CIC Caprinae Atlas of the World (2-Volume Set)

Gerhard R Damm, Nicolas Franco and HM King Juan Carlos

This detailed and meticulously researched Atlas presents an overview on the distribution ranges of all 96 wild Caprinae phenotypes in the northern hemisphere, their physical appearance, life history, conservation status and sustainable ... ....

Equine Learning and Behaviour

Evelyn B Hanggi

Equine Learning and Behaviour provides an up-to-date account of the behavioural biology of horses. The author examines the mechanisms and cognitive functions behind individual and social behaviour, as well as tackling the experience ... ....

From Whale Hunting to Whale Watching / Von der Waljagd zur Walbeobachtung / Da Caca a Observacoa de Baleias

Memories of the Time of Whaling on Sao Miguel, Azores / Erinnerungen an die Zeit des Walfangs auf Sao Miguel, Azoren /

Wulf H Koehler, Dagmar Mehlis-Doering and Maria das Merces Pacheco

From Whale Hunting to Whale Watching / Von der Waljagd zur Walbeobachtung / Da Caça à Observação de Baleias has been written to remind islanders and enlighten visitors of the Azores of the almost forgotten ... ....

Irish Bats in the 21st Century

Niamh Roche, Tina Aughney, Ferdia Marnell and Mathieu Lundy

Bats are the most diverse group of Irish terrestrial mammals, with nine confirmed resident species. This is the first book dedicated entirely to these elusive creatures, published by Bat Conservation Ireland, a charity dedicated to the ... ....

Lo Que el Lobo Sabe

Ecoetología y Conservacion del Lobo

David Nieto Maceín, Marc Bekoff and Alberto Fernandez Gil

A new book from on the ethology, ecology and conservation of the wolf in Spain.

Paper Tiger

How Pictures Shaped the Thylacine

Carol Freeman

Paper Tiger is an exciting new history of the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger in which the reader it taken on a journey behind artists' brushstrokes and photographers' lenses into the world of science, printing processes, publishing entrepreneurs ... ....

Pferde der Welt

550 Rasseportraets

Elise Rousseau and Yann Le Bris

This encyclopedia to the world's horses describes almost 570 breeds. Classification of breeds is by geographical area. For each breed the book reports size, the possible coats, morphology, distribution, origins and history, character ... ....

Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa

A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis

Ara Monadjem, Peter J Taylor, Christiane Denys and Fenton PD Cotterill

This comprehensive handbook covers all the rodents occurring in Southern, Central, East and West Africa, south of the Sahara. Genus and species accounts include diagnostic descriptions, systematics and taxonomy, biogeographical environments ... ....

Top Dogs

A Celebration of Great Australian Working Dogs

Angela Goode

A unique celebration of our remarkable Aussie working dogs, illustrated with photographs taken by the people who love them. Ask anyone who lives and works on the land and they will tell you that a good working dog is the heart and soul of ... ....

Tous les Chevaux du Monde

Pres de 570 Races et Types Decrits et Illustres

Elise Rousseau and Yann Le Bris

This encyclopedia to the world's horses describes almost 570 breeds. Classification of breeds is by geographical area. For each breed the book reports size, the possible coats, morphology, distribution, origins and history, character ... ....

A Complete Identification Book of the Birds in the European Part of Russia, Parts 1-3 (3-Volume Set) [Russian]

MV Kalyakin

The second, revised edition of A Complete Identification Book of the Birds in the European Part of Russia is the most comprehensive and colourful guide to the birds of European Russia. It contains photographs illustrating every ... ....

Aves de Asturias

Guía de Identificacion

Mario Arce, Victor M Vazquez and Gonzalo Gil

Aves de Asturias is an identification guide to the birds of the Principality of Asturias, an autonomous community in north-west Spain. It describes and illustrates 283 species regularly occurring in the territory, both residents and migrants ... ....

British Birds Report on Rare Birds in Great Britain in 2013

Nigel Hudson and British Birds Rarities Committee

The 56th annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee presents details of rare birds recorded in Britain in 2013. Among the highlights of 2013, a spring Dusky Thrush was a welcome precursor to an exceptional summer of ... ....

El Aguila Perdicera

Ecología, Comportamiento y Conservacion

Víctor J Hernandez, Eduardo Rodríguez, Jose Luis Rodrígues and Niranjant Sant

This new book will be the most up to date and most detailed book on the Bonelli’s Eagle. Highly recommended to everyone interested in this amazing eagle. Features contributions from over 130 authors from 30 countries.

Field Guide of Wild Bird in Taiwan [Chinese]

Mu-Chi Hsiao and Cheng-Lin Li

Years in the making, this Chinese field guide has comprehensive coverage of the main island of Taiwan and offshore islands (Matsu, Lanyu, Kinmen etc). As well as the painted plates, non-Chinese readers can make use of highlighted key ... ....

From Billions to None (Region 0)

The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction

David Mrazek

From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction reveals the compelling story of the unlikely extinction of the passenger pigeon. For centuries, the sleek long-distance flyer was the most abundant bird in ... ....

Histoires Remarquables: Les Oiseaux

Guilhem Lesaffre and Francois Desbordes

This book contains 24 extraordinary stories on birds, illustrated by one of the most eminent naturalist painters. Why do pygmy hanging hang like small colored handkerchiefs in the vegetation? What are garden birds doing with candy wrappers ... ....

Le Guide Expert de l'Ornitho

Pour Eviter les Pieges de l'Identification

Keith Vinicombe, Alan Harris and Laurel Tucker

This is a French translation of The Helm Guide to Bird Identification: An In-Depth Look at Confusion Species.

Oiseaux: Emblemes Nationaux

Ron Toft

This is a French translation of National Birds of the World.

Peterson Reference Guides: Birding by Impression

A Different Approach to Knowing and Identifying Birds

Kevin T Karlson and Dale Rosselet

Birding is an extremely rewarding and fun hobby, but some situations can be frustrating or unsuccessful because of a variety of challenging viewing conditions. Peterson Reference Guides: Birding by Impression to identifying birds ... ....

Project Puffin

The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock

Stephen W Kress and Derrick Z Jackson

Project Puffin is the inspiring story of how a beloved seabird was restored to long-abandoned nesting colonies off the Maine coast. As a young ornithology instructor at the Hog Island Audubon Camp, Dr. Stephen W. Kress learned to ... ....

The Birds of Rajasthan

Rakesh Vyas and Dhananjai Mohan

Rajasthan, by virtue of its geographical features and extreme climatic conditions, is home to a wide variety of birds. Compiling all the available information and creating a guide to the birds of Rajasthan is a massive undertaking. ....

The Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2015

David Cromack

For 35 years The Birdwatcher’s Yearbook has been the essential work of reference for active birders and the wider world of ornithology. Every piece of information is checked and updated to ensure each new edition ... ....

The Bonelli's Eagle

Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation

Víctor J Hernandez, Eduardo Rodríguez, Jose Luis Rodrígues and Niranjant Sant

This new book will be the most up to date and most detailed book on the Bonelli’s Eagle. Highly recommended to everyone interested in this amazing eagle. Features contributions from over 130 authors from 30 countries.

The House of Owls

Tony Angell and Robert Michael Pyle

For a quarter of a century, Tony Angell and his family shared the remarkable experience of closely observing pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting box outside the window of their forest home. The journals in which the author ... ....

The Life of Buzzards

Peter Dare

This is a much-needed and authoritative account of Common Buzzards gained from extensive studies by the author over 60 years and also from enthusiasts in this country and across northern Europe. The accounts describe the life history and ... ....

The Narrow Edge

A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey

Deborah Cramer

Thousands of ravenous tiny shorebirds race along the water's edge of Delaware Bay, feasting on pin-sized horseshoe-crab eggs. Fueled by millions of eggs, the migrating red knots fly on. When they arrive at last in their arctic breeding ... ....

Threatened Birds of Jammu & Kashmir

Asad R Rahmani

Threatened Birds of Jammu & Kashmir brings you information about the globally threatened bird species that are presently reported from Jammu & Kashmir. Threatened Birds of Jammu & Kashmir depends heavily on ... ....

Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians

Gordon C Grigg and David Kirshner

A comprehensive review of current knowledge about the world's largest and most famous living reptiles. Gordon Grigg's authoritative and accessible text and David Kirshner's stunning interpretive artwork and colour photographs ... ....

A Field Guide on Fishes of Himachal Pradesh

Indu Sharma

This book gives a systematic account of the fishes found in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.

Marine Fishes in Eastern Taiwan

Jiang Weiqua

This book offers a first complete overview of Taiwan's eastern reef and pelagic fish, based on a selection of 1,358 samples.

Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary

Michael Watkins and Bo Beolens

This fascinating reference book delves into the origins of the vernacular and scientific names of sharks, rays, skates and chimeras. Each entry offers a concise biography, revealing the hidden stories and facts behind each species’ ... ....

A Practical Guide to Producing Heather Honey

Tony Jefferson

The three generations of the Jefferson family, widely known for their famous production of Heather Honey, base their beekeeping on an annual cycle of activities leading up to the anticipation of two weeks decent August weather.

Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Butterflies

Bob Gibbons

Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Butterflies is as visually impressive as it is useful in the field, with many stunning full-page and double-page photographs to support the authoritative text. The introduction explains the basics of ... ....

British Moths and Butterflies

Chris Manley

Packed with stunning photographs, this photographic guide is the most comprehensive collection of British moth images ever published. Over 3 200 photographs create a visual feast that not only showcases the wealth and variety of ... ....

Die Wasserwanzen Deutschlands

Bestimmungsschluessel fuer Alle Nepo- und Gerromorpha

Gerhard Strauss, Rolf Niedringhaus and Marlies Stoeckmann

For the the infraorder Nepomorpha, the true water bugs, in Germany there has been a series of monographs available in the series Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, but a corresponding identification book was still missing.

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 51: Nematoda: Rhabditida: Strongylata (II)

Zhang Luping and Kong Fanyao

The book about Strongylata is divided into two volumes. The first volume was published in 2001. This second volume deals with the remaining two families, Stongylidae and Chabertiidae.

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 54: Annelida: Polychaeta (III): Sabellida [Chinese]

Sun Ruiping and Yang Dejian

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 54 deals with 4 families (Sabellidae, Serpulidae, Sabellaridae, Oweniidae) found from China seas. It consists of two two main parts. The first part is a general introduction of the historical ... ....

Forensic Entomology

International Dimensions and Frontiers

Jeffery Keith Tomberlin and Mark Eric Benbow

This forensic entomology reference takes a global approach with case studies and contributions from six continents. Most of the research to date has been concentrated in Europe or North America. Traditional forensic entomology books have ... ....

Freshwater Crayfish

A Global Overview

Tadashi Kawai, Zen Faulkes and Gerhard Scholtz

For their great commercial importance as a human food delicacy, crayfish are now becoming of wider interest to molecular biologists, and also to conservationists due to the fact that in some countries many of the native crayfish species ... ....

Guia Ilustrado dos Invertebrados da Praia do Cabo Branco: Esponjas

Rosa Maria Veiga Leonel, Beatriz Mothes, Clea Lerner, Petronio Bezerra Gama and Mauricio de Campos

Illustrated guide to sponges found on Cabo Branco beach in João Pessoa, the capital of the state of Paraiba, Brazil. To facilitate the recognition of the 28 currently recognized species of sponges on intertidal and subtidal rocks ... ....

Handbook of Zoology: Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera, Volume 3

Gastrotricha and Gnathifera

Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa

This section of the Handbook of Zoology is intended as a comprehensive and exhaustive account of the biology of the taxa Gastrotricha, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Gnathostomulida, Micrognathozoa ... ....

Insects in Qingliangfeng Zhejiang Province [Chinese]

Wang Yiping

Gives an overview of the insects found on Qingliang Feng, a 1 787 m mountain situated in the Chinese province of Zhejiang.

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Magellanes, No. 16

This volume features the following six contributions - Callichromatini d'Afrique by Pierre Juhel - Prioninae de Chine by Alain Drumont - Cerambycidae de Chine by Meiying Lin - Callichromatini d'Asir ...

Main Pests Associated with Entry Fruits from Taiwan [Chinese]

Wu Jiajiao

Main Pests Associated with Entry Fruits from Taiwan describes the pests of fruits and vegetables in recent years. It describes the various pest hosts, geographical distribution, morphological characteristics, damage characteristics ... ....

Mariposas Diurnas de la Rioja

Yeray Monasterio Leon, Juan Carlos Vicente Arranz, Ruth Escobes Jimenez, Oscar Moreno and Irion

Illustrated with a wide and comprehensive collection of photographs, this volume is entirely devoted to the butterflies of La Rioja, Spain, and is the result of three years of field work by the five authors of the book. They have been ... ....

Polymita: The Most Beautiful Land Snail of the World

Adrian Gonzalez Guillen

If Cuba is the paradise for land shells, Polymita must be Adam and Eve's Apple. This genus, which Lovell A. Reeve called "perhaps the most varicoloured of all the land snails", has such beautiful species that it ... ....

Portraits d'Araignees

Christine Rollard, Philippe Blanchot and Cedric Villani

A lot of strange ideas abound about the little-known world of spiders! These eight-legged animals, so fascinating in their lifestyles, deserve better than the fear they evoke in the minds of many of us. Have you really taken the time ... ....

Study of the Arthropod Community Diversity and Oulema oryzae in Cold Rice Fields [Chinese]

Liu Yanli

This book looks at arthropod communities, and the rice leaf beetle Oulema oryzae in particular, in ride paddies in Heilongjiang Province, China, from two angles. It looks at how community diversity is affected by the application ... ....

Taxonomic Studies of Lepidoptera (Insecta) of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand (India)

S Sambath

This volume contains the results of a taxonomic study on the lepidoptera fauna of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand, India.

The Genera of Nematinae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae)

Marco Prous, Stephan M Blank, Henri Goulet, Erik Heibo, Andrew Liston, Tobias Malm, Tommi Nyman and

Nematinae is a subfamily of sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae, containing about 1 250 species. Identification of species and even genera in the subfamily has remained difficult and recent molecular data has revealed extensive ... ....

The Greenland Entomofauna

An Identification Manual of Insects, Spiders and their Allies

Jens Buecher, Niels P Kristensen and Lars B Vilhelmsen

In The Greenland Entomofauna an international team of 64 taxonomic specialists provide for the first time a richly illustrated guide to the identification of the ?1200 species of Hexapods/Insects, Arachnids and Myriapods so far ... ....

Veldgids Slakken en Mossels

Bert Jansen

A complete, portable field guide to all the terrestrial and freshwater snails and molluscs of the Netherlands. - Describes approximately 200 species, with information on appearance, habitat, distribution, and ecology - Accessible ... ....

ZooKeys 441

Checklist of the Diptera of Finland

Jere Kahanpaa and Jukka Salmela

This special issue of ZooKeys forms a checklist of all true flies (Insecta: Diptera) found in Finland. Twenty-four authors contributed 31 manuscripts covering the whole order. Each paper treats one or more Diptera families and includes a ... ....

ZooKeys 446

Revision of the Genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with Emphasis on the Species in Area de

Jose L Fernandez-Triana, Daniel H Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, James B Whitfield and M Alex Smith

The genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Microgastrinae) is a moderately diverse group of parasitoid wasps widely distributed in the New World, from 45°N in Canada to 34°S in Argentina. Many undescribed species ... ....

Zooedafon Zapadno-Sibirskoi Severnoi Taigi [Zoo-Edafon of the West Siberian and Northern Boreal Forest]

Prostranstvennaia Ekologiia Naseleniia Pochvoobitaiushchikh Chlenistonogikh Estestvennykh i Narushennykh Mestoobitanii [

Viacheslav Genrikhovich Mordkovich

The author studied a population of soil animals in the northern taiga in the vicinity of November (the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District) from 1999-2003. In 30 natural and anthropogenically modified habitats (different variants of forests ... ....

L'Encyclopedie Delachaux des Dinosaures

Gregory S Paul

This is French translation of Dinosaurs: A Field Guide, a large-format field guide to the true dinosaurs - the Tetrapoda (excludes pterosaurs and marine reptiles).

Late Pleistocene and Holocene Environmental Change on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Daniel Gavin and Linda B Brubaker

This study brings together decades of research on the modern natural environment of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, reviews past research on paleoenvironmental change since the Late Pleistocene, and finally presents paleoecological ... ....

A Study on the Threatened and Endemic Fishes of North Bengal, India, with a Discussion on the Potential Impact of Climat

RP Barman and A Das

This study looks at the threatened and endemic fishes of North Bengal, India and discusses the potential impact of climate change on them.

An Illustrated Guide to Species in China's Seas, Volume 3 [Chinese]

Animalia (1): Porifera, Cnidaria, Plathyelminthes, Nemertinea, Nematoda, Acanthocephala, Rotifera, Gastrotricha, Kinorhy

Huang Zongguo and Lin Mao

Volume 3 deals with a large number of invertebtrate animals found in China's seas.

An Illustrated Guide to Species in China's Seas, Volume 5 [Chinese]

Animalia (3): Arthropoda (1): Merostomata, Pycnogonida, Arachnoida, Insecta, Crustacea (1)

Huang Zongguo and Lin Mao

This volume deals with several arthropod groups, including the first part of the crustaceans found in China's seas.

An Illustrated Guide to Species in China's Seas, Volume 6 [Chinese]

Animalia (4): Arthropoda (2): Crustacea (2): Decapoda, Stomatopoda

Huang Zongguo and Lin Mao

Volume 6 deals with the second part of the crustaceans found in China's seas.

Bloomsbury Concise Seashore Wildlife Guide

Bloomsbury, Sandra Doyle, Bridgette James, Denys W Ovenden, Melanie Perkins, Helen Senior and Wells

This mini guide covers almost 180 species that live in the area between land and sea called the intertidal, or littoral, zone. It includes all the most common molluscs, crustaceans, seaweeds, fishes, spiny creatures such as starfishes ... ....

Freshwater Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) in the Collection of the Western Regional Centre, Pune

SK Pati and RM Sharma

This paper describes 11 species of freshwater crab belonging to the family Gecarcinucidae that are in the collection of the Western Regional Centre, Pune, India.

Marine Biology

April Chloe Terrazas

Take a dive into the beautiful and immense sea! Discover the creatures of the ocean, admire the amazing color spectrum of the coral reef, learn the composition of ocean water, and more! Kids of all ages enjoy learning new vocabulary ... ....

50 Jahre Wildlife Fotografie des Jahres

Wie sich die Naturfotografie zur Kunst Entwickelte

Rosamund Kidman Cox

This is a German translation of 50 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

A General History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) began his career as an apprentice to the engraver and businessman Ralph Beilby (1743-1817). Having entered into a partnership ... ....

A Monograph of the British Fossil Corals, Second Series

Peter Martin Duncan

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. In this supplementary monograph, originally published 1866–72, the English geologist Peter Martin Duncan (1824–91) treats only those British ... ....

A Monograph of the Permian Fossils of England

William King

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. In 1850, William King (1809–86) published the first comprehensive study of fossils from the Permian following the establishment of the system by ... ....

An Introduction to Entomology, Volume 1

Or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects

William Kirby and William Spence

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. A Cambridge-educated clergyman, William Kirby (1759–1850) published his first entomological work on the bees in his Suffolk parish. By contrast ...

An Introduction to Entomology, Volume 2

Or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects

William Kirby and William Spence

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. A Cambridge-educated clergyman, William Kirby (1759–1850) published his first entomological work on the bees in his Suffolk parish. By contrast ...

An Introduction to Entomology, Volume 3

Or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects

William Kirby and William Spence

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. A Cambridge-educated clergyman, William Kirby (1759–1850) published his first entomological work on the bees in his Suffolk parish. By contrast ...

An Introduction to Entomology, Volume 4

Or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects

William Kirby and William Spence

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. A Cambridge-educated clergyman, William Kirby (1759–1850) published his first entomological work on the bees in his Suffolk parish. By contrast ...

Bill Oddie Unplucked

Columns, Blogs and Musings

Bill Oddie

Bill Oddie has been the voice and face of birding broadcasting for more than three decades. Those of a certain age will fondly remember Bill as the shortest and hairiest of the trio of The Goodies, a popular and long-running ... ....

Birdology: 30 Activities and Observations for Exploring the World of Birds

Monica Russo and Kevin Byron

An engaging book that encourages young nature enthusiasts to explore the world of birds This generously illustrated, full-color book teaches kids that birds can be seen almost anywhere: in city parks and streets, zoos, farms, and backyards ... ....

British Basidiomycetae

A Handbook to the Larger British Fungi

Carleton Rea

Originally published in 1922, British Basidiomycetae contains a description of the fungi native to Great Britain that reproduce through the dispersal of basidiospores from specialised end cells. Rea catalogues the colour, appearance ... ....

Bugs in Close-Up

Colin Hutton

The extreme close-ups of insects, spiders and other invertebrates illustrate a hidden fauna of alien-looking critters. Many people see these creatures as creepy and revolting if they even notice them at all, but viewing these tiny animals ... ....

Buster: The Dog Who Saved a Thousand Lives

Will Barrow

Thousands of lives have been saved by this spaniel. He is a best friend in dog's clothing. An RAF dog with his mossy feet firmly on the ground. A brave dog who has served his colleagues and his country with unstinting devotion. ....

Cicerone Guides: Walking in the Ardennes

Belgium, Luxembourg and the Ardennes

Jeff Williams

This guidebook describes 32 varied day walks and one longer route in the Ardennes, an area which lies mostly in Belgium but extends into both Luxembourg and France, with easy access from the English Channel ports. It's an area of ... ....

Endangered

Eliot Schrefer

From National Book Award Finalist Eliot Schrefer comes the compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bonobos – and herself – from a violent coup. Congo is a dangerous place, even for people who are trying ...

Histoire de l'Ornithologie

Valerie Chansigaud

Colorful, graceful, splendid singers, and readily observable, birds have always been a privileged object of study for naturalists and a subject of wonder for all of humanity. Ornithology is an ancient science. But it is also an eminently ... ....

Japan at Nature's Edge

The Environmental Context of a Global Power

Ian Jared Miller, Julia Adeney Thomas and Brett L Walker

Japan at Nature's Edge is a timely collection of essays that explores the relationship between Japan's history, culture, and physical environment. It greatly expands the focus of previous work on Japanese modernization ... ....

La Saga des Vilmorin

Grainiers Depuis 1773

Claude-Marie Vadrot

A few hundred meters from a small village in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Chƒteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donnat and its 500 inhabitants, for years an old man patiently planted an arboretum of hundreds of trees, reviving in his retirement a very old family ... ....

London Parks and Gardens

Alicia Amherst

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Brought up among the extensive grounds of her family home at Didlington Hall in Norfolk, Alicia Amherst (1865–1941) was a keen gardener from an ...

Manual of Meteorology, Volume 1

Meteorology in History

Napier Shaw

Originally published in 1926, Manual of Meteorology, Volume 1: Meteorology in History forms the first part of a four-volume work written by the renowned British meteorologist Napier Shaw (1854-1945). The text focuses on the history ... ....

Manual of Meteorology, Volume 2

Comparative Meteorology

Napier Shaw

First published in 1936, as the second edition of a 1927 original, Manual of Meteorology, Volume 2: Comparative Meteorology forms part two of a four-volume work by the renowned British meteorologist Napier Shaw (1854-1945). ....

Manual of Meteorology, Volume 3

The Physical Processes of Weather

Napier Shaw

Originally published in 1930, Manual of Meteorology, Volume 3: The Physical Processes of Weather forms part three of a four-volume work by the renowned British meteorologist Napier Shaw (1854-1945). The text focuses on the physical ... ....

Manual of Meteorology, Volume 4

Meteorological Calculus: Pressure and Wind

Napier Shaw

First published in 1931, as the second edition of a 1919 original, Manual of Meteorology, Volume 4: Meteorological Calculus: Pressure and Wind forms the final part of a four-volume work written by the renowned British meteorologist ... ....

Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London

Their History and Associations

John James Sexby

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This survey, and fascinating history, of the public green spaces of London was published in 1898. Its author, John J. Sexby, the Chief Officer of Parks ... ....

Northern Waters

Captain Roald Amundsen's Oceanographic Observations in the Arctic Seas in 1901

Fridtjof Nansen

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. In later life the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, the explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) encouraged and ...

Paddlenorth: Adventure, Resilience, and Renewal in the Arctic Wild

Jennifer Kingsley

In an adventure of a lifetime, Jennifer Kingsley and her five companions canoe through one of the planet's most rugged settings. They battle raging winds, impenetrable sea ice, treacherous rapids, and agonizing sores and blisters which ... ....

Reflection

Heinrich van den Berg

Reflection takes the reader on an amazing journey through the rich diversity of Africa's nature and wildlife, starting with cool grey monochrome images, moving through an increasingly warm spectrum of black and white and ... ....

Sacred Geographies of Ancient Amazonia

Historical Ecology of Social Complexity

Denise P Schaan

The legendary El Dorado – the city of gold – remains a mere legend, but astonishing new discoveries are revealing a major civilization in ancient Amazonia that was more complex than anyone previously dreamed. Scholars have ... ....

Saving Simon

How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion

John Katz

In this heartfelt, thoughtful, and inspiring memoir, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of his beloved rescue donkey, Simon, and the wondrous ways that animals make us wiser and kinder people.

The Human Footprint

A Global Environmental History

Anthony N Penny

The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day. - Provides a comprehensive, global, multidisciplinary history of ... ....

The Lands of Silence

A History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration

Sir Clements R Markham and FHH Guillemard

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Sir Clements R. Markham (1830–1916) had succumbed to smoke after accidentally igniting his bedclothes while reading by candlelight; the task of ...

The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne (2-Volume Set)

Gilbert White and Rashleigh Holt-White

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Published in 1901, this illustrated two-volume biography of the renowned English naturalist Gilbert White (1720–93) presents a thorough account ...

The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne, Volume 1

Gilbert White and Rashleigh Holt-White

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Published in 1901, this illustrated two-volume biography of the renowned English naturalist Gilbert White (1720–93) presents a thorough account ...

The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne, Volume 2

Gilbert White and Rashleigh Holt-White

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Published in 1901, this illustrated two-volume biography of the renowned English naturalist Gilbert White (1720–93) presents a thorough account ...

The Moth Snowstorm

Nature and Joy

Michael McCarthy

Nature has many gifts for us, but perhaps the greatest of them all is joy; the intense delight we can take in the natural world, in its beauty, in the wonder it can offer us, in the peace it can provide – feelings stemming ultimate ... ....

The Origin of the Earth

William Marshall Smart

First published in 1953, as the second edition of a 1951 original, The Origin of the Earth was written for the general reader by the renowned Scottish astronomer William Marshall Smart (1889–1975). The text presents an ... ....

The Parks, Promenades and Gardens of Paris

Described and Considered in Relation to the Wants of Our Own Cities

William Robinson

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The innovative gardener and writer William Robinson (1838-1935), many of whose other works are reissued in this series, was sent by The Times as its ...

The Survival of Easter Island Civilization

Rethinking Decline and Collapse

Jan J Boersema and Diane Webb

In The Survival of Easter Island Civilization, Jan J. Boersema reconstructs the ecological and cultural history of Easter Island and critiques the hitherto accepted theory of the collapse of its civilization. The collapse theory ... ....

Threatened

Eliot Schrefer

When he was a boy, Luc's mother would warn him about the "mock men" living in the trees by their home – chimpanzees whose cries would fill the night. Luc is older now, his mother gone. He lives in a house ...

Tras las Huellas de la Fauna Iberica

Victor J Hernandez and Eduardo Rodríguez Marín

A fascinating journey of discovery of Iberian wildlife through a careful selection of the best naturalistic paintings and illustrations of Eduardo Rodriguez Marin and the real-life stories and experiences drawn from the field notebooks ... ....

Truth About Nature

A Family's Guide to 144 Common Myths About the Great Outdoors

Stacy Tornio, Ken Keffer and Rachel Riordan

Does moss only grow on the north side of a tree? Is the North Star really the brightest star? Will a mother bird abandon its baby if you put it back in its nest? Will toads really give you warts? The Truth About Nature answers ... ....

Where the River Goes

The Nature Tradition in English-Language Haiku

Allan Burns

A landmark work in English-language haiku, with unprecedented scope and focus, Where the River Goes details and celebrates the evolution of the nature tradition of haiku over an active period of fifty years. Featuring more than ... ....

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 Desk Calendar

The Natural History Museum (London - UK)

This calendar features images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio 24. As usual, a wall calendar, pocket diary, and desk diary are also available, see the accessories tab for more products.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 Wall Calendar

The Natural History Museum (London - UK)

This calendar features images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio 24. As usual, desk calendar, pocket diary, and desk diary are also available, see the accessories tab for more products.

Wing Beats

British Birds in Haiku

John Barlow, Matthew Paul, Stephen Moss and Sean Gray

Written and compiled by John Barlow and Matthew Paul, illustrated by Sean Gray, and with a foreword by Stephen Moss, Wing Beats features 323 experiential haiku and 131 species of British birds. Extensive informative texts also ... ....

An Overview on the Faunal Diversity of Western Ghats Hotspot of Biodiversity

Ramakrishna

The Western Ghats is not only the "water towers" of the catchment area for a complex river system that drains almost 40% of fresh water in India, but also a home for many of the original Gondwana relicts, the autotochtonous fauna ... ....

Bush Tukka Guide

Identify Australian Plants and Animals, and Learn How to Cook

Samantha Martin

In this gorgeous and compact book, Samantha Martin – the 'Bush Tukka Woman' – shares her knowledge and love of bush tukka as taught to her by her mother and other Aboriginal elders. Her Bush Tukka Guide offers ... ....

Chile: Biodiversidad

Juan Carlos Torres-Mura and Juan Francisco Bascunan Munoz

Chile: Biodiversidad is a book of photographs showing Chile's national biodiversity ordered according to its major biomes. With this, the publisher wants to help improve the understanding of species, their habitats and ... ....

Der Kosmos Tierfuehrer

This is a field guide to 900 animals in Central Europe, which are presented in more than 1400 pictures. The particulars and interesting information of each animal are described compactly, making it easy to memorize. Additional pictures ... ....

Fauna e Flora de Fragmentos Florestais Remanescentes da Regiao Nordeste do Estado de Sao Paulo

Orlando Necchi

Flora and fauna of the remaining forest fragments of the northeast region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. It is based on a study in 18 forest fragments and identified ...

Follow the Blue Blazes

A Guide to Hiking Ohio's Buckeye Trail

Connie Pond, Robert J Pond and Steven M Newman

Many changes have taken place in the decade since Follow the Blue Blazes was first published, changes in the trails themselves and in the way we hike them. The Buckeye Trail still wends its way around the state of Ohio, following ... ....

Hawaiian Plant Life

Vegetation and Flora

Robert J Gustafson, Derral R Herbst and Philip W Rundel

Hawaiian Plant Life has been written with both the layperson and professional interested in Hawai'i's natural history and flora in mind. In addition to significant text describing landforms and vegetation, the evolution ... ....

Het Oude Continent

Beschouwingen over de Natuur van Europa

Joop HJ Schaminee and John Jansen

A collection of essays on the large diversity of natural landscapes in Europe: untamed wilderness, natural landscapes, and old cultural landscapes. What is the current state of protection of these diverse landscapes? From European lowlands ... ....

Indian Ocean Tsunami

Impact on Coastal Ecology and Livelihood in Tamilnadu and Puducherry

M Arunachalam, M Muralidharan, R Soranam, M Murugan, M Raja, A Gandhimathi and Jesu Rethinam

This report presents an Environmental Impact Assessment of the December 26, 2004 Tsunami in the states of Tamilnadu and Puducherry, India, which was taken on the initiative of the LAW trust of Nagapatinam with the researchers in the ... ....

Nandankanan: Faunal Diversity

Sudarsan Panda, Satyanarayan Mishra, Arun Kumar Mishra and SN Mohapatra

Nandankanan Zoological Park, India, is one of the finest large zoos of the country and it spreads over an area 362 ha. Nandankanan houses a number of free living animal species besides 120 species of animals in captivity. The zoo, which ... ....

North New Zealand

A Natural History of the Upper North Island

Peter Hadden

North New Zealand is a comprehensive and detailed guide to the natural history of the upper North Island. It brings together the work of many professionals, combining information and photographs collected over the years by author ... ....

The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White, Eric Ravilious and James Lovelock

A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world around his Hampshire home. Daily rainfall levels and temperature shifts were recorded with ... ....

The Path to the Hills

History of the Plantations of Western Ghats, Southern India, a Journey along the Plantations and its Tourist Destination

George Abraham Pottamkulam

From the introduction: "This book seeks to remind us to appreciate the rulers of our land who opened the shores to the travelers who visited our soil with new thoughts and ideas which helped in establishing plantations ...

The Qur-anic Plants and Animals

Nazir Ahmad Zeerak

The Qur-anic Plants and Animals is a new and important addition to Quranic literature. It gives comprehensive information about the plant and animal species cited in the verses of the Holy Quran with respect to their biological ... ....

Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England

Michael DJ Bintley

Trees were of considerable importance in Anglo-Saxon religion, both Christian and pre-Christian. Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England considers various ways in which trees featured in both, and how they helped to ... ....

Wild Malaysia

The Wildlife, Scenery and Biodiversity of Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak

Geoffrey Davison, Melvin Gumal, Junaidi Payne and Stephen Hogg

Malaysia is a megadiverse country with an incredible number of land species – it is estimated to contain 20 per cent of the world's animal species – and whose coastal waters form part of the equally rich Coral Triangle. ....

Wild Rwanda

Where to Watch Birds, Primates, and Other Wildlife

Ken Behrens, Christian Boix, Keith Barnes, Jason Anderson and Claver Ntoyinkima

Want to gaze into the eyes of a mountain gorilla, or marvel at the almost-human antics of chimps? Have you dreamed of seeking out the mysterious endemic birds of the Albertine Rift Mountains? Are you looking for a destination that is still ... ....

Wonders of the Monsoon (Region 2)

Exotic and alluring, the wildlife and cultures of Southern Asia have been shaped by one of the greatest phenomena on earth: the monsoon winds. All life human and animal is dominated by this rampaging weather system.

Zoologia Neocaledonica, Volume 8 [English]

Biodiversity Studies in New Caledonia

Eric Guilbert, Tony Robillard, Herve Jourdan and Philippe Grandcolas

The Mémoires du Muséum publish the eighth volume of the series Zoologia Neocaledonica, dealing with the study of the fauna of New Caledonia, one of the "hot spots" of biodiversity in the Southern ... ....

El Bucardo de los Pirineos

Kees Woutersen

The last Pyrenean ibex died in 2000 in the valley of Ordesa, located in the Pyrenees. It was the first extinction of the twenty-first century. So far, few details of its story are known and it is difficult to understand why man has not been able ... ....

A Glance at the Wildflowers of Iranian Mountains

Jalil Noroozi Eshlaghi

This is a book about some of the beautiful and showy wild flowers that can be found in the Iranian mountains. In the second edition, 266 vascular plant species are illustrated, 118 of them are new compared to the first edition ... ....

Aerangis: Exquisite African Orchids to Discover, Identify & Grow

Isobyl la Croix

This is the definitive book on the 56 species of Aerangis, written by African orchid expert, Isobyl La Croix. The author offers detailed descriptions and practical advice to help readers identify, cultivate and conserve these ... ....

An Integrative Approach to Successional Dynamics

Tempo and Mode of Vegetation Change

Scott J Meiners, Steward TA Pickett and Mary L Cadenasso

Much of what is considered conventional wisdom about succession is not as clear cut as it is generally believed. Yet, the importance of succession in ecology is undisputed since it offers a real insight into the dynamics and structure of ... ....

Arbres (Collection Ulmerium)

Didier Willery

This book presents the widest range of the most beautiful trees (deciduous and large coniferous trees) available in garden centers and specialty nurseries: 1 200 species and varieties listed in alphabetical order with informative ... ....

Arbustes (Collection Ulmerium)

Didier Willery

This one-of-a-kind guide invites you to discover the world of shrubs from A to Z, through nearly 1600 informative and descriptive pictures. It identifies the best flowering shrubs, common or rare, available in all garden centers, nurseries ... ....

Boissiera, Volume 66: Les Champignons Parasites des Plantes Vasculaires des Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Vil

Adrien Bolay

Details parasitic fungi found on the vascular plants in the botanic garden of Geneva, Switzerland.

Colour Atlas of Woody Flora in Changbai Mountains [Chinese]

Zhu Junyi

The Colour Atlas of Woody Flora in Changbai Mountains records 43 families, 102 genera, 239 species, 8 varieties, and six variants of woody plants, with more than 1,200 color photographs.

Cyperaceae of Western Ghats, West Coast and Maharashtra

MA Wadoodkhan

The family Cyperaceae (commonly known as sedge family) is taxonomically one of the most intricate families. It is represented by about 70 -80 genera and about 4 000 species distributed throughout the world. India represents 28 genera ... ....

Dendrobium of Borneo

Jeffrey J Wood

Dendrobium, with approximately 1 450 species, is one of the most diverse genera in the orchid family and the second biggest orchid genus in Southeast Asia after Bulbophyllum. Its natural range extends from Japan ... ....

Der Kosmos Pflanzenfuehrer

Uber 900 Blumen, Baume und Pilze, 1200 Abbildungen

A field guide to 900 species of flowers, trees and mushrooms found in Central Europe, illustrated with more than 1400 images. The particulars and interesting information of each plant are described compactly, making it easy to memorize. ....

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 10: Graya to Gyroweisia

Sudhir Chandra

This is the tenth of the projected 27 volumes. It is hoped to cover 18 000 to 20 000 commemorative names in the total work covering all fields of botany. Generic names have been used as markers through which ...

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 9: Gabertia to Gravesiella

Sudhir Chandra

This is the ninth of the projected 27 volumes. It is hoped to cover 18 000 to 20 000 commemorative names in the total work covering all fields of botany. Generic names have been used as markers through which ...

Docks and Knotweeds of the British Isles

John R Akeroyd

Based on Docks and Knotweeds of the British Isles by Lousley and Kent (1981) this long awaited new edition, is now entitled Docks and Knotweeds of Britain and Ireland. It has been substantially revised and rewritten, with ... ....

Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants, Volume 9: Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs

TK Lim

Volume 9 is part of a multicompendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants, on plants with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae (tabular) and 32 selected species in Alismataceae, Amaryllis ... ....

El Arbol Urbano en Chile

Adriana E Hoffmann J

This book includes about 100 species, both native and introduced, that have been incorporated into the Chilean cityscape, and are classified as trees found in streets and avenues, parks and gardens, and orchards. For each species, an ... ....

Ethylene in Plants

Chi-Kuang Wen

Ethylene in Plants focuses on recent advances in our understanding of the signal transduction pathway of ethylene, its interaction with other hormones and its roles in biological processes. It discusses at which point plants ... ....

Excursion Flora of Albania

Jani Vangjeli

This is the only modern excursion flora of Albania in English. It covers all spontaneous and cultivated plants of Albania. 4 560 taxa are included, 572 species reported as new for Albania. Descriptions, keys, Latin and local names ... ....

Exotic Ornamental Flora of Kashmir

A Field Guide

Shabana Aslam, Ghulam Hassan Dar and Abdul Qudus Jhon

The first field guide to study the exotic ornamental flora of Kashmir, this book is based on first-hand inforrnation scrupulously composed by the authors through extensive exploration of the region, wide collection of plant specimens ... ....

Fascicles of Flora of India, Fascicle 25

Ericaceae

M Sanjappa and ARK Sastry

Ericaceae in India comprises of 11 genera and 280 species (46 endemic) representing 4 subfamilies: Cassiopoideae, Ericoideae, Enkianthoideae and Vaccicinoideae. Among the 11 genera, Diplarche has 2 species, Rhododendron ... ....

Flames and Feathers

English Florists' Tulips

Wakefield & North of England Tulip Society

This is a comprehensive guide for all those interested in growing and showing English Florist's Tulips and is a significant update on the society's previous publications. The book includes many new colour photographs to aid identification ... ....

Flora Nativa De Valor Ornamental, Chile: Zona Centro (2-Volume Set)

Identificacion y Propagacion

Paulina Riedemann and Gustavo Aldunate

This book covers the central zone of Chile, defined as running from the basin of the river Choapa to the river Maule. The work is presented in two companion volumes.

Flora Nativa De Valor Ornamental, Chile: Zona Cordillera de los Andes (2-Volume Set)

Identificacion y Propagacion

Paulina Riedemann, Gustavo Aldunate and Sebastian Teillier

Flora Nativa De Valor Ornamental, Chile: Zona Cordillera de los Andes describes a large percentage of species growing in the area from the highlands of Arica to the mountains in Patagonia. The first book deals with ...

Flora Nativa De Valor Ornamental, Chile: Zona Sur y Austral (2-Volume Set)

Identificacion y Propagacion

Paulina Riedemann and Gustavo Aldunate

This revised and expanded edition covers Chile from the region Maule to Tierra del Fuego. This work is the result of years of research by Gustavo Aldunate and Paulina Riedemann, including tours of the same places to locate, identify and ... ....

Flora del Paraguay, Volume 45: Gramineae VI

Panicoidea: Paniceae - II

Fernando Omar Zuloaga, Osvaldo Morrone and Jose F Pensiero

Volume 45 is the sixth contribution covering a part of the family Graminaea (the true grasses), and deals with four genera in the tribe Paniceae, which is part of the subfamily Panicoideae. The four genera covered are ...

Flora della Pianura Padana e dell'Appennino Settentrionale

Foto Atlante della Flora Vascolare

Giancarlo Marconi and Francesco Corbetta

The Po Valley and the Northern Apennines in Italy have a complex geomorphology and are home to a very rich and varied flora. While intensively cultivated and largely deprived of the original vegetation, the Po Valley is a hinge between ... ....

Flora of Darjeeling Himalayas and Foothills (Angiosperms)

Deepak Kr Ghosh and Jayanta Kr Mallick

Darjeeling, the world famous 'Queen of hill stations', is bestowed with profound altitudinal, climatic and habitat diversity, representing the richest floral wealth in West Bengal, India. But there is lack of a comprehensive and ... ....

Flowering Plants of the Western Ghats India (2-Volume Set)

TS Nayar, A Rasiya Beegam and M Sibi

The Western Ghats, a global biodiversity hotspot and a world heritage site, are a series of mountain ranges that extend for more than 1 600 km travelling almost parallel to the west coast of India, 15-50 km inland. Home to more than ... ....

Fungal Enzymes

Maria de Lourdes TM Polizeli and Mahendra Rai

Fungal Enzymes presents a detailed account of different enzymes including pectinolytic and amylolytic systems, invertases, cellulases and hemicellulases, pectinases, proteases, laccases, phytases, alpha-glucuronidases ...

Further Studies in the Opuntioideae

Volume 8 in the series Succulent Plant Research contains a collection of articles detailing further studies done on the Opuntioideae, a subfamily of the cactus family. See the table of contents for more details.

Gids tot die Aalwyne van Suid-Afrika

Ben-Erik van Wyk and Gideon F Smith

Gids tot die Aalwyne van Suid-Afrika is a beautifully illustrated full-colour guide that makes it easy for both the layperson and scientist to identify aloes in the field and in gardens. This translation of the updated and expanded ... ....

God's Trees

Trees, Forests and Wood in the Bible

Julian Evans

The first authoritative book to focus on trees, forests and wood in the Bible including how they were used and sometimes abused. Trees, too, abound in the imagery and symbolism, and the pictures and parables of scripture.

Guia dels Arbustos dels Paisos Catalans

Ramon Pascual

This field guide to shrubs of Catalonia includes a determination key and describes  of 150 species of native shrubs, accompanied by drawings and photographs. The guide is designed to help the reader better understand our environment ... ....

Guia dels Bolets dels Paisos Catalans

Ramon Pascual

La Guia dels Bolets dels Països Catalans is a reference book for all mushroom lovers, and provides the necessary information to recognize the majority of the species in Catalonia that are of scientific, environmental or ... ....

Guide to Mosses and Liverworts of Towns and Gardens

Martin Godfrey

Although small, mosses and liverworts can be found nearly everywhere, towns and gardens are a good place to start looking as they grow on damp bricks and tarmac as well as on lawns and plant pots. This guide covers 6 liverworts and 18 ... ....

Guide to Mosses and Liverworts of Woodlands

Martin Godfrey

Mosses and liverworts can form quite an extensive part of the woodland flora, carpeting the ground and covering tree trunks and branches. This guide covers 7 liverworts and 16 mosses commonly found in woodlands. Photographs of plants in .... ....

Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants

Christopher Nyerges and Jr.,Ed Begley

An array of abundant wild foods is available to hikers, campers, foragers, or anyone interested in living closer to the earth. Written by a leading expert on wild foods and a well-known teacher of survival skills ...

Handbook for Azospirillum

Technical Issues and Protocols

Fabricio D Cassan, Okon Yaacov and Cecilia M Creus

The functional analysis of plant-microbe interactions has re-emerged in the past 10 years due to spectacular advances in integrative study models. Handbook for Azospirillum summarizes basic and technical information related to ... ....

Handbook of Chemical and Biological Plant Analytical Methods (3-volume Set)

Kurt Hostettmann, Shilin Chen, Andrew Marston and Hermann Stuppner

Plants and plant-derived compounds and drugs are becoming more and more popular with increasing numbers of scientists researching plant analysis. The quality control of herbal drugs is also becoming essential to avoid severe health problems ... ....

Handbook of Natural Dyes and Pigments

Har Bhajan Singh and Kumar Avinash Bharati

Handbook of Natural Dyes and Pigments is of the view that natural dyes have always been preferred by people because they are user-friendly, eco-friendly, and are harmless to health and environment.

Hillier: The Plants, the People, the Passion

Jean Hillier

To celebrate 150 years of Hillier plantsmanship, Jean Hillier has written Hillier: The Plants, the People, the Passion giving the story of the foundation of the family business in Winchester in 1864 to the present day.

Himalayan Edible Medicinal Plants

Science and Traditional Wisdom

BD Sharma

Himalayan Edible Medicinal Plants has four chapters in the beginning followed by description on about 150 plants with coloured photographs, traditionally used by the people of the Himalayas including N-E Himalaya.

Hydroponics for the Home Grower

Howard M Resh

Whether grown in soil or hydroponically, plants have similar environmental needs in order to optimize yields. To do so, home gardeners face numerous challenges, such as soil structure, fertility, watering, pests, and diseases.

Identification Handbook of Trees in Northern China [Chinese]

Zhang Zhixiang

Identification Handbook of Trees in Northern China details 78 families, 203 genera, and 449 species.

Identifying Wildflower Families

Geoffrey Copley

A delightful, practical guide to the principal British wild flower families. This book will be popular with both amateur and professional botanists as a simple but useful first step in the identification of British wild flowers.

Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences

Cassandra L Quave

Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences focuses on innovative ways in which educators can enrich the plant science content being taught in universities and secondary schools. Drawing on contributions from scholars ... ....

Letters from an American Botanist

The Correspondences of Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753 1815)

Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muehlenberg and Mathias Schoenhofer

The Lutheran Pastor Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Mühlenberg (1753–1815) is remembered today as one of the pioneering figures in early American botany, which earned him the posthumous epithet "The American Linnaeus". ....

Macrofungi of Kerala

C Mohanan

From the preface: "This Handbook is intended to provide a systematic account of the macrofungi in different forest ecosystems of the Kerala part of the Western Ghats. The Kelala State represents an epitome of the Western ...

Marine Algae Extracts (2-Volume Set)

Processes, Products, Applications

Se-Kwon Kim and Katarzyna Chojnacka

Designed as the primary reference for the biotechnological use of macroalgae, this comprehensive handbook covers the entire value chain from the cultivation of algal biomass to harvesting and processing it, to product extraction and ... ....

Native Orchids of Singapore

Diversity, Identification and Conservation

Yam Tim Wing

Contains the following chapters - Introduction - The Orchid Family (Reproduction, anatomy, pollination, etc.) - Native Orchids of Singapore. A field guide - Conservation of Native Orchids (A practical guide) ...

Oak: Fine Timber in 100 Years

Jean Lamaire and Bede Howell

The guide to growing oak trees for quality timber is an English version of Jean Lemaire's Le Chene Autrement, translated from French by Bede Howell. Much-admired by oak growers across the world, Jean Lamaire's book is the ... ....

Orchids of Odisha

A Handbook

Sarat Misra

Orchids are one of the largest groups of flowering plants exhibiting an incredible range of diversity in size, shape, structure, number and colour of the flowers. They are spread practically all over the world, but particularly abundant ... ....

Organic Lawn Care

Growing Grass the Natural Way

Howard Garrett

A lush green lawn is one of the great pleasures of the natural world, whether it's right outside your front door or on a majestic fairway at a legendary golf course. But anyone who has tried to grow the perfect lawn the conventional ... ....

Organization, Dynamics and Modification of Chromatin in Plants

A Houben, T Naranjo and MJ Puertas

Please note, this is a reprint of Cytogenetic and Genome Research 2014, Vol. 143, No. 1-3. This special topic issue is divided into two sections, and each of them presents its own set of reviews and ...

Peptide Signals in Plants

Carl B Huffaker

In the 90 years since the discovery of the first peptide hormone, insulin, peptides have been recognized as important regulators of physiological functions ranging from metabolism to immune responses in mammals.

Plant Genetic Resources and Climate Change

Michael Jackson, Brian Ford-Lloyd and Martin Parry

Plant Genetic Resources and Climate Change will address the current state of climate change predictions, and how climate change will affect conservation and use of crop germplasm, both ex situ and in situ. In addition, specific ... ....

Plantes Vivaces (Collection Ulmerium)

Didier Willery

- This one-of-a-kind guide aims to inform you of the best perennials for today. - They are presented from A to Z, not only the most common and most recommendable species and varieties, but also unfamiliar and unusual plants that ... ....

Plantes de Climat Doux (Collection Ulmerium)

Serge Schall

This new volume in the Ulmerium series presents the range of plants suitable for mild climates: trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs from Mediterranean or oceanic regions.

Polyphenols in Plants

Isolation, Purification and Extract Preparation

Ronald Ross Watson

Polyphenols in Plants assists plant scientists and dietary supplement producers in assessing polyphenol content and factors affecting their composition. It also aids in selecting sources and regulating environmental conditions ... ....

Species Diversity in Aspergillus, Penicillium and Talaromyces

Robert A Samson, Cobus M Visagie and Jos Houbraken

This issue contains six articles describing the ecology, diversity, nomenclature and new taxonomic concepts of Aspergillus, Penicillium and Talaromyces. Aspergillus section Circumdati or the ...

The Flower Farmer's Year

How to Grow Cut Flowers for Pleasure and Profit

Georgie Newbery

Grow your own cut flowers and you can fill your house with the gorgeous colours and heavenly scents of your favourite blooms, knowing that they haven't travelled thousands of miles – and you can make money while you do it! ....

The Rare Plant Register of Cumbria

Mike Porter and Geoffrey Halliday

This register of the rare, scarce and threatened vascular plants of Cumbria is a companion book to the Flora of Cumbria and provides more precise and up to date details of individual species than the Flora.

Tropical Forest Fruits, Seeds, Seedlings & Trees

FSP Ng

Tropical Forest Fruits, Seeds, Seedlings & Trees presents an original, integrated and concise interpretation of the structure of fruits and seeds, germination characteristics, seedling development and tree architecture for ... ....

Veldgids Rompgemeenschappen

Joop HJ Schaminee

A new handbook on wild plants and their environment. This field guide is a logical continuation of the previously published Veldgids Plantengemeenschappen. That field guide describes the classic, clearly defined vegetation ...

Wild Relatives of Cultivated Plants in India

K Pradheep, DC Bhandari and KC Bansal

In the world, about 14% of the higher plant species (c. 35 000) are in cultivation to some degree. And in India, presumed estimate of plants in cultivation is approximately 4 000 taxa. Productivity of most of the economical ... ....

Wood Characteristics

Description, Causes, Prevention, Impact on Use and Technological Adaptation

Christoph Richter

Originally published in German by DRW-Verlag (2010), Wood Characteristics offers a broad range of options for technically adapting, handling and processing wood with specific wood characteristics. It starts by discussing wood and ... ....

Woody Flora of Leizhou Peninsula [Chinese]

Han Wedong

The Leizhou Peninsula, formerly romanized as the Luichow Peninsula, is a peninsula in the southernmost part of Guangdong province in southern China. This book describes its woody flora.

Woody Flora of Qingliangfeng (2-volume Set) [Chinese]

Jin Xiaofeng

A flora to Qingliang Feng National Nature Reserve, China. This reserve was established in 1985, and is located in the western part of Lin’an City, Zhejiang province, East China. It is part of the northern section of the Baiji mountain ... ....

Animal Weapons

The Evolution of Battle

Douglas J Emlen and David J Tuss

The story behind the stunning, extreme weapons we see in the animal world – teeth and horns and claws – and what they can tell us about the way humans develop and use arms and other weapons.

Annual, Lunar and Tidal Clocks

Patterns and Mechanisms of Nature's Enigmatic Rhythms

Hideharu Numata and Barbara Helm

There is more to biological rhythms than circadian clocks. Annual, Lunar and Tidal Clocks aims at promoting the exciting potential of a deeper understanding of circannual, circatidal, and circalunar clocks. It highlights new developments ... ....

Beyond Mechanism

Putting Life Back into Biology

Brian G Henning, Adam Scarfe and Stuart A Kaufman

It has been said that new discoveries and developments in the human, social, and natural sciences hang "in the air" (Bowler, 1983; 2008) prior to their consummation. While neo-Darwinist biology has been powerfully served by its ... ....

Bioactive Polyphenols from Wine Grapes

Jeffrey A Stuart and Ellen L Robb

Is red wine good for you? And if so, why? How much? And what are the actual benefits? This addition to the SpringerBriefs in Cell Biology series thoroughly but succinctly answers these questions. It covers the biochemistry ... ....

Catalogue of Intermediate Hosts of Animal Parasites in India

K Muraleedharan, MS Jagannath and Placid E D'Souza

This catalogue of intermediate hosts of animal parasites in India is a check list of nearly 450 intermediate hosts found in India related to 180 animal parasites belonging to 50 families. The works of about 1 700 scientists ... ....

Discovery-Based Experience in the Life Sciences

Kathleen Susman

Canned laboratories and cook-book approaches to college science education do teach skills like operating equipment, making accurate measurements and working with numbers. Most laboratory exercises emphasize the reinforcement of concepts ... ....

Extracellular Matrix in Development

Douglas W DeSimone and Robert P Mecham

Cells in the developing embryo depend on signals from the extracellular environment to help guide their differentiation. An important mediator in this process is the extracellular matrix – secreted macromolecules that interact to .. ....

Host-Bacteria Interactions

Methods and Protocols

Annette Vergunst and David O'Callaghan

Host-Bacteria Interactions: Methods and Protocols details cutting edge protocols that cover aspects of the investigation of host bacteria interactions using mammalian and novel non mammalian infection models, cell biology ... ....

Integrated Principles of Zoology (International Edition)

Jr.,Cleveland P Hickman, Larry S Roberts, Susan L Keen, David J Eisenhour and Allan Larson

Emphasizing the central role of evolution in generating diversity, this best-selling text describes animal life and the fascinating adaptations that enable animals to inhabit so many ecological niches. Featuring high quality illustrations ... ....

La Reproduction Animale et Humaine

Marie Saint-Dizier and Sylvie Chastant-Maillard

How is gender determined? What triggers puberty? What dialogue does an embryo establish with the mother's body? How is maternal behavior set up? By which subterfuges does the fetus escape the mother's immune system? What strategies ... ....

Microarrays: Current Technology, Innovations and Applications

Zhili He

Microorganisms are the most diverse group of organisms and play important and distinctive roles in their ecosystems. They interact with their peers and other organisms (e.g., plants, animals) to form a complicated food web, significantly ... ....

Mitosis

Jonathan Pines, Anthony Hyman and Mitsuhiro Yanagida

Mitosis – division of a cell to produce two daughter cells – is a complicated process that must be highly coordinated to ensure events such as chromosome separation take place at the right time and in the right order.

Navigating Metabolism

Navdeep S Chandel and Craig Thompson

Complex metabolic pathway diagrams are a hallmark of many biochemistry textbooks. But what do they tell us about disease, physiology, cell signaling, aging, immunity, and gene expression? In a refreshing approach to the subject of metabolic ... ....

Oiseaux des Iles de l'Ocean Indien

Madagascar, Maurice, Reunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Comores

Olivier Langrand, Ian Sinclair, Norman Arlott, Hilary Burn, Peter Hayman and Ian Lewington

This is a French translation of Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands.

Pheromone Signaling

Methods and Protocols

Kazushige Touhara

Providing experimental methods and protocols for performing pheromone research in a variety of organisms ranging from invertebrates to vertebrates, Pheromone Signaling: Methods and Protocols covers a wide spectrum of experimental ... ....

Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins

Ricin and Related Proteins

Fiorenzo Stirpe and Douglas A Lappi

This important reference provides up-to-date information on all aspects of ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs). Including a list of all known RIPs, their distribution in nature, structure, genetics and chemical and immunological properties ... ....

Springer Handbook of Enzymes, Supplement 9: Class 2-3.2 Transferases, Hydrolases

EC 2-3.2

Dietmar Schomburg, Ida Schomburg and Antje Chang

Springer Handbook of Enzymes provides data on enzymes sufficiently well characterized. It offers concise and complete descriptions of some 5 000 enzymes and their application areas. Data sheets are arranged in their ... ....

Subcellular Fractionation

A Laboratory Manual

Paul Pryor

Eukaryotic cells are remarkably complex structures, containing a vast repertoire of macromolecules, organelles, and other compartments that orchestrate the tasks required for life. For in-depth studies of their function and composition ... ....

The Physics of Living Processes

A Mesoscopic Approach

Thomas Andrew Waigh

This full-colour undergraduate textbook, based on a two semester course, presents the fundamentals of biological physics, introducing essential modern topics that include cells, polymers, polyelectrolytes, membranes, liquid crystals ... ....

Veterinary Treatment of Pigs

Graham R Duncanson

Written from a practitioner's viewpoint, Veterinary Treatment of Pigs covers the everyday veterinary care and treatment of pigs for the large animal veterinarian. Beginning with basic husbandry, maintenance and nutrition ... ....

Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior

Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford and Todd K Shackelford

As we progress as a species, questions and controversies continue to surround sexuality, monogamy, perceptions of attractiveness, and sexual coercion. Yet no matter how intricate the issues and concepts become, we are still able to find ... ....

Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology

Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Lisa LM Welling and Todd K Shackelford

Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology informs readers about the potential integration of evolutionary psychology and social psychology. This is an important issue because social psychology deals with a broad range of ... ....

L'Evolution, Question d'Actualite?

Guillaume Lecointre

Did man invent evolution? Are fidelity in marriage, infidelity, or homosexuality better for evolution? Can being a parent be learned? Is society a super-organism? A life without faults, is that possible? And is a world without violence ... ....

The Emergence of Pressure Blade Making

From Origin to Modern Experimentation

Pierre M Desrosiers

The evolution of humanity has been a long and steady process in which stone tool technology played a prominent role for the bulk of human history. Through advancements in lithic technology, humans were able to adapt to different climates ... ....

The Evolution of Sexuality

Todd K Shackelford and Ranald D Hansen

Attraction, mating, reproduction: it is a given that as a species, human beings are concerned with sex. And whether the study compares sexual behaviors of men and women or considers the proportions between nature and nurture, most roads ... ....

The Evolution of Violence

Todd K Shackelford, Ranald D Hansen, Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins

Our contemporary capacity for understanding and empathy suggests that people are becoming less disposed to violence. At the same time, current developments in war technologies and the popularity of blood-soaked movies and video games ... ....

The Global Prehistory of Human Migration

Peter Bellwood

Previously published as the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, The Global Prehistory of Human Migration is devoted exclusively to prehistoric migration, covering all periods and places from the ... ....

Advancing an Ecosystem Approach in the Gulf of Maine

Robert L Stephenson, John H Annala, Jeffrey A Runge and Madeleine Hall-Arber

The Gulf of Maine (GOM) is arguably one of the best studied marine ecosystems in the world. Interest in its physical environment, fisheries, and Canada/USA boundary have resulted in considerable research attention for more than a century ... ....

City Futures in the Age of a Changing Climate

Tony Fry

City Futures in the Age of a Changing Climate goes beyond current ways that the impact of climate change upon the city are understood. In doing so it addresses climate in a variety of its connotations. It looks to the nomadic ... ....

Design Techniques for Forest Management Planning

Forestry Commission (FC)

Forest management plans are the key reference documents for monitoring and assessing forests and forestry practice in Britain. They define and communicate forest and woodland management proposals, set out how sustainable forest management ... ....

Dinghushan Lower Subtropical Forest Dynamics Plot [Chinese]

Tree Species and Their Distribution Patterns

Ye Wanhui

Dinghushan Lower Subtropical Forest Dynamics Plot: Tree Species and Their Distribution Patterns gives a detailed description of the Dinghushan revised 20hm2 large plots. Dinghushan is situated in the Guangdong Province ...

Encyclopedia of Estuaries

Michael J Kennish, Daniel M Alongi, Walter Boynton, Donald F Boesch, Robert W Howarth and Li Levin

Estuaries rank among the most productive and important environments on Earth with exceptional ecological, recreational and commercial value. These critical coastal environments are of international interest not only because of their ecological ... ....

Environmental Management of River Basin Ecosystems

Muthuvairavasamy Ramkumar, K Kumaraswamy and Rangaswamy Mohanraj

Environmental Management of River Basin Ecosystems offers a unique collection of inter- and multidisciplinary studies on river systems. Rivers have been the prime source of sustenance since the advent of civilization and river ... ....

From the Forest to the Sea

Public Lands Management and Marine Spatial Planning

Morgan Gopnik

The management of common pool resources and publicly-owned areas is fraught with difficulty. From the Forest to the Sea explores the long, complex, and frequently contentious history of public lands management in the United States ... ....

The Biology of African Savannahs

Bryan Shorrocks and William Bates

Savannah habitats comprise an ecologically important, but ultimately fragile, ecosystem. They constitute one of the largest biomes on Earth, covering almost 20% of the land surface, and can be simply described as tropical and subtropical ... ....

The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas

Science Meets Policy

Alex Caveen, Nick Polunin, Tim Gray and Selina M Stead

The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas is a critical analysis of the concept of marine protected areas (MPAs) particularly as a tool for marine resource management. It explains the reasons for the extraordinary rise of MPAs ... ....

The Ecology of Agricultural Landscapes

Long-Term Research on the Path to Sustainability

Stephen K Hamilton, Julie E Doll and G Philip Robertson

The latest volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research series, presenting two decades of research on the sustainability of temperate, row-crop ecosystems in the Midwestern United States.

USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges

Research for the Long-Term

Deborah C Hayes, Susan L Stout, Ralph H Crawford and Anne P Hoover

USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges (EFRs) are scientific treasures, providing secure, protected research sites where complex and diverse ecological processes are studied over the long term.

Zhejiang Baishanzu Forest Dynamics Plot [Chinese]

Tree Species and their Distribution Patterns

Ding Binyang

Zhejiang Baishanzu Forest Dynamics Plot: Tree Species and their Distribution Patterns describes the species diversity in forest plots in the Fengyangshan-Baishanzu National Nature Reserve, a nature reserve in the southwest Zhejiang province ... ....

Back from the Brink

Malcolm Smith and Mark Rose

Back from the Brink is an antidote to a world that seems full of stories of wildlife doom and gloom. Amongst all the loss of habitat and the animals and plants that are in spiralling decline, it's easy to forget that there ... ....

Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatan Peninsula

Gerald Islebe

Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatan Peninsula provides information relevant for the conservation of biodiversity and the sound management of the coastal and forest ecosystems of the Yucatan Peninsula in the face of global ... ....

How to Clone a Mammoth

The Science of De-Extinction

Beth Shapiro

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in "ancient DNA" research, walks ... ....

Monitoring Biodiversity / Monitoreo de Biodiversidad

Lessons from a Trans-Andean Megaproject / Lecciones de un Megaproyecto Transandino

Alfonso Alonso, Francisco Dallmeier and Grace P Servat

Monitoring Biodiversity / Monitoreo de Biodiversidad compiles case studies regarding the biodiversity research and monitoring program of Andean species and habitats carefully chosen as indicators to assess the short- and long-term ... ....

Saving Madagascar

Conservation Diaries of Alison Jolly

Alison Jolly

Saving Madagascar is an eyewitness account of First World conservationists' attempts to rescue the extraordinary biodiversity of Madagascar – and the environment of its people.

Wind and Wildlife

Proceedings from the Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts, 9 October, 2012 Melbourne, Australia

Cindy Hull, Emma Bennett, Elizabeth Stark, Ian Smales, Jenny Lau and Mark Venosta

Wind and Wildlife gathers papers presented and discussions held at the Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts in Melbourne, Australia on 9th October 2012. The purpose of the conference was to bring together researchers ... ....

Anatomie Curieuse des Vagues Scelerates

Michel Olagnon and Janette Kerr

Without waves and ripples, lakes, seas and oceans would have little appeal over swimming pools. Yet sometimes their undulations become monstrous, ferocious, murderous: rogue waves. Fascinating as they are, these extremes are rare in real ... ....

Climate Change 2014 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Volume 1: Global and Sectoral Aspects

Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will again form the standard reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences, including students, researchers and ... ....

Climate Change 2014 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Volume 2: Regional Aspects

Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will again form the standard reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences, including students, researchers and ... ....

Climate Change and Genocide

Environmental Violence in the 21st Century

Juergen Zimmerer

Climate change caused by human activity is the most fundamental challenge facing mankind in the 21st century, since it will drastically alter the living conditions of millions of people, mainly in the Global South. Environmental violence ... ....

Climate of the Romanian Carpathians

Variability and Trends

Dana Magdalena Micu, Alexandru Dumitrescu, Sorin Cheval and Marius-Victor Birsan

Climate of the Romanian Carpathians is a comprehensive climatic monograph, which addresses one of the most complex mountain environments in Europe, the Carpathians Chain, focusing on the branches that lie over Romania.

Crisis Without End

The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe

Helen Caldicott

On the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts assembled at the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine. A project of the ... ....

Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences

Jan Harff, Martin Meschede, Sven Petersen and Joern Thiede

Globally growing demand of energy and mineral resources, reliable future projection of climate processes and the protection of coasts to mitigate the threats of disasters and hazards require a comprehensive understanding of the structure ... ....

Endurance: Australian Stories of Drought

Deb Anderson

Endurance presents stories of ordinary Australians grappling with extraordinary circumstances, providing insight into their lives., their experiences with drought and their perceptions of climate change. Endurance opens ... ....

Engineering Response to Global Climate Change

Planning a Research and Development Agenda

Robert G Watts

A clear, concise discussion of today's hottest topics in climate change, including adapting to climate change and geo-engineering to mitigate the effects of change, Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition takes on the ... ....

Environmental Indicators

Robert Armon and Osmo Otto Paivio Hanninen

Environmental indicators are the first line of warning against hazards caused by humans or nature catastrophes to prevent diseases and death of living organisms. The present book covers a large variety of environmental indicators from ... ....

Hydrometeorological Hazards

Interfacing Science and Policy

Philippe P Quevauviller

Recent hydrometeorological extreme events have highlighted the increased exposure and vulnerability of societies and the need to strengthen the knowledge-base of related policies. Current research is focused on improving forecasting ... ....

Impact of Climate Change and Human Activity on the Eco-Environment

An Analysis of the Xisha Islands

Liqiang Xu

This study describes the fundamentals of assessing the vulnerability of coral islands, as well as environmental management and resource exploitation. Using seabird subfossils, such as bones, guano, eggshells etc., which have been well ... ....

Mammalian Toxicology

Mohamed Abou-Donia

Mammalian Toxicology surveys chemical agents and examines how such chemicals impact on human health, emphasizing the importance in minimizing environmental exposure to chemical and physical hazards in our homes, communities and ... ....

Methods of Measuring Environmental Parameters

Yuriy Posudin

Provides a systematic review of modern methods and instruments for measuring environmental parameters - Profiles the most modern methods and instruments for environment control and monitoring - Gives an assessment of biotic and ... ....

Monitoring and Prediction of Tropical Cyclones in the Indian Ocean and Climate Change

UC Mohanty, M Mohapatra, OP Singh, BK Bandyopadhyay and LS Rathore

Monitoring and Prediction of Tropical Cyclones in the Indian Ocean and Climate Change deals with recent advances in our understanding and prediction of tropical cyclogenesis, intensification and movement as well as landfall ... ....

New and Future Developments in Catalysis: Catalysis for Remediation and Environmental Concerns

Steven L Suib

New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a package of seven books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into ... ....

Ocean Sustainability in the 21st Century

Salvatore Arico

Describing the emerging and unresolved issues related to the oceans and the marine environment, Ocean Sustainability in the 21st Century presents the developments made in marine science and policy since the implementation of the ... ....

Physical and Chemical Processes in the Aquatic Environment

Erik R Christensen and An Li

Compared with other books on the topic of fresh waters, Physical and Chemical Processes in the Aquatic Environment has a unique outline in that it follows pollution from sources to impact. Included in the text is the treatment of ... ....

Post-2020 Climate Change Regime Formation

Suh-Yong Chung

The fate of the climate change regime hangs in the balance as the UN-led negotiations try to forge a new international strategy for the post-2020 period. Since 1992, the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol has been the primary legal instrument ... ....

Storm Surge

Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future

Adam Sobel

A renowned scientist takes us through the devastating and unprecedented events of Hurricane Sandy, using it to explain our planet's changing climate, and what we need to do to protect ourselves and our cities for the future.

Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy

Kathryn Miles

The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded – a hurricane like no other. The sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the ...

The Oceans in the Nuclear Age

Legacies and Risks

David Caron and Harry N Scheiber

The advent of the nuclear age in 1945 fundamentally altered the course of human events. The oceans are not the focus of the nuclear age, but the affairs of the oceans are deeply woven into the history of that age. Knowledge of what the ... ....

Virginia Climate Fever

How Global Warming Will Transform Our Cities, Shorelines, and Forests

Stephen D Nash

Climate disruption is often discussed on a global scale, affording many a degree of detachment from what is happening in their own backyards. Yet the consequences of global warming are of an increasingly acute and serious nature.

A History of the World in 12 Maps

Jerry Brotton

A fascinating look at twelve maps – from Ancient Greece to Google Earth – and how they changed our world In this masterful study, historian and cartography expert Jerry Brotton explores a dozen of history's most ... ....

A Time Traveller's Guide to Life, the Universe & Everything

Ian Flitcroft and Britt Spencer

Albert Einstein said his first ideas about relativity came from looking in the mirror as a teenager and wondering what it would be like to travel on a beam of light. This is the story of that journey...

An Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology

Mark H Jones, Robert JA Lambourne and Stephen Serjeant

This well-received textbook has been designed by a team of experts for introductory courses in astronomy and astrophysics. Starting with a detailed discussion of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, it goes on to give a general introduction to ... ....

An Introduction to the Sun and Stars

Simon F Green and Mark H Jones

Compiled by a team of experts, An Introduction to the Sun and Stars introduces the properties and evolution of the most immediately visible objects in the Universe – stars. Designed for elementary university courses in ... ....

Atoms Under the Floorboards

The Surprising Science Hidden in Your Home

Chris Woodford

The perfect way to enjoy science from the sofa, Atoms under the Floorboards introduces you to the incredible scientific explanations behind a variety of household phenomena, from gurgling drains and squeaky floorboards to rubber ... ....

Crystal Mountains

Minerals of the Cairngorms

Roy E Starkey

Crystal Mountains: Minerals of the Cairngorms tells the story of the early crystal hunters who roamed the mountains and glens of the Cairngorms during the 18th and 19th centuries in search of Scotland's famous gem ...

Culturing Bioscience

A Case Study in the Anthropology of Science

Udo Krautwurst

Charting the rise and fall of an experimental biomedical facility at a North American university, Culturing Bioscience offers a fascinating glimpse into scientific culture and the social and political context in which that culture ... ....

Elements of Crustal Geomechanics

Francois Henri Cornet

This key textbook considers the mechanics of geomaterials at a wide range of scales, both in time and space. It provides a detailed introduction to the study of crustal geomechanics, focussing specifically on the seismogenic crust. ....

Fractals: A Very Short Introduction

Kenneth Falconer

Many are familiar with the beauty and ubiquity of fractal forms within nature. Unlike the study of smooth forms such as spheres, fractal geometry describes more familiar shapes and patterns, such as the complex contours of coastlines, the ... ....

Geo-Disaster Modeling and Analysis

An SPH-Based Approach

Yu Huang, Zili Dai and Weijie Zhang

Through application of the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method, Geo-Disaster Modeling and Analysis mainly focuses on large deformations and flow failure simulations of geomaterials and movement behavior, which are always ... ....

Geofuels: Energy and the Earth

Alan R Carroll

Our energy use and its consequences (including climate change) motivate some of the most contentious and complex public debates of our time. Although these issues are often cast in terms of renewable versus non-renewable energy, in reality ... ....

Green Extraction of Natural Products

Theory and Practice

Farid Chemat and Jochen Strube

Extraction processes are essential steps in numerous industrial applications from perfume over pharmaceutical to fine chemical industry. Nowadays, there are three key aspects in industrial extraction processes: economy and quality, as ... ....

Henbury Craters and Meteorites

Their Discovery, History and Study

Svend Buhl and Don McColl

In 1931, the cluster of craters at Henbury Cattle Station south of Alice Springs in Central Australia was one of the first places on Earth where a group of impact structures could definitely be linked to the fall of iron meteorites. ....

How to Build a Universe

From the Big Bang to the Edge of Space

Ben Gilliland

From the first particles of matter and atomic building-blocks to hydrogen fusion, large galaxies and supermassive black holes, with a healthy dose of history and fun facts to glue everything together, this is your very own guide to ... ....

Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas (Desk Edition)

Ronald Stoyan and Stephan Schurig

The Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas heralds a new era of celestial cartography. It is an innovative, practical tool to choose and find stars, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies. Usually, deep-sky objects are shown with just a standard symbol ... ....

Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas (Field Edition)

Ronald Stoyan and Stephan Schurig

The Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas heralds a new era of celestial cartography. It is an innovative, practical tool to choose and find stars, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies. Usually, deep-sky objects are shown with just a standard symbol ... ....

Introduction to Optical Mineralogy (International Edition)

William D Nesse

The fourth edition of Introduction to Optical Mineralogy has been thoroughly revised and updated to increase reading comprehension and improve the clarity of its illustrations. Author William D. Nesse continues his detailed discussion ... ....

Le Mineralizzazioni dei Monti Peloritani

Storia e Attualita

Preziosa Nucera, Domenica Sacca and Carmelo Sacca

In this book, the authors give a brief historical overview of mine sites and mineralization outcrops distributed in various areas of the Peloritani, a mountain range of north-eastern Sicily, Italy, where, given the current inactivity of exploitation .. ....

Magnetotails in the Solar System

Andreas Keiling, Caitríona Jackman and Peter Delamere

All magnetized planets in our solar system (Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) interact strongly with the solar wind and possess well developed magnetotails. However, Mars and Venus have no global intrinsic magnetic ... ....

Nature's Third Cycle

A Story of Sunspots

Arnab Rai Choudhuri and Nigel O Weiss

The cycle of day and night and the cycle of seasons are two familiar natural cycles around which many human activities are organized. But is there a third natural cycle of importance for us humans? On 13 March 1989, six million people in ... ....

New and Future Developments in Catalysis: Activation of Carbon Dioxide

Steven L Suib

New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a series of books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into biofuels ... ....

New and Future Developments in Catalysis: Batteries, Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cells

Steven L Suib

New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a series of seven books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into ... ....

New and Future Developments in Catalysis: Catalysis by Nanoparticles

Steven L Suib

New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a series of seven books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into ... ....

New and Future Developments in Catalysis: Catalytic Biomass Conversion

Steven L Suib

New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a series of books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into biofuels ... ....

New and Future Developments in Catalysis: Hybrid Materials, Composites, and Organocatalysts

Steven L Suib

New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a series of seven books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into biofuels and ... ....

New and Future Developments in Catalysis: Solar Photocatalysis

Steven L Suib

New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a series of seven books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into ... ....

The Astronomy Bible

Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest

This comprehensive guide to astronomy introduces the basic concepts, explaining what, when, and how to observe space, right through to current theories on everything from black holes to microquasars. It helps you to navigate the night sky ... ....

The Living Origin of Rocks and Minerals

Walther Cloos

An increasing number of enthusiasts are attracted by the rich variety of rocks and minerals around us, and new ways of looking at them. In The Living Origin of Rocks and Minerals, Walther Cloos views the Earth as a living organic ... ....

The Northwest Highlands of Scotland

Con Gillen

Field guide to the one of the most popular areas in the UK for geological field trips and studies.

The Sage Handbook of Geomorphology

Kenneth John Gregory and Andrew S Goudie

Geomorphology is the study of the Earth's diverse physical land-surface features and the dynamic processes that shape these features. Examining natural and anthropogenic processes ...

The Story of Collapsing Stars

Black Holes, Naked Singularities, and the Cosmic Play of Quantum Gravity

Pankaj S Joshi

The Story of Collapsing Stars journeys into one of the most fascinating intellectual adventures of recent decades – understanding and exploring the final fate of massive collapsing stars in the universe. The issue is of great ... ....

The Twin Sister Planets Venus and Earth

Why are They So Different?

Robert J Malcuit

The Twin Sister Planets Venus and Earth explains how it came to be that Venus and Earth, while very similar in chemical composition, zonation, size and heliocentric distance from the Sun, are very different in surface environment ... ....

Your Atomic Self

The Invisible Elements that Connect You to Everything Else in the Universe

Curt Stager

What do atoms have to do with your life? In Your Atomic Self, scientist Curt Stager reveals how they connect you to some of the most amazing things in the universe. You will follow your oxygen atoms through fire and water ... ....

Agroecosystems: Soils, Climate, Crops, Nutrient Dynamics and Productivity

KR Krishna

Comprised of three sections, this covers the nutrient dynamics and productivity of global agroecosystems. It focuses on the major aspects that make up agroecosystems, such as soils, climate, crops, nutrient dynamics, and productivity. ....

Architecture and Energy

Performance and Style

William W Braham and Daniel Willis

Does energy consumption influence architectural style? Should more energy-efficient buildings look different? Can that "look" be used to explain or enhance their performance? Architecture and Energy provides architects ... ....

Being Animal

Beasts & Boundaries in Nature Ethics

Anna L Peterson

For most people, animals are the most significant aspects of the nonhuman world. They symbolize nature in our imaginations, in popular media and culture, and in campaigns to preserve wilderness, yet scholars habitually treat animals and ... ....

Citizen Coke

The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism

Bartow J Elmore

How did Coca-Cola build a global empire by selling a low-price concoction of mostly sugar, water, and caffeine? The easy answer is advertising, but the real formula to Coke's success was its strategy, from the start, to offload costs ... ....

Coexistence of GM and non-GM Crops

Practical Issues for Farmers and Policy Makers

Koen Dillen, Matty Demont and Yann Devos

Coexistence describes issues relating to the growing of GM and non-GM crops, particularly organic, in neighbouring areas. In Coexistence of gM and non-gM Crops, the interaction of costs and incentives is covered, while the ... ....

Coffee Agroecology

A New Approach to Understanding Agricultural Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development

Ivette Perfecto and John H Vandermeer

Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, Coffee Agroecology focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a sustainable agricultural ecosystem ... ....

Conflict, Negotiations and Natural Resource Management

A Legal Pluralism Perspective from India

Maarten Bavinck and Amalendu Jyotishi

Conflicts over natural resources abound in India, where much of the population is dependent on these resources for their livelihoods. Issues of governance and management are complicated by the competing claims of parallel legal systems ... ....

Confronting Emerging Zoonoses

The One Health Paradigm

Akio Yamada, Laura H Kahn, Bruce Kaplan, Thomas P Monath, Jack Woodall and Lisa Conti

Confronting Emerging Zoonoses provides readers with information on the factors underlying the emergence of infectious diseases originating in animals and spreading to people. The One Health concept recognizes the important links ... ....

Conservation Agriculture

Muhammad Farooq and Kadambot Siddique

Conservation agriculture – consisting of four components including permanent soil cover, minimum soil disturbance, diversified crop rotations and integrated weed management – is considered the principal pathway to sustainable ... ....

Environmental Burden of Disease Assessment

Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Angela Brammer, Christopher Davidson, Tiina Folley and Freder Launay

Environmental Burden of Disease Assessment characterizes the environmental burden of disease in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), measured by the excess number of deaths and illnesses in the population due to exposure to environmental ... ....

Environmental Governance in Europe

A Comparative Analysis of New Environmental Policy Instruments

Rudiger KW Wurzel, Andrew R Zito and Andrew J Jordan

European governance has witnessed dramatic changes in recent decades. By assessing the use of 'new' environmental policy instruments in European Union countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria ... ....

Environmental Justice and Federalism

Dennis C Cory, Tauhidur Rahman, Satheesh Aradhyula, Melissa Burns and Miles Kriger

Within the United States, minority and low-income communities currently bear a disproportionate amount of risk associated with pollution and other harmful environmental practices. The environmental justice movement is working to change ... ....

Food Consumption in China

The Revolution Continues

Zhang-Yue Zhou, Hongbo Liu and Lijuan Cao

Recent decades have seen China's domestic consumption in sectors such as food, housing, health care, education and travel greatly increase. This important book assesses China's current food consumption trends and the outlook for ... ....

Forest BioEnergy Production

Management, Carbon Sequestration and Adaptation

Seppo Kellomaki, Antti Kilpelainen and Ashraful Alam

For thousands of years, forest biomass or wood has been among the main energy sources of humans around the world. Since the industrial revolution, fossil fuels have replaced wood and become the dominant source of energy. The use of fossil ... ....

Green Design, Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Helena Bartolo et al

The rise of manufacturing intelligence is fuelling innovation in processes and products concerning a low environmental impact over the product's lifecycle. Sustainable intelligent manufacturing is regarded as a manufacturing paradigm ... ....

Handbook of Sustainable Development

Giles Atkinson, Simon Dietz, Eric Neumayer and Matthew Agarwala

This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be measured and achieved. This fully updated and revised second edition captures recent developments ... ....

Handbook on Agriculture, Biotechnology and Development

Stuart J Smyth, Peter WB Phillips and David Castle

Handbook on Agriculture, Biotechnology and Development is a compendium of knowledge, experience and insight on agriculture, biotechnology and development. Beginning with an account of GM crop adoptions and attitudes towards them ... ....

Hydro-Environmental Analysis

Freshwater Environments

James L Martin

Focusing on fundamental principles, Hydro-Environmental Analysis: Freshwater Environments presents in-depth information about freshwater environments and how they are influenced by regulation. It provides a holistic approach ... ....

Institutional Arrangements for Conservation, Development and Tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa

A Dynamic Perspective

Rene van der Duim, Machiel Lamers and Jakomijn van Wijk

Institutional Arrangements for Conservation, Development and Tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa presents an overview of different institutional arrangements for tourism, biodiversity conservation and rural poverty reduction ... ....

International Law for Common Goods

Normative Perspectives on Human Rights, Culture and Nature

Federico Lenzerini and Ana Filipa Vrdoljak

International law has long been dominated by the State. But it has become apparent that this bias is unrealistic and untenable in the contemporary world as the rise of the notion of common goods challenges this dominance. These common goods ... ....

Key Concepts in Water Resource Management

A Review and Critical Evaluation

Jonathan Lautze

The vocabulary and discourse of water resource management have expanded vastly in recent years to include an array of new concepts and terminology, such as water security, water productivity, virtual water and water governance.

Learning with Nature

A How-to Guide to Inspiring Children Through Outdoor Games and Activities

Marina Robb, Victoria Mew, Anna Richardson, Chris Packham and Jon Cree

Learning with Nature is full of fun activities and games to get your children outdoors, to explore, have fun, make things and learn about nature and help them grow up happy and healthy. Suitable for groups of children aged between ... ....

Managing and Breeding Wheat for Organic Systems

Enhancing Competitiveness Against Weeds

Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Iqbal, Harpinder Randhawa and Dean Spaner

Genetically uniform cultivars in many self-pollinated cereal crops dominate commercial production in high-input environments especially due to their high grain yields and wide geographical adaptation. These cultivars generally perform well .. ....

Managing the Transition to a Sustainable Enterprise

Lessons from Frontrunner Companies

Rob van Tulder, Rob van Tilburg, Mara Francken and Andrea da Rosa

In combining practice and theory, Managing the Transition to a Sustainable Enterprise provides a management perspective on the 'business case' for sustainability. Drawing on examples from 20 frontrunner companies located ... ....

Marginality: Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology

Joachim von Braun and Franz Gatzweiler

Marginality: Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology takes a new approach on understanding causes of extreme poverty and promising actions to address it. Its focus is on marginality being a root cause of poverty ... ....

Our Chemical Selves

Gender, Toxics and Environmental Health

Dayna N Scott

Every day, chemicals trespass into our bodies from water, air, food, and the consumer products present in our homes and workplaces. As public trust in regulatory regimes wanes, evidence of the long-term health risks associated with exposure ... ....

Plant Biotechnology

Experience and Future Prospects

Agnes Ricroch, Surinder Chopra, Shelby Fleischer and Bruce McPheron

Written in easy to follow language, Plant Biotechnology presents cutting-edge agriculturally relevant plant biotechnologies and applications in a manner that is accessible to all. Plant Biotechnology introduces the ... ....

Prefabulous World

Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Homes Around the Globe

Sheri Koones

Prefabrication offers a simple way to construct incredibly energy-efficient, green homes. Showcasing the unlimited possibilities offered by prefabrication, Prefabulous World includes homes from Auckland, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Toronto ... ....

Regulation, Enforcement and Governance in Environmental Law

Richard Macrory

Regulation, Enforcement and Governance in Environmental Law is an updated edition of Richard Macrory's most influential writings. Spanning his entire career, these are all works which have helped shape contemporary environments ... ....

Risk and Uncertainty Analysis for Sustainable Urban Water Systems

UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

Krishna B Khatri

A combination of future change pressures – including unprecedented growth in population, urbanization, socio-economic, and climate change – are imposing new stresses on the earth's resources and society's ability to ... ....

Routledge Handbook of the Climate Change Movement

Matthias Dietz and Heiko Garrelts

Routledge Handbook of the Climate Change Movement provides a comprehensive overview of the growing transnational climate movement. A dual focus on climate politics and civil society provides a hitherto unavailable broad and ... ....

Sabkha Ecosystems, Volume 4

Cash Crop Halophyte and Biodiversity Conservation

M Ajmal Khan, Benno Boer, Munir Ozturk, Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam and Miguel Clusener-Godt

Sustainable development is the key for the survival in 21st century. The natural resources are finite and cannot be used with impunity because we are the custodian of these resources and have responsibility to pass these to the next generation ... ....

Seed Genomics

Philip W Becraft

This up-to-date review of seed genomics, from basic seed biology to practical applications in crop science, provides a thorough background understanding of seed biology from a basic science perspective. A valuable resource for advanced ... ....

Small Hydroelectric Engineering Practice

Bryan Leyland

Small Hydroelectric Engineering Practice is a comprehensive reference book covering all aspects of identifying, building, and operating hydroelectric schemes between 500 kW and 50 MW. In this range of outputs there are many .. ....

Solar Fuels

Materials, Physics, and Applications

Theodore Goodson

Written for use as a text and reference for those interested in how new materials may be used to capture, store, and use solar energy for alternative energy resources in everyday life, Solar Fuels discusses the fundamentals of ... ....

Sustainable Bioenergy Production - An Integrated Approach

Hans Ruppert, Martin Kappas and Jens Ibendorf

Sustainable Bioenergy Production - An Integrated Approach focuses primarily on the advantages and implications of sustainable bioenergy production in terms of ensuring a more sustainable world despite its growing energy demands. ....

Sustainable Timber Design

Construction for 21st Century Architecture

Michael Dickson, Dave Parker and Peter Bonfield

This new resource covers the material selection, structural design and connections detailing of truly sustainable timber buildings through: - consideration of the nature of wood and the heritage of timber construction, including the ... ....

Sustaining the Borderlands in the Age of NAFTA

Development, Politics, and Participation on the US-Mexico Border

Suzanne Simon

Sustaining the Borderlands in the Age of NAFTA provides the only book-length study of the impact on residents of the US-Mexico border of NAFTA's Environmental and Labor Side Accords, which required each state to enforce labour ... ....

The Animal Question in Deconstruction

Lynn Turner

The Animal Question in Deconstruction explores the political and poetic understanding of the deconstruction of the 'animal question'. Re-examining how we relate to other animals has far-reaching implications for how we ... ....

The Impact of Displaced People's Temporary Shelters on Their Surrounding Environment

Suwattana Thadaniti and Supang Chantavanich

The Impact of Displaced People's Temporary Shelters on Their Surrounding Environment is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) ... ....

The John Nix Farm Management Pocketbook

John Nix

The 45th Pocketbook Edition sees a number of additions to the already information-packed Pocketbook. Not only are the existing schedules updated taking account of price movements, but new this year includes: - A detailed analysis of ... ....

The Necessary Transition

The Journey Towards the Sustainable Enterprise Economy

Malcom McIntosh and Tim Smit

Life on Earth for humanity and our ecosystems is at a point of great change. There is much to be learnt about previous great disruptions. The key words are adaptation and transformation. Most international companies operate across multiple ... ....

The Pesticide Encyclopedia

V Gowariker, VN Krishnamurthy, S Gowariker and K Paranjape

In today's world, food security is an important issue. Food shortages push prices up, impacting upon the health and well-being of hundreds of millions of rural poor across the globe. One way to increase food security is to decrease ... ....

Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding (2-Volume Set)

Rajeev K Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa

The Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding two volume set brings together a diverse field of international experts in plant breeding genomics to share their experiences in the field, from success stories to lessons learnt. ....

Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding, Volume 1

Biotic Stress

Rajeev K Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa

This is the first of two volumes looking at the latest advances in genomic applications to crop breeding. Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding, Volume 1 focuses on genomic-assisted advances for improving economically important ... ....

Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding, Volume 2

Improvement for Abiotic Stress, Quality and Yield Improvement

Rajeev K Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa

The second of two volumes looking at the latest advances in genomic applications to crop breeding. Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding, Volume 2 focuses on advances improving crop resistance to abiotic stresses such as ... ....

Transport and Reactivity of Solutions in Confined Hydrosystems

Lionel Mercury, Niels Tas and Michael Zilberbrand

The present work reflects a multi-disciplinary effort to address the topic of confined hydrosystems developed with a cross-fertilization panel of physics, chemists, biologists, soil and earth scientists. Confined hydrosystems include all ... ....

Unintended Impacts of Renewable Energy

Problems to be Solved

Otto Andersen

Energy technologies in the future will need to be based on renewable sources of energy and will, ultimately, need to be sustainable. Unintended Impacts of Renewable Energy provides insight into unintended, negative impacts and ... ....

Variable Renewable Energy and the Electricity Grid

Jay Apt and Paulina Jaramillo

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge. Variable Renewable Energy and the Electricity Grid provides a review and analysis of the technical and policy options available ... ....

Water Resources Research in Northwest China

Yaning Chen

Water Resources Research in Northwest China examines the possible impacts of climate change on hydrology and water resources in the vast arid region of Northwest China, which is one of the world's largest arid places.

Core Statistics

Simon Wood

Based on a starter course for beginning graduate students, Core Statistics provides concise coverage of the fundamentals of inference for parametric statistical models, including both theory and practical numerical computation. ....

Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications, Volume 2

Seon Ki Park and Liang Xu

Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications, Volume 2 contains the most recent progress in data assimilation in meteorology, oceanography and hydrology including land surface. It spans both theoretical ... ....

Ecological Statistics

Contemporary Theory and Application

George A Fox, Simoneta Negrete-Yankelevich and Vinicio J Sosa

The application and interpretation of statistics are central to ecological study and practice. Ecologists are now asking more sophisticated questions than in the past. These new questions, together with the continued growth of computing ... ....

Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Informatics

Stuart M Brown

Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) technology has revolutionized biomedical research, making genome and RNA sequencing an affordable and frequently used tool for a wide variety of research applications including variant (mutation) ... ....

Scientific Data Analysis

Graham Currell

Drawing on the author's extensive experience of supporting students undertaking projects, Scientific Data Analysis is a guide for any science undergraduate or beginning graduate who needs to analyse their own data, and wants ... ....

Telemetry Techniques

A User Guide for Fisheries Research

Noah S Adams, John W Beeman and John H Eiler

Telemetry provides a powerful and flexible tool for studying fish and other aquatic animals, and its use has become increasingly commonplace. However, telemetry is gear intensive and typically requires more specialized knowledge and ... ....

The New Statistics with R

An Introduction for Biologists

Andy Hector

Statistical methods are a key tool for all scientists working with data, but learning the basic mathematical skills can be one of the most challenging components of a biologist's training. This accessible book provides a contemporary ... ....

Botanical Treasures

Objects from the Herbarium and Library of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RGBE), Amy Fokinther and Simon Milne

An insightful peek at the rarely seen objects supporting the work of a leading international research centre is presented exquisitely in Botanical Treasures: Objects from the Herbarium and Library of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh ... ....