsdjur: Stralfeniga Fiskar

Chordata: Actinopterygii

Sven O Kullander, Bo Delling, Linda Nyman and Karl Kilg

This volume of The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna covers all species of Swedish ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii). Identification keys in English are presented for all species.

The Nervous System of Cartilaginous Fishes

23rd Annual Karger Workshop, Washington, D.C., November 2011

K.E. Yopak

Special Topic Issue: Brain, Behavior and Evolution 2012, Vol. 80, No. 2. Cartilaginous fishes are comprised of nearly 1,200 species and occur in diverse ecological niches. Though once thought to have empirically simple ... ....

A Slow Passion

Snails, My Garden and Me

Ruth Brooks

When BBC Radio 4's Material World programme announced a search for the UK's top amateur scientist, little did anyone expect that the winning experiment would comprise one of our humblest garden pests. Ruth Brooks posed ... ....

Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera

Ann Holbourn, Andrew Henderson and The Natural History Museum (London - UK)

This up-to-date and reliable atlas of an important group of marine microfossils (foraminifera) offers comprehensive coverage of 300 species, 1000 spectacular full-color images, and detailed morphological, ecological, and biogeographical ... ....

Butterflies of Central America, Volume 2

Hairstreaks and Metalmarks

Kim Garwood and Richard Lehman

235 pages of Hairstreaks and Metalmarks, Index and Quick Index. Maps and principal photographic locations.

Checklist of Phytoseiidae of the World (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Vikram Prasad

A total of 2692 species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae), distributed over 102 genera and 3 subfamilies in 1063 pages, are included in Checklist of Phytoseiidae of the World (Acari: Mesostigmata) book.

Checklisten der Fauna Oesterreichs, No. 6

Erich Eder, Fritz Gusenleitner, Max Schwarz, Karl Mazzucco and Reinhard Gerecke

Checklisten der Fauna Österreichs, No. 6 covers the following groups Anostraca, Notostraca, Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata (Crustacea: Branchiopoda excl. Cladocera); Apidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera); Halacaridae and Hydrachnidia ... ....

Collins British Butterfly Guide

Tom Tolman and Richard Lewington

Experience the joy of discovering the natural world around you with this beautiful pocket guide to British butterflies, an inspiration and treat designed to enthral all nature lovers. This comprehensive guide to the butterflies ... ....

Common Spiders of North America

Richard A Bradley and Steve Buchanan

Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and poorly understood groups. This beautifully illustrated volume is the first comprehensive guide to all 68 families of spiders ... ....

Dragonfly

David Chandler and Steve Cham

Supremely colourful, among the most voracious predators of the insect world and on the wing for more than 300 million years, dragonflies and damselflies capture the imagination in so many ways. Yet many aspects of their fascinating lives ... ....

Evolution in the Dark

Adaptation of Drosophila in the Laboratory

Naoyuki Fuse, T. Kitamura, T. Haramura, K. Arikawa and M. Imafuku

How organisms come to possess adaptive traits is a fundamental question for evolutionary biology. Although it is almost impossible to demonstrate evolution in the laboratory, this issue can be approached by using an unusual organism ... ....

Functional Morphology and Evolution of the Male Secondary Copulatory Apparatus of the Anisoptera (Insecta: Odonata)

Hans Klaus Pfau

In this study, the functions and mechanical interactions of different parts of the secondary copulatory apparatus of Anisoptera are reconstructed in detail and possible evolutionary pathways are described. Whereas in Zygoptera and ... ....

Smaller Moths of Surrey

Bob Palmer, Jim Porter and Graham A Collins

Smaller Moths of Surrey provides the first detailed analysis of the status and distribution of the Microlepidoptera within Surrey. More than 1130 species of micromoth have been recorded in Surrey at one time or another, out of ... ....

The Geometrid Moths of Europe - Volume 3

Larentiinae I

Axel Hausmann and Jaan Viidalepp

In this volume, the fourth and the largest to be published, 268 species are covered. Many of the genera have caused serious problems in identification, but based on the large number of specimens illustrated on the 25 colour plates ... ....

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Geographical Distribution and Control Strategies in the Euro-Asia Region

M. Salman and J. Tarres-Call

The continuing emergence and evolution of tick-borne diseases has significant implications for animal health, the profitability of food animal production and for human health, with many tick-borne diseases having zoonotic capability. ....

ZooKeys 220

Revision of the Plant Bug Genus Tytthus (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae)

Thomas J Henry

A revision and the first phylogenetic analysis of the widely distributed plant bug genus Tytthus is presented. All 24 species of this genus, including five described as new, prey exclusively on planthopper (Delphacidae) eggs ... ....

My Beloved Brontosaurus

On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs

Brian Switek

Dinosaurs haunt museum halls, stomp across movie screens, and adorn just about any product you can name. Despite groundbreaking discoveries, the dinosaurs of our childhood are entrenched in our minds, and new science struggles to overcome ... ....

Oysters, Pines and Elephants

The Story of Cyprus Fossils

Roys G Kassapis

Oysters, Pines and Elephants: The Story of Cyprus Fossils is the first popular book ever to be written on Cyprus fossils. It covers in simple non-scientific language many aspects of Cyprus prehistory and geological evolution of ... ....

Rhinoceros Giants

The Paleobiology of the Indricotheres

Donald R. Prothero

Written for everyone fascinated by the huge beasts that once roamed the earth, this booki ntroduces the giant hornless rhinoceros, Indricotherium. These massive animals inhabited Asia and Eurasia for more than 14 million years ...

Saved in Time

The Fight to Establish Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado

Estella B. Leopold and Herbert W. Meyer

In the summer of 1969, a federal district court ian Denver, Colorado, heard arguments in one of the nation's first explicitly environmental cases, in which the Defenders of Florissant, Inc. opposed real estate interests intent on ... ....

Field Identification Guide to the Living Marine Resources of the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean

M Bariche

Field Identification Guide to the Living Marine Resources of the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean covers major animal groups of the southern and eastern Mediterranean Sea, including crustaceans, mollusks, sea urchins, fishes ... ....

A Tale of Seven Elements

Eric Scerri

In 1913, English physicist Henry Moseley established an elegant method for 'counting' the elements. Soon afterwards, it became clear that there were precisely seven elements missing from the periodic table – those that had ... ....

Among the Islands

Adventures in the Pacific

Tim Flannery

Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia – Woodlark, in ... ....

Attenborough

60 Years in the Wild (Region 2 & 4)

Sir David Attenborough has been at the forefront of natural history film making for over half a century, witnessing an unparalleled period of change in our planet’s history. In this unique and important series he delivers his ... ....

Birds in a Cage

Four British birdwatchers, the unlikely beginnings of modern wildlife conservation

Derek Niemann

"In the summer of 1940, lying in the sun, I saw a family of redstarts, unconcerned in the affairs of our skeletal multitude, going about their ways in cherry and chestnut trees." Soon after his arrival at Warburg PoW camp ... ....

Darwin Deleted

Imagining a World without Darwin

Peter J Bowler

The ideas and terminology of Darwinism are so pervasive these days that it seems impossible to avoid them, let alone imagine a world without them. But in this remarkable rethinking of scientific history, Peter Bowler does just that. ....

How Wild Things Move

Danielle Lass

We all know that humans get about by striding on two legs, but what about the rest of the animal kingdom. How do animals use their muscles, limbs, wings and even tails to get them to where they want to go? Animal locomotion is all about ... ....

India: The Tiger's Roar

Aline Dobbie

India: The Tiger's Roar, is the follow-up to the successful and well received India: The Peacock's Call by Aline Dobbie. Aline Dobbie was born in and spent her childhood in India where her father ...

India; The Elephant's Blessing

Aline Dobbie

India: The Elephant's Blessing follows the author's 2500km journey through Southern India. The work has elements of the travelog but is infused with perspicacious insights into the people and culture of India.

On Extinction

How We Became Estranged from Nature

Melanie Challenger

Realizing the link between her own estrangement from nature and the cultural shifts that led to a dramatic rise in extinctions, award-winning writer Melanie Challenger travels in search of the stories behind these losses. From an exploration ... ....

Poachers Were My Prey

Eighteen Years as an Undercover Wildlife Officer

Robert Stewart and WH Gross

"You ain't no damn game warden, are ya?" the poacher snarled.
I looked him straight in the eye and lied. "Game warden [...] ? I ain't no game warden!"
The poacher paused, mulling over my answer, and ... ....

RSPB First Book of Pond Life

Derek Niemann

Each RSPB spotter's guide comprises 35 common garden creatures for beginner naturalists. Through beautiful full-page illustration accompanied by key information about each creature, books are designed to encourage young children' ... ....

RSPB First Book of the Seashore

Derek Niemann

Each RSPB spotter's guide comprises 35 common garden creatures for beginner naturalists. Through beautiful full-page illustration accompanied by key information about each creature, books are designed to encourage young children' ... ....

RSPB Garden Nature Colouring Book

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)

35 common garden creatures to colour in for beginner naturalists. Through beautiful full-page illustration accompanied by key information about each creature, books are designed to encourage young children's interest in the outside ... ....

RSPB Wild Nature Colouring Book

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)

35 common wild creatures to colour in for beginner naturalists. Through beautiful full-page illustration accompanied by key information about each creature, books are designed to encourage young children's interest in the outside ... ....

The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix

James D Watson, Alexander Gann and Jan Witkowski

Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Watson and Crick's discovery of the structure of DNA, an annotated and illustrated edition of this classic book gives new insights into the personal relationships between ... ....

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011

Mary Roach

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites.

The Butterfly Hunter

The Life of Henry Walter Bates

Anthony Crawforth

There are the three great names in 19th Century biology. Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace and Henry Walter Bates and yet the only full biography of Bates was written in 1969. This woeful void is remedied by Anthony Crawforth.

The Cat

3500 Years of the Cat in Art

Caroline Bugler

The cat's reputation and place in society have been subject to twists and turns of fate that are all reflected in art. While cats were deified by the ancient Egyptians, they were vilified by the medieval Church, before the Renaissance ... ....

The Dog

5000 Years of the Dog in Art

Tamsin Pickeral

For more than 5000 years, artists have created an extraordinary array of captivating images of the dog – the animal that has enjoyed the closest and most intriguing relationship with man. This beautiful book is lavishly illustrated ... ....

The Forest Unseen

A Year's Watch in Nature

David George Haskell

Written with remarkable grace and empathy, The Forest Unseen is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Biologist David George Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire ... ....

The Handbook of Bird Photography

Markus Varesvuo, Jari Peltomaki and Bence Mate

The Handbook of Bird Photography distills the knowledge, talent, and experience of three well-known professional wildlife photographers into one beautifully illustrated volume. Written in a manner that is easy to understand ... ....

The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds

John Muir Laws and David Allen Sibley

John Muir Laws's guide to drawing birds is itself winged, soaring between a devotion not only to art but also to the lives, forms, and postures of the birds themselves. Here, artistic technique and the exquisite details of natural history ... ....

The RSPB Bumper Book of Wildlife Stories

Pat Kelleher and Daniel Howarth

Inspire young naturalists with The RSPB Bumper Book of Wildlife Stories. This full-colour, beautifully illustrated title is packed full of wonderful tales of wildlife, fascinating facts, puzzles, games and much, much more. ....

The RSPB Children's Guide to Nature Watching

Mark Boyd

This new RSPB book is a practical, exciting and comprehensive introduction to nature watching for children. With full-colour photographs and illustrations throughout, it discusses general practicalities – where to go and when, what ... ....

The Weekend Photographer

John Van Put

Photography is a popular pastime that can be rewarding when done correctly and you dont need a degree to get the most out of your camera. Whether it is an issue of lighting, focus, white balance or photographer positioning, many amateurs ... ....

The What on Earth? Wallbook of Natural History Mini Edition

Christopher D Lloyd and Andy Forshaw

The What on Earth? Wallbook of Natural History Mini Edition is about the size of an A5 postcard but tells the complete story of life on Earth. It contains an incredible 4.5 billion year fold-out timeline which is crammed with over ... ....

A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife

Richard Sale and Per Michelsen

This is the ideal guidebook to the wildlife of the Arctic, which is undergoing such a perilous change. Polar expert Richard Sale describes the ecological and human dynamics of the Arctic as a whole, with detailed information about the ... ....

A Year in the Life of the Cairngorms

Chris Townsend

The Cairngorms contain the greatest area of land over 4,000 feet above sea level, the largest Caledonian pine forests and the biggest national park in Britain. This spectacular land of mountains, lochs, rivers and woods is wild and beautiful ... ....

Atlas of Remote Sensing for World Heritage: China

Huadong Guo

Atlas of Remote Sensing for World Heritage: China describes the UNESCO Natural and Cultural Heritage Sites in China and focuses on the interrelationship between culture and nature as well as on the breadth and complexity of ... ....

Cold Matters

The State & Fate of Canada's Fresh Water

Robert William Sandford

This is a vital and approachable work that distils the scientific complexities of snow, ice, water and climate and presents the global implications of research put forth and funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Science ... ....

Edge of Heaven: The Yorkshire Coast

Personal Reflections from our Finest Writers

Selina Scott, Ian Clayton, Margaret Drabble, RJ Ellory, Roy Hattersley, David Joy, Ian McMillan and

There has been an array of books written about the Yorkshire Coast. Books about its people, major historical events, famous individuals, its geology, its geography, its native fauna and wildlife, its industries, its towns, its villages and ... ....

Field Guide to Wildlife of The Gambia

An Introduction to Common Flowers and Animals

David Penney

The Gambia, located on the coast of tropical West Africa supports a diverse range of habitat types, from forests to mangrove swamps, savannah grasslands and coastal ecosystems. It has a rich and diverse flora and fauna, which for some ... ....

High Country New Zealand

the Land, the People, the Seasons

Antonia Steeg and Philip Temple

Many know New Zealand’s High Country for its majestically beautiful scenery – the snow-cloaked mountains, braided rivers and tussock grasslands shaped by millions of years of natural events and centuries of exploration and ... ....

Isle of Man Wildlife

A Unique and Comprehensive Guide to Flora and Fauna on Land, In The Air, In The Sea, In Rivers & Streams

Trevor Barrett

Isle of Man Wildlife contains a wide variety of information and details on how to enjoy the many aspects of wildlife on the Isle of Man. Isle of Man Wildlife features comprehensive articles by leading ... ....

Red Sand, Green Heart

Ecological Adventures in the Outback

John L Read

Red Sand, Green Heart explains how the unique wildlife and vegetation of the Australian outback have been shaped by the harsh climate of this vast, infertile land. In recent years indigenous groups have been joined by pastoralists ... ....

Rough Guide: Southwest China

David Leffman

Full-colour throughout, Rough Guide: Southwest China is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most compelling regions. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style ... ....

The Tangled Bank

Writings from Orion

Robert Michael Pyle

"It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that the ... ....

The Will of the Land

Peter A. Dettling

This second edition of Peter Dettlings stunning, best-selling and highly controversial book The Will of the Land, which earned the praise of Farley Mowat, Ben Gadd, Doug Peacock, Canadian Geographic Magazine and ... ....

50 years of Mapping the British and Irish Flora 1962-2012

Michael Braithwaite and Kevin Walker

50 years of Mapping the British and Irish Flora 1962-2012 was prepared for the 2012 BSBI conference 'A great leap forward – Biological Recording since the 1962 Atlas of the British Flora'. Illustated in full colour ... ....

A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps

Ansgar Hoppe

Explore the colourful world of alpine flowers. This practical book will help you make a quick, reliable identification of each plant, with concise descriptions and illustrations for individual plants to enable differentiation from similar ... ....

A Primer of Botanical Latin with Vocabulary

Emma Short and Alex George

Latin is one of two acceptable languages for describing new plants, and taxonomists must be able to translate earlier texts in Latin. Providing a simple explanation of Latin grammar along with an in-depth vocabulary, this is an indispensable ... ....

Altitudinal Distribution Patterns of Alpine Plants

Studies Along a Coast-Inland Transect in Southern Scandes, Northern Europe

Jarle Inge Holten and Egil Ingvar Aune

Altitudinal Distribution Patterns of Alpine Plants describes the vertical distribution and ecology of 161 alpine vascular plant species along a coast-inland transect in central Norway. The diagrams in chapter V are based on ... ....

Australian Grasses

A Gardener's Guide to Native Grasses, Sedges, Rushes & Grasstrees

Nick Romanowski

Most Australian grasses are as spectacularly beautiful as the finest the rest of the world has to offer, while naturally being better adapted to the varied Australian climates.

Bolets de Catalunya: Volume 31

Societat Catalana de Micologia

Another 50 sheets in this ongoing series treating the fungi of Catalonia.

British Gardens

History, Philosophy and Design

Tom Turner

Garden design began in West Asia and spread through Europe. British Gardens: History, Philosophy and Design tells how, in the British Isles, it flourished to an extraordinary degree. Following the historical method in Tom Turner's ... ....

Collins British Tree Guide

Owen Johnson

Experience the joy of discovering the natural world around you with this beautiful pocket guide to British trees, an inspiration and treat designed to enthral all nature lovers. This comprehensive guide to British trees contains ... ....

Collins British Wild Flower Guide

David Streeter

Experience the joy of discovering the natural world around you with this beautiful pocket guide to British wild flowers, an inspiration and treat designed to enthral all nature lovers. Leading botanical artists specially commissioned ... ....

Cyperaceae of Uttar Pradesh

A Check List

Sanjay Kumar Uniyal

Uttar Pradesh, constituting 68 districts, is one of the largest state of India spread over an area of 294,411 sq. km i.e. about 9% of the total area of the country. The state has a wide altitudinal variation ranging from 300 m - 7817 m ... ....

Dionaea

The Venus's Flytrap

Tim Bailey and Stewart McPherson

The first complete monograph of Dionaea muscipula, the world famous "Venus's Flytrap". Described by Charles Darwin as "the most amazing plant in the world", this unmistakable insect-eating plant produces leaves that ... ....

Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants, Volume 5: Fruits

TK Lim

This book continues as volume 5 of a multicompendium on edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh, cooked or processed as vegetables, cereals, spices, stimulant, edible oils and beverages.

Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants, Volume 6: Fruits

TK Lim

This book continues as volume 6 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh, cooked or processed into other by-products, or as vegetables, cereals, spices, stimulant, edible ... ....

Endocytosis in Plants

Jozef Samaj

Endocytosis is a fundamental cellular process by means of which cells internalize extracellular and plasma membrane cargos for recycling or degradation. It is important for the establishment and maintenance of cell polarity, subcellular ... ....

Field Guide to the Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada

Stewart McPherson and Donald Schnell

This visually beautiful field guide documents all carnivorous plants found across the United States and Canada. After a concise introduction to carnivorous plants of the continent, each species is profiled over two pages with three images ... ....

Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the United States and Canada

Stewart McPherson and Donald Schnell

This beautiful field guide offers a detailed overview of all species of pitcher plants of the United States and Canada – the most spectacular wild plants of North America.

Flora Briofitica Iberica (Fasciculos): Brachythecium

JD Orgaz, MJ Cano and J Guerra

This fascicle covers 22 species in the moss genus Brachythecium found in the Iberian peninsula. A dichotomous key allows species identification, and all species are described in roughly one-page profiles. Plates with black-and-white ... ....

Flora Vascular de la Republica Argentina, Volume 14

Verbenaceae

FO Zuloaga, ZE Rugolo and AM Anton

Flora Vascular de la Républica Argentina, Volume 14 Verbenaceae is the second volume to be published in a new Spanish flora that follows up on the ...

Flora Vascular de la Republica Argentina, Volume 3

Poaceae (2-Volume Set)

FO Zuloaga, ZE Rugolo and AM Anton

Flora Vascular de la Républica Argentina, Volume 3 Poaceae is the first volume to be published in a new Spanish flora that follows up on the ...

Flora Zambesiaca, Volume 8, Part 5: Acanthaceae: Pseudocalyx to Crossandra

Jonathan Timberlake

The Flora Zambesiaca series provides comprehensive accounts of the plants and ferns native and naturalised in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the Caprivi Strip. Published in paperback following a modified Bentham ... ....

Flora Zambesiaca, Volume 8, Part 8: Labiatae, Pogostemonoideae To Nepetoideae Tribe Mentheae

Jonathan Timberlake

The Flora Zambesiaca series provides comprehensive accounts of the plants and ferns native and naturalised in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the Caprivi Strip. Published in paperback following a modified Bentham ... ....

Flora of Thailand, Volume 11, Part 2

Araceae, Acoraceae

Volume 11, part 2 deals with the Araceae and Acoraceae.

Flora of the Guianas, Series A: 29: 127. Sapindaceae

Sylvia Mota de Oliveira

A critical, illustrated Flora of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, designed to treat phanerogams as well as cryptogams of the area. Publication takes place in fascicles, each treating a family or group of related families.

Illustrated Field Guide to the Flowers of Sri Lanka

Jacob de Vlas and Johanna de Vlas-de Jong

Illustrated field guide to the flowers of Sri Lanka depicts more than 1000 different plant species with photographs, and more than 200 related species are shortly described. The main source of information for the descriptions ... ....

International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code) Adopted by the Eighteenth International

J McNeill, FR Barrie, WR Buck, V Demoulin, W Greuter, DL Hawkworth, PS Herendeen and S Knapp

This International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) replaces the formerly called International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN). The new code (Melbourne Code) took effect on July 23rd, 2011, when it was ratified ... ....

International Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 6

Phillip Smith

This stunning paperback showcases the winners and best entries for the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition. In 2013 the competition will exhibit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Sydney Botanical Gardens, Sydney ... ....

Loulu

The Hawaiian Palm

Donald R Hodel, PauL R Weissich and William S Merwin

The only native palms in Hawai'i, loulu are among the Islands' most distinctive plants. Several of the 24 recognized species are rare and endangered and all make handsome and appropriate ornamentals to adorn gardens and landscape ... ....

Maize Agroecosystem

Nutrient Dynamics and Productivity

K. R. Krishna

Maize is among the most widely spread and widely used crops of the world, used for cereals for over 4 billion humans, as food for farm animals, and as a source material for biofuel production. Yet there are relatively few books on the ... ....

Managing Turfgrass Pests

Thomas L Watschke, Peter H. Dernoeden and David J Shetlar

Reflecting recent research, Managing Turfgrass Pests provides a reliable management guide to all major weed problems in turfgrass used on lawns, athletic fields, and golf courses in the U.S. and worldwide. This second edition ... ....

Mountain Flower Walks

The Greek Mainland

John Richards

Greece is a very popular destination for holidaymakers, but most visit the islands in summer when the vegetation has dried up. However, the mountainous mainland has a very rich alpine flora and rewarding visits can be made at most times ... ....

Old Roses

David Austin

Garden Art Press published David Austin's The Rose, covering roses of all types and ages from the earliest known forms to modern roses of today. This handy pocket-sized title includes the material in that publication dealing ... ....

Ornamental Geophytes

From Basic Science to Sustainable Production

Rina Kamenetsky and Hiroshi Okubo

Although a great deal of research on ornamental geophytes has been conducted since the beginning of the 1990s, current information has not been comprehensively presented to researchers and horticulturalists. Covering the latest advances ... ....

Philippine Native Orchid Species

Jim Cootes

Philippine Native Orchid Species aims to introduce the general Filipino public, and other interested parties, to the wonders of Philippine native orchid species.

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 37

Jules Janick

Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic ... ....

Plant Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance

Roberto Fritsche-Neto and Aluizio Borem

Experience shows that biotic stresses occur with different levels of intensity in nearly all agricultural areas around the world. The occurrence of insects, weeds and diseases caused by fungi, bacteria or viruses may not be relevant in a ... ....

Plant Crib (2012 Reprint)

TCG Rich and AC Jermy

A 2012 reprint of this useful book, with the previous corrigenda and addenda (last updated 2001) now included in the introductory text. The Plant Crib (1998) evolved from earlier publications and was prepared to ...

Plant Physiology

Philip Stewart and Sabine Globig

The field of plant physiology includes the study of all chemical and physical processes of plants, from the molecular-level interactions of photosynthesis and the diffusion of water, minerals, and nutrients within the plant, to the large ... ....

Plants and Microclimate

A Quantitative Approach to Plant Physiology

Hamlyn G Jones

Emphasizes the close relationship between the biophysical, physiological and ecological aspects of the adaptation of higher plants to their aerial environment.

Succulent Plants of the Canary Islands

Plantas Succulentas de las Islas Canarias / Plantas Succulentes des Isles Canaries / Sukkulenten auf den Kanarischen Ins

Joel Lode

Succulent Plants of the Canary Islands is an identification guide written in 4 languages for all succulent plants on the Canary Islands, including taxa recently described such as Aeonium escobarii ...

Syllabus of Plant Families

Volume 1: Blue-green Algae, Myxomycetes and Myxomycete-like organisms, Phytoparasitic protists, Heterotrophic Heterokont

Wolfgang Frey

Part 1/1 of Engler's Syllabus of Plant Families - Blue-green Algae, Myxomycetes and Myxomycete-like organisms, Phytoparasitic protists, Heterotrophic Hetero -kontobionta and Fungi p.p. provides a thorough treatment of the ... ....

Tamarix

A Case Study of Ecological Change in the American West

Anna Sher

Few plant species have had as much combined scientific, public, and political attention as exotic Tamarix spp (tamarisk, saltcedar). Twenty-four essays by 44 authors explore its biology, ecology, politics, history, and management ... ....

The Aloe of Madagascar / Les Aloe de Madagascar

Jean-Bernard Castillon and Jean-Phillipe Castillon

Since 1960, date of publication of the last work dedicated to Malagasy Aloe (Reynolds’ The Aloe of Tropical Africa and Madagascar), more than 70 new taxa were described by numerous authors in numerous magazines, but no overall ... ....

The Bizarre and Incredible World of Plants

Alexandra Papadakis, Wolfgang Stuppy, Rob Kesseler and Madeline Harley

Visual artist Rob Kesseler uses special light and scanning electron microscopy to create astonishing images of a variety of pollen, seeds and fruits. His razor-sharp cross-sections reveal intricate interiors, pods, pouches, keys, and other examples ... ....

The Cape Orchids (2-Volume Set)

William Liltved and Steven Johnson

The Cape Orchids is regional monograph in two volumes that encapsulates a comprehensive overview of what is currently known about the classification and ecology of all 241 orchid species, both terrestrial and epiphytic, of the ... ....

The Gardens of England

Treasures of the National Gardens Scheme

George Plumptre and Joe Swift

In England, gardening and garden-visiting are national obsessions. More than 80 years ago, the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) was founded with the aim of raising money for charity by opening gardens of quality and interest to the public. ....

The Genus Betula

A Taxonomic Revision of Birches

Kenneth Ashburner, Hugh A McAllister and Josephine Hague

Birches or Betula, are among the most attractive and common trees in the landscape and in gardens. Unfortunately, naming even the common white-barked birches can be difficult and many wrongly named trees can be found in nurseries ... ....

The Genus Oedogonium Link (Chlorophyta: Oedogoniales) in West Bengal, India

Jai Prakash Keshri

This volume of Bibliotheca Phycologica represents an exhaustive catalogue of the diversity of Oedogoniales in West Bengal, India. Oedogonium is the most common genus of the order Oedogoniales of green algae ...

The Handbook of Plant Metabolomics

Wolfram Weckwerth and Guenther Kahl

This is the newest title in the successful Molecular Plant Biology Handbook Series. Just like the other titles in the series this new title gives an excellent overview of different approaches and techniques in the field.

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

Timothy Utteridge and Gemma Bramley

The tropics with their lush rainforests are extremely rich in plant life but are still comparatively unknown. Botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have a long tradition of exploring and plant collecting in the tropics, accumulating ... ....

Tomato Diseases

A Color Handbook

Dominique Blanchard

To identify a disease in the field, the diagnostician must have academic training and extensive knowledge of various disciplines together with experience. One must remember that in Greek, diagnosis means 'knowledge'.

Wildflowers of the Sandia and Mazano Mountains of Central New Mexico

Larry J Littlefield and Pearl M Burns

This is a beautifully illustrated wildflower book for nonprofessionals, focused on the mountains of central New Mexico, including 715 color photographs of different organs and developmental stages of 201 common species occurring at .. ....

World Economic Plants

A Standard Reference

John H Wiersema and Blanca Leon

Providing a means for international standardization, this comprehensive reference compiles essential information for more than 11,000 vascular plants of commercial importance throughout the world. For each plant, the text presents the ... ....

A Natural History of Seeing

The Art and Science of Vision

Simon Ings

We spend about one-tenth of our waking hours completely blind. Only one percent of what we see is in focus at any one time. There is no direct fossil evidence for the evolution of the eye. In graceful, accessible prose, novelist and scientist ... ....

Animal Communication Theory

Information and Influence

Ulrich Stegmann

The explanation of animal communication by means of concepts like information, meaning and reference is one of the central foundational issues in animal behaviour studies. This book explores these issues, revolving around questions such ... ....

Bacteria

A Very Short Introduction

Sebastian GB Amyes

Bacteria form a fundamental branch of life. They are the oldest forms of life as we know it, and they are still the most prolific living organisms. They inhabit every part of the Earth's surface, its ocean depths, and even terrains ... ....

Bacteria in Agrobiology: Disease Management

Dinesh K Maheshwari

The future of agriculture greatly depends on our ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing long-term production potential. The application of microorganisms, such as the diverse bacterial species of plant growth promoting bacteria ... ....

Current Research in Animal Physiology

Victor S. Lamoureux

Animal physiology is the scientific study of how the bodies of animals function. How does an animal breathe, develop, eat and digest, reproduce, control its activities? The field encompasses the molecular, cellular, tissue and organ ... ....

Cyclic Beta-Glucans from Microorganisms

Production, Properties and Applications

Geetha Venkatachalam, Sathyanarayana Gummadi and Mukesh Doble

Cyclic glucans are polysaccharides that are predominantly produced by Agrobacterium, Bradyrhizobium and Rhizobium sp. and widely used in the pharmaceutical and food industries.

DNA Sequence Analysis

Chemical Coding Theories at Work

Andrzej K Konopka

Presenting a solid treatment of statistical and cryptanalytic foundations of today's sequence analysis, DNA Sequence Analysis provides comprehensive coverage of the theory and practice of those aspects of computer-assisted ... ....

Ecology of Cyanobacteria II

Their Diversity in Space and Time

Brian A Whitton

Cyanobacteria have existed for 3.5 billion years, yet they are still the most important photosynthetic organisms on the planet for cycling carbon and nitrogen. The ecosystems where they have key roles range from the warmer oceans to many ... ....

Epigenetics, Environment, and Genes

Sun Woo Kang

Epigenetics refers to DNA and chromatin modifications that play an important role in the regulation of various genomic functions. This important book reviews human and cellular data that underline paradoxical findings with respect to the ... ....

Essential Genetics

A Genomics Perspective

Daniel L Hartl

Updated throughout to reflect the latest discoveries in this fast-paced field, Essential Genetics: A Genomics Perspective, Sixth Edition, provides an accessible, student-friendly introduction to modern genetics. Designed for the ... ....

Genetic Sex Differentiation in Fish

T. J. Pandian

A comprehensive elucidation of sex differentiation gonochoric and hermaphroditic fishes, Genetic Sex Differentiation in Fish examines sex chromosomes and sex determining genes, through sex differentiation genes and steroid receptors ... ....

Geometry in Nature

Exploring the Morphology of the Natural World Through Projective Geometry

John Blackwood

From the simplest observations in nature to detailed measuring of intricate forms, we find geometry everywhere in the world around us. In this magnificent book, John Blackwood explores different kinds of symmetry in the diverse realms of ... ....

Lewin's Essential Genes

Jocelyn E Krebs, Elliott S Goldstein and Stephen T Kilpatrick

Extensively reorganized and revised with the latest data from this rapidly changing field, Lewin's Essential Genes, Third Edition, provides students with a comprehensive overview of molecular biology and molecular genetics. ....

Microbial Metabolomics

S Villas-Boas and K Ruggiero

Metabolomics enables new scientific discoveries in the life sciences that make it of increasing interest in biology. Focusing on analysing different small molecules produced or modified by living cells in a high throughput fashion ... ....

Modeling Biochemical Reactions

Steady-State Approximation

Santiago Schnell

Providing a rational and rigorous, yet understandable treatment of steady-state approximation, Modeling Biochemical Reactions: Steady-State Approximation as case study stresses the importance of understanding how these models are ... ....

Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Related Peptides in the Regulation of Behavior

The mammalian neurohypophyseal peptide hormones oxytocin and vasopressin act to mediate human social behavior – they affect trust and social relationships and have an influence on avoidance responses. Describing the evolutionary ... ....

Plant Transposons and Genome Dynamics in Evolution

Nina V. Fedoroff

Transposable elements, or transposons, make up a significant proportion of the genetic material found in a plant genomes. Now recognized for their ability to illuminate the evolving nature of plants and their day-to-day function, transport ... ....

Prokaryotic Toxin-Antitoxins

Kenn Gerdes

Prokaryotic Toxins – Antitoxins gives the first overview of an exciting and rapidly expanding research field. Toxin – antitoxin (TA) genes were discovered on plasmids 30 years ago. Since then it has become evident that TA ... ....

Stress Biology of Cyanobacteria

Molecular Mechanisms to Cellular Responses

Ashish Kumar Srivastava

Stress Biology of Cyanobacteria: Molecular Mechanisms to Cellular Responses is a compilation of holistic responses of cyanobacteria ranging from ecology and physiology to modem aspects of molecular biology and biochemistry. ....

The Encyclopedia of Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Richard C Russell and Richard wall

Arthropod transmitted infections in humans and animals continue to be a front-line issue in all regions of the world. Understanding of the insects that transmit diseases, the mechanisms of infection and the resulting diseases is vital to ... ....

The Functional Fold

Amyloid Structures in Nature

Suzi Jarvis

Amyloid fibrils are known for their association with many devastating human diseases, but non-pathogenic amyloid with surprisingly useful roles have been recently identified in a wide range of organisms in nature. This is the first book ... ....

Tool Use in Animals

Cognition and Ecology

Crickette Sanz, Josep Call and Christophe Boesch

The last decade has witnessed remarkable discoveries and advances in our understanding of the tool using behaviour of animals. Wild populations of capuchin monkeys have been observed to crack open nuts with stone tools, similar to the ... ....

Wildlife DNA Analysis

Applications in Forensic Science

Adrian Linacre and Shanan Tobe

Wildlife DNA Analysis: Applications in Forensic Science provides an accessible introduction to the application of DNA typing in wildlife forensic science. The use of DNA profiling in wildlife forensic science falls into two broad ... ....

Wildlife Forensic Investigation

Principles and Practice

John E Cooper and Margaret E Cooper

Providing an in-depth introduction to the rapidly evolving field of wildlife forensics, Wildlife Forensic Investigation: Principles and Practice first chronicles the history of wildlife conservation and environmental protection ... ....

A Silent Gene Theory of Evolution

A Genuine Rival to the Theory of Natural Selection

Warwick Collins and Donald Braben

Charles Darwin wrote in The Origin of Species that "unless profitable variations do occur, natural selection can do nothing." As Darwin recognised, natural selection, far from increasing variation within species, reduces variation constantly ... ....

Human Identity and Identification

Rebecca Gowland and Tim Thompson

Few things are as interesting to us as our own bodies and, by extension, our own identities. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the relationship between the body, environment and society. Reflecting upon these developments ... ....

Last Ape Standing

The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived

Chip Walter

Over the past 150 years scientists have discovered evidence that at least twenty-seven species of humans evolved on planet Earth. These weren't simply variations on apes, but upright-walking humans who lived side by side, competing ... ....

The Mythology of Evolution

Chris Bateman

What is the nature of life? Scientists turn to natural selection, genes or adaptation to explain the living world, but the imagery of evolution threatens to distort our understanding of the incredible history of our planet.

Ecological Systems

Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

Rik Leemans

Earth is home to an estimated 8 million animal species, 600,000 fungi, 300,000 plants, and an undetermined number of microbial species. Of these animal, fungal, and plant species, an estimated 75 percent have yet to be identified.

Green Equilibrium

The Vital Balance of Humans and Nature

Christopher Wills

In Green Equilibrium, Christopher Wills explains the rules by which ecosystems maintain a diversity of interdependent species, in particular the balance of predators and prey. Wills is both an eminent academic and a hugely experienced ... ....

Insatiable Bark Beetle

Reese Halter

In our ever-warming world, trillions of indigenous bark beetles are killing billions of mature conifers throughout the forests of western North America and around the world, as they embark on their largest and most destructive feeding frenzy ... ....

Invasive Plant Ecology

Shibu Jose, Harminder Pal Singh, Daizy Rani Batish and Ravinder Kumar Kohli

Comprised of a series of essays from botanical experts across the globe, Invasive Plant Ecology presents a comprehensive examination of the problem of invasive plant species that goes beyond a discussion of the status of invasive ... ....

Physical and Physiological Forest Ecology

Pertti Hari, Kari Heliovaara and Liisa Kulmala

Physical and Physiological Forest Ecology introduces a holistic synthesis of carbon and nitrogen fluxes in forest ecosystems from cell to stand level during the lifetime of trees. Establishing that metabolism and physical phenomena ... ....

Thrive in Ecology and Evolution

Alan Beeby and Ralph Beeby

The Thrive in Bioscience revision guides are written to help students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. Each title encourages the reader to follow four steps to maximise their learning, with features to support ... ....

Broad Scale Coastal Simulation

New Techniques to Understand and Manage Shorelines in the Third Millennium

Robert J. Nicholls, Richard J. Dawson and Sophie A. Day

Broad Scale Coastal Simulation: New Techniques to Understand and Manage Shorelines in the Third Millennium details research underpinning the 'Coastal Simulator' developed by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research ... ....

Challenge of Sustaining Soils

Natural and Social Ramifications of Biomass Production in a Changing World

Verena Winiwarter and Martin H Gerzabek

Soils perform a variety of functions. Soils are the basis of food and other biomass products; they provide crucial resources; and they store, filter, and transform materials (such as water) that are vital for life. Soils are a physical ... ....

Cities and Nature

Lisa Benton-Short and John Rennie-Short

Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. Cities and Nature reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject ... ....

Decision Making in Natural Resource Management

A Structured, Adaptive Approach

Michael J. Conroy and James T. Peterson

Decision Making in Natural Resource Management is intended for use by natural resources managers and scientists, and students in the fields of natural resource management, ecology, and conservation biology, who are confronted with ... ....

Landscape Archaeology and Ecology, Volume 6: The History, Ecology and Archaeology of Medieval Parks and Parklands

Ian D Rotherham

Medieval parks have been the subject of research and debate for many decades, but until relatively recently have remained neglected in terms of their conservation. There is a rich literature, with studies of invertebrate faunas and their ... ....

Restoration of Coastal Dunes

M. Luisa Martinez, Patrick A. Hesp and Juan B Gallego-Fernandez

The continuously growing human population along the world's coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy ... ....

Restoring Tropical Forests

A Practical Guide (Spanish Edition)

Stephen Elliott, David Blakesley and Kate Hardwick

Restoring Tropical Forests: A Practical Guide is a user-friendly and globally relevant practical guide to restoring forests throughout the tropics. Based on the concepts, knowledge and innovative techniques developed at Chiang Mai ... ....

Restoring Tropical Forests

A Practical Guide (French Edition)

Stephen Elliott, David Blakesley and Kate Hardwick

Restoring Tropical Forests: A Practical Guide is a user-friendly and globally relevant practical guide to restoring forests throughout the tropics. Based on the concepts, knowledge and innovative techniques developed at Chiang Mai ... ....

Soils

Principles, Properties and Management

Khan Towhid Osman

Aimed at taking the mystery out of soil science, Soils: Principles, Properties and Management is a text for undergraduate/graduate students who study soil as a natural resource. Written in a reader-friendly style, with a host of ... ....

State of the World's Forests 2012

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

This tenth edition of State of the World's Forests explores the role of forests in human history, finding strong links between forest use and economic and social development. It suggests that forest production has an important ... ....

Sustainable Coastal Management and Climate Adaptation

Global Lessons from Regional Approaches in Australia

Richard Kenchington, Laura Stocker and David Wood

Sustainable Coastal Management and Climate Adaptation: Global Lessons from Regional Approaches in Australia offers an examination of the evolving of coastal adaptation, both internationally and in Australia, from a perspective ... ....

Sustainable Soil Management

Deidre Rooney

Changing land-use practices and the role of soil biological diversity has been a major focus of soil science research over the past couple of decades, a trend that is likely to continue. The information presented in ...

The Silviculture of Trees Used in British Forestry

Peter S Savill

With details of climatic zones, soils, productivity, pests and diseases, this book provides concise but detailed information regarding the establishment and management of forests. Fully updated throughout, this new edition describes the ... ....

Britain's Game Fishes

Celebration and Conservation of Salmonids

Mark Everard and Paul Knight

Britain's Game Fishes provides an in-depth natural history of each native salmonid species in the British Isles: Atlantic salmon, brown trout / sea trout, Arctic charr, grayling and whitefishes, along with the familiar alien ... ....

CITES and Cacti

A User's Guide

Maurizio Sajeva, H Noel McGough, Lucy Garrett, Jonas Luthy, Maurice Tse-Laurence and C Rutherford

This user's guide covers the widely traded cactus family and how it is regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The text is written for the non-expert ...

Ecology and Conservation of Estuarine Ecosystems

Lake St. Lucia as a Model

Renzo Perissinotto, Derek Stretch and Ricky Taylor

St Lucia is the world's oldest protected estuary and Africa's largest estuarine system. It is also the centerpiece of South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, and has been a Ramsar Wetland of ... ....

Key Topics in Conservation Biology, Volume 2

David W Macdonald and Katherine J Willis

Following the much acclaimed success of the first volume of Key Topics in Conservation Biology, this entirely new second volume addresses an innovative array of key topics in contemporary conservation biology.

Nature Wars

The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds

Jim Sterba

This may be hard to believe but it is very likely that more people live in closer proximity to more wild animals, birds and trees in the eastern United States today than anywhere on the planet at any time in history. For nature lovers ... ....

Primate Ecology and Conservation

Eleanor Sterling, Nora Bynum and Mary Blair

The study of primate ecology and conservation has advanced rapidly in recent years. This practical volume brings together a group of distinguished primate researchers to synthesize field, laboratory, and conservation management technique ... ....

Threatened Birds of Assam

Asad R Rahmani and Anwaruddin Choudhury

Identification, protection, and monitoring of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) is a major global conservation programme initiated by BirdLife International, and recognized and appreciated by many governments, NGOs, and conservationists. ....

Agrometeorology in Extreme Events and Natural Disasters

H.P. Das

Agrometeorology in Extreme Events and Natural Disasters deals with a broad variety of extreme events that affect agriculture and presents effective risk management strategies. It explains events and their effects and presents ... ....

Combating Climate Change

An Agricultural Perspective

Manjit S. Kang and Surinder S. Banga

It is increasingly becoming apparent that climate change will affect all four dimensions of global food security: availability, accessibility, systems' stability, and utilization. This will likely adversely impact human health ... ....

Environmental Systems Studies

A Macroscope for Understanding and Operating Spaceship Earth

Hidefumi Imura

The environmental field is deep and wide. In the tsunami of information, how can people dig deeper to understand underlying causes of what they hear about the environment from newspapers and TV?

Environmental Toxicology

Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

Edward A. Laws

Environmental Toxicology provides a detailed, comprehensive introduction to this key area of sustainability and public health research. The broad coverage includes sections on ecological risk assessment, monitoring, mechanisms ... ....

Fundamentals of Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry

Sustainable Science

Stanley E Manahan

Fundamentals of Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry: Sustainable Science covers environmental chemistry, including toxicological chemistry. It discusses the integration of toxicological chemistry along with environmental ... ....

Introduction to International Disaster Management

Damon P Coppola

Introduction to International Disaster Management, second edition, continues to serve as the sole comprehensive overview of global emergency management. This second edition contains updated information on disaster trends as well ... ....

Mesoscale-Convective Processes in the Atmosphere

Robert J Trapp

This is the first modern textbook devoted solely to mesoscale-convective processes in the atmosphere. Such processes are realized in the form of thunderstorms and associated phenomena. Thunderstorms are dynamic and fast evolving and can ... ....

Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Palm Oil

Biodegradable Plastics

Kumar Sudesh

The environmental problems caused by petroleum-based plastic and plastic waste have led to an increasing demand for biobased and biodegradable plastics, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs).

These polyesters are synthesized from ... ....

Recent Advances and Issues in Environmental Science

William Hunter III

Environmental science integrates physical and biological sciences to the study of the environment, with the goal of solving today's environmental challenges. Many of these challenges tie into a greater concept of using the earth's ... ....

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 224

David M. Whitacre

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics ... ....

Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials (5-Volume Set)

Richard J Lewis

Since its publication in the 1950s, this important resource is considered the bible by those who need to evaluate the potential hazard of substances used in commerce. Now in its twelfth editio ...

Silent Spring at 50

The False Crises of Rachel Carson

Roger Meiners, Pierre DesRoches and Andrew Morriss

Widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement when published 50 years ago, Rachel Carson's ...

The Environment

Science, Issues, and Solutions

Mohan K. Wali, Fatih Evrendilek and M. Siobhan Fennessy

Strongly grounded in the scientific method and evidence, The Environment: Science, Issues, and Solutions presents an organized, accessible, building block approach that introduces the principles of ecology.

The Pesticide Manual

A World Compendium

C MacBean

Published by BCPC for over forty years, the content of the sixteenth edition has been extensively revised and updated, including EU registration status under the new regulation implemented in 2011. Based on verified information supplied ... ....

Air

The Restless Shaper of the World

William Bryant Logan

Air sustains the living. Every creature breathes to live, exchanging and changing the atmosphere. Water and dust spin and rise, make clouds and fall again, fertilising the earth. Twenty thousand fungal spores and half a million bacteria ... ....

Alien Life Imagined

Communicating the Science and Culture of Astrobiology

Mark Brake

One day, astrobiologists could make the most fantastic discovery of all time: the detection of complex extraterrestrial life. As space agencies continue to search for life in our Universe, fundamental questions are raised: are we awake ... ....

Astrometry for Astrophysics

Methods, Models, and Applications

William F. van Altena

The field of astrometry, the precise measurement of the positions, distances and motions of astronomical objects, has been revolutionized in recent years. As we enter the high-precision era, it will play an increasingly important role in ... ....

Boom, Bust, Boom

A Story about Copper, the Metal That Runs the World

Bill Carter

Copper is a miraculous and contradictory metal, essential to nearly every human enterprise. For most of recorded history, this remarkably pliable and sturdy substance has proven invaluable: not only did the ancient Romans build their empire ... ....

Colliding Continents

A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet

Mike Searle

The crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history, and it continues today. The result is the Himalaya and Karakoram – one of the largest mountain ranges on Earth. The Karakoram has half of ... ....

Earth Science

New Methods and Studies

Roy H. Williams

Earth science is a broad field of study that encompasses many different disciplines, including meteorology, climatology, and geology. The importance of the earth sciences – in predicting weather and climate, tracking pollution ... ....

Encyclopedia of the History of Astronomy

David Leverington

This comprehensive Encyclopedia covers the full history of astronomy from its ancient origins in Africa, South America, the Middle East and China to the latest developments in astrophysics and space-based research. The initial articles ... ....

Environmental Chemical Analysis

S Mitra and BB Kebbekus

Undergraduate students in environmental science need a foundation in instrumental analysis as much as traditional chemistry majors, but their needs may be quite different. Environmental Chemical Analysis provides an explanation ... ....

Environmental Chemistry

New Techniques and Data

Harold H. Trimm and William Hunter III

Environmental chemistry is an interdisciplinary field of study that involves the science of ecology as well as chemistry. Environmental chemistry covers the basic chemistry and biochemistry that occur naturally in the world around ... ....

Ethiopian Geoheritage and Geosceneries

Asfawossen Asrat, Metasebia Demissie and Aberra Mogessie

Ethiopia hosts some of the most significant environmental and cultural reserves on Earth, strewn with unique and significant natural geological and archaeological monuments. In Ethiopian Geoheritage and Geosceneries the authors ... ....

History of Hydrogeology

Nicholas Howden and John Mather

Lessons can be learnt from the past; from time to time it is useful for practitioners to look back over the historical developments of their science. Hydrogeology has developed from humble beginnings into the broad church of investigatory ... ....

I, Lobster

A Crustacean Odyssey

Nancy Frazier

Consider the lobster. An improbable icon, Mesozoic revenant, surrealist fetish, nightmare ornament, and gastronomic adventure, it has fascinated people throughout history. It may be an exaggeration to say that lobsters are a cultural ... ....

Materials Science for Structural Geology

Mervyn S. Paterson

Materials Science for Structural Geology sets out the basic materials science needed for understanding the plastic deformation of rocks and minerals. Although at atmospheric pressure or at relatively low environmental pressures ... ....

Meteorites / Meteoriten

Witnesses of the Origin of the Solar System / Zeitzeugen der Entstehung des Sonnensystems

Franz Brandstatter, Ludovic Ferriere and Christian Koberl

Stones that fall from the sky have been known for millennia, but only during the past 200 years was their extraterrestrial origin confirmed. Today scientists know that meteorites, these inconspicuous gray or brown rocks, are the only ... ....

Near-Surface Applied Geophysics

Mark E Everett

Just a few meters below the Earth's surface lie features of great importance, from geological faults which can produce devastating earthquakes, to lost archaeological treasures! This refreshing, up-to-date book explores the foundations ... ....

Neutrino Cosmology

Julien Lesgourgues, Gianpiero Mangano, Gennaro Miele and Sergio Pastor

The role that neutrinos have played in the evolution of the Universe is the focus of one of the most fascinating research areas that has stemmed from the interplay between cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics. In this self-contained ... ....

Organic Structures from Spectra

Leslie D. Field

The fifth edition of this well-regarded introductory text explores major modern spectroscopic techniques through 300 structural problems demonstrating to students how structures are determined from spectra. These carefully selected problems ... ....

Runoff Prediction in Ungauged Basins

Synthesis across Processes, Places and Scales

Guenter Bloeschl, Murugesu Sivapalan, Thorsten Wagener, Alberto Viglione and Hubert Savenije

Predicting water runoff in ungauged water catchment areas is vital to practical applications such as the design of drainage infrastructure and flooding defences, runoff forecasting, and for catchment management tasks such as water allocation ... ....

Solar Cataclysm

How the Sun Shaped the Past and What We Can Do to Save Our Future

Lawrence E. Joseph

The connection between solar activity and human history has been largely untold. With an engaging voice and never before seen research, bestselling author Lawrence Joseph offers evidence that changes in the sun's behavior not only ... ....

Stars and Planets

Robert Dinwiddie, Will Gater, Giles Sparrow and Carole Stott

The Cosmic Century

A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology

Malcolm S Longair

The twentieth-century witnessed the development of astrophysics and cosmology from subjects which scarcely existed to two of the most exciting and demanding areas of contemporary scientific inquiry. In The Cosmic Century Malcolm Longair ... ....

The Geek Manifesto

Why Science Matters

Mark Henderson

Whether we want to improve education or cut crime, to enhance public health or to generate clean energy, we need the experimental methods of science – the best tool humanity has yet developed for working out what works.

The Metal-Rich Universe

Garik Israelian and Georges Meynet

Metal-rich stars accumulate their metals from previous generations of stars, and so contain the history of their galaxy. By studying these stars we can gain valuable insights into how metals change the formation and evolution of stars ... ....

The Physics and Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei

Hagai Netzer

Research into active galactic nuclei (AGN) - the compact, luminous hearts of many galaxies - is at the forefront of modern astrophysics. Understanding these objects requires extensive knowledge in many different areas: accretion disks ... ....

The Physics of Rock Failure and Earthquakes

Mitiyasu Ohnaka

Despite significant advances in the understanding of earthquake generation processes and derivation of underlying physical laws, controversy remains regarding the constitutive law for earthquake ruptures and how it should be formulated. ....

The Real Story of Risk

Adventures in a Hazardous World

Glenn Croston

The Real Story of Risk presents a fascinating exploration of how our brains are poorly equipped to deal with the everyday risks of modern life. We live in a world of risk. It waits for us in our refrigerators, surrounds us on the ... ....

The Spark of Life

Electricity in the Human Body

Frances Ashcroft

What happens during a heart attack? Can someone really die of fright? What is death, anyway? How does electroshock treatment affect the brain? What is consciousness? The answers to these questions lie in the electrical signals constantly ... ....

Agro-Ecological Intensification of Agricultural Systems in the African Highlands

Bernard Vanlauwe, Piet van Asten and Guy G Blomme

With growing population and food security risks, there is an urgent need to increase sustainable agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. Agro-Ecological Intensification of Agricultural Systems in the African Highlands ... ....

Animal Abuse

Helping Animals and People

Catherine Tiplady

Animal abuse affects everybody working in animal-related industries, and constitutes a significant part of veterinary caseloads and animal shelter work. Based on the author's experience as a shelter worker and veterinarian ...

Biofuel Crops

Production, Physiology and Genetics

Bharat P Singh

Providing comprehensive coverage on biofuel crop production and the technological, environmental and resource issues associated with a sustainable biofuel industry, this book is ideal for researchers and industry personnel. Beginning with ... ....

Biological and Environmental Control of Disease Vectors

Mary Cameron and Lena Lorez

Covering the theory and practice of non-insecticidal control of insect vectors of human disease, this book provides an overview of methods including the use of botanical biocides and insect-derived semiochemicals, with an overall focus ... ....

Biomimetics and Ocean Organisms

An Engineering Design Perspective

Iain A. Anderson and Julian Vincent

Ocean organisms employ engineering strategies which enable them to maintain life functions such as buoyancy and locomotion in a growing, self repairing body. Biomimetics and Ocean Organisms explores the possibilities of using the ... ....

Biotechnological Applications of Microalgae

Biodiesel and Value Added Products

Faizal Bux

Biotechnological Applications of Microalgae gives an in-depth analysis of microalgal biology, ecology, biotechnology and biofuel production capacity as well as a thorough discussion on the value added products that can be generated ... ....

Climate Change and the Moral Agent

Individual Duties in an Interdependent World

Many of us take it for granted that we ought to cooperate to tackle climate change. But where does this requirement come from, and what does it mean for us as individuals trying to do the right thing? Climate change does very great harm ... ....

Drought, Risk Management, and Policy

Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

Linda Courtenay Botterill and Geoff Cockfield

Drought, Risk Management, and Policy: Decision-Making Under Uncertainty explores the complex relationship between scientific research and decision making with respect to drought in Australia and the US, as the two countries face ... ....

Eco-standards, Product Labelling and Green Consumerism

Magnus Bostroem and Mikael Klintman

As conscientious consumers, we have become overwhelmed with alarms about food contamination, over-fishing, clear-felled forests, loss of biodiversity, climate change, chemical pollution, and other environmental and health-related risks. ....

Ecoliterate

How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence

Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett and Zenobia Barlow

A new integration of Goleman's emotional, social, and ecological intelligence Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence portrays inspiring educators, activists, and students who ... ....

Energy Science

Principles, technologies, and impacts

John Andrews and John Andrews

Do renewable energy sources really provide a realistic alternative to fossil fuels? How does wind power compare to nuclear power, in terms of the energy it can generate? How do we get energy from the tides, and is it really a useful source ... ....

Ethical Water

Learning to Value What Matters Most

Robert William Sandford

Fresh water is essential to both the ever-expanding human population and the ever-threatened natural landscapes that surround us. And yet, society seems to continually ignore the need for a common-sense approach to – and appreciating ... ....

Ethics, Design and Planning of the Built Environment

Claudia Basta and Stefano Moroni

Ethics, Design and Planning of the Built Environment proposes a set of original contributions in research areas shared by planning theory, architectural research, design and ethical inquiry. The contributors gathered in 2010 at ... ....

Fisheries Techniques

Alexander V. Zale, Donna L. Parrish and Trent M. Sutton

A comprehensive reference volume of modern sampling and data collection methods in fisheries science for students and professionals. The third edition includes two new chapters: one on statistical considerations in fisheries sampling and ... ....

Food System Sustainability

Insights From DuALIne

Catherine Esnouf, Marie Russel and Nicholas Bricas

As western-style food systems extend further around the world, food sustainability is becoming an increasingly important issue. Such systems are not sustainable in terms of their consumption of resources, their impact on ecosystems or the ... ....

Fuels, Energy, and the Environment

Ghazi A. Karim

Developed specifically for mechanical chemical, and petroleum engineering students, Fuels, Energy, and the Environment provides an up-to-date, informed, well-integrated, and balanced overview of the field of fuels science and ... ....

Gift Ecology

Reimagining a Sustainable World

Peter Denton

Global sustainability in the 21st century seems to be an elusive goal. There are too many issues, too many problems; and, increasingly, too many people; to make the major changes required in the time various experts tell us we have left ... ....

Green Aviation

Emily S. Nelson and D. R. Reddy

Aircraft emissions currently account for ~3.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. The number of passenger miles has increased by 5% annually despite 9/11, two wars and gloomy economic conditions. Since aircraft have no viable alternative ... ....

Green ICT & Energy

From Smart to Wise Strategies

Jaco H. Appelman, Martijn Warnier, Awar Osseyran and Awar Osseyran

To enable the first steps of the new strategic orientation a number of questions have been formulated to which answers are provided in Green ICT & Energy: From Smart to Wise Strategies: Can we use adopted efficiency strategies ... ....

Greenhouse Technology and Management

Nicolas Castilla

Greenhouse cultivation has expanded in recent decades with increased demand for food production and newly developed technologies to improve processes. Greenhouse Technology and Management, which concentrates on plant ...

Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning

Studies in Modelling and Decision Support

MA Quaddus and MAB Siddique

Hydrological Changes and Coastal Dynamics

Paul A. Montagna, Terence A. Palmer and Jennifer Beseres Pollack

Water development projects have altered the environmental flow landscapes where dams and diversions have been built, and this could have effects on coastal resources, particularly in estuaries. Water is an important human resource and ... ....

Interactions Between Land Use and Flood Management in the Chi River Basin

Kittiwet Kuntiyawichai

The damages and hardships caused by floods and flooding remain an issue and are continuously increasing in the Chi River Basin, Thailand. It is difficult to make an accurate assessment of the costs and consequences associated with floods ... ....

Managing Human Resources for Environmental Sustainability

Susan E Jackson, Deniz S Ones, Stephan Dilchert and Allen I Kraut

Businesses are being pressured by governments, customers and employees alike to adopt environmentally-friendly policies and practices. Managing Human Resources for Environmental Sustainability describes these trends and examines ... ....

Nature's Wealth

The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Poverty

Pieter JH van Beukering, Elissaios Papyrakis, Jetske Bouma and Roy Brouwer

Increasing pressure from economic development and population growth has resulted in the degradation of ecosystems around the world and the loss of the essential services that they provide. Understanding the linkages between ecosystem services ... ....

Princess Elisabeth Antarctica

And the Zero Emissions Quest

Nighat FD Amin

At the dawn of the new millennium, a small group of people, led by polar expert Alain Hubert, decided to build a research station on the South Pole. They wanted to construct a station, respecting not only the rules, but also the spirit of ... ....

Successful Agricultural Innovation in Emerging Economies

New Genetic Technologies for Global Food Production

David J Bennett and Richard C Jennings

World population is forecast to grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050, 1 in 6 is already hungry and food production must increase by 70â 100% if it is to feed this growing population. No single solution will solve this problem but recent ... ....

Sustainability

Utilizing Lean Six Sigma Techniques

Tina Agustiady and Adedeji B. Badiru

Sustainability: Utilizing Lean Six Sigma Techniques presents the application of Six Sigma methodology as a viable path for achieving the goals of sustainability. Sustainability is a tool that helps companies gain true benefits of ... ....

Sustainable Food Production (3-Volume Set)

Paul Christou, R. Savin, B. Costa-Pierce, I. Misztal and B. Whitelaw

Gathering some 90 entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Sustainable Food Production covers animal breeding and genetics for food, crop science and technology, ocean farming and sustainable aquaculture ... ....

The Global Farms Race

Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, and the Scramble for Food Secuirty

Michael Kugelman and Susan L Levenstein

We have entered a new phase of the global food crisis. Wealthy countries that import much of their food, along with private investors, are racing to buy or lease huge swaths of farmland abroad. The Global Farms Race is the first ... ....

The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy

Justin EH Smith

In The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy Smith examines the early modern science of generation, which included the study of animal conception, heredity, and fetal development. Analyzing how it influenced the ... ....

The Resilience Approach to Climate Adaptation Applied for Flood Risk

Berry Gersonius

Nowadays, the uncertainties associated with the process of making decisions for water infrastructure investments can be significant and arise from, amongst other factors, a lack of knowledge about primary external drivers, like climate change ... ....

The UK Pesticide Guide 2013

Martin A Lainsbury

The UK Pesticide Guide 2013 is the most authoritative source of information on pesticides and adjuvants for UK agriculture, horticulture, forestry and amenity use. Indispensable for those involved in agriculture, amenity, forestry ... ....

Ullmann's Renewable Resources

Wiley-VCH

A carefully selected compilation of the most relevant articles from the online edition of Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Ullmann's Renewable Resources contains a wealth of information on biological ... ....

Urbanization and Sustainability

Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice and Global Environmental Change

Christopher G. Boone and Michail Fragkias

Urbanization and Sustainability: Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice and Global Environmental Change offers a global perspective and case studies that address three themes. The first is global environmental change ... ....

Water Quality Modelling for Rivers and Streams

Marcello Benedini and George Tsakiris

The implementation of the Water Framework Directive in European and many other countries of the world has its main objective to achieve "good status" for all water bodies through integrated river basin plans. For assessing the ... ....

Advances in Spatial Data Handling

Geophysical Dynamics, Geosimulation and Exploratory Visualization

Sabine Timpf and Patrick Laube

Specially selected from the reviewed and edited proceedings of the 2012 International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, this collection of the latest research achievements incorporates findings in all three of these dynamic and expanding ... ....

An Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis for Bioinformatics Using R

From the very basics to linear models, this book provides a complete introduction to statistics, data analysis, and R for bioinformatics research and applications. It covers linear models, ANOVA, cluster analysis, visualization tools ... ....

Flow Cyclometry

A Practical Guide

Albert D. Donnenberg and Fiona Elizabeth Craig

Flow cytometry is one of the most powerful analytics and preparative techniques in cell biology. Flow Cyclometry: A Practical Guide details six of the most useful topics in flow cytometry derived from six lectures from recognized ... ....

Fungal Diagnostics

Methods and Protocols

Louise O'Connor and Barry Glynn

Invasive fungal infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Over the past decade there has been a concerted effort to develop reliable methods for the detection of such infections.

Game-Theoretical Models in Biology

Mark Broom and Jan Rychtar

Game-Theoretical Models in Biology covers evolutionary games in biology with a focus on classical evolutionary games. The authors first present a brief mathematical introduction for those new to evolutionary game theory and then ... ....

Histochemical and Cytochemical Methods of Visualization

Jean-Marie Exbrayat

Histochemical and Cytochemical Methods of Visualization provides the essential techniques used for histochemical investigations in both light and transmission electron microscopy. The text presents both classic techniques as well ... ....

Hurricane Climatology

A Modern Statistical Guide Using R

James B Elsner

Hurricane Climatology explains how to analyze and model hurricane data to better understand and predict present and future hurricane activity.

Laboratory Protocols in Applied Life Sciences

Prakash Singh Bisen

Laboratory Protocols in Applied Life Sciences includes details of methodologies used in diverse disciplines of life sciences including biotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, medical sciences, and related fields. It provides the ... ....

Principles of Statistical Genomics

Shizhong Xu

Statistical genomics is a rapidly developing field, with more and more people involved in this area. However, a lack of synthetic reference books and textbooks in statistical genomics has become a major hurdle on the development of the ... ....

Quantitative Proteome Analysis

Methods and Applications

Kazuhiro Imai and Sam Y. F. Li

Quantitative Proteome Analysis: Methods and Applications focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of each of the commonly used quantitative proteomic methods in terms of accuracy, sensitivity, and reproducibility.

Remote Sensing Modeling and Applications to Wildland Fires

JJ Qu, W Sommers, R Yang, A Riebau and M Kafatos

Scientists and managers alike need timely, cost-effective, and technically appropriate fire-related information to develop functional strategies for the diverse fire communities.

Systems Biology Modeling

Approach and Application

Studying the relationships and interactions between various parts of a biological system is key to developing explanatory or predictive models of entire systems. Systems Biology Modeling provides a broad survey of the modeling ... ....