The Brown Hare

Stephen Tapper and Derek Yalden

This comprehensive, indispensable guide to the Brown Hare covers all aspects of the biology, ecology and conservation of the species, and is complete with colour photos, ....

Chimpanzee Behavior in the Wild

An Audio-Visual Encyclopedia

T Nishida, K Zamma, T Matsusaka, A Inaba and W McGrew

The behavior of chimpanzees is complex and challenging: they can be cheerful, curious, and tolerant while also being capable of cunning, greed, and violence. Combining recent ....

Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Mammals

Leonard Cronin

A wonderful introduction to Australian mammals, this guide is packed with information about the behaviour, development, food and habitat of Australia's remarkable mammals. ....

Handbook of the Mammals of South Asia

With Special Emphasis on India, Bhutan and Bangladesh

NC Bahuguna

Keeping Pigs

How to get the most from your pigs

Jeremy Hobson and Phil Rant

This introductory guide is an essential read for all aspiring pig-keepers. It includes expert guidance on how to feed, house and breed healthy and happy pigs and introduces ....

Mammals of Florida Field Guide

Stan Tekiela

This field guide includes facts about size, habitat and range, and includes photos and notes to help discover Florida's diverse range of species. ....

Primates

Jean-Jacques Petter

Brings together and illustrates all families of primates in the world. This book is a synthesis of aesthetic and scientific approaches and is aimed at both specialists and ....

Status, Ecology and Behaviour of Antilope Cervicapra (Linnaeus, 1758) in Proposed Community Reserve for Balckbuck, Ganjam District, Orissa

Arun Kumar Roy Mahato et al

The Atlas of Birds

Mapping Avian Diversity, Behaviour and Conservation Worldwide

Mike Unwin

Authoritative and concise, this beautifully illustrated atlas captures the dazzling diversity of bird life around the world. Its stunning full-colour maps reveal where ....

Backyard Birds from Kingfishers to Jays

Detailed Information on the Top 100 Birds in North America

Edited by Rob Hume

This guide catalogues a representative selection of more than 70 different species from various branches of the bird family tree, carefully chosen from all the major family ....

Bird Watcher's Daily Companion

365 Days of Advice, Insight, and Information for Enthusiastic Birders

Tom Warhol and Marcus Schneck

This guide is a sophisticated way for birders to be inspired, motivated and educated every day of the year. It provides information on everything from differentiating ....

Birds Britannia

Why the British Fell in Love with Birds

Stephen Moss

Birds and bird lore provide a fascinating window onto British social and cultural history, and can tell a lot about the changing relationship between the landscape, ....

The Birds of Devon

Michael Tyler

The Birds of Devon covers all 420 species known to have occurred in the county and is the first complete avifauna for the county since 1969. Each entry is illustrated with ....

Birds of Southeastern Arizona

Richard Cachor Taylor

Southeastern Arizona is recognized as one of America's foremost birding destinations with almost half of all the birds of North America seen in this one area. ....

Birds of the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies

Includes Idaho, Eastern Washington and Oregon, and Western Montana

Harry Nehls, Mike Denny and Dave Trochlell

This identification guide includes the birds of Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, all of Idaho and Western Montana. The species account pages provide color photographs of ....

Collins Field Guide: Birds of New Zealand, Hawaii, Central and West Pacific

Ber Van Perlo

Featuring over 1,500 species, this field guide illustrates and describes every species of bird likely to be seen in the area, from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea to ....

Common Birds in Oman

An Identification Guide

Hanne Eriksen and Jens Eriksen

Some 400 colour photographs are included in this book to help identify 250 species of birds, which cover all the common, and many not so common, birds found in Oman. Species ....

Flight Identification of European Raptors

RF Porter, Ian Willis, Steen Christensen and Bent Pors Nielsen

The 1981 third edition of this classic work is now available again as a digital reprint. ....

Hummingbird Encounters

Illustrated with Watercolour

Joy Parsons

Contains artist Joy Parsons' images of hummingbirds in watercolour and pencil. ....

The Natural History of Birds 9 Volume Set

From the French of the Count de Buffon; Illustrated with Engravings, and a Preface, Notes, and Additions

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and William Smellie

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-88), was a French mathematician who was considered one of the leading naturalists of the Enlightenment. An acquaintance of ....

Sydney Birds and Where to Find Them

Peter Roberts

This book features the 30 top bird-watching localities in and around Sydney. These birding hot spots stretch from Tuggerah Lakes on the Central Coast to Lake Illawarra ....

Where to See Birds in Victoria

Edited by Tim Dolby, Penny Johns and Sally Symonds

Despite being Australia's smallest mainland state, Victoria's varied landscapes provide habitat for more than 500 bird species. It is without question one of Australia's ....

Zakgids Vogels van Nederland

Luc Hoogenstein and Ger Meesters

Pocket field guide to the birds of the Netherlands. ....

Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Reptiles and Frogs

Leonard Cronin

This book is packed with information about the behaviour, development, food and habitat of Australia's remarkable reptiles and frogs. Each entry fully describes a species and ....

Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh: Amphibians and Reptiles

Kamal Uddin Siddiqui

Herpetology in Guangxi

Yuxia Zhang

Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree

Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles

Jonathan B Losos

Adaptive radiation, which results when a single ancestral species gives rise to many descendants, each adapted to a different part of the environment, is possibly the single ....

A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo

Indraneil Das

This portable, introductory guide to the reptiles of Borneo covers over 180 species of snakes, lizards, crocodiles and turtles with key identification features, plus natural ....

Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Sri Lanka

Indraneil Das and Anslem de Silva

This portable, introductory guide provides a comprehensive overview of the wide variety of snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles and tortoises found in Sri Lanka. More than 160 ....

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Snakes

Edited by Robert D Aldridge and David M Sever

This book covers a wide range of topics on snake reproduction and phylogeny, from primordial germ cell migration in developing embryos to semelparity (death following a ....

Secrets of the Snake Charmer

Snakes in the 21st Century

John C Murphy

Humans and snakes have an intimate and ancient relationship that often revolves around either love or hate. Snakes can be seen as gods, spiritual messengers, symbols of ....

Atlas of Sea Fishes of China

Yuru Cao

Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes

Edited by James S Albert and Roberto E Reis

The fish faunas of continental South and Central America constitute one of the greatest concentrations of aquatic diversity on Earth, consisting of about 10 per cent of all ....

Biology of Termites

A Modern Synthesis

Edited by David Edward Bignell, Yves Roisin and Nathan Lo

This book brings together the major advances in termite biology, phylogenetics, social evolution and biogeography. the editors have brought together leading experts on termite ....

Butterfly Conservation in South-Eastern Australia

Progress and Prospects

Tim R New

This is a survey of the development and practice of butterfly conservation in south east Australia, tracing the evolution of the science through a series of cases from the focus ....

The Complete and Easy Guide to Beekeeping

A Fascinating Reference with Recipes for Enjoying Your Produce

Kim Flottum

This book helps to make the time-honoured and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible pastime that will appeal to gardeners, crafters and cooks ....

Earthworms and Their Allies

Frank E Beddard

This volume, written in 1912 by Frank E. Beddard, offers both an introduction to the principal facts about earthworms and an analysis of their distribution across the world. ....

Entomologiens Historie i Norge

Norsk Entomologisk Forening 1904-2004

Lauritz Somme

The Evolutionary History of Nematodes

As Revealed in Stone, Amber and Mummies

George Poinar

Nematodes are one of the most abundant groups of invertebrates on the face of the earth. Their numbers are estimated to range from 1,000 per cm2 in the sand-covered hydrogen ....

Fauna Helvetica 24: Carabidae

Ecology - Atlas

H Luka, W Marggi, C Huber, Y Gonseth and P Nagel

This volume covers the Ground Beetles and Tiger Beetles of Switzerland of which a total of 523 species have been recorded. ....

Guide to Harvestmen of the British Isles

This laminated fold-out chart covers the adults of the harvestmen found in the field in the British Isles. Harvestmen are spider-like invertebrates that are most commonly seen ....

The Introduced Terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa

David G Herbert

The history of the introduction of molluscs is summarised and the patterns are analysed. Introduction continues at a rate of approximately two species per ten years, with no ....

Longicornios de Puerto Rico

Julio A Micheli

This book contains species descriptions and keys to the longhorn beetles of Puerto Rico and is complimented by beautiful illustrations of many of the species featured. ....

New Holland Concise Insect Guide

Sandra Doyle, Stuart Carter and Nicholas Hammond

This pocket field guide is packed with information on the marvellous variety of insects that inhabits Britain and the near Continent. It includes more than 180 species, ....

Nick Baker's Bug Book

Discover the World of Mini Beast!

Nick Baker

Lavishly illustrated guide to the fascinating lives of insects, spiders, snails and other invertebrates, offering practical tips for a close exploration and appreciation of ....

Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 12

Rivulinae - Microoctuinae

M Fibiger, L Ronkay, JL Yela and A Zilli

This volume covers Rivulinae, Boletobiinae, Hpenodinae, Araeopteroninae, Eublemminae, Hermininae, Hypeninae, Phytometrinae, Euteliinae and Micronoctuinae along with the ....

Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 13

Lymantiinae and Arctiinae

G Ronkay, L Ronkay, W Speidel and T Witt

The final volume in this series includes the subfamilies Lymantriinae and Arctiinae, both of which are now regarded as belonging to the family Noctuidae. ....

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Magellanes, No. 1

P Téocchi, P Juhel and K Adlbauer

Phylogeography and Population Genetics in Crustacea

Edited by Stefan Koenemann, Christoph Schubart and Christoph Held

This text presents a state-of-the-art synopsis of current knowledge on population genetics and analysis of phylogeography in crustacean biology. It presents patterns and ....

RES Handbook Volume 2 Part 7

Aphids - Aphidinae (Macrosiphini)

Roger L Blackman

This volume provides identification keys to the Aphidinae. ....

Status Survey on Trochus Niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Ramakrishna, C Raghunathan and C Sivaperuman

ZooKeys 33

ZooKeys 35

ZooKeys 37

ZooKeys 41

ZooKeys 42

ZooKeys 43

ZooKeys 46

ZooKeys 58

Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species

Nate B Hardy and Penny J Gullan

ZooKeys 62

Catalogue of the Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bulgaria

Albena Lapeva-Gjonova et al

The Bulgarian myrmecofauna currently comprises 163 species from 40 genera and 6 subfamilies. The species list gives synonyms and the respective publications they were ....

Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes

Honoring Meemann Chang

David K Elliott, John G Maisey, Xiaobo Yu and Desui Miao

The study of fossil fishes has advanced significantly over the past few years, giving scientists a rare opportunity to understand the origin and early evolution of major ....

Once and Future Giants

What Ice Age Extinctions Tell Us About the Fate of Earth's Largest Animals

Sharon Levy

Until about 13,000 years ago, our planet was home to a menagerie of massive mammals. Then, at the end of the Ice Age, these giants vanished forever. ....

Guide to Fungiids of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Ramakrishna, C Raghunathan, Tamal Mondal and C Sivaperuman

Metazoan Deep-Sea Fish Parasites

Sven Klimpel, Markus W Busch, Esra Kellermanns et al

A new and detailed compilation of metazoan deep-sea fish parasites according to Klimpel et al (2001). The list presents the parasite species together with their respective ....

New Records of Scleractinian Corals in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

C Raghunathan et al

Smithsonian Ocean

Our Water, Our World

Deborah Cramer

This book was commissioned especially for the Smithsonian Museum but it is much more than a companion volume. Deborah Cramer, a gifted science writer often compared to ....

Arctic Naturalist

The Life of J Dewey Soper

Anthony Dalton

Dewey Soper first travelled to the Arctic in 1923. During the next seven years he accepted three research postings on Baffin Island, each of which lasted between one and ....

Australia

William Blandowski's illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia

Edited by Harry Allen

William Blandowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers from 1856 to ....

Before Disenchantment

Images of Exotic Animals and Plants in the Early Modern World

Peter Mason

When explorers and artists travelled to new lands in the early modern period, the exotic plants and animals that they encountered often seemed strange and outlandish. This book ....

Branches

Nature's Patterns: a Tapestry in Three Parts

Philip Ball

Branching patterns, networks, and fractals form some of the most exquisite patterns in the natural world - from minute and delicate branching crystals and plants, to trees, ....

Brian Cook's Landscapes of Britain

Brian Cook

The illustrations of Brian Cook from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s have become iconic. His heightened use of colour, in a flat colour poster style, is much imitated, but never ....

Creative Nature Photography

Bill Coster

This book embraces locations as varied as Essex, UK, the icy polar regions, Africa's arid lands, North America's mountain habitats and Europe's wetlands and forests. Each ....

A Dorset Artist's New Forest Sketchbook

Joy Parsons

This book includes beautiful watercolour and ink illustrations that reflect Joy Parson's rapport with the wildlife of the New Forest. ....

The Field Guide to Natural Wonders

Keith C Heidorn

This book serves as a guide to nature's most theatrical and mysterious events. From optical phenomena, such as rainbows and light pillars, to celestial phenomena like ....

The Great Basin

A Natural Prehistory

Donald K Grayson

Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none ....

Halcyon River Diaries - DVD

Series 1

This series follows wildlife film-maker Charlie Hamilton James and his family as they explore and discover the wealth of nature on and around the river at the end of their ....

A History of Taxidermy

Art, Science and Bad Taste

PA Morris

Taxidermy is a part of both our social and natural history. This book provides a review of the development, over 300 years, of mammal and bird taxidermy, including elephants ....

Julia Bradbury's Railway Walks

Julia Bradbury

Accompanying the six-part BBC 2 series, the six walks featured in this book follow the old tracks, overgrown cuttings and ancient viaducts which are the legacy of 'The ....

Map of a Nation

A Biography of the Ordnance Survey

Rachel Hewitt

This book tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map - the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The author examines the history ....

Mr Hamilton's Elysium

The Gardens of Painshill

Michael Symes

The Hon. Charles Hamilton was one of those extraordinary eighteenth-century gentlemen who, like Lord Cobham at Stowe and Henry Hoare at Stourhead, turned their gardens into ....

Natural History Museum Animal Records

Amazing Feats and Fascinating Facts

Mark Carwardine

Which animal swims the fastest? Who has the most acute sense of smell? Which is the smallest mammal? Who lays the largest egg? Discover the weirdest and most wonderful ....

New Holland Concise Garden Wildlife Guide

Sandra Doyle, Stuart Carter, David Daly and Lyn Wells

This pocket guide is packed with information on the wildlife that can be found in gardens in Britain and the near Continent, including mammals, birds, reptiles, ....

The New Naturalist Calendar 2011

For the first time, the publishers of the much-loved New Naturalist series have produced a calendar. It features 12 large, beautifully reproduced images, many of which will be ....

Peak Landscape and Light

A Photographer's Guide to the Peak District

Karen Frenkel

Aimed at photographers of all abilities who are keen to improve their landscape photography skills, this book showcases leading photographer Karen Frenkel's stunning ....

The Perfumier and the Stinkhorn

Reflections on Natural Science and Romanticism

Richard Mabey

This title contains inspiring meditations through the author's rich store of memories. ....

The Photographer's Guide to the Everglades

Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them

M Timothy O'Keefe

The Everglades region is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the U.S. This book offers advice and tips on where to look and how to photograph this natural wonder - ....

Planet Earth - Special Edition

The Complete Series

Alastair Fothergill and David Attenborough

This Special Edition of the greatest Natural History series ever made, Planet Earth, features all episodes from the original series, the Planet Earth team's video diaries, a ....

The Traveller's Guide to Planet Earth

BBC Earth

Experience 50 extraordinary destinations from the BBC's spectacular documentary. From the highest mountains to the deepest seas, the hottest deserts to the frozen poles, The ....

Venom

Poisonous Animals in the Natural World

Steve Backshall

Poison is an essential part of the animal world, used for hunting and defence. From komodo dragons and pufferfish to king cobras and funnel web spiders, TV's Steve ....

Wildlife Habitats for Your Garden

Josie Briggs

This book offers detailed information on how to create areas of woodland, wetland, grassland and rockland in gardens of all sizes. It includes inspirational garden plans ....

Zambesi

David Livingstone and Expeditionary Science in Africa

Lawrence Dritsas

This book tells the story of David Livingstone's Zambesi Expedition. It exposes the rivalry among some of Victorian Britain's leading establishment figures and institutions ....

Alaska's Place in the West

From the Last Frontier to the Last Great Wilderness

Roxanne Willis

Alaska's story is usually confined to regional history books, and in many American history texts, the state simply disappears after the Klondike gold rush. Roxanne ....

The Country Diaries

A Year in the British Countryside

Edited by Alan Taylor

The unique beauty of the British countryside has been celebrated down the ages through music, poetry, and art. It has also been celebrated in countless private diaries. This ....

The Death and Life of Monterey Bay

A Story of Revival

Stephen R Palumbi and Carolyn Sotka

Anyone who has ever stood on the shores of Monterey Bay, watching the rolling ocean waves and frolicking otters, knows it is a unique place. But even ....

Guide to the Seasons

Rebecca Farley-Brown and Simon Norman

This fold-out chart aids with the identification of different species of flora and fauna through each season. ....

Life in the Valley of Death

The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed

Alan Rabinowitz

Dubbed the Indiana Jones of wildlife science by "The New York Times," Alan Rabinowitz has devoted, and risked his life to protect nature's great endangered mammals. He has ....

Loire Valley - Loire, Brenne and Sologne

The Loire valley lies right in the heart of France. The grand river Loire flows right through the centre of the region and it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site ....

The Lure of the Lake District

Places, People and Passions

Steve Goodier

The fruit of a quarter of a century of walking, reading and thinking about the unique mountain playground of the Lake District, this book provides surprises for even the most ....

Panoramic Dartmoor

Adrian Oakes

Through a series of wonderful photographs, this book captures the wide open sweep of Dartmoor's unique character, from springtime bluebells carpeting boundless meadows, to ....

The River Thames

Derry Brabbs

This impressively researched and beautiful photographed book by Derry Brabbs presents a detailed insight into Britain's grandest, most varied and most important river. The ....

Wildlife Around Glasgow

50 Remarkable Sites to Explore

Richard Sutcliffe et al

This accessible guidebook will help people discover more about the wildlife in and around Glasgow. It describes a wide variety of scenic places to explore and will have ....

Winter in the Lake District

Val Corbett

Crisp snow in deep valleys, high peaks bright in winter sun, sheep huddled under a stone wall, waterfalls frozen into long glistening fingers and then scones by the log fire. ....

Atlas des Orchidées de France

Edited by François Dusak and Daniel Prat

Atlas of Woody Plants in China

2 Volume Set

Edited by Jingyun Fang, Zhiheng Wang and Zhiyao Tang

This book documents the spatially-explicit county-level distribution of all 11,405 woody plants in China, together with life form information for most species. It also provides ....

The Book of Little Hostas

200 Mini, Small and Very Small Varieties

Michael Shadrack and Kathy Guest Shadrack

This book features a handpicked selection of diminutive hostas to direct collectors towards the right plant for their needs. ....

Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Trees

Leonard Cronin

This authoritative reference work is the essential guide to Australia's unique and fascinating trees. It features more than 325 species from all parts of the continent. ....

Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Wildflowers

Leonard Cronin

This is both a field guide for travellers and a reference book for the home library. It covers more than 590 wildflowers from all parts of the continent. Each species is ....

The Encyclopedia of Container Plants

More Than 500 Outstanding Choices for Gardeners

Ray Rogers and Rob Cardillo

Container gardening is ideally suited to today's lifestyles - it provides the excitement, versatility and variety of in-the-ground gardening to those with limited ....

Ethnomedicinal Plants

Revitalizing of Traditional Knowledge of Herbs

Edited by MK Rai, D Acharya and Jose Luis Rios

Presenting recent discoveries on ethnomedicinal plants around the world, this book focuses on evaluating the progress to date as well as the future potential of drug ....

Flora of Cardiganshire

Arthur O Chater

This flora, the first for this area since that of J.H.Salter in 1935, covers the vascular plants of this coastal mid-Wales county. The species accounts give particular ....

La Flore des Préalpes

du Lac de Thoune au Léman

Emanuel Gerber, Gregor Kozlowski and Anne-Sylvie Mariéthoz

This illustrated guide covers the flora of the Swiss pre-alps from Lake Geneva, the Valais and through to the Bernese Alps. ....

Fungi non Delineati 53: Rare and Interesting Species of Heterobasidiomycetes from Russia

VF Malysheva

This volume considers 42 species belonging to 21 genera and contains micrographs as well as colour photos. ....

Fungi non Delineati 54/55: Inocybe dai Litorali alla Zona Alpina

E Ferrari

Grass (graminaceous) of Hainan

Guodao Liu

This book describes 242 species of grasses from 98 genera found in the Hainan district of China. ....

Guide to Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland

Frances Bunker, Juliet Brodie, Christine Maggs and Anne Bunker

British and Irish shallow seas contain an astonishing 7% of the world's seaweed species, around 700 different seaweeds, and yet most divers, snorkellers and rockpoolers can put ....

The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes

Transform Your Textiles with Organic Colours from Acorns, Blackberries, Coffee and Other Everyday Ingredients

Sasha Duerr

Through step-by-step instructions and colour photographs, textile designer Sasha Duerr explains the basics of making and using natural plant dye, from gathering materials and ....

Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica: Volume V

Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae - Gunneraceae)

Edited by BE Hammel, MH Grayum, C Herrera and N Zamora

This identification manual includes descriptions and notes about 1422 species from 355 genera, including those from the families Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae and Gesneriaceae. Keys ....

Moss Flora of Central America. Part 3: Anomodontaceae - Symphyodontaceae

B Allen

This volume includes keys and descriptions for 239 moss species. ....

The Mosses and Liverworts of Pembrokeshire

Samuel Bosanquet

This book contains accounts for all 534 bryophyte species recorded in this area including distribution maps, plots of altitudinal range and sporophyte timing. It also ....

New Holland Concise Tree Guide

Cy Baker, David Daly, Colin Emberson and Lyn Wells

This pocket field guide is packed with information on the trees of Britain and the near Continent. It covers more than 160 species, all of which are illustrated with ....

Plant Breeding for Water-limited Environments

Abraham Blum

This volume develops realistic solutions and protocols towards the breeding of drought resistant cultivars by integrating knowledge from environmental science, plant ....

Plant Galls

Margaret Redfern

The subject of plant galls is wide-ranging, and yet so little is known about the mechanisms that cause gall formation as well as the life cycles of the organisms that ....

Plantes Médicinales du Monde

Adrien Dolivo

Plantes du Bhoutan

Françoise Brenckmann

Rainforest Trees and Shrubs

A Field Guide to their Identification in Victoria, New South Wales and Subtropical Queensland Using Vegetative

Gwen J Harden, Bill McDonald and John Williams

Most traditional floras or identification guides to plants use flowers and fruits as the main means of identification and recognition as these are the most obvious and stable ....

Short and Long Distance Signaling

Edited by Fredrich Kragler and Martin Hulskamp

Succulent Flora of Southern Africa

Doreen Court

This work, first published in 1981, has long served as an authoritative guide to the succulents of this region. ....

Tallgrass Prairie Restoration in the Midwestern and Eastern United

A Hands-On Guide | States

Harold W Gardner

This work advocates the restoration of the North American tallgrass prairie, which is rapidly disappearing. Historical descriptions of prairie aesthetics are outlined whilst ....

Trees

Pierre Lieutaghi

For millennia trees have been close companions of humankind. Their longevity, their seasonally changing beauty and their intimate relationships with countless other species ....

Wild Crop Relatives

Genomic and Breeding Resources

Edited by Chittaranjan Kole

Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes ....

Wild Drugs

A forager's guide to healing plants

Zoe Hawes

Featuring practical advice on identifying, preparing and storing healing plants, this work includes a directory of home remedies to treat over 100 common ailments, from ....

Biogeography of Microscopic Organisms

Is Everything Small Everywhere?

Edited by Diego Fontaneto

Bringing together the viewpoints of leading experts in taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of different taxa, this book synthesises discussion surrounding the ....

Life as Energy

Opening the Mind to a New Science of Life

Alexis Mari Pietak

To many modern scientists, a living thing is not significantly different from a lifeless object, and is to be understood in terms of its basic parts (genes and molecules). So ....

The Physical Basis of Biochemistry

Solutions Manual to the Second Edition

Peter R Bergethon and Kevin F Hallock

This volume offers solutions to the problem sets from the second edition of The Physical Basis of Biochemistry. ....

The Physical Basis of Biochemistry

The Foundations of Molecular Biophysics

Peter R Bergethon

This book is an introduction to the philosophy and practice of an interdisciplinary field in which biological systems are explored using the quantitative perspective of the ....

Physiology of Domestic Animals

Oystein Sjaastad, Knut Hove and Olav Sand

Textbook designed for students of veterinary, animal and agricultural sciences. The book is divided into twenty chapters describing physiological systems such as digestion, ....

Humans, Environment and Chronology of the Late Glacial of the North European Plain.

Proceedings of Workshop 14 (Commission CCCII) of the 15th U.I.S.P.P. Congress, Lisbon, September 2006.

Edited by M Street, N Barton and T Terberger

This volume assembles papers presented during a workshop for the 15th Congress of the Union International des Sciences Prehistoriques et Protohistoriques held in Lisbon in ....

In the Light of Evolution, Volume 3: Two Centuries of Darwin

Edited by John C Avise and Francisco J Ayala

This volume is a result of the Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences on January 16-17, 2009. Leading evolutionary biologists and science ....

Metamorphosis

Evolution in Action

Andreas Suchantke and Norman Skillen

Our understanding of life on earth is always developing. In this age of genetics and microbiology, the author brings a lifetime of holistic biological research to the ....

The Economy of Nature

Robert E Rickleffs

New and revised edition of this popular text, offering a broad and balanced view of all the major aspects of ecology, from the ecosystem and evolution to population and ....

Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions

Edited by Daniel Simberloff and Marcel Rejmanek

This encyclopedia illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology - biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. Written by leading ....

Urban Ecology

Patterns, Processes, and Applications

Edited by J Niemelä, JH Breuste, GR Guntenspergen et al

Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society. It is therefore crucially important to ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and ....

The Amazon Várzea

The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead

Edited by MA Pinedo-Vasquez, M Ruffino, CJ Padoch and ES Brondizio

This book takes a multi-disciplinary and critical look at what has changed over the last ten years in one of the world's most important and dynamic ecosystems, the Amazon ....

Inland Drift Sand Landscapes

Edited by Josef Fanta and Henk Siepel

Man has had a complex relationship with inland drift sands through the ages. For some centuries these landscapes were seen as a threat, especially to agriculture and housing. ....

Island Environments in a Changing World

Lawrence R Walker and Peter Bellingham

Islands represent unique opportunities to examine human interaction with the natural environment. They capture the human imagination as remote, vulnerable and exotic, yet ....

Knowing Global Environments

New Historical Perspectives on the Field Sciences

Edited by Jeremy Vetter

This volume brings together nine leading scholars whose work spans a variety of environmental and field sciences, including archaeology, agriculture, botany, ....

Marine Ecosystems and Global Change

Edited by Manuel Barange et al

Global environmental change (including climate change, biodiversity loss, changes in hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and intensive exploitation of natural resources) ....

Serpentine

The Evolution and Ecology of a Model System

Edited by Susan Harrison and Nishanta Rajakaruna

Serpentine soils have long fascinated biologists for the specialized floras they support and the challenges they pose to plant survival and growth. This volume focuses on what ....

Soil Ecology in Northern Forests

A Belowground View of a Changing World

Martin Lukac and Douglas Godbold

Forest soils form the foundation that underpins the existence of all forests. This book encapsulates soil ecology and functioning in northern forests, focusing on the effects ....

Soil and Environmental Chemistry

William F Bleam

This book combines valuable soil chemistry concepts into the big picture by discussing how other soil and environmental factors affect the soil chemistry. The text includes ....

Biodiversity Atlas of China

Yan Xie

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity

A Planet in Peril

Edited by Ahmed Djoghlaf and Felix Dodds

The world's biodiversity is facing crisis. Unless we act now, and act conclusively, we face an avalanche of species loss unlike any seen for millennia. This is not only a ....

Biodiversity in Southern Africa

3 Volume Set

N Jürgens, U Schmiedel, MT Hoffman et al

This three volume set is the result of a decade of research between South African, Namibian and German institutions as part of the BIOTA Southern Africa project. ....

De Nederlandse Biodiversiteit

Edited by J Noordijk, AJ van Loon, RMJC Kleukers and EJ van Nieukerken

Protecting Arctic Biodiversity

Limitations and Strengths of Environmental Agreements

The Arctic region is characterized by some of the largest continuous intact ecosystems on the planet, but is facing increasingly larger threats. These threats include the full ....

The Atmosphere

A J Berry

This volume, first published in 1913, gives an account of the history of discovering the different chemical properties and physical displays that make up the atmosphere. ....

Climate Change and Cities

First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network

Edited by Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D Solecki, Stephen Hammer and Shagun Mehrotra

Urban areas are home to over half the world's people and are at the forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research effort to establish the current ....

The Dance of Air and Sea

How Oceans, Weather, and Life Link Together

Arnold H Taylor

How can the tiny plankton in the sea just off Western Europe be affected by changes 6000 km away on the other side of the North Atlantic Ocean? How can a slight rise in the ....

Environmental Science

Toward a Sustainable Future

Richard T Wright and Dorothy Boorse

Explores the interactions of humans within the natural environment and probes issues thoroughly-examining their scientific basis, their history, and society's response, and ....

When Weather Matters

Science and Service to Meet Critical Societal Needs

The past 15 years have seen marked progress in observing, understanding, and predicting weather. At the same time, the United States has failed to match or surpass progress in ....

1089 and All That

A Journey into Mathematics

David Acheson

This extraordinary little book makes mathematics accessible to everyone. From very simple beginnings David Acheson takes the reader on a thrilling journey to some deep ....

Geomorphological Mapping

Methods and Applications

Mike Smith, Paolo Paron and James Griffiths

This volume synthesises a historical perspective to geomorphological mapping, covers field based and digital tools and techniques for mapping and includes an extensive array ....

Guide to the Night Sky

Robin Scagell and Margaret Penston

This guide provides hints and tips for the observer to find their way around the night sky and how to identify some of the planets, stars and constellations. ....

Heat Generation and Transport in the Earth

Claude Jaupart and Jean-Claude Mareschal

Heat provides the energy that drives almost all geological phenomena and sets the temperature at which these phenomena operate. This book explains the key physical ....

The Indian Ocean Tsunami

The Global Response to a Natural Disaster

Edited by Pradyumna P Karan and Shanmugam S Subbiah

On December 26th 2004, a massive tsunami triggered by an underwater earthquake pummeled the coasts of Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and other countries along the Indian Ocean. ....

Meaning in Mathematics

Edited by John Polkinghorne

Is mathematics invented or discovered? Why does this seemingly abstract discipline provide the key to unlocking the deep secrets of the physical universe? ....

Stochastic Population Processes

Analysis, Approximations, Simulations

Eric Renshaw

The vast majority of random processes in the real world have no memory - the next step in their development depends purely on their current state. Stochastic realizations are ....

The Secret Deep

Stephen James O'Meara

This list presents 109 new objects for stargazers to observe. It contains many exceptional objects, including a planetary nebula whose last thermal pulse produced a ....

Vesuvius

Gillian Darley

Vesuvius, nestled over the Bay of Naples, is still the most famous volcano in the world. There have been nearly thirty major eruptions since AD 79, but none has matched the ....

Animal Rights

What Everyone Needs to Know

Paul Waldau

In this volume, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. The book covers the full spectrum of ....

Coping with Drought Risk in Agriculture and Water Supply Systems

Drought Management and Policy Development in the Mediterranean

Edited by A Iglesias, A Cancelliere, F Cubillo, L Garrote and DA Wilhite

Over the last three decades drought episodes have resulted in severe social problems in Mediterranean countries, receiving broad attention from the international scientific and ....

Drought

Past Problems and Future Scenarios

Justin Sheffield and Eric F Wood

Drought is one of the likely consequences of climate change in many regions of the world. Together with an increased demand for water resources to supply the world's ....

The Economics of Managing Crop Diversity On-farm

Case Studies from the Genetic Resources Policy Initiative

Edited by Edilegnaw Wale

This book assesses a variety of economic issues as they relate to agro-biodiversity and show how addressing these issues can assist in agro-biodiversity policymaking. These are ....

Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry

Measurement and Payment

Edited by Fabrice DeClerk, Jean Francois Le Coq, Bruno Rapidel and John Beer

Agricultural systems are no longer evaluated solely on the basis of the food they provide, but also on their capacity to limit impacts on the environment, such as soil ....

Education for Animal Welfare

Edited by Edward Eadie

This book deals with the role of education in improving animal welfare and reducing animal suffering inflicted by humans. It embraces situations in which humans have direct ....

Environmental Education in Context

An International Perspective on the Development of Environmental Education

Edited by Neil Taylor, Mike Littledyke, Chris Eames and Richard K Coll

This book presents an international perspective on environmental educational and specifically the influence that context has on this aspect of curriculum. The focus is ....

Fish Products and Processing

W Horner and H Hamer

This book is intended to offer practical advice and information on the optimum use of processing and preservation methods to achieve the highest possible standards in ....

Grow Your Own Food

Richard Gianfrancesco

This comprehensive guide to home-grown food includes fruits picked from the tree, bush and cane, annual and perennial salads, vegetables, herbs, nuts and even edible flowers, ....

Hydrology

A Science of Nature

André Musy and Christophe Higy

As a scientific discipline, hydrology is only a few hundred years old. To understand hydrology, it must be seen in conjuction with the basic sciences such as mathematics, ....

The Organic Fruit Gardener

Yvonne Cuthbertson

This book offers everything readers need to know to grow tasty organic fruit outdoors - whether in a garden, allotment or on their window ledge. ....

The Pellet Handbook

The Production and Thermal Utilization of Biomass Pellets

Ingwald Obernberger and Gerold Thek

Biomass pellets are a suitable fuel type for a wide range of applications, from stoves and central heating systems up to large-scale plants, and with practically complete ....

The Planet in 2050

The Lund Discourse of the Future

Edited by Jill Jäger and Sarah Cornell

In 2050, the billions of people living on Earth have found a way to manage the planetary system effectively. Everyone has access to adequate food, shelter, and clean water. ....

Planning for SuDS

Making it Happen

S Dickie, L Ions, G McKay and P Schaffer

Sustainable drainage systems or SuDS are a more natural approach to managing rainfall where it falls. They are an important part of delivering sustainable communities and ....

Selling Solar

The Diffusion of Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets

Damian Miller

To solve the looming climate change crisis, the world will need to make a profound technological shift to cleaner sources of energy. One technology that has enormous ....

State of the World 2011

Nourishing the Planet

Worldwatch Institute

Over the last two years, Worldwatch's Nourishing the Planet team has travelled to 25 sub-Saharan African nations - the places where hunger is greatest - and uncovered a ....

The UK Pesticide Guide 2011

Edited by MA Lainsbury

The UK Pesticide Guide 2011 is the most authoritative source of information on pesticides and adjuvants for UK agriculture, horticulture, forestry and amenity use. ....

What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics

Jason Scorse

Provides a conceptual set of tools for how to approach environmental issues in a rigorous and thoughtful manner, based on an analysis of incentives, property rights, ....

Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling

Applications in Environmental Management and Research

Edited by SE Jorgensen and B Fath

The text has been thoroughly revised for the new edition. An overview of the field is provided, as well as guidelines to help the researcher develop her own models. ....

Making Sense in the Life Sciences

A Student's Guide to Writing and Research

Margot Northey and Patrick von Aderkas

This guide serves as either a quick and casual reference or as a text to read cover to cover, tailored to the field of life sciences. It includes information not just on ....

NGO Management

The Earthscan Companion

Edited by Alan Fowler and Chiku Malunga

The task environment of NGOs is changing rapidly and significantly, making new demands on their management and leadership. This volume discusses the complexities involved. It ....