Animali di Sardegna: I Mammiferi

Franco Puddu and Maria Viarengo

Guide to the mammals of Sardinia.

Atlas of the Distribution and Relative Abundance of Marine Mammals in Irish Offshore Waters: 2005 - 2011

Dave Wall, Clare Murray, Joanne O'Brien, Laura Kavanagh, Chris Wilson, Conor Ryan and Brian Glanville

The Atlas of the Distribution and Relative Abundance of Marine Mammals in Irish Offshore Waters: 2005 – 2011 presents data collected during the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group (IWDG) ISCOPE I and II projects ...

Cattle: History, Myth, Art

Catherine Johns

Although human communities have depended heavily on them, cattle are less studied and admired than they deserve to be. Beautiful, varied and with individual personalities, cattle feature far more extensively than one might at first think ... ....

Chaser: Unlocking the Genius of the Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words

Jr.,John W Pilley and Hilary Hinzmann

Chaser has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them – more than any other animal of any species except humans. In addition to common nouns like house, ball, and tree, she has memorized the names of more than one thousand ... ....

Criollo: El Caballo Del País

Los Caminos de la Seleccion Integral - De 1981 a 2010

Carlos Dowdall

This book completes a look at the evolution and consolidation of the horse. With lots of photographs, documents and articles of the time. The author, an honorary member of the Criollo Horse Breeders Association, reviews the year of .... ....

Flying Foxes

Australian Night Foresters

Vivien Jones

The Grey-headed Flying-fox, or Pteropus poliocephalus is an Australian native mammal that plays a vital part in maintaining the health of forests along Australia's eastern coast. The species is crucial to the regeneration of ... ....

High Altitude Primates

Nanda B Grow, Sharon Gursky-Doyen and Ali Krzton

The basic goal of High Altitude Primates is to compile the most up to date research on how high altitude affects the behavior, ecology, evolution and conservation status of primates, especially in comparison to lowland populations ... ....

How Dogs Love Us

A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain

Gregory Berns

The powerful bond between humans and dogs is one that's uniquely cherished. Loyal, obedient, and affectionate, they are truly "man's best friend." But do dogs love us the way we love them? Emory University neuroscientist ... ....

Javelinas and Other Peccaries

Their Biology, Management, and Use

Lyle K Sowls

Javelinas and Other Peccaries is certain to be regarded as the definitive source on this family of piglike creatures consisting of three species. Best known in the United States is the javelina, or collared peccary, but the first ... ....

Lista Comentada de Especies de Mamíferos de la Provincia de Entre Ríos

Norberto Muzzachiodi

An annotated list of mammal species in the Argentine province of Entre Rios.

Mamíferos Marinos de Patagonia y Antartida

Ricardo Bastida and Diego Rodríguez

Comprehensive, highly illustrated guide to marine mammals found in the waters of Patagonia and the Antarctic.

Marine Mammals - Patagonia and Antarctica

Ricardo Bastida and Diego Rodríguez

This area of Argentine coast south of the Rio Negro is famous for the spring residency of the southern right whale and the occurrence of orcas. Washed by the north cold currents which emanate from Antarctic waters, the coast is host to ... ....

Veldgids Europese Zoogdieren

Peter Twisk, Annemarie van Diepenbeek and Jan Piet Bekker

Veldgids Europese Zoogdieren is a practical field guide to all the mammals of Europe and their traces. Included are species new for Europe. The guide features an ideal combination of species descriptions, detailed illustrations ... ....

Whales' Bones of the Nordic Countries, Central and Eastern Europe

Nicholas Redman

Whales' Bones of the Nordic Countries, Central and Eastern Europe is part of a project that aims to record all the practical and decorative uses to which the huge skulls, jawbones, shoulder blades, vertebrae and ribs of the ... ....

What the Dog Knows

The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs

Cat Warren

Cat Warren is a university professor and former journalist with an admittedly odd hobby: She and her German shepherd have spent the last seven years searching for the dead. Solo is a cadaver dog. What started as a way to harness ... ....

100 Oiseaux de l'Hiver

Frederic Jiguet

100 Oiseaux de l'Hiver shows identifying characteristics of 100 bird species commonly present throughout winter in Western Europe. Giving details such as preferred habitat, potential presence at bird feeders, and whether the ... ....

A Feathered River Across the Sky

The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction

Joel Greenberg

In the early nineteenth century 25 to 40 percent of North America's birds were passenger pigeons, traveling in flocks so massive as to block out the sun for hours or even days. The down beats of their wings would chill the air beneath ... ....

Attirer et Nourrir les Oiseaux au Jardin

Observez les Oiseaux et Realisez vos Mangeoires, Baignoires et Nichoirs

Jen Green

This is a French translation of A Practical Illustrated Guide to Attracting & Feeding Garden Birds.

Aves de Patagonia y Antartida

Tito Narosky and Dario Yzurieta

Identification guide covering the southern third of Argentina, the Falkland Islands, and some of the Antarctic islands. 333 species illustrated.

Birds and Climate Change

Impacts and Conservation Responses

James Pearce-Higgins, Rhys E Green and Michael B Usher

From the red grouse to the Ethiopian bush-crow, bird populations around the world can provide us with vital insights into the effects of climate change on species and ecosystems. They are among the best studied and monitored of organisms ... ....

Birds of the Mascarene Islands / Les Oiseaux des Mascareignes

A Comprehensive Collection of Endemic, Oceanic, Migratory and Exotic Birds of Mauritius, Rodrigues and Reunion

B Narainsamy Ramen and the President of the Republic of Mauritius His Excellency

The Birds of the Mascarene is a fully illustrated identification guide with over 300 photos covering all the rare and endangered species, including endemic, oceanic, migratory and exotic birds of the Mascarene Islands, a group of ... ....

British Birds Report on Rare Birds in Great Britain in 2012

Nigel Hudson and British Birds Rarities Committee

The 55th annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee presents details of rare birds recorded in Britain in 2012. In general, the crop of rarities in 2012 fell below the exceptional year of 2011, but there was still much to enjoy ... ....

Der Baumfalke (Falco subbuteo) in Kaernten

Eine Inneralpine Studie zur Oekologie des Kleinfalken

Remo Probst

The Hobby is a small falcon known for its impressive flying and fascinating hunting skills. Its most striking physical feature is its rust-red leg plumage, which make it seem that the Hobby is wearing red trousers.

Hong Kong Bird Report 1998

Hong Kong Birdwatching Society (HKBWS)

The main body of Hong Kong Bird Report 1998 is taken up with the Systematic List 1998 which covers the 362 species recorded in Hong Kong during the period. No new species were recorded during the year.

Hong Kong Bird Report 1999/00

Hong Kong Birdwatching Society (HKBWS)

The main body of Hong Kong Bird Report 1999/00 is taken up with the Systematic Lists 1999 and 2000 which covers the 342 species recorded in Hong Kong during the period. The list includes the following new records for Hong Kong ... ....

Hong Kong Bird Report 2005/06

Hong Kong Birdwatching Society (HKBWS)

The main body of Hong Kong Bird Report 2005/06 is taken up with the Systematic List 2005-06 which covers the 402 Category A species recorded in Hong Kong during the period. The list includes the following new records for Hong Kong ... ....

Hong Kong Bird Report 2007/08

Hong Kong Birdwatching Society (HKBWS)

About half Hong Kong Bird Report 2007/08 is taken up with the Systematic List 2007-08 which covers the 425 Category I & II species recorded in Hong Kong during the period with updated taxonomy where necessary.

Hong Kong Bird Report 2007/11 CD-ROM

Hong Kong Birdwatching Society (HKBWS)

This CD-ROM bundles the last three reports covering the years 2007 to 2011.

Hong Kong Bird Report 2011

Hong Kong Birdwatching Society (HKBWS)

The Hong Kong Birdwatching Society has now caught up with report production. This important report covers an average year and as usual includes species counts for the year. It is again larger than usual but the excellent standards are ... ....

Peregrine Falcons of the World

Clayton M White, Tom J Cade, James H Enderson and Andrew Ellis

Peregrine Falcons of the World draws on four sources of information. First is the voluminous primary literature of scientific publications, unpublished reports and thousands of articles which include every region where Peregrine ... ....

Raptors: A Field Guide for Surveys and Monitoring

Jon Hardey, Humphrey Crick, Chris Wernham, Helen Riley, Brian Etheridge and Des Thompson

This is the Third Edition of the extremely popular and bestselling field guide to surveys and monitoring of raptors. Raptors: A Field Guide for Surveys and Monitoring aims to promote best practice for fieldwork, drawing on the ... ....

Studies in Bird Migration, Volume 1

William Eagle Clarke

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Having trained as a civil engineer and surveyor, the ornithologist William Eagle Clarke (1853-1938) established himself in his field by preparing ...

Studies in Bird Migration, Volume 2

William Eagle Clarke

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Having trained as a civil engineer and surveyor, the ornithologist William Eagle Clarke (1853-1938) established himself in his field by preparing ...

Sub-Antarctic Magellanic Ornithology

Ricardo Rozzi and Jaime E Jimenez

The first synthesis of current knowledge of forest and wetland birds in the world's southernmost forests, Sub-Antarctic Magellanic Ornithology contains both original work by Rozzi and Jimenez and the results of a decade of ... ....

The Marsh Keepers Journey

The Story of Ducks Unlimited Canada

Bruce Batt

Amid the vast landscapes and full skies that make Canada famous, there is a fascinating story of wetland conservation at work. It's the story of Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) – and it's been 75 historic years in the making. ....

Manual Practico Sobre Serpientes

Raul Leonardo Carman

Practical manual on snakes covering myths and truths about snakes, how to prevent being bitten, and what to do in case of snakebite.

New Mexico's Reptiles and Amphibians

A Field Guide

Richard D Bartlett and Patricia Bartlett

New Mexico is home to 165 species and subspecies of snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, toads, and salamanders. Some are ubiquitous and others are localized. If you want basic and reliable information on the lizard in your backyard or the ... ....

The Amphibians of the Former Soviet Union

Sergius L Kuzmin

The Amphibians of the Former Soviet Union is a comprehensive synopsis of the systematics, morphology, genetics, distribution, ecology, population trends, history of studies, and conservation of amphibians inhabiting the territories ... ....

The Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas

Ecology, Evolution, Distribution, and Conservation

Peter V Lindeman

Covering all facets of the biology of a little-known genus, Peter V. Lindeman's lavishly illustrated Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas is both a scientific treatise and an engaging introduction to a striking group of turtles. ....

Venomous Snakebite in the Western United States

Manny Rubio and Daniel E Keyler

Rattlesnake expert Manny Rubio and top snake envenomation expert Daniel Keyler team up to bring us this singularly unique book which covers all western species information from locations to toxicity.

Atlas of the Gobies (Gobiidae) in Bulgaria

Milen Vassilev

Includes species accounts (three new species described plus two thought extinct), biology, ecology, distribution and conservation status. The book is illustrated with original underwater photographs and species-specific drawings of the ... ....

Biology and Management of Inland Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass

James S Bulak, Charles C Coutant and James A Rice

Biology and Management of Inland Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass provides a first-ever, comprehensive overview of the biology and management of striped bass and hybrid striped bass in the inland waters of the United States. ....

Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China [Chinese]

Lan Jiahu

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is the richest Province of cave fishes in China. A review of cave fishes in Guangxi is provided in Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China based on 20 years of field work. A total of 61 species (including ... ....

Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the US, Canada and Mexico

Lawrence M Page, Hector Espinosa-Perez, Lloyd T Findley, Carter R Gilbert, Robert N Lea and Mand

This authoritative reference provides an accurate, up-to-date checklist of common and scientific names for all described and taxonomically valid fish species living in fresh and marine waters of North America. This edition reflects numerous ... ....

Guide to the Marine Fishes of the Gulf of California

Michele L Buckhorn

The Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez, is a sub-tropical sea located between the Baja Peninsula and the Mexican mainland states of Sonora and Sinaloa. There are 17 families and 67 species of chondrichthian fish, 115 families ... ....

Labridae Fishes: Wrasses

Rudie H Kuiter

Covers over 500 species of wrasses including rarities such as Cirrhilabrus nahackyi, Cirrhilabrus squirei, Cirrhilabrus claire, Cirrhilabrus humanni, Halichoeres hilomeni and H. erdmanni ....

Native Fishes of Idaho

Richard L Wallace and Donald W Zaroban

Native Fishes of Idaho provides accounts of 44 taxa (species, subspecies, and morphotypes) of fish native to Idaho. Of these, 25 have no defined studies of their distribution or ecological attributes in Idaho. The account for each ... ....

Research Progress in Fisheries Science

William Hunter III

A multidisciplinary subject, the study of fisheries science includes the biological study of life, habits, and breeding of various species of fish. It also involves farming and husbandry of important fishes and aquatic organisms in fresh ... ....

Running Silver

Restoring Atlantic Rivers and Their Great Fish Migrations

John Waldman

That one could "walk drishod on the backs" of schools of salmon, shad, and other fishes moving up Atlantic coast rivers was a not uncommon kind of description of their migratory runs during early Colonial times. Accounts tell of ... ....

Salmon, People, and Place

A Biologist's Search for Salmon Recovery

Jim Lichatowich

Each year wild Pacific salmon leave their oceanic feeding grounds and swim hundreds of miles back to their home rivers. The salmon's annual return is a place-defining event in the Pacific Northwest, with immense ecological, economic ... ....

The Billfish Story

Swordfish, Sailfish, Marlin, and Other Gladiators of the Sea

Stan Ulanski

The billfish is fixed at the apex of the oceanic food chain. Composed of sailfish, marlin, spearfish, and swordfish, they roam the pelagic waters of the Atlantic and are easily recognized by their long, spear-like beaks. Noted for their ... ....

The Cichlid Diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa

Identification, Distribution and Taxonomy

Jos Snoeks

Lake Malawi is a large, beautiful African Rift Valley lake, bordered by Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique. Its biodiversity is simply extraordinary by any standard – it has the greatest wealth of fish species of all the lakes in the ... ....

The Red Sea Sharks

Taxonomy, Biology and Ecology

Albert Baranes

Since the early seventies, intensive collecting in the northern Red Sea resulted in an increase of the number of recorded shark species and of additional knowledge of their biology and physiology. The present book presents data ... ....

Bee-sieged

Bees in Warfare

Ray Jones

In a way, it seems sad that the bees' only weapon, the sting, intended for use in colony defence, is utilised by man for the same purpose. Bees as weapons; wax used in the making of weapons and in taking notes; honey and ...

Butterflies of the World, Supplement 22 [French]

Les Acraeinae Fabricius, 1807 de l'Ancien Monde. Le Genre Acraea Fabricius, 1807, Sous-Genre Acraea

More complete, supplementary text to volume 39 from the main series.

COLOSS BEEBOOK (2-Volume Set)

Vincent Dietemann, James D Ellis and Peter Neumann

Volume I: Standard Methods for Apis mellifera Research Volume II: Standard Methods for Apis mellifera Pest and Pathogen Research Volume I includes approximately 1100 separate protocols dealing with the ...

COLOSS BEEBOOK Volume 1: Standard Methods for Apis mellifera Research

Vincent Dietemann, James D Ellis and Peter Neumann

In recent years, declines of honey bee populations have received massive media attention worldwide, yet attempts to understand the causes have been hampered by a lack of standardisation of laboratory techniques. Published as a response to ... ....

COLOSS BEEBOOK Volume 2: Standard Methods for Apis mellifera Pest and Pathogen Research

Vincent Dietemann, James D Ellis and Peter Neumann

In recent years, declines of honey bee populations have received massive media attention worldwide, yet attempts to understand the causes have been hampered by a lack of standardisation of laboratory techniques. Published as a response to ... ....

Catalogo de los Moluscos Continentales de Colombia

Edgar L Linares and Monica L Vera

Catalogue of the continental molluscs of Colombia covering 659 species in 156 genera and 59 families, including 28 exotic species.

Dagvlinders van Europa

Tristan Lafranchis and Albert Vliegenthart

Dagvlinders van Europa is a Dutch translation of Butterflies of Europe.

Einheimische Schnecken

In der Natur, im Garten und zu Hause

Robert Nordsieck and Micaela Brugsch

Snails are interesting survivors that have developed remarkable characteristics and behaviours – their shells, eyes on rectractable stalks and mating habits being just a few examples. Discover the fascinating life of land snails ... ....

Fiddler Crabs & Fiddler Crab Care

The Complete Pet Guide

Alex Halton

Do fiddler crabs need air? What do fiddler crabs eat? Why does the fiddler crab have a big claw? How can I catch a fiddler crab? What is the difference between a male and female fiddler crab? Can you breed fiddler crabs? Where do I buy ... ....

Fotogids Larvenhuidjes van Libellen

Christophe Brochard, Chris Groenendijk, Ewoud van der Ploeg and Tim Termaat

Fotogids Larvenhuidjes van Libellen is the first Dutch field guide allowing identification of all northwest European dragonfly exuviae. It describes the exuviae of 84 species of dragonfly and damselfly and is illustrated with over ... ....

Guide to the Aquatic Insects of New Zealand

Michael J Winterbourn, Katharine LD Gregson and Craig H Dolphin

This book provides keys to enable insects to be identified to the family or genus level. Notes on distribution, habitat, and problems likely to be encountered with identification are included, along with full references, glossary of terms ... ....

Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region: Nymphalidae Part 6

Subfamily Limenitidae, Tribes Limentidini and Chalingini

E Gallo and C Della Bruna

This volume treats Nymphalid subfamily Limenitidae, covering two tribes.

Honingbijen

Juergen Tautz, Helga R Heilmann and Bart Voorzanger

Honingbijen presents current knowledge and poineering insights into the biology of honey bees. The numerous colour photos give a fascinating picture of this evolutionary successful group of insects. They have always fascinated ... ....

Identification Guide to Lepidoptera Larvae Intercepted on Trade Pathways

Franz-Rudolf Schnitzler, James Maxwell Haw, Lalith Kumarasinghe and Sherly George

This Lepidoptera larval identification guide was prepared using invertebrate interception data collected from fresh produce imported into New Zealand covering pre- and post-border interceptions from 1990–2008. Imports into New Zealand ... ....

Interactions Insectes-Plantes

Nicolas Sauvion, Paul-Andre Calatayud, Denis Thiery and Frederic Marion-Poll

This book is the first reference work in French synthesizing knowledge on plant-insect interactions. With 44 contributed chapters in 8 parts, it provides an overview of the current findings, methods, and thoughts in palaeoentomology ... ....

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Magellanes, No. 12

Alain Drumont, Carolus Holzschuh, P Juhel and Eduard Vives

Volume 12 contains 11 contributions on longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) of Asia, Africa, and South America.

Mosquitoes of the Southeastern United States

Nathan D Burkett-Cadena

A full-colour, highly illustrated guide to the sixty-four known species of mosquitoes in eleven genera that populate the US South – from the Gulf Coastal states to the Carolinas. In addition to detailed and fully illustrated ... ....

New Beekeeping Construction Information for Dartington Hives

Robin Dartington

New Beekeeping Construction Information for Dartington Hives provides full details for making the Dartington Long Deep Hive for your own use.

Pillbugs and Other Isopods

Cultivating Vivarium Clean-Up Crews and Feeders for Dart Frogs, Arachnids, and Insects

Orin McMonigle

The pillbug and its relatives are beloved the world over by children-in this text they get their due for adults. Spectacular cultivars and amazing species represent an often forgotten group of backyard arthropods. In recent years the ... ....

Research on Chrysomelidae, Volume 2

Pierre Jolivet, Jorge A Santiago-Blay and Michael Schmitt

There are an estimated 40,000 species of chrysomelids, or leaf beetles, worldwide. These biologically interesting and often colorful organisms, such as the tortoise beetles, have a broad range of life histories and fascinating adaptations ... ....

Shell Energy

Mollusc Shells as Coastal Resources

Geoff N Bailey , Karen Hardy and Abdoulaye Camara

Shell middens are ubiquitous archaeological features on coastlines throughout the world that have been variously analysed and interpreted as mounds of food, burial places, or simply as convenient receptacles for the preservation of ... ....

The Carabus of Japan

Yuki Imura and Kiyoyuki Mizusawa

This is an iconographical work on the genus Carabus of Japan, essentially identical to a monograph. All the known taxa of this genus from Japan described up to the spring of 2013 (39 species and 193 subspecies) are illustrated ... ....

The Jewel Beetles of Romania (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Adrian Ruicanescu

The Jewel Beetles of Romania (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) is the first Buprestidae catalogue in Romania and includes all data recorded until now. The contents of this catalogue is based on information collected for about 20 years ... ....

The Observation Hive

Karl Showler

The Observation Hive is ideal for those who operate or wish to construct an observation hive for bees.

Modelling Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments in Wetlands

The Hidden Landscape Archaeology of Hatfield and Thorne Moors, Eastern England

Henry P Chapman and Benjamin R Gearey

The measurement and analysis of space is central to archaeological study, such as through the recording of site plans and sections and the interpretation of spatial relationships between artefacts and features.

Reconstructing Quaternary Environments

John Lowe and Mike Walker

Examines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmenal changes during the Quaternary. Reconstructing Quaternary Environments examines a wide range palaeological indicators, and synthesises ... ....

Research Papers of Dinosaurs in China

China Scientific Book Services (CSBS)

This book is a compilation of 24 articles on dinosaurs in China published in various Chinese Journals. See table of contents for more details.

101 Animals of the Great Barrier Reef

A Field Guide

Martin Cohen, Julia Cooper and Julia Cooper

101 Animals of the Great Barrier Reef is designed to showcase wildlife that visitors or locals are likely to encounter while snorkelling or diving on the reef. It has been wholly created, written and printed in North Queensland. ....

The Extreme Life of the Sea

Stephen R Palumbi and Anthony R Palumbi

The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolute limits of the aquatic world – the fastest and deepest, the hottest and ... ....

Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, Volume 27

Shane T Ahyong, Tin-Yam Chan, Laure Corbari and Peter KL Ng

Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos is a series dedicated to the inventory of the world's deep-sea fauna, especially those found in the little-explored Indo-West Pacific. Growing out of the French National Museum of Natural History and ... ....

Birds: The Art of Ornithology

Jonathan Elphick

This historical survey tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries. From the early, skilfully executed and decorative but often fanciful images of birds, to scientific illustrations produced during the ... ....

Blumenwiesen-Alb

Bilder - Gedichte - Fotos

Blumenwiesen-Alb e.V., Rainer Oppermann, Gebhard Aierstock, Julia Bernecker and Rolan Herdtfelder

Floral meadows are captivating sites of beauty. Blumenwiesen-Alb is a compliation of art, photos and poems submitted for a competition aimed at raising public awareness of flower meadows.

Cosmic Menagerie

Mark A Garlick

An out-of-this-world experience at your fingertips. Up above the world, stars twinkle and our Sun shines brightly. Prepare for the journey of a lifetime as you’re launched into the universe for a unique, up-close look at the stars. ....

Curious Beasts

Animal Prints from the British Museum

Alison E Wright

The Camelopard, The Monstrous Pig, The Famous Porcupine, Durers Rhinoceros: these are but a few of the beautiful and bizarre creatures that feature in this delightful book. In the visual arts of the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century ... ....

EarthArt

Colours of the Earth

Bernhard Edmaier and Angelika Jung-Huttl

EarthArt: Colours of the Earth is a spectacular large-format collection of breathtaking aerial photographs by world-renowned photographer Bernhard Edmaier. Travelling all over the globe, from the Bahamas to Iceland, New Zealand ... ....

Ecology or Catastrophe

The Life of Murray Bookchin

Janet Biehl

The biography of Murray Bookchin, one of the most influential environmental thinkers of the twentieth century, written by Bookchin's personal collaborator and copyeditor.

Edward Gerrard & Sons

A Taxidermy Memoir

Pat A Morris

First published in 2004, this book has now been reprinted. Gerrards were the second biggest London taxidermists. famous for their models and preparations of skeletons. but they also did a wide range of taxidermy. This varied from excellent ... ....

Genera of Birds

Thomas Pennant

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The naturalist and traveller Thomas Pennant (1726-98) helped popularise British ornithology by meticulously compiling and arranging existing research.

Genesis

Sebastiao Salgado and Lella Salgado

Human (and) nature. Epic journeys to the ends of the earth: Salgado's opus on our planet in its natural state. On a very fortuitous day in 1970, 26-year-old Sebastiao Salgado held a camera for the first time. When he looked through ... ....

How Animals Live

Christiane Dorion and Beverley Young

Animals have cleverly adapted to life all over the planet, from the freezing poles to the hottest, driest deserts. How Animals Live explores the extraordinary diversity in animal life, and readers are encouraged to reflect on ... ....

Mr. Selden's Map of China

Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer

Timothy Brook

Timothy Brook's award-winning Vermeer's Hat unfolded the early history of globalization, using Vermeer's paintings to show how objects like beaver hats and porcelain bowls began to circulate around the world.

Our Beautiful, Fragile World

The Nature and Environmental Photographs of Peter Essick

Peter Essick and Jean-Michel Cousteau

Our Beautiful, Fragile World features a career-spanning look at the images of photojournalist Peter Essick while on assignment for National Geographic magazine. In this book, Essick showcases photographs from the most beautiful ... ....

Place the Whale on Its Left Hand Side

The Experiences of an R.S.P.C.A. Inspector

Tom Couling

From waterlogged deer to a monkey hell-bent on causing mayhem, a RSPCA Inspector's life is filled with situations requiring nerves of steel, a commitment to getting the job done and, more often than not, a second change of clothes. ....

Scientific Americans

The Making of Popular Science and Evolution in Early-twentieth-century U.S. Literature and Culture

John Bruni

Demonstrating the timely relevance of Theodore Dreiser, Edith Wharton, Jack London and Henry Adams, Scientific Americans shows how debates about evolution, identity, and a shifting world picture have uncanny parallels with the ... ....

Shackleton's Epic

Recreating the World's Greatest Journey of Survival

Tim Jarvis

"Never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavour" - Sir Ernest Shackleton April 1916: After his ship Endurance was crushed by Antarctic ice and now trapped on a small inhospitable island, cut off from ...

Shocking Frogs

Galvani, Volta, and the Electric Origins of Neuroscience

Marco Piccolino

Shocking Frogs offers a completely new perspective on a fundamental episode of eighteenth-century science – leading, on one hand, to the discovery of the electric nature of nervous signals, and, on the other, to the invention ... ....

Shrewdunnit

The Nature Files

Conor Mark Jameson

Conor Mark Jameson has spent most of his life exploring the natural environment and communicating his enthusiasm for it to family, friends and, more recently, readers of a range of newspapers and magazines. Shrewdunnit brings to ... ....

Southern Utah

A Portrait and a Meditation

TH Watkins

Renowned wilderness writer T.H. Watkins offers a portrait of remote areas of the fragile and beautiful canyonlands of Utah. He gives us a panorama of majestic mountains, buttes, and mesas; forest views of pinon an djuniper and tall ....

Starvation in a Land of Plenty

Wills' Diary of the Fateful Burke and Wills Expedition

Michael Cathcart

Between 23 April and 28 June 1861, Wills documented the torments and disappointments that led to his and Burke's destruction. Surprising to many, though, Wills was not the second-in-command but, rather, the party's 'surveyor ... ....

Taxidermy: With the Biography of Zoologists

William Swainson

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. First published in 1840 as a volume in the Cabinet Cyclopaedia – a series published between 1830 and 1844, intended for the self-educated ... ....

The Art of Science

Remarkable Natural History Illustrations from Museum Victoria

John Kean

The Art of Science presents the best of Museum Victoria's remarkable collection of natural history artworks. The Art of Science opens with the 'paper museums' of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, stunning ... ....

The Breathless Zoo

Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing

Rachel Poliquin

From sixteenth-century cabinets of wonders to contemporary animal art, The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Culture of Longing examines the cultural and poetic history of preserving animals in lively postures. But why would any ... ....

The King's Choice

Pat A Morris and Rob Chinnery

This small book of 40 pages was first issued in 2005 and has now been been reprinted. The book describes the life and work of George Quatremain and includes full colour images of some of his rare and exquisite cases of bird taxidermy. ....

The Last Viking

The Life of Roald Amundsen

Stephen Bown

The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries – the Northwest Passage, the Northeast ... ....

The Sea Inside

Philip Hoare

The sea surrounds us. It gives us life, provides us with the air we breathe and the food we eat. It is ceaseless change and constant presence. It covers two-thirds of our planet. Yet caught up in our everyday lives, we barely notice it. ....

Theodore Thomson Flynn

Not Just Errol's Father

Tony Harrison and Vicki Harrison

Errol Flynn was an Australian actor who made his name in Hollywood for his romantic swashbuckler roles and his playboy lifestyle. His father Theodore Thomson Flynn or T.T. Flynn had a rough background but became an eminent professor at ... ....

Travels in Alaska

John Muir

Travels in Alaska, which John Muir was working on at the time of his death, is based on journals Muir wrote during his visits to Alaska in 1879, 1880, 1881, 1890, and 1899. From the moment he embarked from San Francisco in May ... ....

Twelve Hundred Miles by Horse and Burro

J. Stokely Ligon and New Mexico's First Breeding Bird Survey

Harley G Shaw and Mara E Weisenberger

J. Stokley Ligon's work in bird conservation, habitat protection, and wildlife legislation during the mid-twentieth century is well-documented in his own writing and the writing of others. But hovering in the background of Ligon's ... ....

Undersea Life to Colour

Susan Meredith and Jenny Cooper

Undersea Life to Colour is part of a collectable series of art colouring books for older children and adults. Gorgeous watercolour illustrations provide inspiration and guidance for colouring in a black line drawing of the same ... ....

Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy

Pat A Morris, Joanna Ebenstein and Peter Blake

Enter Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter's fantasy world of rabbit schoolchildren, cigar-smoking squirrels and exemplary feline etiquette at the kittens' tea party...

Winter: Five Windows on the Season

Adam Gopnik

Winter: Five Windows on the Season takes us on an intimate tour of the artists, poets, composers, writers, explorers, scientists and thinkers who helped shape a new and modern idea of winter. We learn how literature heralds the ... ....

With Strange Device

A History of the Discovery of Tropical Australia's Orchids

The family Orchidaceae is one of the most numerous in terms of species in the plant world. The majority are small and not particularly attractive, but a few are just the opposite. There are upwards of 260 species in the Australian ... ....

A History of Antarctica

Stephen Martin

During fifty years of involvement with 'the great south land', thousands of Australians have shared the experience of the grandeur and deprivations of this forbidding continent with their counterparts from many nations. This history ... ....

Antartida: Descubriendo el Ultimo Continente

Sebastian Arrebola, Shoshanah Jacobs and Pierre Yves Cousteau

Describes and illustrates the geography, environments and wildlife of Antarctica, as well as the history of its exploration.

Antarctica: Discovering the Last Continent

Sebastian Arrebola, Shoshanah Jacobs and Pierre Yves Cousteau

Describes and illustrates the geography, environments and wildlife of Antarctica, as well as the history of its exploration.

Beat about the Bush: Mammals and Birds Made Easy

Trevor Carnaby

In 2005, when the first Beat about the Bush was published, it was an instant success and everyone wanted more. Instead of simply reprinting Beat about the Bush, Trevor Carnaby decided to expand the content ...

Field Notes From a Hidden City

An Urban Nature Diary

Esther Woolfson

Field Notes From a Hidden City is set against the background of the austere, grey and beautiful northeast Scottish city of Aberdeen. In it, Esther Woolfson examines the elements – geographic, atmospheric and environmental ... ....

Missie Natuur

Natuur en Landschap op Defensieterreinen

Niels Gilissen

The Netherlands has approximately 61000 acres of military sites. Unbeknownst to many people is that these sites boast a rich fauna and flora. Missie Natuur offers a glimpse into this natural richness, its history, and the ... ....

Mopokes & Mirages

Rex Ellis

Mopokes and Mirages – both part of the great Australian Folklore, but neither having much substance. No such bird as a mopoke (see the Introduction to Mopokes & Mirages) and a bit hard to get your hand or mind around ... ....

The Dark Side of the Kalahari

Hannes Lochner and Ian McCallum

The Dark Side of the Kalahari is the latest addition to photographer Hannes Lochner's book collection. He has recently returned from a two year, 100,000 km journey in the Kalahari (Kgalagadi) Desert, capturing the life of a ... ....

The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor

Phil Newman

The modern visitor to Devon, travelling west into the region, is greeted by a panorama of the high ground and rocky outcrops of Dartmoor. In a county renowned for its 'rolling hills', Dartmoor's high moors, topped by granite ... ....

The Galapagos

Henry Nicholls

This book deals with the extraordinary islands that gave the world Darwin's theory of evolution. The Galapagos were once known to the sailors and pirates who encountered them as Las Encantadas: the enchanted islands, home to marvellous ... ....

The Great Barrier Reef

A Queensland Museum Discovery Guide

Greg Czechura

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's last great wilderness areas. Its unique environment supports an astonishing and almost unequalled biodiversity, from microscopic plankton to whales. The human history of the Reef is no less ... ....

Wild Arabia - DVD (Region 2 & 4)

A Natural History of a Mysterious Land

Alexander Siddig

The first major TV series to reveal the wildlife, wild places and extraordinary people of the vast Arabian peninsula, Wild Arabia takes a surprising and beguiling journey into a fascinating region.

Wildlife of the Concho Valley

Terry C Maxwell

The Concho Valley in Texas, named from the abundant mussel shells found in its principal river by seventeenth-century Spanish explorers, occupies a transitional position between the Chihuahuan Desert to the west and the Balcones Canyonlands ... ....

500 Plantes Comestibles

Histoire - Botanique - Alimentation

Although plants constitute the majority of our food, how much do we really know about them? 500 Plantes Comestibles explores the origins, history, botany and culinary use of hundreds of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, oilseed plants, sugar ... ....

A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species (2-Volume Set)

Ron Parsons, Mary E Gerritsen, Alastair S Robinson and Isobyl la Croix

Orchids represent probably the largest of all flowering plant families on Earth and are renowned the world over for their exquisite flowers. Their remarkable blooms occur in all manner of size and shape, and orchid flowers range from ... ....

A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species, Volume 1

Ron Parsons, Mary E Gerritsen, Alastair S Robinson and Isobyl la Croix

Orchids represent probably the largest of all flowering plant families on Earth and are renowned the world over for their exquisite flowers. Their remarkable blooms occur in all manner of size and shape, and orchid flowers range from ... ....

A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species, Volume 2

Ron Parsons, Mary E Gerritsen and Alastair S Robinson

Orchids represent probably the largest of all flowering plant families on Earth and are renowned the world over for their exquisite flowers. Their remarkable blooms occur in all manner of size and shape, and orchid flowers range from ... ....

A Cultural History of Gardens (6-Volume Set)

Michael Leslie and John Dixon Hunt

A Cultural History of Gardens presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of gardens as physical, social and artistic spaces.

A Guide to Wild Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar

Clive Finlayson, Geraldine Finlayson and Stewart Finlayson

A Guide to Wild Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar is a unique book that brings together the history of exploration of the Iberian Peninsula in the 19th Century with the current state of its wild places and wildlife. The authors ... ....

A Manual for the Identification of Plant Seeds and Fruits

RTJ Cappers and RM Bekker

The taxonomic identification of individual seeds and fruits of wild and cultivated plants is not always straightforward. The specialist literature and botanical reference collections can be helpful, and knowing where to begin reading and ... ....

Alberi e Arbusti Spontanei della Sardegna

Ignazio Camarda and Franca Valsecchi

Describes the trees and shrubs of Sardinia, a region that has preserved a plant heritage that is in many ways unique. Each species is analyzed with a detailed description, synonymy, comprehensive review of the local names ...

Algae of India, Volume 1

A Checklist of Cyanoprokaryota (Cyanophyceae)

Pratibha Gupta

This checklist contains exhaustive information on cyanoprokaryota pertaining to 5 orders 18 families 90 genera 939 species, 207 varieties and 86 forms along with their details including nomenclature and distribution. In totality genus ... ....

Algae of India, Volume 2

A Checklist of Chlorophyceae Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae and Euglenophyceae

RK Gupta

Algae of India, Volume 2 deals with 3745 taxa belonging to 328 genera, 62 families of chlorophyceae, 71 taxa belonging to 25 genera, 15 families of xanthophyceae, 93 taxa belonging to 25 genera 17 families of Chrysophyceae and ... ....

Aphyllophorales of Himalaya

Auriscalpiaceae: Tremellodendropsis

JR Sharma

Aphyllophorales of Himalaya provides a taxonomic account of this interesting group based on authors own field observations and supplemented with the study of numerous types and other authentic specimens. It gives a historical ... ....

Atlas des Cortinaires, Pars 21

A Bidaud, Xavier Carteret, Patrick Reumaux and P Moenne-Loccoz

Cover the genus Hydrocybe subsect. Jubarini, Renidentes, Balaustini. Includes an index to Parts 1-21.

Bluetenoekologie, Band 1

Die Partner der Blumen

Hans-Joachim Fluegel

Floral ecology is an independent branch of science that studies relationships between flowers and pollinators. After being neglected in the late 20th century, floral ecology has become increasingly the focus of attention for not only ... ....

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book ...

Desert Truffles

Phylogeny, Physiology, Distribution and Domestication

Varda Kagan-Zur, Nurit Roth-Bejerano, Yaron Sitrit and Asuncion Morte

Desert truffles are found in every known desert, irrespective of the habitat – cool or hot, loamy or acidic, sandy or heavy soil – the only common condition seems to be a limited supply of water. In contrast to ...

Diatoms of Europe, Volume 7

Luticola and Luticolopsis

Z Levkov, D Metzeltin and A Pavlov

This volume presents the synopsis and revision of Luticola D. Mann, and contains taxa that possess a single stigma, uniseriate striae, round to elliptical areolae and marginal channel along the valve face/mantle junction, internal ... ....

Die Gattung Sansevieria

Alle Arten und ihre Pflege

Peter A Mansfield

Lately Sansevieria plants are referred to as students, because they are so easy to clean. This popular plant is an indispensable part of our living and working spaces. The reader is given a comprehensive overview of the origin ...

Digital Atlas of Economic Plants in Archaeology

R Neef, RTJ Cappers and RM Bekker

The third atlas of the Digital Plant Atlas Project presents illustrations of subfossil remains of plants with economic value. These plant remains mainly derive from excavations in the Old World (Europe, Western Asia and North Africa) that ... ....

Ecology of Plant-Derived Smoke

Its Use in Seed Germination

Lara Jefferson

Discusses how plant-derived smoke functions as a tool for promoting seed germination and growth, with 1355 species accounts.

Euonymus: Een Kleurrijk Geslacht

Piet de Jong and Henny Kolster

This book treats the diverse genus of Euonymus and includes chapters on morphology, taxonomy, ecology, propagation, diseases and pests, its history as cultured plant, cultivars, and important collections of Euonymus. ....

Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa

Braam van Wyk and Piet van Wyk

This authoritative southern African tree guide is written and photographed by leading tree experts. Newly updated and expanded, it covers some 900 species, as well as subspecies and variations.Arranged in groups based on easy-to-observe ... ....

Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Turkey, Volume 1

Bulbous Plants

L Yasemin Konuralp

Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Turkey, Volume 1: Bulbous Plants presents 553 bulbous plants from 37 families, 179 of them being endemic to Turkey. There are 860 photographs, illustrations and text descriptions of all 553 plants ... ....

Flora Algarum Marinarum Sinicarum, Tomus 4 [Chinese]

Chlorophyta (No. 1 )

Ding Lanping

Flora Algaurm Marinarum Sinicarum, Tomus 4: Chlorophyta No.1 deals with 102 species belonging to 22 genera, 12 families, 7 orders, among of them 9 new to China, their morphological characteristics, Chinese name, Latin name ... ....

Flora Kunlunica, Volume 4 [Chinese]

Wu Yuhu

This is the first book to systematically record plants in the Karakorum and Kunlun mountains. Flora Kunlunica will be divided into four volumes. It records over 2600 species vascular bundle plants in the area.

Flora and Ethnobotany of West Dinajpur District, West Bengal

Sunit Mitra and Sobhan K Mukherjee

Flora and Ethnobotany of West Dinajpur District, West Bengal (at present Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur districts) district deals with 877 angiospoermic plant species under 536 genera belonging to 140 families along with a ... ....

Flora del Paraguay: Rhamnaceae

Leonor I Cusato and Roberto D Tortosa

Volume 44 deals with the Rhamnaceae.

Flora dell'Isola di Sardegna, Volume 1

Pier Virgilio Arrigoni

This first volume in a six-volume flora of Sardinia presents morphological and biological characteristics, nomenclature and essential information on the ecology and phytogeography of each species.

Flora dell'Isola di Sardegna, Volume 2

Pier Virgilio Arrigoni

The flora of Sardinia is characterized by its diversity compared to other regions of Italy and the Mediterranean. It is an ancient flora, which evolved on the spot, in part distinct and the rest common to that of the neighboring island of Corsica. ....

Flora dell'Isola di Sardegna, Volume 3

Pier Virgilio Arrigoni

The flora of Sardinia is characterized by its diversity compared to other regions of Italy and the Mediterranean. It is an ancient flora, which evolved on the spot, in part distinct and the rest common to that of the neighboring island of Corsica. ....

Flore et Vegetation du Massif Armoricain, Tome 1

Henry des Abbayes, G Claustres, R Corillion and Pierre Dupont

New expanded edition of a work published on 1971 on the flora of this area in the NW corner of France.

Folia Malaysiana, Volume 12(1)

A Latiff and Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat

Papers included in this volume: - I.M. Turner, A. Ibrahim & C.K. Lim: Remembering Ivan Vladimirovitch Polunin (1920- 2010) - ...

Folia Malaysiana, Volume 13(1)

A Latiff and Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat

Papers included in this volume: - C.K.Lim: Alpinia asmy (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. - K.H. Lau & C.K.Lim: Revision of the Genus Geostachys (Zingiberaceae) in Peninsular ... ....

Folia Malaysiana, Volume 13(2)

A Latiff and Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat

Papers included in this volume: - M.Hakkinen, H. Vare & M.J.M Christenhusz: Identity of a Pisang - historical concepts of Musa (Musaceae) and the reinstatement of Musa troglodytarum - R.E. Holttum: ...

Folia Malaysiana, Volume 14(1)

A Latiff and Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat

Papers included in this volume: - C.K.Lim: A new Zingiberaceae species: Alpinia adana (Zingiberacea), from Kelantan - C.K Lim: Alpinia nobilis Ridl. and the confusion over A. malaccensis- ...

Het Leven van Paddenstoelen en Schimmels

Jens H Petersen

This richly illustrated book shows the amazing appearances, way of life and use of mushrooms and fungi. They teem all around us, worldwide, and this book splendidly illustrates this "hidden kingdom", from Galactomyces to bolete ... ....

Higher Plants of China: Volume 14 - Index [Chinese]

Wu Pengchen

This is the last volume of the series. It consists of two parts: The first part is index to Chinese names and Scientific names for all Vol.1- 14. The second part is supplement to angiospermae for volume 3 and volume 8.

Important Plants of Northern Limba County, Liberia

A Guide to Most Useful, Rare or Ecologically Important Species, with Mano Names and Uses

Cicely AM Marshall and William D Hawthorne

Important Plants of Northern Limba County, Liberia is an illustrated guide to the most useful, rare and ecologically important plant species found around the Liberian section of the Nimba and adjacent mountains, a world-famous ... ....

Monographie des Leguminosae de France, Tome 3

Tribu des Trifolieae

Pierre Coulot and Philippe Rabaute

The first volume in a 4-part French series of monographs dedicated to the Leguminosae in France. This volume deals with the tribe Trifolieae. The entry for each taxon gives a complete synonymy, distribution in France including a map ... ....

Operculate Discomycetes (Pezizales, Ascomycota) of Israel

Gayane S Barseghyan and Solomon P Wasser

Deals with 121 species belonging to 9 families, 40 genera. Ten species and one genus (Pseudoplectania) are new records for Israel. Operculate Discomycetes (Pezizales, Ascomycota) of Israel is arranged in two parts.

Oranges: A Global History

Clarissa Hyman

The tangy, juicy sweetness of oranges has made them a popular feature on our breakfast tables in the form of fresh fruit, juice and marmalade. Indeed, oranges and orange juices are so ubiquitous nowadays that we take them for granted ... ....

Orchid Pollinators of Victoria

Rudie H Kuiter

Greatly enlarged from the first edition and illustrated with more than 500 colour photographs, this book covers the pollinators of each species of orchid found in Victoria.

Orchids in the Life and Work of Auguste R. Endres (2-Volume Set)

Carlos Ossenbach, Franco Pupulin and Rudolf Jenny

The disclosure of Costa Rican orchid diversity during the second half of the Nineteenth century is profoundly indebted with the exploratory and botanical work by Auguste R. Endrés. Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, George Nicholson ... ....

Orchids of the Department of Valle del Cauca (Colombia), Volume 1

Cypripediaceae, Orchidaceae (Orchidoideae, Spiranthoideae, Vanilloideae, Epidendroideae (Malaxideae, Elleantheae))

Marta Kolanowska and Dariusz L Szlachetko

This is the first volume of a scheduled 4-volume set. The Department of Valle del Cauca is one of the floristically most poorly explored regions of Colombia. Dichotomous keys to families, subfamilies, genera and species. All taxa are listed ... ....

Plant Biology (International Edition)

Linda E Graham, Jim M Graham and Lee W Wilcox

For non-majors and mixed-majors introductory botany (plant biology) courses. Plant Biology focuses students on the function of plants and the role they play in our world. With evolved content and a new organization, the authors ... ....

Plants and the Human Brain

David O Kennedy

Discusses how plant-based chemicals affect and interact with the human brain and its evolution.

Plants of China

A Companion to the Flora of China

Hong De-Yuan and Stephen Blackmore

Plants of China is a introductory volume of Flora of China, summarizing in an accessible way the state of knowledge of plants of China considered in many dimensions. It has been written mostly by Chinese authors, all of whom are leaders in ... ....

Potentielle Natuerliche Vegetation von Baden-Wuerttemberg

Konrad Reidl, Reiner Suck, Michael Bushart, Wolfgang Herter, Michael Koltzenburg and Hans Michiels

Baden-Württemberg has an extremely diverse and rich natural environment. This results from varied surface forms, varying climatic conditions and the presence of numerous geological formations. It is also the result of ... ....

Reproductive Physiology in Plants

Philip Stewart and Sabine Globig

In horticulture, agriculture, and food science, plants' reproductive physiology is an important topic relating to fruits and vegetables, the main consumable parts of plants. All aspects of plant physiology, including plants' ... ....

Seeds of Hope

Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants

Jane Goodall

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

Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen

Hanus Ettl and Georg Gaertner

Algae play in addition to the bacteria and fungi play an important role in soil life. To deepen the knowledge of soil-eukaryotic algae so far lacked a working definition, which is the world scattered data summarized. Over 1000 species of ... ....

The Outer Spores: Mushrooms of Haida Gwaii

Paul Kroeger, Bryce Kendrick, Oluna Ceska and Christine Roberts

This is the first comprehensive study of the macrofungi of Haida Gwaii, carried out over 5 years, and recording over 600 fungi. The Outer Spores: Mushrooms of Haida Gwaii has 300 illustrations, almost all in colour; many distribution ... ....

The Physiology of Characean Cells

Mary J Beilby and Michelle T Casanova

The Physiology of Characean Cells describes the unique characean experimental system, which provides a simplified model for many aspects of the physiology, transport and electrophysiology of higher plants. The first chapter offers ... ....

The Sphagnum Mosses of Estonia / Eesti Turbasamblad

Kai Vellak, Nele Ingerpuu and Edgar Karofeld

Sphagnum mosses are widely distributed and common throughout most of the world. These mosses play a leading role in peat formation and can even alter landscapes by acting in mire formation and development. People have long used Sphagnum ... ....

Uncrowned Monarch of the Namib

Welwitschia mirabilis

Ernst van Jaarsveld and Uschi Pond

With the family, genus and species all rolled into one, Welwitschia mirabilis is truly one of a kind. A rarity among rarities, it is found only in the Namib Desert extending from Namibia to Angola. Throughout the biological world ... ....

Veldgids Korstmossen

Kok van Herk and Andre Aptroot

The first lichen flora for the Netherlands and Flanders covering all species, over 400. Packed with colour photos and information on distribution and ecology, it contains clear species descriptions and handy determination keys, making ... ....

Veldgids Plantengemeenschappen

Joop Schaminee, Karle Sykora, Nina Smits and Marcel Horsthuis

Veldgids Plantengemeenschappen is the standard work on wild plants and their environment. This is the first practical and concise guide to Dutch plant communities and their species. Never before has so much information about Dutch ... ....

Victoria's Greenhoods & Rustyhoods

Rudie H Kuiter

Features over 70 species of greenhoods and rustyhoods found in Victoria. Each species is lavishly illustrated by multiple full colour photographs, along with information on where and when to find them.

Victoria's Orchids

Quick-guide to: Sun Orchids, Greenhoods, Greencombs, Diuris, Mountain Spider-orchids, Hyacinths, Potato Orchids

Rudie H Kuiter

This mainly photographic guide contains many of the commonly found, or hard to identify, species of orchid found in Victoria.

Victoria's Small Caladenias

Rudie H Kuiter

This mainly photographic guide covers many of the commonly overlooked, small species of orchid found in Victoria.

Victoria's Spider Orchids

Rudie H Kuiter

Features over 50 species of spider-orchids found in Victoria. Each species is lavishly illustrated by multiple full colour photographs, along with information on where and when to find them.

Winter Trees

A Photographic Guide to Common Trees and Shrubs

Dominic Price and Leif Bersweden

Identifying trees in winter without their familiar leaves can apear a daunting challenge, but a closer look will reveal a multitude of slowly swelling buds. A quick glance at the bud summary photos in Winter Trees instantly reveals ... ....

Animal Law and Welfare

Foundational Concepts

Ian Robertson

In this objective, practical and authoritative introduction to animal law, the author examines the foundational concepts of the human-animal relationship and how those principles have, or have not, been translated into contemporary animal ... ....

Biology: A Guide to the Natural World (International Edition)

David Krogh

David Krogh's Biology: A Guide to the Natural World leads readers on a memorable journey through the world of biology, using relevant examples, clearly-developed illustrations, and helpful insights that resonate with today's ... ....

Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Practice Management Consult

Lowell J Ackerman

Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Practice Management Consult, Second Edition has been extensively updated and expanded, with 55 new topics covering subjects such as online technologies, hospice care, mobile practices ... ....

Cranes: 300 Specimens de la Collection Dudley

Simon Winchester and Nick Mann

This is a French translation of Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious Collection.

Fish Vaccination

Roar Gudding, Atle Lillehaug and Oystein Evensen

Fish farming, in seawater and in freshwater, in cages, tanks or ponds, makes an ever-increasing and significant contribution to the production of aquatic food in many regions of the world. During the last few decades there has been significant ... ....

Handbook of Toxinology

Biological Toxins and Bioterrorism

P Gopalakrishnakone

In recent years, the field of Toxinology has expanded substantially. On the one hand it studies venomous animals, plants and micro organisms in detail to understand their mode of action on targets. While on the other, it explores the ... ....

Human Biology

Daniel D Chiras

Designed for the undergraduate, non-science major, the thoroughly updated eighth edition of Human Biology, continues to present the latest information on the structure, function, health, and disease of the human body, while ... ....

Human Biology

Daniel D Chiras

Designed for the undergraduate, non-science major, the thoroughly updated eighth edition of Human Biology, continues to present the latest information on the structure, function, health, and disease of the human body, while ... ....

Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones

A Manual

April M Beisaw

Offering a field-tested analytic method for identifying faunal remains, along with helpful references, images, and examples of the most commonly encountered North American species, Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones: A Manual ... ....

Lewin's Cells

George Plopper, Eric Sikorski and David Sharp

The ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate cell biology courses, the Third Edition of Lewin's Cells continues to offer current coverage of the structure, organization, growth, regulation, movements, and interactive ... ....

Population Genetics

Matthew B Hamilton

Now updated for its second edition, Population Genetics is the classic, accessible introduction to the concepts of population genetics. Combining traditional conceptual approaches with classical hypotheses and debates ...

Principles of Life

David M Hillis, David E Sadava, Richard W Hill and Mary V Price

Principles of Life returns in a thoroughly updated new edition that exemplifies the reform that is remaking the modern biology classroom. With the recommendations proposed in the NSF/AAAS mandate ...

Quantitative Genetics in the Wild

Anne Charmantier, Dany Garant and Loeske EB Kruuk

Although the field of quantitative genetics – the study of the genetic basis of variation in quantitative characteristics such as body size, or reproductive success – is almost 100 years old, its application to the study of ... ....

The Secret Language of Animals

A Guide to Remarkable Behavior

Janine M Benyus

Unlock the secrets behind the behavior of the world's most fascinating creatures – from the Adélie penguin to the plains zebra to the giant panda – in this wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated book.

Welcome to the Genome

A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future

Rob DeSalle, Michael Yudell, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and Mary Jeanne Kreek

Welcome to the Genome offers readers an opportunity to learn about how genomes are sequenced, what discoveries have so far come out of this scientific revolution, and about the ethical dimensions of this advancing technology. ....

40 Years of Evolution

Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major

Peter R Grant and B Rosemary Grant

Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have produced landmark studies of the Galápagos finches first made famous by Charles Darwin.

Food, Genes, and Culture

Eating Right for Your Origins

Gary Paul Nabhan

Vegan, low fat, low carb, slow carb: Every diet seems to promise a one-size-fits-all solution to health. But they ignore the diversity of human genes and how they interact with what we eat. In Food, Genes, and Culture, renowned ethnobotanist ... ....

Homology, Genes, and Evolutionary Innovation

Guenter P Wagner

Homology – a similar trait shared by different species and derived from common ancestry, such as a seal's fin and a bird's wing – is one of the most fundamental yet challenging concepts in evolutionary biology.

Hunting in Northern Europe until 1500 AD

Old Traditions and Regional Developments, Continental Sources and Continental Influences

Oliver Grimm and Ulrich Schmoelcke

The basis of Hunting in Northern Europe until 1500 AD consists of the proceedings of a workshop initially dedicated to Hunting in Northern Europe AD 500–1500. Old Traditions, Regional Developments and Foreign Influences. ....

Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect

Matthew D Lieberman

In Social, renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience revealing that our need to connect with other people is even more fundamental, more basic, than our need for food or shelter ... ....

Vida en Evolucion

La Historia Natural Vista desde Sudamerica

Sebastian Apesteguía and Roberto Ares

Study of evolution from a South American perspective.

Wild Cultures

A Comparison Between Chimpanzee and Human Cultures

Christophe Boesch

How do chimpanzees say, 'I want to have sex with you?' By clipping a leaf or knocking on a tree trunk? How do they eat live aggressive ants? By using a short stick with one hand or long stick with both? Ivorian and Tanzanian chimpanzees ... ....

Animals as Neighbors

The Past and Present of Commensal Species

Terry O'Connor

In this fascinating book Animals as Neighbors, Terry O'Connor explores a distinction that is deeply ingrained in much of the language that we use in zoology, human-animal studies, and archaeology – the difference between ... ....

Elements of Ecology (International Edition)

Thomas M Smith and Robert Leo Smith

Known for its evolution theme and strong coverage of the relevance of ecology to everyday life and the human impact on ecosystems, the thoroughly revised Eighth Edition features refined quantitative exercises, a restructured chapter on ... ....

The Handbook of Plant Biosecurity

Principles and Practices for the Identification, Containment and Control of Organisms that Threaten Agriculture and the

Gordon Gordh and Simon McKirdy

The Handbook of Plant Biosecurity is arranged in 23 chapters written by 85 world experts who systematically explain the substance of Plant Protection (Biosecurity). The Handbook is the first comprehensive treatment of regulation ... ....

Alaska's Changing Arctic

Ecological Consequences for Tundra, Streams, and Lakes

John E Hobbie

The latest volume in the LTER series, this book presents the results and finding of the Long-Term Ecological Research site in the Alaskan Arctic, discussing Arctic ecology from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.

Amerikaanse Vogelkers

Van Bospest tot Bosboom

Bart Nyssen, Jan den Ouden and Kris Verheyen

Prunus serotina, commonly called the black cherry, is the scourge of foresters and naturalists. This exotic tree species is being actively fought in the Netherlands and Belgium. But the story behind this tree is surprising, as ... ....

Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century

Trevor Fenning and Yvo de Boer

Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century addresses the challenges and opportunities faced by the world's forests posed by climate change, conservation objectives, and sustainable development ... ....

Counting Sheep: A Celebration of the Pastoral Heritage of Britain

Philip Walling

Sheep are the thread that runs through the history of the English countryside. Our fortunes were once founded on sheep, and Counting Sheep tells a story of wool and money and history, of merchants and farmers and shepherds ... ....

Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment

John Glasson, Riki Therivel and Andrew Chadwick

Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment provides students and practitioners with a clearly structured overview of the subject, as well as critical analysis and support for further studies. Written by three authors with ... ....

Plant Litter

Decomposition, Humus Formation, Carbon Sequestration

Bjorn Berg and Charles McClaugherty

Since the publication of the 2nd edition, there have been substantial developments in the field of litter decomposition. This fully revised and updated 3rd edition of Plant Litter reflects and discusses new findings and re-evaluates ... ....

Restoration and Development of the Degraded Loess Plateau, China

Atsushi Tsunekawa, Guobin Liu, Norikazu Yamanaka and Sheng Du

Restoration and Development of the Degraded Loess Plateau, China presents state-of-the-art scientific evidence and technological innovations to restore lands on the Loess Plateau of China, known worldwide for its serious land ... ....

Soil Science

Hans-Peter Blume, GW Bruemmer, R Horn, E Kandeler, I Koegel-Knabner, R Kretzschmar, P Schad and Stah

The soils are fundamental to our existence, delivering water and nutrients to plants, that feed us. But they are in many ways in danger and their conservation is therefore a most important focus for science, governments and society as a ... ....

The Herbaceous Layer in Forests of Eastern North America

Frank Gilliam

The most comprehensive existing volume of multidisciplinary research by top ecologists on the herbaceous layer of forests.

The Soil Underfoot

Infinite Possibilities for a Finite Resource

Gordon John Churchman and Edward R Landa

The Soil Underfoot provides an expert analysis of challenges faced by humankind and their implications for the availability and sustainability of soils worldwide. It emphasizes cultural, historical, philosophical, and ethical ... ....

Coastal Conservation

Brooke Maslo and Julie L Lockwood

Coastal ecosystems are centres of high biological productivity, but their conservation is often threatened by numerous and complex environmental factors. Citing examples from the major littoral habitats worldwide, such as sandy beaches ... ....

Nourrir et Abriter les Petits Animaux en Hiver

Claudia Rosen

This practical book shows how you can provide care and shelter for small animals throughout the winter in France. Whether you wish to help out birds, hedgehogs, squirrels, dormice, bats, frogs, lizards, or insects, this book provides help ... ....

Shuffling Nags, Lame Ducks

The Archaeology of Animal Disease

Laszlo Bartosiewicz and Erika Gal

The analysis of animal bone assemblages from archaeological sites provides much valuable data concerning economic and husbandry practices in the past, as well as insights into cultural and symbolic or ritual activity. Animal palaeopathology ... ....

The Once and Future World

Finding Wilderness in the Nature We've Made

JB MacKinnon

Many people believe that only an ecological catastrophe will change humanity's troubled relationship with the natural world. In fact, as J.B. MacKinnon argues in this unorthodox look at the disappearing wilderness, we are living in the ... ....

An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing

Martin Seelye

Fully updated, with significant new coverage of advances in satellite oceanography and results from new satellite missions, the second edition of this popular textbook introduces students to how remote sensing works, how to understand ... ....

Chemical Toxicity Prediction

Category Formation and Read-Across

Mark Cronin, Judith Madden, Steven Enoch and David Roberts

The aim of Chemical Toxicity Prediction is to provide the scientific background to using the formation of chemical categories, or groups, of molecules to allow for read-across i.e. the prediction of toxicity from chemical structure ... ....

Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions

Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen and Diana Liverman

Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions ranges from the basic science documenting the need for policy action to the technology ... ....

Mainstreaming Climate Change in Development Cooperation

Theory, Practice and Implications for the European Union

Joyeeta Gupta and Nicolien van der Grijp

Climate change, development and development cooperation are, individually and jointly, three politically sensitive, complex issues, especially in the context of relations between developed and developing countries.

Natural Hazards (International Edition)

Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes

Edward A Keller and Duane E DeVecchio

Ideal for courses on natural hazards or on earthquakes and volcanoes, Natural Hazards uses real-life examples of hazards and disasters to explore how and why they happen-and what we can do to limit their effects.

Reason in a Dark Time

Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed - and What It Means for Our Future

Dale Jamieson

From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Reason in a Dark Time is about what climate change is, why we failed to stop it, and why ... ....

Sea-Level Science

Understanding Tides, Surges, Tsunamis and Mean Sea-Level Changes

David Pugh and Philip Woodworth

Understanding sea-level processes, such as ocean tides, storm surges, tsunamis, El Niño and rises caused by climate change, is key to planning effective coastal defence. Building on David Pugh's classic book Tides, Surges and ... ....

The Atmosphere (International Edition)

An Introduction to Meteorology

Frederick K Lutgens, Edward J Tarbuck and Dennis G Tasa

Thanks to a mounting interest in climate change and severe weather phenomena, meteorology courses are increasingly popular among today's students – particularly in general education versions of the course, where rapid advances ... ....

An Amateur's Guide to Observing and Imaging the Heavens

Ian Morison

An Amateur's Guide to Observing and Imaging the Heavens is a highly comprehensive guidebook that bridges the gap between the beginners' and hobbyists' books and the many specialised and subject-specific texts for ... ....

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Chris Hadfield

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane ... ....

Astrophysics of Planet Formation

Philip J Armitage

The study of planet formation has been revolutionized by recent observational breakthroughs, which have allowed the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets, the imaging of protoplanetary disks, and the discovery of the Solar ... ....

Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications

Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Andrzej Kijko, Kuniyoshu Takeuchi and Ilya Zaliapin

Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications presents a unique, interdisciplinary approach to disaster risk research, combining cutting-edge natural science and social science methodologies. Bringing together ... ....

Five Billion Years of Solitude

The Search for Life Among the Stars

Lee Billings

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

Geodynamics

Donald L Turcotte and Gerald Schubert

Essential reading for any Earth scientist, this classic textbook has been providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the fundamentals needed to develop a quantitative understanding of the physical processes of the solid ... ....

Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts

HJ de Blij, Peter O Muller and Jan Nijman

Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts helps readers build and develop their "mental map" of the world around them. Topics covered in this text are diverse and the skills, concepts, ideas, and terms that students are ... ....

Geophysics for the Mineral Exploration Geologist

Mike C Dentith and Stephen Mudge

Providing a balance between principles and practice, this introduction to geophysical surveying takes readers from the basic physical phenomena, through the acquisition and processing of geophysical data, to the creation of subsurface ... ....

Intraplate Earthquakes

Pradeep Talwani

Intraplate earthquakes occur away from tectonic plate boundaries: their locations are difficult to predict, risking huge damage and loss of life. The 2001 Bhuj earthquake (featured in Intraplate Earthquakes) was the largest ... ....

Introduction to the Rock-forming Minerals

WA Deer, RA Howie and J Zussman

In this edition, most of the commonly occurring minerals of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks are discussed in terms of structure, chemistry, optical and other physical properties, distinguishing features and paragenesis.

La Costa d'Italia

Sergio Ginesu

Highly illustrated guide to the coast of Italy. Researchers who contributed to the realization of this work come largely from the disciplines of Earth Sciences. The work contains information ...

Living Earth

Outline of the Geology of Iceland

Ari Trausti Gudmundsson, Halldor Kjartsansson and George Douglas

A reader's journey through the geological history of Iceland. A tale of the creation of Iceland and how it became what it is today. A venture into the natural wonders; into a variety of volcanic phenomena and the geothermal wonderland ... ....

Minerals and their Localities - Supplement

Minerals Described since 2004

Jan H Bernard and Jaroslav Hyrsl

Minerals and their Localities - Supplement represents a continuation of the book Minerals and their Localities, published in 2004.

Physical Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction

Peter Atkins

With the development of a variety of exciting new areas of research involving computational chemistry, nano- and smart materials, and applications of the recently discovered graphene, there can be no doubt that physical chemistry is a ... ....

Protoplanetary Dust

Astrophysical and Cosmochemical Perspectives

Daniel Apai and Dante S Lauretta

Planet formation studies uniquely benefit from three disciplines: astronomical observations of extrasolar planet-forming disks, analysis of material from the early Solar System, and laboratory astrophysics experiments.

Quantum Effects in Biology

Masoud Mohseni, Yasser Omar, Gregory S Engel and Martin B Plenio

Quantum mechanics provides the most accurate microscopic description of the world around us, yet the interface between quantum mechanics and biology is only now being explored. Quantum Effects in Biology uses a combination of ... ....

Seismic Amplitude

An Interpreter's Handbook

Rob Simm and Mike Bacon

Seismic amplitudes yield key information on lithology and fluid fill, enabling interpretation of reservoir quality and likelihood of hydrocarbon presence. The modern seismic interpreter must be able to deploy a range of sophisticated ... ....

Sonic Wonderland

A Scientific Odyssey of Sound

Trevor Cox

An original and compelling tour of the world's most amazing acoustic phenomena and a passionate plea for a deeper appreciation of and respect for our shared sonic landscapes.Creaking glaciers, whispering galleries, stalactite organs ... ....

Source Mechanisms of Earthquakes

Theory and Practice

Agustín Udías, Raul Madariaga and Elisa Buforn

This rigorous yet accessible text introduces the key physical and biochemical processes involved in plant interactions with the aerial environment. It is designed to make the more numerical aspects of the subject accessible to plant and ... ....

Symmetry of Crystals and Molecules

Mark Ladd

Symmetry of Crystals and Molecules provides a comprehensive study of the symmetry and geometry of crystals and molecules, starting from first principles. The pre-knowledge assumed is mathematics and physical science to about ... ....

The Amoeba in the Room

Lives of the Microbes

Nicholas P Money

Exploring the variety of the microbial world, Nicholas P. Money argues for a radical change of perspective. As molecular methods discover vast numbers of new viruses and bacteria, it is becoming clear that microbial life dominates and ... ....

The Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook

Garrett Romaine

The Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook gives you the basic tools to transition from "pebble pup" to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to ... ....

The Rocks of Anglesey's Coast

Jack E Treagus and Susan H Treagus

Anglesey is a geologist's paradise. The Rocks of Anglesey's Coast takes you on a journey round the coast of Anglesey by way of 25 excursions of different complexity and easy access. For each, the colourful rocks and their ... ....

Animals Make Us Human

Creating the Best Life for Animals

Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson

In her groundbreaking and best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her distinguished career as an animal scientist to deliver extraordinary insights into how animals think ... ....

Bassett's Environmental Health Procedures

Tim Deveaux

Environmental health law is a wide ranging, detailed and complex body of law within the UK. Environmental Health Procedures is an established and essential reference source which provides an accessible entry into enforcement and ... ....

Cultivating Biodiversity to Transform Agriculture

Etienne Hainzelin

Agriculture is the primary human activity: it involves 1.3 billion people, nearly a quarter of the world's population and half of its labour force. The cultivated area, i.e., the area where humans plan and directly control the vegetation ... ....

Ecotourism

David A Fennell

Ecotourism continues to be embraced as the antithesis of mass tourism because of its promise of achieving sustainability through conservation mindedness, community development, education and learning, and the promotion of nature based ... ....

El Agua en el Norte de la Península Antartica

Adrian Angel Silva Busso

Results of Argentinian investigations into water resources in Antarctica.

Environment and Development Economics

Essays in Honour of Sir Partha Dasgupta

Scott Barrett, Karl-Goran Maler and Eric S Maskin

Environment and Development Economics honours Partha Dasgupta, and the field he helped establish; environment and development economics. It concerns the relationship between social systems (to include families, local communities ... ....

Essentials of Environmental Public Health Science

A Handbook for Field Professionals

Naima Bradley, Henrietta Harrison, Greg Hodgson, Robie Kamanyire, Andrew Kibble and Virginia Murray

Environmental public health is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the direct and indirect impact of exposure to environmental hazards on the public's health and wellbeing. Assessing and addressing the risks of chemical ... ....

Fisheries Management and Conservation

William Hunter III

Fisheries management and conservation draws on science in order to find ways to protect fishery resources so sustainable exploitation is possible. Modern fisheries management often involves regulating when, where, how, and how much fisheries .. ....

Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability

Molly E Brown

The agriculture system is under pressure to increase production every year as global population expands and more people move from a diet mostly made up of grains, to one with more meat, dairy and processed foods.

Green Capitalism

Why it Can't Work

Daniel Tanuro and Jane Ennis

What should be done to resolve the climate crisis? Tanuro argues that government measures – eco-taxes, commodification of natural resources, and carbon trading – do not tackle the drive for profit. Evidence from the Intergovernmental ... ....

Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

Howard S Wheater, Simon A Mathias and Xin Li

Arid and semi-arid regions face major challenges in the management of scarce freshwater resources under pressures of population, economic development, climate change, pollution and over-abstraction. Groundwater is commonly the most important ... ....

Handbook of Global Environmental Politics

Peter Dauvergne

The second edition of the Handbook of Global Environmental Politics contains more than 30 new and original articles as well as six essential updates by leading scholars of global environmental politics. This landmark book maps the ... ....

Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten Coast of Mississippi

Susan L Cutter, Christopher T Emrich, Jerry T Mitchell, Walter W Piegorsch, Mark M Smith and Weber

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005 with devastating consequences. Almost all analyses of the disaster have been dedicated to the way the hurricane affected New Orleans.

Is the Planet Full?

Ian Goldin

What are the impacts of population growth? Can our planet support the demands of the ten billion people anticipated to be the world's population by the middle of this century? While it is common to hear about the problems ...

Legumes in the Omic Era

Sanjeev Gupta, Nagasamy Nadarajan and Debjyoti Sen Gupta

Provides a timely review of recent advances in legume genomics research and application. In this post-genomic era, enormous amounts of biological information is available that could be of huge potential use for crop improvement applications ... ....

Managing the Unknown

Essays on Environmental Ignorance

Frank Uekotter and Uwe Lubken

Information is crucial when it comes to the management of resources. But what if knowledge is incomplete, or biased, or otherwise deficient? How did people define patterns of proper use in the absence of cognitive certainty?

Managing the Unknown

Essays on Environmental Ignorance

Frank Uekotter and Uwe Lubken

Information is crucial when it comes to the management of resources. But what if knowledge is incomplete, or biased, or otherwise deficient? How did people define patterns of proper use in the absence of cognitive certainty?

Natural Resource Conservation (International Edition)

Management for a Sustainable Future

Daniel D Chiras and John P Reganold

For introductory-level, undergraduate courses in natural resource conservation, natural resource management, environmental science, and environmental conservation. This comprehensive text describes the ecological principles ...

Pure and Modern Milk

An Environmental History Since 1900

Kendra Smith-Howard

In the dairy aisle of the supermarket, one milk carton features cows grazing on a verdant pasture, backed by a forest and undulating hillside. On another, a cow's wide-eyed face beckons the thirsty drinker. To the casual shopper ... ....

Small Impoundment Management in North America

J Wesley Neal and David W Willis

Small Impoundment Management in North America is an in-depth overview of biota, habitat, and human management in small water bodies up to approximately 40 ha in surface area. Authors were selected to cover the wide geographic ... ....

Sustainable Buildings (4-Volume Set)

Rohinton Emmanuel

The 'fit for purpose' of the built environment has been a focus of attention since classical times, both in the West and in the East. However, an explicit focus on 'sustainable buildings' is relatively new.

The Changing Nature of Eco/Feminism

Telling Stories from Clayoquot Sound

Niamh Moore

Twenty years after activists set up a peace camp blocking a logging road into an extensive area of temperate rainforest in Clayoquot Sound, that summer of protest still holds a prominent place in Canadian environmental discourse.

Towards Human Development

New Approaches to Macroeconomics and Inequality

Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Frances Stewart

Human Development is widely recognised as the overriding goal of development, yet its realization is challenged by growing inequality, macro-economic fluctuations, and recurrent financial crises. This edited collection reflects on the ... ....

Toxic Aid

Economic Collapse and Recovery in Tanzania

Sebastian Edwards

For many years Tanzania was the darling of international aid agencies. During the 1970s it received more assistance per capita than any other nation in the world. And yet, the economy performed dismally: growth was negative, exports collapsed ... ....

Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence

Paula Coble, Jaimie R Lead, Andy Baker, Darren Reynolds and Robert GM Spencer

This is the first comprehensive text on the theory and practice of aquatic organic matter fluorescence analysis, written by the experts who pioneered the research area. Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence covers the topic in the ... ....

Biomeasurement

A Student's Guide to Biostatistics

Dawn Hawkins

Statistical analysis allows us to attach meaning to data that we have collected; it helps us to understand what experimental results really mean, and to assess whether we can trust what experiments seem to be telling us. Yet, despite being ... ....

Introduction to Ecological Sampling

Bryan FJ Manly and Jorge A Navarro Alberto

Accessible to ecological researchers, Introduction to Ecological Sampling is the first to introduce ecological sampling methods from a statistical viewpoint. It starts with classic random sampling methods and then covers more ... ....

Mathematical Models in Biology

Deterministic and Stochastic Approaches

Johannes Mueller and Christina Kuttler

Mathematical Models in Biology is developed from classes in mathematical biology taught by the authors over several years at the Technische Universitat Munchen. The main themes are modeling principles, mathematical principles ... ....

Methods of Molecular Analysis in the Life Sciences

Andreas Hofmann, Anne Simon, Tanja Grkovic, Malcom Jones and Robert Huber

Delivering fundamental insights into the most popular methods of molecular analysis, this text is an invaluable resource for students and researchers. It encompasses an extensive range of spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques used ... ....

Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data using CANOCO 5

Jan Leps and Petr Smilauer

This revised and updated edition focuses on constrained ordination (RDA, CCA), variation partitioning and the use of permutation tests of statistical hypotheses about multivariate data. Both classification and modern regression methods ... ....

Collections in Context

Proceedings of the 5th International Meeting of European Bird Curators, Natural History Museum Vienna, August 29th-31st

Ernst Bauernfeind, Anita Gamauf, Hans-Martin Berg and Yoko Muraoka

Publication of the Proceedings of the 5th International Meeting of European Bird Curators is not only intended as a documentation of contributions delivered to an international audience – the present volume should likewise be under ... ....

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 8: Faberia to Fussia

Sudhir Chandra

Volume 8 of the projected 20 volumes aimed for completion by 2014-2016. It is hoped to cover 15 000 to 18 000 commemorative names in the total work covering all fields of botany. This will be of interest to both amateur and professional ... ....