Guia de Rastros y Huellas de Carnivoros Ibericos

Angel Iglesias Izquierdo and Angel Javier

Guide to tracks and signs of Iberian carnivores. ....

Macropods

The Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-kangaroos

Edited by Graeme Coulson and Mark Eldridge

A major symposium on macropods (kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos) in 2006 brought together the many recent advances in the biology of this diverse group of marsupials, ....

Seed Dispersal by Bats in the Neotropics

Tatyana A Lobova

Bird-by-Bird Gardening

The Ultimate Guide to Bringing in Your Favorite Birds - Year After Year

Sally Roth

This book offers advice on design features and edible treats that will tempt particular bird families into gardens. ....

Birds of New Zealand: Locality Guide

Stuart Chambers

An introduction to the birds of New Zealand, aimed at all levels of birdwatcher, and of special use to travellers to the islands. For each of the 170 plus species, there is a ....

Birds of Western Europe MP3 Fieldguide

Peter Boesman

This MP3 CD contains 630 audio files (over 7 hours of bird sounds). 320 bird species are treated, with description and pictures for each one plus distribution maps for all ....

Directory of Important Bird Areas in China (Mainland)

Key Sites for Conservation

Edited by S Chan, M Crosby, S So, W Dezhi, F Cheung and H Fangyuan

The IBA Directory for mainland China is the most comprehensive inventory of key sites for biodiversity in the country. China is one of the most important countries in the ....

Ethno-Ornithology

Birds and Indigenous People, Culture and Society

Edited by Andrew Gosler and Sonia C Tidemann

An African proverb states that when a knowledgeable old person dies, a whole library disappears. In that light, this book presents knowledge that is new or has not been ....

Flying With the Birds

Yossi Leshem and Ofer Bahat

Describes an innovative study, undertaken jointly by the Israeli Air Force, Tel-Aviv University, the Society for Protection of Nature in Israel and the Israeli Ministry of ....

Go West for Parrots!

A South American Odyssey

Rosemary Low

The author's adventures through South America over the course of 33 years are described in this book highlighting her experiences with parrots and other birds along with the ....

Making Wild Bird Nest Boxes

Michael Roberts

A detailed and beautifully illustrated guide to making over 30 wild bird nest boxes and a bird table. This book takes you through building, locating and maintaining the nest ....

Monographie des Fringilles, Volume 1: Fringillinés - Carduélinés

Histoire Naturelle et Photographies

Michel Ottaviani

This volume covers 64 species belonging to 20 genera, divided into two subfamilies: the Fringilla and Cardueline finches (Mycerobas, Eophona, Hooded, Coccothraustes, ....

Owls, Frogmouths and Nightjars of Australia

David Hollands

This is the most comprehensive book ever published on all seventeen Owls, Nightjars and Frogmouths of Australia. The author has spent over twenty years observing and ....

The Raptor Guide of Southern Africa

Ulrich Oberprieler and Burger Cillie

This guide covers all Southern African raptors, both diurnal and nocturnal, arranged in a user-friendly system of 11 groups which are colour-coded and cross referenced. The ....

Wild Skeins and Winter Skies

Paintings and Observations of Pink-footed Geese

James McCallum

Cod

Edited by D Righton, J Metcalfe and C Rose

Not only is the cod one of the most valuable marine food fish, it is also important as a predator in ocean ecosystems and is the subject of a great deal of research into its ....

Fish Diseases and Disorders

Volumes 1, 2 and 3

Edited by PTK Woo, DW Bruno and JF Leatherhead

All three volumes of the second edition. ....

Fish Diseases and Disorders, Volume 3

Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Infections

Edited by PTK Woo and DW Bruno

This final volume considers infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria and fungi in finfish and shellfish. Topics covered in the book include infectious pancreatic necrosis ....

Great White Sharks in United States Museums

Alessandro de Maddalena and Walter Heim

This complete guide to great white shark specimens preserved in the museums and aquariums of the United States catalogs 160 great white shark items in 26 institutions. ....

Poseidon's Steed

The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality

Helen Scales

A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years. This book trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the ....

The Butterflies of Altai, Sayans and Tuva (Southern Siberia)

V Tshikolovets, R Yakovlev and O Kosterin

This volume is a comprehensive reference book to all butterfly and skipper species known to occur in the Altai, Sayans and Tuva regions of Central Asia. Information covers ....

The Butterflies of Mongolia

V Tshikolovets, R Yakovlev and Z Balint

This volume contains information on 279 species occuring in Mongolia. ....

Butterfly Atlas of the Scottish Borders

R Buckland, J Mercer, P Kirkland and J Waddell

This book provides details of the latest butterfly survey of the Scottish Borders. Distribution maps, flight periods and colour photographs accompany all the regular ....

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 100

Notes sur les Callichromatini asiatiques (IV) New genera and species of Callichromatini from South East Asia

J Bentanachs, E Vives and S Chew Kea Foo

Cahiers Magellanes, No. 101

Les Blabicentrus Bates, 1866 et genres proches

PH Dalens, J Tourolt and GL Tavakilian

Caracoles Terrestres de Andalucia

Guia y Manual de Identificacion

Antonio Ruiz

Identification guide to the land snails of Andalucia. ....

Colored Pictorial Handbook of Ladybird Beetles in China

ren Shunxiang, Wang Xingmin et al

The first section of this book focuses on the morphological characteristics of the adult and immature stages, feeding habits, collecting, mounting and photography. The second ....

Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Dung Beetles

C Scholtz, A Davis and U Kryger

For a relatively small group of insects, dung beetles have attracted an inordinate amount of scientific interest over the years. This current work synthesises and updates ....

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 47: Arachnida, Acari, Phytoseiidae

Edited by Wu Weinan, Ou Jianfeng and Huang Jingling

This volume describes 280 species of Phytoseiidae belonging to 15 genera and 8 sub-genera. ....

Faune des Carabus de Siberie et D'Extreme-Orient Russe - 1

Dmitri Obydov

The Insects: An Outline of Entomology

PJ Gullan and Peter S Cranston

Identifies the key features of insect anatomy, physiology, behaviour, ecology, phylogeny and evolution. The book is organized around major biological themes - the ecology and ....

Moths of Thailand, Volume 6: Archtiidae

Bro Amnuay Pinratana and Dr Karel Cerny

Papillons de Normandie et des Iles Anglo-Normandes

Atlas des Rhopaloceres et des Zygenes

B Dardenne, M Demares, P Guerard, G Hazet, N Lepertel and JP Quinette

Provides photos and details on all the families of butterflies found in Normandy and the Channel Islands. A very complete reference book. ....

Parnassius of Tibet and Adjacent Areas

S Kocman

This book features photos of 1088 species from the Sino-Tibetan plateau. ....

The Plant- and Leafhoppers of Germany

Identification Key to all Species

Robert Biedermann and Rolf Niedringhaus

This key for the identification of the plant- and leafhoppers of Germany enables students and specialists an easy identification of all species recorded in Germany. ....

Revision du Genre Helymaeus Thomson, 1864 et Genres Voisins

Pierre Juhel and Joan Bentanachs

Le Sous-genre Chrysocarabus Thomson, 1875

Damien Maguerre

Treasure of Russian Shells, Supplement 3, Part 2: A Review of the Recent Terrestrial Pectinibranch Molluscs

Roman Egorov

Includes Littoriniformes, Hainesiidae, Aciculidae, Cyclophoridae and Craspedopomatidae. ....

Palaeocommunities

A Case Study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian

Edited by AJ Boucat and JD Lawson

Forty contributions discuss and exemplify the general principles of this massive compilation and provide descriptions of many of the shelly mid-Silurian and ....

Palaeolimnological Proxies as Tools of Environmental Reconstruction in Fresh Water

Edited by Krisztina Buczko, Janos Korponai, Judit Padisak and Scott W Starratt

Palaeolimnology is one of the most rapidly developing fields of limnology. The primary objective of this volume is to present new palaeolimnological findings from eastern and ....

Vanished Ocean

Dorrik AV Stow

This is a book about an ocean that vanished six million years ago - the ocean of Tethys. Named after a Greek sea nymph, there is a sense of mystery about ....

Checklist of Marine Biota of China Seas

Liu Ruiyu

The New "Check List " systematically recorded the scientific names (in Latin and Chinese) including original designation, the main synonyms (in square brackets), and the ....

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review: Volume 48

Edited by RN Gibson, JDM Gordon and RJA Atkinson

The ever-increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the ....

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin 8 Volume Anniversary Set

1821-1860

Edited by Frederick H Burkhardt

On the Origin of Species is one of the great revolutionary books in history; and the best source for understanding it is Charles Darwin's correspondence. These eight ....

Light and Shadow

The Art of Landscape Photography

Fran Halsall

The author, a landscape photographer, explores the elements that make up a great picture. This is a book not so much about technicalities as about ways of seeing, making ....

Natures Powers and Spells

Landscape Change, John Clare and Me

Carry Akroyd

Carry Akroyd's characteristically colourful and organised landscape images examine the relationship between humans and wildlife. This book samples work from twenty years; ....

Official Guide to the Marianne North Gallery

Facsimile of 1914 6th Edition

Kew Royal Botanic Gardens

Marianne North, an unmarried middle-aged Victorian lady of comfortable means, set off in 1871 on her first expedition to make a pictorial record of the tropical and exotic ....

Photographing Pattern and Design in Nature

A Close-up Guide

Arnold Wilson

Tanganyika

Africa's Inland Sea

Angel M Fitor

A journey to the amazing underwater natural wonders of the deepest and oldest lake on the African continent. From breathtaking volcanic sceneries to pygmy shell-dwelling ....

Wildlife Photography

On Safari with your DSLR: Equipment, Techniques, Workflow

Uwe Skrczypczak

This book aims to teach the technical aspects and the workflow of digital wildlife photography whilst showing the beauty of the Serengeti National Park and its habitat. It ....

The World's Heritage

A Complete Guide to the Most Extraordinary Places

A unique guide to every UNESCO World Heritage site. The global list has proved a valuable tool in the battle to preserve the world's heritage. Managed by the World ....

Antarctic Explorer (In English)

Visitor's Map of the Antarctic Peninsula Region and map of the Antarctic Continent

Nigel Sitwell

An excellent foldout map of Antarctica. On one side there is a map of the Antarctic continent, around which succinct biographies of Antarctic explorers from William Spiers ....

The Common Birds and Mammals of Andhra Pradesh

WWF India and Sachin Jaltare

This field guide describes 157 birds and 42 mammals that commonly occur in Andhra Pradesh plus information on ecosystems and protected areas. ....

The Cordillera Blanca Guide

A Unique Landscape Explained and Trips

Jan Sevink

This guide introduces the traveller to the climate, geology and geography of this magnificent mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is the largest snow covered ....

Guia de Campo Buenos Aires/Field Guide Buenos Aires

Ciudad & Provincia/City & Province

Marcelo Beccaceci

This field guide includes colour illustrations to help identify native species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibia, fish, butterflies, trees, bushes and plants. ....

Lake District Mountain Landscape

Alistair Lee

With an emphasis on the mountain heights, the author captures the otherworldliness and majesty of the English Alps in all seasons and conditions. An experienced climber, he ....

Landscapes of the Ribble

Andy Latham

Linking the two great northern counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire, the River Ribble flows through some of England's finest landscapes. From the dramatic Three Peaks country ....

Living Jewels from the Indian Jungle

Edited by BF Chhapgar and Ashok S Kothari

This book features paintings and drawings, articles and notes on Indian natural history, from rare sources in the Library collection. While including some unique paintings of ....

Natural History and the Indian Army

Edited by Jivanayakam Cyril Daniel and Baljit Singh

This collection of articles by officers of the Indian Army records the contributions of the Army to natural history over a period of more than two hundred years. ....

The Pembrokeshire Coast Path

John Cleare

Pembrokeshire occupies the far south western extremity of Wales with the ocean on three sides. Its coastline is complex and convoluted - a succession of cliffs and coves, ....

A Pictorial Guide to the Mountains of Snowdonia, Volume 1

The Northern Peaks

John Gillham

This volume encompasses the Carneddau, the Glyderau and the Nantgwynant ranges. Mountains are brought to life by the author's panoramic 3-D sketch maps as well as ....

A Pictorial Guide to the Mountains of Snowdonia, Volume 2

The Western Peaks

John Gillham

Volume 2 encompasses the Snowdon, Eifionydd and Rhinogydd ranges. ....

Shetland Diaries

A Year with Puffins, Otters and Killer Whales

Simon King

This book reveals the magic and splendour of this unique place, its people and wildlife, through the eyes of the author and his family. TV presenter Simon King moves to a ....

Unwrecked England

Candida Lycett Green

Candida Lycett Green has been writing her Unwrecked England column for The Oldie since its launch in 1992. Her new book gathers together one hundred of her favourite places. ....

Walking with Wordsworth

in the Lake District

June Buckley and Norman Buckley

William Wordsworth was an avid walker, composing and seeking inspiration on regular and often lengthy walks around his beloved Lake District. This book presents twenty walks ....

The West Highland Way

Ronald Turnbull

This book traces the journey of glens and low passes, under the crags and high grassy sides of seven of Scotland's hill ranges. Along the way the reader will encounter wild ....

A Year in the Life of Padstow, Polzeath and Rock

Joanna Jackson

Nestling on the beautiful Camel Estuary, Padstow's colourful harbour is surrounded by pastel-washed fishermen's cottages and a glorious collection of shops and restaurants. ....

A Year on Exmoor

Adam Burton

The national park of Exmoor straddles the counties of Somerset and Devon in the southwest of England. Covering over 260 square miles of countryside the landscape varies ....

Acta Botanica Fennica, Vol. 180: Gynostemia Orchidalium IV

Dariusz L Szlachetko and J Mytnik-Ejsmont

Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, Volume 2: Brown Algae

Gerald T Kraft

This volume includes 7 orders, 12 families, 38 genera and 92 species of benthic brown algae. It includes an introduction to the islands, identification keys to genera and ....

The Amazonian Caboclo and the Açai Palm

Forest Farmers in the Global Market

Eduardo S Brondizio

This monograph tells the story of the boom in the acai fruit economy - from a rural staple to a chic health food delicacy in national and international markets - and ....

The American Meadow Garden

Creating a Natural Alternative to the Traditional Lawn

John Greenlee and Saxon Holt

With decades of experience as a nurseryman and designer, the author details all the practicalities of site preparation, plant selection and maintenance; particularly ....

Atlas of Algae in Shanghai Jiuduansha Wetland Nature Reserve and its Adjacent Waters

Wang Quanxi

Atlas on Common Phytoplanktonic Bacillariophyta in the Sea Area of China (Zhongguo Haiyu Changjian Fuyou Guizao Tupu)

Yang Shimin and Dong Shugang

Bacillariophyta of the Xizang Plateau

Zhu Huizhong and Chen Jiayou

The Bee Orchids of Greece

The Genus Ophrys

Zissis Antonopoulos

The self-sowing (wild) orchids are amongst the most admired plants of the world, with the Greek species numbering almost 200. Of these, a little more than half belong to the ....

CITES Orchid Checklist 5

Bulbophyllum

A Sieder, H Rainer and M Kiehn

The fifth volumes covers the genera Acrochaene, Bulbophyllum, Chaseella, Codonosiphon, Drymoda, Monomeria, Monosepalum, Pedilochilus, Saccglossum, Sunipia and Trias, and ....

Checklist of Wild Flowers and Ferns for the Isles of Scilly

Rosemary Parslow

This checklist covers all the plants found wild in these islands. ....

Checklist of the Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Greece

Bernard FM Abbott

This book brings together the results from over 2000 years of investigations into Greek lichens by workers from many countries. Greece has a rich lichen flora but it is not ....

Color Atlas of the Wild Macrofungi in China (1)

Liu Xudong

The book includes 35 families and 221 species of macrofungi found in the Xiaoxing'an Mountain. ....

Color Atlas of the Wild Macrofungi in China (2)

Liu Xudong

The book includes 466 species of macrofungi found in the Xiaoxing'an Mountain. ....

The Diversity of Macrofungi in China

Lin Xiaomin

Flora Algarum Marinarum Sinicarum, Tomus 2

Rhodophyta (No.3) Gelidiales Cryptonemiales Hildenbrandiales

Xia Bangmei

Flora Algarum Marinarum Sinicarum, Tomus 2

Rhodophyta (No.2) Acrochetiales Nemaliales Bonnemaisoniales

Zeng Cheng Kui

Flora Algarum Marinarum Sinicarum, Tomus 2

Rhodophyta (No.6) Ceramiales (1) Ceramiaceae, Dasyaceae, Delesseriaceae

Zheng Bailin

Flora Algarum Marinarum Sinicarum, Tomus 3

Phaeophyta (No.2) Fucales

CK Tseng and Lu Baoren

Flora Algarum Marinarum Sinicarum, Tomus 5

Bacillariophyta (No.1) Centricae

Guo Yujie

Flora Algarum Sinicarum Aquae Dulcis, Volume 10: Bacillariophyta-Pennatae

Qi Yuzao and Li Jiaying

Flora Algarum Sinicarum Aquae Dulcis, Volume 11: Xanthophyta

Wang Quanxi

Flora Algarum Sinicarum Aquae Dulcis, Volume 12: Bacillariophyta-Gomphonemaceae

Shi Zhixin

Flora Algarum Sinicarum Aquae Dulcis, Volume 13: Rhodophyta-Phaeophyta

Edited by Shi Zhixin

Flora Algarum Sinicarum Aquae Dulcis, Volume 7: Chlorophyta,

| Zygnnmatales, Mesotaeniaceae, Desmidiales, Desmidiaceae (1)

Wei Yinxin

Flora Algarum Sinicarum Aquae Dulcis, Volume 8: Chlorophyta,

| Chlorococcales (1)

Bi Liejue and Hu Zhengyu

Flora Algarum Sinicarum Aquae Dulcis, Volume 9: Cyanophyta, Hormogonophyceae

Zhu Haoran

Flora Ethiopia & Eritrea - Lycopodiaceae to Pinaceae + Appendix: Additions and amendments to vols. 2-7.

Inga Hedberg

Contents (partly): Key to families, Key to genera: Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta / Key to families: Gnetophyta and Pinophyta. ....

Flora Islandica

Eggert Pétursson and Agúst H Bjarnason

A vital staging-post on Eggert Peturson's journey from his early bookworks with pressed flowers and photographs of plants to his paintings is a collection of 271 illustrations ....

Flora of Thailand, Volume 10 Part 1

Dioscoreaceae

Edited by Tem Smitinand and Kai Larsen

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Malvaceae

Edited by HJ Beentje and SA Ghazanfar

Flora of the Guianas, Series A: Fasc 27

Edited by MJ Jansen-Jacobs

Descriptions and illustrations of species in the following families:- ....

The Garden at Charleston

A Bloomsbury Garden Through the Seasons

Sue Snell

Set in the heart of the Sussex downs, Charleston Farmhouse is the most important remaining example of Bloomsbury decorative style. The walled garden, the pond, the ....

The Gardens of Dorset

Roger Lane

This is a portrait of forty of the best gardens in Dorset, from the intimate to the grand ranging over this timeless rural landscape of rolling hills, meadows, ....

Gardens of Japan

Helena Attlee and Alex Ramsay

In Japanese gardens, visitors find nature consdensed and brought to perfection: trees are trained and sculpted, the finest natural landscapes are reproduced in miniature and ....

Garlic and Other Alliums

The Lore and the Science

Eric Block

The genus Allium includes more than 800 species of which only a few have been cultivated as foods. Many of the other members of this genus are popular with gardeners as easy to ....

The Genetics of Marine Algae

Zhang Xuechegn, Qin Song, Ma Jiahai and Xu Pu

A Glossary of Terms and Names of Algae

Zeng Cheng Kui

Guide to Rocky Shore Lichens

Frank Dobson

This new fold-out chart covers 62 common species of lichen found on rocky sea shores from the low tide mark up to the limit of sea spray. ....

Guide to the Plants of Central French Guiana, Part 4

Liverworts and Hornworts

R Gradstein and A Ilkiui-Borges

Hawaii's Native Plants

Bruce A Bohm

A comprehensive look at the wide variety of flowering plants and ferns found in Hawaii's wild providing simple but scientifically up-to-date information on their origins and ....

Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea

WHO regional Office for the Western Pacific

Traditional medicine, including the knowledge, skills and practices of holistic health care, exists in all cultures. It is based on indigenous theories, beliefs and ....

Peat Mosses of the Southeastern United States

Lewis E Anderson, A Jonathan Shaw and Blanka Shaw

Plant Cell Culture

Essential Methods

Michael R Davey and Paul Anthony

The ability to culture cells is fundamental for mass propagation and as a baseline for the genetic manipulation of plant nuclei and organelles. The introduction to this book ....

Pteridophytes of Hainan

Yang Fengchun and Liang Shuyun

RSPB Gardening for Wildlife

A Complete Guide to Nature-friendly Gardening

Adrian Thomas

This book breaks the myths that wildlife gardens have to be 'wild', or that you can only garden for wildlife in a 'wildlife garden'. You can easily fit in wildlife ....

Revision of the Corticolous Opegrapha Species from the Paleotropics

Damien Ertz

This volume presents a revision of the corticolous paleotropical lichen species of Opegrapha (Roccellaceae, Arthoniales). Forty-five species are included, of which eight ....

Sedges of Indiana and the Adjacent States

The Non-Carex Species

Paul Ernest Rothrock

Studies on Macrophytic Algae in Niangziguan Spring Area (Niangziguan Quanyu Daxing Zailei Yanjiu)

Shi Ying

Sustainable Management and Utilization of Sympodial Bamboos

Fu Maoyi

This book is the result of the report issued by the Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry (RISF) under the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF). ....

Taxonomic Study on Rhododendron Subgen Tsutsusi Sensu Sleumer (Ericaceae)

Edited by Ding Bingyang and Jin Xiaofeng

Technical Manual on Sympodial Bamboos Cultivation

Fu Maoyi and Xie Jinzhong

This manual, sponsored by ITTO, focuses on the current situation of bamboo resources in China and the world, the biological basis of sympodial bamboo cultivation, nursery, ....

Technical Manual on Utilization of Sympodial Bamboos

Fu Maoyi and Yang Xiaosheng

This manual addresses the selected technologies of sympodial bamboo utilization in Southern China where available techniques can be transferred readily to other bamboo ....

Transforming Uncommon Ground

Gardens of Vladimir Sitta

Tempe Macgowan

For over twenty years, Vladimir Sitta has provoked and inspired landscape architects, garden designers and garden owners. This book showcases some of his most distinctive ....

Ulf Nordfjell

Fourteen Gardens

Ulf Nordfjell and Jerry Harpur

Awarded Best in Show at the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show for his dynamic blend of Swedish modernism and English romanticism, Ulf Nordfjell is one of the world's leading ....

Wetland Wild Vascular Plants in Northeastern China

Edited by Yi Fuke

This book covers 706 species from 257 genera. Two volume set. ....

Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 67

Edited by Allen I Laskin, Geoffrey M Gadd and Sima Sariaslani

Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 68

Edited by Allen I Laskin, Geoffrey M Gadd and Sima Sariaslani

Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 69

Edited by Allen I Laskin, Geoffrey M Gadd and Sima Sariaslani

This series offers intensive reviews of the latest techniques and discoveries in the field of applied microbiology. ....

Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 70

Allen I Laskin, Geoffrey M Gadd and Sima Sariaslani

Anesthesia for Veterinary Technicians

Edited by Susan Bryant

This guide to anesthesia skills for veterinary technicians is published in association with the Academy of Veterinary Technician Anesthetists (AVTA). It contains hints and ....

Atlas of Small Animal Wound Management and Reconstructive Surgery

Michael M Pavletic

This full-color atlas presents essential information on basic principles of wound healing and wound management, common wound complications and general surgical ....

Avian Medicine and Surgery in Practice

Companion and Aviary Birds

Robert Doneley

Interest in avian medicine has evolved and it is now one of the fastest growing areas in veterinary medicine. In this concise and practical book, early chapters deal with ....

Bioluminescence

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Preston B Rich and Christelle Douillet

Through the study and application of bioluminescence, scientists have painstakingly harnessed a powerful tool that enables us to seek a deeper understanding of the complex ....

From Enzyme Models to Model Enzymes

Anthony J Kirby and Florian Hollfelder

Designing artificial systems with catalytic efficiencies to rival those of natural enzymes is one of the great challenges facing science today. This ....

General Pathology for Veterinary Nurses

Harriet Brooks

This books on general pathology is written specifically for veterinary nurses and those new to the subject. It builds on prior knowledge of anatomy, physiology and biochemistry ....

Handbook of Small Animal MRI

Ian Elliott and Geoff Skerrit

Written by two experts in the field with a combined experience of over 50 years, this book answers questions about this important diagnostic tool. Suitable for those with or ....

Molecular Biotechnology

Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA

Edited by Bernard R Glick and Jack J Pasternak

Completely revised and updated textbook which explains the principles of recombinant DNA technology as well as other important ancillary techniques such as DNA sequencing, the ....

Nutritional Biochemistry of the Vitamins

David A Bender

The vitamins are a chemically disparate group of compounds whose only common feature is that they are dietary essentials that are required in small amounts for the normal ....

Pathogens and Toxins in Food

Challenges and Interventions

Vijay Juneja

This book offers a farm-to-table approach to food safety that enables readers to control microbial pathogens and toxic agents at all stages of the food supply chain. The book ....

Veterinary Epidemiology

An Introduction

Dirk U Pfeiffer

This book takes a 'no statistics' approach, and covers all the core principles needed for an epidemiology course including the basic epidemiological concepts, understanding ....

Yeast

Molecular and Cell Biology

Horst Feldmann

Yeast is one of the oldest domesticated organisms and has both industrial and domestic applications. In addition, it is very widely used as a eukaryotic model organism in ....

The Emergence of Humans

An Exploration of the Evolutionary Timeline

Patricia Ash and David J Robinson

This book is an accessible, informative introduction to the scientific study of human evolution. It takes the reader through time following the emergence of the modern human ....

Ecosystem Ecology

A New Synthesis

Edited by Dave Raffaelli and Chris Frid

What can ecological science contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of the natural systems that underpin human well-being? Bridging the natural, physical and ....

Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale

Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems

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

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

Arguments for Protected Areas

Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use

Edited by Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley

Most of today's well-known protected areas (national parks and nature reserves) have been created mainly to protect wildlife and landscape values and currently cover over 10 ....

Ecosystems and Health

A UK Perspective

Edited by Conor Linstead, Roger Crofts and Edward Maltby

Captures the outputs from the Third Sibthorp Seminar held by the Sibthorp Trust. The aim of the seminar was to take a critical look at the evidence for the link between ....

Eutrophication in Coastal Ecosystems

Towards Better Understanding and Management Strategies

Edited by Jesper H Andersen and Daniel J Conley

Coastal eutrophication has been and still remains an important issue for the scientific community. Despite many efforts to mitigate coastal eutrophication, the problems ....

Forest Pattern and Ecological Process

A Synthesis of 25 Years of Research

David Lindenmayer

This book is a major synthesis of 25 years of intensive research about the montane ash forests of Victoria, which support the world's tallest flowering plants and several of ....

Gap Analysis of Protected Areas Coverage in the ASEAN Countries

BirdLife International and IUCN-WCPA South-East Asia

This report, a Gap analysis of protected area coverage in the ASEAN countries, encompasses the protected area networks of ten ASEAN Member Countries. Determining and ....

The Identification of the Main Characteristics of Stony Reef Habitats Under the Habitats Directive

R Irving

Summary report of an inter-agency workshop 26-27 March 2008. ....

Water Ecosystem Services, Poverty and Climate Change: Review of Issues and Research Priorities

J Mayers, I Bond, E Morrison, C Batchelor, R Hope and B Wheeler

Benefits to people from water ecosystems like rivers, swamps, floodplains and groundwater systems are central to human well-being. But ecosystems are in trouble and ....

Biodiversity in the Balance

Mitigation and Adaptation Conflicts and Synergies

Edited by P Berry

Climate change and biodiversity loss are both pressing global problems. Efforts are being made to address the former through various mitigation and adaptation activities, ....

Confronting Biopiracy

Challenges, Cases and International Debates

Daniel Robinson

Biopiracy refers either to the unauthorised extraction of biological resources, such as plants with medicinal properties, and associated traditional knowledge from indigenous ....

Connectivity Conservation Management

A Global Guide

Edited by Michael Lockwood, Graeme L Worboys and Wendy L Francis

In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely on parks and protected areas as isolated 'islands of wilderness' to conserve and ....

Conservation for a New Era

Jeffrey McNeely and Susan A Mainka

This book outlines the critical issues facing us in the 21st century, developed from the results of the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008. The landmark ....

Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

Texts Adopted by the Standing Committee 2005-2008

The Council of Europe's Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, or "Bern Convention", came into force on 1 June 1982. The aim of the Bern ....

The Distributions and Changes of Rare Wild Animals in China

Wen Rongsheng

This book offers an introduction and overview to the rare wild animals of China. ....

The Earthscan Reader in Poverty and Biodiversity Conservation

Edited by Joanna Elliot and Dilys Roe

The role and value of biodiversity conservation in supporting the livelihoods of poor people has been widely debated during the last two or three decades. Within the last few ....

The Rebirth of Environmentalism

Grassroots Activism from the Spotted Owl to the Polar Bear

Douglas Bevington

Over the past two decades, a select group of small but highly effective grassroots organizations have achieved remarkable success in protecting endangered species and ....

A Resource-Based Habitat View for Conservation

Butterflies in the British Landscape

Roger LH Dennis

In "A Resource-Based Habitat View for Conservation" Roger Dennis introduces a novel approach to the understanding of habitats based on resources and conditions required by ....

State of the Wild 2010-2011

A Global Portrait

Wildlife Conservation Society

This edition considers how destabilization and war affect wildlife and wild places. Only recently has the international community begun to appreciate the cost of conflict on the ....

Wild Rangelands

Conserving Wildlife While Maintaining Livestock in Semi-Arid Ecosystems

Edited by Johan du Toit, Richard Kock and James Deutsch

Rangeland ecosystems support half of the world's livestock while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures ....

An Assessment of Assessments

Findings of the Group of Experts. Pursuant to UNGA Resolution 60/30

Despite the central role oceans play in the economic, environmental and social affairs of the planet's 6.7 billion inhabitants, significant gaps exist in our understanding and ....

Blue Carbon

The Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon

This report explores the potential for mitigating the impacts of climate change by improved management and protection of marine ecosystems and especially the vegetated ....

Changing Climate, Changing Economy

Edited by Jean-Philippe Touffut

How did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the ....

Climate Change Science and Policy

Edited by SH Schneider, A Rosencranz, MD Mastrandrea and K Kuntz-Duriseti

This book features 49 individual chapters by some of the world's leading climate scientists. Its five sections address climate change in five dimensions: ecological ....

The Climate Solutions Consensus

What we Know and What to do About it

Edited by David Blockstein, Leo Wiegman and NCSE

In 2008, the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) reported that the acceleration of climate change is already faster than the IPCC projected only a year ....

Climate and Trade Policies in a Post-2012 World

Climate change represents more than just an environmental challenge - it is also a challenge to future economic development. Overlaps between climate change and trade ....

Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change

This report focuses on recent approaches to climate change adaptation which are community-based and participatory. It highlights innovative participatory methods to ....

Concepts in Toxicology

John H Duffus, Douglas M Templeton and Monica Nordberg

Advances in chemistry and technology offering improvements in the quality of human life become ever more rapid, bringing with them the potential for new toxicity hazards. This ....

The Economics of Climate Change - 2 Volume Set

Edited by Graciela Chichilnisky

This two volume collection brings together critical essays on the economics of climate change, describing advances in the field ranging from the Kyoto Protocol carbon market ....

Handbook of Carbon Offset Programs

Trading Systems, Funds, Protocols and Standards

A Kollmuss, M Lazarus, C Lee, C Polycarp and M LeFranc

Greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets have long been promoted as an important element of a comprehensive climate policy approach. Offset programs can reduce the overall cost of ....

How Bad are Bananas?

The Carbon Footprint of Everything

Mike Berners-Lee

This is the first book to work out the carbon footprint of (nearly) everything, from a cup of tea and a bottle of wine through to skiing holidays and volcano eruptions. We ....

Quantitative Modeling in Toxicology

Edited by Kannan Krishnan and Melvin Anderson

Governments around the world are passing laws requiring industry to assess the toxicity of the chemicals/products they produce. To meet these requirements, experimental ....

The Social Dimensions of Climate Change

Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World

Edited by Robin Mearns and Andrew Norton

While major strides have been made in the scientific understanding of climate change, much less understood is how these dynamics in the physical environment interact with ....

Transformation Products of Synthetic Chemicals in the Environment

Edited by Alistair BA Boxall

When a synthetic chemical is released into the environment it may be degraded by abiotic and biotic processes. These degradation processes usually involve a cascade of reactions ....

The Weather Book

Why it Happens and Where it Comes from

Diana Craig

"The Weather Book" is a delightful miscellany of everything remotely meteorological. It is jam-packed with enlightening facts, practical diagrams and clear explanations about ....

Atlas of Mylonites - and Related Microstructures

Rudolph AJ Trouw, Cees W Passchier and Dirk J Wiersma

Mylonites form in response to high rates of strain within deep ductile shear zones, which are the extensions at depth of surface faults, thrusts and fault breccias. They ....

Exact Space-Times in Einstein's General Relativity

Jerry B Griffiths and J Podolsky

Einstein's theory of general relativity is a theory of gravity and, as in the earlier Newtonian theory, much can be learnt about the character of gravitation and its effects ....

Fractured Rock Hydraulics

Fernando Olavo Franciss

Supported by examples, cases, illustrations and references, this book provides tools to solve practical engineering problems. It covers the fundamentals of fractured rock ....

General Organic and Biological Chemistry

Kenneth W Raymond

This text has been written for students preparing for careers in health-related fields such as nursing, dental hygiene, nutrition, medical technology, and occupational ....

Geomorphology

A Canadian Perspective

Alan S Trenhaile

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the physical features of the Earth's surface, how they evolve, and the two-pronged analytical approach - focusing on both ....

Handbook of Green Chemistry

Green Solvents

Edited by PT Anastas, W Leitner, PG Jessop, C-J Li, P Wasserscheid and A Stark

The second set of three volumes cover supercritical solvents, reactions in water and ionic liquids. The volumes provide an overview of the current state-of-the-art research ....

Handbook of Green Chemistry

Green Catalysis

Edited by Paul T Anastas and Robert H Crabtree

This set comprises 3 books, with each volume focussing on a different area - Homogeneous Catalysis, Heterogeneous Catalysis and Biocatalysis. ....

Hydrothermal Processes

Franco Pirajno and PA Cawood

Hydrothermal processes on Earth have played an important role in the evolution of our planet. These processes link the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere in continuously ....

Inorganic Chemistry

PW Atkins, T Overton, J Rourke, M Weller and F Armstrong

With the same broad coverage as its predecessors, the fifth edition extends from the foundational concepts of inorganic chemistry to the forefront of contemporary research. ....

Introduction to Nanoscience

Stuart Lindsay

This book is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary text that integrates the complexity of nanosystems. ....

Landscapes on the Edge

New Horizons for Research on Earth's Surface

Over geologic spans of time, Earth's shifting tectonic plates, atmosphere, freezing water, thawing ice, flowing rivers and evolving life have shaped Earth's surface ....

Landslides

Disaster Risk Reduction

Edited by Kyoji Sassa and Paolo Canuti

This book documents the First World Landslide Forum, which was jointly organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), eight UN organizations (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, ....

Patrick Moore's Yearbook of Astronomy

Patrick Moore

This fully updated 2010 edition features a range of specially commissioned articles by some of the world's top astronomers, an authoritative collection of charts and ....

Quantum Theory at the Crossroads

Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference

Guido Bacciagaluppi and Antony Valentini

The 1927 Solvay conference was perhaps the most important meeting in the history of quantum theory. Contrary to popular belief, the interpretation of quantum theory was not ....

Stable Isotope Geochemistry

J Hoefs

Stable Isotope Geochemistry is an introduction to the use of stable isotopes in the geosciences. It is subdivided into three parts: theoretical and experimental principles; ....

Theory of Orbit Determination

Andrea Milani and Giovanni Gronchi

Determining orbits for natural and artificial celestial bodies is an essential step in the exploration and understanding of the Solar System. However, ....

Aquaculture Site Selection and Site Management

Aquaculture is currently facing a significant challenge: how to alleviate the pressure on fish stocks exerted by commercial fishing and yet meet the increasing demand for sea ....

Big Green Purse

Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World

Diane MacEachern

Protecting our environment is one of the biggest issues facing our planet today. But how do we solve a problem that can seem overwhelming-even hopeless? As Diane MacEachern ....

Biocultural Diversity Conservation

A Global Sourcebook

Luisa Maffi and Ellen Woodley

The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between ....

Bioengineering for Sustainability

Materials and Fuels for the 21st Century

John R Dorgan and Dianne Ahmann

Providing an overview of modern biotechnological techniques this book explores the application of industrial biotechnology to the creation of sustainable materials and ....

Business Planning in Turbulent Times

New Methods for Applying Scenarios

Edited by Rafael Ramirez, John W Selsky and Kees van der Heijden

This book is for business and organizational leaders who feel the ever-increasing turbulence of the environment and are interested in thinking through how to deal with ....

Catastrophe in the Making

The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow

William R Freudenburg, Shirley Laska, Robert Gramling and Kai Erikson

When houses are flattened, towns submerged, and people stranded without electricity or even food, it is usually attributed to natural disasters or acts of God. But what if ....

The Clean Water Act and the Constitution

Legal Structure and the Public's Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment

Robin K Craig

In this book, the author explores the structural implications for water quality regulation when the primary federal statute for regulating water quality - the Clean ....

Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa

Impacts, Experiences and Future Directions

Edited by Dilys Roe, Fred Nelson and Chris Sandbrook

More than twenty years have passed since community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) rose to prominence in different parts of Africa as a strategy for rural ....

Contested Country

Local and Regional Natural Resources Management in Australia

Marcus B Lane, Cathy Robinson and Bruce Taylor

This title brings together the leading researchers from relevant disciplines (planning, geography, environmental studies, public policy) to critically review environmental ....

Creating a New Consensus on Population

The Politics of Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, and Women's Empowerment

Jyoti Shankar Singh

This fully updated edition charts international progress on efforts to address population and development, reproductive health, reproductive rights, religion, ....

Creative Community Planning

Transformative Engagement Methods for Working at the Edge

This book offers new, creative, and meaningful ways to listen and practice together with communities in a rapidly changing world. Gone are the days of the expert planner who ....

Doing Business in a New Climate

A Guide to Measuring, Reducing and Offsetting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Paul Lingl and Deborah Carlson

Around the world, a growing number of businesses are taking steps to reduce their climate impact by managing their greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, these ....

Energy and the New Reality 1

Energy Efficiency and the Demand for Energy Services

L Danny Harvey

Reducing and managing humanity's demand for energy is a fundamental part of the effort to mitigate climate change. In this book, the author lays out the theory and practice of ....

Energy and the New Reality 1 & 2

Two Volume Set

L Danny Harvey

Contains volume 1, Energy Efficiency and the Demand for Energy plus volume 2, Carbon-free Energy Supply. ....

Energy and the New Reality 2

Carbon-free Energy Supply

L Danny Harvey

Transforming our energy supplies to be more sustainable is seen by many to be the biggest challenge of our times. In this book, the author sets out in detail the path we ....

Environmental Impact Assessment and Monitoring in Aquaculture

Requirements, Practices, Effectiveness and Improvements

This report includes four regional reviews on Environmental impact assessment (EIA) and monitoring in aquaculture in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North ....

FAO Yearbook 2007

Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics 2007

The most updated data on capture production, aquaculture production and commodities in one volume complete with a CD-ROM. ....

Les Filets Maillants

Edited by Gerard Deschamps

A study of the use of driftnets and its consequences. ....

Fishing, Foraging and Farming in the Bolivian Amazon

Lisa Ringhofer

This book analyses the society-nature interaction of the Tsimane', a rural indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon. Following a common methodological framework, the ....

Fixing Fuel Poverty

Challenges and Solutions

Brenda Boardman

As fuel prices continue to soar, more and more people are finding themselves unable to meet the basic costs of energy, and may be forced to choose between (for example) ....

Forests for People

Community Rights and Forest Tenure Reform

Edited by Anne M Larson, Deborah Barry, Ganga Ram Dahal and Carol J Pierce Colfer

Who has rights to forests and forest resources? In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests to communities living in and ....

Freshwater Fisheries Management

Ian Wellby and Ash Girdler

The correct management of freshwaters and their fisheries is vital to ensure environmental protection and an appropriate level of stocking densities of healthy fish ....

Global Threats, Global Futures

Living with Declining Living Standards

Thayer Scudder

Going to Green

A Standards-Based Environmental Education Curriculum For Schools, Colleges, and Communities

Harry Wiland and Dale Bell

Based on the PBS Series Edens Lost & Found, this unique learning resource combines an integrated, detailed academic curriculum with service-based learning activities to ....

Green Beginnings Green Homes Educational Package (Book & DVD set)

A Topel

This new, innovative experiential approach to learning about green homes uses the true story of planning and building the Green Beginnings House, a USGBC LEED Silver and ....

Green Jobs for a New Economy: The College and Career Guide to Emerging Opportunities

Edited by Therese DeAngelis

Green Jobs For a New Economy acknowledges the global and national movement toward sustainability and its influence on today's education consumers, who view this concept ....

Human-Wildlife Conflict in Africa

Causes, Consequences and Management Strategies

Conflicts between humans and wildlife have occurred since the dawn of humanity. In Africa, these conflicts have become more frequent and severe over recent decades as a ....

Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience Along International Waters

Asia

There is an increasing annual demand for water drawn from Asia's international rivers for domestic, agricultural, industrial, and environment purposes. As a result, nations ....

An Introduction to Sustainable Transportation

Policy, Planning and Implementation

Preston L Schiller, Eric Bruun and Jeffrey R Kenworthy

Transportation plays a substantial role in the modern world; it provides tremendous benefits to society, but it also imposes significant economic, social and environmental ....

Land Use Planning and the Environment

Charles M Haar and Michael Allan Wolf

With this book, the authors have revised and updated the classic casebook, Land-Use Planning. Designed primarily for the classroom, the book takes a comprehensive approach ....

Leading Change Toward Sustainability

Bob Doppelt

Since the first edition of this book was published in late 2003, many leaders have made significant progress in transforming their organisations into better social and ....

Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 1

Drivers, Consequences, and Responses

Edited by Henning Steinfeld, Harold A Mooney, Fritz Schneider and Laurie E Neville

This volume examines the forces shaping change in livestock production and management, the resulting impacts on landscapes, land use and social systems, and potential policy ....

Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 2

Experiences and Regional Perspectives

Edited by Pierre Gerber, Harold A Mooney et al

This volume explores the needs and draws experience from region-specific contexts and detailed case studies. The case studies describe how drivers and consequences of change ....

The Making of International Environmental Treaties

Neoliberal and Constructivist Analyses of Normative Evolution

G Nagtzaam

Negotiating Environment and Science

An Insider's View of International Agreements, from Driftnets to the Space Station

Richard J Smith

This book offers readers unprecedented access to the details about some of the most complex and politically charged international agreements of the late and immediate post ....

The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency

The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers

John Seymour

Make the break, realise the dream and start living "The Good Life!" with John Seymour the new edition of this enduring classic from the founding father of modern ....

New Technologies in Aquaculture

Improving Production Efficiency, Quality and Environmental Image

Edited by G Burnell and G Allan

This book examines the genetic improvement of farmed species and the control of reproduction and reviews key issues in health, diet and husbandry, such as the control ....

Obesity: The Biography

Sander L Gillman

According to the World Health Organization we are in the midst of a global obesity crisis. Is obesity a disease itself or a symptom of underlying physiological or ....

Organic Revolution

The Agricultural Transformation of Cuba Since 1990

Bharat Mansata

This remarkable story explodes the myth that organic farming can never feed the world. After the Soviet Union collapsed - and the US lightened its ....

Out of the Mainstream

Water Rights, Politics and Identity

Edited by Rutgerd Boelens, Armando Guevara-Gil and David Getches

Water is not only a source of life and culture. It is also a source of power, conflicting interests and identity battles. Rights to materially access, culturally ....

A Pivotal Moment

Population, Justice, and the Environment

Edited by Laurie Ann Mazur

Through a series of essays by leading demographers, environmentalists and reproductive health advocates, this book offers a new perspective on the complex connection between ....

Research Handbook on International Environmental Law

Edited by Malgosia Fitzmaurice and David Ong

The Role of Supply Chains an Addressing the Global Seafood Crisis

This publication provides guidance to the various stakeholders in the fisheries sector on the tools and actions necessary to address the challenges contributing to this ....

Science, Policy and Stakeholders in Water Management

An Integrated Approach to River Basin Management

Edited by Geoffrey Gooch and Per Stalnacke

One of the major problems facing practitioners and scientists working with water management is how to integrate knowledge and experiences from scientific, policy and ....

Seed Conditioning, Volume 1 Management

A Practical Advanced Level Guide

Bill R Gregg and Gary L Billups

Seed conditioning turns raw harvested seed into pure seed that is free of undesirable materials, safe from pests and diseases, and that which can be planted for a good stand ....

Sharing the Benefits Around Large Dams in West Africa

L Haas, M Niasse and J Skinner

Food security, energy concerns and the potential impacts of climate change (including floods and droughts) have brought dams back to the forefront of the development agenda. ....

Social Participation in Water Governance and Management

Critical and Global Perspectives

Edited by Kate A Berry and Eric Mollard

Social participation in water management and governance recently became a reality in many economies and societies. Yet the dimensions in which power regulation, social ....

Social Sustainability in Urban Areas

Communities, Connectivity and the Urban Fabric

Edited by Judith Allen, Karen Lucas, Tony Manzi and Tony Lloyd-Jones

This volume offers both critique and creative solutions. It challenges the conventional wisdoms of social sustainability and presents practical examples of projects that will ....

State of the World 2010

Transforming Cultures from Consumerism to Sustainability

Worldwatch Institute

Many of the environmental and social problems we face today are symptoms of a deeper systemic failing: a dominant cultural paradigm that encourages living in ways that are ....

Sustainable Event Management

A Practical Guide

Meegan Lesley Jones

Every year events of every possible description are held around the world. Be they community events, large academic conferences, business meetings or enormous music ....

Taming the Anarchy

Groundwater Governance in South Asia

Tushaar Shah

In 1947, British India - the part of South Asia that is today's India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh - emerged from the colonial era with the world's largest centrally managed ....

Thalassaemia: The Biography

David Weatherall

Thalassaemia is the most common type of genetic disorder in the human population, and one of the first whose genetic basis was established. Written by Sir David Weatherall, ....

Tourism and Poverty Reduction

Pathways to Prosperity

Jonathan Mitchell and Caroline Ashley

Encouraging tourism in poor countries is, surprisingly often, an effective way of achieving poverty reduction through inclusive economic growth. But not always. Sometimes ....

Transport for Suburbia

Beyond the Automobile Age

Paul Mees

The need for effective public transport is greater than ever in the 21st century. With countries like China and India moving towards mass-automobility, we face the prospects ....

Weak Versus Strong Sustainabilty

Exploring the Limits of Two Opposing Paradigms

Eric Neumayer

Neumayer (environment and development, London School of Economics and Political Science) assesses whether science can unambiguously endorse either the weak approach, which ....

Wetlands Deskbook

Margaret N Strand and Lowell E Rothschild

Wetlands law operates at the junction of private property rights and natural resource protection. While wetlands provide rich and diverse species habitat, protecting and ....

Wood Pellet Heating Systems

The Earthscan Expert Handbook on Planning, Design and Installation

Dilwyn Jenkins

This is a comprehensive handbook covering all aspects of wood pellet heating technology. The use of wood pellets as an alternative heating fuel is already well established in ....

Bioinformatics and Biomarker Discovery

"Omic" Data Analysis for Personalised Medicine

Francisco Azuaje

This book is designed to introduce biologists, clinicians and computational researchers to fundamental data analysis principles, techniques and tools for supporting the ....

Bioinformatics for Dummies

J-M Claverie and C Notredame

This reference addresses common biological questions, problems, and projects, while also providing a UNIX/Linux overview and tips on tweaking bioinformatic applications using ....

Estimating Species Trees

Practical and Theoretical Aspects

L Lacey Knowles and Laura Salter Kubatko

Recent computational and modeling advances have produced methods for estimating species trees directly, avoiding the problems and limitations of the traditional phylogenetic ....

History of Cartography

Leo Bagrow and RA Skelton

This book examines the early maps produced in both Europe and the rest of the world, as well as their development, makers, printers and characteristics up to the end of the ....

A Practical Approach to Microarray Data Analysis

Edited by Danial P Berrar, Werner Dubitzky and Martin Granzow

Designed for practicing professionals designing and analysing microarray experiments, or for senior undergraduate or graduate level courses in analytical genetics, biology, ....

Statistical Bioinformatics

For Biomedical and Life Science Researchers

Jae Kyu Lee

This book provides an essential understanding of statistical concepts necessary for the analysis of genomic and proteomic data using computational techniques. The author ....

Dictionary of DNA and Genome Technology

Paul Singleton

A one-of-a-kind dictionary giving clear, concise explanations of terms, techniques and tests used in DNA technology today. ....

The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology

Edited by Michael Redclift and Graham Woodgate

The second edition consists of 26 origianl essays in the field of environmental sociology. ....

World Development Report 2010

Development and Climate Change

Rising densities of human settlements, migration and transport to reduce distances to market, and specialization and trade facilitated by fewer international divisions are ....