Evolution of the Rodents

Advances in Phylogeny, Functional Morphology and Development

Philip G Cox, Lionel Hautier, Jean-Louis Hartenberger and W Patrick Luckett

The widespread use of mouse models in developmental, behavioural and genetic studies has sparked wider interest in rodent biology as a whole. This book brings together the latest research on rodents to better understand the evolution of ... ....

Fox Watching

In the Shadow of the Fox

Martin Hemmington and Stephen A Harris

To watch wild foxes as they go about their lives is a thrill to convert anyone to a fox lover. It is not that difficult, if you know how. Here are tips on how to choose a likely spot, by studying all the telltale signs; how to find your ... ....

Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals

Jonathan Kingdon

Jonathan Kingdon, one of the world's foremost authorities on African mammals, has both written and illustrated this landmark field guide.The unique combination of his extensive field experience and artistic talent has produced a stunning ... ....

Mammals of Essex

John Dobson, Darren Tansley and Germaine Greer

Mammals of Essex features: - All species of Essex mammals fully updated and illustrated with colour photographs throughout - Distribution maps of all resident species plus many of those extinct during tne last 200 years ...

Of Orcas and Men

David Neiwert

The orca – otherwise known as the killer whale – is one of earth's most intelligent animals. Remarkably sophisticated, orcas have languages and cultures and even long-term memories, and their capacity for echolocation is ... ....

Primates of Vietnam

Tilo Nadler, Diane K Brockman and Russell A Mittermeier

Primates of Vietnam was produced on the occasion of the 25^th Congress of the International Primatological Society, in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 2014. It gives an overview of the current threats to primates in Vietnam ... ....

The Antelope of Africa

Willem Frost and Trevor Carnaby

This is the definitive field guide to the antelope of Africa. The Antelope of Africa conveys their conservation status, threats and risks for survival, distribution ranges, habitat requirements, habits and how some of the species ... ....

War Dogs

Tales of Canine Heroism, History and Love

Rebecca Frankel

Under the cover of night, deep in the desert of Afghanistan, a US Army handler led a Special Forces patrol with his military working dog. Without warning an insurgent popped up, his weapon raised. At the handler's command, the dog ... ....

Wimperfledermaus, Bechsteinfledermaus und Mopsfledermaus

Einblicke in die Lebensweise Gefahrdeter Arten in Baden-Wurttemberg

Claude Steck, Robert Brinkmann and Klaus Echle

Bats are both secretive and at the same time incredibly exciting predators. To promote rare species in Baden-W�rttemberg, protected areas have been designated and conservation projects are being carried out. The latter allowed a scientific ... ....

Wolves, Courts and Public Policy

The Children of the Night Return to the Northern Rocky Mountains

Edward A Fitzgerald

Wolves, Courts and Public Policy examines the reintroduction and recovery of the wolf in the Northern Rocky Mountains. The wolf was driven to brink of extinction through conscious government policy. The Endangered Species Act ... ....

A Natural History of Lighthouses

John A Love

This is the story of lightkeepers' contributions to the natural history of lighthouses in conjunction with the history and maintenance of the manned navigation beacons – their primary function of course – 'for the safety ... ....

American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of California

Alvaro Jaramillo

California has it all for birders – lush coastal coniferous forests, dry chaparral, oak woodlands, grasslands, alpine slides, riparian valleys, watered suburbs, and desert scrubs. Hundreds of types of birds nest in the Golden State ... ....

American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Pennsylvania

George L Armistead

Pennsylvania is one of the best places to go birding in North America. From the shores of Lake Erie in the northwest and the great river basins of the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela to the central Allegheny Mountains and east along the ... ....

Atlas des Vogelzugs

Ringfunde Deutscher Brut- und Gastvogel

Franz Bairlein, Jochen Dierschke, Volker Dierschke, Volker Salewski, Olaf Geiter and Kathrin Huppop

The ringing of birds is still one of the most important methods for the study of bird migration. In Germany, birds have been ringed for more than 100 years. Since then, about 20 million animals have provided more than one million datapoints. ....

Birds Of South-East Asia

Craig Robson

This is the definitive volume on the region's birdlife. This award-winning book, which was first published in 2000, was fully updated in 2008 to include 76 new species for the region that were recent discoveries for science, taxonomic 'splits' ... ....

Birds of Maharashtra

Satish Pande, Pramod Deshpande and Niranjant Sant

This book is specially designed such that it will generate interest in the minds of amateur birdwatchers, teachers, and ornithologists and also induct lay persons to the amazing world of birds. It is intended to serve as a quick reference ... ....

DVD Guide to British Waders (Region 0)

Paul Doherty

Waders are very popular with birdwatchers and DVD Guide to British Waders has been specially filmed as an identification guide to British waders. It shows birds as the birdwatcher sees them – flying, feeding, calling ... ....

Die Voegel Mitteleuropas Sicher Bestimmen (2-Volume Set)

Wolfgang Fiedler

This field guide consists of two independently usable parts that can be bought together or independently, and sets a new standard, as identification of bird species can be achieved in three different ways. The second volume with binomial ... ....

Die Voegel Mitteleuropas Sicher Bestimmen, Band 1

Bildatlas mit Schnellzugang

Wolfgang Fiedler

This field guide consists of two independently usable parts that can be bought together or independently, and sets a new standard, as identification of bird species can be achieved in three different ways. The second volume with binomial keys ... ....

Die Voegel Mitteleuropas Sicher Bestimmen, Band 2

Schluessel zur Art-, Alters- und Geschlechtsbestimmung

Wolfgang Fiedler

This field guide consists of two independently usable parts that can be bought together or independently, and sets a new standard, as identification of bird species can be achieved in three different ways. This second volume with binomial keys ... ....

Fauna Ptits Stran Severnoi Evrazii v Granitsakh Byvshego SSSR: Spiski Vidov [Avifauna of the States of Northern Eurasia

Evgenii Aleksandrovich Koblik, Vladimir Yu Arkhipov and MG Wilson

This report is part of a series on an inventory of the avian fauna of the territory spanning the historical range of the Russian Empire and the USSR. We present a complete checklist of the birds of Northem Eurasia within the borders of the ... ....

Practical Projects to Make 40 Bird Boxes, Feeders and Birdbaths

Easy-to-follow Step-by-step Instructions and 380 Photographs

Jen Green

Practical Projects to Make 40 Bird Boxes, Feeders and Birdbaths shows you how to attract birds to your garden by creating nest boxes, roosts, birdhouses, dovecotes, tables, feeding stations and birdbaths. It explains what to feed ... ....

The Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe

Peter Hayman and Rob Hume

This is the most compact and concise guide to the 430 species of birds that live in or regularly visit Britain and the rest of Europe. It is the only truly pocket-sized field guide. There are at least six illustrations of each species ... ....

The Snow Geese

William Fiennes and Robert MacFarlane

I had attached myself to the birds. I couldn't move on until the birds moved on, and the birds couldn't move on without the spring. One winter, after an enforced period of recuperation, William Fiennes finds himself restless and ... ....

Wings for My Flight

The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock [Updated Edition]

Marcy Cottrell Houle

Forty years ago, the peregrine falcon was on the U.S. endangered species list and many doubted that it would survive. Marcy Houle was a young wildlife biologist observing one of the last remaining pairs – located at a site in southern ... ....

Amphibians of China, Volume 1

Liang Fei, Changyuan Ye, Alain Dubois and Annemarie Ohler

Amphibians of China, Volume 1 describes each amphibian with its alternate name, its main characteristics, biological data, population status, and geographic distribution. Each entry is accompanied by plenty of figures and colored ... ....

Snakes of Tasmania

Simon Fearn

Having been passionate about snakes all his life, Fearn's experience, knowledge and understanding are enthusiastically shared in Snakes of Tasmania, providing a fascinating insight into the biology and habits of Tasmania's ... ....

The Biology of Lacertid Lizards

Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives

Valentín Perez-Mellado, Nuria Riera and Anna Perera

The Biology of Lacertid Lizards: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives includes the results of the Fouth International Symposium that was held in May 2001 at Mao (Menorca), with the support of several institutions. The report ... ....

Tous les Serpents du Monde

Chris Mattison

This is a French translation of Snakes of the World.

Veldgids Amfibien en Reptielen

Anton HP Stumpel and Henk Strijbosch

This photographic field guide decribes 125 species of amphibians and reptiles found in Europe. Only a few endemic of islands in the Mediterranean Sea are missing. Thanks to over 250 colour photos and colour illustrations, clear descriptions ... ....

Classification and Identification of Freshwater Fishes [India]

Chandrashekhar J Hiware, Rajkumar T Pawar, Jaiprakash M Gaikwad, Smita R Sonawane, DK Belsare and

Classification and Identification of Freshwater Fishes presents the general aspects of the fish identification and the systematics of fishes collected from different localities of Marathwada region of Maharashtra State, India. ....

Pictorial Handbook on Fishes of North East India

Nibedita Sen and Dimos Khynriam

Fishes are cold-blooded backboned animals and are the most ancient and numerous of vertebrates. Diversified fish fauna of North Eastern region was worked out by several authors on regional basis resulting in a good number of publications ... ....

A Key to the Major Groups of British Terrestrial Invertebrates

Steve M Tilling

The second edition of this popular AIDGAP identification guide is designed to help non-specialists identify the larger (>1 mm length) invertebrates found on land throughout the British Isles. An identification key is included ... ....

A Photographic Guide to Moths & Butterflies of New Zealand

Robert JB Hoare and Olly Ball

Given that they are found in a huge range of habitats, from the porch light to the forests, pastures and high country, it is easy to stumble across New Zealand's moths and butterflies. That study is still very much a 'work in progress ... ....

Accrescimenti, Volume 6 [English / Italian]

Stages of Growth of the Marine Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea / Stadi di Accrescimento dei Molluschi Marini del Medit

Maria Scaperrotta, Stefano Bartolini and Cesare Bogi

In this sixth volume another 124 species are figured, leading to a overall number of 756 well-treated species in this series. A main focus in this book is on several species belonging to the families Cerithiopsidae, Raphitomidae, Yoldiidae. ....

Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, Volume 5

Antonius van Harten and Mubarak Sa'ad Al Ahbabi

After the series was prematurely halted in 2011 when the project's sponsor retracted their support, a new sponsor has stepped in and a fifth volume has been published in 2014. For the present volume, chapters were written ...

Atlas of Pests and Natural Enemies of Tea in Fujian [Chinese]

Zeng Mingsen

Atlas of Pests and Natural Enemies of Tea in Fujian is based on research by Tea Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, and contains information on disease occurrence and damage to tea crops, symptoms ... ....

Baumbewohnende Ameisen Mitteleuropaeischer Auenwaelder

Artenspektrum und Oekologie Arborikoler Ameisen in Naturnahen Hartholzauen an Rhein, Elbe und Donau

Juergen Schuler

Because of the difficulty accessing tree crowns, little is known today about arboricolous ants. By using a special rope climbing technique while researching this book, the authors have successfully observed and studies ants directly in ... ....

Bee Keeping

How To Start, Nurturing, Harvesting Honey & Beeswax, Troubleshooting & Care

Pam Gregory, Claire Waring and Paul Peacock

Beekeeping is a fascinating and rewarding activity and is hugely important to the survival of our declining bee population, as much covered recently by the media. This attractive book offers practical and informative advice on how to get ... ....

Butterflies of Nandankanan

Sudarsan Panda

A field guide to 85 butterfly species, belonging to 5 families and 65 genera, found in Nandankanan Biological Park in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Butterflies: A Complete Guide to their Biology and Behaviour

Dick Vane-Wright

Many questions are raised in this examination of the butterfly, which concludes by considering the threats and opportunities that now face them. Butterflies offers an overview of the biology and diversity of this, the major group ... ....

Des Moustiques et des Hommes

Chronique d'une Pullulation Annoncee

Frederic Darriet

Malaria, yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, Nile Valley fever, filariasis ... All these diseases are often fatal, and are transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. They take advantage of the tremendous development of transport and increasingly ... ....

Die Biene

Geschichte, Biologie, Arten

Noah Wilson-Rich, Kelly Allin, Norman L Carreck and Andrea Quigley

This is German translation of The Bee: A Natural History.

Fibigeriana Supplement, Volume 2

The second volume of the series contains 9 individual papers dealing with different groups of the families Noctuidae and Nolidae. The papers of the second volume include the descriptions of altogether 149 new species, 3 new subspecies and ... ....

Geants des Profondeurs

Guerra Angel and Segonzac Michel

Since ancient times, if there has been a mythical animal that could frighten marine and coastal populations, it has been the giant squid! Writers and artists in their fertile imagination gave him extreme forms and dimensions.

Handbook on Butterflies of Arunachal Pradesh

Parmod Kumar

The Handbook on Butterflies of Arunachal Pradesh is an effort by the author to provide pictorial and simple linguistic descriptions of the beautiful insects that attract the naturalists and the commons. The butterflies ... ....

In Pursuit of Butterflies

A 50 Year Affair

Matthew Oates

Matthew Oates has led a butterflying life. Naturalist and conservationist, and passionate lover of poetry, he has devoted himself entirely to these exalted creatures: to their observation, to singing their praises and to ensuring their ... ....

In den Tiefen des Ozeans

Die Schillernde Welt der Wirbellosen

Susan Middleton, Sylvia A Earle, Bernadette Holthuis and Werner Kuegler

This is a German translation of Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates, the Backbone of Life.

Kentucky's Land Snails and their Ecological Communities

Daniel C Dourson

Not since 1962, when John B. Burch published his classic work, How to Know the Eastern Land Snails, has there been an illustrated manual for Kentucky's land snails. Since then, many new species have been described, forms have ... ....

Land Snails of the Great Smoky Mountains and Southern Appalachians

Tennessee & North Carolina

Daniel C Dourson, Keith Langdon, Judy Dourson, Rachael Grabowski and AB Bobby J Osborne

The most comprehensive field guide developed for land snails of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Southern Appalachians features over 200 species accounts including several recently described species. Over 600 dazzling color images ... ....

Limnoperna fortunei

The Ecology, Distribution and Control of a Swiftly Spreading Invasive Fouling Mussel

Demetrio Boltovskoy

This book summarizes all currently available information on the ecology, environmental impacts and control methods of the golden mussel in industrial plants. The golden mussel was introduced in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South America ... ....

Loricate Ciliate Tintinnids in a Tropical Mangrove Wetland

Diversity, Distribution and Impact of Climate Change

Santhosh Kumar Sarkar

Loricate Ciliate Tintinnids in a Tropical Mangrove Wetland is an integrated approach to present a detailed case study in order to address the taxonomic and ecological features of this planktonic choreotrich protists in an iconic ... ....

Los Insectos en la Sierra de Guadarrama, Incluido el Parque Nacional i Zonas Limítrofes

Alfredo Robledo

An introductory guide to the insects of the Sierra de Guadarrama, a Spanish mountain range forming the main eastern section of the Sistema Central, the system of mountain ranges at the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. The book contains ... ....

Manuka: The Biography of an Extraordinary Honey

Cliff Van Eaton

Not so long ago, in a small island nation in the South Pacific, beekeepers produced a most peculiar honey. It was much darker than the clover honey everyone put on their toast in the morning, and it tasted very different. In fact, the honey ... ....

Microlepidoptera of Europe, Volume 7

Tineidae I: (Dryadaulinae, Hapsiferinae, Euplocaminae, Scardiinae, Nemapogoninae and Meessiinae)

Reinhard Gaedike

This first volume of Tineid Moths from Europe treats 179 species of the subfamilies Dryadaulinae, Hapsiferinae, Euplocaminae, Scardiinae, Nemapogoninae and Meessiinae. For each species a diagnosis, colour photos of the moths and line drawings ... ....

Pchely Podsemeistv Rophitinae i Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) Rossii i Sopredel'nykh Territorii [Bees of the subfam

IUliia Viacheslavovna Astafurova

This book is devoted to the bees of the subfamilies Rophitinae and Nomiinae as found in Russia and her territories. Rophitinae and Nomiinae belong to the very diverse and numerous family Halictidae and are common and important in plant ... ....

Pocket Guide to Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland

Richard Lewington

Practical guide, written and illustrated by one of Europe's leading natural history artists and butterfly experts. Identifies life stages including British Caterpillars and all the resident and migrant species of butterfly that have ... ....

Rice Planthoppers

Ecology, Management, Socio Economics and Policy

Kong Luen Heong, Jia-an Cheng and Monica M Escalada

Rice Planthoppers discusses planthopper pests of rice. These insects are one of the most destructive pests, threatening food security around the world. The historical development of the rice planthopper problem shows that they ... ....

Schmetterlinge Entdecken, Beobachten, Bestimmen

Die 150 Haufigsten Tagaktiven Arten Mitteleuropas

Edelgard Seggewisse and Hans-Peter Wymann

This identification guide portrays 150 butterfly species that can be found in Germany. In addition to the common butterflies, moths are also taken into account, many of which are diurnal or crepuscular. A table for the seasonal ... ....

Spiders of Nandankanan

A Field Guide to Few Spiders of Odisha

Sudarsan Panda, Satyanarayan Mishra, Devi Priyadarshini and Siba Prasad Parida

This field guide covers 51 species of spiders belonging to 37 genera and 17 families found in Nandankanan Biological Park in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Swallowtail Butterflies of Manas Biosphere Reserve of Northeast India

A Pictorial Guide

Kushal Choudhury, Hilloljyoti Singha and Hemanta Kumar Sahu

This pictorial guide book introduces the swallowtail butterflies of Manas Biosphere Reserve of Assam, one of the biologically richest areas of northeast India. Sixty-two species of swallowtail butterflies are already known from this region ... ....

The Amazing Snails [Chinese]

Xie Bo Juan

A guide to 100 species of common snails from Taiwan, illustrated in colour.

The Bee Book

Beekeeping in Australia

Peter Warhurst and Roger Goebel

This practical, readable and comprehensive book contains detailed information on honeybees and on every aspect of responsible, successful beekeeping. It also covers the special requirements of managing hives in Australia where, in contrast ... ....

The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Eastern Africa

Handbook for all Odonata from Sudan to Zimbabwe

Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra, Viola Clausnitzer, Guido Gryseels and Edwin van Huis

Few animal groups can represent the greatest (insects) and most threatened (freshwater) biodiversity on earth as well as dragonflies, perhaps the best-known and most colourful of all aquatic insects. Fifteen years in development ... ....

The Spirals in Time

The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells

Helen Scales

Stories of seashells stretch from the deep past into the present day. They are touchstones leading into fascinating realms of the natural world and cutting-edge science. Shell-makers (members of the phylum Mollusca) are among the most ... ....

World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 12

Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae)

Jon A Lewis and Jae-Cheon Sohn

This is the first part of the World Catalogue of Insects of the superfamily Yponomeutoidea with the most current scientific classification, synonymies and misspellings. Primary type locations, status, depositories, reference ... ....

ZooKeys 450

A Taxonomic Monograph of Nearctic Scolytus Geoffroy (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

Sarah M Smith and Anthony L Cognato

The Nearctic bark beetle genus Scolytus Geoffroy was revised based in part on a molecular and morphological phylogeny. Monophyly of the native species was tested using mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (28S, CAD, ArgK) genes and ... ....

Bernstein: Fossile Harze aus aller Welt

Beetles, spiders, plants - they can all be enclosed in bright shimmering amber. Nowadays many people are fascinated by the fossilized resin, whose colors range from the classic shades of yellow to blue or even black. This special issue ... ....

Earth's Climate Evolution

Colin P Summerhayes

To understand climate change today, we first need to know how Earth's climate changed over the past 450 million years. Finding answers depends upon contributions from a wide range of sciences, not just the rock record uncovered by ... ....

Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago [Revised Edition]

Douglas H Erwin

Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95 percent of all living species died out – a global catastrophe far greater than the dinosaurs' demise 185 million years later ... ....

Latest Ordovician and Earliest Silurian Brachiopods Succeeding the Hirnantia Fauna in South-East China

Rong Jiayu, Huang Bing, Zhan Ren-Bin and David AT Harper

Late Hirnantian and early Rhuddanian shelly faunas dominated by brachiopods are well developed in the clastic facies succeeding the cool and deep-water, very-low-diversity Hirnantia fauna in Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, southern ... ....

Life on a Young Planet

The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth [Revised Edition]

Andrew H Knoll

Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites – such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of ... ....

The World Encyclopedia of Fossils & Fossil-Collecting

Steve Parker

This is an illustrated reference source to over 400 plant and animal fossils from around the globe and how to identify them, with over 1 000 colour photographs and over 400 colour illustrations. It serves as a complete guide to ... ....

Yorkshire's Dinosaur Coast

Ian D Rotheram

North Yorkshire boasts some of the most stunning countryside and amazing seaside anywhere in England, and its history is equally dramatic. Whitby Museum holds evidence of the great sea creatures that formerly populated this region millions ... ....

A Criticism and Account on China Marine Invertebrates [Chinese]

This book gives an overview of historical records on marine invertebrates dating back thousands of years, covering ancient history, meaning of names, anecdotal stories, biological knowledge etc.

A Criticism and Account on China Marine Vertebrates [Chinese]

Chen Wanqing

This book gives an overview of historical records on marine vertebrates dating back thousands of years, covering ancient history, meaning of names, anecdotal stories, biological knowledge etc.

Animals of Sandy Shores

Peter Joseph Hayward

The assemblage of animals living in sandy shores is richer than it might first appear, and it offers wonderful opportunities for ecological explanation without the need for expensive equipment. Animals of Sandy Shores introduces ... ....

Atlas of Common Freshwater Zooplankton in Zhejiang [Chinese]

Nekton in Dongshan Bay and Adjacent Areas, China [Chinese]

Lin Longshan and Zhang Jin

This book introduces 168 species of common nekton from Dongshan bay, among of them 114 fishes, 9 Cephalopods and 45 Crustacea.

Survey and Study on the Marine Species Resources in Haizhou and Laizhou Bays of China [Chinese]

Wang Haiyan

The main contents of this work include a catalogue of important and introduced species in these two Chinese bays; the survey methodology and stations; survey results; the evaluation System; assessment; the main problem ...

The Relationship Between Scyphomedusae Biology and Human Beings in China Seas [Chinese]

Hong Huixin

This book is China's first comprehensive, and systematic presentation and discussion of jellyfish in China's Sea, and their relation to humans. The book is divided into seven chapters. Chapters 1 to 4 deals with jellyfish biology ... ....

The Superclass Hydrozoa of the Phylum Cnidaria in China (2-Volume Set) [Chinese]

Xu Zhen-Zu, Huang Jia-Qi and Lin Mao

The Superclass Hydrozoa of the Phylum Cnidaria in China describes 750 species of Chinese hydroids, belonging to two classes, 7 subclasses, 82 families, and 259 genera. The book contains 10 new species, eight new records, six new ... ....

A Comparative Hand List of the Birds of Japan and the British Isles

Masa U Hachisuka

Originally published in 1925, this book constitutes an attempt to supply the materials for a complete comparison between the birds of the Islands of Japan and the birds found in Great Britain and Ireland. A bibliography and detailed index ... ....

A History of Sub-Saharan Africa

Robert O Collins and James M Burns

The second edition of A History of Sub-Saharan Africa continues to provide an accessible introduction to the continent's history for students and general readers. The authors employ a thematic approach to their subject, focusing ... ....

A Hunger for High Country

One Woman's Journey to the Wild in Yellowstone Country

Susan Marsh

Before the 1970s few women were employed by the United States Forest Service. During the 1960s and 70s new environmental and fair employment laws meant that the Forest Service began to hire talented women in professional careers.

A Naturalist in the Gran Chaco

Sir John Graham Kerr

Sir John Graham Kerr (1869–1957) was a Scottish zoologist and politician, well known for his work in relation to the embryology of lungfishes. Originally published in 1950, A Naturalist in the Gran Chaco provides an account ... ....

A Third Pot-Pourri

Maria Theresa Villiers Earle

Mrs C. W. Earle (1836-1925) was born into the minor aristocracy as Maria Theresa Villiers. After training as an artist, she married Captain C. W. Earle, who inherited family property which enabled a comfortable lifestyle with a town house ... ....

A Walk in the Clouds

50 Years Among the Mountains

Kev Reynolds

Alpine expert Kev Reynolds has spent fifty years exploring mountain landscapes and thirty writing about his experiences. Here he shares some of the high points of a full life as a wanderer and writer. Kev is the leading international author ... ....

Abominable Science!

Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and other Famous Cryptids

Daniel Loxton, Donald R Prothero and Michael Shermer

Large numbers of people believe in demonstrably false phenomena, from UFOs and ESP to Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. Even though these fictions have been repeatedly debunked and discredited, they persist in the human imagination and ... ....

Alpine Exposures

Jon Griffith and Ueli Steck

In Alpine Exposures, mountain sports photographer Jon Griffith presents over ten years of breathtaking photography in the Western Alps. Written in English, French and German languages, and with a foreword by leading alpinist ... ....

Ananas, Reine des Plantes

L'Etat des Connaissances Acquises en 1716 par les Voyageurs, les Botanistes, Naturalistes et Jardiniers sur cette Plant

Michael Friedrich Lochner, Anne-Marie Bogaert-Damin, Gabriel Michel and Yves-Marie Allain

In 1716, Friedrich Lochner, a doctor based in Nuremberg, Germany, published his Commentatio of Ananasa, a work in Latin that contained the contemporary body of knowledge on the pineapple, an exotic fruit found in many colonies ... ....

Animals in Photographs

Arpad Kovacs

This is a compelling look at one of photography's most beloved subjects. Animals in Photographs is the ninth in a group of photography books drawn from the holdings of The J. Paul Getty Museum, each volume focusing on a specific ... ....

Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Collection 3

Royal Observatory Greenwich and Maggie Aderin-Pocock

All the winning and shortlisted images from the 2014 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The images are submitted in one of the following categories ...

Children and Other Wild Animals

Brian Doyle

In Children and Other Wild Animals, bestselling novelist Brian Doyle (Mink River, The Plover) describes encounters with astounding beings of every sort and shape. These true tales of animals and human mammals ... ....

Cocoa: All About it

Richard Cadbury

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. In Britain, the name of Cadbury has been synonymous with chocolate ever since John Cadbury opened his factory in 1831. Cocoa: All About it ...

Deposition of the Sedimentary Rocks

JE Marr

Originally published in 1929, Deposition of the Sedimentary Rocks contains an overview of the conditions that have controlled the distribution of various sedimentary deposits. Marr covers topics such as marine deposits and the ... ....

Der Wurm, mein Bester Freund

Das Kompost-Buch fuer Familien

Ben Raskin

This is a German translation of Compost: A Family Guide to Making Soil From Scraps.

Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition

Jr.,Richard Evelyn Byrd

First published in 1935. From the moment Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. first left Anarctica, he knew he would return. Both the scope of the strange land and the uncharted scientific promise it held were too much to leave behind forever ... ....

Drawing and Painting the Seashore

Agathe Ravet-Haevermans

The perfect guide for nature lovers who want to draw and paint with watercolours, Drawing and Painting the Seashore begins with a brief history of seaside scenes in art, a guide to the materials required and the basics of drawing ... ....

El Bosque Blanco: Lacuniacha

This book contains photos of the natural park Lacuniacha, a forest in the heart of Huesca Pyrenees with plentiful wildlife that make it a lively space, capable of providing visitors the chance to discover the infinite secrets that nature ... ....

Footprint's Diving the World

A Guide to the World's Most Popular Dive Sites

Beth Tierney and Shaun Tierney

Footprint's Diving the World is essential reading for anyone interested in diving. With over 200 prime sites and color images throughout, Diving the World offers the ultimate inspiration as well as all the practical ... ....

For the Beaches, for the Waves

The Spirit of Ramon Navarro

Chris Malloy, Gerry Lopez, Josh Berry and Jack Johnson

Ramon Navarro, a third-generation subsistence fisherman and farmer who lives on the coast of Chile at Punta Lobos, learned to surf on a busted surfboard left by a visiting surfer. Since then he has become one of the top-ten big wave rides ... ....

Fortunes of Africa

A 5,000 Year History of Wealth, Greed and Endeavour

Martin Meredith

In this vast and vivid panorama of history, Martin Meredith, bestselling author of The State of Africa, follows the fortunes of Africa over a period of 5 000 years. With compelling narrative, he traces the rise and fall of ... ....

Fred Sanger - Double Nobel Laureate

A Biography

George G Brownlee and Sir Edwin Southern

Considered 'the father of genomics', Fred Sanger (1918-2013) paved the way for the modern revolution in our understanding of biology. His pioneering methods for sequencing proteins, RNA and, eventually, DNA earned him two Nobel Prizes ... ....

From Deptford to Antarctica - The Long Way Home

Containing the Unabridged Diaries from Five Greenpeace Antaractic Voyages

Pete Wilkinson

Pete Wilkinson grew up in Deptford, south London, in the 50s. Somehow he got to grammar school and was spat out of the education system in 1962 with a few GCE 'O' levels and no idea of what to do with his life.

GoPro Cameras For Dummies

John Carucci

The GoPro camera has taken the market by storm. Durable and weatherproof, these cameras are tailor-made for athletes, filmmakers, journalists, and hobbyists who want a hands-free device. Whether you're BASE-jumping, mountain biking ... ....

Ian McTaggart-Cowan

The Legacy of a Pioneering Biologist, Educator and Conservationist

Wayne Campbell, Dennis A Demarchi and Ronald D Jakimchuck

A born naturalist, Ian McTaggart-Cowan grew up exploring the woods around his North Vancouver home and went on to embrace his passion and energize others with his enthusiasm and knowledge. He greatly influenced conservation and scientific ... ....

In the Kingdom of Ice

The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Hampton Sides

In 1879 the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds and a frenzy of publicity. The ship and its crew, captained by the heroic George De Long, were heading for glory and one of the last unmapped areas of the globe ... ....

John Muir

The Scotsman Who Saved America's Wild Places

Mary Colwell

John Muir is regarded as the 'father of America's national parks' and is a towering figure in the history of that country's involvement with ecology. Born into a harsh home in Dunbar, Scotland he would often escape to ... ....

Knowing Nature in Early Modern Europe

David Beck

Today we are used to clear divisions between science and the arts. But early modern thinkers had no such distinctions, with 'knowledge' being a truly interdisciplinary pursuit. Each chapter of this collection presents a case study ... ....

L'Art de la Photographie de Nature

50 Ans d'Images du Concours Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Rosamund Kidman Cox

This is a French translation of 50 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year: How Wildlife Photography Became Art.

L'Homme et la Nature

Une Histoire Mouvementee

Valerie Chansigaud

How did we get here? This is the nagging question we ask at each announcement of the disappearance of a species or depletion of natural resources. Our world in crisis needs an explanation and retracing of the history of human influence on ... ....

La Republique Naturaliste

Collection d'Histoire Naturelle & Revolution Francaise (1789-1804)

Pierre-Yves Lacour

La Republique Naruraliste examines the encounter between a small part of the history of culture and science, natural history collections, and a colossal event, the French Revolution. The years 1789-1804 were indeed a special moment in ... ....

La mia Vita con gli Scimpanze

Una Storia dalla Parte degli Animali

Dame Jane Goodall and Y Nicolini

This is an Italian translation of My Life With the Chimpanzees.

Lake Nipigon

Where the Great Lakes Begin

Nancy Scott

The name Nipigon is evocative of storied brook trout, cold clear waters, elusive woodland caribou, sweeping vistas, and spectacular scenery. Situated in the heart of Northwestern Ontario, almost every map of North America shows Lake Nipigon ... ....

Le Jardin Sauvage ou Jardin Naturel

Le Fameux

William Robinson and Florence Andre

This is a French translation of the 1870 book The Wild Garden.

Les Secrets de la Photo d'Animaux

Materiel, Prise de Vue, Terrain

Erwan Balanca

This practical book is dedicated to making animals visible. Whether you want to photograph birds in your garden or on sea cliffs, or are after birds of prey and mammals (squirrels, hedgehogs, deer, foxes, wild boar, ibex, marmots ...) ... ....

Little America

Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, the Flight to the South Pole

Jr.,Richard Evelyn Byrd

First published in 1930. American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of camps and bases referred to as "Little America." Over the ... ....

More Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden

Maria Theresa Villiers Earle

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Mrs C. W. Earle (1836-1925) was born into the minor aristocracy as Maria Theresa Villiers. After training as an artist, she married Captain C. W. Earle ... ....

Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow

My Life as a Country Vet

Jan Pol and David Fisher

The star of The Incredible Dr. Pol shares his amusing, and often poignant, tales from his four decades as a vet in rural Michigan. Dr. Jan Pol is not your typical veterinarian. Born and raised the in Netherlands on a ...

Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth

A Book of the Sweet O' the Year

Alice Morse Earle

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The American social historian and antiquarian Alice Morse Earle (1851-1911) published Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth in 1901.

On Safari with Outdoorphoto

Southern Africa, East Africa, Svalbard, Japan, Scotland, the Himalayas and the Pantanal

HPH Publishing

Nature and wildlife photography specialists HPH Publishing have brought together the finest images from guests and professional photograpers who have gone on Outdoorphoto Safaris. All images were photographed in destinations that are ... ....

Parasitic Animals

Geoffrey Lapage

Originally published in 1951 as part of the Cambridge Library of Modern Science, Parasitic Animals discusses the life cycles of various parasitic animals, as distinct from parasitic bacteria and plants. Key biological ... ....

Philip's Astrophotography with Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson

Philip's Astrophotography with Mark Thompson is an essential guide for anyone wishing to photograph or image the stars and planets, written by TV's favourite astronomer. For many people, looking at the sky is not enough ... ....

Ptitsy, Dorogi, Liudi: (Vospominaniia Ornitologa), Chast 1 [Birds, Roads, People: (Memoirs of an Ornithologist), Part 1]

Half a Century in the USSR, in Socialism (1941-1991)

AF Kovshar

These memoirs of a well-known Kazakhstan omithologist comprise more than 70 years and represent a mixture of memoirs and documentary: based on the diaries of the author, they contain many specific dates of the events, detailed descriptions ... ....

Science and Hope

A Forest History

John Dargavel and Elisabeth Johann

Science and Hope tells the story of the hopeful science and trusting art of forestry. It is a story about the hopes of foresters and other scientists to understand the forests more deeply, and about their unspoken trust that the ... ....

Seeds for Change

Marly Cornell

Seeds for Change documents how Suri and Edda Sehgal, refugees who each escaped dangerous and difficult circumstances as children, came to America as young adults (from India and Germany respectively), met and fell in love, and ... ....

Shackleton's Heroes

William McOrist

'A gripping tale with the most tragic of endings.' – Sir Ranulph Fiennes Shackleton's Heroes is a genuine treasure of Antarctic history, and an almost unbelievable tale of real heroes who risked them ... ....

The Birth of a Jungle

Animality in Progressive-Era U.S. Literature and Culture

Michael Lundblad

Illustrating a new methodology identified as animality studies, The Birth of a Jungle explores animality at the turn of the twentieth century in the U.S.-a moment when shifts in what it meant to be both human and animal produced ... ....

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 22: 1874

Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt and James A Secord

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 22: 1874 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 Determination of Sex

L Doncaster

Originally published in 1914, The Determination of Sex contains a study of the causes that lead to the appearance of males and females in a number of species, including humans. Doncaster uses simple language to appeal to a ... ....

The Gentleman Farmer

Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture by Subjecting it to the Test of Rational Principles

Lord Kames,Henry Home

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782) gained recognition as an advocate at the Scottish bar, and subsequently as a judge whose writings on the philosophy ... ....

The Geology of the Lake District

And the Scenery as Influenced by Geological Structure

JE Marr

Originally published in 1916, The Geology of the Lake District contains a condensed account of the geology of the Lake District and how geology has influenced its visible features. The text is illustrated with a number of drawings ... ....

The Mechanism of Creative Evolution

Charles Chamberlain Hurst

Originally published in 1932, The Mechanism of Creative Evolution presents a detailed discussion regarding the capacity of humans to influence the process of natural selection and thereby control its outcomes. The text was written ... ....

The Medea Hypothesis

Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?

Peter Ward

Renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with the Earth's biosphere, one that has frightening implications for our future – yet also offers hope. Using the ... ....

The Metabolism of Living Tissues

Eric Holmes

Originally published in 1937, The Metabolism of Living Tissues contains a general overview of 'the dynamic side of biochemistry', namely how cells process and produce energy. Holmes considers the metabolic activity of ... ....

The Origins of the Modern World

A Global and Environmental Narrative

Robert B Marks

This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike most studies, which assume that the "rise of the West" is the story of the coming of the ... ....

The RSPB Complete Naturalist

Nick Baker

Nick Baker's fascination with the natural world began at an early age, inspired by Gerald and Lee Durrell's classic book The Amateur Naturalist. His The Complete Naturalist is an up-to-date, practical introduction to observing ...

The Wild Life of Our Bodies

Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We are Today

Rob Dunn

We evolved, like every other species, in a wilderness of parasites, mutualists and pathogens. But we no longer see ourselves as being part of nature and the broader community of life. In the name of progress and clean living ...

The World's Heritage

A Guide to All 1007 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Educational

Bestselling guide to all 1 007 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Fully updated to include the latest sites added to the World Heritage List in June 2014. The List is managed by the World Heritage Committee and each site is judged under ... ....

Underwater Potholer

A Cave Diver's Memoirs

Duncan Price

Duncan's curiosity has got him into a lot of tight spots quite literally! As a teenager, Duncan really wanted to be an astronaut but took to the exploration of inner space instead. Only a dozen men might have stood on the moon but ... ....

Wanderungen zu Murmeltier, Steinbock & Co.

Die Besten Gebiete fuer Tierbeobachtungen in der Schweiz

Lorenz Here

This book guides you to the best wildlife viewing areas in Switzerland: from red deer in the Val Trupchun to ibex at Creux du Van. Deer in rut, bellowing young marmots and fighting ibex. This book presents the best areas of ...

Weather Lore

A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the Weather

Richard Inwards

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Richard Inwards (1840–1937) trained as a mining engineer, working on projects in Europe and South America (his book on Tiwanaku in Bolivia ...

Wild Experiences

Prosenjit Das Gupta

Prosenjit Das Gupta, born in Kolkata in 1944, was educated at St. Xavier's Collegiate School and the Presidency College, Kolkata. In spite of his professional commitments in a well-known establishment in Kolkata, he retained a keen ... ....

Wildlife Fotografien des Jahres, Portfolio 24

Rosamund Kidman Cox, Jim Brandenburg and Ulrike Kretschmer

This is a German translation of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio 24.

With Trees: Photography by Dav Thomas

Dav Thomas

"I think of Dav's work like I think of red wine and coffee, it has layers. The first time you take a sip you get that familiarity, the warmth of something you know. Take a longer time and you start to discover the complexity ... ....

Zoology in Early Modern Culture

Intersections of Science, Theology, Philology, and Political and Religious Education

Karl AE Enenkel and Paul J Smith

Zoology in Early Modern Culture tries to map out the intriguing amalgam of the different, partly conflicting approaches that shaped early modern zoology. Early modern reading of the "Book of Nature" comprised, among ... ....

A Guide to Finding Wild Food in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire

Peter Creed and Rachel Hudson

Foraging for wild food not only adds to the enjoyment of a walk through woods and fields, or along a riverbank, it is a wonderful way to savour the seasons. It can be a solitary journey of discovery, or a communal activity with family and ... ....

Biodiversity of the Maya Mountains with a Focus on the Bladen Nature Reserve, Belize, Central America

Daniel C Dourson, Steven Brewer, Peter Esselman, Jacob A Marlin, Adam Rollins and C Farneti Foster

Biodiversity of the Maya Mountains with a Focus on the Bladen Nature Reserve, Belize, Central America is chock full of stunning images captured in the wilds of the jungles of Belize by biologist Dan Dourson. It is a journey through ... ....

Few and Far Between

On the Trail of Britain's Rarest Animals

Charlie Elder

Seeking both the beautiful and the bizarre, Charlie Elder goes in search of Britain's rarest and most endangered animals. Travelling the length and breadth of the UK, and meeting up with experts along the way, he tracks down secretive ... ....

Flora and Fauna of National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

Mukund V Deshpande, Vandana Ghormade and S Sivaram

From the preface: "ln January 2000, when the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) completed fifty glorious years, my colleagues Dr. Mukund V. Deshpande and Dr. (Ms). Vandana Ghormade, brought out an exceptionally beautiful ...

India: Land of Tigers and Temples

Alex Gomille

To venture into the jungle and look a tiger in the eye, to marvel at the fantastic monument of the Taj Mahal, to watch pilgrims bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges – moments like these are among the highlights of a trip to India ... ....

Mai Po

The Seasons - A Photographic Essay

David Diskin

Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong is a wetland of international importance. Up to 90 000 water birds spend the winter in the area, and the marshes and mud flats are famous for the number and variety of shorebirds that pass through ... ....

Naturerbe der Schweiz

Die Landschaften und Naturdenkmaeler von Nationaler Bedeutung

Raymond Beutler and Andreas Gerth

Alpine ice worlds and dry steppes, vast moors alongside bizarre karst areas, ancient terraced vineyards, picturesque lakes, impressive gorges and waterfalls - the beauty of the Swiss countryside is famous the world over.

Nepal's Chitwan National Park

A Handbook

Hemanta R Mishra, Jr.,Jim Ottaway and Christopher Elliman

From the foreword: "Chitwan National Park lies in the heart of the Terai, Nepal, a belt of marshy grasslands, savannas, and forests located south of the outer foothills of the Himalaya. Historically, Chitwan was all but ...

Patrimoine Naturel de Suisse

Les Paysages, Sites et Monuments Naturels d'Importance Nationale

Raymond Beutler and Andreas Gerth

Alpine ice worlds and dry steppes, vast moors alongside bizarre karst areas, ancient terraced vineyards, picturesque lakes, impressive gorges and waterfalls - the beauty of the Swiss countryside is famous the world over.

Pflanzen und Tiere des Moedlinger Eichkogels

Pannonische Artenvielfalt

Hermann Kusel

The Pannonikum is a flora area in Central Europe that covers parts of Austria, Hugary, Serbia, Romania, Slowakia and the Czech Republic. The plant and animal diversity in the Pannonikum of eastern Austria is known to experts ...

Rough Guide: Panama

Sara Humphreys

The new-look Rough Guide to Panama – now in full colour throughout – is the ultimate travel guide to this vibrant and fascinating country. Discover Panama's highlights with stunning photography, colour-coded maps ... ....

Survey and Study on the Important Wild Animals in the Karst Regions of Southwest China [Chinese]

Jiang Zhigang

The contents of Survey and Study on the Important Wild Animals in the Karst Regions of Southwest China include an introduction, chapter on research methods, chapters describing landscape and biota, wildlife resources, and protected ... ....

The Conservation Movement in Norfolk

A History

Susanna Wade Martins

"Rare and beautiful Norfolk", as described by the artist John Sell Cotman in 1841, with its rich wildlife habitats, historic buildings, diverse landscapes and archaeological sites, has long been a focus of interest for both ... ....

The Countryside Book

101 Ways to Play, Watch Wildlife, Be Creative and Have Adventures in the Country

Tessa Wardley

Britain's countryside offers a host of varied habitats for the walker, the amateur naturalist, and the family in search of entertainment for children. This brand-new collection of reflections on the countryside from an author passionate ... ....

The Scenery of Sidmouth

Its Natural Beauty and Historic Interest

Vaughan Cornish

Originally published in 1940, The Scenery of Sidmouth contains a detailed description of the natural beauty of the area around Sidmouth in Devon, the author's appreciation for which he says 'no aspect of the world from ... ....

Wild Coast

A Celebration of the Places where Land Meets Sea

Marianne Taylor

Wild Coast is a celebration of the wildlife and landscapes of Britain's most vital wildlife habitats – those that make up our coastline. Sheer limestone crags resound with the voices of thousands of bickering seabirds ... ....

Additions to Flowers of Sahyadri

Field Guide to Additional 800 Flowers of North Western Ghats of India

Shrikant Ingalhalikar

A third addition to this series of field guides. Some new plant groups are included in this book to cover the plant diversity of Sahyadri. Large plant groups with inconspicuous flowers such as sedges and grasses have still remained outside ... ....

Anatomical Properties and Colorized Illustrations of Important Commercial Wood Species from Hunan in China

Fang Wenbing and Wu Yiqiang

Anatomical Properties and Colorized Illustrations of Important Commercial Wood Species from Hunan in China provides fundamental information about wood identification, as well as wood anatomical properties of 50 important commercial ... ....

Blumen und ihre Bewohner

Der Naturfuehrer zum Reichen Leben an Garten- und Wildpflanzen

Margot Spohn, Baerbel Oftring and Roland Spohn

From the root to the fruit, each flower offers a habitat for beetles, butterflies, bugs, mushrooms and more. Some of them turn out to be enemies, others friends, and often a highly specialized partnership. arises between flower and their ... ....

Characteristics and Distribution of Woody Plants in Shandong [Chinese]

Chen Jinghe

This book describes the woody plants of the Chinese province of Shandong, their morphological characteristics, geographical distribution, and use. At the same time, an annex lists the number of related species or cultivars and whether it is ... ....

Chercheurs d'Orchidees

Gilbert Hayoz and Patrick Veya

This book contains more than 200 photographs to get acquainted with wild orchids and admire their stunning beauty. Gilbert Hayoz and Patrick Veya present more than 70 species of orchids and give readers the necessary information ... ....

City Trees of Pune

Field Guide to 482 Arboreal Plants of Pune Including Palms, Conifers, Cycads & Bamboos

Shrikant Ingalhalikar and Sharvari Barve

This field guide to the trees of the city of Pune, India includes 482 species. To keep the book portable information on economic medicinal uses has not been included, nor have religious or literary references. A simple, non-botanical key ... ....

Coloured Illustrations of the Trees in Fujian Province [Chinese]

He Guosheng

Coloured Illustrations of the Trees in Fujian Province describes wild and culvivated trees: 1 355 species belonging to 126 families in Fujian Province, Southeast China. Morphological characteristics, habitat, distribution ... ....

Coloured Illustrations of the Trees in Songyang [Chinese]

Tang Zhaocheng

This book contains colour photos of woody plants found in Songyang County, a county of Zhejiang, China. The illustrations include trees, shrubs, and lianas for a total of 653 varieties and 101 species belonging to 88 families and 288 genera ... ....

Elucidation of Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants

A Functional Genomic Perspective

Girdhar K Pandey

Abiotic stresses such as high temperature, low-temperature, drought, and salinity limit crop productivity worldwide. Understanding plant responses to these stresses is essential for rational engineering of crop plants. In Arabidopsis ... ....

Essentials of Plant Breeding

Rex Bernardo

Essentials of Plant Breeding is a textbook for a first-semester course in plant breeding. Essentials of Plant Breeding was written as a prequel to Dr. Bernardo's first textbook, Breeding for Quantitative Traits ... ....

Ferns and Fern-Allies of Sikkim: A Pictorial Handbook, Part 1

BS Kholia

This small handy pictorial manual, the first part of Pteridophytes of Sikkim, describes 150 species of Sikkim's pteridophyte wealth with over 600 colour pictures of pteridophytes and their different parts in nature.

Ferns and Shrubs

Diversity, Cultivation & Implications for the Environment

Jerald Tuft

The current presence of plant species in a particular area is explained by a series of events and processes of a diverse nature – mainly geological and climatic, but also anthropozoogenic – which have occurred over millions of ... ....

Field Manual of Michigan Flora

Edward G Voss and Anton A Reznicek

Field Manual of Michigan Flora is the most up-to-date guide available for all seed plants growing wild in Michigan. Significantly expanding and updating the three-volume ...

Flora de la Republica de Cuba, Series A: Plantas Vasculares, Fascículo 20

Myricaceae, Ochnaceae, Olacaceae, Papaveraceae, Sapindaceae

Volume 20 covers five families: Myricaceae, Ochnaceae, Olacaceae, Papaveraceae, and Sapindaceae.

Flowers of Sahyadri

Field Guide to 600 Flowers of North Western Ghats of India

Shrikant Ingalhalikar

From the preface: "This new edition precedes two editions published in the years 2001 and 2003. A number of changes and improvements were necessary in the new edition. These include botanical updating besides a few corrections. ....

Fujian Endemic Trees [Chinese]

Zheng Qingfang

Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot

Peter Crane

Perhaps the world's most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million years. A living link to the age of dinosaurs, it survived the great ice ages as a relic in China, but it earned its ... ....

Great Gardens of the National Trust

Stephen Lacey

Stephen Lacey paints a vivid historical and horticultural picture of the great gardens of the National Trust. All the major periods and styles of garden design are represented, ranging from magnificent 18th century landscapes like Stowe ... ....

Hidden Histories and Ancient Mysteries of Witches, Plants and Fungi

Frank M Dugan

For centuries, peasants leapt over bonfires with accompaniment of song, ale and courtship, in spring, mid-summer and fall, all to combat plant diseases such as smut, rust, darnel, and rinderpest. During these times, rituals ...

Informal Urban Agriculture

The Secret Lives of Guerrilla Gardeners

Michael Hardman and Peter J Larkham

Informal Urban Agriculture explores how unused and under-used urban spaces – from grass verges, roundabouts, green spaces – have been made more visually interesting and more productive, by informal (and usually illegal) ... ....

Keys of Woody Plants in Fujian [Chinese]

You Yongsheng

Fujian province is located on China's southeast coast, and has a land area of 124 000 square kilometers. There are large regional differences in climate, and vertical zonation is pronounced, making for a complex and diverse ... ....

Les Fougeres (Polypodiales) du Sud de la Drome

Jean-Louis Amiet

The great botanists who gathered knowledge on the Drome flora in France have left out an entire region, ranging roughly between Dieulefit, Vesc Bourdeaux and Felines-sur-Rimandoule, a region that after the early 2000s proved to be ... ....

Livre Rouge des Plantes Menacees aux Antilles Francaises

Jean-Francois Bernard, Elisabeth Etifier-Chalono, Philippe Feldmann and Jean-Pierre Fiard

This book is the culmination of nearly three years of floristic inventories and environmental expertise applied to the flora of Guadeloupe and Martinique. It is the first red data book whose subject is the threatened flora of a French region ... ....

Lunar and Biodynamic Gardening

Planting Your Biodynamic Garden by the Phases of the Moon

Matthew Jackson

Biodynamic gardening means taking a holistic approach to the garden and being aware of the interrelatedness of the soil, plants and vegetables. The principles of biodynamics also bring a spiritual aspect to the meditative art of gardening ... ....

Lycium barbarum and Human Health

Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang and Kwok-Fai So

Lycium barbarum and Human Health seeks to unravel the mysteries of wolfberry, and systematically introduces its mechanisms in preventing aging-associated diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, inflammation, liver and ... ....

Making a Wildflower Meadow

Pam Lewis

Meadow-making helps preserve our fragile environment from further decline but it requires knowledge and skill to create a successful meadow. In this timely book, Pam Lewis's passion for traditional pasture management and the preservation ... ....

Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica: Volume VII

Dicotiledoneas (Picramniaceae - Zygophyllaceae) [MSB 129]

Barry E Hammel, Michael H Grayum, Cecilia Herrera, Nelson Zamora and Silvia Troyo

Piperaceae, with 465 species, has emerged as the largest family in Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica: Volume VII. But despite its species richness, Piperaceae comprises notably low macromorphological diversity, with only three genera ... ....

Medicinal Plants of Arya Vaidya Sala Herb Garden

PS Udayan and Indira Balachandran

This comprehensive handbook provides details information on the 1025 medicinal plants species in different languages, places where they grow naturally, parts used in medicine, important uses, etc. For the benefit of professionals, students ... ....

Montana Lichens

An Annotated List

Bruce McCune, Roger Rosentreter, Toby Spribille, Othmar Breuss and Tim Wheeler

This is the first comprehensive summary of the occurrence, literature references, and ecological context for lichens in any state or province in the Pacific Northwest or northern Rocky Mountains. Because we also include reports from adjoining ... ....

Mycorrhizal Fungi

Use in Sustainable Agriculture and Land Restoration

Zakaria M Solaiman, Lynette K Abbott and Ajit Varma

Mycorrhizal Fungi explores the various functions and potential applications of mycorrhizas, including topics such as the dynamics of root colonization, soil carbon sequestration and the function of mycorrhizas in extreme environments ... ....

Naturalist's Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe

Andrew Cleave and Paul Sterry

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 tree species most commonly seen in Britain and northern Europe is perfect for amateur naturalists. High quality photographs from Britain's top nature photographers are accompanied by ... ....

Naturnah Gaertnern

Die 140 Wertvollsten Pflanzen fuer den Naturgarten

Norbert Griebl

Near-natural gardens are veritable biodiversity hotspots: They provide food and hiding places for countless insects, birds and small mammals and are a refuge for species that can not survive in our cleared landscapes and monocultures. ....

Nitric Oxide in Plants

Metabolism and Role in Stress Physiology

M Nasir Khan, Mohammad Mobin, Firoz Mohammad and Francisco J Corpas

This book covers the key features of nitric oxide (NO) in plants. Comprising nine chapters, Part I highlights its metabolism and identification in plants. Part II, which consists of eight chapters, focuses on the chemical, physical and ... ....

Orchids of South-West Australia

Noel Hoffman and Andrew Brown

The Third Edition of Orchids of South-West Australia is a major revision of this States 413 species, of which, 42 have been recognised recently as being new species. The information contains up to date descriptions and many new ... ....

Orchids of the Darian Gap

Marta Kolanowska and Natalia Oledrzynska

Descriptions of 270 orchid species. – The Darién Gap (Spanish: Tapón del Darién) is a large undeveloped swampland and forest forming part of a Tumbes – Chocó – Magdalena biodiversity hotspot ... ....

Phytohormones: A Window to Metabolism, Signaling and Biotechnological Applications

Lam-Son Phan Tran and Sikander Pal

Abiotic and biotic stresses adversely affect plant growth and productivity. The phytohormones regulate key physiological events under normal and stressful conditions for plant development. Accumulative research efforts have discovered ... ....

Plant Hormones and Growth Regulators

Biosynthesis, Signal Transduction and Crosstalk

Yanhai Yin

A firm grasp of plant biology is an important factor to understanding environmental changes and biotic and abiotic stressors. Plant Hormones and Growth Regulators combines accepted information about plant hormones with that of ... ....

Plant Life

A Brief History

Frederick B Essig

A chronological narrative of the evolution of photosynthetic organisms, with a focus on those that led to land-based plants.

Plant Physiology and Development

Lincoln Taiz, Eduardo Zeiger, Ian Max Moller and Angus Murphy

Throughout its twenty-two year history, the authors of Plant Physiology have continually updated the book to incorporate the latest advances in plant biology and implement pedagogical improvements requested by adopters.

Plants: From Roots to Riches

Kathy J Willis and Carolyn Fry

Our peculiarly British obsession with gardens goes back a long way and the BBC Radio 4 series Plants: From Roots to Riches is going to take us back to where it all began. Across 25 vivid episodes, Kathy Willis, Kew's charismatic ... ....

Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Wood, Fiber and Pulping Chemistry (2-volume Set)

Tianjin, China, June 8-10, 2011

Lijun Wang and Shijun Kuang

This symposium was held in Tianjin, China, in June of 2011, and was organised by the China Technical Association of Paper Industry. There are a total of 286 papers in 2 volumes, with a wide coverage of the topics, including ...

Quinoa: Sustainable Production, Variety Improvement, and Nutritive Value in Agroecological Systems

Kevin S Murphy

Quinoa: Sustainable Production, Variety Improvement, and Nutritive Value in Agroecological Systems brings together authors from around the world to provide a complete assessment of the current state of global quinoa research and ... ....

Reproductive Biology of Plants

Kishan Gopal Ramawat, Jean-Michel Merillon and KR Shivanna

Reproductive biology is the basis of species improvement and a thorough understanding of this is needed for plant improvement, whether by conventional or biotechnological methods. Reproductive Biology of Plants presents an up to date ... ....

Saxicolous Lichens of India

Checklist and Keys

Bharati Om Sharma

Lichens are found on a great variety of substrates which provide relative permanence and surface stability. Lichens are conspicuous pioneers on rocks and frequently initiate stages of succession. As a substrate a rock surface is far more ... ....

Sylva Guangxigensis, Volume 1 [Chinese]

Forestry Research Institute of Guangxi

Sylva Guangxigensis, Volume 2 [Chinese]

Forestry Research Institute of Guangxi

Teeny Tiny Gardening

Emma Hardy

Teeny Tiny Gardening is horticulture on the smallest of scales. No matter how tiny your space – indoor or outdoor, garden, yard, balcony or even just a windowsill or tabletop – here you will find original, fun and ... ....

That Glorious Forest

Exploring the Plants and Their Indigenous Uses in Amazonia

Sir Ghillean T Prance

After nearly fifty years since his first journey to the tropics exploring for plants, and a total of thirty-nine expeditions to the Amazon, Professor Sir Ghillean Prance has gathered in That Glorious Forest a fascinating and ... ....

The Algal Genus Pediastrum Meyen (Chlorophyta) in Poland

Joanna Lenarczyk

Covers 32 taxa in 19 species in 50 sites, with an introduction, study area, methods, results, discussion and bibliography.

The Checklist of Cultivated Plants of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden

Hu Yonghong

This is a checklist to the cultivated plants found in Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai.

The Flowering Plants Handbook

A Practical Guide to Families and Genera of the World

James W Byng

This plant book aims to help identify flowering plants to genus and family level anywhere in the world. In 2014 there are very few available works which are both comprehensive and up-to-date for all the flowering plants families and genera ... ....

The Gardener's Year

Create, Care for, and Enjoy your Garden Season by Season

Dorling Kindersley (DK)

Plan a garden that's pretty and productive all year round with this essential garden guide. Gardener's Year will help you create, care for and enjoy a colourful and fruitful garden throughout the year, from the first ...

The Gardens of the British Working Class

Margaret Willes

This magnificently illustrated people's history celebrates the extraordinary feats of cultivation by the working class in Britain, even if the land they toiled, planted, and loved was not their own. Spanning more than four centuries ... ....

The Liverwort Flora of the British Isles

Jean A Paton

The Liverwort Flora of the British Isles, first published in 1999, was the culmination of well over 30 years' personal study of Britain's hepatic flora in the field which has enabled the author to take into account the ... ....

The Plants of China

A Companion to the Flora of China

De-Yuan Hong, Stephen Blackmore, Wu Zheng-Yi and Peter H Raven

The flora of China is astonishing in its diversity. With 32?500 species of vascular plants, over fifty per cent of which are endemic, it has more botanical variety than anywhere else in the world and provides unbroken connections to all its ... ....

The Ultimate Practical Guide to Pruning and Training

Richard Bird

The Ultimate Practical Guide to Pruning and Training shows you how to prune and train trees, shrubs, hedges, topiary, tree and soft fruit, climbers and roses. It offers expert advice and step-by-step techniques, with over 700 ... ....

The Urban Wildlife Gardener

How to Attract Birds, Bees, Butterflies, and More

Emma Hardy

The Urban Wildlife Gardener is packed with planting ideas and simple gardening techniques to attract birds, bees, butterflies, beneficial bugs and more to your outside space. If you would like to attract wildlife to your garden ... ....

The Wild Wisdom of Weeds

13 Plants for Human Survival

Katrina Blair and Sandor Ellix Katz

When Katrina Blair was eleven, she had a life-changing experience during which wild plants spoke to her, beckoning her to become a champion of their cause. Since then she has spent months on end taking walkabouts in the wild, eating nothing ... ....

Trace Elements in Plants

Walter Stiles

First published in 1961, as the third edition of a 1946 original, Trace Elements in Plants presents a comprehensive analysis of trace elements in plants, and the effects of their deficiency or excess on grazing animals where ... ....

Tree Species Diversity of a Tropical Seasonal Rainforest in Xishuangbanna [Chinese]

Lan Guoyu

Tropical rainforests are one of China's most biologically diverse areas and are internationally identified as important centers of biodiversity protection. Tropical rainforests are special, rare and irreplaceable, but also endangered ... ....

Trees for Gardens, Orchards, and Permaculture

Martin Crawford

Martin Crawford has researched and experimented with tree crops for 25 years and has selected over 100 of the best trees producing fruits, nuts, edible leaves and other useful products that can be grown in Europe and North America. ....

Where the Slime Mould Creeps

The Fascinating World of Myxomycetes

Sarah Lloyd

Slime moulds are not slimy, nor do they look like mould; in fact, most are exquisite. Fuligo septica is an exception. This common cosmopolitan species forms amorphous yellowish blobs known variously throughout the world as ... ....

Wild Orchids of Bedfordshire

Richard Revels, Chris Boon and Graham Bellamy

Wild Orchids of Bedfordshire is a superbly illustrated and up-to-date account of Bedfordshire's wild orchid flora following two years of intensive fieldwork by local naturalists. Accounts of all 27 species that have ever been ... ....

Wood Properties of the Global Important Tree Species

Jiang Zehui

Wood Properties of the Global Important Tree Species describes 458 tree species, including 84 coniferous tree species within 32 genera and 8 families; 374 broad-leaved tree species within 257 genera and 66 families, with an appendix ... ....

Wychwood

Karen Hall and Peter Cooper

"Inarguably the most beautiful garden in Tasmania" – Leo Schofield The garden at Wychwood, at the foot of Great Western Tiers in northern Tasmania, is one of the world's most magical gardens.

Analysis of Genes and Genomes

Richard J Reece

This beautifully illustrated textbook provides a clear guide to the tools and techniques of genetic engineering, gene cloning and molecular biology. All aspects of genetic engineering in the post-genomic era are covered, beginning with ... ....

Biodegradative Bacteria

How Bacteria Degrade, Survive, Adapt, and Evolve

Hideaki Nojiri, Masataka Tsuda, Masao Fukuda and Yoichi Kamagata

Biodegradative Bacteria highlights the novel nature of bacterial cell functions in the field of biodegradation by putting them into three parts: (1) Genetic and genomic systems, (2) Degradative enzyme systems, and (3) Bacterial ... ....

Cells to Civilizations

The Principles of Change That Shape Life

Enrico Coen

Cells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself--from the production of bacteria to the emergence of complex civilizations. What are the connections between evolving microbes, an egg that develops ... ....

Experimental Investigation of the Aerodynamics of Owl Wings

Andrea Winzen

In the past decade, there has been an increased effort to design small aircraft for special, limited duration missions, which may include, e.g., search and rescue or surveillance tasks. The present research aims at the development of ... ....

Fundamentals of Microbiology: Body Systems Edition

Jeffrey C Pommerville

Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, a full suite of instructor resources, and learning analytics reporting tools. ....

Guide to Terrestrial Animal Health Surveillance

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

The purpose of surveillance is to provide early warning of disease events and give timely and relevant information to policy makers to enable them to mount a rapid response to reduce the spread and mitigate the impact of disease.

Immunocytochemistry and Related Techniques

Adalberto Merighi and Laura Lossi

Immunocytochemistry and Related Techniques presents a collection of protocols for immunocytochemical analysis of neurons and neural networks. Chapters focus on immunocytochemical localization at light and electronic levels ... ....

Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives - And Our Lives Change Our Genes

Sharon Moalem

Conventional wisdom dictates that our genetic destiny is fixed at conception. But Dr. Moalem's groundbreaking book shows us that the human genome is far more fluid and fascinating than your ninth grade biology teacher ever imagined. ....

Lactic Acid Bacteria

Biodiversity and Taxonomy

William H Holzapfel and Brian JB Wood

The lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are a group of related micro-organisms that are enormously important in the food and beverage industries. Generally regarded as safe for human consumption (and, in the case of probiotics, positively beneficial ... ....

Large Animal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians

Laura Lien, Susan Loly and Sheryl Ferguson

This comprehensive guide to all aspects of caring for horses, cattle, camelids, small ruminants, and pigs helps veterinary technician students learn everything they need to know about large animal medicine. Presented in full-color ... ....

Laser Interaction with Biological Material

Mathematical Modeling

Kirill Kulikov

Laser Interaction with Biological Material covers the principles of laser interaction with biological cells and tissues of varying degrees of organization. The problems of biomedical diagnostics are considered. Scattering of laser ... ....

Life's Engines

How Microbes Made Earth Habitable

Paul G Falkowski

For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us.

Principles of Anatomy and Physiology

Gerard J Tortora and Bryan Derrickson

This 14th edition of the phenomenally successful Principles of Anatomy and Physiology continues to set the standard for the discipline. Written and superbly illustrated for two-term, introductory Anatomy and Physiology students ... ....

Small Animal ECGs

An Introductory Guide

Mike Martin

Electrocardiography is an extremely valuable tool for clinical examination and as an investigative technique in cardiorespiratory cases. ECGs are the definitive means for the diagnosis of dysrhythmias in the dog and cat and may also suggest ... ....

The Low Molecular Weight Proteome

Methods and Protocols

Helena Backvall and Janne Lehtio

Small proteins with molecular weights of <25 kDa are involved in major biological processes such as ribosome formation, stress adaption and cell cycle control. The study of the low-molecular-weight proteome has identified many central ... ....

Before Modern Humans

New Perspectives on the African Stone Age

Grant S McCall

This fascinating volume, assessing Lower and Middle Pleistocene African prehistory, argues that the onset of the Middle Stone Age marks the origins of landscape use patterns resembling those of modern human foragers. Inaugurating a paradigm shift ... ....

Divine Creatures

Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

Salima Ikram

The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies, not only of humans but also of animals, so that they could live forever. Mummified animals are of four different types: food offerings, pets, sacred animals ... ....

The Domestication of Language

Cultural Evolution and the Uniqueness of the Human Animal

Daniel Cloud

Language did not evolve only in the distant past. Our shared understanding of the meanings of words is ever-changing, and we make conscious, rational decisions about which words to use and what to mean by them every day.

The Science of Human Origins

Claudio Tuniz, Giorgio Manzi and David Caramelli

Our understanding of human origins has been revolutionised by new discoveries in the past two decades. In The Science of Human Origins, three leading paleoanthropologists and physical scientists illuminate, in friendly, accessible ... ....

Les Plantes Exotiques

Une Reputation Perdue?

Yves-Marie Allain

After a long period of enthusiasm for exotic plants, with such plants being given special places in parks and, contemporary currents of thought seem reluctant to promote these plants, rather giving priority to the protection of native ... ....

Survey and Study on the Alien Invasive Species in the Nature Reserves of the Coast Areas in China [Chinese]

Wang Zhi

This study reports on a survey of invasive alien species in a large number of Chinese coastal nature reserves. Data are provided on the number of species, including the distribution of invasive alien species, population distribution patterns ... ....

Agricultural Prairies

Natural Resources and Crop Productivity

KR Krishna

Agricultural Prairies is a comprehensive volume that brings together vast knowledge about agricultural prairies in one place, providing concise information and providing concise descriptions of natural resources and their influence ... ....

Basses Temporals Mediterranies

LIFE BASSES: Gestio i Conservacio a Menorca

Pere Fraga i Arguimbau, Irene Estaun Clariso and Eva Cardona Pons

This volume contributes to the current state of knowledge on Mediterranean temporary ponds framed within the reality of the island of Menorca. Often forgotten and neglected, these ecosystems, with their irregular and unpredictable dynamics ... ....

Brooklyn's Bushwick - Urban Renewal in New York, USA

Community, Planning and Sustainable Environments

Raymond Charles Rauscher and Salim Momtaz

Brooklyn's Bushwick - Urban Renewal in New York, USA offers an extended case study of the urban community of Bushwick, located in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The authors begin with a broad review of the history of ... ....

Diverse Forests of China

Chen Jianwei

The author has compiled an ecological album, highlighting the photos he has taken over the past decades in order to present a more comprehensive picture about China's forest resources from the perspective of ecosystem diversity. ....

Forests: A Very Short Introduction

Jaboury Ghazoul

Since the dawn of human civilization, forests have provided us with food, resources, and energy. The history of human development is also one of forest loss and transformation, and yet even in our increasingly urbanized societies we remain ... ....

Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO₂ Increas

Thomas J Goreau, Ronal W Larson, Joanna Campe, John Todd and Rattan Lal

Global climate change, increasing pollution, and continued rapid population growth is wreaking havoc on the planet. Stabilizing the environment at safe levels requires a large-scale restoration of damaged ecosystems.

Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Forest Genetic Resources

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Forest genetic resources (FGR) are the heritable materials maintained within and among tree and other woody plant species that are of actual or potential economic, environmental, scientific or societal value. This Global Plan of Action ... ....

International Conference on Mediterranean Temporary Ponds

Proceeding & Abstracts

Pere Fraga i Arguimbau

This book contains the proceedings and abstracts of the first International conference on Mediterranean temporary ponds.

Islands and Evolution

Valentín Perez-Mellado and Cori Ramon

Evolution and Islands includes the papers presented at the International Symposium on Evolution and Islands, Menorca conducted in September 2009, which brought together leading figures from the international community in various ... ....

Landscape Analysis and Planning

Geographical Perspectives

Malgorzata Luc, Jacek Boguslaw Szmanda and Urszula Somorowska

Landscape Analysis and Planning presents recent advances in landscape analysis and landscape planning based on selected landscape studies conducted in different parts of Europe. Included are methodological problems and case studies ... ....

Optimal Thinning within the Faustmann Approach

Renke Coordes

Forest stands are thinned all over the world. Yet, there was hitherto no consistent theory which allowed deriving unambiguous conditions for thinnings as the harvest of trees prior to the rotation age. Renke Coordes closes this gap by ... ....

Protecting the Wild

Parks and Wilderness, the Foundation for Conservation

George Wuerthner, Eileen Crist and Tom Butler

A big, bold vision for protected areas and re-wilding the Earth, this book presents a spirited argument on the future of conservation. Protected natural areas have historically been the primary tool of conservationists to conserve land ... ....

Rybníky Ceske Republiky [Ponds of the Czech Republic]

Petr Liebscher and Jan Rendek

The Czech Republic has a fish farming tradition dating back to the 12th century. The largest pond system is in southern Bohemia, but the ponds were established all over the country. In this book, the authors present over 200 of them, and ... ....

Soil Chemistry

Daniel G Strawn, Hinrich L Bohn and George A O'Connor

Soil is key to sustaining life – affecting air and water quality, the growth of plants and crops, and the health of the entire planet. Soil Chemistry 4e provides comprehensive coverage of the chemical interactions among ... ....

Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry

Eldor A Paul

The fourth edition of Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry updates this widely used reference as the study and understanding of soil biota, their function, and the dynamics of soil organic matter has been revolutionized ... ....

Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology

Randall Schaetzl and Michael L Thompson

In its first edition, Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology established itself as the leading textbook in the fields of pedology and soil geomorphology. Expanded and fully updated, this second edition maintains its highly organized ... ....

The Biology and Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests

David R Schiel and Michael S Foster

Giant kelp (Macrocystis) is a remarkable plant, the largest seaweed and most rapidly growing and prolific of all plants found on earth. Growing from the seafloor and extending along the sea surface in lush canopies, giant kelp ... ....

Towards Low Carbon Cities in China

Urban Form and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Sun Sheng Han, Ray Green and Mark Y Wang

Towards Low Carbon Cities in China explores the relationship between urban form and greenhouse gas emissions in China, providing new insights for policy, urban planning and management. Drawing on the results of a four-year ... ....

Typical Coast Wetland of Fujian [Chinese]

Li Rongguan

This book describes the research on coastal wetlands, specifically those of Fujian, China. In it, the main types and distribution of Fujian coastal wetlands and mangrove forests are described, as is the environmental quality and ecological ... ....

Wissen Schaffen

100 Jahre Forschung im Schweizerischen Nationalpark

Bruno Baur and Thomas Scheurer

The Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences was instrumental in the founding of the Swiss National Parks in 1914. By excluding humans there should arise a lovely open-air laboratory for the study of undisturbed natural development.

Biodiversity Status and Conservation Strategies with Special Reference to North-East India

R Vartharajan

From the preface: "Conservation International recognizes a total of 34 biodiversity hotspots in the world, of which India is one among the 17 mega-diversity nations, having about 45 000 plant and 91 000 animal ... ....

Central American Biodiversity

Conservation, Ecology, and a Sustainable Future

Falk Huettmann

Central American Biodiversity highlights key results and lessons learnt from two field sites, La Suerte in Costa Rica and Ometepe in Nicaragua. It provides long term data on species abundance and distribution. Primates receive ... ....

Creating Africas

Struggles over Nature, Conservation and Land

Knut G Nustad

In Africa, conflicts between protected areas for fauna and flora and their surrounding human populations continue despite years spent trying to find an accommodation between the needs of both parties. Creating Africas investigates ... ....

Islands and Plants: Preservation and Understanding of Flora on Mediterranean Islands

2nd Bontanical Conference in Menorca - Proceedings and Abstracts

Eva Cardona Pons, Irene Estaun Clariso, Mireia Comas Casademont, Pere Fraga i Arguimbau and Bla

Proceedings and abstracts of the 2nd botanical conference in Menorca, held from april 26-30, 2011. See table of contents for more details.

Proceedings of National Conference on Biodiversity Depletion

Causes, Consequences and Solutions (28-29 September, 2012, India)

KL Meena

This book contains the proceedings of the National Conference on Biodiversity Depletion, held on 28-29 September 2012 at the botany department of the MLV Government College, Bhilwara, India. A total of 124 delegates participated in these ... ....

Rewilding European Landscapes

Henrique M Pereira and Laetitia Navarro

Some European lands have been progressively alleviated of human pressures, particularly traditional agriculture in remote areas. Rewilding European Landscapes proposes that this land abandonment can be seen as an opportunity to ... ....

Sustainable Development of Natural Resources and Wildlife Conservation

Ashwani Kumar Dubey

Natural resources may exist as a separate entity such as freshwater, and air, as well as a living organism such as a fish, or it may exist in an alternate form which must be processed to obtain the resource such as ores, oil, and most ... ....

The Care and Feeding of an IACUC

The Organization and Management of an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Whitney Kayla Petrie and Sonja Lea Wallace

Maintaining its user-friendly approach, this new edition of a bestseller summarizes information necessary for the effective and efficient operation of an IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee). Chapters cover training programmes ... ....

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 impact ... ....

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 ... ....

Activated Sludge - 100 Years and Counting

David Jenkins and Jiri Wanner

Activated Sludge - 100 Years and Counting covers the current status of all aspects of the activated sludge process and looks forward to its further development in the future. It celebrates 100 years of the Activated Sludge process ... ....

Carbon Capture, Storage and Use

Technical, Economic, Environmental and Societal Perspectives

Wilhelm Kuckshinrichs and Juergen-Friedrich Hake

Carbon Capture and Storage technologies (CCS) are moving from experiment toward commercial applications at a rapid pace, driven by urgent demand for carbon mitigation strategies. Carbon Capture, Storage and Use examines the potential ... ....

Climate Change, Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries

Keshav Lall Maharajan and Niraj Prakash Joshi

This book is about climate change and its relation to agriculture and rural livelihoods. It starts by providing a basic understanding of climate change science followed by the relation of climate change to agriculture, the impact of which ... ....

Climate-Challenged Society

John S Dryzek, Richard B Norgaard and David Schlosberg

Climate-Challenged Society is an original, accessible, and thought-provoking introduction to the severe and broad-ranging challenges that climate change presents and how societies can respond. It synthesizes and deploys cutting-edge ... ....

EU Waste Law

Geert van Calster

A comprehensive introduction to the Regulations, Directives, and case law in this area, providing a guide to the practical application of the law, in the various methods and processes of dealing with waste.

Health Effects of Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water

M Ferrante, G Oliveri Conti, Z Rasic-Milutinovic and D Jovanovic

Metals are inorganic substances that occur naturally in geological formations. Naturally occurring metals are dissolved in water when it comes into contact with rock or soil material. Some metals are essential for life and are naturally ... ....

Lectures in Meteorology

Nicole Moelders and Gerhard Kramm

Lectures in Meteorology is a comprehensive reference book for meteorologists and environmental scientists to look up material on the thermodynamics, dynamics and chemistry of the troposphere. The lectures demonstrate how to derive ... ....

Management of Natural Resources in a Changing Environment

N Janardhana Raju, Wolfgang Gossel and M Sudhakar

Management of Natural Resources in a Changing Environment addresses issues related to sources of groundwater pollution such as arsenic, uranium, fluoride and their effects on human health. It discusses extensively the removal of ... ....

Study on Heterotrophic-Autotrophic Denitrification Permeable Reactive Barriers (HAD PRBs) for in Situ Groundwater Remedi

Fei Liu, Guoxin Huang, Howard Fallowfield, Huade Guan, Lingling Zhu and Hongyan Hu

Study on Heterotrophic-Autotrophic Denitrification Permeable Reactive Barriers (HAD PRBs) for in Situ Groundwater Remediation is an unmatched reference work on PRBs for groundwater in situ remediation. It proposes a novel HAD ... ....

The Climate Casino

Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World

William Nordhaus

Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. ....

The Last Fisherman

Witness to the Endangered Oceans

Jeff L Rotman, Yair Harel and Les Kaufman

When author Jeff Rotman began his adventures as an underwater photographer more than 40 years ago, he relished the beauty of the deep sea and the thrill of the hunt. A member of an elite group of photographers, he has captured iconic photographs ... ....

Wastewater Stabilization Ponds

Frank R Spellman and Joanne E Drinan

Ponds (lagoons) have been used for centuries with great success in the treatment of wastewater. Ponds created for treatment, known as stabilization ponds, model the physical and biochemical interactions that occur in natural ponds. ....

Water Ecosystem Services

A Global Perspective

Julia Martin-Ortega, Robert C Ferrier, Iain J Gordon and Shahbaz Khan

This comprehensive volume describes how ecosystem services-based approaches can assist in addressing major global and regional water challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and water security in the developing world, by ... ....

While Glaciers Slept

Being Human in a Time of Climate Change

M Jackson

While Glaciers Slept weaves together the parallel stories of what happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. Jackson, a National Geographic Expert, reveals how these events are deeply similar and intertwined. ....

AsapSCIENCE: Answers to the World's Weirdest Questions, Most Persistent Rumors, and Unexplained Phenomena

Mitchell Moffit and Greg Brown

From the creators of the wildly popular and seriously scientific YouTube channel, AsapSCIENCE, comes entertaining, irreverent, and totally accessible answers to the questions you never got to ask in science class.

Asteroids: Relics of Ancient Time

Michael K Shepard

Where do asteroids come from and what are they made of? What clues do they hold about the evolution of the Solar System? Scientists have catalogued hundreds of thousands of asteroids, and many are thought to contain water and amino acids ... ....

Chemistry of Advanced Environmental Purification Processes of Water

Fundamentals and Applications

Erik G Sogaard

Chemistry of Advanced Environmental Purification Processes of Water covers the fundamentals behind a broad spectrum of advanced purification processes for various types of water, showing numerous applications through worked examples ... ....

Climate Change and Himalaya

Natural Hazards and Mountain Resources

J Sundaresan, Pankaj Gupta, KM Santosh and Ram Boojh

Glaciers and snow cover of the Himalayas are the major source of water in Central Asia. Natural calamities and geohydrological hazards occur in this area due to the rapid uplift of the Himalayas and the under-thrusting of the Indian Plate ... ....

Geología de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantabrica

Arantxa Bodego Aldasoro, Miren Mendia Aranguren, Arantxa Aranburu Artano and Artur Apraiz Atutxa

A textbook on the geology of the Vasco-Cantrabria basin in northern Spain.

Geologie der Alpen

O Adrian Pfiffner

The Alps, with their outstanding outcrop conditions, represent a superb natural laboratory for many geological processes, and have played a crucial role in the history of geology. Geologie der Alpen gives an up-to-date and holistic overview ... ....

Geomorphology and Physical Oceanography of the Lakshadweep Coral Islands in the Indian Ocean

TN Prakash, L Sheela Nair and TS Shahul Hameed

The Lakshadweep islands are a group of 36 coral islands in the Indian Ocean. These small islands are unique for their aquatic biodiversity and vast blue lagoons.

Heart of Darkness

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe

Jeremiah P Ostriker and Simon Mitton

Heart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components – dark matter ... ....

Human Universe (Region 2 & 4)

Brian Cox

In this spectacular series, Professor Cox offers an original new perspective on human life: the story of a group of apes that evolved to leave their home planet and step out into the universe. Humans are curious creatures.

Infinite Worlds

The People and Places of Space Exploration

Michael Soluri and John Glenn

Michael Soluri has been photographing the people and places of space exploration for more than fifteen years. With the support of Discover magazine, NASA, and the astronaut crew, he was able to gain unfettered access to the ... ....

Introduction to Atmospheric Modelling

Douw G Steyn

Introduction to Atmospheric Modelling explores the power of mathematics to help us understand complex atmospheric phenomena through mathematical modelling. The author has thoughtfully chosen a path into and through the subject ... ....

Landforms of India from Topomaps and Images

R Vaidyanadhan and KV Subbarao

India, a country that for long attracted notice from the world over for its multiplicity of cultures, ethnicities and faiths is blessed with an array of equally diverse physical landscapes. The landforms of this South Asian subcontinent ... ....

Medicinal Plants In Changing Environment

Altaf Ahmad, Tariq O Siddiqi and Muhammad Iqbal

Gradual changes in the environment have had tremendous impact on the growth and performance of plants; which has been duly documented. However, it seems that properties of medicinal plants in relation to environmental changes are yet ... ....

Naturwerksteine aus Baden-Wuerttemberg

Vorkommen, Beschaffenheit und Nutzung

Wolfgang Werner, Jens Wittenbrink, Helmut Bock, Birgit Kimmig, Friedrich Gruener and Karl-Jo Stein

Western Germany is rich in diverse and high-quality natural stone: light to dark red, violet red, yellow, gray green to almost white sand stones, ocher-colored calcareous sandstone, fossil rich and marble-like textured limestone in gray ... ....

Old Stellar Populations

How to Study the Fossil Record of Galaxy Formation

Santi Cassisi and Maurizio Salaris

Old Stellar Populations discusses the theoretical path to decoding the information gathered from observations of old stellar systems. It focuses on old stellar systems because these are the fossil record of galaxy formation and ... ....

Origin of Carbonate Rocks

Noel P James and Brian Jones

Origin of Carbonate Rocks provides an overview of the origin and preservation of carbonate sedimentary rocks. The focus is on limestones and dolostones and the sediments from which they are derived. The approach is general and ... ....

Precession, Nutation and Wobble of the Earth

Veronique Dehant and Piravonu M Mathews

Covering both astronomical and geophysical perspectives, Precession, Nutation and Wobble of the Earth describes changes in the Earth's orientation, specifically precession and nutation, and how they are observed and computed ... ....

Sediment-Body Geometry and Heterogeneity

Analogue Studies for Modelling the Subsurface

AW Martinius, JA Howell and T Good

Over the past 20 years there has been a major growth in efforts to quantify the geometry and dimensions of sediment bodies from analogues to provide quantitative input to geological models. The aim of ...

Stochastic Population Processes

Analysis, Approximations, Simulations

Eric Renshaw

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

The Astronomical Almanac (2015-2019)

A Comprehensive Guide to Night Sky Events

Richard J Bartlett

Designed for astronomers of all levels, the almanac provides details of thousands of astronomical events from 2015 through to 2019. Written by a former freelance writer for Astronomy magazine, the guide includes almost daily data and ... ....

The Geology of Egypt

A Traveler's Handbook

Bonnie M Sampsell

Egypt is primarily a land of deserts and mountains, the habitable Nile Valley and Delta occupying less than 5 percent of the country. Although the ancient Egyptians lived on only a small fraction of the land, they made extensive use of ... ....

The Neutrino Hunters

The Chase for the Ghost Particle and the Secrets of the Universe

Ray Jayawardhana

Before the Higgs boson, there was a maddening search for another particle that holds the secrets of the universe – the neutrino. First detected in 1956, it teased the answers to still more mysteries. How did the Big Bang happen? ....

The Physics of Galaxy Formation

Claudia Del P Lagos

This thesis addresses two of the central processes which underpin the formation of galaxies: the formation of stars and the injection of energy into the interstellar medium from supernovae, called feedback. In her work Claudia Lagos has ... ....

The Red Sea

The Formation, Morphology, Oceanography and Environment of a Young Ocean Basin

Najeeb Rasul and Ian CF Stewart

The Red Sea presents a broad overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the Red Sea, from its geological formation and oceanographic development to the environmental influences on its ecology and the changes it is ... ....

The Royal Society of Chemistry Periodic Table Wallchart

Murray Robertson and John Emsley

The periodic table from the Royal Society of Chemistry has been updated for 2013. Our new periodic table poster is two-sided. On one side, a Visual Elements version, with fascinating element artwork by Murray Robertson based on scientific ... ....

The Shark's Paintbrush

Biomimicry and How Nature is Inspiring Innovation

Jay Harman

The wave of the future has been around since the beginning of time: it's called Nature. Let inventor and entrepreneur Jay Harman introduce you to stunning solutions to some of the world's thorniest problems. Why does the bumblebee ... ....

A New Scramble for Africa?

The Rush for Energy Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa

Soren Scholvin

Global energy consumption will increase rapidly in the next decades. The discrepancy between demand and supply is worrisome within the old and new cores of the world-economy. Sub-Saharan Africa meanwhile possesses vast potential for energy ... ....

A Place in the Sun

Green Living and the Solar Home

Stephen Snyder

A Place in the Sun showcases two dozen inspiring homes from across the country that are well-appointed, stunning, and filled inside and out with green materials, design, and decor. These environmentally responsible, perfectly ... ....

Accounting for Carbon

Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying Emissions in the Climate Economy

Valentin Bellassen and Nicolas Stephan

The ability to accurately monitor, record, report and verify greenhouse gas emissions is the cornerstone of any effective policy to mitigate climate change. Accounting for Carbon provides the first authoritative overview of the ... ....

Achieving Environmental Justice

A Cross-national Analysis

Karen Bell

Environmental justice aspires to a healthy environment for all, as well as fair and inclusive processes of environmental decision-making. In order to develop successful strategies to achieve this, it is important to understand the factors ... ....

Anne Frank's Tree

Nature's Confrontation with Technology, Domination, and the Holocaust

Eric Katz

In this important and original interdisciplinary work, well-known environmental philosopher Eric Katz explores technology's role in dominating both nature and humanity. He argues that technology dominates, and hence destroys ... ....

Assessing and Managing Groundwater in Different Environments

Jude Cobbing, Shafick Adams, Ingrid Dennis and Kornelius Riemann

This collection of papers is a snapshot of modern hydrogeology in which highly technical methods and approaches sit side-by-side with overlapping legal, social, organisational, institutional and governance considerations. Groundwater is ... ....

Bioenergy from Wood

Sustainable Production in the Tropics

Thomas Seifert

Bioenergy from Wood is written for scientists and practitioners interested in deepening their knowledge of the sustainable production of bioenergy from wood in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Utilising the value chain ... ....

Biotechnological Applications of the Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

Farshad Darvishi Harzevili

Due to its ability to degrade hydrophobic substrates highly efficiently, the non-conventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica offers various applications in the food, feed, pharmaceutical, and fine chemistry industries, as well as ... ....

Bridging the Boundaries

Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment and Implications for Research, Policy and Practice

Edward Edgerton, Ombretta Romice and Kevin Thwaites

Current interdisciplinary research and practice in human – environment interactions Bridging the Boundaries outlines current interdisciplinary research on the reciprocal relations between humans and the built and natural ... ....

Business Models for Sustainability

Peter E Wells

With increasing awareness that innovative technology alone is insufficient to make sustainable lifestyles a reality, Business Models for Sustainability brings into sharp focus the need to create radical new business models. ....

Climate, Energy and Water

Jamie Pittock, Karen Hussey and Stephen Dovers

With the global population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, our capacity to provide enough food, water and energy relies on our understanding and management of the complex interdependencies in the climate-energy-water nexus. ....

Company Law and Sustainability

Legal Barriers and Opportunities

Beate Sj? fell and Benjamin J Richardson

This investigation of the barriers to and opportunities for promoting environmental sustainability in company law provides an in-depth comparative analysis of company law regimes across the world. The social norm of shareholder primacy ....

Cow Talk

Understanding Dairy Cow Behaviour to Improve Their Welfare on Asian Farms

Rebecca Doyle and John Moran

The aim of Cow Talk is to improve the welfare of dairy cattle in tropical developing countries, and by doing so, optimise cow and herd performance. It gives the stockmen and farmers directly concerned with the cattle a better ... ....

Earth Stewardship

Linking Ecology and Ethics in Theory and Practice

Ricardo Rozzi, SF Chapin III, J Baird Callicott, Steward TA Pickett, ME Power, Juan J Armesto and M

This book advances Earth Stewardship toward a planetary scale, presenting a range of ecological worldviews, practices, and institutions in different parts of the world and to use them as the basis for considering what we could learn from ... ....

Electricity Restructuring in the United States

Markets and Policy from the 1978 Energy Act to the Present

Steve Isser

The electric utility industry in the US is technologically complex, and its structure as a classic network industry makes it intricate in business terms as well, so deregulation of such a complicated industry was a particularly detailed ... ....

Energy: All That Matters

Paul Younger

Energy is probably the defining topic of our age. Uncertainty over the long-term availability of some hydrocarbons and nuclear fuels are increasingly prompting volatility in energy prices on world markets. Meanwhile, no serious scientist ... ....

Environment, Politics and Activism

The Role of Media

Somnath Batabyal

Environment, Politics and Activism examines the role of the media in environmental politics and activism in the 21st century. It highlights how politics is mediated in myriad ways through newspapers and news channels, through ... ....

Faith Versus Fact

Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible

Jerry A Coyne

In his provocative new book, evolutionary biologist Jerry A. Coyne lays out in clear, dispassionate detail why the toolkit of science, based on reason and empirical study, is reliable, while that of religion – including faith, dogma ... ....

Family Farming and the Worlds to Come

Jean-Michel Sourisseau and Ibrahim Assane Mayaki

Jointly published with Éditions Quæ, France. What is family farming? How can it help meet the challenges confronting the world? How can it contribute to a sustainable and more equitable development? Not only is ...

Fundamentals of Sustainable Drilling Engineering

Nazli Hossain and A Al-Majed

Fundamentals of Sustainable Drilling Engineering clearly explains the concepts of the drilling engineering and presents the existing knowledge ranging from the history of drilling technology to well completion. This book takes ... ....

Global Environmental Constitutionalism

Implications for Present and Future Generations

James R May and Erin Daly

Reflecting a global trend, scores of countries have affirmed that their citizens are entitled to healthy air, water and land, and that their constitution should guarantee certain environmental rights.

Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development

Moving Beyond the Impasse?

James Meadowcroft, Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud

This insightful book deals with governance of the environment and sustainable development. The contributors explore the difficulties developed countries are experiencing in coming to terms with environmental limits and the resultant ... ....

How on Earth

Flourishing in a Not-for-Profit World by 2050

Donnie Maclurcan and Jennifer Hinton

From construction and manufacturing, through to software development, food catering and retail, the not-for-profit ethic is permeating global commerce. Not-for-profit entities increasingly generate their own income, rather than relying on ... ....

International Cooperation and Arctic Petroleum

A Scenarios Approach in the Barents Sea

Anatoli Bourmistrov

The Arctic region contains large amounts of natural resources considered necessary to sustain global economic growth, so it is unsurprising that it is a region that is increasingly susceptible to political, economic, environmental, and ... ....

International Environmental Law

An Introduction

Pierre-Marie Dupuy and Jorge E Vinuales

International Environmental Law provides a concise, conceptually clear, and legally rigorous introduction to contemporary international environmental law and practice. Written in an accessible style ...

Interpreting Nature

The Emerging Field of Environmental Hermeneutics

Forrest Clingerman, Brian Treanor, David Utsler and Martin Drenthen

The twentieth century saw the rise of hermeneutics, the philosophical interpretation of texts, and eventually the application of its insights to metaphorical "texts" such as individual and group identities. It also saw the rise ... ....

Just Water

Theology, Ethics and the Global Water Crisis

Christiana Z Peppard

Do we truly understand the significance of fresh water in an era of economic globalisation? Aimed at the educated non-specialist as well as scholars, Just Water explores important aspects of the global fresh water crisis while ... ....

L'Energie, Moteur du Progres?

120 Cles pour Comprendre les Energies

Paul Mathis

Energy is a complicated matter! And this applies to specialists and politicians! This book will show you otherwise ... Why? Because we are all called upon to ask questions on energy.

Language, Ethics and Animal Life

Wittgenstein and Beyond

Niklas Forsberg, Mikel Burley and Nora Hamalainen

A number of factors-new research into human and animal consciousness, a heightened awareness of the methods and consequences of intensive farming, and modern concerns about animal welfare and ecology-have made our relationship to animals ... ....

Linking Ecology and Ethics for a Changing World

Values, Philosophy and Action

Ricardo Rozzi, Steward TA Pickett, Clare Palmer, Juan J Armesto and J Baird Callicott

To comprehensively address the complexities of current socio-ecological problems involved in global environmental change, it is indispiseble to achieve an integration of ecological understanding and ethical values. Contemporary science ... ....

Management of Water, Energy and Bio-Resources in the Era of Climate Change

Emerging Issues and Challenges

N Janardhana Raju, Wolfgang Gossel, AL Ramanathan and M Sudhakar

Given our rapidly growing population, the need for judicious management of essential natural resources is becoming a major challenge for planners, managers and scientists/researchers.

Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility

Moshe Givoni and David Banister

The transport sector has been singularly unsuccessful in becoming low carbon and less resource intensive. Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility takes an innovative and holistic social, cultural and behavioural perspective, as well ... ....

Nanobiosensors and Nanobioanalyses

Mun'delanji C Vestergaard, Kagan Kerman, I-Ming Hsing and Eiichi Tamiya

Nanobiosensors and Nanobioanalyses provides a comprehensive review of established, cutting-edge, and future trends in the exponentially growing field of nanomaterials and their applications in biosensors and bioanalyses.

Natural Resources Law

A Place-Based Book of Cases and Problems

Christine A Klein, Federico Cheever and Bret C Birdsong

By using specific examples from locations across the country, authors Klein, Cheever, and Birdsong evoke the intensity of debate that arises out of disputes over natural resources. Creating context through a place-based approach, the authors ... ....

Naturnaher Tourismus

Qualitatsstandards fuer Sanftes Reisen in den Alpen

Susanne Gessner, Lea Ketterer Bonnelame and Dominik Siegrist

To ensure a high quality of nature-based tourism, a functioning quality management is important. To that end, the authors present these ten standards. They range from the protection of nature and landscape conservation, good architecture ... ....

Networks in Contention

The Divisive Politics of Climate Change

Jennifer Hadden

How do civil society organizations mobilize on climate change? Why do they choose certain strategies over others? What are the consequences of these choices? Networks in Contention examines how the interactions between different ... ....

Perspectives on Biofuels

Potential Benefits and Possible Pitfall

Caroline Taylor, Rich Lomneth and Frankie Wood-Black

Today, fossil fuels dominate the worldwide energy mix. Combining the finite supply of fossil fuels with their adverse environmental impact and the uneven worldwide distribution causes political and economic tensions. Biofuels can improve ... ....

Renewable Energy Resources

John Twidell and Tony Weir

Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text covering the full range of renewable energy technologies and their implementation worldwide. Energy supplies from renewables (such as from biofuels, solar heat ... ....

Resource Curse or Cure?

On the Sustainability of Development in Western Australia

Martin Brueckner, Angela Durey, Robyn Mayes and Christoph Pforr

Globalisation and rapid social and environmental change in recent decades have brought into sharper focus not only the benefits but also the costs of economic development. The once assumed link between economic development and societal ... ....

Risk Governance of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

Preben Hempel Lindoe, Michael Baram and Ortwin Renn

Risk Governance of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations evaluates and compares risk regulation and safety management for offshore oil and gas operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Norway and Australia. It provides an ... ....

Russian Climate Politics

When Science Meets Policy

Elana Wilson Rowe

Scholarly work in many fields has shown the important and changing role played by experts in international and national policymaking. Historical studies have revealed how Soviet scientists figured in politics in unexpected ways.

Seismic Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Structures

Alper Ilki and Michael N Fardis

In the past, facilities considered to be at the end of their useful life were demolished and replaced with new ones that better met the functional requirements of modern society, including new safety standards. Humankind has recently ... ....

Sun Above the Horizon

Meteoric Rise of the Solar Industry

Peter F Varadi

The meteoric rise of the photovoltaic (PV) industry is an incredible story. In 2013, Google's investments in PV systems totaled about half a billion dollars and Warren Buffet, one of the famous investors, invested $2.5 billion in the ... ....

Sustainable Transport

Tony Parry, Graham Hughes, Richard Fenner and Charles Ainger

The Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure series is a new series of practical handbooks which provide engineers with an understanding of sustainability principles and solutions. Sustainability concepts are set within well-known ... ....

The Ecology of Coexistence and Conflict in Cyprus

Exploring the Religion, Nature, and Culture of a Mediterranean Island

Irene Dietzel

What is the significance of sustainable resource management for the functioning of Mediterranean island societies? How do human-environment relations reflect in a multi-ethnic religious landscape?

The Greenhouse of the Future DVD package (Region 1)

Abundance and Energy Autonomy

Curt Close

The Greenhouse of the Future is an innovative and strategic design, built of recycled and natural materials, that interacts with the natural phenomena of the planet in order to create the ideal environment for growth and abundance. ....

The Greenhouse of the Future DVD package (Region 2)

Abundance and Energy Autonomy

Curt Close

The Greenhouse of the Future is an innovative and strategic design, built of recycled and natural materials, that interacts with the natural phenomena of the planet in order to create the ideal environment for growth and abundance. ....

The Philosopher's Plant

An Intellectual Herbarium

Michael P Marder and Mathilde Roussel

Despite their conceptual allergy to vegetal life, philosophers have used germination, growth, blossoming, fruition, reproduction, and decay as illustrations of abstract concepts; mentioned plants in passing as the natural backdrops for ... ....

The Politics of Environmental Policy in Russia

David Lewis Feldman and Ivan Blokov

In recent years, international, inter-governmental entities have acknowledged the importance of civil society for engaging stakeholders in environmental change, especially at the local community level, and in promoting democracy.

The Unnatural History of the Sea

Callum M Roberts

Humanity can make short work of the oceans' creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller's sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. ....

Thomas Berry: Selected Writings on the Earth Community

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim

Thomas Berry (1914-2009), a Passionist priest, was a geologian, historian of religion, philosopher, and the single most important Catholic voice on the link between faith, reverence for all life, and the environmental crisis.

Venoms to Drugs

Venom as a Source for the Development of Human Therapeutics

Glenn F King

This unique book will provide an up to date and comprehensive account of the potential of peptides and proteins from animal venoms as possible therapeutics. The pharmaceutical industry has become increasingly interested in biologics from ... ....

Water Tech

A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector

William Sarni and Tamin Pechet

Water Tech unveils how the world in the twenty-first century will need to manage our most fundamental resource need, water. It outlines how stakeholders can improve water use in their homes, their businesses, and the world. ....

Who Rules the Earth?

How Social Rules Shape Our Planet and Our Lives

Paul F Steinberg

Humanity is confronted with an alarming number of environmental problems that seem to grow worse by the day. We hear a steady stream of news reports about climate change, water shortages, and rampant deforestation. We learn of toxic chemicals ... ....

Bayesian Theory and Applications

Paul Damien, Petros Dellaportas, Nicholas G Polson and David A Stephens

The development of hierarchical models and Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques forms one of the most profound advances in Bayesian analysis since the 1970s and provides the basis for advances in virtually all areas of applied and ... ....

Computational Evolution with BEAST 2

Alexei Drummond and Remco Bouckaert

What are the models used in phylogenetic analysis and what exactly is involved in Bayesian evolutionary analysis using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods? How can you choose and apply these models, which parameterisations and ... ....

Doing Bayesian Data Analysis

A Tutorial with R, JAGS and Stan

John Kruschke

There is an explosion of interest in Bayesian statistics, primarily because recently created computational methods have finally made Bayesian analysis obtainable to a wide audience.

Earth System Modelling, Volume 1

Recent Developments and Projects

Kamal Puri, Rene Redler and Reinhard Budich

Collected articles in this series are dedicated to the development and use of software for earth system modelling and aims at bridging the gap between IT solutions and climate science. The particular topic covered in ...

International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code) Adopted by the Eighteenth International

John H Wiersema, John R McNeill, Nicholas J Turland, FR Barrie, William R Buck, V Demoulin and Greu

The rules that govern the scientific naming of algae, fungi, and land Plants are revised at Nomenclature Section meetings at successive International Botanical Congresses. Issues arising at the Congress in Australia in July 2011 were ... ....

Microscopy: A Very Short Introduction

Terence Allen

Microscopy is a dynamic area of science, incorporating both basic classroom microscopes and sophisticated research style instruments that can be driven by light, electrons, or X-rays. The rate of advance in the area over the last 50 years ... ....

Perspectives: Academic Reading Skills and Practice

Marina Rozenberg

Inspiring students to take a critical and multifaceted approach to reading, Perspectives combines skills instruction and authentic academic content to prepare learners for the demands of post-secondary education.