Current Topics in Primate Vocal Communication

Elke Zimmermann, John D Newman and Uwe Juergens

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1995. Proceedings of the 14th and 15th Congress of the International Primatological Society held in Strasbourg, France in 1992, and in Kuta-Bali, Indonesia in 1994.

Dogs in Action

Working Dogs and Their Stories

Maria Alomajan

Humans are indebted to dogs. We train them to do many of the jobs we find difficult or impossible. They save our lives, uphold the law, protect our borders, find our missing, comfort our sick and elderly, see and hear for us, watch over ... ....

Evolutionary Relationships among Rodents

A Multidisciplinary Analysis

W Patrick Luckett and Jean-Louis Hartenberger

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1985. Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Multidisciplinary Analysis of Evolutionary Relationships among Rodents held July 2-6, 1984, in Paris, France.

How to Find and Identify Mammals

Following the same format as the previous edition, this new reprint of How to Find and Identify Mammals offers everyone an opportunity to acquire a solid grounding in mammal identification skills.

Landscape Ecology of Small Mammals

Gary W Barrett and John D Peles

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1999. Small mammals can be regarded as excellent subjects to test suppositions about population growth migration and reproduction, and, in particular, on how the complex physical ... ....

Lemur Social Systems and Their Ecological Basis

Peter M Kappeler and Joerg U Ganzhorn

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1993. Proceedings of a Symposium held in Strasbourg, France, 16-21, 1992.

Morcegos do Brasil

Guía de campo

Nelio Roberto dos Reis, Maria Nunes Fregonezi, Adriano Lucio Peracchi and Oscar Akio Shibatta

Field guide to Brazilian bats, of which there are 200 species.

Odd-Nosed Monkeys

Recent Advances in the Study of the Forgotten Colobines

Chia L Tan, Cyril C Grueter and Barth W Wright

An edited volume on odd-nosed monkeys (namely members of the following genera: Pygathrix, Rhinopithecus, Nasalis, and Simias), which primarily will be based on a series of presentations from a symposium ... ....

Primate Locomotion

Recent Advances

Elizabeth Strasser, John Fleagle, Alfred Rosenberger and Henry McHenry

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1998. Proceedings of a Symposium held in Davis, California, March 27-28, 1995.

Primates and Their Relatives in Phylogenetic Perspective

Ross DE MacPhee

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1993. This unique volume investigates the relationships of primates at the ordinal and higher classificatory levels from a variety of interdisciplinary viewpoints.

RSPB Spotlight: Otters

Nicola Chester

RSPB Spolight: Otters by Nicola Chester is an accessible and lively account of an intriguing and much-loved animal that, surprisingly, is still endangered and rarely seen despite a recent resurgence that has seen it expand from ... ....

Schwarzwild-Report

Mein Leben unter Wildschweinen

Heinz Meynhardt

Schwarzwild-Report is Heinz Meynhardt's account of his exciting, humorous knowledge of wild boars and his decades of research on this type of game. It provides nature lovers, biologists and hunters deeper understanding ... ....

Sensory Abilities of Cetaceans

Laboratory and Field Evidence

Jeanette A Thomas and Ronald A Kastelein

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1990. Presents the proceedings of a conference held in Rome in 1989. Subjects covered include: Sensory anatomy and physiology; acoustic senses (echolocation/sound production ...

Southern African Mammals Made Simple

Doug Newman and Gordon King

Southern African Mammals Made Simple enables users to distinguish between commonly confused mammals by applying the breakthrough methodology that made ...

The Genius of Dogs

Discovering the Unique Intelligence of Man's Best Friend

Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods

The journey began with a gut reaction. When award-winning scientist Dr Brian Hare watched a chimpanzee fail to read a simple human hand gesture in an intelligence test, he blurted out, 'My dog can do that!' The psychologist running ... ....

The Neglected Ape

Ronald D Nadler, Birute FM Galdikas, Lori K Sheeran and Norm Rosen

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1995. Papers from the International Orangutan Conference, California, March 1994, together with papers from the Orangutan Population and Habitat Viability Analysis Workshop ...

Atlas der Brutvoegel in Bayern

Thomas Roedl, Bernd-Ulrich Rudolph, Ingrid Geiersberger, Kilian Weixler and Armin Goergen

Atlas der Brutvögel in Bayern contains distribution maps of Bavarian breeding birds – sequel of the standard work Brutvögel in Bayern. Essential for birdwatchers as well as for professional ... ....

Avifauna no Campus

Registros Fotograficos e Aspectos Biologicos

Everton Rodolfo Behr

Photographic study, with notes on biology, of the birds of the central region of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Birding Hot Spots in Sarasota and Manatee Counties

Naomi Deutsch, Stuart Hills, Jeanne Dubi and Mark Leggett

Revised and expanded sixth edition. This birdfinding guide covers a 60-mile stretch of Florida's West Coast from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to just below the Charlotte County line in the south and from the Gulf to the eastern borders ... ....

Birds of Portugal

An Annotated Checklist

Goncalo Elias

Birds of Portugal: An Annotated Checklist has been written with two objectives in mind. Firstly, to provide an update to the existing species lists and secondly, to make this information available in a practical and accessible ... ....

Checklist of the Acanthocephala in Birds in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

Jiljí Sitko

Birds (Aves) are the most numerous group of homeotherm vertebrates and they harbour the highest number of helminth parasites, a substantial part of them being Acanthocephala. The author summarise existing informations about Acanthocephala ... ....

DVD Guide to Birdwatching at RSPB Titchwell Marsh (Region 0)

Paul Doherty

RSPB Titchwell Marsh is one of the country’s premier nature reserves. Birdwatching at RSPB Titchwell Marsh shows the birdwatching year at Titchwell – beginning in January, moving through spring, summer and autumn to ... ....

Guia do Observador de Aves

Reserva Natural Salto Morato

Fernando C Straube

Guide to 100 species of bird occurring in the Salto Morato Nature Reserve in the municipality of Guaraqueçaba in the Brazilian state of Paraná.

Les Ailes du Sahel

Zones Humides et Oiseaux Migrateurs dans un Environnement en Mutation

Leo Zwarts, Rob G Bijlsma, Jan van der Kamp, Eddy Wymenga and Benoit Paepegaey

This is a French translation of Living on the Edge: Wetlands and Birds in a Changing Sahel.

Midwestern Birds

Backyard Guide

Bill Thompson III

Of all the classic American pastimes, perhaps none is as widely accessible as watching birds. Our unusually vast, diverse environmental landscape supports fascinating species and variations exclusive to each region of the country. But when ... ....

Owls

Mike Toms

Owls have always featured prominently in the mythology and folklore of a variety of cultures. These mysterious nocturnal creatures are thought to be symbols of wisdom, omens of death, and bringers of prophecy. In fact, owls are one of the ... ....

Penguin Planet

Their World, Our World

Kevin Schafer

Penguin Planet: Their World, Our World is a celebration of all things penguin. Author and photographer Kevin Schafer made it his mission to see and photograph every remaining penguin species in the wild, and the first edition was ... ....

Pizzey & Knight Birds of Australia Digital Edition (CD-ROM)

Graham Pizzey and Frank Knight

System Requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7/8, Internet Explorer 7 or later, Pentium 2 or better. Minimum hard drive space 2GB. The program can be run on Apple Mac computers and laptops by installing Windows using Bootcamp. ....

RSPB Handbook of British Birds

Peter Holden and Tim Cleeves

This is a revised and updated fourth edition of the bestselling RSPB Handbook of British Birds. This unique guide provides a 'biography' of each of the 280 commonest British bird species. It covers all aspects of field ... ....

RSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch

Mark Ward

Get out into the garden and get birdspotting with the RSPB. Birdwatching can be done from your doorstep with RSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch, the perfect guide for taking part in the Big Garden Birdwatch. You'll find all the ... ....

RSPB Spotlight: Puffins

Euan Dunn

Enduringly popular, Puffins are perhaps our most iconic species of bird, and are the most immediately identifiable of seabirds with their decorative bills and clown-like gait. Yet when they take to the air they wheel and turn with great ... ....

The Bird Species / Die Vogelarten, Volume 2: Columbidae, Pteroclidae, Mesitornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Podicipedidae,

Systematics of the Bird Species and Subspecies of the World / Systematik der Vogelarten und -unterarten der Erde

Norbert Bahr

Volume 2 deals with the following families: pigeons and doves (Columbidae), sandgrouse (Pteroclidae), mesites (Mesitornithidae), flamingos (Phoenicopteridae), grebes (Podicipedidae) and tropicbirds (Phaethontidae).

The Birds of Bute

A Bird Atlas and Local Avifauna

Ronald W Forrester, Ian Hopkins and Doug Menzies

Bute is an island in the Firth of Clyde, with a great variety of habitats and an extraordinarily rich bird life. Bute has over 100 breeding species including Hen Harrier, Peregrine, Osprey and Black Grouse and is also important for wintering ... ....

The Birds of Eigg

John Chester

Eigg is a Scottish island with a rich, diverse mosaic of habitats supporting a wide variety of wildlife. The island's bird life reflects this diversity with around 70 species breeding each year and many more occurring as passage or ... ....

The Birds of the Iberian Peninsula

Eduardo de Juana and Ernest Garcia

The Iberian Peninsula is one of Europe's most ornithologically varied regions offering a host of regional specialities. It includes famous birding hotspots such as the Coto Donaña wetlands, mountainous areas such as the Picos ... ....

The North American Bird Guide

David Allen Sibley

Please note that this is published in the USA under the name The Sibley Guide to Birds. When the Sibley Guide to Birds was published in 2000, it was an overnight sensation, selling 500,000 copies ... ....

The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar

Life with a Loveable Tawny Owl

Martin Windrow

"Perched on the back of a sunlit chair was something about 9 inches tall and shaped rather like a plump toy penguin with a nose-job. It appeared to be wearing a one-piece knitted jumpsuit of pale grey fluff with brown stitching ... ....

Urban Peregrines

Ed Drewitt

The Peregrine, the fastest bird in the world, has made a remarkable recovery over the past 30 years. As the species re-establishes itself around the world it is becoming a familiar sight in towns and cities. This beautifully ...

Voegel: Magische Momente

Markus Varesvuo

This is a German translation of Birds: Magic Moments.

Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me?

More Answers to Common and Not-So-Common Questions About Birds and Birding

Mike O'Connor

Mike O'Connor knows bird watchers as well as he knows birds. He knows that if you're even slightly interested in identifying birds or attracting them to your backyard with a feeder, then you've also had your share of strange ... ....

Die Waldeidechse

ein Modellorganismus mit zwei Fortpflanzungswegen

Burkhard Thiesmeier

Lizards have developed a reputation in the last 10-15 years among reptiles as model organisms. With wide European distribution areas and unusual reproductive biology, much new research has been conducted on lizards – the vast majority ... ....

Python regius: Atlas of Colour Morphs - Keeping and Breeding

Stefan Broghammer

No other species of giant snake is bred in a comparable variety of colours and colour patterns as the ball python. Its robust constitution and easily fulfilled demands on husbandry conditions make it perfectly suited for breeding ... ....

Biology and Ecology of Sardines and Anchovies

Konstantinos Ganias

Apart from being commercially and socially significant, anchovies and sardines populations occupy crucial positions in the oceans' ecosystems. Low in the food chain, clupeoids tend towards abundance, as if their purpose in life was to ... ....

Evaluation of Closed-Containment Technologies for Saltwater Salmon Aquaculture

E Michael P Chadwick, G Jay Parsons and Boumy Sayavong

Evaluation of Closed-Containment Technologies for Saltwater Salmon Aquaculture informs proponents and opponents of saltwater salmon aquaculture of the current state of closed-containment technologies to restrict and control ... ....

Freshwater Fishes of North America, Volume 1

Petromyzontidae to Catostomidae

Jr.,Melvin L Warren, Brooks M Burr and Joseph R Tomelleri

Widely anticipated, this three-volume work is the result of decades of analysis and synthesis by leading fish experts from a variety of universities and research laboratories. Each volume covers the ecology, morphology, reproduction ... ....

Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide

Gene Helfman and George H Burgess

Answering every conceivable question about sharks, authors Gene Helfman and George H. Burgess describe the fascinating biology, behavior, diversity, and cultural importance of sharks (there are more than 1000 species worldwide), their ... ....

The Diversity of Fish Otoliths, Past and Present

Dirk Nolf, E Steurbaut, R Bzobohaty and K Hoedemakers

The Diversity of Fish Otoliths, Past and Present gives an actualised overview of the taxonomy and external morphology of fossil and recent fish otoliths, based on research done by the author in the last 45 years.

A Monograph on the Phyllobothriiidae (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda)

Timothy R Ruhnke

This monograph is an attempt to provide information on the taxonomic status of all genera associated with the tetraphyllidean family Phyllobothriidae. Full treatment of the three valid species of the type genus, Phyllobothrium ... ....

Agricultural Insect Pests and their Control

DV Bhagat

Agricultural insect pests will destroy fruits, vegetables and the plants on which they develop. The size, shape, features and other characteristics of these bugs help people to identify them. The colour of an agricultural insect pest ... ....

Beetles of the Family Dermestidae of the Czech and Slovak Republics / Brouci Celedi Kozojedovití (Dermestidae) Ceska

Jirí Hava

Identification keys allowing determination of species found in the Czech and Slovak Republics, including species commonly found in imported goods.

Beetles of the Family Ptiniidae of Central Europe / Brouci Celedi Cervotocovití (Ptinidae) Strední Evropy

Petr Zahradník

Identification keys allowing determination of beetles of the family Ptiniidae found in the Czech and Slovak Republics, as well as neighbouring regions of Central Europe. Almost all species illustrated.

Biochemical Differentiation in Insect Glands

W Beermann

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1977.

Chasing Monarchs

Migrating With the Butterflies of Passage

Robert Michael Pyle

Although no one had ever followed North American monarch butterflies on their annual southward journey to Mexico and California, in the 1990s there were well-accepted assumptions about the nature and form of the migration.

Common Micro-Moths of Berkshire

A Guide to Identification of Some Common Micro-Moths

Nick Asher and Mark Calway

An extensively illustrated guide to the identification of some of the common micro-moths found in Berkshire (south-east England). Whilst Common Micro-Moths of Berkshire is based on information from Berkshire, most of the species ... ....

Danmarks Blomstertaeger [The Danish Miridae]

Lars Skipper

Danmarks Blomstertæger is a complete and comprehensive treatment of the Danish Miridae, richly illustrated with more than 1000 high quality colour photos. Danmarks Blomstertæger is aimed at those with a general ... ....

Die Schmetterlingsfauna von Ostwestfalen-Lippe und Angrenzender Gebiete in Nordhessen und Sudniedersachsen, Band 1

Bestand, Verbreitung un Oekologie Heimischer Gross- und Kleinschmetterlinge

Rudolf Paehler and Hans Dudler

This two-volume series treats the butterfly fauna and their developmental trends in recent decades in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL for short), a region in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Die Schmetterlingsfauna von Ostwestfalen-Lippe und Angrenzender Gebiete in Nordhessen und Sudniedersachsen, Band 2

Bestand, Verbreitung un Oekologie Heimischer Gross- und Kleinschmetterlinge

Rudolf Paehler and Hans Dudler

The second volume in this two-volume series covers 5 butterfly families, with 21 subfamilies and 475 species. Included are 260 colour distribution maps and 630 colour photos, of which 115 are habitat or landscape shots.

Economic Importance of Apiculture

Suresh K Rao and Sanjana Rawat

Apiculture or beekeeping is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. A beekeeper keeps bees in order to collect honey and other products of the hive including beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly, to ... ....

Farfalle Notturne Macroeteroceri 2 (Noctuidae) della RNO

A Cernigliaro, R Leotta, V Liardo and S Zafarana

This is the second volume, produced by the Centro di Educazione Ambientale Onlus di Niscemi, dedicated to the complex and fascinating world of "moths". Each species entry contains full color pictures of the adult ...

Ideenbuch Insektenhotels

30 Nisthilfen Einfach Selbst Gebaut

Melanie von Orlow

Ideenbuch Insektenhotels contains drawings, checklists and step-by-step instructions to build insect hotels. Suitable for all destinations from urban balconys or terraces, detached or natural gardens.

Illustrated Catalog of the Living Cone Shells

John K Tucker and Manuel Jimenez Tenorio

This is the much needed complete book on the Conidae since Cone Shells by Jerry Walls  published in the late 1970's. John Tucker and Manuel Tenorio are recognized experts on this family and have collaborated in the past ... ....

Insect Management Practices in Agriculture

MA Alam

Integrated pest management requires an understanding of the ecology of the cropping system including that of the pests and their environment. For example, temperature is the primary factor determining the rate at which insects develop ... ....

Insetos do Brasil

Diversidade e Taxonomia

Jose Albertino Rafael, Gabriel AR Melo, Claudio JB de Carvalho and Reginaldo Constantino

A major reference on the insects of Brazil. Summary in Portuguese: Em 1938, ainda como expressão da força do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz na nascente ciência brasileira ...

Lepidopteres de Guyane, Tome 2B

Rhopaloceres 1

Modified reprint of Volume 2 (2007), covering the taxon Rhopalocera.

Lepidopteres de Guyane, Tome 3

Rhopaloceres 2

Volume 3 (Rhopalocera 2) of Lépidoptères de Guyane is dedicated to several groups of Rhopalocera (mainly Nymphalidae and Riodinidae), that are studied in a systematic and very complete way.

Lepidopteres de Guyane, Tome 4

Heliconiinae, Riodinidae

Volume 4 (Heliconiinae, Riodinidae) of Lépidoptères de Guyane is a continuation, but also an evolution in the conception of this series. The success of our first issue (2003) led us to reprint it in two thematic volumes .. ....

Lepidopteres de Guyane, Tome 5

Lycaenidae

Contents include:

- Les Lycaenidae de Guyane : quelques observations sur les biotopes, les comportements et les périodes d’émergence (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) (Louis Diringer) - Liste alphabétique ... ....

Lepidopteres de Guyane, Tome 6

Castniidae - Erebidae (Letis) - Saturniidae (Eacles)

Contents include: - Le genre Eacles en Guyane française (Lepidoptera: Saturnniidae; Caratocampinae) (Marc METZGER) - Les Castniidae de Guyane française (Lepidoptera: Castnioidea) (Frédéric ...

Lepidopteres de Guyane, Tome 7

Nymphalidae

Contents include: - Le genre Baoetus en Guyane - Description de la femelle Baoetus deucalion (Felder & Felder, 1860) (Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Nymphalinae, Coeini) Francois BONDIL - Le genre Junonia ... ....

Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea

Katherine Harmon Courage

Octopuses have been captivating humans for as long as we have been catching them. Many cultures have octopus-centric creation myths, art, and, of course, cuisine. For all of our ancient fascination and millions of dollars' worth of ... ....

Pyraloidea of Europe / Pyraloidea Europas, Volume 3 (Lepidoptera)

Pyraustinae & Spilomelinae

Frantisek Slamka

The present atlas – Pyraloidea of Europe / Pyraloidea Europas, Volume 3 (Lepidoptera) – comprises illustrations and characteristics of 220 species of the subfamilies Pyraustinae and Spilomelinae occurring in Europe ... ....

RES Handbook: Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles

David JL Agassiz, Stella D Beavan and Robert J Heckford

This checklist covers all recorded UK species, resident, transitory resident, extinct, immigrants and some probably imported (but found in the wild).

Red Pumpkin Beetle

Study of Ecology and Biology in Assam

Dilip Nath and Dulal Chandra Ray

The growth of cucurbit crops are severely affected by a number of insect pests among which, the red pumpkin beetle Aulacophora (Raphidopalpa) foveicollis (Lucas) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) are the most damaging ... ....

Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries

A Non-annotated Checklist

KG Mikhailov

A checklist of 3340 spider species belonging to 629 genera and 50 families is provided for Russia and the other post-Soviet republics, namely, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia (Belarus), Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania ... ....

Systema Porifera (2 or 3-Volume Set)

A Guide to the Classification of Sponges

John NA Hooper and Rob WM van Soest

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 2002. Please note that hardback version is published in two volumes and paperback in three volumes. Research whilst compiling Systema Porifera has uncovered a fauna ...

The Bumble Bees of Algonquin Provincial Park

A Field Guide

Nathan G Miller

When Toronto Entomologists' Association member Nathan Miller was a summer naturalist in Algonquin, he took a keen interest in the local bumble bees, taking photos and making extensive notes and records. All of this information has ... ....

The Dragonflies of Portugal / As Libelulas de Portugal

Ernestino Maravalhas and Albano Soares

This is the first book to cover the dragonflies known from Portugal. It aims to provide a comprehensive identification guide for both the general naturalist as well as for the scientist and conservationist.

The Dynastine Scarab Beetles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize

(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

Brett C Ratcliffe, Ronald D Cave and Enio B Cano

The 198 species of dynastine scarab beetles that occur in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize are comprehensively reviewed. Keys in English and Spanish, descriptions, geographic and temporal distributions, notes on natural history, 885 numbered ... ....

The Eupithecia of China

A Revision

Vladimir Mironov and Anthony Galsworthy

The Eupithecia of China by Vladimir Mironov and Anthony Galsworthy offers a complete revision of the approximately 300 species occurring in China of this difficult genus of moths in the family Geometridae of the Lepidoptera. ....

The Freshwater Bivalves of China

He Jing and Zhuang Zimin

This is the first book for more than 100 years focusing on Chinese freshwater bivalves. Over 1000 species names covering 7 families are treated, concluding that altogether 126 names represent valid species. Five species new to science are ... ....

The Insect Cookbook

Food for a Sustainable Planet

Arnold van Huis, Henk van Gurp and Marcel Dicke

Insects will be appearing on our store shelves, menus, and plates within the decade. In The Insect Cookbook, two entomologists and a chef make the case for insects as a sustainable source of protein for humans and a necessary ... ....

The Neotropical Scarab Beetle Tribe Anatistini

(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)

Mary Liz Jameson and Brett C Ratcliffe

The leaf chafer tribe Anatistini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), formerly known as the Spodochlamyini, is exclusively Neotropical and includes 21 species and four genera. Species in the group are restricted to forested regions from ... ....

The Pipevine Swallowtail

Life Cycle and Ecology

Xi Wang

The Pipevine Swallowtail: Life Cycle and Ecology covers various aspects of the pipevine swallowtail: record of observations in Ontario; foodplants in Ontario; wing coloration in male and female; toxic nature of the caterpillars ... ....

Cambro-Ordovician Studies IV

JR Laurie, JR Paterson and GA Brock

Contents: - The first known complete lichakephalid trilobite, Lower Ordovician of Morocco - Richard A. Fortey - Exceptionally preserved Conchopeltis (Cnidaria) from the Ordovician of New York, USA: taphonomic inferences ...

Fossil Seahorses and Other Biota from the Tunjice Konservat-Lagerstatte, Slovenia

Jure Zalohar and Tomaz Hitij

The exceptional fossils that can be found in the Oligocene and Miocene beds of the Tunjice Hills in the central part of Slovenia have been well known for more than 150 years. Beautifully preserved coral reefs, nodules with decapod crabs ... ....

Origin and Early Evolution of the Metazoa

Jere H Lipps and Philip W Signor

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1992 This text for the graduate or advanced undergraduate student assembles the latest information summarizing regional, systematic, and theoretical aspects of the early metazoa ... ....

Paleozoic Fossil Plants

Bruce L Stinchcomb

Over 670 color photos reveal the Paleozoic plants that covered the earth from 500 to 260 million years ago, well before the dinosaurs roamed the world. These plants provide some of the earliest records to the greening of planet earth. ....

Revision of New Zealand Cenozoic fossil Mollusca described by Zittel (1865) based on Hochstetter's collections from the

Alan G Beu, Sascha Nolden and Thomas A Darragh

New Zealand Cenozoic molluscs described by Zittel in 'Paläontologie von Neu-Seeland' (1865) are revised, the plates republished, and most type specimens reillustrated, along with comparative specimens.

Riddle of the Feathered Dragons

Hidden Birds of China

Alan Feduccia

Examining and interpreting recent spectacular fossil discoveries in China, paleontologists have arrived at a prevailing view: there is now incontrovertible evidence that birds represent the last living dinosaur. But is this conclusion ... ....

The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures

The Ultimate Illustrated Reference Guide to 1000 Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures, with 2000 Specially Commissioned A

Dougal Dixon

The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures profiles all known dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous eras and beyond, including fish, mammals, reptiles ... ....

The Emergence of Whales

Evolutionary Patterns in the Origin of Cetacea

JGM Thewissen

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1998. Research in whale origins is now in an explosive phase, with a cascade of discoveries adding to our understanding of the evolutionary pattern and a suite of new techniques ... ....

A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses

Michelle Waycott, Kathryn McMahon and Paul Lavery

A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses describes the exceptionally diverse seagrasses in the temperate parts of the southern hemisphere. A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses introduces readers to the evolution ... ....

Ameland: Schelpenrijk / Muschelreich Ameland

Het Eilandgevoel Beleven met Schelpen, Barnsteen en Fossielen / Erlebe das Inselgefuhl mit Muscheln, Bernstein und Foss

Rykel de Bruyne and Ditte Bandini

Ameland: Schelpenrijk / Muschelreich Ameland will show you another side of Ameland, the richest and most diverse of the West Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands. Discover the inhabitants, history, nature and ... ....

Galapagos Marine Invertebrates

Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands

Matthew J James

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1991. Whilst most accounts of Galapagos life have focused on terrestrial fauna and flora, Galapagos Marine Invertebrates reviews the major invertebrate phyla found in ... ....

8000 Metres: Climbing the World's Highest Mountains

Alan Hinkes and Brian Blessed

In this large-format book, British mountaineer Alan Hinkes describes for the first time in one place his experiences of climbing all 14 of the peaks over 8000 m: the world's highest mountains, in the Himalaya and Karakoram. While the ... ....

A History of Science in Society

From Philosophy to Utility

Lesley Cormack and Andrew Ede

A History of Science in Society is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion. Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the history of science through its continually changing place in society and ... ....

A New Zealand Book of Beasts

Animals in Our Culture, History and Everyday Life

Annie Potts, Philip Armstrong and Diedre Brown

A New Zealand Book of Beasts is a groundbreaking examination of the interactions between humans and 'nonhuman animals' – both real and imagined – in New Zealand's arts and literature, popular culture ... ....

A Short History of Polar Exploration

Nick Rennison

According to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the men who went to Antarctica with Captain Scott, "Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time that has ever been devised." Despite this there ... ....

Aquatopia

The Imaginary of the Ocean Deep

Martin Clark and Alex Farquarson

Aquatopia: The Imaginary of the Ocean Deep accompanies the art exhibition by the same name in the Tate in St Ives, Cornwall, from 12 October 2013 – 26 January 2014, which is being presented in collaboration with the ... ....

Auf Expedition in Nepal

Als Teilnehmer am Internationalen Forschungsunternehmen Nepal Himalaya (1962)

Guenther Ebert

Based on travel diaries and extensive photo material of entomologist Günther Ebert, Auf Expedition in Nepal describes the author's experiences travelling through Nepalese Himalayas. The variety of natural history ... ....

Bear in the Back Seat

Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Kim DeLozier and Carolyn Jourdan

This is the first volume in a series of true stories from "[a]n extraordinary landscape populated with befuddled bears, hormonally-crazed elk, homicidal wild boars, hopelessly timid wolves, and nine million tourists, some of whom are ... ....

Between Man and Beast

An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure That Took the Victorian World by Storm

Monte Reel

The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast – the gorilla – only to stumble straight into the center of the biggest ... ....

Charles Harper's Birds & Words

Charley Harper

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Charles Harper's Birds & Words, the 1974 classic is reproduced in its entirety with all carefully restored images. Birds & Words is the ideal book for Charley Harper ... ....

Cherry Blossoms

The Official Book of the National Cherry Blossom Festival

Ann McClellan and Ron Blunt

Cherry Blossoms is a stunningly beautiful record of the nation's biggest springtime festival. As the 100th anniversary of the National Cherry Blossom Festival approaches in the Spring of 2012, millions of people from across ... ....

Data Protection for Photographers

A Guide to Storing and Protecting Your Valuable Digital Assets

Patrick H Corrigan

All photographers, both amateur and professional, are faced with the important issues of data protection and storage. Without knowledge of the options, tools, and procedures for safe and effective image protection and storage, photographic ... ....

Dealing with Darwin

Place, Politics, and Rhetoric in Religious Engagements with Evolution

David N Livingstone

Using place, politics, and rhetoric as analytical tools, historical geographer David N. Livingstone investigates how religious communities sharing a Scots Presbyterian heritage engaged with Darwin and Darwinism at the turn of the twentieth ... ....

Digital Landscape and Nature Photography For Dummies

Doug Sahlin

Step-by-step instruction on creating beautiful nature and landscape portraits This eye-popping guide walks you through the nitty gritty of how to take memorable and stunning landscape and nature photos. Packed with constructive advice and ... ....

Dinosaur World

Packed with Prehistoric Action!

Clare Hibbert

Go back in time with this awesome book of press-out dinosaurs. Five fascinating dinosaur skeleton models are provided to help explain what allowed these amazing giants to rule the Earth for millions of years.

Discover Bugs

Reference Omnibus

A full colour educational omnibus filled with fascinating facts to educate children. One of a range of titles in the Wonders of Learning series.

Discover Dinosaurs

Discover Dinosaurs is a full colour educational omnibus filled with fascinating facts to educate children. One of a range of titles in the Wonders of Learning series.

Discover Endangered Animals

Discover Endangered Animals is a full colour educational omnibus filled with fascinating facts to educate children. One of a range of titles in the Wonders of Learning series.

Discover Sharks

Discover Sharks is a full colour educational omnibus filled with fascinating facts to educate children. One of a range of titles in the Wonders of Learning series.

Dolphins and Porpoises

Sally Morgan

Did you know that dolphins and porpoises aren't fish? That the best way to tell a dolphin and a porpoise apart is to look at their teeth? Or that spinner dolphins can perform acrobatics? Find out many fascinating facts about these ... ....

Down Deep

Mike Croft

In the dead of night, a huge whale strands itself on Brighton beach. Soon whales are blocking shipping, travelling up the Thames to the heart of London, aggressively stranding themselves in incredible numbers on crowded beaches...

From Encyclopedie to Encyclopedie Methodique

Revision and Expansion

Kathleen Hardesty Doig

The last of the great Enlightenment encyclopedias, Charles Joseph Panckoucke’s Encyclopédie Méthodique was originally conceived as an innovative revision of the Encyclopédie and the ...

Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible [Compact Edition]

Wolfgang Stuppy and Rob Kesseler

Please note: this is a smaller (220 × 200 mm, W × H) third edition of the larger (305 × 280 mm) ...

Handboek Natuurfotografie+

Bart Siebelink and Edo van Uchelen

This complete revised fourth edition of the bestselling reference work Handboek Natuurfotografie will take your nature photography to the next level with the help of practical assignments and new photos.

How Photographs are Sold

Stories and Examples of How Fine Art Photographers Sell Their Work

Alain Briot

In How Photographs Are Sold, author and fine art photographer Alain Briot has compiled stories and examples of how several successful photographers market and sell their work. How Photographs are Sold features information from ... ....

Hyper Nature: 2008-2012 [French]

Philippe Martin

A second book from Philippe Martin with his hyperrealistic photography. These realistic, "quasi 3D" images are composite images, painstakingly created by merging dozens of shots. The author's work magnifies subjects, animal ... ....

Hyper Nature: Tropical [French]

Francis Halle and Philippe Martin

Building on the success of first two books in the Hyper Nature series, here is the third work of Philippe Martin devoted to animals and plants of tropical forests, Hyper Nature: Tropical. An outstanding naturalist ... ....

In the Shadow of the Pole

An Early History of Arctic Expeditions, 1871-1912

SL Osborne

In the Shadow of the Pole tells the history of how the Arctic became part of Canada and how the Dominion government established jurisdiction there. It describes the early expeditions to Canada's North, including the little-known ... ....

Journey Through the Solar System

The Wonderful World of Simon Abbott

Simon Abbott

An amazing, fun and fact-packed journey through the solar system! Take the ride of your life through the Solar System with Children's artist Simon Abbott. Discover all the incredible planets and more with our intrepid astronauts and ... ....

Just Ducks!

Nicola Davies and Salvatore Rubbino

From spring right through to winter...there they are! Down on the river! Quack quuuack, Quack-quaack-quack...What do you know about ducks? I bet you know that they quack...a lot! Well, discover much more in this book that's all about ... ....

Kalahari Summer

In Photographs and Oils

Robert Grogan

Although for many visitors the Kalahari evokes images of winter game drives in a vast desert of thirsty red sands, it is the capricious summer landscape that has been luring painter and photographer Robert Grogan back to this region for ... ....

Life List

A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds

Olivia Gentile

A frustrated housewife sets out to see more bird species than anyone in history and ends up risking her life again and again in the wildest places on earth. Phoebe Snetsinger had planned to be a scientist, but, like most women who got married ... ....

Make Your Own Stegosaurus

Dorling Kindersley (DK)

You can create your very own dinosaur with no glue and no mess. It's just what every dinosaur fan wants – your very own Stegosaurus! With Make Your Own Stegosaurus you can become an expert paleontologist and build your ... ....

Montevivo

Seamus Shortt

Montevivo follows in the genre of anthropomorphised animal fiction classics such as The Wind in the Willows or Watership Down and targets everyone who loves animals, nature and the countryside.

Ordeal by Ice

Ships of the Antarctic

Rorke Bryan

This richly illustrated book Ordeal by Ice is destined to become the reference book on ships of the Antarctic. Surrounded by some of the most hazardous seas, Antarctica was first sighted less than three centuries ago. Since then ... ....

Painting Flowers in Watercolour

Fiona Peart

Do you want to paint quick, loose watercolours? This practical guide for beginners, in a handy sketchbook format, will show you how you can achieve attractive and successful paintings in just thirty minutes – ideal for today's ... ....

Peter Beard

Peter Beard, Nemja Beard, Steven M L Aronson, David Fahey and Ruth Ansel

Into the wild. Journey into the world of Peter Beard. Photographer, collector, diarist, and writer of books Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious ... ....

Promoting the Planck Club

How Defiant Youth, Irreverent Researchers and Liberated Universities Can Foster Prosperity Indefinitely

Donald Braben

Promoting the Planck Club presents rich mini-histories of selected scientists whose work led to radical and transformational discoveries, their background, the prevailing scientific environment, and the conditions that allowed ... ....

Sharks

Sally Morgan

Did you know that there are over 360 different species of shark? That shark pups are able to look after themselves as soon as they are born? That sharks will sink if they stop swimming? Or that the great white shark has 3000 teeth? ....

The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills

Forgotten Narratives

Ian D Clark, Fred Cahir and Peter Thorne

The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills is the first major study of Aboriginal associations with the Burke and Wills expedition of 1860–61. A main theme of the book is the contrast between the skills, perceptions and knowledge ... ....

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 21: 1873

Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt, James A Secord and The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 21: 1873 is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating ... ....

The Endangered Species Road Trip

A Summer's Worth of Dingy Motels, Poison Oak, Ravenous Insects, and the Rarest Species in North America

Cameron MacDonald

Crammed into a minivan with wife, toddler, infant, and dog, accompanied by mounds of toys, diapers, tent, sleeping bags, and other paraphernalia, Cameron MacDonald embarks on a road trip of a lifetime to observe North America's rarest ... ....

The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820, Volume 8

Neil Chambers

Banks's correspondence is one of the great primary sources for studying the Pacific region during this important period of exploration and colonial expansion. His Indian and Pacific correspondence has not previously been published in ... ....

The K2 Man (and His Molluscs)

The Extraordinary Life of Haversham Godwin-Austen

Catherine Moorehead and Jim Perrin

'Probably the greatest mountaineer of his day,' claimed Kenneth Mason in his definitive mountaineering history, Abode of Snow. Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923), from an ancient and interesting Surrey aristocratic family with ... ....

The Most Defiant Devil

William Temple Hornaday and His Controversial Crusade to Save American Wildlife

Gregory J Dehler

The late nineteenth and early twentieth century were a brutal time for American wildlife, with many species pushed to the brink of extinction. (Some are endangered to this day.) And yet these decades also saw the dawn of the conservation ... ....

The Mythical Zoo

Animals in Life, Legend, and Literature

Boria Sax

From Aesop's Fables to Mockingjay, animals have always played a pivotal role in human culture. In this fun and thought-provoking book, historian and animal enthusiast Boria Sax argues for a classification of animals that goes beyond ... ....

The Oil Man and the Sea

Navigating the Northern Gateway

Arno Kopecky

A sailing trip along the proposed Northern Gateway marine route with a fresh new voice in non-fiction. With oil and gas behemoth Enbridge Inc.'s Northern Gateway proposal nearing approval, supertankers loaded with two million ... ....

The River Singers

Tom Moorhouse

Four small water voles are about to embark upon a long and perilous journey along the Great River, but will they ever find a safe place to call home? Adventurous, exciting, and bursting with charming illustrations – this is a book ... ....

The Watercolour Flower Painter's A to Z

An Illustrated Directory of Techniques for Painting 50 Popular Flowers

Adelene Fletcher

From azalea to zantedeschia, this unique watercolour artist's guide offers easy-to-follow, plant-specific information on how to paint, in a crisp and natural style, over 50 of the most popular species of flowers.

Underwater Photography for Compact Camera Users

Maria Munn

Be inspired to take the underwater photographs you have always dreamed of using a compact camera. 'Book of the Year' Diver Magazine Designed to help the beginner and the more advanced digital compact camera users ...

Viaje a las Rapaces

Juan Varela and Víctor J Hernandez

Viaje a las Rapaces takes a different look at raptors, and is a book that seeks to convey the excitement of direct observation of birds of prey in their natural habitats, both from a point of view of natural history and study.

Whales

Sally Morgan

Discover how whales interact, hunt and communicate in this interesting and insightful addition to the Animal Lives series. Sections on the different species of whale, looking after the young and echolocation are peppered with ... ....

Who? What? When? Dinosaurs

Anita Ganeri, Neil Chapman, Nick Spender and Lyn Stone

This fact-filled first information book – Who? What? When? Dinosaurs – teaches little ones everything they need to know about the prehistoric creatures that once walked our earth. Lift the mouth of a Tyrannosaur to ... ....

Booderee National Park

The Jewel of Jervis Bay

David B Lindenmayer, Christopher MacGregor, Nick Dexter, Martin Fortescue and Esther Beaton

Booderee National Park at Jervis Bay, 200 km south of Sydney, attracts over 450 000 visitors each year. The park has many special features, including dramatic wave cut platforms and sea caves, some of the whitest beach sands in Australia ... ....

Caxiuana

Historia Natural e Ecologia de uma Floresta Nacional da Amazonia

Pedro Luiz Braga Lisboa, Maria das Gracas Ferraz Bezerra and Andre Luiz de Rezende Cardoso

Study of the natural history and ecology of the Caxiuanã National Forest in the Brazilian state of Pará.

Dier & Spoor

Lars-Henrik Olsen, Peter Nielsen and Ger Meesters

Dier & Spoor is a Dutch translation of Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe.

Field Guide to the Natural World of Washington, D.C.

Howard Youth, Mark A Klingler and Jr.,Robert E Mumford

Nature awaits discovery at almost every turn in the complex ecosystem of Washington, D.C. In parks large and small, within the District's gardens, and on public streets, there is tremendous biodiversity.

In the Nature of Landscape

Cultural Geography on the Norfolk Broads

David Matless

In the Nature of Landscape presents regional cultural landscape as a new direction for research in cultural geography. - Represents the first cultural geographic study of the Norfolk Broads region of eastern England ...

Le Grotte dell'Etna

Conoscerle e Visitarle, Itinerario Naturalistico-Speleologico nei Territori dei Comuni Etnei

Francesco Cavallaro and Agatino Reitano

The ancient and recent lava flows around Mount Etna, Italy contain more than 200 caves, known primarily to Etna cavers who over the years have explored, surveyed and studied them. Aimed at people wishing to learn about the underground world .... ....

Nature's Civil War

Common Soldiers and the Environment in 1862 Virginia

Kathryn Shively Meier

In the Shenandoah Valley and Peninsula Campaigns of 1862, Union and Confederate soldiers faced unfamiliar and harsh environmental conditions – strange terrain, tainted water, swarms of flies and mosquitoes, interminable rain and snow ... ....

The Natural History of the South Downs National Park

Robin Crane and Rendel Williams

This superbly illustrated book has been written with the object of stimulating people's interest in the wildlife and countryside of the South Downs National Park, not simply by highlighting some special plants and animals, but by giving ... ....

The Reef: A Passionate History

The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change

Iain McCalman

Iain McCalman's brilliant history of the Great Barrier Reef, told in twelve extraordinary tales, charts its shifting status from labyrinth of terror to global treasure. Equal parts gifted storyteller and acclaimed historian, McCalman ... ....

The Year Yellowstone Burned

A Twenty-Five Year Perspective

Jeff Henry

The Yellowstone fires of 1988 consumed nearly 800,000 acres (36% of the park), yet surprisingly only one life was lost and structural damage to the park's visitor facilities was minimal. In the years following, spectacular wildflowers ... ....

A Field Key to Common Churchyard Lichens

And to the Commoner Species Found Elsewhere on Stone, Fences and Gates

Frank S Dobson

The result of three years of extensive testing by various lichen groups with all degrees of experience. It is fully illustrated throughout and enables nearly 255 species of lichen to be identified in the field. It covers lichens on stones ... ....

A Short Visit to Mistra on May 1st

Mistra Estates Flora

Eugene Ladopoulos

This beautifully illustrated book A Short Visit to Mistra on May 1st, takes the reader on a visually stunning visit to the countryside around the Byzantine town of Mistra, Greece. It contains a series of exquisite photography ... ....

Applied Plant Virology

CR Wilson

A practically-oriented book, this text covers how viruses work and interact with plants as well as how they induce disease and spread in the field, how virus epidemics can be studied, losses and spread measured and monitored, and controlled ... ....

Around the World in 80 Plants

An Edible Perrenial Vegetable Adventure for Temperate Climates

Stephen Barstow and Alys Fowler

Around the World in 80 Plants takes us on an original and inspiring adventure around the temperate world, introducing us to the author's top eighty perennial leafy-green vegetables. We are taken underground gardening in Tokyo ... ....

Bupleurum Species

Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications

Sheng-Li Pan

The prominence of the Bupleurum species cannot be overstated. Across China and Japan, it serves as a main or supplementary ingredient in over two thirds of traditional medications. For over 2000 years, it has been used to treat ... ....

Catalogue Raisonne des Plantes Vasculaires du Jura Bernois, du Canton du Jura et du Laufonnais

Eric Grossenbacher

This catalogue lists 1770 species of vascular plants from three areas in Switzerland: the Bernese Jura (French: Jura Bernois), which is the French-speaking area of the Swiss canton of Bern, the canton of Jura, and and district of Laufon. ....

Christian Mauge: Cheminements d'un Botaniste Pyreneen

Association des Naturalistes de l'Ariege (ANA)

Edited by ANA, this beautiful coffee table book introduces Christian Mauge and the vegetable riches of the Ariege he observed. This book traces the journey of an original and passionate botanist who walked the area for ten years.

Common Wild Flowers of Table Mountain & Silvermine

Hugh Clarke, Bruce Mackenzie and Corinne Merry

Common Wild Flowers of Table Mountain has proved to be a valuable guide for flower-lovers, hikers and mountain climbers who wish to know more about the flowers they encounter on their outings. Now expanded to take in the ... ....

Der Pilzberater fuer Unterwegs

Fragen und Antworten

Bjorn Wergen

Chock full of useful information for mushroom hunters who can't find their answers in a standard guide. The author Björn Wergen is a certified mushroom expert and regularly advises mushroom pickers on site and on internet forums ... ....

Distribution Maps of Norwegian Vascular Plants, Volume 4

The Eastern & Northeastern Elements

Reidar Elven, Eli Fremstad and Oddvar Pedersen

Distribution Maps of Norwegian Vascular Plants, Volume 4 marks the end of a long-lasting project. It presents distribution maps and explanatory texts for over 200 taxa of vascular plants with an eastern or north-eastern distribution ... ....

Flora Fanerogamica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Volume 7

This volume covers Achatocarpaceae, Araceae, Begoniaceae, Boraginaceae, Ceratophyllaceae, Dichapetalaceae, Ericaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Fumariaceae, Marantaceae, Musaceae, Najadaceae, Oleaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Piperaceae, Rapateaceae ... ....

Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana (5-Volume Set) [English]

John Sibthorp, James Edward Smith, Arne Strid and Barbro Strid

This is, according to the editors, a "pseudo-facsimile" edition. The original Flora Graeca is in folio format. To reproduce it in this size would be unpractical, and the plates have thus been somewhat reduced to fit ... ....

Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana, Volumes 9 and 10 (Plates 801-966) [English]

Arne Strid, Barbro Strid, John Sibthorp and James Edward Smith

Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana, Volumes 9 and 10 completes the annotated facsimile of Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana. An index to the genera of all volumes has been added at the end of the volume. In the introduction to ... ....

Flora of Madhya Pradesh (Western Part)

V Singh

Flora of Madhya Pradesh (Western Part) presents an account of the flora of M.P. with special reference to Western parts included six districts only. The dominant vegetation of this area is dry deciduous forest dominated by ... ....

Flora of Thailand, Volume 11, Part 3

Arecaceae (Palmae)

Thawatchai Santisuk, Kai Larsen and Mark Newman

Volume 11, part 3 deals with the Palmae.

Flore d'Ile-de-France: Cles de Determination, Taxonomie, Statuts

Philippe Jauzein and Olivier Nawrot

This is the second volume to the Flore d'Ile-de-France, and includes over 1900 illustrations. The new and actualised dichotomous identification keys proposes a new iconography. The statuses for each taxon ...

Fotogids Korstmossen

Kennismaken met Korstmossen

Arie van den Bremer and Leo Spier

Lichens can be found year round all over the Netherlands. With over 500 colour photos Fotogids Korstmossen presents a photographic guide to the world of lichens, the unique symbiosis between fungi and algae. Thanks to the many ... ....

Gehoelzbestimmung im Winter

mit Knospen und Zweigen

Bernd Schulz

- Determine 700 species in winter on the basis of buds and branches - Easy to use identification key - More than 1500 brilliant color drawings The author Bernd Schulz created with over 1400 colored watercolors and ...

Guide des Plantes D'Ambalabe, Volume 1

Nivo H Rakotoarivelo, Aina A Razanatsima, Fortunat Rakotoarivony , Alyse Kuhlman and Andriambolol

The Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) has been working in Madagascar since the 1970s, with a permanent office since 1987. The main objective of the program is to develop knowledge of the Malagasy flora, and of the distribution and abundance ... ....

Herbal Principles in Cosmetics

Properties and Mechanisms of Action

Bruno Burlando, Luisella Verotta, Laura Cornara and Elisa Bottini-Massa

Interest in the molecular and mechanistic aspects of cosmetic research has grown exponentially during the past decade. Herbal Principles in CosmeticsProperties and Mechanisms of Action critically examines the botanical ... ....

Honey in Traditional and Modern Medicine

Laid Boukraa

The use of honey can be traced back to the Stone Age. Evidence can be found for its nutritional and medicinal use beginning with prehistoric and ancient civilizations. Currently, there is a resurgence of scientific interest in natural ... ....

Imitation of Life

A Visual Catalogue of the 19th Century Fruit Models in the Santos Museum of Economic Botany in the Adelaide Botanic Gard

Tony Kanellos, Stephen Forbes, Juergen Goetze and Hans Sommer

This sumptuously illustrated 384-page book from the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide features 192 apples and 129 pears – presented as an album of portraits – of the many fruits suggested for cultivation in South Australia during the ... ....

Indian Herbal Drug Microscopy

Shailendra S Gurav and Nilambari S Gurav

Adulteration and misidentification of herbal drugs can cause serious health problems to consumers. The first step in quality control of medicinal plants is ensuring the authenticity of the desired species for intended use, with anatomical ... ....

Leaf Defence

Edward E Farmer

Leaves are among the most abundant organs on earth and are a defining feature of most terrestrial ecosystems. However, a leaf is also a potential meal for a hungry animal and the question therefore arises, why does so much foliage survive ... ....

Les Baptistonia

Histoire Naturelle et Phylogenie

A study of this Brazilian orchid genus, covering 23 species and includes an identification key.

Orchidees du Bresil: As Orquídeas da Serra do Castelo (Espírito Santo, Brasil), Volume 2

Guy Chiron and RX Bolsanello

Volume 2 of a projected series on the orchids of the Serra do Castelo in the Atlantic state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. Some 750 species will be covered in four volumes; Volume 2 pays particular attention to the Pleurothallidinae, with ... ....

Plant Pathogenic and Endophytic Botryosphaeriales Known From Culture

Alan JL Phillips, Bernard Slippers, Johannes Z Groenewald and Pedro W Crous

This volume of Studies in Mycology is dedicated to Robert (Bob) A. Shoemaker, who monographed several important genera of Dothideomycetes, and also published fundamental papers revising species and genera in the ... ....

Rasayana: Ayurvedic Herbs for Longevity and Rejuvenation

Harbans Singh Puri

Until relatively recently, much of the information on India's research into their medicinal plants has remained within India, mainly published within Indian journals. However, today the field of Ayurveda is expanding, with the ... ....

Se Soigner avec les Plantes de nos Montagnes

Francois Couplan

Se Soigner avec les Plantes de nos Montagnes presents a hundred common plants readily found in the mountains of France. It contains botanical precise descriptions of medicinal plants, their distribution in France ...

Seeds of Resistance, Seeds of Hope

Place and Agency in the Conservation of Biodiversity

Virginia D Nazarea, Robert E Rhoades and Jenna Andrews-Swann

Food is more than simple sustenance. It feeds our minds as well as our bodies. It nurtures us emotionally as well as physically. It holds memories. In fact, one of the surprising consequences of globalization and urbanization is the ... ....

Semillas de Frutos Carnosos del Norte Iberico

Guía de Identificacion

Paloma Torroba Balmori, Pilar Zaldívar García and Angel Hernandez Lazaro

On the Iberian Peninsula, angiosperm species with fleshy fruits are numerous, but certain gymnosperms also have structures with the appearance and function of fleshy fruit. Why do some plants invest so much effort in producing ...

Shengmai San

Robert Kam-Ming Ko

Traditional Chinese medicine commonly prescribes herbal formulas for the prevention and treatment of diseases. Shengmai San, a famous Chinese medicinal formula that has been used for more than eight hundred years in China, is comprised ... ....

Sho-Saiko-To

Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications

Yukio Ogihara and Masaki Aburada

Kampo medicine is a traditional medicine that originated from China over two thousand years ago. It was adopted by the Japanese and remained there for many years until modern times. Kampo medicine is now becoming increasingly recognized ... ....

Steinbachs Grosser Tier- und Pflanzenfuehrer

Heiko Bellmann, Renate Gruenert, Xavier Finkenzeller, Helmut Gruenert, Uwe Hartmann and Klau Janke

Over 1700 species are easy to determine with Steinbachs Großer Tier- und Pflanzenführer guide to animals and plants. Over 600 detailed color drawings and over 2100 photos.

The Bulb Book

A South African Gardener's Guide

Charles Barnhoorn

Researched and written by South Africas foremost producer of bulbs, this comprehensive, clear and easy-to-use growing guide and reference volume shows you how to create a spectacular flowering garden anywhere in South Africa with bulbs ... ....

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees

David More and John White

Please note that this second edition was previously published by Timber Press in 2005 (ISBN: 9780881927511) which is now out of print. Popular, award-winning, and unrivaled for its coverage and beauty, this is ... ....

The Liverworts of Greenland

Kell Damsholt

The initial chapter deals with the general patterns of taxonomy, distribution, habitats and reproduction of Greenlandic liverworts. The major part of The Liverworts of Greenland includes keys and in-depth descriptions ... ....

The Red Algal Families Delesseriaceae and Sarcomeniaceae

Michael J Wynne

This is a synthesis of the genera of two red algal families, the Delesseriaceae and the Sarcomeniaceae, including information on all genera ad species currently recognized in these groups. Ninety-five genera are regarded as currently ... ....

Toxins and Biologically Active Compounds from Microalgae, Volume 1

Origin, Chemistry and Detection

Gian Paolo Rossini

Toxins and Biologically Active Compounds from Microalgae, Volume 1: Origin, Chemistry and Detection provides a structured account of the existing knowledge of toxic algae, the chemistry of the toxins they produce, the effects ... ....

Toxins and Biologically Active Compounds from Microalgae, Volume 2

Biological Effects and Risk Management

Gian Paolo Rossini

Toxins and Biologically Active Compounds from Microalgae: Volume 2: Biological Effects and Risk Management is devoted to the effects toxic microalgae and their poisonous products exert on living systems and how they may affect ... ....

Traditional Medicines for Modern Times

Antidiabetic Plants

Amala Soumyanath

The increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus world-wide is an issue of major socio-economic concern. Scientific interest in plant-derived medicine is steadily rising, yet there is often a wide disparity in the caliber of information ... ....

Uso de Plantas Medicinales en los Andes Norte del Peru

Concocimientos en Etnobotanica de la Poblacion de Uchucmarca, Pusac y San Vicente de Paul

Rainer W Bussmann, Carlos Vega, Carolina Tellez and Martina Monigatti

Uso de Plantas Medicinales en los Andes Norte del Perú presents a selection of medicinal plants and their uses, based on knowledge of the population of Pusac, St. Vincent de Paul and Uchucmarca , and documented by Martina ... ....

Wild Arum

The Secret Life of Lords and Ladies

Lynden Swift

Wild Arum. The most mysterious, stylish and sexual plant that you will ever meet. Today known as Arums, Aroids and Araceae, it was as 'A Crafty & Malignant Antediluvian Vegetable' that Arum was described by the Victorians ... ....

Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana

Gwithie Kirby

Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana features 332 of the most common wild flower species occurring in the region. The species have been grouped into nine sections based on the predominant colour of the flower, and a quick visual guide ... ....

Genetic Analysis (International Edition)

An Integrated Approach

Mark Sanders and John Bowman

Informed by many years of genetics teaching and research experience, authors Mark Sanders and John Bowman use an integrative approach that helps contextualize three core challenges of learning genetics: solving problems, understanding ... ....

Genetics (International Student Version)

D Peter Snustad and Michael J Simmons

Snustad's 6th edition of Genetics offers many new and advanced features including boxed sections with the latest advances in Genetics, a streamlined roster of topics, a more reader-friendly layout, and new problem-solving ... ....

Genetics Essentials

Concepts and Connections

Benjamin A Pierce

Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections is the ideal brief text for helping students uncover the major concepts of genetics. Developed from Benjamin Pierce's acclaimed ...

Molecular Biology (International Edition)

Genes to Proteins

Burton E Tropp

Newly revised and updated, the Fourth Edition of Molecular Biology: Genes to Proteins is a comprehensive guide through the basic molecular processes and genetic phenomena of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Written for the ... ....

The Red Canary

The Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal

Tim Birkhead

The creation of Dolly the sheep in the 1990s was for many people the start of a new era: the age of genetically modified animals. However, the idea was not new for in the 1920s an amateur scientist, Hans Duncker, decided to genetically ... ....

The Working Equid Veterinary Manual

The Brooke

The Working Equid Veterinary Manual is a practical veterinary handbook for field-based veterinarians caring for working horses, donkeys and mules. It contains information on the common diseases and conditions of working equids ... ....

Towards a Theory of Development

Alessandro Minelli and Thomas Pradeu

Is it possible to explain and predict the development of living things? What is development? Articulate answers to these seemingly innocuous questions are far from straightforward. To date, no systematic, targeted effort has been made to ... ....

What's in Your Genes?

From the Color of Your Eyes to the Length of Your Life, A Revealing Look at Your Genetic Traits

Kate McKissik

A crash course in genetics! Everyone knows that if you come from a family of brunettes, you're likely to be born with brown hair. But did you know your hair color may also affect how often you get sunburned? Or how often you need to ... ....

A Natural History of Human Thinking

Michael Tomasello

Tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since Darwin, thinkers have struggled to identify what fundamentally differentiates human beings from other animals. In this much-anticipated book, Michael Tomasello weaves his ... ....

Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

The human body is the most fraught and fascinating, talked-about and taboo, unique yet universal fact of our lives. It is the inspiration for art, the subject of science, and the source of some of the greatest stories ever told.

Early Hominin Paleoecology

Matthew Sponhiemer, Julia A Lee-Thorp, Kaye E Reed and Peter S Ungar

An introduction to the multidisciplinary field of hominin paleoecology for advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduate students, Early Hominin Paleoecology offers an up to date review of the relevant literature, explores ... ....

Essential Readings in Evolutionary Biology

Francisco Jose Ayala and John C Avise

Evolutionary biology is one of the most fascinating and controversial fields of science, and its principles are fundamental to science as a whole. Presented here are 48 classic papers, selected and introduced by two of the world's most ... ....

Evolutionary Biology: Conceptual, Ethical and Religious Issues

R Paul Thompson and Denis Walsh

Evolution – both the fact that it occurred and the theory describing the mechanisms by which it occurred – is an intrinsic and central component in modern biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky captures this well in the much-quoted ... ....

Evolutionary Psychology

An Introduction

Lance Workman and Will Reader

Written for undergraduate psychology students, and assuming little knowledge of evolutionary science, the third edition of this classic textbook provides an essential introduction to evolutionary psychology. Fully updated with the latest ... ....

Neandertal Lithic Industries at La Quina

Arthur J Jelinek

Although Neandertals lived in Europe and western Asia for more than 200 000 years, we know surprisingly little about them or about their everyday lives. Evidence of their behavior is largely derived from the surviving pieces of chipped ... ....

Neanderthal Man

In Search of Lost Genomes

Svante Paabo

What can we learn from the genomes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes tells the story of geneticist Svante Pääbo's mission to answer this question, and recounts his ... ....

Pastoralism in Africa

Past, Present, and Future

Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg and Hans-Peter Wotzka

Pastoralism has shaped livelihoods and landscapes on the African continent for millennia. Mobile livestock husbandry has generally been portrayed as an economic strategy that successfully met the challenges of low biomass productivity and ... ....

The Brain

Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs

Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall and Patricia J Wynne

After several million years of jostling for ecological space, only one survivor from a host of hominid species remains standing: us. Human beings are extraordinary creatures, and it is the unprecedented human brain that makes them so. ....

How to Do Ecology

A Concise Handbook

Richard Karban, Mikaela Huntzinger and Ian S Pearse

Most books and courses in ecology cover facts and concepts but don't explain how to actually do ecological research. How to Do Ecology provides nuts-and-bolts advice on organizing and conducting a successful research program ... ....

Invasive Alien Arthropod Predators and Parasitoids

An Ecological Approach

Helen E Roy, Patrick De Clerq, Lori-Jayne Lawson Handley, John J Sloggett, Remy L Poland and Wajnb

Understanding invasion biology, and the dynamics of biological control practices, requires a multidisciplinary approach, embracing and integrating all the research tools at our disposal, particularly modern molecular and modelling techniques ... ....

The Economy of Nature

Robert E Ricklefs and Rick Relyea

With this dramatic transformation, a landmark text that helped define the introductory ecology course for over four decades becomes the first textbook to fully embrace the challenges and opportunities of teaching ecology today.

Tidal Flat Ecology

An Experimental Approach to Species Interactions

Karsten Reise

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1985.

Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology

Physical and Biological Properties of Antarctic Soil Habitats

Don Cowan

Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology brings together many of the world's leading experts in the fields of Antarctic terrestrial soil ecology, providing a comprehensive and completely up-to-date analysis of the status of Antarctic ... ....

Climate Change Guidelines for Forest Managers

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

These guidelines have been prepared to assist forest managers to better assess and respond to climate change challenges and opportunities at the forest management unit level. The actions they propose are relevant to all kinds of forest ... ....

Ecosystem Services

Global Issues, Local Practices

Sander Jacobs, Nicolas Dendoncker and Hans Kuene

Ecosystem Services: Global Issues, Local Practices covers scientific input, socio-economic considerations, and governance issues on ecosystem services. This book provides hands-on transdisciplinary reflections by administrators ... ....

Exercises in Soil Physics

Naftali Lazarovitch and Arthur W Warrick

Exercises in Soil Physics is designed to complement available soil physics and vadose zone hydrologytexts by providing additional practice exercises. Material is included for beginning to graduate level students and may be studied ... ....

Forests and Rural Development

Juergen Pretzsch, Dietrich Darr, Holm Uibrig and Eckhard Auch

Forests and Rural Development provides an overview of the complex challenges and opportunities related to forest-based rural development in the tropics and subtropics. Applying a socio-ecological perspective ...

Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

Landscape Institute and Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA)

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) can be key to planning decisions by identifying the effects of new developments on views and on the landscape itself. This fully revised edition of the industry standard work on LVIA presents ... ....

Long-Term Response of a Forest Watershed Ecosystem

Clearcutting in the Southern Appalachians

Wayne T Swank

A long-term study of the effects of clearcutting on forest and stream ecosystems.

Multiple-Use of Forest Management in the Humid Tropics

Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Forest Management

Multiple-Use of Forest Management in the Humid Tropics reports on three regional assessments carried out to identify and draw lessons from on-the-ground initiatives in multiple-use forest management in the Amazon Basin, the Congo ... ....

New Cultural Landscapes

Maggie Roe and Ken Taylor

While historical and protected landscapes have been well studied for years, the cultural significance of ordinary landscapes is now increasingly recognised. This groundbreaking book discusses how contemporary cultural landscapes can be ... ....

Plant-Animal Interactions in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

Margarita Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki, RH Groves and F di Castri

Plant-Animal Interactions in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems comprises invited contributions on important aspects of plant – animal interactions in Mediterranean-type ecosystems, which was the subject of the Sixth International ... ....

Soil Degradation

Julia Kruemmelbein, Rainer Horn and Marcello Pagliai

Soil Degradation contains eight contributions dealing with scale-dependent processes of soil degradation from micro- to macroscale. They also describe the interactions between soil particles and chemistry and their effects on ... ....

The Galapagos Marine Reserve

A Dynamic Socio-Ecological System

Judith Denkinger and Luis Vinueza

The Galapagos Marine Reserve focuses on how marine systems respond to natural and anthropogenic perturbations (ENSO, overfishing, pollution, tourism, invasive species, climate-change). Authors explain in their chapters how this ... ....

Things Fall Apart?

The Political Ecology of Forest Governance in Southern Nigeria

Pauline von Hellermann

Governance failure and corruption are increasingly identified as key causes of tropical deforestation. In Nigeria's Edo State, once the showcase of scientific forestry in West Africa, large-scale forest conversion and the virtual ... ....

Use of Microbes for the Alleviation of Soil Stresses, Volume 1

Mohammad Miransari

Use of Microbes for the Alleviation of Soil Stresses, Volume 1 describes the most important details and advances related to the alleviation of soil stresses by soil microbes. Comprised of seven chapters, the book reviews ... ....

Airport Wildlife Population Management

A Synthesis of Airport Practice

Russell P DeFusco and Edward T Unangst

This synthesis provides direct wildlife population control techniques for reducing wildlife collisions with aircraft. Airport Wildlife Population Management synthesizes the various direct wildlife population control techniques ... ....

Animaux Sauvages a Notre Porte

Michael Stocker, Sebastian Meyer and Klaus Riegler

How to live in harmony with wild animals in domestic settings? Mice and wasps get few householders excited – but how can we live together in peace? Animaux Sauvages à Notre Porte offers a domestic tour of household ... ....

Biodiversidade do Piauí, Volume 1

Pesquisas e Perspectivas

Francisco Soares Santos Filho and Ana Flavia Cruz Leite Soares

Comprehensive study of the biodiversity of the Brazilian state of Piauí.

Biodiversidade do Piauí, Volume 2

Pesquisas e Perspectivas

Francisco Soares Santos Filho, Ana Flavia Cruz Leite Soares and Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida

Second volume of a study of the biodiversity of the Brazilian state of Piauí. Summary in Portuguese: Pesquisas desenvolvidas principalmente no âmbito da Universidade Estadual do Piauí ...

Biodiversity and Environmental Change

Monitoring, Challenges and Direction

David B Lindenmayer, Emma Burns, Nicole Thurgate and Andrew Lowe

This is data-rich book demonstrates the value of existing national long-term ecological research in Australia for monitoring environmental change and biodiversity. Long-term ecological data are critical for informing trends in ... ....

Flight Ways

Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction

Thom van Dooren

A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his own ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day ... ....

Instants Sauvages

Regards sur la Faune des Alpes

Eric Dragesco

In Instants Sauvages: Regards sur la faune des Alpes Éric Dragesco presents a fascinating photographic journey of the wildlife that inhabits the Alps. See golden eagles, vultures and deer in this ... ....

My Backyard Jungle

The adventures of an urban wildlife lover who turned his yard into habitat and learned to live with it

James Barilla

For James Barilla and his family, the dream of transforming their Columbia, South Carolina backyard into a haven for wildlife evoked images of kids catching grasshoppers by day and fireflies at night, of digging up potatoes and picking ... ....

Nature Wars

The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds

Jim Sterba

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

Picturing Transformation

Nexw-Ayanstut

Bill Williams, Nancy Bleck and Katherine Dodds

The history of the Pacific Northwest is rife with stories of conflict between loggers and environmentalists, Indigenous Peoples and government-backed corporations. Many of them have ended in violence, arrests and clear-cutting.

Pilot in the Wild

Flights of Conservation and Survival

John Bassi

John Bassi has dedicated most of his life to the plight of wildlife in Africa. Raised in north eastern Zimbabwe, he was inspired by a life of living and working in wilderness areas throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Learning about the cruel ... ....

Southern Wonder

Alabama's Surprising Biodiversity

R Scot Duncan and Edward O Wilson

Southern Wonder explores Alabama's amazing biological diversity, the reasons for the large number of species in the state, and the importance of their preservation. Alabama ranks fifth in the nation in number of ...

The Sixth Extinction

An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid ... ....

White Beech

The Rainforest Years

Germaine Greer

"For years I had wandered Australia with an aching heart. Everywhere I had ever travelled across the vast expanse of the fabulous country where I was born I had seen devastation, denuded hills, eroded slopes, weeds from all over ... ....

Wildlife Comeback in Europe

The Recovery of Selected Mammal and Bird Species

Stefanie Deinet, Christina Ieronymidou, Louise McRae, Ian J Burfield, Ruud P Foppen and Ben Collen

Scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), BirdLife International and the European Bird Census Council (EBCC) worked with experts from across Europe to gather relevant data about the distribution and abundance of selected ... ....

Wir Tun Was fuer Bienen

Bienengarten, Insektenhotel und Stadtimkerei

Cornelis Hemmer and Corinna Hoelzer

This book offers tips and practical advice what you can do to help out wild bee populations.

Earth's Climate

Past and Future

William F Ruddiman

At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, William Ruddiman's breakthrough text returns in a thoroughly updated new edition. It offers a clear, engaging, objective ... ....

Environmental Science

Earth as a Living Planet

Daniel B Botkin and Edward A Keller

Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet, 9th Edition provides emphasis on the scientific process throughout the book and gives readers the structure to develop their critical thinking skills. Updated and revised to include ... ....

Junkyard Planet

Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade

Adam Minter

When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don't want and turn it into something you can't ... ....

Membrane Biological Reactors

Theory, Modeling, Design, Management and Applications to Wastewater Reuse

Faisal I Hai, K Yamamoto and Chung-Hak Lee

In recent years the MBR market has experienced unprecedented growth. The best practice in the field is constantly changing and unique quality requirements and management issues are regularly emerging.

Ocean Circulation and Climate

A 21st Century Perspective

Gerold Siedler, Stephen Griffies, John Gould and John Church

Ocean Circulation and Climate represents all the knowledge we currently have on ocean circulation. It presents an up-to-date summary of the state of the science relating to the role of the oceans in the physical climate system. ....

Sanitation and Hygiene in Africa: Where Do We Stand?

Analysis from the Africasan Conference, Kigali, Rwanda

Piers Cross and Yolande Coombes

The Third African Sanitation and Hygiene Conference was held in Kigali, Rwanda in July 2011. It was hosted by the Government of the Republic of Rwanda, and the African Ministers Council on Water. The meeting attracted extraordinary interest ... ....

Soil Enzymology in the Recycling of Organic Wastes and Environmental Restoration

Carmen Trasar, Teresa Hernandez, Carlos Garcia, Carlos Rad and Salvador Gonzalez-Carcedo

Soil enzymes play a fundamental role in many soil processes such as the mineralization of organic matter, the synthesis of humic substances, the degradation of xenobiotics or the mechanisms involved in the biocontrol of plant pathogens. ....

The Arctic Climate System

Mark C Serreze and Roger R Barry

This second edition brings this definitive book up to date with the many advances in our understanding of Arctic climate since the first edition was published in 2005. The Arctic Climate System has also been extensively reorganised ... ....

The Asian Monsoon

Causes, History and Effects

Peter Clift and R Alan Plumb

The Asian monsoon is one of the most dramatic climatic phenomena on Earth, with far reaching environmental and societal effects. Almost two thirds of humanity lives within regions influenced by the monsoon. With the emerging Asian economies ... ....

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Handbook

Vannessa Goodship and Ab Stevels

Electronic waste is a growing problem. The EU directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) aims to minimise WEEE by putting the responsibility on producers and distributors to pay for the costs associated with the collection ... ....

A Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos

Mark Thompson

To the beginner, the star-filled night sky can seem mysterious and unfathomable. But with this book as a guide the awesome nature of the Cosmos is brought down to Earth. Over the course of twelve chapters Mark Thompson, one of the ... ....

A History of the World in 12 Maps

Jerry Brotton

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

A Journal of Sir Henry de la Beche, Pioneer Geologist, 1796-1855

Written in His Own Hand

Richard Morris

Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche KCB, FRS (10 February 1796 – 13 April 1855) was an English geologist and palaeontologist, the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, who helped pioneer early geological survey methods ... ....

A Little Course in Astronomy

Dorling Kindersley (DK)

Ever wanted to learn more about astronomy but don't know where to begin? You can learn step-by-step with A Little Course in Astronomy, part of the popular series of learning guides from DK that explain everything and assume ... ....

China in Space

The Great Leap Forward

Brian Harvey

The 21st century has seen the emergence, after the Soviet Union and the United States, of the third great space superpower: China. Here, in China in Space, Brian Harvey takes a contemporary look at the new Chinese space program. ....

Death of an Ocean

A Geological Borders Ballad

Euan Clarkson and Brian Upton

The Scottish Borders region is famed for its frontier history and attendant myths and ballads. Death of an Ocean: A Geological Borders Ballad concerns the much more ancient geological history revealed by its rocks. The authors ... ....

Discord: The Story of Noise

Mike Goldsmith

Noise is a widely recognized problem and health concern in the modern world. Given the importance of managing noise levels and developing suitable 'soundscapes' in contexts such as industry, schools, or public spaces, this is an ... ....

Edinburgh Rock

The Geology of Lothian

Euan Clarkson and Brian Upton

Please note: despite the higher price, the paperback is a straight reprint of the hardback, without changes. Looking at Edinburgh Castle it is easily appreciated that it embodies a thousand year's worth of ... ....

Erdgeschichte

Die Geschichte der Kontinente, der Ozeane und des Lebens

Roland Walter

Erdgeschichte is a textbook on earth's history. After a general introduction to the complex relationships and processes of "System Earth", the author specifically looks at three distinct periods: the Archaean ... ....

Fossilien Praeparieren

Schritt fuer Schritt

Werner Fink and Michael Maisch

Fossilien präparieren is a guide to cleaning fossils using household products and simple tool boxes – no expensive equipment needed!

Geography of British Columbia

People and Landscapes in Transition

Brett McGillivray

Why is British Columbia unique within Canada? What forces have made its landscape so rugged, its climate so varied, its population so diverse? Why did settlers come to the region, and what effect has their presence had on First Nations? ....

Geology and Water Resources of Karstic Regions of Vietnam

Tran Thanh Hai

Karst terranes are among the most unique geological features and comprise a significant portion of the territory of Vietnam. These areas have provided extensive geological and archeological evidence of the evolution of life on Earth, and ... ....

Geology off the Beaten Track

Exploring South Africa's hidden treasures

Nick Norman

This new book helps readers understand and interpret the geology along SA's regional and other less-travelled roads. It features 13 detailed routes across the country, taking in geologically interesting areas such as the ...

Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry

Nagina Parmar and Ajay Singh

Over the past 4 billion years, microorganisms have contributed to shaping the earth and making it more habitable for higher forms of life. They are remarkable in their metabolic diversity and their ability to harvest energy from oxidation ... ....

Gesteine: Systematik, Bestimmung, Entstehung

Walter Maresch, Hans-Peter Schertl and Olaf Medenbach

Gesteine: Systematik, Bestimmung, Entstehung is compact identification guide and reference work to rocks. The first part describes the formation process of magmatic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock, and introduces the most ... ....

Iceland

Thor Thordarson and Armann Hoskuldsson

The Iceland hotspot is one of the key features of the North Atlantic Igneous Province and is the only place on Earth where the construction of such provinces may be observed directly. As such it is an example of the formation of ... ....

Lessons from the Masters

Current Concepts in Astronomical Image Processing

Robert Gendler

There are currently thousands of amateur astronomers around the world engaged in astrophotography at a sophisticated level. Their ranks far outnumber professional astronomers doing the same and their contributions both technically and ... ....

Life Beyond Earth

The Search for Habitable Worlds in the Universe

Athena Coustenis and Therese Encrenaz

What is life and where can it exist? What searches are being made to identify conditions for life on other worlds? If extraterrestrial inhabited worlds are found, how can we explore them? In Life Beyond Earth, two leading ... ....

Minerals, Collecting, and Value Across the US-Mexico Border

Elizabeth Emma Ferry

Elizabeth Emma Ferry traces the movement of minerals as they circulate from Mexican mines to markets, museums, and private collections. She describes how and why these by-products of ore mining come to be valued by people in various walks ... ....

Organic Chemistry

Structure and Function

K Peter C Vollhardt and Neil E Schore

With authors who are accomplished researchers and educators, Organic Chemistry helps students understand the connection between structure and function to prepare them to understand mechanisms and solve practical problems in organic ... ....

Organic Chemistry (International Edition)

William H Brown, Brent L Iverson, Eric Anslyn and Christopher S Foote

Succeed in the course with this student-friendly, proven text. Designed throughout to help you master key concepts and improve your problem-solving skills, Organic Chemistry, 7th Edition includes a running margin glossary ... ....

Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy

Patrick Moore and Robin Rees

Packed with up-to-date astronomical data about the Solar System, our Galaxy and the wider Universe, this is a one-stop reference for astronomers of all levels. Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy gives the names ... ....

Quantitative Biochronology

A Graph Theoretical Approach

Jean Guex

Quantitative Biochronology is totally oriented to the applications of the theoretical model and compares theory with other models in particular CONOP.

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember

How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

Annalee Newitz

As a species, Homo sapiens is at a crossroads. Study of our planet's turbulent past suggests that we are overdue for a catastrophic disaster, whether caused by nature or by human interference. It's a frightening prospect ... ....

Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Organic Chemistry

Neil E Schore

Written by Organic Chemistry co-author Neil Schore, this invaluable manual includes chapter introductions that highlight new materials, chapter outlines, detailed comments for each chapter section, a glossary, and solutions ...

The Geology and Scenery of the South Downs National Park

David Robinson

The Geology and Scenery of the South Downs National Park provides an introduction to the origin and characteristics of the rocks that underlie the Park. It describes how the scenic features of different parts of the Park are ... ....

The Improbability Principle

David J Hand

Why is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actually happen quite regularly and why should we, in fact, expect such things to happen? Here, in this highly original book The Improbability Principle – aimed squarely at anyone ... ....

The Little Book of Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Rolf Schick

In this lay reader's introduction to the most spectacular and devastating of all geological events, Rolf Schick describes how earthquakes and volcanoes are related, and how they are an integral part of Earth's structure.

The Salt Mine

A Digital Atlas of Salt Tectonics

Michael R Hudec and Martin PA Jackson

The Salt Mine provides a guided tour of some of the finest examples of salt tectonics in both classic and little-known salt basins. The tour includes more than 1,350 images and 50 animations of salt structures, including many ... ....

The Science Beneath the Surface

A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale

Don Duggan-Haas, Robert M Ross and Warren D Allmon

The Marcellus Shale – a vast rock formation that holds a huge reservoir of natural gas – is at the center of one of the most controversial natural resources issues of our time. This is primarily because of the unconventional ... ....

This Is Your Brain on Music

The Science of a Human Obsession

Daniel J Levitin

Music, Science, and the Brain are more closely related than you think. Daniel J. Levitin, James McGill Professor of Psychology and Music at McGill University, shows you why this is. In this groundbreaking union of art and science ... ....

Universe

Roger A Freedman, Robert M Geller and William J Kaufmann III

This comprehensive textbook for the two-term course focuses students on not only the foundational concepts of astronomy but on the process of scientific discovery itself – how we know what we know about the cosmos. Engagingly written ... ....

Universe: Stars and Galaxies

Roger A Freedman, Robert Geller and William J Kaufmann III

This is an abbreviated volume of Universe by Freedman et al., focusing on stars and galaxies. Known for their up-to-date coverage, the various Universe books place the basics of astronomy and the process of science ...

Universe: The Solar System

Roger A Freedman, Robert Geller and William J Kaufmann III

This is an abbreviated volume of Universe by Freedman et al., focusing on the solar system. Known for their state-of-the-science coverage, the various Universe books place the basics of astronomy and the process of science within ... ....

A Greedy Man in a Hungry World

How (Almost) Everything You Thought You Knew About Food is Wrong

Jay Rayner

The UK's most influential food and drink journalist shoots a few of the sacred cows of the food world. The doctrine of local food is dead. Farmers' markets are merely a lifestyle choice for the affluent middle classes.

Apples of North America

Exceptional Varieties for Gardeners, Growers, and Cooks

Tom Burford

The apple is one of the most iconic fruits, traditionally picked on cool fall days and used in pies, crisps, and ciders. And there is a vast world of varieties that goes beyond the common grocery store offerings of Red Delicious and ... ....

Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes - 2011

11th International Symposium on the Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes, Mondsee, Austria

Ian J Winfield and Josef Wanzenboeck

Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes – 2011 provides a well-balanced overview of most of the contemporary research on coregonid fishes presented at the 11th Inter­national Symposium on the Biology and Management ... ....

Biotechnology Procedures and Experiments Handbook

S Harisha

Biotechnology is one of the major new technologies of the twenty-first century that covers multi-disciplinary issues, including recombinant DNA techniques, cloning, genetics, and the application of microbiology to the production of goods ... ....

Communicable Diseases

A Global Perspective

Roger Webber

Communicable diseases are the main health problem encountered in developing countries, whether they are food-borne, respiratory or transmitted by insects, but are quickly becoming a global issue. By grouping diseases by means of transmission ... ....

Green Criminology

An Introduction to the Study of Environmental Harm

Rob White and Diane Heckenberg

Over the past ten years, the study of environmental harm and 'crimes against nature' has become an increasingly popular area of research amongst criminologists. Green Criminology represents the first international ... ....

Green Infrastructure for Landscape Planning

Integrating Human and Natural Systems

Gary Austin

Green infrastructure integrates human and natural systems through a network of corridors and spaces in mixed-use and urban settings. Austin takes a broad look at green infrastructure concepts, research and case studies to provide the ... ....

Handbook of Recycled Concrete and Demolition Waste

Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Vivian WY Tam, Joao A Labrincha, Yining Ding and Jorge de Brito

The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material. The ability to recycle and reuse concrete and demolition waste is critical to reducing ... ....

Health-Promoting Properties of Fruits and Vegetables

Leon A Terry

Fruits and vegetables are among the richest sources of many compounds that promote health including vitamins, antioxidants and other bio-active compounds. Health experts generally agree that these types of compounds are responsible for ... ....

ISO 9001 for Small Business / ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems (2-Volume Set)

Internation Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Trade Centre (ITC)

These publications, available as a single pack, are designed for organizations and individuals who want to implement or maintain an environmental or quality management system as well as those preparing for audits.

International Law for a Water-scarce World

Edith Brown Weiss

The fresh water crisis is the new environmental crisis of the 21st century. By 2050, 993 million people are projected to live in cities with perennial water shortages; 3.1 billion will confront seasonal water shortages within their urban ... ....

Melbourne's Water Catchments

Perspectives on a World-Class Water Supply

James I Viggers, Haylee J Weaver and David B Lindenmayer

Melbourne's Water Catchments charts the history of the water catchments and water supply for the city of Melbourne, which has many unique aspects that are a critical part of the history of Melbourne, Victoria and Australia. ....

Nutrition

Science and Applications

Lori A Smolin and Mary B Grosvenor

Nutrition: Science and Applications helps develop the scientific understanding to support personal and professional decisions. Using a critical thinking approach, Nutrition: Science and Applications brings nutrition out ... ....

Ocean Yearbook, Volume 27

Aldo Chircop, Scott Coffen-Smout and Moira McConnell

Devoted to assessing the state of ocean and coastal governance, knowledge, and management, the Ocean Yearbook provides information in one convenient resource. Articles provide multidisciplinary expert perspectives on ...

Prickly Pear

A Social History of a Plant in the Eastern Cape

William Beinart and Luvuyo Wotshela

While there are many studies of the global influence of crops and plants, this is perhaps the first social history based around a plant in South Africa. Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties and ... ....

Protein Engineering and Design

Sheldon J Park and Jennifer R Cochran

Experimental protein engineering and computational protein design are broad but complementary strategies for developing proteins with altered or novel structural properties and biological functions. By describing cutting-edge advances in ... ....

State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013

The Multiple Dimensions of Food Security

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013 presents the latest assessment on progress made towards the 2015 Millenium Development Goals target, and presents a broader suite of indicators that aim to capture the multidimensional ... ....

Successful Agricultural Innovation in Emerging Economies

New Genetic Technologies for Global Food Production

David J Bennett and Richard C Jennings

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

Sustainable Landscaping

Principles and Practices

Marietta Loehrlein

While landscaping has the potential to be part of the solution to certain environmental problems, the quest for beauty can also produce effects that are harmful to the environment. Sustainable Landscaping: Principles and Practices ... ....

The Age of Ecology

Joachim Radkau

The Age of Ecology is the first major study of the history of environmentalism, from its origins in romanticism and the nature cults of the late 18th century to the global environmental movements of today. Radkau shows that this ... ....

The Environment and Health Atlas for England and Wales

Anna L Hansell, Linda A Beale, Rebecca E Ghosh, Lea Fortunato, Daniela Fecht and Lans Jarup

The Environment and Health Atlas for England and Wales is an authoritative collection of over 80 full colour maps showing geographic patterns of common environmental exposures and diseases of public health importance, along with ... ....

The World We Made

Alex McKay's Story from 2050

Jonathon Porritt

Our planet's environmental future is usually described in terms of doom and despair. But now, for the first time, The World We Made presents a credible, positive vision of our planet that is green, fair, connected and ... ....

Toxicity of Building Materials

Properties and Characterisation

Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Said Jalali and Aleksandra Fucic

From long-standing worries regarding the use of lead and asbestos to recent research into carcinogenic issues related to the use of plastics in construction, there is growing concern regarding the potential toxic effects of building materials ... ....

Water Law and Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Region

A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach

Aysegul Kibaroglu, Adele J Kirschner, Sigrid Mehring and Ruediger Wolfrum

Water Law and Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Region: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach builds on the increased attention for international water governance questions in the UN International Year of Water Cooperation ... ....

A Framework for Post-Phylogenetic Systematics

Richard H Zander

A Framework for Post-Phylogenetic Systematics reframes biological systematics to reconcile classical and cladistic schools. It combines scientific intuition and statistical inference in a new form of total evidence analysis ... ....

The Incidental Steward

Reflections on Citizen Science

Akiko Busch and Debby Cotter Kaspari

A search for a radio-tagged Indiana bat roosting in the woods behind her house in New York's Hudson Valley led Akiko Busch to assorted other encounters with the natural world – local ecological monitoring projects ...

Museum Ideas

Innovation in Theory and Practice

Gregory Chamberlain

Comprehensive and compelling, this new volume contains a wealth of information in keys areas such as digital innovation, public engagement, exhibition design and development, integrated visitor experiences and new thinking for participation ... ....

Scientific Writing and Communication

Papers, Proposals, and Presentations

Angelika H Hofmann

Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations, Second Edition, serves as a comprehensive "one-stop" reference guide to scientific writing and communication. The second edition of ...

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics

Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson

Authoritative and reliable, this A-Z provides jargon-free definitions for even the most technical mathematical terms. With over 3000 entries ranging from Achilles paradox to zero matrix, it covers all commonly encountered terms and ... ....

Using the Biological Literature

A Practical Guide

Diane C Schmidt

The new edition of the highly praised book, Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide, is an annotated guide to selected resources in the biological sciences. It covers both print and electronic resources including ... ....